Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1931, Page 37

WOMAN’S PAGE, Reasons for Thanksgiving BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. HANKSGIVING is recognized as the great family day in Amer- ica. It is more so even than as, with which day it holds no second place in this E . In other parts of the world mwflng has no place. It is dis- INHII \‘&Xl | ,)J e ) lllm)!llm | I]J\ E T — 226G D ON_ THE FIRST THANKSGIVING THE COLONISTS WERE GRATE- FUL JUST FOR CORN. tinctly an American holiday. Because the harvest of the Pilgrims yiclded enough corn for the Winter and pre- vented the fear of starvation in fam- dlies, & day of rejolcing was set, and OUR CHILDREN |each year this custom prevails. The | last Thursday in November, whatever | the day of the month, is the prescribed one to celebrate. | If in any family this year there comes a feeling that it is not for them a Thanksgiving day because the year has not been as prosperous as previous | years, they will do well to remember this first Thanksgiving day, when, in the sadly depleted families, there was yet rejoicing because of the plenteous | harvest of just one food. Imagine be- | ing in such a condition that a single | food crop meant salvation from starv- ing, that to possess just enough corn to | satisfy the needs of the body was suffi- | clent reason for setting apart one day | |in which to give thanks. Such a con- | | dition is not faced this year, so let it | be a day of rejoicing not alone for | our own families, but for all those who | have enough to sustain life. | There should also exist a great feel- | ing of brotherhood, since in the times of uneployment troubles those who are blessed with even a little more than their fellows are gladly sharing what they have with those less fortunate. Such a bond of comradeship should | warm_ the heart of the Nation. It should be shared by those who receive as_well as those who give. Unless there is & spirit of co-op- | erative appreciation, the work of those | who form the relief body will have cause for regret, not that they are not doing their bit, but that the hearten- | ing attitude of Thanksgiving is absent. | So let us all, distributors and recipients, make the day joyous with the gratitude of Thanksgiving. WINTERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. ONI junco does not make a Winter, but when juncoes have arrived here in such numbers that wherever I go walking through the fields and over the bush-covered hills I drive them up be- fore me in a flurry like a little snow- storm when gray flakes rise instead of descending, then indeed it is Winter, whether the weather be balmy or stormy. All other Winter birds in times of adversity crouch in the lee of & branch or trunk or hide beneath whatever eaves they can. Only the juncoes, and sometimes the chickadees, so far as I can observe in this particular zone of fauna, have the hardihood to keep adrift, to keep the open air, as we say the ships keep the open sea, in a real storm. So little are they terrified by wind and snow that, as it seems to this observer at least, they deliberately cir- culate abroad at such a time, and merel{ utilize the winds to let them blow them on to fresh grounds, where among the weeds they search out their familiar, their minute, fare. ‘The chickadee, with his black cap and his thin, wiry, twanging little song, is even friendlier than the junco, allow- ing near approach, and in his modest but neat and striking costume he is quite handsome. I cannot claim for his vocal exhibitions in Winter anything precisely like music, but he certainly exerts himself far less than when he has a fair lady to woo in Spring. It is a wondrous, cheery little clarion of bravery that he emits—one of our Win- ter's most characteristic sounds. Fruit Fudge. Cook and mash one good sized potato and let it take up as much pulverized sugar as can be worked in. Add some coconut, dates, figs, flavoring and two tablespoonfuls of cocoa. BY ANGELO PATRL ‘Work to Be Done. Bchools and all that concerns them mre of first interest to mothers. I leave fathers out of this for the mo- ment because they have other duties in this field. They can help with the business management, for instance, ‘when the bills come into question, as they will. Education is the first need of any generation. ‘Today it is a pressing need. This generation of children is going to need every advantage, knowledge and ekill can afford. The on]{1 way I can see for them to get what they ought to have is through the schools. And our schools are not adequate. We are living in an age new and strange to all of us, adult and child alike. Individual power and community interests are interwoven in bewildering fashion. Hand skills and machine controls are required of all of us. Speed and more speed is the word and the spirit. New systems of knowledge must be mastered in new ways. Method and n;gtwr are new. Only the schools are o 1If you think your school is new, in step with today, look at it again. What preparation are the children making Jor living in this new world? They are studying their lessons. And. please, what kind of lessons? 