Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1932, Page 36

WOMAN’S PAGE Having a Purpose to Guide Life BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. person can drift on its tide with any degree of mental or physi- cal comfort. The aimlessness of such an existence gets on the person’s nerves. He is irritable. Trifles upset his mental poise. This reacts on the IFE must have a purpose if it I brings happiness. No normal der to realize the effort.is worthwhile. There is so much to be done in the world, so much for every person to do that the marvel is that any one can fesl exempt. Every wife hasa purpose clear- ly before her in making a comfortable and pleasant homelife for her husband and herself. This means house- keeping into which is instilled the sub- tle psychological element of mental en- joyment ‘for both. The divorce courts are full of examples of failures, and | fallure whether in business or homelife | does' not spell happiness. Either the | iusband or the wife or both must have ‘lnst sight of the purpose of making & | home, which underlies marriages worthy of the name. 1 Every mother has a purpose for | happy living in the rearing of her fam- lily, as well as-in being an efficient | homemaker and a companionable wife. | To succeed in doing thesc things is one of the great accomplichments of life. Every young person, man or girl, has to have & purpose in life in order to get | from it the fulfiliment of the dreams | of youth. Most young people have vi- | sions of what they would like most to do or what they want to be. These rep- resent the purposes of life as they see them.” Seme youths have an unchange- able purpose from the start. Others fluctuate for a time and then come to an ultimate decision. It is the remainder who have not “found themselves” who have no pur- pose in life. It is these who drift in the misery of uncertainty. A percent- age of the remainder fail to reach a wise decision, and flounder in a sea of adverse conditions. Their purpose then | should be either to strike out into new channels,and fulfill their wishful des- tiny, or to fit themselves into the less | desired environments into which, when | the choice was theirs, their lack of de- | termined purpose permitted them to be | cast. Whatever the conditions, there | | must be a real and gripping purpose in life for success and for happiness. | (Copyright, 1932.) | — Apple Dumplings. Roll out pastry dough into rounds about the size of fruit plates. In the | center, of each place a pared and cored | apple. Sprinkle the apple with a mix- | ture of sugar, cinnamon and a few | grains of salt. Dot the fruit with but- ter and lift up and press together the edges of the dough. Place in greased | muffin tins and bake in a moderate | oven for 30 minutes. Serve hot with hard or liquid sauce, Maple and Macaroons. | Beat the yolks of four eggs until | | thick. Heat half a cupful of maple | sirup and pour it over the eggs and mix. | | Cook in a double boiler, stirring con- stantly until thick. Remove from the fire and add one cupful of crushed | macaroons and set aside to cool. Whip one pint of cream stiff and stir the | mixture into the cream. Put into a cov- ; ered mold and freeze for four hours. THE EVENING OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL The Warm Meal. I'm all for the warm meal for the children during the cold and the cool months of the year. Even if the phy. sician and tre dieticians did not say it was necessary, experience would teach me that it was, Along about 11 o'clock the children to look tired. \Their eyes are not as bright as they were at 10 o'clock. They move slowly. They make more mistakes. They begin to yawn. Dlulgrlmhe is more difficult for the teachers. e school is slowing down. ‘Twelve o'clock rings and the children stream off to the lunch room. Hot soup with crisp toast or crackers is served them and with the last spoonful there is revived animetion. The hum grows into babble of voices and by the time the last of the meat and vegetables have disappeared the laughter of the group rises above the steady chatter. The children are rested, restored to vigor once more. A brief rest, a run in the open air, and they are back at work as good as ever. A cold lunch does not seem to have that effect. Children who sit by them- selves and eat cold sandwiches do not regain their animation. They are heavy footed and languid in comparison with the others. Food service has a direct effect on the disposition of the chil- dren. Those who have had a hearty lunch, good food, serve hot off the stove, are cheerful, well disposed and at peace with their world. Those who eat cold sandwiches, swallow slabs of cold pie, a couple of doughnuts, are sour of countenance and of disposition, as a usual thing. ‘When chfldren can go home for their hot lunch they are fortunate. They are certain of having a nourishing meal under the best conditions. They have a chance to refresh themselves. They feel free at home. They tell all that happened during the morning and start afternoon, if their mother is the wise ‘woman most mothers are. Warmed by the atmosphere of affection, comforted by hot soup and steaming vegetables, they have a feeling of warmth toward the world and all who dwell therein. ‘The children who have to travel to consolidated schools must have warm meals. They need them even more