Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1929, Page 42

WOMA N'S PAGE Suiting the Mood of the Moment BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ‘There is a zest about unexpected pleasures that increases their enjoy- ment twofold. This does not mean that !u?rw parties are the most enjoyable. Indeed, many persons have a decided dislike for a party that takes them en- tirely unaware and for which they are & - A PLEASANT SURPRISE OFTEN COMES THROUGH A TELEPHONE CALL SUGGESTING A RIDE OR SOME ENTERTAINMENT. ot sultably dressed nor the house the order one would wish. The sort of unexpected pleasures that are meant are those that arise during the day or The Sidewalks BY THORNTON .I'ISHEI. It was 1 o'clock in the morning. A Jone fireman sat under a light in a firehouse reading the base ball results, or whatever it is that firemen sitting alone at night read. ‘“Pretty soft, eh,” ventured a companion, who should have known better. The man sitting in his shirt sleeves in the early morning rep- resented the eye of safety, Others were sleeping on the floor above, and in due turn they, too, would do their midnight tour. After all, it isn't the hours a man devotes to his boss, but what he accomplishes during that time. ‘The deep sea diver is not an eight-hour worker, but when he does work——! An hour of concentrated energy may extract from the human system more ’I.L;eongth than two days of manual T, * X X % The following probably belongs in the movie column, but if we are per- mitted to get by with this we should like to mention a movie-talkie we saw and heard the other night. The name of the producer, the picture and the actors are forgotten, as they usually are 24 hours later unless the picture is exceptional. The scene was in a fire- house. Two comedy firemen were play- ing cards. The fire alarm sounded, but this had no effect on the players, who ‘were absorbed in the game. Then came a flash of a burning dwelling, the flames darting through every window. Another violent ringing of the alarm caused no more activity than the cry of a huckster outside. Finally the telephone rang and one of the firemen rose Te- luctantly and an- swered. this?” quietly. what street . is it on?" “Oh,” he continued, “why didn’t you let us know before. We ‘were on your street not long ago. Thank you for calling us up about it.” The voice on the phone apparently begged that the department be sent pronto. Rather bored, the fire- man at the phone called to his card op- ponent and asked him to go upstairs to see how the boys felt about going to & fire that time of night. The request was complied with and the fireman en- tered the sleeping quarters of the men. In a loud voice he shouted, “Boys, do you want to go to a fire tonight.” Heads rose from pillows and there was a chorus of “No.” “All right,” sald the fireman, and he returned to the game. No sooner is the play started again, when a citizen in night clothing rushes in and implores the firemen to save his home. They are not concerned. Being unable to play while the man is shout- ing, one of the firemen inquires how much headway the fire has made. “It's u{) to the second floor,” screams the citizen, almost beside himself. “Well, how many floors are there,” asks the fireman. “Three,” cries the owner. “Oh, well,” comforted the fireman, “It won't reach the third floor for some AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN, evening with just enough announce- ment to suit the mood of the moment. For instance, what wife is not thrilled when the telephone rings and the man of the house says, “I feel just like going to the theater tonight, could you manage to meet me and have dinner and then go to the show?” The wife would have to be terribly tired, or in a tangle of Housework, who ‘would not jump at the chance of such a treat. The rest of the day would be full of happy preparations. Failure to, enter into the spirit of such a thing would mean lack of comprehension on the wife’s part. A barrier, infinitesmal, but real, could scarcely fail to spring up between the man and wife and it would probably mean a lack of such invitations for some time. But why consider the possibility of not accept- ing? It is scarcely imaginable. Or it may be that there comes a day when you feel just like doing some- thing “different.” No apparent likeli- hood of anything happening on that day. Yet, just as you are beginning to get a bit disgruntled, and very uneasy, some one calls and takes you for an auto ride. The day is glorious without, and you find the sunshine of happiness sets you aglow also. Or it may be that a friend drops in to spend the evening when you other- wise would be all alone, and the eve- ning had promised to be long, because you were lonely. Or perhaps the tele- phone serves you again pleasantly, and you aré invited out for supper by a neighbor. Sometimes it is the happiness that you enter into with a child who has had seme good fortune, that turns the day into one of unexpected pleasure. It may be some joy that has come to a friend that brings its