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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
A Smart Young Housewife


Fried potatoes can be most appe-
tizing, or they can be downright
awful, depending on how they are
cooked. The French fries we have
previously discussed, are the top
favorite, with the runner-up Pota-
toes O'Brien, made of raw potato
cubes, French fried and mixed with
little fried diced green pepper and
onion. Next in popularity come cot
tage-fried potatoes. They are at
their worst when soggy potatoes are
fried in poor fat and served greasy
and half cooked. At their best when
mealy, cold white potatoes are sliced
thin, Drowned until golden in fat
tried out from salt pork, fried until
crisp and served free of grease and
garnished with strips of the salt
pork. (Or vegetable oil or strained
bacon fat, may be used Unsteady
In any case the potatoes should be
fried crisp and pale golden brown,
and served at once. To turn cottage
fried into lyonnaise potatoes, first
fry a diced onion in the fat to flavor
it. Remove, so it will not burn. When
the potato is done, put back the
onions, and reheat. If the fried
potato seems greasy, turn it into a
pan containing a crumpled paper
towel to absorb the excess fat. Quick
into heated dish-a dust of salt
and pepper-then to table!
ToMoRRoW's DINNER
Chopped Spinach and Rice Soup
Crackers
Cheddar Cheese Pudding
Cottage-Fried Potatoes with
Salt Pork
Thick Stewed Tomato
Baked Apples Gingerbread
Coffee or Tea Milk (Children)
Chopped Spinach and Rice Soup
To qt. of meat stock, any kind
Tor c. water and bouillon cubes),
add u c. cooked rice and IL c. fine
chopped cooked or canned spinach.
Season with a little nutmeg; serve
very hot.
Cheddar Cheese Pudding
Scald 31a c. whole milk, or use
reconstructed dry skim milk, or
equal parts evaporated milk and
water. Pour over 2 c. soft white
bread crumbs; add 2 tbsp. butter or
margarine, " tsp. salt, tsp. pap
rika and Y tsp. pepper. Beat eggs
light; mix with l c. sharp cheddar
or American cheese put through the
chopper. Transfer to shallow 3-pt.
baking dish, which has been well
oiled. Top with y c. small cubes of
bread moistened with 2 tbsp. butter
or margarine. Bake in a moderate
oven, $50 F. about 40 min., or until
firm in the center, puffy and brown,
TRICK OF THE CHEF
For excellent flavor add a pinch
! of sage to succotash.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30

And Your
Digestion
By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD.

1T pays to be calm, for we now
know that the emotions, such ~
fear, anxiety, and anger, all have
an effect on the way in which the
various parts of the body function,
and these disturbances in function
may cause troublesome symptoms.
This is particularly true Of the
stomach.
Some very careful studies have
been carried out by Drs. Wolf and
| Wolff, of New York. They used four
| persons who had what is known a.
gastric fistula, that is, an opening
from the stomach to the outside.
They were able to look directly into
the stomachs of these patients and
note various changes in the lining
membranes, as well as determining
the amount of secretions formed.
Emotional Disturbances
They found that, as . result Of
emotional disturbances, the stom-
ach may become overactive or un-
deractive, and that the same person
may show either type of change un-
der varying circumstances. They
also learned that these emotional
upsets might cause a sufficient
change in the action Of the stomach
to nullify or cancel out the effects
the various foods had produced.
Overactivity of the stomach often
was found to be associated with
heartburn and pain in the abdomen
of a gnawing nature. These pains
were strongest during the periods
when the stomach was emptied, and
usually were relieved by taking
food, milk, or an alkaline substance,
such as baking soda.
Underactivity of the stomach was
found when a feeling Of fullness in
the stomach or abdomen, or a feel
ing of sickness or nausea was pres
ent.
Changes in Stomach
A person whose stomach is over
active has changes in the stomach
which normally 60 with hunger,
whether or not he has any appetite.
When the stomach is overactive, it
indicates that the person is prepar-
ing to fight his problems. When the
stomach is underactive, it indicates
that the individual is not meeting
the challenge of his surroundings
but is giving up to them. His nausea
expresses his distaste for the situ-
alton in which he finds himself.
Ths role which the emotions play
in the development Of these stomach
disturbances should be understood.
Many persons who develop such
symptoms as pain in the abdomen
or nausea become certain that they
are suffering from some actual dis
ease condition when actually their
troubles are only due to their emo
tions. An explanation Of this fact
may, in itself, aid greatly in reliev-
ing the symptoms.
Persons whohave such abdominal
disturbances are in need of thor
ough study by the physician to de-
termine just what disorder is pres
ent so that the most effective treat
ment may be carried out.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
By IDA BAILEY ALLEN

