Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1935, Page 43

WOMEN’S FEATURES, Comments on Matte THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, £ Play Suit for Small Girl | Picnics on Week Days Pattern Allows for Either Shorts or Slacks as Desired. 1 -~ \‘\; - T ~ © & BY BARBARA BELL. 1 LAY clothes are important for any age. and when you are a little girl and ride a “bike, play base ball with the boys. or desh about a sandy beach, they are about as necessary as anyvthing you can think of. If thev look a wee bit like big sister's—all the better. Today there is illustrated a play suit that competes in no mean way with those which grown-ups fancy themselves in. Made for active young bodies, the trousers may be short, like trunks, or long, in the manner of the beach pajama. The neck is round, finished with a stitched and buttoned band. and the upper part has a pleat in back and front. There is a cunning short jacket which will please the most fastidious young per- son. For the very little girl the brief shorts will. perhaps, suffice, but the girl of 14 will dote on the wide, ankle length trousers, and Zouave coat of the second version. Cotton broadcloth, poplin, seer- sucker, pique and jersey, if yours is that kind of climate, all are nice for garments that have hard wear and must be submitted to numerous trips to the tub. The colors may be as gay &s you please, but' should be those that do not fade in the sun, or have to be handled too delicately in the weekly wash. This is a very simple suit to construct and it might be ~well to introduce the smart daughter to fun of making her own things with | ! this simple pattern. BARBARA BELL, ‘Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No, 1611-B. Size. NEME ivaseressenccrrsscannnns AdAress ..eceesscesnciianennens (Wrap coins securely in paper.) 16/1-5 Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1611-B is designed in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14. Size 8 requires 3's vards of 36-inch material for play suit with jacket and long trousers. For the play suit with shorts, omitting the jacket, 1% vards of 36-inch material is required. Every Barbara Bell Pattern in- cludes an ijllustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Barbara Bell Pattern Book available at 15 cents. Address orders to The Evening Star. (Copyright. 1935 Jellied Tomato Salad. 4 teaspoons gelatin i teaspoon sait tablespoons cold 2 teaspoons water sugar cups_cooked or 1 teaspoon Canned tomatoes Worcestershire 1 teaspoon onion Real mayonnaise Soak gelatin in cold water. Cook tomatoes and seasonings 10 minutes and strain off liquid. Dissolve gelatin in hot liquid. Pour into individual molds. Chill until firm. Unmold on crisp lettuce. Garnish with sprigs of parsley and lemon sections. Serve with real mayonnaise. Serves four to six. scraped sauce S c My Nelghbor Says: Waterlilies grow best in a garden pool that is not too clean. They like sunshine and seldom bloom in shaded places. For your cottage, if you must have photographs about, frame them in chintz frames that re- peat the color scheme of the room. These cost less than 59 cents and are attractive and colorful. If the rind is left on a ham it will boil or bake more rapidly. If you use slip covers on your furniture, remove them occa- sionally and look for moths. Moths get into the tufts of furni- ture and multiply rapidly. (Copyright. 1 Child Fro District Parks Offer BY BETSY CASWELL. GAIN and again during these A warm Summer days our thoughts turn to the picnic basket and its edible contents. A picnic is the only solution, many | times, to the problem of getting the children out into the country and | away from the hot city streets. | It your husband is one of those gentlemen to whom we have referred before— a chronic picnic hater—why not try a midweek outing by your- self, with your children? Per- | haps another frenzied mother would welcome the opportunity to combine forces and bring along her share of the children and the food. On week days the roads are not apt to be so crowded, which makes the driving easier for you, and, after Betsy Caswell. | far. Blest as we of Washington are with our beautiful Rock Creek Pary and the other wonderful green spols {1t is no difficult problem to find a perfect setting for the picnic fairly “close to home.” So many con- veniences are placed at the service of | the picnicker that there is little to | prepare except the actual food. The low-priced stores are full of gay paper plates, cups. napkins, etc.; | freshments icy cold and plenty of | wax paper and metal containers will | take care of the other ingredients for a successful picnic, * x x % dining is the following COTTAGE CHEESE AND BRAZIL NUT SALAD. Season one pound of cottage cheese nicely with salt, add enough sweet or sour cream to moisten well. Fold in one cup chopped Brazil nuts, add one tablespoon chopped green pepper. Serve on lettuce leaves with any pre- | ferred dressing. For a good sandwich