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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-15
BY BARBARA BELL.

IF YOU are career" woman, and
in plain English that means II
you spend your days in an of1ce,
= or a school, or have anything to
do with this getting up early In the
morning and appearing mpeccably
dressed during business hours, you'll
want some smart, simple frocks.
Dresses that don't require too much
of your time and energy to slip into,
and to wear without dashing to a
mirror to see how you look.
This dress is one that you'll like,
If you have q limited time to groom
yourself for the day. 1t Is easy to
get into, there are no fussy details to
adjust, and it is very chic frock
withal. It has the new irregular
closing in the blouse, line that
dashes of to one side, and lapel
which trims the other smartly.
This seems to be q series OF
"don'ts." But, don't wear color
that is too arresting at your JOB. wear
quiet color, one that won't get on
your nerves after week or two. Re
member that you are an efficient per-
son, with q certain amount of dignity.
And dignified people don't wear bril-
liant plumage in Office hours. Rather
they wear soft, dark shades, colors
that sort Of go into the background.
And If we know anything about offices,
there are times when the more you
fade into the background the better.
Sometimes it pays to be inconspic-
uous. So choose blue, or brown, black
pr gray Plum wont shrtek aloud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-15
Variations
In Practical
Hospitality
Dinners or Weddings
Involving Unusual
Circumstances.
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: One of my
husbands clients, who is a very
charming person, invited us to din
ner and unfortunately I was helping
on a charity drive and explained the
circumstances for my having to re-
fuse. She said she understood and
promised to ask us soon. Which is
long time ago now. May I ask her
instead Of waiting?"
Answer-Certainly! In fact, if you
want to stand on ceremony, it is
actually your turn to invite her.
Dear Mrs. Post: My fiance's family
entertained my parents, sisters and
me at dinner after paying their first
visit. Mother would like to return
this hospitality and thinks we ought
even to ask other nearest relatives,
outside of his immediate family, at the
same time. Surely mother must be
mistaken"
Answer-H your house is large
enough your mothers suggestion would
be q very nice thing. But it Is not
necessary that you invite the whole
clan-and all of them at the same
time-unless you want to. In any
case, it would be we'll, think, to
consult your fiance about the men,
bers of his family to be invited, espe-
cially If your house is not big enough
to include them all.
Dear Mrs. Post: Several months
ago my husband received an an
nouncement of the wedding of war
time buddy. He was busy and neg
lected to do anything about it and,
Of course, I don't know either the
bride or the bridegroom. Is it too
late to do something? And should it
be q present."
Answer-It Is not too late. but
whether you send a present or not
depends upon your husbands feelings.
If he does not want to tdoes not feel
able to- send present, then he need
do no more than write q letter wish
ing him and his bride happiness. But
this much he really must do. and at
once.
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Let Children.
Have Share
In Real Task
Sometimes Ruled Out
In Plans For Their
Own Parties.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

