Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1936, Page 28

WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1936. B—10 v+ WOMEN’S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, s _B_10 v WOME\'S FEATUREs. __THE BVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. O, NONDAY. OOTORER 20, s Wousws Fastomzs. Cranberries Can Play Variety of Parts in the Culinary Symphony ¢ WOMEN'’S FEATURES. Demanding ||Shopping in Washington Obedience Of Child Give Little One Time| to Adjust Self to Order. BY ANGELO PATRL HEN I tell you to do something 1 expect you to do it imme- diately. Immediately, you understand? No waiting.” “I don’t like immediately,” wailed 4-year-old Jamie. “I can't come so0 fast. I have to take my breath.” “Never -mind taking your breath. Buppose the house was afire, and I called you to come and you took your time about it? You'de be burned up.” “No, I wouldn't. You'd yell. ‘Fire!’ and I'd jump like the fireman.” “Oh, I see. You mind immediately when you think it is necessary. Well, young man, just think it is necessary to come to dinner when I call you or you'll be sorry.” I am on the small child’s side. He ought not to be expected to answer every call as he would a fire alarm. If the consciemtious mother, who is trying so hard to teach a child prompt, willing obedience as a protectien for himself, would stop to consider the matter she would cease to try for this emergency response on every occa- sion. Nobody goes to a fire three times a day, much less does he have to g0 a dozen times a day. Many of the demands made upon children for obedience could profitably be omitted altogether. Many more could well be casual requests politely expressed as between friends. A few are important enough to warrant prompt attention. Meal calls among others. But even these are not to be emergency sirens. They are to be made only after the child’s mind has been prepared to receive them. A human mind is a force in mo- tion. A child's mind engaged in play is going full speed ahead. You would apply your brakes gently as possible were you driving a car at such speed, or you might be sorry you didn't. For the very same reasons you apply the slow-down command gently, slowly, preparing the speeding machinery for the final stop. Only in the gravest emergency would you check power in full speed ahead. “In a few minutes I'll call you for dinner.” “Five minute call before dinner.” That allows the child to slow down, prepare his mind and get his body under control so as to move easily and promptly in another direc- tion. One activity must be checked, a new one accepted, directed and ac- complished. The child must have time. It is a sign of good household man- agement to sound a pre-dinner call. That allows the children and the older ones, too, the time that is needed for preparation. Then prompt at- tendance at the table is only natural and reasonable. Beside that there is a calmer, happier atmosphere about the whole proceeding that makes a mealtime the pleasant hour it ought to be. Have no fear about the emergency call being overlooked. As the little boy suggested, you will yell “Fire!” Your voice will carry the danger call and instinctively he will respond to it. Obedience should be intelligent, but its intelligence must depend upon that quality in the orders given. Mr. Patri has prepared a leaflet, entitled “Poor Readers,” in which he gives parents many suggestions on how to help children to improve their reading. Send for it, addressing your request to Mr. Angelo Patri, child psychology department of The Evening Star. Inclose a self-addressed, stamped (3-cent) envelope, (Copyright, 1936.) Codfish Balls Cook two cups potatoes, cut in dice, with one cup picked-over sglt codfish until potatoes are soft and water has about cooked away. Mash with one tablespoon fine breadcrumbs. When almost cold add the yolk of an egg. Form mixture into balls or cakes, roll in stale breadcrumbs and allow them to stand until hard. Fry one minute 1in hot fat. Do not allow them to ab- sorb the grease. Garnish platter with parsley when serving and put a small piece of parsley at each end of cod- fish ball. Burnt Cake. When cake or bread is too brown or Captivating Perfumes to Complement the Perfect Ensemble From Morn Till Night. Five delightful fragrances-for varying moods which are described in detail below. BY MARGARET WARNER. HE drop of perfume that you put on the lobe of your ear, or wherever you like it best, is the final touch to the perfect ensemble. 