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Readers’ Clearing House
ANSWERS AND QUERIES.
(From Mrs. M. F. P„ Arlington.)
Yorkshire Pudding: It does lump
up, so don’t worry. Prick it with a
fork if it gets too high out of fat.
You may like to try this recipe: One
cup flour, 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, */2 tea
spoon salt, 1-inch hot fat. Mix flour
and salt. Combine milk and eggs,
add to flour and beat well with
rotary egg beater until smooth. Pour
hot drippings or fat into hot shal
low pan to depth of 1-inch. Pour
in mixture quickly and bake in hot
oven (400 degrees F.) half an hour.
May also be made in a skillet on
top of stove, but I did not find it
quite as good (low fire under skillet).
Use as much grease as you like
especially of roast beef drippings. It
will drink them all up.
Fried Corn Meal Mush: Chill
thoroughly and cut into thick (1 or
2-inch) slices or squares. Economi
cal style: Dust all-over with flour
and fry in searing hot skillet. As
soon as brown outside and warmed
through. Fancy style: Make batter
of flour and egg or dip in flour, then
egg, then flour agoin and fry in
deep fat.
uruwing ivy iuuuvia> oumc y
thrives in full sun, some in partial
sun and some in nj sun, but all
plants need strong daylight to get
their vitamins, and ivy particularly
likes the clay drainage pot-within
another close,-fitting non-drainage
pot so it can have moisture, but
never sit in water.
Polish Stuffed Cabbage: No, I do
not have the exact recipe, but I make
it myself frequently. It is a one
dish meal, in casserole, and offers
infinite possibilities for varying in
gredients, flavor and is also a per
fect “meat stretcher.” One hint:
It looks like a lot before baking,
but it cooks down, and how the
family will "go” for it, so make
plenty! Use beef, kitchen leftovers,
tomato soup or tomato paste, etc.,
etc. I givfe below my preferred
recipe.
One head of cabbage, fl “half
smoked” or Polish sausages, 1 cup
cooked rice, 1 onion, V2 clove garlic,
2 tablespoons olive oil or fat, 1 table
spoon salt in cabbage water, celery,
parsley or herbs, to taste, 1 can
spaghetti sauce or 2 tablespoons
(nmotn nactp
Cut out stem of cabbage and boil
head whole in salted water, remov-]
lng a leaf at a time as soon as soft
enough until entire head is used.
Save water. Brown minced onion
In fat, add garlic, seasonings, rice,
any cabbage scraps and ground-up
sausage. Cook over low flame until
sausage is done. Add half of can
of spaghetti sauce. Put about one
tablespoon of mixture on each cab
bage leaf and roll up beginning at
stem end. Fold ends over and pack
into casserole to within an inch of
top. Pour rest of sauce plus cab
bage water over all until nearly
covered. Cover and bake in oven at
3aO degrees one hour or longer until
cabbage is very soft. Add more
water if it cooks dry. Best served
hot, but is also tasty although some
what greasy cold.
Refrigerator Odor: Baking soda is
the accepted deodorant wash for in
side of refrigerator. However, odor
trouble comes from putting foods in
uncovered. Cover everything in
jars or waxed paper and leave door
open when defrosting and washing
out, and odor will be practically
eliminated.
Cleaning Suede Shoes: Do not use
wire brush on fine suede shoes. Use
a toothbrush in a circular motion
for general brush up and remove
scuffing scars with fine sandpaper or
emery board, also in a circular
movement and just as little as pos
sible. Suede finish is gradually
worn away by friction whether
caused by scuffing in wear or when
cleaning. Unfortunately, poor qual
ity suede has very little true nap
*.d is quick to show wear.
Roaches vs. DDT: Perhaps some
of you are not familiar with the
special properties of this new in
gredient in insecticides. When
sprayed liberally over a surface and
allowed to dry on it leaves a pro
tective film that is effective for
months. Any bug that so much as
walks across a sprayed surface dies
soon afterward.
