Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1935, Page 17

WOMEN’S FEATURES. ' Possible List Names “Allotting Sum to Each; Avoid f_)verexgenditure‘ “Bought and Paid for” Is Good Slogan. Calm Planning and Purchasing Boon to Every On BY BETSY CASWELL. S OUR beloved Will Rogers used to say “all I know is what I read in the papers” and such being the case, I know that all I have read recently on the woman’s pages has to do with Thanksgiving. We have delved into the holiday from each and every angle—spiritually, gas- tronomically, dec- oratively, and % 4 even tackled the subject of left- overs. Personally, at this point, I am both literally and figuratively “fed up"—I am gure you must be, too, Therefore, let's forget about the digestive atrocity perpetrated upon us by the Pil- grims, and turn to something a little less closely allied with our palates and tummies. For instance, the matter of Christ- mas shopping. Perhaps to you it has become a nightmare in which the true Betsy Caswell THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, N VEMBER 28, 1935. WOMEN’S FEATURES, A—-17 — Christmas Gift Solution Lies In Early Family Get-Together Carefully, e Concerned. 'HE important thing to note in all| this is—sit down and have your | | get-together soon. Much of the un- expected accounts rendered after Christmas come from the fact that someone has forgotten poor Aunt | Minnie until the last moment, and | there is no time to do any careful | selecting in the matter of her gift. | The consequence is, that one member | of the family rushes out, and hastily buys something which costs too much, and which Aunt Minnie will inevi- tably loathe, just because no time has been given to it beforehand. Thoughtful planning, thoughtful selection, and thoughtful buying will prove to be & boon, not only to you but to the stores. Pay cash whenever and wherever you can—the first of the year will hold fewer terrors for you, and the shops will be well pleased. | If you do use charge accounts—regard them as only an emergency measure, | and see that your allotted gift budget | takes their prompt payment into con- sideration. Don't say to yourself “Oh, | I can give Jimmy the raccoon coat, because I can charge it at So-and-So's and it doesn't have to be paid for right away.” That isn't fair. If you | can’t pay for it January 1, then buy spirit of Christmas has entirely 10st' 4" on "a "special budget plan, as ar-| all meaning, and the whole matter re-| .o, 004 by the store, which usually | solves itself into a question of dollars| carres o cmall extra charge to make | and cents. One mother, the other day, was overheard remarking to her| daughter, aged 14—"I wish to goodness | 1 could go to sleep now, and when I| woke up, Christmas would be over, and | all the bills would be paid!” The) young lady replied, in an outraged| tone—"but mother, surely Christmas| should be a matter of spirit and cheer—| not of money! I should think you'd| feel that!” Whereat, mamma, being too well brought up to say “oh yeah?” did her best with the equivalent, tart— | “T'm sorry, my dear, but bills and good cheer don't mix!” Of course, daughter was right, tech-| nically. But, when cold hard facts| are faced, mother is the one who really | sizes up the situation as it is. I know | of very few adults, especially those with | a demanding family, whose friends are | legion, who do not dread the jingle of; Banta Claus’ reindeer with a feeling | akin to terror and despair. No matter how little you plan to spend—no mat- ter how firm you decide to be with yourself and your household—January ’ 1 takes its hideous toll just the same.‘ * x | * E REALIZE that it is an impossibility | to declare a moratorium on Christ- | mas shops, and big business in general. The vicious circle would bite its tail again, and we should get pinched in the process. But something should really be arranged individually whereby a certain allotted sum and no more is to be spent on gifts for the holiday sea- | son. ' The Christmas savings club plan adopted by so many of the banks is an excellent one, and if every family would or could take advantage of them, a great deal of post-Yuletide misery would be spared. But so often an emergency—such as illness, special shoes. unexpected trips, or an aching tooth eats up the money that should 80 into such a fund, and the resultant sum at the end of the year is djsap- pointingly small, - The only possible solution, as I see it—and, mind you, I don't say it is & perfect one, by any means—is for each member of the family to set aside one evening between now and Christ- mas, preferably very soon, and, with