Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1931, Page 40

WOMA N’S PAGE. Budgeting for Small Incomes BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Now that June is here, the half-year milestone, it is well for home-makers who have not done any budgeting to start in simplified accounting. There are many who would naturally begin now, for June weddings bring new homes into existence. Whether a com- s THE NUMBER OF HEADINGS FOR | ITEMS IS REDUCED IN THE BUDGET BOOK. plicated system of budgeting or'a simpli- fled one is chosen by these new home- makers, it is for the young couples to determine. There are many competent home- makers who feel ‘too detailed home budgeting puts th® monetary end of home-making uppermost and therefore favor a simplified form. To meet such preferences the following suggestions are given: Make a list of items under which the expenses can be distributed without per- mitting too much to come under mis- | cellaneous. Very little should be under | DAILY DIET RECIPES JELLTED MINT SALAD. | Minced fresh mint, 1 cup. Gelatin, 2 tablespoons, Boiling water, 2 cups. Vinegar, 15 cup. Salt, i: teaspoon.. Sugar, 2 tablespoons. Lemon juice, 1 teaspoon. Green coloring, few drops. SERVES 12 PORTIONS. Soak gelatin five minutes in cold water to cover. Dissolve in boiling water with the vinegar and salt added. Do not allow mixture to cool, but stir in the finely cut mint and keep over hot water for 20 minutes to extract the mint flavor. Remove from fire, add a little coloring to make an attractive mint green. Add lemon juice. Strain and set to stiffen and chill in one large mold or in individual molds. When firm unmold and serve with cu- cumber or tomato salad or with cold meats. DIET NOTE: . Recipe furnishes some protein and very little sugar. Some lime, iron, vitamins A, B and C present. Can be eaten by children 10 years and over. Can be eaten by nor- mal adults of average, over or that heading. Have such classifications as Housing, Provisions, Household Up- | keep, Entertainment, Reading Matter, Clothing and any special items pertain- ing to one's own home. The home budget of every household varies some- what in its classifications. The income must be set down defi- nitely. Where this is a salary, it is defi- nite and goes down in one line of fig- ures. It is where incomes are from many sources that they may be difficult to tabulate. This implies more than the average income, which again sugges the desirability of more detailed budget- ing. The simplified plan is especially for average homes, and is devised to tax time and ability as little as possible. (Copyright, 1931.) NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tllustrations by Mary Foley. XXIL Drinkers in Insect World. \HERE are many heavy drinkers in the insect world, to say noth. ing of -the cocktail class! See- ing a tree or plant visited by swarms of insects 18 no indic: tion whatever that it is the nect: they are seeking as food for them- selves or family. Far from it. For reasons unknown to the wise and pru- dent, Nature is a lavish provider .of strong drinks and wines. The appetite may be inherited or acquired. ‘The honey bee has been praised for years untold for her industry, frugality and social organization, yet today she will pass by the most delicious nectar of flowers, clover and alfalfa, close by, and fly for miles to a fresh mash heap thrown out\ by a careless bootlegger. There are times, it is true, after a busy season, when tired and worn, she succumbs to the temptation of the wine served at the sign of the grapevine, ?r :h well known tree where aphids hold orth. Toddy-palm court is the rendezvous of the Hercules beetle and others in the country where this drink is brewed. It has been sald that the beetle will invite his friends to join him, and, each in his own flying machine, they soon reach the spot. The sap flows along the inc! spathes of the palm. It is a most_popular resort. . The little nurse bees are said to be guilty of concocting a soothing drink for the restless babies in the hive. The eocktail shaker is a tiny hollow in the top of her head. It has the same effect as paregoric. Maybe the nurses have been overworked, and just had to have a rest. Their record’ of patience is too great not to give them credit for doing the right thing. Passion Flower Inn is a favorite meeting place of the bumble bee and his relatives. He is a most persistent drinker. It is depressing to see the handsomely velvet-clad gentlemen, yes, _ and ladies, too, victims to this drink. Once they have had a taste of it, it is useless to suggest they sign