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Evening star., 1951-07-25
Ell SALVADOR, CENTRAL
AMERICA?

(From Mrs. p. A. ~, SiluPr Spring.
I am very anxious to obtain
information concerning El Saliva
dor, Central America. My hus-
band is being transferred to Ell
Salvador very soon, and would
like information as to the type
clothing I will need over a period
OF two years. Also, what equip
ment should take? Are standard
appliances usable? Any informa-
ton will be very much appreci-
ated.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
LEATHER-TOP TABLE?

From Mrs. G. r.. Falls Church,
Does any one know Of any way
a leather-top table can be treated
to protect against cigarette burns?
We want to buy such a table but
hesitate to do so because we have
seen so many damaged this way.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
PIANO PIAYING.

(From Mrs. C. D. j.. KensinotonJ
In o recent garden and home
magazine, I noticed an advertise
ment for a New Notation Method
|of piano playing which has been
introduced in the United States
after success in Holland. Have
any of the readers of this column
tried this method and II so have
the results been satisfactory? I
would appreciate any comments.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
ASPHALT TILE?

(Front Mrs. Z. L. F., WGSttngtonJ
I am considering using asphalt
tile in the kitchen Of a new home.
The plans call for grease proof as
phalt tile. am interested in
knowing the experience Of others
with this type Of floor covering. !
am especially interested in the
wearing qualities, and the ease or
|dif1iculty in cleaning. I have
small children so it will have to
be cleaned frequently.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Conducted by
BETSY CAsWELL
PEN DEv1T FOOD CAKE,

EED OGV4L FNtOO OhxAG.
fFyops Mrs. d. C. W.. Washington.
MRS. H. w. 8. Of Silver Spring
will be glad to know that !. too,
cut out that Red Devil Food Cake
recipe when 1t was published IN
the RICH several years ago. 4
made one just q few weeks ago
and it met with unanimous ap-
proyal. I used q butter icing
favored with vanilla instead o.
the rather fancy peppermint
frosting which was suggested.
Two cups sifted cake -four, "a cup
lard, Ia cups sugar. "a cup cocoa.
2 eggs. u cup milk, 2 teaspoons
soda. and / cup boiling water and
/ teaspoon vanilla. Line the bot
tom Of two 8-inch cake pans with
waxed paper. Cream the lard.
add sugar and cocoa. When thor
oughly creamed. add eggs and
beat well. Add -four alternately
with milk in which soda has been
dissolved. Add boiling water and
vanilla. Pour into cake pans.
Bake In moderate oven $3.50 de-
grees Fo for 30 minutes. u
servings.
(Front Mrs. C. L. O., WGshington.)
One-half cup shortening or
butter, cup brown sugar (firmly
packed, cup white sugar, 4
well-beaten eggs, ! cup thick sour
cream or buttermilk. 5 cups sifted
flour. 2 teaspoons baking powder,
/ l teaspoon salt. teaspoon red
vegetable coloring, Q teaspoons
vanilla, cup boiling water. 4
squares unsweetened chocolate,
and 2 teaspoons soda. Melt the
chocolate over hot water and add
boiling water, mixing quickly.
Add soda and stir until mixture is
| thick. Set aside to cool while
mixing the cake. Cream the but
ter or the shortening. Add sifted
sugars gradually. Cream together
until light and fluffy. to the con-
sistency of thick whipped cream.
Add beaten eggs. stirring until
well blended. Add flour. sifted
with baking powder and salt, al
ternately with milk. Stir after
each addition Of milk and flour
until smooth. Add chocolate mix
ture. vanilla and coloring, mixing
thoroughly. Line three creased
8x8x2 cake pans with waxed paper
Cor 3 creased pans and -four well
instead Of using wax paper, pour
In batter and bake in moderate
oven $3.50 degrees) for Is minutes.
Put together and ice with divinity
or fudge frosting.
4 II 4 4
PHMODENDRoNS.
From Mrs. L. H. D., Fairfnr.)
Mrs. A. H. A., Alexandria. I
had bad luck with philodendrons
until / discovered that a little
black woods" dirt placed about
81 up In the container, then filled
with water q water mine every
other day. and kept away from
the sun and wind will make them
thrive beautifully. I have one
that has grown three feet in four
months.
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PEA PODS.
From Mrs. E. r. B., WcShingtonJ
The pea pods that you speak Of
are a special variety of peas,
which are prepared and eaten
very much like snap beans. We
have grown them here, but I have
never seen them in the stores.
/ 4 y y
| REMOVING INK?
From N. r. r., WGshington.J
| Can some one tell me how to
remove ink identification marks
from linens, if there Is any such
thing.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Take My Word for 1t
By Frank Colby
PRONUNCIATION CLINIC.

