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Evening star., 1952-04-17
MILDEW ON RUG?
(From Mrs. H. F. ", Bethesda

(Fron Mrs. H. F. ", Bethesda
Perhaps some reader can help
me with my problem. I have a
large beige summer rug which
has some large mildew spots on
it. Last year sent it to the clean
erS, but the spots are still there
Is there any way these can be
removed. If not, would painting
the rug be a good solution? What
kind of paint and what proportion
of paint and turpentine should
use. Could the rug be dyed?
I do hope someone can help me
as this rug is in perfect condition
except for the stains.
X X X X
PRAYER.
(From, M. S. r., Arlington)
PRAYER OF THE HANDICAPPED.
Dear God. somewhere without the jasper
walls.
Where boys may scamper with their bats
Nor ever tire throughout the endless
day?
Please may we use 1t, Lord, who here below
When we were boys could not Join in the
fun
OF our compeers at play, but had to 90
To some safe SPOT and watch the others
run?
Not wings. Father. do we ask Of you;
Just give US limbs obedient to our will,
That we may have the fun we never knew
On earth. as did our mates. Tom. Sam
and Bill.
eyes,
Protect US not; for we could but
choose
From all heavens treasures. our most
wished-for prize
Would be q boyish multi-colored bruise!
Evening star., 1952-04-17
REMOVING GREASE;
RECIPE.

(Fr0n1 Mrs. E. G., Washington
am surprised that every one
doesn't know this remedy for re-
moving grease from wall paper. I
found it in the RICH several years
ago and it has appeared time after
time. It really works, too. Pur-
chase a small amount of fuller's
earth and rbon-tetrachloride at
a drug store. Make a thin paste
of this and pack it on the grease
spot. Leave it until it dries and
starts to drop off and then brush
away with a soft cloth. If the
grease is heavy you may have to
treat the remaining circle in the
same manner, but I know it can
be made unnoticable even if it
takes several tries. Fuller's earth
is highly absorbent.
Here is a recipe using the
cheaper cuts of beef: Have
pound of beef ground as for ham,
burger. Brown in frying pan with
l large onion, chopped. Add /
can of tomato soup, salt and pep
per. cover and simmer for about
80 minutes. Serve as is or with
boiled rice. You don't add any
fat because the meat and soup
have sufficient. If mixture be-
comes too thick while cooking add
about y cup of water. The soup
is used as is, not diluted.
X X X
BRAZIL NUT CAKE.
(From Mrs. q. E. F., Washington
Can any of your readers supply
a recipe for brazil nut cake, which
I believe, originally appeared in
the Clearing House some six or
eight years ago? The brazil nuts
are ground and form the major
bulk of the cake. AS I remember
little or no flour is used. The cake
IS so delicious and long-keeping
(if well hidden) that I am sure
other readers will join me in well
coming.
X X
RESTORING COLOR?
(Fron1 Mrs. X. r. D., BoydS)
Will some one please tell me
how I may clean and restore the
natural red brick color to my red
brick fireplace. We enjoy the
natural brick color but would like
to refinish in some fashion that
it could be washed or cleaned
from time to time.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
Seton Hill AIumnue
Plan Students Tea

A tea for students home on
spring vacation and prospective
freshmen will be given by the
Washington Alumnae of Seton
Hill College from 3 to S pm.
Saturday in the home of the
Misses Jane Minnich and Mar
garet Schults, 1909 N street NV.
Assisting hostesses will be the
Misses Alice Kosmerl, Mary The.
resa Bursley and Patricia Michael.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
FEEDING CHILD.
MOVING GLASSWARE.

