Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1925, Page 36

WOMAN’S PAGE. Thae EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.- C.,, TUESDAY, JUXE 30, HOME NOTES By JENNY WREN FEATUR Color Cut-Out Little Boy Blue. IN THE GARDEN WITH BURBANK As Reported by Elizabeth Urquhart and Edited by Luther Burbank. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Shall He Marry Into a Family of Divorcees>—Why Does a Woman Age So Much Sooner Than Her Husband? Games and a Menu for the BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. That distinction can be achieved in the small room with well-chosen fur- niture and a carefully-planned back ground treatment is amply proved by the small dining-room in which this sketch was made. On the walls is an unfigured paper of greenish blue; the woodwork is ivory and the carpet is plain greenish Today T am giving various ideas|of brown crepe paper to indicate bare for celebrating July 4 in true patri-|ground. It sheuld be divided with otie tashion together with a menu to|chalk lines into sections and each one be served. The -latter has many ele-| marked 5, 10, or 20. The sections to- ments suggestive of the old-time fes-|ward the' front should be 20s for it tivities, but they are harmless us be-|will be dificult to “fire” bullets so r safe and sane aelebration. The|that they will land in theke. A row e for young folk and adults | ;¢ 10s should come next and then 5s n little tots. The children ], the back. The fortress can be made ht.in the ful and unique |, feature of the decorations of a which the refreshments are aen tepa piiper AHOGIA TorT =y ground about the embank- ment, and twigs of trees stuck in spools stained green may stand here and there on the grass to represent trees. A longhandled paint brush makes a fine flag pole from which a small flag may flutter. The bullets, to be the most realistic, should be made of black cambric, cut round, and two pieces seamed to- gether. They should be filled with dried peas d each bullet should be about the size of a billiard ball. The players stand across the room from the fortress, or, at least, several feet away. The object of the game is to land the bullets inside the citadel and in the spaces that count most. Two hundred, three hundred ov five hundred may be the limit of a game. Scores should be kept on tally cards cut from red cardboard or stiff paper painted red and cut to look like fire crackers. The fuse forms the string, and may or may not have a tally pen- cil attached, but there must be a “fuse.” Matching numbers on these fireworks secures partners. A large firecracker that is really the handle for a collapsible fan makes a fine prize, very welcome if the weather is torrid. they were found to be so responsive that future work promises still bet ter results and a new and valuable vegetable will be produced “Was not the Camassia used by the Indians as a food?” 1 asked. “Yes, and also by grizzly bears! And thes having shown the wa civilized man has found the bulbs of these wild plants re mbling lilies or hyacinths to be ve good, indeed “The Livender 1 ns ‘are by and the bulbs are edibl Western and and I have experimented f years with plants from British Amer ica and all along the Pacific coas and found them very responsive subjects, “Some of the bulbs produced were of enormous size and they surpass the potato in nutriment and flavor, and now that the way has bheen pointed out and great possiiblities discovered the amateur may ¢ on the work ‘Educating Uncultivated Plants. “We have already on the list of wild platns that have been trans formed into cultivated fruits and vegetables, tomatoes, pears and corn, and T know there still are others,” 1 ventured. “They would make a long list,” said Mr. Bugbank, “for our cultivated plants go back many thousands of generations to the wild types.” “We will not begin with the plum,” 1 sald, “because I am saving that for a talk all by itself.” “Will vyou have apples, then, o1 cherries ‘or grapes or more about pears or nuts or berries?” asked Mr. Burbank with a smile. “None of these for the present. 1 am saving them, too. But just now, please tell me of some changes that have made wild plants and weeds useful and edible, and of some that promise future success in devel ment."” “Well Burbank, might include the edible bulbs, & ready mentioned, those of the lilium | brownii, whose bulbs 50 sweet that insects cannot leave them alone and those of the tigridia, which are E sweet and palatable as the blos. ms are beautiful. Strangely enough, the tiger lily in Japan, related only in name, however, to the tigridia, is considered a greaf delicacy, and the blossoms are even sacrificed to the bulb, the flower stalks being ruthlessly cut out that the bulb may get the benefit of the extra nourishment.” “Are not the roots of the burdocl t0o0, used in Japan as a vegetable I asked “Yes. there is a Japanese cousin of our rather unpopular American bur dock which has produced thick that are much prized as food “Are they really mood to eat” inquired. “When the stalks are vounz and | tender they have rather a good fuvor if they are partially cooked und the first water. which extracts the bitter ciple, is drawn off. The root however, contains less of the bitter principle and in Japan ie considered the best part of the plant when young and tender, and about 10 or {inches long. “1 have crossed some of the nese : burdocks with the species and produced gri in the bitterness of both roots and, besides, changing their character as