BUYING a new hat was occupy
ing all my attention when low
masculine voice cut through the buzz
Of the customers.
~ shall greatly appreciate it
Madame" a young man was saying
to the shop owner, "if you will help
me select hat for my wife,"
"Can't the young lady stop in with
you?" she inquired.
"Not today" he said, there's no
sitter to stay with the baby and the
hats to wear tonight, it's our wed.
ding anniversary" He smiled. "She's
been SO wonderful learning to cook
certain foods I like that l want the
hat for a surprise. 1t will be the
first night we've stepped out since
the baby came"
"I'll be glad to help you select
the hat" smiled the saleslady. "Is
she blond or brunette?"
Fair Skin
"She's brunette with big brown
eyes, and a fair skin," he answered.
"Here's her picture" And from his
wallet he took snapshot of an evil
IDENTIFY pretty girl, for the milliner
exclaimed. ashes lovely! Do you
know her head size?"
The young man looked apprais-
ingly at all the feminine heads in
the shop, then turned and looked at
me. "It's about the size of this lady's
here" he said; "my wife's face is
round, too, and she has curly brown
hair"
"Would you like me to model some
hats?" l offered.
The milliner brought several hats
and tried them on, one by one, while
the young man looked at them from
all sides. "Ill take this one," he
finally decided, indicating a little
brown cff-the-face hat with a long
pheasant's feather. "She'll like that
because it'll make her feel tall"
While the hat was being packed /
asked him what special foods his
wife had learned to cook for him.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
By TEMPLE MANNING

WE remember meeting up with
an interesting family one year while
crossing to Europe. Father and
mother liked the good things Of life,
SO they were planning side trip to
Perigueux, home not only Of those
wonderful trufi1es, but of equally
worthy fare and cooking. Brother
was on his way to Carcassonne, to
see the worlds most wonderful
walled and fortified town, while sis
ter, an honor student at Vassar, had
listed as her star attraction \ visit
to the Cro-Magnon caves.
Since Perigueux and Cro-Magnon
are adjacent and both on the road
to Carcassonne out of Paris, there
had been no trouble in preparing
that itinerary. From their letters
afterwards, it seems that sister had
the most profitable time since she
did magazine articles on the won-
derful caves in the valley of the Dor
dogne, caves that have yielded an
amasing picture Of the dawn of man.
Tiny Village
Huddled beneath the lodges of a
huge rock is a tiny village, Les Ey-
zies. Until eighty years ago, it was
just 4 lovely little village by the
Vezere. Some workmen, engaged in
the construction of railroad en-
bankment between Les Eyzies and
Cro-Magnon, unearthed a small
cave, almost full Of unrecognizable
debris, and then came upon FIVE
skeletons, with skulls Of such unu-
sual construction that even the men,
none of whom would lay claim to
being a scientist. recognized that
these could not be the skeletons of
humans as they knew them.
Experts soon arrived and the con-
tents of the cave, together with
other discoveries soon made nearby,
offered convincing testimony that
the region had been inhabited by
prehistoric race, which, for the pur-
poses of science, has been dubbed
"Cro- o-Magnon."
The skull known as the "old man
of Crpr Magnon" carried the evil
dence Sf its antiquity in the stalag-
mite Aeposit on it from a calcareous
drip from the roof of the rock-a
form mftion that could only have been
madS during thousands Of years.
They were big folk, varying from
nearly six feet to nearly five inches
more than that. The skulls were
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
A Sequel TO loves For Horizon
By ADELE GARRISON

