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The Washington times., 1936-06-25

81 believe many mothers will be
interested in your answer to this
problem.
"Just a few words about letter
which appeared in your column
a day or two ago. A stepmOther
wrote you regarding her husbands
brutality to his own children by
a previous marriage.
81 wished so much, when I read
the letter that you had insisted,
rather than suggested, she take
the matter up with the proper
authorities. This father will not
cease his brutality unless that is
is done. MRS. E. W."
In spite of the lack of formality
of the present generation, certain
observances give a girl better
standing socially if they are OBJ
served. And it's certainly better
form, in having blind date, If
the "datees" meet in the girls own
house than If they're introduced
on the sidewalk and whirl off in
a car.
Please let me thank you for the
nice things you said about my
column, which I'm too modest to
print. In regard to the brutal
father who beats his children, it
seemed to me better to suggest
rather than insist that his wife
take this up with the Legal Aid
Society. Breaking up families, or
plunging them into the divorce
courts, is far from the object of
this column.
AS we are talking about beaterS,
it will interest you to know that
DR.. George Brand McCurdy, of
Yale University, has discovered
that ancient Natufians-a mem
ber of the ape clan linked by
anthropologists with the ancestry
of man-had the peculiar human
habit of beating their wives. This
will answer several letters which
have come to me from women who
have been beaten.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

some persons feel ChaC all arCl-
ficial hair coloring or bleach
should be taboo-and we agree
with them, provided the natural
color or absence of color is more
in keeping with their type and
environment.
One of the reasons for con-
demning dyes and all hair color
ing iS-the first and old methods
brought such unsatisfactory re-
suits that the whole scheme has
had a lot to live down, and, be-
sides, the average person is not
given quite as much information
on this subject as on other things.
We know dozens of women and
girls whose hair is tinted regu-
larly and kept in beautiful natural
shades-but you may be sure they
are not inclined to tell every one
they are covering up gray hairs
why should they?
Many business women of middle
age and even younger persons,
too, who hold responsible positions
feel gray hair would mean dismis-
sal for them. Then, there is the
young, middle-aged woman in
high social positions who simply
can not have gray hair.
These women keep their hair IN
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
DIVIDES ATTENTION
Dear Miss Fairfax:

"He was engaged, and then we
met and fell for each other almost
Immediately. Apparently he di-
videS his time between both of us.
My mother doesn't like this and
asked for an explanation. He
said if / waited long enough I'd
find out whom he cared for
most. "JEANNETTE."
These gentlemen who divide
their time impartially between a
fiancee and a girl to whom they
have taken fancy do not offer
to either girl a firm foundation
of hope. A third charmer may
pop up at any time, and displace
the other two. Do not take these
will-o'-the-wisp gentlemen too Seri'
ously.
This will partially answer A. B.
C. who begs me not to put her let
ter in the paper, but does not en-
close a self-addressed, stamped
envelope for a personal reply. AS
answers to letters are not very in
teresting, when just the answer
is given, this column always pub
fishes both letter and answer.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

lovely. But they did invite all
the young mans friends-girls
and boys with whom he had
grown up-and gradually he
began to notice the difference
between these young people and
the crude, gushing girl.
"But the young lady was not
without her attractions, which
she turned on a very well-tO-dO boy
in the group who would inherit
from his grandfather. She tried
to keep her hold on both boys,
but the first boy began to lose in
tereSt in her, and this affair soon
died a natural death.
"She married the other boy and
divorced him within a year. Per
haps Distracted Mother" may be
able to get some helpful ideas
from this, but / hope she will not
say anything derOgatOry to the
girl and her family, to her son. He
would probably never forgive her.
"Now that it's all over, the first
boy is thankful to his parents, and
says he can't imagine why he was
ever interested in the girl in the
first place.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

Return Calls
At Once
ByMRs. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN

ByMRS. .CORNELIUSB BEECKMAN
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
eve have recently moved to a
small city and, never having lived
in a small city before, / have come
to you with my problems.
"I have had a dozen or more
callers, about half of whom have
left cards. How soon should / re-
turn these calls? Should / tele-
phone first to see If they will be
at home, or just call and leave my
card if they are out?
SHOULD I leave my husbands
card, too?
''My mother says that, on NOV
ing to a new place, it is not neceS-
sary to do any entertaining the
first year, unless one wishes to.
Is this correct? T."
These are important questions
when one is a newcomer to city,
especially a small city, where peo-
pie know one another well.
Return those calls just as soon
as you possibly can. The quick
return of a call, especially well
coming-into-our-con1mun call,
shows enthusiasm and gracious
appreciation of the friendliness
and neighborlinesS 1t isn't nee
eSsary to telephone first just
take your chance on finding these
new friends at home, And leave
your card if the friend is not at
home.
Yes. Leave one of your own
cards for the hostess and one for
any other adult woman in the
household. For instance, leave a
card for an older daughter, for
an aunt that may be a member of
the household. But don't leave
more than three of your cards.
Leave one of your husbands cards
for the hostess, one for the host
and one for any other adult wo-
man or man in the household.
I don't quite agree with your
mother, for it is important to es-
tablish your social position at
once in this new community. And
the best way of doing this is to
invite people to come to see you
no matter how simple the enter
tanning may be. To postpone this
inviting of these new friends for
such a long period would certainly
be interpreted as a lack of in
terest or enthusiasm in doing your
share of the social returns"
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Times Dali y Pattern
PATTERN 4O37

There isn't one among us who
won't want this cool, slim-line
frock that's so flattering, SO prac.
tical for warm weather wear! You
must have one, or more, in a
dainty cotton fabric-perchance a
bright gingham, a printed percale,
gay poplin or colorful dimity? It's
so easy to turn ''home dress
maker" for few hours with the
aid of this simple Anne Adams pat
tern, and when you're through
you'll have a cool frock ideal for
home, garden and porch wear.
You'll find the long center panel
will make you seem so much
taller, the cape sleeves keep you
cool. and the adjustable belt as
sures you a well fitted waistline.
Pattern 4O37 is available in sizes
Is, 18, 20, "a, SO, 38, 40, AZ, A.
46 and 48. Size SO takes 4 yards
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Illustrated step-by7Step sewing
instructions included with each
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Write plainly name, address and
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Send for our ANNE ADAMS
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The Washington times., 1936-06-25

THOSE lovely long panels at
Il tached to a collar are here at
last, and with one you can trans
form any dress into something
new and fashionable. You've seen
many smart new frOckS with lace
or embroidered batiste all the way
down the front. They are both
summery and chic, and now you
can initiate them with any dark
dress. Panel and collar is priced
only So, and the panel is full
length, ruffIed and in several
types, with varied collars. You
can use them with redingOte coats,
with sheer dresses or with crepeS.
They are good with both prints
and plain cOlOrs.
HERE'S another small conven-
IL ience for any householder
woven names for your sheets,
that say twin" "single" or
double" You sew them on all
sheets, then can sort them easily
as they come from the laundry,
without having to open up sheets
to find out what they are. They
are Is cents a package, and come
in various colors on white tape.
WOr names Of stores showing
the items described here, call
District 1000, Extension 459,
during business hours. or write
Miss Laville at The Times, in
closing self-addressed, stamped
envelope.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
||M{::&.::::~''''':.?!, NJ: ~! !,
~ WILMA LAVlLLE
WILMA LAVILLE

