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FRIDAY, DEC. 19, 1941

Homemaking—

Don't Worry About Shortage of Gift Wrappings—Stores Seem to Have Plenty

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- IF YOU'VE BEEN worrying over the shortage of paper for Christ-|

nas wrappings, don't—for the en

store people have solved

the problem with literally beautiful shortcuts in tying up packages.

Handsoine metallic. sheets are still

Everybody wants to add the firal touch to each and

around, 00. package

with a tag and seals, and there are unusual ideas for the traditiona

greetings. There are even special seals made up for the boys in

Some people like the personal touch of wrapping their gifts, themselves, while others prefer to have the experts do it. For the henefit of the'latter a number of the stores have gift-wrapping departments where one can pick the perfect paper, tag and seal for each package and: walk out with. gifts ready for delivery. : To uP every scrap of Christmas wrapping paper, and thereby conserve, go back to kindergarten days and do a simple basket weave of left-over scraps and secure across

the back with scotch tape. Another

efficient way of saving: Cut your paper to allow no more than one inch overlap and fasten edges with a cute seal. Or you might try combining two different left-over strips and cutting initials from one paper to use on the other. Super-shiny metallic papers are practically irresistible, no matter what your budget says. The heavy gold or silver metallic paper is grand for large packages. For the more dainty parcel the white paper with tinsel stripes is particularly luxury-

looking.

Cards and Seals

WRAP THE CHRISTMAS packages for soldiers, sailors or aviators in your. life in patriotic papers, ghiny royal blue or scarlet red, using special seals for each branch of the service. There are no end of gold eagles, stars, ships at sea and the Statue of Liberty. Red,

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On Cleaning Broiler

1. In some gas ranges the broiler is

same burner. In this case, when you plan to bake, remove the broiler pan before pre-heating the oven— ‘unless you intend to use the broiler | simul \ 2. Ne use the broiler pan a second time without washing. Both pieces should be clean before preheating, else the heated grease will

| 3. Afte | the pan

Before fat with both pieces in hot soapsuds, 4. Occasionally wipe off the interior of the broiler compartment with a cloth wrung from hot S, remembering to wipe the rack guides or slides, too. Clean more frequently if you use the broiler often. 5. Do Jot pre-heat the broiler compartment too long—it js needless—usually six minutes is long enough. Trim excessive fats from meats before broiling so there will be less fat to melt and spatter; what fat remains will be better cooked and be more attractive to eat.

Your Health

. By JANE STAFFORD Science Service Writer

white and blue ribbon completes the package. More exciting than ever are the papers, greeting cards and seals that match. For the gay young thing the mitten-designed paper suits to a T. For the more classic-minded, Dickens characters in red, black and olive green on a tan background. Holly wreaths ‘and sprays decorate the stamps and tags. To complete a very special package a corsage of pine cones, holly and berries tied onto the box could serve double duty. A decorative touch that can be removed and worn d#hroughout the day.

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Oval, square, round and oblong shapes . . . modern or period designs « + « framed in gold, burnished bronze, or plain + « « every desirable size and shape.

“From Lyman Brothers” is the Hallmark of Good Taste

WHEN YOU GET a cinder or {hard speck of dust in your eye, be

{careful how you take it out or you may start an infection that will cost you the sight of that eye. First

thing. to do is to give your tears a chance to wash the cinder or dust away. Closing both eyes for a few moments leads to an accumulation of tears that will flush the cinder out when you open your eyes. Or you might grasp the lashes of the upper lid and pull out down over the lower lid and thén release. If the tears fail to wash out the cinder, you might try to flush it out With a boric acid solution.

eye. A drop of castor oil instead of the boric acid solution is suggested by one authority. = = =