reflected joy to you. From whatever source it comes, the unexpected pleasure certainly adds zest to life. There are few days that do not bring some need of this sort of happi- ness if we are on the alert to recognize the pleasures and rejoice in them. “Ella wanted me to send that old black taffeta in the missionary box, but it’s foolish to give away black clothes wlfi ,Pa’s bronchitls hotherin® like (Copyright, 1929.) DAILY DIET RECIPE YORKSHIRE PUDDING. Flour, 1 cupful. Salt, ¥, teaspoonful, Milk, 1 cupful. Eggs, SERVES 6 OR 8 PORTIONS. Sift flour and salt together. Gradually add milk and stir until g:rlectly smooth, then add well aten eggs. Pour batter into very shallow pan which has been greased with some hot roast beef drippiyys. Bake in moderate oven 30 minutes and cut in small squares when serving. Yorkshire pudding is the great English ac- companiment to roast beef. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein and some starch. Lime, fron and vitamins A and B present. Could be eaten in moderation by normal adults of average or under weight, and by those wishing to reduce if no other starch were taken with meal at which this recipe ap- pet of Washington time yet” and he continued his play. Absurd as this all sounds, it might be taken seriously. It is a justification of the application of discipline in our modern life, without which all would be | chaos. ith and destruction would | follow in the wake of every rallroad train if the engine drivers and crew decided to stop and pick posies or apples during a'trip. Without present day trafic officers alert for violators scores of automobiles would lay cracked up in our streets and the roster of casualties would be frightful. 3 Auditions in the large broadcasting studios are as terrifying to the novice as tryouts on the stage, and any one who has ever ex- perienced the latter knows that there is nothing to com- pare with intro- ducing one's wares to a producer, un- less it is the fright that comes once in a lifetime to the aspiring young artist or writer who approaches the sanctum of an | editor. The worst [/ part of a broad- casting tryout is that those who sit In judgment are unseen. ‘There are no faeial reactions to gaze upon which will tell how the | candidate is going over. Thumbs down or thumbs up! * ok ok % Generally gpeaking, we believe that ‘women are more courageous than men in meeting difficult situations. In many stage rehearsals we have noted that they had more surety and confi- dence. If they garbled the part, they were not confused, but drove straight ahead. A man in pain will emit louder walls than women. Which, in a way, proves that he is still a small boy and wants & woman to comfort him. * ok ok % when they are not practicing, playing ‘What do visiting 1 players do | or sleeping? Several were seen in a de- ent store a few days ago. Buying something for t,he‘w“e ‘lnd kiddies, * * % An artist friend was scheduled to sail abroad a few days ago. The liner left at midnight. In the afternoon the artist’s friends tried to locate him to give him a “whoopee” bon voyage. They could find him nowhere. He was not at his hotel. Becoming frightened | at the thought that he might miss his boat, they called up friends where he might be expected to be. Their search was in vain. Finally some one thought of getting in touch with the ship. When they arrived there they found the artist sound asleep in his cabin. AUDITIONS ARE TERRIFYING - THE EVENIN SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. 'Ese harnless little numb creatures ain't go'n’ ter hurt nobody in the baf-tub. (Copyright, 1920) * NANCY PAGE Pajamas and Shorts Now Worn by Girls BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Cynthia asked Robert's sister to spend a month with her. In the late Friday mail came a note from Nancy asking them to come over the following Satur- day to meet some of her week end guests and to go motoring with them. The two girls were talking over tie letter, and Nancy as well. “I hope,” said Cynthia, “that Robert and I will make a go of it the way Nancy and Peter have. They are really crazy about each other still and they have been married for years and ye “Not so many as all that, Cynthia, Jjust about three and a half.” “Yes, I know, but think how many weddings which'have taken place since have gone smash.” “Do you know what T think, Louise? I believe -that Nancy tries to please Peter just as much now as she did before ‘she was married. I think she sort of plays up to him and he can't! let her down. That's what I am going | to do with your brother.’ looked very earnest and enticing as she sat swinging her white satin pa- jama pants with the green edging which matched the green brocade pajama slip- over. And Louise looked just as earnest in her swaggering green and white, large-check gingham pajamas. The next day the girls were dressing for tennis, and Doris, another of Cyn- thia’s guests, exclaimed over Cynthia's brevities. “Where did you get that ducky suit in such a heavenly shade of green?” “Isn't it nice? And it's so! comfortable, too. You see, all I need | is this vest with its low-cut back to match my tennis dress. And these shorts are modeled after the kind men have worn for years. The saters yoke fits snugly and keeps them in place. ‘The material, as you can see, is a fine knitted cotton. They wash like magic, too. I slip on sport socks, my tennis shoes And dress and there I am ready for play as soon as I adjust my head- band with protecting visor.” (Copyrisht, 1920.) Write to Nancy P are of this paper, inclosing a stumped. dressed envelope, asking for her leafiet on “Reducing.” MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Orange Juice Dry Celery with Cream Scrambled Eggs, Bacon Popovers, Coffee LUNCHEON. Baked Macaroni and Cheese Rye Bread 2A Apricot Whip ‘Wafers, Tea DINNER. Tomato Bouillon Brofled Ham Delmonico Potatoes Brussels Sprouts Romaine Salad Cracker Plum Pudding Coffee POPOVERS. Two cups flour, one teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon soda, one teaspoorrcream of tartar, sifted together. Beat separately whites He had made doubly sure that he wouldn’t miss sailing by arriving on board six hours ahead of time. Peas and Rice. Shell a peck of fresh green peas and wash them well, or use one can of peas and add the liquid from the can to the water. Heat one-fourth cupful of butter or other fat in a frying pan, add one cup- ful of rice and let simmer, stirring con- stantly until the rice is yellow, add one quart of boiling water, then the peas, half a teaspoonful of salt, and half & cupful of granulated sugar. Place in a pudding dish, set in the oven, and bake and yolks two eggs. To two cu sweet milk add yolks, then slowly sift in flour 50 as to make smooth batter. Just before putting into pans, fold beaten whites in lightly. Bake in hot oven 30 minutes, Serve immediately. APRICOT WHIP. One pound dried apricots stewed and chopped very fine. Beat whites two eggs stiff, add sugar to taste, fold in apricots and bake, Serve with whipped cream or custard made of yolks of eggs. until the rice is tender and every ker- nel standsout separately. Serve hot. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused—Do “I have ate my breakfast.” have eaten.” Often mispronounced—] nounce ep-o-kal, “e” as in “lef,” in “of,” accent first syllable. Often misspelled—Available; three a's. Synonyms—Wages, salary, hire, pay, fee, emolument, compensation, remu- neration. ‘Word study—"Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our by mastering one word each day. e not_say, Bay, Pro- o™ a8 TOMATO BOUILLON. Cook slowly for 20 minutes three cups tomato pulp, two cups water, two bay leaves, one table- spoon chopped onion, one snd one-half salt, three celery leaves (or pinch celery seeds), four whole cloves, one- third ‘teaspoon pepper. Strain, reheat when ready to serve, More water may be added if necessary. HAWKINS NASH G STAR, WASHINGTON, D, FRIDAY ]DorothyDix : Upset Domestic Happiness of Family and Lose Peaceful Independence, Which Is Rightful Heritage of the Old. Stresses Value of ndependence Shall Parents Live With Their Children? EVERY day I get letters from old men and women telling me that they have lost their wives or their husbands and that their children want them to break up their homes and come and live with them, and asking me whether they shall do it or not. To which I unhesitatingly reply, No, no. A thousand times rio. Don't do it. Stay in your own place. Hang on to your own home as to your last rock of refuge, the last bit of peace and happiness that is left in this world. Don't break up your home and go to live with your children unless it is an absolute financial necessity, unless you are dependent upon them and there is no other way in which they can possibly provide for your support. ‘When mother or father is widowed, it seems the natural and appropriate | thing to the dutiful and affectionate children to urge one to come and live with them. They can't bear to think of mother alone in that big house, so lonely and forlorn, with father gone. Besides, she has worked so hard all lhl‘st‘g years, raising a family and cooking and scrubbing and cleaning and dusting, that it is time she rested some, and they want her to come and live with them and just fold her hands and do nothing the balance of her life. As for father, how on earth could he manage to get along alone without mother, and no one to look after him and see that he got the proper food and wrapped up his throat when he went out and took the medicine for his rheumatism? It makes his children's hearts bleed to think how desolate and neglected he would be with nobody but a hired housekeeper to take care of him. So they insist upon his selling the old place and coming to live with them. But this gesture of welcome, made by the children in all good will and tenderness and sympathy, almost invariably ends in disaster to all concerned, and particularly does it end in disaster to the old. And this is not because there is anything wrong with either the children or the parents, but simply because human