1 What more co I want a whole lot more. new spirit in the sc 1; I want a new ‘viewpoint. he list of subjects may be the same, but their motive, s, their trends, must lead to’ direct personal effort. I want to see children using the knowledge they ac- quire the day and the week they ac- quire it, instead of storing it up for an examination and then forgetting all about it as soon as they can. I want &ll the stuff that children have to cram for examinations and then throw away taken out of the courses through the country., I'd begin with certain prob- lems in arithmetic tables that are no Jonger in service. ‘Then I'd put every sort of work into the schools 80 that no child need feel at & loss, but each of them find work for his hands to do. TI'd put the ma- chines, as far as practicable, in the schools so the students might have Arst-hand knowledge of them. I'd make “BONERS” -Bits Papers. I want & Humorous T From School WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR FIT- TF ' OUT SOME VESSELS AND MARCHED ACROSS THE LAND. To be vigilant is to be bethrothed. An incinerator is & person who hints bad things instead of coming right out and tell you. ‘The correct way to find the key to a plece of music is to use a pitch-fork. the usual{ their | school an extension of every-day living, so that the children would not be Atnnfers to the life they meet outside school. ‘This means a thomu{s inspection and revision of all schools. It means the establishment of schools for the adolescent boys and girls who leave school to seek work and have no quali- fications for work. It means a school for every child, not the book-minded ones alone, not the high I. Q. group alone. The handicapped child, the ordi- nary normal child, the specialist, the genius, the artisan and the artist—every child in the school of his particular and peculiar need. ‘There is work to be done for the children. It is the work for which mothers were put here on earth. It is to them we look for the modern school. It is to them the children look for help. (Copyright, 1931.) NANCY PAGE Tap, Tap, Tap Is Fun to Play. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. The Greens were entertaining at & holiday dinner. During the evening the | conversation turned onto the subject of mind reading. It was at that stage that Mr. Green proposed an old game. “We will ask one of you to go out THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. THustrations by Mary Foley. CLXXXTIX. WATER SCAVENGER (Hydrophilus triangularis). EEP-SEA divers have their sup- ply of fresh air pumped them. The deep-water divers of the water scavenger family surround themselves with a film of air and sport about on the bed of the stream. When their supply of air runs low they come to the surface, and, holding their heads up out of the water, they project their antenna into the air. When ready to descend they fold their anlenn‘dhbdnk with a bubble of alr and down they go “These beetles are the sanitary officers of the stream. All decaying matter, snails and insects are eaten by them. They are great black fellows, with oar- like legs, which they use alternately as they shoot torough the water. They are the only beetles who have this gift. Their bodies are oval shaped and are about two inches long. They have small _eyes, antenna hidden beneath their heads, powerful jaws and a very strong pair of wings. We have about 190 species of this family in America. They love to stay under the water during the daytime, eating and sleeping the hours away. When night comes they fly about investigating the sur- rounding country. If they espy bright lights they rush madly toward them. e next morning hundreds of these beetles aré often found lying on the ground. The mother constructs a strong waterpr_of case of a silk-like material. It has a neck something like a gourd handle. In this satchel she places from 50 to 100 eggs. The case floats freely upon the water or becomes fastened to a stem or leaf. Upon hatching the youngsters within the silken purse have been known to consume their less husky brethren. It may be their only solution of an over- crowded apartment. As soon as they are strong enough they leave their dwelling for the bed of the stream. Here the long, active diver, with his strong jaws, becomes an expert hunter of snails, tadpoles and small insects. When air is needed he comes to the surface of the water and projects his breathing tubes into the air. Where the water is shallow the baby scavenger