Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1930, Page 25

BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Some households can be run by rou- | ways is such a regime a hardship when tine, with schedules adhered to, but|the matter is rightly adjusted. there are also those in which meals at all hours are an unavoidable necessity. ‘The problem of the cook in the latter instance is a difficult one, for there are few foods which remain at their best | AR Y- HAVE A LITTLE CHOPPER PARSLEY READY TO SPRINKLE OVER THE POTATOES, COOKED AS DB~ SCRIBED. after being kept waiting for a con- siderable length of time, and there is| certainly no housewife whose temper is any better for having had to postpone their serving. Some suggestions are given today in order that both food and temper may be in the best state under, such trying conditions. Not al- A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. ‘JUBT outside the door leading to the House ways and means committee room in the Capitol sits a big elderly colored man who for almost a half cen- familiar figure about' the Capitol than Harry Parker, messenger for n.~ Hawley of “the House ways” and means c¢om- mittee. He first made his appear- ance on the hill 40 room. Since that time Harry has acted as messenger for eight chairmen of the | ways and means committee. The first was William McKinley. Later he was messenger for Nelson Dingley, Sereno Payne, Oscar W. Un- derwood, Claude Kitchin, Joseph Pord- ney, Willlam Green and Willls Hawley, the present chairman. Claude Kitchin thought so much of his colored messenger that he presented Harry with a huge silver platter ap- propriately engraved. Oscar Under- wood also gave him a present when he retired as chairman, and Sereno Payne regarded him so highly that at the con- clusion of his tenure of office he gave Here’s another of the 57 that will ” delight you— Heins Oven-Baked Beans > | they should never be submitted to really | Instead of keeping dishes waiting, | one solution is to have those that take | Drief cooking, for instance, rice will cook |in seven minutes if a large kettle is {used for quantity, and the water very | actively holling when the rice is added. , Potatoes, if cut onefourth inch thick, | {and plunged into boiling water when | the hour approaches, will be donme in less than 10 minutes. Put butter on them when they have been drained of | water, after cooking, and have a little | chopped parsley ready to sprinkle on | |top. Baked potatoes are among the | kinds that are not improved by waiting. | | However they can be kept hot for half | | to three-quarters of an hour without ' loss' of flavor. | | Stews and escalloped dishes, rather | than being harmed by the process of | waiting, are improved by continued gen- | tle boiling. If potatoes are cooked with ilhe stew, they should be removed and | set aside when done. to be added just before serving. Fish does not stand much time ‘elapsing between cooking and serving. Steak and chops are the frequent re- | sort of those who have to serve meals at all hours, as they can be cooked quickly at the last minute, unless very thick. A roast already cooked and on hand can have the opportunity of being served cold or done “minute” fashion | |in a pan with butter or gravy, and served hot, in what is really very little | over an actual minute. Household Methods BY BETSY CALLISTER. Lace Curtains. Of course, fine lace curtains should never be allowed to get really dirty, for |hard rubbing and cleaning. So the | first thing in successful laundering of | lace curtains begins before you take| | them down. Don't let them get grimy. Shake lace and net curtains as free | from dust as possible when taking them | down. Put them to soak in warm water for an hour or so. Then squeeze the | water out and put them into warm, | soapy water, The soap, of course, should | be bland. If you have a washing ma- | chine, wash them in this. Otherwise, | push ‘them around in a tub of warm, | soapy water. Wash them in & second soapy water and then rinse them thoroughly in | clear, lukewarm water. Now blue them, | unless they are of a deep cream or ecru | | tint. If they have faded and you want | | to make them ecru again, add coffee in the final. rinsing, water, or one of the prepared rinsing or washing dyes that come for the purpose. Lace curtains must be dried on cur-| tain frames. Scrim curtains can be| dried in the same way, or may be ironed | while very damp. Swiss curtains need | light starching and then should be| jroned when thoroughly damp -from | sprinkling, | Harry the entire furnishings of his Washington apartment. But in all his years of service to chairmen of the ways and means