Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1937, Page 32

B—12 With Asparagus Making its Annual Bow, < WOMEN'S FEATURES. Use of Various Sauces Brings Many Changes on A Favorite Vegetable Succulent Green Stalks Combine Well With Eggs and Cheese in Luncheon Dishes. BY BETSY CASWELL. As I remembered it, it wasn't very much like the neat, trim, cultivated beds that one finds in the formal vegetable gardens WHEN 1 was little, at my grandfather's, we had an asparagus bed. of today. This one was quite a distance from the-house, at the foot of the orchard, and lay dreaming beneath the warm spring suns in a tangle of berry bushes, and weeds that almost hid the rows of little hills {from sight. It was my job, during the asparagus geason, to go every morning and pick 8 basketful for lunch. In those days, when we didn't have almost every known vegetable all the year round, we had to make the most of the ones that were in season— 80, of course, they were eaten in some form or another every day until the beds were bare and empty. Our as- paragus was whitish, with purple tops, when it first appeared above ground; later on, of course, it turned green, but I have never forgotten the delicacy of those lavender-tinted heads thrusting their way through the soil and under- brush in search of the sunlight above. 1 spent many happy hours in that quiet corner of the farm. I used to ride down on the meanest Shetland pony in the world—and if you have ever ridden a Shetland pony you will know just how superlatively mean mine must have been—tie the beast to an apple tree and go to work on the asparagus. Usually, Judy, the pony, had dumped me off several| times on the trip down; going home it | was the same, except that each time, in addition to picking myself up, I had to pick up all the asparagus, too. Once, though, we made the return trip without a stop—Judy encoun- tered a black snake looking for trouble, and we went home in a burst of speed that I did not realize the fat pony could attain. The asparagus came along intact, too, which called for an explanation to the authorities, who were used to seeing a mangled and worse-for-wear harvest after my morning’s work. When I told them about the snake they decided I was making it all up; I got spanked for telling lies, and had no asparagus for lunch. But the fact remained that Judy never would go to the asparagus | | | Betsy Caswell. My Neighbor Says: Chrysanthemums should be di- vided in the Spring. Separate early and plants will blossom in the Fall. Never use an ice pick to remove the frost from the cooling unit in your electric refrigerator or to re- move trays that may stick to bot- tom of the unit. Stop motor in- stead, place several hot cloths over sleeve openings and trays soon will loosen. Never attempt to sweep up at once soot that has fallen onto a rug. Cover with dry salt, let stand for a short time, then sweep up. No longer does the housekeeper need to first cover her pantry shelves with oilcloths and then tack on edging. A new oilcloth edging and shelving combined is now on sale in the kitchen de- partment of large department stores. Shelf covering comes only in ivory with edgings in red, yellow, green, ivory, blue and brown. Worn thresholds should always be rubbed with linseed oil and the oil should be allowed to dry for a day before varnish is put on. (Copyright, 1937.) INEEDLEWORK AR, o bed again. She balked at the edge of the orchard and dumped me over her head with a persistent regularity that ceased only when the asparagus season did. * kK % THE way I wander on certainly shows I am getting old! I started out to make this column all about present-day asparagus, which we find sitting in neatly tied bundles on grocers’ and market shelves. And | here I am meandering about my past. Too bad. afraid! In all seriousness, however, as we are entering upon a good long run of fresh, tender and inexpensive aspara- gus, it is a good time to look into the matter of various ways of preparing it. For no matter how much we like the green stalks “just plain,” with butter, there are many other forms in which they may be served that will bring variety and charm to the Spring menu. We’ll take the plain method first, as a starter, for those who are just taking up cooking. ASPARAGUS. Wash the stalks well, after untie- ing the bundle, and be sure that all grit is removed from each one. Cut off the lower tough parts of the stalks (this may be done before the bundle is untied, to save time) and, if neces- sary, scrape the ends with a knife to remove fibrous skin. Tie the stalks again into bunches, and starid them in a deep saucepan, heads up, and the bottom of the bunch in boiling salted water. The water should come to within 1 inch of the tips. Cover the saucepan and cook for 15 minutes, until tender. Drain well, untie, and arrange in a neat bunch, or individual portions on serving platter. Serve with melted butter, Hollandaise sauce or cream sauce. If the asparagus is cooled and then chilled in the icebox, it may be served as a separate course with either mayonnaise or Vinaigrette sauce. It won't be long now, I'm FRIED ASPARAGUS. Drain cooked asparagus stalks, and dip them in one egg, beaten with two tablespoons water. Roll them lightly in salted flour, and dip them again in the egg mixture. Fry