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THE GIDDING
STAR
Who’s News
This Week
By
Delos Wheeler Lovelace
Consolidated Features.—WNU Release.
N EW YORK.—Our newest battle-
+ ships mount such firepower of
such diverse calibers, that they can
pound a mountain to rubble or plunk
a humming
bird at fifty
No Longer Raise
Sitting Ducks, but feet. Rear
Admiral Wil-
Screaming Eagles
liam H. P.
Blandy puts it another way. He says
they have finally caught up with the
parade; meaning they are no long-
er, as was Britain’s Repulse, a sit-
ting duck for any dozen dive bomb-
ers.
Of all our admirals Blandy
should know. He is chief of the
bureau of ordnance and has
been fathoms deep in gun design
and manufacture, fire control,
armor and projectiles for a
quarter century.
At Annapolis he was top man of
his class and even then tops in ord-
nance. He has the Class of 1871
Sword to prove it. He was barely
graduated when he wanted to mar-
ry. She was Roberta Ames, just
about Washington’s prettiest in 1913.
However, he was sent on a cruise
and the wedding waited for almost
a year.
His present post, at fifty, is
the cap sheaf on a single-minded
career. Besides that sword he
holds commendations for in-
creasing the accuracy of fire of
his destroyer squadron. And
while be was gunnery officer on
the New Mexico she won pen-
nants, gunnery “E’s,” trophies
and cups, everything in sight.
He has been ordnance chief since
1941. About then world events made
it plain that this country was going
to need a man who could fix its
battleships so they could pound
mountains to rubble and plunk hum-
ming birds at fifty feet.
-♦—
ONE national leader who is not
U writing a peace plan at this
early date is the Junoesque presi-
dent of the General Federation of
Stick to War Now, Clubs, she
Better Peace Later, counsels
GFWC Head Says that peace
" neaa 2 will ^ bet-
ter treatment in the years ahead if
her followers limit themselves these
days to understanding the war ef-
fort and helping it along.
She is Mrs. John L. White-
hurst of Baltimore, Sara to
Maryland's club women, five
feet eleven Inches of executive
vacuum cleaner, but a model
wife also who wouldn’t be
coaxed out of domesticity until
she had phoned her husband and
he had said it was all right with
him.
Mrs. Whitehurst has been federa-
tion president since ’41. She was
headed for medicine, with special no-
tions about psychiatry, until she met
John L. eighteen years ago. Since
then she has dug into national and
international affairs and, when she
counsels her followers, she does not
need to read from a book.
She is that rare bird, a woman
who does not like to shop. Some-
thing sensibly dark and tailored
for the street, something light
and lacy for evening sums up
her specifications when she does
her semi-annual buying. Plus
pearl earrings: “I hardly feel
dressed without them.”
Pearl earrings and all she is a
good cook. Waffles, spaghetti and
what lobster newburg! She is a good
musician, too, piano and pipe organ
and likes Beethoven and Tschaikow-
ski. Sinatra? Hardly! She can also
knit and crochet a blue streak, and
serves on a raft of boards to boot.
—•—
TVER since the present war be-
E gan H. Freeman Matthews has
been in the thick of things on the
diplomatic front in Europe. Now
A that events
Home to Guideos are moving
Through Highly toward a cli-
Dramatic Days max on that
beleaguered
continent, he’s coming home to head
the European division of the state
department. With him he’s bring-
ing plenty of knowledge gained first
hand both in France and England.
For a time after the fall of
France, as charge d’ affaires he
ran the American embassy in
Vichy. That was after Ambas-
sador Bullitt left and before
Admiral Leahy checked in. Aft-
er the naval man’s arrival,
Matthews sat in on all the talks
with Petain and the late Admiral
Darlan, serving as interpreter
for Leahy. Late in ’41 he was
shifted to London and he was
counsellor of the U. S. embassy
there when the call home ar-
rived.
This forty-four-year-old native of
Baltimore is a career diplomat. He
received his initial assignment just
three years after leaving Princeton
and its Quadrangle club in 1921. He
was sent first to Budapest. Later
he turned up in Bogota, Colombia.
Jefferson Caffrey was there at the
time, and he liked his young aide
so well that he took him along with
him when he was made ambassador
to Cuba Those were hectic days
down in Havana and some thugs
once attacked Matthews' automo-
bile, but fortunately he was else-
where at the time.
8 000 S
nn Cham bensP
Angel Food cake with a fruity ic-
ing handles your summer dessert
problem effectively but doesn’t eat
into your sugar ration.
