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Evening star., 1952-11-26
CHICKEN POT PIE.
MRS. E. o. NJ, Washington


This recipe for chicken pot
pie is over 100 years old and
still remains in the West Vir-
ginia Doak pioneer family as a
prize winner.
Step /. Select a nice fat
stewing hen (the fatter, the
better. Cook over a slow fire
until tender. Make a thin paste
of wheat flour and/or sweet
milk or cream. Stir this into
your broth. Your chicken may
be removed for browning later
OF you may leave it in as you
prefer. Either way is delicious.
Step 2. Two cups white flour,
2 teaspoons baking powder, "
teaspoon soda. l teaspoon salt.
Sift all ingredients with flour.
Step 3. Two eggs, beaten in
a bowl. One-half cup butter
milk added to eggs. Stir in
above ingredients. Roll out on
a pastry cloth or Toured board.
cut into 3-inch squares and
place in a large baking pan.
Pour over these. squares the
gravy and/or chicken. Bake Is
to 20 minutes in oven at 425
degrees. This will be rich and
yellow looking as well as deli
cious. I can taste it now.
II X 4 X
SWEET CREAM DRESSING.
MRS. E. H., Falls Church.
Mrs. F.. w. N, Bethesda: I
have passed the following sweet
cream type dressing on to many
friends.
To 5 cups finely shredded
cabbage, add 2 small scallions,
minced. or l tablespoon finely
chopped onion. Add 3 table
spoons canned pimento (op-
tional to me-. Mix with the
following dressing just before
serving: Whip u cup heavy
cream. Add tablespoons may
onnaise. or salad dressing. l
teaspoon prepared mustard, 2
tablespoons sugar and "a tea
spoon salt. This makes l cup
dressing.
X X X \
LIMP CRINOLINE?
Mrs. C. M. L., Washington
I wonder if you readers can
help me with this problem
After washing crinolines, the
stiffness disappears. Is there
any way or anything that can
be used to restore the stiffness.
Starching doesn't solve the
problem.
Evening star., 1952-11-26
Modern
Marriage
By Dr.. PouI Popenoe

Adeline has been peering into
the faces of married couples, and
she claims all she can see are
deep-etched lines of tragedy
hopelessness in their eyes, resigna-
tion, misery. martyrdom. She's nc
sour old maid, she tells me, so
assume this is Sweet Adeline her.
self.
I'm a middle-aged, attractive
divorce, according to what men
tell me-" she writes. land I have
plenty of chances to marry" Then
she describes the haggard faces OF
the married people she encounters
and concludes, cts no use for you
to keep recommending marriage
in your column. so far as I am
concerned, DR.. Popenoe."
Bless you, Adeline. I wouldn' t
think of recommending marriage
for you. And I wouldn't have it on
my conscience that I recommended
you as a wife to any man who
might be thinking of marrying you.
You may not be impressed by
statistics, but years of research
show you to be as wrong as the
detractors of Christopher Colum-
bus who insisted that the world
was square. Marriage is a powerful
source of happiness throughout
the world: in fact. it is the great
est.
Just for fun, read Hornell Hart s
book titled "Chart for Happiness.
DR.. Hart, a distinguished sociolo-
gist at Duke University, devised
an instrument for measuring hap
|piness and tried it on hundreds OF
people. 1t gives rating based or
a scale in which zero marks the
point at which one passes from
unhappy to happy. Most of the
world rates above zero, he found
and the average in America Is
about 100, which is pretty happy
Now
What about the unmarried pop
ulation? It's not below zero, but
it's below the average of the whole
population. 1t scores around IS
What about the married popu-
lation? (Taking only those who
had never contemplated divorce. }
It rates 213. 1t lives at a level
twice as high as the average OF
the population and nearly three
times as high as the level Of the
unmarried.
But there are others, and DR..
Hart made a special study of
married couples on the verge of
divorce. They averaged 100 below
zero. The figure speaks for itself
Still another group was made up
of young people engaged to be
married. They averaged 173. They
were happier than the average
person, more than twice as happy
as the unmarried-but after they
are married they'll be still hap
pierI
Evening star., 1952-11-26
New Christmas PuckuQinq

