Curtain Tricks for
Problem Windows
When Yourinnords'
ore Crying the Blues
* P H K «m art plaid iq rtu ln s shown
* hcrcw 'th m utch the window
se n t and srv rrn l slip cover«, and
the wooden curtuin pole, rings und
draw cord m utch the dom inant
color in the pluid repeating the
color of «m ull cushions and lump
b a se. The window lets ¡n the m a x i
m um of light and you would never
g u e ss that originally it looked like
• p o stage «tump in the m iddle of
L e n te n
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a blunk w all. At first it seem ed
im p ossib le to curtain it because
fixtures could not be «crew ed to
m etu l c a se m e n ts or the plaster.
The built-in book sh elv es solved
that. A sp ace a foot w ide w as al
low ed at each «idc of the window
so that the curtains could hang
o v er the w all, and the painted
wooden pole w as then screw ed
to the sid es of the sh elv es. The
d ia g ra m show s this and how the
draw cord w as knotted so that the
cu rta in s could be pulled back and
forth.
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WHEN CONSTIPATION make« you feel
punk a« the dlcken«, brings on «tomadi
upset, «our taste, gassy discomfort,
take Dr. Caldwell’ s famous medicine
to quickly pull the trigger on lazy “ lo-
osrds” , and help you feel bright and
chipper again.
DR. CALDWELL’S la th« wonderful sen
na laxative contained in good old Syrup
Pspein to make it to easy to take.
MANY DOCTORS use pepsin prepara
tions in prescriptions to make the medi
cine more palatable and a«reeable to
take. So be sure your laxative is con
tained in Syrup Pepsin.
INSIST ON DR. CALDWELL’S— the fa
vorite of millions for 50 years, and feel
that wholesome relief from constipa
tion. Even finicky children love it.
CAUTION i Use only as directed.
DR. CALD W IUS
SENNA LAXATIVE
cowtaiHso ,N syrup PEPSIN
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T h e Q ueationa
1. In w hat y ea r did the Capitol
In W ashington, D. C., burn?
2. Through which country in
South A m erica does the equator
run?
3. Which is w ider at its w idest
point, N orth A m erica or South
A m erica?
4. What w as the nationality of
the m an who d ev ised the univer
sa l lan gu age, E speranto?
5. What is a lim ited edition of a
book?
6. What did Sarah Bernhardt
u se a s her m otto?
T h e A n a w era
1. In 1814 (during the War of
1812).
2. C olom bia.
3. South A m erica.
4. R ussian (D r. L. Z am enhof).
5. An edition of w hich the pub
lisher gu aran tees there w ill be no
m ore cop ies printed after the first
stip u lated a n d c o m p a r a t i v e l y
sm a ll am ount.
6. Quand memfe (In sp ite of a ll).
TM «II M e w CO.. U H «. MOTH. BIWLUHU I J, WS.
WHY BE FAT
Get s/immer
without exercise
You may I o m pounds and have a
more «lender, graceful fisure. No
exercising. N o laxative«. Nodrusa.
W ith thia A Y D S plan you don't
cut out any meal«. starches, po
tatoes. meals or b u tter, you «im
ply cut them down. I t • eailer
when you enjoy delicious (v ita
min fortified) A Y D S before meals.
Absolutely harmless.
r a larae Ns* box of AYDS. M -d a y supply only
25 M oney back on the very first box if you
1 I set results. Phone
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Y O U R F A V O R IT E D RUG C O U N TER
D o n 't ta lk —don't spread rumors. D o n't
cough—don't spread germs. Smith Bros.
Cough Drops, Black o r M enthol, are still as
soothing and delicious as ever—and they
still cost only a nickel.
SMITH BROS. COUGH DROPS
TRAD
'D elu xe Creamed Eggs
Broccoli Hashed Brown Potatoes
Jellied G rapefruit Salad
White Bread
Jam
Baked Fresh Pears
•Recipe given.
pepper, onion, catsup, salt and pep
per; m ix thoroughly. Refill whites
and arrange on rice. H eat m ilk and
add the 44 cup cheese. Remove from
heat, stir in the cheese until melts.
Pour over rice and bake in a slow
(325-degree) oven for 20 minutes.
