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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
His Family Is Cool

Dear Miss Fairfax:
After keeping company for
over five years, my fiance and
I have become engaged and are
to be married next March. Hap
piness has been somewhat
dimmed by the behavior Of his
family.
Previously, they treated me
wonderfully, but they have not
congratulated me or extended
their good wishes to us, since
the engagement has been an
nounced.
My fiance and I are kept on
strict behavior in their pres
ence. If the slightest word Of
endearment such as dear"
passes between us, we are repTi.
manded.
The climax to this situation
occurred the other evening,
when, at a small family gath
ering, we were openly scolded
because my fiance put his arm
around my waist. Isn't it the
privilege of engaged couples to
use discreet words Of endear-
ment, and to indulge in a few
caresSes in the presence Of
their families? MARY.
1t certainly is the privilege Of
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to mark the human trail
sways, once more, the pageant OF
the American pioneers!
But these are not those gyp-
sizes and adventures of 1849
fleeing monotony, seeking for
tune on a glamorous frontier.
Here, in the person of one small,
quiet, timid woman, is a greater
Spirit-a more heroic trek.
Here is a woman who fol-
lowed a man into hell because
he was her man, and she wished
to save him from despair. She
doesn't put it that way. She just
goes and does it. And never
guesses that in the doing of it
she has done more to restore
the faith and fury, the pride
and beauty Of the old American
spirit than regiments of soldiers
or platoonS of preachers.
Review a book like that cool
ly? Analyze its technique? It
can't be done. Or, at least, I
can't do it. For I've lived in
that land myself. ] know what
it means, what it does to a
woman's body and soul. And it's
not paragraphs I'm seeing as I
follow that desert wife, nor
grammar I'm hearing.
But the sudden, high yammer
of a coyote across a gulf of
darkness. And the silence rush
ing, roaring in after, drawing
you under its monstrous weight.
Or the small, Strangled sound
of a homesick girl Sobbing in
the night, biting her Shoddy pill
low lest her husband hear.
Or the smell of the first rain
drop hitting the scared earth
after the summer drought and
the cracking of the heat horror
like a thong around your heart,
and the mad, foolish babble of
laughter and tears as you run,
thrusting your hands deep,
deeper into the blessed mud!
A noble story. A story that
will make you burn with pride
because you, too, are an Ameri-
can!
But the greatest story, and
one which only a woman can
understand, lies not in the lines
themselves, but between them
the story of a husband and a
wife.
He loved her. But how did
she ever know it? For there
were days, seeming weeks, when
he did not speak. Times when
she put out her hand in a sud-
den agony Of loneliness, and he
did not take it. And when she
lay near death he did not
come-said frankly that he
would not have come if she had
died, but would have ridden fast
and far away.
It is not the fashion of our
times for a woman's love and
faith to endure through tests
like that. We feel We owe it to
ourselves to demand more of
our husbands. But she did not
demand more. She loved him.
She believed in his love for her.
She felt he had a right to be
what he. waS-that love meant
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
MUSHROOMS A LA
RORDELAISE''

Drain / can muShr oon1S; chop
six small onions very fine, and
saute them in ! tablespoon but
ter. Add the chopped mush-
rooms; sprinkle with salt, pep
per, chopped parsley and minced
bay leaf.
Cook for 10 minutes with u
glassful sherry wine. Serve hot
on toast. Fresh mushrooms In
season are delicious this way.
"TIVER A LA BOURGOGNE"
Season a calls liver with salt
and pepper; put a few slices Of
bacon in a saucepan, and let
them get very hot. Add the
liver, onion, / carrot, 2 bay
leaves minced fine; cover and
let brown.
Then add / glass sherry wine,
more salt and pepper, and Sprin-
kle lightly with flour. Let SIM
mer for about 10 minutes longer,
and serve hot, with fried pota-
toes.
FROZEN MILK PUNCH"
Sweeten quart milk with 2
cupfuls sugar; let come to q
boil. Remove from the fire,
and CRATE in " nutmeg.
When cool, freeze until half
frozen, stir in 3 cups whipped
cream, and freeze again. Add
u cup rum and cup brandy.
Let freeze until hard, and
serve.
'EELS A LA ROULETTE"
Clean and skin the eelS; let
boil with salt, pepper and
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tifying ritual and a mental
tonic!
Prepare for the bath by going
through all the little details of
grooming. Manicure or touch
up your nails. Give your face
a quick, stimulating facial. Re-
move superfluous hair. Then
soften and scent your bath with
salts and lie stretching under
water from 10 to IS minutes.
Scrub your skin with a brush
and a lovely soap and give it a
good friction with a rough bath
towel.
When thoroughly dry, give
your body a brisk Shaping with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Skin Needs Care

