Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1931, Page 28

WOMAN'’S PAGE Surprise and Food Interest BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. which may not be as eeable to the alate as was the time ored favor- ite. For instance, an old-fashioned Indian pudding is apt to be as sur- prising if it is plain, as if it had all sorts of additions, such as_ apples, raisins, citron, etc., to suggest “plum pudding in its modernity. But if, in- One homemaker who has an expert ook said recently: * “There is never a meal at which my ook doesn't have at least one dish with an_element of surprise in it.” Guests at her home were intrigued whipped cream, the top is piled with a delicately browned meringue slightly flavored with orange there is an imme- | diate surprise. One little but delicious surprise of the cook of whom I was speaking was | found in individual sponge cakes cov- | ered with whipped cream. On eating | them it was discovered that a hole | had been scooped out in the bottom | of each cake and a preserved plum in- serted. A marvelous flavor resulted and a surprise to delight any little or big Jack Horner. A novelty in the way of a flavor and appearance of an apple ple was made by a little flat mound of cream cheese |on the top. This mound had a good sized star of caramel sauce in the center. The star was sketchy, being made by trailing the thread-like stream | of the caramel across the mound, and | repeating the stream to fill the star with an irregular mesh of lines. The star was large enough for each servin, of the pie to have a bit of the caramel. | These accounts of how to introduce surprises into dishes serve to show their simplicity, their piquing interest and methods, so that homemakers can | follow the plan according to their own devices. FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLIE MONROE. Beforehand Dishes. | Susan had the reputation of never working. “I don't see how you manage it | said her friends. “You never seem | to be doing anything, but everything is wonderful at your house.” Susan kept no maid. She was naturally a good cook. She has, | naturally, what is called a “light” | hand with housework. But Susan her- self gave credit for much of her reputa- tion to the fact that she knew how to | make some delicious ‘“beforehand’ | dishes to serve as the main dish of — stead of serving the pudding with white |- WAS LARGE TO THE CARAMEL STAR ENOUGH FOR EVERY ONE HAVE A SHARE. with the cuisine, and it was in re-| sponse to their expressions of pleasure | at some not unusual dish that had its| unusual feature that the hostess said | what she did. | It is possible for every homemaker to introduce a like interest in her dishes if she will use her ingenuity. The dif- ferences from the customary prepara- tion is slight. It is merely the unex- pected that supplies the desired quality. This may be in flavor, in appearance, | or by the use of some new ingredient | or food element. In the matter of flavor there has been such & run on new combinations | dinner. “Then, with tomato juice cocktail out of a bottle, a couple of good vege- tables, a salad and fruit for dessert, with good coffee, cheese and cracker: I have a swell reputation that I don't really deserve.” “BONERS” Humorous Tid-Bits From School Papers. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO:. NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Illustrations by Mary Foley. CXI. YELLOW-JACKETS, ‘. Vespa sp. E do not seek these business- like house builders; neither do they seek us. It is merely that we get in their way and they show their disapproval with a sharp stab, which is usually enough to make us remember ever after to give them the road. In the Spring the young queen awakens from her long sleep, and her first thought is to find a building site for her very large home. She is a very handsomely clad creature. Bands of yellow, with edges scalloped, trim her abdomen. The lovely, gauzy wings fold like fans and do not cover her body. Her face is not very pretty, and she has splashes of yellow on it, Te- minding one of badly placed rouge. She wears her hair brushed away from her face. The jaws are yellow, with black lines about their edge. On her front foot she carries a very fine comb, and with this she keeps her velvety black antennae in perfect ondition. Having decided upon the home site, she goes in search of well seasoned building material. This may be any dead treé or wood. With sharp jaws | she scrapes off the surface and chews it well. The paper pulp is covered with waterproof material, and when she has a pellet the size of a pea she goes to the branch of the tree selected for the home, On the under side of the stem | she placf the foundation pulp—a strip about 6 inches long. On this she con- structs_several cells, facing down. In these she glues a tiny white elongated egg, leaving the door open. Then she goes about building a roof over the cradles. Pretty soorr her children are calling | for food. She goes to the flowers for weet nectar. Each tiny baby reaches | as far out of the cradle as she can to receive her food. She is nothing more than a white body with a small