THE CENTRE
Pa.. and Santa Claus, Ind.
forwarded to postoffices
have educational
Don’t ask the nearest child ex-
pert, but hand it to a youngster,
who'll probably think up more
instructive ways to use it than
its inventor ever imagined. And
helped manufacturers select
Christmas.
The ‘laboratory’
it white hey play.
an elaborate questionnaire,
ical or scientific activity.
Little rubber automobiles, says
ty to blocks. She's astounded by the
elaborate kinds of dramatic play
DRESSMAKING—This dress de-
signing “game” is being tried out
runs under sponsorship of New
York university and the Child Study
toy to its practical testing paces.
but they're notably
that children build around the cars:
“Sometimes a child travels all
around the world with them. Often
he will recreate a trip he's taken
in the family car. Sometimes he'll
play detective and chase gangsters
and sometimes he’s a taxicab
driver.”
Miss Rifkin finds that toy automo-
biles, like toy soldiers, help a child
get the surplus energy out of his
system. And both appeal to his in-
stinct for collecting.
mind.
One mother, she says, believed
militant tendencies would be fos-
tered if her child were allowed to
play with toy soldiers. So she for-
bade them, but instead the child col-
lected bottle tops, lined them up in
military formation and shot them
down by cocking his finger.
Miss Rifkin says it’s all “pretend”
anyway. ‘Even a child old enough
only a game.”
Hitler's Toys Outsold
By Chamberlain Dolls
Neville Chamberlain-with-an-um-
brella, the “appeasement” prime
minister who
claims to have
kept Europe out
of war last year,
has become such
a popular toy with
British young-
sters that the
German toymak-
ers, whose peace
he “preserved,”
are griping. The
Reich’s doll man-
ufacturers claim
their exports to
London have ‘col-
lapsed because
Mr. Chamberlain-
with-an- umbrella
is the No. 1 fa-
vorite toy on the
British isles.
Many other ‘men
of destiny’ have
been made into dolls this year.
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Joyous Christmas
Was Frowned on
By Early Settlers
The joy and singing now associat
ed with Christmas was once for-
bidden by ultra-pious churchmen of
Puritan England. Their disciples
who founded New England carried
the same repressions for many gen-
erations,
In the middle ages Christmas be-
came the greatest of festivals, cele-
brated with fetes, nativity plays and
general jollity. Many of our rollick-
ing carols date back to this gay pe-
riod of yule rejoicing.
Such pomp and merriment
marked the Christmas of Shake-
speare's England, when a 12-day
festive period was observed. Work
was abandoned and young and old
gave themselves over to merry-
making.
The Puritans frowned upon the
pleasures of the season, however,
so in 1644 Parliament prohibited any
festivities and ordered the day kept
as a fast,
Foreign Parties Are Fun
For your New Year's eve party,
why not plan one that is foreign in
flavor? Whether
you like to sway
to the rhythm of
the rhumba, or
prefer swing,
you'll find a rhum-
ba party with a
menu of Cuban
delicacies, full of
charm for your ¢ .
guests, : \
There are all { i tS
sorts of amusing, LL hn
inexpensive fa- ed 1940
authentic
vors to give an note
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tle pottery dolls
dressed in Ci
noisemakers, a pair of maracas,
those gourd-like rattles filled with
figures and
uny
to emphasize the beat of
the music,
be
that
Refreshments, too,
tinctly Cuban. A
can
dish
a
lo. With rolled sandwiches an
plenty cf coffee, you have a deli-
cious, satisfying supper
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strong
if you
fear of
later.
that
ed coffee needs a
deca
rich flavor.
An Italian “Help-Yourself'' party
idea for informal enter.
—egpecially you plan
a crowd. Cover tables with
wrapping paper in place of
or use coarse cotton table-
cloths in red and white checks.
when
to have
brown
In the center of each table place
a wooden bowl of fruit,
later, as dessert.
Vegetable S
Italian Spaghettl,
(Serves 8)
1 can imported Italian tomatoes
(large)
1 can tomato
cup water
teaspoon soda
Salt and cayenne pepper to tasle
3% cup olive oil
1 clove garlic (grated)
1% large onions (sliced)
1 cup parsley (chopped)
1% pounds ground meat (beef,
pork and veal)
1 package spaghetti
mately 8 ounces.)
