The Greater Omaha Guide s j HOME-MAKER’S CORNER Advice Is Where ! You Get .It By RICHARD A. McGIVERN McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Features. • * ND SO we can’t get married?”. "Now, Jane, don’t be like that. We can and will, but not now." “Why not now?” “I’ve told you a dozen times. We’ll have to struggle along and perhaps , never get on our feet. If we wait I until I’m started everything will be easy.” “We are on our feet now. You have some of your mustering out pay and I’ve saved a few dollars. How much have we?” “In cash, all together, about two hundred dollars.” “That's a lot of money to me. Plenty to get married. We don’t need much. I’ve been thinking of this for two years. If we had any confidence in ourselves we would do it. Ma left me those two acres on the turnpike. We can fix up the shack there. I can keep working for a while.” “That sounds all right, and all through those months in the Army while the other guys were talking of going back to the bank, the store, or the post office, I kept thinking of the day I could begin an egg route. It’s my dream.” She gripped hi* arm. “If that is what you want, go after it. It may not sound like much, nothing does at first. Just think, Pete, how lucky we are. There are so few egg men in this town, it ought to be easy. I bet I can get fifty regular cus tomers in a couple of days.” Slowly they sauntered toward town. Pete sighed and grinned. "Gee, Jane, I can hardly wait! I can peddle butter and oranges and ..." "And I’ve learned to make swell jelly. . . ." “By fall we should be all set.” Though his voice was casual, it broke the spell. "There are a lot of folks with hens around here. I’m sure they’d be glad to sell you eggs. And with a cart you could take them into town. It would be tough on your feet but you'd soon harden up. The doctors told you to walk a lot. You’re not afraid of hard work?” The question was lightly put. "No,” he said. “It’s us I’m afraid of. I don’t want to look forward to hard times later. It’s not my pride. I’ll pull a cart if that’s the test, but I’ll not take a chance on two hun dred dollars.” They neared the main street. Finally she spoke. "Let’s ask a few people what they’d do. There must be a lot who have had the same problem.” Pete laughed. “Who’ll be the first victim?” Jane pointed at a couple. The man rested his hand on the door knob of a long shiny m®tor car. “Yep,” said Pete, "they look likely. One of them probably inherited so much dough from a tightwad uncle that he never had to work a day. Try it if you like.” Flashing her best smile — which was very nice indeed — Jane said. “Pardon me, I wonder if you would do us a favor?” The man opened the door of the car, looked at the dashboard clock and answered, “We’re in a bit of a hurry but we’ll be glad to help if we can.” “Will you answer just one ques tion? How much money do you think a couple should have before marry ing?” * The woman was about to speak. But the man answered again. He nodded toward his companion. “Ma and I got married on her dowry, eighty dollars in American money. That paid our passage from Dublin to New York. In 1899 it cost thirty dollars for each. V>e landed with twenty-five dollars. Twenty of it was Ma’s and five I ecrned on the way over. Twenty-five dollars was enough, young lady. That and Ma’s faith in me.” He smiled and patted the auto. “The rest came with hard work.” Pete cut off all further talk by saying, “That does it. Let’s go home and tell our families that we're go ing to take the big jump.” They rushed off hand in hand. The woman turned to the man. “Were you ever in Dublin?” He was grinning. “No, lady,” he replied. “I’ve never been out of this state. But if I owned this auto I’d soon fix that.” He looked up the street. “You say this is my bus? Do you take it too?” "No, I live on the other side of town.” “Then good day to you, madam. Don’t worry. Those youngsters will be all right.” “Let us hope so. Good day to you, sir.” She watched the bus disappear, muttering, “And I was just going to tell them what a time me and the ol’ man had in Cork borrowing the money for our marriage license and passage over. Well, he'll laugh when I tell him.” She opened the door of the car. “I’m glad he left the machine unlocked so I can wait in it.” Preventing Covered Smut Loss Good insurance against reduced grain yields caused by covered smut is to treat winter barley or wheat seed before planting in the fall with an organic mercury dust. The cost of treating the seed amounts to about three or four cents an acre, a small price, compared with the loss of several bushels