4t starts you off in a gayer mood l&d makes you feel that all's well with the world, or at least with your particular world. During these golden Autumn days we enjoy a perfume that is exhili ing and full of the joy of life. This exuberant spirit of the out-of-doors has been captured by a number of perfumes and is delightfully present- ed in the little flacon shown at the top of the sketch in its satin-lined case. This is a perfume that goes with spectator sportswear to foot ball | games, horse shows and even on your morning walk downtown to business. It is exclusive with one shop in town, we are told, and we believe that they made a wise selection, but you will have to try it for yourself, as tastes in perfumes are a very personal matter after all. The modernistic flacon at the right is the creation of one of the out- standing French coutouriers, who is noted for always producing something entirely different from any one else at the important fashion showings. Like a fey of the other great dress designers, she includes smart perfumes in clever containers in her business and they are enjoyed in all the im- portant cities of the world. The bottle fits into a substantial cork base and has a similar top making an unbreak- able covering which is marvelous for traveling or sending through the mails. There is a.choice of three fra- grances, a tangy one for sports, a more delicate one for afternoon and a still more sophisticated one for eve- ning. . ok K % ERFUMES are no longer just sweet smelling fragrances to be used at random, but have very definite and is burnt, grate with a nutmeg grater until it is a golden brown. You'd know it was French—little, decided characteristics and should be | chosen and worn with respect to the fat cupids, piping away under a tree. No other people in the world are quite as friendly to the mischievous little fellow. We adapted the design for this center-piece from an old French design and it seems to fit so well just now, in the vogue for Edwardian clothes and Victorian fi urnishings. Yowll find it much more gratifying to work a filet center piece than vlaying solitaire, and you’ll have a charming addition to your home to show for it. Filet crochet is more like a game than an occupation, and, unlike that awful feeling in a jigsaw puzzie, when you are sure that several of the pieces have been lost, you know just where you are going. Another thing, you can tuck your crocheting away. And when you've completed this pattern, you'll have a charming center piece about 25 by 20 inches. The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand illustrated Mom,mmmmwmwu:mvmmmmwm material and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 359 and enclose 15 cents in stamps Needlework or coin to cover service and postage. Editor of The Evening Star. Address orders to The —Sketched in Washington Bhops. time and place in mind, t6 be most | effective and satisfying. This often means a lot of investigating and ask- ng the salespeople to let you get a whiff of the various kinds. They are always glad to do this as they keep sample bottles open just for this pur- pose, 50 you don't have to trust to luck and the outside appearance of the bottle. The hand in the center holds a new small flacon to be carried in the purse. The bottle itself is in the shape of a miniature handbag! This design 15 as practical as it is novel, for it permits a flat, slim bottle that won't bulge an envelope bag and that fits beautifully in the hand for use. ‘The golden ball top is easy to man- age afd fits tightly over the neck to prevent leakage. You will love this and may have it filled with your favorite fragrance among the intrig- ing ones put out by this firm. It makes a charming bridge prize or birthday remembrance and may be tucked in- side a handbag for a more important gift to add an extra touch of thought- fulness, Another new perfume is the one in the very odd, low, streamlined bottle with handsome stopper which comes in a roll-top shaped case of white and gold. This perfume has a versatile fragrance with a “bitter-sweetness” that is a little hard to describe. It's another one for you to investigate. Introduced abroad last year, it is just making its appearance in this coun- try. *x % % ELOW is the very new and very interesting Chinese perfume that is the season’s offering of one of our best liked perfumers. The story that gives you the atmosphere of this new- est scent is so delightful that we shall quote part of it for you. “The very soul of Shanghai is in- terpreted in this new fragrance that haunts the past—warm, exquisite and mysterious. The warmth of musky undertones, the exquisite delicacy and perfection that characterized the Chi- nese temperament, the mystery sur- rounding the suggestion of a strange land—all combine to create a perfume truly and typically Oriental. How- ever, it does not reflect so much of the bizarre and exotic so often asso- ciated with the Orient as it does a mood of phantasy and enraptured senses. It is a mediey of the new and thie old, even as the city itself. It is a fragrance modernized in appeal but still retentive of the charm and love- liness of old China. “It is fittingly presented in a flacon inspired by a bronze urn from a very early Chinese era. Square-cut crys- tal handles on either side of the flacon accentuate its horizontal lines. It is set on a gold-toned dais over a larger black-covered base.” And not only is the