Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1931, Page 9

WOMA Ruching Again BY MARY ‘We must be open-minded and ready to xorsr. a number of erstwhile preju- dices if we are to enjoy the infinite charm of the present mode. forget what we learned a few years ago about the essentipl beauty of that were severely simple and un- trimmed and we must forget the dis- dain in which we held Victorian fash- fons. For many of the most interest- We must | N’S PAGE. in the Fashions ing new fashions have been taken from the second half of the nineteenth cen- tury—the 1860s and '70s and '90s. Ruches, for instance. Our grand- | mothers wore them and so did our mothers until they became imbued with the fater fasnion spirit which held all such trimmings as unnecessary and grotesque. There is a picturesque new taffeta dress with yards of ruching on the hem of the long flaring skirt, and another length of the ruching arranged like a Hawalian lei around the neck. | Nothing could be more picturesque and at_the same time more modern. You may buy ruching by the yard or you may make it yourself at less expense. When made “from tulle the | edges are left unhemmed. When made | of "taffeta the edges are fringed. An and then to run a gathering string | through the center. Mark the tullc or taffeta to start with every vaid, to |aid you in the next step, which con- | sists” of mounting the tulle on a strip of narrow matching seam binding, al- |lowing a yard of the tulle or taffeta | for every third yard of the seam bind- ing. | finished the basting, machine stitch { the binding and tulle or taffota ruche | together along the line of the gathers. . For Protection. Asbestos cord bound round the handles of pots, pans and oven door knobs will prevent onme’s fingers from being burned. The cord can also be used for binding the handles of or- dinary flatirons so that only a thin holder is necessary. DAILY DIET RECIPE SPANISH STRING BEANS. Butter, or substitute, two table- spoons; sliced onion, one-half cup; canned tomatoes, one and one-half cups; flour, one table- spoon; chili pepper, one; string beans, one pound; salt, one tea- spoon. SERVES 5 OR 6 PORTIONS: Put butter {n saucepan. Add flour_and_sliced onion. Simmer together about five minutes. Then blend in the canned tomatoes. Add string -beans, salt and chili pepper. Cook slowly about an hour, | DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes fiver, lime, fron, vitamins A, B and C. If | easy way to make it Is to cut the tulle ! |in even strips of the desired widths | Baste evenly and when you have | THE ' EV INING NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tilustrations by Mary Foley. VI . THE CADDIS FLY. Trichoptera, | UCH house builders. The young | caddis worm must, build a home for self-protection, and though just_born he realizes that while his head and ehest are hard, he has & most tender *tumm: The | greedy insects in his stream swimming jabout so swiftly are hunting the un- protected ones. ~‘The caddis worm must | et busy and construct a house after the type his ancestors have used generations, 1f his mother and father lived in a 1dg cabin it is good enough for him, 5o | | that is what he buflds. It may be a | ! stucco house, one of snafl shells; again | it might chance to be on: of those ele- | gant mansions built of glassy, matched | stones. The procedure is the same in | any case, bits of material are cemented J fogether” carefully with a binder that ) will not dissolve in water. The whole | home is so constructed that the rear | door is closed and the front door left { open in order that the owner may poke his head out. Then, too, he can draw | his chest and legs out far enough to | take a str If his chest expansion | ¥ets too great for the home he simply | removes the back door and puts addi- | tions on the front door! Being chesty has its disadvantages, The caddis worm lives under water, breathing by means of gills on the sides of his ab- domen Feeling it is time to grow up, he| closes the front door with & silk hang- ing, and inside this home, where the water flows in and out, he changes into a caddis fly. Then h> crawls up the stem of a Water plant and dries his wings in the sun. At this stage he has four large wings and looks like a moth. The slender antenna is long and has many joints, His mouth is nothing to brag about. The legs are slender, hay- ing spurs on the front and middle ones. His eves are small and his long elender it STAR, WASHINGTON B O, SATURDAY, s MODES OF THE MOMENT uses /gf:«_L marocaln /’07' this summer collar and cald= oller cu./ s are o/i’ navy Blue and. A’L'w& ro /'11_‘/1;\ SEUL / lares o DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX EAR