of grain per acre. flljlll Sugar Restrictions Prevent Solution Of Dessert Problems Mounds of creamy ice cream ride on top of peach halves set on squares of tasty, hot milk sponge cake. A dessert sauce made of the peach juice is a delightful foil for the fruit, ice cream and cake. Now that food rationing has loos ened up in most of the eatable goods, and we are once again able to get back on a prewar standard, cooking problems need not be pressing. However, in spite of this lifting of restrictions, we still have at least one major problem—that of sugar. Little relief is in sight right now, and the situation will probably pre vail tor some months. What « shall we do about '»] dessert? J Well, first of all ' there are fruits i which can be dished up in any number of per iecuy aengntiui ways. mere s whipped cream and ice cream, and, of course, sugar substitutes. One cup of sugar or less is a good rule to follow if you are using rec ipes calling for this sweet but scarce commodity. If your cake calls for 1% cups of sugar, use % cup of sugar with % cup of corn syrup. In this case you must use 2 table spoons less milk than the recipe calls for and 2 tablespoons of flour, additional. The fat scarcity also limits us to some extent on the baked goodies we want to make. That’s why sponge cake will be popular, as in this following recipe: Peach Sponge a la Mode. (Serves 8) Sponge cake 1 No. 254 can peach halves 1 quart vanilla ice cream Dessert sauce The cake used uses 4 eggs and is made with scalded milk to give it a fluffy texture: Sponge Cake. 2 cups sifted cake flour 54 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup milk, scalded 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 tablespoons butter, melted Sift flour and measure. Sift three times with salt and baking powder. Beat eggs with rotary beater until thick and lemon colored. Add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy. Fold in flour mixture, then milk, flavoring and melted butter. Fold until well blended. Pour into square cake pan lined with waxed paper. Bake in a moderate (350-degree) oven for 30 minutes. Cool in pans. Dessert Sauce. Liquid from peaches 2 teaspoons granulated sugar Remaining peach halves, chopped 54 cup salted almonds, slivered 1 tablespoon brown sugar Cook the peach liquid down to % cup. Stir in the granulated sugar Lynn Says: Make Meals Good: No family enjoys eating the same, same foods every meal. It’s a good idea not to repeat dishes more than once every three or four weeks. Even favorite foods get monoto nous when served too regularly. To get contrast in every meal, follow the basic seven charts to see that you get in all different types of foods. In planning a meal, have some things crisp, others soft, and still others hard. For example, meat can be the “soft” food, while broccoli or salad add the crisp ness, and rolls are the “hard” part. Try to combine colors, too. Cauliflower, potatoes and creamed chicken may all be good, but they don’t stimulate the appetite. However, consider the colorful ness of creamed chicken with french fried potatoes and peas with carrots. There should also be a com bination of hot and cold dishes. Even with a salad luncheon, the hot foods can be soup and coffee. Some cooked, some raw is an other good rule. Be sure to have a salad—a big one, too, if you are having roasted meat, cooked vegetables and pie or pudding, which are all cooked. Lynn Chambers’ Menu. Braised Liver with Vegetables Creamed Potatoes Celery Sticks Molded Plum-Pear Salad Com Sticks Honey •Open-Faced Apple Pie •Recipe given. and chill. Serve over the peach halves a la mode and top with nuts mixed with brown sugar. To serve, arrange a peach half on a square serving of cake. Top with ■ mouna oi ice cream and serve with the dessert sauce. If it’s apples you want, then you will like this pie which is easy on fat because it does not have to have a top crust. It uses an egg for richness and flavor: Open-Faced Apple Pie. (Serves 6 to 7) 3 cnps sliced apples (about 54 pound) 1 egg, well beaten 54 cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour 54 teaspoon cinnamon 54 teaspoon grated lemon rind 54 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons melted butter Plain pastry for I crust (about 1 cup flour) Line pie pan with pastry, building up the edge. Fill with sliced apples. Add remaining ingredients to beat en egg; beat well. Pour batter over apples. Bake in a hot (425-degree) oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Apples which are best to use in this type of pie are Rome Beauty or Macintosh. Black walnuts can lend