Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1925, Page 26

ANYS: PAGE. * THE' "EVENING STAR,- WASHINGTON, D.- €., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925. L to New Year’s Greeting BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Ye eve e year come New comes tonight 1 in with you Year gre wet them seems (o me. If one is happy it means | that one is well, for without health happiness cannot be fully enjoyed. It means comfortable amount of money, for monetary strain is not con duciv to happines It means love in one’s he t toward others, for this brings lov in return It means a measure of success in one's chosen ation whether it be as home-maker or wage carner. And so we find that the wish for a happy New Year is comprehensive and inclusive. It is a big wish that is for all the days of the | vear to come And so I repeat, happy New Year to you and ur Catering to Fami can send m v, so that on| One of the ways in which the home- | tker can help to fulflll her own | wishes for a happy New Year to her | husband and faraily is by catering to | their tentiner It can be done | in a isand little ways. She can Leir funcies in food and the eeds of their systems closer than previously. 1t is the combination of these two f serving foods that agrec dizestions and those which s, that stimulates Having food that rees with one’ 1o the stomach, tters vith i entment it family o s unless Willie Willis BY ROPERT QUI DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Father and Husband Who Is Only a Billpayer in His Own House—Is the Bachelor of 50 Too “ Old to Marry Girl of 25? i = \ A daughter was born | ovide for the | Right after I I EAR MISS DIX: Nineteen S vear later. For 18 years my only privilege has been to pr two ladies and have their company for dinner in the evening. eat I go to my room. I have not many acquaintances, but my e they are both quite ornamental. Last January I met in a friend’s hou sweet-faced woman with whom I found many contact poiuts. After we had been thrown together several times I discovered that I was sliding fast. T have put on the brakes and avold meeting her, but once in a while I feel not only bitter but rebellious, and in those moments 1 am inclined to judge the fair sex as selfish and indolent. Generally 1 am just. PERPLEXED. wife and daughter have many, as Answer: T should think you would be perplexed, but that most of all vou would be perplexed at your own conduct in letting your wife and daughter make you the family goat. According to vour own story, you are nothing in your own house but an unconsidered billpayer, a slave who toils to support a couple of selfish and indolent women in luxury. You go to your room of an evening while they | entertain their friends in the parlor. You have no authority in the house vou support. Not even the servants in it are so poor as to pay you an attention. Our new pr kind of man that « {nstead of givin you run errand (Covyright. like the lis you a fine boy you @ nickel when | 1925, Well, now, come down to brass tacks. Whose fault is that? Your wife's Not at all. It is your own. You cannot have reached your present age with- ! out finding out that the world, including any wife or husband, treats you exactly as you let it treat you. FOOD AND HEALTH BY WINIFRED STUART GIBBS, Lt i fort reacts on a dis. that one de zh it is good fc ng. It often i two de- | but it is| to heln position like tood even bi " vou. is a L real t sired cha Wiy fulfill the bine the amed homemaker sreeting Thought. for the New Yo Food for i cater to the conr- | to provide the sort | them to read that | fancies and stim- | knowledge of inter J If u child has a we- | ind it easy to| aries and \m.m] | | | t of u fawily erature for appeal to thei ulate @ thirst esting things hanical turn find out fro will stores the books and magazines that vill tell of recent discoveries and in ventic child enjoys knowing bout journeys. art. etc here fascinati biographies les of travel und books on art tol from librarie If a husband myste story or mnovel mind after a hard day’s | I be a stimulant to contes to find such books on the li table Posies and Pleasantri the fami occasionaily, at posies for plant to brighten | thin that aids take | likes ment 114 flowers it i least, to cheer or iny one in possible a flowerir | the Another contentment is to remember the nice thi tell others when evening There are sure to be pleas to relate or appre 1t that have been h tamily. ete. Most of | { these nice things cost nothing. but if | are tried they will be found full | of stimulus to the greeting of happy New Year” expressed tonight and tomorrow ING TASTY AND ONE OF TH CATERING A FAMILY FOODS THAT DIGESTIBLE MANY WA ARY | com 15 | incidents | words to rep | of some of th they e. Happy “a It is one of L person can greet it wish another, BY THORNTON W. BURGESS I am going to stay until you come out.” For a time | cupled with keeping beyond the reach ! of Reddy’s black paws to think of any- | thing