Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1937, Page 32

WOMEN’S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1937. WOMEN'S FEATURLES. Small Frosted Cakes Lend Festive Air to Well-Appointed Tea Table Dainty Decorations And Colo Express Spring Motif| Candied Fruits and Flowers May Be Brought Into Play to Give Finishing Touches. BY BETSY CASWELL. HOSE of you who rejoiced in the “Little Colonel” books in your youth will, no doubt, remember the story that Lloyd loved best when she was little—that of the party at which everything was done in pink—the candles, the tablecloth, the flowers, the cups and plates, and even the 0 fcing on the little cakes had to be of the description of a “white part the always returned, was the “pink party.” I always think 6f-that incident in the beloved books, whenever I see an array of daintily iced cakes, in pas- tel shades, on a perfectly ap- pointed tea table. It's funny how silly little things like thai can re- turn you to some point in your childhood at the twinkling of an eye, isn't it? Well, maybe we aren't all having parties of any one €olor here in ‘Washington right, now—but most of us have found that 8Spring brings us plenty of visitors from out of town, who must be entertained as nicely as possible. Also, there are bridal showers and teas and luncheons coming thick and fast—and the cake box must be equal to the occasion. ‘The heavier type of eake that is so enjoyed in the Winter seems out of v Betsy Caswell. His mother oowls at him. While every one else beama, SONDS mothers whose children enjoy’ the movies a0 thoroughly that they clap and stamp their feet and laugh outloud. always seem to worry 80 about it. They seem to think their children are misbehaving, and they try their best to scowl them into &ilence. We can't quite see why all the fuss. ‘We still haven't run into any one who minded a nice loudly appreciative child at a movie. In fact, most adults go rather soft over the little boy who keeps telling the hero where the heroine has gone. It's really what the adults would like to do themselves, but they can't. They're supposed to be too sophisticated. S0 when the little boy does it for them, they beam upon him fondly. To the outsider, the fretting mother i much more distracting than the | noisy child. At least the child is keeping his mind on the show, which is more than the mother is doing. Maybe our child psychology is all off, but children given the chance to express themselves in the movie houses. It's much pleasanter for the rest of the sudience than having to listen to a lot of overconscientious mothers express- | JEAN. ing themselves. (Copyright, 1937.) What could be nicer for Summer wear than a pair of lacy gloves in & color to match or harmonize with each of your costumes? A design like this one, you'll find, is so simple to make that you'll want half a domn pairs. ‘The glove itself is composed of & simple mesh, and the cuff is a little fancier, but atill easy enough for any one to #mall, medium and large sizes, so you ments are. The pattern envelope contains trated directions, also what crochet hook and what material and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 460 and enclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needlework Editor of The Evening Star. (Copyrigh ' or a “blue party”—but her favorite, to which just the same, we'd like to see | red Icings the rosy hue. Sometimes she asked for < place on these mild, golden days—and small cakes, dainty in appearance and (light in texture, seem to fill the bill | perfectly. And it is so easy to make these tempting morsels “dressy” enough for the most formal and fastidious person! A touch of color in the icing, a perfect nut meat or candied violet pressed into the top, flowers patterned | with bits of gumdrops, & sprinkling of vari-colored ‘“decorettes,” candied | cherries, with citron leaves—there | are dozens of simple but charming | little touches that makes the contents | of the cake dish truly festive and gay. * ok k% ERE is a good basic recipe for the cake itself. WHITE CAKE. cup butter. cup sugar. egg. cups flour. teaspoons baking powder. teaspoon salt. cup milk. | 1 teaspoon vanilla or other flavoring. Cream the butter, add sugar and cream together until light and fluffy. Add egg, beating thoroughly. Sift flour and measure. Add baking pow- der and salt to flour and sift together. Add to butter mixture alternately with the milk. Add flavoring. Mix into & smooth batter. Pour into small greased baking cups and bake in a moderate oven for 20 minutes. Cool for a few minutes and remove from cups. Prost with seven-minute frost- ing. If desired, bake the cake in a sheet, cut in shapes and frost on top and sides. SEVEN-MINUTE FROSTING. 113 cups sugar. 5 tablespoons cold water. ¢ teaspoon cream of tartar or tablespoon corn sirup. egg whites. teaspoon flavoring. Mix all ingredients except flavoring ! in the top of double boiler. Place over | boiling water. Beat constantly until mixture holds its shape. Remove from fire, add flavoring and beat until cool. NOW for some fancy icings which will vary both the appearance | and the flavor of the little cakes: MAPLE ICING. 