Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1936, Page 32

“B—10 WOMEN’ S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1936, WOMEN’S FEATURES. Before Preserving Kettles Are Put Away, Here Are a Few Extras ¢ Encoui‘age Appreciation Of Rarities College Youth Should Consider True Values. BY ANGELO PATRIL “DOUG is going away to college next week and he wants my picture to put in his room. Not just a snap, but a copy of the official pho- tograph, the big one that stands on father's desk. I can havea copy made and pay for it out of my allowance, but mother thinks it is out of the question. What is there improper about giving a nice boy my picture to hang in his room?” ‘Maybe your mother has seen some of the rooms in boys’ colleges? Per- haps this girl has not had that privi- lege, probably not. If she had she would have some glimmer of under- standing about the mother’s attitude. Some boys collect photographs as others collect cigar bands. They plaster the walls of their rooms with signed photographs, the bigger the better. Girls of all descriptions, in all sorts of costumes, have bestowed their pictures upon the gallant youths, signing them, “Fondly, Mabel,” “As ever, Morella,” “To Darling Dickie from his Duckie.” They are all there to be seen and criticized by the bright young men who gather in each other’s | rooms. A mother of a lovely girl is | not exactly delighted to think of her | daughter’s picture in such a collec- | tion. There is an old, old principle of feminine behavior, one that the wisest of charmers upheld with serpentlike guile} “Make yourself rare.” Look about you at the professional women whose success depends upon their popu&rity with the public and you will find that the ones most sought after, followed, applauded when found, are those who make them- seXes a bit unapproachable. Nobody cares much about picking | field daisies. Children gather them for the fun of it and soon drop them. The daisy has made herself too com- mon, too easy. because she has become common property of the countryside. Trailing arbutus is searched for with untiring energy. To find a bunch of the Puri- tan flower requires eager, sharp-eyed search among the hills. The first intimation of its presence is a faint perfume, cool, sweet, like nothing else on earth; it comes stealing to your delighted nose on a whiff of snow- cooled air. Down on your knees you go to search among the moss. There under the lea of the rocks, almost hidden among the brown leaves and broken snow, the shy, Puritan flower lies waiting. To discover it is a triumph. Something of this rarity becomes 8 girl who wants to be a successful and winning sweetheart. There is a time when a college boy is entitled to a girl's picture, and nobody need supply a map of that time. The boy and the girl know every inch of the road, for they have traveled it to- gether in affectionate understanding and trust. Until that time comes, save your picture. Make yourself rare and you will be sought after by the rare ones who appreciate beauty and worth. Girls of today scarcely know whether to step forward or go back. As I see it, it is better to go forward with eyes wide open, stepping carefully, and cultivate rarity in all your ways. The Old Gardener Says: Home gardeners often plant their peonies too deeply. Then they wonder why the plants fail to bloom. Not infrequently gar- den makers complain bitterly about plants, which they have bought from nurserymen, and for which they have paid a good price, but which give no flowers. In the majority of instances, the tendency of amateurs to bury their plants too deeply is the ex- planation. Not more than 21; inches of soil should cover the crowns unless the soil is very sandy, in which event 3 inches is none too deep. Beautiful as she is | she does not command lasting interest | T BY MARGARET WARNER. HE skin that was so becomingly tanned on the vacation trip often appears strangely dry and out of condition once you have got back to the regular city routine again. All those glorious, bright, sunny days have left signs of a peculiar kind of drought on many a carefully nutured complexion. Not only is the skin of the face dried out, but the sides and back of the neck are often discolored, and the hands are parched looking, especially if you have been living out of doors for many weeks. Even a week of ex- posure to the sun will often leave a very unfortunate skin condition. All these arcas need immediate attention and a large dose of lubrication. Of course, nature will eventually bring back the skin to normal, but who would choose to wait weeks when a little daily effort will bring the de- sired result in short order, and prob- ably make a better job of it, any- way. We believe on improving on nature these days! We have recently learned of a new cream rich in natural oils so carefully biended and adjusted to actual skin requirements that a test application on a badly affected skin area is ab- sorbed completely and practically with- out a trace. This cream proves it- self a veritable manna for starved skin cells and tissues. A brief two- week treatment that requires but a few minutes each day, should produce gratifying results and not only bring your skin back to its normal condi- tion, but even improve on that con- dition, if you have any tendency to dryness. * %k % NOTHER normalizing and ener- gizing agent for the skin that has recently been perfected is an ir- radiated cream that offers a new an- gle of attack for revitalizing the skin. P. (Copyright, 1936.) 