nature is what it is, "TO besin with, the induction of father or mother into the children's home menaces the peace of the home because it inevitably starts friction. The man and woman who have ruled their own home for 40 years can never play second fiddle in enybody else’s home, especially their children’s. They feel they have a perfect right to boss Mary’s home, or John's home, too, and Mary’s husband and John's wife resent this, aiid Mary and Tom and John and Susan have words about it that lead to the divorce courts oftener than to any other road, as statistics amply show « s 0. Then there is the never-ending strife between father or mother and the children, the bitter conflict between the old generation and the new. The traditional picture of grandfather or grandmother showed a placid and serene old man or woman with grandchildren sitting reverently and listening fo words of wisdom. . In reality the grandparents and the grandchildren are in a perpetual fight. Grandma is always criticizing everything about $he girls, from their lipstick and Touge to the length of their skirts, aid asking what on earth their mother is thinking about to let them run around at nights the way they do. And grandpa picks on the boys about their collegiate clothes and their jazay speech and ways and the hours they keep, and says that when he,was a boy he got up and milked the cow and walked five miles in the snow to school and never spent a nickel unnecessarily and never tore around in a high-powered car and the boys answer impertinently and grandpa’s feelings are hurt and he complains to their father. The result is & merry little family war that the old unintentionally pre- cipitate. They are not to blame, because they can’t help doing as they do. For they have the vanity of age that makes all old people think that their own opinions are infallible and that wisdom will perish with them. And for another thing they can't stand by and see those they love going, as they think, to destruction without lifting a hand to try to save them. | BUT it the oid complicate life for thelr children when they go to live with | them, they ruin it for themselves. For-when they give up their own homes, | they give up their independence, they give up their identity. they give up their plaée in the sun. In their own homes they were rulers and could order things | P they liked. In their children’s homes they are guests who must conform their tastes and habits to other people’s. In their old home towns they were people of importance with their own friends, but when they go to live with their children they are only Mary and John's mothers or fathers. And they are only there on sufferance. Nothing is more pitiful than the loneliness of old people who have been uprooted from all of their associations and transplanted to some distant place where there is{ Tot one person to whom they can say, “Do you remember?” and who have no | companionship except that f strange young people with whom they have nothing in common. « And what more terrible than the boredom of the old people who have been busy all of their lives and who suddenly find themselves with nothing to do! How long the days that are not filled with useful labor! How empty the hands with no tasks to perform any more! And how they miss their old surroundings, the old home, the shabby old furniture that was not furniture to them, but memories! The bed in which | their babies were born and in which their loved ones died. The chair where they rocked their babies to slcep. These are more to them than the perlod furniture in John's or Mary’s fine house. So I think old people are wise 1f tiey stay in their old homes, in their old environment, emong their old friends, with their old furniture, instead of going to live with their children. They are not so lonely as they are among strangers. They are better off to work a little too hard than not to work at all. And they have their independence—that is the one great necessity to happiness to us all, old or young. DOROTHY DIX. Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. i for B right character and temperament for | MB]’H&K | marriage, it might be well to gamble Should & young girl marry & Youlk |, 4 with fortune. After all a happy man before he has become established & B} LG COUNC: gogired fhan a i in his profession or business, and saved | Ife & wOre 0 B Ces el a safe amount of money? Under cer-| “'Nopoqy ever married the ideal hus- tain conditions we believe she m!ghtibmd. although every young woman without assuming any undue risk. The | GC0c’ pim '~ But it i fair to add no | fact i that life itself is uncertain, and | mar’ ever married an ideg) wife. Yet | a young girl unwilling to take some | giriving for an ideal is worth while in | chances on the future will probably|jtselr = Therefore if your prospective lead a dull and unattractive existence. |jifa mate has human qualities in his | If a young man seems to be on the | fayor, and lacks material resources, way to the top, if he has shown ambi- | optimism on your part, and a