Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1937, Page 34

WOMEN'’S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1937. WOMEN’S FEATURES. New Wrappings and Containers Mean Much to Household Efficiency Everything From Veal To Crow Profits by Novel Inventions Letting Gravity Play Assistant to Beauty Upside-Down Treatment Good for Circulation In Face and Throat Eiiminates the Necessity .. For Patting or Massage. Other Cosmetic Finds. Cereal, Made of Oranges, And Dated Dog Food Among Latest Items. BY BETSY CASWELL, O THOSE of you who are convinced that there is “nothing new under the sun,” I would point out the remarkable changes and new items that have appeared in the pac s2am 1o be becoming more and eome to us in convenient and attract; bags, by the piece, in sectiol ways designed for our particular com- Cort and assistance. One of the latest examples of this trend toward compactness and effi- ciency is shown in the neat little packages of frozen artichoke hearts, all trim- med and ready for use, earefully wrapped in cel- lulnse film, and only waiting to be defrosted and gerved in any manner you might choose. These are good insalads or served with hol- landaise, either hot or cold, and also make an ex- eellent garnish and extra vegetable. One of the largest of our meat packing houses is now starting to distribute its veal wrapped in a spe- oally processed cloth, which guaran- tees its arrival at the retailer’s in perfect condition. It is interesting to note that this firm has heretofore refused to put its stamp of approval on veal shipments, because of the extreme perishability of the meat— now, due to the new form of wrap- ping. the veal is stamped along with the rest of the firm's products. The wrapping, ineidentally, judging from my own experience, only seems to enhance the tenderness and flavor of the meat. 7™ Betsy Caswell, * ok % X '\‘\'n. from the great wide world 4} of big business we get more and more news about things that are being done to give the little housewife & hand. According to the following dis- patch from New York, by J. G. Donley of the Consolidated News Features, there are some real surprises in store for us: “You will soon be able to ‘eat crow, without any symbolical implications and In the privacy of your own home— §f vou have a can opener. Canned crow meat is being tried out on some of the food experts, with high hopes that it may become & new ‘delicacy’ for the American dinner table. Out West there are lots of gourmets who have long insisted that crow, properly prepared, is almost, but @& tasty as prairie chicken. “New products, new processing methods, new packaging and new merchandising methods seem to tumble over one another in the food products tndustry. Perhaps the reason is that jaded appetites are always looking for The Old Gardener Says: Tuberous-rooted begonias may be carried along from one year to another if the tubers are properly cared for at the coming of Winter. If they have been growing in pots, water should be withheld gradually. When the =oil is dry, the pots should be stored in & dark place where the temperature will remain about 50 degrees, Tuberous-rooted be- gonias which have been growing in beds are usually lifted, dried and packed in sand or sawdust. It is important that this material be dry. Peat moss has also proved a satisfactory packing mat The boxes in which the tubers are packed should be stored in a room or cellar where a temperature of approxi- mately 50 degrees is maintained. The tubers will begin to grow about March and should be potted up at that time. (Copyright, 1937.) Tms idea is copied from an $80 luncheon set displayed in one of New York’s smartest shops. Take any plain cloth and embroider daisies at intervals over it, trim napkins to match, and you good in natural colors, but for a more striking effect, you could use other The instruction sheet shows just how to place the colors that please you. “posies as they are illustrated here, The pattern envelope contains hot iron transfer pattern for 17 daisies | each 2x4 inches; also complete, easy-to- diagrams to aid you; what material and To obtain this pattern, send for No. 530 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or eoin to cover services and postage. Editor of The Evening Star, [ ) in concentrated forms, and in countless other not quite, | feet for such a versatile layout.” kaging and food lines alone. Daily we more a nation of “packages”; our foods ive containers, in cellophane or metal new taste thrills. Man, being an omnivorous animel, goes for everything from pistachio nuts to pachyderm'’s feet. “We even have new refinements in dog food. One of the latest is a canned food in liquid form for pup- ! pies and young dogs, and along with | each can comes a booklet of (M‘dinzl B! ructions. First we had ‘dated’ cof- | fee, followed by ‘dated’ macaroni and packaged dried fruits, and now comes another manufacturer of dog food assuring us by means of a date on the can that his canine chow Is ‘never sold when stale.’ * ok kK “THIS year, New Jersey peach | growers have improved the blush on that luscious fruit hy shaving off the fuzz which in the past has been & common cause of consumer complaint. A series of stiff brushes attached to | sorting machines does the work. And common chewing gum has been equipped with a new selling point through the admixture of bicarbonate | of soda with the mint flavoring and | the usual chicle and sugar. It is sold | under the slogan, A purpose for chew- | ing'—the suggested purpose being re- lated to bicarbonate’s reputed function as an alkalizer and energy renewer. “In some cases we find food products | being diverted to other uses. From Holland comes the report that a new outlet for surplus milk is being tested. It is said that a large rayon manu- | facturer will soon open a factory to | produce an artificial wool made from | skimmed milk, and from China we | | hear of a Diesel-type motor using| | 410 gallons of vegetable oil of vari- ous kinds—cottonseed, peanut, tung. | poppyseed and cabbage seed—on a test | | run of 2,000 miles. | * ok % % | JEW breakfast foods are always turning up. The latest is a prod- | uct made almost entirely of oranges, | and now being marketed in Tampa | and Miami. If the new morning repast | goes over, the Florida citrus exchange is prepared to make a test in some major market. In addition to all the | orange but the seeds and skin, the new breakfast food contains bran flour, sugar, salt and a modicum of cod | | liver oil, the latter supplying the only vitamin not present in the orange. “The Scotchman of the old story, | you may remember, had bread and cheese for lunch every day, carrying | his cheese in a bit of a bottle and | | rubbing his bread on the outside. But | | now the frugal luncher can buy, all | in_one cellophane bag, a 1%-ounce | collapsible tube of nut spread and a packet of crackers and make the | most of an energy snack. * ¥ ok ’“[\ NEW, ready-to-eat fish product | is quite as handily conceived. ‘The product of one of the big fisheries, | it is & blend of fish, butter, cream and seasoning. It may be served hot, or eaten as it comes from the can, or | | used as a sandwich spread, for salads, | as hors de'oeuvres, or made into cro. quettes. “Economy is the sales appeal of & new marmalade concentrate. It costs | about half as much as ordinary mar- malade, because it comes in dried form |in an inexpensive package without benefit of glass or tin container. The user simply adds sugar and water. “Speaking of packaging, the latest automatic machine offered to the food industry is & marvel of efficiency, | designed for such products as salt, | sugar, cereals, flour, grated cheese or | soap flakes, it makes the carton, fills | it, and closes the cap, while occupying only five square feet of space, as com- | pared with the usual 50 to 70 lineal 'll have a lovely set. The flowers are understand illustrated directions, with home much you will need. Address orders to the Needlework ] ‘When Taking| | [)EAR MRS. POST: How would & | | party somewhere after the theater? | | of plays chosen furtier serve to em- Lying with the head tipped down lower than the feet is the latest idea in giving facial treatments. The blood is forced to the head, and helps stimulate the circulation of the face, neck and scalp. Guests to Theater ced of Chaperon Is Dependent on Gi Ircumstances. BY EMILY POST. boy go about giving a party at the | theater? And as these are all young people between 15 and 16 vears, do you think it necessary that he have an older lady present? And also, do )'nu’ think it necessary that he take the If so, is he supposed tc provide the ! transportation between the theater and whereever they go, as well as see | that every one gets home anvr\vard?: Most of these young people are too | young to drive their parents' cars. Answer—You give me no idea of the ize of the party or whether it is to be | given in a theater that has reserved | seats or in a moving picture house. | At the town your letter comes from | there is a very notable theater—so perhaps you mean this. At a theater of this caliber and patronized by those | who undoubtedly know most of your guests, it would not be necessary to | have