1 cup maple sirup. Whites of 2 eggs. | Boil the sirup until it spins to a | thread. Add it very slowly to the egg whites, which have been beaten | until stiff. When it is of the right | consistency spread it on the cakes. | PINEAPPLE ICING. 1 cup confectioners' sugar. 1 teaspoon lemon juice. 2 tablespoons pineapple juice. Add the lemon juice and the pine- apple juice gradually to the sugar until | mixture is thick enough to spread. Garnish top of cakes with tiny wedges | of pineapple. | CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT ICING. | Make seven-minute frosting as above. | Just before spreading it add a few | drops of peppermint extract. As soon | as the white icing has set melt two | | squares of chocolate and spreagl over | the white icing. Allow several hours for this coating to harden. | COFFEE ICING. 2 cups powdered sugar. 14 cup butter. 1z teaspoon salt. 3 tablespoons hot, strong coffee. 1 teaspoon vanilla. Sift the sugar. Beat the butter until | soft and then add the sugar slowly. | Blend until creamy. Add the salt and | the coffee and beat for two minutes. Cool. Add vanilla and permit mixture | to stand for five minutes. Then beat well and spread. The seven-minute frosting may be tinted any desired eolor with a few 1 2 1 * % ¥ % drops of vegetable eoloring matter. make. The directions are written for can be suited, whatever your require- eomplete, easy-to-understand illus- | him to spend his spare time? Churches For Those Very Special Guests! Iced in luscious pastel colors, and gayly decked out with tempting and charming designs, these little | {cakes should win the approval of all comers who admit having a sweet tooth! The Boys On Street Corners Try to Redirect Their Thoughts and Make Them Feel Wanted. BY ANGELO PATRI. “WHERE are you going, son?" “O, just down to the corner.” “I wish you wouldn't. It seems to me that all the boys who have nothing worth while to think about, or do, stand on that corner. They don't look like much of anything to me but what you could well do without. Can't you find some other friends?” “Where can I go? Wholl I go with? I can't stick around the house all the time."” I am afraid the boy's attitude is justified to the extent that he has not much choice. Where is he to go? Is there a clean, pleasant free place for offer very limited time and space. Schools have no use for the boys who have been graduated and turned loose. Communities have made no provision for them. They have to provide for themselves, and the cor- ner is about all that is left them. They stand there until the police chase them to the next corner. Being chased by police, frowned at by the decent, God-fearing, law- abiding citizens, these helpless boys gang to protect themselves. It is then that they fall back on primitive | ways of enjoying themselves, of tak- ing their share of fun, of food and shelter and spending money from wherever they can get it. What are | they to do? Society frowns on their primitive ways and calls them crim- inal. But what does society offer the boys in place of the corner? ‘What entertainment they do get at the movies is not the kind to help them any. It is very often stimulating to the very acts that destroy the boys. Too much emphasis on gun play, heroic disregard of human life and human law, no regard for ordinary right as taught by our codes and sup- ported by our laws. The smart peo- ple are shown as doing all the unlaw- ful things, the daring, the wrong things, and these boys, knowing noth- ing else, go the way of the helpless. 1 dislike making laws to govern human behavior if it is possible to avoid doing so. I would not advocate a law to take boys off the corner, but I would advocate, as strongly as possible, that each community study its corners and find ways to take the boys away from them and put them in cleaner, healthier, safer places. I advocate the formation of lamp-post societies throughout the country. Preaching, talking goodness, is not going to help. What will help is setting these boys to work at some- thing that will take up their interest, develop their minds, redirect their thoughts, make them feel wanted and important in the scheme of living. Each community should undertake its own salvage work for the youth within its bounds. Schools can be opened for longer hours, for newer subjects, for irregular schedules. Camps can be opened. Farms oan be used as camps and schools. Cities have facilities for helping their youth if they wers awake to the necessity. A survey of the boys that are loose, without schools, with- out work, without means of getting either, would awaken the community to their needs. Provide for them as they need to be provided for, indi- vidually. Use the school machinery for this and employ more teachers. By using the machinery we have, much ocould be done. The time is passing. These boys are growing up to be citizens with the right to vote. We ought to have sense enough to protect one quality of our citisenry. e Floral Invasion. NEW YORK (#).