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Readers’ Clearing House ANSWER TO SOS. (From A. M. T., Vienna.) To Mr*. M. W., Arlington. We had a similar problem which I helped greatly by making a slip cover for the tank. I used a bath towel from my best bath set so the accessories would match the slip cover when we wanted to show it off. I wrapped the towel length wise around the tank below the handle and then cut out the piece around the joint at the bottom. The towel folded up the back of the tank and the extra piece filled in the opening in back between the two ends of the towel. I did not know if this would work so pinned the cover on*as tightly as I could pull it. The cover is damp most of the time, but can be removed and washed. I plan to use elastic just a little shorter than '.he_flll-in piece in the back and sew snaps on one side. Our linoleum was ruined and the floor had started to mold before I hit on the Slip cover idea, but it is drying out now. AFRICAN VIOLET; ORANGE COOKIE8 AND CAKE? (Front Mrs. G. W. R., College Park.) To Mrs. H. B., Washington. In regards to your violets you don’t wait long enough for your roots. At least I always wait until tiny leaves appear and then until I’m sure they are large enough, such as size of >4 inch before potting. You should have a long root by this time. Be careful of roots. Pot in small pot. Just put in dirt far enough to cover up roots well. If you wait on leaves as I above men tioned, be very careful as they break very easy. Don’t cover new leaves with dirt. And be sure above all things dch’t pinch off leaf used to being the plant. It will be the breath of the plant until it is well established. Here’s luck to you. Can some one give me a recipe for orange slice cookies and cake? * * * * POEMS WANTED? (From J. H., Herndon.) I wonder if any reader knows the author and the two verses of the poem “If I Were King,” Part of It is thus: “If I were Kins, ah love! If I were Kins What tributary nations would I bring And place them at your feet . . ” (From Mrs. B. J. D., Washington.) Can any one tell me where the following lines are to be found? “The wind and the rain are over. The clouds are divided In heaven, And over the green fields Flies the inconstant sun." * * * * GUMDROP CAKE (From Mrs. F. S. S., Washington.) For Mrs. J. W. M., Washington, who wants a recipe for Gumdrop Cake. This recipe is called Gum drop Cookies, but it is more like cake than cookies. Four eggs, 1 pound brown sugar, 1 tablespoon cold water, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, % tea spoon salt, % cup pecans (optional), 1 dozen gumdrops cut in small pieces, \ teaspoon nutmeg and cin namon (also optional). Add water to eggs and beat until light. Add sugar and beat again. Mix 1 cup flour with the gumdrops. Add to the other ingredients. Mix well and spread in greased tin. Bake in 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Cut in squares. * * * * POEM; BOOK WORMS? (Rrom Mrs. I. H. C„ Arlington.) Here is the complete poem re quested by Mrs. G. F., Washington, in tonight’s Star. Rome they brought her warrior dead; She nor swooned nor uttered cry. All her maidens, watching, said. “She must weep or she will die." Then they praised him, aoft and low, Called him worthy to be loved. Truest friend and noblest foe; Yet she neither spoke nor moved. Stole a maiden from her place. Lightly to the warrior stepped. Took the face-cloth from the face; Yet she neither moved nor wept. Rose a nurse oi ninety years. Set his child upon her knee— Like summer temoest came her tears— "Sweet mr child, I live for thee.'1 I found this on page 616 of a book called “From Beowulf to Thoqftas Hardy,” edited by Robert Shafer. It is by Tennyson and list ed as one of the songs from “The Princess” (from which also came the famous “Sweet and Low”). “The Princess” was first published in 1847 but the above poem was added in 1850. By the way, while looking for tnis poem I found bookworm* among my books. Can one of your readers help me get rid of them? * * * * MONDAY’S CHILD. (From. Miss C. K., Washington.) In answer to Mrs. L. M. S., this is the rest of the poem: ‘ Monday’s child Is lair of face, Tuesday's child la full of grace, Wednesday's child Is loving and giving. Thursday's child works hard for Its living; Friday's child Is full of woe, Saturday's child has far to go. But the child that's born on the Sabbath day , Is blithe and bonny and good and gay.’ (From J. S. K., Silver Spring.) Monday's chiSd Is fair of face. Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child Is merry and glad, while Thursday's child la sorry and sad. Friday's child Is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living. Sunday's child is cheery and gay . Thank G<gd for children every day. I, too.*dislike the longer skirts and until I have an occasion to replenish my wardrobe. 111 have to wear short skirts. I *thlnk all the women of America should “picket” longer skirts. They aren't a bit nice look ing, or so I think. I for one will be brave enough to withstand the stares for quite a few months. What do the other members of this won derful RCH think about this? • (From E. G. Af., Washington.) To L. M. S„ Washington: Follow ing is taken from “5000 Quotation* for All Occasions," by Lewis C. Henry: Born on Monday, fair in the face. Bom on Tuesday, full of God's grace, Born on Wednesday, sour and sad. Bom on Thursday, merry and glad. Born on Friday, worthily given. Born on Saturday, work hard for your living. Bern on Sunday, you * * * * BOOKS ON DANCING. (From Af. J. G„ Waldorf.) Would some kind reader please send me some addresses from which I could obtain dancing books? I can dance but I%would like to learn from an expert. * * * * COMMENT. (From B. Af., Washington.) The “crater cake” from Mrs. A M. T., Dickerson, is delicious, and the “brown sugar crumb cake" from Mr. J. A. S. R., Herndon, is the t best ever. I enjoy reading the recipe and read it to my friends when I serve It. He must be a nice man to have around! * * * * SALAD DRESSINGS. (From Mrs. J. E. L.. Shady Side.) In answer to the request of Mrs H. G. M., Upper Marlboro, for salad dressing without oil, I submit twe recipes. One-fourth cup prepared mustard S tablespoons vinegar, 2 tablespoons iugar, pinch of cayenne pepper, 1 14h ounce can (1% cups) evapor ated milk. . Stir all together for 2 or 3 min utes, until thickened. It will get thicker after standing in the refrig erator for a while. This is good for potato salad. Cooked Salad Drewing (without oil)—Pour tablespoon melted but ter or margarine, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, separated, 1 tea spoon salt, dash of cayenne, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon dry mustard, V4 cup vinegar. Blend melted fat and flour in top of double boiler. Add milk and let cook until quite thick, stirring con stantly. Beat egg yolks slightly, add, sugar, cayenne, mustard and vine gar. Stir this into thickened mix ture and cook until thick. Remove from heat and pour on the stiffly beaten egg whits, stirring constantly. * * * * EXCESS CUCUMBERS? (From Mrs. G. F. t., Washington.) We live in an apartment, but have a sizable garden. Our major problem is what to do with excess cucumbers. Well have the same problem with tomatoes shortly, al though we {Man to can some and make Juice. Most recipes call for a crock (and several days of aging) which, of course, is quite impossible in a small space. Have made sufficient bread and butter pickles, but would welcome suggestions for other uses of cucum bers In canning. There must be others facing the same problem who would be most grateful for suggestions. * * * * 808! (From Mrs. E. I. W.. Lorton.) We just built a cottage on the Potomatf and need help badly. Our water in our new well is quite rusty when heated, so we can’t use our hot-water heater. What can we do about it, or will it clear up? How can I get out the rust from plumb ing fixtures and from clothes washed in it? We are using the spare bedroom for storage and while the house is high and dry it smells musty in there. There are mattresses and clothes stored in there and I would not want them to mildew so can some one come to my rescue? Would a small kerosene stove put in there dry it out, or a small electric stove? We are on a high bank on the river front and would like to plant something to stop the bank from washing. What would grow in a bank like this? I got some iron bunk beds for the porch and would like to get some pads covered with waterproof mate rial or get some pads and make waterproof covers. Does any one have any suggestions about these or anything^ else that would make our home down here more pleasant? * * * * ANSWER8 TO QUERIE8. (From L. E. T., Washington.) Here are some assorted answers to queries of the past month which have not seemed to be