Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1931, Page 12

woM AN’'S PAGE. Dishes Made With Nuts Requirements When They Are Used in Cakes. Some Savory Products—Coated Marsh- mallows—Peanuts in Menu. NTIL you know the real value of nuts you will be unable to decide whether to buy them in the shell or those already shelled. You may want to buy them in the shell for sanitary reasons, but there may be an added reason in the greater value received for money. monds in the shell, at one-third the cost of those shelled, will furnish in actual nut meats more than half as much as a pound of shelled nuts. With English walnuts the case is different, because the shells weigh so much more than almond shells. and so it is with different kinds of nuts. Sometimes you are paying for shells instead of nut meats. If you do buy them already shelled, subject them to the following treatment to free them from all dust and germs: Place them in a colander and pour boiling water over them very quickly, then immediately them in very cold water and drain and wipe them dry in a folded napkin. This will not affect the oils and crispness of the nut meats if the work is done Quickly. When you buy almonds in the shells, choose those with thick shells, as they have the richest and sweetest meat. To blanch them, pour boiling water over them, turn them upon a clean towel and rub the brown skins from them. To extract pecans whole from the shells, pour boiling water over them and let them stand until cold. Crack them at the small ends. The kernels of English walnuts that are a trifle rancid for use can be sweetened if boil- ing water containing a pinch of baking soda is poured over them. Rinse in cold water and dry in the sun. Chest- nuts must be blanched before they can be used in a recipe. First remove the shells, then place the nuts in boiling water and let them remain for about 15 minutes. Pour off the water and the brown skin will readily slip from the kernel. Nut Cakes. If nuts are used in making a cake, the amount of butter must be propor- tionately decreased, otherwise the cake will be so rich that it will fall. For instance, if you use one cupful of but- ter to three cupfuls of flour, which is the maximum, and wish to add a cup- ful of nut meats to your plain cake, you should deduct a fourth of a cupful of butter for every cupful of nut meats that you add. as both ingredients are rich in fat. Nuts also require an addi- tional amount of salt, about a fourth of a teaspoonful for each cupful of nuts, | 10 develop the flavor. The added pinch of salt makes the difference between an excellent nut cake and a poor, in- sipid cake. Mixed Nt Cake.—Cream two cupfuls of sugar and one cupful of butter. Add cne cupful of sweet milk and two and one-half cupfuls of flour sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Fold in the beaten whites of seven eggs. Have ready half a pound each of seeded raisins, chopped figs, dates, almonds. pecans, English walnuts, Brazil nuts and one cupful of shredded coconut. Mix well and dredge with flour before stirring into_the cake and bake slowly. Almond Cake Filling—An almond custard filling is made from one cupful of hot cream. the yolks of three eggs, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two tea- spoonfuls of cornstarch and one cupful of blanched chopped almonds. Beat the yolks, sugar and cornstarch together and stir the hot cream into this. Stir briskly and constantly and when it is ool add the almonds. Spread between the layers of cake. Chestnut Fruit Cake.—Blanch, boil until tender and mash one and one-half cupfuls of chestnuts. Add one and one- half cupfuls of chopped figs or dates and one-half cupful of cooked and strained apples. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, add a little salt and bake THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE ‘The frock with the jacket-like top has an outstanding place in every smart wardrobe This soft tweed-like woolen in black and white favors the crisscross sportsy neckline in red woolen. Red buttons accent its smart double-breasted effect. And it's simple as A, B, C to fashion it and you'll find the saving enormous. Style No. 3484 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36 and 38 inches bust* Size 16 requires 2'; yards 54-inch, with ! yard 39-inch contrasting. Another interesting scheme is to make the skirt and collar and cuffs of brown diagonal woolen with vivid n diagonal woolen for the bodice. m with brown wooden buttons. #panish tile wool jersey with brown efsey trim and brown bone buttons particularly smart for school wear. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to ‘The Washington Star's New York Fashion Burcau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. Don't envy the woman who dresses well and keeps her children well dressed. Just send for your copy of our Winter Fashion Magazine. It shows the best styles of the com- Ing season. You will save $10 by spend- l.n(gls few cents for this book. 8o it Id pay you to send for your copy Bow. Address Fashion Department, Price of book, 10 cents. Price of pat- tern, 15 cents. the | For instance, & pound of al- | immerse | until brown. Other fruits may be used if _desired. | Nut Cookies.—Cream half & pound of sweet butter, add half a pound of finely | granulated sugar, three beaten egg' yolks, a little salt, three-fourths pound of | jastry flour and half a pound of shelled : hazelnuts ground fine. Work the dough | thoroughly until it is neither sticky nor ; crumbly and can be lifted easily from | the bowl in one mass. Then let it rest | in a cool place for half an hour. Form with your hands medium thick sticks three inches long, paint the top with | cge yolk, place in a buttered pan and | bake in a moderate oven. Savory Nut Dishes. Cheese and Nut Cutlets—Mix one cupful of grated cheese with two table- spoonfuls of chopped pimento, a pinch of curry powder, cae cupful of mashed potatoes, half a cupful of chopped nut meats and one teaspoonful of salt. Shape into cutlets, dip in beaten egg diluted with water, then in bread crumbs | and fry brown. Serve with tomato | sauce. "To make the sauce, blend one | tablespoonful of flour with one table- spoonful of butter, add one cupful of | strained tomato juice and salt and pep- | per to taste. Cool until thick. | " Nut Spread—Chop together 6 crisp | lettuce leaves, 12 seeded olives, 12 Eng- lish walnuts, 6 black walnuts, 12 blanched almonds and 1 tender stalk of celery. Add one tablespoonful of melted butter and one tablespoonful of whipped cream and a pinch of salt. Spread the mixture over very thin slices of white bread cut into fancy shapes Nut Soup.—Beat three eggs, then stir them into a quart of milk. season with salt and pepper and cook until it starts to thicken, stirring constantly. Do not |let it boil. When ready to serve, pour it over pecan halves in bouillon cups. Whipped cream may be added. one tea- spoonful to each cupful of soup. | t Nut-Coated Marshmallows. Walnuts, pecans, blanched almonds or a mixture of these may be used. Chop three cupfuls of the nuts very fine, then | shake them through a sieve, so that the pleces will be the same size. Mix half |a teaspoonful of salt with the nuts. Boil two cupfuls of light brown sugar |in_two-thirds cupful of water, without stirring until the sirup reaches a tem- | perature of 226 degrees F.. or until it tnreads from the spoon, remove from the flame, then set in a larger pan of hot water. Brush the loose powder from one and one-half pounds of marshmallows and drop them one by one into the hot sirup. Stir with work until | coated with sirup, lift out. drain, roll in | the chopped nuts and place on waxed | per to dry. If the sirup becomes too . reheat, but do not allow it to come to a boil. Peanuts in the Menu. Peanuts are not indigestible if prop- erly used. They have gained this repu- tation because usually they have been improperly prepared and eaten in large quantities after a hearty meal, or be- tween meals, or late at night. | _They are a valuable and convenient food for school children. A peanut but- ter sandwich once or twice a week in | the lunch basket is better than a thick | slice of ham or fried pork. A bowl of | hot peanut soup at noon at school will | g0 farther in giving strength to pre- | pare the afternoon recitations than the | customary cold meat. cold fried eggs | and soggy biscuits. If peanuts are used {In the dietary of children, they should { be greund or pounded to insure a thor- |ough breaking up. Peanuts are a good substitute for meat. Meat should not be eaten at every meal. Eating too much meat _causes many ills Peanut Milk Toast.