Olive Rice Loaf.
(Serves 6 to 8)
1 teaspoon chopped onion
3 tablespoons butter or substitute
Klee Loaf Is a pretty loaf to serve
for Lent. It uses a combination of
good seasonings and spicy cheese
to make for plenty of appetite ap
peal.
If you’re observing Lent, you'll
have to concentrate on eggs, cheese
an d fis h . T h e s e
are all good, sub
stantial p r o t e in
foods with fine
flavors that can
be brought out
th r o u g h proper
cooking.
If menu-making
gets to be a bit rough, dig out all the
H e lp a lfa lfa , clovers and soybeans make
recipes you have on these three
g r e a t e r profits. In o c u la te the seed w ith
classes of food, and m ake up a
N I T R A G I N . Y o u give these crops more
week’s menus at a time, giving them
vigo r to grow faster, figh t weeds and
your best thought and care so foods
d ro u g h t, a n d m ake bigger yields o f rich
feed. Y o u h elp b u ild soil fe r tility . W it h don't grow monotonous.
o ut in o c u la tio n , legumes m ay be soil
As long as you are somewhat lim
robbers and th e ir gro w th stunted.
ited in the choice of a m ain entree,
INOCULATE A U ALFALFA, CLOVERS, 8 O Y - then use variety in your vegetables,
B IA N S , L IS P I D I Z A W IT H N IT E A O IN
salads and desserts.
Then, your
N I T R A G I N costs abo ut 10 cents an menus w ill be a? interesting as ever.
acre, takes a few m inutes to use. I t ’s
F irst, we start off with a round-up
the oldest in o c u la n t . . . w idely used
of egg dishes that w ill be super-
by farm ers fo r 4 5 years. Produced by
tra in e d scientists in a m o d ern labo ra delicious treats for the fa m ily . Re
tory. G e t N I T R A G I N , in the yellow member. eggs are cooked with gen
tle heat or they w ill become tough
can, fro m y o u r seed d ealer.
F » f f booklet« le ll how Io prow bettor cosh, feed
and leathery. That goes for eggs
onu soil building legum e*. W rite Io oddross below.
no m atter how they’re prepared—
scrambled, fried, poached or even
hard-boiled!
There is nothing monotonous about
eggs when they’re seasoned with
pimiento, parsley and lemon. T ry
this:
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pains
You can’t avoid exposure
r to wintry winds, driving rains, suddon
weather changes. But you cun relievo.—
I easily and quickly—the muscular aches
I and pains they causa. Just pat on Sloan’s
I Liniment and fool I t p e n e tra te in s ta n tly
I with warming, comforting relief.
Tired Aching Muscles • Sprains
^ S t l f f Joint» «Stroi ns • Bruises
!4 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup hot m ilk
54 pound processed Cheddar cheese,
shredded
14 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3 eggs
4 cups cooked rice
14 cup sliced stuffed olives
Parsley
1 can condensed tomato soup
Cook the onion in the butter or sub
stitute until tender. Place over hot
water.
Blend in
the flour, mustard
and salt. Add the
hot m ilk and cook,
stirring occasion
ally, until thick.
Add the cheese
and W o r c e s te r
shire sauce, and stir until the cheese
is melted. Slowly pour this cheese
sauce over the beaten eggs, stirring
constantly. Add the rice and sliced
olives. Place in a buttered loaf pan
which has been lined with waxed
paper.
Bake in a moderate (325-
degree) oven 1 hour and 10 m in
utes, or until firm. Unmold, garnish
with parsley and serve with tomato
sauce made by reheating the con
tents of the cream of tomato soup
can.
*D eluxe Creamed Eggs.
(Serves 4 to 6)
14 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons flour
1)4 cups m ilk
Salt and pepper
1 teaspoon minced parsley
2 tablespoons lemon Juice
)4 cup grated Am erican cheese
6 hard-cooked eggs
4 toast slices
Cook onion in small amount of fat
until soft and yellow. Add flour and
blend. Add m ilk
and cook slowly,
stirring constant
ly until thick and
smooth. Add salt,
pepper, parsley,
pimiento and lem
on Juice.
Heat.
Add cheese and
stir until melted.
