Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1936, Page 34

B—14 Well-Chosen Vegetable Combinations Delight the E “Garden Truck” Comes Into May Be Used WOMEN’S FEATURES. Alone As A “Plate Luncheon” or With Eggs, Meat or Fish Melted Butter, Lemon Juice, Salt and Pepper Usually Enough Seasoning Unless Sauce Is Served. BY BETSY CASWELL. fill of vegetables, that they have lost any of their charm? If you WHO dares to say, just because Summer is over, and we have had our have been eating them cold, raw and in salads, then you will rejoice at the novelty of having them served piping hot, with plenty of butter, or some special hot sauce. It is always fascinating to me (remembering the canned vegetables and root cellars of my youth) to see the wealth’ of “garden truck” in everyg, store and market as plentiful and erisp and fresh as if it were June. Vegetables are so colorful that they are easily turned gs 5 Into dirhes which please the eye just as much as the palate. Whether you are serving them singly, as ac- companiment to the meat course, or in place of a salad, or as a whole ‘“vegetable plate” luncheon, if they are nice- ty cooked, well- ' seasoned and daintily served, they are sure to please. Many readers enjoy a vegetable plate luncheon, judging from the let- ters which come in requesting sug- gestions for new combinations along this line. The one pictured is espe- cially popular with my family. It may or may not be partnered by a thin slice of peppered beef, ham or tongue — depending entirely on whether you want the luncheon to be strictly “vegetable” or not. A baby caulifiower sprinkled with cheese, tender green asparagus in toast rings, succulent green peas and golden glazed carrot slices. all combine to produce a vivid and delicious dish. \2 Betsy Caswell Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. BAKED DINNER., Beef a la Mode Baked Squash Plum Jam Cabbage Salad Dutch Apple Cake Coffee BEEF A LA MODE. 11, pounds 4 tablespoons flank steak fa 13 cup flour 12 teaspoon salt 3 taplespoons 4 teaspoon paprika boiling water. Pound flour into both sides steak, sprinkle with seasonings and sear quickly in fat heated in frying pan, add water and cover with lid. Cook 30 minutes over moderate fire. Trans- fer to casserole and add vegetables. DUTCH APPLE CAKE. 115 cups flour 4 tablespoons 2 teaspoons bak- fat ing powder 1 egg % cup sugar 13 cup milk Mix dry ingredients, eut in fat, add egg and milk, spread soft dough onto greased shallow baking pan and cover with apples. APPLES, % teaspoon cloves % teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon 2 tablespoons cinnamon soft butter Mix ingredients and press into dough. Bake 30 minutes in moderate oven. Serve warm or cold. Spiced fruit julces give a delicious flavor to baked pork, veal or ham. Add the juice about 30 minutes before meat is done. Bread Cream 2 cups thinly sliced apples 1, cup brown sugar o 'I"H:! toast rings are made from cir- cles of fresh bread, toasted to & golden brown in s slow oven and dipped in melted butter. The vege- tables have all had melted butter mixed with a little lemon juice poured over them just before serving, with | & dash of salt and pepper 'if desired. The glazed carrots are made in this way: GLAZED CARROTS. 2 tablespoons butter. 2 tablespoons sugar. 3 teaspoons water. 2 cups sliced carrots. Heat mixture in a pan over low heat, add cooked, sliced carrots and heat until surface is glazed and slight- ly golden brown. LI ANOTHI!R good vegetable combina- tion is this one: Place a mound of cooked broccoll in the center of the plate. Surround it with a ring of artichoke hearts. Then a ring of green peas. Border with alternate bundles of asparagus tips and green- string beans. Serve hollandaise sauce with this one. Or hollow out the center of a small head of cabbage that has been cooked tied in cheesecloth to retain its fig- ure. Fill the cavity with some of the cabbage that has been removed, mixed with the carrots and peas. Place this in the middle of the platter. Surround with tiny boiled potato balls, baby beets and mushrooms. Plenty of melt- ed butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper make this a truly ambrosial dish! If you like to add an egg to a vege- table plate, place a mound of spinach in the plate, hollow it out a little and drop a poached egg into the depres- sion. Surround with peas, string beans, cooked caulifiower flowerets and bundles of shoestring carrots. Serve with melted butter, salt and pepper. We also like the combination of cooked celery and carrots. Mix them well, after they have been diced, and use them to form a ring around a baked tomato stuffed with corn. Bor- der with green string beans and pureed beets. Serve with melted butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Just a hint of onion juice may be added. And if you are a gallant and brave aoul, add a ring of small white boiled onions to almost any one of these combinations and see what an extra “lift” and flavor is obtained! * % ox % NOW Just & word about preparing the vegetables themselves: Most vegetables are best cooked quickly i@t a tightly covered saucepan, with just enough water added to cover the bottom. When the water boils, add vegetables, cover and cook until