Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1935, Page 33

Vanity Card Ideal Gift For Mother Also Treat for Daugh- ter Home From Col- lege for Holidays. BY ELSIE PIERCE. A “DOTING DAUGHTER” -writes: | “Just what would you suggest my | giving mother for Christmas. I mean, I know just what she wants (and will have) in the way of big packages, but I wanted a little something to tuck in her stocking toe, something per- haps that belongs to your province, that’s why I'm writing you. You see, all year 'round I buy creams, lotions, prwder and so on for her and on Mother’s day, Easter and Christmas I'm sunk for, ideas.” * ko % Nice spirit—charming daughter— fortunate mother! 1 would suggest a beauty treat, not in the form of a package at all, but a card. These gift cards are available in the finest salons throughout the country. They read: “Dear So and So: A permanent for you; or a course of facials; or any beauty services de- sired, etc.” They are bought, paid for and entitle recipient to the par- ticular service or services at her con- venience. If you know that mother needs the relaxation and the feeling of luxury that & good facial induces and if you know, too, that she is lax in treating herself to one (most mothers are just too unselfish to take the time and spend the money) why, say to her: Here's a treatment (which should really be spelled treat ment) for you. If a permanent will make a more glamorous person of her, a permanent she should have. | | | Even a series of scalp treatments | or manicures can be provided for. And, to mother this may seem a bit frivolous, but have you ever noticed how much younger and better groomed the “mater” looks with her eyebrows arched (not an exaggerated arch merely “cleaned” every once in so often) ? ‘While we are on the subject of beauty for kith and kin, if daughter is home from sc™ool for the holidays, a little pre-holiday treat will make her look all the prettier for the many parties she is to attend. If I had a daughter of the college age I would reat her to the “whole works” from permanent and new “hair do” to facial, brow arch, manicure, even a pedicure and body massage. By flat- terifig her beauty and her ego, I'd doubtless be flattering myself. Not so? .Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDFR GEORGE. SUBSTANTIAL DINNER. (Serving Five or Six.) Pot Roast Braised Vegetables Bread Currant Jam | Harvest Salad Piquant Dressing | Prune Upside Down Cake o Cofree ¥ HARVEST SALAD. 1 packsge lime !, cup chopped gelatin mixture carrots 125 eups boiling % cup chopped water pimento 1 tablespoon stuffed olives vinegar cup chopped 1 tablespoon sweet pickles orange juice 12 teaspoon salt 1 cup chopped 3% teaspoon cabbage pepper Pour water over gelatin mixture and | stir until dissolved. Cool. Add rest | of ingredients and pour into loaf mold which has been rinsed out of cold water. Chill until stif. Unmold, cut in slices and arrange on crisp cabbage or lettuce leaves. PRUNE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE. 8 tablespoons but- 4 teaspoon cinna- ter mon 1 ;::g“guk brown ; cup cooked 14 cup prune juice L 2 tablespoons % cup nuts lemon juice (optional) Melt butter in frying pan (iron pre- ferred), add sugar and cook until melted. Stir constantly. Add rest of Ingredients. Cover with batter. % - WOMEN’ many instances completely cure the | S_FEATURES. Health and Beauty Both Derived From New Sulphur Baths—Gift Ideas. 1. A new red and gold enameled compact. 2. Small beauty kit tied with red ribbon, which may be initialed. 3. Red ball of talcum powder. 4. Very smart manicure BY MARGARET WARNER, set in red patent leather. F CHRISTMAS shopping has got you down, worn you to a frazzle and exhausted you mentally and physically, we advise you to treat yourself to an-afternoon off and relnx} in a sulphur vapor bath that wm’ make a new person of you. You will| return home feeling perfectly marvel- | ous and ready for anything. { If you have caught a bad cold going | from overheated shops out into the | freezing weather we have been having, | a single bath will relieve you and in | cold. The sulphur vapor bath given In' this particular way is new to Wash- | ington and is primarily & health re- | storer'and preserver. Instead of going | away to a sulphur springs resort yQu may now enjoy its benefits right at home. 1Its effect is refreshing, invig- orating and scientific. Complying with the laws of nature, this system uses natural means to keep you healthy—water, vapors, fresh air, per- spiration and vibration. The prin- ciple is to eliminate toxic poisons through the millions of pores in the body. without any weakening after effects. * ¥ % x HEALTH and beauty go hand in hand. It is not sufficient to buy expensive lotions, creams and pow- ders to put on a skin that is bad be- cause the entire system is below par through faulty elimination of impuri- ties. We must go a step further and get at the root of the matter. In Summertime the skin is very busy throwing off impurities in the form of profuse perspiration, but in the Win- ter this process is retarded so that the toxic poisons remain in the system, causing all sorts of difficulties, such as common colds and various un- wanted aches and pains, and even BATTER. 