Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1937, Page 26

B—10 WhaL@ S FEATURES. Do Wi’gh Leftover Easter Ham Sp Good Results Obtained By Adding Seasonings Anc}ilnfltere§ting Sauce Recipes Are Given for Dishes Using Even the Smallest Crumbs of the Savory Meat. BY BETSY CASWELL. as a rule, you still have it! T HE business of having your cake and eating it, too, goes somewhat into reverse in the matter of the Easter ham. You have eaten ham—but, There are nearly always scraps and even whole slices left that are much too good to ignore, and yet, perhaps, geem a little difficult to “re-hash” attractively. Bearing this annual problem research on the subject, managed to dig up for you a few really excellent recipes that will make the final bow of the festive ham entirely successful. And don't forget that even the crumbliest crumbs of tender meat may be used to good advan- tage when com- bined with plenty of imagination and culinary Bkill! As is usually the case, when concocting a dish from leftovers, the sauce or the £easoning forms the important high light. To this rule, ham is no exception. Al- though its own flavor is pungent and delicious, the remaining bits will take on an entirely new character under the influence of piquant and unusual “‘dressing up.” For instance, see what happens to ham salad, when the proper “punch” §s used. For a luncheon dish, on a warm Spring day this one is hard to beat: Betsy Cnswell. HAM SALAD. 2 cups cooked ham, broken in small pieces. 1 cup cooked or canned peas. 3 tablespoons India relish. Mix the ham, the peas and the relish together. A few diced cooked carrots may be added if desired. Mix all well in a tart, highly seasoned French dressing. Arrange on lettuce leaves, garnish with slices of hard- boiled eggs and sliced green stuffed olives. Serve with chilled Russian dressing. * %k X% X ok X X V‘AND give a thought to another luncheon dish, which probably even your old man would come home from the office to enjoy, if you would let him—which you won't, because it is wash day, or something! HAM TOAST SANDWICHES. Mix mayonnaise and prepared mus- tard and a little onion juice with minced ham, according to amount re- quired. Spread slices of whole wheat bread with butter. Spread one slice with the ham mixture and place the other slice on top. Press firmly to- gether and trim off the crusts. Cut in half. Dip in beaten egg, diluted with a little milk, and fry on both &ides in butter until brown. Serve hot, garnished with watercress and sweet pickles. If there is only about one cupful of broken ham crumbs left, then use them up for breakfast in a delicious omelet. Here is how it is done: HAM OMELET. Six eggs. One cup minced cooked ham. One teaspoon minced parsley. One tablespoon butter. Salt, pepper and paprika to taste. Beat the egg yolks and the whites peparately, then fold them together. Beason well with the salt and pepper. Heat the butter in a frying pan and pour in the egg mixture. When this becomes set on the bot- tom, spread half of the ham, mixed with the parsley, over the surface. Fold. Remove from pan and set in & hot oven for a few minutes. Heat the remaining ham and parsley and sprin- kle over the top of the omelet just before serving. * ok kX IF YOU have a lot of ham left— enough, that is, to be able to cut % 840 oo Ry 0 e w st Wy, { VA AR in mind, we have been doing a little and haves vourself & nice one-inch-thick slice— then you may use it as the basis for a very good casserole dish. Here's how: HAM AND VEGETABLE CASSEROLE. 1 slice ham. 2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. tablespoons brown sugar. teaspoon prepared mustard. small onions. medium carrots. medium potatoes. cup peas. Flour. 2 cups milk Salt and pepper to taste. Rub the slice of ham with sugar, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Place it in a buttered casserole and smother it with a layer of thinly sliced vegetables. (Don’t slice the peas, of course!) Sprinkle well with salt, pepper and a little flour. Add the milk and cover the casserole. Bake in a slow oven for about one hour and a half. During the last 15 minutes of cooking remove cover so that surface may brown. And here is really a honey, that even the fussiest diner must approve: HAM IN POTATO BOATS. Bake six potatoes. When done cut them in halves and scoop out the pulp. Add to it three tablespoons butter, three tablespoons hot milk, ore-half teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon paprika, six tablespoons minced ham, three tablespoons minced parsley. Beat all these ingredients until they are smooth and creamy. Whip