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The Greater Omaha Guide s ■* HOME-MAKER’S CORNER Dust One -o By ANEL C. JOHN'S McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Features. ' ■ 'HE strawberries were shipped in early. They were flat, heart shaped. Pinkish red. The centers came out with the stem if Pattie wasn’t careful. Pattie shouldn’t have bought them. But she couldn’t resist. She had always brought home the first on the market since that time just after her marriage when Philip came home, smelling of gasoline. There was always hard grease on his hands and sometimes on his pug nosed face. He stopped at the table, as always, for a preview of what was cooking and said, "Shortcake! Spring must be here. Spring, when a young man’s fancy seriously turns to thoughts of love if he's married to a gorgeous dame like one Pa tricia.” But that had been four years ago. And strawberries always reminded her of the days Philip went away in the mornings and came back to her in the evenings. Never too tired to dance. Pattie loved the way they moved in unison. Philip holding her a lit tle tight, saying, “You’re like the music. Baby. You make me know that, if I never have anything more, I’ve got everything right now. For you I clean carburetors, patch flats. Pump gas. Pour oil. There’s a ritzy dame comes into the station about twice a week. She’s a looker! But, Baby, you outlook her even in curlers and cold cream." Did Philip still feel like that? Thai she outlooked the lookers who danced with him at the USO clubs on his week-end leaves? The look ers who worked in canteens, doing their bit for the boys? The lookers who flirted? He was sent with his crew to Eng land and no doubt met new people with strange ways. Pattie was glad she had been a camp wife. That she had followed her Philip around, put up in a jail for two weeks in Georgia because there were no rooms available. Even slept in the back seat of the car at a filling station when she ar rived in a town too late to find quar ters. She was glad that she had been with him the night he was shipped. The sergeant had let her stay. She and four other wives who had little to say that they couldn’t tell with the pressure of their cold fingers. Philip had looked into her face, upturned in the moonlight, until the tears stood at her lashes and her throat hurt. “You’re beautiful, Baby. Even now. I hate going before he gets here but I can’t be the chooser in this game. Be sure to send me a cable. It’ll be tough over there, wait ing. I know it’ll be tougher here.” It was horrible back in their house alone. She tried having the wife of one of Philip’s pals live with her. But the girl was morbid. She doted on horrors, especially those of the war. Philip had said, “Don’t sit around fretting about me. Worry is bad. I’ll take care of myself. If I see a blockbuster coming at me I’ll run like the deuce. I want to come home and find you just the same.” Well, she wasn’t the same. She'd been in the maternity ward without him to stand by. She’d come through the measles and a hand that little Philip burned when he pulled the percolator off the stove. The neigh bors helped her when she had a bad appendix that the doctor finally re moved. Philip said, “Don’t ever forget rr.e, Baby. I won't forget you. The going will never be so rough that that can happen. I’ll think of you every day. All day. And dream of you at night. Everything I do will be for you and the little one." But all of that had been so long ago. She couldn’t bring Philip back as she used to. At first she could make him sit in his favorite chair. Could hear his voice above the ra dio talking without words. Just the rumble of his deep voice. But she couldn’t hear his voice any more. She had forgotten how he looked sit ting behind the evening paper. Suddenly her hands trembled. She crushed a luscious berry between her fingers. She was frightened. If she couldn’t recall here, where Philip had been, how could he remember her, where she had never been? How could he keep in mind their simple pleasures when everyone worked to entertain him and thou sands like him? Time blots out everything. She had tried to keep her hold on Philip. She had sent him pictures of the baby every month. Anniver sary pictures, she called them. And snapshots of herself too. Being care ful to look her best; careful to smile with the wrinkles in her nose about