3 tablespoons fat, melted 1% cups flour 8 teaspoons bak- 34 cup sugar vanilla 1 egg Y4 teaspoon 15 cup cold water almond extract. Mix ingredients and beat two min- utes. Pour over prunes. Bake in fry- ing pan 30 minutes in moderate oven ‘Turn out, prune side up. Serve fresh. | [ adding flesh that we do not need or enjoy. Many persons are availing them- selves of these baths in order to re- duce. One bath, they claim, will take off from one to five pounds, according to the amount of fluid contained in the superfluous flesh, so with an average reduction of two pounds a bath, you can figure it out for your- self how long it would take to reach the figure that you have set as perfec- that's good news for all you kritters because it means fresh, new accessories as this matching hat and bag straight band, then joined —S8ketched In Washington 8hops. tion. For persons taking reducing treatments three baths a week are usually prescribed. After you have relaxed in a reclin- ing position in the cabinet bath with your head outside and steamed for the required length of time, the nurse will give you a soap hampoo, followed by a massage with soothing oils. This you will love, and when you are ready to leave you will be all aglow with blood tingling through every part of your body. This treatment with the -addition of sulphur is said to be most beneficial | in cases of rheumatism, lumbago, si- atica, neuritis and poor circulation, just to mention a few of the special uses. * x x % ONC! yol are refreshed you will again be interested in finishing your Christmas shopping, and with this in mind we have been looking around to find a group of gifts in bright red wrappings that will look particularly attractive around the tree. Brightest and best is the lovely manicure set at the bottom of the sketch in a shiny red patent leather case with zipper closing and its very complete equipment. When closed it has the appearance of a handbag with its strap across the back. At the top is one of the most at- tractive of the small beauty kits with every requisite inside. The washable white leathertte covering is tied with red ribbon and a spray of holly, and you may have three red initials en- graved on it if your order comes in quickly. The round container for talcum is also bright red with a gold band through it. Talcum powder is always acceptable, and this is well suited to the season. The compact at the top is one of the very attractive ones in red and gold at $1. We also found cakes of soap inclosed in red oiled silk bags for convenience in traveling. These make one more note of red, and are & nice small gift. The one we saw contained a cake of imported soap pressed in the shape of a rose, the set costing 85 cents. For information concerning items mentioned in this column call Na- tional 5000, extension 396, between 10 and 12 a.m. —_— Dry Ski BY JAMES BARTON. ONE of the mean allments that comes with the cool or cold weather is chapping of the skin or mucous membrane about hands, face and lips. There are tiny cuts in the skin or mucous membrane which are some- times so severe that they are practical- ly like eczema. Fortunately they dis- appear with warm weather, but with cold, damp weather these little cuts or fissures are so painful that “they get on the nerves” of the patients suf- fering with them. These fissures are especially painful when sbout the mouth or lips. There is less moisture in the air during the cold weather and Said to Be Early Version Of Today’s Plum Pudding It Is Not Too Soon to Begin Mixing and Steaming; Recipe for Large Quantity Included in Column. ® BY BETSY CASWELL, OR you energetic and ambitious souls who plan to make your own family plum pudding for Christmas, the time, as The Walrus said, has come. It is well to make the dainties now, so that they may be set to mature and “ripen” before December 25, when they will emerge in all their glory. Like fruit cake, plum pudding j makes a welcome § Yuletide gift, and is sometimes the most perfect solution to the knotty problem of “what to give.” In this connec- tion we are in- cluding one very excellent recipe which will make either one very large pudding or several smaller ones. The single big pudding will serve 20 persons, so you may judge from that how many little ones may be made, .depending on the size of the smaller molds. ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING. 1; pound butter. 1; pound sugar. 3 eggs. 2 cups flour. 115 teaspoons nutmeg. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 1; teaspoon cloves. 1, teaspoon mace. 1% pounds currants, 1Y, pounds raisins. 1, pound citron, cut in thin pieces. 3, Joaf bread. 