than those who go to school afoot. The ride sharpens their appetites. If it is a long ride they are tired. A good warm meal tones them up and sets them in an attitude for good work. There must be a good school kitchen and lunch service in every consolidated school if it is to serve the children as it was intended to do. Start the morning with a hot cereal these cool days. That puts heat and energy into the drowzy ones. Winter makes children sluggish, not because of the cold, but because of the dry heat in the houses. Give them a good warm cereal, plenty of cool fresh air as they eat it, and they have a good start for the day. They ought to have some fruit for breakfast. Stewed fruit is fine. The prunes are unattractive but they are off with a better perspective for the | D. C, |DorothyDix THIB is the year when tradition gives women the right to ask men STAR, WASHINGTON FRIDAY, Deplores Women's False Sense of Modesty Take Advantage of Leap Year! to marry them. Of course, they don't take advantage of their privilege in leap year any more than they do in other years, and one wonders why, since most single women would like to be mar- ried, and all women know that in marriage as in everything else heaven helps those who help themselves. In all the ramifications of the mysterious feminine psychology noth- ing is so strange and inexplicable as the attitude that women have taken on the matter of popping the question. About it show & backwatd- ness, a timidity, a willingness to be bound and hampered by an out- moded convent.on that they display about nothing else on earth. THEY fought like wildcats until they got the ballot and a right to & + say-so in government. They battered at the doors of opportunity until they broke them down and won a free entrance into every pro- fession and occupation. But when it comes to demanding an equality with men in the most important thing in the world, the selectfon of their mates, they haven't the courage to make even a gesture in the direction of freedom. Why women who have trodden under foot all the other old super- stitutions that have hampered them—the superstitution that it would defeminize them and rob them of all their charm to be educated or to vote or to earn an honest living—and yet are still in bondage to the superstition that there is something immodest in a woman frankly telling a man that she would like to marry him, is one of the things that no one can fathom. OP COURSE, men contend that in reality women do pick out their husbands and that no man knows how he came to marry the woman he did marry, but even if this Were true—and it seldom is—it certainly cramps & woman's style to have to do her wooing under cover and inveigle :ol:un by subtle means to the altar instead of befi:z able openly and above- rd to sell him the idea that to marry her PRl her would insure his happiness IT htbeyong dw:t that iIf women were free, as men are, to ¥alect their mates and do the proposing there would be a t and an unprecedented era of domestic bliss. ’X‘h:'r?.w:m;%”:nm: ,::l?-l {l‘::gest'hlnk :‘h” many ;Fex‘l llll‘e keptt !!rma asking women to marry because v ey are physically unattractive or be cannot support their wives in luxury. e Soty Rt ey | AND there would be happier marriages, | ers than men are. They have more discernment in - | fections. It is men who pick out flappers young enough ;:‘kt:fi:l(r '.gl;cmli daughters and expect to be happy with them., Mighty few women are silly enough to marry the gigolos. P we knew the truth, we would probably find out that most of th - I ish, fretful, discontended wives who make no effort to ;‘;m: m'lr husbands or get along with them, are those who married men they didn* really love nor want, but who were all that they could get, and who are taking out their disappointment upon theirspoor, unfortunate yokemates, DOROTHY (Copyright, 1932.) s 1 A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK | ~ BY HERBERT PLUMMER. because women are better pick- By the Associated Press. THE death of Percy Edwards Quin| bills he has taken from the House of Rep- | facetious resentatives a_member who never failed | mind. to give it a hilariously good time when- | ever he took the floor for an address. | For 19 years the Mississippi Repre- | circulating harmf sentative ~ brought fun and color to Capitol Hill, Members of the House perhaps nev- er enjoyed any- to prosecution. justice in it. | he "said, them.” than FLELL Quin had & knack of killing those | was opposed to by introducing | amendments. One comes to An attempt was made in the House | to pass a bill which would make persons | information about | the status of a national bank subject | Quin couldn't see the “Boll weevils cause banks to bust" | “not what people say about TLRY 12, 1932 SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. GORY. A lot ob big shots has they birthday ‘iss month—but I dont by no means. (Copyright, 1932.) Veal Patties. Mix two tablespoonfuls of flour with one cupful of bread crumbs and add | two beaten eggs and one cupful of milk. | Add half a cupful of cooked ground | veal. Add one teaspoonful of chopped parsley and fry in small cakes. This makes either & nice luncheon dish or a hot croquette to serve with cold meat. | Economy Pudding. | Whip two eggs and add one cupful of milk. Mix two cupfuls of bread crumbs with two tablespoonfuls of su- | gar, one teaspoonful of nutmeg and a | pinch of salt and add to the milk and egg mixture. Bake in a moderate oven for 25 minutes, Serve with a cream sauce or custard. 