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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—
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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!