MISS- DIX—What are the do's and don'ts for girls who want & lasting popularity with boys? NSWER—Well, here are some of the do's: tractive looking as you can by SUE AND JANE. Make yourself as at- keeping yourself well groomed and scrupulously clean and by wearing the clothes that emphasize your best points. Half of a woman’s beauty is in the way she dresses. MAY 16, LITTLE BENNY || 1931. The Weakly News. Weather: Partly different. SISSIETY PAGE. Mr. Sid Hunts big brother Fred went under a slite operation to have a frunt tooth removed last Wensday, feeling as good as ever now but looking much werse. FREE MEDICAL ADVICE. By Docter B. Potts eskwire. Deer docter, 1f T layed in a hot bath about 2 hours what would happen? Anser: The water would get cold. POME BY SKINNY MARTIN, Ladies Included. All of us cant be perfeck, So if its not, our fault we're not to blame, O its possible to be nock kneed and bow | legged And a perfeck gentleman just a same ADVERTISEMENT. | Have you took up your'carpits yet? | If not we will garantee to follow you | and pick up all the loose tacks and | save your whole family from blud poi-| son. Rates on request. The Lew Davis | and Ed Wernick Prevention Co, | BIZNESS AND FINANCIAL, Shorty Judge dreemed he had a big clothes baskit full of 10 dollar bills and a fearse wind started to blow and blew them all away, and Shorty woke up and | quick looked in his pants pockit and| was releeved to find his 4 cents still| safe. Lois Plans a Simple Dinner for Roger BY FIORENCE L\ GANKE. Lois had been one of the guests at| Elvine’s spinster luncheon She had | been pleased with the way in which | ham and fresh asparagus complemented one another in the menu. Within a day or two she worked out a dinner menu which used the two foods. | { She had a thick slice of ham baked | and scrved hot. With it were new po- FEATURES., The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD. Who started her carecr as a frightened typist and who became ome of the highest paid business women in America. ‘What's It All About? ‘What absurd notions people do get. Here's a letter- from Mattie G.. which is made up of confusion and misunder- standing. She says: “I have been out of & job now for several months. I am a good stenog- | rapher and never have been out of work befo My brother says it is because prohi- bition What do you think? Do you think he's right?” Tell your brother, Ma >, that he talks nonsense. Before prohibition ) there were about a million people who depended solely on the selling and making of beer, win® and liquor. That included manufactur- ing, packing, selling wholesale and sell- ing over the counter. Today there are several million people out of work in America, so you can see that if those people who worked at liquor making and seliing had their old jobs back there would still be millions of people out of work. It happens that I don't drink any liquor myself, but I don't care whether any one else does or not. It's none of my bustness. I am neither for prohibi- tion nor against it. As far as I am concerned the question doesn't exist ex- Helen Woodward. capt that I am sick ard tired of hearing about it. | _But we want to get things straight. | Prohibition has nothing to do with your being out of a job or having & job. As a girl who works for a living you ought to know what keeps you from getling work. It has nothing to do with you personally. It is really out of the power of the man you work for. It is a bigger thing than any individual ean control People for a few years made a great deal of money. They spent it and they went heavily in debt. So the time came when they couldn't buy any more. Most men make some effort, though often confused like your brother's, to understand what things are about. But few girls try to understand. I am en- couraged by your question. I hope it means that a lot of girls are trying to find out something real about this busi- ness of making a ll\'ln{ Read the financial pages of your newspaper. They are not so deep as you think. After a few days you will understand them, and you will learn a gTeat deal because the financial page is usually the most outspoken part of a newspaper. Try to learn something that will be useful to you later on. Take & course in English, in dress design, in , in court reporting or in accounting. It will keep your mind off your troubles, and when you get a job you will make more money. Girls having problems in eoppection with thelr work may write to Miss ‘vodv?u. 13 care of this Daper. for her personal advice. (Copymsht, 1981.) MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS, Complexion Problems. Dear Miss Leeds: Like every normal girl, I'd like to be as attractive-looking and beautiful as possible. 