IT CAN put the candies on, mother"
= "Now Jimmie, you can see that
am as busy as q bee, trying to do
everything at once and you get in the
way. Do go away and find something
else to do, not worrying me-"
1t was the day before Jimmie's birth
day party and preparations for the
feast were well on the way. Jimmie
wanted to help, but he was shooed
away every time he came near.
20, mother" he called hopefully
from the porch where he had taken
place Of vantage. II could fold the
napkins, couldn't II"
Goodness mol You'd spoil them.
Now, If you want this party to be
anything. just get out Of the way. I'll
attend to everything. You 60 play"
On the day, Jimmie wakened bright
and early, dressed in hurry and re-
ported briskly for duty. What can I
do, mother?"
Nothing, Jimmie-nothing at all
but stay out of the way. You won't
be needed until it Is time to dress. See
If you can't find somebody to play
with"
Jimmie wandered of. disconsolate.
He hung about the yard, walked to the
corner and back. peeked into the
kitchen, then into the dining room,
ambled out to the porch again. sat on
the steps and sighed. BY and by Aunt
Kitty came. whats the matter
Jimmie? expected to find you dane
ing hornpipes Of joy. and here you are.
moping like sick cat. Don't you
know this is your birthday and you
are going to have party? Wake up"
Yeah, know it is my birthday
and we're giving party, but don't
count. There isn't any fun if you
don't count. Somebody always chasing
you and telling you to get out Of the
way. It's no good. I'd rather 60 to
the lot and play ball. ! would, only
want piece Of cake"
One of the mysteries of life is the
reason for this treatment Of children.
We are so anxious to give them every
thing possible in state Of perfection
that we make them feel useless. We
give them no share in their own bust
ness. We can put the candies on the
cake in a perfect pattern. The chill
dren would make crooked lines. We
can fold the napkins beautifully and
they might spoil few. We can plan
a perfect course Of study for them
and they may turn their backs to
our well-selected program. Why? Be-
cause it counts them out.
1t Is necessary to a childs healthy
growth to feel that he counts this
present minute. It Is useless to tell
him that today he must stand aside
and let you do the perfect work so
that he can enjoy it tomorrow. To-
morrow means nothing to him. He
lives this minute. and unless he feels
that he counts in it he loses faith in
himself and In us.
Give the children their share Of
| whatever comes. Let them take part
in the preparations, let them share in
the work, let them know the feeling
of responsibility. They will interpret
this as appreciation and affection and
be proudly competent.
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the housekeeper to make note of the
various recipes, so that she may offer
her family a different taste sensa-
ton on each succeeding Sunday.
From Russia comes the first recipe
in today's group. 1t is said to be an
adaptation Of an original invented by
the father of the late Gear of Russia.
Whether this is true OF not, the fact
remains that the finished product is
wonderfully light, fluffy and appetiz-
ing.
SOUR CREAM COTTAGE CHEESE
PANCAKES.
eggs.
Y, cup cottage cheese.
y cup of flour if cream is thick or
q cup if cream is thin.
T. teaspoon baking soda.
q teaspoon salt
"a cup sour cream.
Beat eggs, add cheese and blend
well. Sift -four, measure, resift with
baking powder and salt. Blend sour
cream and egg-cheese mixture, add
-four mixture, and beat thoroughly.
Dip out about a cup batter for each
cake; saute in butter on a moderately
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Gourmet's Guide
By LUCE EBERLY.

A MARGERY of cheese piquantly
blended comes in tubes which
keep it fresh and creamy. 1t is used
as a filling for pastry roarts, crisp
and tasty. This new spread is
French import and is difficult 10
secure. We hear that an uptown shop
has lust received a shipment which,
we understand, is diminishing rapidly.
If you are looking for something to-
tally and delightfully."- different in this
line, your "Sherlocking" should end,
for the cease is solved"
CEEN on the bargain counter OF one
fancy grocer Special crao
meat, white tuna fish fakes and
famous brand of salad dressing. AS
the supply is limited, we suggest that
you hurry down before it is exhausted.
A HEALTH SALAD-tomato aspic
made with fresh homemade to-
mato Juice and raw vegetables-car-
rots, cabbage, onion, celery and green
pepper; seasoned just right! Sold in
individual molds or by the pint in
cartons Made by woman who
maintains a stall at the club market
we mentioned a few weeks ago. This
same person also specializes in salt
rising bread, the kind our grand
mothers used to make and the type
that is considered the finest of breads.
1t is SO digestible that many physi-
clans recommend it for children and
the convalescent. Baked in pound
loaves-selling for Is cents loaf.
A NEW imported Austrian cheese
which has been added to the al
ready lengthy list of fancy cheese
is being received along with the sea-
sons first shipment of Baby Gouda
and Edam. This new edition Is
called Romandur, and is Camembert
type, piquant and creamy. Surpris-
ingly low in price. 1t is, as far as we
know, exclusive with one local mer-
chant, who has, by the way, some OF
the finest Roquefort that ever found
its way to Washington
Tor information concerning items
mentioned, call National 5000, ex-
tension 1896.
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neither will some of the lovely dull
greens. If you love red. choose Du-
bonnet, or some soft raspberry shade.
Don't have some high-powered execu-
tive who has lost his poise howl, Hey.
you-in the red dress" Choose nice
soft wool, not too heavy, for over
heated offices are legion. Have the
contrasting belt and lapel of a be-
coming color. Choose a reticent
makeup, and forget your appearance
until o'clock.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1761-B IS
designed in sizes "a, SO, SO, 40, AZ
and A. Size SO requires 31a yards
Of 39-inch material and V yard for
contrast.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to understand.
Barbara Bell Fall pattern book
available at is cents. Address orders
to The Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-15
OVERRIDING
After Golf
Dangerous
Added Exertions Put
Burden on Heart
and Lungs.
BY JAMES W. BARTON, M. D.

