Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1937, Page 26

WOMEN B-10 Ruby Red Strawberries Prov When the Emergency Call Sounds Well - Trained Chil- dren Will Weather Experience. BY ANGELO PATRI ‘MERGENCIES occur in every household. A message comes in the night. Mother must pack her bag and go. Somebody has to go to the hospital and again mother must drop the usual routine of duty and stay by the ailing one. Sudden calls, troubles _of different kinds come to us all, and when they do everything else is set aside. During these times the first ques- tion mother asks is: “What is to be done about the children?” She has been so careful about their routine of diet, health habits, bedtimes and rest and play. Every hour of their days has been watched and guarded, and | now she must leave them and what will happen then? Things will not run as smoothly as usual. The person who takes charge for the time being will not be mother. She will do things dif- ferently. She may give the children their baths, but her touch will be & different touch, her ways will be dif- ferent and probably irritating. If she is out of practice she may flap the corner of the washrag and that is about the worst thing that a long- suffering child can stand. He hates a flapping washrag. Or she may get soap in his eyes, or twist his ears when she is wiping them; or forget salt in his cereal, or want him to wear a bib when he has always used & napkin. And she may lose patience with the ways of these children and say: “I don’t care what you've done before. You just go ahead and do what I tell you now. When your mother comes back you can do what she says. Now you'll have to do what I say. I'm not your mother.” Well do the children know she is not thelr mother. They feel like lost sheep. Now this may sound and seem very hard on the children. In some ways it is, but there are compensa- tions. If the ‘person left in charge is kind, has some common sense, noth- ing will happen that will hurt the children. They will get an experience that will do them good. They will learn to adjust themselves to another sort of routine. They will learn to appreciate their own mother and their own home atmosphere a little more. To learn how well off you are, how fine your own people are, you have to be separated from them occasion- ally. Then don’t be frightened when the emergency comes and the children have to face a new situation. If they have been well trained, the training will hold. A break in the routine, especially when it is a clean break and a new beginning, brightens their wits and gives them a new interest in life. They have great fun trying out their wiles on the newcomer. The experience is really harder on her than on the children. The mother who has to leave the children for a brief time can do so with a cheerful spirit if she thinks of it in this way. New experiences are valuable for children. New adjust- ments keep them alert and growing. They will be glad to see their mother again and glad to get back into the familiar ways. Sound training will hold over an emergency and the chil- dren have a chance to live on their own for a time. They need that ex- perience. Mr. Patri has prepared s leaflet entitled “The Shy Child,” in which he tells parents how to help children overcome shyness and fear. Send for it, addressing your request to Mr. Angelo Patri, Child Psychology De- partment of this paper. Inclose a self-addressed, stamped (3-cent) en- velope. oe (Copyright, 1937.) My Neighbor Says: Set your alarm clock to notify you when your baking period is completed. You may then con- tinue your work in the other part of the house without worry. Never put hot foods in your refrigerator. Wait until they have cooled. The placing of hot foods in an electric refrigerator during the freezing period will have a tendency to raise the tem- perature and interfere to some extent with the rapidity of freez- ing. Small washable rugs may be washed in washing machine, but should not be put through wringer. Hang dripping wet on line to dry. They will then keep their shape. (Copyright, 1937.) 