spread try this | one, that goes equally well with white bread, rye bread, or even Boston brown | bread. Mash a large cake of cream | cheese, moisten with a little cream. Add one tablespoon grated orange rind and one-fourth cup finely chopped Brazil nuts and spread rather thickly | on the bread. | Dessert is usually the biggest prob- lem at a picnic, as the children expect something of a party nature, and, in this weather. such a dish is difficult to carry and keep in good condition. But here is one that seems to fill most requirements and will be hailed with joy by the younger generation: DESSEPT ROLL. Whip stiff two cups heavy cream, Health Aids for Girl, 18 { Instructions Given for Care of Hair Meals Very Close at Hand. Menu Suggestions. all, you need not plan to go terribly | vacuum bottles keep the liquid re-! NEW main dish for out-of-doors | Help Mothers Remove m City Heat Spots for. Al Fresco |and add to it one-half pound marsh- mallows cut in small pieces, one-half | cup finely chopped Brazil nuts and | three sliced bananas. Flavor with va- | nilla or lemon as desired. Chill the | mixture and make into a short roll | about 4 inches in dismeter. Crush a | dozen graham crackers, and mix with one-half cup ground Brazil nuts. Spread on & paper, and roll the | marshmallow nut roll in the crumbs. Wrap in wax oapcr, and place in the | refrigerator for sevcral hours. Do not remove the w2x paper unitl you are ready to serve To take on tke picnic, place the roll in a metal box taside of a larger container, filled witn crushed ice. Wrap well in newspapers, | x4 % (‘OOKED shrimps are good to take | ™ on a picnic where there are older children. Keep the shrimps cold by packing tLem in ice, and take along plenty of toothpicks, a jar of mayonnaise, and a botte of fish cock- tail sauce with wakh to eat them. They will prove a (hange from the | everlasting. meat sandwiches and “hot dog and, if good and fresh, will prove entirely digestible By the way, I find that many pecple do not know one important point to remember about preparing shrimp. If you buy the shrimp already cooked, as most of us do, from the ) market, don’t forget that the biack line running the length of *h» sihrimp’s “tummy” | | must be removed before the shrimp is eaten. This i, easily done by run- ning a knife under the black line, and lifting it out whole. The fish | market does not, as a rule, do this for you, and you must be careful to see that it is accompliched The growing fordness among chil- dren, these davs, f-r raw vegetables, | also simplifies the picnic preparations | to & great extent. Fingers of raw | | carrot, crisp from being soaked in | salted, iced wa'er for several nours, at home, cur of green cabbage leaves, lightly sal‘ec. and tiny whole | raw tomatoes, cold and crisp, sprinkled with salt. Stutfing larger tomatoes with seasoned collage cheese is also a good way (o :nsinuate food value into a child—and :f carefully packed, | these should ariive at the picnic ! ground in perfect ccndition. Watermelon, chilled at the market, and picked up the last thing oa the way to the woods, always proves a welcome dessert. «ut it in longz, tra- ditional slices, and go after it in ap-| proved Southern style—both hands and teeth. Be carefu!, though. when the picnic is over. to pick up every | bit of the rind, and tc segregate as mary seeds as possible during the eating process, for I know of noth- ing that leaves a messier picnic spot than pieces of defunct watermelon! If you wish aavice on your indi- vidual household pisblems, write to | | Betsy Caswell, 'n care of The Star, | inclosing stamped, self-addressed en- | velope, for reply. | | the babies D. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1935. WOMEN'S FEA Unusual Dishes Lend Variety to Picnic “A grassy glade, a vacuuin jug and thou—"might well be sung to the delicious cot- tage cheese and nut salad, reposing in sts metal container. The combination would go far in the making up of a novel and tasty picnic Junch. Dorothy Dix Says Don’t Begrudge Absent Wife a Good Time—Relaxation Essential. EAR MISS DIX: I am 26 vears old. Married and have two children 3 and 4. I lost my job and had to send my | | wife and children home to her people. Since she has gone back home her friends are taking her out to dances and places of amusement. I don't go anywhere because I love her and too much, but when I | asked her to give up her good times | and stay at home with the babies she i | i | and Complexion. BY LOIS LEEDS. DEAR MISS LEEDS—Please help me with my beauty problems. | T am 18 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall :and weigh 110 pounds. I would like | to gain in weight. I like swimming, but look too thin in a bathing suit; my friends call me skinny. T | have several sun freckles and they | seem to be getting more numerous. iHow can I bleach them? (3) My teeth are in a bad condition and in- | clined to be yellowish and decayed. | Is there any way that I can remedy | this condition? I