the pledge. Sporty drinkers prefer the Pitcher Plant Club. The plant keeps open house, and its patrons lose ail sense of responsibility. The doors close upon him. He dies in his cups, & vic- tim of his appetite. The ants are conservative drinkers. Honeydew and oak gall wine is as far as they go. They never go on pro- longed sprees. True, they have their own wine cellars, using a worker ant for storage purposes! (Copyright, 1931 Banana Surprise. Split some bananas lengthwise and {put them together with a tart jelly such as currant or plum. Cover with sweetened whipped cream to which a few drops of vanilla has been added. Sprinkle the top with nuts. Serve very cold. This is a delicious dessert quickly prepared, so is fine in an emergency. Curry of Lamb. Put two cupfuls of diced cold lamb into a casserole. Add a cupful of diced apples and a cupful of chopped onions which have been fried in butter. Add two cupfuls of hot milk, & plece of but- ter the size of an egg, a tablespoonful of fine curry powder and a tablespoon- ful of flour, with salt to taste. Pour over the lamb in the casserole and let under weight. fresh ve simmer for half an hour in a moderately Bot oven. Serve with plain rice. getables CAN BE MADE MORE 1'0 Sty SEASONED WITH sugar THz combination of sugar an salt improves the flavor of vegetables in a most pleasin; way. It emphasizes the mil taste of lpinuch‘; mellows the tartness of tomatoes; blends deliciously with the flavor of peas, carrots, string beans, cabbage, asparagus, onions an other vegetables. In serving raw vegetables ’ As you make your selection of vegetables remember that their distinctive flavor can be heightened with sugar. d in salads, add at least as much sugar as salt to the French dressing. The smooth, zestful result will'delight you. “A dash of 'sugar to a pinch of salt” is also a fine season- g d ing for meat dishes, or soups and stews composed of meat and vegetables. Flavor and season with sugar. The Sugar Institute, d @8 “Flavor and season with Sugar® L) |add two tablespoonfuls of flour, and THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. NANCY PAGE Who Does Not Practice Clothes Economies? * BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Mr. Lacey’s business, like tlat of every one else, had been slow. Mrs. Lacey hated to worry him with too fre- quent requests for money and yet she found that dressing herself and three daughters called for more than she thought she ought to spend. She de- vised economies and studied every ex- penditure. « She found that it was economy to buy two pairs of stockings of the identical shade. ‘Then if one stocking had a run, a hole at ankle or heel, it was easy to replace it with one from the reserve pair. In working this scheme she had to rotate the wearing so that one pair had not had so many washings that the color or texture was changed. She found that it was economy to have two pairs of shoes and to wear one pair for a day or two and then change to the other pair. Strange as it may seem, the leather lasted longer if given rests be- tween wearings. 1In buying gloves she chose the wash- able kind. With textile gloves this was simple. But there were certain points of technique to be observed in washing leather ones. Pigskin should be scrubbed both inside and out in mild soap suds and rinsed until every trace of soap is Fonm Chamois gloves should be washed n mild soap suds and rinsed in water in which there is slight soapiness. ‘White leather bags could be cleaned, she found, by using art gum or spongy rubber erasers. When extremely soiled a cream cleaner used for white kid gloves would do the trick. She found that the life of many clothes was increased by frequent trips to a good dry cleanipg establishment. Cocoanut Layer Cake. * Cream half a cupful of shortening with one cupful of sugar. Sift three cupfuls of flour with three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and half a teaspoon- ful of salt, and add alternately with the beaten yolks of four eggs and one cup- ful of milk. Beat thoroughly, then add the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs and two teaspoonfuls of vanilla extract and mix gently. Grease layer tins, then flour them and divide the mixture into | three ‘portidns. Bake in a moderate | over for 20 minutes. Use a butter cream frosting with cocoanut sprinkled on top and the following filling: The filling: Combine three table- spoonfuls of cocoanut with half a cup- ful of water, half a teaspoonful of salt, one cupful of chopped dates, three tablespoonfuls of orange juice, and thres tablespoonfuls of sugar. Cook slowly