in deep fat until golden brown, drain on absorb- ent paper, and serve very hot. CREAMED EGGS, ASPARAGUS IN BREAD CASES. Remove the crusts from a loaf of bread and cut slices about 212 inches thick. Cut with an oval cutter. Hollow out inside of bread rounds, leaving a shell about one-half inch wide ail around sides and at bottom. Toast to a golden brown, and dip edges in melted butter and minced parsley. Cook eight eggs hard and cut into pleces. Mix with highly seasoned cream sauce, reserving a little to too asparagus. Fill the bread cases with the creamed eggs, sprinkle with grated cheese and set under flame to melt. Over this place cooked asparagus tips, covered with the rest of the cream sauce. Before serving, add & dash of paprika. ASPARAGUS SOUFFLE. Rub through a sieve enough cooked asparagus to make three cups of pulp. Add three well-beaten eggs. salt, pepper and two tablespoons melted butter. Mix well and pour into but- tered mold. Cook in a pan of water in a moderate oven for 40 minutes. Unmold on heated platter and cover with the following sauce: Make a regular cream sauce. Add the yolk of one egg and two table- spoons grated Swiss cheese. Pour sauce over souffie, sprinkle with more grated cheese and set under flame to brown. " s TR oy | There's nothing that will add so much to the cosiness of your home as & hand-made rug. This design is especially good in that the sections are all made in the same way, and can be joined in any number of ways. As we've shown the piece here, it makes a nice rug for hearth or bath room. By adding more triangles according to the instructions, you can obtain s rug of any size you desire, even to room size. Here we've used heavy yarn, but any sort of rags, cut in strips, will serve equally well. The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand directions, with diagrams to aid you; also what crochet hook and what material and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern send for No. 451 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needlework Editor of ‘The Evening Star. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1937. These Will Put New Life Into Meals Tender green asparagus, with a piquant and delicate sauce, is welcome at almost every table. Pearl onions cooked with string beans, with plenty of butter and flavoring, also seem a natural part of the Spring menu. Avoid Exotic Look by Use Of Rouge The Effect of Hard Smartness Is Out of Picture. BY ELSIE PIERCE. ONE of Hollywood’s master make- up artists has very definite ideas on the subject of rouge. Every girl should use some cheek coloring. That's one of his most rigid beauty laws. The blanched cheek, vivid lip, shadowed eye is too exotic for the average girl, too exotic for any one. It achieved the effect of hard smart- ness, and that's out of date. Pretti- ness is the new beauty trend. We start off, then, with the beauty maxim that every girl should use rouge. The next step is choice of color. Choose a delicate shade. The next step is the actual application. How to use it so that it is most effec- tive and ‘most becoming. Here's where the two types of rouge come in. And, most make-up artists agree that two rouges are better than one. Moist rouge, either liquid or paste, is best as the “basic” color. ‘The liquid is a little more difficult to apply than the paste, but with practice the art is mastered. Wring a pad of cotton out of cold water and dip into skin tonic. Pat the skin. Then with the same pad apply the liquid rouge, using it with a very restraining hand. It is well to be actually “stingy” with the rouge be- cause, for one thing, a little goes a long way and, for another, it is easier to add than to subtract color- ing whether peste or liquid. The blending comes next. The most in- tense coloring should be at the natural color area and should fade away so that edges are not at all obvious. ‘The paste rouge may be applied over the skin while it is still moist from skin tonic (not actually wet, but somewhat damp). Or it may be applied over a liquid or cream powder base. Again, blend until the edges are scarcely perceptible. Powder comes next. It is not rubbed on, because this may rub the rouge off and may in fact injure the skin. It is patted on generously and the excess smoothed away with a soft puff or a powder brush. Then, if the rouge is too faint, the color is heightened by the second rouge—the dry variety called cake or compact rouge. Both types of rouge should have the same basic tone. It is obvious that one orange-red and one blue- red rouge may not result in a per- fect blend. And both types should harmonize with the individuals own coloring. My complete bulletin on make- up may be had for a self-ad- dressed, stamped (3-cent) envelope. Please mention the name “Make- Up Bulletin” in your request. Manners of the Moment ONG-LEGGED boys who fall aslesp in busses are s problem. For being sleepy we don’t blame them. For being long-legged we forgive them. But for being in our way we can’t help being s little bit annoyed at them sometimes. When the bus isn’t crowded it's not 50 bad. You can always step around & pair of feet in the middle of the aisle. But when there are feet on the other side, as well, it is sometimes rather difficult to find a way through the labyrinth. We know girls who