Evening star., 1949-06-16
Readers Clearing House
ITEMS OFFERED AND ASKED.

ITEMS OFFERED AND ASKED.
(From Mrs. !. r. D.. AyltngtonJ
Ny father, now s6z and living
In Waukesha. Wis, sends the fol-
lowing comment In reference to
Mrs. L. !. w. Of Lucketts request
for when Soccore Set the Hen. "'
II can't remember whether or
not I ever saw 1t in print; / won
der II I came across it when I
was still a boy or when. When
the clipping drom RcH) first
came. I didn't think I knew any
Of the piece; but gradually I got
hold Of ii. and here it is. I'm not
sure that ! have it just word for
word. but 1t is the best I can do.
What bothered me a lot was put
ting 1t In dialect. I suspect I
have made plenty Of mistakes
there"
The inclosed version of The
Old Fox"' Is as I remember hear
ing my mother sing it. Her
grandfather. PENNSYLVANIA.
who had been an officer in the
Union Army. used to sing it to her
in her childhood Immediately
after the War Between the States.
Burl Ives has a slightly differ
ent version which our family
thinks somewhat inferior to this
one: however. We should be glad
to get the more correct version
Of some of our lines which are
obvious improvisations.
This same great-grandfather
had an endless repertoire. much
of which is preserved in very frag-
|mentary form. Does some reader
know a song which begins:
"oh. cradle me on your knee. mama.
Which soothed me last
When you fondiy pressed
Ny feyered brow TO your lovins bresst?''
Another Of the fragments:
"oiye. said the little brook.
But wherever. / 90.
'sf sfn iMss litsie. ' Know. ssat but wherever CO.
(.Editor's note: Inclosed items
were forwarded direct.)
GERMANY?
(Fronp Mrs. L. c. M, Edinburgh
First would like to say that
I enjoy RCH very much. and have
found many excellent recipes and
hints in the column. am sorry
I have nothing to offer.
Will some one please help me?
My husband is an Army enlisted
man, stationed at Seckenheim.
near Heidelberg. Germany. Myself
and our two children, a boy near
ing six years and a girl, age 10
months. expect to join him in two
or three months. I would like to
have any information concerning
the trip over, accommodations.
etc. I understand the Army will
furnish transportation, our only
expense being the food. Please,
will some one tell me what shots
we will have to have and II our
family doctor can give them be-
fore we reach the port Of en-
barkation? Should I take bed
linens, silverware. dishes. etc?
Is that climate anything like ours
in Virginia? VIII I need both
summer and winter clothes for
the children and myself? Will I
have need Of evening clothes? We
expect to stay two years. Are
cosmetics and sanitary needs
available? How about milk for
the children? The baby still takes
her bottle, and Is on pasteurized
milk. viii our luggage be linn
tied?
LAUNDERING ORGANDY
CURTAINS.
(Frona Mrs. II. E. S.. WGshington.)
Wash, do not put through
wringer, or squeeze dry. preferably
take to clothes line in pail Of water
hang on line dripping wet. AS
soon as dripping stops. roll in bath
towel loosely, iron Immediately
with iron set for linens" Iron
the long way of curtain, not
across, and keep unironed portion
of curtain covered as one irons.
My curtains look like new after
doing them this way.
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COAT OF ARMS.
(From III. M. w., Washington
Mrs. s. d. A., Woodbridge,
wants to have made a family coat
of arms. On page 444. second
column Of the Washington tele-
phone book and counting down
the column the 37th name, on F
street concern makes and gives
information and sells coats Of
arms.