Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1932, Page 11

F EATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1932. WOMAN'S PAGE. Value of Books in Guest Room BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. THIS MODERN BUILT-IN BOOK TEMPTING NE aspect of the guest room is apt to be overlooked, or if not it s generally uninterestingly looked after, and that is the book shelf. This word is used, not literally, but to denote the reading matter which is selected for the benefit of the visitors. There may be a small bookease, and if so there immediately enters into the decoration of the room that cozy welcoming of the unspoken word. When such & collection of books is found the color of the bindings, the unpatterned assembly of different hued | textiles, leather and paper covers lends | gayety to such friendly elements, and they supply ornament. If the books are on a shelf, these same factors enter into the decoration only in a less pronounced way. And if the entire number of volumes consists of those on some table the decorative quality is not entirely lacking. | Without in any way detracting fram | the ornamental value of books in the | guest room, another side should be equally stressed, and that is the type of books. Have you never been in & guest room and scanned the volumes without finding anything that just suited your wants? Each book appeared to have been selected for its handsome binding, or its elevated sentiments without relief | of pleasantry. After all, what one most | wishes, apart from such religious thoughts as find harbor in the mind at | eventide, is entertainment. Something | to divert the attention from the exhila- rating activities of the visit. Or it may be something that stimulates an entire- | ly different train of thoughts and so | causes a mental equilibrium, is just| what is craved. And so what lies be- tween the covers is as essential as the ornamental fe#itures of the books. But fortunately .one does not conflict with the other. | In considering a well assorted selec- | tion of guest-room books, one or more | from such a limited classification even as the following would be sufficiently in- | clusive for the taste of almost every per- | son to be gratified: The Bible or some | leading religious book of faith, a book | THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Costume slips just rebel at being | straight any more. They persist in be- | ing cut on the bias. And how utterly | slimming to the figure. | Note its sleekly molded line to well | CASE CONTAINS INTERESTING AND VOLUMES. of poetry, one of essays, and one or more of the current novels, some mys- term and detective stories, and some nonsense books, old or new, such as “Alice in Wonderland,” or a Stephen Leacock, etc. Do not forget it continues to be part of the hostess’ privilege to amuse and cheer her guests, as well as to make the room attractive and com- fortable. (Copyright, 1932 OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRIL Unfinished Business. Children grow tired of what they are doing before the finish. This is partic- ularly true if the project is long drawn out. They lay the thing aside, go off and forget all about it, and start an- other. Sometimes this is not the very best thing that might happen. Little children who begin to dig & hole down to the heart of the earth must lay their shovels down before they reach the end of their job. If we are wise we arrange to have them feel they completed the digging job. Assure them that a tunnel of their own is much bet- ter, or that a nest for the dog's dust bath is more useful. Let them feel they accomplished something so they are not left with a feeling of unfinished busi- ness in their minds. Try always to have the children at- tack something that it is possible for them to carry through. If it is a com- | plicated matter, and they have set their | hearts upon it, such as opening a the- ater and performing a play to an au- dience, help them to organize their work before they start. Let them know in the beginning that they will need the help of grown-;:gl people and of many of their friends, and they will have a saner point of view and do a better and a completer job. ‘The most serious phases of this diffi- culty are those that have to do with the older boys and girls of high school age. When you find a notebook with a few pages written up, when you find knitting half ‘done, maps half drawn, odds and ends of unfinished work all over the place, it is time to take stock of what the child is doing. Sometimes the high school pupll's time is so filled up with various inter- ests that he really has not the time to finish one job before he starts the next. That makes for mental confusion. There is much stirring of the pot and little sauce for all the pain. ‘To get the best