answered yet. To Mrs. F. F. H., re rusty curtain stretchers: Try using an old tooth brush and scouring powder and get off all the rust by scouring well with a minimum of water. Then keep from rusting further by painting the nails with waterproof varnish, or even colorless nail polish. Of course, wait a day after scouring for the painting, so that everything will be perfectly dry. If you use varnish, give the wood a coat too, as further protection from warping and crack 1 rtcr To Mrs. S. R. C. about pressing a collection of clovers: Spread them out in desired positions in old news papers. If the clovers are very green and fresh, uses 8 or 10 thick nesses of paper above and below. Then put on floor or other flat surface and pile on books for other weights. If enough newspapers are used there will not be any danger to the books. Leave them for a week or more (the greener the clovers, the longer to dry out, of course). If you have an attic, or a hot, dry closet, this is the ideal place to put them. Any small flowers or leaves may be done this way. I did all my botany specimens for school (a long time ago!) and they were fine. May I add a note on keeping for “show”? Mount In a notebook or blank book by using small pieces of either adhesive or scotch tape, as narrow as possible. They can be arranged very artis tically and will be easy to show off. To all those seeking courses of instruction in handicrafts, sewing, cooking, as well as bridge, public speaking, languages, photography, ceramics, oil painting, and many other subjects. Call or visit the 17th and K branch of the YWCA and ask for a catalogue and Informa tion. They have so many courses at very reasonable rates. Some are available during the summer, but many more will start in September and October. If you are really in terested, register early as some courses are filled the first day or so that they are open for registra tion. You see, they are very popular! Some are day classes, and some are in the evening. jli vrkio. %/. ii. vj. wm Bcua me tier address or phone number I will send detailed instructions for mak ing patchwork quilts. They are rather long for putting In the paper. To Mrs. K. T. A. canning by pressure cooker: By all means, use it for canning. All sources agree that this is the best method avail able to the home canner. There are complete directions with the cookers. Mine is a well-known make that has a removable pres sure control that can be set at 5, 10 or 15 pounds of pressure, and it will keep that pressure automati cally wjth practically no watching. It was recommended highly by a friend who begged me not to get the kind that just has a pressure gauge; as you have to watch them to see that the proper pressure is main tained. After using mine for a month, I heartily agree with her and am more delighted every day. Meat loaf in 20 minutes! Most vegetables in 3 to 5 minutes! Since I work days and have meals to get evenings and Sundays, this saving in time seems miraculous. This cooker will accommodate 3 pint jars (or less) for canning. For small families, and smaller supplies avail able in the city, this is adequate. Also, since the processing takes only from % to 1 hour for many vege tables more for meat, etc.) several hatches could be done in 1 day (especially since you can just set the control and then go on to do other things till the time is up). * * * * ‘THANK YOU' NOTE. (From Miss G. B. //., Washington.) Please accept my thanks for the many letters I received through your column for green catnip and the receipt of several boxes from readers. There are lots of nice peo ple in this world after all! % t Mrs. Parker works on "Black Beauty" while the other animals stand by. The powder puff affair at lower right is really a red and white crocheted dish rag. ___ —8ttr Stag Photo. The Animal Kingdom After producing a 2 by 3 yard ;ablecloth, curtains, dish rags re sembling powder pulls and in numerable other items with thread ind a crochet needle, 80-year-old VLrs. Sadie Parker of Washington ooked for new hobby worlds to con fer. In the three years since she’s neen concentrating on stuffed ani nals, she’s produced approximately 100 of various sizes and shapes. Among her animal klndom are 10 monkeys, 12 horses, several pen guins, rabbits, sheep and a likeness )f Bambi. Innumerable color com jinations produce multicolored crea ;ions, and materials ranging from :otton to corduroy