Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1935, Page 44

WOMEN’S FEATURES. Bedtime Stories Mr. Toad Is Envious. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Envy has no nlace or use; For it there is no_excuse. —Old_Mother Nature. TICKYTOES the Tree Toad was sitting in the shadiest place under a bush. It was so shady that it was almost dark under there. Right near him sat Old Mr. Toad. A funny thing was happening. Yes, sir, a funny thing was happen- ing. It was hard to believe. It was some little time he saw no change. Then it seemed to him that Sticky- tces looked a lttie darker. He won- ! dered if it were imagination. He | blinked his golden eyes, but all the | blinking in the world would have | made no difference. There was no question about it, Stickytoes was be- ginning to show dark markings on his coat, and the coat itself was begin- ning to look more gray than white. ©Old Mr. Toad gulped once or twice. “J—I—I do believe you are changing color,” said he at last. He stam- mered because he did hate to admit the fact. “Of course I'm changing color,” re- | plied Stickytoes, cheerfully. “I told | you I would. Of course, it will take some time for me to get a complete change, but if you have patience | enough to sit here a while longer h | you will see for yourself.” m Now, Old Mr. Toad had nothing in ), | particular to do and was very well | |sotisfied to sit and watch. Little by y little Stickytoes grew a darker gray and little by little a still darker pat- | tern appeared on his suit. All the | | time he was doing nothing about it | | himself. At last he looked quite like | another person. Old Mr. Toad said so. | *IT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME," SAID “It's too much for me,” said Old! OLD MR. TOAD. | Mr. Toad. ‘“Yes, sir; it's too much { for me. I don't understand it at all.” hard for Old Mr. Toad to believe it, | Stickytoes chuckled. ‘“Neither do even though it was happening right |I” he confessed. “I don’t know any- before his eyes, What was it? The |thing more about it than you do— suit of Stickytoes was changing color. | that is, I don't know how it happens. Yes, sir, that is just what it was It just does, that's all.” doing. Stickytoes had been simng! “Do you change to any other in a ray of sunshine and as he sat | oo1oron inquired Old Mr. Toad. there his suit had been yellowish | & white. He had said that all he had | “Oh. ves.” replied his cousin cheer- t v it | fully. “Sometimes I wear brown and o do to change the color was to sit | : = where it was dark. Old Mr. Toad |Sometimes I wear green. I'm rather hadn't half believed this. You see Old Mr. Toad had often sat in the sun and then moved into the shade without ever having any change whatever in his suit. At first there was no change that Old Mr. Toad could see. In fact, for Men’s Fashions Shirts and Ties. The even-spaced candy striped ghirt has always been a fashion favorite and nothing can take its place. It lends itself to all shirt models and all collar styles and the variety of color combinations is limit- less. The shepherd's check necktie was originally worn exclusively with formal day clothes, but when a group of English sportsmen appeared at Newport for the yacht races wearing shepherd’s check ties with sports clothes, the fashion immediately fond of green. It's very nice when I am sitting among a lot of green leaves, and I find my gray suit with dark markings very handy, too, es-| | pecially when I am in a birch tree. | I am not easily seen and that is of great advantage.” Old Mr. Toad sighed. He sighed rather heavily. “What are you sigh- | ing for?” asked Stickytoes. Old Mr. Toad sighed again. “I envy * said he. “I wish I could | Preserving HasSimple Processes Jams or Marmalade Free From Secret Formulas. BY EDITH M. BARBER. WHAT do you mean when you use the word preserve? Perhaps you use it to cover all the fruits you can with a thick or thin sirup or make into jams or jellles. The word pre- serve, in its general sense, is often used to cover canned vegetables as well as fruits. Our grandmothers, however, when they served “pre- serves,” meant fruit canned in a rich sirup. Large fruits were cut into big pieces and berries and cherries remained whole. The sirup from these fruits is not jellied. This is the way we expect to have preserves today when we make them ourselves or buy them. Three things I make myself deserve this title. They are sun-cooked strawberries, cherry and quince pre- serves. Today, when fruits are in season for such a comparatively long time, we do not go in much for wholesale methods. We buy four or five quarts at a time and make up enough to fit our Winter needs. There was an informal fruit ex- change the color of my suit, as you do yours.” “You don't need to,” said Sticky- toes. “I guess I need to just as much as you, do,” retorted Old Mr. Toad. “No, you don’t,” replied his cousin. “I'd like to know why I don't,” snapped Old Mr, Toad, “Because you are on the ground | all the time and you look enough like the bare ground to pass for a! lump of dirt whenever you are sit- ting still.” replied Stickytoes. old Mr. Stickytoes. “Who says I look like a lump of dirt?” he demanded. (Copyright, 1835.) 