2o If you're looking for & luncheon This cream has been exposed to & special ultra-violet ray process. The set that can be used oceasions, here's your answer. The simple conventional pattern of the border will give a charm to your table no matter when you use it. 1t's so easy that any beginner can take But best of all a shot at it and make & hit. ‘The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand, illustrated directions, with diagrams to aid you; also what crochet hook and what material and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 361 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. Address Woman's Editor, Evening Star. > (Coprrisht, 1038.) [ » Shopping in Washington New Creams to Recondition Your Skin and Overcome Vacation Ravages. Creams to overcome skin drought, to recondi- tion, to stimulate and refresh and also to bleach. —Sketched in Washington Shops. exposure to intense light rays tends to convert the ingredients so that when they come in contact with water they release tiny particles of oxygen and thereby give you a bit of nature's greatest life-giving property in a cream which has been blended with natural oils. This all sounds rather like a prob- lem in chemistry, but the idea is that one of the substances contained in the cream is found to make up one- fifth of the fatty substances of the skin, and therefore invaluable for re- storing certain essential elements which may have become deficient during the hot-weather months. The method of procedure with this cream is a little different from the usual. Moisten the face first with a cloth wrung out of warm water and | then apply the cream to face and neck. Best results are obtained when the cream is applied at night before retiring. This cream is moderately priced and easily within the limits of & careful budget. * X ¥ X% A VERY delightful cream masque that does not harden on the | skin, performs its beauty miracle in a few minutes instead of 20 long ones, and can be easily removed with tis- sues, is one that you will enjoy using. Furthermore, it is not extravagantly priced. A treatment with this dainty pink herbal creme is & pleasurable relaxa- tion. It can be used at any time, but for these warm days it is ideal be- cause it is not greasy. It spreads on in a thin, delicate film, and revives and tightens the skin, making you ready for make-up and an altogether happy and refreshed appearance. This masque also has a slight bleach- ing effect that may be desirable at this time. ‘These little aids to better looks can- not be overlooked in our busy modern life, and it is often just a question of finding one that suits your require- ments, your fancy and your purse. ‘This one is worth a trial. * % x x Il" YOU are as anxious to get rid of your tan now as you were to ac- quire it some weeks ago, you will be looking around for bleaches to help you out of your difficulties. ‘We know of a bleaching cream that sells for $1 that is very good. It is the output of a wéll-known house and has proved satisfactory for a number of years. Another one is a lemon lotion con- taining the combined effects of fresh lemon juice with other things to off- set its drying tendencies. It will soften and bleach and is made particularly for erasing skin tan. For a more complete treatment you may use & freckle lotion on alternate nights with & bleaching cream, then in the morn- ing apply the lemon lotion both as & stimulator and a bleach. With the aid of three agents all working in the same direction you surely should get some worthwhile results. For information concerning items mentioned in this column call Na- tional 5000, extension 395, between 10 and 12 am. Travel Tip. Have you hesitated to on any and all | effects, Last-Minute Additions To Jam Closet Shelves May Prove Interesting With Various Fruits Coming Into the .Markets All the Year the ‘“Putting Up” May Be Extended. BY BETSY CASWELL. LTHOUGH to most of us the middle of September brings the pre- serving season to an end, there are still many good things that can be put up in clean hot jars and stored away for the long Winter months. As a matter of fact, the thrifty housekeeper of today is able to keep her kettles and jars busy off and on for the next few months with the great range of citrus fruits and other items to be found in our year ‘round markets. With this situation A in mind, I am offering today a few more of those odd recipes that may be clipped and filed for future use. MINT JELLY. 34 cup vinegar. 1 cup water. 152 cup mint leaves. 1, cup commercial pectin. Green coloring. 