Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1932, Page 47

MAGAZ Some Reflectio BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. PRIL first is the one day in a year when persons suffer them- | selves to be made fools of; not that they relish it exactly even 80, but custom and a 'sense of humor carry them through it without rturbation. So clever are some of ways of fooling that the very in- T IS ONLY ON APRIL 1 THAT ONE IS WILLINGLY A FOOL. genuity deserves appreciation, and it may be added that this appreciation is seldom withheld. Children, of course, relish April fool's day absurdities, and their laughable little pranks are causes for adult merriment. ‘The historic method of fooling per- fons was to send them on futile errands. Fools' errands, these were called, and the term has become classic. Another method of foolery was to send mock gifts. Perhaps a bundle had nothing in it, although neatly done up. Or should | an article be contained in the package it was insignificant, or a ludicrous trav- esty of a present. outstanding ways in which the fooling | was carried out in ancient times. It is from these that a general scheme for | outwitting persons on this special day | in the year has come about ‘There is a spirit of merriment in April fools’ pranks when they do not| savor too much of the obnoxious prac- tical joke, which is annoying if not sctually unkindly or dangerous. It is These are the two | = INE PAGE. ns -for April 1 this or any other day in the year that there is cause for distu: in’ one's {own mind. Few, indeed, are the persons | who, looking over a past year on any first day of April, are not aware of a | certain smarting thought of some such times when one has made a fool of one’s self. | It may be that one has been quick |to think ungraciously of another and | has acted on such an idea, only to find | that a benefit accrued to herself, and | her whole judgment was hasty and un- kind. Temper may have been. shown over so simple a thing as a game of | bridge and & whole party may have been disturbed just because one made a fool of herself. Not a pleasant re- flection! Youths, even adults, who have ex- | aminations or tests to pass, sometimes | feel if they can fool the teacher or examiner by “bluffing” their way through to pass that they have done a clever thing. It is only when, later on, they have the chance to profit by their supposed knowledge, that they reilize it was they, themselves, who were the real fools It was they, mot the examiners, who failed in their tasks. I remember meeting a young Ameri- can in Paris who had, from her own statement. “bluffed” her way through French. Her quick ear and eye evident- ly came to her aid in classes, as it was doing in France, but not so stccessfully. | She was floundering in the maze of |irregular verbs and French idioms par- ticularly. She said, “I thought I wes fooling the teachers when I slid through my French. Now I find it was myself, I not them, who was fooled.” | (Copyright. 1932.) Kitchen Comments BY WILDA HOYT. WHEN recipes say “thin,” “medium” or “heavy” white sauce, the pro- | portion of flour implied for thickening is usually one tablespoonful flour to| each cupful of liquid for thickening cream soups: two tablespoonfuls flour | to one cupful liquid for gravies and sauces; three tablesponfuls flour to one | cupful liquid for garnishes. | Hide those undecorative odds and | ends on your top cabinet shelves—the opened cracker boxes, crocks, odd glass | jars, half-used preserves, etc., by tack- | ing a pretty box-pleated chintz valance | over the offending apertures. It will add much to the decorative quality of vour closet and give you a world of comfort to know these unlovely details of kitchen management are conducted in_privacy. ‘When making apricot marmalade, using the dried fruit, do not trouble to | mash the pulp through the celander. Put the apricots to soak overnight in just enough water to covér them: next | day snip the fruit into small pieces, | add the juice in which they have | soaked and sugar ifi proportion of three-quarters cupful sugar to one of the fruit. Cook until the desired con- | sistency. | When