7 e —= One-Egg Cake. | Mix one-fourth cupful of butter with one-fourth cupful of milk, half a cup- | ful of sugar, one and one-half cupfuls of flour, one egg and two teaspoonfuls | of baking powder. Cook in a shallow | pan. This can be used warm with lemon sauce or other filling. [ Alec the Great i FEATURES. EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Concerning Compensation. If you seriously undertook the task of determining why we are and what of it, you would find that the sum total of reasons would lend significance to And com- do badly, we make up for it by doing something else. If an earthworm accidentally loses its head, nature unharnesses her powers of regeneration, and a new head will ap- pear sometimes. At all events, nature will make the effort every time to re- grow a head. When a human being loses his head, psychologically speaking, nature still comes to the rescue. On the mental ZI:nm. regeneration means compensa- 5 — Children anticipate their goal of adulthood by compensatory storles about their achievements. They are | not telling falsehoods. They are simu- lating strength in the face of weakness, ‘Why do primitive races so generally entertain the hope of reincarnation? It is a philosophy of life full of com- pensatory cravings for the shortcomings of so brief a life. If compensation were not the lode star of human life, life would soon cease to possess a goal, even though the goal is unconscious. (Copyright, 1932 e Prom Mukden, Manchuria, about 300 years ago China’s first Manchu Em- peror moved his capital to Peking. Manchuria is about as large as France and Spain combined. To improve Any child's APPETITE If you want your child to eat more to gain and grow strong, begin this very night with the famous “California treatment!” A sluggish appetite means a dugflsb‘ colon. Correct this condition called stasis, and see how quickly a listl; drooping boy or girl begins to eat—ani gain! The only “medicine” such children need is pure, unadulterated fig syrup. California fig syrup is doing wonderful things for ailing, !icEly children all oves the United States. The one way to conquer constipation 11 your baby, boy, or @ 15 bilious—pale-faced and dull-eyed i from constipation—breath bad mornings, b tongue coated all the time—don’t give cathartics that weaken twenty feet of # bowels! Instead, a little fig syrup that doesn’t disturb either stomach or iowels. but does act on the lower colon—where the trouble lies. Nature never made a finer laxative for children; and they all love the wholesome, fruity flavor of the real California fig syrup. It’s purely vegetable, but every druggist has 1t all bottled, with directions. Begin with it at once. Your child will soon be eating better and feeling better. Keep on with the fig syrup a few days and see amazing improvement in thing more they did one of Quin’s speeches. They never knew what Percy—as he was known to them —would do next. Big of voice, ca- pable of hitting as hard as the next one, and witty, he packed 'em in when he spoke. So he brought forth an amendment making the president of a bank who | gave out harmful information about the financial status of an individual subject to prosecution as And he won— the bill was withdra: appetite, color, weight, and spirits. Children who get fif syrup, now and then, keep well and avoid colds. good. Vary them with apricots, stewed figs, pure orange juice, baked apples, canned peaches and pears and cherries. When the preserves are too sweet use them in combination with bread or rolls and remergber the children need no | candy that*day. But strive to give them a good hot lunch. DAILY DIET RECIPE GOLDEN FRIED BANANAS. Small bananas, 6. Fine dry crumbs, 1 cup. Deep hot fat, about 2 cups. SERVES 4 PORTIONS. Peel bananas, cut in halves crosswise. Roll each section in fine crumbs. Fry in very hot deep fat (395 degrees F.) until Quaint and beautiful are the low thatched cottages of Normandy in Spring, covered with roses and vines. Castles, abbeys, manors reminiscent of NOTICE: The bottlers of California Fig Syrup respectfully warn moth- ers that the promises made here apply only to the genuine product in_bottles plainly marked CALI- FORNIA. Nougat Ice Cream. 'THERE IS A PURPOSE IN LIFE FOR E Half freeze one quart of cream. Put VERY MOTHER. My family knows me much too well. health. and some minor or major nerv- ous illness results. To be happy under such conditions is impossible. Some- thing has to be done to restore the cor- | rect equilibrium, and the patient has | willingly to help the physician. He must find some purpose in living in or- Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Peaceful Family Life. If you are the average mother—and not?