which Philip had teased her. Little Philip came in from out doors. His pug nose was red with the cold of early spring. His hands were smeared with a red sucker and there was a ring around his rosy mouth where he had licked the stickiness. His cap was gone and his reddish hair was every which way. “Tan I have one, Muzzer? Dust one?” the little boy pleaded, stand ing on tiptoe to see better. Pattie looked down. She had seen that face before. But it was older. She gave him the biggest berry she could find. “And one for Dad dy,” she whispered. i - n Toast the Hallowe’en Hobgoblins in This Flavorsome Witches’ Brew HALLOWE'EN is the occasion tor some of our gayest and most friendly parties, for there is an old legend that when neighbors make merry together on Allhallow’s Eve their good fellowship frightens away the evil sprites that lurk abroad on that night. Whether your guests are old or young, refreshments climax the Hallowe’en gathering. Pile apples in a big bowl and nuts and raisins in another, and serve cookies and doughnuts or gingerbread. As a special treat, make plenty of this Witches’ Brew, a tempting bever age combining milk and chocolate and decaffeinated coffee, 60 that everybody can toast the wilches and hobgoblins with extra cups and still dream sweet dreams later on. Remember when you make decaf feinated coffee in a percolator that it needs longer "perking” than the ordinary variety, from 15 to 18 minutes, to bring out the rich cof free flavor. You can serve it hot or cold, and it will have an extra savor of Hallowe’en if you use cups or mugs decorated with cat or witch cutouts. If you cut your cookies in the shape of bats and witches, black cats, owls, and jack-o’-lanterns, and arrange them as a centerpiece, they will help decorate your table. And ghost candles, made by drip ping wax down the sides of white candles, add a welcome note of eeriness to the feast Hallowe’en Coffolate 1 cup strong decaffeinated coffee Z squares unsweetened chocolate 3 tablespoons sugar Dash of salt 3 cups milk Make decaffeinated coffee extr* strength, using 1% tablespoons foi each cup (% pint) water. Add choc date to coffee in top of doubli boiler and place over low flame stirring until chocolate is melteti and blended. Add sugar and salt and boil 4 minutes, stirring con stantly. Place over boiling water Add milk gradually, stirring con stantly; then heat. When hot. beal with rotary egg beater until frothy Serve hot or cold. Top with whippet cream, if desired. Serves 4. Stone Jar Molasses Cookies 3 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons double acting baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger 1 cup molasses % cup shortening % teaspoon soda Sift flour once. . easure, add bak ing powder, sr and ginger, and sift again. K molasses, remove from fire; acT . hortening and soda Add flour g:adually, mixing well Chill until firm enough to shape. Shape into small balls about % inch in diameter. Place about 3 inches apart on greased baking sheet. Press flat with bottom ol glass covered with damp cloth. Ol roll dough thin on floured board and cut with floured cookie cutters. Bake in moderate oven (350* F.) 15 minutes, or until done. Remove from pan carefully. Cool. For crisp cookies store in air-tight contain er; for chewy cookies store in stone jar. Makes dozen cookies. Cookies and fun ... when the Goblins Run I At the height of the merriment, bring out clinking mugs of cider and funny-faced Molasses Cookies—even the ghosts will be envious! > Rich and spicy with deep-down flavor, these are old-fashioned, soft, molasses cookies like Gran’ma used to make. Remember? Let the children help make the funny faces. And for birthdays, Christmas, or Thanksgiving, decorate with names or greetings or holly sprigs to fit the festivity. Clip the recipes and be ready! - - II ■■■ I No "haunting" worry about the success of your party when you serve Soft Molasses Cookies SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES 1 cup Spry . 