PRONUNCIATION CLINIC.
Camden: My favorite commen-
tator, and a few other well-known
radio personalities, invariably pro-
nounce the word ultimatum as
~OO-ti-MAH-tum." Can that be
sight?-Mrs. c. C. D.
A. ultimatum has long been In
the English language, and is cor
rectly pronounced according to
English values: ULL-ti-MAY'tum
There is no sanction for giving it
o Latinized twist.
Ultimatum can no more be con-
sidered Latin than thousands of
other words such as major, genius,
vapor, humor, ETC., and who would
give those words their Roman"
pronunciations: ''mah-yore, gay
nee-ooss. wah-pore, hoo-more"?
For centuries, the English Ian
guage has absorbed Latin words,
as well as words from all other
tongues, and converted them into
English words with English pronun-
Citations.
Cogitate is Latin; would you
pronounce it 'koo-ghee-tah-tay"?
Ratio is Latin; would any one ever
pronounce it "rah-tee-oh"? think
not.
So it is with ultimatum, which
has been in English for centuries.
Even old Noah Webster, who had
some pretty weird pronunciationS
in his original dictionary 1929
listed only: ULL-tee-MAY'tum.
"OOL-tee-MAH'tum strikes me
rs going to lot of trouble to be
wrong.
Wheatfleld: What is the origin
and correct pronunciation of amen?
H. C.
A. Amen is from the Hebrew. Its
literal meaning is certainly; truly"
In ecclesiastical usage, amen is
equivalent to so be it; so shall it
be; may it come to pass" In speak
ing, amen is pronounced either ah-
men or ay-men. In singing anthems,
hymns, oratorios, etc., ah-men is
universal.
Houston: Please tell our advertis-
ing class how to pronounce the word
advertisement. Should we accent
the second syllable only, or is the
first and third syllable accent per.
nnissible?-S.T.
A. Both pronunciations are sane.
toned, but Ad-ver-T r-TIZE'ment is fal
more prevalent for the reason that
it more strongly suggests the woro
advertise.
Incidentally, the primary mean.
ing OF advertise is ito notify; tx
warn; to inform" and the wore
is so used in Numbers XXIV.14, "I
will advertise thee what this peopl,
shall do"
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Uncle Rays Corner

that dangerous germs may get into
cut, either when it is made or
soon afterward. Such germs may
produce 1ockjaw or other troubles.
Germs are so small that we need
microscopes to see them. A knife
may look clean, but does that
prove it is free of germs?
When a person suffers a cut, we
expect him to guard himself from
danger as well as possible Some
germ killing liquid may be applied
iodine, tincture of mer-
thiolate, or mercurochrome. Then
it is well to cover the wound with
a clean bandage, fastening the
gauze in place with adhesive tape
One of the small, ready-made band
ages sold in drug stores may take
care of the case.
Years ago, one of my brothers cut
his hand while working on the
motor of his car. Within a few
days, he felt severe pain in the
hand, and went to a doctors office
The doctor gave him anti-tetanus
Evening star., 1951-06-22
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SENTEER
MARKET CITY
yith Meredith Young

