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Evening star., 1948-12-09
REPORT to the Housewife

Food" is called "Luciapepperkakor"
or Lucia Ginger Snaps" To make
the cookie dough use III cups heavy
cream, 21z cups brown sugar, IN
cups molasses, 1 tablespoon ginger.
/ tablespoon lemon rind, grated, 2
tablespoons baking soda, and .
cups flour. Whip cream, add sugar.
molasses, ginger, lemon rind and
baking soda and stir 10 minutes.
Add flour and work until smooth.
Cover and leave in cool place over
night. Turn onto a Toured board
and roll out thin. Cut out pattern
of house or with Toured cutters.
cut any desired shape. Brush with
water and bake on creased cookie
sheet in slow oven (250 degrees F.
Is minutes. Leave on sheet to cool.
ON THE MARKET FRONT:
Florida juice oranges rate first place
both for quality and price. The first
shipment of California navel
oranges will arrive in town this
week, but will be more expensive
than the juice orange. Florida and
Texas grapefruit are plentiful, with
the Texas pinks running bit
higher in price than the white.
meated fruit. Winter pears con.
tinue to be very good, as do apples.
tangerines and Emperor grapes, all
good fruits for winter eating.
Among vegetables you'll notice
green beans are showing a marked
improvement in quality the past
week. They're extremely we'll priced,
too. Other good buys include to-
matoes, sweet Spanish onions, cauli-
flower, broccoli, mild Louisiana
shallots, sweet potatoes, white pota-
toes and solid, firm heads of Arizona
lettuce.
The information has just reached
my desk that a downtown depart
ment store is having demonStra-
ton on making and decorating
Christmas cookies this week. The
demonstration will last through Sat-
urday. Isn't that lucky, right in time
for your own baking? Here's your
chance to pick up some hints on
decorating, the little tricks that
make the cookies look so profess
sional. The demonstrator will show
you what to use to make "Santa's
whiskers." how to frost the toys
in the stocking" and how to make
the tree" glow with colored bau-
bleS.
Evening star., 1948-12-09

W. I1CI1N + "A I1E6C SA6L ELL j he
TURK"
(From Mrs. E. NJ. K, Arlington.)
Ma always did the carving in the old days
on the farm:
When roasted bird at meals occurred she d
slice 1t to a charm;
But last THANKSGIVING father said, when
ma was carving ducks,
Her cooking. though twas passable. she
couldn't carve for shucks.
Dad said agen, he noticed when q chicken
came on deck,
Though all the rest got legs or breast, he
always got the neck;
Henceforth he'd WELD the knife himself,
and now I'll go to work
Events IN trace. tell what took place
when father carved the turk"
Christmas mighty soon rolled round, and
Dick and me and Sue
Had hxed little game on pop and ma
We had a turkey on the farm. I'd heard
dad oft remark
He'd pledge his word that very bird came
out OF Noah's ark:
We chloroformed the, gobbler. and though
for hours we tried.
No ak or gun 1--WE tried toni would
penetrate his hide.
When in the oven birdie went MON
whispered. with a Smirk,
There'll be some fun for every one when
father carVes the turk
Twas Christmas day, the table gay with
nXlQRS Tor the 1edSI,
And ey'ry guest dressed in his best, o
score of them at least:
A hungry horde sat round the board as
dad took UP his knife.
All sharpened like razor, Tor the battle
OF his life
flushed was the din as ma brought In the
eobbler, brown and silcks ava
Sue she winked at Dick;
All bowed their heads as grace was said by
Rev. Joseph Burke; ..
Then still as death we held our breath
while father carved the turk"
Dad shed his coat and barred his throat.
and then he butted in.
The gobblers hide to cut he tried. but
couldn't pierce IT, the n.sk skp; 4. stabbed
Its oresss .nd ne sa3s Ss0Rea It such rs hsfa slap "
It went right swish clean of the dish and
Topped in Sal Smiths lap
Twas soon put back, again dad hacked;
oh things were going some!
When dads knife slipped and on it
whipped the top Of fathers thumb:
Dad stomped the floor and ,s strange a1s oaths
spare while father carved the turk. ="
We fixed the old mans DAMAGED thumb.
then dad. sad to relate:
Upon the. table kneIt and chased the
turkey round the plate;
One knee was on the gobblers breast, the
other In the pie,
While gravy few on me and Sue and hit
the celllng nlSn, ~ a.,
safest place to go.
While pop was wrestling up on deck we
breathed a prayer below;
Then came a crush, an awful smash. in
my brain long twill lurk;
That deafening roar, when on the hoor,
went father and the turk"
We scrambled out and picked dad UP: you
should have seen him prance-
The carving knife lodged in his shoe, the
fork stuck in his pants,
His face was smeared with grease. his
beard and whiskers full OF pie.
Ere he could see ma dug out three pota-
toes from his eye.
Then old DOC" Jupp patched father up
and said twas very plain
He'd turkeyitis Of the pants and gravy
on the brain
Another eobbler soon was cooked and each
one went to work,
And ate. YOU bet, but don't forget twas
mother carved the turk"
BY CHARLES NOEL DOUGLAS.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
CHRISTMAS CARDS:
MANTEL DECORATION;
DOLL PATTERN?


