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B—2 WOMEN ‘'S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 193 WOMEN’S FEATURES Leg of Lamb Comes Gamboling Over Marketers’ Horizon Once Again Fruit Juice Cocktails The Best Not Only Refreshing, | But Are an Aid to | the Digestion. BY ELSIE PIERCE. READ an article recently by a phy- sician who contends that one cock- tal etimulates the appetite, two are | unnecessary and the third definitely checks the appetite. New Suggestions fo the Fa That in itself might be considered an argument for the third as a reduc- ing aid were it not for the high calorie value that aleohol beverages | have. When you have consumed three | &uch drinks you have had enough calories to count it A meal, and no further food is necessary The modern hostess 15 safe and Altogether sane if her cocktails are the fruit juice variety. They are refresh- ing, thirst-quenching. less potent as | 8 head and tongue twister or calorie mounter-upper. | My own store clatet this summer ncludes: grape iuice, pineapple fuice. | tomato juice, prune ijuice, cranberry Juice. And the gratifving toasts T have had on those fruit juice cocktails 1 8lso have a hand press for making orange juice (kesping the oranges in @ large fce pail in the refrigerator) The slogan ‘squeeze your own" has been passed on from guest to guest and I find that most people are glad to dn little things themselves instead of being waited on hand and foot. A bit of the ice goes into & zlass (or the ice can be dispensed with. becanse the oranges themselves are ice cold) and the the glass goes under the hand press to receive the fresh juice. It's fun. And we all know the value of citrus fruits as an aid to digestion. as & preventative and corrective of acido- £ls, a8 & stimulus to the appetite. A haif and half mixture of lemon juice and orange juice makes a fine “gond morning” drink and helps to keep you feeling fine and fit all day Tomato juice and sauerkraut juice have recently joined the very popular Juice drink One man T know likes @ half and half mixture of both. savs the tart taste makes him feel fit and eat heartily. | If you just cannet think about warm | milk on a warm night (much less drink it) try one of the fruit juice drinks as a night cap. I've heard it said that they are very potent as sleep inducers. Fruits and vegetables go so naturally together that we shouldn't talk of one and exclude the other. Sylvia Sidney, lovely and lithesome screen star admits that she exercises a little, eats what- ever she wishes and keeps jars of a clear, strained vegetable broth in her lce box which &he substitutes for a full- sized meal whenever she is too tired for the latter. Presh vegetables, simmered Without any meat stock, and iced. (Coprright, 1937 My Neighbor Says: Shake dusting sulphur over plants that are mildewed. The best time to do this is when they are wet with dew. | right Shopping in Washington r Blouses to Set Off 11 Suit. | from With a Hot, For Sake Try Serving It Cold, Spicy Sauce of Variety BY BETSY about food, Jet alone preparing it. table stands were heaped high with dewey-looking greens, fresh from a recent sprinkling. Ice clinked and chilled the air in the fish markets, water gurgled underfoot, and the cold eves of the fish them- selvex contrib- uted to the gen- eral clammy sensation! And ax for the blasts of fcy air that came hurtling the huge refrigerator doors in the butcher shops-—ah, there, Betsy C indeed was the S aet | place to linger! Primarily, fruit is the headliner this Top: Royal blue corded crepe. Center: Pink satin with myriad bfittons. Lower: tailored crepe. N AUGUST a woman's fancy hap- pily turns to thoughts of Fall clothes. Heading her list of “must haves" comes the eminently satis- factory Fall suit, and subheaded right below it follows the equally essential | blouses which can either make or break a suit. It is all very well to be smartly arrayed for the great out-of- doors in & chic outfit which buttons up to the threat, revealing no glimpse of what lies beneath, but there always comes a time when the coat must be shed. and the blouse under it is dis- closed to view. The selection of the blouse come., second only in im- portance to the selection of the per- | fect suit. One blouse which a Washington | shop is showing is as up to date as Do not peel friits when pre- paring them for jelly. Simply remove stems and blossom ends. When making pea soup alwavs throw in a slice of bread. It pre- vents the peax from sinking to the bottom of the pot and burn- ing. Rings of canned pineapple, browned and sprinkled with chopped green peppers and pi- mentos, make an attractive garn- ish for steak, chops or roasts. A sirup of stewed cherries and an equal quantity of red currant jelly make a delicious cherry sauce for vanilla ice cream. A one-inch steak, if desired rare, should be broiled in 7 to 8 minutes, medium, 10 to 12 min- utes, and well done in 15 minutes. Turn the flame to moderate, let steak cook to half the required time and turn just onced (Copsright, 1827) | black | waistline, | lively | straight down the front from its high next week's fashion magazne. Jersey, of which, at ment, “there is no whicher,” it boasts a soft, high cowl