done. When done, they should retain their lovely color and a little of their raw crispness. If any liquid is left, the cover can be removed and the water boiled off. When vegetables are served with a sauce, some liquid can be added to the sauce. The water left on spinach leaves and greens after washing is sufficient for cooking. Use about 12 cup to a cup for others to cover the bottom of pan. When cooking eab- bage and other strong-flavored vege- tables, use plenty of water and cook uncovered for a milder flavor. Leftover vegetables are good re- heated with butter or served with a cream sauce. They combine nicely with fish and meats, cream sauce and buttered crumbs for scalloped dishes. Dry, starchy vegetables are best sauted in butter. Sieved cooked vege- tables furnish pulp for cream soups. NEEDLEWORI Once in Sunday school we had for a golden text that verse from Isaiah, *For precept must be upon precept, pgece line upon line; here s little and there a little.” 'pt upon precept; line upon line, Strangely enough, whenever we hear the verse now, it isn't of Sunday achool that we think, but of erocheted motifs. Not that we think of them as precepts, or even lines. It's the “here a little, and there a little,” for if you just have the thread around handy, and make the motifs as you have time, you'll be surprised how soon you'll have enough for a scarf for your bureau, s set for your buffet, & runner for your console, and, if you're really ambitious, a tablecloth or bedspread. ‘The motifs measure four inches around and are crocheted of knitting and crochet cotton so that the work proceeds as quickly as anyone could wish. The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand illustrated directions, with diagrams to aid you; also what crochet hook and what mate- rial and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern send for No. 372 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coiln to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Woman's Editor of The Eveninz £'ar, A . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1936. Its Own In spite of the calendar saying it is Autumn, these products of the soil bring June to us all over again. Full of nourishment and important food values, they ar e especially necessary during the Best That Child Make O@ffort Self-Help and Self- Reliance Should Be Encouraged. BY ANGELO PATRIL “JJERE, Jimmy, I'll show you how it works out. I'll do it for you. My father showed me last night. He worked it out and I copied it. Here. See?” “No, I don't want you to show me. Don't tell me. I want to do it my- self.” “You can't. I'll bet you can't. My father had to work a long time over it until he got it.” “All right. Just give me time. Teacher said we needn't hand it in until Friday and by that time I'll have it.” And he did. This is a sort of sturdy self-respect that we ought to help children acquire. Let them help themselves to get the things they want instead of hurrying to buy them for them. The child who has everything he owns handed to him, who never has to make any effort to acquire, never learns to de- pend upon himself, never knows the thrill of discovering that he is pow- erful enough to get what he wants for himself. “Pa, I'd like to have a pair of roller skates like Tom's. His father gave them to him the other day.” “Gave them to him, eh? Why?” “Why? Why what?” “Why did his father have to give him skates? Why didn't he have the to get them for himself? He has an allowance; he has spare time; he could make and save the money for skates if he wanted them without having them given to him. I'd be ashamed to have people giving me things all the time. Once in a while s present is all right, but this giving and taking business makes me sick. I like to see a boy do something to help himself once in a while. What good is he else?” It was plain to Jerry that Dad did not think kindly of the idea he had presented. He took his story to his mother. “Father is right. How much money have you saved?” “I have about & dollar and s quar- ter. Skates cost about three and & half, the kind I want.” “That means that you have to find & way of earning the two dollars and & quarter you need. “I know grandma would give it to me if I asked her.” “Would you ask her?” “No. I guess not. Dad would be mad. Anyway, I wouldn't. I'd rather earn my own skates and buy them with my own money. I don't want anybody to give me anything any more. I'm no baby.” “You stick to that and you'll be all right,” said mother. “And I think that if you were to ask Mr. Hodges if he needed some work done afternoons and Saturday mornings he would have & job for you. He was complaining the other day that his man did not have time to keep the yards clean. Anyway, go out and see what you can do.” Self-help, reliance upon oneself, is the most stimulating tonic imagin- able for body and soul. It is the quality that makes a successful life. Every time one accepts help one sub- tracts that degree of power from his own mind and body. Out upon it. Train children to help themselves. (Copyright, 1936, Novel Prize. Next time the bridge club is at your house and you're what to get for a prize, take a dozen glasses of varied jellies and jams from your cupboard, wrap each glass indi- viduslly