WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1962 WOMAN'S PAGE 21 1. A Slenderline ic Slimmer, more compact- most comfortable napkin ever! New Slenderline napkins by Kotex So slim, so compact! Yet new Slenderline napkins with a special moisture-proof inner lining provide complete, full full-width protection. Discover this extra comfort- 3 with the confidence of Kotex. A 2 V. KOTEX and SLENDERLINE are trademarks of Kimberly- Clark Corporation WOMAN'S PAGE THE SPRINGFIELD Our Readers' Exchange By ALICE SCOTT ROSS Who cares about chickadees? You just listen, and you'll see! "Mrs.
R. P. tells of 'seeing sparrows or are they, and feeling a bit sad at not having anything more colorful and "Well," who continues cares about Mrs. themert Loomis, Mountain Haydenville," "we do! That's about all we see here. I put out bread crusts for them.
They are so friendly that I can throw the them. My son, David loves to watch them. He and I are alone all day. His brothers Dick and Jim are in school and SO is his sister, Sharon. So he is kind of lonesome and watching the birds and squirrels that help themselves to the bread keeps him happy for part of an otherwise long day.
is only two and a half and doesn't like to go outdoors without Mommie. We had jays a couple of years ago. While they are colorful they are so bossy the little birds don't get a chance at the bread. Mrs. R.
enjoy your chickadees. They don't have a Jot of color, but they do have Mrs. Loomis then adds, "We personality." are enjoying the Indian pudding and sour cream recipes. We shall have Mrs. Robbins' pudding for supper but since we like molasses, I'll substitute part of the sugar with it.
"Do we use just sour cream soured at home or commercial sour cream in the pie recipes?" (Mrs. Loomis' remarks concerning the little winter birds reminds Mrs. Jots a lines, remembered from childhood- -or remembered a little hazily: only a little sparrowA bird of low degree, And while I'm far from pretty The good Lord cares for "I want to thank the readers who answered so faithfully my request for places where number' I could 50 get the O. N. T.
thread. I'll no longer have an excuse for not finishing my filet piece, "writes Lucy E. Capen, Park RFD No. 1, Palmer. "I didn't realize that people could be so busy at home.
However, I miss my place, of I ployment have made throughout the and the friends years. "Hearing from column friends does brighten the days. My mother is still confined to her wheelchair and the days well are but long the for days are tiring for all her. My father is with just reading and watching TV to look forward (Adding a bit of cheer here and there is something column friends have a talent for and spring isn't too far away, Miss Capen.) "After a year's absence from the column I am returning with recipe," says Mrs. F.
N. a "I Holmes, took Hobbs the time off to Brookfield. straighten out my entire recipe and cookbook collection. Believe me, it took the whole year! very happy to report that everything is in apple pie order Mrs. Holmes recipe is Mile High Meringue (Mrs.
F. N. Holmes Hobbs Brookfield) 6 ingredients 3 egg whites tablespoons cold water One eighth teaspoon salt teaspoon cream of tarter teaspoon any desired flavoring 3 tablespoons granulated sugar Method: egg whites add the tablespoons of cold water. Beat until frothy. Then add salt, cream of tartar and the flavoring.
Beat until stiff. Add the 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar and beat until stiff enough form peaks. Use as a meringue for pies, tarts, and cakes, Bake 12 minin slow oven, 325 degrees. (No sprinking or weeping here!) A Okra and Shrimp NEW ORLEANS (UPI) Homemakers' dissatisfied with okra should take a tip from cooks in -the okra-growing area here. Fry the vegetable until the gelatinous quality vanishes and it appears dry.
Then add other ingredients to make shrimp 'and okra gumbo, a southern favorite. Whether you use fresh or frozen okra, fry it first for best results. Heat cup of shortening in a heavy-bottomed pan or skillet, Add 2 cups of okra. Cook over high heat until appears dry, stirring constantly. Add cup of chopped green onions and tops, 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped, teaspoons of salt and teaspoon of pepper.
Cook about 5 minutes. Add 2 cups of hot water, 1 cup of canned tomatoes, 2 bay leaves, and 1 ounce) can of shrimp, drained. Cover Simmer about 15 minutes, Remove bay leaves. tabasco, to taste. Serve in bowls over small amount of cooked rice.