container so beautiful but the perfume is perfectly delicious, and you may get it in small dram sizes if the larger one proves & bit too ex- pensive! For festive evenings, now that the theatrical and musical season is upon us, there is a perfume appropriately called a “musical echo,” for its fra- grance is closely aligned with the delicacy and disturbing loveliness of a distantly played nocturne , .. and is as completely captivating. A bit of this scent patted on the back of the neck is particularly ef- fective. It can be especially appre- ciated when the evening wrap is dropped off the shoulders and its aroma hovers about you. Thus the gown is left untouched for another perfume mood. This comes in & ::!::lfll flacon with a little gold-leat For information concerning items Turkey Should Not Be - Allowed Monopoly on Their Companionship Puddings and Other Desserts Assume Added Ruby BY BETSY mas trees, that set the counters of the | chain stores to glowing about the 1st of December, the day of home- made tree deco- rations has fallen sadly into limbo, When I was little, and the entire family joined in for weeks ahead, “helping Santa Claus” with his decorating job, we used to make great long strings of snowy pop- corn and bright red cranberries to hang on the tree branches. At my grandfather’s, in the country, there was a little spruce tree that sat in the middle of the driveway circle. Today this would be dressed up In colored electric lights— then we used to festoon it with bead- like chains of cranberries, that glowed like rubies against the snow on the dark green limbs. The big tree indoors, viewed on Christmas morning in all its glory, was weighted with the white and red strings of popcorn and berries. I will never forget how hard it was to drive & needle through some of those white grains, and how pleased I was when I Betsy Caswell was given a cranberry string to do— they were so easy on the fingersi * x % x RIGHT now the new cranberry crop is in our markets—red and firm and delicious. They are far from ex- pensive and will ill a long-felt want by offering the housekeeper an additional fruit for her Winter desserts and other dishes. The name “cranberry” comes from the original term, “crane-berry’— which was given the fruit because of the likeness of the blossom to the head of a crane. It is recorded in the his- tory of the State of Massachusetts that the early colonists sent 10 barrels of cranberries to England for the delecta- tion of his majesty Charles I Cranberry sauce may be made in 10 minutes—so even the hurried kitch- enette cook should be able to indulge in this delicacy to accompany hot or cold meats—for cranberries are not bound to turkey alone for perfect companionship! Here is the recipe for the 'sauce: TEN-MINUTE CRANBERRY SAUCE. 1 quart cranberries, 2 cups water. 2 cups sugar. Boil the sugar and water together Dorothy GROUP of professional and business women—a lawyer, & doctor, an interior decorator and the buyer for a big store— were discussing their various careers and the work, the hardships, the struggles as well as the thrills and triumphs and successes they had been through. Finally one of them turned to a quiet little woman, who had sat silently listening to the conversation, and asked: “And what do you do, my dear?” “Oh,” replied the woman, “I have a lovely job and a very highly paid one. of an amalgamation of every one of yours, I am a homemaker, “Of course, I know that my cccu- pation is not ranked among the learned professions. No girl thinks that she has to prepare herself for practicing it or giving it any serious study as she would law or medicine, or even stenography. She thinks it is a sort of a jack-leg trade that any feminine moron who hasn't brains enough to do anything else can follow. * kX % "MY LABOR doesn’t even entitle me to & union card with a six- hour day and extra compensation for overtime work. I Wwill never get a medal nor an honorable mention for making a grand success of my job. But all the same I maintain that I follow not only one of the oldest occupations in which my sex has ever engaged, but also the one for which it is best fitted, the one that requires the greatest diversity of talents and the one in which it is most successful Strangely enough, it is a sort | Tang and Zest When Made With Fruit. CASWELL. HERE seems to be a mistaken ides in many sections of this country that cranberries belong only to turkey and that turkey belongs only to Thanksgiving—sort of Lowell and Cabot speaking situation, as it were. Those who hold this belief are definitely the losers, for turkey is to be had nearly all year 'round, nowadays, and .cranberries have long since branched out in dozens of ways from their original role as a sauce. They have lost out on one job, though, I am afraid. With the coming of inexpensive ornaments for Christ-g————""—"—"""" for five minutes. Add the berries and boil without stirring for about five minutes, until all the skins have popped open. Remove from the fire when the popping stops and allow the sauce to remain undisturbed in the saucepan until cool. MOLDED STRAINED CRANBERRY SAUCE. 