Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1936, Page 26

B—10 WOMEN'S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (.. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1936. WOMEN’S FEATURES. Midnight Buffet Supper Is Good Way to Welcome Advent of New Year Food to ‘Be Consumed Late at Night Must Be Very Carefully Chosen Sleeplessness and General Misery Apt to Follow Insults to Digestive System. BY BETSY AYBE you like to “go out on the town™ CASWELL. to celebrate New Year eve. Maybe you don't hold with such goings on, and midnight finds you snugly tucked in bed and sound asleep when the whistles blow. Maybe you will be spending your 1937 dawn on a luxurious cruise liner. in a trailer. Maybe you will be in a plane, friends gathered in your living room | to see the old year out and the new year in in quiet congeniality. If the latter is the case, then you must, of course, plan to have some simple but tempt- ing refreshments for the midnight buffet supper, to accompany the toasts for young 1937. And if you really want to enjoy the evening vourself, it is well to have the - kind of food that may be prepared somewhat in advance, | and can be served with the minimum trouble and effort. Midnight eating must be approached | with thought. Lots of us have touchy tummies that punish us for late snacks by not letting us sleep after- ward. Therefore too rich and too heavy foods must be ruled out. for even though the next day is a holiday this time—there is no use spending it with tired nerves and a fretful liver. Betsy Caswell, ® x * x WOUUD suggest, first of all, variety of cheeses, of the milder | types, and assorted cold cuts, sliced | thin, to be made into sandwiches by‘ the guests, with crusty French or| whole wheat bread. Stuffed eggs | and some sort of refreshingly piquant salad would be good with the sand- | wiches. Or, if you want one hot dish | that is not too much trouble to pre- pare, then have the eggs scrambled, | with tomatoes and a few asparagus tips. If you received one of the wonder- | ful electric gadgets designed to keep | several dishes hot at one time, as & Christmas present, this is & splen- did time to show it off. You could | have chicken a la king in one com- partment, and creamed oysters in an- other; chicken livers, sauteed and then mixed with steamed rice, are always delicious; shrimp and wild rice make | another good combination. And have | you ever tried the combination of | chicken livers, mushrooms and onions, all sauteed together? That is one of | those that you have to be a little‘ careful about, late at night—but it | is just about “tops,” if you can | take it! ‘With any of these hot foods, you may have a nice, cool salad. For a | buffet party the individual molds or servings are the most comemenl,“ Hot-house tomatoes, stuffed with minced cucumber, or with tuna fish, | or with chopped artichoke hearts mar- | inated in French dressing, may be placed on crisp lettuce leaves, and served with mayonnalse. * %k X X ITH this kind of “snack” buffet, dessert is unnecessary, but be sure that there is plenty of food for the main meal. Set the dining room table against the wall, so that guests | may group themselves in the center | of the room, or wander com!orllbly‘ about, and place the decorations at the back of the table against the wall. Use your prettiest linen, china and silver, and group the platters of food, the coffee urn, and the rest of the | equipment with an eve to balance and beauty. Half of the success of a ! buffet party lies in its looks, re- | member! | And here are one or two recipes for | on a railroad train, or headed south Or maybe you will be right here in wumnzwn cozy and hnppy in your own home with a few apedll-‘* —— a salad of the type that is especially suited to this sort of meal: PICKLE PERFECTION SALAD, 1!, tablespoons plain gelatin. 1 cup bolling water. cup cold water. cup chopped sweet pickle, cup pickle juice, small sweel onion, 'z leaspoon salt. Moisten gelatin in a little cold waler, then dissolve in boiling water. Add cold water and juice drained from pickle jar. Add salt and cool thoroughly. (For extra color, & drop of green vegetable coloring may be added and red sweet pepper.) Sprinkle bottoms of molds gener- ously with paprika, distribute pickle mixture evenly, then fll up molds with gelatin, Congeal and unmold on lettuce or watercress. Serve with mayonnaise which has been softened with a little cream. SUNUP SALAD. 1!; tablespoons unflavored gelatin, 2 cups tomato juice. 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 1, cup chopped pickle, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoon sugar, 'z teaspoon salt. '2 cup chopped celery. Moisten gelatin in 4 tablespoons to- mato juice. Bring 1 cup tomato juice to boil and stir in gelatin until dis- solved. Add remaining juice and sea- sonings. Cool to congealing point, then add celery and pickle. Mold and serve on leltuce with mayonnaise dressing. 