Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1935, Page 31

WOMEN’S FEATURES. THE EVENING § TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1935. WOMEN’S FEATURES. Bring the “Gingerbread Boy” Into Your Kitchen for Children’s Delight < Greeting Card Form Recent Bereavementv Allows Only Informal Salutation. ‘ BY EMILY POST. DEAR. MRS, POST: I have just lost | the last member of my family| and am feeling very bereft. Needless | to say I do not feel at all in the mood of Christmas this year, and yet I| hate to break a habit that I have fol- | lowed for years of sending holiday | greetings to my college friends, and | to all those many others made through business. In fact, it is the only time | ‘we ever exchange messages. And since | the majority of these people would | have no way of knowing of my sorrow, | and would probably interpret my silence as indifference, do you think | 1t very bad taste for me to send cards as always? Answer—Because of the effect of | formal preparation, I think it would | be unsuitable to send typical general | cards of the sort engraved to order with your name to your entire ac-| quaintance. But there is no reason | why you may not select ready-made cards with sutable subjects such, for | example, as the Madonna and Child, or the Child in the Manger, or the Star of Bethlehem or any peaceful | Winter scene—especially one with a | church—and write your own messages. To those who know you are in mourn- | ing you might write, “Even this year | 1 can't let Christmas go by without sending my love (or my greeting, or best wishes for this coming year).” If any of those who receiva these mes- | sages and don't know, they will un-| Holiday l doubtedly try to find out what has happened. To those far away and not | intimate friends send whatever mes- sage you usually do and nothing else. * ok kX Dear Miss Post: My first cousin has | a son 3 years old whose mother is letting him call my husband and me John and Mary. I think this sounds very disrespectful, since we are no longer young, but his mother insists | that there isn't anything else he can be taught to say. Can you suggest| something? | Answer—I agree with you that let- ting children call grown people by | their first names is not only dis- respectful, but common. That it is done by the majority of modern people does not alter its bad taste. There are lots of other things that those who are more sensitive to fashion than to the principles of good taste do. too. ! (We need only look at the insect heads now serving as models for half of this season’s hats to perceive what can happen to our sense of beauty.) In your place I should insist on being called Cousin Mary and Cousin John. | W L The Quest for Beauty | Spicy Cakes and Cookies Are Especially Popular On Woman’s Part It Dates Back to Ancient Egypt. B e Queen Nefertiti, the most beautiful woman in Egyptian history, used cosmetics to enhance her beauty. T his painting is part of a series now on view in a local shop. OMAN'S insistence on love-| TN ONE of the panels is shown the | famous Queen Elizabeth of Eng- ?mess lhr'ough?u% "v“ by land, “whose cheeks were tinted with is a story of vivid interest | | | o0 oinlied by cloths of rich scarlet being presented in a series | que” Her hands, of which she was of 14 murals on exhibit in a lmaquuite vain, were blleached“dw lily | shop for this week only. | whiteness, and the nails tape: ed amaz- | D Lo S e these nnusual paint- | ingly. Tucked into her horse's sadde | ings, beginning with the panel shown | are the famous perfumed gloves given | above and tracing the gradual growth | her by her eventually disappointed of the possibilities for increased physi- | suitor, Philip of Spain. cal charm down to the present time. | Next is shown Mme. de Pompadour After the Egyptian period, with its | having her hair curled while a cour- tinting of lips, eyebrows and finger- | tier reads to her. Some of the un- nails, you will see the Greek women | comfortable means to beauty employed receiving primitive shower baths. | at the beginning of the nkneteenlh*‘ Beautiful Helen of Troy is depicted | century are portrayed, such as tor-| using a curling stick to fluff out her turous chin straps and drastic means | freshly shampooed hair. Nearby are | of lacing a corset tightly on a buxom & shampoo basin and ointment jar figure. | copied from an old Greek vase. The| This series of panels has been early use of warm baths is shown.