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Gardeners Grow Their Own Table Decorations

Straw Blanket Covers ‘Mums’ | In the Winter

Better Than Leaves, A Gardner Says By MARGUERITE SMITH MANY A CLEVER gardener has chrysanthemums from garden for a Thanksgiving table center-.«

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piece. Afi have you noticed how expensive they are to 4 buy? Here's how a couple of local mum fans manage those late

bot uaquets and what they do about

winter protection of the plants Mrs, 1. M. Cravens, 444 Alton Ave hers for Thank ving the choicest blossoms from more than

300 clumps that outline her backvard She Keeps them in water ir a dark, cool spot In the basement, I change the water about every three days and each time wash the stems so no dead leaves accumulate around them, Then the flowers. are nice and fresh for my centerpiece,” she says.

“For winter protection, 1 never use leaves over the plants—they mat down. But we buy a bale of traw, One bale dos for our whole yard, covering the plants about four inches deep. We put the straw on after the ground has frozen. hard “If the soil seems wet before freezing, 1 dig little trenches around the mum beds so. that

melting snow and winter rain can run off, For although mums need plenty of water all summer, they just can't take it standing around the roots in winter.”

nu n un MORE ON MUMS: “A passerby" writes a note to the column about “the most beautiful yard of.chrysanthemums 1 have ever seen In my life" located at 5602 Carrollton Ave. He adds, “1 heard the lady say she had about 100 varieties.” (Note to “passerby” and other shy folks: Please sign your

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chrysanthemums the ideal name, No name 15 ever used in these nates if You request it be omitted.) I recognized this address as that of Mrs. Jown G. Jacks, whose skill with mums was reported here last fall. . But—during the past season she's ‘been experimenting with

greenhouse ‘varieties, ralsing some of the incurved petal types. Bome of these grew “as large as bread and butter plates” One. of feathery Japanese spider mums grew large

her almost as

iw ” ” MR. JACKS built a celloglass frame to protect these tender varicties so they should go on blooming for some time yet. And if you're in that vicinity In a

couple of weeks you may be able

to see the black-~red mum, Garnet |

which is only just beginshow color now and with

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reasonable weather should later Mrs, Jacks reports that she has found the English mums very satisfactory as <0 hardiness when —£ they mums for size, She mentions the difficulty of wintering over the tender greenhouse varieties, These plants require especially good covering. Last year she used excelsior, saved some of them but lost others. For her ordinary garden varieties she provides little protection, merely cutting off the tops after they freeze, laying" them .over the plants. > ‘. ” ~ « WE JUST haven't seen .anything yet, when {it comes to big radishes, opines Lawrence Street,

for her Thanksgiving table.

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| with his regular and | he dishuds them carefully | White ones grew much larger than | often rival the greenhouse |

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The Doctor Says— Scarlet Fever

Babies, Adults

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D. IN BCARLET fever, both the

The latter produces the skin rash. Fall, winter and early spring are the favorite times for scarlet fever to develop. The disease is mild at the present time, although it may come back with its old virulence at any time. Children below school age and those just starting are most likely to contract it. The condition is rare in infants and elderly adults. Scarlet fever is caused by a

throat and neck glands. It runs a self-limiting course.

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3064 Park Ave. He raised some whoppers from seed of winter | radishes that came by accident spring radish seed, Planted in early June the

the red variety. |

o ~ ” AFTER THE first black frosts, the main garden chore is cleaning | up. If we are to raise good “Freedom Gardens” next year, well need all the humus in thé ground we can get. So save every bit of garden rubble that isn't diseased or bug ridden. There's much difference of opinion as to whether such material should be composted, But I'll venture to say that if it is buried now ‘to rot underground, it won't cause trouble next year. And we'll have just that much more of the all-important humus.