hate to smile on | account of my teeth. (4) My hair | used to be a nice medium brown, but recently it 1ooks terrible: the ends are all split and it looks dull and lifeless. I had a permanent two months ago, but it did not help. What would you suggest? It is shoulder length. (5) | T am rather self-conscious and would | like to overcome this tendency when | in company. Mfeel embarrassed when | out with the young folks and do not | feel like joining in their fun. What is the reason? WORRIED. You need a moderate amount of exercise. Try to take a swim two or three times a week. Sun baths are also necessary. Exercise will help you to develop and give you a keen appe- tite, which is essential for one who is trying to take on more weight. (2) The sua freckles should not cause you any alarm. Use a suntan make- up and a soothing skin lotion. There are several excellent ones on the mar. ket. Bathing the face with butter- milk is a mild and effective bleach for the skin. Then there is the honey, milk and cucumber loction that you may use regular)y. Ask at any cos- metic counter. Apply a good brand | of cleansing cream, massage with tis- sue cream, apply your skin lotion and | finish the make-up in the usual way. Skins inclined to freckle should be | protected with a coating of cream and face powder. Then, too, you may use soothing oils before exposing face, neck and shoulders to the hot sun. (3) Regarding your teeth, we are not all blessed with well-formed, milk- white teeth. The only thing to do in your case is to consult a good | Correct diet is important to the health and beauty of the teeth. (4) Your | hair, too, will improve in appearance when you build up your health in | general. Have the split ends cut off about 2 inches. Massage the scalp and brush your hair every night and morning. (5) Many girls of your age are self-conscious. You will outgrow it | as you gain social experience and overcome your several beauty prob- lems. You must think of the people you meet and not of yourself. Daily practice at this will do much to over- come this difficulty. LOIS LEEDS. Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. BREAKFAST. Fresh Berries, Chilled. French Toast. Sirup. Broiled Bacon. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Cottage Cheese and Pear Salad. Salted Wafers. Sponge Cake. Iced Chocolate. DINNER. Salmon Loaf. Baked Stuffed Tomatoes. Buttered Green Beans. Biscuits. Honey. Head Lettuce. French Dressing. Peach Charlotte. Coffee. SALMON LOAF. cup cooked salmon 2 egg volks cup soft bread. i teaspoon salt crumbs s teaspoon tablespoon paprika chopped parsley ! cup milk tablespoon 2" tablespoons chopped celery butter, melted Mix ingredients. Pour into buttered | loaf pan and bake 30 minutes in | moderate oven. Unmold and serve warm or cold. PEACH CHARLOTTE. tablespoons 2 cup sugar granulated 1 cup sliced gelatin peaches % cup cold exg whites, { 1 1 1 | beaten slices sponge cake Soak gelatin 5 minutes in cold | water. Add boiling water and stir water 1 cup boiling 4 water laughed at me and told me to leave her alone; that she had been tied down for six years and that while she had the chance she was going to enjoy herself. She said that when I got a job wé would go back together again. I love her better than any- thing in the world. but I am not going to put up with her running around. Please advise me what to do. J. V. X, Answer—Do nothing. Let her have her little fling. which seems to be innocent enough. She is back home among the old friends of her girlhood and they are giving her a few parties That is all the situation is when you look at it with clear eyes instead of | through jealous on Of course it is true, as the old proverb says, that misery loves com- pany, and in your secret heart you want your wife to be as blue and despondent as you are. You can't bear to think of her enjoving herself when you are unhappy. It tears the heart out of you to think of her laughing when you feel like weeping. But while this is a very human way to look at the matter, it is a selfish one, and, in reality, if you did not love yourself better than you do her, you would be glad that she can forget her troubles for a little time and dance and be gay. T N A way your wife’s conduct is just | a reaction from the strain of the last few hard years. Think of what she has been through, bearing two children only a year apart. Washing, cooking, scrubbing, baby -tending. Working beyond her strength. Tied down in her house, as in a jail, by little children who could not be left alone a minute. Never even going out for a walk without pushing a peram- bulator and dragging along another little toddler. Too little money. Pinching pennies. Anxiety about the future. Then the crash of her little home about her ears when you lost your job. Pretty hard on any woman. Terri- bly hard when that woman is only a girl herself, with all of youth’s craving for pleasure. Now she is back home and mother is taking care of the | babies to give her a