A rrange egg
slices on hot buttered toast. Pour
over cheese sauce.
Sprinkle with
paprika and serve.
Rice, eggs and cheese, when com
bined together in proper proportion
make a mouth-watering dish that's
hearty enough to satisfy even the
men folk:
Rice ’n* Eggs.
(Serves 4)
)4 cup uncooked rice
4 hard-cooked eggs
)4 cup grated Am erican cheese
2 tablespoons minced pepper
1 teaspoon minced onion
2 tablespoons catsup
Salt and pepper
44 eup m ilk
44 cup grated Am erican cheese
Wash rice thoroughly.
Cook in
boiling, salted water until tender—
about 20 minutes. D rain and rinse.
Place in shallow baking dish. Halve
eggs lengthwise.
Remove yolks;
mash; add the *4 cup cheese, green
Lynn Says:
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4 tab lespo on s flo u r
Cook Vegetables Correctly: Po
tatoes are richest in vitam ins and
minerals right underneath their
skins. I f you must peel them,
pare paper thin. Don’t soak in
water. Or. when baking, bake
slowly to m ake them mealy.
Turnips should not be showered
with water. Cook in salted water
until tender and serve as is or
mashed and seasoned.
Cook cabbage in one inch of
water for 8 to 10 minutes if you
want it at its best. It w ill be ten
der-crisp and delicate in flavor.
Carrots need little water for
cooking, just one inch. To save
vitam ins and m inerals near the
skin, pare thin, or better still,
scrape no more than skin deep.
Before cooking parsnips, re
move the tough, woody core.
Quarter or slice and cook in one
Inch of boiling, salted water.
That Got Him
Joan—Why did your cousin quit
his job as riveter? W as it too
n oisy tor him ?
J a sp e r —Oh, he didn’t m ind the
n oise of the rivetin g, but the fel-
' low n e x t to him hum m ed inces-
I sa n tly i
S om e folks n ever stop to think;
there are others who n ever think
to stop.
Slip Up?
A m an who had been stopping at
a fashionable hotel w a s paying his
bill. H e looked up at the girl c a sh
ier and asked w hat it w as she
had around h er neck.
“ A ribbon, of c o u r se ,” sh e said.
“ W hy?”
" W ell,” he replied, " everything
e lse is so high around here that I
thought perhaps it w as your b elt.”
Fer cough sad threat irritation» rg«wlf-
iag from cold» e r «making, m.Ilion» u t t
COUGH LOZENGES
Really soothing because th e y ’re
really medicated. E ach F 4 F
Cough Lozenge gives your throat
a 15 minute soothing treatment
that reaches all the way down. .. be
low the gargle line. Only 10^ box.
SN A PPY FACTS
ABOUT
RUBBER
L e t’s Go!
Jasper—I am not myself tonight.
Joan—Then we ought to have a good
time.
Had Sowed
T he visitor going around the
penal settlem en t ca m e upon a con
v ict m aking sack s.
"Good afternoon,” said the v isi
tor. " S ew in g?”
“ N o ,” w a s the reply. " R eap
in g .”
L ittle boy (w ho had been sent to
dry a tow el before a g r a te )—“jOh,
M am a, w ill it be done when it ’s
brow n?”
What Could They B e?
A sm a ll girl w a s entertaining
h er m oth er’s visitor. "H ow ’s your
little g irl? ” she asked.
" I’m sorry to say, m y d ear,
that I h aven ’t a little g ir l.”
" H ow ’s your little b oy?”
"I h aven ’t a little boy, eith er.”
"T hen w hat are you rs?”
The first use of motor truck« — and
that mean« rubber tire»— by the
U. S. Army In active campaign«
occurred during the Punitive Expe
dition Into Mexico In 1916. About
8 00 motor vehicle« were in use on
the Mexican border.
B. F. Goodrich's latest analysis
of
the
rubber
situation
shows that after the w ar
annual potential rubber pro
duction of the world should
bo 2,800,000 long tons. This
is more than twice the
amount of rubber used by
the entire world in 1941, the
record year, when consump
tion totaled 1,300,000 long
tons.
N o D ou b t
“What's up—has she turned you
down ?”
-She has.”