1 pint milk. 1 cup sherry flavoring. Cream the butter and the sugar, add the eggs and beat well. Sift the flour and spices and mix well with the fruits. Add to first mixture. Crumb the bread and let it soak for a little time in the milk, then add it to the fruit mixture. Stir in the sherry slowly, turn into a well but- tered pudding mold and steam for two hours and a half. Serve with hard sauce or ice cream. This pud- ding is best when kept for some time in a crock and reheated just before serving. ‘You will note that this recipe is un- usual in that it does not make use of suet. The pudding. as a result, is a little lighter and more digestible than Dorothy Betsy Caswell tins or baking powder tins make very satisfactory molds for steaming plum pudding when a fancier mold is not at hand. Butter the con- tainer, fill with the mixture, and place the tin, well covered, on a trivet in a kettle containing boiling water. The water should not come up higher than halfway around the mold, should be kept boiling vigorously, and replen- ished to hold it at the same level as it boils away. WASHINGTON PLUM PUDDING. % loaf bread. 1 cupful milk (scalded). 14 pound sugar. 4 eggs, separated. % pound raisins. % pound currants. V4 pound chopped figs. 34 pound chopped fresh dates, pitted. Small piece thinly sliced citron. 1% pound suet. 14 cupful currant jelly. 1, teaspoonful nutmeg. % teaspoonful cinnamon. 4 teaspoonful cloves. 3 teaspoonful mace. 1 teaspoonful salt. Soak the bread crumbs in the milk until cool. Add the sugar and the egg yolks, lightly beaten. Flour the fruit well, add to mixture. Chop the suet in small pleces, and work well with the hands until soft and creamy; com- bine with fruit and egg mixture, and add the melted currant jelly, spices and egg whites, beaten stiff. Steam for six hours in a buttered mold. Store in a crock, and reheat before serving. * x X % AND here is an old one from an Eng- lish cook book dating back to the early 1800s: CHRISTMAS PUDDING. “Soak 1 pound of stale bread in hot milk; then add !> pound sugar, 1 pound of seeded raisins and 1 pound of currants, well dredged with flour; 1, pound chopped citron, 1 pound beef suet, chopped fine; 1 nutmeg, grated; 1 tablespoon cloves, cinnamon and mace, mixed together; a pinch of salt and 1 glass of sherry flavoring (wine glass). Mix with the yolks of 8 eggs, and the whites beaten to & stiff froth. Pour the mixture into & wet cloth, well dredged with flour; tie well, allow- ing room for the pudding to swell, and plunge into boiling water. Bolil for five hours, seeing that the pudding is well covered with boiling water the entire time.” 1t you wish advice on your individual household problems write to Betty Caswell, in care of The Star, inclosing stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply. Dix Says Women Generally Adopt Role of Martyr More Easily Than Men. HY is it that virtually all women think of themselves as martyrs? No matter what their lots in life they consider themselves poor, persecuted creatures who have been hardly dealt with by fate and who are entitled to the sympathy of the community. Of course, life isn't all beer and skittles for any of us but, taking it by and large, it isn’t any worse for women than it is for men. Yet you rarely see & man who is sorry for himself, while nearly all women are sunk in self-pity. They don't even have to have anything to complain of, or a genuine affliction to justify their bid for sympathy. They just call for tears on general principles. Now the worst of shis martyr com- plex is that women are not only ob- sessed with it themselves, but they have sold the world the idea that there is something terribly pathetic and heart-breaking about women having to undergo the ordinary ex- periences of existence. They have even monopolized for their own bene- fit certain terms of sympathy, such as “the poor working girl,” “the poor old maid” “the poor old mother,” though why the woman who makes her own living, or who has not chosen to marry, or who has children is any more an object of pity than the boy with a job, or an old bachelor, or a father, goodness only knows. * K K % any girl who has sense and intelligence enough to be self- supporting should be sorry for her- self, and why we should pity her, is an inexplicable mystery. Neverthe- less, nine working girls out of ten shed tears over the fact that they are not soclety butterfiies, and have to come downtown to work instead of to play, and we weep with them and “poor Mary” them instead of congrat- ulating them on their luck. For most of them make more money than the debutantes they envy ever have in their ornate purses. They have the self-respect that financial tired of supporting her and wants to hn:hlzhutblfldzr. No bachelor regards himself as an object of envy. And did you ever know a wife who | didn't have the martyr complex? | Well, perhaps, a few. Not many. When married women forgather, their chief topic of conversation is the trials