The THIRTY meat dealers at
Center Market City are look
ing a lot happier these days.
They feel quite confident that
supplies will become increas-
ingly abundant, as slaughtering
settles down to normal. That's
good news, as We can now for
get about those recipes for
hard-boiled egg on the half
shell, we thought would serve
as good meat substitutes.
Lamb is still on the scarce
side, more beef is coming in
now, and pork is still plentiful.
Mr.. Kraft, of the Esskay
company pointed out a fact I
have yet to prove wrong, but
which seems almost unbeliev-
able. He says that every meat
dealer at Center Market sells
some Esskay product. I figured
that the poor man had seen so
many Of the aforementioned,
that he was seeing the trade
mark in front of his eyes in
stead of the more conventional
spots" But try as / would,
I couldn't find any meat stands
that didn't boast frankfurters,
sausage, lard or one of the
many other types of meat this
company sells. A good week
end buy would be an Esskay
weStphalia ham. This is the
nom de guerre for a boneless
butt. You can see how much
more glam0rouS IL sounds by
the former name. They are
Evening star., 1951-06-22

treatment, and directed him to
soak his hand in hot water, con-
tanning a little boric acid, for half
an hour each day. Although he
escaped tetanus. or lockjaw, he felt
that it was q close call.
Sometimes the skin is punctured
by nail, or deep knife cut takes
place, and germs may be carried too
far below the. skin to be reached
by antiseptic treatment. If an in
lection follows, a person commonly
goes to a doctor for treatment.
In certain cases we may provide
Ia helpful home treatment. Let us
suppose that a cut on a finger
heals over, but some pain is felt
"a few days. later. No sign of in
fection may be observed, but the
pain is there. In such an event, 1t
may be well to soak the finger in
hot water, as hot as we can stand,
for two or three minutes. I have
done that several times in my life,
and always the pain has gone away.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Doctors Say Little Cuts Can

DUCGUIS 6Uy 1IHGGEC OUVS NhsAh A1O
Dangerous.
Now and then we may hear some
one say:
"It's only little cut! There's
no need to do anything about it. !"
Maybe those words are meant to
sound brave" but we may wonder
whether they are more foolish than
brave. In. the majority of cases,
little cuts will heal even if nothing
is done to treat them. That is
correct, but what about the other
cases?
Doctors and first aid experts say
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Contract Bridge
By CuIbertson

0Copyrisht, 1881. by Ely culbertson.)
Today's deal was something Of
. cause celebre in a prominent New
York club.
South, dealer. Both. sides vulner-
able. East-West, go on score,
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South. West. North. East.
Pass 1club Double Edmond
2 spades 8 3d'monds Pass Pass
3spades 4 d,monds Pass Pass
4spades Double Pass Pass
Pass
West laid down the king of
hearts as his opening lead, then
shifted to the queen of diamonds.
The outcome was that the defend
ers took one spade trick, three
hearts and two diamonds, and sol
defeated the contract 800 points.
Since the opening lead of the
singleton club by South against
the opposing four diamond contract
would have resulted inevitably in
d one-trick defeat, it was quite
understandable that North and
South we're rather disgruntled by
the actual result! Each accused the
other of bad bidding. South said
that North should have doubled
four diamonds, If only to warn
South against further spade bid
ding: and North countered that a
warning should not have been nec-
essary-that since South had al
ready bid two spades and three
spades, he had shot his bolt.
The North-South players were
4&StAOAAa4Ay 4eAA4SOc CAkC1 ta anu ~
can be assumed that there was
something in both of their points
Of view. An unbiased observer,
however, can scarcely fail to be
more impressed by, North's argu-
ment than by South's. "Preven-
tive" penalty doubles are in order
under many circumstances, but
there is grave doubt that this situ-
alton called for such a double.
North could not know that it was
his own partner, rather than East,
who was short in the club suit, and,
with North'S own strength so con-
centrated in clubs, he could not
take too sanguine a view about
defeating four diamonds. 1t is Ger
tainly true, however, that South
did his duty when he bid two and
three spades, and so he should
have checked out" to four dia-
monds simply as a matter of dis
cretion.
Released by the REGISTER and Tribune
Syndicate, 1961.)
Evening star., 1951-06-22