washing gloves, whether of washable kid, suede or fabric, use a nail brush and ‘ lukewarm . soapsuds; brush the soiled spots and fingertips | briskly and rinse gloves theroughly. | This treatment does not injure the tex- | ture of the gloves. is easier than rub- | bing the dirt out by hand and is much quicker, Orange Marmalade. Quarter one orange and one lemon and shred them with a sharp knife, | | To each measure of fruit allow three full measures of water. Lei soak for | 24 hours, then boil hard for 10 minutes. | Set_aside for another 24 hours. - For | each cupful of fruit mixture add one cupful of sugar. At last add one extra | cuptul of sugar. Cook until it will jelk | makes seven glasses of marmalade. i | Custard Cornbread. | Stir three cupfuls of cornmeal into | four cupfuls of boiling milk and stir | as when making mush. Add one tea- | spoonful of butter, one teaspoonful of | sugar, and let this cool. When cool,‘ add two well-beaten eggs, one teaspoon- ful of salt, and three teaspoonfuls of Bake like other corn- | ‘when one makes a fool of one's self on baking powder. bread. UNCLE RAY’S CORNER Folk Called “Basques.” N valleys amid mountains east of the Bay of Biscay, and along the coast of that bay, live stranee people who are known as “Bas- ques.” Part of their homeland is owned by Prance and the rest by Bpain; but the Basques are neither Frenchmen nor Spaniards. Men of science have studied these eople, and have found that their eads are of a little different shape from those of folk in any other part of Europe. The Basques (who are members of the white race) have a language of their own, and it is in The Basque homeland covers about 8,500 square miles. More than three- fourths of the people are farmers, and VIEW OF A BASQUE HOME. most of the rest are fishermen Basque fishermen travel far and wide | over the seas and one of their favorite fishing places is off the coast of New- r«-\-aea-ae = = > Vegefable %” Chop il <\Suey ~an ldeal Dinner No mest or animal fat in Oriental Show-You Vegetsble Chop-Suey. You'll like it for its delicious taste, - its true Oriental flavor. Wholesome and nourishing. in price, too. Mest may be added if desired. Comes in cans resdy to hest and serve, ‘, Try acan. You are sure like it. Orl'u/t[ - ) Send for free Oriental Show-You recipe book. Y} Orienul Show.You Co. Columbis City, Indiana. } } } } } A m e N e e eedv e ek wmde mwehe pebc emdc | foundland. Despite their wide travels, thev keep their native language. The Basque word for “ the man” ie na.” For the plura] they add a “k,” making it “gizonak.” Tbe sen- tence, “I have seen it,” is “Ikusi dut.” “Argl” is their word for “light” and “illargi” is their word for “moon.” | Basque farmers have herds of sheep | which graze on the sides of the| enees Mountains. | | Many of the farmers have two-story | homes, and use the first story for their | live stock! How would you like to live | above a barn? You might be waked | | in the morning by a long “moo” from | | & cow or by “baa, baa” from the sheep. It is supposed that the Basques are members of the Iberian race, which once spread over Western Europe. This | may or may not be true. An interesting fact should be pointed out when we speak of the Basques. Most Stone Age caves with pictures on the walls are in Southwestern France and Northwestern Spain—in and near the {land of the Basques. May it be that the direct ancestors of these folk were | men who made the pictures on these cave walls? In later years we may be able to trace the history of the Basquys more surely. For the present we must class them as a puzzle (This story may be placed in “Travel” section of your scrapbook. School pu- pils may use it as a topic in geography.) UNCLE RAY. Uncle Ray will be glad to send you, free of charge, his les entitled “Records of Aviation.” Address Uncle Ray, in care of this paper, and be sure to inclose a self-addressed, stamped en- velope. Lux for dishes — the big package does 6 weeks’ dishes THE EVENIN( t STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY _APRIL MODES=== P ] NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. A of & pole jumper. Night prowl- ing