IF THESE MEASURES do not dislodge the cinder, enlist the help of a friend but be sure he washes his hands thoroughly with soap and water before he touches your eye. If the cinder is on the surface of the eyeball or under the lower lid, it will be easy to find it and may be removed by gently wiping with the corner of a clean handkerchief. Be sure the handkerchief is clean. Sterile cotton wound around the end of a match and dipped into boric acid solution is less likely to carry germs into the eye than even the clean handkerchief. If the cinder is under the upper lid, the lid will need to be everted, that is, turned inside ou‘, in order to locate and remove the cinder. To do this, the eye is closed, the lashes of the upper lid are grasped and pulled gently upward and outward at the same time that the tip of a finger, match or toothpick is pushed downward on the upper part of the lid. If this does not succeed, consult a physician. Any further attempt by inexperienced persons may cause serious damage. Be careful not to rub the eye. Rubbing may drive the cinder deeper into the eye, or it may scratch the delicate tissues and make the way easy for germs to get in. If, instead of a cinder, you should get lime, plaster, cement or acid in your eye, immediately wash the eye out thoroughly with great quantities of plain water while you are waiting for the doctor.

Saengerbund Party

The Ladies of the Indianapolis Saengerbund will have a card party at the hall, 49; S. Delaware St, Sunday at 7:30 p. m.

Sponsor Bake Sale

The Mothers’ Chorus of School 47 will sponsor a bake sale in Russell’s Jewelry Store, 1220 Oliver Ave, tomorrow.

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Junior a drum out of them—one with a nice low, thumping boom? Take a large coffee can, smoothly opened at both ends. Cut two circles of inner tubing large enough to fit over the ends with an inch

laces and pull as taut as you dare. Braid a length of cord to let the drum hang around the drummer"boy's neck — and finish off with drumsticks. You make a drumstick by wadding cotton around the end of a stick and fastening some cloth over it very securely.

FOOD

What Can Be Done

A string bag full of homemade alphabet blocks, a colored spool necklace, and an easily-made Chinese-checker board hold the foreground of this sample display of cheap, simple, homemade Christmas toys. In the background is a stuffed elephant, and at rear are two presents for mother—a chintz-covered sewing box and a tray-set of covered labeled jars and bottles for all the things that baby needs

at his bath.

To further the band idea — how about sewing two paper plates together, face-to-face, and adding

Today's Recipe MINCE MEAT COOKIES 1 cup evaporated milk 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 cup fat y 112 cups sugar

1 egg 6 cups flour 2 teaspoons soda 14 teaspoon salt Mince Meat Combine milk and vinegar. Cream fat and sugar until sugar granules are dissolved. Add egg and soured milk. Mix thoroughly. Sift flour, then measure. Resift with soda and salt into first mixture. Roll dough rather thin. Cut. Place a teaspoon of mince meat in center of cooky. Place another cooky on* top and press together. Lift carefully to greased baking pan. Bake in moderately hot oven about 10 minutes. Yield: 5 dozen cookies.

FAVORITE COCONUT LAYER CAKE

Two and one-fourth cups sifted cake flour, 2% teaspoons combination baking powder, 4 teaspoon salt, 14 cup butter or other shortening, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, well beaten, 3% cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add flour, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla: Bake in greased pan, 10x10 x2-inch, in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 45 to 50 minutes. For a large patty cake, double recipe and

bake in two 10x10x2-inch pans or bake in three greased 9-inch layer pans in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 25 to 30 minutes. Cover top and sides of cake with boiled frosting and sprinkle thickly with one can moist, sweetened coconut while frosting is still soft. » = 8

MINCED HAM SANDWICH ; FILLING

(About 2 Cups)

One cup water, 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca, 4 teaspoon salt, ¥ teaspoon pepper, % pound boiled ham, ground, % cup chopped sweet pickle, 1 tablespoon minced onion, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1 table spoon mayonnaise. Combine water, tapioca, salt and pepper in saucepan and mix well Bring mixture to a full boil over direct heat, stirring constantly. Remove from fire. Combine remaining ingredients in order given; add to tapioca mixture and blend. Cool.