3%, cups sugar. Combine vinegar, water, mint leaves and enough coloring to give that tint desired. Add sugar, stir and bring to a boil. Add pectin at once, stirring constantly, and bring again to a full boil for one-half minute, Strain off mint leaves and pour into glasses. When cold cover with paraffin. This makes five 8-ounce glasses. One-half to one and one-half tea- spoons of spearmint extract may be substituted for mint. Add it as jelly is removed from fire, CRANBERRY CONSERVE. 1 quart cranberries 3 cup dried currants 1 cup seeded raisins 6 oranges 2 sour apples 1 No. 2 can grated pineapple 2% pounds or 6 cups sugar 1 cup boiling water 1, cup blanched almonds. Chop the cranberries coarsely, add the raisins and currants, the pulp and granted rind of the oranges, the apples cut in small pieces, the pine- apple, the sugar and water. Cook until thick, stirring frequently. It will take about an hour. Remove from fire and add shredded almonds. Pour into clean, hot glasses. When cool cover with paraffin. GRAPE AND NUT CONSERVE. 6 cups prepared grape juice 23 pounds or 6 cups sugar 2 lemohs, grated rind and juice 6 oranges, chopped 6 cups raisins, chopped 413 cups walnuts, chopped. 1 cup filberts, chopped. Dissolve the sugar in the grape juice, add the other ingredients ex- | cept nuts and cook slowly until thick. Remove from the fire, add nuts and mix well. Pour into clean, hot glasses and cover with paraffin when cool. MARASCHINO PEAR JAM. 3 cups or 13 poupds crushed pears 1 cup or 3 pound crushed pine- apple 714 cups or 3!4 pounds sugar 1 bottle commercial pectin. Dorothy cess. She wants her to have a gay time as a girl, to be admired by men, to have plenty of dates and eventually to make a good marriage. When thid does not hap- pen, when daugther spends her eve- nings at home reading an improving book instead of stepping out with a young man, and when she is left at the last hanging upon the parent bough, mother is even more chagrined and disappointed than the girl. VERY mother desires her E daughter to be a social suc- Mother can't understand it, be- cause so far as she can see Julia is just as pretty and attractive as she was when she was young, yet she always had plenty of beaux, while Julia hag never a one to bless her- self with. But the answer to mother’s problem is often enough herself, and the reason why Julia isn't popular is because, without knowing it or in- tending it, mother has handicapped her so heavily that she cannot pos- sibly win out. - The most obvious type of this marplot mother is, of course, the woman who is so determined to keep her innocent little darling unspotted from the world that she shuts her completely out of the world of young people. She isn't going to have her Julia carrying on like all the other Julias and staying out after /12 o'clock at parties, and so as Julia can't run with the gang she is left at home lamenting. *x X% TH!N there is the other woman who ruins her daughter’s chances by pinch-hitting for her and who pur- sues every youth with such fell de- termination that he flees in terror from her. Her daughters are going to have attention from men even if the men have to be bribed, cajoled, coerced and shanghaied into taking them places. In season and out of season she ballyhoos her girls’ charms and tells how beautiful, how amiable, how domestic they are until she depreciates their real value by her overadvertising. ‘There is the mother who blights her daughter’s chances of success by My Neighbor Says: A shelf swung in the furnace room is an excellent place to keep pumpkins and squash. like a cold storage 34 cup maraschino cherries, drained | To prepare fruit, peel and core about | hot jars and seal. Parents Must Work to Insure Popularity of Their Children. 2 pounds fully ripe pears. Crush thoroughly or grind. Peel 1 small pineapple. Chop very fine or grind, using finest knife or food chopper. Chop maraschino cherries. Measure sugar and prepared fruit into large kettle, mix well and bring to a full rolling boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly before and during boiling. Boil hard for 1 minute. Remove from the fire and stir in commercial pectin. Then stir and skim alternately for just 5 minutes to cool slightly and prevent floating fruit. Pour quickly into glasses. Paraffin hot jam at once. This makes 11 glasses (6 fluid ounces each), LEMON MARMALADE. 4 lemons. 1% pounds or 3% cups sugar. 5 cups water. Slice unpeeled lemons to a papery thinness. Add water and bring to the | boiling point. Continue boiling for | 25 minutes. Add sugar and boil about 35 minutes more or until sirup sheets from edge of spoon. Pour into clean, hot glasses. Cool, cover with paraffin. UNCOOKED MIXED PICKLE. 4 quarts ripe tomatoes chopped and drained. 1 cabbage. 2 green peppers. 2 pounds or 4!z cups sugar. 2 onions. 2 cups celery (chopped). 2 cups vinegar. 4 tablespoons mustard seed. | Mix thoroughly and let stand until sugar entirely dissolves. Put in jars | and seal. END-OF-THE-SEASON RELISH. 2 quarts green tomatoes. 1 quart ripe tomatoes. 13 head cabbage. 3 green peppers. 3 red peppers. 3 stalks celery. 3 large onions. 1 peeled cucumber. 13 cup salt. 3 pints mild vinegar. 113 pounds or 4 cups brown sugar. 