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Evening star., 1948-02-17
Readers Clearing House

| for real speed. Add egg. Combine
baking powder and flour and add
this mixture alternately with milk
Add lemon and nuts.
Sprinkle with cinnamon and
sugar and chopped nuts. Pour into
loaf tin and bake 80 minutes zap
proximately) at $50 degrees. Double
recipe for an 8-inch square cake
dish. This cake always turns out
we'll for me and it's Joy cause it's
so quickly finished.
Can one of you readers tell me
the best way to polish spun alu-
minum lamp bases?
Evening star., 1948-02-17
Bv Marparef Child

A character" in the current
idiom Is person who Is a wee bit
or more unusual by virtue of actions
mt oeneraJlv ey.
Evening star., 1948-06-22
FatherleSs Bow

him, the stage is set for trouble and
plenty of it. The boy is likely to
display moods of anger and sullen-
ness, in which he berates his mother
for some little nothing at all. He
is likely to fuss about his food, about
his belongings, about anything and
everything that touches him in
school and at home He makes life
unbearable to those who must be in
contact with him.
1t is not the food, nor the bicycle,
nor the teacher that is causing the
trouble. 1t is the wound in the boys
mind and. until that can be healed
by love, it will continue to ache,
gnaw and consume the spirit of the
child. What to do? I wish I knew.
One of the best remedies we have
found is getting a man to fill the
fathers place in the boys life as
nearly as possible, some man to
whom the boy looks up to and ad-
nires, trusts and likes. Sometimes
it is a teacher, or perhaps an old
family friend-maybe an uncle or a
grandfather If the boy likes him
and he likes the boy well enough tc
take him under his protection ano
leadership, he can do great deal to
strengthen the lads spirit and re-
store its health,
Discipline won't serve, nor a mill.
tary school, nor spelling, nor ban.
ishing from home. Love serves and
If that love can be mans love. it Is
doubly effective. The boy wants his
father.
Evening star., 1948-06-22
By ANGELO Pafri

Fathers are often overlooked
when people are thinking about the
benevolent forces that life offers
growing children, but they are ex-
tremely important.
The girl needs his masculine out
look, and the boy needs that along
with his leadership. The boy looks
UP to his father, boasts of him to
his companions, even stretching
things a bit to keep him topping
the other fellows fathers. The
very thought that father is there
sustains him. That thought Is what
is so critically important.
When a boys father is removed
by death or divorce, the boy feels
a terrible wound of spirit. 1t is as
though a part of him had beer
cut off and he was left bleeding
He cannot say anything about it, re-
fuses often to hear a word about it
but inside his being there Is havoc
fear, grief-perhaps rebellion agalnst
life
IN time his mother marries agar
and he has a new father. If HI
accepts that father, and if the IA
ther accepts him-fully-all goe
well. The boy once more has tina
feeling of being protected, loved anc
wanted. of being sustained by tn
strength and affection of his father
But-as 20 often happens-if tn,
boy cannot accent the new father
or II the new father cannot accep
Evening star., 1948-06-22

and saw them in dozens OF hotels
for women" alone, hard-working,
low -salaried and with no brighter
future. So back to school she went
for shorthand and tipping, fashion
designing and writing.
Her second job was with NBC.
She was supposed to be secretary,
only her shorthand wasn't good
enough for actual combat duty. And
she was as scared as she was in
experienced. One afternoon, just
before quitting time, her boss of a
few days said take a letter. Just
short note saying here are the
tickets you wanted, best regards.
Sally was so nervous she couldn't
get the squiggles down on paper nor
type anything sensible. When the
boss left for home half an hour
or so later, the note still was almost
ready" That night he had q nerv-
Gus breakdown and for years: Sally
believed she had been a contribut-
ing factor!
Obviously secretarial work wasn't
Sally's forte, so NBC transferred
her to publicity. 1t wasn't long be-
fore she was winning the weekly
merit certificate with such regular
ity that she was ashamed to show
her total to any one for fear they'd
think the honor was a pushover to
attain.
Sally looks like Shirley Temples
hardly any -older sister and when
she used to whistle at the vice
presidents, they would whistle right
back. However, neither that nor her
certificate won her the IS raise she
requested so she moved over to King
Features, doing publicity and pro-
motion work and earning lots more
money. Here it might be well to ex-
plain that all those years she had
been looking for her own Prince
Charming. She still hadn't found
him but her career was sizzling.
She became public relations director
for Fawcett Publications. arranging
parties for celebrities like Haynes
and Benny and Shore and Simms,
and having real New York career
Evening star., 1948-06-22