At Stand 142, you'll find a
very unspectacular counter
but important. This special
izes in products which appeal
to the "crib crowd" right on up
to Grandpa. Candy, cigars and
cigarettes are sold there by MIR.
Jake Podietz. My two-year- old
next of kin feels that "be- -bops''
as he calls them, are necessi-
ties of life. Perhaps your
youngsters feel the same. So
take home some lollipops or
candy as a special treat for the
|Sun-Suit set.
Evening star., 1951-06-22

Don't forget, there's free
parking at the lot next to the
market on X street. There are
wheeled carts there free for
the borrowing. So take ad-
vantage of these conveniences
tomorrow at
CENTER MARKET CITY
5th and K SITS. NV.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Points for Purents-h Edy'h 1homo. Wallace

Mother-I'm going to push you
down the way you pushed Billie.
There-how do you like that? Now
you be a good boy or I won't let
you play with the other children.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
deliciOuS-and no bone to
bother the carver.

If you are fortunate enough
to own a home freezer you'll
be interested in an offer at
Henry SimOn's Poultry Stand,
No. 410 (NA. 0777l. He will
pliOfilm pack turkeys, ducks
and chickens for your freezer
at no additional charge. But
order them Mondays through
Thursdays, please. They are
so busy on week ends they
haven't the time then.
Evening star., 1951-06-22

At Marinello's Bakery Stand,
No. 113, l saw that wonderful
long French bread that looks
as though it should be sold by
the yard instead of the loaf.
However, after applying the
tape measure to it, 1 found
that is rs inches long. So you
can buy over two feet of bread
for a few cents more than an
ordinary loaf. Not a bad buy
at that!
Evening star., 1951-06-22

To obtain a free copy Of the IL
lustrated leafiet on the Seven Wonders
OF the. World" send D self addressed
of The Star.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Word Game
Find 81 or more words in
PERTUSSIS.

cII1u 5I OF more words IN
PERTU U USSIS,
meaning, "whooping cough" Av-
erage is So; limit, 35 minutes.
Rules-Words must be Of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of IS" such as bats"
cats" are not used. Only one form Of q
word Is used Proper names are not used.
a list will be published tomorrow.
Answer to HYDROMEL.
held, herd, hero, helm. hoed, homely,
horde, holy, home. hole. yore, yodel, deny,
rhymed, rode, role, older. oyer, meid,
melody, mold, mole, more, model. mode,
lode, lore. lord, lory, Tyre.
Evening star., 1951-06-22

Mother-I'm staying out here
to try to teach Jackie how to take
turns and play happily with the
other children. Where we lived
before he had no playmates.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
The Fulcks
Anniversary

1t was q 18th anniversary cele-
bration last evening for Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Falck and to mark
the occasion the Falcks invited
about 10 of their friends to their
Chevy Chase home for cocktails
and buffet supper.
For the affair Mrs. Falck wore
a lovely pale blue brocaded after
noon dress with pale pink orchid
at the shoulder. She and her
husband received their guests in
formally in the drawing room, and
also on hand to welcome friends
was their 12-year- -old son Jon.
Their other son, Edward. 8, was
unable to be at the party as he
is recovering from the flu.
The Undersecretary Of the In
terror and Mrs. Richard Searles
were among those present. as were
the Chairman of the Munitions
Board and Mrs. John Small, the
acting Chairman of the National
Security Resources Board and
Mrs. Jack o. Gorrie. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert lie Baron. Mr.. Pratt Rath-
er and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. H.
TORY.
Also among those who dined on
lobster newburg. baked ham and
other such delicacies were the
president Of the Washington Gas
Light Co. and Mrs. Everett j.
Boothby, Federal Power Commis-
sioner Nelson Smith. the Wendell
Lunds, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ken
nedy and the John Houstons.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
Diplomat Row Party Scene