—The use of floral patterns has expanded to include not only many new spring frocks but also new underwear, nightgowns, pajamas t, 1937.) and house robes. Matron’s House Frock The Scolloped Front Closing Is a New and Feminine Touch. BY BARBARA BELL. HILE Spring days are still cool is the time to replenish the wardrobe with & new house frock that will do duty all through the Summer. Today's model has a suggestion of shirt waist, but the scalloped front closing is & new and feminine touch. Straight sleeves, one pleat in the front skirt, and & pocket, complete the easy-to-make details. Give yourself a treat and choose & pastel sheer cotton such as dimity or dotted swiss. Barbara Bell Pattern No, 1914-B is available for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 38 requires just 4 yards of 35-inch material. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruetion guide which is easy to understand. 8end 15 cents for the Barbara Bell BARBARA BELL, Washington Star. Inclose 35 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1014-B. Bise____.. Name coeee.o- Address .. (Wrap eoins securely in paper.) Spring and Summer Pattern Book. easy-to-make patterns. Interesting and exclusive fashions for little children and the difficult junior age; slender- izing well-cut patterns for the mature figure; afternoon dresses for the most j particular young women and matrons {and other patterns.for special occa- Bell Pattern Book. (Copyright, 1837:) Kill Those Moths Spray closets, rooms and chests ‘with Dethol. It kills the mother moth and her young. Merit justi- fios the few cents more you'll Dethol Cleaning Day ‘is Dethol Doy Make yourself attractive, practical and | becoming clothes, selecting duigmi from the Barbara Bell well-planned, sions are all to be found in the Barbara | ¢ ‘There A;e: Ten Don’ts In Make-Up Never Imitate Any| One Else, Stick to Your Own Type. BY ELSIE PIERCE. FEMININE authority and make- | up artist to some of the leading Hollywood screen stars sets down 10 “dont’s” that should help every young girl on beauty bent. For daytime this make-up artist rec- ommends conservative make-up. For evening you can let yourself go a bit. But don't try to imitate any one | else’'s make-up. Stick to your own type and be confident. Don't put your lipstick on too thick. Many women, particulariy very young | women, do this in the hope that it | will achieve an effect of sheen. It | doesn't help to mix grease over grease —it merely gives a “smeared,” un- finished look. Mix in a bit of vaseline in the coloring or apply & thin film of cream or vaseline first. Don't put rouge plump on your cheekbones, This merely emphasizes the bones. It achieves a china doll effect that is passe. Blend the rouge outward instead, into the sides of your face and toward the ears, and how far out you blend depends upon the width of your face: stop a good distance from the ears if your face is too round. Blend your eyebrow pencil into the | brow to give & natural effect. Don't use eyebrow pencil in a hard, obvious line. Mascara should be confined to the upper lashes only, and then to the tips of the longest of the winkers, em- phasizing their length. Don't use mascara on the lower lashes because that will make you look wan and hard. Always remove remaining make-up before applying or renewing the make- up. Don't try to put one layer of make-up over the other if you want a fresh, smooth result. Don’t rub your powder, don't grind or pound it into your face. Dust as lightly as possible and quite gener- ously. Then remove with powder blending brush or fresh puff or pad of cotton. The -little lipstick tissues are life- savers. OCarry them with you. Re= move traces of lipstick from fingers with these tissues (not with your hostess’ guest towels). Don't pluck eyebrows from above, but from under the brow and not too thin. Don't put daytime make-up “on” under an electric light. Try to apply all make-up in the same type of light that you expect to appear under. “Sweeten it with Domino’ pure cane-clean-full weight Dorothy Dix £ S‘ays Women Commit a Great Sin When They Try to Steal Another’s Husband. EAR MISS DIX—What about the married women, with perfectly good flesh and blood hysbands of their own, who amuse therhiselves by philander- ing with other women's husbands, well | knowing that they are tearing the poor neglected wives' hearts to pieces with jealousy? What about the bachelor girls, who are free to find unattached men, who try to take mar- ried men away from their wives? What about even the little flappers who think it “so romantic” to have affairs with married men, although they know that they may be wrecking a home by doing s0? Why should wives be expected to go on being sweet, patient, blind and forgiving while these women, who are worse than thieves and murderers, go blandly on their devastating