from Mrs. H. J. B., Mt. Rainier.)
In reply to the lady, Mrs. E. w. Of
Washington, for suggestions for dis
playing Christmas cards, I would like
to pass on my idea:
I take silver cord and using the
silver thumb tacks, stretch strips
across the wall area from our fire.
place to where the steps go upstairs;
Then I hang the folder-type cards
across the string. Those which are
single cards, I attach with paper
clips. All the pictures are visible
and make a very festive sight. A
floor lamp spotlights this area and
it is always source OF admiration
from all our visitors.
Perhaps our mantel decoration
would be interesting to some of the
readers. We take our Holy Fam
ily," which used to be under the
Christmas tree, the figures are about
3 inches high, and place it at one
end. Near the ceiling, over the
stable is thumb tackled large silver
star Cardboard covered with tin
foiD. At the other end of the mantel
are a group Of sheep with two shep-
herds. From the silver star are
streamers of silver ribbon which
radiate over to the shepherds and
down onto the roof Of the stable.
Have drawn several angel heads and
colored with crayon, just heads with
wings, and they are over the shep-
herds. A small pale blue tree bulb
is attached to the roof, inside, of
the stable, which sheds just enough
light to show the Infant and Mary
and Joseph, when the other lights
are turned off. 1t is really very
beautiful picture" and we have
been highly complimented on the
idea.
Now for a request: Please, does
any one happen to have the pattern
for a rag doll SO inches tall which
appeared on this page sometime
between the 1st of January and
the 18th in 1916? If I recall, this
doll was jointed. Somehow, I lost
the address and, although I have
watched daily ever since, there has
not been a reprint. I have several
/ 32-inch dolls, but this was 36-inch.
This is my last hope"
(From Mrs. A. E. L., Bethesdd.)
Mrs. E. w., Washington, here is
another very simple but attractive
way to display Christmas cards
Get about S or 6 yards of 2-inch-
wide red ribbon and tack 1t or drape
1t around door, window or arch
way. Then pin your Christmas
cards all around the ribbon. You
can place them so the lines run
parallel to the ribbon or pin a cor
ner in the center of the ribbon.
/. We used this last year on both
sides of the archway between oul
dining room and living room and II
was very attractive and copied By
many othsra
Evening star., 1948-12-09

Holidays spell parties :.
os you've probably noticed.
And you'll want special
decorations for each eoIo
evening. Perky little SNOW
men, the nonmeItine kind
made from puffed rice, pIoy
q double role. They make
unusual and attractive place
cards =. and delightful
candy treots as we'll.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
AHWhat$ Cochin I

4&WhatS NQORln
Broiled Split Mackerel au Gratin Potatoes
Asparaous Beet Salad
Coconut Cusard
Broled Split MackereL
Dust split fish with flour Brush Or spread with butter mar.
name BroI small mackee 6 to 8 minutes large
@ 10 m M n19e5 % G e seS pSedn pG ne turn
SATURDAY,
Hamburger Pie
sSg cups cups 'sz S''r
tapoca quick frozen pited red sour
sugar apioca cherry juice
pan until mixture to full
Chill shebe glasses large serving bowl Serve plain or
Lea of Lamb Bropn Potatoes
Lima Beans Peach Salad
Mincemeat Pie Coffee
on,rss celery salt oo
m DsP aa
Of cheese filling center for each salad Serve on salad
green's Top with cube of currant jelly Serves T.
Credn1ed Carrots and Peas
Red Cabbage Salad
Whip
Casserole.
pounds canned beef hash y chopped onion
! teaspoon prepared mustard y teaspoon salt
/ whole "a grated cheese
half Of hash bottom
of casserole Place layer chopped top half of the
the salt Sprinkle half of the
$3.50 F. As minutes
to
TUESDAY.
Calls Liuer and Bacon Sweet Potatoes
Cauifower One-egg Mullins
Lettuce Salad-1OOO Island Dressing
Baked Pears
One-Egg Mullins.
Gins tablespoons
I teaspoons baking powder cup milk
II teaspoon salt tablespoons shortening
]
and sift dry ingredients Add milk grad
ua which melted butter has been added
minutes If od-fashoned iron pans are
Evening star., 1948-12-09