Cooling Off
Fruity desserts for summer Jend
just the right tartness to the meal
and give your menus a nice seasonal
note. When fruits and berries are
plentiful, plan them to go into your
first courses, summer drinks, des-
serts and snacks.
Fruits and berries have a good
store of vitamins and minerals
which will help _
keep your spirits I
up when the.741
warm weather M--/T a
wants to get you MEZA
down. Acid fruits । T.1
such as lemons, T W-t-1
grapefruit,and or-
anges alkalize
your system and help you keep cool-
er while fruits and berries coming
in season will give a delightful note
to your menus.
Cakes, pies and puddings come in
for their share of attention when
there are fruit and berries on hand.
This angel food cake looks mighty
pretty served with fresh fruit or
berry icing. The eggs, if removed
from refrigerator several hours be-
fore using, will beat up more lightly
and give increased fineness of grain
and delicacy of texture to the cake:
Angel Food Cake.
1 cup sifted cake flour
1% cups sifted granulated sugar
14 cups egg whites (10 to 12 egg
whites)
% teaspoon salt
1% teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1
4 teaspoon almond extract
Sift flour once, measure, add
cup sugar, and sift together four
times. Beat egg whites and salt
with rotary beater or flat wire
whisk. When foamy, add cream of
tartar and continue beating until
eggs are stiff enough to hold in
peaks, but not dry. Add remaining
sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beat-
ing after each addition until sugar
is blended. Fold in flavoring. Then
sift in about % of the flour and fold
in lightly. Repeat until all is used.
Turn into an ungreased 10-inch an-
gel food cake pan. Cut gently
through batter with knife to remove
bubbles. Bake in a slow (325-de-
gree) oven, 1 hour or until done.
Remove from oven and invert pan
1 hour. Cover with fruit or berry
icing.
The repertoire of cherry desserts
is an extensive one for there are
such things as
PT cherry cobblers,
71 A shortcakes, pan-
35 cakes, fritters,
roly poly and pie!
I , If you make the
pie with this pop-
%OCE ular prepared ce-
real crust you
will save time, requires no special
technique for making:
Cherry Meringue Pie.
Crust:
3 cups oven-popped rice cereal
4 tablespoons sugar
% cup butter, melted
Roll cereal into fine crumbs; com-
bine with butter and sugar, mixing
well. Press mixture evenly and
firmly around sides and bottom of
pie tin. Bake in a moderate oven
(350 degrees) for about 8 minutes.
Cool before adding filling.
Lynn Says:
Point Wisdom: If you’re part-
ing with more red stamps a
month than you should, check up
on yourself, th
Don't buy meat and neglect
other red stamp foods. Space out
the stamps Just as carefully as
you figure out the financial end of
things.
Study point values and learn to
understand how the system works
instead of having the busy butch-
er explain it to you every time
you buy. ,
Family likes and dislikes are
out of place in a wartime budget.
Serve low point meats appetizing-
ly cooked.
Buy meats and fats sensibly--
as you need them. Buying too
much or carelessly storing what
you have is sabotage on the home
front.
Lynn Chambers' Point-Saving
Menus
Broiled Halibut
Creamed Potatoes
Garden-Fresh Beans
Green Salad
Whole Wheat Rolls
Raspberries and Cream
Beverage
Filling:
3 cups fresh cherries, pitted
14 cups sugar
2 tablespoons flour
% teaspoon salt
2 eggs, separated
Combine pitted cherries, 1 cup
sugar, flour, salt and egg yolks.
Cook in double boiler until mixture
is thickened. Pour into crumb pie
shell. Beat egg whites until stiff
Gradually beat in remaining % cup
sugar. Spread meringue over pie.
Bake in a moderate oven (350 de-
grees) 12 to 15 minutes until me-
ringue is browned.
Orange Ice Cream.
1 pint scalded milk
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup sugar
% teaspoon salt
2 eggs, separated
Grated rind of 2 oranges
Grated rind of % lemon
Juice of 4 large oranges
1 quart light cream
Make a custard of the first four
ingredients as follows: Mix flour,
sugar, salt, and
add milk gradu-
ally. Cook over
hot water for 10
minutes, stirring
occasionally. Take
from fire and
pour over well-
beaten egg yolks,
and add grated lemon and orange
rind.. Return to double boiler and
cook until mixture coats the spoon.
Strain and cool, then add orange
juice, cream and beaten whites of
eggs. Freeze. If desired, serve
with candied orange peel.
