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Evening star., 1936-10-07

"In giving these percentages for the
food part in the family budget, home
economists caution against interpret
ing them too literally. Every familys
budget Is a special case, based on what
that family wants and needs. The
food bill may cover hospitality and
other social obligations and satisfac-
tions. Also, retail-food prices vary
with the locality, the season, and even
with the stores in the same COM
munity. Percentages of income such
as those given cannot be used as a
precise yardstick of how much fam
lily should spend for food. They are
merely rough guide.
"NUTRITIoNIsTs also caution
against allotting certain
amount of the family income for food
and letting 1t go at that. Sometimes
the amount of money spent for food
Is no index of the kind of diet the
family may be getting. Food may
take large slice out Of a generous
family income and still not provide
the foods needed for health and WE'LL
being. In other words, family may
spend enough to get good diet, but
may make such unwise selections from
the standpoint OF nutritive variety
that the assortment of foods may not
be as desirable as less expensive one
more carefully chosen.
The final test Of any food budget
and any diet plan is Of course how 1t
works out in meals on the table.
Oftentimes, if you know your food
values, it Is possible to duplicate
meal plan at different cost levels. Take
a dinner featuring liver, for example,
a meat looked on with favor by the
nutrition specialists because OF It's
high rating in iron and vitamihs.
Liver of all kinds places high among
the protective foods.
With liberal food budget the menu
might be:
Calves liver and bacon-relish.
French fried potatoes.
Buttered broccoli.
Dinner rolls-butter.
Fresh fruit in season.
Spice cake.
Dropping down to a more moderate
cost level, the menu might become:
Braised beef liver with gravy.
Baked potatoes or hominy.
Buttered caulifower.,
Hot biscutts-butter
Apple tapioca pudding with top
milk.
At the minimum cost level this same
general pattern might he carried out
as:
Scslloped liver and potatoes.
Quick-cooked cabbage.
Bread and butter.
Applesauce-ulilk,
Evening star., 1936-10-07
BY BARBARA BELL.

'\ODAf pattern-tWo separate
garments-gives you an idea
how chic you can appear when
= clothes are chosen with taste
and discrimination. Any blouse as
clever as this one can be worn sue
cessfully with q dozen different skirts.
and any skirt, equally fetching and
serviceable. can justify dozen differ
ent blouses.
An unusually fiattering neck treat
ment with the folds giving way to a
jabot effect and surplice closing, lend
distinction to the blouse fashioned in
a solid crepe. pastel silk or gold metal,
while the skirt relies on a slenderizing
front panel ending in pleats to relieve
its essential simplicity. Try satin,
velveteen, silk, crepe. or velvet for the
skirt. You don't have to start of with
a dozen patterns; just send for this
one and make your own changes.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1883 Is
available for sizes IA, Is, 1s, 20; 40, AZ,
A and As. Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, "a, SO, 38, 40. AZ, a and
46. Size l6 (3D requires 25s yards of
SO inch material for the blouse and
2ls yards for the skirt.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
Is easy to understand.
Send Is cents for the Fall Barbara
Bell pattern book. Make yourself at
Evening star., 1936-10-07
BY MARGARET WARNER.
This feeling of elegance that Is

THIS feeling Of elegance that Is
sweeping through the entire
realm of fashion is particularly
a apparent In the luxurious fur
trimmed coats for Winter. A coat
this season is something to be chosen
with great care and worn with much
pride and satisfaction. The finest Of
materials and the most elegant Of
furs are used in lavish profusion in q
number of silhouettes that tell the
fashion story in its several modes
The flared silhouette, the fitted body,
massive fur collars and borders.
smooth velvety woolens and other
rich weaves, including hair mixtures
all contribute their share of the new
formality among these dressy coats.
You will find them in woolen or fur
with flare back fullness as well as in
straighter versions.
There are six distinct coat types of
outstanding interest for you to con-
slider before making your selection.
First comes the swing or princess
model with or without a belt, with q
widely faring skirt and huge collar
of long haired fur. This type of coat
is best suited to the tall woman. The
half-and-half coat is a clever way Of
compromising between q fur and q
cloth coat. Here we have the top half
of the coat Of fur, snugly belted about
the waist and cloth skirt. These
coats are particularly good when
Persian lamb Is used for the upper
half. We have found several of these
In town. One has wide round collar
over side closing, and the lower edge
of the Persian overlaps the skirt
section in shallow scallops and is
beited with two narrow strips of black
leather. A black velvet scarf is at
tached to the inside of the collar at
the back for use when the coat is left
open. These coats are quite expensive,
being in the neighborhood of $500.
THE Embroidered coat is another
interesting model and essentially
belonging to this season. The band
ing may be as narrow as an inch and
half or as wide as five rows of mink
or marten. Persian lamb in black
or gray is the most used for this pur-
pose, as a fiat fur lends itself best to
band trimming. One model that we
saw has four narrow bands around the
Evening star., 1936-10-07
Fretful Day
5Often Due
] To Fatigue
;Child's Indisposition
Needs Careful
Handling.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