|prought to Washington by a woman | Water was heated in brick ovens, un- | known in all the large cities of the | der which fires were built, and then | world for her study of beauty culture | plenished very often. At This Time of Year |For the Tea Table, for Dessert With Whipped Cream, the Ginger Favorite Is Al- ways a Success. BY BETSY CASWELL. l ANY requests have been coming in recently for different | gingerbread recipes — prob- ably because this spicy cake is most popular during the holiday season. I know of no better dessert (if you are not seriously counting the calories), than dark, rich gingerbread topped with whipped cream. For the well- & equipped tea table in Winter, thin : wafers of “fairy j gingerbread” are practically a necessity, and for this particular delicacy I am in- cluding my grandmother’s old-fashioned recipe. Soft ginger cookies, gingersnaps _ and g cypwen ginger muffins— each and every one has its place in the hearts of the household, and the cake tin and cookie jar will need to be re- CREOLE GINGER NUTS. 2 pounds of flour 2 eggs 1 pint of molasses 1, pound old-fashioned brown sugar 1. pound butter 315 tablespoons ground ginger 1; teaspoon soda 1, pint milk Salt. Cream the butter and the sugar. Work in the flour, mixing thoroughly. Add the molasses and blend well. Dis- solve the soda in the milk, and add to | mixture; last, add the ginger. Work| all lightly until entirely mixed. Roll | out, cut is fancy shapes, place on a| greased sheet and bake until brown. FAIRY GINGERBREAD. 15 cup butter. 1 cup light brown (yellow) sugar. 1, cup milk. 2 cups flour. 3 teaspoons ginger. Cream butter and the sugar. Add milk gradually. Mix the ginger with the flour, sift and add to first mixture. Spread paper thin with a broad- bladed knife on a buttered baking sheet or inverted dripping pan. Bake in a moderate oven until done, cut in rounds or squares before removing | cooking process so that even baking 1s assured. DESSERT GINGERBREAD. 1 cup black molasses. 12 cup boiling water. 2314 cups flour. 1 teaspoon soda. 2 teaspoons ginger. 4 tablespoons melted . butter shortening. Salt to taste. Add the bolling water to the mo- lasses. Mix and sift all dry ingredi- ents and combine the mixtures. Add | the shortening and beat vigorously for some minutes. Pour into buttered shallow ring mold and bake for half an hour in a moderate oven. Serve| hot, with lightly sweetened whipped cream. CHRISTMAS GINGERBREAD. 1 pound flour. 1,2 pound butter. 1 cup yellow sugar. 2 tablespoons ginger. Salt. Molasses. Mix the flour, sugar, the ginger and the salt. Work in the butter by hand and add just enough dark molasses to bind ingredients together. Set in refrigerator over night to become thoroughly chilled. Roll very thin, cut out as desired, and bake in a moderate oven until brown. ‘This recipe is a particularly good one to use when making the “Ginger- bread Boys” that all the children love so much. Cutters for the “boy,” his wife and all sorts of other figures may be found in the shops, at very small cost, and will give the youngsters a great deal of pleasure. White icing, currants, a little red coloring mat- ter and chocolate may be employed in outlining features and clothing. or If you wish advice on your individ- ual household problems, write to Betsy Caswell, in care of The Star, inclosing stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply. Shoulder of Pork With Sauerkraut. Have the bones removed from a| shoulder of pork. Sprinkle the in-| sice with salt and pepper and fill with | sauerkraut. Sew or skewer the open- | ing. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. Place on rack or in & roast- ing pan. Bake in a moderate oven poured into jars marked “hot,” “tepid” and her untiring efforts to make and “cold.” | women lovelier. | from the pan. Watch very carfeully, turning the pan frequently during the (350 degrees) until the meat is done, | about 40 to 45 minutes per pound. | Shopping in Washington Gift Suggestions Among the New Toiletries. Pure Oils Nourishing To Dry Skin ‘Scalp and Hair Also Need Occasional Saturation. BY ELSIE PIERCE. ORE and more toilet goods manu- facturers are pouring oil into their vats and thence into the jars and bottles bearing their labels. Oil | has & universal appeal because mod- ern living and modern beauty methods make oil & necessity. The majority of skins today are dry. Dieting has contributed to this; | rushing about at a nervous pace is | partly responsible for it; exposure | to chill winds followed by a quick change to steam-heated houses has Ihelped to extract some of the skin's | natural oil, which means that artifi- cial oil is necessary to make up the loss to some extent at least. Permanent waves have been ime proved to such an extent that they are far less drying than they were | years ago. In fact, oil is now ine | cluded in the waving process, steam« ing in oil is actually beneficial to the hair. But there is no denying the fact that sitting under a dryer week in, | week out makes the scalp dry. Does this mean, however, that one is to give .