Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1937, Page 44

C—+4 No Longer Necessary to Eat One’s W Epicure’s May Now Be Purchased By the Pound or Slice WOMEN'’S FEATURES. <@ Favorite Potato Salad in Tins a Welcome Newcomer. Blueberries and Cherries Make Bow. BY BETSY CASWELL. AYBE you are a Smithfleld Ham fan—but have too small a house- hold to afford to indulge in a whole one. enough stove to cook it, if you could manage to get it eaten up Maybe you don't know how to cook it, any= Maybe you just don't care about struggling with the problem at all— but you do like a touch of Virginia ham, well cured and cooked, if it comes to you without any trouble on yourss M way. before next Christmas. part. Well, if you fall into any of the above categories, here's an answer for you. I have found where you can buy any amount of Smithfield ham —whole, by the pound or by the slice, deliciously cooked and ready for your table. The hams have all the traditional flavor, and the cooking is done accordirg to old and tried recipes, 80 that you can serve real, ol fashioned Vi ginia ham to your guests with- out a qualm. There are so many ways In which it may be used—"as is,” with salad, in sandwiches, in hot biscuits, rolled and filled with potato salad—and so on and so on—but I'm going to use it tonight as the bed for carefully poached eggs, smothered in Hollandaise sauce, for a de luxe eggs benedict! * % k% AND speaking of potato salad, have you tried the new kind, now, that comes in cans? People have been somewhat prejudiced against this type of food being tinned, in years gone by, but the canning industry has improved 8]l of its methods so materially now- ada that you will find many erst- while inferior products have climbed Betsy Caswell, Manners of the It’s a situation for a pole vaulter. “YE'RE growing into a regular old crab about people who take up more than their allotted room in pub- lic places, But the thing has gotten s down., We've had to take up pole vaulting now, to get over all the feet In all the aisles. And, honestly, pole vaulting is terribly strenuous, Once we went to a girls’ school where crossing your legs was supposed to be & misdemeanor. We never could un- derstand why. We thought then that it had something to do with colored fingernaiis. But now we’ve caught on. Our house mother was just protecting her own shins. For it's perfectly true that you can’t get by a person whose legs are crossed without cracking your shin against the cangling toe. That is, unless you have the Yale Bowl in which to do your sxirmishing. We don't quite know what to do ebout the leg crossers in street cars and busses and theaters. On fainy days we're all right. We dangle our umbrella so that we can crack their toes before they have a chance to swing at our shins. But on sunny days we hate to carry an umbrella. That's why we've taken up pole vault- ing. AN (Copyright, 1937:) _ | done, this will prove a real boon to Maybe you haven't & big ‘m the top. The potato salad is no exception. While the homemade kind is always the best, when it is well the amateur cook, and also to the hostess who is faced with unexpected guests, or some similar emergency. It would be good, too, on a picnic, if the tin could be kept packed in ice | untjl the moment of serving. The | cost is low and the quality high. | * ok ok % OTATO salad reminds me that there are also those good shoe- | string potatoes that come in tins, and | sell for a small sum. They may be served cold, or may be heated in the oven and used in the regular way, with meat or fish. This style of potato cooking is a little difficult to do well at home, as, unless one is amn expert, the result is apt to be a bit wilted and greasy. I recommend these new- comers to your attention. * ok K x I\IORE potatoes—it looks as if I were out to get you calorie count= ing, gals, doesn't it?—come in the be- loved chip form, in packages—but oh, so different! These are bright red, having been cooked in fat to which plenty of red pepper has been added, and they make a wonderful item for the appetizer tray. I served them re- cently surrounding a chilled bowl of cottage cheese, which had been well mixed with cream, chopped chives, Worcestershire sauce, tobasco and a| few more ingredients that I found lying around. The result was “swell"— | both as to appearance and flavor, | * % ok x | \VITH the picnic season rearing its ugly head (I hate the darned things), some of you will be pining | to discover a place where you may obtain ready-packed food baskets, done to your individual taste and or- der, that you may be sure will be beautifully done. Picnicking, to me, has always been a lot more trouble than it is worth, at best—I'd rather stay home, curled up with a good| book—but I must say that when it | can be rendered as painless as this| service indicates, it might be borne | with better grace. As for you real | picnic hounds—I suppose that half | the joy of the occasion is working yourself into a lather before you even | get under way to stuff hampers with all the food in the place and involv- ing yourself in a welter of waxed pa- per. Well, there is a fairy godmother for you intermediates that want to picnic, but don’t want to work. Boxes may be made up