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Page 8 THE ECHO FEMININE NEWS AND VIEWS BETTER MEALS FOR LESS MONEY By Hazel Young (From the book of the same name.) Into your scheme of thrifty living, no dish fits better than soup. Of course, the clear soup is a bit of an aristocrat. It doesn’t do a true soup’s job, just paves the way to the main part of the meal. But thick bean or pea soups, rich with flavor and hea vy with goodness, are literally the poor man’s friend. Cream soups and chowders, too, are filling. Served generously with a little judicious padding, they have fed many a hun gry family. The expression “cream soup” is a bit of a misnomer. At best, we use only the top of the milk bottle, for budget marketing allows little cream. And we save the water in which the vegetables are cooked. Chowders really head the list of thrifty soups. A chowder is a whole meal. New Englanders love their fish and clam chowder, and minor civil wars are continually being wa ged as to whether or not the chow der should contain tomatoes. Chow ders of corn and mixed vegetables are other possibilities. A big bowl of chowder, wth plenty of crackers, a crisp green salad and a fruited des sert, is an honest man’s dinner! DORIS THORNE FAYS VISIT March, 1943 Doris Thorne paid Ecusta a visit March 19th and was the object of many admiring eyes as she went down the line in the Cafeteria at lunch time. She was dressed in the uniform of the A. A. T. C. (Army Air Transport Command) and real ly looked like a million dollars. Miss Thorne has been employed on the Cryptographic Staff and is stationed in Washington, D. C. We all decided her uniform was the best looking one of the feminine variety we have yet seen. VANITY IS A VIRTUE A school boy asked to define anat omy wrote as follows: “Anatomy is the human body which consists of three parts, the head, the chist and the stummick. The head contains the eyes and the brains if any. The chist constains the lungs and a piece of liver. The stummick is devoted to the bowels, of which there are five, a, e, i, 0, u and sometimes y and w.” —Dickson-Kenwin in The Mitre. WARTIME TIME TABLE When the man of the house works from 4 p. m. until 12 M. plan your day as follows: Housework early a. m. after chil dren’s breakfast. Leisurely breakfast at 10 with hus band. Recreation till 2. Dinner at 3. Housework till 5. Dinner for children at 6. Mending, ironing, ect., until 9. Nap till 11. Lunch for husband at midnight. Read and talk. Sleep 2 a. m. to 7 a. m. If your husband works from mid night to 8 a. m., try this plan: Breakfast, housework, lunch on ordinary daily schedule. Breakfast for husband at 4 p. m. Dinner for children at 6. Evening as you wish. Start husband’s dinner at 10 — serve at 11. Pack lunch. Vacuum rugs, etc., until 12. Sleep from midnight until 7 a. m. “PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES” Someone has said that the secret of beauty is the art of living with peo ple harmoniously. How can a wo man be beautiful if she has the habit ^of bickering and quarreling with people around her? There are many other detrimental little habits that can slip up on one unawares, such as: Staying indoors too much, and not getting enough sunshine, fresh air, and exercise. Or over-indulg ence of certain foods in exclusion to others; Sleep, rest, and relaxation are powerful antidotes for over-work to the point of exhaustion in the home, business, or profession. No woman should permit herself the lux ury of emotional storms or temper tantrums, as nothing can be so in jurious to the nerves and glands that keep a woman young and healthy. The Zoo on Wheels A wise guy stepping up to the bus as it stopped the other morning said to the driver: “Well, Noah, you’ve got here. Is the Ark fuU?” The motorman answered back: “Nope, we need one more monkey. Come on in.” You can’t exaggerate the import ance of being attractive,Some degree of that belief in man or woman is absolutely essential, not only for hap piness but for peace of mind and freedom from anxiety and worry. In fact, I would even say that the right of every woman to be as attractive as she can is an essential of democ racy and one of the keynotes of our national morale. Any woman who does not try se riously to make herself as attractive as her means will allow shows that she is suffering irpm inhibitions which are keeping her from making the most of herself and from getting the most out of life. From my stand point, vanity ought to be called a virtue, not the vice our puritan an cestors thought it. It is really in telligent self-salesmanship. In gen eral, the woman who feels that she looks well IS well ... or at least is better than she would be otherwise, both mentally and physically.—Law rence Gould in an interview with Nancy Craig, broadcast over station WJZ of the National Broadcasting Company. HOMEMAKER’S DLVRY Bread can substitue for rolls if you use a fresh, unsliced loaf, cut it lengthwise down to the bottom crust, then across in wide 2-inch slices, pour in melted butter and heat in the oven. The bread can be pulled apart like rolls. Dry cake will taste fresh again if it’s wrapped in a damp cloth and put in a slightly warm oven until the cloth dries. For variety use corn flakes or crisp toast instead of cracker crumbs when frying fish. Before baking fil lets of fish, cover the fish with French dressing for a delicious fla vor. Use hot milk instead of cold when mashing potatoes; they’ll mash more smoothly, be fluffier and stay warm longer. Actor Fred Lunt gives this cook ing advice: “Don’t put butter into a cold frying pan; always have it heat ed if you don’t want a terrible taste.