| up the beautifying influence of a flate A set of shaving requisites acceptable to any man. Right: A satin-incased flacon of delicate perfume. Lower: Dusting powder and face powder with subtle fragrance comes in patrician containers of white and gold. ~—8ketched In Washington Shops. BY MARGARET WARNER. ITH every day speeding us Ireshing after-shaving lotion—just the nearer to Christmas, we | kind men like. It is attractively boxed have chosen some toiletries | 8nd priced at $2. = that will make most ac- 1 s e N ceptable gifts, and shall tell you about | | HE little satin bag tied to the others in a few days. i Christmas tree contains a dainty We think that the men deserve more flacon of perfume and is just the attention than they sometimes get on | thing you want for a remembrance Christmas lists and so we are making that is really lovely without being some suggestions with them in mind. | either large or expensive. A little over At the top of the sketch is one of a | 2 drams of perfume fills the charming group of sets especially arranged for | 8lass bottle so beautifully encased in men by one of the leading toiletry | Satin, and there are four fragrances manufacturers. ‘This particular set |named for the four seasons of the contains shaving soap in an ivory Year. This little gift at $1.50 will | used, and a bottle of delightfully re- | tering finger wave? No, no, & thou- sand times no! If you haven't the | time or patience to ask for a “hand | dry” or to sit for hours until your hair dries naturally (and few women have | either) the next step is compensating | scalp treatments, oil shampoos, & spraying of brilllantine after the sete | ting and a combing through. So important has oil become that everywhere one sees the claim of “beneficial oils.” Most of these claims are authentic, but here and there an imitator springs up. “Frankly,” he says to a confident, “there is no oil in this, but oil is what the public wants, so we shall call this preparation ‘oil | something or other.’” Fortunately, as I said before, the | majority of claims are not false. And | the best way to be on the safe side is to purchase products that have & | worthy family history. A good name will not subject itself to jeopardy, no matter what is at stake. While on the subject of oil for beauty, remember that there are any number of treatments you can give yourself at home. The oil facial, an oil manicure (either substituting the oil for soap and water soaking or massaging with oil after the polish is applied. Incidentally, if you use the oil for soaking, be sure it is ene tirely removed before the polish is pyralin bowl from which it may be Chic Afternoon Gown Pleated Frill Outlines Smart Surplice Line. BELL. OMETIMES pleats form a mere detail of trimming. Sometimes whole skirts are pleated all around, like a schoolgirl's short serge. And everybody loves the satin frocks laid in pleated folds from beginning to end! It looks as if the vogue has just begun, for the Spring forecasts indicate that pleats will be more than ever populat. Dresses Bave acquired trimming this season, the first time for many moons, and pleating is just about as effective as 8ay superimposed trimming can be. _“Barbara Bell pattern No, 1701-B is designed in sizes 16, 18, 20; 40, 42 and 44. Corresponding bust measurements 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. Size 16 (34) | turing Fall designs, is ready. Send an illustrated guide which is easy to understand. ‘Watching Thoughts And Action| 'Young Have Keen Perception—They In- terpret and Mimic. BY ANGELO PATRI. S A general rule children follow | the patterns we set for them. “Now don’t tell me that,” says Uncle | Ben. “Don’t tell me that I'm respon- | sible for Jimmie's awful habit of bait- YOUNG girl who desires that every one should hang out the welcome sign at her approach, and every face brighten at her coming, asks me to tell her the secret of popularity. I think the answer to that riddle is not hard to guess, but the solution is so simple that most people over- look it. Popularity mainly consists in being easy to get along with, and that goes for every one with whom one is i | ing his relatives until they hate him. %% | I never say a word about them. No matter what they do I keep my mouth | i shut. In my opinion, they're nothing | but a lot of nit-wits, but, of course, I | never say a word.” | | It isn’t necessary to speak. Commu- | nication is not confined to language. | %] | What Uncle Ben feels so strongly | | shouts itself to the world. He can't | hide what he thinks and feels from | | Jimmie, for he has cherished that | | feeling until it has become a preju= dice. “I wish,” said a mother, “that you | would talk to my boy. He annoys the | whole family. He talks back to his | grandfather, argues with him, lays down the law to him. I'm desperate.” “Do you yourself like grandfather?” I asked. “What a question! Of course T do. | You can't dislike your own people.” ¢ “Oh, yes, you can. I can tell from | the tones of your voice how you feel about it. I can see it in your eyes. | Your boy is merely uttering your secret | thoughts. Why not forget that grand- | father makes noises with his soup, smokes in bed and uses language? Why not feel in your heart that you like him? If you do, your son will | stop nagging him.” ‘Thought is positive, and the conduct that follows is emphatic. That doesn'’t mean that you can, by wishing, think the children into being truthful, or washing their faces, or being honor students, or having good manners. No, it isn't as simple as all that. Be- fore your thought can influence & child it has to have deep roots in your own mind. How hard do you wish the children to be honor students? To what extent will you go in your daily practice and habits to make them truthful? Mannerly? And, of course, it’s only a joke to think Jimmie into cleanliness. By and by he’ll be so clean you'll look with awe at his shin- ing nose and scarlet ears. What I am concerned about are fundamental ‘habits of mind. When parents go regularly to church children rarely stay away from service. | The parents’ thought is so positive &nd their conduct so emphatic that the children follow the pattern they set. ‘The same thing holds when parents don’t go to church. That thought takes root in the minds of the children and they don’t go to church. Children imitate us in word and .