Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1936, Page 42

WOMEN FEATURES Left-Over Vegetables And Meats May Be Used As Successful Filling Combinations Will Prove Welcome Both as Main Dishes and as Garnishes -for Meats. BY BETSY CASWELL, ‘hrrmmmmumdm.mued,-mflmmmmu an important place on our luncheon and dinner menus. For the school child who comes home in the middle of the day it is a wholesome, appetizing dish, which is practically a meal in itself. 2t may be used to lend variety to the vegetables at any meal, and is an attrac- tive and tasty garnish for broiled or roasted meats. For instance, the next time you serve the family a nice thick steak for dinner—if you have that kind of foodg, budget!—surround the juicy meat with ‘baked tomatoes that have been stuffed witl''creamed mushrooms. The combi- nation of flavors is something to rave over—and the family will lick the plates and howl for more. Or baked tomatoes stuffed with sauteed golden bantam corn, and liberally besprinkled with paprika, will glorify any roast of beef—or form a vegetable “two-in-one” that goes with & variety of meats or fish. Left-over succotash may be baked in tomato shells with great success—in fact, if food left over, you will find it can be nicely “stretched” by placing it in tomato containers. For luncheon one day try & main eourse of baked tomatoes stuffed with creamed crabmeat, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and grated cheese. Serve potato chips and lettuce, cucumber and watercress salad with these, and see how rapidly the combination will disappear! * % ¥ X NSTEAD of salad, some evening for dinner, choose the Furopean cus- tom of serving one very special vege- P table or vegetable combination in its place. Stuff tomatoes with cooked caulifiower flowerets, bake in & mod- erate oven and serve with sauce hollandaise. Broccoli may be used in place of the caulifiower and will prove Just as delicious and unusual. Left-over meat, such as lamb, beef, Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. BREAKFAST. Chilled Cantaloupe Cooked Wheat Cereal Cream | Poached Eggs Bran Muffins Coffee LUNCHEON. Vegetable Soup Plum Sauce Sugar Cookies Tea DINNER Fish Stuffed Peppers Savory Green Beans Browned Bananas Glased Apricots Bread Butter Head Lettuce Salad Spanish Cream Delight » Coffee 5 ‘ALL BROILED AT ONCE (Placed on broiler. iray and eooked 15 > Minutes) papriks Cut peppers in halves, discard seeds and pulp. Melt butter, add flour and milk. Cook until creamy sauce forms. Stir constantly. Add rest of ingredi- ents and refill pepper cases. Set up- right on shallow pan. SAVORY GREEN BEANS, Arrange gredients mixed and piaced on broiler pan. GLAZED APRICOTS. @€ apricot halves 3 tablespoon about 6 inches below glowing flame, baste the various foods and turn fruits to allow even browning. pork, chicken—may be ground fine, moistened with stock or cream sauce, and baked in the tomatoes with crumbs on top. Rice (cooked, of course) may be added if the meat ration is slim. The important thing is to have the mixture highly seasoned, 80 that the “left-over” idea is not apparent. A little curry powder added to the meat has been known to work wonders in changing the general flavor and appearance of the dish. Chicken livers, bacon and mush- you have only a little of some suitable [ To0ms may be cooked first, chopped fine, well moistened with their own juices and baked in the tomatoes. Squeeze lemon juice on top and add & sprig of parsley for decoration— here is an informal or home dinner dish that is sure to prove a winner. A very simple Sunday night supper dish that is a favorite in our house is composed of baked tomatoes stuffed with diced bread and diced American cheese, sprinkled with lemon juice, ‘Worcestershire sauce, onion juice, sait and black pepper. * x k% REPARING the tomato cases is simplicity itself. Choose large, firm tomatoes, and leave the skins on. Cut large hollows in the centers, salt them, and turn them (pside down to drain for 15 or 20 minutes. Fill them with your chosen combina- tion of cooked food, covering the tops with breadcrumbs, dotted with butter, or sprinkle them with cheese, depend- ing upon the stuffing mixture. Place the tomatoes in a pan with enough water to keep them from scorching, and bake them in a moderate oven for 10 to 15 minutgs. If they are too soft to hold firm, bake them in well- greased muffiin tins to fit. Here is & recipe that should win the approval of the entire family on the first really cool evening: My Neighbor Says: Poinsettias grow best in good turfy loam to which one-sixth Jeaf mold and a little sand have been added. Cane-bottomed chairs should be brushed to remove all dust and then washed with salt and water and placed in the open air to dry. This treatment tightens up the cane. ‘When biankets are to be washed for the first time they should be soaked overnight in cold water and then rinsed. This is to re- move the sulphur used in bleach- ing. After this they should be soused until elear in & lukewarm lather made with boiled soap and water, and then rinsed well in clear water, Allow three hours for boiling & plum pudding. Take great care that the water in the pot never once ceases to boil. (Copyright, 1936, “Love-apples” stuffed with a mixture of meat or fish or vegetables will provide a pleasing change for the family luncheons and dinners. They are easy on the budget, and easy on the cooks! Handwriting Is Personal Expression Impress Importance of Good Penman- ship Upon Young. BY ANGELO PATRIL wm children begin to read the pictures and words about them maaship