Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1943 — Page 19
| ummer Brings Tomatoes Rich i Vitemin A Vitamin C and No
. WITH THE mervEy of Summer, tomatoes become abundant. Under their bright red jackets, they store a wealth of vitamin C, a goodly supply. of vitamin A, some riboflavin, niacin and. minerals, too.
Tomatoes are now on the market from truck gardens in. Texas, South Carolina. Shortly there will|
Mississippi, ‘Louisiana, Georgia and
be fresh: Womatoes. from New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Mary-
ten JANE JORDAN—T am 8 girl 20 years old. I am very much in love with a soldier whom I have gone with for several months. He says he loves me very much and wants to get married later on. I've always trusted him even though for some time he wrote friendly letters to a girl from by home state. He says he no longef writes to her but he carries her picture along with the pictures of ‘his folks. He says she means nothing to him other than a friend yet be won't give up her picture. Do you think if she were only a friend he’d be so unwilling to give
‘ up her picture? Should I go on and
land, southern Ohio, Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri, California and the good old Hoosier state, Indiana. In some southern areas the victory gardens—pride of the nation— are even now producing the luscious “love apple,” while in some other sections the first green fruit promises sun-reddened tomatoes soon. 2 tf J ”
| Eat .Them Raw
STO GET THE MOST of their ‘goodness from now until the nipping of - frost, eat tomatoes often and eat them raw. And, of course if you have a surplus in your victory garden, can what you can’t eat. Peeled or sliced tomatoes will lose some of that elusive vitamin C, particularly if you let them stand uncovered in the summer heat; but if you keep them cold and covered and serve them reasonably soon, the loss will be small, To peel them, home economists of the U. S. department of agriculture recommend that you dip tomatoes quickly in hot water, then
Porter Studios. A wedding June 6 united Miss Georgia Peterman and Pfc. Harry J. Hollingsworth, both of New Augusta. The service was read by the Rev. Grant Howard in the Bethel Methodist church. The bride is at home with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. William C. Peterman Sr., 'W. 71st st., and the bridegroom has returned to Galena, Wash., where he is stationed with the army air forces.
Woman’s Viewpoint— Let Grandma Try Her Hand
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Fa arm ‘Women In Britain Aid ‘With War
. Numerous Activities Help Government
Times Special LONDON, June 24—Far from the din of an ‘assembly line or the clatfactory, but in a branch of production just as vital to Britain’s war effort, are the country women who are members of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes. Today's vast organization, with 5825 branches and a total of 287,000 members is a far cry from the original units established during" the last war by the board of agriculture to further production and the economic utilization of food by country women. The important part the federation is- playing today was summed up by R. S. Hudson, minister of agriculture, at the organization's recent 24th annual meeting. “All these women,” Mr. Hudson said, “have largely enabled the agricultural industry of Britain to increase stupendously the production of food from its own soil, and at the same time contribute its share of men to fight the enemy.”
Activities Listed
The wide scope of the federation’s work has brought it to the aid of no fewer than ten government de-
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” any way. TROUBLED GIRL. 8 8 8 j Answer: If you are a very wise girl, you will say no more about the picture. Perhaps he is telling you the truth and the girl is only a friend. She may be someone who has meant something to him in the past, someone whom you are grad-
. ually replacing. I don’t know what
the situation is but I do know it won't do you any good to keep talking about it. I do think you are a little impulsive to take so seriously a pro-
* posal from a young man you have ‘ known such a short time. - You - don’t know enough about him, or
even enough about yourself to know
' whether your love affair is going to be permanent or not.
Try to take it all more casually and be willing to wait for things
"to develop. Don’t break up a happy
friendship because of another girl's picture, but be more reserved about your own feelings. JANE JORDAN.
Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan who will answer your questions
in this column daily.
"Women Organize to
Push Production
A new kind of woman's club has been organized by the feminine em-
_ployees of the equipment section, . headquarters, air service command,
at Patterson field, O, This group is to be ow the Women's assopurpose is to stimulate, production . and increase effiA y among its members.
ad’. association will discuss]
glnction. of the air service comi--d in relation to the war and study civilian problems that irfere ' with top speed output im the equipment section. :
est for Chlorine J ITo test the chlorine content of ter purified for drinking purposes ® that chemical, small tablets are olved in. such water by the sr. The tablets turn a certain
color if too much chlorine is present
"a ae another color if too little of the
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Be Ingenious
A DELIGHT TO THE thrifty and ingenious is the whole tomato, cored and stuffed with any filling you may choose. For a hearty stuffing use protein foods—cottage cheese with chopped chive or onion, or chopped peanuts. Left-over fish, chicken or meat make excellent stuffing for fresh tomatoes.
Not only the protein foods are |3
fine for tomato stuffing. Combinations of diced raw or cooked vegetables are flavorful, too, and increase the vitamin goodness as well.