'S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Shopping in Washington Midseason News From the Cosmetic Counters Includes a BY MARGARET WARNER. ECENTLY we spoke of 8 num- ber of lotions and creams for keeping the skin soft and smooth during the Winter, and since then another one, brand- | new, has come to our desk, so we | size curler. shall pass the good word along. It is a luscious, creamy emulsion, petal pink with a satin luster, as you see it in the glass bottle, and when you pour a little into the palm of your hand and massage it in you will find that it is pleasantly sooth- ing and just moist enough without being sticky. It is a greaseless emoli- ent with extra protective qualities, so that it may be used as a powder base as well as & hand lotion. It makes & good body rub also. While this lotion comes to us as & means of combating the effects of blustery Winter weather, it is equally good to pack in your bag if you are | expecting to go South and want a sunburn preventive. They must have had this in mind when they designed | the bottle, because it is a flat, flask- | like affair that does not occupy much space. This lotion is attractively priced at $1. * % x % ANOTHE'R item that appeared too late for the holidays now makes a grand little bridge prize. It is from one of the well-known favorite per- fumers, who has assembled a cun- ning little set containing rouge, lip- stick and purse-size flacon of per- fume, all in the same fragrance but keyed to your coloring in a choice of medium, brilliant, coral or light. The shade called “brilliant” is a good ail- around shade for the average person. In its little container of blue and white with a stripe of bright red along the bottom, it suggests the French col- ors and the little decorative sketches show high lights of Paris. All the shops are showing these petite sets at $1.10 for the three articles, a most reason- able purchase. It makes a nice birth- day remembrance. Perhaps you remember that some- time ago we mentioned a new kind of hair curler employing bobby pins to hold the separate curls in place after they have been rolled up. If desired, the curls may be left rolled up on the pins, and the effect, though s bit stiff, is infinitely better than straggly locks if your permanent is weak and the weather is wet. This method is painless, the rolled curls comfortable to sleep upon, and, in fact, the gadget itself has proved very popular. Junior Hair Curler. Now the point is, that this type of curler has just come out in a junior size to take care of those stub- born, hard-to-manage short hairs at the back of the neck, and is to be used in conjunction with the regular If you used the other curler you probebly felt the neces- sity for a smaller and shorter one, and here it is. L LIKE a silver cloud with a pink lin- ing is a most attractive make-up box with its important item a large bottle of make-up lotion that holds its own for hours under most trying conditions. This liquid powder, which acts as a toning lotion as well, com- pletely disguises shiny nose and has lasting qualities. It may be used with or without powder over it, and comes in six different shades, making it possible temporarily, to change your skin color from light to darker, or vice versa. 2 Lipstick-and rouge of a color suit- able to harmonize with each shade of make-up lotion comes in the set. Pink enamel with black trim is the color scheme. This ensemble is par- ticularly good to take South as the lotion is resistant to heat and mois- ture, but of course we do not dis- | courage it as an enviable aid to good looks on the dance floor any night in town. We forgot to say that there are two kinds of rouge, cream and dry. The cream rouge is put on be- fore the liquid lotion, and the cake rouge is of course applied over the foundation {n the usual manner. Any of these items may be purchased separately, if desired. *x x % YOU have probably discovered that furs take most kindly to perfume, and many persons like to spray it on before they go out. In one shop last week they were giving every one & dash of such a very delightful fra- grance to carry away with them. Did you happen alons just at the right moment to get your share? This spicy Oriental perfume is one of the sea- son’s loveliest offerings. Above, it is sketched in its lighter rversion of eau de cologne in a cut glass de luxe de- canter. For travel there is an easily packed bottle with shaker top that is leakproof. This fragrance also comes in bath oil, bath powder, sachet and talcum. The same firm has just released a new soap set, each box containing three cakes of cold-cream soap which is hard in consistency and yet lathers freely in any water. There is a choice of three favorite odors, or you may have one of each in a set for $1.50. This firm has hitherto offered floral soaps only, and due to thc demand for their other popular odors, has now included them. Their merchandise is always so attractively packaged that it 1s hard to resist. For Information concerning items mentioned in this column call Na- tional 5000, Extension 395, between 10 you have any numbers, here’s a fine opportunity to completé the set. to-understand illustrated and 12 am. Tweed From Isle of