Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1937, Page 38

WOMEN'’S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, * NOVEMBER 1, 1937. WOMEN’S FEATURES. % The Midas Touch on Yellow Vegetables Indicates Certain Food Values Sweet Potatoes, Squash And Golden Pumpkins Rich in Vitamins All Three May Be Put to Wide Variety of Uses; Keep in Dry Warmth, By BETSY CASWELL. HE golden vegetables give color, extra food value and variety to our menus. They are usually rich in vitamin A, and a good source of vitamin C. They are tasty, as a rule inexpensive, and lend them- selves readily to a wide field of varied preparation. Carrots, yellow turnips, pumpkins, squash, sweet potatoes, yellow tomatoes—all touched . by King Midas to the gold of healthful nourishment! Of all the yellow tribe, the history of three of them especially closely follows that of the discovery of thegs— ———— ———— i First Steps Toward Glamour New World and the development of the United States. Pumpkins, squash and sweet potatoes stand out in our food annals. It is said that Colum- bus took several sWeet potatoes back to Queen Isabella as proof of his discovery. Early American colonists found the Indians culti- vating squashes and pumpkins in their maize fields ~a custom which even to this day is followed by some farmers, who always see to it that the orange globes of pumpkins are lying at the foot of the rustling stalks of corn. ‘This week the Bureau of Home Eco- nomics of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture has a special re- lease dealing with just these three golden vegetables, They say: * ok Rk “ALL three keep best in a rather warm place, This place may be a warm, dry cellar, an unused room, or & spot in the basement near the fur- nace. Small quantities of sweet pota- toes may even be kept near the kitchen stove. When these vegetables are ex- posed to cold for any length of time their quality deteriorates. Unneces- gary handling causes bruises or cuts that invite decay. The ideal tempera- ture for them is about 55 degrees Fahrenheit, but they will keep well as high as 70 degrees. “Of course, to keep well the vegeta- bles must be sound before they are stored. A decayed sweet potato may contaminate others. Smooth, well- shaped, firm sweet potatoes with a bright appearance are the best buy. If they have large growth cracks in them or are badly misshapen you'll waste hours more in preparing them. Also watch closely for bruises or cuts es- pecially on the ends. Examine them occasionally in storage. “Sweet potatoes are either of the dry or moist fleshed type. Most com- mon of the dry ones are Big Stem Jersey, Gild Skin, Triumph, Yellow Jersey and Little Stem Jersey. These are dry and mealy after they are cooked. Their skins are yellowish and their flesh a very light yellow. “Moist-fleshed sweet potatoes have skins varying -from whitish to red- dish in eoor. The flesh may be any- thing from light greenish-yellow to a reddish orauge, Nancy Hall and Porto Rico are the two most common of the moist type. L ““YHEN shopping for pumpkins and squash or choosing those from the home-grown crop to save select the ones that feel heavy fot their size, have a hard rind and do not appear damp or water-soaked. Light-weight pumpkins or those with soft rinds are usually immature. The most common | pumpkins are Connecticut Field and Big Cheese. The former is the big yellow one that we see most often in {llustrations. The Big Cheese, of a tannish color, is mors flattened out and dished in at top and bottom. The Warted and Golden Hubbard, Marblehead, Buttercup and Table Queen are the more plentiful winter squash varieties. “In ‘cookery, we've advanced some- what since 1683, when squash was ‘boyled and serv'd up with powdered Betsy Caswell — ; ‘The THESE small embroidered sachets make unusual gifts; three to a bundle | inside of the beef, and ‘esteemed good sawce.’ To- day we bake it, make pies of it, put it in yeast rolls or fix it a number of other ways. “Pumpkin pie still remains the hap- py ending for all good pumpkins and one of the best opportunities for a cook to show her originality. Prob- ably no two families are agreed upon the best combination of spites for their pie, but most of them do agree that it must be rich with eggs and top milk. Some like cider added. Others like it made with egg whites or gelatin into pumpkin chiffon pie, * Kk ok % “TO GET all the good fresh pump- kin flavor boil pieces of it in a minimum amount of water until ten- der. Then put it through a sieve. If you'd like to get every bit of the water out of it that you possibly can cook it some more in a double boiler with the lid off to evaporate the moisture. Some cooks like to prepare pumpkin ahead of time and store it in the re- frigerator since it takes such long time to fix it this way. “Serve a piece of pumpkin pie with the regulation