Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1931, Page 22

I's Summer wardrobe is prons. They to wear and 3 you can.just per- suade your little daughter to acquire the apron habit you have no idea how much longer her dresses will remain clean and fresh. The apron shown here is made for & child of about 8, but may be cut to fit any figure by en- larging or making smaller the measure- ments. . Here are the measurements: BE equals 24 ‘inches. BC equals 8 inches. DE equals 2 inches, AB equals 4 inches. CG equals 8 inches. FD equals 10 inches. Connect A and G with a curved line Baking Wedding Cake Ir you are being married in the Sum- mer your wedding cake will bs a much easier one to prepare than if you are setting an Autumn or Winter wed- ding date. Mme. Blanche le Relec, and expert, presents a recipe so simple that any bride whose wrist has a cake- maker's turn ought to have a cake of which to be proud. Mme. Blanche has baked not only rather angel cake keeps for a fortnight if put away in a box, and it never becomes “chewy” one and one-half pints egg ‘whites, one-half ounce of salt, two and one-half pints milk, four pounds-flour, baking powder and one- cam r and shortening, add l“’" an g, it o whites, then whij ce of the whites to a stil d 28d. Mix in gradually flavoring. Sift the baking ‘slow | fall short of excellence. we should never start baking & cake THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE and F and E with a curved line. Con- nect other points with straight lines. Cut with BE on a lengthwise fold. At- tach two straps at two points marked A, cross them over in back and fasten | on to do this. The straps may be made | | of tape or a stitched band of the ma- terial of the apron, which may be made | of linen, gingham, chintz. The edges | of the apron may be hemmed or bound. | A pocket may be placed in the cen- | ter front of the apron, in the lap, a| large enough pocket o that all sorts | of precious knicknacks may be kept in it. Or a small handkerchief pocket may be placed at one side of the big section. | until we are prepared to put in it Lhe; very best of ingredients. I know some | people advocate butter substitutes. I | know some women buy ‘cooking eggs’ which are not of as high quality as | “table eggs.’ | _“But I learned years ago to use only | the best butter and eggs and flour and | fruits and spices and flavorings. Unless | the very best of everything is used the | cake will not be as good as we can| make {t. | “But even with the best of ingredi- ents a cake may be g bas not been born with what we Breton women call ‘a great hand’ If, in ad- | dition to this, the cook has learned the loving, individual touch with her cakes, they are so much the better. Many a cake is coarse grained, because the finest grade of sugar and flour have not been used. Many a cake would at- tain a more velvet-like texture if the flour were sifted four times before the mixing. “I never think of makins a cake without sifting my flour at least four times. Again, the beating of a cake is all important, and this beating should be done with a wide, fairly slow stroke, | rather than with a rapid, short stroke. | A wire beater is what I use. “But all these points may be fol- lowed carefully, and yet the cake still iled if the cook | “After the flavoring ‘and the beating and the ll!flna and fl'll!e cholc;e;f the best ingredients are all managed per- fectly, the cake may yet come short of No, the cook is never through with Jjob till the cake is out of the oven and ready to go on the table. “But I should also explain one other | | out ell recipes'used to read—‘the whites | 12 eggs! But I soon found I got| better results by measuring ac- | lcl‘.:.‘?]" 8s all eggs vary greatly in | BY LOIS Dry Skin. Dear Miss Leeds: Will you kindly ad- | vise me what to do for a dry :kin?| Some one told me to use muscle oil | and eat plenty of food which contains oil. I have been doing this, and I find that after I use the oil my face draws tightly—my skin scems to-get drier and | irritated. Do you really think I am the correct method? On & rainy day my skin feels 8o com- | fortable and mofst. M.C.M | Answer.