“Rough luck, old man—but don’t
lake it to heart too much. A woman's
‘No’ often means ‘Yes.’ ”
“She didn't say ‘No’ — she said
‘Rats!’ ”
At the Beginning
T he m ed ical officer felt that he
w as not getting straight an sw ers I
from the recruit, who seem ed not
to know w hat illn e sse s he had had
in th e past.
"W ell, tell m e the h ea v iest you
h a v e ev er w eigh ed ,” the M. O.
su g g ested .
"One hundred forty pounds,”
the recruit answ ered.
T he M. O. m ad e a note.
"And the lig h te st? ” snapped
the M. O.
L et a little Vicks VapoRub melt on
" S even pounds, sir ,” replied the
the tongue. Works fine, to soothe sore
recruit, w ithout blinking an e y e
throat due to colds and helps relieve
lid.
irritation in upper breathing passages.
To Ease Spasms of Coughing:
Salad is a good choice when you
want to m ake use of cottage cheese
for your m ain dish. Serve it with
fresh, seasonable vegetables and
tangy, french dressing.
Oysters are delightful for adding
v ariety to the diet. In this recipe
they are baked and seasoned with
spicy foods to give them the name
of Mexican.
Baked Oysters, Mexican Style.
(Serves 5 or 6)
1 quart oysters
54 cup catsup
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
54 teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
54 cup grated Am erican cheese
1 tablespoon butter or substitute
To the catsup, add the Worcester
shire sauce, salt and pepper. Place
the oysters in a buttered casserole
or baking dish, cover with the cat
sup m ixture, sprinkle with cheese
and dot over with butter. Bake in
a moderate (350-degree) oven un
til cheese is melted and oysters are
curled. Serve with slices of sweet
pickie.
Gems of Thought
A m a n ’s nature runs either to
herbs or w eed s; therefore,
le t him season ab ly w ater the
one, and destroy the other.—
B acon.
/ u-ent to bitter lanes and dark,
Who once had known the sky,
To carry them a dream—and found
They had more dreams than I.
—MARY CAROLYN DAVIES.
T h ere is nothing in the world
so m uch adm ired as a m an
w ho know s how to bear unhap
p in ess w ith cou rage.—Sen eca.
The b est brand of con versa
tion is m ad e up of good se n se ,
truth, good hum or and a dash
of w it.
P ut a good spoonful o f VapoRub in a
bowl o f boiling water. Wonderful relief
comes as you breathe in the steaming
medicinal vapors that penetrate to
cold-congested upper breathing pas
sages . . . soothes the irritation, quiets
fits of coughing, helps dear head.
For Added Relief, rub VapoRub on
throat, chest, back. L et its famous
double-action keep m m
on w orking
hours as you sleep. ▼ V A P O R U 8
Keep the Battle Rolling
With W ar Bonds and Scrap
P ain smacks v
COLD MISERY
Cheese and Tom ato Rarebit.
(Serves 4 or 5)
2 cups canned or stewed tomatoes
1 cup grated cheese
54 sm all grated onion
1 green pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons shortening
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
M ix tomatoes, cheese, onion juice
and chopped pepper. M elt the short
ening in a double boiler, add the
m ixture and when heated, add the
well-beaten eggs. Cook until eggs
are of creamy consistency, stirring
and scraping from bottom of pan.
Serve on toast.
Fish Stuffing.
2 cups dry bread crumbs
54 cup melted bacon drippings or
other fat
54 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
Pepper to taste
Few drops of onion juice
54 cup chopped celery
M ix ingredients in order given.
This makes a dry, crumbly stuffing.
Get the most from your meat! Get
your meat roasting chart from Miss
Lynn Chambers by writing to her in
cure of Western Newspaper Union, 210
South Desplaines Street, Chicago 6, III.
Please send a stamped, self-addressed
envelope for your reply.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Sen-Gay
e F eel the soothing warmth of B e n -G a y ...a s it goes to
work, relieving those cold sym ptom s.Doctors know about
the two famous pain-relieving agents in Ben-Gay—methyl
salicylate and menthol. Ben-Gay contains up to 2 V2 tim es
more of these ingredients than five other w idely offered
rub-ins. For fast relief, get genuine quick-acting Ben-Gay.
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