use out of an exper- | ience we must complete it. We have to see the end of things if we are to have any satisfaction from them. We must know the feeling of accomplishment, of fitness, that comes when a job has been well finished. Children need all that. It is one of the means of education that we have to use. Thoroughness, com- pleteness, finished results have real val- ues for children as well as grown-ups. It is not for nothing that we read on the monuments of public works, “Begun this day and year, finished this day and year.” There is a triumph of spirit in | ending a job well. When you see that a child is begin- ning a great many things and finishing none, check up. Limit the activities to those possible of completio Help and encourage the child o garry through There is always a place of discourage- ment when no progress is made. Carry the child over that and lend a hand if it is necessary. Help him reach the | finish. Don't ask for perfection and high | polish. Be satisfled if the thi is done. Each finished task adds power lo the| next and finishing well becomes as | natural as beginning. (Copyrizht, 1931) “BONER Humorous Tid-Bits From School Papers. below the hips. The hem displays a comfortable circular fullness. The diagonal line of the upper edge is in- teresting for the V-cut dress neckline And the small cost and the easy manner in which it is made will sur- you. | Style No. 3348 may be had in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches bust. Size 16 requires 21 yards of 35-inch material with 1!, yards of lace banding. It will make “shower” gift. Crepe de chine and flat crepe are most popularly used. 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 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 coming season. You will save $10 by spending 10 cents for this book. So it would pay you to send for your Copy now. Ad- dress Fashion Department. Price of book, 10 cents. Price of pattern, 15 wents. & most acceptable Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. HE writer apparently has en- deavored romewhat to disguise the sample submitted. Most unusual, however, it is quite likely she did not know she was making this effort to conceal her true handwriting and the act probably was entirely an_unconscious one. From this seeming self-deception we may be led to believe that she has two more or less different personalities merged within herself. At times she is likely to be extremely practical, weighing ev- erything on its exact value. At other times she probably is very imagina- tive, with her emotions controlling her actions. We should surely believe her very versatile in her abilities. Should she choose a career in the business world, it is likely she would achieve more than ordinary success. Secretarial work, where there was some measure of responsibility, would give a freedom to her practical side. She could be trusted carefully to weigh any decision and to decide a question on its merits Cold, calculating, impartial judgment is necessary to commercial conquest, and it is probable she can reason on business problems with no emotionall prejudice. On the other hand, it is easy to believe she has artistic abilities worth cultivating. Seemingly she is stirred deeply by the harmonies of color and of music. Vivid, flaming composition, in picture and melody, would be her preference. It is probable” she is in- terested in poetry and has perhaps written some verse for the sheer en- joyment of expressing some deep feel- ing. This poetic endeavor might pos- sibly lead to a career as a writer for publication. 8he must be careful to give these opposite personalities within herself an ual opportunity for expression. shnu.i& she seek to repress one side of her nature at the expense of the other, it is likely she would suffer from “perves,” physical exhaustion and de- pression. Note—Analysis of handwriting is not an ezact science, according to world in- vestigators, but all_agree it is interesting and fots of fun. The Star presents the ve feature in that spirit. arone have your writing you wish to ha nalyzed. send o sampie to Miss Mocka- ee. care of The Star. along with a 2-cent stamp. It will be either inter- Dreted in this column or you will receive a handwriting analysis chart which you will find an interesting study. NANCY PAGE Thought and Tact For Thank-You Note. