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nASADENA, CALIF.-A tall, wil-
P lowy figure drifted recently
across the California scene. He
headed for the solace of the
' vas South Seas to pon-
Eder his problems
and adjust himself
to a strange future
he had never con
sidered a year ago.
One of the top
stars of his profes
sion, one of the
smartest, this ad
justment will call
for exchanging an
annual salary of
$35,000 a year for a
Grantland Bice p a y c h ec k calling
for $3O a month. And this is to
happen after one of the greatest
years he had ever known. I’m
speaking of Hank Greenberg of the
Detroit Tigers.
There is a big difference in what
the owner of a big league ball club
can pay an outstanding star and
what our Uncle Sam can afford to
offer a private soldier. In this case
the difference happens to be 100 to
1 if you happen to get the wrong
number in the draft.
Greenberg, for example, is older
than either Bobby Feller or Joe
Louis, who are not exactly starving.
The spin of that draft wheel hap
pened to'cost him $35,000 a year—
which is the way it should be and has
to be in an existence which is now
a trifle cock-eyed.
Long Hank was on his way to
Honolulu when I ran across him in
specting the floral beauty of Santa
Anita before taking a chunk of the
Pacific in his stride.
Okay by Hank
“As you know,” he said, “I have
a low draft number and I may be
called in June or early July. Which
is all right with me. From the
way things are moving there may
be a lot more of us called out by
then than many people figure to
day.”
Hank is already looking in the old
P. of C., sometimes known as the
pink of condition.
“This season,” he said, “I hope
to be in the best early season shape
I have ever known. I may not have
many weeks to travel, so I can’t af
ford to waste any time getting
started. I ought to be in good
shape, anyway, to play on some
army team.”
There is a good chance that by
next summer army competition in
baseball will be quite sharp. And
there will be loud cheers from any
division or corps that happens to
bag the tall Tiger.
“We’ll have a tough job this sea
son defending our title,” Greenberg
said. “The two toughest opponents
we must face should be New York
and Cleveland. Bob Feller can
make almost any team look good,
but Cleveland has more than Feller.
Don’t forget Boudreau and Mack at
short and second.
“The Yankees are sure to be bet
ter than they were a year ago when
they got away badly. Their young
pitchers will be ready to pick up
where the veterans begin to leave
off. Through 1940 they had become
fed up with too much winning. You
know that can happen.
“While I still think New York and
Cleveland are the teams to beat,
the White Sox won’t be far away
and you’ll see a much better team
in Fred Haney’s St. Louis Browns.
The Red Sox must still get better
pitching. Aside from that they can
play with anybody.”
About the Tigers
“What about the Tigers?” I asked
Greenberg.
Hank grinned. “We were picked
to finish fifth or sixth or maybe sev
enth last April in the South,” he
said. “Still we won the pennant.
I’ll tell you why. I think we had
the finest spirit I’ve ever seen in
baseball. We hustled through every
inning of every game we ptayed.
There was no time out for inter
missions.
“Don’t forget we stiH have a good
Pitching staff coming on, headed
oy Buck Newsom and at least three
or four fine young pitchers. We
still have Rudy York’s hitting and
his greatly improved play at first.
A? have three infield veterans left
who will be just as good as they
were a year ago. Why? Because
hey are ball players at heart—be
cause they have brains and spirit.
Ihey are not through.”
Suppose you are called away
ea rly in June?” I asked.
The Tigers are no one-man
a am,’’ Hank said. “I’m just an
ohaer fellow out there, doing the
O' :,t I can. you can never tell
baseball. Don’t sell us too
short.”
Hank Greenberg is something
■ lore than a fellow who bats over
•’«b—who drives in from 150 to 180
f UnS « a ear — w fi° can shift from a
;' ne fi rs f baseman to a fine outfield
cr m one quick season.
Hot only as a ball player,” Fred
d (l ey B rowns told me, “but
m the way of spirit. I’d like to have
me Greenbergs on my team. I re-
I-c m ber one year when he hit camp
ahead of schedule. He asked if it
° t u “J 36 uD right to take a work
, e worked three hours a day,
‘■on he didn’t have to work a sin
gle minute.”
Household Neius
THE ANSWER TO A HOSTESS’ PRAYER.
(See Recipes Below)
TAKE A PEEK AT YOUR PASTRY
Many a cook who shines brightly
at cake-baking sadly admits that
A. _ she doesn’t have
the knack of mak
/ i n S fl melt-in
(f F the-mouth pastry,
if 'll I She feels that it
v, H Wj is something she
\ IFLOUf" can’t help, like
the color of her
i ll eyes or her hair.
But a careful look
at her pie crust
through a magnifying glass or mi
croscope often gives a clue as to
what is the matter.
Flaky pastry is made up of many,
many thin layers of dough separat
ed by long, thin air pockets or spaces
formed when the layers of fat and
flour are separated by steam dur
ing the baking.