is a necessity. Dogs and guns are not about and so the coast is clear. Then he can take things leisurely and enjoy-a meal of clover, grass or tender herbs. He is not averse at all to & meal of young and tender vegetables and fruit. The rabbits are not provident and do not store food against the rainy day. They do much damage to young trees in the winter, when food is scarce. The bark is eaten and the vital inner layer of the tree is exposed. ‘The long, strong ears move at will. They are as expressive as a squirrel’s 4 The Rabbit. S A SPRINTER, the cottontail has few equals. In fact, his track in the snow reminds you BASY RABBIT tail. When they are set back, the owner is at peace with the world. Let a sound occur and at once the ears will | be bent forward and lifted to catch th i sound. When running, the ears are laid back along the neck. The long legs send the sprinter along. Teeling that he has left danger be- hind him, he will stand on his haunches, both ears erect, and will look well over the landscape for any evi- dence of trouble to encounter or safety gained. The nose is an efficient aid, the nos- trils are slightly covered and are able to catch a scent. Watch how the nos- trils quiver, the head moves up and down, and soon the locality of the scent OF THE MOMENT | |is gained. If it be man or dog, cot- | tontail decides to move on. | The teeth are like those of other | rodents. The split upper lip permits the better use of the upper incissors. | These incisors are very good for bark- |ing trees, cutting off tender cabbage |and grass. The rabbit is most inter- esting to watch when he eats. His sidewise motion is most deliberate, as if counting before swallowing. The cat's whiskers are no more valu- able to him than the rabbit's are to him; without these sensitive feelers, both animals would be fearfully handi- | capped. Rabbits converse by touching | whiskers. | The eyes are large and dark and are on the “bulge” part of the Head. They can see both ways. | "The hind feet are very strong and enable the owner to jump more than eight feet. The front feet are short | and have five toes, while the hind feet | have four. The bottoms of the feet are | protected by hairs, rather like a pair of wool socks. When its enemies approach, it “freezes,” its color and markings blending so well with its surroundings it often makes its escape in this way. Molly Cottontail, as she is often | called, does not dig a burrow. She is a renter or “squatter” and seeks a de- serted home of a woodchuck or skunk. ‘The home is referred to as a “form.” It is a plate, where the' grass Is smoothed down and where the animal goes for rest and quiet. ‘The young mother uses grass and her own hair for a mattress and the same to cover her babies up snug and warm, when she leaves them. The babies are blind at first but when three weeks old can see. There are usually six children. Weasels, hawks, owls, fox and mink are forever on the watch for baby cottontails. The rabbits are spunky nd put up a brave fight. Copyright, 1932. Fudge Delight. Mix half a cupful of condensed milk with two squares of melted chocolate, three tablespoonfuls of flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of vanilla, one-fourth tea- spoonful of salt, and half a cupful of moist shredded choconut. Drop by small spoonfuls onto a greased cooky sheet. Bake in a slow oven for about gfldminum. This is chewy and like udge. SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. DOROTHY MACKAILL NEIL MILLER SECURED A LICENSE TO WED THE DAY AFTER THEY FIRST MET / OO0 FLORENCE VIDOR 1S WED TO JASCHA WEIWFETZ FAY WEBB IS WED TO RUDY VALLEE “TH tell you how I got the idea. “I was telling the manager of a beauty shop what a terrible time I had with my hands because they were in soap and water so much. use Lux in- p?” she said. alkali T by T B Sy e [..x.mtly and very sooth- ing. I can’t tel mfim&n the hands of a woman who uses Lux for dishes and those of a woman who has maids.” “So I did—and my dear, it’s wonderful. Now my hands are smooth as velvet — lovely and white. And it costs less than 1¢ & day.” The Broken Egg. boldly fearless is. 