(From Mrs. r. E. p, Bethesda
I have never written in before
but have gotten so many good
ideas from your wonderful column
that I really must try to help
some one else in gratitude. To
A. D. F., ! really must say that you
are to be congratulated on having
such a spirited child. They are
difficult and sometimes just for a
while you wish they were not
quite so ambitious. But first
must say, don't restrict your baby's
hands in any way ever. There is
nothing more frustrating to any
age than having your hands held
down. Possibly the baby is a small
eater, in which case, if your doc
tor says his weight is good don't
worry. When he starts to bat the
spoon away let him be through.
You might give him a spoon or
toy or even try the dishes with
pictures on the bottom scraping
the food back from time to time
so that he can get a glimpse of
the picture. Mine loved it as
early as eight months. DR.. Gessell
(my baby Bible) says that many
children will finger feed at this
age if permitted. Also he says
that they may play with a spoon
and dish at the end of a meal.
Your baby may also be manifest
ing an early urge to stand while
being fed CASUALLY more apparent
at year,, in which case feed him
from whatever position he chooses
to assume. This sounds like you
are spelling him but I always be-
lieve food is more important at
this age than any amount of
cleanliness or manners. Mine is
now almost three, but we still have
days Of lunch spots on everything.
To my way of thinking there is
no spotless way to raise a baby.
To j. H., we too moved across
town with good crystal and With
out one casualty. I packed only
about a half dozen pieces in a
carton from the grocery. The sides
were padded on the inside with
folded several times.
Each piece was stuffed with crum-
bled newspaper and then rolled
up in about half an average sec
ton Of newspaper. The spaces
between were well stuffed, but not
so tight as to force the wrapped
pieces against the sides of the
carton. We carried ours in the
rumble seat Of the car across un-
paved mud roads so you see it will
be much easier on good ones.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
Conducted by
BETSY CASWELL
THYME PLANT?

(Fron Mrs. B. r., Washington
l have recently acquired BEAU
tiful lemon thyme plant and am
anxious to know how to care for
it. I would appreciate it if some
readers of RICH could advise me
how it can best be grown and
then converted into seasoning
and used. What other herbs can
successfully be grown indoors and
where might they be obtained.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
By Violet FouIkner

A look at the fresh-product
stands and you know without be-
ing told that Southern grower
have started to harvest thei
spring crops. Crisp. fresh green.
of all kinds dominate the scene :.
spinach, escarole, endive, collards
dandelion. mustard, field cress anc
kale are especially fine. Washing.
tonians are great consumers o.
fresh fruits and vegetables in the
course of year. We set a new
record during 1851, the combined
rail unloadS and truck arrivals
amounted to over Is thousand
carloads. That was thousand
more cars than the previous year.
Potatoes led other produce in VOL
ume, with lettuce next, and apples
were the third largest item. Sup
plies came from 38 States, led by
Florida and California. and from
Canada. Mexico and several for
eign countries.
Asparagus Prices Drop
Asparagus. is getting much
cheaper as the season progresses
and the supplies increase. At the
beginning of the season this
spring treat sells at stiffish prices;
now it's reaching levels where you
can include it in the menu a cou-
pie of times a week. The grass"
now on the market comes from
California and is minus the sand
and grit we find in later crops.
Bad weather in the Western
States has temporarily boosted
the price on lettuce at the same
time reduced the quality.
Artichokes, q Thistle
A vegetable we don't mention
too often is the artichoke. 1t
doesn't seem to enjoy too great a
popularity in this part of the
country and, too, it is not one of
our cheaper vegetables. However,
during April and up until the mid
die of May this vegetable, that
belongs to the thistle family. is
at the peak of it's goodness. The
simplest way to prepare the arti-
choke is just to trim off the stem
and any tough or damaged lower
leaves and wash in cold running
water. Then drop in boiling Salted
water to cover and cook until
tender, 80 to 40 minutes. Some
people like to drop a Glove of garlic
in the water, but that's up to you.
If you want to remove the choke
in the center to make them easier
to eat. pull out the top center
leaves and run an iced teaspoon
in and Scrape out the thiStlelike
inside. Serve them hot or cold as
a vegetable or salad. In either
case provide a dip to accentuate
the delicate nutlike flavor. For hot
artichokes, hollandaiSe is consid-
cred choice, although lemon may
onnaise or melted butter, with or
without lemon juice. are easier
and very good. To eat them pull
of the leaves as you would the
petals of a daisy and dip the
f1eshy base into the sauce. Bite
off the end and go on to the next
one. The heart may be cut with
fork and also dipped.
Fruit Buys
The best values in the fruit de-
partment are grapefruit and
oranges. The Florida Valencias
are at the height of their season
and perfect for juicing. There are
still plenty of apples to be had,
although prices have increased.
The strawberry crop has been slow
in reaching anything like maxi
mum supply, and this again can
be traced back to unfavorable
weather conditions. The Florida
berries are only fair and it's too
Evening star., 1952-04-17
Picked
Peaches

