Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1937, Page 20

WOMEN'S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, Unexpected Dishes and Arrangement of Co * Teach the Children To Cook| ‘A Grand Pastime for Boys and Girls Dur- ing Vacation. BY ANGELO PATRI URING the free-from-school months, two of the most valuable months of the year in a growing child's life, things to do are often scarce. That is things the children want to do and which their parents would be glad to have them do. Shopping in L ‘Washington Midsummer Madness With Scarfs and Kerchiefs—Fun to Cooking is a fine pastime, and a very useful accomplishment. A good cook is a benefactor of the race and T would rather give a medal to a boy or girl for cooking a fine dish than for running a race or clearing a hur- dle. Ministering to hungry people is listed among the deeds that achieve | merit with the saints and most sin- will agree that the judgment is | worthy. Indoor cookery is the easiest to start with as outdoor cookery has many | handicaps which slow down the in- | terest. A gas stove that obeys the | touch of a finger is a source of com- fort and a great assurance of suc- cess. That success element is highly important for the continuance of the practice so we have to do.our best to insure it at the start Pancakes are a good dish for the| beginner. There are many kinds, all| g00d, some of them the product of highly specialized art, some the result of the simplest mixture stirred and dropped on the pan by the crudest of campers. By all means, begin with | pancakes Of course all children want to make candy and that is what they should | do. Give them what they need and| leave the kitchen to them, the only| stipulation being that they must leave the place in as good condition as they found it. Don't allow any burned pans and caked spoons to be left in the sink for some one else to clean| up. The cleaning up is one part of | the cookery job. It goes with it al-| ways. | Little girls ought to be encouraged to learn to cook. There are junior | electric stoves on the market, and kitchen utensils to fit them, that would delight a little girl's heart. If circumstances allow such a luxury what a fine birthday gift they would make. The little girl could invite a | couple of friends and they could cook | and serve their own refreshments. | Cooking food is an art that brings | health and happiness to those fortu- nate enough to enjoy the servlce.] Poor cooking is one of the chief causes of illness, broken homes, human mis- ery. We ha%e been having a cam- saign for better cooking these past | ‘few years and greater interest has seen taken in the preparation of our | food. But not enough. It will not be “ooks and appreciative eaters. We have the finest food in the world. We have a greater variety of vegetables, a much better grade of fruit, the best of meat, but we cook t abominally for the most part. Let the children learn to select, prepare | and cook good meals. They will find | great fun in doing it, and give them- | selves the greatest boon imaginable, | 1 trained appreciation of good cook- | ng. With that goes good heaith, Nature's prize for the intelligent. | | 2nough until we are a Nation of good‘ | | | Mr. Patri has prepared a >ntitled, “Self-Measuring which teaches & child how to exam- | ine himself and check up on his be- | havior. Send for it, addressing your | request to Mr. Angelo Patri, Child Psychology Department of The Eve- | ning Star. Inclose a sclf-addressed, stamped (3-cent) envelope. (Copyright, 1937.) Spiced Apple Sauce. 4 large tart apples 1, teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 12 cup sugar water Pare, core and cut apples into small pieces. Cover with water and boil until very tender. Remove from flame and add spices and sugar. May be| served hot or cold. |art of a professional trickster, | 50 that they meet in the center. Now “Roll Your Own.” Heare is a sun-top made out of a handkerchief and the sketches show t own bandana calot. BY MARGARET WARNER. EVERYBODY is “rolling their own” at the beaches these days, and at home, too, for that matter. It's quite a game to see who can produce the cleverest idea out of a gay scarf or two. Rolling up a smart little turban with a perky top-knot out of a square of gay printed cotton almost takes the | but once you see it done, it is easy. We always thought that those dis- | played so temptingly at the neckmear;’ counters were rolled over some sort ori bandeau, but that isn't so. Here is| the way it is done. Lay the scarf out flat, then beginning at one of the| corners, fold two sides on the diagonal | tie a knot at the apex