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Dei Moines Register Paqt) 1 A Doctor's Notebook Mrs. Johnson and Sons 1 Topping Keeps Fruit Cake From Drying Out By lima Phillips Stewart. Fruit cake dries out if not taken care of properly. Using a corn syrup or honey glaze helps, and, of course, one should use proper storage methods. Almond pasta topping is very popular for fruit cakes.

There Is no special trick in making: it. It does wonders to help keep the cake from drying out and, of course, adda flavor too. Almond Paste Topping. 1 cup blanched almonds 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar 1 egg white, unbeaten few drops of almond extract 1 and one-half cups sifted confectioners' sugar tablespoons melted butter 1 tablespoon hot milk one-half teaspoon vanilla extract Method: almonds through food grinder using your Inert "blade. (You mty wish to do this twice.) X.

Combine ground almonds with the cup of confectioners' sugar, unbeaten egg whits and almond extract. Mix well. Spread over cake. Too Many False Notions About Epilepsy By Glen B. Shepherd, BL D.

Although two million people in the United States have it, too many people don't know the truth about epilepsy. The false notions about this disability hurt epileptics needlessly both job-wise and socially. Epileptics are not leu intelligent than other people. They are not insane. The opposite is true.

Nearly all epileptics have normal intelligence. About as large a percentage of epileptic have superior telllgence aa do other people. Epilepsy is not a disease of "fits" although the word itself does mean seizures. It was so named when only by the seizures could epilepsy be recognised. Many epileptics have no fita or seizures.

They merely have brief moments of daze which may not be visible to others. There are also other symptoms which doctors call epileptic equivalents. Parents or other ancestors are not responsible for a child's epilepsy. Most epilepsy doea not disable the sufferer when properly treated. Moat epileptics can carry through with regular public schooling.

Occasional Attacks. Those wno have seizures may have occasional attacks even with good treatment. They should not pilot airplanes, drive other vehicles, or work In high places and around unprotected machinery. Those epileptics who rarely have seizures while taking medicine can do good work. The usual kind of epilepsy Is caused by diffuse damage to the nervous system.

This occurs early In life, sometimes because of birth difficulties. Controlled by Drugs. In the last few years, a number of synthetic drugs have controlled epileptic seizures better than previous treatment ad. However, the best treatment in any particular person often has to be found by trying various medicines. There is no one drug which will absolutely control seizures In everyone.

Too many people sin against epileptics by discriminating against them and by surrounding this common disease with a wholly false condemnation. Medical courtesy what doctors pay for their own medical care Is discussed by Doctor Shepherd in his Sunday column. Read the doctor's column each Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday In the women's section of The Register. 8. Mix together the l1, cups of sifted confectioners' sugar, melted butter, milk and vanilla extract.

Spread over cake. Decorate if you wish, Choosing Cake Pans. Just because a recipe calls for a tube pan, you do not have to bake your fruit cake in one. In fact many people have trouble with them. One reason why tube pans are suggested is that the width of the batter is no greater than in a loaf pan because the tube cuts mjjiiiii I linn ijlMT' ijrtl mmjmi the width of the pan.

If you have had trouble with tube pans, be sure to line the tube portion with paper as well as the sides. If cake aeems to bake too fast, Increase the number of liners used and keep your temperature down around 250 degrees F. Ms. Richard T. Johnson, 2209 Thirty-sixth is pictured with her three sons, left to right, Richard, Uregory and Larry.

The boys are the grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. Qua Simon ef Orion, and Mr. and Mrs. of Oeneseo, 111.

If you choose loaf pans, use quite narrow ones so the cake will be done in the center without burning the edges. What we call a sandwich bread loaf pan is Ideal, Consistory If you have tried all of the ideas which I have suggested and tpi have dry fruit cake, I suggest you try baking it In glass casseroles which, have lids. Your cake won't dry out then, unless your cake batter is on the dry side. Fruit Cake Tips. Light fruit cakes can be baked at a higher temperature than the average dark fruit cake.

Unless you have a large percentage of fruit and nuts, they nay sink to the bottom of the pan. Warm fruit and nuts first, and they are not so apt to sink. Steam 1 pound fruit cake 1 hour; 2 pound cakes, 2V hours; 8 pound cakes, 3 hours. Remove paper from top of pans and bake In a slow oven, 290 degrees F. Average a half hour for a pound cake, 49 minutes for a 2-pound cake.