'tis plain, t he desires will obtain. Who Wha A —Shadow the Weasel. the door of the sugar house open | a little way after bringing in an | armful of wood. He was alone, for Farmer Brown had not spent the night in the sugar house. “I'll have some bacon and eggs for breakfast,” he decided. As he reached to a shelf for the bacon a small white head was thrust through the crack left by the slightly open door and a pair of bold, bright eyes, in which there was no sign of fear, watched him. As he turned the head vanished, but not before he had | caught a fleeting glimpse of it. “Now what was that?” said he, and walked over to the door and looked out. He saw no one. “Must have been my imagination,” he muttered, and went back to fry the bacon. In a few min- utes it was beginning to sizzle and that most appetizing of all odors—{rying bacon—began to fill the sugar house. ©Once more that small white head ap- peared. For a moment it Temained motionless. Then a long, slim body fol- lowed inside and Shadow the Weasel sat up squirrel fashion, sniffing appre- ciatively that frying bacon. Farmer Brown's Boy saw him and. with a strip | of bacon he was turning dangling from the end of a fork, stood perfectly still. | Shadow advanced a few steps and saf | up again. The smell of that bacon was delicious and tantalizing. He_boldly stared back at Farmer Brown's Boy. The latter put the strip of bacon back | in the frying pan and turned toward | Shadow. Shadow dodged back out of | the doorway. But in less.than a minute | he was back. Farmer Brown's Boy chuckled. | “You bold little rascal” said he. “I do believe that, small as you are, you are not a bit afraid of me.” In this he was right. Shadow was not afraid. If he had been, he wouldn't have been so bold. He wasn't afraid because he had supreme confidence in his own ability to keep out of reach‘of‘ Farmer Brown's Boy. He could whisk out of sight in a flash, and he knew it No one in all the Green Forest can move with the quickness of Shadow the | Weasel. So he continued to stare at | Farmer Brown's Boy and to sniff the odor of that bacon. g Farmer Brown's Boy jumped at him and cried “Scat!” Shadow simply van- ished. He had dodged out that door so quickly that Parmer Brown's Boy was barely sure where he did go. No sooner did Farmer Brown's Boy turn back to his bacon than Shadow was back in- side. For the time being he quite for- got what he had come there for in the first place. The odor of that bacon had put all thoughts of Mice out of his head. He had a lively curiosity as to what Farmer Brown's Boy was doing, LITTLE BENNY FARm BROWN'S BOY had left BY LEE PAPE. My sister Gladdis and Harvey came | around last nite for supper, pop say- | ing, Welcome to the old homestead, | how are you both? | I'm all rite, but something’s & matter | with Gladdis, dont ask me what, Har- | vey said. I met her downtown by mu- tual agreement at a certain appointed | place at a certain appointed time, and I swear to high heaven she hasent | spoken a civil werd to me from that | moment to this, he said. | Why, my goodness, what happened? | ma said, and Harvey said, Nothirg hap- pened, that's the funny part of it, or | rather that's the tragic part of it. She just decided to give an imitation of an insulted queen for no reason at all, and she’s still at it, he said. I'm an old married man with 25 years experience and I have a hunch that you must of done something with- out knowing it, pop said, and Gladdis said, I dont know weather he knows | it or not, in fact sometimes I doubt if he knows he's alive, but he certeny | did something and I certeny am no grove werm to swallow an action | like that without a murmur. He greet- ed ‘me with the most asinine expres- sion I ever saw on the face of & so- called human bean and called out, Hello deer, here you are, Gladdis said. ‘Well for Peet sake, I'm a well known married man with the best of refer- ences but I'll be hanged if I can see | | it to hold it solid where the offense comes in, pop said, and ma said, But Willyum are you blind? No, yes, I must be, pop sajd, and ma sald, Well I should say you must, cant you see she has a bran new hat on and he never even noticed