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THE SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C, APRIL 16, 1943
A Yank’s Life
In India
By William Chaplin
(WHU Ftttun—Thrtutk special arraanacrt
with Womaa'a Home Companion.)
In the heart of New Delhi, capital
of India, you will find the headquar
ters of the Tenth Air force of the
American army. It is really a city
of its own.
Before this war, there have been
eight Delhis, six of which crumbled
away with declining civilizations.
Beginning of the war found still in
existence the seventh Delhi, a typ
ical teeming eastern city of rickshas,
sleeping coolies and wandering
cows; and the eighth Delhi, a gov
ernmental suburb of broad streets
and fine buildings known as New
Delhi.
Now that the Yanks have
come to India, there has come
into being a community which
may well be called the ninth
Delhi.
When my plane arrived in India I
drove to the Imperial hotel, then
the American headquarters, along
streets my taxi shared with camel
caravans, bullock carts, motor
buses, bicycles and pony carts. On
broad tree-lined Queensway we ran
between empty lots where ground
was broken for construction projects.
Already masons were at work
on fresh foundations and loose-
limbed hill-women with rings in
their noses and heavy silver
anklets clanking above their
bare feet were carrying bricks
on their heads.
I stayed in India six months and
long before I left the ninth Delhi
was completed and occupied, with
the American flag flying before the
headquarters building and thou-
sands of American soldiers comfort
ably installed in their new quarters.
Bomb Japs in Burma.
As I write, British troops are still
pouring across the Burma border
and members of the American Tenth
Air force are bombing Japanese in
stallations in Burma. America
didn’t get into the war in time to
give mass aid to preventing the loss
of Burma, but by wise planning
they got there in time to take part
in its reoccupation. Theirs is des
tined to be a vital part in turning
the tide of war in the East.
The ninth Delhi, spread along both
sides of Queensway for half a mile,
comprises two-story barracks, of
ficers’ quarters, office buildings,
hospital and post exchange. Last
but far from least are the mess
halls, where Yank soldiers eat as
do few armies on either side of this
war.
Whik the barrack room bearers
are making the beds and comparing
admiring notes on their new mas
ters, the boys themselves are eating
a breakfast that might just as well
have been prepared in East Orange,
N. J., or Terre Haute, Ind. Fruit,
eggs, much of the meat and all the
fresh vegetables are purchased lo
cally, but there’s a good sprinkling
of canned and packaged goods
brought through half a dozen sub
marine zones so the boys can have
the kind of meals that mother used
to make.
Yanks Eat American Style.
The American soldiers in India
are eating American style in the
army mess halls, but healthy curi
osity has led them to make a thor
ough investigation of Indian food as
well.
The little restaurants are always
crowded with them, nibbling strange
curries, savoring hot spices, perhaps
even trying a chew at the red betel
nut the Indians think good for their
digestion. And a particular favorite
is a rich pastry covered with real
silver leaf.
The Indians think silver is
good for their insides. The
Americans don’t take much faith
in that, bat they do get a kick
•nt of eating real silver. Some
of them are writing home warn
ing the folks to lock np the fam
ily silver after the war; they
say they might forget where
they were and chew op Aunt
Loa’s beat creamer or swallow
those souvenir spoons from the
World’s fair.
These men of the Indian AEF are
mechanics, clerks, cooks, techni
cians of a hundred different kinds,
and they put in a full day at their
appointed tasks unstayed by sun or
dust storm or monsoon. But they
have their fun while they can get it.
A tonga is a two-wheeled cart
drawn by an undersized, mangy but
spirited Indian pony. There is one
broad seat, separated into two by a
back rest running from side to side.
Thus two passengers can ride facing
forward and two facing backward.
The man who invented tongas
didn’t know much about the laws of
balance. If two passengers take a
tonga and sit in the back seat, the
shafts go up in the air so high the
pony has to walk on tiptoe. To
counteract this the driver crawls out
on the right shaft and operates as a
sort of off-side jockey.
Homemakers May Learn
Ration Wisdom
Through Study.
This easily prepared gelatin des
sert uses all unrationed food. It’s
pretty but easy to make, and will
top off either a light or heavy meal.
These are times when changes
are the fashion—and that particu-
lar'y applies to
changes in foods
and cooking meth
ods. Mrs. Ameri
ca can no longer
dash to the gro
cer’s and get
enough canned or
processed foods
to put together a quick meal. Nor
can she get together a meal, even
one that would take time, with those
rationed foods.
Points must be budgeted far more
carefully than dollars and cents in
the past! That is the realization ev
ery homemaker has been feeling
since Ration Book II went into ef
fect. Out of that has arisen one
maxim: never to buy a canned or
processed food if a fresh one is
available.
Confusion, indecision, and slow
ness in buying were the adjectives
grocers used when buying with War
Ration Book II began. But this is
gradually wearing away as Mrs.
America learns new shopping meth
ods.
Since point values change month
ly, it’s a good idea to keep a list of
point values on hand when making
the menu. Plan menus for a week
at a time—marketing lists and budg
et lists all on hand when you’re do
ing this important bit of work. Don’t
go to the store and wander aim
lessly, selecting whatever appeals
to the eye. Even if you have four
or five ration books from which to
spend, it’s certain you won’t get
enough out of them by the hit or
miss method.