inner sanctum, leaving Winters out
side, looked as if he intended grow
ing Rip Van Wrinkle beard"
Difficult Case
"He must be winding up a diff
cult case" Dicky said. "When he's
getting his final deductions mar
shalled, he doesn't eat regular
meals, or shave, or sleep in bed,
or let anybody touch anything in the
Office. It's wonder he saw you."
ellis secretary told me at first he
wasn't seeing anyone" Katharine
said. "Then l gave her your letter."
"Did that turn the trick?" Dicky
asked.
at certainly did," she replied.
"He was affability itself. And, my
lad, you certainly picked yourself a
live wire. l never saw man that
seemed to give out more capability
and dependability than your friend.
And, before we talked, he proved to
me by tests that his inner Office is
sound proof"
Except for his hidden micro
phone" Dicky said with a grin.
"But he wouldn't turn that on to
record you or me. told you, didn't
l, that he was as deep as we'll, and
as safe as a church?'"
~ have heard you mention it
once, or twice, or thrice" she said,
wrinkling her nose at him. "But you
were justified, III wager my next
new hat on it,"
"What did he think of my job?"
Dicky asked.
Current Problem
"He was much interested, and he
said that he had reached a stage of
his current problem, where he had
to let things simmer for a couple of
days, and that he would get the mid
night train up. to the school, arriv-
ing there in the morning. He said
that he would telephone you here,
using your usual code just before he
boarded the train, so that you could
report any new development.
II didn't quite know just what l
ought to do about the farm tele-
phone," she went on, "but I finally
gave it to him, with the stipulation
that if you didn't want him to use
it, you would advise him before he
left tonight. He said he would be
either at his Office or his apartment
until time to leave for the train"
Telephone in Code
"There is no reason why he can't
telephone the farmhouse in code,"
Dicky said. "But why does he expect
any new Development" he added, a
bit uneasily. "The boys are safely
down here, the danger, whatever it
may be, is up at the school,. They
can't get into communication or
does he think there'll be an attempt
to do just that?"
"He didn't say So" Katharine
said. "But he did ask a great many
questions about the boys, their char
acteristics, and their habits. Into
one problem he probed deeply. He
wanted to know if either Of the boys
had any weaknesses which would
get him into questionable scrapes
on his own account, or if they were
the chivalrous protectors Of weaker
schoolmates."
(Continued tomorrow)
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
HOME
Care c.,
Picture
Frames
~ By ELEANOR ROSS

LATELY we've been telling you
about the increasing interest in
framed pictures and mirrors as fine
robm accessories.
Today a letter at hand asks for
Information on keeping frames
looking their loveliest, which, if the
frame is q fine one, is very hand
some indeed. Fortunately, a picture
frame is not like a piano or other
fine wood surfaces. 1t does not have
to be polished and treated. In fact
and here's good news-most picture
frames are best when left alone
except for the usual dust-freeinp
job. The most satisfactory way Of
caring fof them is by dusting care
fully with a clean, dry cloth or a
clean, soft, camels' hair brush, A
damp cloth is very apt to warp the
wood and dull the finish.
Furniture Polish
Wakes and furniture polishes are
particularly bad for carved wood
frames which have been carefully
finished when made. Chemicals and
wakes tend to eat away and weaken
these fine finishes. They can ruin
the grain, especially when applied
with a generous hand. Good frames
mellow with age. There is no SUBJ
stitute for the beauty of wood that
is acquired through the years.
Now as to those Id frames with
4 gold leaf finish. These would be
injured if wiped with a damp cloth,
because in the old days they were
finished with water soluble prepa-
ration which would disintegrate
when moisture is applied. AS for
metal frames, the majority of these
are given = non-tarnishing finish.
So they can be kept in condition
merely by wiping with a dry cloth.
Polished Wood Frame
In answer to our correspondent
who says that she believes some
frames are treated with furniture
polish VT would tell her that
simple polished wood frame of ma
hogany Or maple should be treated
with furniture polish. This should
be carefully applied; just s;midgin
will do.
If YOUR attic has yielded pictures
or mirrors with fine frames, which,
although mellowed by age, are
heavy with SCOT or grease, do not
atttmpt to restore the frames your
SELF Take it to a reliable frame
hotse and have it scientifically re-
fifshed. So the best advice in caring
for the frames in your own home is
70 give them as little attention as
possible, beyond plenty Of dusting.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30

