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Evening star., 1935-04-22
Child Invalid's Bedside
Is Place for Supreme
Effort and Clear Mind
Much Depends on Disease That Patient Is
Patronizing From Eternal
Literary Tasks.

eye on him during the night. and
are therefore more wakeful than
usual, he must not overburden you
unnecessarily during the day. As .
mater of fact, too much stimulating
attention is actually not good for the
child-he needs . certain amount Of
peace and quiet to help him combat
the disease.
A 8 TO the sick room diet-make 1t
"A as light and attractive as you can.
Lots of liquids and fruit juices, dur
ing the feverish period, and then
more nourishing foods during the
convalescent stage. Ice cream once
. day Is usually permissible and will
give to long. dreary afternoon few
minutes of pleasure and amusement.
Here are few good invalid dishes
the quantities are for one person:
EGGNoG
j. tablespoon sugar A few grains salt
/ tablespoon vanilla 1 egg white
Beat the yolk Of egg slowly. add
sugar, salt and vanilla. Gradually
add the milk. Mix well, strain and
add the white Of the egg beaten stiff.
Serve fairly cold.
PINEAPPLE EGGNOG.
1 egg 2 tablespoons cold water
2 tablespoons pineapple Juice
Beat the egg, add water and Juice,
put in q shaker with crushed ice and
shake until cold and frothy.
CHICKEN sOUFFLE.
Add / teaspoonful -four to tea
spoonful melted butter. Add, stirring
constantly, 4 cupful milk, and then
add tablespoonful soft bread crumbs.
Salt to taste, and cook for l minute.
Remove from fire and add 4 cupful
finely chopped cooked chicken. Cut
and fold in / egg white, beaten until
stiff. Turn into creased tin mold.
set in a pan Of hot water, cover with
buttered paper and bake in q moderate
oven until firm. Remove from mold
and serve hot with tiny green peas or
asparagus tips.
PEACH TAPIOCA.
9 tablespoons tapioca hcup sliced canned
!, cup boiling water Tablespoon sugar.
Mix tapioca and salt and add to
boiling water. Boil for 2i2 minutes.
then cook in double boiler for Is
minutes. Pour half into buttered in
dividual baking dish, spread a layer
of the sliced peaches on top and
sprinkle with one-half the sugar. Re-
peat. cover with the remaining tapioca
and bake in a moderate oven until the
peaches are soft. Serve with cream.
If you would like few special sick
bed recipes. and will write me for
them, I will be glad to send them
to you personally. You might men
ton any very strong likes and dis
likes your child has, so that I may
have a slight guide in the matter.
II you wish advice on your own
individual household problems, write
Betsy CaswelI, In care of The Star.
inclosing stamped, self-addressed en-
velope for reply.
Evening star., 1935-04-22

Summer IN the country Will
need a full wardrobe Of YER
i anda frocks Of the simple kind
brief little things made in
pretty wash prints and styled with
lines that are plain enough to launder
quickly.
The theme of combined fabrics is
still outstanding, and sheer organdie
or lawn near the face Is seen increas-
ingly. This dress achieves style i'm
portance through the use Of . solid
color in the yoke and sleeves and
print in the rest Of the dress. The
material may be an inexpensive lawn,
or it may be tie-print. percale. modern
calico, seersucker, pfque; even the
jumbo-eyeiet cottons in dark, modish
colors are used for practical frocks
These are especially effective In COM
bination with pastel or white.
Necklines for hot weather strike q
new low and place the accent on sim
plicity; no collars, no bows, just an
away from -the-face outline becom-
ingly shaped.
Sleeves, in most cases, are nothing
/, more than dropped shoulder seams
This one is slashed on top and insures
all possible comfort. The skirt is in
| two cores, dart fitted at the back and
| featuring reserve fullness at the lower
| side-seams.
There are two distinct color schools
| for Summer. White Is the inevitable
| favorite, white with q gardenia or
ivory cast, rather than chalk. This
is the perfect combination for pastel
shades. Dark, modish colors, such as
navy, medium blue, cinnamon, wine
Evening star., 1935-04-22
Matters of Daily Interest the Progressive Woman
Vegetables
Now Fresh
For Table
Green Products Tor
Everyday Menus
Attractive.
By EDITH M. BARBER.