EOR really de luxe pic
Il nicking get a set of
matched paper plates, cups,
spoons, forks, napkins and so
on. You can not only have
them matched as to color, but
as to design, too. The cups
have handles, so that they will
hold hot things if you so de-
sire, the spoons have handles,
and the part you use is de-
mountable, so you can put any
number of spoons, forks, etc,
into the handles, and use them
again. You merely buy refills
in a package for 10 cents.
Prices are hard to quote, as it
all depends on how much and
what you buy, but they are
reasonable. A last touch is
paper salt and pepper shakers,
2 for 5 cents.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
INVITATIONS
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. BeeCkman:
"FOr the past year a boy who
lives across the street has been
taking me to dances, parties and
so forth. My graduation exercises
take place in the afternoon. 1 go
with this boys sister and I am
quite friendly with his mother and
father. The question is this:
Should I send him a separate in
vitatiOn and then one for his fam
lily? May"
Since all of the members of this
family are so important in your
life, I suggest that you send one
invitation to the boy, one to his
sister and one addressed to Mr..
and Mrs. John Humphrey. Then
everyone will be honored. and
pleased.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
WEEKEND
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
81 am to be invited to spend
a weekend at a country home.
/ should like to know if it is Gus
tOmary to take the hostess a gift,
and if so, when is the proper
time to give it upon arriving or
when I leave? a."
It is the custom, a pleasant
and generous-thoughted one. for
a weekend guest either to take a
gift with her when she goes for
the visit, or to send gift of
some simple kind with the bread
and-butter letter that she writes
at the earliest possible moment
after she arrived at home after
her visit.
If you take the gift with you,
you give it to the hostess when
you arrive. There isn't any point
in holding back on the presenta-
ton!
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

2 cups of vinegar
3 quarts of currantS
l pound of seeded raiSinS
l teaspoon salt
y teaspoon of cloves
IA teaspoon of allspice
"a teaspoon of nutmeg
Combine the sugar and vinegar,
bring to boil and simmer gently
until sugar is thoroughly dis.
solved. Then add the cleaned,
washed currantS and the seeded
raisins which have been chopped
fine Boil IS minutes, then add
the salt, cloves, allspice and nut.
meg. Boil minutes longer, then
pour into clean, hot sterilized jars.
Cover with paraffin.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
FaVOrite

This weeks contest is Stin1ulu-
ting. 1t is food for the Fourth of
July.
What do you like to haze? II
1t is unusual, if it is good, send
it in. Your cash prize 1Dill help
you enjoy your holiday.
The entries in the contest are
limited to rectpeS-not menus.
1t is for such things as salads,
picnic dishes, cool beverages, and
Just those things that "hit the
spot"
The tDinner chosen from en-
tries sent in last week for
cherries.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

Use puff paste for them, cut
ting into small rounds. Fill with
the following mixture, the rounds
being large enough to fold over
the mixture, pressing edges to-
gether. Brush lightly with yolk
OF egg diluted in teaspoon of
cold water and cook in a hot
oven until they are amber in
color. Serve Immediately.
The filling is made of cooked
chicken or veal that is minced.
To each cup of meat, "a cup of
cam ID mushrooms would be
needed, l egg. / teaspoon of
parsley, l teaspoon minced onion
(optionaD salt and pepper and
a little cream.
Melt a tablespoon Of butter in
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

the skillet and add the meat, the
mushrooms, opped fine, the
parsley, onion and enough cream
to moiSten. Be careful not to
brown the mixture. Add salt and
pepper to taste and take from
fire. Beat the egg until light,
add this, then add just enough
breadcrumbs to bind the mixture.
Spread a little in the middle
of each pate and follow direc-
tions for baking. These pates
must be served just as soon as
they come from the oven. Left
over bits of ham or duck may be
used in place of the chicken or
veal.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