"Sauerbraten and apple strudel," !"
he said. "My mother came from
Vienna and so was brought up on
Viennese cooking. Dot was quite a
good cook when we were married,
but she cooked straight American.
One day l must have mentioned
sauerbraten and apple strudel.
Without telling me, Dot went over
to my mothers to learn how to make
them. The sauerbraten was easy
and we've had it twice. But the
strudel seems hard to make. So Dot
practiced at home making strudel
dough and then took it over to Ma
for criticism. Yesterday she got the
knack and she's made the grandest
apple strudel you ever saw for din
ner. And when she puts it on the
table, I'm going to put this hat on
her head"
Hat box in hand, out he went.
"What a wonderful young hus-
band!" remarked one of the Gus
toners.
"What a wise young wife," l
thought to myself, ITO go to her
husbands mother and learn to cook
the dish he likes best"
SUNDAYS DINNER
Vegetable Juice Cocktail
Pickles Currant Jelly
Pot Roast of Beef with Potatoes
Corn and Green Beans Succotash
Apple Strudel
Coffee or Tea Milk (Children)
All Measurements Are Level
Recipes Serve Four
Apple Strudel
First make the strudel dough. To
do this, sift together TX c. flour and
"a tsp. salt. Then work in 8 tbsp.
shortening with a pastry blender
until flaky. Beat l egg; add 8 tbsp.
milk and stir into the first mixture.
Work with spoon to form soft
dough and knead until firm. Then
make the filling. To do this, brown
" c. soft bread crumbs, " c. chop
ped filberts (or any kind of nuts) :,
and u c. raisins in 8 tbsp. butter or
margarine. Add 8 c. chopped tart
apple and q c. sugar.
When the filling is ready, transfer
the dough to a large pastry board
busted with -four. Roll and pull as
thin as possible into large rec
tangle; spread with the prepared
filling and press it lightly into the
dough with a rolling pin. Then roll
up the strudel like jelly roll and
pinch the ends together. Transfer,
fold side down, to an oiled long shall
low pan. Brush with melted butter
or margarine. Bake 40 min. in q
moderate oven, 375 F. Basic twice
during the baking with little
melted butter or margarine. Cool
and serve plain busted with confec.
toners sugar, or with a fruit sauce.
! Enough for 2 meals.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30

her and the thousands that have
visited the caves, is that these peo-
pie knew full well that when man
is ill he is pale, and that when he
dies, he gets paler still. So they
colored the bodies of their dead with
a rosy pigment to stimulate life
glow. They knew. too, the relative
position and shape Of the heart, as
a cave mural indicates.
On the road to Crp-Magnon from
Perigueux there are some really
lovely little,hamlets and towns, each
in q picture-like setting. One of the
most beautiful is Cadouin, whose
church has what people hereabouts
believe to be a shred Of the winding
sheet of Christ, brought back from
the First Crusade.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
THE STARS SAY-s' By fHsHS1Evr kEMBlE

tempts to put over fresh projects of
more than passing significance. The
urge to exploit or promote excep-
tional talents, skills or ideas, may
push to high adventure. Yet con-
fused or complicated state of mind
could have power to "becloud the
issue" or create ynsound involve
ments. Rash moves, wild impulses,
reckless behavior could result in
strife, accident, sorrow and loss.
A child born on this day while
energetic, creative and ambitious,
could overdo it, as the emotions
rather than calm judgment could
lead into difficulties and regrets.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
For Friday. December 81

THE current planetary aspects
and predictions seem to accent the
usual lively and incorporate culmi-
nation Of the passing year, together
with the wild, tempestuous and
raucous welcome to the oncoming
one. Rash, ungoverned and over
hilarious conduct is bound to incite
many phases Of exaggeration. ex-
citement, probably accident and
strife. The conspicuous "show off"
is bound to run counter to sane
Judgment with consequent, penal
ties. A rational and sensible course
of action could foster much real
happiness and joyous festivity.
For the Birthday
: Those whose birthday it is may
find their forces and faculties keyed
to new moves, with decisive At
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
By GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.

THERE are some conscientious
mothers who do foolish things. For
instance, there's the mother of one
or several young children who has
read and heard much about the
proper foods a child should have and
about how much of each. She may
read everything she can find on the
subject. Yet failing to sense the SIM
plest psychology of appetite, failing
to use the sense she was born with,
she may proceed to command the
children to eat and to force food
into them as if she were feeding a
food grinding machine. A reader
writes:
II have a daughter-in-law, the
mother of two children, three and
nearly two. She gives all of herself
to them but thinks they must eat
three big meals day. She ,drags
them to the table with foods, includ-
ing vegetables, especially prepared
for them, and always has leather
belt and toys on the table: She puts
food into their mouths and if they
don't swallow it she uses the belt
on them and forces them to eat. The
little things beg and cry and gag
but she still thinks they must con-
sumo all the food. She works until
she gets it down them and every
body wants to cry with the babies.
1t is a eart-breaking ordeal for
the whole family. We all know the
doctor has advised her not to force
them to eat"
Hard to Help
As l wrote this grandmother, she
may be the last person in the world
to help her daughter-in-law change
her ways. You might work through
some other person who could in
fiuence her. / even doubt whether
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
No Need To
Suffer From
Feet
By HELEN FOLLETT