By EDITH M. BARBER.
THE season of fresh vegetables
that Is what Spring means to
the woman who has three meals Q
day to plan. Poets may sing Of its
beauties and she will add her chorus
with special praise for the return
Of green vegetables to her every
day menu. The flowers are no more
beautiful to her than the fresh, young
greens, the bright red radishes, the
leafy spinach, the spicy rhubarb. that
dress the window of the green grocer
or garnish the wagon Of the huckster.
Each year we welcome back our
Spring viands to the table and we
enjoy the change from our Winter
company Of foods. They seem to
have acquired new virtues and new
interest in their absence. We must.
however, show our appreciation OF
their return by giving them the best
Of treatment, as far as preparing
them for the table goes. A fresh
vegetable deserves to be cooked, for
the flavor of even the most delicate
of Spring vegetables may be changed
by long cooking.
Vegetables cooked In small
amount Of water with dash, of
sugar and q dash of salt should be
cooked covered in order to preserve
the natural flavor. Cook them only
- Ira tonIoY
Most Of us cook vegetables much too
long and in this way change the
natural flavor. To cook asparagus,
choose a tall utensil, such as the top
Of large double boiler. Tie the
stalks together. If the stalks are
taller than the kettle, use the bottom
Of the double boiler as cover.
Greens. such as spinach and Swiss
chard, could be cooked in little or
no water. When they are young
and tender the water which clings
to the leaves after washing will fur
nish enough moisture. Place in a
kettle and stir until juice enough
to prevent burning has been drawn
out of the leaves. Cooked in their
| own juices, all the flavor Is preserved
| in greens. Onion tops make q de-
licious green when they are cooked
in water to cover until tender. They
should be served with white sauce.
Almost all vegetables may be served
to advantage with cream, although
a delicate fresh vegetable in its own
juices, with the addition of butter,
cannot be improved For a change,
grated cheese may be added to the
sauce to serve with young carrots or
asparagus, although those of us who
are devotees Of asparagus will never
tire Of 1t in any form When it is
in season let us have 1t as often as
our pocketbooks will allow us, as well
as the other vegetables which are
so invaluable as q medicine as well
as a food. II We eat plenty of the
vegetables We shall not need any
Spring tonic out of a bottle. Most
Of us find such q "dose" most ac-
ceptabie and give a ready welcome
to the Spring vegetable season.
Evening star., 1935-04-22

depends on which particular disease
your offspring Is patronizing at the
moment. If it's measles, then Q wise
investment on" your part would be
one of the very small. least expensive
radios-otherwise you are going to
have to read until your tongue and
eyes completely fail you. The radio
will soon pay for itself In saving
your time and strength. and, more
practically, by saving you money on
books
Chicken pox Is not quite 30 DIM
cult. Sparing the patients eyes Is
not quite 50 important q part Of the
treatment in this case, although read
ing too long at time is never ad-
visable for an i'll person. But bed
table games may be played, and draw
ing and painting indulged in, which
Is a relief from the eternal literary
efforts. OF course, a radio is splendid
here, too, but not quite so much
Of . necessity as in the. case Of the
measles sufferer.
CARBOLATED vaseline, rubbed on
~ the chicken pox spots as they ap-
pear, keeping them well covered with
the grease throughout the duration
of the disease, will do marvels toward
alleviating the irritation and prevent
ing scars. A large pair Of grown-up.
white cotton gloves. tied on the child's
hands at night. prevents him from
scratching in his sleep, and thus
making matters worse.
For one thing, to save you a little.
at least, don't let the child feel that
just because he Is sick YOU have to
give up every other household duty
to amuSe him. 1t Is fine for him
to know that you sympathize with
him. and that you will spend as much
time with him as YOU can-but II
he thinks that you axe just to sit
down and become his slave-then
he gives himself the airs and tenn
permanent OF . tyrant. and you are
lost.
You might also explain to him
that because you like to keep an
Evening star., 1935-04-22