take delight in digging & high heel into one of the obtruding feet, thereby waking up the foot’s owner and hav- ing the way cleared for an exit. This seems to us & little brutal. But it is said to work. Being athletically in- clined ourselves, we consider the high jump the best way out. One leap and you are over the hurdle. At least it's kinder to sleepy, long-legged boys. b Shigets Wright Photo. Simple Slip-on Frock Ideal for Any Kind of Daytime Wear During the Summer. BY BARBARA BELL. HE not-so-distant Summer beckons in this charming lit- tle frock, so simple to cut and sew, and yet with such sophis- ticated lines. Scallops edge the yoke- sleeve piece in front, and the plain round neckline is refreshingly young. The novel belt that fastens on two buttons in front is an inspired little detail. It's a frock to slip on in a jifty for any kind of daytime wear. Make it in several fabrics and never be at a loss for a fresh frock in dotted awiss, novelty cotton or seersucker! Barbara Bell Pattern, No. 1284-B, is available for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20; 40, 42 and 44. Corresponding bust measurements, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 BARBARA BELL, ‘The Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1284-B. Sise__._... Name ..ccccoeae Address ... (Wrap coins securely in paper). 1284-B and 44. Size 14 (32) requires 33 yards 32-inch material. Every Barbara Bell Pattern includes an {llustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. 8end 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting designs from the Barbara Bell well-planned, easy-to-make patterns. Interesting and exclusive fashions for little children and the difficult junior age, slender- izing, well-cut patterns for the ma- ture figure; afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons and other patterns for spe- cial occasions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell Pattern Book. (Copyright, 1937.) eeten it with Doming Retined in US A for baking g nger- bread apples beans ham N ew Recipes Are in Order The Old Gardener Says: One of the most valuable addi- tions to the garden in recent years has been the dwarf hardy asters. From the time they come into bloom, in late August, until frost, they are covered with dainty, single flowers. The plants form dwarf mounds and seldom grow more than & foot high. They have the additional advantage of being perfectly hardy and easy to grow. The best variety seems to be Snow Sprite, which is clear white. Marjorie is a rosy pink and is almost equally good. Vic- tor, pale lavender, Lady Henry Maddocks, pale pink and Coun- tess of Dudley, pink with a yellow eye, are also to be recommended. Constance, Niobe, Lilac-time and Lavanda are the newest introduc- tions. Plants can go into the ground as soon as it can be worked satisfactorily. (Copyrisht, 1937.) Expression Of Feeling Essential Outlet Should Be Pro- vided for Deep Emotions. BY ANGELO PATRI. 0 of the old-fashioned principles of education is: No impression without expression. It is still and always will be a sound principle of education. children to utilize their energy, direct it to good ends, use it to accomplish | definite ends. This is not always done. Some of the best-intentioned teaching | overlooks it. There was & flood in the Thousands of people were driven from their homes, leaving all they loved as home behind them. Many of them were ill medicines were needed. Schools were closed and the children, shocked and bewildered, were gathered wherever safety offered. A kindly teacher, her heart aching foy the distress of the stricken people, told an assembled group of classes about the disaster, pictured the rush | of the flood waters, the ruin of the farms, the mad rush for safety. The ctildren sat stifffy erect, silent, awed by the tale of disaster. finished her story and left the plat- form. The music teacher entered and lifted her baton, the piano uttered the prelude, but no sound followed from the group sitting there so stifly in the ordered rows. Again the teacher signaled, the piano demanded, but no sound came. “What is wrong, the music teacher. A girl half way down the room rose. “We can't sing, Miss Bruce. We just heard about those children | in the flood. We can't—" “Oh, s0? Tell me.” “Miss Harry said the children out West were being drowned. And their mothers. It's a flood. Yes, Miss Bruce, a terrible flood.” | So the music teacher dismissed the | group to their class rooms and went | on to her next lesson. But classwork was poor. There was little or no re- sponse and one teacher asked the | other what the trouble could be. | “They are 50 restless and inattentive,” | she said. ‘ One experienced old teacher laid | down his book and said, “We're not | getting anywhere, children. What's the trouble?” | “I guess we're kinda worried Abouc( those childred in the flood, sir. We heard about them in assembly. Isn't there something we can do besides just sit here and worry about them?” “There surely is. Wait. We'll ask | for another assembly and put it to the | group, shall we?” The group marched into assembly | alert and eager. Now something was to be done about this thing that had harried their emotions to the aching point. They appointed committees, laid out & few plans, and then went back to class perfectly satisfied that things were going to move from there. And they did. | What I want to point out is the | wrong we do children when we excite | them about something, and then give them no chance to express what they feel in actions. Every impression de- mands expression. If you impress a child you are duty-bound to see that he gets a chance to give out that idea in deeds of some sort. Otherwise you harry him to no end. You call up emotion, energy, desire for work and let them choke the child to death. And that stands for every lesson children?” asked given in a school, every fine ideal stirred in a child's breast. Provide for its expression or you have done more harm than good. (Copyright, 1937.) Veil Resurrection. PARIS (#).