two egg whites stiff and fold them into the potato mixture. Stuff the potato shells, sprinkle tops with grated cheese and placc under flame until cheese is melted. Serve hot at once. 1 2 1 4 3 4 Manners of the Moment | W’E CAN'T quite understand why it is considered all right for adults to rush up to a child, pinch its - cheek and say, “How old are you?” Adults don’t like people rush- ing up to them saying, “How old are you?” Nor do they consider it very good manners for some one to come along and pinch their cheeks. But with children, it's a stock pattern of behavior. Just once in a while a child makes the logical comeback. “Six,” she'll say, “and how old are you?” And it serves the snooping adult right, too. More children should be taught this come- back, and perhaps gradually adults would grasp the idea that it isn't the approach a child most likes. It seems to us, after a quick sur- vey of several modern mothers and children, that when adults can’'t think of anything to say to children ex- cept “How old are you?” and “What grade are you in?" it would be better for them to keep still. A child can understand silence much better than it can understand these old saws. Some adults really like to talk to children, and when they do they al- ways have something fairly interest- ing to say. But if they don’t like to talk to children and don’t know how, why do they bother? That's what our little nephew wants to know. JEAN. (Copyright, 1937.) (AN 2P This lacy chalr set, with head rest measuring about 16x12 inches and arm pieces 6x12 inches, is made up by joining a number of these motifs that are so easy to make, more than 2 inches square. lun Using No. 20 mercerized crochet cotton, they make up a little ‘They can bq adapted to runners, centerpieces, cheon sets or even tea cloths if you wish. In this way, you can decorate your entire living or dining room in matching pieces. The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand directions, also what crochet hook and what material and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 417 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or eoin to cover service and postage. of The Evening Star. 4 Address orders to the Needlework Editor Coprrieht, 20879 D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1837 This prize-winning coiffure by a Washington entrant in the recen. in- ternational coiffure competition held in New York City, shows an individ- ualized “Page Boy” arrangement that is most flattering. Help Child Complete His Dream It Is Not Good for Him to Aspire and Meet Failure. BY ANGELO PATRIL hiOTHEE was watching the Jast pan of cookies. “As soon as they are out I'll take my bath and change my dress and read s little. I've gotten along well today.” Just then Bobble raised his voice in temperish walls. He could be heard scolding, stamping and hammering be- tween howls. “Dear, dear, what is the matter with you, Bobbie?” Bobbie appeared in the doorway of the shop in the garage. The tears were standing on his red face, and*he stuttered in his anger. “I-I-c-ca-ca-n't put my wagon together. The old thing won't fit,” and he threw the wooden object he had in his hands forcefully on the floor. For a moment mother was tempted to match his temper with a bit of her own, but she waited an instant and then said, “Come in and have a cookie, just warm out of the oven. Come along.” Still protesting and wailing, Bobbie entered the kitchen. The smell of the cookies calmed his soul—stomachs must be close to children’s souls. He ate a cookie, and another, followed by more until his mother thought him sufficiently comforted. “What was wrong with the wagon, Bobbie?” “It wouldn't go together for me.” He went out and picked up the thing he had thrown down and showed it to his mother. Four bits of board, no two shaped alike, or anywhere near fhe same length, filled with long wire nails. Mother looked at the mess and tried to see what Bobbie saw—a lovely little wagon coming out of it. “Hm. I see. You made it stay to- gether, but I think the trouble is that the boards are not just right. The two long sides and the two short sides must, match.” “You help me, mother.” 