Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1936, Page 33

w OMEN’S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WED NESDAY,- OCTOBER 17, 1936. WOMEN'S FEATURES. B-I3 Principles of Food Budgeting Often Prove Puzzle to Housekeeper Fretful Day ‘Often Due To Fatigue’ Child’s Indisposition Needs Careful Handling. BY ANGELO PATRI. "lle. T'VE had an awful day with Georgie. He's not given me & minute's peace since morning. He has cried and cried, about nothing. | He wouldn't do this and he wouldn't | do that. When he got what he wanted he didn't want it. I never was so glad to see 6 o'clock come t my life.” “Is he asleep?” 1 took his temperature and it's nor- mal. He was just plain bad.” But he was not just plain bad, if that means he wanted to make all the trouble he could to annoy other people. He had no such idea. He felt all wrong inside himself and he eould find no peace. He was tired qut, sick with fatigue, or coming down with an illness, which amounts to the same thing. When you find that you are facing | & bad day with a little child lower | | gour voice, quiet your mind, be gen- tle in your movements. Look at the ¢hild’s tongue and if it is coated, treat him for that condition at once. Put him to bed. He will not want to | } go, but he must, and if you have to| put evgrything else aside to keep him in bed, resting, do so. You will not | gnake any headway with him, going about the house in this upset state. | It will be sooner over if he is put to bed and treated for fatigue at once. Feed him lightly. If he refuses food @on't force it. Tell him a story, sing goftly to him, soothe him to rest. It| 45 rest he needs. If his temperature shows a rise call the doctor. A doc- for's visit, on time, often prevents an fliness. A word from him often puts the mother at her ease and allows her to take care of the child in bet- ter heart. Often all that is needed s rest, open windows, light diet, plen- &y of water to drink. ‘There are children who have such bad days in spite of all that their mothers can do to prevent it. In| spite of carefully prepared diets, guarded routines, intelligent care, the bad day comes. This child has some personal, peculiar characteristic that brings on the condition. Sometimes | experience shows us what this is and Row to handle it, sometimes we do Dot discover its origin and cause, and have to do the best we can. Rest is the first medicine. If that 48 administered in time we may not have to take other measures. This Pprescription is not as easy to admin- ister as it is to prescribe, but the mother of such a child soon discovers the method that succeeds best with her child and establishes the tech- ‘nique. » Puzaled mothers.say, “But he has Thad his rest. He has never been al- lowed to deviate from his schedule for & single day. I've done all that.” But the child is telling us that some- thing is wrong. Maybe he needs rest | from the schedule. That, too, is nec- | essary. Rest him, and if you find #hat is not the answer, call the doctor. I§ (Copyright, 1836, Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. 4 LUNCHEON . Potato Soup Fruit Salad Tea DINNER Broiled Veal Chops Creamed Potatoes Savory Beans Apple Butter Celery Crackers. Bread IR R, Lemon Pie Coffee POTATO SOUP cups diced raw 3 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon ] & potatoes. ; celery leaves onion slices teaspoon salt cups water tablespoons minced butter parsley & Boil 20 minutes in covered pan the tatoes, celery, onion, salt and wa- Ser. Press through coarse strainer nd add to butter mixed with flour, dd rest of ingredients and cook 2 inutes, stirring frequently. Serve in wis. % SAVORY BEANS (Using Bacon Fat) tablespoons 2 cups diced bacon fat cooked beans tablespoons % teaspoon chopped onions paprika tablespoons 3 tablespoons chopped celery catsup Melt fat in frying pan, add and own slightly the onions, celery and ans. Add rest of ingredients, cover nd simmer five minutes, lebtiiy-ish. Not 80 long a3o, Shbpping in Washington Rich Fabrics and Expensive Furs Con- tribute Elegance Not Seen for Years. - Formal elegance is expressed in this black coat with unusual arrangement of Persian lamb. Above is a cape collar of silver fox. Lower, a vest and ripple peplum of kolinsky on a dark green novelty weave. BY MARGARET WARNER. THIS feeling of elegance that is sweeping through the entire realm of fashion is particularly apparent in the luxurious fur- trimmed coats for Winter. this season is something to be chosen with great care and worn with much pride and satisfaction. The finest of materials and the most elegant of furs are used in lavish profusion in & number of silhouettes that tell the fashion story in its several modes. The flared silhouette, the fitted body, massive fur collars and borders, smooth velvety woolens and other rich weaves, including hair mixtures all contribute their share of the new formality among these dressy coats. You will find them in woolen or fur with flare back fullness as well as in straighter