Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1937, Page 45

WOMEN‘'S FEATURES. Cool Molded Dishes Es Fish and Meat Combine Happily With Gelatin In Refreshing Ways Vegetables Also May Be Used for a Sum- mertime Luncheon When Jellied and Chilled. BY BETSY CASWELL. as soon as the warmer weather sets in. There is something so refreshing about their cool, smooth texture and delicate flavor that MOUSS!S and molds are always brought into the culinary limelight o they have been prime Summertime favorites for years. E There is, unfortunately, a mistaken notion that such “fancy foods” are only . to be served for parties. This is probably a hang-over from the days ‘when gelatin was hard to come by, and »to prepare, and utensils for masifing and chilling were of the crudest type. Thean precious ice had to be brought from the ice Rouse, heavy pestl¢s and mor- tars . had to be dragged out from; the cubby- hole . under the stairs, and the entire process was a real chore. Nowadays , with all our modérn kitchen equipment, me- chanical refrig- erators, or inexpensive ice, and in- gredients that are practically “ready- made,” we have no excuse for re- garding these pleasing dishes as be- Ing reserved for state occasions. ! They are lovely to look at, usually wot particulafly rich or indigestible, and certainly would provide a wel- — Betsy Caswell. Manners of the Moment “I feel so sorry for your maid.” NE reader writes that she has trouble with a guest who always, along about dessert time, gets to feel- ing awfully sorry for her hostess’ maid. The trouble is that she talks about it right then and there. It an- noys our reader, and she claims it annoys her maid, too. Now we can see that the guest is ‘well-intentioned. She's championing the cause of shorter hours for house- maids, which is a cause we can ap- “preciate. to spend less time at than house- work, unless perhaps it's stoking the furnace. But still, riling both hostess and maid hardly seems the best way to go about a reformation. The guest might do better to start the other way around. She should take for granted that the maid is not over- “worked in this particular household. ‘Then, you see, she could say some- thing like this: “You have a gem of a maid. I suppose you have to give her time off after a big dinner party like this, don't you?” Then the hostess can give the facts, and the reformer has some- thing to go on. There's no sense in reforming anything until you're pretty sure what's wrong. Those who try it are technically known as half-baked, you know. JEAN. (Copyright, 1937.) come change from the usual Summer food. . s . [ESE mousses, or molds, may be made out of fish, meat, vegeta- bles, or other foods. The main thing is to be sure that their consistency is perfect, and that they emerge from their “form-fitting” containers in unbroken splendor. Let's take a salmon one first: ©ALMON SALAD MOLD, 1 tablespoon gelatin, %4 cup cold water. 2% tablespoons lemon juice. 1 cup flaked salmon (cooked or canned). 1, cup mayonnaise. 12 cup chopped celery. 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper. 12 teaspoon chopped onion. Salt, pepper and paprika to taste. Soften the gelatin in cold water. Dissolve over hot water. When cool, add it to the lemon juice, salmon, mayonnaise, chopped vegetables and seasonings. Mix thoroughly. Pour into a fish-shaped mold and chill un- til irm. Unmold, place a slice of stuffed olive to indicate the eye and garnish with watercress. Serve with green mayonnaise, in which finely chopped cucumber has been mixed, or with a dressing made of half old- fashioned boiled dressing and half mayonnaise. Halibut or tuna could be ‘There’s nothing we'd L\]u:l used in place of the salmon, if de- sired, and the mold served with LOBSTER SAUCE. Cut one cup lobster meat (canned will do) in small pieces. Fry in but: ter until golden yellow. Make a cream sauce with two tablespoons butter, one tablespoon flour and one and one- half cups milk. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook until thickened and then add one-half cup very finely minced cooked celery and the lobster meat. Surround the mold with this sauce, which should be hot. The con- trast between the cold mousse and the hot sauce is always interesting. HAM MOUSSE. 1 tablespoon gelatin. 1 tablespoon cold water, 15 cup boiling water. 