—you expect certain things children. You expect, and that they will learn to “get vith each other. You argue, and that if children do not prac- ability and forbearance at home ers and brothe; hat chance re that they will be able to get alang with strangers? All of this is true. The lessons of k@ are learned at home. Amiability, tolerance, forbearance can no more be assumed artificially than can company manners. They crack under the strain. They must be part and parcel of the child’s development. Children must learn that brothers and sisters, as well as strangers, exhibit dif- ferences of temperament and m Relatives can produce the same an- tagonisms in each other as can any group of persons. and under one roof naturally increases instead of diminishing these antagon- | iems It is t aniagoni mother who must fuse the Her work con- sists not so much in othinz down the chbildren's differences as in making them aware of their right to be differ- ent. Family appreciation takes into account that Mary may be quiet and . Jane may enjoy cooking ‘efer being outdoors, even if that entails doing the family errands. Brpthers and sisters will learn to get along if taught to appreciate all kinds of personalities and to understand that they must learn to adjust themselves to_them. The mother must stand constantly on neutral ground. She cannot at any time indicate that she would like to have all the children like the one who | is easiest to live with. Such a spirit refuses to recognize that the unlike per- sonalitics are just as likable and just as enjoyable. Children are quick to pick up such attitudcs. Th too, become tcal and carping y are on the Icokout for flav X the trait b2 disagreeable to others, o scmething about Tommy. He's always the last one Why don't you try #o hurry him up? s0 when he talks and moves so slow! Mother's response should be: - “Tom- my has been growing so fast that if he ! moved quickly, be’d be awkward. He saves himself by slowing down his mo- tions and being more careful of what he 'does. better control of those Jong limbs of his, he'll speed up. Meanwhile, don't let it irritate you. tall young brother some da: Children shouid grow up in a home where exch child admits the different- and s2es in them ering or quarreling or osphere paves the ful acceptance of the of the human fam- ilv and their nead to adjust themselves |half a pound of peanut brittle candy twice thrcugh a meat chopper, stir this into the crcam and put it in a |mold. Serve in meringue shells, two | put together, on beds of whipped cream. light brown. Drain on soft paper. Good accompaniment to steak, chops or ham. DIET NOTE. When he ad- vanced to the well of the House thunderous applause greet- ed him. But invariably his colleagues would quiet down that they might ‘he: knightly for the In fact, it often makes me sigh. days of old, are numerous and ' when they prevent my doing things most part well preserved. Before I get a chance to try. Being of one flesh | Recipe furnishes carbohydrate, starch and sugar. Lime, iron, vitamins A and B present. Can be eaten by adults of normal — . The largest goldfish plant in this country is the 60-acre hatchery of Kaicha Matsunago on the banks of the digestion who are of average or underweight. SCREEN DID YOU KNOW THAT- Raritan River, near North Branch, N. J. It has a steady population of about 5,000,000 finnies. ODDITIES BY CAPTAIN ROSCOE FAWCETT C INSTANCE ENNETT NEVER REMOVES THE LOCKED BRACELET WHICH BETROTHED HER TOTHE MARQUIS DE LA FALAISE. HE WEARS ITS MATE. N 1S REQUIRED BY HIS CONTRACT TO KGEP UNDER I57 POUNDS. 212 THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO, SELIG'S, WAS STARTEO IN 1909 BEWIND A CHINESE LAUNDRY IN LOS ANGELES?| (Copyright. 1932, by The Bell Syndicate, 1nc.) It just irritates me | These Save your time, your money and your clothes Later, when he has gained |\ You'll be proud of your | R {0 such differences and live amiably in | the midst of them. “BONERS” Humorous Titbits From School Papers. Shaucer died in 1400 and is buried !ncWeszminster Abbey. This is an in- teresting fact. beceuse Chaucer was the first Englishmgn buried in American | R sofl. A mummy is something that is dead, and dried, and buried, and dug up, aad Jooks like leath A waiting-woman is a woman who is not married. As Sir Launcelot came out of the castle gate he saw a leopard there, that begged him for arms. Four building stones found in Mid- dle Atiantic States are marble, gran- ie, sandstene end grindstons, (Copyrisht, 1932.) (3 TB! newest in labor-saving washers. Both are ACTIVATOR equipped—a exclusive G-E feature that washes by water action alone. Both have quick emptying pumps and other New W GENERAL @ ELECTRIC. - WASHERS Only $10.00 puts a G-E washer in your home... and then you can start saving reek. Start now and save now. See them at our store. Ask for free trial demon- stration. No cbligation. and money-saving n features designed by G-E engineers. 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Down would come his hi nd. | "My friend from New Jersey argues in a circle!” Ram! tender. UR family just loves sandwiches made of Schneider’s new Ju- nior Pullman Loaf—so fresh and Mother spreads the fragrant, even slices thick with butter and jam— makes lots of ’em; says it'’s no trouble at all now that we have a new size Pullman, machine-sliced A dash of Oriental Show-You Sauce over a steak or chop makes your palate tingle with plessure. This high quality ssuce should find a place on every table, and it is most economical. Ask your grocer Oriental Show-You Co. Columbis City, Ind. wrapping. Write for free recipe book of Oriental dishes at the Schneider Bakery before And good old dad—does he love ’em? Only this morning I heard him complaining that Mother was trying to starve a hungry man. 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