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HOME-MAKER’S CORNER
Dust One
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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.
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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!
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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.
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• 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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. Mitchell of the OAC is on
the job after showing many deep
points in St. Louts.
Waiters at the Hill hotel going
over the top on service.
Theo Thomas of the Paxton on a
two week’s vac.
Fontenelle hotel waiters out in
front on fine service at all times.
Omaha Club waiters with Capt.
Jones and Lt. Harry Frazier very
quick on their service setups.
Paxton hotel headwaiter and his
crew on the up and go quick serv
ice to a fast moving public.
All waiters should read their
menus and be well informed on all
articles of food on them as many
guest will ask question and are ex
pecting quick answers.
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daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
William Richardson Jr. He also
has two granddaughters here. Mrs.
Lee Stephens and Mrs. Alice Den
mark.
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