To Mrs. T. J. C., who is moving:
Buy any insecticde containing 5%
DDT (marked on all labels) and
spray inside, outside and especially
bottoms of packing containers hold
ing your household effects. Don’t
worry about odor, it will disappear
with airing. Then if possible, spray
all surfaces in your new home be
fore unpacking. When dry, shelf
paper will keep your belongings
from contact with sprayed surface
and you are assured of a bugless
house for a long, long time.
Black Bottonj Pie: Prepare 9-inch
crumb crust or pie crust. Soak 1
Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender’s full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers’ Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star and, as it
is obviously impossible for us
to test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them. Betsy Ca&well
tablespoon gelatin in V« cup cold
water. Scald 2 cups milk. Combine
cup sugar with 4 teaspoons corn
starch. Beat until light 4 egg yolks.
Stir in scalded milk slowly. Stir in
sugar mixture. Cook over hot water,
stirring occasionally, for about 20
minutes, until custard coats spoon
heavily. Take out 1 cupiul custard,
add to it 1 \2 ounces melted choco
late. Beat until well blended and
cool. Add !4 teaspoon vanilla. Pour
custard into baked pie shell. Dis
solve soaked gelatin in the remain
ing custard. Be sure it is hot. Let
cool but don't permit it to stiffen.
When cooked, stir in 1 tablespoon
rum. Beat 3 egg whites and !i tea
spoon salt until well blended. Add
Vi teaspoon cream of tartar. Beat
egg whites until stiff. Gradually, a
teaspoonful at a time, beat in *4
cup sugar. Fold egg whites into
custard. Chill until it sets. Whip
until stiff 1 cup heavy cream, add
ing gradually 2 tablespoons confec
tioner’s sugar. Cover custard with
whipped cream and sprinkle over
top Vt ounce shaved bitter chocolate.
Lengthening Hems: Personally I'm
not going to be rushed into wearing
skirts any longer than are becoming
to my particular height and leg
type but for those who wish to adjust
their skirt length and find letting
out the hem insufficient, here is a
suggestion: With the current vogue
for peplums, especially of contrast
-
Aunt Het
BY ROBERT QUILLEN
I’m glad. I live where I’ve
known the cops all their
lives. No matter how mad
they get, they don’t d'are
charge me with things I
didn’t do.
ing material such as ribbon on
velvet, add a peplum to your dress,
dropping the skirt from the waist
by using a dummy facing under the
peplum. For those who need only
an extra inch or so, an inset belt
will work, too, and can be covered
with a slightly wider one of leather
tacked over it.
SOS on Moths: Para dichlor
benzene is an effective cure for
moths. This is a proven fact, not
an advertising scheme. The trouble
is that people who were accustomed
to sprinkling a "handful of moth balls
around in the old days simply do
not realize that the effectiveness of
the new chemical is directly based
upon the amount of the fumes in a
given quantity of space and that the
crystals, balls or what have you, are
gradually used up and must be kept
at the required quantity to be effec
tive. Because you mothproofed two
months ago does not mean you are
safe from them today. Every time
you open your closet door you are
wasting your efforts to kill the
moths just as surely as if you let
a moth flv in ear.h time.
Now, Mrs. G. A. B., to rid yourself
of moths, buy a dollar’s worth of
this chemical, not dime’s worth. Buy
any brand which bears on the label
"100% pure para dichlorbenzene” or
buy it through your druggist. Set
aside one closet or a big box for all
your woolens. Seal up all the cracks
you can, or stuff them with wads of
paper (this is to save you money by
hoarding your moth crystals, not by
keeping moths out). Use the amount
prescribed on the label and then be
generous—put in more. Close closet
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and seal as best you can. If it must
be opened from time to time you'll
just have to keep twice or three
times as much moth crystals in
there replenishing as it disappears.
Using a box, be sure to seal all
crevices thoroughly until not a speck
of air gets in or out.
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CLASS IN WEAVING.
(From D. M. M., HyattsviUe.)
