The Week By Miss EVELYN HANCOCK Home Service Director Virginia Electric and Power Company MEAT CARVING Good carvers are indefinitely scarcer than cooks, yet upon the skill of the carver depends in a marked degree the enjoyment of | the eater. Moreover, a good car ver, by securing a greater number of servings than one who is un skilled in the art, can make a piece of meat go almost as far again. Even the most export carver i must have good tools in order to do his best The style of the carv ing set will depend on personal preference, but the blade should j be of fine quality steel, carefully forged and tempered so that it will take and hold an edge To carve a baked whole ham. | Place the ham on the platter I with the fat side or decorated side up and the shank end on the I carver's right The shank end is ! the thick end Insert the fork and cut several slices parallel to the length of the ham on the side closest to the carver. Turn the ham so that it rests on the surface just cut. Hold the ham firmly with the fork and cut a small wedge from the shank j end By removing this wedge the j succeeding slices are easier to cut; and to release from the hone Keep the fork in place to j steady the ham and cut thin slices down the leg bone. Release slices by cutting along hone at right angles to slices. .. -. = I GOOD NIGHTS mean '%%) GOOD MOBNl^S Sleep rest fully . . . awake zestfully with fyfa&focC/ bed covering! THE finest aid to sleep since the bed was invented is —Electric Bed Covering! You simply dial you* lavorite sleeping warmth, and enjoy constant comiort the night long, regardless oi changes in body or room temperatures! No mountain of bulky cover* to weight ygu down — no cold sheets to greet you at bedtime— just one blanket keeps you comiy and cozy hour "good night" 'til "good morning"! Electric bod covering is safe, it* automatic control guards your comfort and health. Beautiful, too—in decorator colors that launder like a dream. Switch to Letter sleeping—electrically! • MltT COlLtSS AftCttfft' Ui d,hghH*l umtdy CM ‘ S**4«r> MM *»»*• VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY % De Carlo FUm Is Spicy Treat Too long absent, the exotic ro 11 mancc of the ancient East once ' i again returns to the screen at the Watts Theatre with ravishing i Yvonne De Carlo and stalwart ; Kiehard Greene starring in Uni versal- International's Technicolor I'tnelodrnma, "The Desert Hawk." i Showing Sunday, Monday and | Tuesday. In the type of role that made her famous. Miss De Carlo sings, dances and emotes her way ! through this fast-action film in a | manner to satisfy the most exact ! itig entertainment-seeker. The story has to do with an Arabian Robin Hood who, to pro tcct the poor against the tax col lectors of the wicked Prince Mu 1 rad, leaves his blacksmith shop in | Teheran to become The Desert .Hawk, scrouge of his enemies. | How he marries Princess Shaha I razade by trickery to keep her from falling into the hands of j Murad, stives her from the tot - | ture chambers and finally brings j peace and justice to his country Jure all part of an exciting romance backgrounded by Near Eastern at mosphere in the gorgeous Techni color which has now become a De Carlo trademark. Spectacular Scene In Great Feature ; Entirely apart from its enter i tainment value—and it has been called one of the most exciting | as well as most authentic epics I of the Southwest yet filmed— j “American Empire,” which will ! For more servings turn the ham back to its original position and slice at right angles to the bone Remember the first rule of carv ing - cut across the grain. If you cut with the grain, long meat fib ers give a stringy texture to the j slice. The one exception to this 1 rule is with carving steaks. |open at the Marco Theatre on Tuesday thru Masterpiece, is out standing because of its many spectacular scenes. But one of the most thrilltTTg scenes of all occurred one night from dusk to dawn when the vil Inins of the story, I.eo Carrillo, .lack I .a Hue and Chris Pin Mar tin planned to wipe out entirely a small Western town in order to rid the community in one fell swoop of the ranchers who refits ed to have their cattle constantly stolen. With four hundred of the mod ern West’s roughest, toughest fel lows they staged their war in the deep gully of gravel pit. Advise Storing Sweet Potatoes Since a large crop of sweet po tatoes is now being harvested and marketed, particularly in Georgia, South Carolina, Louisanna, and North Carolina, Tar Heel farmers should seriously consider curing! and storing at least a part of their! crop on the farm this fall, he | iieves H. M Covington, norticul 1 turist'for the State College Exten ; sion Service. Such curing and storing, says Covington, should reduce the glut- | | ted market condition during Oc- I loher and oarh November, when | I (he price is usually the lowest. | I of the year. - The price usually begins to in-I I crease just before Thanksgiving j land slowly increases until the I following May. For this reason, I stored potatoes usually should not] be sold before January 1. On the j | other hand, Covington says, it is not considered advisable to hold all potatoes until late in Ihe sea son late April and May The primary purpose of curing sweet potatoes is to heal ruls and bruises and the broken ends of the roots Temperature of 85 do- l gives Fahrenheit and high humid- 1 ity are the conditions under which healing takes place the fastest. Start your heat the first day any potatoes are stored. Don't under1 any conditions wait until the house is completely filled. Along with the healing, there is a 5 t • j I! per eon1 loss of weight during] the curing period in the form of ■ l (moisture. Although dampness is | desired during curing, ventilation jrnust be provided to prevent mois i ture collecting on the walls and i ; ceilings. i Curing takes 10 to 14 days. I I When Ihe eves 'poiy' and sprouts | appear generally throughout the j (house, curing is completed and the ! 1 temperature should he lowered to of) degrees Fahrenheit and kept 'as near to that figure as possible i until the house is empty. Little or j no ventilation is needed after the j potatoes are cured. Stenographer: A girl you pay1 In learn to spell while she is look- j ing for a husband. Things To Watch For In the Future A doll with a hundred faces: made of rigid plastic sheet, its features can he hhanged by mere* ly wiping off its face with a tis sue and draw a new one , . . An other doll that talks and sings and says its prayers . . . Giant syn thetic snowflakes made of trans- | parent plastic that give a gem- i like appearance for Christmas decorations . . . Transparent shoes 1 to replace the X-ray now used by shoe stores in getting a correct fit I * for children’s feet, and made on the same lasts used for leather shoes . . . Plastic cubes to replace the np. 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