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 8 teaspoons ginger 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 eggs, unbeaten teaspoon nutmeg 4 cups sifted all-purpose flour 76 teaspoon cloves 2 teaspoons soda 2 teaspoons salt % cup sour milk Combine Spry, spices, salt, brown sugar, molasses and eggs and beat thoroughly. Sift flour with soda. Add to first mixture. Add sour milk and mix well. Chill dough overnight. Turn out on floured board. Roll ‘A inch thick. Cut with large cookie cutter. Place on Spry-coated baking Sheets. > Bake in bot oven (400°F.) 8-10 minutes. Decorate some of the cookies with confectioners’ sugar frosting. Makes about 3 la dozen 3-inch cookies. PH-=irr-ir:; —n-—-m nr if- ir . .. • Urban League Notes THE IMPERIALIST CHOIR Every Wednesday we have been honored with the presence of the Imprialist Cho<r which is practice ing hre and are under the sP°nsor~ ship of Mrs. Gertrude Lucas Craig of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. They are ahxious to have new members. Anyone interested come Wednesday night at 8:00 pm. to the Omaha Urban League, w ■■■■■■■ ir=- .u=7~ : -■■-"-"--11^-ILJ ' Present members are Jeanette Mc Gee, Younplee Sims, Georpe Miles. Clarence Smith. Janie Robbins, Es tel Byrd. Georpe Willis, Gladys Me Nealy. Lillie Bell, Tiola Littlejohn, Addie Hall and Walter Harris. Miss Sims is the president, Miss Robbins. secretary, Mr. Smith, trea.. urer and Pvt. Walter Bell is the director. GUILD HOLDS TRYOUTS The Muse Drama Guild, under il— -ii'-'-- =11 * Service with A Smile— ★ We Carry A Full Line of High Grade GROCERIES 8c MEATS ALL KINDS of FRESH VEGETABLES & FRUIT Andersen’s Hilltop Grocery 1517 NORTH 30th ST. JAckson 9718 A “LIDDLE MIDDLE” Interest is centered at the waistline this fall. And there’s a good reason for it. Style news began to come out of Paris just about the time the G.I.’s were going in. And both carried enthusiastic re ports of the doll - sized waistline of the Parisienne beauties. The G.I. ex pressed his approval with a long, low whistle. And American designers con centrated attention on the waistline in their styles for the new season. Here’s a clever bit of magic in wool jersey. Fashion Frocks’ magician designer used an elastic ized midriff to make a waistline disappear into thin air! Broad shoulders, a bloused bodice, and full skirt aid the waist-disap pearing act. And full-cut sleeves, deep and winged at the armholes and fit to the waist on an elasticized band, are part of Fash ion’s softening-up process. The other morning I had a visit 'rom a young girl who is being narried next month! Of course, :he conversation turned to trous seaus . . . home making and budgets — and she asked me just low she could save money, parti cularly on groceries. So I gave her ny recipe for cutting down food costs! Sally — I told her — keep your food fresh! Manufacturers of many food products have made it easy for us to keep foods as appetizing *nd nutritious as the day they were packed. This saves by cut ting down on wastes! They have put waxed paper linings in the packages—which keep foods fresh all the time they are on the gro cer’s shelves — and, if you always take care to turn down the top of the inside wrap — the waxed paper will keep that food just as fresh as the day it left the factory! * For instance, cereals are gener ally packed in waxed paper. I’ve found that it takes just a few ex tra seconds after breakfast to carefully re-close that cereal in the waxed lining — and my last serv ing is always just as fresh as the first! And there are hundreds of other items packed in waxed paper, too — bread, potato chips, marsh mallows, crackers, bakery goods — to mention just a few. I’ve discovered that I can save dollars every month — just by using waxed paper! And now . . . even* though the war is over . . . most of us still have to conserve — and I think using waxed paper is one of the best ways to do it! the direction of Mr. Mason Dever eaux, is planning a play to be giv en in November. HAPPY FAMILY' GATHERING! SON AN!) HUSBAND COME HOME FROM WAR 1st Sgt. Robt. T. Whiteside who has been in the army for 3 years serving in the South Pacific camp, aign for two of them, has just re turned with an honorable discharge and is now home with his wife. Mrs. Zelma Whiteside ar.j he^ son Bobby, 1st Sgt. R. T. White side is the s°n of Mrs. Madge White side, who lives at 2758 Lake St. McGlLL’S — BAH & BLUE ROOM E. McGill. Prop 1423-25 NORTI1 24th SL WINE. LIQUORS, and CIGARS Bine Room Open 8 p. m. to 1 a. m Open for Private Parties from 2 to 7 p. m. —No Charges— WE SPECIALIZE IN MIXED DRINKS. Free Delivery from 8 a. c v, 1 a. m J A. 9411 WE CARRY A FULL LINh OF BONDED LIQUORS Hiyhest i Prices Paid | on FURNITURE, | ft PIANOS | MIDWEST AUCTION CO £ 2618 Leavenworth