For those who like to see gleam-
ing jewels of fruit on their pantry
shelves neatly labeled and dated,
here are some tested recipes. They
are planned to use in little diff
ferent manner the wealth OF fruit
on the market.
In obtaining the desired con-
siStency for jellies and thick pre-
serves, both acid and pectin are
needed.
Certain fruits have sufficient
amounts of one of these, but need
to have the other added to them
either in combination with other
fruits or artificially. Berries are
of this type.
Both raspberries and blackber-
ries lack sufficient pectin.
The rind of lemons and oranges
gives additional flavor to this thick
marmalade.
Blackberry Marmalade
3 cups of prepared fruit
l lemon
5 cups Of sugar
/ orange
u bottle Of fruit pectin.
To prepare the fruit, peel off
yellow rind of l orange and /
lemon with sharp knife, leaving as
much of the white part on fruit
as possible. Put yellow rindS
through food chopper; add y cup
of water and 1s teaspoon of soda;
bring to a boil, cover, and simmer
10 minutes. Cut off tight skin of
peeled fruit and slip pulp out of
each section. Add pulp and juice
to cooked rind. Crush or grind
about / quart of fully ripe black
berries. Combine with orange
mixture.
Measure sugar and prepared
fruit into large kettle, filling last
cup with water if necessary. Mix
well and bring to a full rolling
boil over hottest fire. Stir con-
Stantly before and while boiling.
Remove from fire after five min
utes and stir in bottled fruit pectin.
Then stir and skim by turns for
five minutes to cool slightly to
prevent floating fruit. Pour quick
ly into Sterilized glass. Paraffin
hot marmalade at once. This
makes 8 glasses.
Sweet Cherry Conserve
4 cups of prepared fruit
Grated lemon rind
"a cup of lemon juice
Z cups of sugar
12 pound of chopped seeded raisins
/ cup of finely chopped nut meats
l bottle of fruit pectin
To prepare fruit pit about 21a
pounds of fully ripe sweet cher
ries. Crush thoroughly or grind,
add p cup of water, bring to a
boil, cover, and simmer Is min
utes. For a stronger cherry
flavor add "a teaspoon of almond
extract before pouring). Crate rind
and squeeze juice from two lemons.
Measure sugar and prepared
fruit, solidly packed into large
kettle, filling up last cup with
water if necessary. Add lemon
rind and juice, raisins and nut
meats, mix well, and bring to a
full rolling boil. Stir constantly
before and while boiling. Boil hard
for S minutes. Remove from fire
and stir in bottled fruit pectin.
Then stir and skim by turns for
just about minutes. Pour quickly
into Sterilized jars. Paraffin at
once. This makes II glasses.
Spiced CurrantS
6 cups of sugar
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
CORRESPONDENT ANSWERS
DISTRACTED MOTHER"

"Dear Miss Fairfax:
"May / offer a suggestion to
Distracted Mother, whose problem
was published in your column
recently and was almost identical
with a case that happened in our
own family. The mother and
father of the boy in question had
the feeling it was dangerous to
meddIe in the love affairs of their
son.
$50 they invited the unwelcOme
young lady to visit them, and al
though the girl was crude and
gushing, they seemed to discover
nothing about her that wasn't
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Beatrice Fairfax Advises
Mother Who Opposes
Girls Blind Dates
Bv REATRICE FAIRFAX

Written Exclusively for The Washington Times
Dear Miss Fairfax:
MY daughter aged 49, goes out with boy friends occasion
ally and has-what the girls ca-bnd dates insist that
these boys be introduced her properly in her home
rather than her girl friends home out the street when
they are ready to start place in
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

FOR AN OUTDOOR SUMNER

BELOW ARE culottes Of
pique, in sun colors, stripes
or plaids. The jacket but
tons up and has action back.
Priced $1.59 for each piece,
or So for the suit. For names
of stores showing these cos
tunes, call District 1000, Ex-
tension 459, during business
hours or write Miss Laville
at The Times, enclosing self
addressed, stamped envelope.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Cherry Cheese Turnovers