1 read all vour articles and find them very help- ful. Now I have some questions to | which I would appreciate answers. (1) T am 5 feet 2 inches tall and 18 years old. What should I weigh? (2) In your article on faclals you said use ‘5 drops tincture of benzoin May benzoin be bought at di and do you buy it by the bottie how much does it cost? Do facials hel P an olly skin? witch-hazel or rosewater into s paste. Rub this gen:ly over the nose or any part of the face inclined to be exces- sively ofly. Leave it on for a few min- utes and then wipe off with a face cloth molstened with warm _water Rinse with tepid water, and finally with 4 thorough spiashing of cold water. Do stores, | About | (3) My nose is very oily, while the rest of my skin is normal. Fifteen min- utes after I have applied a cream as ‘mwdct base and powder, little beads of oil stand out over my nose. If I repowder, my nose has a grimy and JEARN how to do things. Learn how to play a good game of bridge = and how to play tennis and how to swim, how to do the things the other young people of your set do. That way you Will fit in with any crowd and not be a spoilsport. You will never be asked to make a fourth at bridge if you trump your partner’s ace. No boy will ever cut in on your dances if you step on his toes or have to be hauled around like a chili pepper were omitted could be given to children 8 vears and over. Can be eaten by normhl adults of average, over or under. weight. body is covered with hairs. They are quife shy and walt until after dark to explore the surrounding country. After the marriage the mother seeks the stems of a water plant, to which Thornton . Burgess. By 14 BEDTIME STORIE |and he stuffed them with his little white hands or forepaws. . So busy was Longfoot*that he didn't notice Farmer Brown's Boy sitting close at hand. If he had, he might have spected where that -grain had come from. Farmer Brown's Boy had come out that etening purposely to watch Longfoot and try to make his acquaint- O Funny Fight in Moonlight. Yhen wrotig doth triumph over ri ‘The time has come for you to figr —Old Mother Natu Those who will not fight for their Tights scon find that they have no rights to fight for. This is as true of the little people in fur and feathers as of you and me. So you will find that | they are always ready to fight when they have any chance at all. Longfoot the Kangaroo Rat had made a discovery. It was a very won- derful discovery. It was the most won- derful discovery he ever had made. He | could hardly believe hip eyes and nose when they told him whe! he had found. | It was & handful of grain. Yes, sir; it was & handful’ of grain. How it hap- pened to be there in a little heap on the desert a little way from one of the | doorways of his home he didn't stop to | consider. Never had there been such a thing before. But that fact didn't| bother Longfoot. He didn't even think of it. It was enough for him that it was there and that he had found it. | His only thought now was to get that grain to his storehouse before any one else found it. So he went to work stuffing the grain into the pockets in Bis cheeks, Outside pockets they were THE STAR’S DAILY PATTER SERVICE EACH WAS WATCHING FOR A CHANCE TO CATCH THE OTHER | OFF GUARD. ance. During the day he had seen the imound In which Longfoot made his home, and when he had thumped the | ground just outside one of the door- | ways he had heard Longfoot drum an ing. 100. d out the fashion- e theme in crepe t 5 1 a softened line through the b: 7 co to give the figure heig) over tunic skirt se2s to th: ‘There are numberless dr;ef}!lbrl(‘! ually suited to this mode! For in- ?flmg a pr chiffon would be adorable for 1 occasicns. Wosl crepe pe sk and many mart. B%t 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 Size 36 requires 4% yards 39- with 3 yard 39-inch contrasting. For a pattern cf this style send 15 cents in-stampe or coin directly to The ‘Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty- ninth street, New York Our large fashion book shows the Jatest Paris has to offer in clothes for the matron, the stout, the miss and the children. Also < of dressmaking articies. It is a book that will save you money. Price of book, 10 cents. | angry reply. But though he had waited and “watched he *had not caugh | much as a glimpse of Longfoot s { was because the latter was too wise to ne out i d hes moonlight, | here he was making the acqua is pretty member of the Rat y without the latter knowing ar |about it | Presently another Kangaroo Rat ap- ¢ peared and at once discovered what | Of course, b wanted a share. 