| deed. What you would have them think, you must think. What you would have them do, you must do. Luckily, the power of thought and the pattern of behavior make for good as well as for . We can, by holding i 4] WIS R P < o) BARBARA BELL, Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coin for Pattern No. 1701-B. Address | 2 cups brown brought in contact from the cradle to the grave—parents, husbands and wives, childrer. of bumptious people, of cranky peo- ple, of people whose dispositions are | all angles that we have to gumshoe around, that when we meet those who are easy to get along with we clasp them to our breasts with loud | cries of joy, and can never get enough of their soothing society. Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. VARIETY OF FRUIT CAKES. When the fruit cakes have cooled, wrap securely in siz thicknesses of | heavy wazed paper and store in air- tight boz. SPICY FRUITY CAKE. 1 cup butter 15 cup chopped candied orange 1, cup chopped candied pine- apple % cup chopped candied lemon 1, cup chopped candied citron 1% cup chopped almonds 1 cup chopped ising juice %Jrenm butter and sugar. Add rest of ingredients. Mix carefully. Pour into loaf pans lined with waxed papers. Bake 3 hours in slow oven. LIGHT FRUIT CAKE. 1 cup butter 24 cup chopped ~ 2 cups sugar candied pine- 1, cup honey apple peel % cup wilk 1 cup chopped 1 teaspoon candied orange vanilla 1 teaspoon lemon extract %2 teaspoon almond extract 25 cup chopped 4 cups flour raisins 1 teaspoon soda Cream butter and sugar. Add rest of ingredients and mix well. Pour into 2 loaf pans lined with waxed papers. Bake 2 hours in slow oven. DIXIE CAKE. (Very Rich and Fruity.) 1% cups butter 3, cup chopped 2 cups brown candied citron ozt 1 cup almonds % cup molasses cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves peel 24 cup pecans % cup chopped citron (Wrap coins securely in paper.) Every Barbara Bell pattern includes The Barbara Bell pattern book, fea~ Tequires 415 yards of 39-inch material. | 15 cents today for your copy. { Cream butter and sugar. Add rest of ingredients, mixing thoroughly. Pour into 2 loaf pans and bake 3 hours in slow oven. Dorothy Dix Says Friendliness, Modesty and Considera- tion Help in Gaining Popularity. ‘The world is so full | ; ‘Who are parents’ white-haired chil- | dren? The good-natured ones wh think that father and mother know best and never raise ructions in the family circle. Who are the favorite | brothers and sisters? Those whose personalities harmonize and who dwell together in peace. Who are the friends we like best? Those with whom we do not always have to be on our P's and Qs. Who are the strangers we take to at sight? Those who rub | our fur the right way. Who are the husbands and wives whose mates put up with intemperance and philander- |ing and poor housekeeping and a thousand faults? It is those who are | easy-going and good-natured and | pleasant to live with, * X ok % !THE} next element of popularity is adaptability. Undoubtedly the | granite characters that never swerve an inch and that nothing can bend from their upright positions are ob- jects of awe and wonder, but nobody | wants one of them for & parlor orna- ment. That is why some of the best people in the world are the most lone- some, They simply don't fit into our Rives. The people we like are those who can slip into any crowd and be one of them; who can chum-up equally well with Judy O'Grady or the colonel’s lady, and who can appar- ently enjoy a hot-dog supper as much as they would a state banquet. Snobby people, hard-to-please people, wet- blanket people are never popular. ‘Try them. The next element of popularity is friendliness. You have to like people to have them like you. You never saw a cold, reticent, stand-offish per- son who was popular. We all shy off from them and leave them alone in their frigidatres, but we just naturally warm up to those who give us a hearty handclasp, who listen sympathetically to our tales of woe and who manifest & genuine heart interest in our affairs. Asking Mrs. Jones how little Johnnie's cough is and inquiring of Mr. Smith how his golf game is progressing will get you farther than the most bril- liant line of intellectual conversation. * x X X% E next element in popularity is modesty. = Don’t be a self-ap- pointed oracle. Don’t grab the highest seat. Don’t put your fingers in other people’s ples. Don’t try to run the show. If you have talent and execu- tive