gfgw*1!(r* ,-.■ ** *' 1 ■ ’ ;r J- i5“'' : ,Jh:'- ■ —* \ hf, Jlytut OltamheAA HERE’S TO BUTTERY FINGERS AND A TAFFY PULL (See Recipes Below) CHILDREN’S DELIGHT If you want your children and their friends to give you a rating oi super, men give just one par ty for children alone, and make that party a good, old-fashioned taf fy pull. Think r back a moment and remember how you looked forward to a taffy pull just as much as going to a circus. This party is exciting fun because the children have a chance to help in the making of refreshments. Yes, pulling taffy with their fingers all buttered, and watching the dark candy mixture get lighter and light er each time it’s pulled. They’ll like this too, because a taffy pull isn’t a fussy party. When you send out the invitations, let the mothers know it’s a taffy party so the children will be dressed accordingly. u Unlike many foods which are iron sources, molasses when cooked does not lose its iron content If possible use a candy thermom eter to test the candy so It will be cooked just right neither too stiff nor too messy to handle. When the candy is cool enough, cut it just the right size for small hands. The piece should be large enough to work on, but not too large. When the piece is light tan and very stiff, pull into a long strip and cut Molasses Taffy. 2 cups pure New Orleans molasses 1 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon vinegar Ys teaspoon vanilla, if desired % cup water k Cook the molasses, sugar and wa ter in a heavy kettle slowly until the mixture reaches 260 degrees or until a little of the mixture dropped in cold water becomes brittle. Stir a little during the latter part of the boiling to prevent burning; pour into a buttered pan. When cool enough to handle, cut in pieces and pull un til light and stiff. Butter the hands before pulling: Refreshments can be simple for a taffy party, for children will be so excited about the taffy, they won’t give their best at tention to elabo rate dishes. As sorted sand wiches will fill the bill perfectly and a hot choco late milk drmk will take care of their keen, lusty appetites. As des sert you might have simple cup cakes iced with pink and chocolate icing, fruit, and of course, the taffy. If you’d rather give them a hot dish in place of the sandwiches, here’s a simple but elegant one: Millionaire Gold. (Serves 8) 2 egg yolks V4 cup flour Vfc teaspoon mustard 1% teaspoons salt 3 cups milk Vi pound American cheese 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 pound mushrooms LYNN SAYS: Stop food wastes. Not only is | this a matter of thrift but also a vital step in conserving this coun try’s resources. It is estimated that tiny food wastes total up to a tremendous amount. Wise shopping will prevent buy ing unwanted and not usable food. The wise shopper should also recognize between good and poor grades, by reading labels and markings, and by watching the scales. Poor cooking causes much waste. Meat, for instance, shrinks when cooked at too high a tem perature. Vitamins and minerals are lost when cooked too long or when air is stirred into them while cooking. Use short meth rods for cooking whenever possi ble. THIS WEEK’S MENU •Chop Suey, Rice or Noodles Bean Sprouts Apricot-Cream Cheese Salad Bran Bread Orange Chiffon Pie Tea Coffee Milk •Recipe Given 4 tablespoons butter 8 slices buttered toast 18 slices crisp bacon Beat egg yolks, add flour, mus tard, salt and paprika. Mix well. Add H cup milk gradually and stir until smooth. Put mixture in dou ble boiler, add rest of milk, and cheese, cubed. Cook until thick, add Worcestershire sauce. Wash, slice, and saute mushrooms, slowly. Place mushrooms on toast and pour cheese mixture over them. Garnish with bacon. Although the taffy pull will be the main event of the party be sure to have games planned to fill out the evening. Quiz games are popular and lists for these can be made up be forehand using questions on slogans, famous personalities, historical events, interesting facts, and rid dles as questions. Children will want some lively fun too, and for this you can have a sack race. The leaders of two lines of players are given two large pa per sacks. They place the sacks on their feet and at a signal run to the opposite goal and back, take off the sack and give it to the person next to them. The object is to see which line finishes first. • • # Speaking of children, are you hav ing a time with their school lunches? Variety is the big problem for packing a complete meal in one small box is hard to vary and does n't have as many possibilities as the table at home. Having at least one hot food helps loads, and put this in the thermos bottle. You can have cream soups, vegetable soups, then again hot milk drinks for variety. Sandwiches are a standby, but don't get into a rut with these. Don't have soggy fillings. Wrap each one separately in wax paper. Favorite fillings include: Peanut butter and Jelly Chopped meat mixed with may onnaise and relish Chopped hard-cooked eggs with bacon Cheese and luncheon meats Vegetable salad sandwiches Flaked fish with celery, lettuce Chopped figs or dates, nuts, moistened with orange juice Color peps up the lunch box, so occasionally pack a salad in a pa per container. Use fresh fruits of ten, or canned ones also packed in small glass or paper containers. Cornstarch puddings are attractive and