1 No. 21a can cling peach halves
"a cup brown sugar (packed)
u cup vinegar
2 (3-inch) sticks cinnamon
l teaspoon whole cloves
l teaspoon whole allspice
Drain sirup from peaches:
combine with sugar, vinegar
and spices, and boil 5 minutes.
Add peach halves and simmer
gently about S minutes or until
fruit is heated through. Allow
fruit to remain in sirup for "a
hours before serving.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
Report to the Hon1en1oke.
Spring Greens Top Buys;
Mobile DishWusher

,early for the Carolina crop, which
has been late maturing.
Mustard Souce
| Full of bite is the new mustard
sauce that appeared on grocery
shelves this past week. It's &C
tually more the consistency of a
lcream dressing than a sauce and
Iliberally spiked with that peppery
herb. mustard. Made in nearby
Alexandria. Va, the sauce orig
mated from a recipe that fol
many years was a priced, secret
possession of a Virginia family
Before putting it on the market
the makers tried it out on a
tasting jury" to determine con-
sumer reaction. People who like
the racy flavor of mustard will
go for this on cold meats, on sand
wiches, mixed with mayonnaise
for salads to give extra zip, or in
making deviled eggs. 1t makes a
very paSsable quick mock Hollan-
daiSe, too, when mixed with white
sauce to use over fresh asparagus
or broccoli.
Automatic Dishwosher
There's never a dull moment
in the life of an appliance manu-
facturer these days e. . they're al
ways dreaming up something new.
The latest is an automatic dish
washer that attaches to any hot
water faucet and any electric out
let. which means no special plumb
ing or wiring costs. When you
live in a rented house or apart
ment you do think twice before
installing certain types of house.
hold equipment that entail eX-
penSive installation charges. It's
the first dishwasher we've seen
that could be rolled up to the
dinner table, loaded with dirty
dishes, then wheeled back to the
kitchen for washing. It takes 91a
minutes to complete the cycle of
one wash and two rinses. Com
pact in size. it takes up only 18x25
inches Of floor space and fits
tidily into a small kitchen.
Here and There:
"West Coast Cook Book" by
Helen Evans Brown, published by
Little, Brown & Co. ($4) is a.
book of regional recipes of the
three Pacific States .. California
Oregon and Washington. The
first group of recipes include those
brought to the West by the '49ersI
and adapted for modern use. Many
OF them show the influence of
the Spaniards and Mexicans,
others reflect a Yankee flavor.
Many are old recipes that Cali
fOrnia claims as her own, such as
ciOppinO, Green Goddess dressing
and fried cream. The second
group are those using foods typi-
cal of the Pacific Coast. With
thousands of miles of coast line,
the area is lush with fruits, nuts,
vegetables, grains, game fish, cat
tie and poultry. The third group
comprises recipes garnered from
famous eating places on the coast.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
Readers C|earinq House
QUERIES?