in cellophane, put them all in an attractive box and you'll have & prize that is inexpensive, practical and different, Washing Woodwork. ‘White woodwork can be kept clean and cool looking through the grime and heat of the Summer by sponging with Jukewarm suds of 'a pure, mild soap which dissolves. dirt instantly without harming the enameled sur- Trim House Frock Neat, Smart Model May Be Easily Made at Home. BY BARBARA BELL. RE you in the market for a smart day-in and day-out dress that will see you safely around the clock? Then we recommend this one. It's & dress that can be made at home easily, speedily and economically even by those who never beforg or haven't recently at- tempted dressmaking. You'll love the clever skirt and blouse yoke that subtracts inches from your walstline and the skirt pleats that hold reserved fulness. The modist V neckline with a fly-wing col- lar merits your attention because it's youthful and creates a lovely frame for the face. And for the wear and tear of housework, set-in sleeves prove the best stand-up. All in all, this modish, simply-made frock will look grand in gingham, percale, poplin, cotton or even silk for those emer- gency trips to the butcher or baker. Send for your pattern today and be BARBARA BELL, ‘Washington Star. Inclose 28 ‘cents n coins for Pattern No. 1080-B. Sise...._.. [ R — J T L —— (Wrap eoins securely in paper.) 1980-B convinced that home sewing is really a pleasure. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1980-B is available for sizes 332, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. Size 34 requires 4% yards of 39-inch material plus !; yard for contrast. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Send 15 cents for the Fall Barbara Bell pattern book. Make yourself at- tractive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting designs from the Barbara Bell well-planned, easy-to- make patterns. Interesting and ex- clusive fashions for little children and the difficult junior age; slenderizing, well-cut patterns for the mature fig- ure, afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons and other patterns for special occa- sions are all to be found in the Bar- bara Bell pattern book. Heel Taps. Slim covered heels vied with squat built-up heels as style favorites among feminine onlookers at an early-Fall golf tournament on Long Island. The swing influence was noticeable in the Winter days to come. Photo by Shigeta-Wright, Inc. 'Add Inches To Height With Dress Long Lines in Clothes and Posture Aid in Illusion. BY ELSIE PIERCE. HOW often do we hear people say “but you look so much taller” or “only five-two, why you make a much taller appearance” or “you don't real- 1y weigh that much, you look pounds slimmer” and so on . . . Doesn't the “you don't look it” measured by that eye rather than the yardstick? Very frequently letters 20s who have stopped growing. Some want to grow taller; others bemoan the fact that they are “too tall.” Just what it is that makes some grow to others stop stunted is something that physicians can explain. It has to do with the functioning of the thyroid and pituitary glands. But once you've attained full growth proper dress lines and tricks that create optical illusion are invaluable to make one look taller or shorter as you feel your case re- quires. There are innumerable But first let us examine a few obvious “don’ts.” If you are short, don't dare the big bold plaids that are so much in vogue right now. You probadly love them (perverted fate) just as you did the big flowered prints last Summer, but you didn't attempt them if you were wise. Don't attempt striking contrast between blouse or jacket and skirt, either, That cuts from hejght. Deep capes and cape collars ditto. Leave tunic frocks for your taller sisters, too. Choose long lines instead, you little ones. Pleats (yes, they're in), small patterned prints in print season, pencil-thin dark wool dresses and when you must have little jack- ets make sure they are short, leaving long skirt lines to carry the eye up and down. Square or vertical neck- lines are for you. If you are tall and can afford to have the eye apparently cut your height indulge in the bold plaids, in huge flowered prints, in tunic frocks, in capes, in belts and sashes, in full skirts, in bright color'd tops over dark skirts. Avoid long lines, pleats or unbroken lines that carry the eye up and down. Work on the theory exactly opposite that for the littie ones. Round necklines are for you, particularly if the face is thin. And long or short, carry yourself erect. If you are short the “tall” posture will apparently add inches to your height. If you are tall it will add to your grace and regal carriage. All too often the tall ones make the mistake of becoming self-conscious and slumping until they have round shoulders. That doesn't make them look shorter. It merely makes them look ungainly. (Copyrisht, 1936, My Neighbor Says: 1f each head of Winter cabbage is wrapped in an old newspaper it will remain crisp and green much longer. It a chicken is well rubbed in- side and out with a cut lemon be- fore being cooked, it will make the meat white, juicy and tender. Mould will not form on top of bottled chilli sauce if, before seal- ing, & few drops of olive oil are put into the bottle. Do not fill the bottle full. Leave air space at the top. that which is desired. If you wan really gay and cheerful dressing table why not of blue to match the ground of the printed chints. (Coprright, 1036.) 