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Evening star., 1953-03-27
OREGANO.
Mrs. L. j., Washington

tMTS. l.. j., W1SHEl0LOnJ
For Mrs. M. A. T., Silver
Spring: Oregano may be used
in all tomato dishes and
sauces. It is good in meat
stewS, roasts and improves
hamburgers and meat loaf too.
Use it Sparingly at first until
you know how much of it you
want. It is a good addition to
tossed salads with French
dressing and sliced tomatoes.
A good combination of fla
voring is made with oregano,
basil, bay leaf, thyme and
parsley for most meat and
lamb dishes. Go easy at first!
X y Il y
TRAVELLING CLOTHES?
IVY?
MRS. r. L. H., Siluer Spring.
Can any readers suggest the
right kind of travelling clothes
for a woman taking an auto
trip to Denver in late June or
early July?
Is there any kind of device
available on the market which
could be fastened to a ma
Sonry wall in order to encour-
age ivy to climb up?
Evening star., 1953-03-27

I A modern dance demonstra-
ton will be given Tuesday by
students of the modern dance
and mime and movement clas-
seS led by Mildred Lachman and
Renata Kuh.
Mrs. Lachman is head Of the
YWCA's dance program.
All the performances will be
open to the public.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Style Show Planned
For Career Girls

Budget clothes for the career
girl will hold the spotlight in a
fashion show following a lunch
con meeting Of the Capital
Chapter. National Secretaries
Association, at / pm. tomorrow
at the Hecht Co., Parkington
store.
Special invitations have been
issued to members of the NSA's
Executive and Presidential chap
terS.
Miss Marcelyn Bridal is in
charge Of arrangements for the
event.
Evening star., 1953-03-27

Perfect Easter Fare!
Our eoof. Dress For Juniors
II '''
REPEATING A PREVIOUS SELL OUT! our versotiIe
little eootdress Wear it with the opIornb Of coot
or the softness Of dress. Vary it with eoIorfu silk
scof sunptuous fur neckpieee. It's royon foiIle
and cotton OF heovy texture and beautifully corded in
the skirt How do you like it in Navy? Black? or
Beige? Isn't it q "beout" at l2.95!. Sizes to IS.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Returns From Trip

Mrs. Janet Neuman, national
board member of the Women'S
International League for Peace
and Freedom, has just returned
from a trip to Guatemala and
Mexico. where she conferred with
the women in those countries.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Readers Clearing House ,!2:7 s2s't:;is s;:"2t4 sz
-HuDREN AND CAMPING

mrs. H. w. H., Washington
How old should children be
to 60 camping? Our son was
6 months old when We camped
through Utah two summers
ago. Both of our children. now
2 and 4, are veteran campers
and love it as much as we do.
I truly don't recommend
such an early age for all chill
dren as I know some mothers
would be nervous wrecks wor-
rying about cold, moisture,
food and such. Our camping
has been facilitated by the
fact that at a year the babies
were eating the same things
we were. Even a year-old child
can relish a baked potato
baked in the Goals of a glowing
fire. From infancy they were
able to sleep anywhere.
You'll find children from
age 2 and up will be fascinated
with outdoor living. Simple
things will amuse them and
keep them happy for hours.
Pine cones, seed pods, colored
leaves, and rocks will set them
to collecting and you'll soon
find Daddy's pockets full Of
all manner of interesting OBJ
jects. Don't forget the favor
ite toy or well-loved blanket
from home. however, as these
things always help youngster
to sleep in strange surround
tngs.
Wild animals and poisonous
insects will be the least of your
worries. The rule for animals
is Simple-don't bother them
and they won't bother you.
can't recall one poisonous in
sect to mind. except perhaps
the black widow spider which
you are likely to find in your
own back yard. Ticks, flies,
and yellow jackets are all
present but not poisonous
just annoying. Be sure to take
along a bug bomb. You'll find
that poison ivy and scratches
are likely to be your greatest
concern.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
SUGGESTIONS?

mrs. J. E. B., Alexandria
Does any one have sugges-
tions for money-raising prof.
ects for a church group Of
approximately 20 teen-agerS,
boys and girls. evenly divided?
A three-act play is too much
work for this group. We would
like to get some ideas on pro-
grams, entertainments, etc.,
which would be fun, would
draw the crowds and still not
entail too much work. If any
reader has any ideas or knows
OF certain booklets which
would prove helpful, it will be
greatly appreciated. Also, does
any one have suggestions for
some peppy Sunday night pro-
grams which would last about
half an hour (devotions and
recreation round out the eve
ning'S fellowship? This group
is very cooperative and inter-
eSted in almost everything,
but new ideas would be more
than welcome.
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Evening star., 1953-03-27
PASTIES.

