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Evening star., 1936-02-03

| In nine cases out of ten the first
shadow on the honeymoon IS cast by
the brides lack of domestic knowledge.
Strangely enough, men never inquire
during the days of courtship into girls
| skill with the ! OTIS and pans. They
| take 1t for granted that knowledge of
how to cook comes by nature TO ali
women, and that t---ir young wives
will be able to make bread like mother
used to make. Hence it comes to them
with shock that they never get over
to find that Angel Face doesn't know
Spring lamb from old goat, md that
the things she can do to make good
food inedible is past believing. So
these quarrels.
THE old adage about "the way to
hold a husbands affections is to
feed the brute" still holds good. No
way OF keeping man tied to his own
f1reside is SO effective as making him
so comfortable he will not want to stir
from it. Beauty may fade, wit pail, ro-
nance wear out, but man retains his
stomach long after he has lost his
hair and his heart, and the woman
who can set her husband down to
good dinner in peaceful and quiet
home at the end of hard day's work
can snap her fingers at the siren.
She has charm that never fails.
1t pays a woman to be a good house.
keeper, because when she mcrr' 5 she
takes her husbands health INTO her
hands, and whether he is hale and
hearty and going strong at m e., ape
or semi-invalid laid on the shelf is
largely due to the ray she feeds him:
and to whether his home is a place of
turmoil that frets his nerves to fiddle
strings or a haven of quiet in which
he can gather up strength for the next
days work. Many man wrecks his
future by quarreling with his boss or
insulting a good customer, or by turn
ing down a good proposition because
Of breakfast of weak coffee and gooey
cereal and heavy rolls. A lot of bank
ruptcy as well as divorce could be
saved by good breakfasts.
All Of this being true, and the hap
piness and the prosperity of a mar
riage depending so much on the wife's
housekeeping, 1t is good to hear that
the bride school Is pinch-hitting for
mother and teaching the newlyweds
what their mothers should have
taught them. DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Psychology
By DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Slips of the Tongue.

IOF COURSE, you have often in
~ tended to say one word and, in
stead. have said another. This Is
known as q slip of the tongue. The
slip of the tongue" is, of course,
merely an old superstition. If there
is any slip anywhere, that slip started
before the tongue went into action.
There are two theories nowadays
for this strange phenomenon.
Freud says that slip Of the tongue
betrays some painful idea, which you
have, because Of its painful character,
crowded cut Of your conscious into
your unconscious mind. And then he
goes on to say that these unconscious
ideas are always seeking relief from
their confinement in the regions OF the
unconscious. And so they slip out" at
every opportunity. The result is q
so-called slip Of the tongue.
Another theory runs as follows:
Your ideas come to mind faster than
your tongue and vocal cords can ex-
press them. Accordingly, you may
have the vocal apparatus Just ready
to express thought, when another
thought puts in its appearance and
directs the mechanism that is just
ready to act. Thus it comes that
you say something you hadn't in
tended to say. This second theory
seems to be the better. At any rate,
1t possesses the virtue Of not having
to resort to some mystical explana-
ticn.
(Copyright. 1860
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Cake-Making
r ule S and
Recipe
BY EDITH M, BARRIER.