com- mittee, Chairman Fordney gave him his greatest thrill and most memorable experience. When the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill had completed its journey through Congress and was sent to the White House for the President’s signature, the faithful messenger who had ‘guarded the door to the committee room was not forgotten. Murdney called Harry and told him to put on his best suit when he came to work the next morn- g, Harry did as he was told. And the next day he was numbered among those who gathered in the White House to witniess ‘the President affix his sig- nature to the bill, Harry's stories of the men he has served are numerous. Especially is this true of the three he holds in highest esteem—Payne, Underwood and Kitchin, ‘To_these ihree he was not only mes- senger, but, personal servant as well. ‘Well does he Temember how McKin- over the meaning of certain 1ges in the Bible, and he watches with care the Bible they used, which is now in the ways and means committee room. After McKinley became President Harry went to see him several times. He has never known a harder worker than Claude Kitchin. Many times he lay awake as early as 4 o'clock in the | morning listening to Kitchin rehearse | & speech. | Lay a tender, sweet veal cutlet comple(ely with Heinz Tomato ley and William Jennings Bryan argued | THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE For the Little Man. Mothers! If you only knew the secret of how easily this smart little suit is made, you'd be hunting the bar- gain counters right now for remnants of cotton fabric, the cost of which is a mere trifle. Jack can then play and get his prop- er exercise because his wardrobe can be just filled to eapacity with sturdy. smart play suits, Style No. 142 comes in sizes 2, 4 and 6 years. As sketched in the 4-year sive, "1, yards of white cotton broad- cloth in 32-inch width makes the blouse, with trimming bands of the white broadcloth with pin tucks. The Peter Pan collar and turn-back cufls are finished with buttonhole stitch in nile green at. edge. The trousers with inside pockets button to ths waist, which is a com- fortable fashion for tiny lads They are made of green -cotton brosdcioth printed in broken plaid effect in white, They take but seven-eighths yard of 32-inch width material with three- eighths yard of 27-inch lining. Brown linen shorts with beige Lroad- with white linen, navy blue flannel shoris with white linen Llouse with collar and cuffs of navy blue linen and almond green wool jersey used for entire suit are just' a few’of inany interesting ways' to make -this cute, practical suit. For a pattern of this style send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion | Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twanty-ninth street, New York. * We suggest that when you send for pattern you inclose 10 cents additional for copy of large Fashion Magazine. DAILY DIET RECIPE WHOLEWHEAT COOKIES, Uncooked oatmeal, two cups; Wholewheat flour, ~ one cup; brown sugar, one cup; soda, one- half teas chopped nuts, one cup;_salf, one teaspoon; butter or ‘Substitute, one-half cup; beaten egg, one; sweet milk, one~ Quarter cup; vanilla, one tea- spoon., MAKES 40 TO 50 COOKIES. Mix all ingredients together, then add butter. Chop in with two knives or mix with fingers, Add egg and milk mixed to- gether. Add nuts and vanilla, Drop spoonfuls on well greased cookie sheet far apart. Press “cookies flat with a spatula._or * back of the spoon. Bake in mod< erate oven (350 degrees F.) 10 minutes, * DIET NOTE. % Recipe furnishes protein, starch, sugar and some fat, Lime and iron present in large amount, but vitamins have been damaged by action of the soda. Gan be eaten by normal adults of aver- &ge or underweight and by chil~ .dren 8 years and over. in a fry pan, and cover it Ketchup. Then slovirly inn broil it until it's ready to fall apart—adding more ketchup as it cooks. You never tasted anything so tantalizing! For the best dinner you’ve had this month—just get the best veal cutlet in your market, and a big bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Simple, easy—and good beyond words! cloth blouse, French blue linen shorts | ek SiwesyCrosswise SDAY BE AUTY -CH ATS. BY EDN4 KENT FORBES Eighteen-Day Diet. I haven't sald much about this “18- day” so-called Hollywood diet for vari- | ous reasons, One is that thess things | come along as a craze and die down again—vwe had the baked-potato, skim- | milk diet craze recently—and it is silly to pay any attention to them. But the Hollywood diet must be talked about here, because it has caught on with so| many people recently; because restau- rants have taken it up—you can order lunch or