1 teaspoon mustard. 1 teaspoon paprika. Chop the tomatoes, cabbage, celery, peppers, onions and cucumbers. Place in a kettle in layers and sprinkle the salt in between. Cover and let stand all night. In the morning drain and press out all the liquid. Add to the vegetables the sugar, vinegar. mustard | and paprika. Cook about one hour or | until transparent. Pour into clean, Dix Says enforcing perpetual babyhood on her. Mother doesn't want a grown-up | daughter to date her, so she keeps | daughter shut up in the nursery long ! after she should be learning her way | about in society. Mother always re- fers to her as “my little girl” and gives the impression she is still play- ing with dolls. When the little girl, aged 20 and nearly six feet tall, does come forth from her hiding place she is a good deal of the moron her mother has made her, and is shy and awkward and lacking in poise and conversation. Another mother who is often her daughter’s worst rival is the woman who is vivid, vivacious, dramtic, and who has the gift of showmanship. Only too often this kind of woman has a daughter who is just sort of an also- ran girl, good enough looking, intelli- gent enough, attractive enough to hold her own if only she were not brought in deadly contrast with her brilliant mother. That just simply flattens her out and leaves her drabber and more commonplace than she really is. * xox x ANOTHER woman who does her daughter a fatal wrong is the bossy mother who suppresses all of her daughter’s personality and leaves her daughter seem like & dummy becauss she doesn't even let her answer a question. If you say: “Julia, will you have sugar in you tea?” Mother re- plies: “Julia never takes sugar. Just give her a little lemon.” If you inquire how Julia enjoyed the symphony con- cert, mother says: “Julia was en- tranced. She is so fond of music.” Very likely Julia could babble like the brook if she were given a chance and be a bright and interesting talker, but mother puts the lid on her until she acquires the reputation of being a boresome say-nothing, and she is left out of everything. Then there are the mothers who take all of their daughters’ beaux away from them by knowing the technique of how to handle men so much betier than their inexperienced blundering young girls do that before they know it mamma is having a jolly little flirta- tion with the boy friend and the girl is sitting out in the cold on the sidelines. Mamma doesn’t really intend any harm, . ° She is just trying to see if she has lost her charm for the opposite sex, but it makes the girl run such a poor second to mother that it causes the boy to lose jnterest in her. Girls who have very attractive mothers nearly always suffer from an inferiority complex. Or it may be that the reason a girl is not popular is because her mother is inhospitable to young people and doesn’t like to have them tracking tn mud, or running the radio after 10 o’clock, or scratching up the floors dancing. Or it may be because mother thinks that all the young men come tc see her instead of Julia and spends the Smart Tunic Frock With New High Neckline, Jabot and Fashionable BY BARBARA BELL. NE in a million! And well de- serving of the title is this gorgeous tunic frock. Your friends and relatives will surely endorse it. or metallic cloth for the tunic, and a crepe or velvet for the skirt. Which- ever combination you choose its glossy | silkiness makes a clear cut and suave contrast. ‘The bodice has the new high neck- line, a detachable jabot trimmed with crystal buttons, and lovely delicate bell sleeves. Held pertly at the waistline by a wide belt, the tunic flares over a | straight drop skirt. Isn't it exciting to know that in a few hours you can create a frock that will see you through Autumn and Winter just by sending for this simple pattern and following its instruction chart. It's the frock you'll want to wear on those extra special occasions. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1971-B is available for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. Corresponding bust measurements 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38. Size 14 (32) re- quires 33-yards of 39-inch material n;x; t\‘:he tunic and 25 yards for the skirt Cook’s Corner —_— BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. SERVING THREE, BREAKFAST. Grapefruit Juice Rice Cakes Sirup Buttered Toast Coffee LUNCHEON. Peanut Butter Sandwiches “Sugar Cookies DINNER. Cheese Spinach Mold Cooked Lima Beans Buttered Beet Relish Tea Grapes Canteloupe CHEESE SPINACH MOLD. 3 tablespoons 1, cup grated butter cheese 6 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 14 teaspoon salt Y% teaspoon paprika 13 cup soft bread 3 eggs, beaten 2 cups chopped cooked spinach Vs teaspoon Y4 teaspoon chopped celery salt onions Melt butter and add flour. When mixed, add milk and cook until thick sauce forms. Stir constantly. Add seasonings and cheese, beat 1 min- ute. Add rest of ingredients and pour into buttered mold. Set in pan of hot water and bske 45 minutes in mod- erately slow oven. Let stand 5 min- utes and carefully unmold. Fill center with cooked lima beans, well sea- soned. Garnish with parsley and but- tered beet relish. BUTTERED BEET RELISH. 