paper and pencil, list everyone to whom they feel they must give a present, and after the name set the average necessary sum. When all the names are taken care of, the total amount to be spent on all should be set down, and then added to those of the other persons in the family. Usually this will provoke & howl, as being impossibly large, but a care- | ful revision will make matters definite. Then the great question of whether the family can afford the expenditure will be placed under discussion. If the verdict is “no,” some scratching out and substituting must take place—if “yes,” then all that remains to be done is to sally forth and find the article to fit the person and the amount as designated on the list. If you are stern about this matter, and do not exceed the limit set, you will | MF- and Mrs. Visiting card—really | find no ugly apparitions awaiting you in the day after New Year mail. Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. USING LEFTOVERS. Thanksgiving dinner is really good @3 long as it lasts—which frequently is several days, too. The lejtovers can be made into tempting foods that will @ppeal to the whole family. TURKEY POT PIE. (Other Fow! Can Be Used.) 1 cup diced 1 cup milk or cooked turkey, gravy. T, cup stuffing. 1 cup mashed 2 tablespoons potatoes. chopped celery. 2 tablespoons 1. tablespoon milk. chopped onion. Mix milk with taf bad luck would have it, a very big | z Potato, 3 shread | man sat directly in front of me and | | T could see nothing but him. so I 2l over rest of ingredients placed in small, buttered baking dish. Bake 20 minutes in moderate oven. | JIf leftover biscuits are on hand, dip them quickly in milk and use as 8 topping for the turkey mixture in | place of the potatoes. The potatoes | can then be shaped into cakes and | browned. VEGETABLE SOUP. 25 cup cooked Y3 cup diced peas. celery. 1% cup diced 3 cups water. carrots. 2 tablespoons 2 tablespoons butter. chopped onions. 1 cup milk. % teaspoon salt. Simmer 1 hour in covered pan, the peas, carrots, onions, celery and water. Add rest of ingredients and boil 2 minutes. Serve in bowl. Leftover cranberry sauce or jelly can be used for filling tarts or pies, at _poured over cake or toast squares or_for a filling in biscuit dough roll. Leftover vegetables if desired for ealad should be rinsed off in warm ter before cooled and stored in setrigerator, up loss of time. “Bought and paid for” is the best | slogan of all for Christmas giving— early planning and shopping will aid | you in holding to it. And think, oh| think, how the salesgirls will bless you if you come in bright and early, | a day or so from now, with your | neatly written list, a clear head, and a definite idea of what, to whom, and how much! phant Y5461. Engraved Forms May Be Varied Circumstances Alter Cases in Card Regulation. BY EMILY POST. Spirit of Pilgrims Lives On Their C@ousness Still a Beacon to Our Land. % Pink elephants—plaid pups—polka dotted pigs! No, they are not the product of an evil dream—they may be easily materialized by your own white fingers. T he Alice Brooks patterns may be secured for 15 cents each, sent in stamps or coin, to the Woman’s Editor of The Evening Star. T he lamb, pig and duck are included in pattern Y5463, and Y5255 includes the terrier, a rabbit and another elephant. The Bring This Gay Circus to Life With Your Needle Dorothy Dix Says It Is One of the Greatest Sins to Make Old People EAR MISS DIX: How can I, right a terrible wrong that I have done to a good mother- | in-law? My husband is her youngest child and after her husband’s death she wanted to come and live with us. Financially it was all right, and she was no trouble and always kind and sweet, never interfered in any way, but § was just mean. I am jealous and dominating and I only want my husband and little daughter, so I made things so unpleasant for her that she left. I have kept my husband from going to see her, although she is 70 years old and not in good health. Now I bow my head in shame for hav- ing caused her so much unhappiness. My conscience is making me morbid, and I feel that I would do almost any- thing to rectify the wrong I have done. What would. you advise? DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. Answer—The only thing you can do 18 to humble yourself before your mother-in-law and tell her that you repent of the way you have treated her and take her back home with you. Human nature never reaches such Christlike heights as it does in the forgiveness that parents show to their children, so you will not appeal to her in vain. * x * % FATHE‘RS and mother alone of all of us are able to wipe