versions. There are six distinct coat types of outstanding interest for you to con- sider before making your selection. First comes the swing or princess model with or without a belt, with & widely flaring skirt and a huge collar of long-haired fur. This type of coat is best suited to the tall woman. The half-and-half coat is & clever way of compromising between & fur and a cloth coat. Here we have the top half of the coat of fur, snugly belted about the waist and a cloth skirt. These coats are particularly good when Persian lamb is used for the upper half. We have found several of these in town. One has & wide round collar over a side closing, and the lower edge of the Persian overlaps the skirt section in shallow scallops and is beited with two narrow strips of black leather. A black velvet scarf is at- tached to the inside of the collar at the-back for use when the coat is left open. These coats are quite expensive, being in the neighborhood of $300. * x x x / ‘HE fur-bordered coat is another interesting model and essentially belonging to this season. The band- ing may be as narrow as an inch and a half or as wide as five rows of mink or marten. Persian lamb in black or gray is the most used for this pur- pose, as a flat fur lends itself best to band trimming. One model that we saw has four narrow bands around the basket, of flowers (No. 332), It proved very popular. #d so many requests for a buffet set to match it that we decided to do , and here it is. 1t, too, is crocheted in The pattern envelope mercerized erochet cotton, No. 30 that makes: thie ‘measure about 17 by 18 inches, and the two end pieces about 8 by 1¢ easy-to-understand contains complete, llustrated with diagrams to aid you; also what crochet hook and what material A coat | Sketched in Washington 8hops. skirt of the coat at intervals of about six inches. Another gray coat has a small eollar and vest panel through the upper part which breaks into smaller strips below the waist and curves off to one side. The tunic coat that uses long- haired fur for collar and Tuxedo revers is a big favorite. In its most | luxurious presentations it combines silver fox with the finest imported black woolen and sometimes uses four and five pelts, which, of course, puts the garment in a class with such a large flgure on the price tag that it is limited to the favored few. We found a very smart model done in cross-fox on a nubby fabric in a mustardy beige that had a very new look. This is really a suit with sepa- rate skirt, but the coat would com- bine excellently with a black frock and hat. In the same group is a long coat of the identical material and fur with large round collar that is very effective. And we think the color combination a welcome change among 50 many blacks. We have not mentioned the coat with square collar at front and some- times at back also. This model has a V-neck and is well liked for the| more mature figure, although in & black broadcloth with collar of soft mink it had quite a youthful appear- ance. Then there is the untrimmed redingote with coachman’s pockets placed at the waistline, It comes in tweed or fieece and is equally good for town and country wear. The slim- fitted waist and full flaring skirt give the accepted silhouette of the moment. *ox k% AMONG outstanding models that we have seen recently is a coat of Amazon green astrakan with small collar, vest front and ripple peplum of sable dyed kolinsky. This unusual use of the fur will provide s grand chest protector against piercing cold winds at the foot ball games, and be- sides that, will win glances of ap- proval about town. By this time every one knows that broadcloth is again enjoying renewed prestige as & cost material both for daytime and evening. It is ususlly shown in black with Persian trim, but we found one in dark brown with brown Persian by way of variety. It has & deep round collar wider at the front, very fitted through the walst with a double row of buttons in coach- man style and extreme back fullness. Some of the lovellest coats are made of imported woolens with little silver hairs through them. They are very soft and warm and different looking. ©One of these has & deep waist length dape of silver fox, with the skins so placed that they radiate from the neckline. Another exclusive model also of imported woolen has the back TActivi Of Members of Family Should Be Considered Home Economics Bureau of Department of | Agriculture Offers Helpful Sugges- ties a tions as BY BETSY CASWELL. ANY who are puzzled by the complications of food budgeting will be interested in & recent release of the Bureau of Home Economics of the United States Department Dealing with the problem in a more or less general way, the bureau has worked out a sliding scale for the average family, which will helj the housekeeper in determining whether or not she is spending the righ proportion of the income on food. The number of people in a family, their activties and their ages all come into the picture to con- fuse