HAVE you ever heard a woman
sigh. "Oh dear, I have had bad
luck with my cake today?" I always
feel sorry for a woman who makes
that kind of remark because 1 know
what good materials have probably
gone into the cake and how much
time she has spent for nothing. I
also know that she need not have had
bad luck because there is really no
such think in cake making and bak-
Ing. 1t is all in knowing how.
Here are few of the "hows": Use
cake or pastry flour when possible.
In case bread -four is used the mixture
may be slightly thicker and may need
little extra liquid. Sift -four before
measuring.
Cream the butter and sugar thor
oughly to make the texture of the
cake fine
AS eggs differ in size and as -four
differs in power to take up liquid it
is not possible for a recipe to be abb
solutely accurate so far as liquid is
concerned. 1t may be necessary to
add more liquid to make a batter the
proper thickness. To test a cake bat
ter for thickness: If the batter
breaks at the edge of the spoon when
held above the bowl it is too thick.
If 1t runs all the way down without
breaking 1t is too thin. If 1t breaks
halfway between the spoon and the
bowl it is just the right thickness.
Although the use of generous guam
titles of butter and eggs produces a
rich cake with good keeping qualities,
the amounts may be lessened If the
cake is to be eaten at once.
Divide the time for baking into
three parts. First part: The mixture
should rise. Second part: The
mixture should finish rising and begin
to brown. Third part: The mixture
should finish browning and shrink
from the sides of the pan. To test
for a thorough cooking, touch the
center lightly with the finger, and If
the crust does not recede take from
the oven and listen" When COM
pletely done there will be no singing
sound which is characteristic of a
baking mixture. II it is not done, IL
may be returned to the oven at once
and left for @ few minutes with the
fire turned out. This test does not
apply to sponge cake nor to angel
food.
I am giving you one standard cake
recipe. You may change this by add
ing spice or other f1avorings.
STANDARD LAYER CAKE.
n cup butter or other shortening.
l cup sugar.
eggs.
cups cake -four.
3 teaspoons baking powder.
"a cup milk.
11a teaspoons vanilla.
Cream the butter we'll and beat In
the sugar gradually. Beat the egg
yolks and stir into the creamed butter
and sugar. Mix and sift the flour and
baking powder together and add al
ternately with the milk, beating we'll
with each addition. Beat the white
Of the eggs stiff and fold into the
batter. Flavor and pour into layer
cake pans. Bake in moderate oven
(375 degrees F. twenty-five to thirty
minutes. When cool, put frostins be-
tween and On top Of the layers.
Evening star., 1936-02-03

is the most important part OF the
egg; although 1t yields only 54 calo-
ries 1t contains a rich supply of vita
Minis and minerals, as well as plenty
of proteins.
Yolks vary in color, depending on
the feed consumed by the hen. The
more vitamin-rich green's the hen
has eaten, the deeper the color Of
the yolk. Therefore, it seems reason
able to assume that the deeper yellow
the yolk, the more vitamin value it
should possess.
EGG yolks will beat to light foam
quicker If they are first warmed
slightly. The best way to do this Is
to set the bowl containing the yolks
in another bowl half full of hot water
This heating is especially desirable
when sugar is to be beaten into the
yolks, for the sugar dissolves far more
speedily in warm yolks than in cold.
For storing uncooked egg yolk in
the ice box until it is wanted, thin
layer of cold water poured over the
top will preserve it, and prevent the
surface drying that is usually the
cooks serious problem.
A table of measures about egg yolks
that will help in the preparation
of many dishes is this one:
egg yolk emulsifies l cup oil for
mayonniase.
egg yolks thicken l cup milk for
custard.
to 8 egg yolks measure y cup.
IA to Is egg yolks measure l cup.
VARIOUS ways in which different
numbers of leftover yolks may
be utilized will be found in this table
for your convenience:
ONE YOLK.
Stir into a glass of milk for added
nourishment.
Add to white sauce or cream soup for
flavor and color
Add to pancake batter.
Use in chocolate frosting for cakes.
Add to butter cream icing for sand
wich filler.
Butter Cream Icing. - Cream .
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Dorothy Dix Says
Establishment of School Where Brides
May Learn to Cook Will Lessen
Number of Divorces
Number of Divorces.

