Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1936, Page 50

C-10 WOMEN'S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER -1, 1936. WOMEN’S FEATURES. That Summer Lassitude Is Blown Away by Crisp October Breezes | ‘A Selection That Is Sure to Be Popular Unusual Types of Food May Be Chosen for the First Party of Season Buffet Supper Menu Is Based Upon Sub- stantial “High Tea” of Colonial Days. BY BETSY CASWELL. “Yet forever and a: While_his winds 111 1 bless his name. blow fresh and his sunsets flame, This Prince of Months—October.’ vans, the slapping of paint brushes and the hum of the vacuum cleaner on newly laid rugs. Days are wistfully warm, but as soon as —Hayne. ONCE again the first of October rolls around, to the rumble of moving the sun sinks crisp breezes blow the fresh curtains at the window and the moan of the electric fan is stilled for another season. (Thank Goodness!) October gets its name by being the calendar. when the calendar underwent later re- visions, but retained its original title, in spite of that. Julius Caesar gave 4% 30 days and then later Augustus magnificently presented it with 31. Many Roman Emperors sought to have its name changed in their honor—and indeed it did become, at fleeting in- tervals, Germanicus, Antoninus, Taci- tus and Hercule None of these handles “stuck,” however. The Anglo-Saxons called October #“winterfylleth"—which was used to ndicate the approach of Winter with the full moon of the month. * ok x % Y ANY other name, in my opinion, October would be just as delight- ful and “princely” a month. It comes upon us after the long, hot Summer, @s refreshingly as the first whiff of salt, cold air that greets one arriving in a Maine town from the heat of the South. Houses rise to the occa- sion, and never seem so charming as when they first appear in their new Winter dress, and the swaddling clothes of Summer are tucked away in the closet. The first open fire is always a de- light. The birds don’t start their choral practice so early, and the sun stays in bed longer, so that sleep can be later and more peaceful. The tang in the air, the new faces just appearing in town, the glamour of Winter clothes after the faded and bedraggled rem- nants of that overworked summertime wardrobe—all combine to fill one’s spirit with the joy of living. While this mood is in the ascend- ency it is an excellent time to “throw” your first party of the season. Your guests will be delighted to renew the friendships that have been scattered far and wide during the Summer; your house will be at its prettiest; there will not have been so many par- ties that every one is tired to death | of the social whirl; the feminine con- tingent will be pleased to display their new frocks, and the masculine ranks will want to compare golf, fishing rec- ords, discuss politics, and the. rela- tive merits of new cars. x X X % So, SEND out your invitations—and while you arefabout it, why not plan for a party that is really unusual, and will start things off with a bang? This is “Indian” Summer—and what could be more appropriate than a party based on that theme? Copy the “high teas” of early Colonial days for & buffet supper, and watch your guests’ real interest in your choice of “dif- ferent” food. An Indian Summer repast may be & hearty thing indeed—baked beans, & thick slice of hickory-smoked ham surrounded with preserved crab ap- ples, corn bread, icy curls of celery, and & generous plate of cucumber pickles! Such is probably the first of | our national requiems to the Summer | salad and the sandwich. | ‘We can't do or say too much about corn in late Summer. Corn was the sacred grain of the early settlers and was used in every conceivable way— It became the tenth monthes in breads, puddings, even in pie crusts. “Injun bread” in the refined, crisp| form of corn bread sticks is never eighth month in the primitive Roman more delicious than with the first hearty meals of Fall. “INJUN BREAD.” Beat 1 egg in the bottom of a bowl and add 1 cup buttermilk, 2 cup water, 1, teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar. Stir in enough corn meal to thicken ard add 1 tablespoon melted fat. Have corn stick pan hot and well oiled. Fill molds not quite full and bake brown in hot oven. * ok ok % LATE green beans or limas should lead us inevitably and frequently to a dish