whipped cream, or be more original and add a bit of quince preserves. Individual pumpkin pie and cider is a pleasing and seasonal combination for party refreshments.” Valuable masque treatments to refresh tired faces may be enjoyed in the privacy of one’s own home at small expense. Before “stepping out” for a gay evening, a few minutes spent in beauty rites will do much toward adding sparkle and color to the face. Governess Employed To Teach Do Not Expect Her To Be Laundress ‘And Maid Also. BY EMILY POST. DEAE MRS. POST: I have a good education, have traveled ex- tensively in many countries and speak several languages fluently. For this reson I though I might prove to be a valuable governess to some family. But to my surprise, when I answered several advertisements for a governess, I found the people were looking, not for a person who could teach their children, but for a combination laundress and maid. Will you explain to me just what is expected of a good governess? Answer—You are quite right—a governess is a teacher. I am much surprised that any one who advertised for & governess asked that she also act as a maid and laundress. But it may be that they meant a nursery governess. But even she, who is very often merely a nurse of high class and rates as a servant, would not be expected to do washing. You probably would like a position as finishing governess, which means that you should be able to put boys and girls through their entrance examinations for college. In this position a governess is always considered a member of the family. Perhaps it might be well to put an advertisement in the paper yourself. Give the information you game me, as briefly as possible, and state that you wish a position as “finishing” governess. (Copyright, 1987.) —_— Herb gardens are coming back into favor, tied with ribbon. Or use them singly as & thoughtul addition to a gift you eady may have planned. There are 12 small designs included in a nsfer pattern, and two copies of each—enough to make 24 sachets. Each design can be embroidered in 5 to.15 minutes, The transfers also are appropriate for embroidery on lingerie, baby's things, and innumerable other articles, as wellvas the sachets. The pattern envelope contains hot iron transfer for 24 motifs; also com- plete, easy-to-undrestand illustrated directions, and suggestions as to kind and color of floss. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 543 and inclose 15 cents in stamps ©oF coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needlework Editor of the Evening Star, (Coprrisht. 1087.) D&bihy Dix Says% Here Is the Technique for Girl Who Is Out Husband-Hunting. ONSIDERING that, according to statistics, there are a mil- lion and ‘a half more men than women in the United States, it would seem that every wom- an who wanted a husband would have no difficulty in getting one. Such, alas, however, is not the case. In a land overflowing with bachelors there are millions of women just dying to get married but who never make the grade and who live and die unappro- priated blessings. This is the more strange because observations show that the married women in any community have no more beauty, nor intelligence, nor charm than their spinster sisters. And 80 it leads us to the inevitable con- clusion that when the woman who wants to marry doesn't marry, it is because there was something wrong with her technique. She didn’t know how to play the game. Sometimes she was too eager. Some- times she was too standoffish. Both tactics are equally fatal. It is eternally true that nothing scares a man off and makes him take to his heels so | quickly as perceiving that a girl is pursuing him. Yet, on the other hand, no man ever notices a girl until she has seen him first and indicated that she found him strangely interesting and attractive. * %k ¥ % MANY other girls are kept from marrying by their families. Some have mothers who give every young man who comes to the house such a frosty welcome that he gets cold feet and never returns. Others have pos- sessive mothers who break off every budding love affair because they want to keep their darlings for themselves. Others have mothers who try so hard to sell them to every man that they arouse suspicions in the masculine breast and make the boy friend won- Cook’sCorner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. BREAKFAST MENU. Chilled Diced Fruit Browned Cereal Cakes Honey Scrambled Egg Yolks b Coffee LUNCHEON MENU. Vegetable Beef Salad Bread Plum Salad Date Cookies Tea DINNER MENU. Shepherd’s Pie Baked Squash Bread Butter Beet Relish Salad Cottage Pudding Orange Sauce Coffee VEGETABLE BEEF SALAD, 1 cup diced cooked beef. 34 cup cooked peas. Y3 cup diced cooked carrots, Y3 cup diced celery. 1 tablespoon chopped onions. 1 tablespoon chopped parsiey. 