it? Yee gods give me air, I mean nour- rishment, pop said. And we started to eat supper, being lam stew without dumplings, and after supper Gladdis was still partly insult- ed at Harvey and pop had to take him around to the bowling alley. TEN W. Burgess, and for a few minutes he was satisfied to sit and watch. The bacon was done and was taken from the pan. Then Farmer Brown's Boy picked up an egg to fry. It was just then that Shadow remembered what he had come in there for, and began to run about with his nose to the floor, trying to find the scent of Mice. Farmer Brown's Boy stood still, watching him, the egg still in his hand Shadow investigated the corner in' which still lay the hollow stick of wood | in which Mrs. Whitefoot had had her home. Shadow vanished in the little | round hole which had been her door- way. Her scent was still strong in there. A second later he was out, his “YOU BOLD LITTLE RASCAL!"| SAID HE. little eyes glowing with the eagerness of the hunter. He knew that Mrs. Whitefoot had been there. He hadn't a doubt that she was still in that sugar house. He forgot the bacon. He forgot Farmer Brown's Boy. He forgot every- thing but the desire to find Mrs. Wi foot. He started across the straight for the corner wh Whitefoot home now was in can under an old coat. It was then that Farmer Bri thought of his little friend. time. In a few secon coated little hunter with the fierce eyes would be in that home! There was no time to lose. In his hand was that egg. | With a yell, he throw it. It struck in/ front of Shadow, spatteri: is_white coat, and by its very suddenness fright- ening him. Like a flash he doubled | back and darted out of the door. a sirup Roast of Lamb. When a roast of lamb has been served | hot for dinner, cut out the bone with as little cutting of the meat as possible, | while the roast is still warm. The bone | will then separate easily. Next press| the meat firmly into a bowl just large enough to hold it, and put a weight on When it is cold, it | can be carved easily and without that annoying struggle to cut around the one. SOUTHERN DAIRIES Chocolate Ice Cream with * Malted Milk It’s delicious and nourishing SOUTHERN DAIRIES - i KIDWELL’S MARKETS M ARKETS, lnc. MARKETS REAL MONEY SAVERS Smoked Hams . .......m. 13¢ (Krey's Best) Round Steak .........m 18¢c Sirloin Steak .........m. 18¢c Hamburg Steak . .......m. 12¢ Chuck Roast Beef. . Plate Beef .. .. Frying Chickens . .. ...m. 23c (Very Fancy) Breast Veal ........m 1215¢c Shoulder Veal ........n 14c Veal Cutlets .........m 29¢ HIND QUARTERS Fancy Spring Lamb. . ... 18¢ Shoulder Spring Lamb . 1214¢ Breast Spring Lamb. . .. .1 §¢c Smoked Shoulders . . . .. 7V5¢ (Armour’s) Fresh Shoulders . .....w. 10c Loin Pork Roast. . .. .w. 1214¢ (Special) Lean Pork Chops. .. .mw. 1215¢ Loin Pork Chops......n. 16c el Fancy Young Ducks. . ... 20c Fresh Spare Ribs.......m. 9¢c Fat Butts and Bean Pork.m. 5¢ Sausage Meat ........m 10c Beef Liver .(.G.m“ ... 10c Smoked Sausage w. 10c & 121/4¢ Sliced Bacon .. . ....w 1214¢ (Very Fine) BEST CREAMERY BUTTER. ........™ 25¢! Strictly Fresh Eggs. . . aozen 17¢ Potatoes .........10 ms 13c Fancy Apples... ... .3 ms. 10c 14 Gallon Sweet Cider. . . . .9¢ (ar Free) Fresh Calf’s 10-Ib. Bag Corn Meal. ....17c 12-Ib. Bag Best Flour. . ...25¢ 10 Pounds Sugar........43c Sweetbreads pair 25¢ Fresh Fish and Oysters at All Stores Every Day 305 9th Street N.W. 3272 M Street N.W. 2153 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. 3104 M Street N.W. 406 H Street N.E. 7th & C Streets S.E. 2611 14th Street N.W. 3218 P Street N.W. 8215 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring NORTHEAST PUBLIC MARKET, 12th & H Sts. N.E. Lassiter the name which sent every Mor- mon to find cover—and tremble with fear Zane Grey’s PURPLE SAGE will appear in Pictures — just like your favorite Comics! Everyday The most thrilling Western story ever written now appears each evening in that popular form. .serial strips. Zane Grey’s latest story of the West . . . also “The Thundering Herd,” “The Lone Star Ranger,” “The Vanishing American” and many of his other stories will appear . .. BEGINNING April 4th in the - Star