rest. She can get a good night's sleep. She can shp | some of her responsibilities. Her old friends are rallying about her and giving her good times, and it seems so wonderful to her to laugh and dance | and forget for a little while the shadow | that hangs over her: that it is not strange that she tells you to let her | alone when you try to stop her pleasure, } ‘This doesn’t mean that she doesn't' | love you, or won't be glad to go back | to you when you are able to support | | 2er. She will come back to you all the more eagerly and with all the more affection for you if you are big enough and generous enough to see‘ | the situation as it is and to trust her | and make her feel that you are glad | for any happiness that comes to her. | Furthermore, she will come back to | you refreshed in body and spirit, as she would not be if she spent all of her time pining for you and brooding over her misfortunes. The strongest appeal that any man ever makes to a woman is when he | shows consideration for her happiness. | So don't begrudge your wife her slice | of cake. She will get fed up on it and go back, willingly and satisfied, to domestic bread and butter. DOROTHY DIX. * x ok x EAR DOROTHY DIX—I am a | young girl 18 years old just start- ing out in the business world, Am | at present working® for experience. What can I do to improve my busi- ness ability? What books should I read on this subject? How should I deal with the people I meet? How can I learn to be poised, industrious and overcome self-consciousness? I am the only girl in the office and I want to know if it is all right for me to read a book when the boss hasn't anything for me to do. | GREENIE. Answer: I take it from your letter that you are a stenographer and so the book I would most earnestly rec- ommend for your perusal is the dic- tionary. You have no idea how few stenographers can spell, nor with what a death grip we who hire them hang on to one who does know how to spell and who has some familiarity with words of more than one syllable. If T were a girl starting out in busi- ness as & stenographer, I would begin at the first page of the dictionary | going to a party. and memorize a page of words every | day until I not only knew how to| spell but was familiar with the usage and meaning of every word from A to Z. And if T had lots of time, as you have, I would take up the study of | Prench or Spanish or Italian until 1! could take dictation in it, for thereby | would I increase my usefulness and my chances of getting a better salary. And T would familiarize myseif with the business in which my employer was engaged and particularly with the technical terms used in it so he would not have to stop and spell out phrases that seemed as cryptic to me as Chinese when he was giving me a letter, and I would practice my typing until I could turn out clean and accurate work. For that is the way I would expect to rise to being a private secretary and “our invaluable Miss Smith.” EEE TIME will cure you of your self- consciousness. Experience will give you poise. And you will be in- dustrious, or not, according to your own will power and desire to succeed For the rest, the best advice that I can give vou is to be friendly with all, but familiar with none. Keep your love affairs and your dates out- side of the office. Don't let young men hang over your desk during working hours. Don't let anybody talk to you over the phone. Don't call up anybody on your employer's time. Many a girl loses her job be- cause she becomes & telephone pest. | Don't spend your time making up your face in office hours. Don't chew | gum. Don't wear rattling jewelry or come to work dressed as if you were Don't tell office secrets. Of course it is all right for you to read a book when you have nothing else to do, and if that book happens to be the dictionary your employer will emit shouts of joy and thanks- giving. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 193 TURES. C—§ rs of Varied Interest to Washington Women [FoxWasSane For Spurning Unobtainable Best to Cease Yearn- ' ing for Things One Can’t Have. BY ANGFLO PATRL DEAR boys and girls: 1 always had | great sympatsy and understand- | Ing for the fox who said the grapes | were sour and he didn't want any of | them anyway. He was a sane phil- | osopher and had @iicovered one of | the secrets of a happy life. He knew | enough to want wrat he could get | and let the rest go by. Often I see you making yourself unhappy because you cannot have what another child wins without ef- | fort. Curly hair, for instance. Why wish for curly hair when your face and head demand s'raight hair? Any- | way, you can't have it. Artistic talent? Why grieve because another child can paint or draw or dance or act, while you can do nothing of the kind at all well? If you have a gift you have |it and if you naven't it that’s the iend of it. You cannot have what nature withheld. Why worry and be envious and sulky about it? Suppose you didn't make the frat? Suppose the zirl you wanted went | with the other iellow to the aance? What if the boy vou Lke best cannot see you? There i3 little to be done about such things. All you can do is to shrug your shoulders and say. “Well, I really didn'c want it. It | sn't so much after al” If you do | this you will come very near the truth. What was not meant for you, what does not fi. yonr mind or body, would certainly be sour grapes for you. Everybody has his gift. That gift expresses all thav is best in him and | if he cultivates it and uses 1t and lives by it and with it and for it | he will own the earth. .Your mind is all there s of you, and i#f your | mind accepts the gift you have as its expression, you w:!l know happiness | and success. 