CANT gift yet who likes to remain
practical.
The impending coronation was
behind the new packaging idea of
a gift lipstick. The covers are
jeWelled with simulated square cut
diamonds, turquoises. topazes, and
various color combinations of am
ber. Three-dimensional beauty's
obtained for lipstick cover whose
original inspiration was noted in
the collections of tiaras that Lon
don and Paris jewellers and mu-
seums are prominently displaying
in readying themselves for Eliza
beth lis coronation.
Peter Fink's original design for
bath powder box was conceived
when he placed beautiful piece
of lace over turquoise scarf. The
new Christmas gift presentation
he thought up in Paris has arrived
on the scene in a beautiful round
turquoise box that has a special
embossed lace design on it. So
we'll is the idea duplicated that
the eye is deceived into thinking
it is a real lace applique.
Women who travel are always
picking up pretty. feminine
"trinketS" for themselves. This
Christmas via the "gift route" any
number of women will be able to
discover the JOY of possessing
glittering and unusual and artistic
design expressions that come to
them from the four corners of the
earth.
And, says. Peter Fink, American
women are even more selective
and threaten to rival their Euro
pean sisters in wanting their cos
metics to be as beautiful to look
at as they are good to use.
Not only has the public become
more demanding in its packaging
of cosmetics and perfumes, with
the day of the plain bottle hous-
ing a perfume being definitely
over, but the public has also
realized that beautiful packaging
is brought to them here in Ameri-
lea at perhaps the lowest cost
imaginable.
Call ST. 5000, Ext. 395, for
shopping information on Friday
on these gift items.
Evening star., 1952-11-26
By Betty Miles

Helen Ives lives the life she loves
It's a complex one. She is the
manager, as well as the wife, OF
famed balladeer Burl Ives, who
opened Monday at the Shubert
Theater in Paint Your Wagon.
She is also the mother of 4-year-
old Alexander. Armed with an
infectious buoyancy. she sails
through her busy day with enthu-
Siasm to spare.
Il find it fun" she said simply
Il find Burl fun" The couple has
been married seven years, and
Mrs. Ives has been her husband S
manager for four.
Il take care of details, and
handle things up to a certain
point" she explained. But never
make an important decision.
That's up to Burl. 1t works that
way"
Mrs. Ives. who has a masters
degree in philosophy from the
University of Chicago, worked in
CHS television in the experiment
tai days before the war. When war
came, she transferred to radio,
where, particularly interested in
sociology and history, she gravi-
lated toward educational programs.
'Woyforine Stronger
Led through these interests to
Ives folk songs, she became so
intrigued she manuevered to work
with his show, The Wayfaring
Stranger. Her first impression of
her future husband was far from
happy.
When she told him she would
time the show, he replied coldly,
Young lady, you're obviously a
novice"
The fact that the show went
on at 8:15 in the morning didn't
help anybodys temper" Mrs. Ives
added. Inauspicious start notwith-
standing. they were married three
years later, after the singer re-
turned from the service.
Two years ago. she worked with
her husband when he was invited
by the Encyclopedia Brittanica to-
record Historical America int
Song" Available only to schools
and organizations, the six volumes
Evening star., 1952-11-26
BurI Ives Manager
Is No Managing Wife

OF 120 songs have become invalu-
able aids in teaching history and
other social sciences.
Descended from physicians on
both sides of the family-her
mother is doctor in New York
City-Helen Ives couldn't quite
bring herself to follow in the fam
lily footsteps. Her poetry and short
stories have appeared in maga-
zines under her maiden name.
Helen Payne.
Not Fomous to Son
| Young Alexander, who arrived
yesterday to spend the Thanksgiv-
ing holiday with his parents, is
quite unaware of his fathers fame.
His parents planned it that way.
Burl Ives records are favorites in
the nursery school he attends,
where he and the other children
listen raptly without ever connect
ing the singer with the small, en-
thralled boy. At home. his mother
reported. Alexander sometimes
plays Burl Ives records to the
point of distraction"
He knows his father Is in the
theatre now, but he thinks he is
"a Story-teller," she added, "be-
cause Burl makes up fairy tales
for him-and I'm the one who
singS!"
Since travelling is a showman's
lot-they toured Australia last
Summer-Mrs. Ives makes it a
point to live like a native,
not a tourist, if it's at all
possible. IF we're going to be in
one place any time at all, we try
to get an apartment" she ex-
planned. This includes stays of
a few weeks when housing can be
found. She got a ration book and
set up housekeeping during their
10 weeks in London-the scene
of a minor catastrophe. Meat was
hard to get. so when she was
back in the States on a trip, she
decided to surprise her English
friends by bringing them some
beef frankfurters. This she did, a
big barrel full. Her guests were
assembled and the great unveiling
took place. followed by the great
disappointment. The meat, left
outside by the maid, had mildewed.
Goot Meot for Gourmets
Guests in the Ives household
often are treated to meat which
they are encouraged to eat first,
invariably with delight, and
identify later. The meat, of
course, is goat.
The star raises goats and hares
in his spare time.
Goat meat tastes like veal att
its BEST" Mrs. Ives explained.
Its inexpensive, though hard to
locate. Actually, I serve kid meat,
which is irresistible roasted with
on top. It's also good
stuffed with dressing. Goats
milk" she added, makes excel
lent custard."
A MidWesterner, Burl Ives
bought boat when he
on the East Coast, which
he taught his wife, a native New
Yorker, to navigate. A visit to
the docks is a must" whenever
they are in a seaboard town. They
have a Bahama ketch now. which
they hope to take down to the
Caribbean one of these days.
Evening star., 1952-11-26
Problems
Today
BY MurieI Nissen