Mrs. T. C. c.. WashinotoD
To Mrs. c. c. B., Of Arling-
ton who wanted a recipe for
pasties, here it is. This is q
Cornish dish:
Pasties for A.: Make a full
pastry recipe. Divide in 4
parts and roll each one out in
a square shape. Use "a
pound round steak, ground.
about 3 potatoes, about 3
small turnips, about 2 medium
onions, about 2 carrots. Slice
all the vegetables thin. Place
the meat and vegetables on
half the dough (the triangle
side). Add salt and pepper.
Fold over and seal. Make Sits
in the top. Bake Il use
cookie sheetS) at $50 degrees
for about 80 minutes. If they
are getting too brown after Is
minutes you can turn the oven
down to $50 degrees for the
last few minutes.
These really are delicious
and of course are a meal in
themselves. The miners in
Cornwall used to take them
to work, leave them on the
steam compressors and then
at lunch time they had a full,
hot nourishing meal. Good
luck with them!
TIME SAVERS
mrs. J. w. r., Arlingt0n)
For the average housewife,
not quite as busy as our friend
from Gainesville; but still very
busy: Mix several cookie rec
ipes on some rainy morning
and then when baking pud-
dings or pies. slip in one cookie
sheet and bake at the same
time. Then one can always
have fresh cookies on hand.
For what it's worth: often
bake cookies while ironing, the
ice box variety. Can watch
them the same time I am IRON
ing.
Another time saver: When
cooking breakfast and the
kitchen gets steamed up. use
paper to clean the steam of
the windows. You not only get
rid Of the steam. but keep your
kitchen windows clean at the
same time.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
PARIS, FRANCE?

mrs. L. F. K, Washington
My husband is an enlisted
man in the Army and will soon
be going to Paris, France, for
duty with SHAPE. I expect to
join him with my 9-year-old
daughter as soon as possible.
Any information I can get con-
cerning clothing I'll need,
household utensils, schools,
housing, food, etc., that I can
get will be very much appre-
ciated.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
BRAIDED RUGS.

(G. r. r., washington
I have made many braided
rugs and would be glad to
have others who wish to learn
get in touch with me by writ
ing through RICH to help them
with their problems. Bring
all woolen materials, carpet
thread and needle; there Is
no charge.
Evening star., 1953-03-27

Tosty Dessert
Serve sliced pineapple some
times with a center Of moist
shredded coconut and cutup
dates.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
COOKED CHOCOLATE
FROSTING.

Mrs. G. D., Indian HeadI
Perhaps this is the cooked
chocolate frosting, containing
granulated sugar, but still not
a fudge-type frosting, that K.
T. of Dickerson wanted: IA
cups sugar, 3 tablespoons corn
starch, dash of salt, 11a cups
milk, 4 squares chocolate, 2
tablespoons butter, / teaspoon
vanilla. Combine sugar, corn
starch and salt in a saucepan.
Add milk and chocolate. Bring
mixture to full boil, stirring
constantly. Remove from heat.
Add butter and vanilla. Stir
until butter is melted and
frosting is smooth. While
warm, spread on cake.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH
FURNITURE?

mrs. J. M. H.. SilUer Spring.
My mother lives in Pennsly-
vania Dutch country and has
two antique bedroom suites.
They were both handmade and
have bureaus and waShstands
with marble tops in excellent
condition. The beds have high
headboardS. Could some one
tell me how I might find out
the approximate value of this
furniture?
Evening star., 1953-03-27
STEAM-DRY IRON?
SPILLED MILK

mrs. r. L. p, Washington
AS yet, I've seen no replies
to my request regarding the
combination steam-dry iron.
Are the owners of this type
iron well pleased with them?
Is the steam used for some of
the regular ironing and does
one make perform as salts
factorily as another. or do
some have outstanding .fea-
lures which others do not? I
would greatly appreciate any
comments from readers using
this type iron.
Maybe some of the mothers
would be interested in my
simple remedy for Spilled
milk" I pour just a small
amount into a regular drink
ing glass for my toddler-then
give more as it disappears.
Since doing this, I have fewer
puddles to wipe up and I find
she drinks more milk than did
her brother, to whom I had
always given a full Cor nearly
so) glass. She seems to de-
light in emptying her glass
then asking for more.
Evening star., 1953-11-22
P|yWOod Picture Panels
BY Doris Kanier