lets his head and body rest on the floor of the stream while his tail is out of the water. This clever hunter is tak- infl no chances that a dainty morsel will escape him. . ‘When ready to put away childish pursuits and grow up the young beetle leaves the water and climbs to the soft earth near the pond's edge. Here he digs a hall three or four inches long, at the end of which he constructs a rough cell. Into this room he crawls and goes to sleep. Later he awakens a strong-winged insect, clad in armor, with six strong legs and a keel under his chest. His last four legs are oar- shaped, outlined with long hairs. He finds that he can walk. and, bet- ter still, that he can fly. When dark- ness comes he lifts his newly acquired wings and is full grown and free. Away he flies, seeking his mate. (Copyright, 1931.) FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLY MONROR. Mince Meat. One cupful cooked meat, chopped; one-half cupful suet, chopped; two cup- fuls apples, peeled and sliced fine; one cupful currants; one cupful raisins, seeded; one-half cupful citron, chopped; one cupful sugar, one-half pint cider, one-half teaspoonful salt, julce and grated rind of half a lemon, half an orange, one-fourth teaspoonful each ground cinnamon, cloves, allspice, mace. Mix the meat, suet, apples, raisins, currants and citron in a Yarge kettle, stirring in {he sugar, citrus juices and rind. Add the salt, spices and the cider. Cook until the apples are soft, requir- ing about half an hour. Seal in hot sterilized fars. When ready to use add half a glass- ful of tart jelly to the mince meat, fill a ple tin lined with pastry and sprinkle over the meat a ub?upoonlux of non- alcoholic flavoring. Cover with & top crust and bake in & hot oven for 45 minutes. b DAILY DIET RECIPE MAPLE NUT CAKE. Shortening, one-third cupful; light brown sugar, one cupful; eggs, two; vanilla~ extract, one teaspoonful: milk, one-half cup- ful; flour, one and one-half cup- fuls; salt, one-quarter teaspoon- ful; baking powder, two tea- of the room. While you are out the rest of us will think of something we want you to do. “When you come in we will not say & word. “We will tap our fingers on the table, quietly if you do something which we have not decided upon, louder if you begin_ to get close to the action, and thunderously as you actually do_the | thing we have willed you to do. Who | will try? volunteered. She left the | " Crarice room. | The group decided they wanted her | to move a vase which was on the buffet, to walk up one side of the table, down the other, with it in her hands. 8he was to deposit it back on the buffet. Clarice came in. At first she did not realize she was to do anything and stood irresolutely in the room. Then she was told she was to carry out the action the group had decided upon. She walked to the door leading to the pantry. ‘Ine finger-tapping was light. She went from there to the liv- ing room door. But in getting there she had to p2ss the buffet. The finger- tapping was quiet until she reached the buffet. It grew louder. She passed on to the living room door. It became quieter | She came back to the buffet. The tap- | ping increased in volume. | After a number of false tries she ac- | tually lifted the vase, carried it around | the table and put it back. |~ The next person had to lift a peach | from the centerpiece, wash it in her | goblet, peel it and eat it. She did it, too, all by direction of finger-tapping. Potted Tongue. Tell how & city purifies its water| Toast five slices of bread and out lllpplyh'l'bfl! fiiter the water and then | them into delicate circles. Spread them an aviator, i Tith o layer of potted tongue cne-fourth w“w;\_u-flnwm.& ‘gfl“'“hm&‘fl ASopyright, 10004 e emin ‘otier 19%s Tatice worke spoonfuls; chopped nuts, prefers ably pecans, one cupful. MAKES ONE LOAF CAKE. Cream shortening (butter or substitute), add sugar, egg yolks, flavoring and milk. Beat well. Bift together flour, salt, baking powder. Add the sifted dry in- gredients to the creamed short- ening-egg mixture; add chopped nuts. Bake in greased tube cake pan about 7 inches in diameter, or in a loafpan in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 35 to 45 min- utes. Ice with maple icing and while icing is still soft sprinkle with chopped nuts. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes starch, sugar, protein, fat. Lime and iron preseni as well as vitamins A. and B. Can be eaten in modera- tion by normal adults of average or under weight. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY, S e Lelinate pastel sabin of the oy s wsed for the nberesting evening grwn Wt s bu)isted Listinelly in the grand Cransparent greer veliet Urap at Loft." Tt i laviokly brinmed Wh natural Blie fox. Cena u—u)&:, Z ', ) WP DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX EAR DOROTHY DIX—A charming young girl of my acquaintance was taken to the movies by a young man. When they returned to the home the young man asked her if she had not overlooked something. “What?” she inquired. “Why,” sald he, “a kiss. You know I have taken you to the show.” “Wait & minute,” she said, as if considering the mat- ter, during which time she edged over to the door and pushed a bell which her father promptly answered. She then said: “Father, please pay John 60 cents. He took me to the movies and says I owe him a kiss for it, and I think you would rather refund him the price of the ticket than have me kiss him.” The father said: “John, thank you so much for tak- ing Ann to the show and here is your money,” and he dropped 60 cents into John's hand and closed the door. 1 think this girl deserves a medal of honor, don't you? BILLIKEN. ANSWER—I certainly do, and I lead in three loud resounding cheers for her. If more girls would follow her example they could abate the nuisance tax that the cheap little drug-store sheiks put upon their at- tentions when they demand that every girl they take out pay for 30 cents’ :Ilnnh of ice cream or motion pictures by permitting themselves to be QGirls write me all the time that they resent these familiarities, but they put up with them because they are afraid if they don't submit that they will have no more dates, and I always wonder that they sell out their self-re: t at so low a price. I would think they would rather go on buy- ing their own ice cream sodas and paying their way at the movies forever rather than be kissed by every Tom, Dick and Harry who thinks a bunch of kisses worth 30 cents. And another thing these girls forget is that the boys can no more have a good time without them than they can without the boys, and that if they just stand firm on the kissing proposition they could win out and save their lips for the men they love instead of making them legal tender for a date, # i DOROTHY DIX. D!AE MISS DIX—I am very much in love with a girl who loves me, but she hesitates about marrylng me because I am very small, and that is a fault that I cannot correct. I have always beaten the big fellows at sports and I make more money than most of the big jnen I know, but this girl is like all the balance of them, she wants a tall man for a hus- band. SHORTY. Answer—If your girl has so little intelligence that she turns you down qult because you are not & 6-footer, you will not miss much in not getting 80 let that console you. What a girl should consider in picking out & h d is the size of his brain and his heart, not his height. Many of the greatest men In history have been undersized men, while some of the dullest, stupidest, most ineffectual men have had superb bodies. A man’s size has nothing to do with his ability to succeed or to make 8 good husband, and yout girl should have sense enough to know this. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyrisht, 1931) BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAUCETT. QOuiver HARDY,m sprTe OF ALL HIS WEIGHT, IS AN BXPERT GOLFER AND HAS TwenTy KNOW THAY - EMIL JANNINGS RAN AWAY FROM WOME AT THE AOE OF 14 TO BE A CABIN BOY ON A SAILING VESSEL | The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD, Whose uniquely successful career, both in business and private life, enables + her to speak with authority on problems of the modern woman. Wants to Trim Windows. “Dear Miss Woodward: What method would you use to land a job as window trimmer—that is, windows showing fur- trade school. promise in interior decorating. D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1931. “I mever went through grammar school, you see—but had two years in I showed quite a little Handwriting What It May Reveal. evening dresses,” a woman told me the other day. “Coats, suits and practical dresses can always be handed on to other women that need them. If you don't know any one yourself who needs your things, there is always some local char- BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. ity that's glad to get them. But when it comes to evening dresses, it’s differ- Z7 7;\«/ ent. They are so useless, and people THIS writer probably wastes little ‘; who need your discarded suits and coats ¢ HERE is something particu- ¢ I larly irritating about old time on non-essentials. Notice and practical dresses probably haven't that her writing is clear and | any use for the evening dresses.” easily understood, yet has prac-| I suppose we have all of us thought tically no embellishments. The much the same thing at one time or necessary formation of every letter is another. And then some one suggested made, but there are no extra lines or | a solution. Make the old evening dress flourishes. It may be that she is not a |into a pair of neglige