dinner for whichever day of the diet you are on in many of the large hotels and restaurants now—and be- cause the diet has come in for so much undeserved praise and undeserved cen- sure. | . | Fashions of Today BY MARIE SHALMAR | Cleaning Gloves. | There is a real knack in cleaning gloves, both kid and chamois and fabric. The fabric need only washing in lukewarm soapy water, rinsing in clear | water, and drying. But the soap must | be miild, the water must be neither too | hair so it really increases the trouble| assent: warm nor t00 cold, the rinsing must be | thorough, and the drying be accom- | plished quickly, but not in the sun nor in intense heat. } As for kid gloves, gasoline is the best cleansing fluid for them; the chiet ob- Jection to it is its unpleasant odor. And there are some commercially perpared | cleaners that have not such a bad odor as gasoline which are, too, quite satis- factory. But you can get rid of the| odor of gasoline, no matter how strong it is. To begin with, have plenty of gaso- | line. Lay the gloves to be washed in a shallow dish and pour gasoline over | them. 1f you have a wooden glove finger, insert this in finger after | finger, and go over it with a piece of | absorbent cotton dipped in fresh gaso- | line. If you haven't a finger, or & | smooth round piece of wood that will | answer, lay the glove on a piece of | clean paper and go over each finger | on each side. | Then. dip the glove again in the; gasoline, and go over with a soft nail | brush dipped in gasoline and then rub- | bed with soap. _ After this, rinse in| clear gasoline. Fold in a clean, thick cloth and rub out as much of the gaso- line as possible in this way, and then | hang the gloves to dry, on forms if you have them. | ‘They should be dried quickly, and| then hung where it is very warm—near | a radiator in the Winter, or by an oven. The heat helps take-away the smell of the gasoline. Drying in a breeze also helps, Pork Tenderloin, | Cut two large pork tenderloins in | Beat to flatten | them. Dredge with flour, add salt and pepper and brown in melted fat, first | one side, then the other side. Add water | or eream to almost cover them. Cover | and let simmer for half an hour, either | in the oven or on top of the stove, using any utensil with a thick base. Arrange | on a platter, pour the sauce in which | they were cooked around them, adding if liked one or two tablespoonfuls of mixed horseradish, or omit the horse- radish and serve either thick apple sauce, a spoonful on each slice of ten- or sauteed apple rings arranged Garnish with parsl ‘You will reduce if you stick to it. My | only criticlsm of the menus is that they | are very acidy, and I think many people will_suffer simply from the extraordinary | amount of acid they take. However, | T'll give the Hollywood menus, and I'li| give some alternative suggestions. First, breakfast is always the same— one-half & grapefruit, one slice of toast, | coffee. | First Day Lunch—One-half grape-| fruit, one egg, six slices cucumber, one | slice toast, tea or coffee. | First Day Dinner.—Two eggs, one to- mato, one half head of lettuce, one-half | grapefruit, coffee, | Second Day Lunch.—(Breakfast as before, of course.) One orange. one| egg, lettuce, one slice of toast, tea. | Second Day Dinner.—Plain broiled steak, one-half a lettuce, one tomato, | one-half grapfruit, tea or coffee. | 1 have only one criticism to make of these first two days—I'd substitute the | juice of an orange, diluted with water, | for the grapefruit in every case. Cof-| fee, black or with'milk only; no sugar, | by the way. Seeking.—Continue to apbly the per- | oxide to the superfluous hair on your| 1ip and it is very likely you will weaken | the growth. A girl in her teens should | not use depilatories, as they act the| same as shaving does, coarsening the | in a short time. Keep it bleached with peroxide for & few years, anyway, and | do not take too much account of it, for | slight defects are rarely noticed. | ‘ 1s f/ze Coffec - thats Dblended FEBRUARY 25 JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English, BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. "WHO ELSE'S CAN 1T BE IF (T ISN'T | | YOURS?” ASKED MOTHER AS SHE | | HANDED A NEWSPAPER TO DAD. RELUCTANTLY DAD READ THIS SAD NEWS: “INCOME TAX BLANKS N, =5T_ARE READY” oo Pl C. M—"“Whose else can it be?” is the correct form, not “who else's. ‘We say, however, anybody else’s, somebody else’s etc. Reluctant (reLUK-tant) means un- willing; averse; disinclined: as, reluc- tant on its rusty hinge revolved ihe iron door; he very relust:ntlv nodded he gave up his liberty with great reluctance. 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