until thick enough to spread be- tween the cake layers. Remove from | the fire and add one and one-half tea- spoonfuls of vanilia. Crab in Ramekins. Melt two_tablespoonfuls of butter, when it bubbles add one cupful of chicken stock or cream and cook until thick and smooth. Beat two egg yolks slightly, add a little of the hot sauce and then gradually the remaining sauce. Add one cupful of crab meat and a half of a cupful of mushrooms cut in pieces, and two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and a little salt and pa- rika. "Heat thoroughly and serve in gelled patty shells or on toast, or bake in ramekins, covering the top with but- tered bread crumbs garnished with chopped parsley or pimento. GOOD MORNING, MRS. GREEN. GOING SHOPPING ? —I'M GLAD YOU STOPPED IN. JUST LOOK AT.THIS - ‘SNOWY WASH. YOU WERE for whiter washes made for of winnin, 3 A o it beyond men, Miss Dix. If a man g her, but a girl must sit take the man loves. Nan, that there is nothing else in the unreasonable as the convention. that: pre- seek! in sell” to_her the man she wants for a mate. love with & girl he can at least try himself, 8s they say in 4 notice. He can tell her of his can tell her what he has to offer she would be happy as his wife, But the poor girl in love can do none of these things. If she shows the man any attention people accuse her of running after him and it scares him off. Ym' there would be many more happy marriages than there are now if women could take the initiative in love-making, for women have greater discernment in matters of the heart than men have and would make better and wiser choices. You would never find a highly intelligent, educated woman picking out a feeble-minded instance, just because he had eyes like a dying calf. for a husband, for Nor would you find had many rich old women marrying college boys in the belief that they inspired a passion in the jellybeans’ hearts. Yes, there would be many more happy marriages if women could do the courting, because all that many a man needs is just to have the matrimonial matter put up to him in the right light to make him u& what a suitable wife some woman ‘would make for him. THINK what it would mean if some of whom he never thinks > ~ middle-aged woman, with an unsatisfied mother yearning in her heart, could go to a widower with many children and say to him: “I am the woman you need for a wife. Marry me and let me mother your little ones and I will make you a happy and comfortable home and bring up your children to be fine men ‘women, whereas you will be flapper you are thinking of.” Suppose the lonely old mald could go to and say: “Come on, let'’s get married. We like have the same interests. perfectly miserable and the children and their stepmother will be in a perpetual fight if you marry that the lonely old bachelor the same things. We I am a good cook and just long to get up good meals for a man who will enjoy them. Let's pool our loneliness and make a twosome of it and set up a home.” SUPPOS!: the rl‘ch woman could say to the poor man: “I love you. I have scads of money that bring me no happiness. Marry me and let me set you up In business and save you from the years of hardship that are killing you. Let's get married and enjoy life together.” Don’t you believe that these men would be glad enough to say “Yes"? Men say these things to women every day. Why shouldnt women say them to men? Why shouldn't women have the right to pick out men they want for husbands? It makes a lot more difference to & woman whom she marries than it does to & man, because .'hfx‘)' always so much (Copyright, 1931.) PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. more married than he is. Dealing With the Cri. Western New York correspondent asks: “Why should a teacher have to send home a child with cri? Why doesn't the mother keep the child at home in the first place? Some mothers are en- lightened, but the majority jump on our back if we send a child home for no reason but ‘a little cold’ If we do send them home our attendance aver- age is poor and we have the sovereign State of New York through the educa- tion department demanding ‘Why!" x{ntfl shall the teacher do then, poor I %lon't know about city schools, but I do know that in rural schools pupils come and go &s need arises. A few take advantage of this and have to be shown the error of their ways. I believe the rural schools are at least as progressive in this latter method as the city schools. Some of our big town schools are so far behind the times that the people have to prosecute teachers or principals now and then to teach