The vogue for open shoes
hos accounted for q great
deoI Of attention being paid
to the core of the feet.
Fashions have tended to
stress the free and uncon-
fined foot. The present.
doy fashion for freedom
from tight and ugly shoes
horkens back to the days Of
the Greeks and Romans, who
considered the foot a thing
Of beauty. In fact, pointing
toenoiIs was q widespread
custom long before any one
ever thought Of painting
fingernoiIs!
Care Of the feet should
have q prominent place in q
good d-grooming routine. To
Evening star., 1948-06-22
WhyGrow
Old?
By Josephine Lowman

Lately have been suggesting that
various groups would profit by
forming why Grow Old?" clubs.
Exercises are so much more fun
when done with some one than
when executed alone. Even If the
club meets only once week 1t will
provide stimulation which will help
YOU carry on by yourself between
times. I have seen this happen in
nv once or twice a week classes.
A letter has come to me recently
which is interesting and amusing
because it is so very human. 1t
says, in part:
II am writing in behalf of small
group Of women who are interested
in improving their figures. we
formed a club for this purpose.
We began meeting with the idea
that if we met every Friday night.
it would inspire us. So far we have
lust talked. This has been going
on since May, 1947. AS an incen-
tive we decided to collect club dues
and give a prize to the one who
accomplished most in self-improVe-
ment
Most of the women read your
column regularly. I told them I
would write you and tell you OF
our troubles. Instead of improv-
ing for Christmas we had all gained
weight and now are talking of sum-
mer clothes and figures. We are
30 to 40 years of age.
Would you be willing to send us
some leaflets about diet and exer-
else and posture? And would you
be willing to act as our judge?'
I know just how they felt. The
fanciful tangents of human nature
are always intriguing even if they
are not always constructive. So
far as I can see. they spent the
club dues on food rather than on
prize.
When good fellows get together
it is easy to find the time rolling
by in talk. However, have great
hopes for this club, because If they
are still clinging to the idea after
year they probably will come
through with results. Also. part
of their trouble was probably in
not knowing just how to proceed.
I sent the leaflets and told them
that I could imagine nothing more
fun than acting as their judge.
Others may wish to form small
"Why Grow Old?" groups for ex-
ercise and diet. My leaflet No. l.,
General Reducing Routine" should
be helpful to all members. 1t may
be obtained by sending a stamped,
self addressed envelope with your
request to Josephine Lowman, in
care of The Evening Star. Each
member should read the column
regularly and send for leaflets
which would be helpful.
Evening star., 1948-06-22

help beauty 90 to your toes,
here's on easy to follow
pedicure formula. Actually,
this procedure is very much
the same as a manicure.
implements include q steel
nail nipper, nail file, q
plastic or metal "pusher"
and q buffer to smooth off
ridges and stimulate eircu-
Iotion. And then, of course,
your fovorite noiI enamel.
First, wipe off old nail
enamel with q cotton bolI
saturated with polish re-
mover. % Cut the toe
nails straight across with
the nipper. File edges
smooth, 50 that your hose
Evening star., 1948-06-22
Capital Careers

with all it's glitter and glamour, as
the novels say.
One day she had to take a news
release over to the United Press
They had a new head man, just
back from the war and plenty tough,
Sally was told. When she met him,
she handed him the story, mumbled
a few words and backed quickly into
an elevator. She retained practic-
ally no impression of him and Earl
Steele had only glimpse of a pert
face beneath jaunty rose hat. which
was too bad because If Sally had
not been in such hurry their
acquaintance might have developed
into marriage much faster than 1t
did.
True to her intentions, when Sally
married her prince she resigned
from Fawcett. Earl became editor
of legislative publications for the
Chamber of Commerce and they
moved to Washington. They found
a place here, unfurnished, and es-
tablished beachhead with suit
cases, an old couch and a refrigera-
tor full of orchid corsages, souve-
Mrs Of a round of welcome to
Washington" parties.
One evening Sally decided they'd
have dinner at home for a change.
She made a table out of two linen
closet shelves and suitcase, topped
it with a centerpiece of orchids
and dish of chilli, the only thing
she could cook. Their first meal
at home! Earl was overwhelmed.
He bent one knee and reached for
Sally's hand to kiss 1t. The i'm
provised table collapsed and the
walls were splattered with chilli
and orchids.
Sally was as happy IS a bride
could be until she almost had q
nervous breakdown from not work.
ing. The crisis came one day when
she arrived home from the grocery
store with tears streaming down
her face. Earl, the amateur psychol-
ogist. probed and pondered and
came up with the solution. Sally
was like high-strung race horse,
rarin' to go but being held back.
So back to work she went, the cut
est race horse in Washington.
She took on q fashion design
class at Magda's and signed with
the National Lecture Bureau for
speaking engagements across the
country. She's just lectured at Town
Hall in New York, staged the Con-
gressional womens fashion show
here the other week, writes for To-
days Woman magazine. In her
spare time she designs hats. Earl
has never had to buy her q single
chapeau. She has made hundreds,
gives them away wholesale and may
open a shop Of her own.
Evening star., 1948-06-22
TALKATIVE CHILDREN;
APPROPRIATE POEM.