2 stuffing his pockets. | other was near enough Longf e might. Those long hind feet were q as good .for kicking as The other ran just a li then turned to face Lor he did so, be sat up just the w a Kangaroo does. Longfoot did the same thing. Then they began to hop about in the funniest way. Farmer Brown's Boy had all he could do to keep from | chuckling right out. Each was watching for & chance to catch the other off guard. Suddenly the other leaped and kicked. His long | feet landed with a thump on Longfoot and knocked him over.” But in less time than it takes to tell it Longfoot was up and hopping about, | watehing for his chance. In a moment he got it, and his kick sent the other rolling over in the sand. They didn't use their teeth. They fought with kicks instead of bites, and the manner in which they hopped about was very | funny to see: It was the funniest f | Parmer Brown’s Boy had ever seen. For a few minutes neither had the dvantage. Tnen Longfoot managed to kick the otier over three times with- out being kicked once hims his was enough and ended the figh e other Rat decided that he wasn newhere clse, anyw triumphan turned bac pockets with t grain elt when he discovered ad been fighting still anot! garoo Rat had made the most tunity and was just leaving pockets fu s som his o ull Copyright, 1 Cabbage au Gratin e small head of cabbage 1 { remove the heart. Cock in a large amount of bofling salted water intil tender, not over half an hour. Put alternate layers of drained cooked cab- bage and white sauce jn a casserole, with a layer of cream sauce on top. Cover with buttered bread crumbs and bake in the oven until brown. Pre- pare the butgered crumbs by melting one tablespoonful of fat and two tablespoon- fuls of butter in a pan. Add some grated cheese. When hot, stir the crumbs and cheese until coated with butier and add a dash of pepper. nto Cleaning Thin Material. nan and simflar thin materials de- mand very carsful laundertng s roak for a few rinut of scap flakes ahd luke 1 water, then press gently between the finger’ tips until clean, rinse in clear lukewarm water and press, dry between the folds of a clean Turkish towel, she glues a double mass of eggs in a green, glutinous substance. As soon as tho oblong, brownish eggs hatch, the babies drop into the water and build themselves a_one-room dwelling. The | caddis fly (Hydropsyche) is the net- maker of the brook. Their nets float with the stream and hold the catch. The baby caddis looks out from her shelter between the rocks to see what | | luck she has had and if the food be to | her liking, comes out and devours it. | . There are 1,600 species and they. | found all over the world. Some >lx\e in damp moss. They structive, but are very | purposes. (Copyright, 1931) Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Success and Failure. fatlures owe | on the Most men classed as thefr falures to themsel {other han ny men classed as suc- | {cesses by the ordinary standards of | measure (public opinion) are really| | failures. To put these two propositions | another way, failures are often.personal | eventualities, successes very frequently social eventualities Among sour acquaintances you are | able to count scores of men who might be great successes if they copld only | summon the courage t3 cut themselves away from their present ties. Lacking | that courage, they live along from year | to year, apparently satisfied to stick to | r routine employment. They are| laves and they know it. They right- | fully regard themselves as failures. Also among your acquaintances you may count scores of men getting along who, Testing on the protecting | arms of some established concern, are | said to be successes. They make a good | living so far as bread and butter are | red, or ‘contribute to a living. | he worst part of it is they 'seem to| arbor the suspicion that their success, | y conventional standards, i | to their own efforts—their | rerent worth. The psychology of success and fallure is hidden away in the innermost re- | 3 of one’s personality. Fear and emotions _concerned of all, to fear aright directed is the es- the surest guarantee | i | My Neighbor Says: T a finnan haddock, cut s and hold it & brisg fire until it Then start at d of the fish and pull n off gently Rugs should be turned around onths where there is Constant turning wear evenly. can be sliced, °d in creamed or ires or combined *dients for a loaf, advance with of leftovess ing energy concern { which w in prep cy've lezrned to heat the weather in Hawail,” muses Py They call it sunshine when it's clear, | ich is correct eno And when it rains 3 change their call it li merely smile at e loaded truck. On the other hand, if will always be sought after. Learn how to talk. Read