OEAH M1SS N1SSEN: l am in
a desperate situation, and have
even considered suicide. The only
thing that holds me back is my
family's need of me. I am 26,
have a fine. honest husband and
four wonderful children. Our
problem is debt! A $4,000 one! We
are expecting another baby in
three weeks and, while I could go
to work after it is born, the differ
ence between what I'd make and
what I'd have to pay some one to
care for the family would be so
small it wouldn't make a dent in
the total owed. My husband is a
factory worker and has little left
after our necessities are bought.
The money was borrowed three
years ago from my parents and
his. We put it into a business that
failed. Our parents are old and
the money they loaned us was
about all they had.
I would welcome advice from
readers as well as from you.
MRS. G. A.
ANSWER: Your appeal to other
readers is very apt. If anyone has
a feasible solution for Mrs. G. A.,
Ill be happy to forward their
suggestions to her.
The amount of your debt is
enormous and there's no kidding
yourself that it will be easy to pay.
There's lot of scrimping and
hard work ahead. If your parents
are in immediate need of the
money. the only way it can be
paid back to them is to borrow
from someone else. and pay that
debt Systematically. If you follow
this suggestion, be most cautious
as to where you borrow the money
Don't cannot urge you too
strongly-get yourself into the
hands of loan sharks whose high
interest rates will absorb all your
money, while the principal re-
mains intact.
Sources of help might be the
personnel department of your
husbands factory. his union or a
bank in your city. Why not try
the bank first and see what Sug-
geStions they can offer?
If you prefer to pay the money
to your parents in installments,
I suggest a thorough check on
your budget. See how much you
can spare each week. Then have
a meeting of your debtors, tell
them you earnestly want to repay
the money, and tell them on just
what terms this can be done.
Perhaps stipulated amount each
month would be preferred by
them.
Do take some definite step at
once and your mind will be
greatly relieved. Your present
physical condition is not improved
by incessant worry and the worry
that wears people down most is
the one they do nothing about.
Once you tackle a problem con-
cretely and begin it's solution, even
on a small scale, your entire out
look will be much better.
DEAR MISS NISSEN: When
we wanted to send our daughter
to college she didn't want to go to
the one of our choice. We wouldn t
let her go to the school she Sc
lected, yet she still has hanker-
ing to go there. How can we
change her mind?
DON AND SUE.
ANSWER: Why try to dictate
the choice of college to an 49,
year-old girl who presumably has
brains enough to know what she
wants? You admit the college of
her choice is a good one, so why
not let her CO. there? You are. I
think, being Unreasonable.
Evening star., 1952-11-26
Youngsters
Urgent Need
By Angelo Potri