Dear Miss Shelby:
I am planning a long trip
in the near future and 1 would
appreciate knowing what pre-
cautions to take so That my
skin will cause me a minimum
of discomfort. 1t is very Ten
der and burns easily.
Sincerely,
R. I. A.
Dear Miss R. I. A:
The best thing to do for your
skin is to give it good protective
care. Since your skin is the SEN
sitive type, it probably is in
clined to dryness, too. Give it
plenty Of lubricating cream
rich oily creams that seep into
the pores and keep the skin soft,
nourished and protected from
sun and wind.
You will need a cream for
cleansing, night and morning.
Use very little if any soap on
your face. If you use it at all,
use at night just before retiring,
first removing makeup with
cleansing cream. For your night
treatment, cleanse with cream.
remove with tissues. Pat on a
mild astringent lotion. Then ap-
ply a rich nourishing cream, pat
ting it we'll into the skin with
outward upward movements.
Leave on all night, except on
porous parts such as nose and
chin.
In the morning, cleanse with
cream, remove with tissues, then
pat on a soothing, protective To-
ton, or apply a thin film of
your cleansing and nourishing
cream, leave on a few moments
and remove, then apply make
up.
Keep a tube of cream in your
handbag or in the car with a
small bottle of skin freShener.
During the day when necessary
to renew your makeup, cleanse
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
The Rhyming
Optimist
By ALINE MICHAELIs

Changed and ChangeleSs
] never can go back to the old
places
And find in every street and
house some change,
And catch no glimpse Of any
kind, known faces,
But only meet eyes wary, glanceS
strange,
Without a wonder that times
silent going
Can thus so alter all the world
I knew,
And make Of firmest substance
but a flowing
Elusive veil the wind might
wander through,
I never can go back where waves
are flinging
White spray. red Seaweed still
upon the sand,
Where, as Of old, the punctual
tides are bringing
The ancient tribute Of the sea
to land,
But that I marvel things so
changeful seeming
Endure unchanged, while all the
rest was 6reamingl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01

a fragrant eau de Cologne and
dust it lavishly with a clinging,
soothing bath powder. Emerge
from your bathroom radiantly
clean, and enveloped in a soft,
haunting fragrance that lasts
the evening, or good part Of a
warm day.
There is no better cure for
the blues, or more pleasant
way to brighten a drab day, or
quicker way to restore your
self confidence and social
grace! Why don't you try it?
Choose bath aids that are
good value for your money and
then you won't mind your in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Thinks Of Dropping Her

AAAAAAS Va DAVPPAAA6 AASA
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Since I met her a year and
a half ago I have fallen deeply
in love. She is just the kind Of
girl that I respect and admire.
! haven't even dared to kiss her,
but, with her permission, once
or twice I have slipped my arm
around her.
Time after time I have tried
to discover if she cares for me
even a little, but I never can be
sure. Sometimes I think of
dropping her, because the I'm.
certainty is so hard to bear.
But she is just the type Of girl
I'd love, and that is so hard to
find these days.
We always agree about things
and get along splendidly to-
gether. Where would find her
like, if I did drop her?
You would certainly be very
foolish to drop your ideal girl,
when, in my humble opinion,
you seem to be making consid-
cradle adway with her.
There's nothing like a little
frankneSS, sometimes. Ask her
how you rate with her. Bear
in mind the old poem: He
either fears his fate too much, -
etc. Suppose you quote this
poem to her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01