25 prove that beauty is, after all, in the | eye of the beholder and that it is | come to my desk, for the most part | from girls in the late teens or early | Jack-in-the-beanstalk height while | *tricks” | ynich to take advantage of current | well as the specialty shops downtown! WOMEN’'S FEATURES. Dorothy Dix Says There Is No Happiness in Marriage When There Is No Trust. EAR MISS DIX—My first marriage ended disastrously for the reason that although I was good and kind to my wife and gave her every luxury, she was unfaithful to me. Recertly I have met a young widow whom I am thinking of marrying, but she has confessed to me that during her pre- vious marriage and since her hus- band’s death she has had numerous affairs with other men. My prcblem is this: Is it likely that a woman who had been untrue to her first husband, and more or less promiscuous since, will be likely to be faithful to sny man? Having gone through what I did during my first marriage, and knowing what I do about the past of my proposed second wile, would I have the faith in her and the feeling of security necessary for a happy union? B.B. Answer—Not a chance. Even Lloyds wouldn't underwrite a mar- riage like that. The risk would be too | great. The philandering woman is even more incurable than the philan- sex is restless and diss ture, and once & woman Starts out on | a life of adventure, nothing stops her | but age or the grave. * x % % O!’ COURSE, the double-crossers in love are no more to be trusted than the cheaters in business. Honor and honesty are a matter of principle ingrained in the character, and & man or woman either possesses them or lacks them, and if they lack them, it is just too bad for those they marry, but there is nothing they can do about it, If & man is a born petticoat chaser, every fluttering skirt will be a signal for him to get up and follow as long as he lives. His wife may be ten times as good looking, ten times as attrac- | tive, ten times as gay and amusing as | the other woman. He may even love | and admire her more than any other woman on earth, but that won't keep him faithful to her. A man may be a paragon of & hus- band, tender, affectionate, considerate, generous to his wife, but if she lacks a sense of loyalty and pines for ad- venture and the thrill of stolen kisses, she will have affairs with other men, even though she knows it will mean the wreck of her home and the loss of her children if she is found out. Love | The Old Gardener Says: ‘There should be no difficulty in keeping hardy water lilies over | | Winter. Of course, these lilies will live naturally in shallow water along the margins of ponds and rivers. In gardens, however, it is more practical to drain the water from the pool and to move the boxes of lilies into one corner, where they can be covered deeply with leaves and cornstalks from the vegetable garden. In order to keep the wind from whisking away the leaves, lay a covering of chicken wire over them. Some growers with small pools prefer to leave the water in them. Wooden covers should fit over the coping. Additional protection is given with an ample layer of leaves and cornstalks over the cover. (Copyright, 1938., thieves will be love thisves to the end of the chapter, because it is their nature to. * %% s IT IS only superhuman vanity that makes a man and woman think that they have some superlative charm that will make those who have been false to every one else true to them. No one possesses this fatal fascination for a philanderer, for what he or she seeks is novelty, change and new sen- sations, and on one person can supply these demands. ‘The woman who mearries & philan- derer takes a big chance at happiness, Heaven knows, but a man who marries & woman philanderer just asks for trouble. And gets it. A man may have little affairs with women that Jjust tickle his vanity and are merely skin deep, so to speak, but & woman's disloyalty to her husband goes to the bone, and when she chucks her bonnet over the windmill, she throws with it | all of her principles. Anyway, there can be no happiness |in a marriage in which the husband and wife cannot trust each other. And it is folly for a man to marry s woman whose past record will make him sus- picious of her every act. DOROTHY DIX. - Rules For Telephone Etiquette BY EMILY POST. DEAR MRS. POST: The houseman of an acquaintance of mine an- swers the telephone, “This is Mr. K.'s residence.” As he is the servant of a man who has extremely good taste, perhaps I'm wrong in always having thought that this was not the most suitable form of answering the tele- phore in a private house. Answer: The trouble is that very few employers know what their ser- vants say since they usually answer the telephone in rooms elsewhere. I | would say “Hello” has always been the accepted form, and then the servant's next reply depends upon what is said When the voice on the telephone is | that of a lady or a gentleman saying | that she (or he) would like to speak to Mr. K., the servant