8o mother went out to the shop, helped Bobbie lay out the four pieces for the sides, stood by while he nailed them, and then showed him how to cut the bottom piece out of the big board and nail it to the sides. It was not & grade A job, but it was a wagon box and all that Bobbie thought de- sirable. “Tomorrow I will make the said he, “and you can help me. i “We can’t make wheels. They need tools we haven’t got, but you can find a pair on some old wagon that will do, I'm sure, and then we can put them out.” By and by the wagon was finished, painted red, with Bobbie’s name in black letters done in stencil. It cost mother some time, but it helped Bob- bie no end. Little children often want to do jobs that are beyond them. It is best to vay, “So? Well, you go shead and try,” and when they reach the end of their powers lend them s hand, show them how, make the steps easy for them s0 that something comes of their desire to do. It is not good for a child to aspire and fall flat. He can- not realize his dream, true enough. But he can salvage something of it and so have a starting place for the next dream. Children and youth must dream. ‘They must strive to make dreams come true. Never discourage them in their longings to be somebody or to do something that looks to be far beyond their powers. Keep their dreams alive, direct them, preserve them, for they are precious to the very life of the child. The mind that can dream no more is finished, but the one that dreams on and on, building as i goes, knows no ending. Bpars A Dorothy Examples Set by T IS a curious thing that parents so seldom seem to realize that their attitude toward life sets that of their children. Most of them appear to go upon the cheerful theory that if they preach the doctrine of righteousness to their offspring they do not have to illustrate it personally by their conduct and, anyway, it's all luck about how children turn out, and their environment has nothing to do with it. Hence we have the ironic spectacle of fathers and mothers who want their children to be truthful, yet who let little Sally and Johnny hear them |lying out of engagements they don't | want to keep. Who want their chil- dren to be honest, yet who let little Bobby and Mary hear them boast of |sharp trades they have made and of | the things they had sent up from the | stores on approval that they used and | sent back as unsatisfactory. Who want their children.to be sober, yet who let Susie and Tommy see them | maudlin with drink. Who want their children to respect them, yet who ac- cuse each other of unmentionable crimes when they have a spat. Before strangers, even before their friends, most husbands and wives have the decency to keep up some sort of front and use some self-control, but before their children they let them- Cook’s Corner BY MRS ALEXANDER GEORGE. BREAKFAST. Chilled Grapefruit Broiled Bacon Buttered Toast Coflee. LUNCHEON. Peach Salad Toasted Cheese Sticks Vanilla Cookies Tea DINNER. Ham a la King Corn Saute Butter Fruit Salad Prench Dressing Plum Sherbet Coffee HAM A LA KING. 8 tablespoons Y, teaspoon oelery butter salt 4 tablespoons fiour 2 tablespoons 2 cups milk minced green 24 cup cooked peppers, cooked diced ham 2 tablespoons 1% cup cooked minced mushrooms pimientos Y, teaspoon salt 2 egg yolks or one Y4 teaspoon €gg paprika Melt the butter and add the flour. Add milk and cook until a creamy sauce forms, stirring constantly. Add ham, mushrooms and seasonings. Cook two minutes. Add the yolks. Cook one minute and serve poured over hot toast or biscuits. OORN SAUTE. 3 tablespoons 2 cups cooked corn bacon fat ¥, teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons Y, teaspoon minced onions pepper Melt the fat in & frying pan. Add and slowly brown the onions. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer five minutes. PLUM SHERBET. 2 oups water 1 teaspoon 1 cup strained grated lemon cooked plums * rind 1Y5 cups sugar 2 egg whites, 2 tablespoons beaten lemon juice Mix the water, plums and sugar. Boil two minutes. Cool. Add juice and rind and pour into tray in me- chanical refrigerator. Beat at 30- minute intervals for 1% hours. Fold Jam Bread Photo by Frank Nothaft. N. Y. C. Dix Says Parents Have Life- Long Effect on the Children. | selves go. They throw all restraint | to the winds and give full rein to their | tempers and their tongues without | realizing the harm they are doing and | that they are setting not only their children’s pattern of life but that of their children’s children. * ok x % WE DON'T hear much nowadays about home influence, but never- theless, for good or ill. it is still the most potent force in the world. It is the one thing from which none of us ever get away. It is what shapes us; what sets our characters and colors our thoughts; what forms our tastes and habits and ideals. No matter how far we may go, no | matter what veneer of sophistication we may put on, deep down in our in- | nermost beings we are still what our homes made us. We still do things the way we were taught to do