A GOLF CLUB not far from me
"a recently installed an electric
"lift," to carry the players from the
last. or eighteenth, hole up q steep
hill to the club house again.
Some of the players and observers
have had a good laugh at this. as
they point out that climbing a hill
Is the best exercise possible for the
heart and lungs.
That climbing hills is good exercise
for the heart and lungs is due to the
fact that climbing calls on the huge
muscles of the thigh and legs to lift
100 to $50 pounds according to the
weight of the individually upward,
which is much more work than carry
ing the body forward with one foot
always on the ground.
However, the average golfer Is not
an athlete, but a business man, who
gets away from his office once to three
times a week, usually just for the
week end, and he Is not in hard"
condition physically. By the time he
travels the golf course Of average
length, he has walked q number Of
miles, and called upon his heart to
do considerable extra work-much
more than it Is in the habit of doing.
Thus, when he comes to the last
hole, his heart has done 50 much
extra work that some of its reserve"
power has already been used up. To
ask the heart to climb up stiff hill,
when it is already tired, means using
almost all its reserve power.
To add insult to injury. the average
golfer, after a shower, Immediately
takes some Observation-Disclosures
and drinks-just when the whole
body. including the digestive system,
Is very tired. The result Is, In some
middle-aged or older players, a severe
strain on the blood vessels-greatly
increasing the blood pressure.
While some players are young and
athletic, the average golfer of middle
age-usually an ofice man-wouid do
well to use the electric lift at the
end Of the game. If there happens
to be one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-15
AS Temptingly Golden
AS if Touched by Midas
Enchanted Fingers
Special Recipes Will Provide Discriminating
Housekeeper With Choice of Types.

hot griddle. Serve hot with plenty Of |,
butter and sirup or honey. This |
recipe will yield about 10 to IL cakes.
FLANNEL CAKES.
2 cups flour.
y teaspoon salt.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
1la cups milk.
2 eggs.
Sift the salt, flour and baking pow
der together. Beat the eggs and add |
them to the dry mixture. Then add |
the milk. Drop mixture in table
spoonfuls onto a hot, buttered griddle,
and cook until golden brown. Serve |
Immediately with butter and strip.
CAMPFIRE PANCAKES.
y cup milk
p cup flour.
l egg.
tablespoon butter (melteO.
Pinch salt.
Dissolve the flour in a little of the
milk. Beat the yolk Of the egg and
the white separately. Stir the yolk
into the -four and milk mixture until
the batter is the consistency of cream.
Add the melted butter, and then the
white of the egg and the last of the
milk. Melt little butter in very
hot frying pan, and then pour in
enough of the batter to thinly cover
the entire bottom of the pan. Fry to
light brown, turn with knife. and
brown on the other side. Remove
from pan, and keep hot, while three
other pancakes are fried. Pile all
together in the manner of q layer
cake with butter and powdered maple
sugar or cinnamon sugar between each
cake. Cut in wedges and serve hot
with more butter.
BUTTERMILK GRIDDLECAKES.
u cup sweet milk.
cup buttermilk.
egg, beaten.
l teaspoon soda.
u teaspoon corn meal
teaspoon melted butter.
cups flour.
Mix the milks. add the egg. well
beaten, and then the soda, salt and
melted butter. Last, stir in the corn
meal and the flour. Heat griddle and
rub over with cut turnip-or grease,
If preferred. Drop the griddlecake
mixture onto the hot griddle by
tablespoonful and cook until golden
brown, turning once. Serve with but
ter and strip.
BREAD PANCAKES.
~ cups stale breadcrumbs, ground
fine.
IL cups milk.
2 eggs.
q cup flour.
2 tablespoons butter.
1a teaspoon salt.
teaspoons baking powder.
Soak the crumbs in the scalded milk
and melted butter until soft. Add the
eggs, well beaten, then the mixed and
sifted flour, salt and baking powder.
Fry like buttermilk gricdlecakes.
If you wish advice on your individual
household problems write to Betsy
Caswell. in care Of The Star, inclosing
stamped, self addressed envelope for
reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-15
Closet Finds
Realm
For Beauty
All Sorts of Touches
Decorate AS Well
AS Inspire.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