Harris. The pungent smoky odor of the famous Harris tweeds is an entirely natural one and not instilled by ma- chinery. The smell is & combination of the smoke and peat fires and the native plants and lichens which are used to dye the tweed. .The wool is them, dyed over & big peat fire, dried on peat roofs, permeated wi the smoke from peat fires in the cot tage below. Only tweeds which are made entirely in the Outer Hebrides, a group of islands off the coast of Scot- land and which are hand-woven by the native islanders, or crofters, can be called genuine Harrls tweeds. Red or green jelly, dotted on top of the slives, gives added color and flavor. D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1937. : Summery Fruit Brings Thoughts of Sunshine ‘And Warm, Golden Days |To Lend a “Lift” to Today’s BY BETSY concentrating on all the nice, bright things that I could think of. Foremost and cheeriest among these were the baskets of beautiful red strawberries seen in the mar- 2 kets and stores. Even the aroma of the fruit brought visions of golden days, blue skies and a berry patch dreaming under a warm sun. ‘The bril- liant eolor, cool, green caps and light - hued bas- kets successfully stood out against :‘;° fif’;"mym;‘:g Betsy Caswell. and the cloud-wracked sky. (In fact, the power of that ruby-red so im- pressed me that, on seeing a sweater of the same shade in & nearby shop, I promptly bought it to wear to work on oxford-gray mornings.) | I also discovered that the summery | flavor of the strawberries gave a [ i ; tremendous “lift” to dinner and lunch- | on menus, and decided to dig out all my old and trusted strawberry recipes o pass along to readers of the column n case they shou'd wish to bring une to January for themselves. | (Incidentally, the berries these days ! are not expensive, and are of a quality that will preserve and “put up” beau- tifully.) * X % *x FIRST of all, there is always “straw- berry sauce,” which is so delicious when used with ice cream, or with other desserts. One of my favorite sweets is made with rice, gelatin and whipped cream, garnished with whole strawberries, and served with the sauce made from the crushed fruit. Here it is: | RICE CREAM. | Cook one-half cup rice in water in the usual way until very soft. Drain, and mash through coarse sieve or | strainer with potato masher. Add 1 tablespoon vanilla and 3 tablespoons sugar. Stir well, and fold in 1 pint whipped cream, stiffly beaten. Dis- solve the contents of one envelope\ | ¢ plain gelatin according to instruc- | | tions on the package, and stir into the | mixture. Turn into a moid, and set in icebox to harden. This may be made the day before it is to be used, if desired. Serve with strawberry sauce. | STRAWBERRY SAUCE. Combine 2 cups strawberries, hulled and halved, with 1% cup sugar, 1 tea- spoon lemon juice and 1 tablespoon Kirsch, or cherry brandy. Let all stand together for two or three hours, then press through a ricer or sieve, and serve. l | Doroth;i COMMISSION of educators and | sociologists has been formed to try to find out what's the matter with marriage and if present-day marriages are less happy than those of the past. A Nation- wide poll will be made on the subject and hundreds of thousands of hus- bands and wives will be asked to give the lowdown on the holy estate as they have found it. When we speak of the good old times when everything was just as it should have been in this best of all good worlds, marriage comes in under the general glorification. We regard it as nothing less than sacrilege to even question whether grand- mother’s and grandfather's wedding did not end in storybook fashion— “and so they lived happily ever after- ward.” Of course, grandfather was always the ideal husband and grand- mother the perfect wife, and men and women didn’t find it so hard to ad- just themselves to each other as they do now. Of course, marriage Was more suc- cesstul in the old days than it is now. Look at the divorce statistics. Why, divorces used to be as scarce as hens’ teeth and now virtually everybody has one. When you meet a friend you haven't seen for two or three years you don't dare inquire about the wife or husband and ask how’s Eliza or Bill for fear he or she has swapped off the old mate for a new one who is named Gladys or Percival. LR N REALITY, the question of wheth- er marriages were happier in the past than they are in the present is one that cannot be settled, be- cause we have no standards of com- against, the fact that they took marriage on the chin without whimpering about 1t 18 no proof that they liked it. vmuu.lmmvlncedtmzm about the same in all ages, with the advantage, if any, going to the mod- ern mlrrh(e.