Since this baking time is slightly on the "guess" side, you can tell when a fruit cake Is baked by: cake shrinks from sides of pan, a tester put in the middle of the cake comes out clean, your finger tips do not leave an Imprint on the surface of the cake. A combination of nuts such as pecans, almonds and English walnut Is good In any cake. Warming them first helps to bring out their good flavor. If dates and cherries si's soft, leave them whole. For' easier slicing, chill your fruit cake, and.

use a thin bread knife with a narrow saw-tooth edge. Remove baking paper after cake is firm, enough to handle. If paper has been properly treated, it ahould puU off easily. Cakes may be wrapped In cloths soaked in grape Juice, wine or strained orange juice. For better baking, choose a large pan for water, not a small one.

This gives more moisture, which naturally makes a more moist cake. i If your fruit cakes have been drying out on top before they are done, start them out with a waxed paper over tho top, held down with string. Have the paper high enough so that the batter not touch It in rising. Wrap fruit cake In foil, slip into a tin box and then store In cool, dry place. If you don't have a cool room, place foil-wrapped ciks in a pliofilm bag and freeze.

Cake thaws out in a very short time after it is removed from freezer. Visitor Returns To California Mrs. Hamilton Carpenter of La Jolla, who spent several weeks with her sister-in-law, Mrs. R. J.

Pratt, 620 Country Club has left to return to Cali fornia. She will spend the winter at tne Huntington notel Fasa- dena. Mrs. William McFerren, who spent several months in New England and Virginia, returned to Des Moines Tuesday and has taken an apartment at Windsor Terrace. Mr.

and Mrs. David 8. Kruld-enier, 1430 Creston returned Monday night from the east. They spent Thanksgiving in Greenwich, with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Shepard, and attended the party announcing the engagement of Elizabeth Pit-lik of New York, N. and their sori, Peter. Dec. 4, 1951 Married Catherine Brokaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Brokaw of Lenox, and William KresL son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kresl of Denver, Colo, were married Friday at the Methodist church in Lenox. Mrs. Kresl formerly was employed at Meredith Publishing Co.

In Des Moines. They will live In Denver. Nut Bread. Nut bread is wonderful to have in the house! It's good sliced thin and served for a television-time snack. It makes a fine ad dition, with a cream cheese and Jelly filling, for a lunch box.

It'a delicious served with soup and a salad for lunch. Bacon Adds Flavor. Crisp slices of bacon taste good with a casserole of scilloped potatoes or one of Spanish rice. Bacon is also an addition to such luncheon dishes as creamed eggs and mushrooms or com pudding. Certainly! Who doesn't count calories remarkable, non-fattening diet fruits vegetables csnned by the Pratt- Lowfolks in California? They're called Dietetic-Pack, but you'll call them heaven-sent if you're on diet! All top quality! All rushed hours-fresh from nearby farms and orchards, quick-packed to keep their full natural fla vor.

Pratt-Low is famous for quality, nas Deen tor bU years I Let me send you a handy cookbook of interesting new diet recipes. POOO AND DI(T CONSULTANT Asparagus Goldenrod, fit for a Tang wbo'e counting calories 1 This easy. sppetizing recipe () calls for Pratt Low Dietetic-Pack Asparagus Spears California Mammoth green tipped and white variety. Tender and tempting. Also delicious in salads! Holiday Pear Salad, a festive snd welcome treat! Pratt-Low Dietetic-Pack Pears used in this recipe () are plump, sun-ripened Bartletts full of rich natural flavor.

A good dessert spooned right from the can. Twin Assurance of Dependability! These Seals have been earned by these Pratt-Low Dietetic Foods: California Peaches, Aoricots. Pears. rThompsonSeedlessGrspes.Hswsiian nneapple, Appleeauce, Kadota Figs, Cherries, Spinach. Blue Lake Beans, Asparagus.

Free Low-Calorie Recipe ii write to Martha Alden, Dept. 6 Pratt-Low Preserving Co. Santa Clara, California I -Y'i-A 8i i assM i. 1 ill I 'Hi? I IhieissieeSWT Enjoy Your Daily Bath (Beauty and You.) By Marian Matthews. News reports recently advised that you sing long and Joud in your bath! Long because not enough time is given to this ritual which can be the most soothing event In your day.

On the second suggestion that you make it loud, I leave It to your conscience. you sing that about the neighbors? It won't disturb anyone if you get In the habit of vocalizing in a happy moderate tone or you might prefer to whiatle. Whichever It Is, get In that happy frame of mind and, when you step out of the tub, you will continue to be light-hearted and feel ready for anjt difficulty. Something to sing about In the bath is the array of sweet-smelling bath Items you should have on hand. It is no luxury to have a quality talcum or dusting powder and companion cologne or toilet water.