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE, The Good Taste Club girls were visit- ing Claire. “Where did you get that gorgeous evening purse?” “Oh, girls, look at these stockings, chiffon, too.” “Wwill you look at this set of hob nail perfume bottles. Gee, Claire, you are lucky.” The exclamations went on for some time. Then the girls put on their wraps to visit Nancy Page, their guide and club leader. She was not any too strong, and was attempting to take life fairly easily. They all talked at once when they reached her house. They wanted to know where the baby was, how Peter was getting along, what Joan had re- celved for Christmas and where her own parents were. It took some tact for Nancy to tell them that a well-bred person never puts another person in the embarrassing position of making an explanation or of pointing out a blunder in good taste. Since Nancy did not have any gifts on display the girls should have respect- ed their absence. Possibly she had re- ceived no gifts, or possibly she felt a display of gifts was an ostentation. Later the girls discussed “thank you" letters. that all y in They came to the conclusion | such letters should be written ea Christmas week or soon after of the gift. These letters pontaneous, informel and The person receiving the let- should be personal | ter should realize that the gift had been received safely, had been most welcome and that it met a need or a | CORPSE__AFTER CORPSE AND PANTALOON AFTER PANTALOON MARCHED UP THE HILL. An equinox is a point on the earth’s orbit and occurs when the equator comes in direct contact with the sun Vaccine looks like a cow and has g head like & Cow. Anthropology is the study of charity. ‘The World War started in 1913 and after a few years the Declaration of Independents was signed on Armistice day. One of the causes of the failure of the police to convict more murderers is due to the fact that the victims are afrald to co-operate with the police. | | Infantry is one’s baby days. Both men are aspirins gr the same girl. (Copyright, 10834 want of the recipient. | "No thank you letter should include | a long list of gifts, some, of course, more | expensive or gorgeous than the one | being acknowledged in the letter. Such ' a procedure makes the person who sent | the present feel like an “also ran.” The | girls really enjoyed writing their letters |and developing ‘all the points brought {out in the discussion. (Copyright, 1932) Potato Doughnuts. Beat one egg and add three-fourths cupful of sugar. To half a cupful of hot mashed potatoes add one table- spoonful of melted butter and one- fourth cupful of milk. Mix Wwith the egg and sugar. Add one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one and one-half cupfuls of flour, & little nut- meg and cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Mix well. Roll out and cut. Fry in deep, hot fat. My Neighbor Says: When making sandwiches, spread butter on both slices of bread to prevent filing from soaking into the bread. If overdraperies are lined they will hang better, wear longer and be more effective. Add a little minced parsley to It im- soup just before serving. proves the flavor of soup and the color of thefarslcy is preserved if 1t is added last. When setting & mouse trap cover it with tissue paper. Mice, D | color, but they wil DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX EAR DOROTHY DIX: A widower, 37 years old, well off, with no children, wishes to marry me. His only drawback is that he has a limited education, but I love him very dearly and have a great deal of respect for him. I am only 21 and employed as a secre- tary, but T do not like business and I love housework and long for the domestic life. Shall I marry this man or not? Is there too much difference in our ages? Should I let the fact that I am better educated than he come between us? Will he expect too much of me because he has been married before? I have no mother to go to, so will you advue_Eme? ANE. Answer—Your own heart must decide for you the question whether you should marry the man or not, but if you love him, certainly his age and his not being a college graduate are no bar to the union. A girl of 21 who has had to make her own way in the world is years older in expe- Tience and knowledge of life than a domestic girl of the same age, and she is a wise woman who selects & husband a good many years older than herself. BoY HUSBANDS are not settled and reliable. They are seldom done ‘sowing their wild-oat crops and they are far more apt to wander away from their own fireside than is the mature man who has had his playtime and who longs for his own home and domestic pleasures. Also, in these days there are few young husbands who are able to support a wife in any sort of comfort. As a general thing, it takes a man well along in his 30s to be really able to afford a wife. Don't worry about a widower expecting too much of you as a wife. It is only the man who has never been married who is foolish enough to think that he is marrying an angel. The man who has cut his eye teeth on matrimony knows better. He has had a wife and he has learned about women {from her. ‘ DEAR MISS DIX: I am a married man with a wife and two little girls. Owing to business conditions, I had to leave the small town in which I lived when we were married and move to a city, where I am prosperous. But my wife absolutely refuses to leave her mother and come to me. When I go back to see my family, my children scarcely know me, and I can see that they need a father's influence badly. I love my family and am desperately lonely without them, but I am not willing to go back to the little town when I can do so much better where I am. My wife’s only objection to coming to me is that she doesn’t want to leave her old home and her mother. What should I do? LONESOME. « e . Answer.