Evening star., 1948-06-16
POEMS FURNISHED AND
REQUESTED.

! have two answers for inquiries
In tonight's Star. First the poem
requested by Miss M. H.:
PRAYER OF A SOLDIER IN FRANCE.
My shoulders ache beneath my back,
massS ssS v Feet aD9n at s burn snd
(Tread. Holy Feet, upon my hear).
Men shout at mSsvho may not speak.
tThey seourged Thy back and smote Thy
I may nnsehit nos III . hand to clear
My eyes Of salty drops that scar.
Then shall my f1ckle soul forget
The agony of Bloody SweatD
CFrom Thy pierced side red rivers GOMEZ.
Lord. Thou didst suffer more for me
Than all the hosts Of land and sea.
So let me render back again
This millionth OF Thy gift Amen ~
And for e. L. j., who inquired
about Songs That Never Grow
Old" It was published by Syndicate
Publishing Co., New York Nondon
and Toronto), and was copyrighted
in 1909 and 1918.
And now a request: Does any one
know where can get the words and
music to poem or song, part Of
which goes:
The sun J., dSss S,ss,n3s n9vhers shine SO bright
The roses nowhere bloom SO white
AS in Virginia.-?
So vhsn her. my time Tine has ns come ;e9 to ei'
Close where the James goes flowing BY
Down in Virginia.
A music teacher my mother once
knew in Fairfax County, Virginia,
set this to music years ago and I
would like to be able to obtain a
copy.
TO CLEAN ARTIFICIAL
FLOWERS.
(From Mrs. G., WdShington.
To Mrs. L. w., Silver Spring. To
clean artificial flowers (paper). Put
y cup salt in paper bag, inclose
flowers and shake until clean. The
salt gets in all creases and scours
clean (when through, put salt in
sink and pour water on 1t and you
can see how dirty it is)
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MALTESE LACE.
From Mrs. N. J. D., Takon11 Park J
For Mrs. j. E. p, Washington.
The directions that came with my
maltese loom say an instruction
book for making IA articles may be
obtained from E. z. DUE 1t, 224 West
Fourth street, Long Beach IL,
Calf, for Is cents in coin. The
stores here where the looms can
be purchased will give directions for
making carriage robes, sweaters, etc.
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HANDLING FUR?
(Fron, Mrs. C. G. j., Washington
Can you give me brief instructions
regarding sewing fur? And the
cutting? Am interested in making
a fur cape out of an old fur coat. I
believe you cut the fur or the wrong
side with a razor blade, hut know
noting about the sewing.
COOKING TIP.
iron, Mrs. M. A. H., Arlington.)
Stopping grease from sputtering.
When grease snaps and sputters
in the frying pan. just put about
"a teaspoon Of flour in a little
sitter and sift it into the hot grease
and instantly the sputtering will
cease.
CAKE BAKING.
/Ero,,, r G z JUoeb;,14o.,
For E. L., Washington, in regard
to Layer Cake Problem" I had
very much the same experience with
my cake baking. My heartfelt sym-
pathies. I solved my difficulties by
obtaining book on Home Eco
nomics from the Public Library
which explained the part that the
ingredients played in the cake max
ing process.
Of hand, I would suggest that
you may have better luck with the
"one-bowl" methods, if you must
continue mixing by hand. would
suggest that a double action bak-
ing powder might help.
In spite of careful measuring there
were many things that I did in
correctly that caused my cakes to
fall. One, in particular, was beat
ing too long after the baking powder
was moistened by other ingredients,
thus causing considerable loss in
leavening action. Before secured
an electric mixer. I overcame this
difficulty by adding the baking
powder at the very last, that is.
after the rest of the batter was
beaten smooth. Then beating just
enough to smooth out the batter
and quickly pouring it into the pans
and setting them into the oven.
THE Woman's Home Companion"
cook book also gives careful ex-
PLANTATION of the various processes
involved and at which points care
should be taken and why.
(Fron, M. A., Arlington.)