(From Mrs. J. c. s., Alexandria
This certainly seems to be the
place to come for help which
certainly need. I would like to
know the answer to several prob
lens. What is the best and easiest
method to use when cleaning an
oven?
What is the most effective
method to use in killing moths in
the home that are in the rugs and
other woolen material?
What is a good all purpose spray
or dust for roses?
How can a child year old be
taught to say words?
What can be done to an aiumi-
mum clothes line that leaves a
black mark on my washing.
I would, also, greatly appreciate
any suggestions which would make
spring cleaning an easier job.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
RABBITS.
(From !. M. j.. WdShington)

avn" 80 @A' ~p w uctHtyCOH/
Mrs. M. p, Silver Spring: Rab-
bits make perfect pets for real
animal lovers. We have had three
all house pets. One lived to be
three and a half, one to be six
and a half, and we have one now,
aged four years. Perhaps for a
child as young as four years, it
might not be desirable to allow a
rabbit complete freedom, but one
loses half the joy Of owning a
rabbit if they are kept in a pen,
all the time as we'll as working
a real hardship on a freedom -lov-
ing pet.
Our three rabbits have COM
pletely housebroken themselves.
If one keeps a rabbit outside, ex-
treme care should be taken to
make the pen dog-proof, as many
rabbits are slaughtered by dogs
getting into the yard and knock
ing over the pen. The pen should
have a floor and a door that
latches securely. The rabbit
should be exercised in a safe place,
if kept outside in a pen. They
also need covering in cold or
bad weather.
The rabbit pellets which can be
bought at any pet store or feed
store comprise a perfectly bal
anced diet, when supplemented
with carrots, carrot tops and let
tuce. A potato occasionally is
good-sweet or white-as they
seem to need starch. If not salts
fed. rabbit will nibble anything
We feed our present bunny al
falfa hay, as he seemed to need
supplementary diet. Fresh water
in the pen and something soft to
lie on, like hay, are needed.
The white rabbits and Belgian
hares are particularly docile and
loving pets. although all are
charming. We have had a Bel
gian hare, a black and white
checkered giant and now a chin
chilla gray-a kind of Belgian
hare. All are equally beloved and
rewarding as pets.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
VIENNA ROAST?

(Fron Mrs. A. L.. LandoDer)
would greatly appreciate a
recipe for Vienna roast. I have
been unable to locate a recipe in
my cook book. It is very popular
in German restaurants.
Evening star., 1952-05-30
Wilson Senior Awarded
FuIIbriqht Scholarship

Miss Nancy M. Patterson. a
senior at Wilson Teachers College,
has been awarded q Fulbright
Scholarship for a years study Of
literature at the University Col
lege Of the Southwest. Exeter.
England.
Miss Patterson lives at 2115 r
street NV. She is the first Wilson
Teachers College student. to win
a Fulbright Scholarship given to
promote better understanding
among countries, Eight hundred
awards are made each year.
Evening star., 1952-05-30
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
1852
Events of Interest to Sevicemen

Additional information may be
obtained at the Volunteer Infor-
nation Service, Greyhound Bus
Terminal, Eleventh street and New
York avenue NV, Republic 0495.
TODAY.
Dances.
uSO-YWCA.. Seventeenth and X streets
NV. record dance, 8 pm.
st. Matthews Cathedral Club fNCCS),
1914 street NV, orchestra. 8 pm
30 cents.
Social Hour.
Lutheran Service Lounge S3S jackson
place NV. television, portrait sketching.
Uso-YWcA. Seventeenth and K streets
NV. penthouse lounge. cards and games,
2 pm.
Kelly-Miller Center. Forty ninth and
washington place NE. (Negro), dancing,
sports and games.
USo-Lafayette Square Club. 71e Madi-
son place NV; GI Talent Night. $50
Pm.
TOMORROW.
Dances.
Friendship House, 6I9 D street Sc,
Evening star., 1952-05-30