else. But when Reddy stopped | reaching for him and sat down to keep | watch, Peter begen to wonder what| had happened in hall and | what is was he had bumped his nose | Peier was oo much oc When Peter Rabbit bumped his nose after he dived through the en trance of Johnny Chu he wped it hard. But it wasn't the pair of the bump that Peter minded e didn't even think of that. It was e sudden fear that sent shivers to king tle way jusi ouse i wa o that long again hard He soon found what it | a wall of frozén earth i - i hall completely Fox was just outside. In | iny GG thron = kidas 1“1}"'”::11‘_"! ounan-t | ig through il sure fihat Regdys COMICn M nava ihatine react him. He w gt !r“d“’)“ wear his toe ns teddy couldn't get through that d90r-| 1oy qig it get there? Lo b puzzled Peter. Once in ut Peter had been down in so Somethi and he and Reddy fact, Pete was It filled that There wasn't even i it. Pater tried to| it was frozen so it was inside In only That w the there e could reach in what Reddy one black paw k paw Reddy r { for Peter did do. when and then iched in He could nat was all first te trened had nose tryi possit was was ped his And all the | unpleasant | that nd Reddy saving He telli he time had come at Reddy, would have Pete er. He promised Pete outside that doorw should ¢ “You yow, for vou down that hall ieclared Reddy long as you « Peter when for his di to wait right untll Pe st may i farther Chud I can stay out hei v in there, a can W Cany COME OUT DECLARED YOU MAY RIGHT REDDY WELL W, COLOR CUT-OUT A MILLER'S DAUGHTER. An Interesting Notice. Reddy Fox had been at his heels. and he knew that that hall was a long one. | He knew that Johnny Chuck and Polly Chuck had gone down to their! snug bedroom late in the Fall and| hadn’t come out again. 1 Then how did this wall of frozen| earth like a closed door happen to be there? And if Johnny and Polly Chuck were still down below what had happened to them? How could they breath without air? Perhaps their back door was still open and they were getting air in that way If not, how could they live? Peter was sorely puzzled was something queer about thi was something hLe couldn't stand all. Where had of frozen earth come from had put it there? Peter's was almost great How was it that Reddy know all about it? hat Reddy knew that he Peter, couldn't get any farther? Péter had| hought that he knew a'l about John-| ny Chuck and Johnny Chuck’s home, | but here was something he didn't| know about. And not knowing about | it had nearly cost him his life. If that closed door had been a little| nearer, a very little nearer the en-| trance, Reddy could have reached him There . There under- this w and who curiosity | his fright Fox seemed | How was it| as as Special Walnut Roast. Take one-third cupful of cold cooked e. one-half a cupful of whole wheat reid crumbs, one cupful of finely round nuts, one cupful of solid ripe omato pulp, and one raw egg well beaten and seasoned with a half tea- spocnful of salt and a_quarter tea <poonful of pepper. Mix this all thoroughly. In tablespoontul of | good fat fry one small onion ground fine and one chopped and mild green pepper. When tender, add to two cup. fuls of mashed potato, which should be smooth and well seasoned. Put the two combinations together. mix thoroughly, and pack into a eased bread pan. Bake for 35 min- utes and e with any preferred sauce. Tomato sauce is excellent with this. his tar <on is the a three king's w one ler's ki she offerin was he king long time shtest clue to milier’s eldest daughter ind <hook her head reward i t earn it,” she| Boil a ing 1d S ithout tinding the Apple Mold. pound and a half sugar alin about w pint of water for 20 min- vlutes and then add two pounds of peeled and cored apples and the juice < of two lemons with the grated peel has a of one. Cook until the mixture be- with | comes stiff and then turn out into a col- mold. Serve when cold and set, and cover with custard on which little fahs of currant jeily have heen placed to read it wish 1 ‘It would m: W then 1 1use er the zhed 23 of such mar The nk slip ick shoes ed vellow daughter ay stockings hair should miller’s eldes and g Her wowa iz | come so exact, fi { trace of that divine spark of imagina- ! jit {ed, | water If you stand up on vour hind legs and fight it, and demand your rights, | { vou get them, and its respect in the bargain. But if you lie down before | it and let it walk over you, it tramples you underfoot and kicks you about one may overorganize his|.ng gespises you so he muy overstandardize | - He may fall intoa rut and be. | llowing tradition und | | ishly, that there is no | ¥ood Speciallst. Just i husines: his dlet s 1 really don't see how you could expect your wife and daughter to respec when You haven't spunk enough to make even a stand for your rights, when you are so poor and spiritless a creature that vou let them push | away from your own fireside. { delictous No wonder vour wife doesn't think it is worth while