—Your wife certainly has small appreciation of a wife's duty if she is not willing to follow you and go where you can succeed. Can't you make her realize that she owes it to you to help along your fortunes? Ir‘ your wife has no sense of her obligation as a wife; if she does not love you well enough to sacrifice her own inclinations for you; if she is not touched by the thought of your loneliness—then you will be justified in taking strenuous measures with her and cutting off her allowances. Refuse to support her in her mother’s house, and until she fulfills her part of the marriage contract, which is making a comfortable home for you. When she has to get out and hustle to support herself and the chil- dren, she will decide that the easiest way to do it is to comre to you and let you make the living. Evidently her mother is encouraging your wife in E ng with her and away from you. And daughter will probably not be so welcome a guest when she has no money in her pocket. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1932) MODES OF THE MOMENT wean. St i deaigped Ay e e s dimnis drreo vo combined with o painted) jacked: Fie omall fiat matchiea n/[ rama. Merurnm MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS, ‘but the hair needs to be retouched at | regular intervals as the gray hair will continue to grow in at the scalp. (2) Trunk bending, twisting, touchinz the toes, rowing exercise, skipping, walking and correct posture, with deep breath- Lotion for Gray Hair. EAR MISS LEEDS—I read a statement made by a well known newspaper writer that sulphur mixed with three parts of bay rum is a great pre- ventive of graying hair. Have you found this to be the case in your years of experience? If so, how would you use it? Should the sulphur be dis- solved in the bay rum? I should ap- preciate your suggestions and ideas on this subject, (2) Also, what type of exercise would be most effective in re- ducing flesh accumulations from the region of the stomach? The fat is al- most over the ribs, in fact, just too much fat right over the stomach. Would be extremely grateful to have your ad- vice al s line also. Tranking you vice along this Tranking yc Answer—Sulphur and bay rum is an old remedy that has been used for a great many years as & coloring agent for graying hair, It is not a dye and it cannot restore gray hair to its orig- inal color, but it will gradually color the already gray hair if it is used regularly for months and months. While sulphu is insoluble in liquid it will be a cloudy mixtue which must be shaken each time before using. ssolve or add one ounce of milk of sulphur to three ounces of brown bay rum. Another harmiess | agent that may be used for graying hair is made of the following ingredients: | One ounce sage leaves, one ounce henra | leaves, three ounces of milk of sulphur, | one ounce glycerin, one quart bolling | water. Pour the water over the sage | and henna leaves and allow it to boil | until the liquid is reduced ‘l(;]:?oc\:]l;‘lhalt a quart. Stir and strain W o Mix the sulphur with a little of the Jycerin, Str the mix- tea and add the gl ounces bay rum | Being a thin lady with glasses and a hic dded one dram of | sispicious expression, and ma took her ot :lh;;(-lx"ggfifolb”l")macu in a large bottle. | in the frunt room and told her to sit After the shampoo apply the rinse | down, saying, Now naturelly Id like to evenly over the hair and dry as usual. | ask you a few questions, are you a good “This ‘lotion or rinse is not & dye, but | cook? it will gradually color gray hair. Shake | Im & good plane cook but there's Well before using each time as the sul- | nuthing fancy in my whole caracter, Im phur will settle at the bottom of the | a very simple woman and all I ask is to Dottle.” In"my euperience I have not | be left alope, the lady said. Do you feund anv ofthe lotions or | keep out of the kitchin as a generel dyes Testore gray hair to its original | rule? she said. ] color ‘mbg:al‘;. hair. Ylv tye;_ I do, lm}? said. kAre yo;; disease bu may | willing to do generel housework as well ?ers?l)llt };:(l\rmlsnngtu:nse, shock, nervcur- | as cooking? she said, and the lady said, ness, ill-health and Worry. It is in-| Well yes, as long as its not too generel, estied