Now that vacation time is over
there may be some RCH readers
who want to take up some craft or
homemaking work. A class in weav
ing is offered at the Webster School
(Tenth and H streets N.W.) Monday,
September 22. Other homemaking
classes will start early in October.
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SEWING PLAITED RUGS?
BOOK OF QUILT DESINGS?
(From Mrs. Z. M. H., Washington.)
Can any one give me directions for
sewing plaited rugs? Mine always
turn up on the edge.
Also, does any one know of a good
book on pieced quilt designs?
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(From Mrs. R. S. S., Falls Church.)
To Mrs. N. L. H„ Washington:
The request for words to the song,
“Way Down in the Buttercup
Meadow,” recalls the memory of my
own childhood days and later when
I sang this to my own babies.
Way down In the buttercup meadow
I saw a white Baa-sheep one day.
And close by her aide in the clover
A dear little lamb was at play.
Does the sheep-mama lore her white
lambkin
Just as you love me, eey mama ear?
i Repeat last two lines.)
In the orchard up in the old pear tree
There are five little birds In a nest.
Mother says they belong to the robin
Who wears a red bit on her breast.
In all this wide world full of birdies
Does she love her own birdies the beet?
(Repeat last two lines.)
Last night as I walked in the garden
There was just one red rose to be seen.
But now there's a tiny red rose bua
Muffed up In a blanket of green.
Did the rose try to kiss baby rose-bud
When she tried to far over to lean?
(Repeat last two lines.)
Last night as I looked from my window
Just before I repeated my prayer
The moon with a star close beside her
Was walking high up In the air.
Did God make the little star baby
’Cause the moon was so lonely up there?
(Repeat last two lines.)
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LENGTHENING DRESSES.
(From Mrs. F. A. S., Jr., Arlington.)
To the lady who inquired about
lengthening an aqua wool button
down-the-front dress, why not
shorten the dress to a %-length
and then wear a brown or black
(depending on your accessories) skirt
underneath. 'Hie skirt could be the
new long length and the aqua dress
would make a long tunic effect,
which I understand is to be popular
his year. I think anything added
onto the body of the dress would
ruin the classic sports line.
(From Miss E. E. C„ Arlington.)
Does any RCH reader know of a
way to lengthen a velvet skirt with
out the crease of the original hem
remaining?
(From Mrs. E. W„ Arlington.)
Most dresses can be remodeled
and lengthened. The exceptions
are those that are “high style” for a
season and since any one affecting
that trend cannot expect to wear a
dress more than one season under
the beet of circumstances, we can
forget those and concentrate on the
better styles. Specifically to the
request for ways af lengthening the
classic button-down-the-front dress.
I believe the reader said it was soft
wool. Get additional material of
either contrasting wool of the same
weight, or velveteen of the same
color as the dress. Rip the skirt
from the waist, open the darts in
the back and front of the skirt and
steam press. I’ll mention here, that
in remodeling, materials should be
steam pressed after ripping and be
fore resewing. Using your new ma
terial, make a skirt yoke of the
necessary width to drop the skirt
to the desired length. In order to
avoid a patched remodeled look, re
peat the material somewhere in the
waist, either by bringing the mate
rial up into the waist for a few
inches from the waistline and use
your original belt again, or make a
vest of the new material, or some
thing of this sort. It is necessary
to see the specific garment in order
to decide just what would be best.
You can either cut your new mate
rial to follow the open down-the
front line and add buttons and but
tonholes as iq your original dress,
or you can let the new material run
unbroken around and make a side
placket for the dress.
If you don’t like the idea of the {
contrasting material, it may be pos-;
sible, if the sleeves of the dress
contain enough material to use the
sleeves to make a yoke on the skirt
and insert handknitted wool sleeves
in the dress, adding a knitted belt.
Properly done, this can be very
smart.
A plain straight skirt may be
easily and smartly lengthened by
shortening or draping up and adding
an underskirt, thsu creating a tunic
dress.