from Mrs. G. M. B., Der1DoOd.)
Having five children at the table,
I thought I might be able to help
B. M. Mine know they must not
interrupt when some one is speak
ing but quite often there is an
argument over who started to speak
first. And then too, there were two
conversations going on at times.
One day my Oldest girl, 6, decided
whoever wanted to speak should
raise his hand and mama could nod
at him as the teacher does in school.
It's hard to believe how quiet the
table has become without that de-
pressed feeling because with every
nand raised there's a face with a
big smile.
I also solved bath night and all
those dinner dishes. always bathe
mine in the morning as soon as they
get up except on Sundays when it's
all I can do to get them all dressed
for Sunday School. That leaves the
baths for Saturday night. Since my
husband is home all day Saturday
we have our dinner at noon and
something light for supper with few
or no dishes.
I am sending poem which might
be of interest after the big discus
sion on slapping or not.
THE NEW AND MODERN WAY
I'm so sorry Tommy dld 1t,
Sweetly smiles young Mrs. Brown
When her darling little hopeful
pills the neighbor's washing down.
But she does not scold or chide him
As he goes about his play
For you see-they're raising Tommy
In the new and modern way!
In the evening when young Tommy
Doesn't want to go to bed
on the floor he kicks and bellows.
Till he well might wake the dead.
Hut his parents pay no 'tentlon.
Though the neishbors' hair turn gray
For you see they're raising Tommy
In the new and modern way.
oh he gets the neighbor's nanny
For he pounds upon their doors,
And he grabs their rakes and mowers
While they're doing outside chores,
And their fingers grow more itchy
with the passing of each day
Just to spank young Master Tommy
In the good old fashioned way.
MERLE M. BURKET.
Evening star., 1948-06-22

won't suffer. Dunk your
feet in warm, soopy water.
Dry them and apply q nail
groom that cleonses and
stimulates. Massage your
toes with this rich cream
from the tip upward.
~ Apply cuticle re-
mover and remove the decd
edges. Nip any tough COR
ners with nail nippers. Use
your outieIe oil now and
buff from the tip upward.
Scrub with soopy water and
dry. Now your groundwork
has been laid for the make
up. All of this corefuI prep
orotion before applying the
nail enamel will insure q
perfect pedicure.
Evening star., 1948-06-22

~ In between your toes
place cotton tufts to sepo-
rote them. This way. your
polish won't get q chance
to smear. Apply two eoots
Of nail enamel. Make the
first one q thin coat and
the second q little heavier.
A top coat Of "quickseol"
and your toenoils have un-
dereone their beouty rituoI,
In turn you will be able
to wear your pretty golden
sandals with confidence.
When it's time to toke them
off and froIic on the beach
you'll still be confident thot
your toenoils reflect your
eood-eroomine habits.
-ELENI.
Evening star., 1948-06-22

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is obviously impossible for us
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cannot assume responsibility for
them. Betsy CaszceH
Evening star., 1948-06-22


h u n t i n G. She
couldn't ev e n
get a job as a
salesgirl u n t i !
she lied and said
of course she
had had expert
ence.
So she did,
and VOLTA! she
had a job in the
big city. Just
like thousands
Of other girls.
Which was just
the trouble. She
looked around
Evening star., 1948-06-22
Beauty
Notes
THE BIG SQUEEZE: OF late