head, sharp jaws and a big appetite. Later the mother gives her more hearty food, like caterpillars, flies and spiders. These she masticates well, removing all hard parts before giving them to the hun- gry baby. After eating their fill, the little girl bees spin a soft, silk curtain before their door and in it go to sleep. Later, when they awaken, they are all will- ing workers and take over the house- hold management. While they rested, | the mother built more cradles and | placed eggs in them. The oldest chil- dren then became the nurses to the second group, and from then on the mother left all the construction work, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Shall the Divorced Wife of a Poor Husband Risk Marriage Again at 50? EAR MISS DIX—I am 50 years old. Divorced after 20 years of unhappy married life with an unfaithful husband whom I left when life itself was endangered and to continue living with him impos- sible. About two years ago I met a widower, a man of fine ter, and our friendship has ripened into love. He is a man of 5 erous 0 & fault, kind, good. 10 100k at, well educated, Has o pesutital home, loves me devotedly and wants me'to marry him. His children are grown and married, and so is my child. I live alone, so does he. I have sufficient income to live on comfortably. I hesitate to marry because of the memory of my former life. Shall I marry him or not? Have I reason to believe that I could make him happy and be-happy with him? IN PERPLEXITY. ANSW'BR: You remembv.: what Dr. Johnson sald about a second mar- riage? ‘That it was the final triumph of hoj this goes double for grass widows and widowers, p; }c::': ?&eerru ll:::n m‘: to see how any man or woman had the courage to risk a second matri- momxaldventure. no matter whether one had been happily or unhappily married. I should think that if they had beef happily ms ‘woul feel that they could not hope to draw maLrtmonla':p pamm ktnh:liculon‘ and so they would not dare take another chance. And if they had beer unhappily married, I should think that they would keep a long distance away from the fire. HOWEVE% the experience of thousands upon thousands of widows and widowers who remarry shows how fal ason| For all of us know dozens of men and women Efifihfiv:" Hemdm:iv’:l- and husbands and have got just as good wives and husbands on their second deal, and whose marriage estate has always been one of Ppeace and happiness. And we know many men and women who were mis- mated in their first marriages and utterly wretched, who have found their real soulmates in & second marriage and have been gloriously happy. So there you are. The fact that your first m: is no indication that your second one will be. ’melmetmym. “”nm““ husband treated you badly is no sign that your second one will do so. To conclude that there are no good husbands is as foolish as it would be to believe that there are no good apples because you happened to get & rotten one. IF middietaged people have the nerve to marry again, I think it is the wisest thing that they can do, because it enables them to have their own home, to preserve their independence instead of being hangers-on of their children, and to have the companionship of one of their own down the last lap of the journey. There can be between them a beautiful and comforting friendship that is one of the loveliest relationships in life. ROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1931.) Thornton . Burgess. BEDTIME STORIES *, Stubtail, Mountain Beaver. | The law of life finds no excuse For anything that's not of use. —Old Mother Nature. weeny tail, which is hardly enough of a | tail to be called one. In this respect he | is like Buster Bear. But in no other re- | spect 1s he like Buster. Nor is he at all | like Paddy the Beaver, despite his name | | Stubtail, the Mountain Beaver, was much disturbed. He didn't like visitors | excepting of his own kind, and_espe- | | cially did he dislike those two-legged creatures called men. So, when all un | suspecting that one was near, he had | |come out to discover Farmer Brown's | Boy siting close by one of his door. ways, he Was quite upsct. He had darted back and he had kept on along |a long tunnel until he finally reached his snug home underground some dis- tance away. There he had remained | until night. | | I ehould have known better than to 0 out in daytime, even if it was a dark ay,” he grumbled to Mrs. Stubtail. “It is queer how folks will do_things they | know they shouldn't do. T hope that two-legged creature isn't going 1o stay around here long. I never feel | easy when one of them is abou | " “These fern roots are v of Mountain Beaver. ‘The fact is he has | 1o near relatives; none at all. He is an | independent little fellow who lives his | life in his own way and asks only to be | let alone, | In_one thing only is he like Paddy the Beaver and that is his willingness te work. There is nothing of laziness n Stubtall. When he isn't digging tun- nels or making paths he is cutting food supplies and putting them to cure or = . D. C, TUESDAY, SEPT SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Now aren't 'iss 'member the capital