against tn e
blazing blue.
Beneath-the
endless quiv-
er of the sun"
dashed sand.
Silence S o
taut it made
the ear-drunS
ache.
Distance so
vast it broke
the m in DIS
small grip.
Across t h e
sand, a tiny,
crawling dot.
A makeShift
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01

team-two humans and a dog.
Behind them, all they'd ever
owned. Before them? They
had not the least idea. But
they were one, against a wilder
ness. So on they went.
Red butte. =. black shadow
.. and white courage, flung like
a great flag against the saw
age challenge Of a worlds
deSpair-that is the setting and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
By Elsie Robinson

taking him as he was. So she
did!
We have needed the evidence
of love like that for very long
time. We have needed, desper-
ately, the evidence of such cour-
age. Here they both are. And
all America should be thanking
YOU, Hilda Faunce.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
PATTERN

shown this one makes a fitting
companion pillow for these.
Pattern 750 comes to you with
a transfer pattern of a design
II inches in diameter; material
requirements: color suggestions;
and illustrations of all stitches
used.
Send 10 cents in stamps or
coin (coin preferred) for this
pattern to The Washington
Times Needlecraft Dept, 50
Eighth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
BY JULIET SHELBY


Enter the season Of more
elaborate tubbings! Hasty,
skimpy baths, showers and
jumps into the sea are getting
a. bit tiresome. More enjoy
able baths are in order, with
lovely scents, exquisite soaps
and salts and fragrant dustings.
Don't go in for an ordinary
bath-just a jumping into the
the tub, scrubbing and jumping
out. Get relaxation, inspiration
and a lovely sense of well-being
from your bath. Make it a
harmony of fragranceS, a beau
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
NELL BRINkLEY PILLOW

This pert Nell Brinkley girl
adds another one to the en-
broidery collection of lovely
heads by this renowned artist.
In this design, the drawing has
been faithfully translated into
embroidery and has retained all
the daintiness and charm for
which these girls are famous.
You can embroider her in any
coloring that you fancy. Being
Of the same size as the four
Nell Brinkley girls previously
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01

meager the
resources at
the cook S
9 ON mand-
always the
food is tasty,
d ellie i ously
favored, and
pretty to look
at. A pity
that this can
not be SAID OF
A m e r i c a n
small = t o W n
hotels!
w h e n I
think, for in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01

0BGSA4SSS Va WAN !
string beans served in France
pale green threads Of melting
tendernesS-and compare them
with the piece of black, tough
leather, complete with Shoelaces,
that are called string beans in
small restaurants here-I hang
my head with shame, and reach,
automatically, for the soda BIZ
carbonate!
There is not space enough for
q tenth of the wonderful French
recipes which should like to
pass on to you here. Therefore,
I must be content with giving
you a few choice ones, today,
and, from time to time, print
the others.
7 have picked these out care
fully, because they all involve
the use of wine or spirits in the
Notwithstanding which we
all need to brush up on!
PINEAPPLE BISQUE"
Beat the yolks Of four eggs
with one cup OF powdered sugar:
add one pint of cream; stir well,
until very light. Then add one
small shredded pineapple, and a
few crushed macaroonS. Mix
well with a wineglaSSful Of bran
dy. let freeze, and serve in small
glasses.
SDUCK AUX CHANIPIGNONS"
Clean and season a pair Of
ducks, and cut into pieces at
the joints. Heat 2 tablespoons
butter in saucepan; add the
ducks, I onion, chopped fine, 2
cloves of garlic, and herb
bouquet, chopped.
Cover, and brown q few
minutes; add 1 cup water, and
stew until tender. Then add u
can mushrooms, and glass Of
c1aret, and let simmer until
done.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01