1 tablespoon chopped sweet pickles. % teaspoon salt. % teaspoon paprika. Y3 cup salad dressing. Mix and chill ingredients and serve on lettuce, N Other vegetables may be used in place of those mentioned. BSHEPHERD'S PIE. 113 cups diced, cooked meat. Y2 cup cooked green beans. 2 tablespoons chopped onions, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, 13 cup milk. 1% cups mashed potatoes, 4 tablespoons leftover gravy. Mix meat, beans, onions and pars- ley. Pour into a butttered, shallow baking dish. Add milk, Top with Potatoes and spread with gravy. Bake 20 minutes in a moderate oven. Serve in dish in which baked, der why mother is so anxious to get rid of such a paragon. And still other mothers entertain all of their daughters’ beaux them- selves, and the boy friend has to say all he has to say within earshot of papa and grandma and the little brothers and sisters. One of the rea- sons why there has been such a de- cline and fall off in marriage is be- cause there are no shut doors behind which a suitor can pop the question in privacy. Now, the girl who wishes to marry should bear several important things in mind. The first is her own attitude, which should be willing but not too anxious; a sort of I-can-take-you-or- leave-you pose, if you get what I mean, with & suggested undertone that it is only his peculiar fascinations that would make her willing to give up her career or leave dear Mother. Then she should discipline her family and keep it from scaring away all of her pros- pects. Then in planning her campaign she should take into consideration the pos- sibilities of the situation. There is no use in casting your bait in a stream in which there are no fish. There are communities in which all of the eligi- ble men have left and in which even Peggy Joyce could not wangle another wedding ring. Pick out some place where men congregate and where the competition isn’t too great. * ok ok X TF YOU are 30 and still unmarried, change your base of operations. You have got to be a habit with the men you know and they don’t even See you any more. Go to some strange town where you will be a novelty and all of your little bag of tricks will be new. There is a reason why the visit- ing girl always gets a rush and gen- erally a husband. Choose your profession with one eye on the job and the other on matri- mony. A trained nurse can always marry either the young doctor or the patient. A private secretary also has the inside track of all other girls. Any girl who can't marry the man she works with is too dumb to waste words on. Don’t run with a beauty if you are homely, or a vivacious and witty one if you are quiet and haven't much to say. It shows you up tgo plainly. And don’t have an intimate friend who has to be dragged along wherever you go. Two is company and three is a crowd. Dress well, but not so expensively that it sets & man to figuring on what your upkeep would be. If you are clever, keep your light under & bushel when a man is around. Talk to him about himself and he will think you are the most brilliant conversationalist in the world. Don’t argue. Don't ery. Don't talk about how many million- aires you could have married. Don't be catty. And heaven will reward your efforts, After all, it isn't s0 hard to get & husband if you know how. DOROTHY DIX, Washing Painted Walls. Use a mild soap or soap powder for washing” painted’ walls. Strong solutions are likely to remove the paint or streak the surface. Use quan- tities of clean water and plenty of clean cloths. Wash a amall space at & time and then wipe it dry. If you use s prepared paint cleaner be sure to follow the directions. gravy also may be used on the | ie. ORANGE SAUCE, 12 cup granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, 1% teaspoon salt. 12 cup orange juice. 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoon grated orange rind.” 13 cup boiling water, 3 tablespoons butter. Blend sugar and ‘flour. Add rest of the ingredients and cook one min- We. Btz constantly. Serve warm o« old TRANSFER & (NN STORAGE CO. %Y\ 70TINW Breaking-in Of Child’s Clothes New Shoes Should Be Worn In House For Short Time. By ANGELO PATRI. JEW shoes delight the heart of a child. He feels all dresse * up and ready to be admired when he gets into the shiny new ones just out of the store, Even the baby loves his new shoes. Rarely are new shoes easy on the feet. They fit tightly, closing out the air that feet must enjoy to be easy. They are atiff and tire the foot that must make so many motions inside them. They are hot and uncomfort- able after a time and the child be- comes fretful and irritable. “No, no, his new shoes do not hurt” Perish the thought. He might lose them. But his whining and his discontent, his apparent fatigue tell their own story. The new shoes are pinching. ‘This has ruined many a happy holi- day, many an otherwise gay party. The new shoes need to be warmed to the