When a child goes wrong the
first thought in any ones mind
seems to be. "His parents are to
blame. Why didn't they" Often.
too. the parents blame themselves
asking. where did I fail? I tried
to be a good father"
In my experience, especially in
the big cities and larger towns.
there was not much the parents
could do beyond what they did do.
When a home consists of a few
rooms, the children are forced to
find recreation and interests out
side. They must take their fun,
find their companions as best they
may and nobody needs to be told
what danger lies there.
"Well then. the schools failed.
What did they do to help this
Ichild?" Usually they did all they
were allowed to do. Most of the
schools are being starved out. The
authorities in charge of funds
seem to believe that if. there is
any money left after the other
community activities are financed
the schools can have it. Usually
little is left.
Fairgrounds cost money; sports
equipment, uniforms, leaders, cost
money. To keep recreation centers
Equipped, heated or colled. super
vised and cleaned, costs money.
Failing the money there can be
no such help for the children who
are at loose ends. Who is to
blame there?
Then we must study the char
acteristics of the failing child.
Why is he as he is? Why is he
wayward when all the other chill
dren of the family are well be-
haved? We must take heredity
into consideration, then environ
ment, then teaching. We must
suit the instruction. the expert
ence and the leadership to the
peculiar needs of the wayward
child. That becomes a community
responsibility, one where the gov
erning authorities, the social
workers. the schools and the
churches must cooperate. Home
alone cannot cope with the forces
of the environment. Many Of the
failing children are at home a few
waking hours a day-for their
meals, then to bed. School, and
the street divide the rest of the
time for a host Of youngsters.
This is a bad time to talk about
more money for schools and So
cial service. Everything costs more
than ever. Custodial care for de-
linquents is not cheap. either. In
fact, it is very expensive. Each
child, every young person who is
committed to an institution weak
ems the morale of the Nation. That
is something as important to the
people as armament. 1t is the
man behind the gun that counts.
If his spirit is weak, how can his
body serve? If his spirit is strong
he goes forward to win, in peace
or in war.
Every child counts full weight
in the health and progress of
nation. Instead of blaming any,
body, we must all get together
and see that all children have the
best possible opportunities for
growth at home. in school and at
play.
Evening star., 1952-11-26
CAIRO2

MRS. A. A. E., College Park)
My husband, daughter and I
are going to Cairo, Egypt for
three years and I would like any
helpful information as to what
we should take in the way of
clothing, appliances, etc. Also,
any advice on living conditions.
I also desire any comments
concerning the requirements for
shipping books, appliances,
dishes, linens and other house.
hold goods. All and any in
formation would be greatly
appreciated.
Evening star., 1952-11-26
CHINA PAINTING.
mrs. H. M, Washington

mrs. H. M, Washington
7 am just finishing q China
painting course at the YWCA.
located at Seventeenth and K
streets NV. 1t has been a
wonderful experience. They are
now accepting new enrollments
for advanced china painting so
you should sign up as soon as
possible. I know you will en-
ioy It.
Evening star., 1952-11-26
Conducted Bv
BETSY CASWEEL
PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN?
SMALL FRUIT CAKES?


SMALL FRUIT CAKES?
mrs. L. S. X, Washington
I have thoroughly enjoyed all
the little prayers to say at meal
time, and now I'd like to know
if any reader has a favorite
bedtime prayer for young chill
dren. OF course. I believe we
all know Nov I Lay Me Down
to Sleep" however, I'd appre-
ciate having some others to
teach small boys and girls.
Also. I'd like to make small
fruit cakes for friends at Christ
mas time. Could any one give
me a favorite recipe. I am par
ticularly anxious to find out
how long to bake individual
fruit cakes Of one pound or So.
Most recipes give directions for
cakes Of five pounds or larger
quantities. My intention is to
make seven to 10 one pound
cakes.
Evening star., 1952-11-26
SEALING GASKET.

'N'o' ~ ~. ~~'' - ~@S~sS"o'ssS/
Mrs. M. D., Washington: Lo-
cate a hardware store that sells
the make of pressure cooker
that you own and I'm confident
that they will order the sealing
gasketS from the manufacturer.
About a year ago the sealing
gasket on my cooker had to be
replaced and I ordered two at
the same time as they are very
inexpensive. Now I have one
new one on hand in case. of an
emergency.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Truman Is Still Opposed
To Biq ; Talks Abroad

The White House said today
President Truman is still firmly
opposed to crossing the ocean fol
a conference with British Prime
Minister Churchill and Marshal
Stain Of Russia.
The President has said fire.
quently he would be glad to well
come these government chiefs o1
state in Washington, but that he
had no intention of going abroad
again for such a meeting.
Mr.. Truman's attitude was re-
emphasized by White House Press
Secretary Joseph Short who told 9
questioner there had been nc
change in the Presidents ideas.
The matter came up as the
result of a broadcasting last night
in which it was stated that the
President now was willing to &c
for a conference with Churchill
and Stain if he felt that it would
do any good.
Mr.. Short also said that he had
heard nothing of a report out OF
London quoting American official.
las believing that the President
might pay state visit to Britain
latter court mourning ends in May
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Truman Will Receive
Pan American Envoys