the ne know what is going on in the world you are an expert at anything, you wspapers every day so that you will and have some topic of interest to discuss. Read books, but don't try to talk to a boy about a high-browed subject unless he introduces the topic first. Talk, but don't talk too much. No one is 50 boresome as the girl who just babbles along,like a brook that nothing can stop. BE a good listener. nor brilliant, but simply because s she was absolutely hypnotized by the That_plan never fails to work. Try ‘Wear the smile that won't come too much. Men don't like comeback, swallow it. being funny at their expense. Men will forgiv woman Wwho was a great success, laughing women they are laughing &t them. And don't wisecrack. In one of Henry James' novels he tells of a although she was neither beautiful possessed the ability to look as if individual who was talking to her. - off, but don’t giggle and don't laugh They are always afraid 1f you think of a witty e you anything else on earth except No woman humorist, is ever a belle, WHEN boys take you out appear to be having the time of your life. It is the least return on you. Never make invi you to the movies that som treats you to a sandwich don er’ boy else took you to some ritzy place where you had & 10-course dinner. girl who makes a boy feel that she gets asked a second time. When a boy comes to see you can make for the money they are spending us comparisons. Never tell the boy who takes took you to the opera. When a boy regale him with the story of how somebody The considers him a cheap sport never ask him some time to spend the evening in your home and make fudge or a Welsh rarebit or something that won't cost him any monev. F appreciate a girl's going light on thet ERE are some of the don'ts: Don't run after boys. The more sprints away from her. Don't telephone a boy in w you do he will lose his job. Don' correspondence. n't hint. Eat enough befo: get back. on’t have but one birthda; something expensive at Chri: Above all, don't belie you to marry him and names boy foid (Copyrisht, Guest Chambers. ew hoys are millionaires and they r pockets. & girl chases a boy, the harder he g hours. The chances are that if ite to & boy until he opens up the u leave home to last you until you a year and don't express a desi:c for is in love with you until he asks DOROTHY DIX. 1931) , Old and New BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. A guest room should contain every comfort and convenlence for a visitor that lies in the power of the hostess to provide. The size of the room limits such provisions in many houses, but assuming that one room at least can be | a “spare room” the problem is how to | furnish it adequately. ‘The old-fashioned term “spare room” was once spoken of with pride by the | homemaker. It indicated that her | house was so large that there was an | extra room that could be given over to the use of visitors, or remain idle when | there were no guests. | In the early settler dwellings and the ploncer cabins of the West it was enough to have shelter for a family. There could be no thought given to! extra accommodations. When a living | room was apart from the comfortable | kitchen-sitting room it was provided with a large bed covered with as hand- some a quilt as the housewife had ma- terfals for and time to put together. So appointed, the badst-ad was a some acquisition to the om Toom. Magrificent four-poste stead, dresscd with quilts fthat pride of their de 3 lent decoration. ‘When time and money made it pos- sible for a home to have a “spare room” it was off the parlor and was called the “parlor chamber,” for use of guests. In thousands of old homesteads over the | country one finds these tiny “parlor chambers,” often as small as the cramped bed rooms in modern apart- ments. Today we have beds in our apartment | living rooms, but they arc disguised | in the forms of davenports, “studio couches,” day-beds, appointed like dav- enports, or any of the numerous fold- ing furniture styles. It seldom occurs to us that this is a return to the bed- in-the-parlor vogue of our forefathers’ era. The necessity for extra sleeping accommodations exists in every house- hold where a family is hospitable. ‘Twin beds are preferable to a double bed. Today each person expects a sep- arate bad. Besides the furniture in t room, supply the closet with coat hang- | ers and have empty bureau drawers if | not an en for guests. Among | the appoint de all toilet ar- | i with powder. plain and . and hair pins, writing equipment and a few stamps. | both_the cloth and the vegetables wet | by dipping every few seconds in water, 1 tatoes in a thin cream sauce, fresh as- paragus with