Marshal and Mrs. Campbell, the
Naval Attache of the Norwegian
embassy and Nine. Jacobsen, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Emmett p. For
restel and Rear Admiral and Mrs.
James H. Foskett.
Envoy's Wife Feted
Lady Berendsen, wife of the re-
firing New Zealand Ambassador,
was the guest in whose honor Mrs.
Marcel Ancher entertained at
luncheon yesterday The buffet
party for go guests was given in
the home of the hostess at 1701
Rhode Island avenue and Mrs.
Ancher was assisted by Mrs.
Huron w. Lawson. Mrs. Gerard
DeVenne. Mrs. Louis A. Montague,
Mrs. Royce Kakoyamos and Mrs.
Jose H. Panganban.
Guests invited in honor of Lady
Berendsen included Mrs. Harold
H. Burton, Mrs. Jack Bowie. Mrs.
Thomas Moran. Mrs. Peregrine
White, Mrs. ]. j. Mack, Mrs.
Joseph A. Herbert. jr.. Mrs. WI
liam Francis de Meyer, Mrs.
Camille Chautemps. Mrs. Clarke
Butler, Mrs. cambridge Crist. Mrs.
Marshall Bidwell Dierksen. Mrs.
Nathan Hurwitz and Mrs. John r.
Ryan. The house was bright with
red carnations and white gladio-
luses and red candles. In each Of
the spacious rooms fires glowed
lin the dreplaces.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
WoII
I ca Honoree

Teatime yesterday found mem.
bers OF the younger set-at least
feminine ones-at the Connecticut
avenue apartment Of Mrs. Mat
thew Francis MCGUIRE at another
OF the many parties for bride
elect Cynthia Woll.
Miss Woll's marriage to Mr..
Donald Grant Geddes III will take
place Saturday and many Of yes
terday's guests were members of
the bridal party.
Among those who poured tea
were Mrs. Peter Campbell Brown,
whose daughter Patricia will be
flower girl; Mrs. Fred Tobin, Mrs.
William Butler, Mrs. Frank Tobin,
Mrs. Edwin Lahey, Mrs. Herbert
S. Thatcher, Mrs. James Glenn
and Miss Mary-Stuart Montague
Price.
Mrs. Tighe Woods was in the
group asked to stop by, as were
Mrs. Chester A. Prior, Mrs. John
Carmody. Mrs. Edward M. Cur
ran. Mrs. William Turey, Miss
Betty Ann Prior, Miss Barbara
Hughes. Miss Mary Ann Schwein-
haut, Miss Maureen Nee, Mrs.
William Francis Smith, Miss Mar
tina Kraft, Mrs. Neville Vest, Mrs.
James Brown and Mrs. Joseph D.
Brennan.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
Miss Mcguire,
1t. Cossitt
To Be Wed

Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Hamilton
Ewing Mcguire of this city and
Bluemont, Va, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Mary
Ewing to Lit. Franklin Dwight
Cossitt Nv, U. S. A. F., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Rene Cossitt of
La Grange, Ill.
The bride elect attended Ma
deira School and was graduated
from the Baldwin School. Bryn
Mawr. Pa, She attended the Uni
versity Of Michigan, where she
was a member of Pi Beta Phi So
rority.
1t. Cossitt is a graduate of the
University of Michigan, where he
was a member of Phi Gamma
Delta Fraternity and attended the
University of Florence, Italy. He
is currently stationed at Scott
Field, III.
The wedding will take place in
February.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
By Katherine M. Brooks