Part of this flakiness depends
upon the manner in which the fat
is cut into the flour and part upon
the handling of the dough. If a
part of the fat is rubbed in with the
fingers or a pastry blender, until ft
is in very small particles and is
evenly distributed throughout all of
the flour; and if the remainder of
the fat is cut in so that it is in
fairly large pieces about the size
of navy beans or peas, then the
crust has an excellent chance of be
ing both tender and flaky. The large
pieces of fat separate the flour into
layers, while the small particles
tend to make the dough more
tender.
If all the fat is distributed in
small particles the crust is apt to
be “crumbly” rather than flaky.
To this fat and flour mixture is
added the water, a procedure which
is best accomplished with a fork.
The dough is worked lightly to
gether into a ball so that it can be
rolled out. Overhandling at this
point foreshadows a tough crust, yet
the dough must be kneaded enough
so that it will stick together and
form a smooth sheet under the roll
ing pin. A slightly richer formula—
a proportion of Va cup of fat to 1 cup
of flour instead of the usual Vi cup
of flour to 1 cup of fat, makes it
possible to handle the pastry dough
more without toughening it appre
ciably.
Orange Meringue Pie.
1 cup sugar
5 tablespoons cornstarch
% teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon shredded orange peel
2 cups orange juice
3 egg yolks
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Orange pastry pie shell
3 egg whites
6 tablespoons sugar
1 orange
Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt,
add orange peel and juice and cook
in double boiler until thickened,
about 15 minutes. Add beaten egg
yolks and cook 2 minutes. Remove
from heat and add butter and lem
on juice. Cool. Pour into 9-inch
Orange Pastry pie shell. Cover with
meringue, made of egg whites beat
en stiff with sugar. Brown in mod
erate oven (325 degrees Fahrenheit)
for about 15 minutes. Decorate top
of pie with sections from orange.
Peel fruit with sharp knife, remov
ing skin and inner membrane down
to juicy meat. Cut out on each side
of dividing membrane and lift out
section by section.
Deep Dish Apple Pie.
(Serves 6)
Vk cups sugar
2 cups apples (sliced thin)
Vt cup water
% cup raisins
% cup orange juice
1 teaspoon orange rind (grated)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Vi teaspoon cloves
1 cup walnut meats (chopped)
% cup general purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
1 egg
Combine 1 cup sugar, the apples,
water, raisins, orange juice, orange ,
rind, cinnamon, cloves and cook ;
over a low flame for about 15 min- ,
utes. Remove from fire and add i
nuts. Pour into a shallow greased j
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. PERRY, GEORGIA
baking dish. Mix following ingredi
ents lightly with a fork: the flour,
remaining V 2 cup sugar, baking
powder, salt, and the egg and sprin
kle over apple mixture. Place in a
moderately hot oven (375 degrees
Fahrenheit) and bake for approxi
mately 30 minutes.
Orange Pastry.
1 cup sifted flour
2 teaspoons sugar
V 2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon shredded orange peel
6 tablespoons shortening
2-3 tablespoons orange juice (about)
Sift flour, sugar, salt. Add orange
peel. Cut shortening in coarsely.
Add gradually just enough orange
juice to bind dough together. Roll
pastry out thin and line pie plates.
Bake in hot oven (450 degrees Fahr
enheit) for 15 minutes. (Makes 9-
inch pie shell.)
Individual Chess Pies.
(Makes 7 tarts)
% cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 whole egg
1 cup raisins (coarsely chopped)
Vz cup nuts (coarsely chopped)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 egg whites
Vz teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons sugar
Cream butter until soft and light.
Add sugar gradually, creaming until
mixture is fluffy. , .
Beat together egg J
yolks and whole
egg with rotary |J'«hkv )
beater. Blend with / F)
creamed mixture /
and then add raisins, walnuts, and
lemon juice. Place mixture in top of
double boiler and cook over boiling
water, stirring constantly until thick,
about 25 to 30 minutes.
When filling has thickened fill in
dividual baked pastry shells (3Vz
inches in diameter across top). Beat
egg whites until foamy, then add
salt and sugar gradually, and con
tinue beating until meringue will
stand in stiff points. Place tarts in
moderate oven (350 degrees Fahren
heit) for about 10 minutes or until
lightly browned.
Make pastry using one cup flour
for tart shells.
Horn o’ Plenty Pie.
(Makes 2 9-inch pies)
1 9-ounce package mincemeat
IVz cups water
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
Vz teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
Vz teaspoon cloves
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 eggs
1 15-ounce can condensed milk
Vz cup water
Break mincemeat into pieces,
place in saucepan, add water and
cny 11 sugar. Bring to a
g'/Plppii boil and boil
1 minute. Cool.
Thoroughly mix
y fi] pumpkin, salt,
f spices, eggs con-
Sensed milk and
water. Add cooled
' mincemeat and
blend thoroughly. Pour into unbaked
9-inch pie shells. Bake in hot oven
(450 degrees Fahrenheit) 10 min
utes, reduce temperature to moder
ate (350 degrees Fahrenheit) and
bake about 35 minutes longer, or un
til filling is set.