the issue in the layman’s mind. Hence this clearly put and simple guide should prove of great assistance to .the woman who is doing her best to keep her expenses within bounds, and is not quite clear on the right way to do so. ‘The bureau says: “Take a family of four—two adults doing moderately active work and a boy of 10, say, and an 8-year-old girl, With a yearly income of about $2,000, or $40 a week, food supplies to fur- nish a diet acceptable from the nu- tritionist’s point of view, would take approximately 23 to 31 per cent of that income. This would buy & mini- mum-cost or & moderate-cost diet, ac- cording to the plans suggested by the Bureau of Home Economics. Or, with a weekly income of $60 ($3,000 a year), things belng equal, a family of four (of father, mother and two children) might choose a more liberal diet and allot 27 per cent of their money to the food item in the budget. A family of the same size having & much lower | income, $1.250 a year or less, would have to spend about 37 per cent or more for food to have the lowest cost diet that is fully adequate. x ok X x A FAMILY of two adults, on the other hand, at the $2,000-a-year level, could have a moderate-cost diet by using about 16 per cent of the income. Or if they have $25 coming in each week ($1,250 a year), they would probably need to take 19 or 26 per cent of it for food, depending on whether they choose & minimum- cost or a moderate-cost diet. This would mean a total of about $4.85 or $8.40 for the weekly food bill “On a $1.000-a-year basis the fam- ily of two could get a minimum-cost diet for 24 per cent of its income. Such a minimum-cost plan worked out by the food specialists, gives the cheapest combination of foods that it is desirable to use for an indefi- nite peried. The moderate-cost plan | allows for freer choice of the foods | that have flavor, color and “appe- tite appeal.” It also allows a much wider margin of safety on the nutri- tion side. Dorothy Betsy Caswell | ily should spend for food. They are 1 nd Ages Guide. of Agriculture. “In giving these percentages for the food part in the family budget, home economists caution against interpret- ing them too literally. Every family's budget 1 a special case, based on what that family wants and needs. The food bill may cover hospitality and other social obligations and satisfac- tions. Also, retail-food prices vary with the locality, the season, and even with the stores in the same com- munity. Percentages of income such as those given cannot be used as & precise yardstick of how much a fam- merely a rough guide. * ok k x “NUTRI’HON!STS also caution against allotting & certain amount of the family income for food and letting it go at that. Sometimes the amount of money spent for food is no index of the kind of diet the family may be getting. Food may take a large slice out of a generous | family ipcome and still not provide | the foods needed for health and well- being. In other words, a family may spend enough to get a good diet, but may make such unwise selections from the standpoint of nutritive variety that the assortment of foods may not be as desirable as a less expensive one more carefully chosen. The final test of any food budget| and any diet plan is of course how it works out in meals on the table Oftentimes, if you know your food values, it is possible to duplicate a | meal plan at different cost levels. Take a dinner featuring liver, for example, ! a meat looked on with favor by the | nutrition specialists because of its| high rating in iron and vitamfhs Liver of all kinds places high among the protective foods. With a liberal food budget the menu might be: Calves liver and bacon—relish. French fried potatoes. Buttered broccoli Dinner rolls—butter. Fresh fruit in seasom: Spice cake. Dropping down to a more moderate- cost level, the menu might become: Braised beef liver with gravy. Baked potatoes or hominy. Buttered caulifiower. Hot biscuits—butter. Apple tapioca pudding with top | milk. At the minimum-cogt Jevel this same general: pattern might ‘be cartied out | - Scalloped liver and potatoes. Quick-cooked cabbage. Bread and butter. Applesauce—milk. Dix Says Marriage Laws Do Changed, but HAVE just been reading an ar-) ticle by a famous writer who as- serts that marriage must be changed -to meet the new trend of things. I wonder how? And what new gadgets and modern improve- ments can be added to marriage that will really better it and adapt it to everybody's tastes and temperament? In a way, marriage is like what some- body said about the weather. We all find fault with it, but no one does anything about it. A lot of tinkering has been done with it of late years without noticeable beneficial results. It really looks as if the poor old in- | stitution is beyond being made over. We either have to take it and like it as it is or leave it alone. So what to do? It's a problem. ‘Those who would change marriage to meet the modern trend of things, as our author advocates, would howl with horror