and tribulations of matrimony and what a poor, down-trodden wife has to endure. The women who are married to drunkards and philander- ers simply gloat over their woes, but even those who have good husbands have sad tales to tell of cigarette ashes on the rugs and trampling mud into the kitchen and fussiness about food that makes the poor wife noth- ing but a slave. Not & word of cheer about good providers, and charge ac- counts at the best stores, and cars, etc., etc. All gloom. Yet, strange to say, when one of these martyr wives loses her husband, she rushes back into the purgatory of matrimony as soon as she can, * K ok % BUT the headliners among the fem- inine martyrs are mothers. Not once in a blue moon do you meet a mother who admits to enjoying her children. She talks about them as if they were burdens. She bemoans be- ing tied down by bables. She dis- courses by the hour about the sacri- fices a mother has to make for her children, and how they never appre- ciate what mother does for them, and when they get married and go off on the business of life for themselves mother sheds tears by the barrel, and :e mourn with her and “poor mother” er. And why, we never know. Because, in reality, mother wanted children. Hers have been a crown of honor to her, and she wouldn’t have missed having them for anything in the world. All of which leads us to the conclusion that women are martyrs because they enjoy martyrdom, and that when they are most melancholy they are having the time of their lives. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1935.) My Neighbor Says: Do not water geraniums grow- ing in the cellar until February. ‘Then remove all dead leaves and water plants sparingly until new shoots appear. When shoots ap- pear, shake out the old soil and repot plants in fresh loam. Two tablespoons of grape juice added to a grapefruit after it has been cut gives a delicious flavor and a pretty color. Apple pudding is a quick and easy pudding to make when you haven’t a hot oven, as it can be made on top of the stove by stewing apples (or any other fruit) in a pudding dish; add a little water and sugar and nut- meg, then cover with a soft dough made same as for dump- lings, and cover airtight with a close cover and steam for 15 minutes. To remove a stopper from & glass jar, pour warm water into Neglige Housecoat This Model Made Corduroy Is BY BARBARA BELL. HIS model with the double life | is made on coat lines. The front is fastened on the side, | tied with a bow. A belt begins at either side, and continues in back, holding that portion of the garment neat and firm. No belt in front, but because of its excellent fit none is needed. The dress has a turned-back collar, and wide reveres which make the deep V of the neckline. Sleeves are short, and skirt wide, with com- fort in view. The laundress will love this on busy ironing days, for the whole dress lies flat on the board, and does up in a minute. In wash materials, percale, gingham, lawn, cotton broadcloth this is a grand style for the busy housewife. ‘The negligee doesn’t admit that it has the slightest relationship with the humble cotton frock! It really doesn't look as if it were cut on the very same lines, the fact is one of those dark secrets that the family keeps Formal Note Or Informa Invitation BY EMILY POST. EAR MRS. POST: Isn't it correct to suppose that an engraved in- vitation means a formal party? In other words, wouldn't it be inconsistent to engrave “informal” at the lower left of an invitation that is formally worded? I hope I've made myself clear. Answer—Certainly a party for which the invitations have been completely engraved would denote a formal party —very. A general utility card, which is partially engraved and partly blank so that day and hour and the kind of party to be given is written in, is also a very formal invitation. And yet, with the word informal written on it, it denotes a party at least as informal as that indicated by an invitation written on a visiting card. * ok kX Dear Mrs. Post: I received a present from Mr. Jones, my ex-employer, or rather the card inclosed was a double one engraved Mr. and Mrs, but a present obviously bought by him. I have never met nor even talked on the telephone with his wife. Should I write the thank you note to Mr. and Mrs. Jones or what am I sup- posed to do in such a case? Answer—Strictly speaking, you should write & note to Mrs. Jones and thank her and Mr. Jones for their present. Or if you feel sure that she had no part in sending it further than his inclusion of her name, you might perhaps write him and, of course, include Mrs. Jones in your thanks, * ok k% Dear Mrs, Post: An old friend of my husband—whom I know but nat very well—has just lost his wife, whom I also knew slightly. Would you think it better that a note of con- dolence be written by my husband or by me? Answer—TI think it would be much better that your husband write and, of course, include your condolences