^’ QUICK TRICKS FOR TYPISTS Characters possibly not found on the keyboard of your typewriter can be made by overprinting standard characters as follows: Paragraph mark, parentheses. Star, capital A and small v. Division, colon and hyphen. Dollar, capital S and I. Pound sterling, capital L and small f. Exclamation, apostrophe and peri od. Equation, hyphen—turn the varia ble slightly. Cedilla, small c and comma. —Courtesy Remington Rand, Inc. If your sink has become clogged, throw a handful of bak’ng soda down the drainpipe, then pour in a half glass of vinegar. The combina tion effervesces and thoroughly cleans the pipe . . . Painted woodwork can be washed more satisfactorily if a tablespoon of baking soda is added to the water. Cafeteria Chapter Well, another month has rolled around and brought new gossip. . . . New folks joining the Knot Hole gang are Wilma Hensen, Mr Hawkins and Slim King. Slim worked with us for a long time and is no stranger. He reports the birth of a son recently named Robert Lew is King . . . Those leaving recently for the service are Dan Edens and Fred Arnette of Rosman. Best of luck, boys . . . Mr. Hart has answered the call to the farm. We don’t know whether he got an overdose of spring fever or just likes to farm . . . Mac is having a terrible time since Mrs. Mac is in Florida. Mrs. Mac writes that she is feeling fine and we are glad. Also we rejoice with Mac that the lost has been found. You guess ed it—the pig. He was gone for about a week but it happened he strayed to Mr. Felix Norton’s and was well cared for. Mac is some farmer; gar den, pig and chickens too:—and all within the Brevard City limits . Red Chapman is the proud father of a pretty young lady about three weeks old. Miss Doris Brenda . . . At last John Jones has a happy ex pression on his face, the reason be ing that his wife and babies have come to live in Brevard . . . Spring is almost here. Doris and Ethel are sporting new white shoes . . . We were happy to have as luncheon guests Misses Guyma Stover and Dorthea Ann Russell recently . . Lance goes around with a happy ex pression since he moved into his own home after boarding for some time . . . Frances Van Steenberg is happy over getting changed to the same shift with her husband . . . Red Chap man and Charles Sherrill, both of the Navy, were visitors here last week . . . We all regret that Mac is absent from work because of illness. He went to the hospital last night but we think he will be back soon. Musical Introductions “The doctor gave me the most marvelous reducing diet today—a European ration card!” A man hopes that his lean years are behind him; a woman, that hers are ahead. Customer: “Will this suit hold its shape?” Salesman: “Absolutely, that suit is made of pure virgin wool.” Customer: “I don’t care about the morals of the sheep. Will it hold its shape?” We build our ideals and they in turn build us.—Le Conte. OFFICE BITS Wife: “Did you see those men star ing at that beautiful girl as she boarded the train?” Husband: “What men?” Spring must really be very near when thoughts of love are taking our young “war widows” in search of the objects of their affection. Reba Russell has gone to Louisana to see her Charlie and New Orleans. Betsy Vannah’s probably gone to Africa and Chris Johnson is going to Moody Field, Valdosta, Georgia. We asked our young little unmarried crowd what they were doing about spring and thoughts of love and they said they would just have to take it out in letter writing ’til after the war. Muriel must agree with this as she had a letter from Buddy Neill and said it was not for publication. Rojse Alice and Ruth are not waiting for the mailman I understand as they have been having some exciting times with the soldier boys . . . Lil Clarke is back at work and says she is feeling fine and mighty glad to be back “Child” . . . Lita is running on railroad time and some folks think it’s a great joke . . . Charlie Matthews and A1 Brombacher have started a new business that is cut ting in on Macfie’s trade. Any old bones? Any old bottles? Any old rags, today? . . , We understand that Obbie was entertaining two good looking soldier boys in the library the other day—they weren’t her bro thers either ... J. 0. is wearing his Sunday suit to work every day and he said it was because he had pop ped the knees out of his everyday suit. Sounds as if he might have been doing a lot of kneeling lately— w ROLAND WILBER Introducing next Mr. Wilber, bet ter known as the Man Behind the Bass Horn. It’s sometimes hard to see him because that tuba’s so lafg®- but if you listen you’ll find he’s right there. We’ll have to talk a little about band music in general to give you idea of Roland’s part in our band- The bass horn is the “backbone”, the structure which must be firm befor® the melody can be added to make a piece of music. Without bass notes music sounds hollow—the background is missing. Maybe this will explain why Roland is valuable to us. Sis instrument is important in any banp. but we are exceptionally fortunate having someone with a great interest and an ever-ready willingness to time and energy and thought to do* ing his part, and more, in mastering his instrument and working with ano for the Band. Roland has done another kind 'background” work for us. He was President of our Band during its first, and probably hardest, year. He has helped enormously to keep Band alive, working behind the scenes to solve our problems. It made us very happy to discovef that our Band has enabled Roland ^ realize one of his ambitions—none other than playing the tuba. he first tackled it, the tuba almosj won out, because he had to play * and hold it in his arms at the sanie time. That, plus all the wind }* takes to get notes out of a tuba, too much for the strongest of rae^' He has a stand for the horn no''^' and they are on the best of terms- Listen for him April 10, and you’l* see what we mean.—-By Bandana. Everything about the British aif headquarters was interesting to visitor, and he asked a never-endin& string of questions. “Say,” he exclaimed, “how is that you have so many Scots among your pilots?” The guide, a bit fed up, snatch®^ at the opportunity. 'Well, sir” he said, “since the Scot^ have learned that every cloud has J silver lining, we can’t keep ’em out- He who swells in prosperity shrink in adversity.—Anon. (standing in the need of prayed' Justine and Lita made a flying trjP to Washington the first of the mont^ and had a grand time just lookin| at the sights after milling aroun with the great crowds in Brevaf® and Pisgah Forest for the past teen months. They spent some with Mag Jones while they there. . . Gisselle spent several day in Miami and said the mountai^ look better than ever ... Carpenter attended a dance in Sp^ anburg last weekend and was prised to see there were still beings of the opposite sex betwe® the ages of fifteen and forty y®^,f . . . Spring is still a dream but ojj*. off your seed catalogues and orn your seeds right away because just a few weeks it will be time dig in the ^ood earth—so yours butterflies! April Fool!
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