Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1931, Page 36

WOMAN’S PAGE, Pound and Other Kinds of Cake BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. HERE are two kinds of cake. are times when sugar is low-priced. One is 50 simple and plain that | Then is the time to make simple cakes it calls for give it the needed flavor. The other is so rich that the icing is superfluous. It is a_ question which costs more, the cake which must depend g and icing to | which rely upon frostings and fillings to be especially tempting to the appe- | tite. Frostings and Fillings. The person who is fond of cake may like the cake itself or the candylike icing. When cake itself is really liked, | the quality of it, its richness or feath- | erly lightness is of the greatest im- | portance. It is amazing, however, how | many persons care as much, if not | more, for the toothsome addition of fillings and frostings. A simple one- egg cake is all that is needed as it is | only a means to the end--which is the | fancy frosting and tasty filling. Or if | eggs are cheap, & two-egg sponge cake | will be light and excellent. | " For those who delight in rich cake, | here is a pound cake recipe in propor- | tions to mak: one cake. As it is very | rich, small pleces are sufficient for in- dividual servings. It should be remem- | bered when pound cake was the cake | of our grandmothers tnat one pound of | butter called for 10 or a dozen eggs, |and the cake was very large for the Jarge family. The following propor- tions are exact pound for pound in quarter size. The cake is fine and light, and has that unmistakable creamy, rich texture of pound cake. | Small Size Pound Cake.—One-half cupful butter, one-fourth pound; one and one-fourth cupfuls f sur, one-fourth pound; & generous one-half cupful | sugar, one-fourth pound; three eggs and a dash of mace. Flavor with.al- mond, vanilla or & very little lemon as preferred |7 Cream butter, add to sifted flour and mix lightly but thoroughly. Beat egg yolks and add to sugar and stir well ‘Add mace and flavoring. Combine the tavo mixtures and beau well. Beat egg whites and add last. Beat all thorough- | 1y, put in pan in moderate oven a little less tnan 350 degrees. Bake for 40 minutes or until & brgom corn put in center comes out clean,” If one chooses one-half teaspoonful ~ baking powder may be added, but the cake will be | 1ight without it. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Most of us go through life wondering if there is not something missing | somewhere in our personality make-up. At least that's the feeling during nor- mal times. - Normally that's the way ’u should be. A VERY PLAIN CAKE SHOULD BE FROSTED. wpon additions for deliciousness or the one which is sufficient unto itself. The cakemaker can save money by imaking her cakes according to the market es of ingredients. For in- wtance, there are seasons when butter 45 cheap. Then is the time to make cake in which butter is especially need- ed, such as pound cake. There are times when eggs are cheap. Then is the time to make sponge and angel gake which take no butter. There During the so-called period of eco- | nomic depression, this feeling of “som | thing missing” was not quite so promi- nent. It is easy to shift these feelings of inadequacy on to some external force or forces, over which we have no control. This habit of shifting is a mistake. Now is the time, if ever, to make the most of one's self, and to say the least | about it. There are entirely too many people walking the streets, thinking over how the world owes them a living. Those who feel depressed might well begin to build up a philosophy of life. And that philosophy might well include some reflections on the fact that nature intended that things worth while be gained by a certaln amount of fortitude. Hard times should reveal more strength than weakness, Miss that philosophy and you have missed the lesson which the depression should teach. Macédc;ine of Vegetables. Prepare some white turnips, cut in dice, also some tender carrots and some peas, either green or canned, having one-third of each. Cook each vegetable in bolling water until tender, salt them then drain. Make a well seasoned cream sauce and mix the vegetables. Serve very hot. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Bleaching Packs—Oiliness. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) Please give & imple recipe for a bleaching pack. (2) ow can I correct an oily skin? (3) ow ¢an I remove blotches and liver spots from my face? Some of the blotches were caused by my squeezing blackheads. V. 8. Answer—(1) One of the simplest pleaching packs is made by mixing but- germilk or sour milk to a paste with corn meal. Two or three tablespoonfuls of fullers’ earth mixed to a paste with equal parts of lemon juice and glycerin makes another easily prepared skin bleach. (2) A certain amount of ofliness 45 natural in youthful skins. When one grows older one's skin usually tend: MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. to become dryer and this condition pre- disposes to wrinkles. So a reasonable amount of oiliness is a help in keeping the complexion smooth and young When oiliness is really t)(cel-li\!eEl Q‘»}‘:e nd the health by eating correctly, avoiding constipation, exercising, drinking plenty of water, bathing and sleeping as one should. In addition, local treatments are helpful. Use plenty of mild soap and warm water to cleanse the face twice daily. Add a few drops of simple tincture of benzoin or spirits of cam- phor to the last cold rinse. Use an astringent skin tonic before applying make-up. (3) Be more careful in re- moving blackheads. Use a comedon ex- pressor for the purpose so that the skin will not become bruised. The blotches will fade in time. Bleaches sometimes remove dark spots, but if yours are real liver spots they are due to in- tenal conditions, which must be cor- Tected before the spots will disappear LOIS LEEDS. Non-Greasy Curling Fluid. Dear Miss Leeds—Will the curling fluid made with gum tragacanth make the hair olly? If not, please publish the recipe. CONSTANT READER. Answer—There is nothing of an olly nature in the recipe in question. Mix the following ingredients and allow them to stand overnight, straining through cheesecloth the next day: Two drams gum tragacanth, 10 drops glyc- erin, 8 ounces rosewater, 2 ounces cologne water. If the fluld becomes too thick, it may be diluted with more rosewater. LOIS LEEDS. Facial Cream. Dear Miss Leeds—I have been told THE EVENING Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. A Kl dntne an {WMV\} peculiar formation of the low- er case “k” used here is inter- esting. The abserfce of any up- per loop suggests a nature free from any softening influences. This writer is probably mathematically inclined. He would appear to be in- terested in some type of practical sci- ence, for example, engineering. In this field of work he could apply his nat- ural exactness and precision. In addi- tion he appears to have decided imag- ination and originality. These would be especially valuable in planning large engineering ideas. He would perhaps prefer designing his own plans, rather than carrying out another’s. His inde- pendence of spirit would make it diffi- cult for him to subscribe entirely to another man's work. Because he has possibly devoted most of his life to things of scientific trend, he may feel a certain contempt for the literary world. Feeling, perhaps, that true life is never found in books, he may have deprived himself of a great deal of pleasure. His breadth of vision will be greatly increased if he will read some of the world's out- standing books. Representative works of both fiction and non-fiction will re- veal new thoughts and ideas to him. He may have devoted himself too closely to his work. This would cause nervousness and perhaps tend to make him self-centered. By mixing with people more freely and indulging in vigorous group sports, he will probably overcome this. He has the possibilities of a charming personality, if he will develop them. Though social life may not appeal to him at first he will gradually learn to enjoy the pleasant personal contacts. Note—Analysis of handwriting s not ¢ science, according to world in- 1i_agree i is interesting and fun. The Star presents the above feature in that spirit, 71 you wish to have ou will handwriting ‘analysis chart whic) will find an interesting study. ceive vou THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Here's a clever little frock favoring the smart idea of contrast so popular with the grown-ups this season. It can be long or short sleeves, just as you please. | A wrap-over side-closing effect makes it so individual. Two shades of wool crepe is an ex- cellent sgheme for its development. Its nglnwr combined a light navy blue with pale blue, so thoroughly French. It’s a darling dress too for “dress-up” occasions fashioned of brown velvet with pastel-red crepe silk contrast. Style No. 3272 may be had in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years, Size 8 requires 1% yards of 39-inch material with 1 yard of 35-inch contrasting. Another cute idea is green tweed mix- ture with yellow plain woolen. It may be made of one material, if desired. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to the Washington Star’s New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and 20th street, New York. P, ‘When many countries were going off the gold standard a dance hall pro- prietor in Dublin, Irish Free State, an- nounced that he would give away $2.50 gold pleces at a Cinderella dance, ant drew a record crowd. WASHINGTON, D. ODES OF THE MOMENT = STAR, C., TUESDAY, Dearls egain rega S evening 1,_[,,15, u/u(.‘ll.? fa., £, AR pinest lace stitehed. drin JEL pearls. Witk his lg Jres e of real-lovking pearts.s re c{u;&f at the back Witk o bewknot of phinestomes, i Linne Merin Calls Lady Woman at Her Lad Best % |DorothyDix] CORRESPONDENT asks: “What is your definition of a lady?” A lady is & woman who always thinks of you and never forgets herself. Which is to say that she is always courteous and considerate toward others and mistress of herself. A is clean and sweet. She is never slouchy and slovenly in -gnnnez. She controls her temper and puts & bridle on her tongue. She is gentle and unobtrusive in manners :fld . h, but she has a dignity and poise that compel the deference of w! whom she comes in contact. HE neither boasts nor brags nor is unduly puffed up by good fortune. Neither does she whine when evil days overtake her. She neither flunkies to the rich nor is snobbish to the poor and she is a little more courteous to those below her in the social scale than to those above her. She never says a witty thing if it will hurt any one and she laughs with us instead of at us. She never pretends to be other than she is or to have morel than she possesses and she 1s 50 sure of herself that she dares to be simple. WHI'.'N & boy takes out a girl who is a perfect lady and tries to give her a good time, she makes the honorable return by pretending to be enjoying herself, even if she isn’t. She doesn't tell the young man who takes her riding in a flivver about what a perfectly gorgeous car some other youth has. Nor does she discourse to the young man who takes her to the movies and treats her to & sandwich afterward about the food with which young Millionbucks regaled her after the opera. And if she perceives that & boy is wearying of her she beats him to it and gets tired first, for she is the best of good sports, this girl whq is a lady. As a wife a lady makes a greater effort to hold than she did to catch him. She is more polite to him and ml;ire ?m’;gln of him after a marriage than she was before marriage. She treats her husband with as much courtesy as she would show a stranger and listens to him with the same expression of absorbed interest that she turns on her dinner partner, As a mother a lady strikes a happy medium between a goddess on a pedestal and a pal with her children. She sacrifices herself for her children, yet she does not make a doormat of herself for them to trample under foot. She is no tyrant, yet she exacts deference and obedience from them in so subtle 2 way that they give it willingly because they think that mother knows best. She never lets talk back to her when they are little and so they never insult her when they are grown. She never humiliates & child by discussing its defects before its face or correcting it in public. She waits for the psychological moment in which to have a heart-to-heart talk with the little sinner. She never betrays a child’s confidence or makes some secret it has confided to her a funny dinner story with which she sets the table in a roar. As a friend, the perfect lady is always where you can reach out your hand and touch her, yet she never obtrudes herself u you. She Tejoices In your joy and sorrows in your sorrows, but she never asks questions about your personal affairs or ssks for more of your confidence than ve her. WA woman at her best. She may not be beautiful witty or riser DUt ahe 1o & Tighiy Dloasant person to live with. nor nor s & mighty p! b 4 DOROTHY DIX. if there be one, centers around the idea | of life-goals. For the average child | these life-goals are not very clearly de- fined, even under the best of direction and training. In the case of the excep- | tional only child the life-goals are en- | tirely lacking. | Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. NOVEMBER 17, 1931. NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. IMustrations by Mary Foley. CLXV. BLACK WIDOW. Latrodectus Mactans. HAT a reputation this spider has! She is known