them as | children; we still like home cooking best. In any crisis in our lives we stand or fall according to the prin- ciples we learned at our mothers’ knees and whether our parents bred strength or weakness in us. Bince children are by the nature of things copycats, nothing is so vitally important as that their parents should give them a working model of the vir- tues they wish them to possess. It is good theorizing with children. You must, in the slang of the day, show them. If, for instance, you desire your chil- dren to develop into upstanding men and women who has the grit to fight their way to success, you must give them a daily exhibition in their own homes of what Stevenson calls “the brave attitude toward life.” They must have before their eyes the ex- ample of & man and woman who had the courage to carry on in the face of difficulties and who had a contempt for a quitter; who are willing to work and sacrifice for what they wanted; who stood upon their own feet and asked charity from none. and who set a goal before them toward which they drove despite every discouragement. ok X % OU will never find & child who comes from that kind of & family who is a lazy loafer and a parasite. He will never give up when the sled- ding gets hard. He will just tighten his belt and roll up his sleeves and put & little more vim into his job. The derelicts and failures are nearly always the sons and daughters of fathers who were forever complain- ing that they never got any break, and of mothers who were whiners and self-pitiers and who made their “poor nerves” an alibl for their slovenly housekeeping. If you want your children to have good manners, a pleasing personality and the good address that goes s0 far toward opening the door of suc- oess for a boy or girl, you have to start in the cradle by showing them how it s done. After they are grown it is too late, no matter how many finish- ing schools you send them to. Good manners to be effective must be in- stinctive. If they are acquired, they always crack somewhere. The child who has been reared by & lady and gentleman and seen the amenities of society practiced in his own home knows no more how to be rude and boorish than he would how to prac- tice any foreign custom. If you want your children to have happy marriages, you must show them by example how husbands and wives should treat each other, for prac- tically every boy is the kind of a hus- band his father was and practically every girl 4 the kind of wife her DOROTHY Romance Lives Again In Fanciful Coiffure For Spring Evenings WOMEN'S FEATURES. Veils, Flowers, Elaborate Curls Stress Deli- cate Beauty—Lipsticks Harmonize With Costume. BY MARGARET WARNER. OUNG, vivacious, with dark hair and flashing black eyes, the only feminine winner of an award in the recent international coiffure competition in New York told us her story with much pride ‘and Y elation upon her return home. of a chance among such a formidable number of competitors; even her choice of & model was criticized by several people, but her sporting spirit carried her own« through, and much to her amazement she received second place for the best designed coiffure by a popular vote of over 15000 beauty culturists from all parts of the world at the convention of beauty shop owners, held in the Hotel Pennsyl- vania, New York City. The award went to & man, as is the usual custom. What interests us most is that this very up-and-coming young woman has a smart beauty shop in our own city and is easily accessible for any service that you may desire. Further- more, she believes in smartness at a moderate price and combines her good taste and good work with prices that appeal to the pocketbook of the average youthful patron. The coiffure shown above is an in- teresting variation of the new “Page Boy” arrangement, which is softened by puffs around the face and on the forenead. These may be combed out and brushed down more smoothly for daytime wear, if desired. She has lots of other coiffure tricks up her sleeve to suit varied types of girls and women. She not only is an excellent hair stylist herself, but tells us that she has trained all her operators to get the same kind of satisfactory re- sults. Her shop is in the neighbor- hood of several girls’ schools and the girls have a way of dropping around in the late afternoon after classes. She,loves to “turn them out” in the very smartest manner. We saw one of them with a very flattering ar- rangement of curls around the face and back of the head that was as attractive as the picture above, and yet quite different. * % kX ND don't forget