Evening star., 1928-04-19
SUB ROSA
ny MIMI.
Are Games Useless
ny MIMI,

mo will not learn to play bridge" F"
declared Betty fatty. Its a ridiculous
waste OF time. It's perfectly absurd
the way grown people will simply spend
their lives around little table fussing
with cards. can't see 1t, I'm too
lively. I've got too much fun in me to
stay home playing games or reading or
| doing one of the other tircsome old
maid things mother Is always raVing
about"
Thus Betty at 20. young. pretty and
popular. Well. after all why should
| she take up bridge or pinochle or any
| thing else she didn't want to?
Why should she cultivate taste for
books when the very sight of a book
filled her with boredom
The boys were all for her. They en-
| couraged her Betty danced like a
streak, made any dinner party a big
success and could drive car as well
as any man in town. What had she to
gain by learning games?
To-day she's IS, and of course shes
married to one of the incest boys in the
| world. He's stunning and amusing and
| everything else her heart could desire.
| He hasn't much money. That is, he's
| iuSt got the ordinary good job that
| keeps him busy and sends him home
| tired from the Office every day.
Betty wishes to heaven he wouldn't
come home quite so tired. In fact. his
evening attitude is one of the few dark
clouds on her horizon. Why, she simply
doesn't get a chance to live these days
She iust doesn't have any tun at all.
Jack can't afford to take her out much.
Night clubs seem TO cost so much more
than they did when one went out with
| a different boy every night.
And dinner partieS--well. the young
people in their crowd don't give many
dinner parties. As for liquor parties
Jack is too tired for them. They keep
him up late and give him bad head
ache the next morning. What Is there
for poor blond Betty to do?
The evenings are getting to be
positive nightmare Jack comes nome
and wants to read That isn't fair OF
him. He knows Betty hates 10 read.
He might at least talk to her But
there doesn't seem 10 be an awful lot
Ipto talk about
Other young people when they cofne
in for the evening. want TO play
bridge Or else they want To drink.
Jack won't hear of the latter and Betty
is merely amused over the former Sug-
gestion.
what is there left? They get awfully
tired OF going to the movies, and the
theater can be only an occasional
treat.
So there you are. What's to be done
about II? 1t seems 20 me that little
Elizabeth had better get over her strong
aversion to games.
There's no more ridiculous pastime
than gin parties and all-night dancing
They're cheap. pleasant means OF pass
Ing an evening with friends.
Half the average young couples IN
America have taken to them~~not
through lack OF mental training, but
simply from q desire to make the eve
nings enjoyable.
When two young people like Jack
and Betty have no tremendous absorb
ing interest to occupy each evening
are no great readers or lovers OF mu-
sic--they can do no better than 70 turn
TO games for their diversion.
Games. II they serve no better pur-
pose In the world. keep Just such cou-
Piles from boredom. or. worse Still. high
flying on a small income.
tcopyriKht. 192sl
Cheese Pudding.
To eight ounces OF -four add one tea
spoonful OF baking powder and a little
salt Work in two ounces Of butter
Next stir in two ounces of grated
cheese. Wet this mixture with enough
cold milk TO make a stit paste, and
line n deep creased pudding dish with
IL. Now fill the dish two-thirds full
OF yellow string beans. or wax beans.
that have been cooked and cut into
small pieces. reserving the liquid. Add
one chopped onion and the pulp OF two
tomatoes Next add a piece of butter
the size OF an English walnut and cut
in tiny pieces, and a little pepper and
salt Pour In enough of the bean liquid
to moiSten well. cover with a plain
pastry or baking powder biscuit and
steam for two hours.