neckline finished by an unusually attractive metal clip. The shirring down the center front to the which is one of the im- portant features of this blouse, is a fashion note to be written down and underscored by every smart woman. Pointed three-quarter-length sleeves follow out the shirring motif at the elbow., A black zipper fastener com- pletes the fine tailoring of this becom- of | ing blouse. A somewhat similar blouse of crepe which comes in chartreuse, white or a reddish brown, is shirred roll collar. Another bit of shirring on | either hip insures smooth fitting from waist to hip. The new fashion of less extreme but more softly draped sleeves is brought out by shirring from the shoulder of the blouse for about | 5 inches down the sleeves. Tight cuffs furnish a tailored finish. | For those who like their “all occa- sion™ blouses strictly tailored, we sug- | gest a crepe model with A mannish | Senaeee, BN 1y Sanesols N OnEnp RN ARBE AL o Nty eewen LR PR i vos 100 Have you despaired of ever finding is it a headrest for a davenport that appeals to you? this design can be used. It is one that can be made as large or as small as you like; for that reason, it's the ideal thing for numerous places that no other @esign will fit. ‘The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand directions, with block and =pace diagrams to aid you; also what crochet hook and what material and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 429 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or Address orders to the Needlework Editor of ®ain to cover service and postage. ‘The Evening Star. HA $.53 iox, ot prs LTI LTI e N " . tnasessvovns SERsssagERRaRIREISPEV IR DRI IS a filet piece to fit some odd table? Or No matter what it is, the mo- | |its becoming and smart appearance. | challis with either wine, rust or red Dark green Ek:“tilfd in Washington 8hops. | pointed collar, a small patch pocket | And four amber studs down the front. Such careful details as a box-pleated | | back and front fullness from a yolk | add to its undeniable smartness. * % % X A SLIGHTLY more feminine blouse which the same shop ix showinz |15 sketched above. Its high round neck is finished with a panel of stitch- | {ing, which continues in s band of |about 2-inch width down the center | |front. Two breast pockets with |stitched flaps, and long full sleeves | gathered into tight cuffs, finish it |off. The color of the blouse, a bright | but soft shade of green, perfect for a {brown, black or matching green suit, calls to mind the fact that fashion experts are dictating the welcoms news that colors, gay and vivid, will be tops during the coming season. | Any one with & “yen” for self-expres- | sion ecan gratify it by combining colors | as bright as Joseph's coat, in any way | |that suits her faney. | | Por the dressv suit of velvet or of fine cloth with luxurious fur trim- | |ming. we noted a gorgeous midnight | blue satin blouse (also shown in black |or white), in which shirring is used in a alightly different but equally ef- |fective manner. "rmg starting below the bust near the handsome biue and rhinestone clips |at the center front of the round neck. Below the shirring, a molded hip line |is achieved by means of a wrap-around sash, which the bottom part of the | blouse forms. Short sleeves are shirred up the center and a little fullness at | the shoulders is used to advantage to | soften the otherwise severe neck. * ox ok X NOTHER dress-up bilouse which you will find sketched, is & more vouthful pink satin model with a round neck finished by a Peter Pan collar. Twelve crystal buttons fasten it up the front and it is nicely fitted over the hips. Long sleeves, slightly full at the top and fastened with two crystal buttons at the cuffs, complete A blouse made to order for com- fortable tweeds, brisk Autumn weather and hikes in the country, is of durable as the basic color, of a fine-lined plaid of black and white. It is made in the shirtwaist style, of course, with two small buttoned-down patch pockets, inverted tucks around the waist to insure a amooth fit, sleeves gathered | into tight cuffs, and a fine action back gathered from a yolk. The sight of this blouse hanging in the closet is| guaranteed to beckon a sleepy lady from her bed to the alluring out-of- doors on bright Fall mornings. A final blouse which so attracted us that we paused to sketch it. is one of those rare and comfortable gar- ments which is suitable for any occa- sion. Of either gold or royal blue crepe, its main interest lies in its high corded collar which crosses in the center front and extends as far as the armholes ir. a 2-inch band. A nar- row sash which ties in the front and long tight sleeves furnish fine finish- ing details. The Old Gardner Says: Dahlias, which are now at the height of their blooming season, are not as useful for cutting as some other flowers, but can be made to keep fairly well if given special treatment. Some grow- ers put cracked ice, ammonia and zalt into the vases. Others use a little aspirin and report that flowers which have become badly wilted have their freshness re- atored to a degree that is almoat magical. The hot-water treat- ment, though, is most commonly depended upon. The foliage should be stripped from the stems except at the top, and these stems then immersed in water as hot as the hand can bear. When the water cools the dahlia flowers should be transferred to pails of cold water and left in the cellar overnight. It has been found at exhibitions that dahlias can be made to keep especially well by spraying them with water, using (Coprrisht, 1937.) an atomiser. (Copyright. 