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Evening star., 1949-01-24
By Violet Faulkner
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Food Editor.
Webster gives as his definition Of
a homemaker "one whose occupa-
ton is household management. "
But it strikes me their occupation
goes far beyond that, they're like
facsimiles OF Diogenes looking for
an honest man. Only homemakers
have their little lamps lit and search
long and hard for something easy
and inexpensive to serve a horde Of
hungry people. Their search goes
on relentessly :. winter, summer,
spring and fall.
It's true beautiful exotic food
makes wonderful reading. But
when 1t comes to going into the
kitchen and whipping up some
thing for supper, then an easy
recipe that calls for the familiar
ingredients you have on the shelf
is the one that's a true beauty.
Rice is just such a household
friend; 1t can be used so many
ways and is so inexpensive 1t makes
happy medium for the meal
planner. Literally from soup to
nuts" rice fits into the menus Of
our every day living. In compost
ton rice is similar to white -four,
corn meal, macaroni and potatoes
all are starchy, bulky food, rich
in calories. Rice is bland in flavor
and so blends with all foods pleas
ingly. It combines with meat, fish.
chicken, nuts and vegetables to
make substantial main dishes.
Team 1t with fruits, jelly. eggs,
sugar and milk to make delightful
desserts that appeal to both chill
dren and adults. Rice is especially
recommended for the sick and con-
valescent; in recent years it has
been used extensively in diets for
high blood pressure. It's often used
for patients with intestinal dis
turbances where a bland, smooth,
bulky diet is necessary. 1t is also
used in many cases Of allergy where
other cereals cannot be eaten.
There seems to be no limit to
the number of combinations of this
versatile food. So If you have
grown tired of your old recipes,
here are some new ones to add
to your files.
SCALLOPED EGGS. TOMATOES
AND RICE.
~ cups sliced scallions or small
onions.
4 tablespoons butter
2 cups cooked tomatoes.
l teaspoon salt.
Il teaspoon marjoram.
u teaspoon celery seed.
2 cups boiled rice.
2 hard cooked eggs, sliced.
q cup grated American cheese.
Cook the sliced scallions in the
butter until they are about tender.
Mix together the tomatoes, salt,
marjoram, celery seed and cooked
scallions. Place half the boiled rice
In the bottom of a well-greased, one
quart, heat-resistant glass loaf
pan: cover with the tomato and
scallion mixture and with layer
of eggs. Place the remainder Of the
rice over the other ingredients in
Evening star., 1949-01-24
|Streamline Your Reading

vocal chords, and watching to see
if the tongue moves, the instructor
is able to learn whether or not they
are working with their tongue and
their vocal chords as they read,
even though their lips don't move.
This problem is solved simply
enough, by the way, by chewing
gum.
The reading matter used in the
film series is light, often a short
story based on daily experiences
that all can easily identify and un-
derStand. Some homework" is
necessary if good habits are to be
substituted for bad A good murder
mystery is ideal for this, Mrs Plumb
points out-one that is so fascinating
that interest carries the reader
along, much as the beam of light
leads the eye on in the film series.
When reading at home. students
clock themselves. A chart is kept
on this, and also on their compre-
hension Of what they have read
during that time.
AS part of the screening process
for new students, candidates for the
class are given vocabulary tests, in
terests tests, mental ability tests,
and, Of course, reading tests. Spe-
cial drills will be given in vocabulary
during the course. AS a result Of
the interest test, material that the
students like to read will be offered.
Special drills in reading, as well as
the group film series work, will be
offered as part of the course, too.
Mrs. Plumb received her A. B. de-
gree from the University Of Roch-
ester, and her M A. degree from
George Washington University. She
is currently working on her doc
torate at George Washington under
Mrs. Jane Hilder, the director of the
reading clinic at that school. Mrs.
Plumb is an associate member Of
the American Psychological Associa-
ton and the National Remedial
Teachers Association, and is
former lecturer and assistant direc-
tor of the Guidance Center at the
American University.
Officially, the winter term at the
"Y," at Seventeenth and K streets
NV, begins January 81, and regis
tration is now in progress. Among
the interesting new classes are an
expanded course in style. beauty and
posture. and tour of Washington's
art galleries, conducted by Gillian
Quennel, pupil of Augustus John.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
COMMENTS;