are used. Actually bean bags in disguise, the monkeys are distinguished by defi nite tails and ears. They also have By Betty Miles the happy faculty of perching with agility on any shelf in any spot in the apartment. White velvet vests and black satin bodies uphold the reputation of the social penguins. Amply stuffed with cotton, the corduroy horses, com plete with saddles and manes of yam, are eye-catching. Mrs. Parker also has made several dolls, includ ing a sailor, and many two-dimen sional animals that serve as pin cushions. Mrs. Parker obviously has just as winning a way'with-her green thumb as with her needle. Lining her living room window are 11 African violet plants, most of which are related to the original two that launched her Interest in the plant 14 months ago. Among her plants are the Blue Boy, the Blue Girl and the pink African violet. Also blooming profusely under her watchful eye are several fuchsia plants. At present, Mrs. Parker is keeping an eye on her violets, working on a stuffed horse appropriately called “Black Beauty,” and finishing a crocheted bedspread. She has fin ished 27 of the 53 sections needed for the completed spread. The "Rose Leaf" pattern, each block carries 18 separately worked leaves. The cen ter of each block is worked in the popcorn stitch. What’s YOUR hobby? Call Betty Miles, National 5000, Ex tension 396—she’d like to hear from you. Home-Frozen Peaches If a poll were taken on home canning versus home freezing, I’m Inclined to believe home freezing would win out. Certainly more and more people seem to be in favor of that method of preserving their surplus garden produce. Of course, all fruits and vegetables do not lend themselves successfully to the freez ing method, but wherever it is prac tical it apparently ranks high in popularity with most homemakers. Men seem to be more interested in the freezing of foods, too, and are quite willing to lend a hand in get ting it ready for the deep freeze. Such an avalanche of questions poured in regarding the use of ascorbic acid that I mentioned }ast week I thought the whole story of freezing peaches might be helpful. The specialists in home freezing advise hand peeling whenever pos sible as against the blanching method, for this reason: The scalded outer layer tends to soften, so that the frozen fruit turns out a little less firm than if peeled without scalding. If time is important it By Violet Faulkner may not be possible to do this, but hand peeling is not too tedious if only a few peaches are prepared at a time. Have the sirup ready to drop the peaches in; I think you’ll find this proportion of sugar and water about right: 3 cups sugar to 4 cups water. Pour cups of sirup will cover about V* bushel of peaches. If you use the ascorbic acid to prevent brown ing, add 1 teaspoon to each quart of chilled sirup. If you use citric acid crystals, dissolve hi teaspoon in 1 quart water and dip peaches as soon as sliced into the solution for 1 min ute before packaging. Pack sliced peaches in meistusp vapor-resistant containers made especially for frozen foods. Be sure fruit is completely covered with chilled sirup. Above fruit and sirup leave 1 inch head space in cartons or bags. A piece of crumpled parch ment paper placed on top of peaches will help to keep fruit submerged. Seal each package tightly and label. Freeze as soon as possible at zero degrees F. or lower. If you are using freezer locker facilities hold packages in refrigerator until taking them to the locker plant. Your fruit cellar wouldn’t be well stocked if you didn't include some peach pickles on the shelves. . . . „ PEACH PICKLES. 1 quart vinegar 6 pounds sugar 12 pounds peeled fruit Make a sirup of the vinegar and sugar and add a spice bag made of 1 tablespoon of ground clovA and 1 piece of ginger root if desired. Add 4 or 5 whole sticks of cinnamon to the sirup and drop a few of the peaches into the boiling mixture at a time. Cook until the fruit can be readily pierced with a straw, let stand in covered kettle overnight. Next day pack into clean jars to within % inch of top, covering fruit with the sirup. Put on cap, screwing the band tight. Process in water bath at simmering temperature (180 degrees F.) for 20 minutes. R2 585 By Peggy Roberts This cable trimmed knitted sacque and booties set is pretty and prac tical. It is easy to knit and fast work too! Pattern envelope No. R2585 con tains easy to