President Truman today will
receive Latin American diplomats
at the White House in recogni-
ton of Pan American Day.
The reception is scheduled to
take place at S pm. Mr.. Truman
will address the diplomats briefly
during the meeting.
Tonight the Air Force Sym
|phony Orchestra will give a Pan
American Day concert in the Hall
of the Americas at the Pan
American Union. The concert will
feature a violin solo by Carlos
Villa of Colombia.
In other features of the day, a
special exhibit of wax figures of
Mexican Indians will be opened at
the union. The figures are the
creation of Carmen de Antunez,
Mexican anthropologist and sculp-
treSs.
Another exhibit of 81 minia-
lures, depicting the life of Bolivar,
also will be opened to the public.
This work is by the late Arthur
ISzyk, a naturalized American
IartiSt,
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Ocean City's Fishing Industry
Spurred by Big Clam Takes

out. Watermen here took to their
dredge boats. And now. after two
years, a thriving industry is NOV
ing along successfully.
Mr.. Lynch handles these clans
for a processing plant in Wild
wood, N. j., where the bivalves
are cut up for use in chowders
and other seafood fishes.
The claiming grounds are in
20 to so fathoms of water, 31a
to S miles off shore. Mr.. Lynch
estimates that the average take
in the operation is 800 to 1900
bushels daily.
Commercial fishing was never
much around here until the storm
Iof 1888 cut through the inlet,
from the ocean to Sinepuxent
Bay.
Now, as a commercial fishing
port, Ocean City handles the big
sea clans, mackerel during the
big run which occurs every April,
Iporgies from May through July,
founder from June through
November, trout, croakers and
spots from August through Octo-
Der and blue fish in late summer.
Maine Holsters occasionally
show up here. And so do south
ern shrimp. But neither appears
on a commercial scale, Mr.. Lynch
said.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Home for Found|ings to Embark
|On New Era in Adoptions

Some revenue still comes from the
temporary care of babies for Other
licensed adopted agencies.
It's new" home was made pos
sible through sale of the old Fiji
teenth street building and from g
bequest in the will of Randolph T
Warwick. The building, on a 2-acre
site. was occupied in 1929.
Not Full Capacity.
Until mid-1951, it had about
100000 annually in Chest funds
but has never been able to operate
at full population" capacity oi
As babies.
Last week found it with IL
babies, all of them pink checked
well-fed recipients of the homes
rigid program of avoiding "insti-
tutional care" Each child gets
individual feeding, sleeps in almost
man-Sized cribs under germ-killing
ultraviolet lamps.
But a first-f1oor dormitory
stands empty, except for minor
storage and considerable array
of potted plants. Fifty feet long
with white pillars down it's center
the room could we'll accommodate
another q babies.
Miss Evelyn Hibbard, director
of the home since 1943, estimates
a years operation and mainte.
nance to cost $4,000 on a 25-
baby population. Add another
$4,000 to bring it up to the As
capacity.
Plan Was Mrs. NortOn's.
The homes new era, as II
strikes out on its own financial
program, is a plan devised by the
late Catherine Harahan Norton
member of the Board of Directors
for 10 years.
AS for dollars-and-cents evalua-
ton. Miss Hibbard sturdily con-
tends that mo one can measure
the dollar value of putting a baby
into a proper home where it may
be reared as though it were &C.
tually a child of those parents.
This month, the home will oper
it's doors to the public in a far
flung "get-acquainted" gesture
There is no plan for a direct
financial drive. but Miss Hubbard
believes that the public's knowl-
edge OF the homes need and pur-
pose will bring support.
The fund-raising will operate
through various civic, educational
and religious groups. Invitations
have gone out to these groups
but unorganized parties may make
appointments for one of the get
acquainted" afternoons.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
|CIen1mer Predicts Riots in Jail
If Puy Raises Aren't Restored

Il at the workhouse and reformatory
at Lorton, Va.
Unless seven guard position:
for the Lorton reformatory are
restored, Mr.. Clemmer told the
Hill subcommittee, it will be nee
essary to abandon one guarC
tower and one patrol assignment
He pointed out that such a sit
uation would mean inmates will
have even less supervision than
they now have at the reformatory
which has 200 inmates above safe
capacity already.
Urges 6 More Jail Guards.
Mr.. Clemmer pleaded also for
restoration of money to permit
six additional guard positions at
the District jail, where most of
the inmates are charged with seri-
Gus felonieS.
Mr.. Clemmer called it para
doxical" that a reduction in
guards be considered when the
department is already preparing
to recommend to the Commis-
sioners another increase in guards.