The daily bath should be followed with a lubricating lotion on those troubled areas that usually begin to kick up about now dry skin on elbows, knees and heels. Soften with a good hand lotion and, if you like, spread a film of the lotion over your legs, especially from the knees down. This will help alleviate chapping caused by cold and drying winds. Treat yourself to the time-hon ored custom of a leisurely bath and your troubles will seem so much easier to cope with! Miss Fidler Is Married Miss Norma Fidler of Des Moines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John Fidler of Adel, and Metl Schillerstrom of Des Moines, son of Mrs. Edith Schillerstrom of Burlington, were' married Nov. 23 at Adel Methodist church. Mrs: C. C.

Loynachan was organist. Miss Doris Powell sang, accompanied by Mrs. Don Dorn, both of Des Moines. The Rev. Wilbur Wilcox of the First Methodist church assisted by the Rev.

C. E. Thiele of Adel officiated. Miss Dorothy Nelson was maid of honor and Rosalie Bentzlnger, bridesmaid. Both are from Des Moines.

Lorene and and Aletha Johnson were flower girls and Janice Elder and Ellen Crouse, candle-lighters. Glenn Roberts of Des Moines was best man and Carrol Schillerstrom of Burlington, usher. The couple will live at 3601 Forest ave. Mr. Schillerstrom is employed at John Deere Des Moines works.

stall since it la long and narrow. out a vocabulary of Insight Into the subjective reaches of human nature. It refers to an expansion of human consciousness, Just dawning on the race as a whole. Though admittedly faulty, fumbling and tentative in Its present form, psychiatry when utilized at its best already may be Justly regarded as an instrumentality of God. Mental Illness.

Speaking of the shameful Implications of mental illness, a more compassionate charitable view is prevalent today. However, when we more fully understand the of all forms of ill ness, We may realize that the "shame" of illness is associated with the "shame" of secret sin. In short, it may be our unconscious emotional states, of destructive kind that eventually brand us with disease and disorders. Such was the therapeutic principle taught by Jesus. M.

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To Have Dinner Des Moines Consistory will have the last dinner of the year Saturday. Following dinner, ladles of the Consistory members and initiates will be entertained with auction and contract bridge, canasta, and other games and a book re view. In charge will be Mesdames John P. Abramson, Clyde H. Robinson, W.

Russell Hayes, Glen P. Wlon, N. W. Lovegrove, Dale C. Smith, Lloyd K.

Perry, A. L. Johnson, W. Frank Howell, Lee Rush, Charles F. Nutt.i Guy E.

Logan, Fred G. French, Roland T. Harrison and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C.

Dyson. Mrs. M. E. Wallace will give the book review.

Book Club. Mrs. Lorraln Watters will entertain members of her book club at a luncheon Friday at her home, 640 Country Club blvd. Mrs. John Parsons will give the review.

Chapter BL. Chapter BL of T. T. T. will have its annual Christmas party Friday at the home of Mrs.

G. L. Bennett, 4336 Urbandale ave. Luncheon will be at 1 p. m.

with a business meeting in charge of Mrs. Bennett at 2 p. m. Christ mas festivities will be at 3 p. m.

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I wonder if we aren't over looking a possibility that men-'tal Illness may have a more tangible basis than wrong fthought Perhaps It Is com-munlcated by a virus) Psychiatry ha proven no cure, slnd recovery In many cases, as lji other diseases, may be due to statural causes. Perhaps only when doctors and laity regard mental illness In its true light, will It be stripped ef shameful triplications. Then we may begin to understand its nature its cause and communlcablllty. What do you ay? DEAR R. O.i Although I am Candidly respectful cf the good potentials Implicit In psychiatry, when practiced by humble, altruistic enlightened minds, nevertheless the fact is that this column emphasizes other helpful resources, too.

For example, I believe In stress the useful employ. of common sense, fortitude, faith In God, personal responsibility for self-help and like, In treating" problem. The popular attitude of ironic disdain or scornful distrust aimed at psychiatry seems to be a consequence of expecting too much from the profession, while respecting Its exponents too little, and uaderstanding their works not at all. Pioneering. In my opinion, psychiatry Is a pioneering aspect of a new evolutionary push in the growth of human awareness.

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