2 cups cooked hsm, chopped fine. 1 teaspoon prepared mustard. Cayenne. Balt—unless Virginia ham is used. 12 cup heavy cream. Soak the gelatin in the cold water and then dissolve it in the boiling water before adding it to the ham. The ham should be pounded very smooth first. Add seasonings and the cream, which has been beaten stiff. Turn into mold, which has been dipped in cold water—a ring mold is good—and chill until set. Un- mold on serving platter, garnish with watercress or parsley and fill center with cold slaw. Serve following sauce with the mousse: 3 tablespoons mayonnaise. 1 tablespoon @orseradish. 12 cup heavy cream. 12 teaspoon prepared mustard. Salt and cayenne to taste. Beat the cream until stiff. Fold in the remaining ingredients, blending thoroughly. Serve very cold. VEGETABLE MOLD. 1 tablespoon gelatin, Ya cup cold water. 1 cup boiling water. % cup sugar. Ya cup vinegar. 3 tablespoons lime juice. 1 teaspoon salt. % cup celery, diced. % cup shredded carrots. Y2 cup shredded cabbage. 1 pirmento, cut in fancy small pieces. Soak the gelatin in the cold water and dissolve it in the boiling water. Add the sugar, the vinegar, the lime juice and the salt. Strain and cool and as mixture begins to stiffen add the vegetables. Turn into a mold, chill. Unmold on platter and serve with Russian dressing. £ BREAKF RQT s A different animal for each meal of the day—that is what this design can do for baby’s bibs. If you like the animals to use on other articles than the bibs, the lettering can easily be omitted. In addition to the transfer designs, the pattern includes a tissue paper pattern for each of the three bibs illustrated here. You may make & set all alike, or each bib different. ‘The pattern envelope contains genuine hot-iron transfer patterns for three motifs averaging 4x6 inches; also cut-out pattern for three bibs; also complete, easy-to-understand directions; also what material and how much u will need. ‘To obtain this pattern, send for No. 473 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. 'Address orders to the Needlework Editor of The Evening Star. [$ (Copyrieht, 1087.) \ 8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHING'fON, D. C, THURSDAY, ‘MAY 27, 1937. L “Large as Life and Twice as Natural!” This haughty-looking AsYouAre Strong Be Gentle Old Law of Chivalry Still Practiced by Gentlemen. BY ANGELO PATRI. DEAR Boys of the Fifth Year: You are fine and strong, quick on your feet, fast with your hands. You can get about as fast as squirrels and you are as tireless as they are in your play. You can swim and run and play ball with the best. Your muscle is as hard &s 8 rock. You feel fine. That is the way a fifth year lad ought to feel, right up on his toes. I want to point out to you that fellows who are so strong, who have the strength and ability to take care of themselves anywhere, owe a debt of honor to all those who haven't the same electric currents running through their toes and fingers. As you are strong so should you be gentle. That is an old law of chivalry. An old law for gentlemen. The stronger they were the gentler they were, never using their power selfishly. They were honor bound to consider those weaker than themselves, to serve them, to put off their own concerns and take on those of the weaker ones and fight their battles if need be. That was their debt of honor. It is also yours. ‘When you come across a boy weaker than you are, one who is timid and afraid, stand by to see him through his troubles. Don’t push him down- stairs because he is poking slowly ahead of you. Put your arm under his and sort of give him a lift along, and down you go together easily as the brook runs down the hill. If you are bright in arithmetic help the fellow who is dubbing along. Go over his homework with him. You can help him better than any teacher can. Give him a few minutes of your time every day. He will adore you for it and you will feel mighty good to know it. Girls are not to be teased, their hair pulled, their berets pulled off. They haven't as much of that electric power you have, so they don't feel so peppy. Salute them as you go by, gayly, with a laugh and a cheery word. If a girl is in trouble of any sort, like trying to hold on & hat and keep a coat buttoned in the face of the wind while both hands are full of books, don't laugh and knock the books out of her hands. Your debt of honor is being called in. Go to the rescue. Take the books and carry them until she turns the corner and the wind blows the other way. Just be kind. I have a big dog, s real big one, who could push me down with his front paws if he wanted to. He is very gentle. He moves about the place with easy, softly padding steps. He rarely barks. When strangers come near the house he rises from his place and very gently walks to- ward them. If he thinks