—Children like this. To make, toast six slices of dry bread. spread with peanut butter, make a thin white sauce and turn it over the bread. For the sauce, put two table- | spoonfuls of fat in a saucepan, stir until | melted and bubbling, then add one and | one-half tablespoonfuls of flour and half a tablespoonful of salt and stir | until well blended. Pour on gradually one cupful of milk, adding about one- |third at a time until well mixed, then beat until smooth and glossy. If a wire whisk is used, all the milk may be | aaded at one time. | Peanut Croquettes—Combine one cup- |ful of mashed sweet potato with one |cupful of finely ground parched pea- nuts, half a teaspoonful of salt and a |little cayenne pepper. Shape the mix- ture into croquettes. Roll them in bread crumbs, beaten egg and crumbs again. | Fry in deep fat. | Peanut Turnips—Slice some turnips into rounds, throw them into rapidly boiling water or meat stock and cook until tender. Place a layer of turnips in the bottom of a buttered baking dish, sprinkle over these chopped roasted | peanuts and pour over this some peanut butter thinned with warm water to the consistency of cream. Repeat until the dgish is filled. Cover with bread crumbs. Season each layer with salt and pepper. Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes, basting every little while with peanut butter thinned with a little hot water. Cheese and Nut Leaf—Mix two cup- | fuls of cottage cheese with one cupful of chopped peanuts, one cupful of cold leftover cereal of any kind. ene cupful of dry bread crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of chopped onion or half a teaspoonful of onion juice, one tablespoonful of fat, salt and pepper, one-third teaspoonful or more of baking soda to neutralize acid, some sage or mixed herbs and a highly seasoned sauce if desired. Form into a loaf and bake in a buttered pan in a hot oven for 25 minutes, or until the top and sides are well browned. Turn out onto a hot platter. Serve with a brown or tomato sauce, if liked. To make the peanut butter, substitute for the cupful of chopped peanuts in the rule above two tablespoonfuls of peanut butter and half a cupful of coarsely chopped peanuts and season with half a teaspoonful of ground sage or with one teaspoonful of mixed poul- try seasoning. If walnuts are used, pimentos make a good garnish. Peanut Sandwiches. 1. Shell and peel off the inner skin of some roasted peanuts, then chop them very fine and stir them quickly in mayonnaise dressing and spread be- tween thin slices of bread. 2. Shell and peel off the inner skin of some roasted peanuts, then chop them very fine and mix with enough cream cheese to hold them together. Season and spread this on good-sized square crackers or bread and serve with le_ul\ice salad or as a luncheon sand- wich. Apple Omelet. Core and pare eight large, sour apples and steam them until soft enough to mash free from lumps. While still warm, add two tablespoonfuls of butter and one cupful of sugar mixed with a teaspoonful of cinnamon or nutmeg. Beat four eggs until they form a close, heavy froth and fold or lightly beat these into the apple mixture. Bake in a shallow, well greased dish and serve as an accompaniment to boiled spareribs or roast pork. — Peach Tapioca. Cook one-fourth cupful of quick-cook- ing tapioca in one pint of hot water in a double boiler for 15 minutes, add one cupful of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, half a teaspoonful of salt, one ‘ablespoonful of lemon iuice and one | cupful of peach juice, w®ch has been drained from two cupfuls of sliced, can- ned peaches. In a greased baking dish make alternate layers of the tapioca and peaches, arranged so that a layer of the peaches comes on top. Bake in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes, or until brown on top. Serve either hot or cold with cream. [ — Because cooperage firms will not extend credit to them, wine growers of . Prance are seeking other containers, JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Eng BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. Why Do Modern. Marriages Fail? [ wedding, and, presto! vorce. What ails them? changed. S prise in which they ever engage. “Why this is, nobody knows. against the hardships of marriage. Handwrifing What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. HE extreme simplicity of this writing might suggest a certain taciturnity on the part of the -writer. This would never ex- press itself in a lack of cour- tesy or consideration, but would perhaps result in a brevity of speech and rather quiet