IF a girl is going to make prog.
ress along the beauty way, she must
have her feet in good condition.
Feminine feet take lot Of punish
ment, and it is not to the credit Of
the members of the frail sex that
they don't take better care Of their
trotters.
A recent poll revealed that one
out of every three individuals con-
fesses that she suffers from hurting
feet. Pretty silly, considering that
podiatrists and chiropodists inform
us that there is no need for most Of
the discomfort that exists.
Extreme Spikes
One reason for twinges: women
do not wear heels of the right height.
The forward thrust Of extreme
spikes can do dreadful things to feet
and posture. 1t may cramp the big
toe, cause calluses, corns and in
growing nails that are enough to
drive a woman crazy with pain. 1t
throws the body forward at an ab-
normal angle, has 4 deplorabls
effect upon the spine.
The answer to all these ills is not
to dispense with high heels, since
the requirements Of fashion and
good looks make any such solution
impossible. The answer is rather not
to wear high heels all the time.
But avoid a sudden shift to fats.
Such move would cause q violent
stretching Of the muscles Of the
calves with unpleasant results.
Leather Oxfords
At no time are sloppy, fiat, house
slippers to be recommended. The
best shoes for maintaining good pos
ture and foot health are all-leather
oxfords with one and one-half inch
heels and with leather soles to pro-
vide sufficient support for the foot
together with the fiexibility its nat
ural movements require.
Stockings that are too short can
also cause sore feet. Buy them long
enough SO toes won't be cramped and
rub on the top Of your shoe.
The average individual walks TO-.
900 miles during a lifetime! We
wonder whoever figured that out,
but there it isl If your feet hurt, you
probably feel that every step you
take Is the last one.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
Forcing Food Down q Child
An Error Some Mothers Make

you should give this daughter-in-
law my bulletins, Eating Prob
lens: Their Prevention and Correc-
tion," and "Stubbornness" (Which
anyone may receive in a stamped
envelope).
Though you might do very we'll
with these little children alone, your
presence at mealtime could, without
word from you, make the mother
worse. Why not plan to be away
from this home for a while? have
prepared a special bulletin, "Sug-
gestions to Grandparents" to be
had in the usual way.
In Child's Place
To any young mother: l should
like to plead that you put yourself
in the place of the child who doesn't
eat when and what you think he
should. How would you feel yourself
if some person much stronger than
you pushed food into you that you
disliked OF more of any food than
you wanted, or who constantly COM
manded you to eat all of your food?
OF course, l know how hard it
would be for you to change yourself
and your ways so as to say nothing
at all to this child about his eating
and to have no STRINGS in your in
sides over the matter. But if you
really could achieve so great ex-
ploits the youngster might, after a
few weeks, acquire a good appetite
and eat about what he should.
But if you are sure you must do
something to get results, consider
the simple principles often present
ed in this column-one food at q
time; very, very small helping; let
the child always choose, but be-
tween what is offered and nothing.
Never push food into him or punish
him for not eating.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
The Famous Cro-Magnon Caves
Around the World

very well developed in the frontal
region, SO it wasn't surprising that
scientists, when digging further in
to the caves, came upon astounding
art work, all the more remarkable
in that the men who did them, had
to fight for survival against giant
animals.
Something to See
The drawings, the sculptures are
something to see and to marvel at.
As our friend said, the caves of Gro
Magnon certainly do, or should,
tend to debate modern man who
thinks he knows all and does every
thing far better than it has ever
been done before. What interested
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
LOVES PER|LOUS PATH
Modse and Dieky Listen Intenty Katharine Relates in
Detoil the Account Of Her Visit to the Detective

Synopsis: Returning TO the Graham Hotel
Lansheld suite from her visit to the Office of
private detective whom she was 10 instruct,
on behalf Of wounded Dicky Graham, to in
vestigats the sudden secret need for large
amounts Of money evinced by Dicky's
nephew. Roderick. Katharine Beckett. trained
nurse and close friend. makes Dicky's in
jured arm an excuse for drawing him and
his wife. Madge. into the bedroom. Nov"
she says. give me your ears. and III spill
the lsntils."
DICKY grinned up at Katharine
as she prepared to tell him of her
visit to the Offices of the detective
agency.
y thought you promised me rub