square dance. $50 pm, so cents.
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church.
900 Massachusetts avenue NV. square
and ballroom dancing. $50 pm.
USo-YWCA. Seventeenth andAK streets
NV, 9 pm, SO cents. orchestra.
Servicemen's Lounge and Information
Center, 125 N. Columbus street, Alexan-
dria: record dance. $40 pm.
YWCA. 901 Rhode island avenue NV.
tNegrol. Blue TRIANGLE Lounge. dancing
and refreshments, 8 pm. to midnight.
st. Matthew's Cathedral Club (NCCS),
1914 n street NV. orchestra, 8 pm,
UsO-Lafayette Square Club. orchestra
G street NV, 25 cents. 80
uSO-Lafayette Square Club. orchestra
!5.anH;, Ssnss hostesseS; $50 pm YMCA. 1915
Episcopal Armed Forces Center, 1917
q street NV. orchestra. dance and sup-
Church Door canteen Calvary Baptist
church,; Eighth and H streets NV,
square dancing, games and refreshments
Social Hour.
Hospitality House (National Presby.
Evening star., 1952-05-30
|teri.n chureh,. 1852 N street NV. opens

|terien church,. 1852 N street NV. spen.
II pm. =
Lutheran Service Lounge. 73s jackson
PLACE NV: television, 9 am. to IL pm
:, Uso-YWcA. Seventeenth and X street,
NV. ping pong and shuttle board. pent-
SUNDAY.
Catholic Youth ORGANIZATION. s9Is Tenth
street NV. orchestra, $3.50 pm, 80 cents
Jewish Community Center. Sixteenth
and streets NV, record dance. S:45
Uso-YWcA, Seventeenth and X streets
N. W. penthouse. record dance, $50 pm.
~. Matthew's Cathedral Club (NCCS),
1914 n street NV, informal. s pm.
x,.> Social Hour.
USO-YWCA. tGlenbrook Club, $500
wisconsin avenue. Bethesda. open house.
Episcopal Armed Forces Center, 1917
q street NV. social and refreshments.
St. Matthew's Cathedral Club, tNccs,
1914 street NV, open 10 am. to 10
Jewish Community Center. sixteenth
aAd g streets NV. teievisions and games.
Hospitality House tNational presby-
terian Churchl. 1852 N street NV, open
Lutheran Service Lounge, 73s jackson
place NV. television, record music, 3
: UsooYWcA. Seventeenth and x street.
NV, penthouse.3 to II pm. eameS,
supper, pm. .35 cents.
uSO-YWCA, Jessup Blair Park, Silver
Evening star., 1952-05-30

The Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Air
mems Club. Eleventh and L streets NV.
Minimum price food and lodgtng. comfort
vision. radios. pianos. po0l table. library.
Evening star., 1952-05-30

Spring, open 10 am. to IL PM; supper,
$3.50 pm, 70 cents.
Evening star., 1952-03-16
ONE SURE WAY TO CUT TAXES
Continued t1ons page hOssty

metropolis by merging the county
courthouse with the city hall down
the street. Tax funds can be saved
in the hinterland by merging the
county courthouse with the next
courthouse down the highway.
The US. Department of Justice.
rating jails in a certain Western
state, found the worst lookup
located in a sagebrush county of
5000 people, the best in a metro
politan county of 485, 900.
It wasn't that the 5000 folks in
the backwoods didn't care about
sound penal conditions; they just
didn't have the taxable wealth to
sustain a first-class local govern
ment. AS it was, they bore higher
tax rate than the big county -
and got considerably less for their
money.
Ivisited one of the frontier jails.
The construction was not fire.
proof. No extinguishers hung
on the walls. Youthful offenders,
guilty of trivial infractions, had
to be cooped up with hardened
criminals because of lack of space.
Several women prisoners undressed
in a dingy cell within full view of
the jailers. The food was greasy
and unsavory. County officials re-
ceived 20 cents a meal to feed each
prisoner, but the fare did not
reflect any such expenditure.
The Butcher and Grocer
l WANDERED through town and
asked people what they thought
about combining with two or three
neighboring counties to operate a
single decent Jail instead of a col
lection of dark, inflammable ones.
Immediately l realized what kind
of problems county unification is
up against.
The chairman of the reigning
political party in local affairs got
to name the jailer and guards.
He even appointed the cook who
dishes up the dreary meals. Grocer
les and butcher shops had sizable
accounts with the Jail. What if
the new. consolidated Jail went to
the county seat of another county?
A survey in Washington State
disclosed that the taxpayers of the
10 smallest counties pay more than
twice as much per capita to keep
up the salaries of courthouse func-
tionaries as do the residents of
the 10 largest counties. Ironically
enough, these small counties MAIN
tain practically the same num-
Der of officials as the big counties,
although there are far fewer
property-owners to pack the load.
eeod Picl<ings
No PLACE is a more lush field
for politics than a county seat.
Repeatedly, experts in government
have recommended appointment
on merit basis of all executives
Evening star., 1952-03-16

