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fn 3 i: HAN ES Is [ ef Th The jam aid jell 'aren't here yet, but Jong now, the'way the weeks' seem to fairly whiz br. So a few hints and recipes along this line might: be worth publishing, 'making seasons worth your citing out and saving - 100. For whay, is .more satisfying, when: cold weather comes again, than to have a cupboard, or shelves, well stocked with jams and jellies the real "home-made" kind? Of course, you wait to be sure that your jams and jellies will 'be elear 'and bright in color .. . fresh In flavor . . . and "set" just -the _ way you want them. There's no fun in a failure! That's one of the big reasons why more and more wom- en each year are coming to depend , on commercial fruit pectin for their Jam and jelly making. Another reason is the grand time-saving that fruit pectin effects. With fruit .pectin--either the bottled or crys- tal kind--you can depend on sure results, every time. All you need to do, is folldw exactly the printed Instructions. Of course, any good cook will immediately see an a lditional ad- vantage of the "short-boil" method. Because of the short bailing time all the deliciously fresh flavour of the fruit is retained . . . the fresh colour is retained, too. 3 : * * .¥ Bottled and c.ystal pectin are natural fruit pectin, in concentrated form, By using them you are able "to jell all fruits--even those which were once thought to be poor jell- ing fruits. You can use your fruits at their rich-flavored, rich-colored, fully-ripe best. An it is unneces- sary to "boil down" the fruit or juice. Best of all, the uncertainty 1s taken out of jam or jelly making --ithere's no testing for "done-ness" or no fear of your jams or jellies not setting. * * +i STRAWBERRY JAM | 4 cups (2 lbs.) prepared fruit -7-cups (3-1bs.) sugar. 14 hpttle liquid fruit pectir To prepare fruit. Cru: complete- ly -one layer at a time, about 2 quarts fully, ripe berries. (If desir- ed, sieve half of pulp.) Measure 4 cup. pulp into large sauc.pan. To make jam. Add sugar-to fruit: in saucepan and mix well. Place over high heat, bring to a full roll- ing boil and boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and at once stir in liquid fruit pectin. Then stir and skim by turns for 5 minutes to cool slightly, to 'prevent floating fruit. Ladle quick- - Ir into "glasses. Paraffin at once. Makes about 10 six-ounce glasses it won't be «| we ETRE SUEY 1 ests 3 SE Sana ' ' {IAEA $V FE EY FR rah x5 I AS taal A a TL | "oughly about 134 pounds fully ripe currants..Add half cup water; bring *to a boil. Crush thoroughly about 1% quarts fully. ripe raspberries, and squeeze out juice. .. ~To make the jelly. Measure « sugar and juice into large saucepan; mix. Bring to a boil over high heat, and at once add liquid fruit pectin, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard one minute. Remove from heat, skim, pour quickly into glasses, Paraffin and cover. Makes about. 11 six- -ounce-glasses, : * * * ~ GOOSEBERRY JELLY i cups (234 bs.) juice 7 cups (3 lbs.) sugar 1 box powdered fruit pectin To "prepdfe juice, crush thor- Sughly or-grind about 4% lbs. or 3 quarts fully ripe gooseberries. Add one cup water, bring to a boil and' simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Place fruit in- jelly cloth or bag and squeeze out - juice. (If 'there is a slight shortage of juice, add small amount of water to pulp in jelly cloth and i Measure sugar into dry dish and -set aside until needed, Ifeasure juice into a 5 to 6-quart saucepan and place over hottest heat. Add powdered fruit pectin, mix well and contihue stirring until mixture comes to a hard boil. At once pour in" sugar, stirring constantly, Con- "tinue stirring, bring to a full rolling boil, 'and boil hard half minute, Remove from heat, skim, pour Makes about fluid "ounces each). : * * + CUCUMBER MARMALADE 214 cups preparei cucumber 314 cups (174 lbs) sugar 1 box powdered fruit: pectin 14 cup lemon juice 12 glasses ¢ rind To prepare the cucumber. Peel bers. Chop very fine or grind. Mea- sures 214° cups. into a large sauce- pan. To make the marmalade. sure sugar and set 'aside. Place saucepan holding cucumber