‘ and | marry except for love, and, Winter Menus Some Special Recipes Are Given in Column. CASWELL. ERTAINLY the theme song for the greater part of this month should have been “June in January”—or perhaps “Stormy Weather” would have been even more appropriate. People in the troples and other spots where they have a “rainy season” have been known to go & little crazy sometimes during these spells. I'm not sure that I'm not on the borderline myself—so I have been very busy “pulling myself out of it” by < STRAWBERRY CUSTARD. Heat 2 cups milk in a double boiler. Mix the yolks of 2 eggs, beaten, with | 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon corn= starch and 1 saltspoon salt. Stir this mixture into the heated milk and let cook, without boiling, until it thickens. Remove from heat, add 1 teaspoon vanilla, and beat over cold water until mixture is smooth and creamy. Using the above recipe for strawberry sauce, but not crushing the berries so fine, place some of the sauce in the bottom of tall glasses and cover with the custard. Top with a little sweetened whipped cream, and serve with lady- | fingers. STRAWBERRY FILLING. (for crumb pie shell). 1 cup sweetened condensed milk. 14 cup lemon juice. 1 cup strawberries. 17 cup cream. 2 tablespoons powdered sugar. 1 teaspoon vanilla. Blend together the condensed milk and the lemon juice. Fold in the | berries, which have been hulled, washed and slightly crushed. Pour into cookie | crust shell. Whip the cream, flavor with sugar and vanilla, and spread on | top. Set in icebox to chill. Serve very cold. | STRAWBERRY-CURRANT JELLY PIE. Bake a pie shell. Beat whipped cream very stiff, flavoring it with a ! little sugar and vanilla. Spread it on the bottom of the shell. On the whip- | ped cream place a layer of whole, | hulled strawberries. Pour over all the contents of one glass of currant jelly, melted, and place the pie quickly lin the fcebox to chill. Serve cold. This is especially delicious. MARSHMALLOW-STRAWBERRY FREEZE. 1!, cups strawberries. 18 marshmallows. 15 cup water. 11, tablespoons sugar. 1 tablespoon orange juice. 11 cups whipping cream. Crush the berries, add the sugar !and the orange juice and let stand | for about half an hour. (Pineapple juice may be substituted for the orange juice if desired). Steam the marshmallows #nd the water in 8 double boiler until dissolved and smooth. Add the berry mixture, and chill. Fold in the whipped cream. Place in fastest freezing tray of mechanical refrigerator for period in- dicated by book on instructions for your particular make of icebox. This will serve six. If you wish advice on your indi- vidual household problems write to Betsy Caswell, in care of The Star, enclosing stamped, self- en- velope for reply. Dix Says Present Matrimonial Conditions Are Better Than Were Those of Past. she could support herself. But she wasn't happy about it. Of course, we like to think that grandpa was always chivalrous, gen- erous and tender to grandma and cherished her, as he swore to do at the altar, but, alas and alack, in those days most husbands were grinding tyrants, who didn't let their wives call their souls their own. And if anybody thinks grandma liked being bossed out of her life they have another guess coming. She didn't enjoy it, but she had to stand it. * ok ok ok AND we like to think of grand- mother as always being a house- hold angel, gentle and mild and un- selfish and tactful and spending her life ministering to grandfather’s pleas- ure. But sometimes grandpa drew a devil instead of a saint in the matri- |* monial lottery. There were plenty of naggers and shrews, wives with nerves, wives who kept their husbands’ noses to the grindstone, wives who made their husbands say ma'am to them. and they no more made marriage & grand sweet song for their husbands than their granddaughters do for theirs. No. Marriage has always been the same in every age, but undoubtedly people met it with greater fortitude and courage in the past than they do now. However their bargain turned out, they. stuck to it instead of welch- ing on it as we do. They didn’t wash their dirty linen in public. They shut their teeth on their disappointments instead of howling them to high heaven. And they put up a front that passed for happiness, even if it wasn't the real thing. I think marriages are happier today than they have ever been, because, being self-supporting, few women being better educated and more intelligent, they make more interesting com- panions to their husbands and be- cause the modern woman takes far more pains to hold her husband than grandmother ever did to keep