Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-10
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THANK YOU" NOTE:
KEEPING CHILD COVERED;
BANANA CAKE.


KEEPING CHILD COVERED;
BANANA CAKE.
from Mrs. L. L., Siluer SPRING.
In the first place I want to tell
you how very much I appreciate
your response to my request on in
formation about fencing in my
active 2-year-old son. did not agree
with you all, but was grateful for
the time you spent On writing the
letters anyway. We have him fenced
in! We cut black locust trees for
posts, bought double picket wire
fencing, trimmed the posts neatly
and the result is a fence which
looks rustic and brings back men,
cries of our own homes as children.
Our son is quite happy playing
alone part Of the time and having
guests part of the day. His dad
takes him "out front" after dinner
for big romp with the older chill
dren. I am much less harassed this
way and can finish my work early
and take him to the creek or to
walk in the woods.
To some of the mothers who
worry about keeping their children
covered I'd like to pass this bit on
to you. Our son sleeps on his
tun1my and we put big safety pin
through the wool blanket and pin
it to the back of his pajamas. He
can toss and tumble all he wants to,
but still the cover falls back over
him when he goes into his favorite
tummy position. One caution, moth
er: Don't cover too heavily. The
child will throw of the covers If you
do. Our boy sleeps under one wool
blanket all winter and never has a
cold.
This is getting lengthy, but I'd
like to send in a banana cake recipe
which we like very much. 1t is
grand sliced thin with cream cheese
in between and our son loves it. 1t
Is very easy to make, too.
Two and two-thirds cups sifted
-four, 2 teaspoons baking powder, /
teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cloves,
~ teaspoons cinnamon, Y tea
spoons nutmeg, % cup shortening,
11s cups sugar, 2 eggs well beaten)
125 cups mashed banana a or s.
bananas, 2 teaspoons vanilla ex-
tract.
Sift together -four, baking pow
der, salt, spices, cream shortening.
Stir sugar gradually into shortening.
Add eggs and beat we'll Add flour,
alternating with banana, small
amounts at a time, beat after each
addition until smooth. Stir in fla
voring. Pour into creased layer
cake pans and bake at $50 degrees
about IS minutes.
LET HER HAVE SPECS!
from P. w., Washington
To Mrs. c. j. S.: Your problem
isn't at all unusual. I'm Is and
I would give 10 years off my life
and my new anoora sweater If I
could wear glasses. But unfortu-
nately I am what some people call
blessed GU with perfect vision! If
your daughter is lucky enough to be
abb to have an opportunity to wear
glasses, for pete's sake let her! I
don't know how your daughters
tastes run, but I think blue and
white checked plastic frames are
atomic!! Oh, I forgot to say that
the reason your daughter wants
glasses is because of the supercolos-
sal frames. They give you, espe-
cially the harlequins, definite specs
appeal. So please, puh-leaze, let her
have them. If she wants them half
as much as l do she'll hit heaven
when she gets her specs.
(From Mrs. r. c., Falls Church,
To Mrs. c. j. S. of Mount Rainier:
1t amused me no end to read your
letter in The Star because 7 had
exactly your same problem in Cali
fornia when we were living there six
months ago. My 16-year old daugh-
ter also pleaded for glasses, COM
planning of headaches and smarting
eyes, finally disclosing as the parting
argument that "all the girls were
wearing them" We discovered later
that they were so popular some of
the girls wore the frames without |
glass in them-painted with nail
polish or enamel to match favorite
ensemble! The mistake we made
was giving in to our daughter and
buying her glasses. 1t cost Sc for
the optometrist's fee and $40 for the
glasses, which had blue plastic
frames and the new "upsweep."
When jeanne had worn them a
few times and decided they didn't
do thing for her" she promptly
refused to wear them. I think all
this TODD which fashion magazines
have been making over fancy frames
decorated with rhinestones, flowers.
plaids and vivid colors and de
signed to suit the contour of the
face" is responsible. Let your daugh-
ter indulge in fancy but inexpen-
sive pair of sun glasses this summer
and save your dollars!
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ENGLISH COOKIES.
/FrO1u Mrs r n