melted butter. There was entire wheat flour bread with some of | Nancy’s rhubarb conserve, wilted let- |tuce salad and prune delight for des- sert. The ham was cut about two .inches thick. It was put in baking dish and basted with peach pickle juice. It cook- ed in a rather slow oven for about two hours. The fat from the ham blended with the juice and made a splendid liquid for basting the ham. ‘To make the prune delight Lois took | | | | PRUNL DELIGLIT! large prunes and soaked them over- night. Then she cooked them slowly and at the last thickened the juice with a little cornstarch. The prunes were chilled and then pitted. In each cavity was put a little almond paste or crumbed macaroons mixed with finely chopped orange peel and candied ginger. The prunes were put in a large bowl. With them was served heavy cream sweetened slightly and flavored with a few drops bitter almond. Pieces of an- gel food torn Yrom the cake in the ap- proved fashien using two forks were taasted lightly and served with the prunes. New Vegetables. Vegetables that are new, such as young carrots and new potatoes, will pare easily and without waste if they are rubbed with a course cloth. Keep MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST, Grapefruit. Oatmeal with Cream. Baked Beans. Pepper Relish. Fish Cakes Raisin Brown ad. Doughnuts. Coffee. DINNER. Cream of Mushroom Soup. Roast, Lamb, Brown Gravy Mint Sauce. Stuffed Celery Mashed Potafoes. Green Peas. Pepper and Lettuce Salad. Strawberry Shortcake, Whipped Cream. Coffee. SUPPER. Chicken a la King. Parker House Rolls. Preserved Peaches. Sponge Drops. Tea. RAISIN BROWN BREAD. To one-quarter cup sugar add one-half cup molasses, two table- spoons melted butter, one tea- spoonsalt, two teaspoons soda, two well-beaten eggs, add two cups buttermilk or sour milk, one and one-half cups white flour and two and one-half cups graham meal. Mix rather thick and add one cup raisins. Fill one- pound baking powder cans half full and bake with the cover on for one hour in slow oven. Make four loaves. SHORTCAKE. One pint flour, one-quarter tea- spoon salt, two tablespoons baking powder, two tablespoons lard, sweet milk enough to make stiff dough. Make and cut as for regu- lar biscuits. Wash tops with milk and bake in a ho: oven. Mash one box berries and sweeten to taste. Chill. Split shcrtcake and fill with and cover with berries. Top with twoor thrce tablespoons whipped cream. CHICKEN A LA KING. , One-half cup butter, two large oons flour, one-half can mushrooms, two cups milk, two gTeen peppers, one red sweet pep- per or pimento, one teaspoon onion juice, one-half cup cream, three cups cooked chicken cut in pieces. Melt butter; add chopped peppers, onion juice and mush- Tooms. Cook 10 minutes. Do not let brown. Blend in the flour; add the two cups of milk slowly, then the one-half cup cream. Cook until thick, then add chicken; season well; serve in patty shells or on toast. (Copyrizht. 1931 |of ground oatmeal, dirty appearance. I've tried using liquid | powder bases, but they didn't differ from the cream base in results. How may I get rid of the excessive oil on my nose? Are there any special foods to exclude from djet and any special ones to eat? (4) My skin is rather fair and I have very dark ‘hafr and da blue_ eyes. What shade of powder should I use? T've been using the brunette shade, but just after powdering my face sometimes has a dark and dirty appearance, and I wonder if the shade of powder is| Wrong. A GRATEFUL READER. Answer— (1) About 115 pounds. little more than that would be all right, but you should not weigh any less. (2) It can be bought by the ounce at any drug store and is quite in - sive. It is impossible for me to quote exact prices, as they vary with location A | following lotion makes & good one this two or three mornings it will reduce the tendency ness. Then apply an letting it dry on tl the powder base and powder. you have been using is thol?h you might try powder right over the i u g¥ an oily skin: Two ounces witch-h one scant teaspoonful of borax, one teaspoonful boric ounces flower ounces rosewater. Avold greasy foods and t and with stores. Yes, facials are good for every type of skin. The ingredients used should be chosen with regard to the type of skin. (3) The following treatment is good for an oily nose: Take a small quantity bran or aimond meal and mix it with a few drops of Be Ready to WHIN there's company is it neces- sary to make any changs in the usual fare? Some persons think it is ostentatious to change the menu just because there is company. Others think it is neces- sary to splurge a bit, with unusual or expensive food, if there is company. It certainly isn't necessary