TINE HOUSEWIFE with time
Il to spare can have fun
and at the same time do a
little of her own interior
decorating with just a scrap
of plywood and some paints.
Mrs. Babs Van Swearingen,
who suggests the idea of max
ing picturelike panels of ply
wood, is the wife of a. Navy
captain and painter by
hobby. Her panels, as we'll as
some of her paintings, now
are on exhibition at the Arts
Club of Washington, 20l7
l street NV. She lives at
Evening star., 1953-11-22

2Oa North Royal stres;,
Alexandria.
While she was looking
through a lumber yard fer
something else several years
ago, Mrs. Van Swearingen
saw a piece of walnut-veneer
plywood. 1t occurred to her
that the wood might serve as
a natural background for
floral designs.
1t proved not only a natural,
but an especially attractive,
background. She has since
made a number of panels,
some of which she uses to
decorate her living room in
Norfolk, Va, where she lives
when her husband, Capt.
Earl K. Van Swearingen. COM
mander OF the U. S. S. New
port News, is in port.
Here's how the decorative
panels are made, she says:
You can use any type of
plywood 14-inch or more
thick. To put the proper
Silk-Smooth finish on the
wood, you use about six apph-
cations of linSeed oil, and
between each, rub the wood
down with a fine pumice Or
with some woods-Sandpaper.'
The grain of the wood helps
you decide on a design. Then
you draw it on anything
handy"-Mrs. Van Swearin-
gen uses shelf paper.
To transfer design to panel,
use white tracing paper. Rub
the back of the design with
ordinary blackboard chalk
and complete the tracing.
Then fill in the pattern with
an undercoating of white
paint which adds brilliance
and luster to the finished
painting. Use quality paint
and a minimum of turpentine
After three weeks of dry
ing, a protective finish is put
on the whole panel.
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on the relationship between popu-
lation trends and economic and
social factors.
Miss Catherine Shaefer, repre-
senting the World Union of Catho-
lie Women's Organizations, noted
that the study gives considerable
attention to the theory that con-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-04-03