and use his muscular move- ment accurately. Because beginners had so much trouble with this muscular-movement to make the movements they ecould not make accurately and getting an inaccurate result. But alas! The manuscript writing that I see is almost as illegible as the script I used to see. The chief de- sirability in all handwriting is its legibility. Writing is to be read, and the clearer it is the more easily it is read, the closer it comes to fulfilling its purpose. Now when a child prints ‘words he- must observe their forms, and each letter must be made accord- ing to its form. A row of letters that ignore the pattern are not beautiful and certainly not legible. Manuscript writing fails if it is not legible and beautiful. First, in all writing, it is necessary to establish the slant. Show the chil- dren the up-and-down lines in the letters, the important structural lines. Let them make the lines and establish their own slant. Each child will vary that is as it is. Now set the pattern of the type to be used and stick to it. Each letter must be made to this pattern. The child’s touch will indi- vidualize the pattern, but the type will stand. Give the children time to do this work carefully and painstakingly and maintain the standard of legibility and beauty. Otherwise, they are just as -well off with the muscular movemment. They will have Slenderizing Gown Trim Lines Make ,the Wearer Look Several Pounds Lighter. and labor saver and often & life saver when you're unexpectedly asked to make & fourth. You'll Jook pounds lighter in the . | trim skirt with its ample uprising i??EEE i i * The Washington Star, Inclose 35 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1968-B. Sise ... Address (Wrap coins securely in paper.) 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We have two fine children and no home could have been more peaceful and happy than ours has been until two years ago, when my mother came to live with us. We would be glad to take care of her and do every- thing we can for her if she would only be easy to live with, but she has upset everything. She finds fault with everything we have and do. She badgers the children and me about the way I am rearing them. I can’t have my own home the way I want it. She nags us until we have nearly gone crazy. She has made my hus- band cranky because she has got on his nerves so, and now instead of staying at home of evenings as he used to dc he goes downtown as soon as dinner is over just to get away from mother. My husband’s mother is & widow, too, and older than mine, but she works at housekeeping jobs, 50 that she isn't with any of her married children. My mother is only 53 and in perfect health. What do you suggest as a solution of my prob- lem? Is it my duty to sacrifice my family and my home to my mother? WORRIED. Answer—No woman has a right to | let her mother wreck her home. Your first duty is to your husband and children. That far transcends any obligation you have to your mother. If she is driving your husband out of the house he supports and making | him miserable, if she is warping the children’s dispositions by her zon- tinual picking on them, and if she is generally turning your home into & place of torment instead of the haven of peace it used to be, the proper thing for you to do is to read the riot act to her and tell her tnat she either has to behave herself and be pleasant or get out. * x %= X AND, believe me, that will sweeten | T, her disposition. She doesn’t want to give up her soft living and if she | has to control her temper and her tongue she will do it. She acts as she does because she thinks she can have her cake and eat it, too; that she can work off all her spleen on you and yet be taken care of. Just call her bluff and see how it will work. One of the most pathetic things in | the world is the needless suffering so many of us go through because we lack | the courage to stand up for our own | rights and force others to respect them. There is probably not one of | us who doesn’t support some deadbeat | who is just as able to work as we are and who would work if forced to labor or starve, but we encourage him or her 4in loafing by always responding to a| touch from poor Uncle George or poor | Cousin Sally. There isn't a family who isn't mar- | tyrized by some selfish, high-tempered man or woman whose cantankerous- *| ness we put up with, whose insults we endure because we think they can’t help it, they have such bad disposi- tions. But they would help it and be pleasant ard amiable to live with if they knew they would have to be agreeable or else be kicked out of -.| the house. hair—in fact, it is better But should the scalp be tight and dry and the hair not need oll, confine the oil to scalp only. Then massage the scalp, and be sure that it moves under the finger tips like a loose cap. This is | splendid to stimulate the circulation ‘The same treatment is very bene- ficial for hair that has become coars- ened or scalp that has become clogged and firritated by sand, sea and sun. Brittle ends should be treated to Brush and oil shampoo form the best combination for hair that is so harsh you ean’t put & comb through ‘mmthmuywymnm Concerning Telephone * x k% Ill TOO many families there are old people who make their age an alibi for just such conduct as your moth- er's. They are fault-finding, inter- fering, nagging, self-centered just be- >ause they think their sons and daugh- ters will stand for it. They make a graft of filial duty, and they are per- fectly willing to wreck their children’s The Old Gardener Says: ‘The