of the triangle of the part that is folded. This gives you the top-knot and the rest looks like a dunce cap that is too lnng‘ in the back. Starting with that lowest peint, be- gin to roll the handkerchief all around, and continue rolling until you have it small enough to make a little skull cap. So much of the ma- terial will be in the roll by that time that it will look padded, and will hold its shape. It's lots of fun and you can get clever effects by your choice of colors and designs in scarfs. Then with a matching square worn around the neck you have a prefectly grand accessory set for a plain-colored or all-white dress or play suit. * % x % A NEW shipment of these squares at the small sum of 35 cents each was received recently in a local shop in a variety of good designs that will To flatter the polished top of your buffet nothing could be lovelier than It's so easy to make, too, you'll be able to com- If your dining room table already boasts of our a lacy filet design like this. plete it in no time at all. centerpiece No. 322 you'll have to have touch, for a runner on the serving table, we have designed a similar runner, No. 394. this to round out the set. As a final he steps in rolling your Tflo(?_rtflm Associated Press. furnish ample material for “pepping up” some of your sportswear. Take a supply of these squares with you on your vacation trip and you will find lots of uses for them. There are nice India prints, polka dots on light and dark backgrounds with flower borders, Dolly Varden prints in pink and hlue for the boardwalk in the evening, and flag patterns for sailing jaunts, all gay as can be. There are several other ways of tying them. You can make the four ends come over the forehead like flower petals, and we have even seen them twisted and rolled into amusing an- tennae, like the feelers of a butterfly. There is usually one salesperson in the department who knows how to roll them, and she will be glad to show you all the tricks. It is quite easy to make halter tops out of scarfs. One is shown in tne photograph above and other meth- ods may be used. For instance, take a triangle, cut off one point and make a hem or casing through which a draw- string may be run. This can be tied at the back of the neck. Seam in darts from the bottom to the bustline and tie the long ends around at center back. . Scarfs are also used for sashes and several may be knotted together, ac- cording to the size of the waistline and the size of the scarfs. It is better to use the smaller, silk scarfs for sashes and tie them so that a bow comes at each side just in front of the hips. Different colored stripes are good for this. If you want to go in for something more elaborate, scarfs may be made into blouses, using one for the front and another for the back, with a little ingenious seaming through the waist- line. This would do nicely to wear with separate culottes. Jackets and shorts may also be fashioned out of the larger scarfs of firm texture. * % ok X MONG unusual designs are some lovely ones imported from Austria in a fine quality of voile. The auto- mobile motif is effectively used by scattering the name plate design of foreign and American cars over a plain surface with a contrasting colored bor- der. For the lover of horses there's a good one in silk combining brown, orange and white with an amusing border of hunting dogs with mounted figures in the corners. This one is nice for a gift. Then there's a hand-blocked print from California. Divided diag- onally, it shows that State in the early days of the first settlers and contrasts it with its present activities on the other half. This is a small necker- chief. ‘There are nice ones that show views of Washington in colored pen outlines on white silk, and of course, you know about the lovely large muslin squares with the map of Washington done in & choice of colors. These make ideal gifts for your out of town friends and are “so nice to thumb-tack on the wall over the writing table in the guest room. They make charming wall decorations. Looking ahead to the season of gifts, it is & wise woman who lays in a sup- ply of attractive hankies during the Summer when they are priced so rea- sonably. There is a good selection now, and I remember many Christ- mases when it was next to impossible to find a good looking handkerchief at most any pricee Be ‘“before- handed,” and lay aside a few odd items like this during the Midsummer sales. You will feel very proud of yourself The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand directions, with two block and space diagrams to what material and how much you will aid you; also what