manner. It may also denote an efficiency that saves both time and money for the writer. It is not that she consciously conserves her time, so much as it is both natural and easy for her to do ihings the quickest way ‘The very small letter “r” suggests a | rather retiring manner. She does not | appear bashful, but perhaps fecls it not | worth her while to push herself ior- ward She seems utterly unselfish and therefore personal attention or gain | would mean little to her. We should | expect her to be very considerate of those about her, frequently aiding the unfortunate in a gentle, unobtrusive | way. She probably enjoys traveling, not | particularly caring to have a permanent home. It may be that she has the happy faculty of making any place. no | matter how strange, seem a part of her by merely adding a few of her posses- sions. She would want to travel in a comfortable wav, howaver. If she had to endure any discomforts or hardships she perhaps would rather remain at home. She might preior the better known places to out-of-the-way resorts that are not so well frequented. Appatently she likes to read. She appears to be the type who is content to spend hours alone with only her books for company. Stories of a To- mantic_nature might please her most, especially if written with an authentic historical background. She would prob- ably be interested in non-fiction books that deal with philosophy. Note—Analysis of handwriting is mot an exact science. according to world tn- i e 1f is interesting Star presents the gnalvzed, sen ee. care o Z-cent” stamp. It will be eit preted in this column or you @ Randwriting analusis chart which vou till find an interesting studv. « PATTERN for a collar that | any one can make.” This is what a reader has requested and she goes on to say that while she wan's to make | some accessory collars and cuffs to use | | with her dark wool and silk dresses, she | knows too little about’dressmaking to | | attempt anything that means fitting or | adjusting. | Fortunately, we have just seen a| | smart new coilar and cuff set that ex- +actly fills tife bill, although it was used [on a dress of the more expensive sort | Both the cuff and the collar were made |of a series of triangular shaped pieces |of satin and were moun‘ed on small | bands by which they were attached to the dress. And so our advice to the in- tablespoon; salt, one teaspool | quiring reader is to follow the sugges- table sauce, two teaspoons: min | ion o ered 1a theisketch ed parsley, one tablespoon. | "It you have some white satin on SERVES 6 OR 8 PORTIONS. hand in your piece box you may use it » let made | | with a lining of white silk crepe. Other- e S B el S S s i or home made soup stock could be | [Cut the pieces in right-angle triangles, used. In this cook the rice and [ |say 3 or 4 inches ot the base. Lay the chopped celery simmering until picces, right sides in, togather in pairs, tender—about 30 minutes. Saute | |stitch about a quarter of an inch from the mushrooms in the butter until | | the edge on the two shorter sides. then cooked—about 10 minutes. Then | |turn right side out and press lightly. add them to the soup. Brown the You will need eight or nine to make flour in the butter remaining in | | the collar and two or three for the cuff pan in which mushrooms were | |Lap them on bands as shown in the cooked, add a little of the milk sketch. Turn in the edge of the bands and blend flour to a paste, then and stitch so that the raw cdges of the add this paste to the soup. Add | |triangles are neatly coverad. remaining rich milk or slightly If you wish to produce the smart two- diluted canned milk, Cook chow- | |tone effect seen in so many of the new der until it boils. Then add clothes you can make the triangles of onion juice, kitchen bouquet, | )one color, the linings of another. Black salt, table sauce and simmer over | (may be faced with green or red, brown low fire about 5 minutes. Garnish with Spanish tile, white with pale rose each portion with parsley at time or some bright color. The brightly | of serving. faced black collar and cuffs make an in- | teresting finish on a black dress. SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAUCETT. DAILY DIET RECIPE MUSHROOM AND CELERY CHOWDER. Beef bullion or soup stock, one quart: uncooked brown rice, one- half cup: chopped celery, one- half cup; rich milk or canned milk, three cups; fresh