Serves 4. Rules for Roasting When planning to roast a cut of meat you'll want everything to be just perfect. For a few hints, remember that a roast should never be covered, water is never added and a roast is not floured. The meat cut should be roasted fat side up, SO it helps baste. itself, and a low oven temperature should be used.
ENJOY "America's Tastiest" RAGU RAGU' SPAGHETTI SAUCE OFF LABEL Sale SAUCE Cherished Heirlooms Mrs. Ralph M. Kilcourse of Main St. Wilbraham, selects a thimble from Italy with floral band of and a green glass top. The thimble case was formerly owned by a jeweler.
Each thimble has a story behind it from those passed down through five generations to the two dug up in the Kilcourse garden. 1 Fun for the Family Five Generations Add To Thimble Collection Mrs. Kilcourse Has Heirlooms From Family, 4: Gifts From Abroad By ALICE SCOTT ROSS. paper, a many-paned window It's all right to give a man and a handsome bookcase cupa horse he can ride, but give a board arrangement. woman thimble to fit her mid- Wide floor boards, braided dle anger that's the rea- rugs, lamps that furnish just em-soning Mrs.
Ralph M. Kil- the right accent of light and course, Main Wilbraham, color, period furniture, all Natural. Hobby combine to provide a charmed "I took to a thimble as a setting for Mrs. Kilcourse's case child," says Mrs. Kilcourse who of thimbles.
loves to sew and admits that The house responds with a to some thimbles are merely glow all its own to this rea hindrance. It is only natural juvenation as though grateful then, for her to collect these that there are days of happifinger guards as a hobby. She ness now to recompense for had a nucleus to start with, some of the tragedy it had fifth generation thimbles from known in those many years ago. both her own and her husband's Here, in the Levi Bliss house side of the family. the Rev.
Mr. Baldwin had Too, her collecting is but an- sermon and then other manifestation of the Kil- baptised all of the eight Bliss courses' love of traditional, Later, in 1799, three their house the major one. of these children had been For the past six or so vears drowned while sailing on Ninesince their acquiring of the 1768 Mile Pond. Levi Bliss house, renovation has The thimbles have come to A modern kitchen ties into One of delft blue porcelain from become practically a passion. Mrs.
Kilcourse in various ways. the rest of the house with Holland was sent to her by hinged cupboards and wall pan- someone she had never met. eling while the dining area has Hearing of the collection, a a blend of sunshine-hued wall- friend of a friend had sent it UNION, SPRINGFIELD, along. "It's not doing me good," had been the comment, "and a collector would certainly like it." Great Aunt Lillian had given Mrs. Kilcourse's mother, Mrs.
Howard Bogue, a thimble back when Mrs. Bogue was a child. Now, it is a collection treasure. A Kilcourse thimble has a story attached to it. When Mr.
Kilcourse's mother was a little girl on a trip to England with her parents, her thimble sprang a "leak" with the needle becoming imbedded in the small finger. "There she was, running around the boat with the needle sticking out of her finger," exclaim the Kilcourses to whom the recital brings the picture of 45 a little girl who not only spent time sewing on a trip but had courage to The assontment, includes a topless thimble, others from six different countries including Italy and France, with compositions of silver, bone, gold and enamel. Perhaps the most unusual source was the 'Kilcouses' own land. They were digging out in the south garden when a spadeful of soil gave up two thimbles-dingy from their incarceration of no one knows how long, but precious beyond measure. How do thimbles get buried in south gardens? Did some long-gone Miss bury them in the dark of the moon to bring her good fortune- -or just to get rid of No one will ever know.
A few novelty thimbles are of plastic these are to show that even a thimble can be used in business and political promotions. Kilcourse segregates them putting them at the bottom of her case. Photography is another hobby of the Kilcourses with Ralph as president of the Wilbraham Camera Club and Louise its treasurer. Her father, Howard Bogue is program chairman. "It's a family affair," they laugh.
In spite of her varied interests, Mrs. Kilcourse has for sewing-or she makes time -and now has a whole collection of thimbles to from when she gets out and thread. Stretch fabrics, no longer confined pants, now appear in active playwear, even casual dressjes. bright Stretch colors as denim well' is As shown the fa- in miliar navy and faded blue, styled with a Western look and used for hip-slung pants. Hold back the tears, grocer does not pop all the Jolly.
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