COffEE FUN ChOWD.
From Mrs. E. F. S., Falls Church..
am a reader of the Clearing
House and was very interested il
the Sunday, December %, paper. Ir
that edition, Mrs. w. R. NJ, Fall!
Church, gave a refrigerator cookie
recipe. Well, I am the gal that gave
her the recipe We bake cookies al
our store every Saturday, except II
very hot weather, and it's lots ol
fun. We feed the customers ano
they come back for more. We have
appliances and use various ones tc
make cookies, refrigerators. freezers
ranges, etc. The joke of the whole
thing is the recipe was copied out
of the Clearing House, just little
over a year ago. I have used il
many times and have given it tC
customers, neighbors and friends
every one likes it.
I would like to help Mrs. E. M
Washington, if I am not too late
on her problems in serving 80 people
1 have two books that give guam
titles to serve so and 100 people II
she will contact me through RICH
I will be glad to give her informa-
ton.
4 would like to pass along help
full hint on making boiled coffee for
large crowds. One pound of coffee
makes 40 cups of good coffee. I get
drip-grind coffee, put it in a fine
coffee bag (cotton). Heat 40 cups
of water (add or 4 cups extra for
wetting coffee and boiling away;
when boiling, put bag in and boil
until right strength is obtained
Sample as you go along. Remove
bag when strength is reached. Keep
coffee warm on low flame. We use
this for our square dance group in
the community and every one thinks
it's fine. We use large enamel
Gamer to get enough water in to
boil. This is a good measurement
for quantity and can be divided or
multiplied. pound, 20 cups; 2
pounds, 30 cups, etc.
Evening star., 1949-01-24

This versatile, well-fitting Junior
style has plenty of back interest In
the fantail peplum. Note the new
high-waisted look, so popular this
season. 1t is just right for special
dates.
Barbara Bell sew-rite perforated
pattern No 1878 is for sizes II, IL
13, IA, 16, 18 and 20. Size IL requires
51z yards of 39-inch.
For this pattern, send Is cents in
coins. your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star, P. o
Box SO. Station G, New York 10
N. Y.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Readers Clearing House

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star and, as it
is obviously impossible for us
to test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them. Betsy CaSiCeH
Evening star., 1949-01-24

mammoth h is
torical novel?
M RS. r os e.
m ary Dengler
Plumb, W h os e
special interest
it is to help peo-
pie fas h i o n
properly the key
t o t h e exciting
world of ideas
and / m a 6 i n a.
tion, is offering
a course at the
YWCA this year
that is designed
to make reading,
r-~
Evening star., 1949-01-24
COCONUT CAKES:
WELSH COOKIES?
(From Mrs. r. J. D., Capitol
HetOhts,)

from Mrs. r. J. D., Capitol
Heights.)
I wish to thank Mrs. M. w.
Washington, for sending in the
ginger cookie recipe in answer to
my request. Haven't tried it yet
but 1t sounds as though the cookies
are the kind we always enjoyed at
great grandmother house.
Coconut Cakes-These cakes may
be what the reader has in mind
The recipe was given to me by an
old German baker at home after
I had eaten and praised his cakes
for years.
Coconut Puff Balls-Put 1 car
Of moist coconut through the fooc
chopper. Beat 4 egg whites stiff
but not dry, and gradually add {
tablespoons of sugar, beating vel
after each addition. Add u tea.
spoon Of almond flavoring. Now
you have q meringue.
Mix u cup sugar with 2 table
spoons of flour. Sift over the
meringue, a little at a time. Fold
it in gently. Lastly fold in u CUP
of the coconut. Fill paper baking
cups two-thirds full. Arrange two
sheets of brown paper in cooky
sheet. Set cups on the paper this
is so they won't burn. Bake 80 tc
35 minutes in a moderately slow
over 1925 F.. They should be crisp
on top so they won't fall when re-
moved from the oven. When thor.
oughly cool, the paper may be taken
off or you can serve them right In
the cup.
Incidentally, these are delicious
served with sugared Strawberries
and cream.
Welsh Cookies-I am wonderin,
if some kind reader will help me
out on this. Was given the follow
ing recipe years ago, but never tried
it. Is it really a cooky, or a pan.
cake? Should the griddle be hot
as for pancakes, or not so hot? II
it isa cooky, should it be stored ir
tin can, stone jar or other con.
tainer? About how long do they
keep?
Recipe-Four cups flour, u tea.
spoon salt, IL cups sugar, ! tea.
spoon baking powder; u teaspoon
ground nutmeg.
Sift all together four times; ther
add IL cups currants, cup short.
ening, and then enough cold watel
to make dough soft enough to rol
out. Cut with round cookie cutter
and bake slowly on a griddle unit
golden brown on both sides.
II II
TOMATO CAKE?
PLASTICIZED NYLONS?
h (From Mrs. J. w., Washington.)
Does any one have a recipe for
tomato cake with cream chees
icing? A friend of mine used t
make this cake and says 1t is deli
cious, but she has lost her recipe.
is spice cake.
4 Has any one tried the new plasti
cized nylons that are supposed +
wear better and not snag so easil
, as the others? They are availabl
at store on G street, near Eleventh
Evening star., 1949-01-24