an older lady chaperon you— because every one in the audience to | whom you are known serves as sporf- taneous chaperon. And the high class phasize propriety. In this case, then, let us say, you engage 12 seats. You | could give—or send—a ticket to each of your guests and meet in the seats you allot. Each guest would have to make his or her own plans to get to the theater. The same would be true | at the movies. You would have to | arrange to rope off 12 seats (this is often done in a small town theater, but would not be possible in a large city). You would meet in the lobby. After the performance, if possible, you ought to take them home for re- freshments. If this is not possible, then to the corner drug store or a con- fectionary store for ice cream sodas, or other drug store counter variety of refreshments. It would be necessary also to see that the girls are either called for at your house or at the drug store or taken home by boys of whom their parents approve. * ok Kk % EAR MRS. POST: A friend tells me that I should not get up out of respect to an elderly man, because no man, no matter how old, would like a girl to remind him of the fact. Answer—This depends upon your age and where it was that you got up. If you are in your teens, and he was in his seventies, and he came into the reom, or more particularly if he stopped to speak to you, you should certainly rise. And, of course, if he came into your own house, it is always the obligation of a hostess to rise and greet every guest. But if you are past your teens and if it was not in your house, and if perhaps you got up at a table, then this was unnecessary. * kX % IDEAR MRS. POST: T have a very old china teapot and’ cream Pitcher with & band of blue and gold on it. (1) I would like to know if it would be in good taste to use the chinaware on a large silver tray. (2) I would also like to know to what other uses I could put the tray. The Jeweler claims it is a reproduction of an old English pattern, (3) I have pearl-handled fruit knives. Could they be used to substitute for butter knives? (4) I do not have bouillor spoons. Could the regular teaspoon be used appropriately? (5) And what shall I use for fruit cocktail? I have no orange spoons. . Answer: (1) Yes, I think a china tea set is lovely. In fact, I put a silver one away about 10 years ago and have used a china one ever since on a silver tray with a silver tea- kettle. (2) The tray would be suit- able for whatever use you find for it, such as serving refreshments or bev- erages, either hot or cold, or as a coffee tray. (3) Yes, certainly. (4 Again, certainly, or if the cups are very wide, use dessert spoons, (5) Use (Copyrisht. 1937.) 4 heart's desire. {look in her eyes that no man very Dorothy There Is “Ne¢ Such Animal” As the Perfect Husband. woM who is evidently in | search of ultimate perfection | in a husband, has been married seven times; each | time to a man who was more charming | than his predecessor, she says, but who still did not come up to her ideal, | 50 she is now about to take an eighth | mate in whom she hopes to find her In a day when even the common or | garden variety of husband is hard | enough to get, and when charming husbands are about as difficult to come by as Koh-i-noors, this choosey lady's matrimonial exploits will fill her sister women'’s hearts with wonder and amazement. They will marvel at her exploit in collecting so many wedding rings and wonder how she did it. What magic did she use in snaring men? ‘What technique did sheétemploy? Was she a ravishing beauty? Or did her fairy god-mother put the come-hither Fan resist? Most of all they will wonder why she was so hard to please in a husband, since most women take what they get and are thankful it is no worse. Was she looking for beau for wealth, for intelligence, for im- peccable morals, for a good dancer, for amiability, for a stepper-out, for a | fireside companion, or did she expect to find a man who would be a composite of Robert Taylor and Henry Ford. a college professor and Job and Darby. | * oxox % | T the quest for an ideal mate nf‘ this indomitable marryer, who | refuses to be discouraged by failure | and whose motto is “if at first you | don't suceed, try, try again,” raises the | interesting question of what qualities and attributes & man would have to possess to make him the perfect husband for which every | woman longs and which she never possesses. Most women, of course, would like for their husbands to be handsome, and when they look at the men to whom they are married who have scrambled features, bald heads and bay windows, they often