to splurge. On the other hand, it certainly isn't ostentatious or queer to wish to give your guests something a little better than daily fare. It is very commendable to want to give your guests something specially nice. ‘The only thing to look out for is that you don't pile up a meal that is too rich, too elaborate. ensive, out-of-season don’t ave a lot more courses or a lot more elaborate service than usual. Don't at- t£mpt any thing you can't carry out, but if you want to use the prettiest china and if you want to serve a little more than usual, bv all means do so. It is always possible to dress up the JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. AN AVERAGE MAN 1S ONE WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF IMMEASURABLY ABOVE THE AVERAGE. n dces not help a man v This waiter's duty. If perform this service, n manage his overcoat or topcoat himself SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. D?:ll’c get ex- | |of water hetween |clude a goodly amount of citrus fruits |and fruit juices in your dally diet. | (4) Choose a lighter shade of powder; 2 cr{elmy or ‘fle‘;h.;‘h;d' would be bet- | ter for your fal Y LEEDS. Lo1s «Copyright, 1931.) Add to Meal regular meals so that they become com= pany meals. It just takes the addition of one cr two things, a little extra care in seiting the table and in serving to make a simple dinner, well cooked and well planned, into one that is quite unusual. You can have on hand, in the refrig- erator and in the pantry, supplies that will always turn the meal into the compa: . stance, you are having for dinner a beef stew with mashed potatoes, boiled onions Phdding. - A good, piati. sunetantiel 8. sul dinner. Wa’nmn for granted that it is well cooked. Certainly so-callsd company meal. ‘To begin with, the meal is full of nourishment. You don’t want to add | many more heavy things. But you might very wisely start off with a to- mato-juice cocktail. You can keep this | on hand, bottied, and when you need it | hurriedly just put some on,ice for & half hour and then open and goun Or, if you wish, you can make it by strain- ing off the juice of canned tomatoes ing it. You can, if you wish, |add a quarter or half as much orange | juice to the tomato. If you have mint growing in the garden, add a leaf; or, if you have parsley, add a little finely minced. Instead of orange juice, you may add onion juice to the tomato cock- tail, with some paprika and red pepper. | Instead of tomato-juice cocktail, you may serve a fruit cocktall. You can Lave the makings of this cocktail in | cans or you can make it from fresh fruit. I think the best cocktail is a | combination of both fresh and canned | fruits. The fruit must, in any event, | be carefully and daintily pared and served in long-stemmed cups. It should be very lightly, if at all, sweet- wAnhzum ’lswd ul’!:s ':vum that is no: 0 heavy is a tomato canape—a thici slice of tomato laid on a thin slice of | hot buttered toast, with & of | Russian dressing topping it. | , Now you might dress up the rice pud- | ding by adding a layer of jam or jelly to it and then a meringue, which you brown in the oven. Then chill the pudding. If you have some stuffed olives on hand, serve those with the main course. If you have some bread sticks, crisp those in the oven and add those. And if you have a box of mints, serve those after the dessert. ——— Savory Roast Lamb. ‘The leg from & prime lamb of from 8 to 10 months old should be chosen, which probably will weigh 8 to 10 pounds. Pull off the skin, which should be easily romoved, and rub the meat all over with the following mixture: One tea- <poenful each of cinnamon and white pepper, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of flour, & heaping teaspoonful of dried herbs, a table- spoonful of grated onion and one-fourth cupful of drippings from breakfast ba- con. Place in a deep pan and pour over it a pint of cider and a cupful of spiced vinegar and let stand for at least two days, turning it fngum 8ome | people like to let it stand for | Wipe dry and bake on the rack open pan in a hot oven for the minutes, then in a ainder of the . | minutes to each pound should | be allowed for roast lamb, and the m should be basted every 20 minutes, R PR Fried Eggplant. Pare an eggplant, cut it into ome- fourth-inch slices and sprinkle with salt. Pile the slices and put a weight on top to press out the juice. Let stang to for 20 minutes. DIp coch siice in flow you'll kill | or egg and cracker crumbs and fry in I'se hot fat until crisp rnd brown. If - ‘erred. tho eggplant may be sauteed im hot butter, e v g%n Muvver mny. yvon play too R vereelf.” " But doss WORKIN' too hard? Not (Copyright, 1931 4 o b