ability people will find it out and they will be a lot more impressed by it if you let them discover it them- selves than they will be if you try to force it down their throats. There is nothing truer than that the humble shall be exalted, if they deserve it. Every one loathes a braggart, but a man or woman who possesses beauty or talent without conceit is press- agented by all who know them. The next element in popularity is Treatment Of Diabetes Successful| Medical Science Offers Effective Rou- tine. BY EDITH M. BARBER. URING the past few years physi- cians and laboratory research workers have contributed largely to the health and happiness of the hu- man race. The outstanding example of this is found in the treatment of | the diabetic. The discovery of insulin | has made it possible to plan not only adequate, but satisfying, meals for vic- | tims of this disease and who under the strict dietary treatment of the past undoubtedly would have been under- nourished and perpetually hungry. According to Dr. Henry J. John of thé Cleveland Clinic, who discussed this question during the recent meet- ing of the American Dietetic Associa- tion, the modern treatment of diabetes has not only saved the lives of adults and children, but has enabled chil- dren, who otherwise would not have been able to take responsible places in life, to compete with persons enjoying normal health. ‘Training of diabetic children to con- sider insulin injections as part of the business of eating is the important responsibility of the physician and the mother. Dr. John says that once the routine is established the child takes it for granted unless meddling friends remind and pity him. The fact that these children have to fight to suc- ceed has made them, according to Dr. John, better persons, through self- denial and exercise of will which have been necessary in following the strict regime of diet plus insulin, My Neighbor Says: Make a plan of your flower garden, allotting a certain space to each plant and combine flowers that harmonize. With this plan, when Spring comes you will find arranging your garden a very simple matter. Todine stains may be removed from white cotton or linen if stains are soaked in a solution of ammonia and water—a teaspoon of ammonia to a pint of water. Always use canned pineapple in gelatin mixtures. If fresh pineapple is used the mixture will not congeal. If fruit cake becomes very hard, it can be wrapped in a cloth satu- foamy or fruit. (Copyright. 1935.) aby's Cold Proved best by two generations of mothers. surely be well received. £ ¥ ke NOTHER small Christmas re- membrance is a new water softener introduced by a famous Lon- don perfumer. It tints, perfumes, softens and fizzes in the water. All you do is add a teaspoonful or two applied). The old reliable oil-before | shampoo treatment is still one of the finest ways I know of keeping the scalp vigorously healthy and the hair full i of sheen. Oil, a little castor oil, at the | corners of the eyes to shoo away crowsfeet. Oil on the eyelids, in place | of shadow (for daytime), a secret of to the water and watch it perform.| many screen stars. Oil to make the The perfume is lilac. The little drum | lashes grow. Oil in Winter to keep set contains six little drums of assorted | the body skin like silk. colors: White, yellow, green, blue, rose | My hair bulletins will tell you How and mauve, so you can have a different | to give yourself the hot oil scalp treate colored bath each day. This smart, ment at home. A self-addressed, practical gift is also priced at $1.50. |stamped (3-cent) envelops will * X % X ‘brmg it. T THE bottom of the sketch you | (Copyright. 1935.) will find dusting powder and face ‘ - powder, both beautifully packaged in e D Desul Tl pecege 10 Cadet SFyle Hat. new perfume and talcum powder that| PARIS (P.—Mistinguette, veteran we have previously mentioned in this French accreaa_. wears with a deep blue liinn | costume a striking hat modeled after | the casque worn by the cadets of St. For information concerning the | Cyr (France’s West Point). It is de- items mentioned in this column call | signed like & cap with a wide visor National 5000, extension 396, between and has a shower of blue coque feathers 10 and 12 a.m. | falling over the crown. Housguow Aar o O . PATTERN 5487 Only 20 more shopping days until Christmas! Yes, and only s few tours with this easy, effective needlework and you can finish up your Christe mas “shopping” right in your own home. A pillow—a chair set—tray cloth of lunch cloth—scarfs—these handsome cutwork butterflies adapt themselves to many small linens. They are given with the edgings shown—the butterflies can be cut from these though and used alone. Remember, no matter how small the gift, it will be treasured if it is a gift of handwork. In pattern 5487 you will find a transfer pattern of two motifs 8 by 15 inches, two motifs 8 by 14 inches and four motifs 2}z by 4 inches; illustra« tions of all stitches needed; directions for doing cutwork; material requiree ments. 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