according to your order, with the price to fit the contents. Everything is deliciously dainty and neatly packed, awaiting your approval. You may also order sandwiches for tea and assorted canapes and appe- tizers at the same place; even special soups and super-swell dishes for that important party can be obtained. If vou want to take it easy and yet seem | to be an A-No. 1 cook, this service is your dish. * ok ok % AND in the big markets now one | finds cherries and blueberries | getting better every day! This brings thoughts of cherry tarts—use the big, sweet cherries, place them in baked tart shells, after they 1ave been stoned and washed, and put a spoonful of whipped cream which has been sweet- ened and flavored with brandy on top. Use the blueberries with cer ~1 for breakfast—in a pie—or make New England blueberry 1. iffins, and see the family go for them! Do anything you like with both fruits—but do make the most of them while they are with us. o To Clean Leafy Vegetables. A teaspoon of salt added to each quart of water used in cleaning spin- ach, watercress and other small- leaved greens will help to draw out small insects which may be in them. ST Black and White. PARIS (#).—A white chiffon dance frock designed by Vionnet has mod- ernistic bird insets of black lace. An- other black-and-white evening gown combines a white crepe skirt with a black lace bodice. /] To dress up your kitchen, and to alleviate the task of wiping dishes, have your towels decorated with gay embroidery. When the designs are as attrac- tive as these “Mammys,” and the stitches as simple as cross-stitch and outline stitch, there’s no excuse for your not well as for yourself. making sets for lots of your friends as ‘The pattern envelope contains genuine hot-iron transfer pattern for seven motifs averaging 6 by 814 inches, complete, easy-to-understand illustrated directions, with diagrams to aid you; will need. also what material and how much you, o= To obtain this pattern, send for No. 274 and inclose 15 cents in stamps #=0r-coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needlework Editos (Copyright, 1037.) | undeveloped, unsettled. | accounted for by the schools of the | about these outcasts that school and | power along the lines the school has | semble for Summer beachwear is THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1937. @ The Old Gardener Says: Poison ivy is a widely spread weed, which causes much human pain and discomfort. Many gare deners have struggled unsuccess- fully to eradicdte it. The most generally satisfactory and eco- nomicai treatment has been found in a solution of three pounds of common salt to a gallon of soapy water, sprayed on the leaves when full-grown. This will be from late May to mid-June, depending upon the season and the section of the country. Later applications may be necessary if the plants put out new shoots. If, however, the leaves are kept. killed with such & solution, the vines will gradu- ally die out. (Copyright, 1937.) Doing Duty By School’s Outcasts, Courses Should Be Provided to Aid Them Later. BY ANGELO PATRI. ‘HE people of the United States support the public school. They pay heavy taxes for them. They spend large sums of money to build schools, equip them and pay teachers, all in the hope that this institution will serve the children, all the children. When I think of the hard-working men and women, the sacrifices they endure and the high hopes they hold for their children, I want to do my full share toward realizing their ideals. I am deeply distressed when one child, however difficult, has tc be sent out of the schools unprepared, It seems to me that the last child should be country. Adolescent children present grave problems to the schools. No two of them develop alike or to the same degree, but we manage to get the most of them through high school and headed toward purposeful lives. But there are always some that are sent out unprovided for, and it is society should be concerned, and deep- ly concerned. There are children who do well in school up to a certain grade and there they stop. Now it may be that they have reached the end of their developed. But it is certain that they have not reached their fullest all- round develcpment. No provision is made for such children in most of the Nation’s schools. The idea seems to be that if a child does not fit into the scheme as set then he is no good, and out he goes. But where does he go when he goes out? These .boys and girls cannot go to work because there is none, or because the law does not permit. They are turned loose to wander about the streets and make trouble at home and abroad for themselves and the rest of us. As long as we know that these children are helpless, why not try to provide & place for their further growth, more complete development, more understanding discipline? Many an adolescent boy and girl is too sick to go on in school along the set lines of the curriculum. One cannot get up on time in the morning and skip first class. That is a bad mark to begin with and the teacher wants a written excuse from home. The day wears on and the child grows more and more weary. His aching body finds no ease in the benches. His fatigued mind closes against the lesson. Maybe