hand, almost always are selected
by the local school board. This is
another reason why county admin
istrations frequently resist fusion
with urban areas, for another plum
thus is withheld from the political
organization.
An effective step toward better
government is the appointment of
a county manager = one man,
responsible to a small, elected,
policy-making council. Centralized
operations and economies are
made possible. Gradually, this
plan is gaining in national favor.
Heat Was Scorching
ONcE an Office takes root in
county political soil, it rarely is
weeded out. ''Constables are about
as necessary today as buggy
whips" Mayor William F. Devin
of Seattle said to me. Yet the tax
payers of King County put up
$10,420 a year to keep the Offices
of several constables in operation.
The Charter C Commission il now at
work in King County on charter
which it is hoped will substantially
streamline county government.
A bill in Oregon's legislature to
abolish constables could not even
get reported out Of committee,
although most of my colleagues
agree that the position confiicted
with sheriffs, city police and the
state police. The political heat
from back home in the county
seats was too scorching to
allow the bill to pass.
In promoting Federal economy,
Herbert Hoover has discovered
that everyone wants the other
fellows agency streamlined. This
attitude is preventing reduction Of
our multitude of surplus counties.
Each town fears it will lose the
county seat to rival community.
Courthouse moguls are afraid that
amalgamation with the city hall
may reduce their empires.
Chance for Econozny
1T IS easy for us to be brave
about governmental economies
practiced thousands of miles away.
While we demand that the pro-
gram of the Hoover Commission
be adopted in Washington, D. c.,
county government offers a wide
arena for action close to home.
There are AT places of more
than 25,0OO population each in
the United States, yet in only 80
of these have overlapping county
and city administrations been even
partially consolidated.
Furthermore, a mere five coun-
ties out of the nations $3.50 have
been unified with other counties
during the past 80 years. Yet when
these moves occurred in Tennessee
and Georgia, the owners of homes
and businesses and farms benefited
from substantial savings.
All we need is a willinmess
Evening star., 1952-03-16

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-07-31
MRS. ANDREW c. RAWLINGS

Mrs. Rosa Alice Rawlings, II, wife
of Andrew c. Rawlings, of LaBelle,
Pa, was found dead in bed Monday,
July 28, at the home of daughter,
Mrs. Edith johnson, New Castle, Pa,
with whom she had been residing for
two months.
She was born at North Glade, this
county, a daughter of the late Noah
and Christina Warwick Wilt She had
resided in Elk Garden for 80 years.
Surviving besides her husband and
daughter are three sons, Leonard,
Winchester, Va; Clifton, Blaine; and
John d. Rawlings, Kitzmiller; three
other daughters, five sisters, % grand
children and two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Stella Rounds, Swanton, is sis
ter.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday from the Methodist church
at Elk Garden with Rev. B. f. Wright,
pastor, officiating. Interment was in
the George cemetery at Swanton.