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star and, as 1t
Is obviously impossible for us
to test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them. Betsy CassOeH
Evening star., 1948-12-09

CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST
From Mrs. w. T. D., Alexandra. J
In reply to E. W., who wants help
in planning Christmas breakfast
following midnight mass. I was
brought up in a community pre-
dominately German and this Gus
tom was quite generally carried out
by most families. The ideal repast
is to serve old-fashioned German
Christmas goodies, especially Christ
mas STOLEN Ia sweet coffee cake)
and light as clouds crullers with
coffee. My mother being a South
erner added egg nog for those who
wanted it and our breakfasts were
always the talk of the town. OF
course, if you add Christmas cookies
so much the better. To do it in
expensively for 80 or 40 people you
will have to do ySur own baking, but
that's best, anyway. Here are the
recipes:
Christmas Stollen-Dough, 2 cakes
compressed yeast, l tablespoon
sugar, l cup warm water, / cup
milk, scalded; tablespoons short
|ening, 4 cup sugar, teaspoon salt,
3 eggs, beaten; 7 cups flour, sifted.
Filling-1 cup candied citron, l
pound seedless raisins, Il cup lemon
peel, candied; 1s cup orange peel, q
cup canned crushed pineapple well
drained. Put peels through food
chopper, combine all else with them.
Mix we'll.
Dissolve yeast in warm water and
/ tablespoon sugar. Add cooled
milk, shortening, sugar, eggs, flour,
salt. Beat out all Jumps and put in
creased bowl to rise in warm place.
Let rise about 2 hours. Then punch
down, divide into 3 equal parts and
roll about 4 inch thick in oblong
shape. Spread with filling, roll up
like jelly roll, folding in the ends
ana making sure filling does not
ooze out. Make four slashes with
sharp knife. Let rise on creased pan
about l hour or until double in bulk.
Bake for 80 minutes in $50 degree
oven. Ice while hot with plain
icing. Makes 3 large cakes.
Crullers- beaten eggs, 70 cup
sugar, s cup melted shortening, 3l2
cups flour, Il teaspoon salt, 3 tea
spoons baking powder, u teaspoon
nutmeg. Beat eggs and sugar very
lightly. Add milk and cooled short
ening. Add flour, sifted with salt,
baking powder and nutmeg. Mix
until smooth. Chill for l hour or
more. Roll u inch thick. Cut in
strips. Twist or tie in knots. Fry
in deep, hot fat 1865 degrees. Drain
on brown paper. Makes about 3
dozen and these are most delicious.
For the reader who wanted cook
les which could be made week
prior to Christmas and information
on how to keep them fresh. Almost
any cookie good and rich, not drop
cookie, will keep well If kept in
tightly covered tins.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
SUITABLE BOOKS.

From Mrs. G. w. M, Washington
To Mrs. G. A. F, Falls Church:
My daughter is now ~ and for
over a year I have been reading
to her. For most nursery stories
and many others of more current
value you can depend completely
on the Little Golden Books" which
can be found at department stores,
bookstores, most variety stores and
some drugstores. Some my daughter
especially likes are "The Shy Little
Kitten" Happy Family" Counting
Rhymes" 1.-The Little Red Hen"
Lets Play House" and the Little
Golden Book Of Poetry" They are
all Is cents apiece.
Another source for suitable books
is the 10-cent stores. Look for a
small-size book with the words
"Tell-a- Tale Books" in the lower
left corner. There you should
particularly like because OF the COL
orful illustrations and text are "Mr.
jolly" which is all about a big red
balloon; Polka Dot Tots" and
Little Bitty Raindrop." These are
Is cents apiece.
Another suggestion is the chill
dren's room of the public libraries.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Veal With Chill
Green Beans

THURSDAY.
Veal With Chill Fluffy Rice
Green Beans BTdSed CELERY
Lemon Icebor Dessert
Veal With Chilli
pounds veal teaspoon salt
4 tablesnoons fat teaspoon chill powder
4 tablespoons -four onion, minced
Sprinkle with salt chilli powder; roll In
transfer casserole add chill powder minced
slow hour until meat
BY w
Evening star., 1948-12-09
UNUSUAL PARTY?