a distinc tive flavor to pie when fruit supplies dip to a low during the cooler weath er as in this recipe: Black Walnut Pie. 2 cups milk 1 cup sugar 6 tablespoons flour 2 egg yolks 54 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 teaspoons butter 1 cup black walnuts Baked pastry shell Whipped cream Make a custard of the milk, sug ar, flour and egg yolks, cooking until thick in a double boiler. Add salt, vanilla and butter. Cool. Add nut meats and pour into a baked pastry shell. Let set and cool. Serve with whipped cream top-ping. This novel apple pie saves short ening by using just one crust. For delicious flavor and good, old-fash ioned heartiness, add an egg to the apple mixture. The old-fashioned puddings are al- | ways popular because of their mo- ! lasses sweetness and fragrant spices. Suet is usually used for the base, but one ( ^ of the fats may I be substituted if it is unavailable. Buttermilk is used to give that fluffy texture which is so appe tizing. Quaker Pudding. (Serves 10) 2)4 cups sifted flour 1)4 teaspoons soda )4 teaspoon salt )4 teaspoon nutmeg % teaspoon cinnamon 1)4 cups buttermilk 1 cup ground suet 1 cup molasses 1 cup raisins or other chopped dried fruit, or candied fruit % cup rolled oats Sift flour with soda and salt Add all other ingredients in order given and mix thoroughly. Pour into two one-quart greased molds. Cover and steam for 3 hours. Serve with Foamy or Orange sauce. Stuff green peppers with creamed chicken or turkey and rice. The pep pers should be parboiled first, and after stuffed, they may be heated for 10 minutes in a moderate oven. If you like stuffed green peppers, try them with a stuffing of corned beef hash mixed with onion. It’s mighty good. Like sweet potato pudding? One way to make it is to mash six cooked sweet potatoes with 6 ta blespoons butter, 2 tablespoons grated lemon rind and 1 cup of ' orange juice. Bane this mixture in a greased casserole in a moderate oven for 15 minutes. Released by Western Newspaper Union. • FOR GREATER COVERAGE—Advertise in THE GREATER OMAHA GUIDE Westfield, N. Y.—Nov. 1—Grape-picking time in New York State flndl grape picker Marian Nowak full of enthusiasm despite the fact thaf this year’s crop of the energy-laden fruit is small. New grower-ownei ship plan of The Welch Grape Juice Company is bringing prosperity b the whole region and the farmers are already planning a mammotl vintage fe«-t'»'-- _ _ MAIN STREET AFTER DARK (BY MOSS PRUITT) The party at the "Y” Monday was a good deal. Everyone that was there had a fine time. Among the crowd "'ere Johnetta W. Jean P( Helen W.t Ruth C., Skipper. Ev elyn B., Fred Lee, Barbara P., Clif ford R„ The Brown Sisters, Betty Smith, J. Smith, A. Carey, Bobby O. C. Marshall, Barbara B. P. Fox all, Barbara S, Donnie D., Billy G., Rubie W., Claude W., M. Curren, and others. We have a well known visitor in our fair city "Audrey” Henderson, better known ag "Yoke”. Armistice Day was a good deal to Donnis and his friends Hay Dick? Who was seen coming from the “Y” Monday carrying half of his clothes in his arms? Could it by any chance have been our long leg friend??? Is our great friend, D...still car rying the torch for Frank C or is it now for Kenny M. of Boystown? Hay D.??? Last week’s Glamour Girl Moss Pruitt is quite a “Boss Lady” as was told in last week's paper, but can she prove that she has been bossing anything. If so, let us know.C? Our friend B. S. is now engaged in a great “Task” with a Central Hi Freshman.” What can be to this really love or...well we won't say that, hey Brabara? K. 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He may even lose a little weight occasionally. The next week or a month later he may make larger gains. If he does not seem to be satis fied with the amount of food you give him, let him have more. He may not keep on eating as heartily, after a few days he may suddenly eat less. The chances are good that he knows better than you how much his stomach needs and can take care of. Usually when he is six to eight months of age, new foods are given first at the noon meal. It may be 1 possible that you are offering him i too much variety at noon. Dis ' tribute his foods to other meals, j cereal and fruit or custard at sup per. Egg and vegetable or a vege table may sometimes be given for supper either with or in place of his cereal, and milk at every meal. Babies like routine but a little variation is also welcome. student of Central High who is very much like Moss, likes the real hard-to-get he-man. So if you are har 1 a. m. 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