they qualify for entfance he steps aside, waving his great tail like & plume. There is a little wire-hair who_ comes avisiting. Big dog looks be- nignly upon him, steps around him, shakes him off when he gets too play- ful with his sharp little teeth, but never once does he offer to punish him. One day the little wire-hair was very annoying, flipping his paws, hanging on to his thick hair, but Sandy patiently suffered him. A big dog came down the lane to the drive, 8 very big, very ugly looking fellow. Sandy stalked to the drive, stood across it, every hair on end, a deep, warn- ing growl in his throat, his teeth bared and gleaming. Big dog stranger gave one look then trotted along about his business. Sandy could fight if he needed to, you see, but he doesn’t need to. He can afford to pay his debt of honor. So can a boy like you. (Copyright, 1937.) Tomatoes With Spinach. For a slightly different vegetable dish serve broiled tomatoes with but- tered spinach covered with a thin cheese sauce. Arrange the vegetables in a shallow pan or glass pie dish. Broil or bake them Just long enough fish is really made of salmon—but is decidedly different from the original! His eya is a cold and staring slice of stuffed olive—and his make-up combines many strange ingredients Culottes for the Young BY BARBARA BELL. OW is the time to plan to be comfortable and modern all Summer in a culotte such as today's girlish model! Al- though it goes in for feminine charms in the fitted waist, puffed sleeves and little Peter Pan collar, there's .no getting around the mannish comforts of the split trouser skirt. Every young girl in the size range of eight to sixteen will want to do her sporting, hiking and bicycling in this dashing culotte! Make it in printed novelty cretonne and use contrasting bias binding as pictured for & really color- ful effect. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1317-B is available for sizes 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16. Bize 12 (30) requires just three yards 39-inch fabric, plus 6% yards ribbon or bias fold for 3 Every Barbara Bell pattern includes BARBARA BELL, ‘Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1317-B. Bize.... b — LT — (Wrap coins sscurely in paper.) Plan to Be Cool and Modern During the Summer in This Girlish Model. -| not only to the scratch proper, but an {llustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer pattern book. Make yourself attractive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting designs from the Barbara Bell well-planned, easy-to-make paiterns. Interesting and exclusive fashions for little chil- dren and the difficult junior age; slenderizing well-cut patterns for the mature figure, afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons and other patterns for special occasions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell pattern book. (Coprrisht, 1937.) A Peasant Model. NEW YORK (#).—A peasant blouse is the solution of the problem of what to wear with a full-pleated skirt. Its round neck and loose smocking are particularly becoming with the new type skirt. The costume is reminiscent of those worn at European folk dances, Whites That Differ. NEW YORK, (#)—Would-be wear- ers of white clothes must select the proper shade with care this Summer. For not all whites are slike. There are chalk, porcelain, oyster and even gardenia variations, some contaiping Hittle more. Mlus and eoms MMoTe yellow than dead white, Warning to Women and Children ‘Don’t Touch’ Should Be Law for Adults and Youngsters. BY ELSIE PIERCE. JUNIOR. aged 2, satisfies his ex- ploring urge and his curiosity by burning the tip of his finger in spite of mother's admonitions that “It’s hot, don’t touch.” But Junior is quick to learn his lesson, and no amount of coaxing will get him o go near the heat-conducting object a second time. But grown-ups are different. They're as quick as Junior to make the mistake a first time. But not as quick to avoid repetition. “Don't touch” ought to be a beauty by-law. You've seen women, many of them otherwise thoroughly nice women, too, touching their faces the live- long day through. It looks ugly. It reflects on a lack of poise. It tells a tale of “nerves.” It unnerves the spectator. But that isn't where the damage lies. If there happens to be a scratch or cut or even tiny abrasion in the skin, and if the fingers happen to be harboring germs (as fingers usually do . . . yes, even the cleanest of fingers) there is definite danger of an infection. We warn women and children to avoid touching the face under