(From Mrs. E. w., WaShington.)
have been elected by my hus-
band and his four men friends to
be hostess at the New Year party
they plan to give.
We are all in our 20s and three of
the fellows are bachelors. I would
like to throw q party for them and
their dates that would be differ
ent," not so easily forgotten, but
fun. Something different from the
usual cold cut sandwiches, goodies,
drinks, dancing, etc. Any sugges-
tionS?
VIOLETS; MATE?
From A. M. B., WaShington.)
For Mrs. J. w. p, Arlington: ]
have had considerable success with
African violets and received most OF
my ideas from the Readers Clear
ing House One of them, I believe,
will encourage bloom. I try to keep
the plants down to approximately
eight full-grown leaves. This con-
centrates the strength of the plant
into blooming. I have also made
the discovery mentioned in recent
issues. that it is possible to give the
plants too much water. Most of
mine are at the Office and seem to
thrive on neglect. I water them
plentifully each week end but not
often in between.
Now, I would like to ask a ques-
ton. I. have been on the water
wagon" literally, for several years.
I have a can of Juno Mate, a South
American tea. I would like to use
it unless 1t has the same properties
as the tea we drink. In this case,
I would gladly pass it on to any one
interested.
4 + 4
MOLDY LEATHER.
From Mrs. E. J. T., Washington
To Mrs. F.. B. H., Washington: For
moldy leather, use saddle soap which
can be bought at shoe stores. Also,
leaving it in sun is good. Saddle
soap did the trick for me.
Evening star., 1948-12-09

Rolled cookies in all sorts
OF fascinating shapes are
reoI toste tempters. Cut out
christmas trees, stars,
wreoths with cookie cutters.
If YOU don't have q cutter
for every shape cut q card
board pattern and cut
around with q sharp knife.
Use coconut, coIored sugar,
silver drogees to decorate.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
NoN-soGGY TURKEY
DRESSING.

from r. F. c., Washington.)
For a ten-pound bird, two loaves
of bread. Separate slices and put
into open oven and dry thoroughly.
Dressing looks nicer if bread is
allowed to toast slightly.
Put through food chopper with
coarsest blade, crust and all. Put
into mixing bowl and add 2 eggs
lightly beaten, l cup melted butter
or margarine, l bunch of rubbed
garden sage or poultry seasoning to
taste, salt and pepper to taste, l
large or two medium onions. pulped
or chopped fine, cup chopped wal
nut meats (optionaD. Use barely
enough cold water to make crumbs
stick together, about the consistency
of pie crust before rolling out.
When stuffing bird add Jumps of
margarine the size of walnut to
every two or three handsful OF
dressing. This will make light
faky dressing that will hold together
for serving and yet not be soggy.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
From Mrs. C. W. M, Siluer Spring. }

From Mrs. c. w. M, StlUer Spring.
To Mrs. C. S., Chevy Chase. Rich
crumbly. turkey dressing. Break l
loaf bread into pieces the size of
small grapes. Spread on a pan and
dry in oven till crisp and light
brown. Chop finely ! or 2 small
onions and 8 sticks of celery. Melt
y pound margarine and add onion
and celery and small pinch of
marjoram and summer savory and /
teaspoon of chopped parsley. Stir
thoroughly, remove from stove and
blend into bread crumbs. Sprinkle
p teaspoon salt over all and blend
again. Dressing Is then ready for
turkey. More margarine may be
used If richer dressing is desired.
Marjoram and savory> should be
rubbed between fingers to pulverize
it before adding to margarine. For
variety sometimes add white
raisins to the stuflng; u cup that
have been soaked in warm water
till plump.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
au Grdtin Potatoes
Beet Salad

1 packsge frozen pumpkin "a
Il cup shortening
/. c1ln water / unbeaten
sted flour cup chopped pecans
teaspoon baking powder teaspoon grated orange rino
teaspoon soda
pumpkin pie mix Simmer ralsns In "a cup
minutes then chop grind saving juice s our before
together
Cream shortening until light fluffy Add
egg and beat pumpkin rasins and juice
we'll Add ingredients and beat until
quite thick Turn into either cake pan
8byby2 inches Line the
paper Bake moderate $3.50 degrees
until done serve ELMER
orcol sweetened whipped
frozen pumpkin pie mix you may use package OF
teaspoon
each of cinnamon ginger and follow the nstruc-
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Readers Clearing House
WHEN FATHER CARVED THE
TURK"
CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST

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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-08

You cannot eat politicians
speeches! But, oh boy, the fruit of
Union Label buying is "peaches"!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-08
Chicago Labor Moves
To Fight Intolerance

Chicago (ILNS)-Meeting at "A
luncheon, more than 40 leaders of
Chicago AFL and CIO unions NOV
ed to set up "A labor committee to
combat intolerance William Lee,
president Of the Chicago Fedora
tion of Labor, and Albert Towers,
president of the Chicago Industrial
Union Council were named as hon
orary chairmen of the new organ
ization.
Samuel Laderman, president of
the international Chemical Work
ers Union, Local 241, AFL, and one
of the leading spirits in setting up
the organization, presided at the
luncheon-meeting. Executives of
AFL and CIO organizations spoke
Laderman explained that the
function of the Labor Committee
Against Intolerance would be two
fold: first TO demonstrate to the
community the united and deter
mined stand of the labor movement
against bigotry, and secondly, TO
conduct educational work within
the trade union movement supply
ing films, film strips, literature
and other materials to various To-
cal.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-08
Comment On World Events

is need for thinking field international
policies dealing with labor AFL President William
makes the interesting suggestion
tona labor could be organized through the international
Trade Secretariats.
"Tere exists" President Green says "the confusing fact
countries while enrustng their international affairs Communist
agents.
"a policy is increasingly obvious The International
which of
the Communsc World Federation
zatns constitute the nucleus
ment organized functional lines to their members
President Green point
have membership the appropriate Trade
American build
bonafde trade against being yoked together
with the Communists also
saying:
n the labor field well foreign policies
the dominant
decades there still those appeasemen
the that the Communist Party controlled
such reform could conversion
moral responsibility
These facts convince the Federation
It's policy of compromise with the
Federation of Trade Unions sound"
Socialist presidential nominee an opn
letter to Henry Wallace asking where die
atosp plan Ito arve the whole city of Berlin because its
quarrel with the Western means
within It's power, to establish Communist
Thomas charged that Wallace Continually justified the agree
ns Yaa and Potsdam which made possible the
state OF affairs asked whether
nd the which divided and left
Berlin island in a of Russian
While insisting that the quarrel in Berlin should
not be allowed tol cad to total Thomas
either of the terrible alternatives of complete surrender
to Soviet tyranny. ~
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-08
Wage Increase
(Continned From Page One)
services.

services.
To test the influence Of wage
costs on prices, we can best COM
pare the hourly earnings of factory
workers with the wholesale prices
of manufactured goods. The hour
ly earning of factory workers now
average $1.30-26 cents or rs per
cent above the average at the end
of the war. Meanwhile, the aver
age wholesale prices received by
the manufacturers have risen by
more than so per cent. The board
conclusion must be that the wage
costs of making goods have gener-
ally. Jagged behind the prices re-
ceived for them.
In the race between rising wages
and rising prices, the wage earners
have been losing heavily.
Whether we look at wages as
costs or wages as income, we fail
to find any basis for believing that
the postwar price initiation could
have been caused by wage in
ereases.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-08
Renew Efforts Of
(Continued From Page One)

recommended only &c raise. Mem
bers of the Brotherhoods voted al
most unanimously for a walkout.
In the court case before Judge
Goldsborough, attorney for the
three Brotherhoods presented
lengthy legal arguments to show
that government seizure of the
railroads last May to ward off a
strike was illegal to begin with
and that hence an injunction was
likewise void.
The jurist swept aside their ar
guments, however, and okayed a
government request for a perma-
nent injunction, mainly on the
broad ground that a rail strike
would "disintegrate society ITSELF.
The unions announced they would
Immediately appeal the decision to
higher courts.
On Friday, Steelman called both
sides back to the White House to
resume parleys which had failed
in three previous attempts.
The three unions, which have
not yet received the 1947 second
round" wage increase, are demand-
ing total of at least 311ac-16c
more than Presidential Emergen-
cy Board recommended some
months ago. The unions contended
the 31bc boost is essential merely
to bring wages in line with living
costs as of last April. Also, the
unions are fighting for a batch of
changes in working rules to correct
long-standing inequities and in
justices in both basic pay rates and
working conditions.
In the case of the other two
operating" unions-the Trainmen
and Conductors-the new 25c in
crease demand served on the rail-
roads is a "third round" request.
These two settled with the carriers
last November on second round"
basis for a 15Hc increase and
few revisions in rules.