he skips the last period and is found smoking in the basement. Throw him out? What then? What has been settled? How can the school be content with that final washing of hands? It is the duty of the school sys- tems of the world to care for the last child in the community as long as he needs care. We ought to know what is happening to every child who has been entered in a school. It is not enough to graduate those who take kindly to school education. It is imperative that we take care of those who cannot take it and who fail in trying. We must provide for them. Make a flexible program for them so that their hours are adjusted as well as their curriculum. Provide courses to suit their needs. Link the schools with industry so that business, craftsmanship, the professions, the arts, all labor, are in co-operation with the ideals of the people whose. schools we run. We are not doing our full duty while one child remains an outcast without purpose, without hope. Mr. Patri will give personal at- tention to inquiries from parents and school teachers on the care and de- velopment of children. Write him in care of this paper, enclosing a 3-cent stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply. (Copyright, 1937.) Beachwe;xt in Black. NEW YORK (#).—A five-piece en- recommended for surf devotees. In the ensemble are a full-length fitted coat, a jacket, a halter, slacks and shorts. One New York store suggests black silk linen as the fabric, since it is especially effective on glaring sands. *“Shop-Wise” By B. D. Allen HANOMAOE STRAW HATS L (THE BES7) HAVE A DIAGONAD WEAVE . MACGHINE MADE HATS L-HORIZONTAL o skt N hxd HAVE A VERTICA For the Left: A floor-length bow-knots. Center: Dotted swiss organdy for the younger girl. Right: Effectively designed dress of mousseline in ankle length with full gathered skir - D> mousseline de soie frock < with little silk covered —Sketched in Washington Shops. The Sports Frock Princess Lines in This Model Make for Smooth Sailing When Sewing. @&:\;N\m\ A\ 5% N N\ Z ) Z. O AIAI 1111y, AR BY BARBARA BELL. HE sports frock with princess lines continues to be a leading favorite. This model features scalloped collar and little pockets with the same idea set at an enticing angle. Sleeves are the pop- ular tucked kind, without cuff. A long line of buttons down the front means & chance for interesting color contrast, perhaps to match the collar and cuffs. Stripes are coming into the limelight very fast, and would be perfect for this frock, either the even candy stripes or thin and wide Roman ones. The prin- cess cut makes for smooth sailing when sewing! Barbara Bell pattern No. 1314-B is available for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Corresponding bust measurements, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40. Bize 14 (32) requires 4% yards, 35 inches wide, pius 35 yard for collar contraat. Bvery Barbara Bell pattern includes 4 (%] sy rtrimmy,, BARBARA BELL, The Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1314-B. Size____.__ Name ... AdAress oo eeeeeceaaee (Wrap coins securely in paper). an {llustrated instruction guide which 13 easy to understand. 8end 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer pattern book. Make sttractive, practical and Ways and Means to Woo Sleep Remedy of Counting Sheep Is Not the Only One. BY ELSIE PIERCE. PERSONALLY, counting sheep never did send me off to sleep. The | more I count the louder they baa and | the more they gambol. But, maybe they're better behaving for others There are other ways to woo sleep. however. The best way to avoid sleeplessness is to avoid falling into the habit. For it can easily become & habit. If you are a chronic worrier and take your petty troubles to bed with you or if you are a night-thinker who permits problems to keep you awake—don't expect to fall asleep until you can learn to concentrate on the all-important problem of get- ting sufficient sleep. For sleep, after all, is the best overnight vacation we can have; sleep takes the tired little lines away from our eyes more effec- tively than any wrinkle cream; sleep recharges the energy of the battery we call our body; sleep soothes frayed, tired nerves. In a word, sleep is the best health and beauty tonic known to science. Even the walls, the color of your curtains and draperies, pictures, all have an influence on your sleep. Soothing colors are best. Avoid deep, vivid red or orange or glaring shades. White, delft blue, pale yellow or nature’s own soothing green are good shades. Perhaps you have also noticed that the fragrance of clean, smooth linen is conducive to sleep. Monogrammed sheets, light low baby pillows, frilly, fluffy nightgowns—anything that will put you in the mood for sleep will help. A few minutes’ relaxing exercises before you jump into bed may tire you just enough to send you right off to sleep. But if you are too tired you'l probably stay awake. A tepid bath is very conducive to sleep, but it can’t be too comfortably warm or it will be stimulating instedd of re- laxing. After the bath you should feel & bit chilled and as you get into bed and begin to feel comfortably warmer, you'll find yourself falling steadily into a soothing sleep. Prolific readers find a bedtime