follow, accurate knit ting instructions in sizes for infant and 1 year. To obtain this pattern, send 15 cents in coins, giving pattern num ber, your name, address and zone number to Peggy Roberts, The Washington Star, P. O. Box 100, Station G, New York 19, N. Y. By Barbara Bell Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1692 is designed for sizes 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18. Size 12 requires 4 yards of 39-inch material. For this pattern, send 25 cents, in coins, your name, address, pattern number and size wanted to Barbara Bell, The Washington Star. P. O. Box 99, Sta'tion O, New York 19, N. Y. Teen Topics By Sally Here’s a short, short story with a sad ending: Johnny went to town on a pres ent for Susie—bought her a glam orous, expensive bit of feminine frou-frou. Result: Susie was embarrased. Her parents were shocked. Johnny was in the doghouse. Yes, kids, in spite of Johnny’s good intentions, he was wrong. The present he picked was too lavish and too personal. Boy-girl gifts should always be in good taste. Expensive and in timate articles are out of bounds unless a couple is formally and of ficially engaged. Johnny might have given Susie candy, flowers, phonograph records, a book, a photograph of his hand some pan or any inexpensive knick knack such as a cute compact or purse. It’s correct for girls to present boys with books, records, pictures, wallets, key chains or any such gadget. Hankies and hand-knit socks are borderline, as are gloves i X UKE rr OUT JOMNNV ITS SO GOftOEOUS?/ and perfumes, for* boy-to-girl giv ing. 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NA. 6900 French Menu / Terms By the Chef Our sixth French menu terms les son coming up today—by now you should be getting well versed in the art of comprehending the mean ing of the various dishes listed in elegant French at the smart restau rants. If you’ve missed any of the series so far, drop me a line in care of The Evening Star, inclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, and I’ll be glad to mail you the others. IncidentaJlyTit is interesting that the latest edition of "Table Topics,” that invaluable leaflet Issued by Bellows & Co. of New York also oflers an explanation on menu terms as this month’s topic. Today’s entire lesson may well be given over to the countless egg dishes that appear on the carte de Jour—we can’t possibly compass all of them, but we’ll "make do” with the most usual ones: OEUFS BROUILEES—Scrambled eggs. OEUFS EN COCOTTE or EN CASSOLETTE—These are what we know best as shirred or baked eggs, In small flat earthenware dishes. OEUFS FARCIS —Stuffed eggs. May be hot or cold. "Farcis,” of course, comes from "farce,” force meat, or stuffing. OEUFS FRITS —Eggs fried on both sides. OEUFS ORATINES—May be the same as oeufs farcis—but with a sprinkling of bread crumbs on top of the sauce in which the eggs are baked if they are being served as a hot dish. OEUFS MOLLET—These are eggs so delicately poached or bpiled that the white is firm, but the yolk still soft. Often used in fancy cold buffet dishes. OEUFS MOULES—Poached eggs done in special molds. OEUFS A LA POELE—Fried only on one side. OEUFS POCHES—Poached eggs which are served in cassolettes, croustades, tartlets, timbales and so on. They have all sorts of trim mings, and you can guess what they are by checking the words which follow: "Argenteuil,” with asparagus; “a l’aurore,” tomatoes; "a la bo hemienne,” foie gras and ham. Madeira sauce; "a la bruxelloise,” just familiar brussels sprouts—don’t say I didn’t warn you; “Cardinal,” lobster; “a la Florentine” with spinach and sauce Mornay, an old standby; "princesse,” chicken, sauce supreme, asparagus tips; "a la reine,” sauce supreme, chicken. OEUFS SUR LE PLAT—Fried or shirred eggs served in the dish in which they are cooked, with a great variety of accompaniments; “Al bertine,” mushroom; "a l’alsacienne,” with sausages or ham; "a l’Ameri caine,” with bacon; "Bercy,” sau sages and tomato sauce; "au beurre noir,” with a little burnt butter I and vinegar added at time of serv- j ing; "a l’espagnole,” sweet peppers.1 onions, tomatoes; "a la turque,”j with chicken livers. Many of the terms used with the poached eggs appear again with the fried. OMELETTE—The same old ome let. With “espagnole,” it’s a Spanish omelet, full of tomatoes, mush rooms and so on. 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