Sliced Pears in Orange Juice.
(Serves 6 to 8)
2% cups fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
6 to 8 pears, sliced thin
Sweeten orange juice with pow.
dered sugar and chill well. Fifteen
minutes before serving, peel pears,
slice thin, and sweeten. Pour juice
over the pears, and serve with
cookies.
Berries are coming in season and
will give a lift to your meals. Cher-
ries go into this pie which is covered
with a meringue to save precious
fats.
Sliced Oranges in Orange Sherbet.
(Serves 8)
1st part
. 8 navel oranges
% cup sugar
1 cup water
2nd part
1 quart water
2 cups sugar
Grated rind of 2 oranges
2 cups orange juice
% cup lemon juice
3rd part
1 cup sugar
% cup water
Whites of 3 eggs
For the first part, peel oranges
and with a sharp knife remove
white membrane. Slice oranges into
sections between skins. Boil sugar
and water together, let cool, then
pour over oranges and let stand in
refrigerator.
For second part, boil sugar and
water for 5 minutes, add grated or-
ange rind, and juices. Cool and
strain. Freeze, in round mold.
Make a meringue for 3rd part by
boiling sugar and water for 3 min-
utes, until it forms a soft ball in
cold water. Incorporate a little into
the beaten whites of three eggs until
all used. Continue to beat for 2
minutes. Cool. Remove top from
mold in which orange ice is packed,
stir in meringue. Serve in large
glass dish with sliced oranges in
meringue nest.
If you huto a canning problem, write to
Mitt Lynn Chambers, W estern Newspaper
Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chi
cage. III. l’lease enclose a stamped, sell
addressed envelope for your reply.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
billips
OUR OWN QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ON VACATION GAS
Q -What is meant by a single
round trip to a cottage?
A.—Don’t begin this by getting
into an argument.
.Instead of driving to a vaca-
tion place 15 miles away and return
is it okay if I drive to one 30 miles
away and leave the car there until
the war is over?
sec I the garage people don’t ob-
Q—What is the meaning of the
clause “for vacation purposes for
which adequate alternative trans-
portation is not available”?
A.—That is put in to make it
harder.
Q.—What is "adequate alternative
transportation"?
A.—Boy, will the ration board get
into arguments over that one!
_•_
Q.—When is alternative transpor-
tation really "available”? A bus
runs to my vacation place but it is
always crowded. Does that consti-
tute available transportation?
A.—Lissen, save time by seeing
your legal staff.
Q.—What is all this certification
business? How do I certify that I
have enough gas, or coupons for
enough gas, for a vacation trip?
A.—You must put it in writing.
Q—Won’t OPA take my word?
A.—You’ve been an A card holder
long enough to know your word is
•ever taken.
Q.—Do I really have to certify
my speedometer reading before I
leave?
A.—Yes, sir. The OPA wants to
start you off on your vacation under
the usual suspicions or not at all.
Q.—Must I certify that I have a
vacation place to go to?
A.—Positively. You might be fool-
ing the OPA.
Q.—How?
A.—By just using the gas without
going on a vacation.
Q.—What would be the difference.
It would be the same gas wouldn't
it?
A.—There you go quibbling again.
Q.—If I am driving to my cottage
Ind inspectors hold me up as a
pleasure driver what do I do?
A.—You show them a “vacation
validation” certificate. This makes
18 "But ae““i dnake me valid?
A.—On an A card you can never
be quite valid.
Q.—I have a cottage 20 miles
away. A neighbor has a better one
40 miles away and wants me to
spend my vacation with him. If we
pool our gas we could make this
trip using less fuel than if we took
separate ones. Would this be per-
mitted?
A.—Probably not. It sounds too
reasonable.
Q.—After reading all the require-
ments I do not feel like going on a
vacation by car. Must I?
A.—So you’re running out on us
after all this trouble!
ADOLF DECIDES ON
A NEW UNIFORM
(“I am putting on the uniform of
• soldier, never to take it off until
Germany is victorious everywhere."
Bitler in 1939.)
Tailor—Ah, Herr Hitler, what can
I do for you?
Hitler—I need some new clothes.
Tailor—I hadn't expected you so
soon.
Hitler—That goes for me, too. But
it’s an uncertain era. Anyhow this
uniform hasn't stood up the way it
should.
Tailor-After all, you’ve had it
ever since 1939. Has it had steady
wear?
Hitler—Has it!
Tailor—Is this the one you put on
when the war broke out and said
you would never take off until it
ended with victory?
