Woman's Page
Hostess of the Week
by Victoria Ellis
A salmon bake at the Frank
Richards home in Jamestown
Bay is, indeed, an exciting
affair! We arrived at 4:30 and
just in time to watch the “un
earthing” of the splendid fish,
which was well wrapped in
skunk cabbage leaves and fil
led with slices of seasoned
onion. So expertly did Frank
uncover the fish and flip it out
olr the* ground that one had
the impression this was no ex
periment.
Inside, a large, trustworthy
old oak table was laid tor
fourteen w i t h lie h earth
brown Franciscan-warty and
old sterling. The wheat pat
tern of tiu* dishes and the
w axed sea urchins laden With
tawny fall flowers seemed re
presentative of the least to
come; a delicious assortment
of fresh vegetables from the
Richards garden and the sal
mon, subtly flavored with a
blend of herb and smoke.
And after the bountiful meal
guests were invited to stroll
in tht‘ garden and to help
themselves to the berries and
vegetables.
The R i c h a r d s are well
know in this community both
for their hospitality and en
thusiastic community work.
Mary works faithfully and
diligently for the1 Alaska Crip
pled Childrens Association
is currently 2nd Vice Presid
ent of the Territorial Board.
I F VO UR faucets need polishing,
» use a half lemon after the juice
has been squeezed out. Wash and
rinse and polish with an old soft
el< h.
I n clean out a slender vase, fas
ten a piece of sponge on a stick
and push it down into the vase.
Tins is also good for decanters
at 1 bottles.
Pearl handled cutlery can be
polt bed with very tine salt. Rub
THIS WEEK’S RECIPE
Pink Lady Shortcake
(Serves 6-8)
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
2 tablespoons confectioners’
sugar
1 Vs* cups sliced fresh strawber
ries
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
3 ounce package lady lingers
Fold confectioners sugar,
strawberries and grated rind
into whipped cream. Place
layer of lady fingers In wax
paper-lined loaf pan (8% x 4%
x 2j *. Spread half of cream
mixture over lady fingers.
Make another layer of lady fin
\ gers and cover with remaining
cream mixture. Top with lady
lingers. Chill 3 to 4 hours. In
vert on serving plate and slice
to serve.
with a chamois cloth after the salt
treatment.
Black specks from silverware,
often difficult to polish off, yield
readily to a paste made of whiting
and olive oil. Polish lightly with a
soft cloth.
Linen can be bleached easily
with lemon juice. Dry in good sun
light Repeat the treatment if the
linen needs more bleaching.
When you want to remove grease
from a skillet, cover the bottom
with boiling water and add a tea
spoon of washing or sal soda. Boil
until the grease dissolves and the
skillet will yield easily to suds
cleaning,
Weeds in the driveway can be
milled but its best to kill them by
plat ng dampened salt over them.
As public Relations Commit
tee Chairman of the Alaska
Nurses Association she gives
expression to her interest and
pride in the nursing profes
sion, and has, for the past
three years, been a member
of the Pioneer Home’s Hospi
tal staff. Frank is busy, too
not only is this harvest time
at their homestead hut it is
also Alaska Day Festival Sea
son and as publicity chairman
for Alaska Day, lie has a big
and vital job to carry out.
Although Mary has spent
nearly twenty years in tin's
country, one can still detect
slight speech mannerisms re
miniscent of British Columbia
where site was brought up,
although Mary thinks that
her occasional broad As are
are a New /('aland import,
for she was born in that coun
try and lived there until sit ■
was six. To British Columbia,
though, slit' attribute's her in
terest in Alaska. While nurs
ing mi f he northern B. ( \
coast, Mary decided to in
v t's t i g a t e w hat lax to the
n o i t h and came to Sitka.
Since* then the Richards haw
seen a good cross section of
the Territory and have' lived
ip Anchorage', Sew ai d, \\'hit
tier, Fairbanks and ( audio,
and for the past seven \ ears
in Sitka.
It is interesting to note
that when the Richards were
newly married they visited
Myrth and Rudy Sarvela at
their Jamestown Bay home
stead and years later were* to
buy this wry spot the\ ad
mired. Nestled behind a Cjiiiet
cove, 'the view is spectacular,
the soil fertile and the wood/
close at hand. Here each
member of the family lias
found individual expression
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w ithin the realm of the family
u n i t. T h e i r home reflects
M a r y s unique decorating
talent and a flair for combin
ing the old and the new’; the
abundant garden, although
considered a family project, is
Frank Sr.’s hobby; while son,
Norman, is an art lent hunter,
Ronald is (lit1 mechanic who
k e e p s everything running;
and Frank Jr. tells us he’s a
fisherman.