the most favorable circumstances. But in the case of pimples or postules this warning should be strictly heeded. For there is 30 much danger of the infection becoming reinfected and ag- gravated, also of multiplication. Have you ever seen a doctor (at & children’s camp, for instance) treat- ing & minor scratch—the sort of scratch that the average woman would dismiss without so much as a thought? Notice how carefully he cleanses the area and the surrounding skin, then he applies an antiseptic and jodine to the surrounding area. There are two reasons for doing this—if the antiseptic is not strong enough to immediately kill any germs, at least 1t is potent enough to check further development. Do you think the doc- tor does this because he is finicky or overcautious? No! He merely knows that a minor scratch may become an infection and so he guards against it. Yet women nonchalantly squeeze pimples and postules, without the necessary precautions, without using an antiseptic and jodine on surround- ing skin, without scouring hands be- fore and after and using several tise sues and using a pore-closing anti- septic afterward. Because of the danger involved I feel that women should intrust this work to an ex- pert only, instead of attempting to do it themselves. It is better to use a drying cream or lotion and let well enough alone. Let the best rule be: “Don’t touch!” “DURKEE'S SURE PUTS HOLIDAY FLAVOR IN SANDWICHESI* FRANKFURTER SANDWICHES % 1b. frankfurters 34 teaspoon DURKEE'S Dry Mustard 5 tablespoons DURKEE'S Dressing Cook the frankfurters 10 min- utes, chill, skin them, and chop fine or put through food chop- per. Mix with the mustard and DURKEE'S Spread. FREE! Send two DURKEE neckbands for set of 18 sand- wich and “appetizer recipe cards for your kitchen file. DURKEE Fomous Foods, Elmhurat, L. I, N. Y. (Cut out this recipe for your scrapbook or fle. - < > DRESSIN WOMEN'’S FEATURES. C-5§ pecially Welcome When Warm Weather Arrives Is an Eight-Hour Day For Busy Housewives Really Practicable? The Answer May Be Yes, If Outside Serv- ices Are Used—But the Budget Takes a Beating. BY NARCISSA SULLIVAN. “Man’s work is from sun oman’s work is never o sun, one.” But_wi O GOES the old rhyme, but it is beginning to look as though the old order is changing. The latest suggestion—from no less a source than Mrs. Roosevelt—is an eight-hour day for housewives, and from a theoretical standpoint every one agrees that it would be a good idea. But will it work out practically? Let's see. Let's go step by step through an average day of an average housewife and see if it would be pos-& sible to accomplish all that needs to be done in eight hours. 6 o'clock. Up to feed the baby. A full 45 minutes’ work when you allow time for washing up afterwards. 7:30. An hour is occupied in mak- ing breakfast and cleaning up after- ward. 8:30. Baby’s orange juice. A half hour is gone by the time it is squeezed and fed to him. 9. Making beds and phoning mar- ket orders takes a full 30 minutes. 9:30. Bathe and dress the baby. 10. Another 30 minutes to feed baby and tuck him in for his nap. 10:30. Clean the apartment. This could be accomplished in a half hour in a small establishment. 11, Making up the baby’'s formula is an hour’s work. 12. Wash baby's things. 12:30. If there is a canine member of the family, his dinner must be fixed. 1. A light lunch can be prepared in 15 minutes, but it takes the same amount of time to eat it, wash dishes and clean up. 2. The baby is fed again. 2:45 to 4:45 should be spent in the open with the baby and the pup. 6 o'clock is baby's supper time. 7. Allow 30 minutes to prepare din- ner, and 30 minutes to eat it. 8. Another half hour to clean up. 8:30 to 10. Sewing and mending. 10. After feeding the baby this time there is nothing to do till tomorrow. * x x x ACOORDING to my calculations, that makes an actual working day of about thirteen and a half hours. It certainly should be shaved somewhere. There are all kinds of short cuts that can be made with new equip- ment such as electric dishwashers and sewing machines, but the best way to save time on any job is to have some one else do it for you, and Washington is just teeming with people whose prime function is to take the burden of housekeeping off women's shoulders. Let us now see what an easy time a housewife can have if she avails herself of all the various services developed for her convenience. At 6, she has to feed the baby, so unless she can persuade he:r husband that that is his duty that half hour will just have to be occupied. Seven-thirty, preparation of