with his. * ok x % Dear Mrs. Post: Just how far may the typewriter be used in writing social notes today? Answer—Strictly, social notes should never by typewritten. Invitations, acceptances and regrets are written entirely by hand or else partly en- graved and partly written by hand, or they are telephone, but they are never typewritten. Notes of thanks or._condolence must, of course, be written' by hand. I or i business notes, even though in Velveteen or Very Smart. | BARBARA BELL, ‘Washington oo, Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1762-B. Size (Wrap coins securely in paper and print name and address clearly.) | quiet about. It is of satin, or heavy | crepe, or velvet, in a deep jewel tone, | | or black, with sparkling buttons. Vel- | veteen or cdrduroy are nice, if you | need a warm garment, and the quilted | satins and taffetas are cozy, and very | pretty in pastel shades. There is wool challis, too, white with little nosegays | printed in quaint, Cld World charm. | The coat buttons clear to the throat. in double-breasted fashion. In this one the sleeves are long and wide, with a narrow cuff. There are roomy | pockets on_either side of the skirt, | and if you like, it may be longer than | the negligee shown in the illustration. | Barbara Bell pattern No. 1762-B is | designed in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 40, 42 |and 44. Corresponding bust measure- | ments 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. The dress, size 16 (34), requires 414 yards of 36-inch material. The neg- ligee, size 16 (34), requires 4% yards of 39-inch material, or 3% yards of 54-inch material. ‘The Barbara Bell pattern book fea- | turing smart designs is ready. Send | | the mind as the first. | questions as to the spelling of this | word, the meaning of that ome, a GoodBooks Always Are Accep_table Choose Those That Are Educational as Well as Pleasant. ; BY ANGELO PATRIL - OOKS are fine gifts, good Christe mas presents. The difficulty lies in_selecting the right one for the right child. There are so many good books for children, so wide a variety, that choosing one is really an under« taking. “1f I only knew which one- he needed, or what story books he has. I hate to buy just any book.” It the child attends school above the fifth year, try giving him a dic- tionary. We find that few school children have:a dictionary of their very own. There may be a big un- abridged dictionary, but the very size | of it is discouraging to the child of 12 years and under. And it is hard to find the right thing among so much material. The children in $he last grades of the elementary schools, those attending junior high schools, need sharp definitions. They are lost | among the riches of the great un- abridged. Try them with a junior dictionary. B The best I have found for this puf- pose are the Winston and the Thorne dike. Both of them have brief, clear, understandable definitions, easily found, easily used by the children. The list is a very long one and covers all the words that such children can ever be asked to use, and enough moge | to keep him busy should he like fo search for new words on his own. I offer the dictionary as a goed book for Christmas for the school child for several reasons, among them the children’s need of such a reference book in their home work, and tieir need of an enriched vocabulary, The first reason is thoroughly understood by any family having children in school beyond the fifth grade. The second reason is not so pressing upon Tortured by sentence for the correct use of a Hst of unusual words, the parent gladly reaches for the helpful book. But he is not so pressed by the starved vo- cabulary of the children as to seek help. If the child is promoted every term there is no apparent cause for ‘Worry. 5 Promotion is not enough. There must be quality in the education of the children if that education is to serve them well in time to come. An educated person is known by his speech first. Listen to your children and judge for yourself of the quality of their speech, remembering that speech is a fair indication of the cul- ture of the mind. ¢ How many words does he use fo explain a simple matter? How often does he have to depend upon gestures, facial expression and such phrases ss, “You know what I mean” “and thirigs like that,” “that dingus, thing-a-ma- #ig,” “you said it,” “some guy—" all to cover the lack of the right word for the situation. We think with words. If the words have no distinct meaning the thinking is not clear. If thinking is not clear, behavior cannot be accurate, clean-cut and effective. “In the beginning was the word.” After he gets the right word he clothes it in action. Consider the speech of the children and if there seems to be room for enrichment, clarity and accuracy, invest in & junior dictionary as a Christmas gift. Then help the children use it. Play games with it. 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