Both Man and Frank en
joy cooking and do it with,
such imagination and ease
that one hesitates to ask for a
“recipe”. It would be' difficult,
indeed, to add that special
Richards’ touch.
Fashion Fun
First; on the agenda, is a
hearty "Thank "i on to Vogue
Magazine tor “re-checking”
the clothes featured in then
August 1st issue and "stretch
ing their outlook" to include
"Alaska dressing". Since we
ill Sika are not p e a king
around U.S.'s “perkiest peak
nor are we basking on the
hank of the Yukon, we fall in
to the "() t h e r w i s e, prettv
much everything goes” cat
ego rv , and a pleasant cat
egory it is! Snow hoots are
not very important in those
parts but those attractive
count rv boots illustrated
throughout the issue would
seem in stride with Sitka s
weather and you neodn t he
five or til tv miles out of tow u
either, to enjoy them. And
wouldn’t the’Mashing suede
coat be at home, here.
On tlie low n Side1, the hats
seorn hatticr Hi Hat in fact.
And they’re going back back
of the head, that is. In drapes,
in t o I d s, in sections, And
aren’t the bloused hats remin
iscent of tlie Cossack
( olor is a definite fact, this
season, whether in fabric or
leather. Spirv nuhnrg brown
Delicate amber green or Cin
ger standing on its own.
BOUNTY OF THF SEAS.
The abundant food and
water potential of our oceans
has been barely touched, but
soon, science tells us, we ll be
drawing on seaweed as a food
lor plants and animals. Ex
periments have been eon
dueled which show that milk
production increased in cows
led on a seaweed meal, and
that the vitamin A content in- 1
c r e a s e d. Sheep produced
more lambs and better pelts;
hens laid better eggs; turkey
mortality was decreased; and |
pigs fattened faster on this
seaweed food. Seaweed is the
only known vegetable source
of v itamin B12, besides hold- v
ing other vitamins and its (
high mineral content makes it
an excellent soil fertilizer. (
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THE TACKLE SHOP 1
for
Rifle Scope Sights
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Decorative Tricks •
Pep Tired Rooms '
Get the whole family interested
tr. decorating! There are many
decorative Vicks so simple that
even a child of seven or eight
van participate in making the
home more comfortable, spacious
or into':*ectiivi.
M t d a bookcase for toys or
books? These are easily achieved
b- pointing bricks white or red to
bring out their texture Three «>r
four bricks between natural ebb
or* 1 or paint d boards nv’k-‘ flu
bpokcase, but you might like then,
in me children’s rooms as shelves
for toys, hobby collections oi in
your own room for magazines
plants or china
Have an old bread hex*’ I1' tv
rm be erv moled wlb'e a ’•<*
Cammed with stencils or de.vh
i » .told papers, pencils and o!h.ei
h wuework sup dies ri h' at a d U
or even in the Steben if the trb b
in that room is used for home
work.
Sto age Space
If there's an old camp chest oi
Army locker sitring in the base
ment bring it up to provide
dei lul storage space Burlap,
denim or felt can be used for
covering it to match or contrast
in the room it's used Before t u
ding the top. place a foam n . , >
piece or folded old eh millc spread
right on the cover, then finish will
the burlap This will give com
fortable sitting while the chest can
oe used for out-of-season clothes,
books, skates, gym siioes. howling
balls, etc.
Should you need a new waste
basket in the same room, covet
tins with the same material as the
chest described above. If you’re
using it elsewhere, paint white
and decorate with decals or use
wallpaper from a section of roll
that was used in the room.
Orange crates provide storage,
too, but they need not look like
crates if they’re covered gaily
with adhesive-backed paper which
gives a durable finish. Use a print
or one of the wood-grained pat
terns to match other wood used ir*
th« room.
Conversation Pieces
Modern bulletin boards are very
simple to make since you can use
pegboard and colorful golf tees
to tack the memos in place. Peg
board can be painted to match or
contrast room color.
A NO Ltl us LASS II ON 10 HELP OTHERS IN SOL VINO Iniias
BY JOHN and JANE STRICKLAND
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TODAY’S PROBLEM: Worry! |
t iriLLIAM MINOR, Jeanette,
VV Pennsylvania, started in his
first job with a company so big that
it took weeks, sometimes months
tor one to learn all the procedure,
the paper work and the systems.