YITH the Easter holidays
M well started there Is going
wv to be a pretty heavy de-
mand for formals among
the younger crowd, and so
We have been scouting around and
taking look at them in order to
give you few pointers.
The college girl. the junior miss.
the sub-deb, or whatever you wish to
call her, has a pretty definite idea
yet her budget is usually quite limited
Furthermore, she demands quantity,
as she simply will not wear the same
dress to q number Of dances, 50 this
feature has been kept In mind and Is
most satisfactorily solved by the use
Of inexpensive materials made up in
simple but charming designs.
Take for instance dainty mouSseline
de sole in white or petal pink and
palest blue, or the flower sprigged
dimities. dotted swisses and soft lamb
skin prints, all Of which come within
low price ranges. The nets and laces
are apt to be just little more ex-
pensive. Wide full skirts and lots of
ruffies give these frocka their youth
full charm and bows of ribbon or
velvet are added as accents Of con-
trasting color.
ONE very lovely mousseline frock
" has a Jacket Of the same material
closely fitted and just reaching the
waist so that it all looks like one
frock. with big puff sleeves and a
fluffy flower at the apex of the high
v neck. Through the middle Of each
sleeve Is . fine pleated rufee Of
n.ollsseline, and this pleating = Is Ie-
peated In curved sections on the skirt.
This model comes in white, pale pink,
blue and brown and IS equally lovely
In each color Another mousseline is
striped diagonally and made over a
taffeta slip with q high round neck
and three flowers across the front.
Its puff sleeves are ornamented with
rows of net ruches and the set-in
fullness at the sides Of the skirt Is
also outlined with net ruches.
An adorable little frock for less
than 10 dollars Is In petal pink NOUS
seline with a high v neck from which
four ruff1eS form q cape effect across
the shoulders, and there are two more
little rufles around the bottom Of the
very full skirt. A groSgrain ribbon
bow marks the front Of the neck and
ties around the waist. When the dress
Is white the ribbon is red, and when
it Is q pastel color the ribbon matches
Il Il II Il
A LITTLE more sophisticated Is the
"A navy mousseline over flower
printed paper taffeta in redingote
style. The mousseline overdress has q
ruffled neck and shoulders, and buttons
part way down the skirt, from which
point it Is allowed to swing out and
show the figured tafieta and trail at
the sides and back in q very grown-up
manner.
BY this time you are probably
Evening star., 1935-04-22
Dorothy Dix Says
Cannot Learn to Dread Fire When
We Burn Fingers.
We Burn Fingers.

Most of the 60 blithely on following
their inclinations until they come to
inevitable disaster And then they
cry, "Oh. If could only live my life
over again!"
Experience teaches most people
nothing about handling money. I
know q woman, reared in the lap Of
luxury. who inherited large fortune
from her father, which she literally
threw away in senseless extravaganza.
For years she went through dire pow
erty, often not knowing where the
next meal was coming from, and then
some one died and left her enough
money on which to be comfortable If
it was thriftily managed.
You would have thought that, after
= her experience, she would pinch
every penny Before she let it 60 for
instead Of that she went on buying
orgy of cars and jewels and fine
clothes and luxuries and in q couple
of years was back once more on
poverty fiat.
People learn nothing from expert
ence, even about marriage. It would
seem that those who have been un-
happily married would avoid a sec
ond marriage as they would purgatory
and that wild horses couldn't drag
them to the altar. On the contrary,
the divorced nearly Always remarry.
Often within an hour Of being freed
from one mate they take another.
Evidently the burnt child doesn't
dread the fire. And look how often
widows and widowers repeat matri-
monial mistakes and take husbands
and wives in . second venture who
are dead ringers for their first, with
whom they could not get along.
AND what is the daily spat that
wrecks the peace of so many
homes except the refusal of people
to learn from experience? No man
and woman can live together even for
month without finding out exactly
what subjects they differ on, what
antagonisms they have and how to
rub each others fur the right way
and keep on each others pet preju-
dices. And If they would profit by
this knowledge it would save nine
tenths Of the divorces.
So stupid are we about learning
from experience that we breathe a
vain prayer when we wish to live our
lives over again. We would make
Just the same blunders.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1935-04-22
Vegetable Hash.

Mix cubed leftover vegetables with
an equal quantity of cubed, cooked
white potatoes or leftover mashed
potatoes. Peas, string beans. lima
beans, carrots, beets, turnip and most
other vegetables may be used. Sea-
son with salt, pepper and minced
onion. Moisten with milk or water.
Heat about two tablespoonfuls of
bacon fat or drippings in a frying
pan. Press the hash into the pan,
cook over low heat until a crisp crust
forms on the bottom, or for about 40
minutes. Fold like an omelet and
brown.
Evening star., 1935-04-22
BY LOIS LEEDS.