A dress may be separated at the
waist, fire waist hemmed up from
the belt and the skirt hemmed down
from the belt and the intervening
space filled in with contrasting ma
terial fitted torso tight at the waist
line. Have your original blouse
sewed to the new material with a
deep tuck turning downward and
the skirt with a deep tuck turning
up.
A skirt may be dropped down
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Mrs. Anne ^Corner, a vol
unteer, shows patients at
St. Elizabeths how to de
velop a "green thumb."
Below, Miss Helen Bovarjd,
also a volunteer, offers
cigarettes during a pause
in recreation room activities.
You, Too, Can Help...
By Betty Miles
It was early September, and Look
Out Point, with Bolling Field and
the Naval Air Station lying below,
was still very green. Patients lin
gered and walked there. On a bench
under a tree, a little old lady, whose
“voices” don’t speak as loudly to her
when she’s outside, sat enjoying the
fresh air.
Lying on a table in one of the
buildings was a copy of the Eliza
bethan, the hospital weekly news
paper. In it was a poem submitted
by a patient that told of impressions
on a train, and was written in a
style not unlike Sandburg’s.
The patients remember the Red
Cross worker and her dog. They
would say, “You know, I used to
have a dog”-and would be drawn
into conversation. Their sympathy
abounded when the dog died, and
one of them wrote a poem of re
membrance. "I like mental pa
tients,” declared this Red Cross
worker. "I like people—and mental
nattontsi or* npnrvlp nnlv TV»r ha/ns a
little more so.”
“The patients,” said Mrs. Mar
garet Gardner, Red Cross field di
rector at St. Elizabeths, “are sick.
Don’t think of them as insane. They
are emotionally upset.” To Mrs.
Gardner and to the others who
work with the patients they are Bill
and Jane and John, individuals who
are sick, and who need help. When
a patient enters St. Elizabeths his
case is diagnosed according to the
symptoms he shows, just as it would
be in any other hospital. He is
assigned to one of the many build
ings on the grounds in which his
particular type of illness is treated.
Sixty-five per cent of the patients
received at the hospital return to
the community.
St. Elizabeths is actually a vil
lage, with a population of 10,000.
It has a library and a moving pic
ture theater. Patients work on the
grounds, painting, repairing the
buildings, working at their own
trades or learning another. Some
vend ice cream and candy, some
act in the dramatic group. There
are bingo games and dances and
a garden to tend.
At the present time there are 15
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lining material and then covering
with a draped or flared peplum.
Before closing, I cannot resist the
advice that if you cannot sew fairly
well, leave remodeling alone. Either
wear the dress the way' it is, give it
to a shorter friend, or contribute it
to clothing relief. It costs money
to remodel, so give it serious thought
before throwing good money after
bad in making the necessary in
vestment in new material and find
ings to remodel an old dress that
may not be worth it and could be
given to relief and do a lot of good.
If you are not absolutely certain of
the success of the remodeling jobs.
I think it’s better to buy one new
dress than spend the money neces
sary to remodel several moderately
successfully.
Wisconsin Cheese Cake
By the Chef
The supply of complete sets of
French menu terms is dwindling
rapidly. If you haven't received
yours, send in your request as
soon as possible, inclosing a
LARGE envelope and 12 cents in
postage. Address "The Chef,
care of The Evening Star, Wash
ington 4, D. C.”
This seems a good time to indulge
in a fine old-fashioned cheese cake
—that wonderful concoction that
reaches the peak of perfection at
the hands of folk from the “Wiscon
cir* territ/irv
First, mix a couple of cups of
finely crushed zwieback crumbs with
14 cup of sugar and a teaspoon or so
of cinnamon. Rub in V2 cup of
melted butter, until blended thor
oughly. Put Vi cup of the mixture
aside, to use later, and press the
rest into a spring form pan, lining
the bottom and sides firmly.