blue ageratum can reaauy be moved from the garden to the house when cold weatner comes. If small plants are chosen and are potted up after the s0il has been thoroughly wet down, so that it will not fall away from the roots, the plants will go on blooming for many weeks. Indeed, they may sometimes be carried through the entire Win- ter. They should be given a sunny window and plenty of water, but not allowed to become water- soaked. The low-growing form of ageratum is best for this pur- pose. There are now tall-growing kinds, which are not of much value for edging purposes, but which make excellent cut flowers and can be used to advantage for " (Copyrisht, 1936 homes for the sake of indulging their own tempers and grouch at life. It is no merit for their children to stand for this. It is folly. Spoiled old people, like spoiled children, need to be disciplined and forced to do right ut;-:eym‘tdoltolthetronn- cor What your mother needs is occu- pation and the real solution for your problem is to get her s job and let her go off to herself to live. A woman at 53 who is healthy is more capable of doing good work than at any other time of her life, and she sl be ashamed to become a parasite on her children. 1f your mother had some- thing interesting to do she could ex- pend her energies on that instead of upsetting your family. And if she had interests of her own to think about she wouldn't be so critical of every- thing you do. If you haven't enough courage to tell your mother this, show her this article. Maybe it will do her some good. L DEAR MISS DIX—I am engaged to be married to a very fine man who is 15 years my senior, but here is my problem: He is very domestic in his tastes. Loves a home and is especially fond of children and is ale ways talking and planning the home |and children we will have. Unfortu- nately, I have had to have an operation that will prevent my ever having chil- dren. Should I tell him or marry him without telling him? LUCY. him. It is thé only honorable thing to do. If you married him without telling him that you could not have children, he would never forgive you. In fact, the marriage would not be binding in law and he could have it annulled if you deceived him in this important matter. * ¥ X x MANY men children are not a happy marriage. They have no strong paternal instinct and are rather glad than otherwise if they do not have to be bothered with babies. A great | many other men have a positive aver- sion to children. They regard all children as brats who monopolize too much of their mother's time, who are too noisy and who require to have money spent on them that their fath- ers would prefer to spend on golf. But there are many other men who adore children, who have a father- heart, just as & woman has the moth- ert-heart, and whose arms ache for babies to cuddie, and to such men as these marriage without children is cinders, ashes and dust. They are always more father than husband, and no woman would make them happy who did not give them chile DOROTHY DIX—I am con= sidered ugly by people, but when I look in the mirror I don't look so bad to myself. Has an ugly boy & chance with an attractive girl? LONESOME BOY. Answer—If you are handsome in your own eyes, it doesn’t matter how homely you appear to others. Anye way, & bo¥’s looks don't matter to & girl, provided he is neat and well groomed and is interesting to talk to. The ugliest man in England once said that he could cut out the hand somest man in the world with & woman if he were given 15 minutes’ start. DOROTHY DIX. —_ Ice Shells. Tce shells for serving fruit cocktails are something new and different. These can be made either in glass custard cups of in souffie cups. Fill the cups with water. A little food col- oring can be used if desired. Place & thickness of waxed paper in the freez~ ing tray and then place the cups on the paper. This will produce more uniform freezing. Allow the water to freeze approximately one-fourth inch all around. Remove the cups and pour out the water from the center. Return to freezing tray for a short time. Then remove the ice shells from the containers and place them in the glass tray beneath freezer until ready to use, INSIST ON THE > e & Z7 Pasteurized Kind 2 4%/( WHEN BUYING MILK 'S % or HONEY HONE Y “It wins the beauty contest—this delicately- tinted crab-apple jelly. But follow the recipe ex- actly! Only with quick-dissolving, pure cane sugar can you get a crystal-clear, transparent jelly like this.” Messages BY EMILY POST. DIAR. MRS. POST: Just how far should people go in leaving & mes- sage for one to telephone them back? More explicitly, the other day a man I know only slightly telephoned and [ ‘with left a message the operator down- stairs to have me call him. As it turned out, he wanted nothing special, only to say hello and make light con- versation. I resented this and don't think people should ask others to call them back unless the reason is im- portant. Is there any rule? Answer—There is no of using common sense. , Of course, to leave a message proper, to- | t0 the effect that Mr. Jones had tele- 1] iagé : llen folle CRAB-APPLE JELLY 8 pounds crab apples Jack Frost Granulated Sugar Select sour crab-apples. Wash, remove stems, cut out any blemishes. Cut in half. Cover with water and cook until soft. ~Mash slightly. Drain through jelly bag or cheese cloth bag, Jetting it drip, without squeezing, for five or six night. Measure juice and boil rapidly for few minutes. Add % -cup Jack Frost Granulated Sugar for each cup of juice. 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