over high heat. Add powdered fruit pecs tin, lemon juice, and rind and stir until mixture comes to a hard boil. At. once stir in smgar. Bring to a full rolling boil and hoil hard one minute, stirring constantly. Remove --from- heat, then rtir--and-skim----by to prevent floating particles. Ladle * * * v= RED RASPBERRY JAM "4 cups (2 lbs.) prepared fruit 614 cups (037) 1bs.) sugar 14 bottle liquid fruit pectin To prepare fruit." Crush thos: oughly about two quart: fully ripe berries. (If desired sieve half of pulp to remove some of seeds.) Measure: 4 cups into large saucepan. - To make jam . Add sugar. to fruit. in saucepan and 'mix well. Place over high heat, bing to a full roll- ing boil and boil: hard one minute, "stirring constantly. Remow..- from heat and at once stir in liquid fruit - pectin, "hen stir and skim by turns for five minutes to cool slightly, to prevent floating fruit. Ladle quickly into glasses. Paraffin at once. Makes about 10 six-ounce glasses. * "- * RED RASPBERRY AND . CURRANT JELLY 414 cups (214 1bs.) juice 7 cups (3 lbs.) sugar * 14 bottle liquid fruit pectin To prepare. juice Crush thor- Note--If désired a few drops of green coloring may be added while mixture is coming to a boil. Lis SE * 3 "STRAWBERRY MARMALADE 4 cups (2% lbs.) prepared fruit 7 cups (3 lbs.) sugar 14 bott'e liquid frui* pectin To prepare the fruit. Remove ~gkins-in--quarters--from 1 medium- "sized orange and 1 medium-sized femon. Lay- quarters flat; shave off and discard about half of white part. With a sharp knife or scissors slice remaining rind very fine. Add V4 cup water-and-4- teaspoon: soda; bring to a boil and simmer, cov- ered, 10 minutes, stirring occasion- ally. Cut off tight skin of peeled fruit and slip' palp out of each section. Add pulp and juice to un- drained cogked rind and simmer covered, 20)\minutes longer. Crush fruits and /measure 4: cups into a very lar, saucepan. To ke the marmalade. Add sugar to™Mraiit in saucepan and mix well. Place over high heat, bring to He, XA, Umi A 1 '1 EI 37 rool lly COP rin (3; J J Threads Her Way Through Constifution=Ann Neceki, wend, will have used more than 124 000 yards of thread and put in 200 hours of labor when she finishes sewing the more than 10,000 words of the Constitution. Model Anne Manco,' 20, of Rome, Italy, watches the demonstration of sewing-machine skill-at an Italian manufacturers' fair_held at Grand Central Palace. rl Place fruits in jelly cloth or 'bag quickly. Paraffin hot jelly at once. 1 to 2 tablespoons gr ted lemon "about 2 pounds--fully---ripe-cucum- Mea- | turns for 5 minutes to cool slightly, quickly into glasses. "Paraffin. at once. Makes about --six__6-ounce glasses. To an Mew )Playelothes 4 able to take. it. . sail. r : ° for playclothes: that provide . front and back only. easy washing and ironing. take it all summer long. smart silhouette. ~ <-- Pop-over shirt in. express stripes has a V-shaped turtle- neck yoke. Shirt is worn with tapered pedal pushers for smart overall line. < .BY EDNA MILES THE. playclothes in your summer wardrgbe should be They should, that is, be in a fabric sturdy enough to stand up to really "hard wear, to go through countless launderings and come out looking trim as a top- 2 They should' also 'be: in a fabric thats sanforized. so that it won't shrink into something fit only for a midge. Once these basic: requirements are well in mind, look money with the maximum in comfort-and 'freedom-of- . action, You'll find many such clothes this year; designers have gone all-out to do sun fashions that are different, that are flattering, that hide figure defects. The skort, for instance, is' a newcomer inden the sun. Sure fire for girls who want toslim the hipline, it's really a part-skirt that buttons across each hip, revealing shorts Further, the skort opens up flat for In sanforized blusurf denim," '| worn with matching, tailored bra; this. is a fashion that can' The pop-over shirt, ont the length of a man's shirt, and given tapered sleeves, is another sun fashion that's sturdy when it's done in express stripes. Given a V-shaped turtle- neck yoke and' worn with tapered pedal pushers, it has a oy -- the. most fashion for our This denimv skort, a com- --> bination skirt-and-short, mini- mizes hiplines. . Part-skirt but- tons across each hip, revealing shorts front and hack anlv. a full" rolling boir znd boil hard one' minute, stirrings constantly, Remove from heat and at once stir in liquid fruit pectin. 