Now beat up 4 eggs with a cup
of sugar until light and lemon
colored. Then add a pinch of salt,
a couple of teaspoons of grated
lemon rind, 114 tablespoons of lemon
juice and a cup of cream. (You
may use evaporated milk if you
wish.) Stir in 114 pounds of cottage
cheese and 4 tablespoons of flour.
Beat the mixture hard and then
press it through a fine sieve. Pour
it into the crumb-lined pan and
sprinkle the top with the set aside
crumbs and some chopped nuts.
The cheese cake should bake in a
moderate oven for about an hour,
until the center is set. Then the
heat should be turned off and the
oven door left open for the cake to
cool slowly for an hour more in the
oven.
Another version of cheese cake
utilizes sour cream and has a
cookie dough shell rather than the
zwieback one. To make this type,
press lti pounds of cottage cheese
through a ricer and add to it 4
tablespoons of cornstarch and a dash
of salt. Mix and stir in the yolks
of 5 eggs and then add a pint of
thick, sour cream. Beat mixture
well so that it is smoothly blended.
Now add 1 cup of sugar and fold
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Line a spring form with cookie
dough and turn in the cheese mix
ture. Bake the cheese cake in a
moderate oven for about an hour,
until it is well set and brown on the
bottom.
There is also a cheese pie, or
kuchen, that is made much the same
way, but, to addition, calls for such
things as currants, blanched al
monds and so on. Space prevents
my including it here, but should
you wish the recipe, write me in
care of The Evening Star, inclosing
a stamped, self-addressed envelope
with your request, and I shall be1
glad to mall It to you.
Gray Ladies helping out at St
Elizabeth's. At least 50 aides art
needed. Women are particular^
needed to act as receptionists whc
escort relatives of patients to the
visiting room, and, in a sense, act
as interpreters between sick pa
tients and bewildered kin. This
■work, incidentally, is being carried
on only on Saturdays and Sundays
at the present time and is being
dpne by Government girls yho vol
unteer week ends.
"The warm, friendly, intelligent
person, ‘with her feet on the ground,’
is most valuable in this work,” de
clared Mrs. Gardner. “We want
people who have had a great deal
of life experience, who have moved
around and have had to make ad
justments. And the women must
like men,” she added. “They 11 be
working more with men than wom
en.”
Gray Ladies and -arts and skills
volunteers are needed to teach
painting, sketching, ceramics, pi
ano, dancing, community singing,
outdoor recreation and dramatics.
Pianists are needed to accompany
interpretive dancing, ballroom danc
ing, community singing. Recrea
tional workers are needed for
hostess duty, talent programs, rec
reation room programs. Women
to assist in ward programs and to
do personal errands for the pa
tients are also in demand. A wom
an to supervise activity in the gar
den is badly needed. All volunteers
work directly under trained super
visors. The activities that are made
possible by the services of the Gray
Ladies are often the high points
Read Before You Leap
By Violet Faulkner
Do you commit the cardinal sin ol
tossing in the waste basket the set
of directions that comes with a new
piece of equipment, a new cleanser,
or a new packaged food?
The research departments of the
various manufacturers spend hours
upon hours testing and retesting the
products before they are put on the
retail market. They are tried out
under all sorts of. conditions and
circumstances, the results aje care
fully noted and the product changed
or altered according to their find
ings. When the new products are
finally ready for the consumer the
Imperfections have been Ironed out
and the purchaser reaps the bene
fit of the laboratory testings.
Since the manufacturer Is anxious
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ice from the product you buy, he
includes a little pamplet of direc
tions to guide you. This is not Just
some more "advertising” but sound
reliable information for you as a
consumer. In order to get value
received for your money and be a
happy, satisfied customer, it is well
worth while to spend a few minutes
of your time to read the printed
directions. You are paying for that
advice when you buy the article so
why not 'feet your money’s worth?
In the long run this printed advice
may save you countless failures,
disappointments, and headaches; it
eliminates the element of chance, it
also relieves you of the necessity
of testing the product yourself.
of the patients’ days, and are missed
bitterly if they are discontinued.
