Evening star., 1951-06-05
BIRTH CERTIFICATE:
POTTERY MUGS:
PARTY SUGGESTIONS.

/ have mislaid the paper with
the initials of the lady who wanted
to know how to get birth certifi-
cate when there were no records
kept where she was born. One
may obtain from the Census Bu-
reau an age certificate which is
acceptable wherever a birth GER
tificate is required. Write to Age
Records Division. Census Bureau.
Washington 25, D. C. A popula-
tion census Is taken every 10 years.
SO give your exact address at each
census, 1850, 1910. 1880, 1920. 1910
and 1900. in however many Of
these you were recorded. If you
lived in a city. give your street
address. If you lived in the coun-
try, give direction and distance
from nearest town. There is a
fee Of 81 for requests which are
handled in their turn, as they
come in. a fee Of % for requests
that are specialized"
For Miss v. A. T. You can use
your new mugs for practically
anything you would put in q tum-
bier or cup, hot chocolate. hot or
iced cider. minted grapejuice.
ginger ale with a blob OF ice cream
in it. Anything to drink.
Here is an idea others may find
useful. In my Office we have a
l0-minute break" morning and
afternoon for rest. We stage our
small necessarily limited parties at
these times. One of our workers
came back from a long hospital
session, just before her birthday.
We wanted to give her a decorated
cake, but it takes endless time to
cut cake for 80 people. So I had
the bakery decorate cup cakes. We
had tall candle in a scent glass
holder. and arranged the cakes
in q circle about the candle. It
was lovely. Every one filed past,
picked up cake and offered con-
gratulations and had time to get
TO the coke and fruit juice ma.
chimes before recess" was over.
The small cakes would probably
be less messy at a children's party.
too.
I have been disappointed that
no one sent In an answer to my
request for a cream pie recipe
using flour and no eggs.
PIONEER" PIES.
(FronI Mrs. J. A. L., Alerdndriu.I
Sometime ago a reader asked
Tor a recipe for old-fashioned
cream pie and as no one has sent
IN anything like it to date am
venturing mine which is an old
relic from the covered wagon"
pioneer days. AS you can realize.
there was no surplus baggage
carried in these wagons, so the
utensils were very few.
This recipe I call. Mrs. VIM
ner's. or Grandmother Winners,
cream pie"
Line q pie plate with crust.
sprinkle in about 8 level table
spoons sugar, pinch of salt and
, level tablespoons flour. Stir in
gradually linking in the dry in
yredients with the cream) enough
'rean1, sweet and rich, to fill the
,ie shell. Bake in a slow oven.
lfter the first few minutes in a
hotter oven to set the crust. While
,aking, stir the filling a couple Of
imeS until the mixture com.
nences to thicken, then add nut
neg to the top and let bake until
let like a custard.
Another old pioneer favorite
vas vinegar pie" and here is I
Grandmother Winners" recipe:
Line a pie tin with pastry, 4
sprinkle in the -four, salt and
sugar as for cream pie, using more
sugar to taste. For the creaml
vinegar, water and al
mail piece Of butter. Stir the
mixture In the oven until the fill-E
ng commences to set, thenk
sprinkle the top with cinnamon
Ind let finish baking. I
Hope you like these old timers
rs much as the pioneers didl
y
SQUEAKY FLOORS.
Frons Mrs. A. r. W.,
TuScGrorn, Nd
In answer to the problem Of
'Squeaky Floors" for Mrs. D. J.
w., Silver Spring:
For squeaky floors use extra
ong finishing nails to fasten
iown the floor boards. II they still
:reak, then drive a thin wedge
# wood between the joints and
he sub-fiooring. or on the second
ioor. between the finish flooring
nd sub-flooring.
Would also like to say YOU
my problem about moles
my own complaint, so
lope I have helped you!
y r
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information and requests sent
in By the tollowing haze been
forwarded to those for Uhom
they toere intended:
Washington-H. F., r. B..
Mrs. M. H. R., Mrs. E. A. G.,
Mrs. w. B. R., Mrs. E. P, H. M,
Miss s. L. c., Mrs. r. B., L. H.,
Mrs. A. c. Mex, Mrs. w. T. H.,
Mrs. F. N. A., Mrs. j. L. p, Miss
G. K. M. T. H., M. r. w., Mrs.
j. D., H. M. S., A. E. r.
Alexandria,. w. H., Mrs.
w. A. E.. Mrs. j. C. H. Arling-
ton-Miss M. T. M. Brentwood
Mrs. L. B. Falls Church-Mrs,
w. F. Gaithersburg-Mrs. C. P.
F. Greenbelt - Mrs. j. G..
Hyattsville-Miss j. M. Laurel
M. K. Silver Spring-Mrs. E.
H. R., Mrs. j. B. Springfield
Mrs. o. II. VIENNA. M. o.