y N NEW YORK a brides school has
been established in which newly
weds are being taught how to
L market, cook, set q table and
clean up room and, according to re-
ports, 1t is swamped with pupils.
1t Is gratifying to know that there
are still young wives who realize that
they can't make happy home with
can opener and cocktail shaker and
who are setting out to learn some of
the technique of the job they have
undertaken. The success Of any mar
riage depends just as much upon the
wife knowing how to fry the bacon
as 1t does upon the husband bringing
1t home.
But what a shame and outrage 1t
Is that mothers should send their
daughters into marriage so ignorant
Of all domestic arts that they have to
go to school to learn the things they
should have been taught in their
younger days. How cruel to thrust an
unframed girl into the midst OF the
most complicated profession on earth
without teaching her even the first
principles of how to practice it! How
dishonest to foist on an unsuspecting
young man a wife who will throw his
salary in the garbage can and poison
him with bad food!
X X X \
TNASMUCH as all mothers expect
their daughters to marry, and most
of them do marry, it is inexplicable
that they do not fit them for the
careers they are to follow. Every
woman knows that successful mar
riage depends more upon the skill with
which the wife runs the house than
upon any other one thing, and that
talent for making q man comfortable
will 60 farther toward retaining
husbands affection than any other
gift that heaven can hestow upon a
woman.
The mothers excuse for not teach
ing their daughters the things they
will most need to know after marriage
is always that they wanted to save"
their girls from any work as long as
they could, and that the girls will
learn how to cook when they have to,
just as they did. They didn't know
how to boil water without scorching
it when they were married and, look,
now they are the blue-ribbon cake
makers OF the community!
X 4 X X
THEY forget their trials and tribu-
i lations as brides when they were
learning how to cook. They forget the
tears they shed over soggy pies and
burned meat and underdone potatoes.
And, most of all, they forget the dis
gust of their husbands at their in
competence and the bitter quarrels
over wasted money and meals that
would have killed an ostrich. They
ignore the fact that If their mothers
had only taught them how to cook be-
fore marriage instead of leaving them
to learn how by experimenting on the
unfortunate men they had married
they would have been saved q lot
Of grief and prevented from turning
their husbands into dyspeptic
rouchss.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Delightful
Party for
New House
BY EMILY POST.

NEAR MRS. POST: I'm sure you
must have written an explana-
ton of a housewarming party, but l
have looked through a stack OF col
umns which I have been saving to
put in a scrapbook and I can find
nothing on the subject. Anyway,
won't you please write something
about it? May any one give one, or
only bride and groom?
Answer-There really isn't any par
ticular explanation of houseWarm-
ing because it is merely the name OF
the first party given in a new house.
Usually it means a newly built house,
but it can equally well mean house
or apartment into which one has
newly moved. 1t doesn't make any
difference whether the housewarming
be given by young marrieds, old mar
rieds or by one who is single. AS for
the kind OF party, 1t can be any sort
that you chooSe-a tea, or cocktail
party, or simple evening at home,
or a dance, or a buffet supper. The
only way it differs from an ordinary
party. of whichever kind it may be, is
that the house is always open for in
spection from top to bottom. If it
isn't, everybody will go over every
inch of it anyway. Therefore, the
Newhouses should remember to lock
any unfinished room or any closet
that is not ready for display, because
no item in any of them will escape
minute examination.
Usually a housewarming is given by
the owners, but when they are not very
prompt about inviting their friends
to inspect their new house after it
has become known that the furniture
is in place and everything reasonably
in order, it is quite possible that
few Of their intimates get together
and give the Newhouses q surprise
housewarming. The first thing that
those who organize a surprise party
must do is to choose an evening either
when the Newhouses have invited some
one to dinner, or better still, when
they are dining with one of the con-
spirators. This Is to insure their
being home Cor coming home early
which must be managed by their
hosts) and to prevent their being sur
prised in dressing gowns or possibly
even routed out of their beds. In
the first case, they all agree to meet
some place nearby and arrive together.
They bring food with them and some
times music-in which case it turns
into dance. In the second, they take
possession of the house and the New
houses return home to ma q party
In full swing.
(copyright. 1oSeJ
Evening star., 1936-02-03