Keep on the lookout for point val
ues which may change—they vary
from month to month and sometimes
change during the month as the pub
lic’s buying habits are watched.
Haphazard shopping, meal-plan
ning, and carelessness about the
health of the fam
ily are out of
date. The home
maker must be
alert and vigilant
now as never be
fore to make of
her family the
strongest and
healthiest possi
ble unit—for a healthy America is a
strong America.
Lamb is fairly easily obtainable
meat and second to pork, richest
source of thiamin—our morale vita
min. Very little, if any, lamb is
being sent to the armed forces and
Allies, and that means it is for ci
vilian use.
Baked Lamb Loaf.
(Serves 8 to 10)
1V& pounds ground lamb
114 cups bread crumbs
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons minced green pepper
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
3 tablespoons grated onion
Lynn Says:
Fresh Vegetables: To those of
you accustomed to using canned
vegetables and learning how
many they serve, these hints are
given on how many fresh vege
tables will serve:
Asparagus: One pound yields
two cups, cut, serve three to four.
Beans, green or yellow: yields
three to three and one-half cups,
serves four or five.
Beets: One pound yields three
to four servings. Use young beet
greens as vegetable, too!
Broccoli: One pound serves
four to five.
Cabbage: One pound, shredded,
yields three and one half cups.
One pound cooked serves three.
Parsnips: Four medium sized
roots make a pound, serves four
to five.
Peas: One pound gives two
servings.
Spinach: One pound serves
three to four.
Turnips: One pound yields
three to four servings.
Lynn Chambers’ Point-Saving
Menus
•Deviled Egg, Macaroni
anjl
Pea Salad
Hot Biscuits with Jam
Marmalade Bavarian
Milk
•Recipe Given
1 cup cooked peas
2 teaspoons salt
14 teaspoon pepper
Soak crumbs and mix well with
meat and other ingredients. Pack
into a loaf pan. Bake in a 300 de
gree oven for 114 hours. This may
also be baked in a ring mold and
served with parsleyed potatoes.
Fish will come into more popu
larity to help extend our main dishes
when ration points will not cover
that major item:
Fish Loaf.
(Serves 6)
2 cups cooked, flaked fish (leftover
may be used)
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
1 tablespoon minced onion
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 cup fine, soft bread crumbs
14 teaspoon salt
14 teaspoon pepper
2 eggs, separated
14 cup milk
2 teaspoons lemon Juice
Shred the fish. Saute green pep
per and onion in butter, add to fish
with bread crumbs and seasonings.
Beat egg yelks, add milk and then
add to fish mixture. Stir in lemon
juice. Fold in stiffly beaten egg
whites. Poured into a greased loaf
pan, set in a pan of hot water.
Bake for 1 hour in a 350 degree oven.
Serve with white sauce to which
hard-cooked eggs have been added.
As the days be
come wanner we
will gradually be
gin adding salads
for our main
dishes, to help
save on pointage.
Here is a splen
did suggestion,
using all unrationed foods:
*Deviled Egg, Macaroni
and Pea Salad.
(Serves 8)
18 to 12 deviled eggs
1 package (12 to 16-ounce) macaroni
214 cups cooked, fresh peas
French dressing
Radish loses
Salad greens—optional
Deviled eggs
10 to 12 hard-cooked eggs
2 tablespoons salad dressing
2 tablespoons lemon juice or vinegar
114 teaspoons mustard
114 teaspoons Worcestershire sauco
14 teaspoon salt
14 teaspoon celery salt
14 teaspoon pepper
Cut a half-inch slice from round
ed end of egg. Cut a saw tooth edge
around white, if desired. Remove
yolk carefully. Press yolks and bits
of leftover whites through sieve,
add remaining ingredients and beat
until light and fluffy. Refill shells,
using pastry tube for decorating top,
if desired.
Boil macaroni in salted water ac
cording to directions on package.
Drain, rinse, then drain thoroughly.
Marinate with a little french dress
ing, then chill.
Cook peas, drain, and save stock
for soup. Marinate peas in french
dressing.
To make salad, heap macaroni in
center of dish. Alternate deviled
eggs and radish roses around edge,
pressing them into macaroni. Fill
with a border of peas between eggs
and macaroni.
A main dish salad that’s a meal
in itself includes macaroni, deviled
eggs, and a ring of freshly cooked
peas. This supplies a good quantity
of protein to build and repair body
tissues and gives food with that
stick-to-the-ribs quality.
Marmalade Bavarian.
(Serves 6)
1 package orange-flavored gelatin
cups hot water
14 teaspoon salt
14 cup heavy cream
14 cup orange marmalade
Dissolve gelatin in hot water. Add
salt. Chill until cold and syrupy.
Fold in cream, whipped only until
thick and shiny, but not stiff. Fold
in marmalade.
Lynn Chambers welcomes you to submit
your household queries to her problem
clinic. Send your letters to her at Western
Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines
Street, Chicago, Illinois. Don’t forget to
enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope
for your reply.