the settlers called “sukquat- tah-hash” or ‘“corn seethed with beans.” With fried ehicken or roast of pork, cabbage-stuffed tomatoes, pickles and pie, another requiem is sung. Colonial ladies liked to cook hotch- pot fashion, putting everything into one kettle. Here is & modern hotch- pot which will bring corn back to the table long after we've finished with bushels of new corn cobs: INDIAN CORN. Chop together 1 onion, 1 green pep- per and 1 dill pickle and saute gently in butter about 5 minutes. Add 1 pound of ground beef and brown. Add 2 cups whole kernel corn, 2 cups cream of tomato soup, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoq@ salt. Simmer about 20 minutes. Blend 2 tablespoons flour with 2 tablespoons water and stir in well. Cook a few minutes longer and serve. Besides raising the curtain on “In- dian wheat” and baked beans, this season ushers in the congenial oys- ter. In this up-to-date hotch-pot, all the oysters ask is something tangy and brash for accompaniment: OYSTERS A LA MEXICANA. Place 1 quart large oysters in bot- tom of buttered casserole and cover with mixture of 1, cup tomato catsup, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 13 teaspoon salt, !5 teaspoon pepper. Sprinkle with cheese and dot over | with butter. Bake in moderate oven until oysters curl at edges and cheese melts. Serve very hot with thinly sliced pickles. The Old Gardener Says: Tulip bulbs cannot be de- pended upon to come up year after year. In fact, most of the present-day varieties are likely to run out and produce no blooms after a few years’ residence in the average border. Yet a few va- rieties will survive for many years. Gen. De Wet. is a par- ticularly vigorous sort. If other varieties are to be left in the gar- den, the surface soil should be renewed annually to a depth of 3 or 4 inches, either replacing it with fresh compost or enrich- ing it with one of the mild fer- tilizers, such as bone meal, soot, wood ashes or old manure. In such plantings the bulbs should be set deeper than is usually rec- ommended. In fact, they may go as deep as 6 or 7 inches in light soil. (Copyright, 1936.) We had on our best sleuthing manner the other day when we went up to the Metropolitan Museum. We wanted particularly to find a good idea for a bed jacket. We wandered about we found ourselves in front of Franz Hals’ “Portrait of a Woman.” for a while and then all of a sudden It was like making a wish on the new moon and turning around to find the wish standing before you, for what could make a better bed jacket? The wide round collar makes the jacket additionally- cozy for in bed, and what could be more ideal for the convalescent or for a gift 8 new mother? It is crocheted of angora around the top of the edging of white angora. in 3-fold Saxony yarn with a narrow cuff and the wide collar. This one is entirely of white, but it would be sweet in a peach or delicate blue with con ‘The pattern envelope @irections, with diagrams complete, easy-to-understand illustral u; also what crochet hook and what ma- tern, send for No. 370 and gnclose 15 cents in stamps and postage. Address orders to the Woman's Editor of For that “Injun Summer” informal entertainment, try this combination of baked ham with spiced crabapples, Boston baked beans, corn bread sticks, relish of mustard pickles, sweet gherkins and celery. Cider for the drink and pumpkin pie for dessert! Teachers Have Their Trials, Too Must Have Reserve of Patience -and Endurance. M IS8 KATE read oné composition after the other until the forty- fifth was laid on the pile, its neat face checkered over with red ink symbols. “There isn't a comma’s difference be- tween them. As alike as if they had been poured out of 8. mold. ‘Abraham Lincoln was born in & log cabin.’ Well, they couldn’t have much originality about that subject anyway, but they might have found a different way of beginning. But just finding a different way isn't what is needed. It's having & new thought that counts, and being able to set its shadow on the paper. I've got to do something to change this. Put some life into this exercise somehow.” It is not easy to put life into the | compositions of a fifth grade. Writing | to be full kas to come from an over- flowing mind, and fifth-graders rarely | have overflowing minds on such topics as Lincoln, how cotton is grown and the like. Miss Kate decided to pick a sub- ject that children could experience, could knit into their personal experi- ences and color with their own emo- tions. “I'll take them through this neighborhood, get them to see what there is in it, talk about it, draw pic- tures, get inside it and over it and under it so that they live it. Then we can have a composition that has some- thing in it.” That takes a lot of doing. To escort groups of children through a neighbor- hood of community means hours of tramping streets, going up and down the land, poking into strange corners, meeting new people, watching to see that no hurt comes to eager investi- gators who try out new inventions with more interest than wisdom, talking and listening and crganizing experi- ences on the way. And this after a day in school. “But it will be worth it. We will gather enough experiences to make a live series of composition. They will be learning something, stretching their minds. ‘It's worth it,” said Miss Kate ‘when here feet ached more than usual. Each day the children made their notes, planned the outlines of their weekly compositions in advance, adding and taking out, polishing and bright- ening each thought. The whole class was busy preparing for the' big story that was to go to the office at the end of the month. ‘“How do you spell Are you putting in the Should ‘park’ have & say and tries hard to say it. At least they are lively stories and that’s some- thing,” thought Miss Kate. In a few days the package came back to the class room with a note i TEEE &g " Of Shimmering Satin This Smart Dotted Frock Will Sparkle Its Way Through Winter Parties. 19%9-B , BARBARA BELL, ‘WASHINGTON STAR. Inc'!nu”mhinoohfor Pattern No. 1930-B. Sise__.... TA’VUflerly New HONEY FLAVOR HONY¥Y W Exercise Surest Way To Slimness Good Posture Also Plays Important Role. BY ELSIE PIERCE. EFORE we get down to our mat on the floor and exercise, let’s consider once more the all-important relationship of proper posture to fig- ure perfection. If you missed yes- terday's article, get a copy of the paper, or send for my bulletin on Posture Rules. And now s word about the why and wherefore that some authorities have pooh-pooh’d the value of setting- up exercises. You'll find that wher- ever and whenever exercise has been discounted, there’s a conditional clause. These men and women con- tend that unless we hold ourselves properly while exercising and through- out the day the full benefit of the exercises cannot be achieved. ®They contend, further, that exercise done for 20 minutes a day, 10 each night and 10 each morning, cannot undo the harmful effects of poor posture, of slumping and so on. They tell us that if women carried themselves properly at all times, tall and handsome, per- fectly poised, setting-up exercises would not be necessary, that the muscles would get enough exercise and keep firm automatically. ‘We say: Mind your posture by all means. And if it hasn’t been perfect heretofore it will take time for you to train yourself to walk and stand and sit correctly. While you're doing it. if you will exercise muscles that have become neglected, that have lost their elasticity and snap and strength, you will hasten results. Down on the mat, then, the better to pull up. Remember that fashion calls for long lines—a long line from chin to waist, a long and slender line from bust to hips, a long, long line from waist to ankles. That doesnt mean that if you're short you musl go into hiding. Strive for the longest line possible for your particular build. First, lie on back, palms down. Raise one knee, then the other to chest, then both., Return to original position. Repeat 10 times. Second, knees to chest. Kick legs straight up and as you do so lift the hips from mat. Feel the pull on the abdomen and thighs. Now, come to sitting position with arms stretched forward. 1 Third, the good old bicycle exercise. These are just & few. Do them just & few times each to begin with—until you are accustomed to exercise. . (Coprright, 1936., THIS IS THE ZEST AND TANG | LIKE FOR MEATS AND FISH,GREAT FOR SANDWICHES, AND COLD CuTs 100/ ~— o 'DURKEE’S famous dressing and | MEAT SAUCE Dorothy Dix Says Ideal Husband Harder to Find Than Proverbial Needle in Haystack. EAR MISS DIX: The other day you printed the qualifications that & man demanded in his prospective wife. I am just as choosey as he is, and these are the things that I demand in any man that I should marry: He must be: 1. Christian. 