them the error of their ways, especially in the quaint practice of assault and battery in the schoolroom. It is a difficult problem for a teacher to face, I know well enough. The school authorities instruct her to send home children who come with “colds.” ‘They do not tell her how she is to diagnose the alleged *cold.” ply pass the buck to the teacher, and she has to use her own judgment, which, of course, is worthless. If she could risk her job or her standing with the powers that be by asking for defi- nite instructions to guide her in this business, it would be simple enough. But if she is a wise teacher she will blink all that and yes-yes those who thus adroitly shift the responsibility to the shoulders of the teacher. I would suggest to the teacher in this predicament that she follow this policy: Whenever a pupil seems to have a run- ning nose, a cough, much sneezing, or a stuffed-up nose or mouth breathing or anything like a sore throat or hoarseness, send the pupil to the prin- cipal for decision whether the condition warrants sending the child home. If there is no principal or if the principal is too foxy to be concerned in the busi- ness, then send the kid home, but do not venture any opinion about the diag- nosis, and above all do not say the ~NO, I'M GOING TO SEE THE MAN WHO SOLD ME MY WASHER. IT WORKS FINE — BUT I CANT GET THE CLOTHES WHITE ENOUGH ~YES— THOSE WASHING MACHINE DEALERS KNOW WHAT THEYRE DOING ‘THE GRANULATED SOAP child has a “cold” or even crl. Just send along to the parent a note that the child has running nose, cough, hoarseness or whatever it is you have noticed, and let it go at that. If the school has medical inspection no teacher or nurse should ever take the responsibility of sending a pupil home with cri. That is strictly a duty of the medical inspector. If any parent comes complaining about the sending home of a child with cri or with any of the symptoms men- tioned, thé teacher need not argue the point. Just shift the argument to the principal or to the medical inspector if the school boasts one; that is, if the parent does not bring a proper cer- tificate or written statement by the family doctor that the child’s trouble is not communicable. As for the attendance records, if that is the main thing, the education de- partment should bestir itself in ths at- tempt to elicit from the State health authorities some clear definition of | what constitutes a communicable Seold.” (Copyright, 1931.) Creamed Sardines. Bone a can of sardines and mix the sardines with toasted flakes of wheat. Add pepper, salt, and half a cupful of milk. Fry in h%c butter and serve with tomato sauce ®n fingers of buttered t. My Neighbor Says: Store oysters in the icebox until ready to use. ‘Wooden kitchen utensils should be washed in warm water to which just & small quantity of soap or soap flakes has been added. Dry thoroughly imme- diately they are washed. If al- lowed to soak or left to stand about while wet the wood will discolor. ‘To brighten gold braid, give it a thorough brushing, then sprinkle powdered alum all over it and let it stay on for two or three days. ‘Then brush it off. A lump of camphor kept near sllver when not in use will pre- vent its tarnishing. / (Copyright, 1931.) — 1 KNOW WHAT HELL TELL YOU — CHANGE TO RINSO, THE GRANULATED SOAP says Mys, 3007 Camp aundry soaps, 150 gives. derful for dl)hwahi‘rs; THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1931. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. ‘Why, Aunt Nancy an’ her feller has went some place—an’ the ice cream :ce(k." wit 50 cents is gettin’ awful (Copyright, 1931.) ———e Baked Corn Pudding. Beat three egg yolks and add to three cupfuls of fresh corn eut from the cob or whole kernel canned corn. Mix one tablespoonful of sugar with one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt and one tablespoonful of flour. Add one and one-half cupfuls of milk and then add to the corn. Add three tablespoonfuls of melted butter and two chopped pim- entos. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites of three eggs and pour into a buttered casserole. Bake in a medium oven for about 45 minutes, or until it will not cling to a knife thrust into it. If over- cooked, it will separate like a custard. Serve from the casserole. French Fried Onions. Parboil six large onions and remove the centers. Chop the centers of the onions with one and one-half cupfuls of ground cooked meat and half a d green pepper. Mix with one of salt and one cupful of bread crumbs and stuff the onions with this. Tie a string around the onions and dip in one egg diluted with two tablespoonfuls of water. Roll in ‘I';:eld crumbs and fry in hot fat until own. Diet in the FEW women have to pack a lunch for a husband or children every day. Most women have to pack a lunch once in a while. Whichever way you have to do, there is always the question of what to put in. If you do it every day you are tired of thinking of things to put in, and if you don% do it very often, you haven't had enough practice, perhaps. If you are planning a meal at home it is easy enough to remember to in- clude something with protein — meat, eggs, cheese, peas or beans; something with starch—bread, potatoes, macaroni; something green—spinach, cabbage, let- tuce, watercress, onions; . something raw—radishes, tomatoes, cabbage; and something sweet—a dessert of any kind, or, if fruit is the dessert, a cookie or cake to eat with it. But when you are planning a meal that is to be packed in a box or bag it is harder to plan all these parts of a well-balanced diet. Desserts that aren't fruit or cake and salads of almost any kind are very hard. First there is the matter of that old standby for all packed lunches—sand- A | wiches. For children peanut butter and honey and chopped egg sandwiches are pretty constant favorites. i ‘The children should be encouraged to try something new now and then. them on a tomato and lettuce sandwich. The surest way is to have luscious, thick slices of tomato, curly lettuce and drippy mayonnaise. Sandwiches that are intended to be consumed on plates with forks certainly can’t be eaten from a lap with fingers. Spread one slice of bread evenly with softened butter. Spread the other slice with well ed mayonnaise. Slice a tomato in thin slices. Use leaf lettuce that is very crisp, and place one trimmed leaf and one thickness of tomato for the sandwich filling. Press the bread together and you have a good sandwich that is easily eaten and is good for your digestion. If your family will et whole wheat or_graham bread so much the better. If you E‘ck lunches often it is a good plan to keep on hand the “mi " for several kinds of sandwiches—pack~ ages of cheese, jars of jelly, figs, nuts, tuna fish, sardines on the shelf, and celery, lettuce, eggs and olives in the ~WELL, ILL ASK HIM ANYWAY. | WANT TO BE SURE uch suds!” {. Lyddane, - Cambridge P|, N w. 3007 Camp, wn:ns. IRENE LYDDANE, e Pl. Cup for cup, Rinso lightweigh [Fenve e oo e 7o, 8ives twice a5 50aps. You'l] lively Get the BIG Ppackage. N.W., Washington, p, ¢, tub much suds like its fively Thurs, 4:30 P, M., s..,;.'i"‘,;gw ™ J-..“] Millions use it in - tub, washer and dishpan land where constant FEATURES, ‘Well Protected Home. hoin> should be vatchfulness is n in order to live. Of course, this is more or less true everywhere. Al the little people of th~ Green Mead- ows and Green Forest have to watch out for enemies, as you know, but there it is an easy matter to hide their homes. There are tall trees and plenty of them for the feathered folk who live in trees. For those who live on the ground there are bushes and grass in which homes can be se- curely hidden. In the desetr land there sre no tall , and no grass wherein to hide the homes and keep the babies safe, Homes there must be protected rather than hidden. No one knows this better than Cocky and Mrs. Cocky the Road Runners. Mrs. Cocky had spent a great deal of | time and care in selecting the place for | thelr nest. Cocky had almost lost p- | tience with her. Fe had begun to| wonder if she ever d be satisfied. | But when at last she tock him to the | Flace she had chosen he was filled with admiration. “My dear,” sald he, “it is perfect. “If our bables are not safe here they ‘would not be safe anywhere.” | It was & clump of cactus plants that | Mrs. Cocky had chosen, a kind of cactus known as the cholla, and like most kinds of cactus the piants were covered with the sharpest of sharp spines, Mrs. Cocky had chosen the | largest cholla, and in the very midst of | it she proposed they Luild thelr nest. | “It is a good thin:.” said she, we know how to av one now and then. Once we have our nest built in here, no one is going to| bother us. It will b s2fe from all rob- | bers. No Snake or Lizard is going to| even try to climb g to it, and no Hawk is going to try to get at it from | above. When the babies are young and | helpless we will not have to worry about them when we are ciay hunting food for . They will be perfectly pro- tected. Now let us get busy and start housekeeping as soon as possible.” ‘This suited Cocky and he promptly said so. So In the middle of that cac- tus & nest was built, a rather large nest made