crochet hook and need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 373 and inclose 15 cents in stamps ©f coin to cover service and postage. - Inclose 15 cents extra for each of other bers desired; centerpiece No. 322; runner No. 394, Address orders to the work Editor of The Evening Star. 4 (Coprrisht, 1937.) ext December. These sales are just getting under way in all departments, and it is quite worth while to keep track of them and see how much you can save by taking advantage of the dull buy- ing season. If you have to be in town during this time, consider yourself Hcky a4 far 88 shapping goss, at least. |out of the ordinary class in the ac- Will Start A Chilled Curry Soup With Proverbial Bang a Meal Off is almost & case of “pay your day’s dinner as different as possible. Cold curry soup may sound fantastic— but I can assure you that it is de- licious and has been voted a favorite for hot weather dining. Replacing the usual salad course with a piquant concoction of highly flavored salmon and may- onnaise, stuffed into cucumber shells, would also rouse dull pal- ates. Meat balls are taken ’'way [ " Betsy Caswell. companying recipe and peaches attain a new glamour when prepared in the so-called “Chinese” manner. This isn't a particularly “simple” dinner— but it's fun to be reckless, occasionally! SUNDAY DINNER MENU. Cold Curry Soup Crackers Celery Curls Salmon in Cucumber Cups Chopped Meat Balls De Lurze Potato Chips String Beans Chinese Peaches Coffee. COLD CURRY SOUP. 1 cup shredded coconut 4 cups water 1 teaspoon butter 1 teaspoon curry powder 1 onion 1 tomato 2'2 tablespoons cream Place the coconut in a bowl and pour 2 cups water, boiling hot, over it. Let stand for about three hours, then strain through a cheesecloth, add remaining 2 cups water to the liquid and bring all to a boil. Add this boiling liquid to the coconut a second time and strain again through cheese- | cloth. Brown the onion, which has| been finely chopped, in the butter, adding the curry powder and the to- mato, which has also been chopped. Brown altogether and then add the' Dorothy Featuring a Cool Fish Course Instead of| More Usual Salad—Another Menu Brightener. BY BETSY CASWELL. HERE isn't really much that is news in the markets this week. They continue to be their same fascinating selves—filled to the brim with good things brought from far and near at varying prices. food line right now—and the housekeeper’s menu plans may run riot accord- ing to the leeway permitted them by her budget. This being the situation, let's indulge our family in a little flight of fancy this week and make next Sun-4— = It really money and take your choice” in the coconut liquid. Bring to a boil, add salt to taste and let simmer slowly for 30 minutes. Strain, stir in cream and cool. Set in icebox to become very cold before serving. SALMON IN CUCUMBER CUPS. Peel one large cucumber, and cut it in pieces 1'; inches thick. Scoop out the centers, leaving enough flesh to form a firm cup. Soak these cups in well seasoned French dressing for one hour. Flake cooked or canned salmon, and mix well witn mayon- naise which has been colored green, and highly flavored with onion juice, lemon juice and tarragon vinegar. Drain cucumber cases, fill with sal- mon mixture, top with a little grated horseradish root, and chill thoroughly before serving on crisp lettuce leaves. CHOPPED MEAT BALLS DE LUXE. 1 pound top round, ground. 1 green pepper, ground. 2 onlons, chopped. 1 cup crumbs. 1 can tomato soup. 1 tablespoon flour. 1 egg. Bacon. Salt and pepper to taste. Beat the egg, and mix it, the meat and the breadcrumbs together. Add the onion, pepper and seasonings. Form into balls, wrapping each one in a strip of bacon. Fry in a shallow pan. When done, remove from pan, add tomato soup to liquor in pan, thicken with flour. Heat through, and pour over the meat balls just before serving. The sauce may be served in a separate dish if desired. CHINESE PEACHES. 6 large yellow peaches. Preserved ginger and syrup. 