the flowers in your hair for all the Easter parties. You don't have to have special bandeau and wired arrange- ments, just pick up sny flowers that appeal to you and harmonize Wwith your frock and fasten them in your hair with bobby pins. It's so easy to do. At a fashion show for juniors the other day, one mannequin wore & small bunch of daisies on top of her head and an identical bunch of daisies fastened into the bracelet on her wrist. It was very smart with a pale gray frock trimmed with narrow bands of fuchsia colored grograin ribbon. Do you need s new lipstick at this point? There is & lot of news about these very important items of make- up that may interest you. “Tu-lip" is a new color quite appropriate to the season. It is an indelible lip- stick which spreads smoothly without drying or caking and gives a luscious Pretty Daytime Frock This Simple Model Ideal for Light Household Duties. (L T BY BARBARA BELL. UST looking at this frock makes Spring fever seem worth while, if it could be had while wearing such a comfortable and pretty affair! And there’s no reason why it oouldn'’t, for the sewing goes like & song, with a charming yoke extending out into the sleeves and the skirt a simple flare. Wear it in the morning, or all day for light household duties. Under a topcoat or jacket it does quite well for street wear, too. Ma- terials suggested: Dotted swiss, volle, dimity, tub silk or linen. Barbera Bell Pattern No. 1279-B is available for sizes 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 32 requires 415 yards of 39-inch material. Belt of ribbon requires 1 yard. Every Barbars Bell pattern includes 4 | red, red with a sufficient amount of | bright Spring prints. first | | for sports outfits and a striking jade | She didn't think she had the ghost appearance, ideal for the person who wants no yellow in her red. It is a blue to be & good companion for ‘Then there are the Paris-fashioned lipsticks just appearing in new style cases—ivory for evening, tortoise shell | green for a lot of other occasions. These easy-to-handle affairs are six- sided and operated by a swivel mechanism which enables the last vestige of color to be used. (Grand for the practical-minded heavy users of lipstick!) The shades offered are poppy, cherry, ruby and natural. * x * x STILL greater variety of lip- sticks is presented by another of your favorite cosmeticians. She of- fers & fascinating series of seven shades, if you please; but she sug- gests that from among them you choose two or three lipsticks to go with the two or three basic colors in your Spring wardrobe. These subtly brilliant shades come in sparkling enameled cases in thistle pink, delphinium blue, lotus white, mimosa yellow, carnation red, licorice | black and gooseberry green, in order to completely harmonize with your color schemes. You may have any one of the lipstick shades in any one of | the colored cases, and will love all of them. Going deeper into the problem of color make-up, it is the theory of this | cosmetician that face powder should | be chosen according to complexion; eye make-up also should be chosen to | accent the color of the eyes, leaving | only the two items of rouge and lip- stick to vary with the costume with which they are used. How logical, then, to find the costume lipstick that 1s not only the right color for your | lips, but also comes in a costume color | to match or contrast with your outfit! This idea seems to eliminate the need | for many boxes of powder and eye make-up and concentrates on one box | of powder, one set of eye shadow and | mascara, with the addition of a couple of lipsticks to allow for the wider va- riations of becoming colors that you intend to wear. ‘This three-point make-up scheme is a very good one to follow, as it sim- plifies matters greatly and at the same | time puts a definite limit on lhei amount necessary to spend to produce & perfect result, | For information concerning items | mentioned in this column, call Na-| tional 5000, extension 395, between 10 | and 12 am. BARBARA BELL, The Washington Star. Inclose 25 ocents in coins for Pattern No. 1279-B. Size. NamMe cemcooceccmceeeee e -———— Address .. == (Wrap coins securely in paper.) an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Cogorisbt, 10073 | and metimes Proves Problem My Neighbor Says: Japanese climbing cucumbers will grow anywhere. Trained on a fence and trellis, they form an attractive screen. Mildew may be removed from white ciothes with the following solution: To each quart of water (boiling) dissolve one tablespoon of chloride of lime. Put in clothes and