at the mere suggestion that we 80 back to the horse and buggy bridal trip days when men and women mar- ried for keeps and expected to jog along together as long as they lived. To them the idea of keeping the same old husband and wife for a lifetime 1s as archaic as hanging on to your old automobile instead of trading it in every other year for & new model with fresh paint and the latest stream- lined effects. You can't make the marriage tie less binding when wedding rings are already worn so loose that six out of every hundred are permanently lost and 50 per cent of the others are parked in the top bureau drawer with odds and ends of junk while their owners play around with other, synthetic, husbands and wives. x x * % 'OU can’t make divorce any easier unless you can get one by send- 1 < g BEEE Not Need to Be Humans Do. ‘ congental husband and wife should | be bound together. Free lovers would | live together only so long as their | love was fresh and beautiful and| thrilling, and when they began to| weary of each other they would kiss | and part and seek fresh mates. ! * %k * x CHARMING theory. Only it doesn't work out in real life. Somehow, | love nests proved to have all the dis- | advantages and none of the comforts of the regulation home. Unfortunately, human nature being what it is, lovers | did not fall out of love and grow | weary of each other at the same time. and then there was & broken Neart | and scenes and recrimination. Even | swapping partners was a failure, be- cause the traders found out that in getting a new husband or wife they | had simply exchanged one set of | faults for another. As a matter of cold fact, the hap-| piest marriages are those that con- form to the old pattern of marriage where & man and woman take each | other for better or worse until death | do them part, and then settle down | to making the best of their bargain, | overlooking each other’s faults, loving | each other’s peculiarities because they are Jobn's or Mary's little ways, work- ing together building up a fortune and rearing a family, growing closer and closer together all the time, and giving each other a devotion and a loyalty that never fails, There isn't much the matter with| that kind of a marriage. It doesn't need to be changed. What needs to| be changed are the modern men and | women who have not the honesty to live up to the contract they have made; nor the grit to endure mar- | riage when it doesn’t come up to their | expectations; nor the steadfastness and loyalty to hold to any one thing or person. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1936 ) Roast Beef Gravy. Remove some of the fat from pan, leaving 4 tablespoons. Place on back of range, add 4 tablespoonfuls flour and stir until well browned. Add gradually 1% cups boiling water, cook 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper and strain. I’s Vacuum Packed Blouse a Contrasting Colors Up Well in BY BARBARA BELL. | \ODAY'S pattern—two CCDIX‘IW{ garments—gives you an idea| how chic you can appear when | clothes are chosen with taste | and discrimination. Any blouse as clever a8 this one can be worn suc- | cesstully with a dozen different skirts, | and any skirt, equally fetching and serviceable, can justify a dozen differ- | ent blouses. An unusually flattering neck treat- | ment with the folds giving way to a jabot effect and surplice closing, lend | distinction to the blouse fashioned in | a solid crepe, pastel silk or gold metal, while the skirt relies on a slenderizing front panel ending in pleats to relieve | its essential simplicity. Try a satin, | velveteen, silk, crepe, or velvet for the skirt. You don't have to start off with a dozen patterns: just send for this one and make your own changes. | Barbara Bell pattern No. 1958-B is available for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20; 40, 42, | 44 and L nd Skirt and Fabrics Work This Model. 1958-B, BARBARA BELL, The Washington Star. Enclose 25 cents in coins for pattern No. 1958-B. Size NaMe acecececcccccacccanaccee - Address .. (Wrap coins securely in paper.) 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 | cross lines or round lines. Disguising Excessive Avoirdupois Few Helpful Hints on Dress for “Plump”’ Figure. . BY ELSIE PIERCE. WHAT about the woman who is more than just pleasingly plump? Is she Dame Fashion's forgotten woman? Surely she can't wear the princess line, the wasp-waisted frock, the pinched-under-the-bosom vogue, the padded shoulders, tricky sleeves, winged-back evening gowns. Is she to go into hiding for a Rip Van Win- kle spell or work off the excess fa® at breakneck speed (incidentally breaking up fat, disposition and health thereby). We recommend neither. We heartily subscribe a sane, sensible reducing regime, slow but sure with not more than two pounds a week loss and that providing it has the doctor's O. K. And we recome, mend simple, lovely, long lines that give an illusion of slenderness and & lie to the scales. ‘Try the simple long lines, you