pajamas. An very close observer. She possibly de- extra pajama dress or two never comes pends upon hasty impressions and snap ‘ in amiss and almost any sort of mate- judgments. Though she undoubtedly | rial that you'd wear for evening may is & quick, clear thinker, she cannot|also be used for lounging pajamas. always expect to accomplish things ‘The dress in question was made with in such & surface manner. She will|a combinatic 1 of soft green satin and have to learn to lock more carefully, | figured velvet printed in tones of green trying to learn the whys and where- | and violet, and because the dress was fores of conditions. | short and offered only a limited amount Her writing seems to flow easily |of either kind of material, the ingen- across the page, suggesting a pleasant, | jous home dressmaker helped out with easygoing personality. She would not, | satin for the upper part of the paja- perhaps, be often irritated or an-|mas. She took in the bodice a little noyed. We should expect to find her | and used the short skirt for wide lower patient and generous, especially with children and young people. She might not care to teach them, but would en- Jjoy their companionship and enter easlly into their pleasures. '!‘20 ve{y ;flng stroke of the “p” de- | not a tendency to practicality. We | Should probably not find her fifvolous | @ 1aver of bread crumbs, oven-toasted or foolish in money expenditures. In-|until crisp and light brown; then a ::I::i :l;:n tw“(;:lld dperl;:)n hbe {father‘hy" of diced tart apples and some 5 etimes denying herself un- i oy e penying, herself un- | sugar, cinnamon and salt, mixed in the Gosts thrlitiness. though " the aiighisy | Proportion of one and one-fourth cup- opened “o” indicates she is not really stingy. She may be more generous with her friends than with herself. We should expect the selling field perhaps to hold opportunities for her. Many women are entering into real estate and life insurance selling. Her type of cheerful, hard-to-discourage optimism should be an asset in this type of work. Though she may find making personal contacts a bit diffic at l:h'n. she would gradually find it easter. | lovely, Wasn't it? Ay;ple Brown Betty. mon and one-fourth teaspoonful of salt. Repeat until all the ingredients are used, saving enough crumbs for the top. Pour one-fourth cupful of melted butter over the top layer of crumbs, cover, and bake for about 45 minutes, or until the apples are soft. Toward the last remove the cover and let the top brown. Serie hot with plain or whipped cream or hard sauce. Note—Analysis of handwriting {s mot an eract sclence. according to world in- vestigators. Sut Gll aoree it is inferesting an Tun e Star ‘presents thie above feature tn that spirit. 1 wou wish to Mave wour writing analyzed. send @ sampie to'Miss Mocka. | bee, "care "of The Star. along with a | zcont alamp. It wil be cither inter: | breted {n A1y colum i o handuriting ‘analy c | will ‘And an {nteresting study. | Letting the Help Go. When many women are forced to cconomize somewhere in_their scheme | of living in order to make ends meet, | the first practical solution that usually comes to their minds is to the help go. Now, not enly should this, in times of | depression, be a last resort, since it | throws other people out of employment |and so has a dire social consequence, | |but there is a question whether it is always the wisest move for the woman | who is trying to economize. | One economizes most by applying | efforts where they will be most pro- | | ductive. Nobody can do everything equally well, whether it be in the household or in business. | hire help to perform certain tasks at *| which one’s own time would be spent | | wastefully. We have discussed before the woman who finds a market for her talents or abilities, and makes her profession her | work, rather than her household. That woman's place, we have contended, is 4 This year I'm thankful for a lot— T'll say it while I'm able, ‘ an arbitrary position on the question is unfair to her. 'Cause I'll be much too full for speech | “qwere i5 also the wo e 1 man who has a When I have left the table. ! large household to care for, many | sections of the legs—and the result was | Grease a baking dish and place in it | fuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of cinna= | Jet some of | It pays to | | not necessarily in the home at all, and | FEATURES. Making Negligee Pajamas BY MARY MARSHALL. [P T e R A 1 e Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. | mouths to feed, and a host of domestic responsibilities. Such a woman may find that a maid can actually save hey dollars and cents. If she is burdened with a home which would occupy all her time during the day,'she may find herself slipping intc the habit of doing all her marketing over the telephone, or