sense, it seems to me that Chester
ton was more right than his critic
is.
Firm, constant, undertaking and
unbreakable belief in all the
truths of religion is impossible to
the unaided human mind in our
fallen human nature. That is why
faith is a gift of God That is why
it is theological virtue. And that,
/ think, is what Chesterton meant.
Faith is believing what the human
mind, in its present state, would at
times doubt.
Incredible" does not mean un-
true. 1t means that something is so
immense and so astonishing as to
stagger the mind.
The goodness of God staggers
the mind. The malice of Satan stag
gers the mind. Even the goodness
of some men, and the wickedpess
of other men is of such quality and
such proportions as tc Stagger the
mind. Yet all these things are
facts. They are facts which seem,
if not always, at least sometimes,
frankly incredible - hum nj y
speaking.
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NEWARK - A Freedom Shrine,
consisting of replicas of % fam
Gus historical documents, was pre-
Sented st. Francis de Sales High
School by the Newark Exchange
Club in brief ceremony recently.
The shrine is a smaller version
of those on the Freedom Train
which toured the country during
World War ii.
The project of presenting the
shrineS was taken on by the Ex-
change Club as part of their Am
ericanism program. Too many of
our people are taking our system
of government too lightly" Frank
Robinson, president of the club
told the students during the cere-
mony. He said he hoped the
shrine, which will be mounted in
the main corridor of the school
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error shared by many writer's who
choose the early church as their
subject. He pointed out that her
handling Of such touchy matters
as the hierarchy, the sacraments,
Holy Eucharist and Penance was
deft and accurate. Concerning
other matters, Father WOLF added
Miss Schmitt Loyalty gives prom
inence to the letters of the mar
tyrs in behalf Of the apostates, a
custom which received its explain
alton only in the light of the doc
trines or indulgences." He contin-
ued, Nowadays it is the custom in
certain circles to accuse early
Christianity of condemning sex;
Miss Schmitt puts into the mouth
Of Paulina a generally accurate ac-
count of the Church's teaching"
He noted several minor inaccur-
acies such as "the Annunciation
taking place in Bethlehem.
However, Father WOLF said, ''The
larger picture is correct, and al
most every stroke of it testifies to
the long hours of serious study the
author must have put in it, not
only on such standard sources as
the Historic Augusta but also on
such rather out-of-the-way docu-
ments as the Egyptian pspyri :"
All of Father Wolz's criticism
was not favorable. however. OF Fa-
yorinus and Paulins he said, "In
my personal opinion, which is prob
ably ridden with prejudice, paper
had to be extraordinarily patient
to bear the two central characters"
"The motivation of Paulina's aduI-
terry is weak / find it hard to
believe that the very love she bore
Christ and all his creatures-the
tormented Favorinus among them
was the chief motive for her sin"
Miss Schmitt is seriously mis-
taken when she thinks the words
of Our Lord spoken over the WON
ar of the town who was q sinner
are applicable here: her sins /.
shall be forgiven her because she
has loved much"
AS for Favorinus, he remains
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building, will be of aid to the
students in accepting their respon-
sibilities as citizens by aquaint-
ing them with the background to
that citizenship.
Father Edward McGinty, pastor
of st. Francis de Sales, praised the
program of the Club in accepting
the shrine for the school.
Pictured above are Frank Rob-
ison. right, representing the iden-
tifying plaque of the Freedom
Shrine to Father McGinty. At left
is John Thornton who gave a speech
on behalf of the student body
thanking the Club for the shrine.
Thornton is holding replica of
the Declaration of independence,
one of the % documents contain
ed in the shrine.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-04-03
Dallas Bishop
Asks Mexicans
To Keep Faith

DALLAS, Tex - NC) - Co
adjutor Bishop Thomas X. Cor.
man of Dallas told the Mexican
immigrants here that although they
are victims of snobbery and dis
elimination now, they will not al
ways dwell in dismal neighbor-
hoods"
Speaking during the Mass of
Dedication of the chapel of Santa
Teresita in west Dallas, the Bishop
said that the Mexicans are subject
ed to the same prejudices that
once prevailed against earlier i'm
migrants - the Germans, Irish,
Poles and Italians. And he urged
them to have courage in the face
of the self-assumed superiority of
the Anglo-Saxons.
"You find yourselves among
people who Just don't like you or
any Latin People," he said. They
are the inheritors of very Unreas-
enable Preiudices. They do not
think they have to prove they are
superior. They Just admit IL .
Even some of the Catholic people
here have absorbed old preiudiees
and think themselves superior"
The Bishop told members of the
Spanish-speaking colony that they
can win out against their present
handicaps. But he said primarily
they must never prove false to
their race or be ashamed of their
culture - especially of what max
es your people great - your re-
ligion."
The new mission, dedicated to
st. Therese of Lisieux, came into
being largely through the efforts
of the Little Flower Circle, an apos-
tolate made up mostly of members
of st. Edwards and st. Thomas
parishes. The group acquired the
land and two houses, and had a
converted hall moved to the site
on rollers. With concrete work,
new lumber, asbestos siding and in
terror finishing donated by men,
bers of the Circle and local resi-
dents, the hall was converted into
humble but serviceable church.
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lieving the in
credible. +"
Faith, replied
GKC's critic, is
n o t believing
t h e incredible;
it is believing
the credible.
Now there is
a great deal to
be said for both
these points of
view; but in the
nr N E uudoct
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-04-03
Excellent Research Job Done In =
'Confessors" Story OF Early Church