ob France? Why couldn’t I think ob it today in school? (Copyright, 15314 DAILY DIET RECIPE STUFFED FRIED EGGPLANT. Eggplant, one small; raw egg, one; cold water, two tablespoons; dry bread crumbs, one and one- half cups; deep hot fat, one cup; raw tomato stices, ten or twelve; broiled bacon slices, ten or twelve; grated American cheese, one-half cup. SERVES 10 OR 12 PORTIONS. Peel even-shaped, rounded egg- plant; cut in crosswise slices about one-half inch thick. Soak slices in cold water one hour or more. Drain, wipe dry. Coat each plece with dry bread crumbs. then dip in egg well beaten with two tablespoons cold water, and againin bread crumbs. Fry in deep fat heated to 370 degrees Fahren- heit. Drain on paper until cool enough to handle. Then split each slice open just far enough across so that a slice of raw tomato and a slice of broiled bacon can be inserted. Lay the prepared stuffed eggplant slices in a glass baking dich attrac- tively. Sprinkle with cheese and brown quickly in a hot oven or under broiler flame. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes fiber, some protein, some fat and a little starch. Lime, iron, vitamins A, B and C present. Can be eaten by adults of normal digestion who are of average or under weight. LookYears FEATU RES. The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN Who started her career as @ WOODWARD. frightened typist and who became one of % the highest paid business women in America. Manners and Commas. , “Dear Miss Woodward: I have a posl- tion as secretary, which I earned only through experience, having had only an elementary education and a course in stenography. “Not having had & eourseon rather insecure, and, in order to clear any doubt in my mind, I should like to study secre- tarial duties. Could you advise me? “I understand general office work, but there are ques. Helen Woodward. tions in grammar that come up in cor- respondence and problems about office etiquette, etc. For instance, should I rise when an elderly important execu- tive enters the room? “When to use the words ‘who’ and ‘whom’ and whether an aspostrophe is added after the plural of steamer, such as ‘steamers’ berths. Is it added after ‘Exporters’ and Importers’ Journal,’ as illustrated, and if not, why not. Some of the punctuation rules I have for- gotten since I left school—which is not recently. BRIGHT-LIGHT.” What a sensible girl you are! Don't let your lack of knowledge worry you. It is not as great as you think it is, and with a little study you can be all right. I wish it were possible for you to take a course in English in evening high school. But perhaps you are too tired in the evening. Put an apostrophe after the “s” in 2 plural word. You would say steam- ers’ berths or steamers’ berth if you meant more than one steamer. 'No general rule would apply to Exporters’ and Importers' Journal. Since it is the -00se. Go to evening high school or you can try books at the library first. As for manners, do what seems nat- ural and kind to you. For instance, if elderly executive comes into the room, all means rise. You'd do that if head of the concern. e your 3 ‘There is no book which contains rules about secretarial duties, but if you have any other questions about what a secretary ought to do, write anc ask me and I'll be glad to answer ther for you. (Copyright, 1951) My Neighbor Say: If, when making coffee, you run short of milk a good sub- stitute is to beat up an egg and put a little in each cup with a little milk. You will find this greatly improves the coffee. To keep mice away scatter emall pieces of camphor in your cupboards and drawers. They greatly dislike the amell of camphor and will go far away from fit. When you want to bake a cake in the morning and the oven is too hot, just put it in with the door ajar until oven is the right temperature. Use eggshells to .wash bottles or vinegar cruets. Crush them fine, put into the cruets with warm, soapy water and shake well. This will clean the finest glass without scratching it. (Copyright, 1931.) My land! THEY'RE GRAND! of hitherto incongruous ingredients | that today a return to an old- fashioned dish is more surprising than| an old dish turned into something new | marketing and nursing, to the rapidly |usually good, my dear: try som growing familv. Her work was to fill marked Mrs. Stubtail by way of chang- the cradles. There are many thousand | ing the subject. children in this one home. | “They ought to be; I worked hard The house is built in layers with|enough to get them,” grumbled Stub- spaces between. This gives perfect | tail, ventilation, as well as regulation of | Mrs. size. Removing the inside layer and | ghe i o Moo building_a new one an the outside, 3 snapped Stubtail, for 5 : % aiat &l‘uas lthese builders in & class byi he was still out gf humor, due to the 5 t acid emselves. scare he had had. WHEN HE ISIN'T e Late in the Summer the drones ap-" Stubtail chuckled right out. "og MAKING J%SS’ES &“EE‘TS‘. e chans S look to me exactly like the ones| TING FOOD SUPPLIES. the cause of most said she. “If you will run out- | poor complex- side I think you will find those you dug | storing them