4 PRIL is drawing to . close,
~ then comes May and after
~ that the opening Of the vaca-
4 ton season.
There really isn't too much
time to groom oneself for the Sum
mer holidays, but something can yet
be done during the intervening weeks.
Even If there Is not sufncient time
to remodel your figure along entirely
svelt lines, that should not discourage
you from trying exercises The exer-
else for slimming the hips and limber-
ing waist and legs: Stand about 18
inches away from q wall. Lean for
ward, rising on your toes, stretching
arms up and resting them against the
wall. Swing your left leg backward
as far as possible, then forward.
Stretch yourself well during this
movement. Swing leg forward and
far back again. Repeat the swinging
movement with each leg alternately
10 to 20 times twice a day. Exercises
like this develop grace and nexibility
to q noticeable degree In . month
or so.
If you need to trim down your
figure q few pounds besides making
it more supple, a moderate amount
Of dieting will help. Those who are
much overweight, however, should
have q doctors advice before at
tempting any reducing diet or exer-
else. The girl or woman who is just
a bit stouter than she should be can
usually find the reason for the condi-
ton in her own habits. The school
girl or business girl who nibbles candy
between meals and eats too much
pastry and Sundaes at lunch time can
easily lose q little excess weight by
correcting these unhealthful habits
The home woman, too, who samples
her own cooking too freely has within
her reach a simple and perfectly
harmless method Of reducing. Some
cases of overweight are due to In
ternal disorders. but the common or
garden variety Of fatness is caused
by too much food and too little
exercise. The remedy Is too obvious
to mention, but it should be applied
with common sense. Reducing can
often be accomplished merely by
changing . predominating carbohy-
drate diet (starches and sugar. into
. better balanced one that u equally
Evening star., 1935-04-22

"HERE Is nothing That We assert
oftener than that If we had
our lives to live over again. We
l. would do things very differ
emily from the way We have.
We would never mess up things as we
have done We would avoid the ter
rible mistakes We have made. We
would never fall into the pits into
which We have blundered. We would
be wise, prudent, self-controlled, not
foolish. reckless morons, swayed by
every impulse.
If they had their lives to live over
again, those who flnd themselves poor
and dependent In their old age, think
they would be industrious and frugal
and lay up something for a rainy day.
The drifters who have never accom-
plished anything think they would
hold fast to some steadfast purpose.
THE failures are sure they would
have achieved success If only they
had followed some other occupation.
The unhappily married man is certain
that he would never be so blinded by
q pretty face again as not to see how
selfish and mean a girl was. The un-
happily married woman Just knows
that she would not be besotted enough
to marry q man for his straight nose
and because he was q good dancer,
without considering what qualifica-
tions he had for being q good husband
and supporting q family.
"Oh, II could only live my life
over again, how differently would do
it." is the universal cry. But would
we? If we we're given another chance
at shaping our fates, would they be
materially altered? A few, perhaps.
Not many. For nothing Is more sadly
true than that the great majority Of
people never learn anything from ex-
perience. Even suffering teaches them
nothing. They go on falling into the
same bitches, even when they know
exactly where they are, what the con-
sequences will be, and how befouled
they will get.
ALL of us illustrate this weakness Of
human nature in our daily lives.
We know, for instance, from expert
ence, just what regimen to follow to
keep in good health. A hundred times
we have got indigestion from eating
mince pie, but when q particularly
luscious one Is savory In our nostrils
and tickles our palates, we send back
our plates for second helping. We
have had breakdowns from too much
work, too many parties, too late hours,
but that doesn't make US slow down
into low speed and 60 to bed with the
birds.
There isn't drunkard who doesn't
know from experience just what
liquor does to him and what . head
ache, physically and morally, 1t
leaves behind it. There Is not q play
boy who has not lost a job because OF
his inattention to business and who
cannot see ahead Of him the shadow
of the down-and-outer he will be in
age. There is not q philanderer who
hasn't found out that light O. love
can become the heaviest sort Of old
woman of the sea around . mans
neck and that the primrose path can
become the road Of doom to . man.
VET only in the rarest cases do the
l drunkard and the playboy and
the philanderer heed the warning
that their experience has given them.
Evening star., 1935-04-22
GOOdFOrn
In Writing
Materials
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: Is this sta
tionery, which has my full name
and address engraved on 1t, accord
ing to your ideas Of correct form?
After discussing forms with the sta
toner when I ordered the die, we
came to the conclusion that Miss
should be omitted. Our houses are
not numbered and there is no free
delivery from the post Office, so 1t Is
necessary to have the name with the
address. In writing business letters
sign my name with Miss in paren-
thesis, and for other correspondence
to my friends, Of course, the Miss
Is omitted. I would appreciate your
opinion, even though I am writing
for it a little late"
Answer.-Best marking for general
utility paper is an address alone, or
with a telephone number. Personal
paper Is usually marked with a mono
gram or initials, with or without an
address. Formal paper is usually
marked with monogram. Paper to
be used for professional purposes
would be marked as the writer Is
known and wishes to be written to
professionally, with an address. It Is
not exactly suitable to write semi
business and business letters on paper
that is marked without Miss" before
your name, since there Is always the
chance that a stranger will take the
liberty Of calling you by your first
name. If I were you, would use
as much as you have had stamped
when writing to those whom you
know well. But in future I would
choose an inexpensive paper for
business use, with your full name
(prenxed by Miss printed (not en-
graved) on it. If you want an espe-
cially personal and best paper, have
what I call a cherry pit monogram
engraved at the left and the address
with name omitted) engraved at the
right.
Dear Mrs. Post: have been un-
der the impression that an engraved
name alone is correct for q very
young girls personal paper, or for
professional use. However, yesterday
I saw some suggested designs. which
are supposed to have your approval
and among which was q sketch Of a
first and last name, both so short and
cut in such fine lines as to give 1t the
appearance of a square monogram.
It was very pretty but will you ex-
plain why you have suddenly taken
a fancy to names for personal use,
II you have?"
Answer full name made into
a monogram design ranks as mono
gram and is proper for all personal
use, Ones first name alone, either as
4 monogram or written out, is espe-
cially suitable for half-grown girls.
It Is also proper for the intimately
personal paper Of very young women.
Evening star., 1935-04-22
The Old Gardener Saws a:

Garden makers who are fond
Of ferns should remember that
they need to be transplanted
early In the season. Otherwise
they are not easily handled. and
when once established require but
little attention. They are espe-
cially useful for shady back yards
or for the gardens Of women who
have but little time for garden
work. Hardy ferns thrive best in
leaf mold, good light loam and
sand, well mixed. It Is important
when setting them out not to
bury the clumps too deeply or
yet to set them too high. The
proper depth Is when the little
uncurled fronds come just below
the level Of the soil. II there are
fern paintings in the garden now
1t Is well to cut away all dead
fronds and to clean out the weeds.
Then q light dressing Of loam
mixed with peat moss viii give
them . good start for the Sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1935-04-22
BY BETSY CASWELL.

YF YOUR family, like mine. has
been going through the throes
Of the usual Spring childhood
i diseases, you will have had to
face the same problems that have
been bothering me of late.
What to do with the young invalids,
to amuse them, and not wear your
own self down to q fraZzle? What
Evening star., 1935-04-22

to feed them
that will do them
the most good,
but will require
the mini m u m
amount Of per-
suasion on your
part? How to
keep them in
bed without q
b attle royal,
when they are in
the collvalescent
stage, and their
one idea is to get
q c tive inIrnedi-
ately?
~ ANvs~oa Iat o
Evening star., 1935-04-22
My Neiehbor Says:

Crocuses should be trans
planted every third year because
they produce new bulbs each year
above the old ones and this
brings them nearer the surface.
Plant where they can get sun.
To remove iron rust from
white washable materials, spread
stained place over a vessel of
actively boiling water and squeeze
lemon juice on stain. After q
few minutes, rinse the fabric and
repeat the process.
Pour of the water In which
onions are boiled three or four
times while boiling. This re-
moves the bitter taste 20 often
found in red-skinned onions.
Evening star., 1935-04-22
Cleaning Hints.

To remove fresh petrolatum stains.
sponge with turpentine. II the stains
are old. rub with turpentine and roll
up for one hour, then sponge with
more turpentine. Boiling water sets
the stain.