'Ghen stir and skim by turns for 5 minutes, to cool slightly, to prevent floating fruit, Ladle . quickly - into glasses. Para- fin at once. Makes abowt 10- six- "ounce glasses, : * * * ge PEACH MARMALADE - 4 cups .(2 lbs.) prepared fruit 7% cups (3 lbs.) sugar 1 bottle liquid fruit pectin - To. prepare fruit, Remove skins. in quarters from one orange and ~onec-lemoit. Eay quarters flat; shave | off ahd discard dbout half of white part. With a sharp knife, slice re- "maining rind very fine, Add 34 cup water and 1-16 teaspoon soda: "bring to a boil and simmer, cov- 't---ered, for ten minutes, stirring oc- _casionally. Cut off tight skin of peeled. fruit and slip pulp out of each section. Add pulp, juice and 2 tablespoons lemon juice to un- drained cooked rind and simmer, --covere!, 20 minutes longer. Peel and pit about 1%; pounds soft ripe -peaches. Chop very fine. Combine fruits and 'measure 1 cups into "large saucepan, To make HE Add sugar oe to fruit in caucepan and mix well. "Place ' over high heat, --a full rolling boil and boil hard one minute, 'stirring constantly. . Remove .from heat and. at once stir in liquid fruit pectin, Then stir andeskim dy turns for five minutes to, cool slightly, to_prevent. floating fruit. "Ladle quickly into glasses. Paraffin at once. Makes about: 11 'six- ounce La Modern Etiquette 3 a. __How does one write a * formal acknowledgment to a wed-, ding invitation? A. rite on the first page_of a sheet of note paper, and address to the parents of the girl in whose name the invitation . was issued: "Mr. and 'Mrs. Henry 'W. South accept with pleasure Mr. and Mrs. John Philip Smith's kind invitation to the wedding and reception of th- their daughter on Tuesday, the cighteenth of November." Q. Is it proper for a host and hostess, who are having a number of guests at dinner in their home, to offer a prayer before beginning the meal? > A. This is perfectly all right. Q. How should a woman intro- 'duce her new daughter-in-law to a friend? A. "Mrs, daughter, Q. Isn't it good manners to com- Smith, this is my new Bob's wife." ment on the food your hostess has prepared for you? "A. Don't be too profuse shout this. A brief word of praise may be spoken to the hostess for a par- ticularly 'attractive or delicious dish. thank your host and hostess profusely for the food implies that you came solely to eat. It is not ~hecessary- . praise of any social favor; in fact, it i8'ill-bred. ; Q. What is a good expression for a guest to use when taking leave of his hostess after an evening of entertainment in her home? .... A. "Goodnight, Mary (or, Mrs. Green); we have had a most delight- ful evening," or, "thank you for a very pleasant evening." Q. I have a figured lamp I wish to place in front of a picture win- dow, Should it face toward -the living room or the outside? A. The decoration should face the living room. Q. What is the proper procidure when a man and woman enter. any public or private vehicle? A. The woman always precedes her male escort when entering any "vehicle, and he assists her, The woman seats herself at the farther side of the seat, unless there is a bring to - - one play the appropriate music at "fly will travel up to 12 miles from tobe extravagant ig WIELD STRAWBERRIES --From Countryman's Year, by Haydn S. Pearson MR. WEBSTER defines the strawberty us "the" juicy, edible, usually red fruit of a genus (Fragaria) of rosaceous plants." strawberries this summarily is less than justice. To William dismiss wild Butler was nearer the correct degree of enthusiasm when he remarked, "Doubtless " God could have 'made a better berry, but doubtless God never did. When the gallant Duke of Gloucester, later. Richard the Third, was discussing coronation plans with his lords, it is reported from no less a source than Shakespeare' s Richard III that he asked the Bishop of 9 Fly to send for some of them from his garden in "Holborn, & ----'Ph¢ countryman ~ looks ahead to" several: generous messes. I'here's = something about wild-striwberry time that ets it apart as a special season on the calendar, Those who live in the country dufdhy the spots where they grow 'best; on the sunny slopes of upland.pastures, on the grassy banks of ravines, in. the upper mowing ficlds, and along the south sides of stone walls, Where a' few weeks ago there was a prefusion of white flowers with golden centers, now the tiny fruits are pointed in shape and deep crimson in color. No matter how pressing. the farm work, the countryman can spare an hour or. two. With two-quart lard pails for containers, he is glad to do the picking? Of course when the pails are full, he is happy to turn them over to Mother and the girls for hilling. The point is: he knows that 'about a pint of the red nuggets, well crushed and poured over a couple of genergusly buttered homemade biscuits in a soup plate, will be. waiting _ for him when he comes in from the evening chores. of fields and forest. The countryman, facing his heaped -plate with understandable anticipation, is certain they are the best of Nature's- many free gifts $30,000 Chessmen + chess - men of many countries. .as owner of "during the war-time blitzes, So Mr. special reason for another arrange- ment, , : Q. Is it necessary to have some- py a house wedding, or is a record player in good taste? A. The record player is in quite good taste, and is proving very "popular at today's "home weddings. Q. Is it good manners ever to take bread at the table with the fork? A. 'Never, under any stances, is it permissible ~to-- bread with the fork. circuni- lift -- How Far Does A Fly Fly? Scientists attached to the public health service in Cincinatti, Ohio, have just discovered the answer to this question. They subjected hun- . dreds of flies to' radio-activity. And ~they discovered. that a fly often wanders for cight miles to find food... x hs ETAT et That was 1a the United States. In Britain it has.been found that a its place of origin. How did the scientists establish the flies' iden- tity? The insects were first put into a box and a quantity of very fine red powder was sprayed down on them. When all were well coloured they were released. Before starting to fly; most of the insects settled down for a good clean up, but none could get rid of all the red grains, "So identifi- cation_Jaten, on was_easy.. Other fly rescarch in Britain shows that in thé open. air a fly rarely flies more than ten or twelve feet aljove the ground. And flies in, America are never seen above (he -- raucously, and then-he sings. seriously. first -storey of a skyscraper. " Catbird. in The Apple Tree l-. One thing about the catbird: he insists that this'is a good world in "which to be alive, but he does so with a sense of proportion. He doesn't just ._go - around "Goody, my happy song!" He looks before he sings, and: he rasps out a few snarls just to sce who iss edgy enough to jump, and he laughs has talent, high talent, but he re- fuses to play the artiste. He doesn't demand the topmost branch hefore he can utter a note. He doesn't sit around waiting for five minutes just after sunrise. He sings anywhete any tine, particularly if he is half- way sure of a human audience. The catbird is one-of the Mimi- rae or mimics, and his family inc cludes mockingbirds and thrashers. The thrashers, particularly the brown thrashers, take their music The nrockinbird is also serious about singing, but he lacks any fine sense of discrimination. But the cithird is a rowdy, a mock- ingbird with-a Yankee twang and a" rattcous sense of humor, He has as mach music in his throat=as any of his -cousins, but: he has different ideas in his head. to him, is something to he with, jazzed up, tricked "out, died, laughed at. Life is too short for him to be serious, as the brown "thrasher is serious, about one or two melodies, Life is full of melo- dies waiting for somchody to give them the cathird treatment, We quite A sang plaved paro- can do with that approach, -partitutarty ona bright; sunny day It's a good world and the, in May. catbird knows it; but he has an in- nate sense. of proportion, which 