2. Cheer- ful. 3. Humorous. 4. A good sport. 5. Neat. 6. Dependable. 7. Sincere. 8. Honest. 9. Reverent. 10. Dignified. 11. Faithful. 12. Trustworthy, 13. Healthy. 14. Attractive. 15. Intelli- gent. Sixteenth. Sociable. 17. Priendly. 18. Able to croon. 19. Dance well. 20. Generous with his money. 21. Will- ing to do odd jobs around the house and garden. 22. Willing to help with the dishes. 23. Willing to mind the children when wife has other thirgs to do. 24. He must enjoy good music. 25. He must keep his hair cut and face shaved. 26. He must be consider- ate of my family as well as his own. 27. He must use correct grammar. 28. He must love to travel, but not be a traveling salesman. 29. He must en- Joy the finer things of life. 30. He must believe me to be the loveliest girl in the world and consider himself lucky to have me for his own. * x ¥ % Tnm'rv-msr. He must love home life, but enjoy going to par- ties, visiting, movies, etc. 32. He must assist me up the ladder of social success. 33. He must love children and want several of his own. 34. He must show me that he loves me in words and deeds. 35. He must have a deep, husky-speaking voice. 36. He must have naturally curly hair. 37. He must have a nice personality. 38. He must give me an allowance of my very own to do with it what I want. 39. He must help the children with their school lessons. 40. He must hang | his clothes up and not drop them ail | around the house. 1. Smoke. 2. Drink. 3. Swear. 4. Gossip. 5. Be coarse. 6. Be vulgar. 7. Wear bow ties. 8. Wear loud clothes. 9. Tell dirty jokes. 10. Chew tobacco or gum. 11. Be jealous. 12. Besloppy. 13. Nag or whine when things aren’t the way he wants them. 14. Brag about his old girl friends. 15. Look twice at any other girl. 16. Hog the car all the time, but should let us use it too. 17. Let himself develop a bay-window or a bald head. 18. Use baby talk or flattery in order to get out with the boys at night. 19. Criticize me, but always speak highly of me. 20. Want to be the life of the party. 21. Use nail polish. 22. Find fault with my cooking or complain when the meals are not ready on time. These are the qualifications I demand in a husband. R.F. Answer—Well, daughter, if you wait until you find a man who measures up to all your specifications, I fear you will spend your latter days in the Spinsters’ Retreat. For, as the old | countryman said when he saw the hippopotamus for the first time, “there ain’t no sich a animal.” * * *x % woum are always dreaming about the ideal man, but no woman could stand one for a husband if by any chance she found him. He would Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEf LUNCHEON Clam Chowder Crackers Pickles Peanut Butter Cookies Tea DINNER Fried Oysters Cabbage Relish | Mashed Potatoes Buttered Peas Bread Currant Jelly Grapes Coffee E. PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES. 1, cup fat 1 cup milk 1 cup light . 13 cup peanut brown sugar butter 1 egg 8 cups flour 1 teaspoon 14 teaspoon soda vanilla 13 teaspoon bak- % teaspoon salt ing powder Mix peanut butter with milk. Cream fat and sugar and add rest of ingredients, including milk. Mix light- | ly. Chill and drop portions of dough | from tip of spoon onto greased bak- ‘ ing sheet. Bake 10 minutes in mod- | erate oven. A half cup chopped roasted peanuts can be added. These are cookies to serve | be used in lunch boxes. with hot or cold beverages and uni present too great a contrast to her and it would be too to try to live up to his perfections. Besides, the main pleasure that women get out of their husbands is trying to reform them. If you deprive them of that sport marriage would fall flat and dull. And what would women have to talk about if it were not their Johns' minor faults; their complaints abo it what a time they have in getting John to put on his dress clother to 80 to a party when he comes uome tired at night; how Tom hates to hang pictures; how Sam is simply no use in the kitchen and uses every pot in the place when he undertakes to make a Weich rarebit on Sunday nights? On the whole, I think your list of do's are fairly good, though per- sonally I should feed rat poison to a husband who crooned, but there is no accounting for tastes. And I think you make a mistake in demand- ing that he should never lose his hair or his waistline. What about it when you get the middle-age spread yourself? You wouldn't want to be brought in invidious contrast with s husband who still maintained his boy« ish figure. I am strong for fat men. There is nothing that domesticates s man so completely as weight. No husband is really safe until he gets to the place where his feet hurt him at night and all he wants is to put on his house slippers and sit down in an easy chair after dinner. 