weeds. Ind IDEAR MISS DIX: T am engaged to be married to a youns woman who is divorced. My father is very much opposed to my marrying her, because her mother is divorced from her husband, and she has three sisters who are all divorcees. Do you think this makes any difference, or is it any indication that she will not make me a good wife? CHARLES, Answer: Well, Charles, personally I shouldn't care to marry into a family in which divorce seemed to be hereditary, as it seems to be in this case.” Possibly the mother and the four daughters may be blameless. They may be merely the victims of bad luck, and have drawn blanks in the matrimonial lottery. But the probability is that they are the sort of women who are not adapted to matrimony, and who do not know how to get along with men. Otherwise, surely one of the five would have been able to have salvaged a husband out of the general matrimonial wreckage. At any rate, if T were vou. before T took a chance on one of these matrimonial ‘misfits T would hunt up one of the ex-husbands and see if I could find out why the whole bunch of in-laws got their walking papers. wil way in m, Erow m Of course, it might possibly be the failt of the five husbands. They may have been rounders, and drunkards, and n'er-do-wells, and general all-around brutes. But it would have been such an extraordinary coincidence for neither @ mother nor her four dauyhters to have gt an endurable mate chat it makes one rather suspicious that the shoe is on ‘he other foot. r not all wives are suffering angels Sometimes they are just as hard to live with as any man can be. Som-times they have insane tempers. Sometimes they are madly extravagant. S¢metimes they are grinding tyrants. said Mr. French Bread. Soften one vea cake in half a cup ful of 1| water, then stir into it enough flo to make ve! Liff dough, which will take nearly two cup tuls. Knead thoroughl shaping into ball. Make two cuts on the top bout one-fourth of an inch deep, then place the pastry in a saucepan of tepid water, the cut side up. In a few min utes the bail will begin to swell and float on top of the wal When quite light rémove with skimmer to a bowl containing half a cup of luke- warm water and half a teaspoon of ut. Stir in enough flour to make a dough stiff enough to knead, nearly two cupfals, and stand in a warm e until ligh and when Very often they are women who are ot willing to make any allowance for a husband; who have a little code of their own that they try to force a man to live up to, They are intolerant,:bigoted, and if they cannot make their husbands do and think as they wish, they are off to the divorce court. They never know how to “manage” v man. They do not know when to speak and when to keep silent, how to geal with him tactfully, instead of colliding headforemost with all his prejudices. They do not think it worth- while to jolly him and try to keep him ple:ssed, and that is why they lose their husbands. blue of a slightly deeper tone than the walls, Having these large areas unbroken by pattern makes the room seem very much larger than it actu- Also the height is apparently increased by the use of these straight drapes of striped green and gold taffeta hung to the floor from under narrow, formal valances of the Heppelwhite chairs upholstered in striped gold bro- Any man or woman who marries ajdivorced person does well to look beyond and beneath the cause for divorch alleged in the courts to the real reason of why the marriage was a failuse. And in a case where a whole family has divorces, where a mother and four sisters have broken up their homes, he should do some sleuthing wortiy of a Sherlock Holmes himself to ascertain why none of them could live ¥ith their husbands i DOROTHY DIX. o fe EAR DOROTHY DIX: Why does « whman age and fade so much sooner than her husband? 1§ have in mind & man of 63, who is actually hand some. He is plump and pink with health,’his hair merely streaked with gray. His wife is also healthy, but pale anfl lined with care. Her hair is like drifted show or s this an exceptional Lase. In cases where the husbands | and wives are nearly the same age, the Ifsbuands always look much younger than their wives. What is the reason ws women can't Keep fresh and fair with age as our husbands are sure to d MRS. G. C. Sheep and Cows Run Wild. Little Boy Blue lived on a small farm. His father had only a few cows and sheep and he had made it. Boy Blue's job to look after them. For this he had given Boy Blue a beautiful little red horn to blow on to call the animals to him. One day Boy Blue's mother looked out of the window, and you can imag ine her surprise when she saw Brindle and Bess and Boy Blue's little pet calf, Spotty, in the cornfield. And there were ull the sheep running wild in the meadow ““Merc: Little Bo: his fath Missile Contest. Provid® players with paper and pen- cils and have them write down the names of many missiles /as pos- sible in a given time. The one scoring highest should be awarded a prize. A series of stamps celebrating the Lex- annivers: would make a 1 prize, one that would in value each ye: These could be backed with pasteboard and Le passe-partouted. 