mush- rooms. one-half pound; butter, two tablespoons: flour, two table- spoons; onion juice, one table- spoon; kitchen bouquet. one Heeen Twewvernees HAS NEVER RECEIVED A BIRTHDAY PRESENT-- SHE WAS BORN CHRISTMAS DAY AND ALL HER PRESENTS ARE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. LOVISE FAZENDA DorothyDix] HAT'S the matter with the young people of ] can't stay married?” asks a correspondent. SodaY st they we h.sec fl)l:e fi:u ln: boys who are head over with each other, who get married with every pre of happiness and of living together M el Calls Moderns Poor Sports “All about us to celebrate their golden The first thing you know they are getting a di- ‘Why doesn't marriage take: on" the & youngsters as it used to on their forbears? on the modern Human nature hasn't “If these is any difference between the husbands and wives of today and the husbands and wives of the past I would say that the advantage les with the 1932 models. Certainly no young husband now would dream of treating his wife in the dictatorfal, high-handed, I'm-the-head-of-the- house manner that grandpa adopted toward grandma as a matter of course. And surely the modern, educated, up-to-the-minute girl of today 1s & more entertaining life companion than grandma was, nBu‘r when our parents and grandparents undertook to be yoke mates and pull the domest.c load together they settled their necks down into the collar and put their weight against it and never thought of balking or running away or upsetting the apple-cart. youngsters of today Kick over the traces as soon as the sledding gets hard going and marriage begins to look like work instead of play. “It seems to me that the young people of today have far less excuse for getting divorces than their parents did. yet the parents stayed married and the youngsters keep the path to the divorce courts hot, Whereas the Why is 1t?” ¢¢JT'S because the modern young people are poor sports when it comes to marriage,” I replied, “and it is a queer thing that the generation that prides itself upon its sportsmanship more than upon anything else in the world should bring so little of it o bear upon the greatest enter- But the boys and girls who would die before they would be quitters in any sport because it was harder than they thought 1t was going to be, turn yellow and quit when they come up ‘The boys and girls who would never welch on a bet, cry off on their matrimonial gambles. women who would never cheat at cards cheat in marriage.” The men and DOROTHY DIX. MODES OF THE MOMENT Smart Collar and (luff‘Set BY MARY MARSHALL. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Sliced Banaras ‘Whole Wheat Cooked Cereal with Cream Scrambled Eggs Muffins Coffee LUNCHEON. ‘Tomato Bisque ‘Toasted Cheese Sandwiches Raisin Rice Pudding Tea DINNER. Cream of Celery Soup Turkey Hash with Green Peppers Creamed Turnip Baked Potatoes Fruit Salad French Dressing _ Crackers Cheese Coffee MUFFINS. Cream one-fourth cupful but- ter, add one tablespoonful sugar and one beaten egg and beat thoroughly. Mix and sift two cups flour with three tablespoon- fuls baking powder and one-half teaspoonful salt and add alter- nately with three-fourths cupful milk. Turn into buttered muffin pans and bake in a hot oven. RAISIN PUDDING. One-third cupful rice, one cup- ful cold milk, one cupful seed- less raisins, one cupful cold water, one-half teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful butter, two eggs, one-half cupful scalded milk, one teaspoonful vanilla or grated rind and juice of lemon. Wash Tice well; put rice, cold milk and water in pan and cook until soft; add butter and raisins and set aside to cool. Beat eggs, add scalded milk, little sugar and flavoring; combine with rice: pour into buttered baking dish and bake slowly till firm. Pour a little melted butter over the top, sprinkle thickly with pow- dered sugar and return to oven to glaze. FRUIT SALAD. : Mix together equal quantities of peeled. and_shredded pine- apple, celery cut in small pleces and skinned and seeded white grapes; add one-half cupful blanched and shredded almonds, moisten with cream salad dress- ing, place on crisp lettuce leaves and garnish _with cherries. Canned pineapple may be used. (Copyright, 1931 SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. MERRY CHRISTMAS! (Copyright, 1931) NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. CRAB SPIDER, Thomisidae. Tustrations