out even the memory of the wrongs that have been done to them and to take the repentant sinners back to their hearts and to love them as if nothing had happened. ‘Your husband is his mother’s Ben- jamin, the child of her old age, dear to her beyond her other children, and her joy at being with him again and | seeing his loved face will make her forget all of your selfishness and harshness toward her. It will even make her forget how weak and. un- grateful has been the son who let a jealous woman turn his mother out of his house. For mothers do not Scottie is Y5006, the ele- & | New Gathered Neckline Sailor Collar Introduction Adds BY ANGELO PATRI. That would be unfair to the ! DEAR MRS. POST: Should the GAIN it is Thanksgiving day, and first line of our daughter's wed- we stop in our busy roundeto ding announcements read “Reverend 'offer thanks to'God for the blessings | and Mrs.” or “Rev. and Mrs.”? | we have enjoyed during the year. It | | Answer—Neither way, because this|is our custom, and a good custom it | | title must always have The before it.|is. We are so likely to forget the | | But you can write The Rev. or The Reverend. | * K * % l Dear Mrs. Post: I was married dur- | ing the Summer and we have just| told our families. To evesy one else | the marriage is still a secret. My | father is very displeased—not with | my husband, but with our irregular behavior. Mother has to make be- lieve that she is displeased, too, or break the peace. There are so many people we'd like to tell about our marriage that it would be almost im- possible to write notes to every one, and the local newspapers would not reach the great majority of them. But how can we ourselves announce it by an engraved form, since I've been | | married for several months? “Miss | Mary Smith and Mr. John Brown { announce their marriage” followed by a last Summer’s date wouldn't be | right, I suppose. And yet “Mr. and Mrs. Brown announce their marriage” would not be very enlightening as to who the bride was. Answer—The question is: Wouldn't you be throwing additional coals on a fire which might of itself burn out soon by doing anything immediately without your parents’ sanction? How- ever, if they continue to feel as they do, then under your circumstances | the only correct announcement is | “Miss Mary Smith and Mr. John ‘Brown announce their marriage.” | This may sound to you unsuitable, | considering you have been Mrs. Brown | for several months, but it would be {in very worst taste to attempt an eccentricity in an engraved form. On the other hand, you might send your | an announcement of new address— {and under your name write “Mary Smith that was” to those who may not know who you were, * x ok % Dear Mrs. Post: My flance is the third George B. Crayton in his family and we would like our wedding invita- tions engraved to show this suffix. IWhlch of the following three ways Answer—“3rd” is the most usual form, but “third” is equally proper. The Roman numerals have always seemed rather too dynastic to be quite suitable for one who is not a King. But this is a rather exaggerated state- ment and there is no valid objection to this form, if you prefer it. * Ak w Dear Mrs. Post: I am very small, which is unfortunate at times. The other evening was one of them. I went to the theater with a friend and, of course, he sat on the aisle. exchanged seats with my friend. Oth- ; er friends who were at the theater | today? I donot know. But I am cer- | saw me sitting on the aisle and told | tain that they would maintain their | me next day that I had committed | ideals of honor, just behavior toward a bad faux pas in doing this. Cer- tainly they couldn't have meant it? Answer—1I hope not. It is this robot precision with which some people in- terpret etiquette that makes the whole subject ridiculous, instead of em- phasizing kindness and good sense, which are its underlying motives. * ok ok X Dear Mrs. Post: I go out with a young man who always offers to light & cigarette belonging to some other woman in the group first before mine, I don't think this is quite courteous to me, do you? Answer—Unless he goes out of his way in proffering lights to others, I think it is a rather natural instinct to help the strangers first. However, if instead of the indefinite “some other woman” she were definitely the same one every time, then perhaps you might have reason to feel that you have cause to worry about something even more than “not quite P (Copyright. 