1s roots are cade. Egg Au Gratin. halv h follc Melt butter, add one Huckleberry Muffins. Berries are an excellent addition 10 any muffin batter. Just wash them and dry them and add them, about a cupful, to an ordinary muffin recipe. Bake in the usual way and serve with butter. hard-hoiled eggs d dish in a ci pare a sauce tablespoonful tablespoonful of flom salt. pepper and paprik, fou spoonfuls of water or stock. half 1 cheese Boil for fi min then add two raw yolks of eggs, and pour at once over the kle two tablespoonfuls of ated cheese over the top, brown in the oven, garnish with small picces of fri nd serve hot Fourth of July Menu. d with Radishes ckers (Ice Cream and Cake) Torpedoes (Candies) Fortress Salad Cut crusts from bread, slice into long, narrow strips. On green lettuce |leaves, form a hollow square from IE | these, and fill center with any kind of LOOKS LIKE|giad. Serve with radishes on the T PROVES TO|gjde of plate. WHICH 1 A | “ortress she cried. can Fuses and rD anbar, [Aumiivhiat, il Answer: ‘Because nature plays us wimen a scurvy trick by giving us a | eraiter physique than men, and then puttfgs « double strain upon us. Because s : (bt | women have to do just as hard work in 4he world as men: work that is far plocike Boy Blucs trousers @ PHEht ! more monotonons and nerve-wearing tha’ man’s, and in addition have to go Dlack velvet with white collar and cuffs | (hrough the ugony of bearing th race. . =~ = T T i B roa tIe e Tl atelibe Bik norks The first baby ages a woman five fears. By the time she has got i : through its second Summer she looks 0 years older. Every subsequent olive branch takes its toll of her youth #nd good looks, 50 that by the time she has accumulated a family of three or four she is middle aged. and is either fat and frumpy or wkinny and wa ‘hed out. while husband and father still retains his boyish figure and looks @ mere lad. “Where My Neighbor Says: Japa The odor of gas around a gas stove when a rubber tube is used is uspally c: ed by the tube itself ving become sat urated with g New tubing is the only remedy. The safest way to melt choco. late is to put it into a small fry- ing pan or sauc n over a low fire or in the oven If it Is to be mixed with a liquid, the best way is to melt it with a little of that liquid first and stir to a cre Windows during the Summer are very apt to stick. If they are hard to open or close, rub the cords with soap and they will run smoothly. unslaked lime are excellent disinfectants and may bhe kept in saucers and placed in the icebox to keep the air sweet. To wash shields, so that they will last a while, use lukewarm soapy water and a teaspoon of baking soda. Do not rub the soap directly on the shields, but on small brush, and brush both sides of the shields vigor ously with the warin water. Ringe in water of the same temperature. If your range oven does not bake well on the bottom, slip a hot stove cover under the bread or cake when putting it in. The cover can be removed in 15 minutes, which would be about the time of first looking in. Put a kettle of water over the fire while the cover is in oven it you have no extra cover. PART OF THE — e ‘Washington Cake. m one-half a pound of butter, add one_pound of sugar, and cream again. When light and smooth add the yolks of five well beaten eggs, one cupful of flour and the grated rind of two lemons. Stir In one-half a cup- ful of sour cream to which has been added one-half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in one t poonful of boiling water, one-half a pound of seeded and halved raisins well floured, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt and two and one- half cupfuls more of flour. Beat well for several minutes, stir in lightly the ‘whites of the eggs, whipped to a stiff froth, turn into a greased pan and bake in a moderate oven. If about three inches thick it will require 45 minutes to bake. Fuses and Firecrackers. . Sl son that women grow old-looking sooner than men is hecause led such dull lives. Th2 ordinary wife and mother had few contacts with the world. She stayed put in her own home, and not only gave up fixing herself up, but slumped menr.ally as well, while the husband's business took him out into the world whe e he was continually stimulated by competition with other men and so kept i=mself alive and alert and young in mind and body. Another re women in the p he fuses are made from bricks of caramel ice cream sliced lengthwise and cut into long, marrow portion: serve two of these ‘“‘fuses” to each person with a firecracker, which is « roll of cake covered with red frost- |ing. These cakes can be made easily excel. | from thin slices of cake spread with wreen | marshmallows and rolled so that the Gray | ends meet ‘asten together with printed | toothpicks and cover completely with nes may used to | red icing. hooks should form | The torpedoes are small squares of the third side of |red tissue paper twisted around sev- the wall against |eral pieces of any preferred kind of N ndy to give the semblance of tor- he fortress should be | pedoes. adapted to as adult enter. call_bom 2l is and a0k v lar, dint piled or vakened women up to the 0 years to The women's clubs and study folly of sinking into premature senilit their youth. Study and travel and a brostler outlook are bridging the hiatus between the ages of men and women, anc’ it won't be long before the woman of 60 will look like her husband's lady lowe instead of his mother. And lots of women make themseives 14 before their time trying to keep young DOROTHY DIX. » represent Charcoal and crepe puper be sta may . EAR MISS DIX: 1 am engaged to maliry a man whom I love very dearly, but he insists that after we are mar*ied we must live with his mother. He says he loves his mother better than ahy woman on earth and will always put her before his wife. I told him tha: if he felt that way he had better Rive up the thought of marrying and devite his life to her, for, though 1 am hot jealous, I would want to take first p’ace with my husband. He doesn’t want to give me up and:insists that we wougd be perfectly happy with his mother, but T know her;and know that we could not live amicably together. What is your advice” TROUBLED. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit., Oatmeal with Cream. Corned Beef Hash. Dropped Eggs. Corn Cakes, Coffee. ZBY MRS "HARLAND H. ALLEN, Answer: You have =aid it. If he lokes his mother better than he does let him stay with her, and you fin® some man who prefers you. No he world can be happy in & farriage in which she has to piay second fiddle to another woman. even a r.other-inlaw. DOROTHY DiX. pyrig! SN ..o L LS P e e e difect derivation of ‘“miniature” is iniare,” meaning “to color th minium." {0 from “coloring manuscripts with minium™ evolved the now well known fire art of miniature painting and our modern word ‘“‘miniature,” which is cemmonly used as a synenym for “¢mall” in everyday speech today. (Copyright. 1925.) | lem. | best Ordinarily the 10-nch blade is though the 9-inch is popular in quarters that are small, and a 12-inch may be needed for a large living room. Shall we pay a little extra for the oscillating feature, or will the sta- tionary type do? For a large, narrow room it will do, or where the breeze is only necessary. in one direction | Usually, however, the oscillator adds much more comfort to a room, and the extra cost of running is almost nill, or should be. Select a fan with more than one speed. It will save electricity and avoid ‘fan. draft” when only the low gear is needed. Be sure that your Can I Afford a Fan? Alm ery fan. And the you. LUNCHEON, woman in t Salmon Souffie. Rolls. Jelly Roll. Iced Tea. one w an electric problem in many homes | not it will pay to buy Seal Brand Tea is of the same high quality the same prin rent apply in s as for most he household A first fan or a f the need HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. od the matter of items a You can affor ond fan if the impor for it is relatively greater than for other things you might spend .the same money for, and if you select the type of fan which is wdapted best for your needs man: electric sut DI R. Roiled Corned Beef. “New Cabbage. Boiled Potatoes. Buttered Beets Cottage Pudding. Chocolate Sauce. Coffee, CORN CAKE. Sour milk or buttermilk “Miniature."” While the word “miniature” will de- scribe anything that is small or exe- Although thi hold uses for a vice is hot e many house. elec fan, its out to lessen ,the dis weather. And cer real economic service increased efficiency it we Most people n on o grounds for i by improv king conditions in the n ther all of that ional comfort thrown in stil many of us have to 1 a saving in dollars we can make it in the budget. Fortunately, can male 1 on_that sc too fzinal cost within months from een spending at for washing your to go out for times, you know, be- s of it takes to dry the ard. But,with a_new fan it in a few minutes and our money and the time because gives dec eat the wash many £ the time in 2 home atilation is N dly during the quiet, sultry weather, and for a_bedr with one window it is the zet a real circ from a fan is used to vent the room : hole, not to blow di rectly people have the you decided to buy a chofce will start on low speed. Some won't. And if left on all night such {a fan is likely to “burn out” if the ent should go off and on. ompare fans for the nolse they make. If the motor hum is reduced to a minimum, it will be easier to live with That means a fan should be rigidly assembled and built of non | wearing materials. The framework should be,of drawn steel, which makes light and easy to handle. Notice the fan guards. They should be strong and put on to on. Table Covers. At an attractive tea quented every Summer by hundreds of fastidious motbr tourists the guests are served on charming old tables many of them of very old maple— luid with runners with colored thread to hold the hem in place. A table for four would have a runner across it which did for guest at head and foot of the table, while there were oblong pieces of the linen hemmed in the same way for the side pla Needless to say the runners are just as wide as the small oblongs are long —about fifteen inches, gi room enough for plate, tumbler, bread and butter plate and silver. At each place, hidden by doily or runner end, is a small oblong of white felt, whipped round the edge. This pro- tects the table from hot dinner room fre- makes the best corn cake, and no eggs are needed. One pint of sour milk, one teaspoon soda a little salt, onehalf cup mo. lasses, one cup flour, then thicken with cornmeal about like sponge-cake batter. Bake in gem pans. Sour milk, soda and the molasses will make a light cake. SALMON SOUFFLE. Butter slices of stale bread very generously. Put in a but- tered baking dish slices of bread, then cover with canned mon. Continue layers and have bread for the top layer. Beat two eggs, add to enough milk to cover and a little more. Let stand for one hour, or longer if possible. Bake in quick oven and serve in same dish. COTTAGE PUDDING. Two cups flour (pastry), two teaspoons baking powder, one egg, one slespoon butter, three-quarters up sugar, salt, one-half cup milk. Flavor and bake in loaf pan in quick oven. Chocolate sauce: One beaten egg, one cup sugar, one-half cup milk, one square melted chocolate. 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