1Ii you keep wanting what cannot ever uc yours, you will not be happy nor successful. One of our bovs writes stories, good stories full of cclor end life and ac- | tion, as easily s he breathes. There is a story in everything that goes 1on about him ana lic weaves them | | all day long. He is a happy bov successful in his work. and, of course. | people praise nim. ' His brother grudged him this happi- ness and sulked until his father ann mother and teachers were out o! patience. “What's the matter with you?” he was asked. “Get busy and | do something yourself and win you own place. You certainly ean do tsomelhmg beside huddle in a chair and sulk.” But he sat there anc scowled and sulked One day he was working in the wood- crafts class and he saw the teachc! working a bit of walnut, a branch o an old tree. “What are you doing?" he asked th teacher. “Making a figure out of this bit o wood. I saw an old monk in it an I'm going to try to bring him out if I can, but I'm not so good at it.” “Let me try.” said the sulker. can see him. I'll get him out.” | Sure enough. he carved out the monk that was in the old walnut branch |and at once evervbody praised and cheered him. For a few minutes h- smiled and was glad. Then he saw his brother writing in his book and at once his face fell. He wanted to | write in a book. What was carving a monk to writing a story about him? ! But he learned by and by and found his happiness in doing the thing he could do. You can also. Find one thing you do well, even if it is only polishing the fenders of the car. “Out of that beginning something good will come and you will find the work that fits your mind. Never mind the other fellow's work. Praise it and go ahead with your own, because it is only your own work that will taste sweet in your mouth. The other's work is sour grapes to you if you select it as your own. o (Copyright. 1935.) | | = | - . | Peach Julce Mayonnanse‘ (For Fruit Salads.) % eup Dash_of {7 “mayonnaise salt ' cup cream, whipped 1 teaspoon lemon juice Fold real mayonnaise into whipped cream. Add salt and fruit juices Makes one cup mayonnaise “LET'S GO TO LUNCH=-A REAL SUMMER LUNCH - —Give me light lunches when the summer heat starts pounding away. Something that satisfies yet is easy to digest. My favorite is crisp, golden-brown Shredded Wheat heaped with juicy berries or fruit, and lots of cold milk or cream.” Shredded Wheat is a perfectly Cross Stitch i &s; Co Do e, balanced meal. For it’s 100% whole wheat—a storehouse of the vital health elements which the Q,\\ body needs. EDDED HEAT Mhtkpuimdhvingbepia-d‘l Niagara Falls aod the sed N.B.C. Uneeds Seal dentist. Have the decayed teeth re- moved or treated. They may be the cause of your underweight. Have him clean your teeth twice a year at least. Clean them yourself after each meal Ask your deatist to suggest a denti- frice and mouth wash for your use. until dissolved, Add sugar. Cool and allow to chill until little thick. Beat until frothy. Fold in peaches and whites. Pour into mold in which cake slices have been arranged. Chill until stiff. Unmold and serve plain or topped with whipped cream. If you want the very latest and complete news of the day, have the last edition of The Star—the Night Final—delivered to your home. The Night Final, carrying a row of Red Stars down the front page, is printed at 6 p.m. and delivered to your home shortly’ thereafter for 55 cents a month (or, together with The Sunday Star, 70 cents a month). For regular delivery of the Night Final phone National 5000. PATTERN 5389 A basket of roses in shades of a color with butterflies in contrssting 7 eolors as an added touch! And all in cross stitch, too. You'll find fhem Just the thing to use on a variety of household linens and cushions. 7 nere are two different sized baskets as well as other motifs. And the crusses are eight to the inch. | - In pattern 5389 you will find a transfer pattern of two baskets 8103 Z'inches, two baskets 314x5% inches, two motifs 4x9 inches and four 2%-inch motifs, material requirements, color suggestions, illustrations of all stit:hes needed. b = To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in stamps or coin to the Wonhn's Editor of The Evening Star, 3 FRANKLIN SUGAR FRANKLIN Superfine Powdered £