—Smart Parisiennes are resurrecting veils worn by their mothers and grandmothers. And they’re not wedding veils—simply veils which adorned millinery of a decade or two ago. The Countess de Crosse- Brissac wears an embroidered gray veil which once belonged to her mother on: her silver-colored straw sailor. She ties it under her chin. THE SAFE, SENSIBLE WAY TO RELIEVE CONSTIPATION Every one knows the dangers of eon- stipation. Pills and drugs ususlly bring only temporary relief. That's because common constipation is due to meals low | in “bulk.” | Kellogg's ALL-BRAN contal “bulk” | that does not break down in the body as does that of many leafy vegetables. ALL- BRAN absorbs twice its weight in water and forms a soft mass that gently sponges tne intestines. Kellogs's ALL-BRAN is s food—not s medicine. In sddition to “bulk”—it sives vitamin B to tone up the system. and iron for the Blood. It is s healthful sy to get rid of constipation and all its | evils. Eat two tablespoontuls daily with milk or cream—three times s day in severe cases. Or use it in making bran muffing, breads. in salads or soups. Guaranteed by Kel- loss in Battle Creek. Regularly for Regularity 1 Regard for it will train | land. | Food was scarce, | The tescher | WOMEN’'S FEATURES. Dorothy Dix Says morning brushed and pressed, spic- | and-span and looking like Clark Gable | sounded good to me so I tried it. In the matrimonal lottery I had the luck to draw a husband who always ap- peared to have just been fished out of the dirty-clothes hamper, o0 I would take away the solled shirt and | replace it with a clean one with the buttons all in place. I'd sit at hogme darning socks and putting false cuffs on papa’s pants because he was too stingy to buy new ones. I'd wash papa’s face and ears and press his suit 4nd make him look like a cloth- mending papa’'s coat find but a letter from papa's girl friend, and that set me wondering if maybe I hadn't furbished papa up 50 much and made him look good to other women I might have kept him for myself. So what? MRS. V. B. S. Answer—Don’t ask me. Nobody knows the answer, though millions of women spend their lives trying to figure it out. How to be a good wife and not ruin hubby is the insoluble cross-word puzzle of the ages. Your experience is an example in point. You took a slouchy, unshorn and un- shaven man whose trousers bagged at the knees and whose linen was not beyond reproach and at whom, in his natural state, every woman would have turned up her nose. and the barber shop. You denied yourself a water wave to buy him a fancy necktie. You sat up nights get- | ting the spots off his waistcoat and putting & razor edge on his trousers |and generally metamorphosed him into the glass of fashion and the mold lof form. What's the result? You've turned the scarecrow into something that catches the feminine eye. Instead of | and domestic husband he has become | popular among the women. He has gone with the wind, or words to that effect. Nor are you alone in finding that your efforts to help your husband have proved a boomerang that was | your undoing. Many a woman makes |of her back a ladder on which her husband climbs to success, only to | have him kick it down when he has | reached the top. Well do I recall | the case of a devoted wife who took |in fine laundering to help her clever | and ambitious husband finish his col- | lege course and who supported him | by the work of her hands until he got a start in his profession. Her re- ward was to have him tell her that he had entirely outgrown her and that she was no longer any compan- jon for a cultured man and one who | meant to go to high places in the world. The world is filled with the old wives who have slaved their fingers | to the bone cooking, washing, sew- | ing, baby tending, helping their hus- bands to make their fortunes, who find themselves discarded for young wives when the money is made. So commonly does this happen that many wives don't even try to help their hus- bands get rich. They regard it as too dangerous. They say that the only | sure way to keep a husband is to keep him poor and not worth the gold- diggers’ attentions. All of which goes to show that being a wife is a diffi- cult and parlous job. The wonder is that so many girls have the nerve to tackle it. ® X K X DEAR DOROTHY DIX—What do you think of a married man who specializes in affairs with young | girls? M I M Answer—I think he is the lowest | of the human species because he is ruining the lives of two people. Often more, because generally he has | children