St. I AT 8615 "dABX, By Lillian B. Stormt Good eating habits are started with the first nursing, whether the baby is breast or bottle fed. He is. held tenderly, his hunger is being satisfied, and eating is being estab lished as a happy experience. The first requirement is that both mother and baby be comfortable, relaxed and uninterrupted. Some mothers prefer to lie down when nursing the baby, others prefer a chair, usually a small chair. A small pillow under the baby’s head and shoulders, in the bend of his mother’s arm may be desirable. A few experiments will soon show the position which is most natural and comfortable. Breast-fed babies are allowed to eat only as much as they desire and mother doesn’t have the urge to be certain an exact number of ounces is taken at each meal. If less is taken at one feeding, baby makes up the amount at other nursings during the day. If the baby is fed from a bottle, your doc tor probably has told you to let the baby decide how much he will drink and that the amount left in the bottle is never to be forced, if he seems unwilling to take it. By the time cereal feedings an started, at about three months a age, eating habits will be happily established. I H. W. Smith’s Weekly Waiter’s Column If you have any news about waiters, or anything pertaining to them or their routine of living, call [ H. W. Smith—HA-0800 and give him the news.. SOCIAL NOTES i ENROUTE HOME Far East Air Forces. Philippines, _Corporal John T. Thacker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theo, Thacker, 2420 P St„ South Omaha, is enroute home from the Far East Air Forces, 22nd Replacement, Depot, Manila, after 24 months in the Southwest Pacific. Corporal Thacker, member of a motor transportation unit, saw ac tion at Milne Bay, Saidor, Hollan dia Leyte and Luzon. In the armed forces since Aug ust. 1941, he wears the Asiatic Pac ific Ribbon with three bronze stars and the Philippine Liberation Rib bon with one star. YOUTH CANTEEN The "Youth Canteen” for the 7th and th grades of Long School will be held in the recreation rooms of the Logan Fontenelle Homes on Friday October 26, from 7:00 to 9;30 pm. The project is under the sponsorship of the Long School PTA. with members of the PTA acting as chaperones. The Canteen will be held on the last Friday of each month. REV. CHILDRESS The reporter visited with the pastor of St. Johns AME. church, and was much impressed with him He seemed to be a man of high as pirations andideals. All he needs is cooperation and faithful prayers and he cannot fail. MR. AND MRS. GARNER Mr. and Mrs. Garner who form erly lived at 36th and Bedford ave.. are now rooming at 2215 North 29 Street. Mr. Garner is a constant worker at the Armour Packing plant. He works every Sunday, while Mrs. Garner work, in a pri vate home. STOPS OVER Pvt. Stanley McDonald. Pvt. Leonard Roundtree, and Pvt. Geor ge Furrey, who have been stationed in McKall, Oregon passed through Omaha on Sunday the 20th and stopped over and visited with Tvt. McDonald’s grandparents Mr. and Mrs. C. C. McDonald at 2215 North 29th. They were on their way to a camp in North Carolina where they will be stationed for a while. KANSAS CITY, MO. DOCTOR VISITS HERE Dr. W. R. Richardson, Sr., of lCa.n sas City. Mo., spent eight days in Omaha and Sioux City, Iowa visit 4* * ing with his daughter and son here Miss Beatrice Richardson and Mr. William Richardson. After spend ing four days here with his daugh ter ad son. he sPent two days with hig daughter Mrs. Ivory Kitchen in Iowa. Dr. Richardson met a lots of nice people here. He went on a sight-seeing tour through our city, and will pay Omaha another visit around the coming holidays to at tend the anniversary of his son and RATION STAMPS GOOD JULY AUG. SEPT. | OCT. NOV. DEC. JAN. --—--r~ RED STAMPS RETAILERS PAY4 POINTS A POUND FOR USED HOUSEHOLD FATS HI Itim [thru OCTjT] I THRU NOV. 30 - 'ii - THRU DEC 31 I faHIjflfl THRU L* 31 Next stomps become goodNov.i I SUGAR STAMPS ■JiBBogl THRU DEC. 31 I r I | ! SHOE STAMPS BOOK NO. 3 1 GOOD INDEFINITELY 1___ OPA CUP THIS CHART FOR FUTURE REFERENCE Use Gas tot— * Refrigeration t * Cooking * Water Heating RR boys serving on wheels with their usual happy stnile. Blackstone waiters going ^over the top on service. Regis hotel and While Hi-rse Inn waiters topping the servU‘e at aii times! Capt. 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