nourishing, and simple cookies wrapped in wax paper will bring cheers from any child. Economy is highlighted these days, but it needn’t be dull if you use attractively garnished platters. *Chop Suey or Chow Mein. (Serves 6) V4 cup butter or shortening 2% cups cooked meat, cut in strips lVi cups onions, cut fine 1 teaspoon salt y« teaspoon pepper 1 can bean sprouts, drained 2Vi cups celery, cut fine 1 cup hot water For thickening and flavoring: % cup cold water 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 teaspoon sugar Melt butter, add onions, fry for 3 minutes. Add celery, salt, pepper, hot water, cover and cook for 5 min utes. Add bean sprouts and meat, mix and bring to a boil. Combine thickening and flavoring ingredients, add to first mixture. Cook 5 min utes. Serve hot with Chinese noo dies for Chow Mein, or with steam mg rice for Chop suey. Garnisl platter with thin strips of fried eg* and green onions if desired. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) ( Ingenious Device for Detecting Heart Disease Dr. Isaac Starr of the University of Pennsylvania recently told the National Academy of Sciences, meeting in Philadelphia, about an ingenious device: A balancing table, called the "ballistocardio graph.” A bed-size table is sus pended from the ceiling on wires, three feet above the floor. While a patient lies quietly, the table os cillates back and forth to the throb of his heart When his heart contracts it throws a load of blood forward toward his head. "For the same reason that a discharged gun kicks one in the shoulder,” said Dr. Starr, "the recoil throws the body feet ward.” An instant later, when the blood strikes the aortic arch (curve in large heart artery), "(the blood’s) headward movement is ar rested, creating an impact which throws the body and the table head ward.” A normal man pumps about 14 quarts of blood a minute, moves the bed back and forth about 16 one thousandths of an inch with every heartbeat Connected to a powerful spring at the foot of the table is a tiny mirror. The mirror amplifies this motion 8,000 times. The mag nified motion is recorded on a mov ing photographic film. Because the jellylike tissues trem ble for a brief instant after every "blow” from the heart, after-vibra tions warp part of the record. Hence Dr. Starr believes that his machine will never attain "highest precision.” Nevertheless it is good enough to: (1) detect early, hitherto invisible cases of heart disease; (2) show the relation between high blood pressure and heart function; (3) differentiate between various types of heart disease. Heart Disease May Rest With the Adrenal Gland A new clue to the cause of heart disease, found in three of man's commonest hormones, was reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science by Dr. Wil liam Raab of the University of Ver mont college of medicine. This clue offers possibilities for learning how to prevent some of the serious heart disorders. Evidence that many people with bad hearts live to ripe old ages, con trary to common belief, was pre sented in another report made by Dr. Louis Faugeres Bishop, Belle vue hospital, New York city. He cites cases even of the much dread ed coronary thrombosis living for many years and doing useful work. The heart disease hormones are two from the adrenal glands and one from the thyroid. The main offender appears to be adrenalin, which is commonly known as the energy hormone, the stuff that spreads quickly through the body in a fright. Along with the energy hor mone is one from the cortex, or cov ering, of the adrenal glands, which seems tn be present as a complica tion. The thyroid hormone enters as a sort of ringmaster, which occasion ally eggs on the energy hormone to do its worst. Squash Borer Difficult Insect to Discourage A year or so ago a writer in one of our prominent horticulturist jour nals recommended dipping corncobs in hot tar and placing the cobs, when cool, around infested plants. A method used by old, experienced gardeners is to place shingles around the plants at night, the idea being that the insects gather under the boards, which can be lifted in the morning when the bugs are still inactive. It is well to examine the underside of the leaves of infested plants, for on these shaded surfaces we usually find egg clusters. These must be rubbed off immediately. Cabbage worms will, in a short! time, be arriving in great numbers. I White hellebore applied freely over the surface of the leaves is effective in controlling these crawlers. Pyre thrum, tobacco dust or even ordi nary road dust, sprinkled into the plant, usually helps in eradicating these pests. One very large com mercial grower said that he depend ed entirely on road dust to keep his cabbage patch free from worms. The squash borer is a difficult in sect to destroy or even to discour age, the reason being that the grubs tunnel their way through the stem of the plant, preventing the normal flow of nourishment to the leaves. As a result of the activities of the squash bug, the leaves gradually wither and die. * The eggs and freshly hatched lar vae can be destroyed by applica tions of nicotine sprays. Of course, one application will have little ef fect on the bugs, but constant spray ing, especially when applied with a forceful syringe, will have the de sired effect. Pyrethrum, which is non-poisonous, may also be