"Confessors of the Name,p by
Gladys Schmitt, was given a pierc-
ing review by Father George 7.
WOLF, STD, of st. Charles Col
lege, in the second of the Critics
Forum Series held in the Colum-
bus Art Gallery's Little Theater last
week.
Father WOLF commended Miss
Schmitt on her choice of the year
$50 AID. as the setting for her
story of a Martyr" of the church.
Whereas other writer's Of fiction
have oyerworked the idea of taking
an actual martyr of the church
and setting a fictitious framework
around him, Miss Schmitt invented
the martyr and placed him in a
framework of history.
The year $50 saw the beginning
of one Of the worst trials the
church has ever undergone. Ac.
cording to Father WOLF, Through
out Rome and the Empire began
the bitter IL months of trial which
history calls the Decian Persecu-
ton"
He continued. Miss Schmitt
gives a good and generally correct
account of how a fundamentally
honest old soldier, Messius Quin-
tus Decius, could become a savage
prosecutor who declared that he
would rather learn that rival
emperor had set up against him
than see established in Rome a
bishop of Cod"
Father WOLF gave a detailed de-
scription of the political and nat
ural upheavals that kept the Rom
an empire on its ear in the period
covered by Miss Schmitt's story
troubles that caused Decius to de-
clare Il shall force these dogs
to live like men"
In criticizing the novel Father
WOLF noted with pleasure that the
author didn't fall into common
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The redemption OF man is a fact
which seems too good to be true.
II seems too good because we are
not good enough to appreciate
Gods goodness.
That the Creator should take the
form of a creature and atone for
their sins by allowing them to tor
ture Him to death--well, that does
indeed stagger the mind.
Yet the fact of the redemption
is not so incredible as is doubt of
it. Those who believe, for example,
that Christ did not rise from the
dead, are believing something
much more unbelievable than that
He did rise.
The proofs for the Resurrection
are not what we call coercive. That
is, they do not force the mind to
assent, as does the statement that
a triangle has three sides and three
angles.
No; it is possible to doubt the
Resurrection; but it is more diff
cult to doubt it than to believe it,
once one has examined the evil
dence. Once a man has done that,
doubling becomes not impossible,
but laborious.
Unbelief requires a great deal of
effort. Belief requires compara-
lively little effort, for two reasons
first, the believer has the help
of God in believing, and second,
the proofs for the truths of faith
are almost-if not quite - over
whelming to the mind. They are
not quite overwhelming because if
they were, there would be no vir-
tue in believing; there would be
no merit.
There is no non-religious fact
which has one-tenth the historical
support which the Resurrection
has. No non-religious fact has sur
vived one ten-thousandths as much
attack, and emerged more trium-
phantly proved than before.
Whatever you make of it, the
Resurrection is a historical fact.
And it is exceedingly hard to make
anything of it except that Christ
was what He said He was-the Mes
sias, the Redeemer, the Second
Person of the Blessed Trinity who
took to Himself human nature
in order that He might die on the
cross for our salvation.
ITO those who received Him, :"
writes st. John, He gave power to
become children of God"
There you are. The Resurrec-
tion and the Redemption are facts
facts which stagger the mind,
but facts more difficult to disbe-
lieve than to believe, if only one
will look at the evidence, and not
turn away from it because of affec-
ton for sin, or because of cow
ardice.
II is also fact that we who are
merely humans. and fallen humans
at that-we have the power to be-
come the children of God; and if
children, then heirs also. Written
in blood on the Cross on Good Fri
day is the will of God, naming us
as His adopted sons and daughters,
heirs of His Kingdom, princes and
princesses of His eternal royal fam
lily.
Such is the meaning of Easter.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-04-03
UN Asked To Include Catholic
Teaching About Birth Control

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y (NC) - The United Nations
has been asked include authoritative references Catholic
teaching concerning birth control in population study
The request made before the Population Commission
of the Economic and Social Council which is compiling data
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-04-03
As Matters Stand
Joe Breig Says:
The Meaning OF Easter

] remember reading, not long
ago, criticism of the great G. X.
Chesterton for having remarked, in
one of his essays, that "faith is be-
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just as much q mystery" to Fathe
Wolz. He wonders at the plausibil
ity of Favorinus confessing th
name at the end of the novel afte
rejecting the teachings of Chris
tianity all his life. II the reason FOL
lowed Goethe's Faustian theme
"The Eternal Feminine draws u
upward and on" Father Wolz cast
vote that novelists let the theme
rest for awhile.
Another criticism made by Fa
ther WOLF was aimed 1t Mis-
Sehmitt's description of the Roma
orgies. He asserted that these pas.
ages we're too detailed and that tn
author could very well have hand
leo the discussions of the orgie
without going into such intimate
details.
To sum up his critique. Fathe'
WOLF said, ''In this book, which j
be noted, is well worth the resdinf
Miss Schmitt did not realize thu
full possibilities of her subject
and of her preparation"