style ish stouts, and next thing you know some one will ask you how long you have been reducing. Perhaps the lesson is more easily learned if you know what to avoid.. In the first place, have the courage, to say “no” w Fashion if her latest, whim doesn't suit your type. Know, when to meet her halfway and when_ to detour. Dark colors are your forte, Black relieved with jewel touches or & bit of bright color; navy blue and in fact any of the dark autumn shades so popular this season. It is the high colors you want to avoid and the shiny-surfaced materials. Taffe- tas and satins are not for you. Flat crepes are fine and sheer wools are* good and stylish. Avoid color con-* trasts, particularly a bright blouse or® Jacket with dark skirt—cuts height* adds width. The heavy, long-haired furs are fosthe slim. Flat furs for you. These, happily, are the last- word in fashion’s dictates for this Winter. Wide, tricky, flaring sleeves are not meant for too-generously pro= portioned arms. Have the sleeves perfectly cut, well-fitted, not skines tight, but fitted nevertheless to gives an illusion of slenderness. Avoids bracelets. Avoid cuffs and trimmings, at the wrists. Avoid wide beits. Avoid Long or V. lines are best—at the neckline, at the back and waist. The inverted V or tucked under the bosom princess line is not for you. But don’t bemoan your: fate. Fashion still has enough left, to flatter you. Make “comfortably, fitted” your code. Don't take a size, too small feeling you can fool the world and disguise the excess avoir- dupois. You'll only emphasize and make matters worse. And if you want to get down to a sane, sensible reducing regime send a self-addressed, stamped (3-cent) en- velope for my bulletin on “Reducing | Hints.” (Copyright” 1936,) Invitations BY EMILY POST. MRS. POST: I have been in this city only several years and all my friends here are business men. Nevertheless I would like my fiancee to send wedding invitations to these | men and their wives, but she feels that it is such a punctilious gesture as to seem ridiculous. You see, the wedding will take place too far away, 46. Corresponding bust meas- | particular young women and ma- | S0 that no one from here will go, I'm urements 32, 34, 36, 38, 40. 42, 44 and | trons, and other patterns for special | sure, and she insists that since they 46. Size 16 (34) requires 25 vards of 39 inch material for the blouse and 213 yards for the skirt. | 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- | The Old Gardener Says: The squills or scillas are in the list of so-cailed minor bulbe. Nevertheless, some of them are well worth the garden maker's attention, for they produce large numbers of extremely attractive flowers early in the season. The one called Scilla campanulata is especially worth-while, having spikes of drooping flowers, which suggest miniature hyacinths. Rose Queen is & rosy pink va- riety, while Alba maximum is a white kind. The two varieties look well when grown together. Both kinds are much taller than the well-known Scilla siberica, which grows only 5 inches high, but this is & good variety for the rock garden, with indigo blue flowers, which are perhaps the bluest flowers to be found in the garden at any season. (Copyright, 1033.) occasions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell pattern book. (Copyright, 1936, e New Scrambled Eggs. Stir the sliced olives and a second selected ingredient into the seasoned, | slightly beaten eggs, pour into but- tered skillet and stir constantly until | the eggs have become creamy and suf- | ficiently set to suit the tastes of the |group. Serve with ripe olives which | have been heated in their own liquor | the boiling point. Hot ripe olives ake a most delicious hors d'oeuvre. Secretary-Wife Mrs. Emily Dean is secretary to a well-known photographer. She’s a housewife, tod—washes dishes at home, yet thanks to Lux, her hands never show it! know we must realize this fact, invi- tations would fail in my intention of kindness and these people will only feel obligated to send presents. What is your candid opinion? Answer.—Let me ask you a ques< tion. If the wedding were taking place: where you are now living instead of far away, would you ask these people to it? If the answer is yes, then by all means send them invitations. On the contrary, an invitation to the church alone does not obligate any. one to anything and is moreover cer« | tainly more flattering than announcee ments afterwards. "SALADA ODERN WOMEN who do double duty— keep house and have jobs—have to look well groomed! “1 vould::'thdl:em bave m d“fih- hands a e ce, s, mn. “Thanks to mine smooth and white ifi;’iu of fl washing. It’s the most inexpensive beauty care I know!” Lux protects your hands be cause it has no-harmful alkali to dry and roughen the skin. Ordinary soaps containing harmful alkali dry out natu- ral oils, leave your hands irri- tated, red, sometimes even painfully raw. Foolish to risk them when gentle Lux for dishes costs only 1¢ a day! -for DISHES