—Evidently you have not been using an ofl which was suited to your skin. Select a tissue cream or skin food of an olly type, and I feel sure that it will not csuse your face to feel drawn. It may be that the one you have been using has astringent prop- erties which are too strong for you. Omit the soap and water cleansing entirely for a time and instead cleanse the face with a light cleansing cream or an ofl made for that purpose. Cold cream makes a fl”d cleanser, and just a thin film of this also makes a good | powder base for a dry skin. As your | skin seems excessively dry. you may find | | at two points marked G. Try the apron | . important point. When I firs started | When THE EVENING LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop was trying to make his ar lighter werk nm'm sed, Little v'i'fim is reely “wkln’, very well now, Will- yum. Of corse he ony takes little bits of steps but at the zame time he is m;ktng glant strides, so to speak, she ed. Meening my sister Gladdises baby Willie, and ma sed, 1 had him out for an airing today in his little carriage, and as usual I met Mrs. Shoosfer giv- ing her little granddawter Milderd an airing, and we got to tawking about the respective merits of our grandchil- dren from a pedestrian point of view, and of corse Mrs, Shooster with her usual shallow impetuosity was willing to wager that little Milderd could out- wawk Willie any day of the week or any week of the year. Why dident you stage a race between them? pop sed, and ma sed, Thats just what we did, I wasent going to swailow her empty bruitnu and baseless boasts while the axual Mving facks were rite there to disprove them, so I sed All rite, very well, actions tawk louder than verds, T'll bet you that my Willie can wawk the length of this payment twice as fast as your Milderd, lets put it to the test and then we'll have the proof of the pudding in black and white. Well, bleeve it or not she snapped me up on, the proposition with the most conceeted alacrity, and we took the babies out of their carriages and stood them up on their little feet and then went to the other end of the payment and called, Come on, Willie, come on Milderd. Well, at ferst the babies dident quite grasp the significance of the situation and sat rite down on the spot and started to play, so we put them on their feet again and started to call again. Come on, Willie, for the honor of the family, I called to at the same time holding out his of biskitts as a sort of beacon. Well, the appeal to his little higher instincts werked, like a charm, and he started off like a flash, and Mrs. Shooster called, Come, Milderd, come to Granny, and she held out a peece of sugar and Milderd made a wild greedy dash with | no loftier perpose than just to get the sugar, naturelly, and she came down on her egotistic little nose with quite a thud, so the grate event was over, for today at least, ma sed. Mecening the wawking contest. — My Neighbor Says: When making veal or pork birds tie meat in place with white cord. This is much more effective than toothpicks. The cord can be cut off just before the birds are served. It one tires of vegetable stew with dumplings try putting the cookedy stew in a well buttered deep , put on an upper crust of biscuit dough with some holes cut in it, and bake. | PUFFY | e Says Bunny, “T pletely, Mr. Puff, of a circus you remark you never get enough. I think Il see the manager when one arrives in town And get_a_job as peanut salesman.” ~—Puffy says, “Or clown” with you com- MILADY BEAUTIFUL dip into this a half dozen strips of auze about 2 inches wide and 7 inches | ong. Beginning at base of throat, lay | these strips of gauze side by side over entire face and neck, leaving only the | nostrils exposed. After all strips are adjusted wring a towel from hot water and lay over face and neck. Before it cools repiace with another hot towel. Steam the skin in this way four times. Remove the oily and immedi- ately rub the skin with a cold patter or a piece of ice wrap) in an old handkerchief. Then wipe skin clean and go over it with & mild astringent. This ends the treatment if given at bedtime, but if you are going out after- ward, apply & thin film of cold cream as a powder base and then apply your mnkz-\xg& 1 wo not advise you to make a spe- clal-attempt to eat oily foods. Merely choose a normal, well balanced diet. Include one qu: each day. Eat plénty of raw fruits and fresh green vegetables and be sure that you include a sufficient amount of meat, fish, eggs and cheese, which are protein foods, as well as sugar, sweets and to of milk in your diet | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MODES! OF THE MOMENT . AT ) Patow designs a erisp yellaw organdie gown o7 summer eenings. Yellrw bille is woed, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX EAR Miss Dix: There has been a marked decrease in marriages. We wonder does the modern woman realize why? The following reasons are the opinions of a club of 40 bachelors: Today's courtship is unfair. Young men do not make fabulous sal- aries. A great many young women make as large, and even larger, salaries