Evening star., 1948-01-15

ing l pOllSQeQ IL again Will CIuSllco
wrapping paper until the surface
appeared shiny. Then I applied
coat of clear linoleum varnish. It
now looks like a finished job and is
very attractive and blends in al
nicely with the ivory woodwork
and walls in our kitchen as with
the white woodwork in the bedroom
Now, maybe one of your readers
can help me. We have bought an
old house and have removed the
loose wallpaper from the plastered
walls, and wish to paint the walls
and ceilings with oil paint. How
ever, we find that the smooth OF
finish coat Of plaster has never been
put on. We would like to do this
Job ourselves to save money. Can
some one tell us what to use to OBJ
tain smooth hard finish? We
have used the popular patching
plaster on sale at building material
and hardware stores to fill some
holes but believe that it would have
to be sandpapered to acquire a
really smooth surface.
BABY'S CHRISTENING.
from Mrs. C. L. B.. Alexandria,
To Mrs. r. Y, Washington, re-
garding babys christening: We had
our baby christened about a month
ago and tried to do everything up
as "traditionally" as possible and
yet inexpensively. We think 1t
worked out very well.
First of all, before we left for the
church, we set our dining room
table with plates, glasses and nap
kins and placed the punch bowl at
one end and the cake at the other
end. In this way served the cake
and my husband the punch as every
one came to the table and took
their own plates and napkins. We
ordered fancy decorated cake with
the baby's name on it from bakery
for 81. The cake was IL inches In
diameter and served Is people. Egg
nog is the traditional drink, but we
served grape juice and ginger ale
punch, which is less expensive.
(Three bottles of ginger ale and one
bottle of grape juice served 25o
I have never heard Of the god
mother buying the baby'S outfit.
The godparents usually give the
baby gifts, such as a silver cup,
silver spoon, etc. The baby's par
ents buy the outfit.
A christening is a sacrament and
no fee is required. You can. how
ever, make a donation to the church,
but this is not necessary.
Another thing I did was to ask
my mother to take care of the baby
and my sister to take care of the
coats when we got home so that my
husband and I were free to serve
and "get things rolling"
I hope this information will be
Of help to you and that your chris
tening party is success.
There certainly is no other wom-
ans page like The Evening Stars,
and the RICH is the best part OF It!
CAKE TIPS.
from Mrs. A. N. A., Washington.l
For Mrs. w. H. A. Your cake
may not bake right because the
batter is too thick or oven is too hot
when cake is put in. 1t also helps to
push up the batter slightly with
back of spoon onto each side Of pan
and leave the center slightly lower,
but grease sides same as bottom.
For c. v. B. I think the oven
was too hot for your fruit cake.
I have better luck at $50 degrees.
Keep a small pan of water on bot
tom of oven while baking fruit cake
and when cake browns too fast, lay
piece Of brown paper over cake.
This year my fruit cake baked en-
tirely too fast at 300 degrees, which
recipe called for. The cake even
scorched and the lower I turned
the oven regulator the hotter it got.
I then called the gas company and
found the oven burner needed ad-
justing!
If you have a fruit cake, or any
other cake or cookies that are too
dry, also bread, they can be softened
by dipping fingers in water and
brushing over top and bottom OF
crust, and set away for to II hours,
covered tightly. Or use a wet or
damp cloth laid over them. My
fruit cake was scorched and hard
as a rock, I trimmed off all scorched
crust, let water from faucet run
over it quickly on each side, and
in a few days 1t was moist and
usable.