Materials were hard to get, for the
United States Government had pri
ority over many kinds. But Wil
liam was interested in getting
ahead, nay, he was determined to
grt ahead! So he threw himself
into his work, took on practically
♦lie i esponsibilty, if not for the
entire company, at least for his
a section of it. He worked all day
9 and he thought matters out at
night.
The result was that after a year
n or more of this pressure, he went j
t home so tired at night that he spoke j
gruffly to his wife and children,
e when he bothered to speak to them
i at all. It wasn’t long before he
> found the children were keeping
n out of his way; that his wife had
something to do at some spot
where he was not. That didn’t
" matter. He had plenty to think
e about and he could best do it in
ij solitude.
In church one Sunday morning,
the minister asked of the congre
gation, “W hat are you getting out
of Life?”
During the larger part of the re
mainder of the service, William’s
mind was on one thing, “What was
he getting out of ILe?” About all
he could sum up was “a bare hv
mg and a lot of worry.” Toward
the end of the service, he did near
“If you’re not getting what
want, why not analyze your sit. .
tion. and remedy any failing?”
All that afternoon, he thought o:
those remarks of the minister. He
did analyze, and he decided that
worry filled entirely too much
space in his existence. How to rout
it? He didn’t know. But he did know
to go to the library anti get books
on the subject. One sentence stuck
in his mind: “Live for the day
only; do your best; let the future
be what it may.”
And that was all that was needed
to change William Minor from a
morose, harrassed individual, who
saw little prospect of promotion, to
a cheerful man who loved being
with his family at the end of the
day, and who got a promotion in
just a few months.
Miss Alaska
Seattle, Wash. Miss Stuart
'raser Johnson, hotter known
is "Miss Alaska \ has also
>een tapped for the title of
Miss Alaska Flag Line by
viuployees ol Pacific North
ern Airlines, which helped
ponsor her trip to New York
0 t a k e p a r t in the Miss
America contest at Atlantic
” i t y. Pacific Northern is
mown as the " Alaska Flag
ane .
"Miss Alaska Flag Line”,
,vho hails from Douglas, sis
er citv to Juneau, Alaska, is
■moiled at Mills College, on
1 music Scholarship alter
laving attended the Universi
\ of Washington for one
ear.
besides her talent at the
piano, Miss Johnson has the
bllow ing recommendations'
She was bom in Juneau 19
years ago, is five loot seven
inches tall, weighs 135
pounds, is a perfect 36-26-36,
and has lovely blue eyes and
blonde hair.
New Process for Storage of
Cream.
Your milkman may soon be
offering you a cream that can
be stored for as long as six
months and at room temper
ature. Our Department of
Agriculture has perfected a
simple process af adding sug
ar to the cream which can be
carried out in any well-equip
ped dairy. The sugar, it seems
prevents bacterial growth and
hence, the cream remains
dairy-fresh. It can lie whip
ped and used in any other
way you’d want sweetened
cream.
Sweet Potato Griddle Cakes
With Spicy Apple Sauce
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These are special-treat griddle cakes . . . with a hint of mellow
s\vea ness from the sweet potatoes in the batter. Its a thin batter
that bakes fast and gives light, thin, tender cakes.
Then the apple sauce topping! Hot, buttery, spicy and full of
po< 1 apple flavor! Smells of apples and spice, too. Spoon the sauce
directly onto the cakes (there’s butter aplenty in it).
This looping is quickly and easily made. That’s because canned
a .T le sauce is used and the fine zesty tang of canned apple sauce
is perfect for it.
The Griddle Cakes:
cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
" • teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 eees
1 Va cups milk
Vz cup mashed cooked or
canned sweet potatoes
Y4 cup melted butter or
margarine
♦Spicy Apple oauce
■ t together flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Beat egg ,
'-t potatoes and milk; mix well. Combine with dry mgredi . u
- n • until smooth. Add melted butter or margarine Drop 1
onfuls on hot griddle. Bake, turning to brown on both s.—
Cerve hot with Spicy Apple Sauce. Yields 4 servings.
SPICY APPLE SAUCE
1 cup canned apple sauce
W cud brown sugar
y4 teaspoon nutmeg
V4 teaspoon cinnamon
i/4 cup butter or margarine
Combine apple sauce, brown sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon; bring
to boil. Simmer 5 minutes; add butter or margarine; stir untb
melted. Serve hot on griddle cakes.
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Whole Family’s
Clothes Sparkle
Isveryone in the family will
love our wonderful way with
clothes! We clean every gar
ment spicn’ span . . . as crisp
and fresh as when new! Yes,
dad’s suits, mom’s dainty
dresses, the children's school
togs . . . all look their best
when we go to work on them!
fry us, and you’ll see!
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