all over the United States, and such evil accounts of her have been written that it is dif- ficult to make any one believe that she is not such & creature all. Many people know her as the hour- glass spider, because of the crimson hour-glass on her abdomen. She is the largest of this species and she is as round as a cherry. Her body is a vel- vety black, her legs are long and over her spinerets and along the middle of the back may be seen small red spots. Her eyes are farther apart than is usual with spiders. ‘The spouse of the black spider does not look as if he belonged to the family at all. When the children are small they all resemble their father. Among loose stones, on plants and even in houses, you will see the black widow spinning her great funnel-shaped tent, The tent widens into a flat or curved sheet. The texture is close to- ward the tube entrance and more open toward the edges. Sometimes the web it 3 feet across. droughts these spiders seek stream or damp places. They cannot live without water. In June or July, the mother spins a number of cocoons, ‘haps four al- together, and each silk home will have about 300 eggs in it. In a few weeks these eggs will hatch and the tiny spiderlings will emerge. They eat wee insects and do not hesitate to dine upon a sister or brother. Some of the spiders are fully grown when Winter sets in, and others partly grown. The mother will often live through the Fall and well into the Winter before she lays her spiders are easily tamed and rather enjoy living in captivity. They must have food and water every day or two. Grasshoppers and flies always satisfy G It has been proven that the bite of the black widow will cause fatigue and general discomfort for three or four days. However, she is slow to anger and her bite is always in self-defense. ‘The pain she inflicts is sharp, There is & dull ache which extends from the Breathing becomes liscomfort. 1t is true that the bite of the black widow kills small birds and in- sects. The bite is always inflicf by the spider in a most vital spot, and the amount of poison is indeed great for the insect. th or Efl"lylll fol- lows immediately after the bite, and the black widow dines on her victim in peace. (Copyrieht, 1931.) s Tuna-Cucumber Loaf. Make a gelatin with one cupful of water, one tablespoonful of vinegar, ! one tablespoonful of lemon juice, and | one tablespoonful of gelatin powder. | Moisten the gelatin ‘and add to the | heated water mixture. Cool until it partly congeals, then whip to & stiff | foam. Chop and drain one cupful of diced cucumber and flake two cupfuls of tuna fish. Add one-fourth cupful of cl green pepper and half a tea- | spoonful of salt to the cucumber and fish and then mix through the gelatin. Mold arid serve. i In a fire in a fish-curing t at Yarmouth, England, half a mil her- rings were burned to cinders. 1 Jr;;v\t selling The Only Child. In recent years there has been a lot of talk abous the “only child” in a family. Some psychologists go so far as to aay that it is & question of “ex- treme importance.” But here is what they say: The oply child receives too much at- tention. He is not usually given the opportunity to solve his life- problems for himself. Oonu\\llmuy he proaches maturity with a lack of self- m, and is ham) all his life with a sense of inferiority. ‘The only child harbors the notion that he is a unique somebody in the world of somebodies. He demands a recognition he does not deserve. De- nied this recognition, his original feel- ings of inferiority are enlarged. Then it is that he goes in for a program of blufing _his way through the world. His bluff is, of course, sooner or later “called,” and he graduslly hits upon 2 new mechanism: He goes about the world with the air of a dejected mon- his throne through of a soclety of 1s. ‘The whole problem of the only child, that if a young girl uses creams on her face her pores will become ene larged and clogged. Is this true? FIFTEEN, Answer—Yes and no. Incorrect use of heavy creams on skins that do not need them often leads to enlarged pores. Usually & young girl's skin does not require facial creams. When make- up is used, however, a light liquifying cleansing cream may be used before the face is washed with warm water and soap. The final rinse in cold water is important to keep the pores from en- larging. The pores will not become clogged if they are freed daily from Carrots and Peas all dirt, old make-up and oily secre- Lettuce Russian Dressing tions. 