wonder what made them do it. But you never saw the wife of a pretty man who didn't get a dill pickle expression when another woman began raving over how good-looking her husband was. She has had to do a hand-to-hand battle ever since her wedding day with the predatory females who wanted to look into his soulful eyes and run their fingers through his ambrosial locks. Besides, she is tired of having him spend all of the dress budget on him- self, and she is sick of hearing people wonder how he ever came to marry & dowdy little woman like her. All women want their husbands to | be successful and make money, but| they don't want them to give any time or attention or thought to their careers or their business if it takes them away from home or interfers with their desires. Doctors’ wives and lawyers’ wives consider themselves martyrs to My Neighbor Says: Root crops, including potatoes, beets, carrots, cabbage and tur- nips, should be kept in a rather cool and reasonably moist place, but squash must be kept warm and dry. ent sizes, one for single and one for double beds, fold sheets for double beds in a large square and those for a single bed in smaller squares. You will then have no difficulty in finding the right sheets. Candied cranberries are very effective when added to fruit | granted as | always notices what she has on and | the butcher and do a million other | i Cog)k’ | BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. salads. When lemons become dry, immerse them in cold water. They will soon become quite soft and ready to use. (Copsright, 1937.) their husbands’ profession. The wives of business men are always complain- ing that their husbands are wrapped up in their old stores or factories, and they all feel that if they hadn't married the poor dubs they did, and had got the perfect husbands they de- served, that their husbands would be able to make fortunes and give them limousines and pearls and still have | leisure to take them to afternoon | parties and spend their Winters going | off on cruises. * % k JPRACTICALLY every women pic- | tures the perfect husband as a | great lover, He never takes her for | her husband does. He | how she does her hair, and he makes life a perpetual petting party. Yet the very woman who sighs for romance turns her ear or the back of her head to her husband when he tries to bestow upon her his good-by morning km_} and she would fling the coffee pot at | one who interrupted her when she was | trying to quiet the baby and get the children off to school and telephone things all at the same time, by telling her how his heart beats for her alone | and that she was the dream girl of his life. Every woman wants a husband who | is fire to her and ice o the balance of the world; who will let her boss | him, but be a stern executive abroad; who will be a playboy and a stay-at- homer; who will never see that she is | getting fat; who will think that her | temper is nerves and her laziness ill- | health, and will never look at another woman. As no man possesses all of | these qualities, no woman finds her ideal husband. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1937.) sCorner| MENU FOR FOUR Ham Timbales Creamed Lima Beans Buttered Kale Toasted Rolls Apple Butter Vegetable Salad Bettina Parfait Currant Jelly Sauce Cofree HAM TIMBALES. 3 tablespoons % teaspoon butter celery salt 1 cup milk 1, teaspoon 1 tablespoon minced onions minced parsley 1 cup chopped % teaspoon salt cooked ham 14 teaspoomn 1 cup soft bread Ppepper 2 eggs Heat milk, butter and seasonings. Add rest of the ingredients and fill buttered individual baking dishes or custard cups. Bake 25 minutes in 8 moderately slow oven. Unmold care- fully and surround with creamed peas or beans. BETTINA PARFAIT 2 tablespoons 2 tablespoons granvlated lemon juice gelatin 1% teaspoon salt % cup cold 1 teaspoon water vanilla 2 cups mashed 32 cup browned bananas almonds 12 cup granu- 2 cups whipped lated sugar cream Soak gelatin in water for five minutes. Dissolve over boiling water and let cool. Add rest of the in- gredients. Pour into a mold which has been rinsed out in cold water. When frozen unmold and cover with currant Jelly sauce. To brown the almonds, split blanched almonds and place in a thin layer in a shallow pan. Brown in & moderate oven. CURRANT JELLY SAUCE. 