story a splendid way to woo sleep. But it should not be a very light or very amusing or very stimulating story. Non-fiction is recommended in pref- erence to fiction, something heavy enough to make the eyelids heavy with sleep. Best of all, most healthful of all are deep breathing exercises. If you can shut out all other thought and concentrate on listening to your- self imitate the rhythmic breathing of sleep, you'll soon find yourself deep in slumberland. If you would like to have my set of “Relaxation Exercises,” send self-ad- dressed, stamped (3-cent) envelope the bulletin. Txi e (Copyright, 1937.) Culottes Go Domestic. NEW YORK (®)—Not to be out- done by beach loungers, busy house- wives have taken to culottes. They WOMEN’'S FEAT Youthful URES. Commencement Frock Should Accentuate Loveliness OON all the young “teeners” will S with clothes and gifts entering promine lengthy process of receiving an educa. tion, and what these young and par- | ticular “teeners” will wear will make the stage setting for all their friends to admire. Simplicity should be the keynote in every instance, and judg- ing from most of the graduation frocks that we have seen, we believe that the dresses are going to be equally popular with mothers and daughters. We understand that the senior high schools are planning to use caps and gowns this year instead of the usual graduation dresses, due to some diffi- culties involved in a choice between street-length and floor-length dresses. There are advantages in each type and probably in other schools this matter will be regulated by the teachers. L TIOR the very young girl who is poth small and slender, the simply designed street-length frock of cotton or crepe is in perfect taste. One is sketched above. It is of dotted swiss organdy, trimmed with pleated ruf- fling around the armholes, and outlin- ing a panel at the front of the skirt. | All of the white frocks have their own white slips, to avoid any difficulty of | lthe wrong length and the wrong cut. This is an admirable idea and a great | time and trouble saver for mother. | Shadow printed organdy in very | small designs is also good, and is shown with a ruffled banding at the front from neck to hem, giving a nice long line for a short girl. Although the cotton frocks seem to predominate, there are some very nice white tailored crepe dresses. These might be the choice of the girl who is a little too stout, as they hang down in straighter and slimmer lines than the more crisp cottons. All of these dresses are priced from $5.95 up. For girls from some of the private schools, or for the varied dances at the high schools, there are lots of perfectly adorable dresses in white and pastel colored sheer mousselines over slips of the same color. The dirndl frock with shirt waist bodice and puffed sleeves sketched above is particularly attractive. The buttons on the front of the bodice are covered with the material of the dress and have fabric loops. An ample hem and three pin tucks above it make the skirt stand out around the ankles, | and the white velvet bow ‘at the neck and belt add an interesting note that is much used this season on thin white dresses. This comes in sizes 12 to 16. Dorothy | effect is essentially you The Daughter of the Family Becomes an Im- portant Person as School Days Draw to a Close. BY MARGARET WARNER. be in the midst of preparing for the various events connected with graduation and the closing of school for the Summer. The last days of school are always exciting, whether it means graduation or not, but if it does, the whole family and all the {riends are interested, too, and the affair becomes quite an important occasion, ently into the picture. Junior high school is usually the first graduating experience in the i et sl e B The very tall, slender girl, who i§ apt to feel rather awkward in any party dress, would surely love the one ! with the off-shoulder ruffies and the three graduated flounces forming the skirt. We saw this in a lovely pale vellow with a cluster of flowers at the front of the belt. All those hori- zontal lines are guaranteed to take inches off the height of any too tall “teener.” * ok ok x N PETAL PINK is a charming dance frock with high, round neck, short Pufl sleeves and a redingote effect produced by two lines of cording at the front, with six little corded bows {rom neck to hip line, as shown above, The sleeves are interesting, with their slashes through the center, which are finished with cording that gathers them up slightly just where you would least expect it. Dainty pastel candy stripes only as wide as a pencil line on white mous seline make a fascinating frock, with a wide ruffile around the square neck and another ruffile used instead of a sleeve pufl. The stripes are used diagonally on the skirt and the wk le ul and gay. Peach color and pale mint green are lovely in the plain-colored dresses, and practically all the dresses that we hav seen come in white, as well as color: for white is slated for a big season in all fabrics. The combination of red and white is lovely for dark-haired girls. We found one in white mousseline, dotted like a swiss with red velvety dots. The waist has a panel front that is laced across * with half-inch red