Toasted Coconut-Butterscotch Pie,
IV2 cups light brown sugar
% cup bread flour
Vi teaspoon salt
% cup cold milk
2 egg yolks
2 I A cups scalded milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Coconut
Mix sugar, flour and salt. Add
cold milk slowly. Blend until
smooth. Beat egg yolks slightly and
add to first mixture. Add the scald
ed milk slowly. Place mixture in
double boiler and cook, stirring con
stantly, until the mixture thickens.
Remove from heat. Add vanilla ex
| tract and pour into baked pie shell.
Cool. Just before serving top with
; whipped cream and sprinkle with
l toasted coconut,
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■NJO WONDER there’s a prideful
' prance in this youngster’s
step as she goes forward to more
and better playtimes. It’s the
frock she’s proud of—any little girl
will be proud of it, and there’s no
reason why your own daughter
shouldn’t have half a dozen just
such, because it’s so easy to make.
Take a look at the small diagram
drawing, to convince yourself how
quickly and simply you can finish
it.
Design No. 8840 is easy for even
a two-year old to get into all by
ASK ME A Quiz With Answers
__ _ __ ____ _ / Offering Information
ANOTHER J on Various Subjects
♦
The Questions
1. Who fixed the mean length of
the year at 36514 days and de
creed that every fourth year
should have 366 days?
2. How much of the world’s rail
way mileage is in the United
States?
3. Who holds the record for the
longest cabinet service?
4. How large was the Continental
army in the Revolutionary war?
5. How many Presidents died on
July 4?
6. Does the starfish travel far?
7. Which of the following is a
prime number—7, 10 or 22?
8. How does the moon compare
with the earth in size?
9. What was the highest price
per ton of gold ever paid?
10. What are the three theological
virtues?
The Answers
1. Julius Caesar,
2. Thirty per cent.
3. James Wilson, who was sec
retary of agriculture from 1897 to
1913.
4. Army records show that 528,-
274 regulars and volunteers fought
in the Revolutionary war.
5. Three Presidents—John Ad
ams, Thomas Jefferson and
James Monroe.
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herself, because it goes on like a
coat and buttons all down the
front. Its princess lines are ac
cented by sweeps of ric-rac up and
down, the neckline is finished with
a little notched collar, and panties
are included, of course.
• • •
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2,3, 4. 5 and 6 years. Size 3 requires,
with long sleeves, 2 yards of 35-inch ging
ham, percale or linen; with short sleeves,
lib yards; 9 yards of ric-rac. Send or
der to:
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(jardeners
GARDENS FOR DEFENSE
npHE home gardener has an im
portant place in our program
of national defense, a much more
important role than he played dur
ing the first World war.
In the face of these facts, gar
deners are advised to do two
things: Plan to devote increased
space to vegetable gardening; and
perfect plans for the 1941 garden
so as to get the greatest possible
yield from the available space.
In stepping up yield from vege
table gardens of limited size, two
major devices should be relied on,
first, companion cropping the
planting of fast-growing crops like
radishes, spinach, and lettuce be
tween rows of slower-growing
vegetables like tomatoes, and cab
bage.
Second, succession cropping—
the repeated planting of major
crops such as beans, sweet corn,
radishes, carrots, beets, and let
tuce. Moderate-size, new plant
ings made at regular intervals
during the early part of the season
will provide a steady supply of
fresh vegetables until the season’s
end.
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6. The farthest distance ever
traveled by any starfish is ap
proximately 5,000 feet.
7. Seven. It is divisible by no
number except itself and one.
8. The moon is one-fourth in
size. Its diameter is about 2,000
miles, the earth’s about 8,000
miles.
9. In 1907 the Selby Smelting
Works of San Francisco paid the
Mohawk Mine of Nevada $574,958
for 47% tons of gold ore, this price
of $12,041 per ton being the high
est ever recorded in the history of
gold mining.
10. Faith, hope and charity.
For the color and beauty
you’ve always wanted
Buy them from your local dealer
As Is Enough
Those who seek for much are
left in want of much. Happy is he
Delicious
for parties
and pleasure .. . saves cooking
time and money... nourishing.
order, today, from your grocer.
Still Feeling
First Draftee—You know, I feel
like I’d like to punch that hard
boiled top sergeant in the nosa
again.
Second Draftee—Again? •
First Draftee—Yes, I felt like it
yesterday.
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Modesty Esteemed
He who does not think too much
of himself is much more esteemed
than he imagines.—Goethe.
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CONSTIPATION THIS MODERN WAY
• When you feel gassy, headachy, logy
due to cloggod-up bowels, do as millions
do-take Feen-A-Mint at bedtime. Next
morning thorough, comfortable relief,
helping you start the day full of your
normal energy and pep, feeling like a
millionl Feen-A-Mint doesn’t disturb
your night’s rest or interfere with work the
next day. Try Feen-A-Mint, the chewing
gum laxative, yourself. It tastes good, it’s
handy and economical... a family supply
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As the Foe Wishes
Enemies carry a report in form
different from the original.—
Plautus.
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Everlasting Beauty
A thing of beauty will never
pass into nothingness.—Keats.
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[ AT ALL DRUG STORES--SINCE 18901
Uncommon Sense
Common sense is not so com
mon.—Voltaire.
to whom God has given, with spar
ing hand, as much as is enough,
—Horace.