pY THIS time your big moving and
- decorating problems are probably
settled and you can indulge In the
genuine joy that comes from attend
ing to the little things. Isn't it the
little things, those that are compare
lively unimportant that give you the
greatest thrill. II you are a house
wife you doubtless take great pride in
those appointments and gadgets that
are literally extra" not ordinary; the
things you can do without in a pinch,
but thank Heaven the pinch isn't nee
essary.
One Of the little things that will
give you an expanded-chest feeling is
a closet beautifully done" I know.
I take great pride in mine and GER
tainly don't object when curious guests
open them just to look in. You might
wonder how this subject fits into
beauty column. I'll tell you. We're
expanding. We've long since moved
from the dressing table. taken space
in the bath room as well, and now
we're marching on, even to the closet.
GuCUul a6CS oVV0 oIVOlAuks
Everything that encourages beauty
and good grooming belongs to the
beauty column. And Just as the
dressing table beckons, sit down,
take your time, do a beautiful job of
your makeup" SO the lovely chest
says. Nov arrange things systemat-
ically, hang things right and in place
and keep yourself groomed up to my
standards"
It Is true that the woman whose
dresser drawers are always perfectly
arranged and whose closet bears in
spection Is bound to be a picture of
grooming herself.
The closet accessories one can buy
today (and one need not have a
kings ransom for it, are charming
fascinating color schemes, handy
gadgets, hangers, shoe boxes, hat
boxes. hat stands. makeup boxes, in
dividual cellophane dress covers or
bags big enough for several dresses
chang your Summer ones away in the
Winter and vice versa. With such
q closet you're bound to make it a
habit to brush your shoes, put in the
shoe trees Ito keep the shoes in shape)
and set them in their dust-proof
boxes. Let me urge you to ''air' your
shoes and dresses frequently, then
hang them in place.
Closet Perfumes.
A lovely little luxury is the sachet
tassel which you hang on the dress
or coat hanger. It imbues the gar
ment with very delicate fragrance.
CHang it behind your curtains, too,
and what sweet things it will do to
the room when the wind blows.) An
other luxury, you can paint the
shelves with perfume and the fra
GRANGE will lnger long "a year al
mosD. Then there are deodorants
that can be sprayed in. These will
keep tobacco and similar scents as
well as moths out and q mild fra
GRANGE in.
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MY Neighbor Says:

Ground evergreens and princess
pine will grow well in your Winter
outdoor boxes. Spring bulbs such
as narcissus, tulips and crocuses
may also be planted in these boxes
but instead of planting them in
all loan plant in an inch Of sand
and an inch Of loan, alternating
loan and sand until box is full.
Before attempting to paper q
whitewashed wall brush wall over
thoroughly with equal parts Of
vinegar and water. If this is not
done paper will not stick.
Cover a can Of paint that has
been partly used with water, STIR
ring paint thoroughly before add
ing. This will keep paint fresh
until it is to be used again.
If two tablespoons Of shorten
ing are added to the batter when
making griddle cakes it will not
be necessary to grease griddle.
copyright 1880
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to live with us and am determined
to have no in-law in the house.
I've explained to the mother that I
think that every young husband and
wife should 60 of to themselves when
they marry, and that want my home
and my wife for myself. I have also
told her that I will provide amply for
her, either by setting her up in lit
tie apartment or at a hotel or board
ing house near enough to us for her
to visit her daughter every day, but
she is not satisfied with this arrange
ment. Says that she has been with
her daughter every day since she was
born and that she cannot live with
out seeing her every hour. AS matters
are now, the daughter has to work
hard to support her mother, while
am able to support her In luxury. Is
not the mother selfish in being willing
to keep her daughter shaving so that
she may crafty her desire to be al
ways with her? The mother is the
most tiresome bore on earth and feel
that I cannot stand a lifetime of her
society, even for the sake of the girl
I love. A. B. c.
Answer-You are quite right in the
position you take in wanting to estab-
lish your own home free of any cum
bering in-laws, and the fact that the
girls mother is determined to thrust
herself upon you when she knows her
self unwanted shows what a trouble
maker she would be.
MY ADVICE Is that If you have to
Az take the mother in order to get
the girl to let the girl CO. She is too
heavily handicapped. Besides. she
must lack character and spirit to be
50 completely under her mothers
thumb as to give up the man she loves
and the opportunities of such mar
rage as she is not likely to find again
rather than cross mamma. The man
who marries a girl with a mother
complex always runs bad second to
mother. Mothers pleasure and con-
venience are always considered before
his. Mothers opinions are her guide
and he lives to the tune Of Mother
said we should do this" Mother
thinks we should not do that" Mother
can be the deadliest rival that any
husband can have and the one OF
whom he is most jealous.
Once a woman said to me that
in the IS years that she had been
married she and her husband had
never eaten a meal alone once together
or taken a ride without mother on the
back seat or gone to movie without
mother accompanying them, and that
she knew that the greatest treat that
her husband could possibly have would
be to spend a week with her alone.
y n + y
NOV in this particular case the
mother was rich woman able
to have maintained her own home
or to have travelled or to have gone of
to Winter or Summer resorts, but she
never budged a yard away from her
daughter If she could help it. She
went to live with her when she got
married as a matter of course. because
she could not bear to be parted from
her even by the width Of street,
and she never left her even for a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-15
Cooking Hint