my. I'VE had an awful day day with
A'A George. He's not given me
a minutes peace since morning. He
has cried and cried, about nothing
He wouldn't do this and he wouldn't
do that. When he got what he
wanted he didn't want 1t. never
was so glad to see 6 o'clock come
t my life"
rs he asleep"
"Yes. but he looks feverish 10 me.
! took his temperature and It's nor.
NAL. He was Just plain bad"
But he was not just plain bad, II
that means he wanted to make all
the trouble he could to annoy other
people. He had no such idea. He
felt all wrong inside himself and ne
could find no peace. He was tired
out, sick with fatigue, or coming down
with an illness, which amounts to
the same thing.
When you find that you are facing
o bad day with little child lower
your voice, quiet your mind, be gen.
tie in your movements. LOOK at the
child's tongue and If it Is coated,
treat him for that condition at once.
Put him to bed. He will not want to
60 but he must, and If you have 10
nut everything else aside to keep him
in bed, resting, do so. You Will not
make any headway with him, going
about the house in this upset state.
1t will be sooner over if he is put to
bed and treated for fatigue at once.
Feed him lightly. If he refuses food
don't force it. Tell him story, sing
SOFTLY to him, soothe him to rest. 1t
Is rest he needs. If his temperature
shows a rise call the doctor. A doc
tors visit, on time, often prevents an
Illness. A word from him often puts
the mother at her ease and allows
her to take care of the child in bet
ter heart. Often all that is needed
Is rest, open windows. light diet, plen-
ty of water to drink.
There are children who have such
bad days in spite Of all that their
mothers can do to prevent it. In
spite of carefully prepared diets,
guarded routines, intelligent care, the
bad day comes. This child has some
personal, peculiar characteristic that
brings on the condition. Sometimes
experience shows us what this is and
now to handle it, sometimes we do
not discover its origin and cause, and
have to do the best we can.
Rest is the first medicine. II that
Is administered in time we may not
have to take other measures. This
prescription is not as easy to admin
lister as it is to prescribe, but the
mother of such child soon discovers
the method that succeeds best with
her child and establishes the tech
nique.
- Puzzled mothers say, But he has
had his rest. He has never been al
lowed to deviate from his schedule for
o single day. I've done all that"
But the child Is telling us that some
thing is wrong. Maybe he needs rest
from the schedule. That, too, is rec-
essary. Rest him, and If you find
that is not the answer, call the doctor.
f (copyrisht. 1860
Evening star., 1936-10-07
Principles of Food Budgeng Often Prove Puzzle ousekeepe
Excessive
Avoirdupois
Few Helpful Hints on
Dress for plump"
Figure.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