feet. form of the foot before being worn in public or for any length of time. Let | the children break in their new shoes in the house before wearing them outside and save them and other folk many a trying hour. Don’t send a boy or a girl out to a dance, shod in stiff new shoes or slippers. Get them well ahead of time and be sure to have them care- fully fitted by one who understands his business. Don't make any remarks about the size of & boy's shoes. Ado- lescent boys are sensitive about the size of their feet and will do their best to keep them looking small. If you no- tice any such feeling speak in praise of large feet, mention that they always grow ahead of the body so as to be ready to support its weight as it grows. When taking children on an all-day trip, or visit, don't have them shod in shoes fresh from the shop. Don’t say, “We'll put these away and keep them nice until we go to see grandma.” Have the child wear them for short periods in the house until they are set to his foot and he feels at ease in them, so that he forgets their glory. They can be kept nice and made comfortable at the same time. ‘The same thing holds about new clothes, although hardly to the same iextent. New shoes tire the feet and tired feet make the whole body tired in sympathy but new dresses and suits may be & trial, too. Let the children try them on a couple of times and wear them for a short while. If there are buttons gone, or a misfit shows itself, there is time to correct the deficiency. It is distressing to discover that the new garment cannot be worn on the great day because there is something wrong with it. Grace of movement, ease of manner, a mind and body at peace far out- weigh the gloss of newness in im- portance. Children have not enough experience to get the idea but grown people know. Break in the new things, Mr. Petri will give personal attention to inquiries from parents and school teachers on the care and development of children. Write him in care of this It should have taken on the | paper, inclosing a 3-cent stamped self- addressed envelope for reply. (Copyright, 1937.) Certaialy colop by mkil—wi m’th :feu:rf pirl 0se cl:nh,g arealwayy 'HN. colored, , uring, 1936 Modern Way to Quick Beauty Lies in the Facial Masques Whipping Up Circulation And Erasing Wrinkles Banishes Tired Look. By MARGARET WARNER, HE rapid tempo of modern life does things to skins and faces that none of us like. Keeping up with the day’s appointments, late evening hours, more places to go and things to do on the morrow, puts women at & tension that in the long run shows up in tired lines about the eyes and relaxed facial muscles. Woman's salvation at such times is the facial masque, which has many variations, but in one form or another is a necessity for every woman past herds—— — = first youth, and should be part and parcel of her beauty equipment. Just in case you are not well ac- quainted with masques and their use, they are usually in the form of heavy creams that are spread on a well- cleansed face and allowed to remain for at Jeast 20 minutes, during which time they draw the blood to the sur- face, creating a stinging, or at least a tingling, sensation. They tend to puff up the flesh so that furrowed brows are ironed out, sagging contours reanimated and the whole face won- derfully lifted and refreshed, at least temporarily. A masque gives one the appearance of having had a long walk in the whipping up the blood into the face and giving that splendid healthy “all's well with the world” look that we all | like to have but cannot always manage to obtain when things become too hectic. So it's a masque that comes to the | country with the brisk autumn wind | have a substitute that you can use in your own home. Do something more than merely cleansing the face and putting on new make-up over a skin that has no glow and sparkle, No one likes a tired-looking guest, * % x % JFOR a quick pick-up, before the theater or dinner engagement, try an herbal masque that may be used on the most sensitive skin with= out the slightest drying effect. Ap- plied quickly, removed with warm water and followed by a few minutes’ massage, this masque will properly prepare your skin for flattering make-up. Or & more complete job can be done with a treatment that includes a specially treated woven pink silk face masque designed to hold the muscles and contour in correct position. Dipped in a purifying lotion, the masque is fitted to face and throat. rescue and gives you a rested, morning | AN 2djustable nose-piece is provided | freshness in about 20 minutes at|!0 Smooth out eye-lines. Left on | the end of a long, tedious day. If you | {fom & half hour to an hour, sagging | have the time, and the money, by all |and unruly contours and drooping means go to a salon, lie down and | CPINS are drawn upward and youth- |relax in a dimly lighted