vinegar. Then cut into 3-inch
pieces. Heat 2 tablespoons
butter, add l onion chopped,
stir in tablespoon flour until
brown. Add cup water, salt,
pepper, and a little minced
parsley, bayleaf and thyme.
Let boil well, add the eels,
and glass red wine. Boil 10
minutes longer, thicken the
sauce with the yolks Of 2 eggs,
beaten, and seasoned with
lemon juice. Serve with fried
croutonS.
FRENCH STEWED RABBITS"
(Keep this for laterD
Skin and clean the rabbits;
cut into pieces at the joints,
season well. Heat 2 tablespoons
drippings in a Stewpan, add
the rabbits, / onion, 2 cloves.
garlic sliced fine, 2 sprigs Of
parsley and thyme.
Let all brown for a. few
minutes; then add / cup hot
water, and cook slowly until
tender. Thicker the sauce
with flour and butter; add !
glass claret; boil up, and
serve hot.
SUNDAYS MENUS
DINNER
Cream Of Corn Soup
Duck aux ChampignOnS
ShOeString Potatoes
Braised Celery
Pineapple BiSque
CHILDREN'S SUPPER
Milk Toast
String Beans
Compete of Bananas
Milk
SUPPER
Creamed Duck on Toast
String Beans
Lettuce and Green Pepper Salad
Compete of Bananas
Coffee or Beer
Write Betsy CaswelI, inclOS"
ing self.addressed, stamped en-
velope, on your Individual prob
lens of table etiquette and ar
rangement, what wines to serve
and when, care of The Wash.
ingtOn Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Desert Wife"

Red butte. Black shadow,
hard and thick as lacquered
Jet. High cloud, flame white
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Circles Under Eyes


Dear Miss Shelby:
In the last few months my eyes
have developed large, puffy,
dark rings under them. Can
you tell me how may cure this
condition?
Sincerely, w. r.
Dear Mrs. w. F.:
Puffiness and dark circles
under the eyes may be due to
lack of rest and sleep, poor Cir
culation, inactive elimination
or eye strain. Get at the rea-
sons for this condition and try
to correct them.
A good local treatment Is to
place congresses of cotton over
the eyes wrung out Of cold
water and drenched with witch
hazel, cold tea or other sooth-
ing lotions. Smooth ere a m
about the eyes first, and if
your eyes feel very tired, use hot
instead of cold congresses.
Both are good. Relax as long
as possible.
If you cannot correct this
condition by good care and local
treatments, it might be as well
to consult your doctor, for it
may be due to some internal
arrangements.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Household
Hints
Sort Potatoes

Potatoes purchased in small
amounts should be sorted and
picked over on their arrival.
Keep the large ones to bake
and use the small ones to boil
in their jackets.
Remove Stains
Silver polish or securing pow
der will remove the stains from
old dishes, especially tea and
coffee cups, and make them
look like new.
To Clean Dishes
Overturned dishes can be
cleaned by soaking them in a
solution Of borax and water.
Injuries Aluminium
Sal soda, caustic soda, potash
and household ammonia will
diScolor and injure aluminium
ware.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
She's Only One

Dear Miss Fairfax:
She used to go with a friend
of mine, but broke up with him.
I asked her if 1 had a chance,
but she said that all men are
alike, and she wouldn't take any
of them seriously.
I am too much in love with
her to even look at another girl.
She's exactly my type.
When a girl tells you that all
men are alike, and that she
doesn't take any of them Sc
riously, she's just flirting. I
should say your chance is quite
as good as the next, if you don't
show her too plainly how much
you care.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Betsy CosweII Presents Choice
Recipes Which Involve Use
Of Wine or Spirits
BY B E TSY GAS w E L I
WomGn's Pare Editor

The cooking France has been famous for many
10 need any extra words of praise from humble person
as myself
For centuries that country has held position of the high
est rank in the culinary world and cooking has become such
with the French that the lowes peasant knows how
to make the savory best out Of his poor soup pot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Advice to the Love|orn = By Beatrice Foirfox

young man very well, that it's
not much more than a hello"
acquaintance. Under these cir
cumstances, it would be very
bad taste indeed to borrow his
class ring, and it would GER
tainly look as if you were
running after him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Another Permanent