1 cup currant 2 tablespoons Jelly hot cream Mix ingredients with a fork. Chill and pour over top of frozen mixture. Portions of the frozen mixture may also be placed in parfait glasses and the currant jelly sauce used as a topping just before the parfaits are served. | to one’s poise. | Rood: undergarment to set Foundation Garments ‘Must Fit Perfection of Line Most Important This Season. BY PIERCE. ]:ASHIONISTS, the hard hea making similes of the Fall ette and the cylinder or lamp Were it not for the accent on round, uplifter, molded bustline I would shudder with fear that the boyish form might making a come- back. But I hardly think the new cylinder silhouette is the forerunner of the built-like-a-boy atrocity. What it refers to is a slim. sleek, controlled, straight-hipped but altogether fem- inine form. It’s all horribly hard. I'll grant. 1hou- post the But | there’s no denying that it is beautiful It means more deep bending than you've done in many a day, honest-to- Roodness exercise, or else you're just out of the picture, And it means that a good un- dergarment must head your list of essentials. Certainly your new ward- robe is worthy of such a garment. And certainly you need it, what the figure BY MAR(, beautiful, it is only to be e: should hear of & brand-new one concerns itself with the flow of fresh, vitalizing blood into the the resulting quickened circulationd will nourish the skin of the neck, rfl(‘e; and scalp, Creams used while the | body is in this position will work for | you without any effort of massage or | patting. ' This sounds almost too good to be | true, especially for those who are apt to have an acute case of laziness just when it is time to do their nightly beauty routine. However, it is a scientific fact that the blood leaves the head regions fakter than it en- ters, because the carotid artery, which | carries the blood there, is the size of | & lead pencil, while the jugular vein | which carries it away is larger around | than a man’s thumb. | Changing the angle of the body by reclining so that the head is lower than the feet hastens the flow of | blood into the head. Making the | most of this principle for beauty pur- | poses was indeed a happy thought. | In the New York salon where it was | tried out, there is a specially con- structed chair which tilts the client | at the proper beauty angle. but it can | be done at home very easily by lyving down on the bed with two pillows | under the hips, the feet on the foot- board. Keep this poeition for 10 min- utes, but before you start, the face |and neck should be prepared for | treatment. [ | [ | * x S USUAL, the treatment first in- volves thorough cleansing with | either a liquefving or a heavier cream, | according to the needs of an oily or normal skin. The cream should be removed with tissues and any surplus | taken off with skin freshener on a pad of cotton. A normal or oily skin should then be treated to a tissue cream, and a very dry skin should have a speci skin cream—both applied with upward and outward strokes. If the neck needs attention it prob- ably requires something even more lubricating than the creams used on the face. Give it a generous .coating of a cream that is made just for this | purpose, working with both hands from the upper chest right up to the chin, | | Then you are ready to relax on the | | bed”in the position indicated above and let all these creams do their very best work for you. Following this the creams may be removed and you may slip into bed and tuck the covers | around you without. the fear of messy | unguents soiling the sheets. To make | it easy to do, all the necessary prepa- | rations have been collected and packed into a fascinating semi-cireular treat- | ment box with & mirror in the cover It's very clever and you will enjoy trying out this new theory in thg privacy of your own room. * ok % % A “COCKTAIL" in the bathtub is 4} another news item. This one, however, is not to be imbibed, but is | intended to add a dash of spice to the | | daily bath. This new concoction is | a peaches-and-cream lotion trat comes |in a shaker-like bottle with a dome top of metal. The blended, emollient | ingredients cleanse, perfume and in- | ¥ % no matter | vigorate the body eliminating the need | feel that they have to linger. Even if you are a | for a cake of soap, and save the time | don't enjoy foreing a hostess to make a | the vanity table | any shade of powder ARET WARNER. ITH so many people engaged in the business of making women more xpegted that every now and then we idea on the subject. The very latest e fact that if you take your beauty treatment lying on your back with your head lower than your body, the head and face will be increased, and essentials combined in liquid form. It comes i two sizes, the smaller one for one dollar. In the same shop we found a new gadget for making an artistic job of painting the lips. They have a