than the young men. Living is expensive, 1t is expected and claimed as a right that the young man shall at all times be treating the young woman to shows, dinners or what not, while the young woman can spend her money on clothes or save it. By what inherent right the modern woman expects and can ethically permit a man to spend his money on her is more than we bachelors know. Furthermore, i5 not the modern woman selfish and unfair not to recipro- cate by inviting the modern man to dinner at her home occasionally or by suggesting a quiet evening at home once or twice a week? The modern young man is getting tired of the ind selfishness of the modern young woman. He is rerushz{ to expensive sport of courtship when the whole burden is shoulders. He is refusing to marry a type secondary to bright lights, entertainment a avich dressing. ‘We therefore with you our col int, but we beseech you mot to suggest that the young man should find & different type of woman, for there “ain't no such animal.” THE MISOGYNISTS. ANSWIR.—I have frequently warned girls that they were making the high cost of loving so pocket-wrecking that it left a young man nothing on which to marry. Also I have pointed out from e to time that in the old days, when a maiden entertained her best beau at home, there were far more weddings than there are in these days, when the girl expects & young man to amuse her by taking her out to restaurants and dinner dances and cabarets. As my correspondent ably points out, if & young man money in giving a girl a good time, he has none with w! ding rings or set up a e. Purthermore, he out that if a sweetheart is such a costly indulgence, & wife will be a ibitive luxury. Undoubtedly the young woman who when he calls mee with her hat on and the query “Where do we go?” kills the goose that lays the golden egg, because in demanding ve entertainment she m it out of the young chap’s power to , even if he wanted to. it is mistake No. 1. Mistake No. 2 is iving herself of the sug- gestions that she would derive from & domestic d. Tml is nothing that inclines s man's thoughts toward matrimony in a jazz dance hall, nothing that softens his heart to sentiment in a restaurant, where he is subconsciously figuring the price of the meal and wondering if he has money emmy for it. But it is far different when he is sitting 1ulefly and col ly in the girl's parlor or helping her to make fudge in her kitchen. More matches have been made on the old horse-hair sofa by the radiator ever were in all the high- priced places of amusement put together, & Of course, the idea that the man should pay all the score when he takes a girl out for a good time is a hangover From _the days in which women were dependent and had no pocketbooks of their own. Now, when a girl may have as good & salary as beau, there is no reason wh{ they should not go 50-50 on the price of courtship. And if it is not feasible to go Dutch treat, the girl should at least even up by entertaining the young man in her home and staying at home sometimes instead of always re- quiring to be amused abroad. But I most emphatically disagree with my correspondent that there are no girls who are willing to be fireside companions to & man, There are plenty of them everywhere. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1991 ndence and nduige in the placed upon his Ml'omn who puts her home nds all of his h to buy wed- Pleasure Found in Collecting BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. SATURDAY, MAY ' 23, 1931. NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tiugtrations by Mary Foley. XIT. THE PRAYING MANTIS. Family Mantidae. HAT a fraud she is. Horse,” and this is more in keeping with her true nature. She assumes a sancti- hen reality 4 P hypocfi:e ‘ndfie‘ cannibal! She con- sumes her mate on their wedding day, eats her sisters and deserts her :‘hfi- dren. What a record. One day a big grassh came down the path, saw the mantis and stopped dead in his tracks. Somel warned him that this insect sitting thus with such a human-looking face and roving eye was out of the ordinary. The long waving antennae, the steady gaze, paralyzed him with fear. One step for- ward and she did not move, he took another and no attention being paid him he ventured closer. Swish! His curiosity cost him his life. When the grasshopper came within reach of her front legs the mantis gave a sort of shiver. The stood like sa! he becomes empaneled on Just then a bee flew by, reached out like a flash and She continued to consume hopper, reserving the nectar- for dessert. She constructs a most wonderful for her babies. xunt:zum a surface on which to she & twig, stone or board. notige ovo” Paden S notice two ‘whir! at the tip of her g substance is beaten into a minding big bu JOLLY POLLY A Lesson _i:- Etiquette, BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. JHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUILDING 15 A J5 & LIVERIED DOORMAN M. B. Z.