1937.) | to have dipped a hit Double rows of shir- | | to beauty or use? | mate or & working partner? | fist | week. I never saw such mammoth nec- | tarines, such firm red. green and blue plums, such succulent avocados as were | on display. Grapes are coming in—in addition to the seedless that have been with us for some time, one finds red Malagas, a few ambitious Concords and here and there some small baskets of fox grapes, so good for jelly making. Pineapples, although small, are full of flavor, and peaches are seen in abun- dance on every side, along with all the different kinds of melons. Here and there, in specialty stands or shops, one still finds raspberries, but they are few and far between. Blueberries are still with us. And fresh juicy grapefruit, from California, and from the Isle of Pines. have made their first appear- ance in quantity of this season. * % % x N THE vegetable line we find the same old story. Newcomers, how- ever, are red sweet potatoes, which offer an interesting item for the housewife who is ever on the alert for novelty. Chayote squash is good. too, | and chicory has made a big comeback for the salad bowl. Golden bantam corn is, of course, listed among the prime favorites. It looks as though “leg of lamb” was indicated as & wise week end buy. Local prices on this commodity seem and it would be well to take advantage of the fact Seafood stavs about the same. with a few frog legs on hand for those who relish ‘em. SUNDAY DINNER MENU. Yellow Tomato Juice Cocktail Melba Toast Ripe Olives Cold Leg of Lamb, Saice Adele Hashed Browned Potatoes Creamed Onions Lettuce, Chicory, Watercress Salad Toasted Crackers Assorted Fresh Fruit Chocolate Spice Cake Coffee Dorothy Dix Says | |side seams go diagonally up to two | OYS and girls are continually asking me what qualities they should look for in their pros- pective mates. To which I can only reply: What sort of a wife or husband do you want? Do you de- sire something for ornament or util- ty? A parlor ornament or & Kitchen utensil? How does your fancy runm, Which do you pre- fer. highbrows or morons? Are you looking for & boss or & slave? A play- A tight- that never relaxes its grip on & nickel or a loose hand that lets every | dollar slip between its fingers? A yes- yesser or & no-noer? They are all there—every variety of man and woman—on the bargain counter, to be had for the taking. really doesn’t matter which one you pick out, just so it is your own par- | ticular choice and the one that suits | you. The important thing is to get the one that appeals to you, for hus- bands and wives are just as much a matter of individual taste as cavair or baked beans. For some unknown reason that we cannot explain even to ourselves we relish the one and can- not get too much of it, while we have no appetite for the other. The one agrees with us and the other gives us an acute pain. It is a strange thing that when even thoughtful and intelligent people con- template matrimony they concentrate all of their attention upon the study of the character of the party of the other part. Has he or she got all of the 57 different varieties of virtues that would enable him or her to qual- ify in the blue-ribbon class of hus- bands and wives? But they never spend any time in looking in their own hearts and minds and trying to discover what manner of wife or hus- band they really want. And that is the really important thing in mar- riage. It is the vital thing. FOR proof of this you have only to think of the disgruntled husbands and wives you know, the husbands and wives who are always fighting, the bitter husbands and wives who complain that their mates neglect them or do not understand them. Yet most of these husbands and wives are fine, conacientious people who do their duty to each other with their teeth set and desolation in their hearts. ‘They make each other miserable be- cause neither has got what he or she wants in & wife or husband, but they would make some other man or woman happy if only they had got the right mate. s So I would say to a boy who was thinking of marriage to vivisect him- self first and make sure of what he wants in a wife before he pops the question to any girl. If he wants a companion, let hini beware of the little nitwit with nothing but a vast vacuum under her finger wave, and whose eonversational repertoire consists only in “I saids” and “he saids” and “they Bowl of Assorted Fresh Fruits Makes an| Ideal Dessert for Warm Summer Day. DON'T know—but it seems to me it is almost too hot to even think I'm writing this—here’s hoping by the time it finds its way into print we shall have had a good juicy thundershower—the kind that will cool things off rather than just steaming them up! Looking through the markets this morning one received an impreasion of coolness at