Bridge—

‘Optical THusion’

By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY America’s Card Authority IN ORDER to get full benefit of today's hand, please do look at the East and West canras You

out not

are the declarer, sitting South, and your contract is six spades. You have the ace of diaonds and you can rufl’ two dia-

monds, so you seem to be in a safe contract There is even a chance that

you might make Jieven The question is, what play would you select? 4." a WOULD you ruff a diamond in dummy and then, selecting the heart suit to break, would

line of

ruff a heart, and ruff another diamond in dummy? That line of play would because of the fact that East has

four spades ta the king-eight-seven. As Peter Leventritt sald when

he plaved this hand, it is an optical illusion. You have all the tricks—but when you count them, they do not add up to 12.

He decided to-try out the spade

| finesse first, so he led a heart to | dummy, then led the 10 of spades. played low,

East Leventritt took

you . cash the ace and King of hearts,

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{ the finesse and led the nine of

spades, ” ” » AGAIN when East refused to cover he let it ride. He cashed

the King of hearts and ruffed a heart, went over to dummy with a club and led the five of hearts. East refused to trump, discarding a club, so Leventritt let go a diamond. The same thing happened when he led the deuce of hearts. Now the high club was played, {| and East trumped this, but it was the only trick he could win.

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STRANGE, ISN'T IT, can’t make the grade when they and most popular of desserts—

custard-

but there still are thousands of cooks who

try to produce the oldest, simplest plain, baked or boiled.

This must be due in largé part to a lack of knowledge about the nature of .eggs, the ingredient which is ehiefly responsible for causing custard to coagulate into a tender jelly-like consisténcy,

to watch is the ~remember Just enough whites and not enough to make them t ened and full of foam. Eggs ightly beaten produce more thay those

A first. thing beating of the that slight beating is roughly the

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onl cospulation that are well beaten, W e egrs—which are used in baked custard—coagulate at a temperature between 149 and 158 degrees ¥. which is considerably below the temperature’ of bolling water. Cooking much above the mentioned temperature is the » for flunking the job. the cups are set in to come almost up

perfect

I 3 is why enough. water to their top If most of the cup sticks up e water, then the custard s baking at the temperature of the oven rather than that of the

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water in the pan, As d result, the over-baked custard has a porous, tough texture and “weeps” or is watery, Another chance for failure is in letting the -eustards remain in the oven until a knife inserted in the

center comes out clean. At this point, the custard is over-cooked. It is a far better practice to

shake the custard and if a half |

inch or so in the center is still semi-liquid, there is enough heat in the cup to finish cooking the center after the custard is removed from the oven, This meth« od of checking eliminates the ugly gash in the center, Remove the cups from the water to the cake rack so they will cool from the bottom as well as the sides, 8. .4..8 BAKED CUSTARD For Saturday dinner) 1 qt. milk 13 ©, sugar 1 tsp. salt 4 eggs, beaten slightly { 1 tsp, vanilla Butter Nutmeg or cinnamon +. Scald the milk with sugar and salt, stir slowly into the beaten eggs and add vanilla. Strain into custard

Close Pals Win Parents’ OK On First Date -

{ church or

CHANCES ARE it will be easier for the junior miss‘ to win her parents’ permission to start datIng if she’ll introduce them to her school friends and potential €8~ corts. If that's to be your. “first date” campaign strategy, take mom and dad into your confidence. Tell them you want them to know your friends as well as you do. Then encourage your gang to drop in after school, on. week-end ‘evenings. . Whether you roast marshmallows and have a fireside “bull” session or roll up the rugs for a.dance, invite your pare ents to join you.

