Evening star., 1948-06-02
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Bake in hot oven $50 degrees
IS minutes, then in moderate oven
325 degrees Is minutes. (Be sure
your oven registers rightly Remove
with spatula and cool on rack.
When thoroughly cool, cut side Of
each puff and fill with a cream
custard or sweetened and favored
whipped cream or ice cream. Makes
one dozen. (We prefer the whipped
cream.) Again may say how
much we enjoy the RICH at our
house.
i VACUUM.
From Mrs. H. E., SiUer SPRING.
For Mrs. ]. L. NJ, Washington: ::
When I bought a new vacuum
cleaner recently, chose the up
right model because I thought my
major day to day cleaning job
would be the rugs. 1t has all the
appliances for the occasional radia-
tor, upholstery, etc, cleaning, too.
The upright model has the motor
driven brush in addition to suction
for rug cleaning and all you have
to do Isl push it back and forth, all
assembled when you want to pick
up crumbs under the dining room
table after dinner. With the tank
model, you have to assemble 1t each
time you use it, and all you get Is
suction on the rugs, unless you
want to supply brush friction with
elbow grease, which requires ad-
ditional energy.
COOP NURSERY.
(Fron, Mrs. G. S., Washington.)
A neighbor of mine saw letter
in your column inquiring about a
cooperative nursery school in
Green Acres. Knowing that I do
not see The Star, she told me about
the letter and asked If I would
answer it. Unfortunately, she has
disposed Of the paper and does not
remember what the signature was
on the letter.
There has been cooperative
nursery school, known as the Little
Falls Nursery School, meeting in
Green Acres for the past three years.
1t is closing for the summer vaca-
ton this month. If there are any
interested parents who have chill
dren who will be about years old
in the fall they may obtain in
formation by calling Mrs. Myra
Lank at Wisconsin 6995 or Mrs.
Guinevere Scott at Oliver 5013.
X X X X
/ SHAMPOO.
(Fron, Mrs. C. c., CuIpeper.)
For the lady requesting hints on
shampooing her child's hair would
like to suggest the following: Run
about an inch of water in your
bathtub. Give your child his usual
toys and then play with him by
wetting the back of his head until
he is used to it. Gradually you
will be able to get him to lie down
In the tub. Be sure the water is not
deep enough to get in his ears. Once
this is accomplished the sham
pooing takes only a second. In
order to keep the water out of his
eyes when rinsing, wiring out face
cloth, fold it into a long narrow
strip and place it on the child's
forehead, letting him hold it in
place and then rinse with a glass
full of water. This absorbs any
water that might run in his eyes.
Have him sit up and rinse the back
off in the same way as you did
when you played" with him in the
beginning.
This has been very successful with
both my children and saves sep
arate shampooing and bathing.
X X X
LENGTHENING SLIP.
(From Mrs. M. L., RiperdMe.)
am sending directions to
lengthen slip as requested. The
amount of material is for standard
width slip: Buy 414 yards of heavy
val-type lace 15 cents a yard at
dime stores) and one-quarter yard
Of crepe 80 inches wide, matching
slip in color and weight. I matched
my slips with material at $3.50 and
So yard. Tear crepe in half, max
ing two strips AZ inches wide, sew
together, hem one edge and stitch
lace to outside Of hemmed edge.
Run two rows of stitching one
eighth inch apart on other edge of
ruffle, using longest stitch on sew
ing machine This will gather ruf1e
almost enough to fit bottom of slip.
Stitch balance Of lace to hem of
slip to be heightened. Stitch this
lace to gathered edge of ruffle 0ace
on the outside), overlapping lace
about one-quarter inch. Turn inside
edge of ruf1le under, baste and
stitch down.
This takes me less than an hour
to do, and If material is well
matched makes the slip look as If 1t
were bought that way. T did
black one with black lace, and It Is
beautiful.
SECOND THOUGHT.
(Fron1 Mrs. N. H. D., Washington
| " AVA 10. 4sA' H. N.S "AAO WAotC dDOuG
a place to live in retirement: My
husband and I wanted to 60 to a
quiet place to live, not too far from
normal activities, after we retired.
We sold our home and found
beautiful apartment in Beverly
Hills, Calf The mountains could
be seen and only miles from the
ocean, air was enjoyed, but after
being there for a while we missed
our friends, though we made many
new ones. We could not seem to
school ourselves to the difference in
almost everything. and so returned
to Washington. Maybe we needed
the experience, but we are so CRATE
full to be in our home city-no more
desire to go elsewhere.
One could go out into some one
Of Washington's suburbs, but remain
near the environment you know.
The guide books do not print the
disadvantages but magnify the good.
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