whole set of artist's brushes to facilitate that ticklish business of making a carefully outlined cupid’s bow or a more so- phisticated “Hepburn” outline. Lipe stick is applied as usual but the brust is used to secure a more artinc effect than is usually done with. sus more or less blunt end of the color stick. * ok ¥ % UTTERMILK tissue cream is a favorite with many Washington women. It is particularly useful at eason as it is made for the dry, -nourished skin and particularly helpful for the skin that is suffering from the after effects of too much vacation sunshine. It is light in tex= ture although rich in oil, but so readily absorbed into the skin that it leaves the skin soft and smooth almost immediately. Its delicate petal pinke ness makes an appeal to the eye while you work with it, You probably are already familiar with this old favorite, and if ap, you will be interested to know ‘thaf it is “going to town" this week by offering its regular 3-ounce jar which regularly sells for $2.25, at less than half that | amount. ‘When you are shopping around, take a peep behind the scenes and look at the new little powder room that a local store has just installed on the first floor in the cosmetic department. It is a tiny cubicle all done in white tufted leather walls, turquoise blue panels and a canary yellow chair in front of Here you can try out and see how it really looks on your skin. It's an excellent idea! For information concerning items mentioned in this colymn eall Nationa| 5000, extension 395, between 10 and 12 am. Manne of the Moment PEOPLE who are “driving through” and just stop over night at our house have brought a new problem into our lives. The alarm clock problem We tell them (it's just a pose with us, don't worry) that we ought to have the alarm clock and be responsible for waking them up. They say they should have it, and then they eould slip out around five o'clock without bothering us. Of course, we might get another alarm clock. But that doesn't appeal to us. We've decided that a host who rises to speed early departing guests is usually a nuisance. The guests don't want to be bothered with a social breakfast over which they may And thev IS much envied sleek one, wear such an | that it takes to apply toilet water | martyr of herself. It just leaves them undergarment contend that for moral support. I it adds immeasurably When you know that you are slender and straight and not protruding or bulging you're bound to carry your shoulders all the better and your dresses are sure to look hand- somer, too. There's nothing like a you up beautifully. If you are a little slip of a thing you can wear an inexpensive little poof or what-do-you-call-them just to shut out the wobbles. But if you really have a figure flaw, have your corset or girdle fitted by an expert. It's worth the investment. Don't buy vour corset on the bargain counter, unless you want to take the chance of having it look it. If you do, the undergarment may mar instead of make your new costume. Leading corsetiers are doing all sorts of tricks with line and fabric. They are creating optical illusion mira- cles mothing short of them and for | all that are really allowing for freedom. Somathing our grandmothers never knew and they weren't called upon to be cylinders! Of course, if you want to get right down to the root of all figure evils you can exercise the flaws away. (Copyright. 193 Mix Cakes Well. A heavy streak at the bottom of a cake usually is due to incomplete blending of ingredients. This is espe- cially true when only egg yolks are used in the batter. To avoid the streak give the batter an extra beating. Orange Juice in Bread. Orange juice used as the liquid in bread and roll racipes will provide a delightful variety. Rolls and bread made in such a way are especially suitable for making sandwiches and | | serving at teas. e e Use Sectioned Dish. Serve several condiments in a sec- tioned dish, rather than in individual dishes or jars. Mustard, horseradish and pickle relish make an excellent trio to serve with cold meats. BURGLARS Can’t reach your silver- ware, jewelry, heirlooms or other valuables in our vaults. Gl MERCHANTS WZYLIIT8 TRANSFER < STORAGE (0 6900 920 £ ST NW. after the bath. It's an allvm-onp.‘l | modern trend time-saver. Just pour | a little in the palm of your hand and | rub it well into the skin, then stand | | under the shower or use the tub, | | whichever you prefer. It rinses off | instantly, and provides one more way | of taking a quick bath with all the Summer rugs sl thoroughly clean damage. 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