to trv to please | | vou. There isn't'a woman in the world who has any respect for the husband | | she henpecks. custom so sl tion capable of turning hash into an entree, and entree at that! Shukespeare’s shade, if he haunts these parts, must by this time be corned-beet | * accustomed to hearing himself mi; Let me tell you, my friend, that we women are still very primitive | quoted: therefore, when we reflect | creatures, and caveman stuff still goes with us. We still like a masterful man, e food In its tme plays many |4nd the best loved husband are those who keep their wives on their tiptoes parts, the genial ghost decides, we ! ['¥ing to please them. ;. trust, to “laugh that off!” | You are wise to avoid the woman that you tind vourself falling in love | For one food does play many parts. | with, but she wouldn't stay in love with you, either, after she found that you | Fully to realize this fact is one of ‘ were an easy mark | the best methods of acquiring that! very spark of dietary imagination | So my advice to you is to without which bread bread, or|iight with vour wife that vou meut is meat | she has ousted you. It is never too lute to mend, and you may yet have a That bread may be not alone bread, | happy home if you will force your wite and daughter to respect you. But be of the fundamental and h e in by making them get up and give vou your breakfa: elements of “bread and butter,” t} ‘gold headed cane of life,” but that - u also serve as the startir { [)PAR MISS DIX: 1 am a bachelor sint for the concoction of deliclous | Ao of & witetomicetaply. Tafh puddings, savory omelets and crisp i pue the ladies that I fancy are aro und brown and tender griddle cakes | ror mes as well, is onebit to store away i1 Also, 1 find difficulty in making ¢ the conveniently astic -“"b*‘""" alone with her, though I can talk i sciousnes and similar facts in rela tion to all other stuples should have | the same care. It is surprising hov many “new ideas.” recipes and the like may thus be acquired So much for the purel uspect of the question It is with the dietetic. the nutri tional aspect, that most work is need- | however. ‘The normal woman whether she presides kitchen ette or mansion, 1 way real enthusiasm for feeding folk. She | herself may be unconscious of it her “fob” in life may make it diffi- cult or even impossible for her i indulge her fondness, but it is there The very word “lady” means ‘“loa giver.” So to r brace up your courage and have a grand | is have, and win back the throne from which | one DOROTHY DIX well off and able et married, too young 50 years old to take lonesome and would like to g nd 25 years old. Are they onversation with a girl when I am lef crowd. What do vou advise” LONESOME BACHELOR be be woma wide and dangerous chasm course, it i3 one that for his age and the Answer: Twenty-five tween a man's and 4 woman's ase bridged over If the man happens old for hers i Age can’'t always be gauged by the number of one’s birthdays, There are men who were old in the cradle, and others who will be jellvbeans and cake caters at Su. There are women w vere born old maids, and others whe | are flappers to the end of their lves . Mr. Bachelor, the tion spiritually years is a pretty ung to be ¥ culinar que is how oid s tucked 1t running around. you cian safely pic 25. But one of the old bachelors who have ways'; if you have begun have twinges of rheumatism In your knees, and jazz gets on vour nerves: if vou think every time vou look at u woman with short skirts that you wouldn't let your wife dress that wav: If vou ure our eating and most particularly if it upsets the maid doesn't put your hair brushes back on the dresser in the « spot vou placed them. why, ther ou will make the mistake of vour in marrving a 25-vearold womar You are too old for her if turn to the part plaved by a single d in nutrition as well as in cookery. Let us accustom ourselves to the study of each and every foodstuff that enters into a dish, so that in stinctively we may come to an almost unconscious evaluation of such a dish ¥ from the standpoint of nutrition. Just by way of illustration, take the | .t life from Italian pastes, spaghetti and maca- | you haven t been brought roni. Most of us think of “macar ur fling. and you nd cheese” as a ‘“meat substitute all the things that and let it go at that. As a matter of There won't fact, those who have made a busine: because the <tandards of taste of studying different ways and me: all changed in the last few using these pastes have evolve wu will seem perfectly all rizh umerous recipes, such as spaghetti souffle, macaron! with peas, “elbow salad, macaroni and lobster croquettes noodle pudding, spaghetti chep sue. and macaroni with ham and ezgs—to mention but a few. It does not take a food eqy at nce that #roup of foods may serve for Introducing fresh vegets the case of the attractive dish with peas; body building mater with the soutfle witness the v so on. ite 1he tro ng a girl who is e to