1937 SALAD SANDWICH. For individual servings place” 4 slices of bread on each plate, spread two with mayonnaise and two with butter, slices of eggs and pickle, dill or bread-and-butter style, Opposite, Place slice spread with mayounalse and top with sardines. On second buttered slice, arrange slices cold boiled tongue and ham, and cn re- e . 2 2 maining slice spread with mayonnaise | arrange small lettuce cups and fill | with chopped tomato and pickles. My Neighbor Says: Rapidly growing plants need plenty of food. Use a plant food regularly now on old plants Just starting & new growth. Eggs given lo inv-lid: should be unquestionably fresh. Always cook eggs very lightly, otherwise the albumen is coagulated and toughened and rendered more dif- ficult to digest. Sour cream or milk may be used in any cake recipe if one- half teaspoon of soda is added to each cup of sour milk. Omit 2 teaspoons baking powder for each one-half teaspoon of soda used. Raising power of one-half tea- spoon soda and one cup sour milk equals raising power of 2 tea- spoons baking powder. To make celery curls, cut inner stalks into 3 or 4 inch lengths. With a sharp knife cut each Ppiece down into thin strips, stop- ping when within an inch of the end. Drop into ice water. Strips will curl up as they become chilled. When roasting meats, sear at high temperature to improve the appearance and to give flavor to outside meat. When seared lower oven temperature and finish roast- ing. Roasting in high oven tem- perature decreases juiciness and tenderness. ‘We've noticed that a raglan sleeve is usually a becoming line to most of us. Then, too, in knitting, it is much easier to make because it does away with the difficult sleeve and shoulder seams. ‘This blouse has an added attraction in being s jiffy-knit. Just & couple - of afternocons with clicking knitting needles and you'll have a blouse to' wear with a tweed skirt or any skirt you like, The pattesn is given in five sizes, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 years, 5o you won't have to figure out any incredses or ‘The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand, ‘illustrated directions, with diagrams to ald you; also what needles and what material and how much you will need. ‘To obtain this pattern send for No. eoin to cover service and postage. of The Evening Star. 409 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or Address orders to the Needlework Editor (Coporisht, 1936.) x On one buttered slice arrange | Ready for the Wltchmg Hour This line-up .slmuld prove a pleasant welcome to any new year! “Pickle-Perfection” salads are euellen! /or the mulmght snack when 1937 dawns. Cold cuts, cheese, stuffed eggs and Better to Abide by Decisions Children Soon Take Advantage of “No-Yes.” BY ANGELO PATRI. HE no-yes person is bound to have | & bad time with children because ' they are astute and very soon take | advantage of the indecision to bar- | | gain for their wants and wishes. Nobody can be 100 per cent wise. It would be dreadful to meet up with | | such & person in daily living. B\xti one can be rather sure about some | things, and the answer to them is ‘teuher yes or no without any reserva= | tion or wavering. Most mothers know whether a child can have a plece of candy at the | time he asks for it. Either he can | | have it or he can't so, the yes is easy. | | It will be if the child learns that he | gets nothing by arguing his case. He | can learn that his mother means what | she says when she says it if that is | | his experience. “Go ask your mother for -ome‘ | cookies, Bennie.” “No. She won't give them to me | because it is near luncn time.” i “Go on. Coax her.” “No. She wouldn't give me any | and she would chase me out for asking. You go ask your own mother | if you want any.” “I did ask her and she said there | wasn't any. If she had some, though, ! I could coax them out of her. Easy. Go on and ask your mother.” | “I told you no, and I mean no” | said Bennie, and the words and tone were his mother’s. Experience had | taught him something. i This is not to say that parents | are not to be persuaded. If & child | comes with a request he should have & hearing, sympathetic and kindly even when the request seems oul- | landish, Listen, and don't say “no” the moment he opens his mouth. He | may have reason on his side, or even harmless pleasure. Say “yes” as often as possible and keep “no” for the rare times ii is needed. But slick to it once it has been pronounced. This makes consideration of any request imperative. If one yields to the very human impulse that moves one to shout “no” at the outset there is