hers. She had him and he couldnt get away, so why bother? And because WOMEN’S FEATURES. Scallops and Vestee Novel Trim Enhances Charm of This Pretty House Frock. BOUT this time of year you be- | gin to feel a need of house frocks that will do for street | wear later on, so you won't be | caught unawares on the first warm | day, and here is a mode: just fitted | for such double duty. The contrasting | collar and vestee, with the very new scalloped opening, make for just the necessary touch of “dress up.” The rest of the frock is simple going, with sleeves and yoke in one piece, pleats In front and a plain back. Printed percale, muslin, dotted swiss or a printed rayon crepe would all be good. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1267-B is | available for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, | 46, 48. Size 36 requires 4 yards of | 35-inch material plus contrasting three-fourths yard. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes | | an illustrated instruction guide, which | |is easy to understand. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting designs | from the Balbara Bell well-planned, easy-to-make patterns. Interesting and | sxclusive fashions for little children and the difficult junior age; slenderiz- | Ing, well-cut pattemns for the mature | Aigure, 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. (Copyright, 1937.) Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE MENU SERVING FOUR. Smothered Pork Chops Baked Sweet Potatoes Glazed Apples Spinach Mold Biscuits Butter Celery Fruit Pudding Lemon Sauce Coffee or Tea SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS. 1 cup boiling 4 one-inch-thick ‘water loin chops 4 tablespoons catsup paprika Wipe off chops with damp cloth, Sprinkle with flour and seasonings. Fit into shallow baking pan. Add water. Cover and bake 50 minutes in moderate oven. Turn several times to allow even cooking. with catsup and bake 10 minutes, uncov- ered, to brown top. BAKED SWEET POTATOES. 4 large sweet Y4 teaspoon salt potatoes Vs teaspoon 2 tablespoons butter ¥ Scrub the potatoes. Bake about 50 minutes or until the potatoes are very soft when pressed with fingers. Break each potato open and insert portions of the rest'of the ingredients. Reheat 5 minutes and serve. pepper ‘Wash and core apples. Do not peel *| them but cut into one-inch crossway beautiful feminine lingerie than of any other single item, and for the most part, these gifts were made up of very lavishly trimmed slices. Add to rest of ingredients apd ‘No Excuse | BARBARA BELL, Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1267-B. Size .... (Wrap coins securely in paper.) For Messyg Closet | Now; Shops Offer Wealth of New Gadgets to Aid Orderliness. BY ADELAIDE KERR. YORK.—There is no excuse for a “skeleton in the closet” now. The fashion world has switched the | spotlight and its brightest minds on | that dark spot and brightened it up in & way that makes disorder a dis- grace. | From the top of the highest shelf | to the depths of the dimmest corner it has provided a set of orderly gad- gets which almost make it possible to find your red dancing slippers or black | hat in the dark. % No more fumbling through a jum- bled pile of shoes or knocking over & row of wobbling hat racks. The mod- ern closet is equipped with containers which enable you to see your way and can present as colorful, pleasant and orderly a sight as your drawing room. | The newest things are boxes for hats, shoes and gloves, made of & transparent plastic material which re- veals what is inside. A number of women are also using them in their bureau drawers for gloves, handker- chiefs and artificial flowers. A larger edition for storage on top shelves has transparent sides and heavy, colored tops and bottoms which permit them to be stacked after they have been packed with heavy things. The modern closet is also equipped with an entire ensemble of dress bags (holding from two to eight frocks), shoe and laundry bags, all made of the same material, giving a harmonious color effect. Printed chintz is the favorite fabric for making them at present, though plain colors can also | be had. Transparent dress bags are also available and are preferred by some women, since they show at & glance what dress they contain, as well as protecting them from dust. Closet shelves are dressed up, too, with quilted chintz to match the dress bags or with a heavy, colored paper of the same hue. Shoes can be stacked in one of the new three-tiered metal racks and kept in good shape for long wear by in- serting inexpensive shoe trees before they are put away. Many women, who like