» » » SHOW THAT you know the obligations pf a hostess by putting the house to rights after the vang has gone, For young timers, dates to school functions or to group activities are more likely to win a parent's OK than a Private twosome affair, You'll be better. able to Lack wp | your claim that you're old enough for unchaperoned freedom, if you adhere strictly to family curfew rules. If you must be home by

cesses 0 | ear

The chief complications are abthe glands and throat, infections and pneumonia | Later difficulties strike the kidney in the form of nephritis. Scarlet fever patients should be kept in bed and given plenty of fluids. An ice bag on the throat is soothing, and warm throat

| washes relieve some of the local | distress. In mild cases, good nurs-

ing.care is all that is Needed. IN THE Sere ries of scarlet fever, the poison in the blood is neutralized by giving the serum of patients who have recovered

| from the disease, or that of horses

which have been given injections of the streptococcus. Streptococel in the throat and

| other parts of the body are fought

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soré’ throat and its complications. |

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streptococcus - which attacks the |

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| dinner. | play,

Apparently these drugs do not shorten the course of the illness, but do help when Biceltes are beginning to form. They do not. prevent the development of kidney trouble, but make it, usually, a mild problem. Any of the complications of scarlet fever may develop from’ septic sore throat or acute tonsil-

‘with these infections,

treatment and the care of complications.

Dinner for Club

litis, Parents, caring for children | ¢ ould call | a physician to ‘advise them on |

re TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1041

! .. By SALLY : YOU MAY SCRIBBLE a note to Pal Jim on the back of an old | envelope. Mom and Pop won't refuse a letter scrawled on wrap-

paper. But a note of “acceptance or a letter to a mere acquaintance! That's something else again. You'll be judged by your handwriting and spelling. And by your stationery. - | Write as neatly and legibly as. you can. Don't crowd a few short lines 'way up at the top of a big sheet of paper. And DO use the dic for doubtful words, But before you start, you must choose your writing paper. .It's safe and sane to select a mediumsized, plain “white paper of good quality—either a single or a folded sheet, on » ”

A GOOD writing paper may be thin or thick but it always has a smooth, hard surface. Soft, sleazy papers drink up ink like blotters. Even elegant penmanship looks messy. . You'll have to pay a solid price for solid stationery. So make sure you're shelling out for quality, not for tricky trimmings or a beautiful box. Avoid colored papers. Don't fall for fancy borders, scalloped or flowered or gilded. Standard grades of paper may be bought-at a reliable stationer’s by the pound. So skip expensive

The Liberty Garden Homemakers! wrappings.

Club will meet at 10:30 a. m.| Roy Cole, ! Brookville Rd, for a Thanksgiving

The club will present a

Bridge Tea

There will be a bridge tea for

“Ladies in Danger,” at 7:45 members of the Newcomers Club

p. m. Saturday in Warren Centraliat 1 p. m. Friday in the YWCA. "High School.

Mrs. Bert K. Whaley is to be hostess.

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Manners Result in (Good Service

SAID MRS. OLDTIMER to Mrs. Newcomer: “I must take you by to meet my butcher, You can abe solufely depend on George to give

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mer she’ll bring out everything in the store, and she’ won't urge you to buy _ something that isn't exactly

Ruth Millett right for you.” During the war, women learned the importance of being on, good terms with the people who served them,

» » n THEY learned—when money talked very little—that good mane ners and honest friendliness went a long way toward getting 800d service. . They built their business friend ships just as they built their . Social ones. And, once they found a clerk or skilled workman to be | reliable and helpful, they stuck to { him. Not only that, but they introduced their friends to him. Probably these women will never go back to high-handed

ter please me or else” attitude hs was 50 prevalent in pre-war ays.

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cups or a large baking |

dish, dot with butter and add a

dash or two of nutmeg.

Set cups in a shallow pan of

{ hot water to come up almost to |

| the top of the cups. Set on the center rack in the oven and bake | at 335 degrees F, (moderately slow) {until done; about 30 minutes, (This short baking time is possible only

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if the custard mixture is actually | hot when poured into the cups

and placed in the oven.)

| given for boy or girl.

Just before the baking time is |

up, begin to test for doneness, and continue baking only until ‘the custard tests done. Custard may be served with some dessert | sauce in Individual dessert dishes

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Even though other girls may stay out later than you do, don't use that as an excuse for tardiness. Prove that you can ope prompt and. you'll stand a be'ter chance of rating extra privileges later, (By 8. MD)

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