Miss Helen Bovard of Arlington,
a student at G. W. University, and
Australian-born Mrs. Robert Mat
thews were passing out cigarettes
and lending any needed assistance
at the bingo game in progress on
the day we visited the hospital,
The large recreation room in the
Red Cross Building was well filled
and patients were in charge of the
game.
j. wanted to ao more witn my
spare time than play bridge,” ex
plained Miss Bovard. For a few
weeks she worked on the hospital
paper, the Elizabethan—now dis
continued for want of a person tc
supervise it—and assists on the
wards when dancing classes are
held. Mrs. Matthews worked for
the American Red Cross in Mel
bourne. Australia, during the war,
The wife of an American, she work*
two afternoons a week, helping
with social gatherings and also
typing.
The age limit for volunteers ii
21 to 55. It helps to have a back
ground in sociology, psychology, so
In the case of new equipment It
shows you how to accomplish your
very task In the shortest possible
time, do the Job easier, and very
often will give you tips on new
methods. It tells you how to care
for your new equipment, wither
the motor needs a drop of oil every
six months or whether It has a
sealed-in motor that never requires
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Maybe it’a a new waffle Iron, In
which case the manufacturer will
instruct you in the most satisfactory
way of seasoning the iron eo the
waffles won’t "stick.’* Maybe you’ve
brought home a new and unfamiliar
packaged food. The recipe has been
developed by a staff of experts, the
measurements, length of cooking
time et cetera are there for your
convenience. Follow those direc
tions carefully until vou are
thoroughly familiar with the prod
uct, then if you want to make a
few variations you’re in a better
position to do so successfully.
The list could go on and on as
new products are appearing every
day, so as a last word of caution,
read all the labels, cards, or book
lets that come with each new article
you bring into the house. And it’s
not a bad idea to file that informa
tion away for future use, Jot down
the purchase price, where and when
you bought it Just as a matter of
record.
cial work or teaching (through edu
cation or experience), but the vol
unteer's personality la more im
portant than her formal training.
Sometimes, Mrs. Gardner points
out, a woman who has never worked
outside her home, but who has a
great deal of warmth in her per
sonality, is the mo6t successful vol
uiueer.
Applicants—who must be well
balanced, calm and adjustable—are
screened by the Gray Lady Corps,
the Arts and Skills Corps and the
hospital. Men also are encour
aged to volunteer. Enrollment Is
now open and volunteers are placed
immediately upon acceptance. A
course in hospital orientation fol
lows. Volunteers are asked to give
a minimum of one day a week.
Week end and night (6 to 9 p.m.)
volunteers are also needed. Trans
portation Is provided by the Red
Cross.
Apply at D. C. Red Cross head
quarters, 1730 E street N.W., Mon
day through Friday. The telephone
number is Republic 8300, exten
sion 476.
/ Cranberry sauce adds a new fruity goodness to this
cake batter . . .
TUESDAY.
Smoked Ham Butt Sweet Potatoes
Buttered Beets Scalloped Cabbage
Corn Sticks
Cranberry Sauce Cake Ring Milk
t Cranberry Sauce Cake Ring.
*4 cup shortening 1 teaspoon vaniila extract
*4 cup sugar . 2 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg 2 teaspoons soda
1 1-pound can jellied cranberry >4 teaspoon cinnamon
sauce, crushed 14 teaspoon cloves
Cream shortening and sugar; add unbeaten egg. Add extract
and cranberry sauce and beat until well blended. Add dry ingredi
ents, which have been sifted together several times. Turn into 2
greased ring pans and bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for
* to 60 minutes. Or bake in one ring pan and muflin tins. When
eool, frost or fill center of ring with sliced peaches or bananas.
Icing; Cream 2 tablespoons butter and gradually add 1 cup con
fectioner's sugar. Stir in about 114 tablespoons milk. More milk may
be added if needed. Spoon over cake top, so that icing runs over the
•ides. Spring with 2 tablespoons chopped nutmeats. —By “Vi.”
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