do the same things. You can't don’t huve the sane ideals, be = school of thought. You have had She hasn't had hers, wnd have gotten tived of doing can discuss without getting into a and conduct, of morals and manne exrs. and many things that will u see eres vung gh 1o be our daughter is that be same stund s up ir to settle dov u have dov subjec n s he mang ht have horrif e abou million remember Held. and a Anna But I you won't Lustles and pufied sieeves and side-L hings that are of interest 1o you haps the reason vou find it = ou belonz to one age and they belonz thing in commc this one Try a woman hicle o her. made 1 digestible desserts, as ious puddings < and be 1 haven't and a “ se ven't plen DOROTHY DIX d les EAY he clain him and ask him to co: e make then vet for & girl to have to ask 2 MISS DIX: I have s he loves m t e other e comes to @ man io come ith a ¥ not com sids, he w e every some time, ar he wi see me unless I telephone t make a di He males night. Do vou think it rig see her all the time? . 1. P r studies may > , and the habit e both fruitful Let us study our cook b as guldes to food preparation, but alsc E ources of suggestion for further ¥ of nutritional problems. After , is not this the principle on whi languages are taught today: the learn ng by actual contacts with every-da problems? So, aiter devoting all our tistie skill to the task of following cook book’s direct we ma ell study it as a text book on nutri tion. Dad's favorite apple pie or special dish of prune whin new significance when we them as the means of health-giving fi €22 into Dad’s and iCor e made of othe, ablishec i fascinating ks, not alone once esf hiz willin The vou sh 1l knowledge of the usuges of good force you to do all the running. so he you to do the courting. Brace up, and refuse to do vou of his own accord, he can stay inen who are ready to m wer £ man s he has little respect for you and It ministers to his vanity to to humiliate vou by forcing t. Tell him that if he won't come to see nd that there are plenty of other vou DOROTHY DIX. ke dates 1 Copyr Smoked Fish. salmon. herring or finnar make an excellent relish for Herring may be toasted ot heated In the oven. Salmon is usi Iy thinly sliced. dipped in a little mielted butter and broiled. Iaddfe i roasted or broken in coarse flakes anc rved in a butter or white sauce. s, 5 My Neighbor Says: j.emon is not only good for whitening clothes, but it also re- moves stains from handker chie Cut a lemon into slices. rind and all. put it into the hoiler with the clothes and let it remain till they are ready to come out A little flour sprinkled over the top of a cake will aid in pre venting the icing from running off. Leather upholstered furniture lasts much longer if the leather is periodically revives with a A New Raule. mixture of one part of ;1;5 best Bhisienn s AR vinegar and two parts of linseed nnjllv:f_ .:,J(‘","Z,“,I",:,,J";‘(;" mad oil. Shake well together, apply personal mnature will a little on a soft rag and then TovEL e polish with an old silk handker] t e eI e chief or a chamois. In this man- it Js Selfish for a reader to ask for | | ner the leather is not only fpace Jor & problem that is of no| | cleansed but also softened, so e onany one but herselt—and | | that cracking is prevented. DElohE L lhatl s tee s To remove shine from a black Iy, because many of the questions| | AreSS use ammonia and soap, say asked are hardly capable of peime| | one ounce of rock ammonia and answered publicly. The reader hides half ‘an ounce of white ca: behind an_initial, but the editor car rdapiin e pint of Not When solved dip a not. and I feel sure we shall all Le X i i P more comfortable when questi sponge into the mixture and gen- en_ intimate nature are answered, as| | 17 TUP over the shiny spots. they should be. in a personal letter | R¥snen St oling e Smillc o from me to ou. | | prevent a siin trom forming on In asking personal advice, then,| | Ihe top as it cools, add two please send elf.addressed am | | tablespoons of cold milk to every stamped_envelope. | | pint when at the bolling point, WL Mrs. ¢ and stir for a minute. The so- Mrs. L. B Mre, called “skin” will then be re- e e absorbed and the milk will not di Jean make scenes, send me the stamped and addressed | | D impoverished. en Joe showed up envelope as suggested and I shall be | S121 10 ariewer The sieations. . t Evangelines. Lime Water. | Happinss! Lime water is used for one purpose only and that is as an anti-acid agent. When that new Happiness { r store opened down near Rnyai the Cow’s milk is much more acid than mother’s mill and for this reason it is sometimes necessary to add lime in order that the milk may n o € 100 acid a reaction during » h we i bright future | thePalais e water taken into the child's systen vl h]yl Evangeline will help him in acquiring J.,nl’» J fblks . & -l e R ol e sodas ;attg‘sg }ct)“ublb"ng : Gt utiia - a Atain ing in the Tea Room digestion. tem that way. Only the lime found made