of sticks 2nd such other ma- | terial as could be found, including some feathers and the ce<t skin of a snake. It was Cocky who ‘ound this, and very proud he was wheca he brought it to the nest. Lunch Box refrigerator. Now. at almost any time, you can make a :alzd sandwich—finely | chopped celery and radishes, with per- | haps a bit of onicn mixed with fish | or a bit of chopped cold meat. | Always keep the sandwiches neat and | with only enough filling to be handled | well, and that iiiling not too moist. | Chopped olive, witih hard cooked eggs | make a very good sandwich, and an-| other egg combinaiion that isn't so fre- | quently used is hard cooked egg and cooked sausage put through the food grinder. A very liile leftover sausag: can be made to go 2 very long way. Dates, figs or dates ground with nuts are excellent. Any of them may well be mixed with cremm cheese, too. | ‘Thinly sliced cucimbers make a good healthy sandwich and one which is re- freshing at this time of year. You may happen to have a husband who scofs at these. There was once such a hu: band and he had a wife who was cer- tain he would like them if he would cver try them. But she didn't want to put them in his luncheon box until she knew they would b: welcome. She knew him well enough to realize that just to look at them slipped in un- suspectingly would ruin his lunch and his temper. So she served them one evening when they had a couple in to play bridge. ‘Try | He tried one—just to bz polite, even t h there were other kinds—and he found they tasted pretty good. Try the same method on these or any other kind that you think would help to give variety. BETTER BRAN FLAKES BEDTIME STORIES By Thornton W. Burgess. “I never could see any use for Snakes excepting little ones, which are very good eating, until now,” said he as Mrs. Cocky busily worked the skin into the nest. “I think I will go Jook for an- other skin.” “It makes a very good lining,” said Mrs. Cocky. “There is one thing cer- tain and !hknt is that this is as near as any snake will comz <5 t X Ouch!” e “What is it, my dear?” asked Cocky anxiously. “Nothing. Nothing at all. I was a bit careless and stepped on & spine,” Mrs. Cocky replies She lifted a foot and with her bill pulled out a spine. “I've stepped on a couple this morn- ing myself,” said Cocky. “They don't amount to anything. Our feet are tough, which I guess is a good thing. ‘MY DEAR,” SAID HE, “IT IS PER- FECT.” The more I think of it the more cer- tain I am that you chose the very best place anywhere about in which to build. Now Tl see if I can find an- other skin.” “It isn't necessary,” replied Mrs. Cocky. “This one is 5o big that it i8 all we really need. Of course if you should happen to see one it would be foolish not to use it, but as I said be- fore, we really don’t need it. A few more feathers are all we need to finish the nest. Perhaps I shouldn't say so, but I am rather proud of it.” “So am I,” deciared Cocky. (Copyright. 1931.) Creamed Crab Meat. Mix one and one-half cupfuls of flaked canned crab meat with four hard-cooked sliced eggs, one-fourth cupful each of chopped sweet pimento and chopped ripe olives, two cupfuls of hot medium white sauce, half a tea- spoonful of salt and a little papriks. Cook until heated, then place in indi- vidual greased casseroles. Cover with buttered bread crumbs and bake in & moderate oven for 15 minutes. 3 CREAM fi NOW ... as “freckle-time” begins ... prevent freckling . . . keep your <kin fair all summer with Plough’s Peroxide (Vanishing) Cream! Plough’s Cleansing Cream ends skin congestion (dirt-clogged pores) and gives immaculate beauty. Plough’s Cold Cream nourishes your skin and preserves its youthful smoothness! Fach of Plough's Peroxide Vanishing, sing and Cold Creams comes in 3¢, 33c and S0c sizes. Sloahs BEAUTY CREAMS PREVENT FRECKLES I“ USE THIS b =2 24 e ] Better on vacation ROMP through the joyous hours of vacation with pep and vim. Help keep healthy with Kellogg’s PEP Bran Flakes. A wonderful dish for your taste —rich in the glorious flavor of PEP—the famous deliciousness that only Kellogg’s PEP Bran Flakes have. And full of healthfulness too! They contain just enough bran to be mildly laxative—to help keep you feeling fit. Better at h Kcoge’s PEP Bran Flakes are a year.round cetval. Their three vital elements—whole- whed) nourishment, extra bran, and that peppy flavor—make them an ideal cereal for young folks. Serve them for the childrén’s’ lunch and supper. Enjoy them yourself late in the evening. They’re made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. In the red-and-green package,