room, and | WArd; expression lines are smoothed let some one else worry with the OUf: The masque may be used over | creams and lotions that will send you | 304 Over again and may be worn at forth looking like a different person. | 27V time during the day. | But if you don't have time for this, do| Another masque is a thin, trans- Use Contrasting | Ta'iléredbay'tiriléffj‘rock Fabrics for Particularly Smart Effect. « . it i By BARBARA BELL. OU'LL enjoy the trim, tailored lines of this slim fréck, using contrasting colors or contrast- ing fabrics with smart results. Perfect for every daytime occasion, this dress will delight you with its practical character. Wear it to busi- ness, shopping, bridge luncheons and dinner—it takes on a festive note by using satin and wool or light and dark tones of thin wool. The skirt is made slender and straight with small clus- ter of pleats at center front for easy fullness to complement the straigitt, square shoulders above long, slim sleeves. BARBARA BELL, ‘The Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1409-B. Size ... Name LU L - €Wrap coins securely in paper.) TINTS & Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1409-B is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and [ 20. Corresponding bust measure- ments, 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38. Size 14 (32) requires 2% yards of 54-inch materfal with 1% yards of contrasting for sleeve and yoke. In monotone, size 14 requires 3 yards of 54-inch material. . Watch your baby’s eating habits, Mother, if you want him to enjoy perfect health. Train his taste for, natural, wholesome food by feeding him Stokely's. parent affair that is applied to the face after the finger wave and Just before you duck your head under the dryer. This masque does two things. It protects the skin from the heat of the dryer and at the same time gives it a splendid pick-up, so that when the hair is dry and the masque removed you leave the shop in the pink of perfection, which is not always the case after a session with the hairdresser. It's pretty clever, * x % % ‘V’E HEAR & lot about *correctjve” treatments these days, and the latest one to be brought to our at- tention is one that starts with an | all-purpose cleansing cream which prepares the face for the big miracle | that happens when a transparent | reddish fluid is applied all over the | face and neck with a brush. This | whips up the circulation in no un- | certain way, making the skin sting | and smart, but only for a few minutes This skin excitement is induced as | the real skin below the outer surface | is being awakened. The chemical in this flery lotion coming in contact with the acid of the skin causes the stinging sensation as it works on the sebaceous glands and makes them function more effectively than they do in any but the skin of a very young person. In this way the accelerated blood ac- | tion makes the natural oils flow more | freely tirough the pores, taking along | with them any obstructions such as | blackheads and whiteheads. After {about 20 munutes this lotion, which | has become a dry film, is washed off | with clear cold water, leaving the face | beautifully clean and very soft. Con- inued use of this treatment is said | to clear up obstinate cases of acne in | a few weeks’ time. * ok K X | 'TIP to the wise! There's a special double-quantity sale going on this | week in a local shop. It has to do with | blended herbal oils in specially fine | creams, one for the throat and neck, | the other an outstanding treatment for | dry skin, to be used on the face. This week these two night creams are avail- able in trial sizes containing twice the usual amount at $2. Standard sizes of both of these preparations are $5.50 each. And don’t forget to see that most in- | teresting historical pageant of per- | fume that is occupying so much space | and attracting so much attention this | week in a local store. Fresh from its successes in Hollywood, where its ca- | reer began, this exhibit shows hun- dreds of unusual items connected with | the manufacture of perfume. It traces the history and romance of perfume | through the ages and was built at a cost of many thousands of dollars. For information concerning items mentioned in this column call Na- nal 5000, Extension 395, between 10 and 12 am. —_—mm——————— FREE! by Angelo Potri BE S Stokely’s Baby Foods are prepared by a special comminuting process from the finest vegetables grown in America. This process uses only the best parts of these prize vegetables, preoervuinatunl flavor and color,, retains valuable vitamins and mineral salts. Buy severalcans today. Watch how eagerly your ‘baby eats them without coaxing or fussing. STOKELY’S BABY FOODS TAD! o FRUITS » SOUPS « CEREAL ¢ For your copy. mail 3 Stokdly's Baby Food labels to Stokely Bros. & Co., Dept. W-6, Indianapolis, Dep