1f every girl demanded as much of 4 husband as you do, there would be a falling off in wedding bells. But, happily, nature arranges these things and when some chap who catches a girl's fancy comes whistling along she gets up and follows him, no matter if he hasn't a single quali- fication that she has always considered necessary in her husband. * x ok x EAR DOROTHY DIX: I am very much in love with a young man who is everything fine a girl could ask for. He is kind, sympathetic, con- siderate, well-mannered, ambitious. These things to my mind mean ev- erything, but my mother opposes the match because the young man belongs to plain people. They are good, hon- est, respectable people, but not of my ov1 class. In other words, they have not had the education nor the back- ground that I have had. I am 30 years old and I think I am capable of deciding this matter for myself. Don't you think a girl can be happy with the man she loves and admires, no matter if his family isn’t as aristo- cratic as her own? BUNNY. Answer—It is rather ridiculous to make such a great point of social position and background in America, where the wheel is continually turn- ing and people are up today and down tomorrow, and you cannot make ex- cursions into many family back- grounds without skinning your shins on the washtub or the pick. Boflyouryu-\:ngmmhlnthit stock that most of the doing the big things in day have sprung. x * x - WH!N I hear of a mother who keeps her daughter from marry- ing a worthy youth she loves because Mother doesn't think his blood is blue enough, or his people live on the wrong side of the track, I always think of a case I knew. A girl belonging to an aristocratic family fell in love with a boy who came of a poor and humble family. He was a fine lad, brilliant, energetic, ambitious, who worked his way through school and college and grade uated with honor at the head of his class. But, when he asked the girl o mar- 1y him, her mother simply had hyster- ics at the idea and was able to domi- nate the girl so completely that she prevented the marriage. Later on the girl's family lost all of their money and they went down in the social scale as the boy climbed up. He became Governor of his State and Senator, , and his wife’s automobile wheels splasited mud on the shabby clothes of the poor, overworked old maid whose mother’s pride had ruined her life. DOROTHY DIX. SUGAR SHE 4 quarts ('/; peck) amall firm pears 2 pounds (4 cupe) Jack Frost Granulated Sugar Pare the fruit, removing blossom end, | pickling syrup. Malkes about 8 pints. JACK FROST SUPER-SIFTED 100% PURE LF RECIPES “To win praise for your pickled pears, fol- low the recipe below and be careful to use a Qquick-dissolving granulated sugar so that your pickling syrup will be clear and transparent «.and the fruit tender.” Etlln fortle PICKLED PEARS 2 cupe vinegar 2 tablespooas stick cinnamon 1 tablespoons whole cloves but leaving stems on. Place Jack Frost Granulated Sugar, vinegar and whole spices | in a large kettle. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Let boil gently for S minutes. If you use Jack Frost—the quick-dissolving granu- lated sugar—your pickling syrup will be exactly right to put the pears in at the end of 5 minutes. Place a few pears at a | time in the syrup and boil until they are tender. Pack in hot sterilized jars. If desired, a few whole cloves may be stuck in each pear cooking. When all the pears are cooked, fill the jars with boiling syrup. Put sterilized rubber rings in place and seal jars at once. If pears are very hard, cook them in boiling water until partially tender before placing in the hot There’s « different JACK. FROST SUGAR for every need. Grans- lated... Powdered. .. Confectioners XXXX ... Brown ... Tablets SUGARS CANE QUICK-DISSOLVING