willing- | tion and has generally dlsglayed 800d | ness to gamble, may be the really wise habits, we would consider him a gocd | moves, matrimontal risk. If he has not been | Remember many a remorseful wife able to acquire a substantlal savings|would trade her villa on the Riviera | account, there may be extenuating cir- | for fidelity, affection and a kind word cumstances. at the breakfast table. If all physical Life insurance will provide sufficient | wants are teken care of, if one will protection for a young wife. ~She| have enough money to see an occaslon- should be certain, however, that the|al show, and get a change of Scenery young man is not going to have any |from time to time, one's life will not | family dependents after marriage. By |be starved. Under ideal conditions that we mean he will not contribute to | marriage is a gamble, and it helps a the support of his family. Otherwise |lot to be taking your chance with a the tax on his income will leave little | man you can love and respect. for his wife. = It prudence dictates that marriage on less than a thousand dollars in the savings bank is unwise, it might be practicable for the wife to get out and carn that thousand before settling down to the task of raising a family and establishing a home “for keeps.” Money may always be earned, but the “right man” does not come along often | or_with regularity. If you can find the 15 cents to CRISPER KELLOGG has set a new standard in Bran Flake: ‘They stay crisper in milk or cream. You get the fa- mous flavor of PEP. The nourishing elements of the wheat. And just enough bran to be mildly laxative. Ready-to-eat. Sold in the red-and.green package. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. your cellar For the clean-up campaign in your own home, be sure to get Red Seal Lye. Saves money and drudgery. Goes farthest, does most. Dis- solves grease and grime. Freshens, cleans, purifies. Wash garbage pail with it regularly., Ask for Red Seal Lye at your store. RED SEAL LYE Bran JUNE ! Sometimes & first rate man will take an 14, 1929 “When I asked Hector if I could bring anything up for him, he sald he was doing quite well without help.” (Copyright, 1929.) AR SRR In Politics [ SRR ° 1t we should choose the wisest man, the noblest gent who ever ran, as jus- tice of the peace, some meil would fail to see his charm, they'd say he was a false alarm, and yell for the police. In private life 8 man may gain a high position and obtain applause and fer- vent praise; his merit will be recog- nized and his example advertised to all aspiring jays. While he pursues a moral course and shuns red liquor and di- vorce, and plays no gambling games, while yet his conduct is correct he will enjoy the high respect of delegates and dames. In politics no man can hope to dodge the vilifying dope of men whose heads are sore; one may be worthy of his trust, but some will view him with disgust and rip around and roar. The critics will not be confined to things conneced with the grind by which he earns his chow; they'll dig up record old and stale to prove his grandad went to jail for lifting some one’s cow. They will invade his private life and show that he denies his wife sufficient ples to eat; they will abuse him to and fro, though all fair minded men must know | he is as good as wheat. So it gets| harder every year to find & man with | record clear, who'll be a candidate; we have to choose for office high the cal- loused and the thick-skinned guy, who thrives on hymns of hate. The man | who'd ornament the job is fearful of | the growling mob, cf slanders and | abuse; he dreads the brickbats and the | rocks, the sneers and jeers and jealous | knocks which cook & good man's goose. | cffice for the public’s sake, and face the stress and strife; but when he's held it for a term he’s learned to wriggle and to squirm and long for private life. . MASON. (Copyright, 1929.) Cream of Asparagus. Remove the tips from two bunches of asparagus, cut the remainder of the bunches into pieces and put on to boil with a quart of white stock. Let sim- mer for about half an hour, fry one smail onion in two tablespoonfuls ct butter, remove the onion, then stir smooth into two tablespoonfuls of flour. Add a cupful of the soup -gradually, then add the mixture to the remainder of the soup. Season, strain the whole through a puree sieve, add one pint of heated cream and the asparagus tips boiled until tender in salt boiling water. Serve at once with croutons. Canned asparagus may be used for this when the fresh is not available. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. ’ “That mucilage makes my cowlick stay down all right, but I'm scared Mamma ain't goin’ to like it.” (Copyrizhf - Boston Roast. Cook two cupfuls of dry kidney beans until tender, or use one can of kidney beans. Chop the beans, add one eupful of bread crumbs, two cupfuls of grated cheese and one tal 1 of ped onion. Salt to taste. slices of bacon on top of the loaf until occasionally Luncheon Rolls. 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