1OI1S LEEDS. Banana Pudding - C u ° are you ‘Hand-Shy? Let your hands dare the light! Give them youth and beauty with Pacquin’s Hand Cream. Pacquin's banishes redness, roughness and the aigns of a and makes the hands youth. fully white, soft and smooth. Also refines the skin of arms, shoulders, neck and elbows. Readily absorbed by the skin —does not leave it sticky or Btewed Apricots Dry Cereal with Cream Scrambled Eggs, Bacon Toast Coffee LUNCHEON. Escalloped Oysters Celery Olives Clover Roils Prune Ple Tea DINNER. Tomato Bisque Broiled Slice of Ham Pried Sweet Potatoes SCRAMBLED EGGS. Use six eggs, one tablespoon butter, three tablespoons milk, salt and pepper to taste. Heat butter and milk in omelet pan. Break eggs in pan and stir un- til mixture thickens. Serve hot. ESCALLOPED OYSTERS, One pint oysters, one scant pint milk, 12 rolled crackers (use the regular round milk crackers) one egg, one-half cup melted butter. Add salt and pepper and stir all together. Bake about 20 minutes in a medium hot oven. BANANA PUDDING. Scald one quart milk, add well- beaten yolks of three eggs, one tablespoon cornstarch, and gran- ulated sugar to taste. Boil long enough to make nice thick cream. ‘Thickly slice three ba- nanas, arrange in pudding dish, then pour boiled \lqum“ over them. = Make meringue bake fi $1.00 & jar or 50c a tube at all lead- Ing department asd drug stores. QA Fascimaling Relik TO WHET THE APPETITE CRANBERRY and ORANGE (Uncooked) Here's a delightful relish , . , as different as it is delicious . . . rich in Vitamin C! Follow this recipe: 1 pound cranberries 2 cups sugar 1 to 134 oranges Put cranberrics through meat grinder. Pare orange with sharp knife, remove seeds; trim off white membrane (leaving the pulp exposed on the surface). Put rind and pulp through '"“"u'n:"'fi with sugar and berrics. Let set 2 lew hours ore servi o '“fll" pour Mm with paraffin. Purupuu:p'!viorwul:nrun. Recipe booklet mailed free. Address: Dept. N AMERICAN CRANBERRY EXCHANGE| 90 West Broadway, New York Cty Cane Susgar (Copyright, 1931.) i Scotland Yard is looking for Eng-| land’s meanest criminal, man who struck 84-year-old Mrs. Katherine Rutt of Brixton with a stone wrapped in & handkerchief and escaped with her handbag. 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Coprright 1981 by E. R. Squibh & Sens The American Dental Association, Council on Dental Therapeutics, has placed its Seal FEATURES. BY CHARLOTTE C. WEST, M. D. Wn‘ the Olympians gather in Cali- fornia next year, they will include women athletes from all parts of the b fully capable of le of competing with men in almost every type of sport except those requiring strength beyond that of her sex. From present indica- tlon, however, the time will come when girls, like those of Sparta, will be taught early in life to run and to wrestle, to throw the javelin and the discus “that they may bear noble sons and them bravely.” Be t as it may, 1 believe woman is defaulting on the few remaining boxing, wrestling and weight ly because modern eiviliza- tion, with its restrictions on dress, its false ideas as to what is modest and becoming, has, in the course of hun- dreds of years, so weakened her consti- tution and inhibited her natural im. pulses as to render her in most in- stances incaj [y pable of taking a heavy teur bovxl.n{ was once & ‘“gentle- man's” sport. It, like fencing, is the only after years of solid work. Weight, height, speed and nervous energy are qualities that make a shot putter. depends e BT trol and e more on nerve con ordination i, than physical strength, and is, t.heu!m.w splendid sport for women. —_— Tobacco Odor. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. art of attack and defense, but with the glove. among gen- it bas de- bru ‘The dangerous blows, often resulting in knockouts, paralysis of the brain, ruptured internal organs, and so on, are altogether too severe for the more delicately constituted physique of the | Practice " botits ice bouts or “sparring,” in| which beautiful footwork can be done, | is as far as most women have gone in Se rest —as taught and practiced | by the early Greeks—was conducted on | esthetic lines, care being taken to as- sume graceful attitudes, but even then it was & of brute strength, strangs ling, bu and kicking being allowed. ‘Today, the sport is even more strenu- ous, and 1t is still too complicated and severe a sport for the American girl. Putting the shot is a competitive sport in which women from all lands have excelled, but the excellence comes HELLO, GRACE! CAN | SEE YOU TOMIGHT ? | WANT O TELL YOU DOROTHY. SHE 8. 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