in a hapl way that is wasteful and unsatisfactory. Then, too, the dull grind may under- mine her health, and prove uneconomi- cal in other ways. Thus the modest sum per week which a maid would cost might constitute an | economy. It would afford her a chance to market and shop advantageously And also freedom to develop herself so that she can make the home a health- ier and happier place to live. A wife chained to the house and kitchen all day often so harrows her horizon and the scope of her husband’s and family's contacts that many op- portunities pass them by. If saving mcney means sacrificing things of greater material value, ob- viously it is pointless to “save” in that vay. The woman who discharges her maid may be dismissing opportunity in the same breath. Whenever possible we should first think over the practical equivalents of money. ‘“None too soon “John and I were talking about Christmas the cther night—how we should celebrate; whom we should invite. You know, when you come to count them up there are a lot of in- laws and relatives. One can’t have them all at one time; and choosing: has its embarrassments, flours were doesn’t seem to be true of other flours, I asked Sam at the store what made the difference—and he said other made for any old use— bake-shops, etc., while Washington Flour is made of a special growth of wheat selected for its characteristics —which the home-kitchen is equip- ped to handle. We haven't any big, “But we've settled it all right I'm sure. We decided to have the mothers —John’s and mine—for an old-fash- ioned love-fest. isn’t it? “Inwardly I am pleased to pieces; because it’s going to give me a chance to show off in the kitchen. heavy machinery to break up the doughs ready for our ovens. I hadn’t thought of that, But it is logical, “And then the Self-rising Wash- ington Flour is already mixed with the exactly correct amount of pure leavening phosphates. I don’t havz to “That’s what I am doing now— making a list of the ‘goodies’ in the bother with baking powder, and guess at quantities, Saves a bit of niture? While strolling by one of the largest of our fur- niture stores yes- terday morning, I became quite Vio- lent because of the hideous arrange- ment in the win- dows. There was & three-piece over- stuffed set. Numer- ous naked-looking end tables were huddled up again:t the big pieces. And, on a larger table straddling the middle, large geographical ball. It sicod out just like a sore thumb! You know, that toom could have been built around that one object so that a lot of people would realize how useful this could be for the whole family. “Oh, well, it's because I like to group furniture the way you would place good friends. Won't you please help me to go after this type of position? “Last Spring I got & book from the = Helen Woodward. was placed 8 as they use | energy, “I am very happily married. I have a little girl of 8—my husband is doing all-around mechanic’s work and is an expert copper worker. We have lived around in furnished apartments for years because his work makes him travel. I don’t mind moving, though, I am an excellent mixer. But we could settle down here if I could get a posi- tion to keep me busy. Just tell me what to study while holding the job. There 15 a night school here, too.” There are courses for window trim- mers, but all those I know of are in New York City. But you are a good friendmaker. ~ You're bubbling with good humor and ambition. ‘That means you'd be a spleAdid sales- woman. Why not try to get a selling job in a furniture or decorating house? After a while you might get a chance to use your taste in choosing furniture and arranging windows. In the me: time, the home decorating mag- azines at the public library. And, if you can, hold of some furniture trade magazines. Why don't you go ahead with your study of interior decorating? Your let- ter is clever and well written. But you'd enjoy & night school course in grammar Washington Flour Cook Book for money, too; as well as work., me to experiment with—so I can sur- prise the ‘mothers” when we are all together during the holidays, “I find one thing about this Wash- ton Flour that is most remark- able; and that is the way it is adapted to the facilities of the ceepted” Self - Rising Flour advertisements for it) to the Commit- at acceptal tee on Fe fean Medieal of Association. “I can tell you that if it wasn’t for Self-rising Washington Flour—and the ease with which it lets me make biscuits, walfles, and the like—we couldn’t have them very often; for with any other flour my biscuits are kitchen, It Self-rising Washington Flour is for sale by grocers and delicatessens in all sizes from 2-1b. sacks up—with every sack GUARANTEED. Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co. Washington, D. C. seal de- (and are the Amer-