careers and are received by society when they should be serving a sentence in jail? Isn't it time neglected wives got to- gether and did something about it? A WIFE AND MOTHER. Answer—Certainly we should all give three cheers for an amalgamated union of forgotten wives for suppres- sion of vamps. It would fill & long-felt want, but what could they do about it beyond passing a few resolutions view- ing the situation with alarm, deploring the existence of the other woman, and recommending that something with boiling oil in i be done to her? that would get them nowhere. * ok ok % "THAT the wives suffer many and grievous wrongs at the hands of their predatory sisters no one can deny. “Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn,” said the poet. This goes double for women. No torture of the Inquisition ever inflicted greater agony on its | victim than tiMt which a woman who loves her husband undergoes when she sees him being taken from her, his affections alienated from her; When she knows that he is spending on some gold-digger the money that is needed for household expenses; that it is only & matter of time when she | and the children will be left homeless, husbandless and fatherless. ‘That any woman in the world can be cruel enough to commit this crime and bring this misery on another | woman seems incredible, yet every day we see it done. And often for no better reason than because a woman Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. DINNER SERVING FOUR. Macaroni “Rabbit” Buttered Green Beans Bread Grape Jelly Fruit Salad French Dressing Caramel Pecan Pudding Coffee MACARONI “RABBIT.” 8 cups cooked 1 cup toma- macaroni toes 4 Tablespoons teaspoon salt butter teaspoon 2 tablespoons pepper minced onions 4 tablespoons 2 tablespoons flour minced green tablespoons Ppeppers cold water 13 cup diced cup grated celery cheese Melt the butter. the onions, peppers and celery. Add the tomatoes. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Mix the flour and water and when blended add to the tomato mixture. Boil 2 minutes. Add the salt and pepper and pour over the hot ocooked macaroni placed on a b2 s L] serving platter. Sprinkle with cheese. | CARAMEL PECAN PUDDING. % cup granu- 1g teaspoon salt lated sugar 1 teaspoon 14 cup boiling vanilla water egg whites 3 egg yolks beaten 5 tablespoons cup pecans flour tablespoons 2 cups milk butter Sprinkle the sugar in a shallow fry- ing pan. Heat slowly and stir con- stantly until a light brown syrup forms. (It will be very hot, handle it carefully.) Add the water and cook slowly until the sugar dis- | soives. Cool. Beat the yolks and add she flour and caramel mixture. Beat until well mixed. Add the milk and salt. Cook slowly and stir until & creamy mixture forms. Add the vanilla, the egg whites and the pecans (which have been cooked 5 minutes In the butter). Pour into a glass dish, eool and ehill. And | | Add and brown | is bored or because it gratifies her vanity to show that she has the power to cause a middle-aged married man to make a fool of himself. The gold-diggers one can under- |stand. They are simply highway robbers who prey on married men | because they generally have more money than do boys. No pity is to be expected from them. But one might, at least, look for a little mercy | from the women who would be furious if some other woman took their hus- bands away from them and from the | bachelor women and the young girls | who certainly cannot find that the pleasure of making a fat, middle-aged wife writhe with jealousy compensates | for the danger they run of messing up | their lives by a scandal with a married | man, Of course, something should be done about it, and a punishment 1o fit the crime should be meted out to the love pirate. But how to do it no one knows Human ingenuity has yet failed to s | gest any way to keep a husband in his own pastures if he wants to jump t bars, or to prevent any woman from | taking the thing she wants. So there | we are. But I think that the woman | who steals another woman's husband | who wrecks her home and breaks her heart is a malefactor beside whom a mere murderer is an admirable char- acter., * % o % EAR DOROTHY DIX—What do vou think of a man of 60 marrv- ing a woman of 482 They both have grown children, unmarried and 1i at home. The woman has a | position He has a fair po: owns his own home and is thrifty. Would the disparity in ace make any difference? They care each other, but would they be happy’ A FRIEND can tell how | marriage will tum out a or whether a couple will be happy when marriec | but it seems to me that this mar riage has all the elements of cess in it, provided you don't try | live with those unmarried children | Two sets of grown sons and daughters would wreck any home. Inasmuch as they are adults and should be self-supporting. why not | let them set up their own homes | and go their own way in life? It will make for their well-being as well as your own. 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