2 - » PRALINES 115 cups brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

2 cups pecans 1; cup evaporated milk 1% teaspoon salt

Boil all ingredients, including pecans, to soft ball stage (236 degrees F), stirring constantly. Cool slightly and beat until mixture just

begins to stiffen. Drop rapidly from a spoon onto a buttered pan or waxed paper. If candy becomes too stiff at the last to drop in smooth tties, stir in a little hot water. eld: 6 4-inch patties or 12 2-

“Rilt-kit" hes alt the things to koap her nails nicel Belge or brown fabrikeid case initials,

Molds Revien Neil Enamel,

five or six little silver bells around the edge for a merry tambourine? Baby sister can join in the

Dolls Will Be Given to Wheeler Mission

Miss Cherie Lois Earl is surrounded by the dolls which members of the Philathea Class of the Broadway Baptist Church bought and dressed. They will be presented to the Wheeler City Rescue Mission. Mrs. Edna Earl and Mrs. Bette Follin are in charge of the gifts. Mrs. Thelma Morris is the teacher of the class and Mrs. Alice Kettering, president, :

Hug-Me-Tight

By MRS. ANNE CABOT

To obtain crocheting instructions for the Hug-Me-Tight (Pattern No. 5251) amounts of materials specified, stitches illustrated, send 10 cents in coin, your name and addrgss and the pattern number to Anne Cabot, The Indianapolis Times, 1068 Tth Aye, New York.

din with a snappy rattle if daddy will swipe two mason-jar tops from the kitchen drawer and ° nail them face down on either

together, and pieces of leather or mner tube for making ears or

You can whittle big spools to a point, too, and glue a pointed stick inside them to make a

top. Both mother and dad would be saving themselves a lot of trouble if they sanded and painted some substantial crates, and nailed them together to make storage shelves for each child’s toys. Little girls always wants some-

"thing for their dolls, new or

long-beloved. How about making a cradle? It could be small— made out of two grape baskets, one horizontal for the bed, and the other fitted on the end upright for the head, with wooden clotheshangers nailed on the base for rockers. Gay gingham can be gathered around this for extra. fancy effect. A larger bed for the big dolls is easily made by cut-

QUESTION BOX

Q-—What is the best way to keep mayonnaise after the jar has been opened? : A-—Mayonnaise contains fats which break down chemically and become rancid when exposed to air and heat. Rancidity can be delayed if the dressing is kept in a tightly covered jar in a dark cool place. The refrigerator is best.

Q—How long should a hostess wait for a dinner guest who is late in arriving? A-One should not wait longer than twenty minutes unless the guest has notified the hostess of the time he will arrive. In that case she can use her discretion about waiting for him or proceeding without him, depending on the importance of the guest and the time of his arrival.

Q-—Which foods are important in keeping the teeth clean? A—Foods that require thorough mastication, such as celery, raw carrots, crisp apples and pears, lettuce. They help to keep the mouth and teeth in good condition.

Q-—What kind of utensils should be used for cooking foods for canning? A-—Aluminum, a good grade of enamelware, or stainless steel. Do not use galvanized-iron utensils for cooking any food, or for holding acid foods with cut surfaces, as they will take up zinc, which is poisonous. Copper or copper-lined utensils may be used for cooking fruits and vegetables, provided they are kept bright and shiny to prevent copper salts from accumulating and provided the food is removed from the utensils immediately after cooking.

Q-—Please give me a recipe for peppermint-stick ice cream to be made in a hand-turned freezer. A-Dissolve % ound of crushed peppermint-stick candy in 1% cups of scalded milk. Make a smooth paste of 1 tablespoon of flour and Y cup cold milk; add % teaspoon salt, then gradually add the hot milk and melted candy, stirring constantly. Cover and cook this mixture for 10 minutes in a double boiler. Stir a little of this thickened milk into 1 slightly beaten egg; return it to the double boiler and cook 1 minute. Cool, add 1 quart of thin cream and strain. If time permits, place the mixture in the refrigerator for from 3 to 6 hours before freezing it or else prepare the mix a day ahead. This helps to make a smooth cream. Then fill the freezer not more than three-fourths full, to allow for expansion. Fill the freezer-tub onethird full of crushed ice, and put in the rema salt and ice (8 parts of ice to 1 of salt) in alternate layers. Turn the freezer slowly at first, but rapi as the cream begins to harden. en it reaches the consistency of a soft mush, remove the dasher, cork the shaft ning, drain off the brine, and the freeser with salt and a heavy blanket and let it stand until the ice cream is hard.