—Smoking is becoming more and more general among women. The well | woman does not smoke on the street or in a cab. indulge, she limits her to her home, to the homes of friends who do not object to smoking, to her club and to ruluurum whers the practice is general. SPRINGTIME If the crabapple that is eoming into flower now around Hyattsville (and that’s the only spot where it is recorded in the District of region) were only s native or England of some other fashion. able place for obtah! FEATU RES. The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD., Who started her career as a frightened typist and who became ome of - the highest paid business women in Americe. Noon-Hour Rush. Maisie had an hour for Iynch. sandwich oozing| with yellow mayon- naise was put down in front of her. She ate it quickly as she could. The instant she through Helen Woodward, IoOney, oft out of the place. She started down the street, walking fast in the blazing sunshine. There was a store two blocks away, and she had to buy some ribbon for shoulder straps. She wanted to have plenty of time to look around the rest of the Down on a side street she noticed an awning stretched over the sidewalk. “A ,” she sald to hersslf, and she | ‘wedding, Joined the waiting crowd. around patiently and looked at th: le about her. lere was & bow-legged man in a black alpaca coat, a red tie and tan shoes. A bald man, fattish, carrying a brief case. He was mopping his head. Three women with baby carriages, which they held off sideways with one hand. Several little school girls wun, and jumping sbout. A woman about 40, muib and clumsy with work, dressed in a blue suit made about the was | gt she| th e slapped down her | 0% year 1917. ‘A few girls who looked a little like Maisie herself. In about five minutes the bride found that by hurrflu'fllnh"muldfl — oun: A | her ribbon and be back to the | about two minutes late. |~ At about 3 o'clock she d | splitting headache. She said to self: “T shouldn't have at wedding. I had no And that just the stool and flew Thtag attendance at the wedding. Her lunch was badly balanced. It contained too much fat and not nearly enough vegetable or fruit. water added to the mayonnaise and the chocolate made her head was so healthy that she have managed if she hadn't eaten so and even then, if she hadn't hurried in_the blazing sun. standing 11 o shady spot . the spen N g In a n air, and alth she mh's-w&i::en S| jown, sl Was - | bit. She got clean away from her usual troubles. She was sorry for the woman with the little bunch of flowers, and that gave her emotions & little exercise which was good for her. ‘Tomorrow she will eat more chocolate | soda and mayonnaise and she ean't sec (Copyrieht. 1931) BEDTIME STORIES 7% B Kit Has an Adventure. *Tis well of strangers to beware And in their pi nce have a em ~Kit the Desert Fox. Kit the Desert Fox, smaller, daintfer . |and much lighter in color than Reddy | Fox, trotted swiftly across the desert. these. It was a much smaller dog, and with only a stub of a tail. He didn't he. about dogs. At least, that is the way | Kit felt. “He hasn't seen me,” thought Kit, ‘and if I keep still perhaps he won't. has There, He was bound for a certain place where | Perha) he knew that Longfoot the Kangaroo Rat and his family and friends were living and were likely to be out on the same errand that he himself was on, a | hunt for food. “If I can catch a couple of those Rats they will make a good dinner for those youngsters at home,” it have seen some one else. I wonder it can be.” Just then he saw who i{ was. It was & dog such 28 he never before had seen. He knew all the dogs that lived at the nearest ranch, and this was not one of NANCY PAGE Here Comes Nancy’s Famous Strawberry Shortcake. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Any one who visited in Nancy Page's circle did not need to be told that shortcake did not care After the recipes were prin he mere- i L | 1t wise to use & cream cleanser several | starchy foods, which are necessary | times a day in order to keep the skin | build s well balanced diet that will | smooth and sufficiently lubricated. | keep you in health and, incidentally, | _ 1 am sure you will find that giving | keep your skin in good condition. Re- card I e T’ tonr, Bt toaay | | the | 1 [ { | darling style in plaided crepe | fresh and chie, and so thor- | ly wearable. ith the wee bolero jacket the dress held by simple shoulder straps. And love the arrangement of the plaits at the front, so neat and ? of the thin woven jersey tweeds be lovely for this model—the col- lar and cuffs of pique and a leather beltige * again if you're thinking of vaca- | , pastel crepe tub silk, shan- tung, am, linen and cotton mesh are off | ive. E:ylg No. 3106 may be had in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches bust. Size 16 requires 4'4 yards 35-inch or 3% yards 39-inch, with % yard Ib-lm:hi con For & of this style, send 15| cents in or coin directly to The | Wi 's New York Fashion | ue and Twenty-ninth | yourself an ofi facial once a week helps wonderfully. To give this, first cleanse the skin with the oil or cream, remov- ing this first with tissue squarek and then with & pad of absorbent cotton moistened with very mild astringent or skin tonic. Next Agly your tissue cream, patting it into the skin with the fingertips or with a patter made for that purpose. The patting will not only insie the cream getting into the pores, | but it will also stimulate circulation. After the cream has been patted into skin you are ready for the ofl. Have about three tablespoonfuls of pure olive oil or oil of sweet almonds heated and SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. all I been through, seems as ought to be more to show fer it! @prysisht, 1981) | member that the local treatments are not the most important item in retain- ;lnfnor fegaining & benntl{gl‘x‘youlh(ul ki 5 ! Carrots With Parsley. Boll four or five carrots until tender. Peel them, cool, and cut into thin slices, To one tablespoonful of hot | butter add one-fourth cupful of parsley | well cut and bruised, a scant table- | spoonful of flour, and milk enough to make sauce. Air-Tight Containers. | 'Tin containers that are not perfectly | air-tight can be made so if a plece of | adhesive tape is pressed round the edge |of the cover every time it is replaced. | The same piece of tape can be used fover and over again and is very quickly adjusted. DAILY DIET RECIPE SIRLOIN STEAK—SAVORY. Top Sirloin Steak, 1}, Pounds. Onions, 2. Sweet Pepper 1. Presh Tomatos, 2. Salt, 1 Teaspoon. SERVES 4 PORTIONS. Remove stem and seeds from sweet pepper. Slice thin. Wash and slice tomatoes, Peel onions and slice very thin, in broiling pan. Arrange sliced vegetables cver and arourd the meat. Broil under a brisk flame about 20 minutes, turning the steak once and vegetables twice 80 will not scorch. m all on'a hot platter and e with salt. Serve -at once. DIET NOTE. This quaint stand from the writer's collection eSS of antiques is interesting, a8 1t once belonged to Mother Goose. Every person can become a collector | ing collected. There are opportunities of antiques or of things that are of | for every one when once the person is peculiar interest to him or her. is not always appreciated by those who have average means, but it nevertheless. As an example of this, let me tell you of a table I saw recently in the home of a woman who was much traveled. She bought an inlaid Sheraton card table for 50 cents! It was in the drawing room with her rare collection of articles {from . many of the world. The parts table was terribly stained and marked is true, | by the charm of some special ware or article insignificant or Einda ot edge, and when once this is felt, study begins which opens the eyes to the recognition of choice pieces whatever the price. And the price may be low. as_just instanced in One hindrance to would-be collectors is huluna to price articles, fearing e Sheraton table. | 9 did), they never | le trees. Th lun:hw“:hu:lr frail app! . ey cl | flowers as children to their N{l, though | there were no leaves to shelter them. And with their thorns they for- bade me to climb their branches, thieving for the blooms. ‘Though a great traes and the thorny grew with e ‘The le, like the orchard apple, is really only a modest flower -if e want to make com) with 1 beauties like inciana, the gainvillea vine or splendors of a moonflower bush. But I am making no compai I am only claiming wers, blown on by e ay, delicate in its blush ‘With the tips of her fingers she rubbed in four tablespoons butter. She beat one slightly, added two-thirds cup of nelg to egg and then combined the wet and dry mngredients, mixing them quickly, lightly and deftly. She floured & board and patted the dough into inch thickness, She cut rounds, brushed Mix and sift one and one-half cups bread flour, two Serve with maple sirup. SHORTCAKE. One pint flour, one-fourth e~ two tal 7