8 cakes % ounces) OF cream
cheese
6 tablespoons of butter
2 cups of flour
12 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons of baking powder.
Force cheese through a sieve
and chop in butter with a fork
or a pastry mixer. Sift dry ingre-
dientS together and add to cheese
and butter a little at a time. Work
with a fork until dough is formed.
Shape into a roll about 4 inches
in diameter. Place in refrigerator
to chill. This pastry is best when
it has been chilled IL hours or
more but can be baked after chill
ing for an hour or so. Cut off in
slices and roll very thin. Place a
spoonful Of cherry filling made as
follows:
Filling
l pint sour cherries washed and
stoned
l cup of sugar.
AOu C14CI14eS W sugar dI4u COOh
over low fire, stirring until sugar
is dissolved. Simmer gently until
syrup has been reduced to a glaze.
When syrup begins to thicken Git
is necessary to stir constantly over
low fire to prevent burning) pour
on centerS of pastry, fold over to
a triangle and press edges to-
gether with a fork. Place on
creased baking tins and bake in
a hot oven until lightly Drowned.
Sprinkle tops with powdered
sugar.
Submitted by Mrs. H. H. Allen,
3042 Monroe st. N. w., D. c.
Rules for the contest: Write
on one side of the paper only
and include your name and
address under each recipe. As
many recipes as you aDiSh may
be entered. Mail them to Miss
Jean Green, The Washington
Times, 1917 H st. N. w., before
midnight, Saturday, June 27.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

HERE ARE two ideal
costumes for summer play
time. At the top is Una
Merkel, of the films, posing
in slacks of knitted cotton,
in navy or brown, and plaid
gaucho shirt. The slacks are
high wasted and full.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Modern Appliances Ban
Chore Aspect of
Kitchen Art
BY JEAN GREEN

passe This chore which used to be annual
the days before electric ranges and air conditioning
done only for pleasure
Manufacturers have become skilled in the preparation
these decaces that for the most part economy to pur
chase them
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

What you have waited fora
new novel by May Christie-"Lux'
ury Model" Start 1t Monday in
The Times.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Good Hair Tint1ng Proves
Real Beauty Aid
By DONNA GRACE

We believe in using every reasonable at hand for
improving ones looks There few beauty aids that
always been classed artificial and drastic;
of them is hair dyes.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Creole Recipe

The foou0ng recipe is from NeaO Orleans lady uOhO
famous for the delcGcies her hospitality has long G
fOrded her fortunate guests. The Times 1vN print one of
these recipes every day.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
PETITs PATEs CHAUDs

This are tiny puff paste pate which served for the hors
the cocktail hour in the French Creole home
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Metal Cabinets

Metal cabinets are becoming
popular in the kitchen. Not only
can they be "done" in many col
ors but they have other advan-
tages. They do not swell, their
size is not affected by moisture.
They may be purchased with doors
swung on hinges or that slide.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

HERE is the new and correct shirt
IL for a man to wear with his
summer dinner jacket. It is of
fine vale white pique, and has
an attached collar. There are
French cuffs to match the pleated
bosom, so that you may wear
your gold cuff links, so fashion
able now. The shirt is $3.50, and
with t. is shown the correct tie,
black with pointed ends, and very
narrow.
IN odorleSS hair remoOer has
II been sought for gears, and noD
that haze really SnlelIed this
remover myself, / IOiu pouch for
the fact that it is odorleSS. 1t
1DGs originally made to take hair
oft the face, 1DhicEI giveS you an
idea OF hotO safe it is to use for
legs and arms. 1t is in potOder
form, easy to use, and quick. For
7rerIy it 1DGS much too erpenSiue
to use in large quantities, but no1D
it is reasonable to use for renoU-
ing unSightly hairs before you start
the summing and outdoor season.
1t comes in Soc, 81 and $3.50 sizes.
Just thin it 1Dith cold tUGter and
apply.
X
UNUSUALLY good looking and
u Summery are these pastel
shantung uniforms for maids.
They have short sleeves, which
makes them cooler and much
more practical, and white collars.
The colors are unusually nice, and
the price makes it possible to lay
in good supply. They are but
$3.50. styles are attractive too.
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Left. PUPPY HAS ROLE
IN SCHOOL PLAY. A scene
in the play "Nadita' as pre-
sented by sixth-grade pupils
of the West School for its
Parent Teacher Association.
Sitting (left to right, Mil
dred Keiser, Charlotte
Minkoff and Thelma lager,
standing. Lois Marks and
Betty J. Wheatley.
Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1936-06-07

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Tenn, found two buZ-
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The little hen Matched
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ture OF the happy family.
Associated Press Photo.
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