WHAT about the woman who is
w more than Just pleasingly plump?
Is she Dame FASHIONS forgotten
woman? Surely she can't wear the
princess line, the wasp-waisted frock.
the Observation-Disclosures vogue,
the padded shoulders, tricky sleeves,
winged-back evening gowns Is she
to 60 into hiding for Rip Van VIM
kle spell or work of the excess fat
at breakneck speed incidentally
breaking up fat, disposition and
health thereby. We recommend
neither. We heartily subscribe sane.
sensible reducing regime, slow but
sure with not more than two pounds
q week loss and that providing it has
the doctors o. K. And we recon-
mend simple, lovely. long lines that
give an illusion Of slenderness and
lie to the scales.
Try the simple long lines, you styl-
ish stouts, and next thing you know
some one will ask you how long you
have been reducing.
Perhaps the lesson is more easily
learned If you know what to avoid
In the FIRST place, have the courage
to say no" 10 Fashion if her latest.
whim doesn't suit your type. Know
when TO meet her halfway and when
TO detour. Dark colors are your forte.
Black relieved with Jewel touches or
o bit Of bright color; navy blue and
In fact any Of the dark autumn
shades 50 popular this season. 1t is
the high colors you want to avoid and
the shiny-surfaced materials. Taffe-
tas and satins are not for you. Flat
crepes are fine and sheer woods are
good and stylish. Avoid color con-
trasts, particularly a bright blouse ors
jacket with dark skirt-cuts height
adds width. The heavy. long-haired
furs are for@sthe slim. Flat furs for
you. These, happily, are the last
word in fashions dictates for this
Winter. Wide. tricky. faring sleeves
are not meant for too-generously pro-
porticned arms. Have the sleeves
perfectly cut, well-fitted, not skins
tight. but fitted nevertheless to give<
an illusion of slenderness. Avoid
"a oNSASbos ANOAA NdA4o anu
at the wrists. Avoid wide belts. Avoid.
cross lines or round lines. Long or v
lines are best-at the neckline. at the
back and waist. The inverted v or
tucked under the bosom princess line
is not for you. But don't bemoan your
fate. Fashion still has enough left
to fiatter you. Make comfortably
fitted" your code. Don't take a size.
too small feeling you can fool the.
world and disguise the excess avoir-
dupois. You'll only emphasize and
make matters worse.
And If you want to get down to a
sane. sensible reducing regime send
self-addressed, stamped (3-cenD en-
velope for my bulletin on Reducing
Hints"
tcopyrisht.e 1857
Evening star., 1936-10-07
Dorothy Dix Says
Marriage Laws Do Not Need to Be
Changed, but Humans Do.

congenial husband and wife should
be bound together Free lovers would
live together only so long as their
love was fresh and beautiful and
thrilling, and when they began to
weary Of each other they would kiss
and part and seek fresh mates.
CHARMING theory. Only it doesn't
work out in real life. Somehow,
love nests proved to have all the dis
advantages and none of the comforts
Of the regulation home. Unfortunately
human nature being what it is, lovers
did not fall out of love and grow
weary of each other at the same time
and then there was a broken heart
and scenes and recrimination. Even
swapping partners was a failure. be-
cause the traders found out that in
getting new husband or wife they
had simply exchanged one set of
faults for another.
As a matter of cold fact, the hap
piest marriages are those that con-
form to the old pattern Of marriage
where q man and woman take each
other for better or worse until death
do them part, and then settle down
to making the best of their bargain,
overlooking each others faults, loving
each others peculiarities because they
are Johns or Mary's little ways, work.
ing together building up fortune and
rearing family. growing closer and
closer together all the time. and giving
each other a devotion and q loyalty
that never fails.
There isn't much the matter with
that kind Of a marriage. 1t doesn't
need to be changed. What needs to
be changed are the modern men and
women who have not the honesty to
live up to the contract they have
made; nor the grit to endure mar
riage when it doesn't come up to their
expectations; nor the steadfastness
and loyalty to hold to any one thing
or person. DOROTHY DIX.
fCopyrisht. 1880
Evening star., 1936-10-07

The bureau says:
Take O family Of four-two adults
doing moderately active work and a
boy of 10, say, and an 8-year-old girl.
With a yearly income Of about $4,000,
or $40 a week, food supplies to fur
nish a diet acceptable from the nu-
tritionist's point OF view, would take
approximately % to 81 per cent Of
that income. This would buy a mini
mum-cost or a moderate-cost diet, ac-
cording to the plans suggested by the
Bureau of Home Economics Or. with
q weekly income of $50 $4,000 a year, /,
things being equal, family Of four
(of father, mother and two children)
might choose a more liberal diet and
allot 81 per cent Of their money to
the food item in the budget. A family
Of the same size having a much lower
income, $3.50 a year or less, would
have to spend about 81 per cent or more
for food to have the lowest cost diet
that is fully adequate.
*x*
A FAMILY OF two adults, on the
other hand. at the s2,000-a-year
level. could have moderate cost diet
by using about Is per cent Of the
income. Or If they have SIS coming
in each week (s1,25o a Year,, they
would probably need to take l9 or
Is per cent Of it for food. depending
on whether they choose a minimum
cost or rnoderate-cost diet. This
would mean a total Of about s4.S5 or
$40 for the weekly food bill.
"On a $1,oo0-a-year basis the fam
lily of two could get minimum-cost
diet for "a per cent of its income.
Such minimum-co plan worked out
by the food specialists, gives the
cheapest combination of foods that
it is desirable to use for an indefi-
mite period. The moderate e-cost plan
allows for freer choice of the foods
that have flavor, color and "appe-
tite appeal" It also allows a much
wider margin Of safety on the nutri-
ton side,
Evening star., 1936-10-07
Invitations
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: have been in
this city only several years and.
all my friends here are business men,.
Nevertheless I would like my fiancee
to send wedding invitations to these
men and their wives, but she feels
that it is such a punctilious gesture
as to seem ridiculous. You see. the
wedding will take place too far away.
so that no one from here will go, I'm
sure, and she insists that since they
know we must realize this fact. invi-
tations would fail in my intention Of
kindness and these people will only
feel obligated to send presents. What
is your candid opinion?
Answer.-Let me ask you a ques-7
ton. If the wedding were taking place
where you are now living instead Of
far away, would you ask these people
to it? If the answer Is yes, then by
all means send them invitations. On
the contrary, an invitation to the
church alone does not obligate any.
one to anything and is moreover cer-
tainly more fattering than announce.
ments afterwards.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
HAVE Just been reading an ar
ticle by a famous writer who as
serts that marriage must be