Hitler (sadly)—Ach, yes!
Tailor-Well, there's a limit to the
wearing quality of any material. It
looks pretty worn everywhere ex-
cept in the seat. That's as good as
new.
Hitler—That’s easily explained: I
haven't had any chance to sit down
in it.
Tailor—Were the pants always as
baggy as this?
Hitler—I'm not sure whether they
were that loose to begin with or
whether I’ve shrunk.
Tailor—Well, let us go on. Now
about the length of the pants?
Hitler—Make them a lot shorter
than the old ones.
Tailor—A lot shorter? You don't
want running pants?
Hitler—IZZAT SOI!!
A bull market in wild animals is
reported. So many human beings
these days are discovering they can
use them for doubles.
MANPOWER SHORTAGE
Utterances made by the fair sex
in recent years:
1941.—"What a man!”
1942.—"What? A man!”
1943.—“What‘s a man?”
* • •
Descriptions of the Hour: He had
the worried look of an “A” card
vacationist
ATTERNS
SEWING CIRCLE
1796
Little Belle
A NY little girl would be happy
as a lark in a dress like this.
Note the sweetheart neck and
perky sleeves.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1796-B de-
signed for sizes 8. 8. 10. 12 and 14 years.
Size 8 requires 2% yards 35-inch material.
9-
.
If door and window screens are
painted with aluminum paint it
gives a clear vision out, yet makes
it difficult to see in from the out-
side during the daytime.
• • •
Give geraniums fresh air every
day; do not allow them to become
too dry; fertilize them with a com-
mercial fertilizer and give them
plenty of sun.
Should the wooden handle of a
crosscut saw break, temporary
bolt on a worn-out horseshoe.
This will serve quite well until a
new handle can be had.
Using a brush will loosen more
dirt from a stubborn spot than
scrubbing on the board.
• • •
Eggs for home use should be
stored in the refrigerator as soon
as they are gathered or purchased.
Clean rain water makes the best
cooling fluid for the auto or tractor
radiator in summer, since it does
not form scale in the radiator
tubes as hard water does. The
cooling system should be flushed
occasionally.
The woolen blanket that is torn
or worn so thin that it seems in
danger of falling apart can be
converted into a good-looking prac-
tical comforter. Encase it in a
printed cotton blanket cover, catch
it in several places with color-fast
yarn and the result is an almost
new bed covering. When soiled it
should be washed like all woolens
in a heavy lather of mild soapsuds
and water not above lukewarm
temperature.
Corduroy need not be pressed.
A whisk broom is a cool way to
bring up the nap and restore its
softness.
WHOLE
GRAIN
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
are restored to whole
grain nutritive value of
Thiamin (Vitamin B.),
Niacin and Iron, as rec-
ommended by the U. S.
Official Nutrition Food
Rules.
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
—fruit—and milk or
cream.
1802
Bright Basque
VOUNG set favorite—the basque
I topped dirndl that will be seen
everywhere this summer. Gay,
cool, becoming.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1802-B de-
signed for sizes 10. 12. 14. 18. 18 and 20.
Corresponding bust measurements 28, 30,
22. 34. 36 and 28. Size 12 (30) requires 3%
yards 35-inch material: S yards ric-rac.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more
time is required in ailing orders for a
few of the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
530 South Wells St. Chicago.
Enclose SO cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
Pattern No...............Size........
Address.
When the soldier talks about “the
skipper" he means his captain,
the head of his company. And
that’s just what the title "captain”
means. It comes from the Latin
word “caput” meaning “head.”
Another leader high in the Army
man’s favor is Camel cigarettes-
they’re first choice with men in
the Army. (Based on actual sales
records from service men's own
stores.) When you’re sending gifts
from home, keep in mind that a
carton of cigarettes is always most
welcome. And though there are
Post Office restrictions on pack-
ages to overseas Army men, you
can still send Camels to soldiers
in the U. S., and to men in the
Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard
wherever they are.—Adv.
NO ASPIRIN FASTER
than genuine, pure St. Joseph Aspirin.
World’s largest seller at 10s. None safer,
none surer. Demand St. Joseph Aspirin.
Varieties of Fish
If a family eats fish once a week
every week, it will take three
years and four weeks to sample
each of the varieties of fish and
shellfish produced commercially in
the Unied States.
NUTRITIVE
VALUES OF
THIAMIN (VITAMINB)
NIACIN AND
IRON!
FLAKES
__w. ouoel —
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