likely to be a change of attitude and that, in the face of the shouted Degative, is not always gracefully achieved. Wait and listen and ask for time, if time is needed. Then when you have to say no it comes with more authority’ and is accepted in betler grace. “Once having said “yes,” don't take it back unless there is a plain, im- perative need for you to do so. If you have given permission to g0 W0 & party and you learn that there is a contaglous disgase prevalent in the neighborhood you are perfectly within your rights, it is clearly your duty to say, “No, we have to change the suswer because of this illness.” But, if you have given permission, and then begin to think of all the ifs wnd maybes, the possibilities and the costs, and your mind wavers, don't say, “No, I've changed my mind.” You are likely to change it back again, and to that there is no end but confusion and loss of understanding. :‘“e up your mind and then abide y it (Copyrisht, 1936,) — Feminine Touch in Shooting Costumes. Feminine touches are giving a new style interest to shooting costumes this season—these largely through ac- cessories, which are noted in smart new color combinations and materials. ‘There are novel belts in peccary and box calf with little pockets, as shown by Hermes and Henry a la Pensee. There are little bags in vivid colored leathers and lacquered fabrics as well as in plastic materials, which may be worn like fobs of cartridge belts. There are smart shooting costumes shown with doeskin gilets in bright colors or with vivid scarves. The new square shoes, Tyrolean gaiters and large plastic buttons imitating horn and en= graved with hunting scenes are other style features of this season’s smart Shooting costume. Feminine Pajamas Frivolous Details Give Additional Charm to Useful Garment. BY BARBARA BELL. HEN you consider how much time we spend living and sleeping in pajamas, you'll agree that it's just as im- portant to your self-esteem (o appear in smart bed togs &s in stylish day- time frocks. Today’s model gives you the best chance in the world to put new life into your pajama wardrobe. A charming scallop-yoke is repeated in the rounded jacket bottom. Yoke and sleeves are loosely made for com- fort, too. Collar and front facing are in one piece, further simplifying the sewing. Button yourself into these in sheer dimity or voile, and feel and look like a sleeping beauty! Barbara Bell pattern No. 1981-B is availale for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 40 and 42. Corresponding bust measurements, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42. With short sleeves size 16 (34) requires 475 yards, 39 inches wide. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Make yourself attrac- tive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting designs from the Barbara BARBARA BELL, The Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1981-B. Size...... NM® ceeceeccccaacccaccaccen Afdross ool il (Wrap coins securely in paper.) 1981-B WBell well-planned, easy-to-make pat- terns. Interesting and exclusive fash- jons for little children and the diffi- cult junior age; slenderizing, well-cut patterns for the mature figure; after~ noon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons and other patterns for special occasions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell Pat- tern Book. (Copyrisht, 1936.) Taffy Apples Safely Satisfy Juvenile Craving for Sweets If you are looking for & monev- maker for the church bazaar or the boys’ club fund you will find cne that is simple and sure fire in a tafly apple booth, These wholesome confections are inexpensive to make and uni- versally popular, especially among children, who probably call them “apple on the stick” If you can arrange to make them right at the booth, so much the better, for the delicious smell of the cinnamon sirup is bound to lure the customers. ‘You can make the sirup by cooking together two cups granulated sugar, one-half cup light corn sirup, three quarters cup water, two teaspoons cinnamon and enough red pure food coloring to give the desired rosy coating. the sirup will form & brittle ball when dropped into cold water, place the pan over boiling water. Dip into it apples that have been washed, pnlhhed and stuck on Manners of the Moment| down on icy sidewalks you should | (1) remember to wear your rubbers | and (2) stop your rushing . . . nothing matters so much that it is worth | cracking a spine over. But once you're down, for heaven's sake don't get hysterical. No man | likes the idea of picking up a hysteri- | | cal woman. Keep calm, straighten out | your hat, powder your nose, and look around for a likely | When you've spotted him give him a brave little smile. He'll be right over. If thr.e's no man around you'll probably find that you can get up by yourself. But we certainly wouldn't advise such a display of independence if you are with an escort. JEAN. (Copyright. 