1 pint vanilla ice cream. Chopped walnuts. Peel the peaches, cut them in half, and remove stones. Pour a little ginger sirup over each half, and| bake in a moderate oven. When slightly browned, remove, let cool. Place 2 peach halves on each plate, fill the centers with ice cream, aprinkle | with chopped nuts and preserved Zinger. Dix Says ENPECKING appears to have originated at or about the| fame time as the marriage | relationship, and to have been assidususly practiced ever since by the | | feminine sex. It is of record that the | First Wife nagged the First Husband into doing the thing that he didn’t | want to do and knew that he should | not do, so since that sad day the world has been filled with poor, downtrodden, spirit-broken men who refer to their nether garments as “our” pants and jump when spoken to by their better three-quarters. No figure has been more common in our midst than the henpecked husband who has been varjousiy regarded with amusement or contempt or pity. His case has seemed hopeless, just one of the things that are a by-product of matrimony and about which others could do nothing. So we have sat help- lessly by, with folded hands, in the belief that no one could protect & hus- band from his wife and that no earthly power could stop a bossy woman from bossing. But the Prussian government thinks differently and has established the status of the henpecked husband as N. G. The supreme administrative court of Prussia has ruled that & man who lets himself be dominated by his wife is not fit to hold office in the Prussian state, and an official, who has been notoriously henpecked by his wife, under this edict has been deprived of his job. * x x % Tms verdict, based upon the theory that the man who cannot rule his own home is not fit to rule a state, seems logical enough until you reflect that there isn’t any reason in marriage anyway and things don't work out according to rule. Because a man fol- lows his wife around like Mary's little lamb at home is no sign that he isn't & raging lion abroad. . I have known generals with their breasts covered with medals they had won for bravery in war, but who were scared to death of the little two-by- four women to whom they were mar- ried. I have known men who ruled thousands of employes with a rod of iron, but who didn’t dare to ask for & second cup of coffee in their own houses. I have known men whose word was law and for whose opinions great corporations paid thousands of dol- lars who said “yes, ma'am” to their wives and never dreamed of such an audacity as correcting them even when they were wrong. And so have you known all of these types of men who were glants and leaders among men, but who let their wives keep them on the leash. Fill out your own list and perhaps you will put yourself at the head of it. Why husbands let their wives hen- peck them must forever remain a mys- tery. No one can explain why a man who knows that he has far more in- telligence, far more experience of the world and far better judgment than his wife will let her dominate him and make him do things that he knows are wrong. Nor can any one explain why a man will patiently endure being nagged about everything he does and leaves undone, and having every ves- tige of personal freedom even as to what he eats and drinks taken away from him. But he does it, and surely the names of the henpecked husbands will lead all the rest in the book of Husbands Often Stand for Nugging to Prevent Actual Violence. MOST of us think of a henpecked | “"% man as a weakling, one who lacks | the backbone to stand up to a bossy woman and fight it out with her, but my observation has been that the | henpecked husband is mor: often a hero than a coward. | Many men buy peace in their homes at the price of submission. They find themselves married to women 50 nar- row-minded they can never see any | point of view but their own and so| despotic in their dispositions that they must rule or ruin. To save continual turmoil and conflict and to prevent their children from being brought up in a house of strife, they sacrifice their pride and their manhood and let their wives walk over them roughshod. Many other men suffer themselves to be henpecked because they have the vision to see that their wives’ persist- ent nagging, their never - ending esplonage, their ceaseless efforts to force them to obey them, as if they were little children, springs from love and their desire to protect them. And myriads of other men are henpecked because they realize that they have to | give in to a selfish woman who is de- termined to have her own way, or else divorce her, and they are good enough sports to stand by their bad bargains. But because a man permits his wife | to rule him is not proof that he is in- capable of ruling others. AUGUST 6, 1937. WOMEN'S FEATURES. urses Stimulates Appetites Shirred deice Dress Check on BY BARBARA BELL. HE Paris midseason brought forth this new silhou- ette shirred to a low waist- lLne and beltless. It's an afternoon dress of unusual charm, particularly smart for immediate town wear, if made up in black satin or rayon jersey. It gives a long, pencil-slim line to the figure and foreshadows the successful silhouette for Fall. You can be the first to wear this new fashion and make 1t your- self. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1362-B is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20; corresponding bust measurements 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38. Size 14 (32) requires 5'¢ yards of 33-inch material; with short sleeves, 475 yards. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, practical and be- coming 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 mature figure; afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons, and other patterns for special occa- sions are all to be found in the Bar- bara Bell Pattern Book. My Neighbor Says: Cut all dead blossoms from garden plants, cultivate soil and water plants frequently during the dry, hot weather. Small glass goldfish bowls no longer in use may be made into attractive flower bowls if painted ‘with bright-colored lacquer. Shake baking powder down clogged drain pipes and then pour a little vinegar down. This will DOROTHY DIX, (Copyright, 1927.) Manners of the Moment HEN a girl sits down at the piano and looks at the keys she naturally creates the impression that she probably is dying to play a little tune. And so, naturally, her friends will urge her to play. That's fine and dandy if she really can play, and if she will pitch right in without being coaxed. P But some girls are baffling. They keep insisting that they really can't play a note. And yet at the same time they seat themselves right in the middle of the piano bench and smirk. You feel that you really should coax them to play, because probably it's just a bit of coaxing they need. Bo you coax and coax, and finally they play, and you wi = you had be- lieved them at first when they said they couldn't. Now we believe in letting well enough alone. We believe in starting off with the question, “Do you play?” and then accepting the answer. We're through with coaxing. I. apt to be too hard on the ears. JEAN, (Copyright, 1937.) “Sweeten it with Domino’ pure cane-clean-full weight Refinedin USA| cut the grease and clean out the pipes. For a simple maple sugar frost- ing, use one cup each of maple and granulated sugar and a tea- spoonful of butter and three tea- spoonfuls of cream. Boil for 5 minutes and stir until slightly thickened. When threading a sewing ma- chine needle, hold something white under the needle and it will thread much easier. (Copyright, 1937.) New Pencil-Slim Lines of This Model Give Unusual Charm. openings | | | | | | | | | Correct Posture Composite Picture of the Habitual Slump Not a Pretty One. BY ELSIE PIERCE. JUST how important proper pos- ture is to bodily health any phy- sician will tell you. To function nor- mally the vital organs must be in nor- mal position. Too many people, men as well as women, are guilty of ha- bitual slump. As a result vital nerve and blood channels may become par- tially obstructed. Pinched nerves, strained muscles, aches and pains are often the direct result of faulty pos- ture. Improper functioning of the digestive tract and of the chest cavity may be due to faulty posture Poor posture is just as detrimental to the pictorial scheme. We are all, all too familiar with the protruding abdomen, exaggerated lordosis curve, flattened chest, rounded shoulders . . . the composite picture of the habitual slump and not a pretty picture, by any means We have just completed a series of exercises on “spot” reduction—aimed at flesh accumulations in various parts of the body. We've talked about un- even distribution of weight and the humiliation it adds, the happiness it subtracts. Many women may, seri- ously, start exercising those spots. Summer is the ideal time to do it. Even in muggy. hot weather it can be done. Light weight clothes are conducive to exercise, the informality of beaches makes it possible for one to exercise without attracting a curious crowd. in the privacy of one’s own boudoir or back yard at beach or mountain resort one certainly can don loose overalls and bend and twist and stretch. Then. too, there are Sum- mer sports which are splendid as normalizing exercises and if you know | which sport to choose for what ails you the exercise will serve a two-fold purpose, give you a full measure of fun and full value received so far as slimming goes. But while you are exercising bear [in mind that unless your posture i | correct the evercise will not have | full value. And between sessions o the links, te court, or your mat at home make sure your posture is quite perfect. If it isn't, then all the good that the exercising does tempo- rarily is undone, and far more per- manently. 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