by Mary Foley. PALE green-white spider, mov- ing through the grass in a crab- | like fashion, with legs arranged fore and aft, is the crab spider, Wwith her two rows of small eyes and her awkward gait. Touch her and she curls up, pretending she is dead. She is one of the most clever hunters in the spider world. She does not set snares or weave nets. She cleverly imi- tates the coloring of the flower in which she hides and stabs her victim in the nape of the neck. She does not truss | up her prey before she dines upon him. Her stiletto is filled with & fluid which paralyzes the bee and she dines in per- fect safety. The huntress lurks in the flower clus- ter waiting for the busy nectar and pollen seeker. When the head of the industrious bee is buried in the cup of | the flower. the bandit, from her vantage | point, rushes out and gi thrust of her dagger to the n of the bee. The struggle is a The assassin drinks her vic and tosses the empty body Again she creeps to the fic hides behind its petals. An three times her size comes buz i The fearless hunter does not hesitate to use her thuglike tactics on this burly creature. Stealthily she creeps nearer and nearer the bee's head, and. quicker than the eye can see, the marvelous hypodermic reedle has been sent to the | oec’s motor-center. The amesthetic takes effect at once. The spider feasts upon the nectar seeker and calls it a day If you have seen a number of large bees ‘lying on the ground near your flowers, the cause of their death is likely to be the crab spider. Her husband was an expert dancer in | his day. He wooed her with his clever | antics. She weds the determined suitor but eats him rather than have him around Despite all her faults she is a faithful | mother and willingly gives her life for | the sake of her children. She spins a | tiny purselike bag of purest white silk | and secures it to the stems of a high bush. 1In it she places 500 wee vellow eggs. Then she seals up the nursery Leaves are tied together with a rope of | silk so that they make a shelter for the | coccon and a watchtower for the moth- | er. Here she hovers over her precious | eges. She does not take food or water) day or night. She begins to lose weight At last the mother feels the fluttering of life in the silken purse. With her | claws she tears a door open for her | babies. In July the hundreds of little spider- lings will pour out of the tiny opening. The faithful little mother. whose one hought was to stay long enough to open a way for her children to escape, now is a wrinkled little skin, with her precious | cocoon clasped in her arms | _Over the bushes and flowers the wee | spiders are climbing, stabbing their tiny victims and growing fat (Copyright. 1931) “BONERS Tid-Bits Papers. Humorous School ol | | OON 1S AN EIGHT- LEGGED, PINK SPIDER, SAME AS OCTOPUS. * Abraham Lincoln wore coarse, home- nlxlde trousers, but his soul was like a star. The two Shakespearean plays I read were “Romeo” and “Juliet.” When Lindbergh paraded through New York, he was the sinecure of all eyes. I am not convinced. I would take those figures with a dose of salts. To trisect means to bisect three times. Snow is-like & box of breakfast food turned upside down, only the flakes are white instead of tan. A circle is equidistant from itself in all places. —_— Clam Fritters. Drain one and one-half pints of shucked clams from théir liquor and chop them fine. Beat two eggs, add one and three-fourths cupfuls of _sifted flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow- der and one teaspoonful of salt, half a cupful of the clam liquor, two table- spoonfuls of melted fat, and the chopped clams. Stir until well mixed. Beat some well flavored fat in a skillet, drop the batter by spoonfuls into the fat, al- low sufficient space hetween the fritters for them to spread and rise. brown on sides, drain on absorbent paper and serve at once, A hydroplane base is to be built ad- Joining the harbor of La Rochelle, France, BEDTIME STORIE Runty’s First Christmas. Joy is in the very air And merriment ‘s everywhere. ““Farmer Brown's Boy Runty. the young Possum, didn’t hang up his stocking for Christmas. No, sir, he didn't hang up his stocking. To be- gin with, he didn’t have any stocking to hang up. Of course not. The little peo- ole of the Green Forest don't wear stock- | ings. Purthermore, he didn't know any- thing about Christmas. He never had heard