a sight for Smoked ) haddie Jack's Tuncheon. take think oducin: butlding Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. a new purely answered because ) Jean Ring JeanRing “?fii rz:pnice i 3 Her l)a?xgr‘ger .h:;'d just oper ring. But e , and once only, H., Mrs H.. Mrs. W. L. F.. H. W. A. please Ella J.. Yours for a believe that Some mothers in green vegetables, wholegrain als and milk has the power to be extracted by the system and stored in the body. Large amounts of lime water merely serve to check the of digestion. When food into the stomach it is attacked v the digestive juices, which are highly acid. If we use a large quan- tity of anti-acid the stomach is com- pelled to manufacture still more actd before the digestive process can be completed. So lime water, unless ad. vised by a doctor for some special reason, is not a good thing to add to the child’s milk formula. Kobe is the largest tourist Tapan. port in | expended by | At 1l she wants | 1 Luck in Numbers And Other Things BY NEYSA McMEIN. Something on Clothes. I always think that the beginning | of a New York season is interesting because so many women have r turned from Summering in Paris, and cverywhere dresses of almost every known stvle and color are on dis play. After the season has been on a while one particular style becomes fashionable and another one is dis carded. The dress with the full skirt is left hanging in the closet, while the short one with the crystal beads is worn until it is threadbare, and s0 a style is created nd settls down o long run which takes right across the country und back. Actresses are, of course, the bingers of fashion, for it is part of their job to anticip: introduce the new style in dre: people realize the time and the: dies in to appear in as lovely clothes as pos- sible. The actress, unlike her sister in the movies, who can buy « crimson dress which will photograph black or a blue dress that comes out white, must also pay a good deal of atten tion to the color of her working cos: tumes because sometimes white, for instance, will be the chic thing for an entire season. It is terribly hard to predict just which styles will become fashionable, a small dinner party the other evening 1 sat talkigg to Anna Q Nilsson, who w in a tight little pink-and-silver Madge Kennedy, who white velvet dress with The amusing feature ¢ nedy’s gown was that brooch, instead of appearing at throat, where by all tradition it be longs, had moved down and was hold 1g her sash at the back. Here were two smartly turned out, clever wom- n who were wearing tirely different design is still young. You can choice, u it har really e and Few pught order dress, had on @ a full skirt Miss Ken the cameo The season have your (Copyright “Bob says he hast this New Year wagon He's « ing e Oysters & la Florida On t £ Florid: hey ge emade pennere touched re w ugh to se dish when dress 00d € sauce. charming, | and | the | dresses of en-| FEATURES. Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1925.) Across. Down. Grow old Mimic . Mischievous sprite Eshbiot . Horse doctor (collog 1 . Worships Nimble. a European countr ory orga an city A cascade. v way of. Church officia Afternoon mea . Sorrow. . Upon. Hewing too Decas Be in debt. Watering place in Germany GIrl's name - Ourselves Behold Ohio city. Make a Come in. . Turn to another course . Mississippi State (abbr . Unit of germ plasm . Arabian garment . Membranous pouch . Man’s name Cut thinly. rl's name Knowledge. Distress signal One holding a particular noise in breathing vers, Depraviti Man's nickname Own (Scotel Arablan name WHEN WE GO SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN. Skeleton in Bathroom Is there a closet? nges on the m One is composed portic - with pliable adhes rket 1 leathe ol soft skeleton in leatt of sponge. because sponges other rubber sponge wh ns of sea animals. The spe three 3 feet to 100 feet m the Gu x Cnba, the West Indies Mediterrar 3 s in general It does not ¥ SNSRI as we s a natt i es e it as wel however, becau effect or frict oduces when used on we well, ea Florida t The shrink in placed On the weight If vou b by nstead of by weight vou arer with ~the question however, because size L standard of value greatest servi hold facyion out of it T E i 1l refnember ¥ dlfferent pref deep weizg Loy 0 other ha: n a pipe. on grass ike on nd brittle West Ind bieached bat The so-c es are the he pon that there table for Your purpose. !n_';i 1,,3.\1.“, o Cranberry Charlotte. i haven't too man e This calls The fiber sh e bread and a scant pint each and the best d crumbs and chopped off a small piece. 8 ooked cranberries. Line the sides about e of the w the sl rumbs. berries and nuiated sugar, turn bread for some thick slices mold one cupf nto the ce: ape Steam for and serve with plenty d with lemc cutting of the and There are two kinds imita ited 1 _ R healthy happy New om ear 1 sponge e kinds and choose ti togethe and cover with a la~ one hou: humi. the vour sponse