Another Permanent
Dear Miss Shelby:
I had my hair done in a per
manent three months ago. Is it
quite safe to have another two
weeks from now Sincerely,
B. r.
Dear Miss B. R.:
If your hair is in a normally
healthy condition and If you
give it good care, I hardly be-
lieve it will do any harm to have
the ends curled again. OF course,
lots of girls use the little curling
gadgetS t. curl the ends Of the
hair with very good results.
If there is still a little curl
left in your hair, this method
would be very easy as it would be
quickly effective and quite last
ing. You might try it before
having the permanent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01

engaged couples to use words of
endearment and indulge in ca
resses. Absence Of congratula-
lions or good wishes on the part
of your frances family implies
they do not wish the young man
to marry.
Perhaps they think he's too
young, or that his salary doesn't
justify the responsibilities Of
marriage. It's a trying situa-
ton, but it will be better for
you both and your future rela-
lions with them, if you do not
openly resent their strange be-
haVior.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
She'd Like His Class Ring

Shed Like His Class Ring
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'm very much interested in
a boy who is going away on
a vacation very soon. He al
ways bushes when he sees me
and Stammers out Hello" I'd
like to borrow his class ring,
and then he'd be bound to look
me up when he came back in
the fall. I don't want him to
think I'm running after him.
PATRICIA.
From what you've told me, I
imagine you don't know this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01

No matter where one goes IN
France, no matter how tiny the
town, how small the inn, how
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Sun.Lamp For Acne

Dear Miss Shelby:
Are Sun-lamp baths ettica-
cious in counteracting acne? !
have a dry skin, would that have
any bearing on the treatment?
Sincerely, N. G.
Dear Mrs. N. c.:
Yes, the sun-lamp baths are
supposed to be very good. OF
course, their tendency is drying,
which Is unfortunate for you.
It is a pity that your skin is
dry and there should be some
thing to counterfeit this. The
main thing is to cure the acne.
When that is accomplished you
can give your skin the right
treatment.
In the meantime I think you
can use a little cream no your
skin, especially around your eyes
and on your throat and a little
on your face, taking care to
leave none on your nose or chin
or blemished places. Use a light
pure cream.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01

We are delighted to hear that
Annie j. Suckrow is still trying
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-01
Juliet SheIby's Beauty Counsel

your skin instead Of applying
new makeup over the old. A
tube Of cream, plenty Of tissues
and squares of absorbent cotton,
and you can keep your skin
fresh, clean and well protected
all day long. That is the whole
secret. Protective care.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-12-26

the hourglass r slipping swiftly
away. The old year Is dying. Soon
the new year of 1875 will be born.
And as 1t Is born, there Is also
born a son In the home of a French
goldsmith In Boston. Apollos Rlvors
was his name when he landed on
the shores of America. But when
he was marri ed to Deborah HIGH
born, he Angilcized his name to
Paul Revere. And on January l,
1875, when this little son Is born
to them, they give him the name
of Paul Revere also.
Young Paul will grow up to fol-
low his fathers trade, to become
an expert goldsmith, an artist, a
dentist, In fact, a very versatile
young man. But history will not re-
member him for his skill In any of
those trades. Instead, 1t will remem
Der him as the courier on a mid
night ride" In ITS. 1.-The British
are comingl" he shouts, as he
r0uses every Middlesex village and
farm" and his voice will come thun-
dering down through the years to
remind us how he rallied the pa
triots to the defense of those lIber-
ties which were first demanded In
Virginia and In Rhode Island In
1875. a hundred years before he
was born.
While little Paul Revere Is just
learning to crawl about on the floor
of his fathers house In Boston,
q son Is born to a farmer living
near Braintree, Mass. The date is
October 10, 1875, and this little boy
Is also given his fathers name
John Adams. He is to go to Harvard
college, to become a lawyer, and in
l765 to write for the Boston Ga
zette n series of essays denying the
right of the English Parliament to
impose taxation upon her American
colonies without their consent.
In IT'S he Is to attend the Con-
t%inental Congress In Philadelphia
and there to propose as commander
of the army, raised to defend Amer
lean liberties, a Virginian named
George Washington. And when an
other vlrginian. named Richard
Henry Lee, offers the resolution that
"These United Colonies are. and Of
right ought to be. free and indie
pendent States and moves Its adOp.
ton, this same John Adams will
second the motion and will be ap.