whose peace, security |ndi happiness are wrecked by the misery he brings into their home. The tortures of the inquisition were | not, crueler than the pangs of jealousy a man inflicts on his wife when he leaves her sitting alone for dreary evenings at home while he plays around with young girls. She sounds the depths of misery as she con- trasts her fading looks with the girl's fresh beauty, her cadness of | the neglected with the other’s gayety and high spirits, and knows that she has no charms by which to conjure him back again and thal she has lost him forever. Nor is her sorrow mitigated by knowing that he is not worth loving, that he is faithless, lacking in honor and respect for his obligations. The wrong the philanderer does his wife is great, but it is not greater than the wrong he does the young ing ad. But one day when I was| what did I| You ran him through the laundry | being an humble | | attendant Maybe It Doesn’t Pay to Dress Hubby So That He Catches the Feminine Eye. DEAE MISS DIX: The idea that)girl of whose ignorance of the world when a woman is married to a | he takes advantage, and whose heart slovenly man she should pinch-hit | only too often he breaks, even as he | for a valet and send him forth each has broken his wife’s. | It is easy for a married man to make a girl fall in love with him She is flattered, to begin with. by thinking that there is something about her that is attractive to a mature man, and she is silly enough to be- lieve that she is a vamp if she can | take & married man away from his | wife. Then the married man las more money to spend on her and can | take her to smarter places of amuse- | ment and give her handsomer presen's | than & boy can. And he knows ali | the arts and wiles. So the average young girl is as helpless in his hancs as a bird in the nets of a fowler. | It amuses the married man to win | her, to play with her and to throw her away when a fresher toy catches ' his fancy. It is nothing to him if the | girl has fallen so much in love with him she will never have any love to | give any other man, or if he drags her reputation in the dust so no man | will want her. There must be a very hspecml punishment saved for the | married philanderer. | * ok x % |T)EAR MISS DIX—I had a most urthappy childhood. My mother gave me no love, no sympathy, no understanding. There was no good feeling between us children. At the earliest possible moment I left home just to get away. I have found peace and happiness with my husband and | children, but we are only moderately well to do. Now my family has never done anything but make me miser= ‘able, yet they demand that I shall share my little with them and help support them. The queston is, shall I impair the future comfort of my husband and children and sacrifice their few luxuries to help people whom I despise? There is no love on either side. BEVERLY B | Answer: If it is your parents who | need help, probably it is your duty |to divide your last crust with them, but I have never been able to see why the industrious and thrifty members of a family, who were willing to work and save, should support their lazy and idle and thriftless brothers and sisters. DOROTHY DIX. Children Effective In Wedding BY EMILY POST. EAR MRS. POST: Is it possible for a bride to have only children attendants and yet not have a wedding | that looks like a kindergarten party? I have many dear friends here with whom I have grown up, and other dear friends elsewhere who have been more | recently close to me in college. I don't know how to choose a half dozen of them at the most, without hurting the feelings of a great many others. Neither my fiance nor I have any sisters and there are no women relatives of a suitable age. But I do have eight young friends—four boys and four girls—all near enough to one age so as to be almost the same size. Their ages range from 6 to 9 years. Could I use these children in the wedding, and if so, how could they be arranged? My flance will have a best man, but I would not have an older at all and would carry a prayer book so there will be no com= plicating problem of the wedding bouquet during the service There will have to be four ushers, but would they have to take part in the pro- cession if I used the children? Answer: Since children always add to a picture, I see no reason why you couldn't establish a precedent if you want to. As a matter of fact, they might look very well if you put them in effective clothes, such as the eighteenth century English portrait type—the boys in long, high-waisted white satin trousers and, let's say, blouses of any sheer white material; the little girls in either the same sheer white material with satin sashes or else puffed-sleeved, short-waisted, ankle-length white satin dresses. But if they were dressed in their ordinary type of clothes I am afraid the whole effect would be that of a teacher's class going to a May pole party. I think I would let the four little boys walk together first, like ushers, and | then the four little girls together fol- lowing, because the procession would | look much longer if they walked boy and girl together. To let the four ushers walk first would probably help to establish a more conventional wed= ding atmosphere. 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