1935.) is most fashionable: 3rd, third or III? | good things we enjoy and concentrate | upon the sufferings we have endured. | It seems so much easler for some | of us to cry than to laugh aloud in | thanksgiving. We have much to be grateful for, although we have experienced much that is new and unsettling to our thinking. The national mind has | been thoroughly shaken out of its ruts and that is something we can all | stand up and cheer about. When | everybody is excited about his gov- | ernment, about his share in it, about | | his neighbor’s attitude toward it, we | | can expect growth and progress. Ac- | | tivity always accompanies growth, | and ‘growth means life abundant, | | which is surely something to be | | deeply grateful for this Thanksgiving | day. i | We hear over and over that the | pilgrim fathers would not do as we | have done. How does one know what they would have done? They did plenty in their day. They neither | slumbered nor slept on their daily round. Activity was the watchword | of their time. No sun went down upon an idle day in Plymouth. Hard | work, work in the truest sense, was their portion. They worked at their | daily living, and they worked for their | spiritual salvation. Responsibility | rested heavily on the shoulders of | each member of the band, old and | young alike. They took what meas- | ures they felt fit to maintain them- | selves in security in a hostile land. | They were as handy with their mus- kets as they were with their prayer books. What would they do today? I don’t know. They would not need to hew trees for log cabins. They | would not need to build stockades against the enemy. They would not need to scratch the earth with a stick | to plant their corn. But they would | show themselves like men—men of | the spirit. Their work would be dif- ferent because their needs would be | different, but their spirit would flame |as it always flamed, a beacon in a troubled land. ‘Their spirit is not dead. It cannot die because it is the spirit of life itself, the eternal rightness of crea- tion that lives eternally. We can be | truly thankful this day that while | the old cabins are in the shadow of | stately cities; while the old churches | are merged with vaulted cathedrals; while daily labors are lightened by | mechanical forces, the spirit of the pilgrim fathers lives on in these United States, forever holding us to a | standard of righteousness. We feel | their spirit moving within us as we pledge ourselyes to liberty and justice What would the pilgrim fathers do | all men, daily duty well performed. And for that heritage, for that in- fluence in our lives today, let us be truly thankful. (Copyright, 1935.) Barbecued Spare Ribs. BY BARBARA BELL. ECKLINES hug the throat, seemingly loath to give way to any open front effect in the new frocks. Even when the material of the dress is cut away there is a little vestee to fill in the space, and that, more often than not, ties in some way. Of course, there is Jjust one reason why any fashion con- tinues, and that is that the majority of women have found it becoming. And the gathered neckline is becom- ing, even flattering. And decidedly smart in a casual way. You remember when this line began to be worn. Two seasons ago it was, and then it had not reached the refinement of design that is exhibited in this soft frock. In those first models the neck was just held in by a cord, in a fashion that really was too childish for any over the collar, which is continued of the blouse. The Another Youthful Note. BARBARA BELL, ‘Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coin for Pattern No. 1775-B. NaMe acccceecmaccanna-.. eemmena Address .. (Wrap coins securely in paper.) are all safely inclosed in your closet doors you want a print! And that is feminine nature, it seems! But prints presage the Spring, and they do add freshness to the Winter wardrobe. Spaced designs, vegetables, fruits, flow- ers and the simple geometrics will all be worn. Dots, in mixed color, several shades on a light or neutral back- ground, will be very popular for day- time dresses. Bunched arrangements of floral patterns are lovely, the out- | lines of the flowers defined by the arrangement of color. Light rasp- berry, lots of gray, some soft medium blues and a rose-rust, called “serana,” | prints, or in frocks of solid color. Barbara Bell pattern No, 1775-B is designed in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. | Corresponding bust measurements 30, 332, 34, 36 and 38. Size 16 (34) re- Baked Apple Daintiness ‘Makes Good| Very Easily | Fruit Dish| Maintained [Ideal as a Breakfast'Liquid and Powder Food or Dinner Deordorants Are Dessert. Helpful. BY EDITH M. BARBER. BY ELSIE PIERCE. SOM! of you may wonder why I should take the time to talk about baking apples. “Every