away. You see, Stubtail ions. To look still out where you left them to be |and his mate are thrifty folk. Yes, sir, your loveliest, _— cured.” they are thrifty folk. They long ago S oul st Toe Cream Dessert. Stubtafl opened his mouth for a |learned what all the Squirrel folk know 7 HEHEY sharp retort and then thought better of | —which is, that it pays to store away neatralize harm-= | When any Kkind of ice cream is left it. It is useless to argus when you |food in times of plenty, that they may ful skin acids. | over and s melted remove it from the | know you are wrong, and Stubtail knew | not go hungry in times when food 15 | The artichoke was an anclent instru- | freezer and use it the same day by that this time he was wrong, for he re- scarce or difficult to obtain. | body m ment of torture. | heating the mixture enough to dissolve | membered that he had not yet brought | It was because he was so thrifty that | now dermatole some gelatin that has been soaked in | in the roots he had dug a' couple of he had thought to improve the dark | apmazing reeulis cold water for 10 minutes, allowing a | nights before. So he decided to try to day, and so had encountered Farmer | 183 g G scant tablespoonful of gelatin to a pint | take another nap and wait for night ' Brown's Boy. “I ought to have known P'¢) of the melted ice cream. Pour into &/ pefore venturing out again. | better than to go out so early,” he | . All you do is mold that has been dipped in cold| Tt wasn't that Stubtail was a coward. |kept mumbling, as he tried to sleep |it, massage an water. When firm remove {0 & Serving | No, indeced. He was timid, as he had and couldn’t. “I ought to have known |it’s as simple as dish and use with a sweetened milk OF | cvery reason to be, but he was no cow- | better. I wonder what that fellow was cream. ard. He simply had learned through |doing around here, anyway.” A long expertencihmaz w'k;‘en 0'29 has (Copyright, 1931.) many enemies the wise thing to do is Breakfast Food. % g0 out only when the fewest number Take the crusts from _stale hread,lr;:ll ble ‘?bm:[d-]Andtsr:) Stlul;l'iu prerfer‘i rsian ¢ | elther whole wheat, graham, rye or |the night. He loves the night.s He feels | poerslan cats ls, the chiet industzy of | § on and grind them rather coarse. |safe in the darkness and he loves the & sy Brown them to a crisp in a hot oven | coolness. | The process of turning steam into and serve as a breakfast food with | Farmer Brown's Boy had thought water again is called conversation. lcream or hot milk. Dates or figs cut | that Stubtail had no tail, but in this he (Copyright, 1931.) up with them make a good variety. | was mistaken. He had a tail, a teeny, - Younger | Beautifies your skin in the same easy way that Milk of Magnesia purifies the stomach MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Chilled Orange Juice. ‘Wheat Cereal With Cream. Scrambled Eggs. Corn Muffins. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Tomatoes Stuffed With Crab Meat. ‘Toasted Cheese Rolls. Pineapple. Cookles. Tea. “Did you?" Stubtail grinned. i d mil g women take place. The queens are the only |1 go ones that survive the Winter. (Copyright, 1931.) LOUIS XVI WAS GELATINED DUR- ING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Sliced Cucumbers. Old-Fashioned Blueberry Hollow. CofTee. CORN MUFFINS. Cream together one-half cup- ful butter and one-half cupful sugar, then two eggs well beaten, then add, well sifted together, one and one-half cupfuls each of flour, cornmeal and two tea- spoonfuls baking powder, one- half teaspoonful salt. And alter- nately with one cupful milk; fill well greased muffin tins three- quarters full. Bake at 400 de- grees Fahrenheit 20 to 25 min- utes. All measurements are level. TOMATOES AND CRAB. Cut a thin slice from stem end of tomato; remove center and all the seeds and fill with seasoned crab flakes. Cover with mayon- naise, garnish with small sprigs of parsley or thin slice of pickle. Serve on lettuce leaf surrounded with shredded lettuce. BLUEBERRY HOLLOW. Into a deep baking dish put a quart or two, just as your love for berries dictates, of hot blue- berries that have been stewed until tender and sweetened to taste. Cover with a pie crust dough and bake in a good oven until crust is done. Turn out with berries on top and serve hot, with lots of whipped cream sweetened and flavored with vanilla. Just before putting crust on add a little butter to berries. (Copyright, 1931.) Ambiguity means having two wives living at the same time. A goblet is a male turkey. What is an herbaceous border? One | who boards all the week and goes home on Saturday and Sunday. Jacob was a patriarch who brought up his 12 sons to be patriarchs, but they did not take to it. with water. 1g your fac res io the i ot Lobster Sandwich. Lobster ‘or crab sandwiches can be made by mincing the meat fine and mixing it with enough mayonnaise to spread well. Spread on thin slices of | Luttered white bread. Sardine sand- | wiches can also be made this wi mag: your drugelst, for Dentons Facial Mag. e dollar size contains twice as the sixty-cent size. 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