in some families, and premature | I mean T dont like to be imposed on. gray hair is found on & great many |Have you got one of the latest vacuum Soung people. The change in colof be- | cleeners? she said. gins at the root and it is due to absence Ive got a good one, its fairly new, of pigment in the cortex and the pres- | yes, ma said, and the lady said, Izzent ence of air particles. Gradually, as the | it this years model? plgment becomes deficient, the white| Im afrald not, why did you leave color gains the ascendency and the hair | your last place? ma said, and the lady Fotas oray and white. The darker | sald, I dident like the womans generel the original shade, the more prone it | attitude, Do your gerls stay with vou is to turn gray. The substauce and | a long time as a generel rule? she said. functions of the hair are unchanged,| Why yes, my goodness I had the last although it is usually drier and coarser | one for years and years, I sippose you than mormally. Oil treatments and an |have good references? ma said, and the olly scalp pomade are helpful. ~Pre-|lady said, Yes indeed, could you put me parations purporting 10 restore the | in touch with your last maid, do you natural color of the bair are many, but | think? there is no real remedy except 1 very | Put you how do you mean? ma sald, Yyouthful cases, and then only by ex- and the lady said, T mean can you tell J e, “aystematic treatment. [ me where I can get hold of her, Id like The preparations used must read)ly ab- | to get her report on you. o e hair preserving it and | O, T see, why yes, that is to say I ing, will reduce excess weight from the stomach. Watch your diet. Do not overeat, Cut down on starchy and fattening food. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright, 1932.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. The doorbell rang this afternoon and it was some lady ansering ma’s avver- tisement In the paper for a cook. attempting to discover what is under the paper will readily be caught. (Copyright, 19%2.) T e loss of color. HAir | mean you mite leave your name and thereby retarding the \ both men and | address so I can communicate with b 15 performed by | you, ma said. e e % can be obtained, ~ Wich ma Probably woot, SONNYSAYINGS . BY FANNY Y. CORY. Daddy say ladies is all rheumatic is the reason they ’sists on us fellers kissin’ our hand to 'em ever’ time we goes any place. (Copyright, 1032.) NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. lustrations by Mary Foley. ROSE CURCULIO. Deloyala clavata, MERICAN rose growers know this enemy of their flowers in spite of her diminutive size. Only one-fourth of an inch long, but she and her family destroy millions of rosebuds a year. Not content with the buds of flowers, the mothers in this family go after many other flowers as well as the leaves and stems. The buds rarely develop, and if they do they are filled with ugly holes. ‘The trouble maker 1s a tiny beetle dressed in bright red. She has black legs and a_long sharp snout or beak. She has a habit of “nosing about” be- fore settling down to drill into the bud. /2HR ROSE CURCULID Early in June, or earlier in warmer climates, these beetles may be seen clinging to a flower bud. One appears to be very close 1o the bud as if smell- ing it. As a matter of fact she has drilled a hole into the bud as far as her beak will go and when you see her she is putting the finishing touches to her baby's nursery and your rosebud. After drilling a tunnel down mnto the heart of the bud, the mother cuts a little room at its end. This 1s to keep the plant from developing and crushing her child. After the room is completed the mother removes her snout and crawls up on the bud so that the tip of her abdomen is touching the entrance to the tunnel. She places a wee white oval egg just inside. Returning to her former position she uses her drill to push the tiny egg down to its little room. Then she leaves the rest of the destructive work to her intant. In a week or 10 days the egg hatches into a legless white grub with a small head and strong jaws. It eats into the bud seeds and remains in the little pro- tected rose cottage until it is time to seek Winter quarters. Then the youngster leaves the little home and goes into the ground. Here a small cell is constructed, and in it the curculio remains all Winter, transforming into a beetle with a very bright red dress and efficient beak. If the soil about your plants is work- ed the little grubs will be exposed. They will either perish or the birds will eat them. If you discover your flowers have these beetles on them, place pans with kerosene under the plant and shake the little beasts into the pans. A bath of oil is not to thelr liking and you may free your plant in this way. If the infestation is heavy, a spray of