Don’t be limited by a few sug- |i gestions. Use your imagination and |§
whatever is in the garden or refrigerator. Sliced tomatoes with a little seasoning are hard to beat for sum-mer-fresh flavor. . Or if you wish to please the eye as well as the palate, add them to a salad of greens— chopped chives, onions, parsley, cucumber, green pepper, watercress, and lettuce. # » ”
Baked, Fried or Broiled
TOMATOES ARE SO RICH in vitamin C that even when cooked they still supply fair quantities. Now that meats are rationed, you may want to use more and more vegetables for your main hot dish. For luncheon or supper try tomatoes baked in the skins with a stuffing of breadcrumbs or left-over cereal, seasoned with meat drippings, onions, or savory herbs. For variation, cut the tomatoes in half, pile the stuffing on top, and bake. Fried tomatoes on toast, rice, or spaghetti are first-rate, especially with tomato gravy. To fix the gravy, brown flour in the drippings left in the skillet after the tomatoes are fried and add hot water or milk. Another tempting “headliner” for ‘lunch is ‘broiled tomato on toast. Sprinkle a little cheese on top before putting the tomato under the broiler and ‘serve with a strip of
| crisp bacon or salt pork.
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By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON Times Special Writer
CRAZY IDEAS GROW in the public mind like weeds in a garden. One of the screwiest we've harbored in recent years is the notion that women past 40 cannot match the working records of 20-year-olds. The war is gradually jolting it out of us, for according to .Mona .« Gardner’s report ; in The Ladies Home Journal,
throughout the ¢ country are discovering that older women are i a good source of leadership and | are feminine tops in hard work. Her findings show what common sense should long ago have told us—that the woman who is mentally alert at 20 will be mentally alert at 50, only more so. It shows that the healthy woman is apt to be sturdier when she leaves the childbearing
breakdowns, it’s lunacy to argue that females past 40 are also past usefulness. Any society which discards them from industry is wasting womanpower. 2 8 =
THE FACTS, FIGURES and quotas given by Miss Gardner ought to brush away certain other mental cobwebs. If it is true that older women can work as fast, as efficiently and with fewer layoffs than the younger ones, then there is no earthly reas 1 for housewives with children tg’ go into factories. Their mothers (and grandmothers can handle th jobs. The push to get young mothers out of the home has already worked serious injury to the war effort, because it has harmed the home, and the home is the cradle of any democratic society. Without sense, or thought, or consideration for essential values, propaganda dispensers “have drummed mothers away from their - babies’ cradles. This has demoralized the American family, contributed to ‘the rise of juvenile delinquency and upped the divorce rate.. If every ‘woman past 40 was, in reality, a decrepit and useless being, there might have been some justification for the move, but considering facts, no such justification exists. Nowadays most American
\ grandmothers look, dress and work like young matrons. - You can’t pick
them: out in a crowd, for the oldfashioned grandma has -gone -for-
[ever. Why can’t we also drop our
Sia-Tashioned attitudes about her?
Ruffles Glamorize
Frocks and Drapes
Sheer white ruffles are fresh gnd prettifying on a gingham frock, self fabric ruffles soften a child’s frock, contrasting ruffles add glamour to summer draperies or bedspreads you may be making at home, For ruffling, by hand or machine, the straight material should be three times the length you want the finished ruffle to be.
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ducing vegetables, fruit, rabbits, poultry and pigs, and organized 3309 fruit preservation centers, which have made 1100 tons of preserves. The institutes also have helped the ministry’s scheme for repairing the rubber boots of agricultural workers, helped in the organization and supply of part-time labor on the land, and given hospitality to the woman’s land army. Board of Education—Which the women assisted with school meal plans. Ministry of Food—Which accepted their aid in a program for the production and collection of culinary herbs. Ministry of Health—Which used the evidence collected by the federation on rural housing. The feder-
ation also did promotion and edu-
cational work in the campaigns for diphtheria immunization and against venereal disease. Ministry of Information—Which the federation helped in drawing up
.a scheme for hospitality for Ameri-
can troops. Aids Supply
Others helped were: Ministry of Supply — For which the federation collected medicinal herbs and did publicity for the scrap iron and paper salvage campaigns. Treasury — The institutes have formed hundreds of savings groups for the national savings scheme. Board of Trade—Whose “personal knitters” plans they have aided and for whom they have collected cured
| rabbit skins to make coats, helmets
and gloves for the Russians. Their work for auxiliary service girls and the home guard on antiaircraft sites has aided the war office; and similar work for the women’s auxiliary air force has helped the air ministry. Theirs is an impressive list of activities. As Mrs. Roosevelt put it in 1942, “The women’s institutes make the wheels go ‘round.”
Cotton Wrapping # Prevents Damage
Large amounts of lightweight cotton are being used as the base for a new packaging material. . This material consists of a light cotton cloth combined with cellophane or wax which is made in sheets and then formed into bags, being sealed around the object to be shipped. Immunity to damage from sea water, sand and fog. made the wrapping necessary. Airplane engines and gun parts formerly heavily coited with grease for shipment may be sprayed with light oil and wrapped, saving much time in
|cleaning on arrival.
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