Evening star., 1948-10-01

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my troubles are over. Hope it will
help you, too.
SWEETENING LARD.
(Front Mrs. Z. w. j., Fairtar.)
For Mrs. L. F.: If you have a
large iron pot that can be used
outdoors the job will be much
easier. Heat lard, add sliced white
potatoes and let boil. If when the
potatoes are brown the lard isn't
yet fresh, remove and add more
potatoes. I'd think pounds po-
tatoes would be enough. Don't cook
too fast as the lard may burn.
Should you have to fix 1t in doors
do be careful as 1t can boil over
50 quickly.
SEVERAL PROBLEMS?
| From Mrs. e. M. M, Arlington.)
Since Christmas is 80 near, I
hope someone comes to my rescue,
before then. Is belief in Santa
Claus usually over by . yearsa My
little girl age 8A still fervently be-
lieves. even though at school some
ope told her differently. I'm sure
I won't be able to convince her the
next time, and I would like to tell
her the truth without too much Of
let-down. Somewhere I read .
poem which I neglected to save, in
which q mother explains to her
child, the myth Of Christmas. I
think the title was Eyes, My Dear,
There Is q Santa Claus" Perhaps
some one has this poem, or I'm sure
some mother has come across this
problem and solved it in her own
way.
Also what IS the best way to mark
children's clothes for school? Es-
pecially sweaters and galoshes. She
is the oldest of three, and some Of
her clothes are handed down 20 I
don't like to write her name on the
garment.
Can some of you parents tell me,
which time is the hest for doing
homework? After school, my daugh-
ter is tired and would rather play.
If I let her play I have 4 Hard
time getting her to stop and after
supper she gets sleepy.
Another big problem I have is
that my three children when to-
gether are forever competing with
one another. I have tried to be
fair to all, and yet they watch each
other closely to see II one gets
more of anything than the other
or maybe one more toy. If, for in
stance, one leaves the crusts of his
bread, then right away, the others
do the same, etc. Sometimes I run
out Of patience with them and wish
I were in China.
And finally, to get to the cooking
department., why do my choc chip
cookies taste so good and yet are
as thin as waters? They stick to
the creased cookie sheet and break
up when try to get them of. And
yet later, they soften up and stick
together on the plate. I follow d.
rections closely but do not have
much luck. Although they are
eaten quickly, I would not feel
proud to serve them to any one else
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INQUIRIES AND HINTS.
(From Mrs.. E. E. H., Turedo.)
/. There's product out for instant
mashed potatoes which alone 1 don't
find quite as appetizing as the real
thing but mixed with homemade
mashed potatoes doesn't take away
any of the flavor and is grand as a
stretcher in case of unexpected COM
pany when you haven't time to boil
more potatoes. 1t takes less than
one minute to have a double or
triple quantity of mashed potatoes.
2. To the women who have the
agitator type washing machine:
Learn to use your machine COM
pletely. I've had one for over q
year and not until several months
ago did I learn that the machine
itself can cut down laundry time
by more thanfhalf. I used to wash
In the machine and rinse in tubs.
1t took me approximately three hours
for two tubfuls twice a week.
Finally in desperation I decided to
let the machine do the rinsing and
to my surprise my clothes were
cleaner and softer in less than l
hour. Baby diapers even come out
completely soft this way. I use hot
water for the wash, warm water
for the first rinse and cool for the
second for our tank doesn't hold
enough for two warm water rinses.
Even with the cool water rinses my
lclothes are softer than before. Each
rinse takes only about two minutes.
Consequently, I now wash the
clothes the very last thing in the
evening while listening to the radio,
hang them out the next morning,
get them ironed before the wash
day" is half over and have much
more time and energy for other
things.
3. When dicing an onion, criss-
cross cut top halfway and bottom
halfway-then slice. No more hav-
ing to cut up rings individually or
having extra large pieces.
4. wonder # any of the RICH
readers have recipe for anise seed
cookies?
5. Is there any way of softening
and removing the inlaid substance
used on inlaid linoleum?
6. What is the best stuffed fur
niture covering (boucle, mohair.
etc. for wearing qualities? Read
somewhere that someone had trou-
BILE with moths.
7. Does anyone know Of a cleaner
that will remove bread wrapper dye
from refrigerator finish? For time
kept my bread on the top Of the
refrigerator and discovered too late
to my dismay that the red dye
stained the finish.