used to destroy the eggs and freshly hatched larvae of these destructive pests. New Caledonia Gains Strategic Importance Until German panzer units smashed France last year. New Cal edonia was merely a French island, 700 miles of? the northeast coast of Australia, 248 miles long by 30 miles wide, populated by some 60,000 peo ple, mostly Negroes. But the fall of France gave New Caledonia a strategic importance. It is rich in vital war minerals—nickel, chrome and iron. Japan is eyeing the island, well aware of its prox imity to Australia—only five hours flying time. There have been reports of Jap anese military and commercial in filtration. New Caledonia would make a splendid nival base and with Vichy apparently controlled by the Axis, anything can happen. There are mountain ranges encir cling the capital of Noumea. Here hibiscus, crotons, poincianas, lan tanas, and guava bushes grow in abundance. Noumea is also the site of the nickel works of New Caledonia. The citizens are anti-Petain, pro De Gaulle. They wanted to send an expeditionary force of 500 to fight the Germans in France, but the British command prevailed upon them to keep the men at home for island defense. PARAMOUNT OMAHA NEBR WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY EVENING m|f|«r 1 O 1 Q MATINEE THURSDAY at 2:15 IlUV. i£"JLd .»> BILLY HOUSE » EDDIE GARR Order Seats NOW Mall orders Riled in order received when RY MAII II accompanied by check or money order Dl IVIMIk*Z and jfnmped return envelope. NIGHTS at 1:15 Sharp—$1.10-S1.65-S2.20-S2.76 and S3.30 tax incl. THURS. MAT. at 2:15 Sharp—t>3c-Sl.10-SI.65 and $2.20 tax incl. V. Pumping Out Mines Pumping out mines—especially tin mines in Cornwall—was the chief in centive that gave birth to the steam engine. First one whs developed by Captain Savery in 1698. Extrava gant use of fuel made it imprac tical. Next came Newcomen’s en gine. with cylinder and piston, in 1702. It was while repairing a mod el of this engine that James Watt made improvements that resulted in the modern steam engine. Watt’s persistence in Anally discovering how the cylinder could be bored to the tolerance of ‘‘a worn farthing” made steam power available for driving all kinds of mechanism and brought in the factory system and the industrial revolution. Testing Pillows Now for those pillows! To begin with, are they really clean? Quite possibly after summer’s heat, per spiration, use of cosmetics and in sect repellent salves, etc.—the casings are really soiled. But what of the inner fillings—the feathers which make up the average pillow? Here’s where you may like to try the "droop test” on bed pillows: If you’re in doubt about their age, and if it droops badly, and sags, or seems like a sack of metal in the bot tom of the case, then—out with it —that pillow is “dated"! Stove on Proper Level You can raise your cooking stove to the proper height for working by setting the legs on neat blocks of wood. Another method which some women find even better is to build a platform for the stove. Do you know how to And out what is the most convenient working height for yourself at stove, ironing board and sink? There are two methods. For the first one, stand up straight and hang the arms straight down; the palms of the hands should rest flat i upon the working surface. If not, the equipment should be raised untii this requirement is met. The other method is to stand straight, bend j the elbow, allowing a slight slant 1 of the arm downward. — Mountain Town Sliding Canon City, Colo., is slipping. That is not a reflection on its character, but an actual fact. This mountain town is sliding gradually to the south and east—directly toward the Arkansas river. At least that is the finding of Water Commissioner Fred Brackner and of Acting Manager Smith Bedell of the Canon Gas company. There is no need for this genera tion—or even this generation’s grandchildren—to worry. They’ll be long dead before any great con cern need be shown. Bedell and Brackney said. PATTERNS ) SEWQNG CDIRCLE ~ ■__ IT IS just like big sister’s, that is * why this jerkin, skirt and blouse outfit will be so dear to the heart of your teen-age daughter! She’ll enjoy starting off to school in it— the jerkin buttoned down the side, the skirt smoothly flaring and the blouse fresh and clean! Pattern No. 1296-B is the kind you know you can’t go wrong with. You can make the skirt and jerkin in a long wearing corduroy, tweed, plaid wool or gabardine and make up a set of blouses in washable cottons (and one in wool jersey, for extra warmth). The jerkin can also be made to contrast with odd skirts, the skirt to go with sweaters and jackets and the blouse to be worn with suits and jumpers. • * • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1296-B Is de signed for sizes 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 years. Size 10 jerkin and skirt require 1?» yards 54-inch material; 2*i yards 35-inch. Blouse with long sleeves requires l?s yards of 35-inch material; short sleeves, l‘,i yards. Send your order to; SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Room 1324 311 W. Wacker Dr. Chicago Enclose 15 cents in coins for Pattern No.Size. Name ... Address . Children’s Taste Keener There are tiny areas on the tongue, known as “taste-buds,” which are linked with the brain by special nerves. 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