Q-—How may grease stains be removed from wallpaper? A—A paste made of cornstarch and carbon tetrachloride will remove most grease stains. After the paste has dried, brush it off with a stiff brush. Two .or three applications may be necessary.

Q-—<Why is heat necessaty ironing? .

A—When moist heat is applied to |} fabrics they are softened and be-|y

come more pliable. They may then

be smoothed easily with light pres-|}

Q-Do fertile eggs quickly than infertile eggs?

Pink for girls, blue for boys might be the colors of this barrel cradle, complete with its minticking mattress, made ah old pillow. Cradle is fitwith quilted pad and small sheets. The braided mat on the floor is made of corn husks.

spoil more |i}

ting out part of a barrel and nailing together a stand for it

. THE ONLY PARTING word to

brightest boat, or block-train isn’t much fun if it's always falling

mings you can muster. But first be sure there's a smooth wellnailed foundation to start with.

Y. W. Group to Have

Christmas Dance

The Senior High School Co-ed Dance Committee of the Y. W. C.-A. will have its semi-formal Christmas dance tomorrow from 8:30

p. m. to midnight. Miss Thelma Alford heads the committee in charge of arrangements: Misses Cecilia Bastian, Virginia Creamer, Alberta Watz, Pat Bishop and Bill Tull, Gene Bailey, Harold Williams and Chuck Haley. A Saddle Shuffle Sport Dance will be held by the committee at the Y. W. tonight from 8:30 to 11:30 o'clock. All high sciol students are invited.

Delta Chi Sigma’s Yule Fete Is Tonight

Mrs. Joseph Harbor and Mrs. Ronald Simpson, 1105 N. Drexel Ave, will be co-hostesses this evening at a Christmas party for Psi Chapter of Delta Chi Sigma Sorority. The party will be held at 8 p. m. in the home of Mrs. Simpson. Special guests will be the sorority’s new pledges, Mrs. Carson Gwinn

|THIS BUSINESS OF

Cook Books Rate Place On Gift List

By MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX Times Special Writer BOOKS THAT TELL how to get more food value for your money, how to save vitamins and get better flavor, how to put health in your family menus and produce better= tasting dishes at the same time-=

these books make year-long Christe mas gifts. Let's look at some of the more important new books on

for the Christmas stocking. HOW TO CARVE MEAT, GAME, AND POULTRY ; By M. O. Cullen (Whittlesey: $2) This illustrated guide to getting the best out of your meats by skil= ful use of the carving knife is by the carving expert of the National

Live Stock and Meat Board. Will help cut down waste and also make carving a pleasure. Serious and thorough.

CARVING By Bill Rhode (Macmillan: $2) A lively and practical guide to carving by a lively and popular epicure. Well illustrated and de= lightfully written. Will turn an awkward husband into an expert carver, BOSTON COOKING SCHOOL COOK BOOK (Little, Brown: $2.50) Seventh edition of an old Amer ican favorite, revised up to date. Many new recipes, latest vitamin information, and other modern ine formation for the average Amer« ican housewife. AMERICA’S NUTRITION PRIMER ‘By Eleanora Sense (Barsows: $1)

One of the best guides to mode ern nutrition for the low income family. Many recipes and menus that even a school child can un=derstand. Almost a necessity these days for any woman who wants to keep her family healthy despite rising food prices. THE LINDLAHR VITAMIN COOK BOOK By Victor Lindlahr ($1.98) A cleverly presented guide to getting the right vitamins into your recipes. The kind of book we'll see more and more of. Practical and packed with recipes. WE NEED VITAMINS By Walter B. Eddy and G. G. Hawley (Remhold: $1.50)

A guide to vitamins in the family marketing and cooking by two

and Mrs. Dale Parish.

with a chapter on each vitamin.

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from 3:00 to 3:30.

during .the day , « « at

Ghristmas Must

THE BURROUGHS CONCERT CHOIRS will give daily recitals, starting Saturday, from the North Mezzanine—from 12:15 to 12:45 p. m. These may

| i - ORGAN RECITALS daily from 12:38 fo 1:00 antl #® REST AND RELAX in our sixth floor auditorium

enjoy hearing the special Christmas musie,

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male birds should be kept out of

the laying flock except during the |

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