break- fast will be the same for this house- wife, and the day will run about the same until 11 o'clock when she sits down to read the newspaper or knit until lunch time. No, she hasn't for= gotten the baby or the dog. A firm devoted to helping mothers take care of babies makes up the formula, and she has the dog's dinner sent in ready to serve. Instead of washing the baby's things she sends them out to one of the laundries run exclusively for babies’ use. 1. The half hour that it takes to fix a lunch and wash up is unavoidable, but after she’s fed the baby at 3 there is no reason to go walking unless she wants to. There is a young girl in this city who has built up a thrive ing business airing dogs by the hour for people who haven't got the time, and the same firm that provides the baby’s diet will send some one to look after him. So there are two more hours of work eliminated. At 6 her baby is fed. From 7 until 8:30 she is occupied with dinner, but at 8:30, instead of doing the mending she sends it to one of the shops which specialize in every= thing from darning socks and sewing on buttons to making a new evening gown to order. Now let's see. Mrs. Average House- wife has saved two hours between 11 and 1, two more between 2:45 and 4:45 and an hour and a half in the evening. Even though the old order is changing, five and a half hours dropped from a 13'2-hour day still leaves eight hours. But what of the budget? An eight-hour day for housewives can be accomplished, Q. E. D. Man's work is from sun to sun. But woman's work is having fun! Dorothy Dix Says Show Mother Attention Regardless of the Girl Friends Comments. EAR MISS DIX: Once or twice a week I like to take my mother out to a show or to dinner. Most of the chaps I know like to do the same, but to show our mothers a little kindness and courtesy seems to be & crime with the girls nowadays. If a boy is half- way decent to his mother he is due for some catty remarks about being a “sissy” or tied to mamma's strings. Can you tell me why a girl expects a man to regard his mother as a nui- sance, a bore and a pest? My mother is a grand sort of person and I enjoy being with her and I am proud of her. I feel that trying to give her a good time now and then is little enough for all she has done for me. I like to spend my money on girls. Ihavea car and I like to take them about, but I'll be darned if I like listening to a dia- tribe against women who are the mothers of boys I have known all my life. DAN. Answer: Probably the reason that girls resent their boy friends showing any attention to their mothers is because they want to monopolize all of their time and money. The thought that Tom or John is giving mother a good time while they are sitting at home turns them sour. LR NOBODY, however, can explain the antagonism that virtually all young women feel against the mothers of the men with whom they go about. It seems to be congenital, like the hatred of snakes, with which they are born. No matter how angelic mother may be, no matter how cordial and friendly, they look upon her with suspicion and resentment and are far more jealous of her than they are of any rival of their own age. Considering that all girls have mqthers and expect to be mothers themselves, you would think that their attitude toward boys’ mothers would be full of understanding and sym- pathy, and that they would applaud Sam and Bill for thefr attentions to their mothers. You would think that they would say: “Goodness knows, - nothing a son can do can repay his mother for her suffering, work and worry in bringing him into the world and rearing him. The least he can do is to take her now and then to some place of amusement to try to make up to her for the nights she has walked him when he was a colicky baby, or watched beside his bed when he was sick, and to give her a few flowers now instead of waiting to put them on her coffin.” But, unfortunately, girls don’t feel that way about Bill's and Sam'’s and Tom’s and John's mothers. They think they should have the orchids, the candy, the theater tickets and the automobile rides and that they are being defrauded of their just rights and privileges when these favors are bestowed upon a mer~ mother instead of upon them. Hence the claws. It is selfishness. It is greediness. It is the possessive instinct. It is Jjealousy of the woman who was a man’s first love and who has been part of his life that makes girls catty about men's mothers. And there is no help for it. They were born that way. “Sweeten it with-Domino’ Befined inUS.A. Fruirs cereals iced drinks,