1936.) When Husband EAR MISS DIX: I have caught my husband making ! love to another woman. What should I do? What attitude | should I take? Should I act indiffer- | ent, say nothing to them but just | leave their presence and act as if | nothing had happened? Or should I | let them know that I know and make Ik scene? "Or should I blame it on the { woman and tell my husband that I | do not blame him; that it was the | woman’s fault, and baby him and | make believe I trust him? Or should a flirtation with another man? Or should I show my husband what a good wife I am by being kind and forgiving him? PUZZLED WIFE. than does the wife who discovers her husband making woman. of her children is at stake. In no other crisis in her life will she need calmness and sureness of judgment with wisdom to guide her in making her decision as to what to do about it. Yet how can she when her vision is clouded by the green mist of jealousy, when her heart is broken with the knowledge of her husband’s disloyalty and when her mind is distraught with a thousand conflicting emotions? . x % x ATURALLY the wife's first im- Pulse is to stab back at her hus- band and try to hurt him as much as he has hurt her and to complete the wreck he has begun of their home. She wants to drag him into the di- vorce court, to take his children away from him and to salve her own hurt pride by publishing to the world how he has wronged her. It is only a woman of exceptional intelligence and breadth of view who can view the situation as calmly as this puzzled wife does and try to decide what is the sanest attitude for a wife to take under the circumstances. Reviewing the suggestions that she makes as 10 the different lines of con- duct a wife might take who finds her- self in this unfortunate predicament, I should say that whether or not the wife acted indifferently when she caught her husband mal love to another woman would depend on how seriously shé thought he meant it. Many men are philanderers by nature and they can no more help making love to any good-looking woman who is handy than they can help breath- ing, but these affairs means nothing except an aggravation to the wife, * % * % IN ANY event, & wife makes & mis- take in making & scene when she catches her husband making love to another woman. Her tears and re- proaches and recriminations only drive him farther away from home and her and to the woman who makes things pleasant and gay for him and who flatters him instead of accusing hhdz*llm F YOU want to keep trom falling | looking male. | Dorothy A Woman’s Best Judgment Is Needed I try to make him jealous by having | Answer—No woman ever confronts | & more difficult and dangerous problem | love to another Her whole future and that | — Gourmet s Guide Lists Some Unusual Items for Holiday E ntertalmng to Tea BY LUCIE the first of the new year? Let’s start with a “smorgasbord” that are always so perfect with be erages? The Scandinavians, origina- tors of the smorgasbord, always play up fish delicacies, especially around the holiday season. Among those that are exceptionally appealing are fish balls in bouillon, smoked salmon and sturgeon, pot pourri of fish in jelly (assorted boned fish attractively mold- ed in spicy gelatin); tiny sardines in vinegar or pure olive oil, anchovy filets, rolled or plain. The Dutch, on | the other hand, enjoy their herring or sardine salad—the Germans, smoked eel and salmon; the French, snails or sturgeon’s filets in olive oil, and the Russians, of course, their red or black caviar. Since all of these items are avallable at the local shops one could really have an unusually interesting array. Whatever you do, however, don't forget to include the American con- tribution to the delicacy shelf! Rat- tlesnake meat, you know, has been accepted by epicures the world over | as one of the finest of all the tid- | bits the food connoisseur can enjoy. It is being exported, we understand, |to all parts of the world to vie with other unusual concoctions. ® o x x 'ONSIDER the turtle meat in sherry | which comes packed in glass jars | with simple directions attached for | making a delicious “Turtle Meat a la Newburg.” This may be quickly and | simply prepared in the chafing dish and served in patty shells or on toast | | rings. Frog a la queen is something | a little different, too—and this deli- | cious piece de resistance comes in cans | all ready to serve. All you need do is warm it in the chafing dish, and | serve on toast points. Wild duck and quail also come already cooked in cans. These two items are imported direct from Poland and bring a bit of renowned Polish culinary art to our tables at a