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Here's kettle
with liberal
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Quickly
When from the
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Evening star., 1949-01-24
By Betty Miles

Are you sure you can read? Do
you find a simple article as difficult
to comprehend as a passage Of
Plato, and as time consuming as a
Evening star., 1949-01-24


When cold winds blow wear this
delightful crocheted hat tied under
your chin as illustrated. When
spring is in the air, presto, you have
O new and f1attering turban. Easily
and quickly crocheted of wool yarn.
Pattern Envelope No. R2778 con-
tains complete crocheting instruc-
tions, stitch illustrations and ma
terial requirements.
To obtain this pattern, send zoe
In coins, giving pattern number
your name, address and zone num-
Der to Peggy Roberts, The Wash
tngton Star, P. o. Box 100, Station
G, New York 10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Alabama Negro Held
In Negro Home Blasts
Rx the Asxociofad Press


BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Aug. 20.-
A Negro was jailed tonight on a
charge of dynamiting in the
bombing of two Negro homes To-
Gated in an area zoned for whites.
The Negro. Benjamin Hender-
son. 80. is a resident of one of the
two bombed homes. They were
blasted about midnight a week
ago.
Henderson was arrested by city
detectives and is held without
bond. He is charged with dyna-
hitting. Maximum punishment on
conviction is death, under the
1910 Alabama Code, with a mini
mum of 10 years imprisonment.
The North Smithfield area
where the houses were bombed has
been the center of racial zoning
dispute for months.
Police Chief Floyd Eddins, who
announced the arrest. said Hen
derson was given a lie detector
test tonight. Results Of the test
were not revealed.
Henderson was a main figure in
the police investigation Of the
bombings a week ago. He told
police he followed the dynamite
car for five or six blocks" about
two hours before the bombing.
Detective Paul Mcmahon said
the man gave evasive answers tc
his questioning.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

Falls Church. The festival closes
at II o'clock tonight.
There was a pet show yester-
day. Margaret Trout, IA. of Route
g. Vienna, won the distinction
of having the most unusual pet
a skunk. Winners IN other classes
were: Smallest, a tadpole owned
by Judy Levenberg, 8. OF 426
Hampton court. Falls Church:
prettiest. a white collie owned by
Marilyn Glover, IL. Of $50 Freat
Falls street: largest. a boxer. also
owned by Marilyn Glover; smart
est, a dachshund owned by Ar
thur Herman. 10. Of 200 Graham
road, Falls Church.
Dick Bowling, IA, of 1911 North
Lexington street, Arlington. won
the creased pig contest. Dick
and II other boys tried to see
who could catch the creased pig
first and hold 1t for a minute.
Chico, a pony, ridden by Laura
Shreve, 9. Of 800 South Carlyn
Spring road, Arlington. was grand
champion of the pony show Re-
serve champion was Rita, ridden
by Virginia Lee Marcy, Is. OF
1886 Marcy road. Arlington.
The festival is sponsored by
the Falls Church Park Commit
tee to raise funds for a municipal
park.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

Perry Dellastatious. James Thompson.
the brothers. Andrew E., jr., played
baseball and basket ball at Nc
Kinley and Clemson College and
now lives in Southeast Washing
ton.
Funeral Arrangements Tentative.
The other brothers are Sinclair
Dellastatious. a sophomore at the
University of California at Los
Angeles: Paul, a tenth grade stu
dent at Bulls Preparatory School,
Silver Spring. and Jack. a fifth
grade pupil at the John Burroughs
Elementary School in Woodbridge.
The sister. Miss Phyllis Dellas-
tatious. is enrolled as freshman
at the Penn Hall College, Cham
bersburg. Pa.
Funeral services tentatively are
scheduled on Tuesday afternoon
at the Lee Funeral Home. Fourth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
NE. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