The Afghanistan Charge DAT
faires and Nine. Aziz gave buffet
supper last evening entertaining
in honor Of the retiring chief Of
the Afghanistan desk In the State
Department and Mrs. Richard
Strong Leach. The 60 guests in
cluded officials Of the State De-
Ipartment, officers of the Afghan
liStan and Indian Embassies and q
flew personal friends Of the hosts
and honor guests.
Mr.. Leach has been transferred
Ito the United States Embassy in
New Delhi, and with Mrs. Leach
will leave Washington early in the
new year for India. He will be
the political officer at the En-
baSSy.
Hail and ForeweIl
The Netherlands Naval Attache
and Mime. van Forest gave a
farewell and welcome party late
yesterday afternoon honoring the
retiring Assistant Naval Attache
and Nine. van Oostrom Soede and
Comdr. Jan van Staveren. who
has come to take the post Of
Comdr. van Oostrom Soede.
The Netherlands Ambassador
and Nine. van Rotten were
among the sixty or more guests
others including the chief Of TIL
Canadian Joint Stats, Air viz.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
Group to Sponsor
Cocktail Party

A holiday cocktail party will be
sponsored by the Manhattanville
Club from 5 to 8 pm. Sunday in
the Washington Club at is Du-
pont circle. Mrs. Frank Evans is
in charge Of arrangements, as
sisted by Mrs. Robert Broderick
and Miss Ann Garrity.
The club will be decorated with
holly and mistletoe for the occa-
sion and Devron's Trio will pro-
vide music for dancing.
An early date was selected for
the party in order to give Man
hattanville alumnae and their
friends who are leaving town for
the holidays an opportunity to
Christmas greetings.
Evening star., 1951-12-13
Snyders, Foleys Honored;
Reds Hosts; Other Fetes

More than 800 guests-the mil
litary predominating - attended
the reception given by Vice Ad-
miral and Mrs. Merlin O'Neill and
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Alfred
Richmond at the Army Navy
Country Club last evening.
The party was given to honor
Secretary Of the Treasury John
Snyder and Mrs. Snyder, and
Undersecretary Of the Treasury
and Mrs. E. H. Foley. Jr. Admiral
ONeill is the commandant of the
Coast Guard. which is part Of the
Treasury Department, and Ad-
miral Richmond Is assistant COM
mandant.
Most Of the guests were Coast
Guard officers and their wives.
invited to meet their bosses. .
ALI Of the officers at Coast Guard
headquarters in Washington were
on the guest list. as well as the
officers Of the Coast Guard Yard
Iat Curtis Bay, Baltimore.
The entire ground floor of the
club was utilized to accomodate
the guests. After greeting the
O'Neills. the Richmonds. and the
honorees, the partygoers wandered
into the north dining room, the
cocktail lounge or the glass
inclosed porch. A bar and buffet
table were set up in each room.
All Services Represented
All Of the military services were
represented at the party. Secre-
tary Of the Navy and Mrs. Dan
Kimball were invited. On the guest
list from the Marine Corps were
Gen. and Mrs. Clifton Gates. and
Gen. and Mrs. w. P. T. Hill. The
Army's Generals Walter S. Grant
and Claude B. Mickelwait were in
vited.
From the Air Force was Gen.
Hoyt Vandenberg, and Mrs. VAN
|denberg. Gen. and Mrs. j. Lawton
Collins were on the guest list, as
were Gen. and Mrs. Omar Bradley.
So were Admiral and Mrs. William
s. Fechteler.
Among the relatively few guests
mot in the uniformed set were Con-
troller General and Mrs. Lindsay
Warren and Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. John S.
Graham.
After-Coneert Party
The President of the National
Symphony Orchestra Association
and Mrs. Gordon Reid gave q sup
per party last evening following
the concert Of the Orchestra.
Members of the Board Of Directors
Of the Association were invited and
the honor guests were the soloist
at the concert. Mr.. Rudolf Fir
kusny. pianist. and the conductor,
DR.. Howard Mitchell and Mrs.
Mitchell.