lhN6 JuSt pcrA icouAiS uu al
ticle by q famous writer who as
serts that marriage must be
L changed to meet the new trend
of things ! wonder how? And what
new gadgets and modern improve
ments can be added 70 marriage that
will really better it and adapt it to
everybody's tastes and temperament?
In a way, marriage is like what some
body said about the weather. We all
find fault with 1t, but no one does
anything about it. A lot Of tinkering
has been done with it Of late years
without noticeable beneficial results.
1t really looks as if the poor old in
stitution is beyond being made over,
We either have to take 1t and like It
as 1t Is or leave 1t alone.
So what to do? It's problem.
Those who would change marriage to
meet the modern trend of things, as
our author advocates, would howl with
horror at the mere suggestion that we
20 back to the horse and buggy bridal
trip days when men and women mar
ried for keeps and expected to jog
along together Is long as they lived.
To them the idea of keeping the same
old husband and wife for a lifetime
Is as archaic as hanging on to your
old automobile instead Of trading it
In every other year for q new model
with fresh paint and the latest stream
lined effects.
You can't make the marriage tie
less binding when wedding rings are
already worn 80 loose that six out of
every hundred are permanently lost
and so per cent Of the others are
parked in the top bureau drawer
With odds and ends Of Junk while
their owners play around with other,
synthetic, husbands and wives.
r
YOU can't make divorce any easier
! unless you can get one by send
ing q post card to q mail-order house
For all that q wife now has to do,
II she has lost her taste for her hus-
band, In order to get a decree abso-
lutte and alimony Is to claim that her
husbands heartless conduct in read
Ing the papers Of evenings is destroy
Ing her health and happiness. In
many cases q man can free himself
from an old wife to marry a platinum
blond fapper by the simple process of
swearing that the way wife wears her
hair constitutes cruelty that he can
no longer endure.
It is discouraging but true that
heretofore all the efforts to pad the
matrimonial yoke 20 that it will not
aall the shoulders Of those who put
their necks through it, or even press
hard enough for them to know it is
there, have been failures. Love Unions
without benefit of clergy or sanction
of the law have been tried. Trial
marriages have been tried. Compan-
ionate marriages have been tried. But,
somehow. none Of them showed q
greater percentage Of happiness than
the old-fashioned marriage that they
were designed to improve.
theoretically, they were all to the
good. In them no man and woman
would drag the clanking chain Of
marriage that had gone BAD No ui1-
Evening star., 1936-10-07
The Old Gardener Says:

The squills or scillas are in
the list of so-cailed minor bulbs.
Nevertheless, some Of them are
well worth the garden makers
attention, for they produce large
numbers of extremely attractive
flowers early in the season. The
one called Scilla campanulata is
especially worthwhile, having
spikes of dropping flowers, which
suggest miniature hyacinths.
Rose Queen is a rosy pink va
riety, while Alba maximum is q
white kind. The two varieties
look well when grown together.
Both kinds are much taller than
the well-known Scilla siberica,
which grows only 5 inches high.
but this is q good variety for the
rock garden, with indigo blue
flowers, which are perhaps the
bluest flowers to be found in the
garden at any season.
Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1936-10-07