had served notice: Jess Smith
was to get out of Washington,
along with Howard Warrington,
the Columbus (Ohio) politician
who had become famous as the
proprietor OF the Little Green
House on X Street" where the
Ohio gang conducted so many sub
rosa shenanigans.
Jess Smith went back to Wash
ington Court House for a few
days. Then he reappeared in
Washington, visited the Justice
Department. and golfed on the
afternoon of May 20 with Edward
B. Mclean. then publisher of The
Washington Post, at the latter's
estate, Friendship"
Attorney General Daugherty
was spending that night at the
White House. At 6 am. on the
morning of May 80. the papers
reported that Warren F. Martin.
Daugherty's secretary. was awak-
ened by a shot in the Wardman
Park apartment. He telephoned
William j. Burns. J. Edgar Hoov-
er's unpraised predecessor at the
FBI. to report that the influential
friend of the Presidents friend
was dead-a suicide.
Ninety days later 1t was all
over. President Harding was
dead in San Francisco. Gen.
Sawyer and "Orrie" Baldinger
surrendered their gold braid and
were lost in obscurity. Daugherty
was under sharp critical fire
which was to, drive him from
Office. Only the Senate investi-
gators were left-digging into the
influence peddling of the noWfor-
cotton 1920S.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

Children's dimples apparently
had an edge over grown-up glamor
in elimination rounds Of the Falls
Church Festival redhead contest
last night.
OF the six redheads selected for
the finals at 8 o'clock tonight,
four are 6 years old or younger
Three more redheads will be Sc
lected for the finals in another
elimination contest this afternoon
The winners last night were
Nancy Lee Powell. 3. Of 1921 Ninth
street, Arlington; Lii K. Cocker
lille, 4. OF Fairfax: Sharon Lee
Earman. 2, of 800 Grove street
Falls Church; Ann Claiborne
Thompson, 6, Of sos Madison
place, Falls Church: Miss Gwen
Monger. %, of 2318 Thirteenth
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Fiye-Percenters
Continued From First Page.

of Wisconsin, said yesterday he
will question Gen. Vaughan about
the grain episode when the gen.
eral takes the stand at the five
.percenter" inquiry. probably late
this week.
The committee has not yet de-
cided in what order its remaining
witnesses will be heard, but Chair
man Hoey said yesterday he hopes
to conclude the hearings this week.
Major witnesses still to be heard
besides Gen. Vaughan and Gen.
Feldman are John Maragon, an
other key figure in the inquiry,
and Mr.. Hunt. The latter. how
ever, is hospitalized with a heart
condition and probably will be
asked to submit an affidavit.
Gen. Feldman was suspended
July Is by Secretary of the Army
Gray. who said the committee had
evidence that Gen. Feldman fur
nished to a contractors repre-
sentative procurement informa-
ton under circumstances which
appear irregular"
Earned $1,000 in Day.
| Secretary Gray said ne relieved
Gen. Feldman and Maj, Gen
Alden H. Watt. chief of the Army
Chemical Corps, because the evil
dence indicated they failed tc
show the judgment expected Of
men in their positions.
In the DDT case, the committee
is expected to use notes writer
by Mr.. Hunt describing how he
earned $4,000 in a single day
by taking his clients problem
successfully to Gen. Mollison and
Gen. Feldman.
Mr.. Hunts clients, the Cyclic
Chemical Co., wanted to get out
of purchasing approximately
S400, 900 worth of DDT bombs the
company had contracted to buy.
According to Mr.. Hunts notes
lGen. Mollison suggested that the
Army might want the BOMBS back
At the same time, according tt
the notes, Gen. Mollison in.
structed a subordinate to draw
up a release from the contract.
i Formal Release Signed.
| Later that day. the notes con
Itinued, Mr.. Hunt and his client
went to see Gen. Feldman whit
checked and found the Army dit
want the bombs back. Mr.. Hun
noted that by $50 pm. of tn
same day the formal release wa
signed.
J Gen. Mollison said he knew MI
/ Hunt from the days when MI
Hunt was a WAA consultant bu
said his memory of the inciden
was hazy. He expressed the vie,
{ that Mr.. Hunt must have exagger
ated the speed in his own notes.
The retired officer said he re
, called turning over the case t
a subordinate and later signin
the release order but he added
"Tm sure 1t could not have bee
1.-THE same day. They just don
work that fast in the Govern
A ment."
I'll Gen. Mollison said he did nc
IS refer Mr.. Hunt to Gen. Feldma
e because he did not know Ger
e Feldman and had never heard NJ
Hunt mention the quartermaste
}, officers name.
e According to Army and WA
Evening star., 1949-08-21

records, the Quartermaster Corps
had made several attempts to re-
claim DDT bombs from WAA but
was informed they had all been
sold. In August. 1947. the rec-
ords show, War Assets notified
the Army that 850.000 bombs had
become available through the de-
fault of a purchaser. Those were
the bombs Mr.. Hunts client had
purchased and, did not want.
Mr.. Hunt, in recalling the in
cident himself. told The Star the
transaction was rushed through
because his clients had only 48
hours to clear themselves of the
obligation or pay for the bombs.
Mr.. Hunt added that If the
Army hadn't needed them. my
friendship with Gen. Feldman
wouldn't have made any differ
ence.'
Evening star., 1949-08-21
JESS SMITH,.