com- paratively reasonable price. The game | is packed in small and large cans— containing a half or whole bird. (A good currant jelly should be provided | for this treat to make it perfect.) | * x o % R EMEMBER 100 if you are planning to give an “at home” on New Year day that all sorts of dainty and attractive sandwiches, hors d'ceuvres | and canapes can be made to order for | you. The small sandwiches—cart- | wheels, rounds, squares—any shape you may fancy, are sold by the hun- dred, while the large “bridge size” | ones are sold by the dozen. Canapes are also made and sold by the dozen or hundred, and we know | of & person who specializes in Danish | and Scandinavian hors d'oeuvres or ! “open face” sandwiches. Among the | colorful. | unusual tastiness. | mond paste, rum and sugar cake and | Fish Delicacies Go Well With Beverages. Sweet Cakes and Pastries Suited Table. EBERLY. OW that old Santa has been taken care of for another year the next thing on schedule is the New Year frolic. Why not take inventory of some of the good things the past year has brought to our tables and resolve to let them contribute to our last big party of the old year or and feature some of those tuty seafoods assortment of these seen recently were dainty round slices of bread topped with a slice of hard-boiled egg, gar- nished with a bit of parsiley, olives and chopped pickled herring; oblongs of whole-wheat bread topped with sar- dines garnished with pistachio nuts and a piquant pickle relish; squares and fingers of rye bread with slices of luscious smoked salmon sprinkled with paprika; assorted breads gemerously bedecked with genuine Russian caviar decorated with tiny lemon flowerettes, and strips of Russian pumpernickle spread with a mixture of salted al- monds, mayonnaise and table sauce. * x % % 'OR the tea table you will find the Danish cookies and pastries very These sweets, as we all know, are famous the world over for their Tea cookies of al- walnut sticks are all traditional. Nut sticks and meringues made by our own caterers are always favorites —and just the thing to serve with tea or coffee. One of our uptown caterers is featuring these two items with other dainties for the holiday parties and orders will be delivered to your home without extra charge. For information concerning {ifems mentioned call National 5000, exten- sion 342. Heedmgthe Friendly Impul BY EMILY POST. EAR MRS. POST: I am a stranger in this community and in the short time I've lived here so many of the local people have been to call | on me—neighbors, church women and people who were told about me by friends of mine living elsewhere. All but the neighbors live too far for me to be able to return these visits. I cannot hire a taxi and the distances are too far for me to walk, as I am not young. How can I show my appre= ciation in place of paying visits, and encourage their calling again? Answer—I would invite them to come in to tea, or perhaps you might have a regular day at home and send out cards reading Mondays or Fridays or whatever day it is. And then tell them when you see them that you | have to ask people to be good enough | to go to see you because you are not Lo Begins to Stray. | Equally foolish is it for the wife to try to rouse her husband’s interest in her by making him jealous. Two wrongs do not make a right and be- cause the husband goes on the loose is no reason for his wife doing so. And, anyw the children should at least have one parent whom they can respect. DOROTHY DIX, | (Copyrisht, 1936.) YOU EVER TASTED Don'’t stint on OTHERS, I implore you. Don'’t economize on orange juice. It’s so important for every child to have two big glasses daily. Orange juice containsfourimportant vitamins, calcium needed for sound teeth and bones, iron required by theblood, easily assimilated sugar for quick energy. Lack of these impor- tant elements may seriously affect a child’s growth and development.” There’s no substitute for fresh orange juice. And when you buy Floridas, it costs surprisingly little. able to walk so far. ATWOOD GRAPEFRUIT TREE- WHOLESOME DELICIOUS ‘Wholesale Distributor : Chas. Heitmul . N.E L0OK, MOTHERS, EVERY 5™ GLASS FREE OF THE SWEETEST, RICHEST ORANGE JUICE orange juice! Buy FLORIDAS and get Y4 more juice For Floridas give a fourth more juice —which is just like getting every 5th glass FREE. This extra juice naturally means more vitamins, too. And how youngsters—everybody —will love the sweet rich flavor that you get only in Florida oranges! _ Florida has plenty of sunshine, plenty of natural moisture and a soilideally suited for growing citrus fruits. That’s why Floridas are a finer orange. And they reachyouso quickly that they’re on your table still ““tree fresh”. Buy some today. 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