1 cup grated Italian
(bulk preferable)
Strain tomatoes,
paste, waler,
2
1s
(approxi-
cheese
add tomato
wia, salt and pepper.
(Extra Strength)
Use 1% heaping tablespoons cof-
pint) of water.
od desired.
coffee, drip grind,
rounded tablespoon instead of heap-
ing tablespoon.
Arroz Con Pollo.
{Chicken with rice)
Cut a chicken into small pieces
and wipe dry. Melt % cup butter or
other fat in a saucepan and fry the
chicken and a cup of diced sliced
ham, uncooked, until golden brown.
tomato paste, half a dozen small
olives, a teaspoon of chopped pars-
ley and salt to taste. Then add %
cup of rice. Brown the rice lightly,
stirring constantly. Then add 1 cup
of boiling water and cook slowly, in
a casserole in the oven, keeping
der and rice is done.
Vegetable Salad Bowl.
1 head lettuce (cut in wedges)
Raw spinach leaves (coarsely
chopped)
1 cucumber (peeled and sliced)
1 green pepper (cut in rings)
1 bunch radishes (sliced)
Onion (cut in very thin slices)
Prepare vegetables and dry thor-
Chill. Place
all the vegetables in a salad bowl
and toss together with well-seasoned
french dressing. Serve at once.
Garlie Bread.
Slice French, Italian, or white
bread in thick slices to, but not
through, the bottom crust. Crush
one clove of garlic. Add to % cup
of butter and heat over a low flame
for about 5 minutes. Strain out the
garlic. Brush slices and top of the
bread with the garlic butter. Heat
in a moderately hot oven (375 de.
grees) for about 15 minutes. Serve
at once.
Rolled Sandwiches,
Cut fresh bread in thin, even
slices. Trim off crusts. Spread with
soft butter or with any desired fill-
ing. Roll and fasten with toothpicks.
Place sandwiches in a deep pan,
and cover with a cloth wrung out of
hot water (this must not touch the
sandwiches). Let stand for 15 min.
utes. Just before serving, tuck a
sprig of watercress into one end
of each sandwich, for garnish, and
remove the toothpicks.
frying pan
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add garlic, onions
through. b the above two
and simmer about two
Stir frequently.
Meanwhile, cook spaghetti until
tender in large quantity boiling wa-
ter (salted). Serve tomato sauce
Serve very hot.
Coming, Next Week!
All this talk about entertaining
this way and that, and not a word
so far about planning parties for
the younger members of the fam-
ily! Something must be done
about that right away-and next
week Eleanor Howe will do it—
with an entire column devoted
to young people's parties.
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You'll find lots of recipes for holi-
day entertaining in the specially pre-
pared leaflet “Holiday Recipes,” by
Eleanor Howe. You'll find old fa-
vorites, and brand new recipes, 100,
for Christmas cakes and cookies,
plum puddings, and confections. To
receive your copy of this leaflet,
send 10 cents in coin to “Holiday
Recipes,” care of Eleanor Howe,
919 North Michigan Avenue, Chi-
cago, Illinois.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Frequent Cleaning Is
Protection for Woodwork
Interior woodwork finish will last
longer and look better if subjected
to frequent and thorough cleaning.
It may be kept clean by periodic
removal of surface dust and by pre-
venting the formation of grease film,
Woodwork should be washed or
cleaned when dusting is inadequate.
For cleaning varnished or painted
surfaces, solvents that will attack
the covering must be avoided as
well as abrasive preparations.
A good quality of soap will usually
do a satisfactory job. When the
paint is flecked, marred, or discol-
ored, it is necessary to resurface
the woodwork.
Refrigerator Tips
Perishable food always should be
placed in the refrigerator as soon
as possible. Raw fruits and vege:
tables are best washed first under
running water and the outside of
milk bottles wiped with a dam
cloth, Leftovers should be cooled,
if necessary, and placed in spotless,
tightly-covered containers to keep
ors from escaping and uncon.
genial flavors from mixing. Foods
with strong odors, such as cheese,
if put into the refrigerator, should
be kept on a top shelf,
price. That's fair,
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