4 cups cranberries. 2 cups sugar. 2 cups water. Boil the berries with the water until the skins stop popping. Strain through a fine sieve, add sugar and stir; boil rapidly for 10 minutes, or until a drop will jell on a cold plate. Turn at once into a wet mold and chill to set. CRANBERRY TAPIOCA. 4 cup quick-cooking tapioca. 115 cups boiling water. 1, teaspoon salt. 1 cup 10-minute cranberry sauce. 1 cup whipped cream. 2 tablespoons orange juice. 1 teaspoon grated orange rind. Drop the tapioca into boiling, salted water. Cook in double boiler for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. When cold add the cranberry sauce, orange juice and rind. Last, fold in the whipped cream. Pour into parfait glasses, chill, and top with whipped cream just before serving. STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING. 1 cup flour. 1', teaspoons baking powder. 1; teaspoon salt. 1, cup bread crumbs, 13 cup brown sugar. 25 cup finely chopped suet. 1 cup chopped cranberries. 1 egg. 13 cup milk. Mix ingredients in order given. Turn into a well-greased mold. Cover with waxed paper and steam for two hours, never allowing the water to come more than two-thirds of the way up the sides of the mold. Turn out; serve hot with hard sauce. CRANBERRY HAM SLICES. 3 cups cranberries. 11, cups strained honey. 2 tablespoans whole cloves. 2 slices ham—about 1 inch thick each. Gash the edges of fat on the ham and place one slice in baking dish. Mix the cranberries and honey, and spread somefiof them over the slice of ham. Cover with the other slice and top that with remainder of cran- berry and honey mixture. Garnish with the cloves and bake for 1’z hours in moderate oven, basting occasion- ally. Dix Says A Wife Must Be a Combination Doctor, Lawyer, Nurse and Banker. be able to pinch-hit for a trained nurse, but also to have the miraculous ability to kiss a place and make it | well when s little toddler feels that he has been mortally wounded.” “I am a buyer who has to know her \onions literally and figuratively, I have to know how to get value for my money because I must live within my budget. I must know about the nutri- tive values of food and the wearing qualities of clothes and where I can get the most for my money in order that my family may be properly fed and clothed. That is why I, and thousands of my sisters, run around from shop to shop comparing and pricing things, and it is why our chil- dren are so well dressed, Nobody stops to think about it, but we house- wives are carrying around the trade of the world in our little handbags. LR AND. In addition, I am a banker because I handle most of the money that my husband makes, I am a financier who makes $1 do the work of $5. And I am sort of social secretary who keeps up the contacts with people we should know and who drags her boss out to dinners and parties and clubs where he makes new, agreeable and often . profitable acquaintances and keeps people aware of him, “So, you see, I have a lovely and interesting job, as I told yow, and a profitable one. It pays me, to begin with, a million per cent on my investe ment in effort and labor in the hap) and reaps the largest rewards. “As I have said, my job comprises something of all of yours. As a home- maker I have to be something of an amateur interior decorator, or else my house would be & hideous conglomer~ ation of misfit furniture and colors that swear at each other, instead of being & place of beauty as I have made it. I am no authority on Ori= ental rugs and period furniture, but Iam a connoisseur on basement bar- gain cretonnes and as an auction hound I yield to no woman, “T am not only a lawyer, but I am also a judge of & Supreme Court from which there is no appeal and, believe me, you have to be a second Solomon to settle the fights between children and determine which one started the Charming Smock Smart Model May Also Be Used as a Comfortable Morning Frock. BY BARBARA BELL. HO wouldn't perk up at the sight of this debonair | smock? A Windsor tie and full flowing sleeves caught snugly at the wrist are your guide to chic and comfort, and bear the brunt of household duties like a “pal.” It's a grand lift for & busy day and fairly bulges with elegance and charm, but, best of all, this pat- tern's special secret is the ease and simplicity with which it can be cut, | stitched and finished. Actually an hour or two of uninterrupted sewing will do the trick. Why not make two | models in different fabrics and ver- sions? In a three-quarter length it's easy to slip on as a protection for better dresses, while the full length trans- forms it into a refreshing morning frock. It gathers softly to a square yoke in front and back, and an ample pocket provides storage for househola or office knick-knacks. Have your way about the sleeves, and pep up the smock with bone buttons. If you're wise you'll economize by sending for your two-in-one pattern today. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1936-B is available for sizes 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. Size 34 requires 3'; yards of 35-inch material with long sleeves. With short sleeves, 3¢ yards of 35- inch material. 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 attractive, 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 ccca- sions are all to be found in the Bar- bara Bell Pattern Book. ness I get out of my husband and children and home. And it pays me in actual money more than the aver- age woman gets out of her profession in the outside world, for a woman has to work a long time at her job and be very successful before she can set up her own home and have a car and the financial security that even a | cloves through the mixture, lay the | moderately well-to-do husband gives her.” DOROTHY DIX. { WISH MY SKIRT WAS LONG ENOUGH 70 HIDE My RUN BARBARA BELL, The Washington Star, Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1936-B. Size (Wrap coins securely in paper.) Sausage and Bean Casserole. 1 can baked beans. 1 can tomato soup. 1 pound pork sausage. 10 whole cloves. Mix the beans and soup thoroughly and pour into a casserole. Dot the | sausages on top and bake in a hot | oven until the sausages are done. The entire process can be hastened by warming the bean and soup mix- ture on top of the stove and parboiling the sausages before putting all the | ingredients into the casserole for 10 | minutes of baking. A fruit-juice cocktail, a green salad, and a gelatine pudding prepared ear- lier in the day will complete this hastily prepared menu. My Neighbor Says: Give English ivy good drain- age if you wish to have a healthy plant. Mix loam with sand and plant in an earthen pot. In selecting a soup for a meal remember that creamed soups should not be served when there are creamed vegetables or creamed fish to follow. Kerosene will quickly remove paint or varnish from the hands. Pour a little on to & cloth and rub over hands. To warm over biscuits, muffins or rolls, sprinkle lightly with Honey Used As Bleach Ingredient Formula for Excellent Facial Treatment Outlined. BY ELSIE PIERCE. 'VERY often readers volunteer ine formation which I am more than happy to pass on to other readers— helpful hints, formulae, outlines of treatments they have found beneficial Today’s letter was written by Mrs. E. E..G. and in it she says that she uses “a honey of a bleaching facial” occasionally and finds that it does away with much of the damage of fur collars. A “lightening influence on an ever darkening skin” to use Mrs G’s own words. The recipe was given to her by someone who runs a small but exclusive, beauty salon, so she i really divulging trade secrets. It is made by mixing the following ingredients: 1 ounce of honey, ont teaspoonful of strained lemon juice, & slightly beaten egg whites, 5 drops of oil of bitter almonds and enough fin¢ oatmeal to make a paste. The only thing you have to buy at the drug store is & small quantity of the oil of bitter almonds. Mix the ingredientt together until the resulting paste it quite smooth. As with any bleaching routine, the first step is thorough cleansing. # cleansing cream should be used for this purpose. Remove With tissues o) soft towel. Then wipe any remaining grease away with cotton pad soakec in cold water or better yet in a milc skin tonic or astringent. That dont the bleach is applied. Caution taken to keep it away from lips, eyes brows and lashes. It is well to ust & good nourishing cream over thest areas and if you can develop tht knack of putting the bleach on whil resting and without looking you may put witch hazel pads over the eyes Allow the bleach to remain for 1l minutes to a half hour. The actua length of time depends upon the skin' sensitivity, At first 15 minutes & preferable and as the skin become: accustomed to the bleach the lengtk of time may be increased. The bleact will set as & mask or pack does, an¢ dry. Remove with a pad of cottor and tepid water. Then massage witk a fairly heavy nourishing cream. Mrs. G. claims that this bleach hal astringent as well as bleaching prop- erties, lightens and refines the skit and is highly satisfactory during the | Winter for both face and neck. The face has a way of looking muggy an¢ dark because circulation slows up dus to Winter inactivity. The neck U subject to friction under dark dressel and fur collars. Well, thank you, Mrs. G. I an sure many readers will enjoy thil routine, And if any wish to offe; similar “successful” treatments shall more than welcome the goo¢ word and pass it on. (Copyright, 1936, Roast Beef With Pears. ‘When roast is nearly finished place large halves of canned pears, drainec | and dipped lightly in flour, about it baste and cook until brown. Serve around roast. THE BEST PART OF A PARTY... 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