one must know |how to bake apples® you think | “There is no trick to that.” Maybe not, yet so oiten I am served majority of modern women are | very fastidious about personal daintiness during the Summer months. | They realize that people perspire more in hot weather. But, as Sum- with a baked apple that is not done mer ends and the cool weather sets or is not attractive in appearance be- in, too many make the mistake of | cause the skin has burst and it has thinking that “daintiness” measures collapsed like a punctured balloon. | are no longer necessary. When you What is the answer? First of all, | realize that the normal body exudes buy apples which will bake well. The anywhere from a pint to a quart of grocer will tell you if you ask him | perspiration evecy day of the year, which of the apples in stock at the | regardless of weather, you see how moment are the best for this purpose. | important it is m continue these | In preparing them for baking core the ' measures in the Winter. | apples with 2 corer or knife, but be! This season’s cloth dresses, tweeds. | sure to remove all the seeds and seed | woolens, heavy suits and sweaters are cases. It is very frritating to get a mouthful of sharp particles. ‘There are two ways in which apples may be prepared so that they will keep their shape. A line may be drawn just through the skin around the center with a sharp knife or the apple may be pared for about one inch from the top. The center of the apples should be filled with sugar—sugar and spice and enough water to cover around them. Sometimes the centers are filled with raisins or with nuts and raisins, and the sugar is put in with the water. Corn sirup, used instead of sugar, will make, a glazed apple. Another way of glazing is to sprinkle the top of the apple with sugar after it has baked until tender and then put it under the broiler until the sugar melts. Baking apples should have & hot oven at first about 450 degrees F. After 15 minutes the fire may be low- ered somewhat. Baked apples may be served hot or very cold, with plain or whipped cream, or with a soft custard. Small baked apples make a delicious salad served on lettuce leaves and garnished with mayonnaise. It is possible to bake apples on top of the stove in a closely covered sauce- pan over a very low flamé. In this case they should be glazed uhder the broiler after they are cooked through. This is a particularly good way to cook pared apples. Before using the apples they may be rolled in chopped nuts or in ‘coconut. One of the delightful things about baked apples is the fact that they may be used for a breakfast fruit or for a lunch or dinner dessert. The canny housewife bakes apples whenever she is doing any other baking in the oven. She sets them in the refrigerator, to use when she needs them at any one | of the three meals during the next day or two. Cooking Hint. When making fruit pies, put in the sugar when the dish is half full in- stead of on top; the pastry will be lighter. Jelly that has fermented can be used for hot sauces. Reheat the jelly, add a little sugar and water and thicken with cornstarch. To warm over biscuits, muffins or rolls, sprinkle lightly with water, place pan containing them in a pan of hot after they are put in the baking pan | chic indeed. But bear in mind that | these call for more caution than ever | in the matter of body odor and per- spiration. Now all this is neither an easy nor | a pleasant topic to write about. But I am presenting the actual facts by | way of impressing the importance of continuing the same attempt to achieve a naturally “sweet” personal | fragrance at all seasons of the year. ‘When we understand the whys and | wherefore we are more apt to do | something about them. Very well, then. It is easy to understand that clothes fit most closely at the arm- pit and where there is not much possi- | bility for circulation of air. The use | of a liquid or powder non-perspirant or deodorant will help matters im- | measurably. | Many women feel that bathing | should be sufficient to keep the body naturally “sweet.” It isn't. On the | other hand, deodorants in themselves are not sufficient, either. The com- bination is ideal. Warm, cleansing, soap-sudsy bath at night, cool shower | in} the morning, followed by the use of a preparation such as we have dis- cussed here, and you can set your mind at peace. I have a very compiete bulletin on “Good Grooming and Personal Dainti- ness” that every woman should heed every season of the year. A self- addressed, stamped (3-cent) envelope will bring it to you. (Copyright. 