When soft-boiled eggs are left over,
reboil them until hard, put yolks and
whites separately through q ricer or
sieve and use as q garnish for
vegetables.
A few slices Of raw potato put into
soup that is too salty and boiled for
. few minutes will freshen the soup
and make it palatable.
In order to empty q can Of aspara-
gus without crushing the stalks open
the can from the bottom instead Of
from thu ton.
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visit as she had no interest outside OF
the daughter and 1t never occurred
to her that she was taking her happi.
ness at the expense of her daughters.
Often, of course, it is impossible for
a mother to live anywhere else except
in her children's home, but even then
she should do all she can to ameliorate
the situation by not being perpetually
under foot, by staying much in her
own room, by not always insisting on
going out with the husband and wife,
and by realizing that every husband
and wife have things they want to
talk over in private.
The mother who is financially able
to maintain her own home should
never. never go to live with her chill
dren. She should give them their
chance at happiness and remember
that when she married the last thing
that she wanted on earth as a bridal
present was a mother-in-law.
y -
nEAR MISS DIX: Is it true that
no man loves fat girl and that
girl has to have a string bean figure
In order to have dates? I am a little
overweight. Must I go on a diet in
order to be popular with the boys?
JANE.
Answer-I am afraid that I cannot
give an authoritative answer to this
question, Jane. Personally, I belong
to the Mae West school Of thought
on the subject and admire curves more
than I do angles. but I am afraid that
the living skeleton is still the mascu-
line ideal Of feminine pulchritude.
What man sees to admire in a
rack Of bones I'm sure / don't know,
but there is no arguing about taste,
so there you are. and observation
shows that the young women who look
like incipient cases of tuberculosis do
seem to have the edge over the plump
maidens who show that they have
lived on good juicy steaks instead Of
olives. However, there are exceptions
to this rule and occasionally you will
run across a man of sense who is
looking for a wife who shows that
she is hale and healthy and will take
an interest in cooking. to one who it
takes no prophet to foretell will be
nothing but a doctors bill to her hus.
band. DOROTHY DrY
(copyright 1889
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Cooks Corner
By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE
NrAYc r>r rvr,~

MEALS FOR TWO.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes, Chilled
Ready Cooked Wheat Cereal
Fried Eggs and Bacon
Buttered Toast Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Bean Soup Sailed Waters
Cookies Peach Sauce
Tea
DINNER.
Baked Hash
Buttered Beets
Bread Plum Butter
Vegetable Salad
Baked Pears Coffee
STEWED PRUNES.
mo Sugar RequiredJ
u pound dried tablespoon
prunes lemon juice
teaspoon
cups water cinnamon
Wash prunes well. cover with water
and let soak over night or the euuiva.
lent time. Cover and simmer IS min.
utes. Add rest of ingredients and sim
mer 80 minutes.
If long, slow cooking is used for
prunes the natural sweet is brought
out so that no sugar is required.
BAKED HASH.
tablespoons ] cup diced
fat cooked pota-
2 tablespoons toes
onions IL cups cooked
tablespoons meat
green peppers y cup gravy or
(optionaD milk
Melt fat and add and brown onions.
peppers, potatoes and meat. Add gravy
and pour into buttered shallow baking
pan. Bake 20 minutes in moderate
oven.
BAKED PEARS.
4 pears teaspoon
p cup sugar butter
2 tablespoons
lemon juice u cup water or
IA teaspoon orange juice
nutmeg
Peel pears, cut in halves and remove
cores. Place in shallow pan and sprih.
kle with sugar. Add rest Of ingredients.
Bake 80 minutes in moderate oven.
Basic every 10 minutes.
Use scissors for removing pulp from
peppers.