stir continually till the mil- dew disappears, then put through several waters and dry in the sun, Choose 8 warm, windg day on which to wash feather pillows. Soap soiled spcts well, put into washing machine until clean, then rinse, but do not wring. Hang to dry in the window, but do not allow strong sunlight to shine on them. It brings out oil in feathers. Leather picture frames, port- folios, etc., may be cleaned with benzine. Apply with a soft cloth and if the benzine removes the polish, apply the well-beaten white of an egg (Copyright, 1937.) Sleep Is Nature’s Remedy Plenty of It Will Help Keep Clear Skin and Bright Eyes. BY ELSIE PIERCE, I ASKED Rose Bampton, young American contralto of the Metro- politan Opera Co., concert, stage and radio star. for an inspirational beauty message for the readers of this cole umn. And what do you think her answer was? “The best beauty message to old young, I believe plenty of nature’s own remedy—as much sleep as possible, simple food and, above all, drinking as much water as pos- sible every day.” And, in answer is to “What beauty routine do you advise to keep skin clear and lovely?” Miss Bampton gain replied “Peaceful sleep, after cleansing of face and neck." She prefers washing face and neck With a dependable soap and thorough rinsing with cold water several times. She claims that she finds this the best way to keep her skin fresh and clear. ‘We came to the question, “How do You keep your eyes so bright and shin- ing?” And once more she said: “Once again sleep is, I find, the one and only restorer of bright eyes.” This charming singing star went on to explain that if she is extremely weary and has little time to primp before going out to the theater she tries to lie quietly. with cotton satu- rated with witch hazel over her eyes. This serves a twofold purpose—rest- ing the eyes and “I usually cat-nap at the same time,” she says. Miss Bampton says she has not had the time or the inclination, so far, to bother to find out if she has any lines and wrinkles and certainly isn't going to worry about them. Which makes me feel that she won't have cause to worry about them for some time to come. A plain shampoo each week, an ofl shampoo once a month and lemon or vinegar rinse all work to keep her hair lustrous and lovely She has two favorite exercises— bending from a high position and touching one hand to the opposite ankle. Ang the bicycle exercise. She feels that these are fine for general suppling and to keep waist and hips in trim. Her diet secrets are, simple foods, clear soups, little bread, as much fruit as possible, fresh or stewed, with a little or no sugar, and very, very few sweets (Copyright careful 1937.) Wedding Problems Solved BY EMILY POST. TYEAR MRS. POST: I havea mother and a stepmother. Due to the fact that my mother has not been in the position to have me with her, I have lived with my father and step- mother., Father is to give me away at my wedding. I love my mother dearly and I have also grown very fond of my stepmother, who has always been very kind to me. Which mother should be seated last before the wedding march begins and in which pew? Pather is giving me this wedding and also a reception after- ward at the club, and we find the whole situation a little complicated. Answer—Of course, since her hus- band i giving the wedding, your stepmother has the privilege of sit- ting in the front pew. But it would be much more generous of her, as well as the proper gesture, if she ceded her place to your mother who has no part- in the wedding except this place up in front In other words, your own mother should sit in the front pew and your stepmother in the third, separated by members of the family who are friendly to bot. Your father naturally sees you before the ceremony and walks up the aisle with you and gives you away, and he with your stepmother are the hosts st the reception. However, in this particular case, I think it might be simpler to have your stepmother seated Jast, since she leaves the house immediately ahead of you, whereas your mother would have to wait in the vestibule of the church until you come. Of course, if the relationship in your family is such that the meet- ing of your parents in the back of the church would not be too up- setting to any of the three, your step- mother might take her place first and your own mother could be left with you in the vestibule and then go up the aisle last before the wedding begins. (Copyright, 1937.) COLDS ; TRY A KRUSE SULPHUR VAPOR CABINET BATH DR. A. H. MOGRE, D. C. 1801 Colvert St. NW. Ad. 1316 “The Hot Sulphur Spring ot Wash.“