perfume as well as order in their wardrobes, fasten little satin sachets to dress hangers, so0 that their frocks take on a faint perfume as they hang. -— Washing Porcelain Stoves e Effective Antidote for Gloomy Skies 1 Interesting Letter on Hand Care {Writer Tells How Compliment In- stilled Vanity. BY ELSIE PIERCE. Hm’s another worthwhile contri- bution from a reader. It con- tains many helpful hints and I ap- preciate its spirit and invite other readers to write their experiences. “Dear Miss Plerce: I have been read- Ing some fine pointers on beauty passed on by your readers . . . perhaps this experience of mine will be worth something tc you and your column. . . “At a party not long ago, a man who, professed to know something about palm reading said to me, ‘You have one of the most artistic hands I | have ever seen’ That compliment, silly as it may seem, made me hand conscious and ever since I have been paying more attention to my hands with the result that they are softer and nicer than ever. | “Ever since I was a child I've been i pinching myself, that is my fingertips | I seem to recall someone saying that thin ankles and thin wrists and taper- ing fingers were signs of good breeding or something like that. So I would massage my hands and work the fin- gers as though putting on a new pair of gloves and pinch the tips until I really believe the pinching made an impression. However, I had difficulty keeping my hands smooth and soft, especially during the Winter. And my nails would become quite brittle and would break. “But since the above-mentioned compliment I've been studying the | matter of hands. I've learned, for in- | stance, that the hands have fewer oil glands in proportion to their size than the face and that's one reason why they are harder to keep smooth. Then, too, the frequent washing has some- | thing to do with chapping. | “I've purchased a mild soap for the | hands, and a brittle nail cream which | I massage about the base and side of | the nail. It isn't just imagination, be- | cause my nails have improved and | don’t split and peel or break so easily. | Then I have a hand cream with a pleasant lilac scent that seems to ab- | sorb easily. I massage with a round | and round movement on wrists and | knuckles, which I have learned are the {two points in the hands where age shows first. Back of the hands I use | a downward stroke, but each finger is massaged toward the tip to stimulate | circulation in the direction of the nail | This, too, I've recently learned. | extra bit of the cream before retiring | and then a pair of cotton gloves which | are easy to wash and keep clean anc | which I also use for protecting the hands when working about the house Now all this may sound like doing a good deal but it becomes second natune and takes no time at all. As for the preparations and the gloves they are all very inexpensive. It really little enough to do to hand your- self beauty. “A HAND-CONSCIOUS CONSTANT READER." (Copyright, 1937.) Reefers Feature Detail. NEW YORK (#).—Reefers promise to be among the most popular day- time coats during the coming season. Fine detail will distinguish the better types. One blue-gray model features triple rows of stitching at the stams and around the collar. Manners of the Moment “Well, then, the map must be wrong. MAYBE it'’s because they once learned about higher criticism or maybe it's because they never once learned about anything . . . we can't quite figure out. But there are peuple—and they are not all female, either—who always get the last word in every argument, simply by going the encyclopedia, the atlas and the dictionary one better. When the map doesn't have Foochow where they thought it was they just say that the map is wrong. Actually, we'd like to call this trait stubbornness. But it may be a de- lusion of grandeur, or just colossal nerve. But calling it names doesn't take care of it. No doubt the best way to handle it is to look upon the person who has it as an incompetent, and never get into an argument with him. But if you can't help yourself, and do every once in awhile fall into a discussion about where the source of the Amazon is, {ry to remember to get on his side of the argument early in the game. Then either he will switch to the other side, and prove your point for you, or else he will give up the whole argument for lack of opposition. If that is too hard for you to do, go get yourself a handful of dry crackers right at the start, and each time you want to make a point, stuff a whole cracker in your mouth instead. Your words won't get ahead of you then. (Copyright, 1837.) Idren’s Colds Yield quicker to double action of