1s one of the most refreshing quali- ties there is in bird or man. From The New York. Times. _singing,_. |. glass, goody gumdrop, listen to ~ He Up For Auction Set by set "the world's biggest collection "is being sold in London. Foreign buyers, snapping up rare specimens, are gradually depleting the original total of nearly 15,000 ¢liessmen--including over 400 complete sets made by the crafts- Watching the dispersal of - this army. of chessmen is the man who spent 35 years in building it up; stocky, 63-year-old London . busi- nessman, Mr, Alex Hammond. His original idea was tolbequeath. the fot to the British Museum, but owing to present-day taxation he couldn't afford the gesture. Mr. Hammond is an ex-champion turned collector. Taking up" chess as a young man, he was several times champion, of Buckingham- shire. Then he fell victim to the. fascination of period chess pieces --and half a lifetime later emerged - the world's largest collection and author of a standard work on the subject. . Worth well over $30,000, his. chess rarities were often in danger Hammond had "a brainwave. Ie bought two dozen metal dustbins, filled them with "sand, and packed his treasured chestmen inside, Des- pite narrow squeaks, they survived without a casualty. Fish, mandarins and -mice appear as chessmen'in an assortment 'which includes exquisite pieces 'carved for Eastern princes and chess char- acters from history. There ares examples fashioned in Venetian bone, _ bronze, ivory. and wood. Giants of the Oriental sets in which pieces stand more i collection the than a Tare major foot ! tish _ trouble. -pendence for his people. alabaster, _|_. high. In contrast are the simple, rounded Mohammedan chessmen, made as mere symmetrical shapes "to-conform-to-the-Moslem injunc-- -- : "§16n 'against handling images. The ° earliest sets are oki 300 years old. : In a fine Delhi set gl 1790, chess- men representing troops of the Bri- 'East "India Company face chessmen natives. A relic of the 'Franco-Prussian war is one in which likenesses of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie confront - Mil Ham, Kng of © Prussia, and" his' queen, A set aide dng the last war, with which Mr, Hammond has now parted, has Mr, Churchill, President Roosevelt, Stalin and Goering among the chessmen, I] CU One nineteenth century set was carved by a Chinese craftsman with a sense of humour, at a time of trouble in the Treaty Ports. One chess side is of Chinese, the other of British Marines, Each marine " figurd grasps a cutlass in ong hand and an "order of the day" in the other, because troops had to obtain written authority before carrying arins to quell riots! - Are Big Dolidemen "Out-of-date'" Now? Mr, Constable of Newcastle-on-Tyne, states that the massive, mountain ous policeman of "the: present day is ont of date, and that*the efliciency of the force would be increased by compact, physically + conditioned men about 5 ft. 6 in, tall." This will, of course, increase the ego of the many millions of short men_in the country. History has proved that short men are danger- ous... They suffer from an infer- jority complex and are always caus- ing trouble. Alexander the Great, Caesar and Napoleon were.all short." So were Hitler and Mussolini. Pierre Laval was very short, Semetimes the kind 6f trouble they cause is the right for instance, was constantly hitting out at injustice; Gandhi's lack of inches did not prevent him: frony being instrumental in gaining inde- And be- cause short men sually have a great" deal of ¢€nergy, they make good military leaders. Frederick the Great, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Roberts all' measured less than average height, MERRY MENAGERIE do "ed 6:26 Whe Disney "Just out of curlosity, Mom . . J Are you standing up or sitting down?" "Chum -Chummy--Probably:the only Marine able to do the native folk dance, "Chum," is Staff Sgt. Raymond Harlem, left." The 23-year-old leatherneck decided to learn while on liberty from .a nearby airbase, so he'joined in the fun with a group of Korean dillagers. By Arthur Pointer HE GO IT'§ TIME FOR HIS Z I. I. Crawley, former Chief . sort 'of Little Mayor La Guardia, ° p-- ros [8