of it, nor had any of the other little people of the Green Forest. In so ‘ar as they thought of it, if they thought of it at all, which is doubtful, Christmas was to Runty and his neighbors just another day, like any other day at that season of the year, But Runty was to discover that this wasn't s0. The day before Christmas was snowy and blowy and cold and | when the Black Shadows came creeping through the Green Forest and Runty poked his head out of his doorway as usual at this hour he abruptly decided that he wasn’t hungry and he didn't care for any exercise. So he Went back to bed and to sleep. Once or twice during the night he was awake long enough to know that the storm contin- ued. He slept until the middle of the morning. Then he awoke and, looking By Thornton W. Burgess. beautiful place. He didn't even wonder how Farmer Brown's Boy had discov- ered where he was living. He was sat- | isfied to eat and eat until he couldn't up, discovered a little shaft of sun-| shine through his doorway. Now Runty, like all the members of his family, prefers to sleep during the hours of sunlight, but there was some- thing about this little shaft of sunlight that would not permit him to go back to sleep. It was a cheerful little shaft It seemed to be inviting him to climb up there to his doorway and look out and see how bright and white and beau- tiful the Great World had become. The matter was s ttled for him by the sound of a voice he knew at once. It was th: voice of Flip the Terrier. He was ba Ing, and somehow there was a different sound to that bark. It was a merry bark. Yes. sir, it was a merry bark Then Runty heard another voice. knew this voice, t00. It was the voice of Farmer Brown's Boy, and it, too, had a different sound, a joyous, happy ring “Merry Christmas, Runty!" cried Farmer Brown's Boy. “I've brought you a Christmas dinner.” Of course, Runty didn't understand a word he said, but when. after Farmer Brown'’s Boy and Flip had gone on their way to take Christmas cheer to others in the Green Forest, he ventured out and discovered the good things that had been left for him. he was suddenly very happy and the Great World. in spite of the snow, seemed a very wonderful and He *at another mouthful and then to climb back to his snug home and sit in the doorway and actually enjoy that white, shining world about him. He saw Reddy Fox trotting past and when Reddy looked up at him and grinned, Runty grinned back. X was the same way when a little later Old Man Coyote passed that way. Sammy Jay happened along and spied Runty, and for once Sammy seemed to have forgotten his love of mischief, Tommy Tit the Chickadee never had sounded HE SAW REDDY FOX TROTTING PAST, AND WHEN REDDY LOOKED UP AT HIM AND GRINNED RUNTY GRINNED BACK. so merry. It seemed to Rt were happiness and good will ¢ air he breathed. Of cours couldn't know that Farmer Brown's Boy had remembered all the other little peo- ple_in the Green Forest too So it was that the spirit of good will was abroad everywhere on Runty's first Christmas and there was no 1ll feeling anywhere. There was joy in the very spatkle of each tiny snow crystal. There was a great peace in the hush of the Green Forest. Somehow there was no fear, but instead a feeling of great peace, as if there were no ill in all the G World., It was the spirit of s which the little people could though they could not under- May you, too, feel it this won- derful day (Copyright. 1931) MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS New Make-up. and Robin Hood modes once she has mastercd the comparatively simple but exacting technique of the new make-up. French women in Paris, where the Eugenie styles were created, had already discovered that the woman who is known as an at- tractive woman is not always the one who has the prettiest face. She is much more likely to be the one who takes time and pleasure in every detail of her toflette. who sits before her mirror and uses all the devices of this modern age for turning her defects to advantage. The coiffure, face and the new mode in hats are th> center of in- terest in the present vogue With the new make-up the follow- ing are helpful rules for matching face powders and complcxions to wear with the new Fall hats. Let us tak the first important thing in maka-up after the finishing or foundation cream has been applied to face and neck Face powder. A film of the right shade of face powder