1935.) Better Make Better ‘The flavor of your fruit cake de- pends upon the spices. So take no chances. Along with the rich fruits, nuts and other fine ingre- dients, insist on the finest spices water and put in oven a few minutes. WHY SUFFERuwith Itc of ECZEMA when CUTICURA :saA 'lc’k‘l';llnd effectively irritations and aid in | Sample each {1 Address - —McCormick’s Bee Brand. Vace McCORMICK __ON THE PANTRY SHELVES OF GOOD CO Unhappy. judge their children. They only love | them. As your mother-in-law is 70, and feeble, you have not much time in which to atone to her for your cone | duct, s0 I would advise you not to - 1delfly putting your repentance into action. Don’t wait until after she is dead to shed tears of regret over her coffin. Do something about it a¢ once, while you still have a chance to make the old woman” happy and wipe out some of the score that the Recording Angel has written up | agatnst you. There aren't many things in the world that anybody can do that are meaner and crueler than making an | old person unhappy, because the old are 50 helpless. They have no way of | getting away from those who misuse | them, and so they have to take whate |ever treatment is accorded them. | That is why harshness to the forlorn !old father or mother who must live in a childs house comes near to being the unforgivable sin. * * % ET, how often we see it committed, Men and women who show their in-laws that they are unwelcome guests and who make every bite they eat bitter with the sense of their dependence. Sons and daughters who let their wives or husbands alienate them from the mother who bore them and the father who tolled to support them in their youth, and who never show the old people any of the tendere ness or affectlon that they crave, Grandchildren who, taking their cue from their parents, are impudent and fail In respect to the patient old people who adore them and who fore give all for the sake of that marvelous mother and father love that never fails, These undutiful children are come mon, for it isn't enough for children jus. to give their parents food and lodging. They owe them love and tenderness as well. We often wonder as we see the old people cringing under insults and hiding themselves away if their sons and daughters, who have made their latter years so dreary, will not some day feel that they would give half their lives to undo what they have done. And we wonder still more that they do not realize that as they treat their parents their children will treat them when they are old. For as we SOW, we reap. DOROTHY DIX. My Neighbor Says: Plant a few lily-of-the-valley pips in a bowl, cover with dry moss and keep in a cool dark place until leaves begin to unfold. An inch of each pip should show above the moss. 1f green peppers used to garnish salads are parboiled. they will be | | more palatable. Boil the peppers for five minutes, pour off the water and place the peppers in the refrigerator until ready to use. Two tablespoons of cocoa are equivalent to one square of choco- late. Remember this when sub- stituting cocoa for chocolate. Steam potatoes, squash, carrots, wax beans, beets and spinach to preserve their color and flavor. Cabbage, caulifiower, Brussels sprouts, turnips and onions are better when boiled. (Copyrizht, 1935.) | Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. IF THE truth about civilization is ever understood, that truth will be understood in terms of compensa- tion—the “making good™ of deficiene cies. The first attempt on the part of evolving “homo sapiens” to make good (to compensate) was the construction of a system of theology. Man early began to feel his deficiencies. This led him to entertain corresponding ideals. He was driven to the conclue sion that he might be able to elicit the aid of unseen powers. This is the ese sence of theology. The next grand compensatory ate tempt on the part of man was iiterae ture. Ths includes philosophy, drama, poetry. art, music. In their several ways they all express the meaning of life. In each case, that meaning is | some attempt to overcome deficiencies, The third big compensatory movee ment goes under the name of science | —the infant of the great triumvirate of human aspirations toward perfece | tion. | Some think that science. and science {alone, will one day turn the trick of compensation. The chances are that | it will always remain one of the three, | It's impossible to reason all the de- | fects out of the race. Spices Fruit Cake uum cleaned—for purity. Cool ground —so theat doesn’t dnive off the aromatic flavor cils You get more flavor, richer flavor, truer flavor, spicier flavor. CINNAMON Finer .2(«:[3)’ Finer FHavor