Evening star., 1948-07-04
Readers Clearing House
HAIR DRYING.

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(From Mrs. S. B., Silper SPRING.
Recently some one asked about
drying children's hair with a hail
dryer. I use one on both of my
little girls hair and have never hao
any trouble. They are a boon fol
quick drying, especially in winter.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
From D. c. Public Library.)
In answer to Mrs. K. H. B., who
requested information on old prints
the Public Library suggests the fol-
lowing: The Travellers Calendar
of Currier and Ives Prints 118 sub
jects have. been printed, approx
mately 8k by 1871 inches in lovely
colors. since the first calendar in
the series appeared in 1880. Pub
lished by the Travellers, Hartford
Conn. A collection of Currier and
Ives Prints, No. /, by Russell Grouse
published by Garden City Publish
ing Co., Inc, Garden City, N. Y
Fourteen prints in color, approx
mately 51z by 9 inches.
Selections from the two collec-
tions of prints listed above may be
seen in the picture collection, which
is part of the Art Division of the
Central Public Library.
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PLASTERING?
READING FOR THE AGED?
SPOONBREAD.
(Fronl Mrs. M. E. G., Washington
We are accustomed to do our own
home repair work. Have any office
workers attempted successfully to
plaster kitchen ceilings in spare
time? If so, directions will be ap-
preciated.
If any lonely elderly person in
vicinity of Washington needs some
one to read to her, she may get in
touch with me in care Of RCH ion
possible arrangements.
SpoOnbread - Three tablespoons
butter, melted; 2 cups water ground
corn meal, / quart milk, l teaspoon
salt, 3 eggs. Heat milk to boiling
point, stir into meal and salt. Add
butter, cook 5 minutes. Cool, add
beaten eggs. Pour batter into we'll
creased 2-quart baking dish and
bake at 425 degrees for 40 minutes.
If very soft batter is desired, use
l34 cups meal instead of 2.
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SUGGESTIONS AND QUERIES.
From Mrs. G. M. c., Washington.
Put one tablespoon vanilla mixed
in your paint and there will be no
paint odor.
There are 120 plants mentioned In
the Bible. A booklet (25 cents) Is
put out by Botanical Gardens, New
York.
To remove grease from silk rub
the spot with talcum or magnesia,
dry on stain and brush off.
Make two rows Of machine stitch
ing down each side Of paper window
shades, they won't tear as quickly.
Begin at top of shade, stitch down
rolling shade on roller as you stitch.
Paint inside of linen closet blue,
your linens will not yellow.
I'd like to know how to make a
rose jar and how to make white
wash to use on walls.
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VIRGINIA"
from Mrs. w. r. T.. F1trfGr.)
Answer to song requested by c.
R. L., Washington. The title Is
Virginia" the words are by Harry
Curran Wilbur and the music by G.
Bailey Sewers. Copyright, 1911,
published by the Kirkus Dugdale
Co., Fourteenth and U streets, Wash
ington, D. c. These publishers are
possibly under another name, but
it's lead toward securing copy or
information. have both words and
music, and sang this song at a ban
quet many years ago. A native Vir-
ginian, naturally I love it.
REMOVING SMOKE ODOR.
(Fron1 Mrs. E. A. A., LGndover Hills.)
To Mrs. B. D., Alexandria, who in
quired about removing the smoky
smell from chest of drawers which
went through a fire. In January OF
this year our home was damaged
by fire. The upstairs furniture was
quite scorched and blistered, but
salvageable. After each piece was
sanded down and refinished on the
outside, we too, were concerned
about how to successfully remove
all trace of smoke from the inside.
First of all, the quality Of the chest
must be considered. On our good
bedroom suite, the inside of the
drawers were thoroughly scrubbed,
rinsed and brushed with thin coat
of clear varnish. We also had a
couple of cheaper chests used in
the children's room. About all that
could be done was to scrub thor
oughly and then paint. However,
our fire was bad, since it completely
destroyed all our downstairs furni-
ture and there isn't the slightest
trace of smoke smell on the pieces
which were refinished.
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HONEY RECIPES.
From Mrs. E. J. S., Greenbelt.)
For Mrs. c. L. These are very
nice honey drop cookies. Three
fourths cup honey, "a cup melted
butter or substitute, 1A cups flour,
/ well beaten egg, 1s teaspoon cloves.
"a teaspoon cinnamon increase last
two amounts If you like 1t spicy, l
cup chopped raisins, Y teaspoon
soda, "a teaspoon salt. Heat honey,
add butter and spices. Cool. Add
egg. Sift flour, measure and sift
with salt and baking soda, add to
the honey mixture. Add raisins.
Mix thoroughly. Drop by teaspoon
fuls onto well-oiled baking sheet.
Bake at 80 degrees for about Is
minutes.
Honey may also be used in cakes.
Honey Cake: One-half cup short
ening, cup strained honey, " tea
cooor, colt I 600 II cIIp sollr milk