velvet ribbon which appears to tie at the waistline. The short, puffed sleeves are finished with red velvet ribbon and the skirt is very full. A pale blue organdy embroidered in tiniest sprays of white is very pretty With its V neck and hem finished in pleating of the same material. In some instances little nosegays tied with ribbon are tacked here and there on the slip under a thin dress and give a charming effect. This 1s very dainty when used under pale green mous- seline, with the same little nosegays used on the sleeve bands under very wide ruffies. For information concerning items mentioned in this column call National 5000, extension 395, between 10 and 12 am. Dix Says SUALLY every Spring some in- U quiring soul always sends | around a questionaire to the | various colleges asking the | men students what qualities they desire in their wives; whether they prefer them tall or short, blonde or | brunette, highbrow or dumb, domestic | or arty, etc. ‘This season the replies have shown the usual divergencies of taste as to looks, mentality and disposition in girls, but for the first time in my memory a new demand has been made upon the prospective brides by an amazingly large number of young men. ‘They ask that their wives shall possess not only pulchritude and amiability and a knowledge of how to cook but money. Apparently golden charms out- weigh all other charms in the estima- tion of these modern Romeos. For a big percentage of them state in no | uncertain terms that the girl of | their preference “must have a wealthy father,” “Must have property in her own right.” *“Must be rich orphan, or widow whose husband left her a good estate.” * ok ¥ % SHOCK!NG as this is to us old- timers who are still sentimental, worse i8 yet to follow. For in a recent edition of a daily paper a young man who described himself as handsome, age 25, college-bred, traveled, a lin- guist and & good entertainer, adver- tised for a wife, stating that he would marry any woman who was financially able to support him in a comfortable manner. Putting these two straws together, which seems to show which way the wind of men's minds are blowing, gives us pause for thought and makes us wonder if the youths of today are growing mercenary. Are they substi- tuting cold cash for romance and becoming fortune hunters? Are they changing from the stalwart oak into clinging vines? And is the chief allure that any woman can have for them her ability to support them in the style in which their parents have done? To the lad who has had no real ex- perience of life it seems that the easlest way to get & fortune is to marry it, but in this he is mistaken. No man earns his cakes and ale by such hard labor as the one who has to keep a rich wife appeased and ‘thinking he is worth the price she paid for him. * % k% 'O WORK could possibly be harder or more distasteful or more weari- some to & man than to have to act perpetually the part of a lover to a wife for whom he felt no affection find them cool and practical for dash- ing about the kitchen. And very smart, t00, in patterned chintz and gingham. Hose Gains Strength. NEW YORK (#)—Stocking manu- facturers are making valiant attempts to create sturdy products. One com- pany reinforces the silk with a linen twist. Another makes use of durable “Sweeten it with Domino Crystallized by The Hardest-Earned Money a Man Ever Gets Is by Marrying for It. whatever, who bored him and who roused in him only the resentment that we all feel toward those on whom we are dependent. Think of having to get your cigarette money by Kissing an elderly wife or flattering a homely onel Marrying for money is not the good thing that optimistic boys believe it to be. They think that as soon as they lead the heiress from the altar she will turn over all of her fortune to them and that thereafter they will lead the lie of Riley. But it very seldom hap- pens that way. The one thing that a rich girl is taught from her cradle up is to suspect the motives of men, and particularly those of a husband. ‘Hence, as a general thing the woman Wwith money not only hangs on to her pocketbook with both hands, but she also keeps the lock closed tight so her husband cannot get his fingers into it. She will let him live in her house, eat her food and ride in her cars, and she Will take him traveling with her, but | she will dole out his pocket money to him with & niggardly hand and see to it that he doesn't get enough to make him worth the attention of glam- orous gold-diggers. The poor husbands of rich wives are mostly. nothing but upper servants who run errands, audit bills, row with chauffeurs, stand off tradesmen, take Fido to the veterinary, mix cocktails and take on the bores at parties and | act as gigolos and who get less pay for all of their multitudinous services than they would if they were hired lackeys. No, boys, believe me, the hardest- earned money a man ever gets is by marrying for it, and this doesn't in- clude his self-respect or the respect of those who know him that he loses, « Try some other get-rich-quick scheme, DOROTHY DIX, (Copyright, 1937.) NOBODY ENJOYS TAKING MEDICINE! Yet most people at some tme suffer from common constipation. 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