arsenate of lead is just too much for them. Wild roses growing near your garden may be the breeding place of these troublesome creatures. Cut down the wild roses and burn the bushes. These little beetles are known all over the United States and cause thou- sands of dollars’ damage yearly. They have a little habit of pretending they are dead when you touch them and can lie still for some time. B e Ham With Pineapple. Cut a slice about 3 inches thick from |the middle or large end of a medium | sized ham. Place in a roasting pan in |a master bake pot, dredge with flour | and pour half a cupful of boiling water |or half a cupful of pineapple juice in the bottom of the pan. Lay across the | top slices of Hawalian pineapple and bake for one hour. Serve on a hot plat- ter garnished with slices of pineapple "cut in quarters. MENTU FOR A DAY l BREAKFAST. Grapefruit Oatmeal with Cream French Toast Bacon Coffee - DINNER. Bouillon Roast Beef, Brown Gravy Celery, Olives Riced Potatoes Baked Squash Pepper Salad, Frerch Dressing Orange Pudding Coffee BUPPER. Lobster a la Newburg Parker House Rolls Preserved Pears Sponge Drops Tea FRENCH TOAST. Cut stale bread into slices Beat one egg, add one cupful milk, & pinch of salt and one-half tablespoonful sugar. Soak the sliced bread in the. liquid and when softened take up on a grid- dle cake turner, drain slightly and fry till a delicate brown in butter, turning once. Serve hot with maple sirup or orange mar- malade. ORANGE PUDDING. Put one cupful milk in double boiler. When hot, add a beaten egg yolk into which you have stirred one-third cupful sugar and a heaping teaspoonful of corn- starch, Cook until it is thick, but don't let it cook too long, as it will then grow watery. Slice one crange very thin, then cut into small pieces. Pour the cooled custard upon this. Just before service, beat one egg white stiff an& put it on the pudding in ots. SPONGE DROPS. ‘Whites of three eggs, one-third cupful powdered sugar, yolks of two eggs, one-third cupful flour, pinch salt and one-half teaspoon- full vanilla. Beat whites, add sugar, beat well, add yolks of eggs and flavoring, then fold in flour sifted with the salt, drop on unbuttered paper, sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake about 8 minutes in rather quick oven. (Copyright, 1992.) ERE is something really new in the way of neck trimming and whether you have an old dress to remodel or a new one to finish you will find it eflgh accomplish. e original from which the sketch was made was a charming little “every day” dress of light-weight wool finished with a round neckline cut about 4 inches down from the base of the neck. A neat flat binding of the material should be used around this neckline as a line of departure for the new and interesting collar. Actually it is a collar, thoug it is known as an “angora necklace” and the effect really is more that of a rather wide necklace than a collar. To start with, make small punches in the material around the neckline, about an inch apart. Then begin crocheting with angora wool and taking a stitch through each of the openings and crocheting one or two single chain stitches between each. This gives the basis on which to work the necklace which may be done in fishnet or mesh stitch or in any rather lacy crochet stitch. On a dark dress the smartest effect is gained by using white or ecru angora wool, but on a light dress you migiw use a_ bright contrasting color. There is so0 little work involved in crocheting a necklace of this sort that when it is solled it may easily be ripped out. The angora may then be tied in a small skein, washed carefully, dried and then crocheted again in all its original freshness. (Copyright, 1932) BEDTIME STORIES % Thornton . Burgess. Prickly Porby Grumbies. 'Tis_true no matter what the season He grumbles most who has least reason, -—Old Mother Nature. The great snowstorm was hard on most of the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows but harder on some than on others, A few there were who didn’t mind it at all. In fact they rather rejoiced in it. Jumper the Hare was one, for now wit| his snowshoes and white coat he could travel about in greater safety. Mrs. Grouse didn’t mind the snow. In fact she rather liked it, for she and Thun- derer could sleep safely beneath it, and while they could get about easily be- cause of their snowshoes their four- | footed enemies made hard work of it. Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse and Whitefoot the Wood Mouse had plenty to eat and they could make little tun- nels under the snow and go and come about as they pleased. But to Reddy Fox and Mrs. Reddy, the Coyotes, Yowler the Bobcat and others who ate meat and had to catch it or starve the snow meant hard times indeed. The Squirrel cousins didn’t like the snow because they could not get about freely, but they didn't have to go hungry, their storehouses were well filled. Lightfoot the Deer and his family had to stay in the “yard” they had “WHAT IS THE MATTER, NEIGH-‘ BOR?"” SAID HE. made and didn't like this, but they could get enough to eat. Peter Rabbit had to remain in the dear Old Briar- patch to his great discontent, but he needn’t starve for there was bark on the young trces and bushes to be had, | and buds and tender twigs which before the snow he couldn't reach at all. DAILY DIET RECIPE MERRYMOUNT LOBSTER. Lobster meat, three cupfuls; thin cream, one pint; soft bread crumbs, one cupful; eggs, two; prepared mustard, one teaspoon- ful; lemon juice, two teaspoon- fuls; onion julce, one teaspoon- ful; salt, one teaspoonful; cay- enne, dash, one-sixteenth tea- spoonful; pepper, one-fourth tea- spoonful; butter, two tablespoon- fuls; buttered cracker crumbs, one ‘cupful. SERVES SIX PORTIONS. Heat cream almost to boiling point. Add breadcrumbs and lobster meat cut fine. Beat eggs slightly and mix the mustard with them. Add first mixture to egg mixture and cook until thick- ened, stirring constantly. ~Add Temaining seasonings and the butter. Put into individual ram- ekins and cover with buttered cracker crumbs. Bake in hot oven (400 degrees F.) about 10 minutes to brown crumbs. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein, a lit- tle starch and fat. Rich in iodine, lime, iron, vitamins A and B. Can be eaten in moderation by adults of normal digestion who are of average or under- weight. SCREEN Prickly Porky the Porcupine, who spends most of his time in trees, did a lot of grumbling and he was the last | one who should have grumbled as Reddy | Fox pointed out to him. Reddy had | found him just starting up a tree in ths | Green Forest and he was mumbling and grumblirig to himself. Reddy stopped Jjust beneath him. ‘What is the matter, neighbor?” sald e. “I don't like this snow,” grumbled Prickly Porky. “Oh, that’s it,” sald Reddy. “It is hard to travel in.” “It must be for those who have to travel,” grumbled Prickly Porky. “I don't. I don’t have to leave this tree and I don’t intend to.” “Then what are you grumbling about!” demanded Reddy. “I told you I don't like this snow,* reforted Prickly Porky. “I have tc brush it off the twigs I eat. It gets ug | my nose. It gets in my coat. What are you grinning at?” | Reddy grinned more broadly than |ever. “Listen!" said he, “if there is any one in all the Green Forest whc | has no reason to grumble you are thal |one. You don’t have to wade througk | this snow. You don't have to seek for |something to eat and then have t¢ | catch it as I do, and Old Man Coyot( {and Yowler the Bobcat and others do No matter how much snow there may be you can always get food enough. You have no enemies to fear. You have nothing to worry about. You can eat: and sleep and eat some more just as . well as if there were no snow. Yet here you are grumbling. Some people don't have sense enough to know when they are well off.” “I don't like this snow,” whined b Prickly Porky. Reddy began to lose patience. don’t know from one meal to another where the next one is coming from,” said he. “I hardly ever know what & m}l)l ‘smmch ‘l:s in Wligxter, but I k.no't what an empty one is a good part o the time. I have to hunt for every mouthful I get. While the snow is soft it makes hard going for me. It hides those I seek at the 'very time it is hardest to catch them, even when I see them. But you don’t hear me grumbling. | No, sir, you don't hear me grumbling.” (Copyright, 1932) For Plants. Some plants, even if placed in 1 sunny window, will droop for lack of nourishment. In this case, empty the contents of an ash tray, such as cigar butts and cigarette ends, and place | them around the plants. In a short |time they will be green and healthy looking and will put on new growth. | JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. AN OPTIMISTIC NOTE SOUNDING ABOVE THE CHORULS OF GLOOM 1S THE FACT THAT PIE HAS BEEN REDUCED, TO TEN CENTS A SLICE =) | A. Y. S—When not in use, the knife |and fork should be on the plate— entirely on the plate, not with the handles resting on the tablecloth. The knife is placed well over toward the upper right boundary, the edge toward the center of the plate. Silver once 'used should be kept off the tablecloth. ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAUCETT. * Sum” WAS THE VICTIM OF THE FIRST CUSTARD PIE EVER THROWN N A COMEDY / Heren CHANDLER HAD PORCELAIN CAPS MADE TO COVER AND LENGTHEN HER OWN TEETH WHICH ARE TOO SMALL TO PHOTOGRAPH WELL. Bese DanieLs, JAILED FOR SPEEDING, RE- CEIVED SO MUCH CANDY FROM ADMIRERS THAT HER NEXT PICTURE WAS POST- PONED UNTIL SHE DIETED BACK TO NORMAL WEIGHT. SuMMmERVILLE (Copyright, 1932, by The Ball Ayndicam, Ine)