skirt Of the coat at intervals of about
six inches. Another gray coat has a
small collar and vest panel through
the upper part which breaks into
smaller strips below the waist and
curves of to one side.
The tunic coat that uses long
haired fur for collar and Tuxedo
revers is a big favorite. In its most
luxurious presentations 1t combines
silver fox with the finest imported
black woolen and sometimes uses four
and five pelts. which, Of course. puts
the garment In a class with such
large figure on the price tag that it
is limited to the favored few. We
found very smart model done in
cross-fox on a nubby fabric in
mustardy beige that had a very new
look. This is really suit with sepa-
rate skirt, but the coat would COM
bine excellently with q black frock
and hat In the same group Is long
coat of the identical material and
fur with large round collar that is
very effective. And we think the color
combination q welcome change among
SO many blacks.
We have not mentioned the coat
with square collar at front and some
times at back also. This model has
V-neck and is well liked for the
more mature figure, although in q
black broadcloth with collar OF soft
mink 1t had quite youthful appear
ance. Then there Is the untrimmed
redingote with coachmans pockets
placed at the waistline. 1t comes in
tweed or fleece and Is equally good for
town and country wear. The SLIM
fitted waist and full flaring skirt give
the accepted silhouette OF the moment.
4 4 \ 4
A MONG outstanding models that we
have seen recently Is q coat OF
Amazon green astrakan with small
collar, vest front and ripple peplum
of sable dyed kolinsky. This unusual
use of the fur will provide . grand
chest protector against piercing cold
winds at the foot ball games. and be-
sides that, will win glances OF ap-
proval about town.
BY this time every one knows that
broadcloth is again enjoying renewed
prestige as a coat material both for
daytime and evening. It Is usually
shown in black with Persian trim,
but we found one In dark brown with
brown Persian by way Of variety. IL
has q deep round collar wider at the
front, very fitted through the walst
with q double row Of buttons In coach
man style and extreme back fullness.
Some Of the loveliest coats are made
of imported woolens with little silver
hairs through them. They are very
soft and warm and different looking.
One Of these has q deep waist length
cape Of silver fox, with the skins 30
placed that they radiate from the
neckline. Another exclusive mooei
also of imported woolen has the back
of the waist and raglan sleeves fasn'
toned entirely of black lamb with
standing collar also of fur. This lovely
butterfly effect of fur at the back VIII
keep you warm as toast, and tine
equally smart effect at front with the
fur sleeves and collar Is so intriguing
that the casual observer will be puz-
zeled as to just how much of the coat
IL fur. It has beautiful lines and VIII
certainly give smart distinction to its
wearer.
For information concerning items
mentioned In this column call National
5000, extension 3os. between 10 and IL
an.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
New Scrambled Eess.

Stir the sliced olives and second
selected ingredient into the seasoned.
slightly beaten eggs, pour into but
tered skillet and stir constantly until
the eggs have become creamy and suf-
fciently set to suit the tastes Of the
group. Serve with ripe olives which
have been heated in their own liquor
to the boiling point. Hot ripe olives
make a most delicious hors d'oeuvre.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
COOKING Hint.

Leftover jelly may be used for COLI
oring icinss and also adds 3 delicate
Favor. Use for . garnish on creams
and puddings or whip until light, ada
Q few spoonfuls Of whipped cream or
evaporated milk-chopped nuts u de-
sired-for q delicious sauce Tor pud-
dings. ice cream q gelatine desserts.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

tractive, practical and becoming
clothes, selecting designs from the
Barbara Bell well-planned. easy-to-
make patterns. Interesting and ex-
elusive fashions for little children and
the difficult junior age; slenderizing
well-cut patterns for the mature fig
ure: afternoon dresses for the most
particular young women and ma
irons. and other patterns for special
occasions are all to be found in the
Barbara Bell pattern book.
(Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-10-07

activities a n d
their ages all
come into the
picture to con-
fuse the issue In
the laym a n 8
mind. Hence this
clearly put and
i'm pie guide
should prove OF
great assistance
to the woman
who is doing her
best to keep her
expenses within
bounds, and is not
quite clear on
the right W a y
~ dn en-
Evening star., 1936-10-07
Roast Beef Gravy.

Remove some of the fat from pan.
leaving 4 tablespoons. Place on back
Of range, add 4 tablespoonfik -four
and stir until we'll Drowned. Add
gradually 1K cups boiling water. cook
5 minutes, season with salt and pepper
and strain.