White House, Baldinger became
his aide with the rank of major
not major general.
AS Is President Truman today
Mr.. Harding. in 1922 and 1928
was plagued with nasty stories
about the friends of his friends
AS is today, it was hard to prove
the friends" got money, but there
were stories.
Newspapers were asking just
what Jess Smith did at his Justice
Department desk.
There were later-to-be-con-
frmed reports of large fee paid
by Cincinnati George" Remus
king of the bootleggers," to buy
himself immunity from prosecu-
ton which he, like some of the
recent, unfortunate dealers with
modern-day influence peddlers
did not get.
There were rumblings Of Teapot
Dome and of the other scandal
which Montanas Senator Burton
K. Wheeler was to dig up-the tale
of how somebody got 1891 900 in
liberty bonds as a IS per cent" in
a $7,0Oo,000 deal between the Alien
Property Custodian and a group
of one time German owners OF
the American Metals Co.
Bottom Dropped Out in ''23.
For Jess Smith the bottom
dropped out of things in May
1928. First he read that the
President had "pointedly" an
nounced that Jess Smith would
not accompany White House
iunket to Alaska. A little later
his friend and sponsor. Harry
Daugherty. came home to an
nounce sadly that the President
Evening star., 1949-08-21
'FWeP Percenter Inquiry an Old Story With New Name,
By Mortin S. Hoyden

norm American Newspaper Alliance
It Is an old tale with new names
that investigating Senators are
spinning as they dig into per-
eentage agents, deep freezers, a
sticky deal In molasses, and "mys-
terry men" peddling White House
favor.
Just 26 years ago. another Pres
tdent was having similar trouble
because of his friends friends.
"The mystery man" Of 1928
was. not a Greek from Kansas
City. but an Elk from Washington
Court House. Ohio. And the
Washington of Warren Harding's
time was no less intrigued with
dabblings of Jess Smith than is
the Truman era with the tales
Of John Maragon.
Then, as last week, ordinary
Government workers had diff
Guilty in differentiating between
counterfeits and real administra-
ton spokesmen. President Hard
ing, too, had a White House gen.
sral who was q bit unusual and,
as his military aide. be, too. Sc
lected an old friend from his home
town.
Jess w. Smith was a drygoods
dealer in Washington Court
House and the State head Of the
Elks when he dropped his per-
sonal affairs to follow the Hard
ing administration onto the Wash
ington stage. Like John Maragon
today, Jess Smith was not direct
intimate of the Presidents. At
torney General Harry Daugherty
was his sponsor just as Maj. Gen.
Harry Vaughan has been John
Maragon's.
AS witnesses before the Senate
Investigations Subcommittee told
Of meeting and telephoning Mar
ason In Gen. Vaughan's White
House office, so did Jess Smith
have q desk. transact business.
and receive phone calls outside
the Office of Attorney General
Daugherty In the Justice Depart
ment. Smith, however. exceeded
Maragon in one respect-he ac-
tually lived with his sponsor, the
Attorney General, in an apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel.
Jess Smith was a big, f1abby
man with a lot of ego. He as
pired for q time to be Washing
toms "snappiest dresser" His
habitual greeting, "Whaddayah
know" became as much Wash
tngton Joke Of 1922 and 1928 as
deep freezers were last week. He
was the talk Of Washington and,
Of course, of his home town.
Jess Never Grew Up.
HE would come home to Wash
tngton Court House" his local
editor wrote later, stand on a
street corner and pose with the
Evening star., 1949-08-21

Yugoslav Embassy in Washington,
who sailed aboard the French
liner lie de France en- route to
Belgrade.
After four years in Washington,
Makiedo is going home to assume
a new post as counsellor to the
Yugoslav foreign minister.
He said there was a fundsmen-
tai difference between Yug0Slav
and Russian philosophy but did
not elaborate except to say he
felt any difficulties between Bel
grade and Moscow would be
solved.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

has resigned as committeeman. but
the State committee is polling its
members on proposals that the re-
signation be rejected and Mr..
Rushton be sent to the meeting
here with instructions to tell the
committee to drop the civil rights
program.
Mrs. Lennard Thomas Of Mont
gomery, committeewoman, was in
vited to the meeting here and will
not be contested. She Is regarded
as in the Truman camp.