over the skin enhance milady’s beauty. In the evening sh will use a light face powder, in the da time a slightly darker shadc. If milad: is wearing all black, her face powder will be lighter than' the one she uses in the evening, her lipstick light and bright so that 'the darkness of her gown is a_becoming backround for her face and her new chapeau. The average complexion requires a creamy powder; for the older woman, a peach or creamy-flesh shade. A blonde should use a creamy-natural: a brunette requires a Rachel or can sometimes use a light natucal. and for the darker types. Rachel mixed with a little_ochre gives an enhancing effect A sallow complexion needs a rose-flesh The girl whose face is inclined to redness or flushes easily with any ex- citement or exertion should use a Rachel powder during the day, with a little green powder on the cheeks. and, for evening, use entirely green or mauve shade of face powder. Both these shades give the skin a lovely, clear look and tone down redness in a marvalous way. Mauve face powder mixed with natural makes a charming shade for a brunette to wear at night, Although I have talked about face VERY woman can look well in the | Empress Eugenie, Glengarry and ERRY CHRISTMAS to all read- ers of this department. It would be wonderful if T could say it in person to each one of the scattered company. In bygone times this would seem a Wish that never could be fulfilled. In this era with the radio being supplemented already, in certain instances with tele- ' vision, such a wish is not a wild dream The time is coming when seeing and talking with friends wherever they are will be possible. Wishing persons a Merry Christmas while we see them and getting their return greeting of Merry Christmas will not then be confined to those near by. All this is so wonderful that we should not lose the idea of the greatness of it This very day we can listen in and hear Christmas music hundreds and thou- sands of miles away. We can worship with congregations in churches as far, distant when we hear the sermons, re- | sponses and anthems. We can even lift our voices with them in singing Christ- | mas hymns and carols. The fact that science has made these things possible does not mean that the power and majesty of radio and tele- vision waves can be duplicated by hu- man beings. It merely signifies that these waves have been harnessed to usefulness by scientists and higher me- chanics. Let us not forget these things when we hear the Christmas greetings of speakers over the radio and the car- ols of choirs and minstrel singers. Greatness and stupendous power beyond human understanding are being trans- lated this very Christmas day into words and music, and the greeting of “Merry Christmas” rings forth over the wide world to unbelievable distances as never before. My Neighbor Says: The time required for brofling a steak 1!; inches thick: 15 min- utes, if well done; 10, if me- dium, and 8, if rare. Stoppers may be held securely in bottles when traveling if a picce of adhesive tape is placed over them and around the neck of the bottle. Souffie will not fall so quickly after it has been removed from the oven if 1, level teaspoon of baking powder is added to every 4 eggs when mixing the souffle. If you like maple sirup use it instead of sugar to sweeten whipped cream. (Gggvright, 1991 powder first co ng to be applied after the f cream. Personally, 1 prefer a rouge. d care are the skia the results are more natural and last- ing tha the drv rouge. As to the shades of rouge, the new coral and me- dium raspberry shades are the easiest to wear. A girl with a very fair skin can use a light geranium shade. For the woman with an olive complexion who war h, glowinz color, the brunette is the he rouge s urse, the datic cream taken ouge who are lucky enough to possess titian hair will find an orange, tangerine or light coral shads perfect for them And now I shall give you the make-up The prunettes, auburn bland brown chocse powder if a famnt hair eves gray and a pale skin cream or lig wants her sk natural to have uld be ra for day- for evening h light chestnut uld use Rachel dium coral She lashes ir and powder. shace of rou also needs brown mas both for day and night are blue like the true bl hen she can use blue mascara and blue eye shadow. DEc. 25™ '3 MARY ¢ B « WALKE. R FROM VAST DISTANCES CHRIST- MAS GREETINGS CAN BE CARRIED ON WAVES IN THE ETHER,