Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1930, Page 37

WOMAN'’S PAGE BEDTIME STORIES Black Pussy Grows Thin. Pho lacks for food will neer grow fat; Ou may be certain sure of that. ~—Black Pussy. Poor Black Pussy! She was growing thin, Each day saw her a little thinner than the day before. She wasn't her sleek, well cared for self at all. Her fur was becoming rough and unkempt. Farmer Brown's Boy noticed it. He .;-Me his mother’s attention to it. ‘Something seems Black Pussy, . “I don't remem- ber ever to have seen her so thin before.” “I've noticed it,” sald Mother Brown. *T've been trying to fatten her. She eats ellwngt;, mglgodnm tnglvgu llt:“n; night I pul a grea plate o €ood and a saucer of milk for her, and : BROWN DROVE BLACK )Y OUT OF THE PANTRY IN HURRY. every morning the dishes are licked clean.” Farmer Brown's Boy rubbed his nose thoughtfully. “You don't suppose that scamp Flip has been stealing her food, SR e r lool up when he bheard his name mentioned. The: Lh nothing further “No,” said Mother Brown, “I'm sure Flip hasn't been Bl kitchen, Black Pussy is good for her. I have fed her regu- ly every night. Of course, she has ad some scraps through the day, too. But she's always hungry and she is wing I think there must be something wrong with her.” “Meow!” said Black Pussy, coming up then, * ':’owltMeovl Please give By Thornton W. Burgess. the meantime, Jimmy Skunk was ing fatter and fatter. Never had such easy living. as Jimmy liked it. work for his food could eat with no trouble at all. Jimmy Skunk's point of view wonderful. FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLY MONROE. Oatmeal Muffins. One cake yeast, one-fourth cup luke- ‘warm water, three tablespoons sugar, two | tablespoons_ butter, one cup hot milk, one cup rolled oats, one-half cup whole wheat flour, one-half cup sifted white flour, one teaspoon salt. Boil the rolled oats and butter in milk one minute. Let stand until lukewarm. Dissolve yeast and sugar in lukéwarm water and combine the two mixtures. Add flour and salt and beat well. The batter should be thick enough to drop heavily from the spoon. Cover and let rise until light, about one hour, in a warm place. Fill greased muffin pans two-thirds full. Let rise about forty minutes, then bake twenty-five minutes in moderately hot oven. THE STAR’S - DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Plaited Flounce. Lightweight tweed in wine coloring makes this fascinating little frock. It is 50 suited for college wear, for spectator sports, travel and street, The tight-fitting skirt is released at the back through a youthful kilted plaited flounce that sways so smartly in_motion. ‘The bodice is given a peplum effect d belted . ‘They may be made de- tachable 50 as to be readily laundered. Style No. 927 is_designed for sizes ing 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches the | pust, You'll find the making of this dress t | with so much dash o entirely simple. Other equall; select are wool attractive fabrics to rsey in plain or knitted weave, crepy patterned woolen, canton crepe and flat crep: silk. Size 1 3% yards 39-inch with 1, yard 39-inch contrasting. For' a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. ‘We suggest that when you send for tled Bolled w and Potatoes Buttered Beets Rm;a;me Salad Apple 8 Lemon Sauce ee. FISH BALLS. Soak codfish in cold water 20 minutes. Drain and pick into . To one cup fish add two cups sliced raw potatoes, cut wz-!hml inch in u;'z:knen the water, mash in kettle in which they e, cg&ked and add one teaspoon of ter, one egg well beaten, one-eighth teaspoon and a few drops of onjon . Beat thoroughly and drop spoonfuls into deep fat. Cook until well browned, then drain on brown paper. Avold frying more than five at a time, as temperature of fat is too much reduced if more are added. Re- heat fat between fryings. These are real old-fashioned fish cakes. Egg sauce—Two eggs, one-half cup sugar, flavoring, pinch salt. Beat eggs till thick and lemon colored with egg beater. Then add salt and sugar (confectioner’s or granulated) gradually, while still beating. Flavor to taste. Serve immediately. CREAM CAKES. Break two eggs into a cup. an Magazine. copy should be in every home, for of course every woman wants to look her best without great expense, and this book points the way. Winter Capital Girl’s Lucky Day Fill up the cup with cream. Add one cup sugar, & pinch of salt, one teaspoon of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoon of soda sifted into two cups of flour. Bake in small tins or mufin pan. APPLE DUMPLINGS. Make a rich biscuit dough, the same as soda or baking powder biscuit, only adding a little more shortening. Take a piece of dough out on the molding board, roll out almost as thin as ple crust, then cut into square pleces large enough to cover an apple. Put into the middle of each two apple halves that have been pared and cored, sprinkle on a n of sugar and a pinch of mon, turn the ends of the dough over the apple and lap them tight. Lay the dumplings in a roasting pan, well buttered, smooth side upward. When pan is filled put a small plece of each, sprinkle quarters of an hour, Baste with the liquor - once while baking Serve with pudding sauce or cream and sugar, Lemon sauce—One cup o TlmEE candlest And each one & represents a year of joyous liv- ing. Little Jean Etta Davidson, of 815 Eye St., S. E., Washington, is a | typical Fig Syrup baby. Here is what her mother says: “My sister praised California_Fig Syrup very highly, so when Jean began having colds I got some for her. It opened her bowels quickly, made her rest easily at night. “I have used Fig Syrup with Jean for three years for every upset. 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