3 TO GIVE YOUR COMPLEXION A FLOWER PETAL FINISH You can tell by the luxurious, change in our neighborhood when I was & girl, and we were experienced judges of the comparative merits of Mrs, Wood's spiced cherries and Mrs, Caldwell's spiced grapes. When the sewing club met in Summer my mother’s friends exchanged recipes for preserves and wondered why rasp- berries would not “jell.” Of course, there was no such thing as commer- cinl pectin at that time. No one knew anything about tests for pectin content then. Cup for cup was the usual recipe as far as sugar and juice were concerned. Now we know that we can test our fruit juices for pectin, which is essential for jellying, by putting a tablespoon of Jjuice with a tablespoon of alcohol. After a stiff jelly is formed which can he lifted on a spoon, & cup of sugar may be used for a cup of juice. If the mixture jellies, but breaks easily, three-quarters of a cup of sugar to a cup of juice is indicated. Of course, you may use the modern method combining fruit with bottled pectin, which is merely concentrated apple juice, and make a jelly which will always jell, if you follow the direc- tions absolutely. In an old-fashioned day raspberry and currant juices, apple and elderberry juice and peach and apple juices were mixed together in order to supply the lacking pectin. Sun-Cooked Strawberries. Select firm, ripe strawberries. Use equal quantities of sugar and berries. Place the strawberries in a preserv- ing kettle in layers, sprinkling sugar over each layer about 2 inches deep. Place on stove and heat slowly to boile ing point, skim and boil rapidly for two minutes. Place berries in single layers, with juice, on & shal- low platter. Cover berries with a glass dish or with plain window glass. Let stand in hot sun from 8 to 12 hours. Pack in clean, hot jelly glasses or jars and seal. The platters with the trawberries may siand uncovered in & sunny window rather than in the outdoors. Preserved Cherries. Four pounds cherries, Four pounds sugar. Wash cherries, remove the stems and stones. Cover with sugar and let stand two hours. Set on stove and bring slowly to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cook until the cherries are tender. PFill hot jars and seal. Note—Currants and huckleberries may be preserved in the same way. Strawberry Jam. Pick over berries and remove hulls. Weigh berries and for every pound of fruilt allow three-quarters pound of sugar. Place berries in a preserving kettle and mash fruit as it heats. Bring fruit to boiling point, stirring frequently and crush in any berries which still remain whole. Add sugar to the fruit and boil together until thick (not over 20 minutes), stirring to prevent burning. Pack into clean, hot jars and seal immediately. Blackberries, raspberries or logan- berries may be used in place of the strawberries in this recipe. (Copyright. 1935.) “GUESS HERE | GET Jolly Polly A Little Chat on En[lill\ BY JOS. J. FRISCH. WOMEN'S STRAW WATS SHoW WHICH WAY THER HUSBANDS' MONEY BLOWS, 0. C. O.—“After reading the book I went to bed,” is preferred to “After perusing the book I retired.” Over- elegancies in speech are to be avoided. WOMEN'S FEATURES. How It Started BY JEAN NEWTON. JFEW words in the Engiish language have traveled farther from their first meaning—yet logically withal— than talent. Originally, talent was s!mply a cer- tain, definite weight, varying among different peoples. As was to be expected, its next step was its use in connection with & designated amount of money. Thus among the ancient Greeks it was| the equivalent of 6,000 drachmae. The Attic and Hebrew talen’ had a value of about $2,000. Growing out of this idea, there de- veloped, on the part of the word talent, the thought of gift or endowment, first in its tangible connotation and to another two, end to another one: to every man ability; Journey. to his several and straightway took his " My Neighbor Says: It caterpillars are eating the fcliage of your gerden plants, spray foliage with a solution made of 9% teaspoons of arsen- ate ol lead (poison) added to one gallon of water ‘The water in which fresh vege- tables are bolled makes excellent stock for soups. When sugar gets hard and lumpy put it into the refrigerator for a few days and it will become quite soft again, ‘To exterminate moths in & rug then figuratively, as we know it today, in the sense of a special aptitude. Impetus was imparted to this usage by its appearance in the Bible, where we find it in Bt. Matthew, xxv., 15: “And unto one he gave five talents, HALF-CLEAN DISHES Toad glared angrily at | / MY ENERGY! ... So you know! It’s from Shredded Wheat! Mother says everybody knows how important a well- balanced diet is...and she says Shredded Wheat is an ideal food. She must be right. It tastes fine and I feel fine.” Crisp, golden-brown Shredded ‘Wheat is just right for growing ungsters .. .contains the vital th elements necessary for stron bones and teeth . . . for growth ai to help resist sickness. Ready-cooked ~— ready to serve! EDDED HEAT Ask for the package showing the picture of Niagara Falisand thered N.B.C. Uneeda Seal Make sure they’re SAFELY CLEAN sponge it with a solution made of 3 tablespoons of turpentine, 3 quarts of water and 1 tablespoon of ammonia. (Copyright. 1935.) 4 IN GOES \ THE DIRTY DISH! 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