we've been receiving lots of in
formation concerning the "squeez-
ing" of bottles. When you squeeze
one-out comes cologne. When
YOU squeeze another-out comes
a spray of deodorant. And when
you squeeze still another-out
comes liquid hair net" that is
the finishing touch to your coif-
fure. Before we 60 on, we'd bet
ter tell you that all of these
new bottles are similar in that
they are of plastic.
The cologne comes in a COOL
ing, fragrant scent. You squeeze
the magic bottle gently for a fine
spray. Or squeeze enough into
your cupped hands and splash
yourself with fragrance from
"tip t. toe"
The deodorant people have
come up with a spray to help
you keep fresh during hot sum-
mer days. One 2-ounce squeeze
able bottle is said to contain
about 500 squeezes, and all you
need for your daily application is
Just one. This "stopette" deodo-
rant is not novelty idea. 1t
really works!
Not to be outdone, another firm
offers self-atomizing bottle con-
tanning a liquid to keep your hair
manageable and lustrous. With
the new, neat, short hairdos this
product should have a great ap-
peal for many. This is NOT a
LACQUER.
With vacation thoughts octu-
pying the minds of most of lis,
any or all of these items woul,l
make good travelling compan-
ions. e. S.
Evening star., 1948-06-22
Readers Clearing House
BARBECUED SPARE RIBS.

From Miss J. NJ. w., Washington
To Mrs. L. E, Hyattsville: This
is the best barbecued spare ribs
recipe l have ever used. Try 1t,
I'm sure you will agree. Two cups
chopped onions, mashed garlic
cloves, l tablespoon salt, 2 cups
vinegar, / teaspoon each of ginger,
nutmeg, celery seed and allspice, z
teaspoon cayenne, 2 tablespoons
Worcestershire sauce, 2 cups canned
tomatoes, tablespoons sugar, and
3 cups water. Saute the chopped
onions and garlic lightly; add all
other ingredients, except sugar, and
bring to a boil. Reduce heat and
simmer. Caramelize the sugar, add
water and pour into first mixture.
Let all cook until sauce thlcKens.
Roast spareribs in baking dish with
small amount of fat and little OF
the barbecue sauce Cover and COOK
in moderate oven until meat Is ready
to drop from bone; then add more
sauce and cook, uncovered Tor an
additional IS minutes.
X
ANSWER TO QUERIES;
REQUESTS?
from Mrs. C. J. E., Philadelphia.
Pd.j
The chiffon cake which is so popu-
lar these days and about which
some one inquired. 1t is very good
cake, not too rich and goes very far
for the ingredients included. How
ever, the instructions to tap pan
sharply to get cake out didn't WORK
for me. I had little trouble even
though I used a spring form. Can
some one suggest way to release
cake from ungreased pan easily?
We recently purchased an electric
stove which I like very much. But
to my dismay I find it impossible
to SINCE poultry. Even the electric
company said it can't be done. Sure
ly some RICH reader has devised
clever method other than taking
the poultry to neighbor who has
a gas stove.
We are considering getting a new
car. The four-letter name Of our
present car begins with and N and
rhymes with dash, model 600. 1t Is
a good car but lacks pep" Since
it was slightly used when we bought
it. we don't know if We have a So
called lemon" or if this is common
trait. We would be interested in
the experience of others who own
the same make car.
Evening star., 1948-06-22
Bv Marparef Child

At the university (of illinois,
Sally Warren studied history and
literature and all sorts of subjects
that are no help to a girl when
Evening star., 1948-06-22
FLANNELETTE DIAPERS?

From Mrs. B. w., Wdshtngton.J
AS a regular reader Of your COL
umn, I would like to ask for infor-
nation about laundering my baby's
diapers. When I bought my layette
1t was necessary for me to buy both
f1annelette as well as birdseye
diapers. When I wash my birdseye
diapers, they are always snowy
white when they have dried. The
flannelette dry with stains show
ing. have tried different ways OF
washing and bleaching them, but
always the same results occur. I
must say this for the fannelette,
they are very soft when they have
dried, and If it wasn't for the prob
lem of removing stains I would pre-
fer them to birdseye. under
stand that flannelette diapers are
not used as much these days as they
were a generation or so ago. I
thought perhaps some of the older
women, grandmothers for example,
might be able to help me.
Evening star., 1948-06-22
RARY CLOTHES?

From Mrs. r. X. ~, SilDer SPRING.
would greatly appreciate sugges-
tions from other mothers for keep
ing baby clothes soft, white and
sweet. Would adding something to
the water for diapers awaiting
washing help? The clothes must be
hung inside, which complicates
things.
Evening star., 1948-06-22
IDENTIFYING POEM.

(From /. B. K, Bethesdd.)
Mrs. M. T. L.. Lanham is probably
trying to locate the poem by Anna
Hampstead Branch entitled, think,
"The Monk in the Kitchen" She
was the author of several volumes
of poetry, but I have no copy Of the
one requested.
Evening star., 1948-06-22
PLANT EXCHANGE?