answers, “One | moment, madam,” or “One moment, * % % % DEAR MRS. POST: We have just moved into a very pretty house, but it's not a new house nor our house, and it is likely there have been many | housewarming celebrations given here. ‘And yet our friends continue to hint that they are expecting us to suitably | and offically open our house. Do you think it would be right for us to give such a party? Answer: Yes, perfectly. You have moved into a house that is new to you and to your friends, and which is go- ing to be your home. (Copyright, 1936.) Gourmet’s Guiqle for the Hostess BY LUCIE AY we remind you that there are | still a few more days left in food sales? Do look around for bar- | gains at your neighborhood store as | * % x 8 A FEW bargains (other than those mentioned last week) that | caught our eye as we dashed through one of our downtown shops were: New packed tomatoes, a well-known brand, large size cans at 10 cents & can . . . canned grapefruit juice at very good savings . . . delicious cream of mushroom soup at & saving of 4 cents & can . . . and & notice of & one-day special (to be featured the last day of the sale) of imported Swiss cheese at s saving of 18 cents per pound. If none of the sale items pre- viously mentioned interested you, this latter one should, for Swiss cheese is a favorite with every one. For the buffet supper cold-cut platter, the children’s sandwiches for school, or for making that delectable ‘“cheese fondu” what could be nicer? Buy several pounds in bulk—it will keep indefinitely, you know, if kept in a damp, cool place. . xxx 'ANNED carrots, to be sure, are no new item, but the “new-fangled” shapes they now come in are! Did you | know that you could get this root vege- table in four different patterns? The most popular now, according to mer- chants, is the asparagus style—finger- length strips—that give the lowly car- rot & real purpose in life as a perfect salad ingredient. The bright yellow strips arranged on vivid green lettuce and garnished with a white flufly dressing make a very pretty picture. ‘The shoestring style offers any num- ber of suggestions, too, as & vegetable course as well as a salad and soup ingredient, and the fancy diced shapes actually seem to make the vegetable taste entirely new! The old-fashioned round discs, however, shouldn't be considered entirely out of the pic- ture—after all, carrots are tasty no matter in what shape they are served. (If Junior objects to his daily ration why not introduce some of these new styles into his diet?) L GW!NG your first party of the sea- son? Inject a cosmopolitan air into your initial entertaining by serv- ing the very newest thing in the wafer line. Bedeck your appetizer platter with delightful little hat-shaped can- ape and hors doeuvres tidbits. ‘They'’re “the tops” and will be sure to create a great deal of excitement and amusement among your guests. “Will you have a ‘Padre,’ a ‘Western,’ a ‘Fedora’ or a Derby?’ Or perhaps | that little ‘top hat' or ‘Caballero?’ " All of these come packed rted in | Replace Artificial Sweets » Ask for EBERLY, a specially constructed “band box™” that keeps the fragile crisps from breaking. Along side of each little hat is printed suggestions for the filling that is suited to its type. The miniature hats are made of a wafer dough that is unusually tasty. The shapes are all true to style, but the “top hat” number will without doubt prove to be the most popular. 8o make sure you have plenty of theml! *x % AB SOON as the cold weather ar rives one’s interest in the culie nary department is very apt to be revived with renewed energy. You're probably all ready to experiment with new concoctions. Waiting for you at the grocer's are several new quick mixes to stir up for the family. The popular ginger-bread mix will, of course, always stay at the top of the list, but now trailing a close second is & new nut-bread mix that has just recently been put on the market. All the necessary ingredients, already mixed, in a little pasteboard box— just add a little water or milk, stir, pour into & pan, slip into the oven and presto! In a few minutes’ time a steaming loaf of luscious nut bread! ‘Tasty bran muffins and nice rich fruit cake may also be made with the mini- mum amount of effort. Last, but by far the least, you'll also find that a molasses cookie concoction is avail- able. These are abiding favorites with the school youngsters as well as the grown-ups—as every one knows. * % o % SOME weeks ago we devoted this column almost entirely to soup and mentioned that old-fashioned * black bean soup was available in extra large size cans. Since then we have found that green turtle soup, with and without sherry, oxtail and chicken gumbo also come in the large tins. This should be of additional interest to the hostess or housewife who must consider a large number of soup cups or bowls to flll! Instead of having to open several cans (and becoming distracted in the proc- ess) you will need only to open one. If you belong to the can-opening brigade you'll surely bless the canner that has been so thoughtful. For information {tems mentioned call National 5000, Exten- sion 342, i Sweeten it with Domino Refined in USA. 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