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SEP AIRING STUCCO HOMES
/~\NE of my correspondents re-
ports the buckling of stucco on
his 20-year-old house, and the de
terioration of its surface. Another
is planning the purchase of a house
on which the stucco has cracked,
and in some places fallen. Both of
them ask for suggestions on repair;
Twenty years or so ago, wide use
was made of a stucco in which the
principal ingredient was a cement
like material called magnesite. As
time has gone on, it has been found
that this deteriorated, with a corro
sive effect on metal lath. For this
reason magnesite is no longer used
for stucco, and when it has begun
to go bad, the only repair that is
practical and permanent is to strip
it off and to replace it with Portland
cement stucco. No surface applica
tion can check the corrosion that is
going on underneath. Replacement
usually includes the providing of
new metal lath. With the old stuc
co taken off, it is sometimes possi
ble to replace it with wood siding
over heavy roofing felt. One of my
correspondents is considering this,
but my choice would be new stucco
on new metal lath over heavy build
ing felt. This, in my opinion, would
make the house more air-tight, and
there would be greater appeal when
the time comes to sell.
Good-By Oil Heat
In face of the drastic fuel oil
shortage in the East, and rationing
of the supplies which are available,
home owners are urged, where pos
sible, to convert oil burning furnaces
to coal. Picture shows final step in
the converting process — replace
ment of the coal grates in the fur
nace.
Water Spots on Ceilings
Question: Four years ago we had
a new asphalt roof put over a shin
gled roof. We now discover that
after a rainfall water spots of vari
ous sizes appear on the ceilings in
every room. Could you suggest a
remedy? Also, would it ruin the
ceiling?
Answer: Condensation may be
your problem. Thorough ventilation
may be the solution; particularly in
the attic. If there are no windows
in the attic, by all means have them
installed. If the ceilings are paint
ed with an oil paint the plaster will
not be affected by the dampness on
the surface. I am, of course, tak
ing for granted that there is no
leakage through the outside walls,
around window frames or an out
side chimney.
Basement Floor
Question: Our house now is 13
months old. We painted the base
ment floor a green color. After the
second coat wqs on it began to turn
yellow in large spots. We washed
some of the paint off by scrubbing.
Can you tell us how we can get a
good finish on this floor?
Answer: For best results, take off
all the paint with a hot solution of
three pounds of washing soda to
each gallon of water. After remov
ing the paint, rinse well with clear
water and allow to dry. You then
can finish the floor with a good qual
ity synthetic resin floor paint. Since
there always is the possibility of
dampness in a cement cellar floor,
only this type of paint should be
used.
Roofing Paper
Question: I should like to put roof
ing paper on the gable roof of my
garage. Should I take off the old
paper first, or could I put the new
paper directly over the old? Is as
phalt cement used to fasten the pa
per?
Answer: Yes, remove the old roof
ing paper. Asphalt roofing cement
should used if the roofing paper
is of asphalt; tar should be used if
tar paper is to be put on.
Storing a Divan
Question: What do you suggest as
an inexpensive and moisture-refist-
ant material that 1 could use to wrap
up a divan bed stored in a damp
basement?
Answer: I would not advise stor
ing the divan in a damp basement.
To prevent damage from moisture,
the bed would have to be covered
with a waterproof and, practically,
airtight covering. This would be ex
pensive, and the rubberized fabric
(or such a covering is very difficult
to obtain now. Have you no other
storage space?
Has Kick Pleat
And Action Back
1744-B
It Fits Beautifully
A REAL indispensable — beauti-
fully fitting shirtwaist with
kick pleat and action back.
* * •
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1744-B, de
signed for sizes 12. 14. 16, 18. 20; 40 and
42. Corresponding bust measurements 30,
32. 34. 36. 38, 40 and 42. Size 14 (32 V re
quires. with short sleeves, 3ft yardi 30-
inch material.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
530 Soutli Wells St. Chicago.
Room 1958
Enclose 20 cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
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Name
Address
UOUSEHOLD
IINTSI
When tablecloths wear thin in
the center, cut up the outside into
12 or 16-inch squares and hem
stitch and use as napkins.
see
Wilted vegetables may be made
crisp if covered with cold water
and allowed to. stand several hours
in the refrigerator.
• • •
When two glasses become
wedged together, place cold water
in the upper one and set lower one
in warm water. They will then
separate with little effort.
see
To prevent the lower crust of
fruit pies becoming soggy, brush
over with the white of egg before
putting in fruit filling.
~ e e e
Do not fill a bird too full when
stuffing a chicken or turkey. Fill
ing about three-quarters full is
better. The dressing in cooking,
will have a chance to expand.
• e e
Sprinkle a cake with cornstarch
before icing to prevent icing run
ning off.
e • •
When hanging pictures remem
ber that the center of the picture
should be on the level with eyes.
If you are unusually tall, this rule
does not hold good.
e e •
To restore jam or jelly after it
has become hard and sugary,
place in a warm oven and leave
there until the sugar softens. This
will make the jam or jelly as
good as before.
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