(From Mrs S. r., Washtngton.)
I am very much interested in
gardens. I have a rock garden and
am always looking for plants for It.
I have some purple iris. some yellow
and brown combined and a white.
I'll gladly give some reader one or
two cromes
Evening star., 1948-06-22
WEDDING PLANS?

From J. r., Washington
A friend of mine down in the
country wants help in planning a
wedding at pm. the middle OF
September in the church, with a re-
ception at her home. AS know very
little about this sort of thing l hope
some of your readers will help her.
She is planning to use her Grand
mothers ivory wedding gown, but
the train and veil have been loaned
to so many other brides they have
long since disappeared. She is very
anxious for a court train and veil,
was Informed by a local store lace
was the thing to use and they did
not have it, as it must be ivory. Does
some one have any other suggestions
and where they could be obtained?
Also materials to be used in max
ing gowns for the maids, green, Tor
the maid of honor. yellow, blue and
rose for the other maids. They are
planning to make the gowns to save
expense. What would the men of the
party wear?
Also would it be appropriate to
use paper plates, cups, napkins?
Shall appreciate your help so very
much, and will send it on to her
as it is very hard for her to get
to the city and I will have to do
much to help her.
* X II
ARCHITECTURE PAMPHLETS?
From Miss E. R., Washtngton.)
I wonder if any of you can help
me by giving me information as to
where I can obtain some pamphlets
on English architecture through the
18th, 10th and 17th centuries. The
few have been able to find haven't
had any worthwhile examples of
this period. would like to find some
on the works Of lingo Jones, Sir
Christopher Wren, and with illus
trations of noted buildings such as
Hampton Court. the Palace of Aud
ley Ena. Hatfield House, or any of
the noted examples during the Eliz-
abethan Era.
PAINTING SLIPCOVER?
From K. A., Alexandria,
recently had my couch slipcover
cleaned and it faded so badly 1
cannot use it. 1t was made of a
brilliant color fowered print ma
terial. was wondering if it would
be possible for me to paint the
flowers on the material in their
original colors. I have seen tapestry
hand painted but do not know what
kind Of paint they use or where I
could find it. Then, Of course, there
is the problem Of having the cover
Evening star., 1948-06-22
S OSl
From Mrs. NJ. A., Arlington,

From Mrs. NJ. A., Arlington.)
kept our silver chest on top of a
cloth on top of our sewing machine,
fairly new one with walnut fin
ish. My husband worried that even
with the cloth the chest might
scratch the sewing machine SO he
used household cement to glue bits
of felt from an old hat on the bot
tom of the chest. This he placed
carefully on several thicknesses OF
newspaper on top Of the machine.
When l went to remove the paper,
it stuck to the machine, though the
various thicknesses of the paper did
not stick together. Something from
the household cement had penetrat-
ed the papers. removing the finish
from the table top surface of our
machine. I suppose the finish is
Finished" but can anyone who has
had a similar experience tell me how
to remove the newspaper from the
surface without running it further? I
tried soaking the various spots Of
paper with furniture polish and
then rubbing gently, but that didn't
work and I don't want to try too
many experiments on this.
Evening star., 1948-06-22

cleaned again. Do you think the
paint they use on materials will
stand cleaning?
Evening star., 1948-06-22
POEM WANTED?

from Mrs. G. G., BrookUiue.)
I wonder If any one would know
the old poem Never tell them what
you were. But what you are today.
The friends who spent your money
then. Will turn around and say
That Is all I remember.
Evening star., 1948-06-22
STORK SHOWER?

from Mrs J. NJ. R.. Arlington,)
Win some reader please give me
some ideas for a stork shower, such
as decorations, games to play, etc.
It is to be in the evening
Evening star., 1948-06-22
REFINISHING ROCKER?

From Mrs. E. L. W., Arltngton.)
I would like some help on what
is the proper way to refinish a small
maple rocker. My husband has re-
moved the finish and sanded it
down to the natural wood, remov-
ing the usual maple color. The wood
is quite chalky looking and doesn't
have much color or richness, but
I would like to keep the chair in its
natural color. However, I would like
to put a finish on it that will bring
out the best grain and color of the
wood. Have considered putting sew
eral coats of wax on it, but don t
know if this would be satisfactory
and give me the desired results.
Should I put a clear shellac or var
nish on it and not use the wax?
If this is the case, will the shellac
or varnish turn darker as time goes
on? Hope some one who has refin-
ished a maple piece can help me.
Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated. Please write through
RICH.