2 cups diced Want a few style hints? Fashion it of a lacquered satin, | Bell Sleeves. BARBARA BELL, Washington Star, Inclose 25 cents in coins for | | Pattern No. 1971-B. 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I have never seen this type of platter used for steak, but I think it would be most practical if the size is suitable. * % k% Dear Mrs. Post: Will you please explain where olives, as well ad celery, radishes, etc., are placed when passed around the table, and also where one is supposed to put the olive pits? Answer—Olives, radishes and celery are put on.the bread and butter plate if there 19 one, otherwise on the edge | of the plate from which one is eating. * K x % Dear Mrs. Post: How much of a cob of corn may be buttered at one time, and may the salt be shaken from ap individual salt pot as needed, or must it first be put on the plate | and then spread with the knife? Answer—Butter is spread across half the length, or possibly the whole length, of two rows at a time with an individual butter knife. The more butter you take the shorter the length should be. Salt is shaken directly on the cob from an individual shaker. If there are general shakers, then you would, of course, take the salt you need on your plate. This is also true when the salt “won’t shake.” Or there is no objection to perhaps the most convenient method of all, that of mixing salt and pepper with the butter, then spreading it all at one time. * K k% . Dear Mrs, Post: (1) When only one wine -is served through dinner are wine glasses supposed to be re- moved before dessert? (2) At a formal dinner, when several wines are served, 15 any one left for dessert? Answer—(1) No. (2) Correctly speaking, champagne is the only wine to be served with dessert. glass is removed at the Many Ways OfSimulating Good Suntan Liquid Beauty Lotions and Violet Ray Lamps Effective. BY ELSIE- PIERCE. F, UNLIKE the rest of the world of ‘women who right now seem to want to get rid of every bit of bronze hue, you want to keep the golden glow, you | can, I I know a number of young women who like themselves that way, like the | healthful look that a deep tan gives. | Tan, by the way, is essentially the | young person's vogue. It is ageing to jolder skins. But, as I was saying, I | know several young women who tan | gradually and effectively during the | Summer, continue to hold the tan by | cleverly matching and applying the | bottled variety. Occasionally they | take a suntan lamp treatment under a physician’s supervision; in Winter they go South for a few weeks. So that for the greater part of the year | they remain bronze beauties. In be- tween times there’s always the bot- | tled tan to insure the upkeep. Speaking of the bottled suntan, it is altogether safe and satisfactory. In fact, in some respects it has it all | over the natural tan, acquired by | blinking at Old Sol. There isn't any chance of overbaking, burning, pain- ful suntan, no peeling, roughness and coarseness. You are assured of a pretty smooth coat. And, what's more, should you very suddenly have {a change of heart and decide that your natural alabaster whiteness is after all, more flattering in one of the new glamorous and utterly feminine evening gowns you have only to re- move the tan and pat on an ivory white foundation cream or lotion. Of course, we don’t promise the health- ful effects that come with a real tan (in studied doses). And we do admit that the only thing that will keep up the real tan is continued exposure Otherwise it is natural for the tan to fade gradually. But if it is the appearance of tan that you crave, the bottled suntan will give you that. One important detail, however. If you continue to appear suntanned continue to use your Summer or sun- tanned make-up. Remember that | the orange-tinted rouge and lipstick { and the beige powder are harmonious notes with the tanned complexion. | With porcelain whiteness the blue- red make-up is the note, but this would, of course, jar with tan, (Copsright, 1836, Breakfas.t Fruit. A “dried peach” sounds like a belle who has lost her -beauty—but not so with California dried peaches. Proc- essed in modern packing plants, they | retain their fresh flavor and are a | delightful confection eaten straight | from the package. When cooked they are a delicious breakfast fruit or a simple dessert. HuNcrY at bedtime? Try a bowl of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and milk or cream. Delicions! Easy to digest. An aid to sound sleep. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. CORN FLAKES With 4 children, | have lots of dishwashing. 8 My hands were always P red and chapped, un- til | changed to Lux. | keep house and teach, too. My hands never say dishpon. Theyalways look nice, thanks to Lux. MRS M. R. KIRKPATRICK UX keeps hands lovely be- 5 oon'R ot be S soup course and white wine removed alkali. Such an inexpensive beauty treatment! Lux for dishes costs less than1¢ aday! A