least, for all the vege-————————— = Study What You Want in a Mate Before Marriage, Not Afterwards. It | | CASWELL. At least, that's the way things are as YELLOW TOMATO JUICE OOCK- TAIL. Buy the yellow tomato juice that comes in tins—unless you have the little yellow pear tomatoes in your own garden and can asqueeze the fresh juice. Season the juice with fresh black pepper, celery salt, a dash of tobasco and a little paprika. Shake in 8 shaker with ice and serve very cold. COLD LEG OF LAMB, BSAUCE ADELE. Roast the leg of lamb as usual, only do not cook it quite 5o long—eold lamb should be somewhat rarer than hot. Cool it well and serve it in thin, daintily cut slices with the following sauce, which should be hot: Sauce Adele—Melt 1 cup currant jelly in double boiler. Add 1 cup finely | minced mint and !; teaspoon tarragon | | vinegar. Heat through, but do not let | | boil. Serve hot with cold lamb. Hashed Browned Potatoes. Chop three cups cold boiled pota- toes in small cubes. Season with salt and pepper, and a little chopped | onion. Heat one-quarter cup fat in frying pan, add potatoes, and blend | well. " Press down smooth with a knife Brown well underneath, loosen with | ‘km(e blade, cover pan, and invert | %0 that potatoes will rest on cover | without losing shape. Add more fat | to pan, slip potatoes into pan with | uncooked side down, and let stand | until browned on this side. Turn | like an omelet, and serve. | Chocolate Spice Cake. | 8itt 3 cups sugar, and add gradual- Iy to one-half cup butter which has | | been beaten until soft. Blend until light. Beat in 4 egg yolks, one at a | time. Melt 2 squares of chocolate, let cool, and add to first mixture. Sift | before measuring, 2 cups flour, and then resift with 1 teaspoon cinna- mon, one-half teaspoon cloves, 2 tea- spoons baking powder. Add these dry ingredients in 3 parts to the butter mixture, alternating each time with | thirds of one cup milk. Beat batter | after each addition. Whip the 4/ | eeg whites with a little salt until | | #tiff, and fold lightly into the cake batter. Bake in twn greased 9-inch Iayer pans, in A moderate oven. When done, cool, and apread with any fa- vorite chocolate icing. Or, here is a v good one: | Chocolate Icing. I Two cups sugar, 2 ounces (squares) | chocolate, 2 tablespoons white corn | sirup, three-quarters cup milk. Stir until sugar has dissolved, then cook without stirring until soft ball stage is reached. Add two tablespoons but- ter. Remove from fire, place pan in cold water, add one teaspoon vanilla | | when icing is lukewarm, and beat until of consistency to spread. saids,” and who never even reads head- lines in the newspapers. In three | weeks an intelligent man gets fed up with even the prettiest fool, and there- | after matrimony is one never-ending yawn for him. Let him instead choose as a wife a girl who is intelligent and well edu- cated, who reads and thinks and is full of ideas, who can keep him enter- | tained and amused and make an eve- ning at home a party instead of a chore. No man ever tires of a wife who is the best company he knows. If you want a little playfellow, pick out a good-looker who is clothes- conscious, s the specialty shops say; who is a peachy dancer and who is | always ready to step out or throw a ! party. You can have a grand time | Radding around together and live in | peace because you will see eye to eye about night clubs and bar bills and so on, and there will be nobody waiting up for you with a curtain lecture when you roll in together with the milkman in the morning. | * % ok X [ BUT if you want to sport around, don’t bring trouble on yourselt and the woman by marrying a little stay-at-home who can't be dragged away from the baby's crib, who is a wet blanket on every festive occasion and who conceives it her sacred duty to reform you. If you love to eat and are really lmarrying for a home, for pity's sake marry a cook. Don't propose to any girl until you have sampled her handi- work and tested her reactions toward the gas range and pots and pans. Don't marry a girl who hates the kitchen and who can't boil water and who will throw most of your salary into the garbage can. There are no happier marriages than when two do- mestic people can get together and no unhappier ones than those in which & home-loving man is married to a woman who keeps a sloppy house and feeds him out of paper bags while she | spends her time playing contract or | running clubs. | And to a girl.I would say: Consider the kind of a husband that will suit your own lines and complexion as care- fully as you would a hat, and marry accordingly. Don't marry a man just because he i3 good-looking. or has a “way” with him, or because he looks & good bargain. Get the kind of a mate you really need. If you want & -husband who won't bore you, pick out & man who can talk about something except himself. If you don't want to spend your life get- ting up and opening the doors for an intoxicated man, don’t pick out a drunkard. If you don’t want & philan- derer to break your heart, don't select & woman chaser. If you have to have fine clothes and luxuries to make vou happy, hunt up a go-getter. If you want & husband who will be easy to | vards | to-make patterns. live with. marry one who is jolly and good-natured, - SmarfiiloredfiModel Have This Dress in a Sheer Wool for the First Brisk Days. BY BARBARA BFLL. OR the first brick daye of Autumn have a dress as simply tailored ax this one Easily made in silk or wool, it serves | & much-felt need in vour wardrobs— a dress tailored enough for run-about wear, vet dressy enough for luncheon and afternoon bridge. of the bodice revealing a contrasting vestee to break the width over the bosom. The simple skirt has an in- verted pleal at front, assuring an important fullness at the hem. For immediate wear, make this dress in one of the new alpacas with satin vestee, or of a very sheer wool with vestee of velvel. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1342-B is designed for sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 43, 50 and 52. Size 38 requires 5 of 3%-inch material and 2, vards of braid to trim collar as | pictured. One yard of 2-inch ribbon | i8 required for vestae and bow. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes | an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand 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- Interesting and ex- clusive fashions for le children and the difficult junior age, slenderizing well-cut patterns for the mature fig- ure, afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons ‘The design is | decidedly slenderizing—the open pleat | | and other patterns for special occa- Correct Routine Error Busy Children Give Less Trouble Than Unoccupied Ones. BY ANGELO PATRI. UNT MARIE found mother in teara and Betty in bed weeping after & spanking. “She simplv will net stop picking the paper off the wall of her | bed room. I've talked and talked. but I might just as well have shouted down the well. She couldn't reach a place to pick this morning. She had picked it all along the level of her arm. sn she got a chair and went ta it. Can you imagine a child like that?” Betty was not & bad child, nor nna particularly disobedient or destructive. ‘Then why did she insist upon picking the paper off the wall? She knew it spoiled the wall, she knew her mother hated to have her do it, knew that she would be punished for it. Then why did she do it so persistently? I think it was because it had be- come a routined matter. She saw the picked place and it said, “pick.” and 20 she picked under the force of a routined habit. Suppose you took all the paper off the wall and put on new paint, 20 that there would be nn xug- gestion of picking. Suppose von changed the furniture about ae that | Betty could not stand on it and then said nothing about the whole business, | Betty would do no more pirking. Little things like this picking paper off the walls, scribbling on them, dig- ging holes in plaster, turning on gaa | cocks and faucets, poking holes in | screens are likely to become routined | habits. Scolding and spanking i more likely to fasten them securely in the child’s mind and body than to ronat them out. Try saving nothing. Re- move all traces of the damage im- mediately, and, if possible. chanze the appearance of things & bit &0 as to remove the stimulant to the old habit. Don’t leave a scribble on & wall | That invites another scribble. Give | the child a bit of blackboard rioth and a piece of aoft chalk and lst him take out his scribbling urge on them. Fill little holes promptly. Clean up litter as soon as discoverad And | supply the child with occupations that use up this aimless search for work Busy children give less trouble than unoccupied ones, When a child follows the same pat- tern of error try to find the need that | the mistake is expressing—blackboard for scribblers, plasticine for hole dig- gers, spades and sand as well. Give the child's mind a new direction and avoid dwelling on the old one. The surroundings in which an ex- perience has been sef—that it, the familiar wall that has been picked or marred in other wavs ix going to sug- gest the picking and marring as long ax it remains ax it wax in the first experiences. Change the setting and you go & long way toward changing the | child’s reaction. That holds good for other routined errors. The person with whom the child persistently makes trouble, the particular process of routine that causes a tantrum. the stimulant of error, there lies the seat of trouble Attend to that, change it in some way, attack the difficulty and the eurs| | will be easier. It ix & mistake to attark the mistakes directly and leave un- | tonched the situation that is their | backzround and their cause, i (Copyright, 1937.) BARBARA BELL, The Washington Star, Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1342-B. Bize Name . Address . (Wrap coins securely in paper.) *ions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell pattern hook (Copsright, 1927.) Pickled Apples. peck apples pounds brown sugar quarts vinegar tablespoons whole cloves “Sweeten it with Domino’ pure cane-clean-full weight Refined in US.A SN tablespoons whole allspice 3-inch piece stick cinnamon Heat vinegar, add sugar and bag containing the spices and boll for 15 minutes. Skim; then add apples and cook slowly until tender, ,but whole. 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