stores, and We will be glad to tell you
the name of it.
X X
REGINNING today YOU will find in
one of our leading shops a special
representative, who will be able to
advise you about eradicating tell-tale
signs of strain about your eyes and
those unpleasant shadows of fatigue
that rob your face Of animation and
sparkle. The eyes are quick to re-
spond to kindly treatment, and this
eye cream has proven so successful
that 1t is now being put out in two
larger sizes in addition to the original
jar at $3.50. If women ale asking for
larger quantities, because it has al
ready helped them so much. that in
itself is a recommendation.
This cream, smooth. soft and alb
sorbent, achieves flattering results,
overcoming dryness and combating
wrinkles. The application is simple
just smooth it on the skin around
the eyes and on the lids, patting
gently. It may be used at night or
for an hour while resting in the
daytime. While you are shopping do
stop and inquire about it.
+*
IN LINE with the throat and neck
treatment that We spoke about last
week, we know Of a splendid chin
strap and net cap combined that
will be an added help in the direction
OF keeping a youthful contour This
cap not only supports the chin, but
keeps the hair in place at the same
time, which doubles its value, as some
of the chin straps play havoc with
your finger wave. The section that
fits under the chin is made of fine
satin lastex and the net cap may
be adjusted to fit the head and then
tied in back. 1t may be used either
with or without q special nourishing
cream. II you use 1t over tissue
cream you will appreciate the fact
thai it will stand repeated washings
without losing shape.
This chin support is the achieve
ment Of q clever New York woman
(as we stated in a previous column
number of months ago.. She had
long wanted just such an arrange
merit, but was unable to find one
on the market that met all of her
requirements. She began working on
it herself and developed this excel
lent adjuster, which we may now
all enjoy for the very reasonable
amount Of 81.
For Information concerning items
mentioned In this column call Ma
tional 5000, extension 1896, between
10 and IL am.
Evening star., 1936-02-03

| Va WibNAACAy tlLat CfCi y
woman will love to know
about. 1t is a new kind of hairpin
that is just as clever as can be. How
ever, the primary use of this little pin
is not to hold stray locks in place, but
to keep a delightful fragrance tucked
away out of sight among the curls be-
| hind the ears to watt its perfume
about and keep every one guessing.
This little U-shaped wire, Just like
an ordinary hairpin, but covered with
soft chenille, like pipe cleaner, in
variety of colors to match the hair,
is permeated with a pleasing fra
GRANGE that is said to retain its odor
for weeks. You may have your choice
of gardenia, honeysuckle, bouquet and
la fleur, all of which contain the
finest imported French perfume oils.
1t is said that this was the inspira-
tion of young Wall street broker
while he sat idly twirling a fresh pipe
cleaner in his hand one day and
caught Whit of perfume from some
nearby, but unknown source. Dream
ing over it and watching the smoke
rings, the idea evolved itself so that
pipe cleaner and perfume might be
combined in such way as to produce
appealing little perfumed hairpins to
add one last touch of enhancement
to a perfect toilette, and so easily,
too. These newest little sachets are
inexpensive and most satisfactory. Ask
for them at the perfume counters.
IF YOU like to shampoo your own
hair at home you will be interested
in marvellous new shampoo that
greatly simplif1es the process and at
the same time adds luster and life to
your hair. 1t contains neither soap
nor oil, and yet makes more lather
than soap. In fact, it takes only half
teaspoonful of this solution to make
rich shampoo. The reason that it
makes the hair shine like silk is be-
cause it contains none of the greasy,
filmy, gummy substances that are
found in soap, and t washes away
every vestige Of dirt from the hair
and all loose dandruff. Best of all It
requires only one rinse, and no vine
gar, lemon or after-rinse. So you see
it eliminates all of those disagreeable
features of home-done shampoo and
adds the advantage Of leaving your
hair with a delightful sheen. You
will find this shampoo on sale at most
OF the department stores and drug
Evening star., 1936-02-03
BY BARBARA BELL,

~ OCCASIONALLY new" trend
in styling catches on and
\ sticks! And this season
) again - the vogue is for
frocks which employ the ever-new, yet
very did button down -the-front styl-
ing, 20 practical and so completely
popular in every part Of the country
Here is novel and effective variation
of this basic theme or motif, pattern
with long or short sleeves. a clever
collar treatment which extends all
around the neck and as many pockets
as you prefer. For house wear or
street wear or sport wear, according
to the fabric you choose, this model
will top your list.
Barbara Bell pattern No. l814-B is
designed for sizes IL, IA, 16. l8 and 90.
Corresponding bust measurements 80,
80, "a, SO and SO. Size 16 (34) re-
quires 3la yards of 39-inch material.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an Illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to understand.
Send for the Barbara Bell pattern
book Make yourself attractive, prac-
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Footnotes

Now that the built-up heel can be
had in two-inch models as well as in
more conservative heights, it is def
nitely in the style class. So significant
a style feature has the built-up heel
become that it is used on many of the
new Summer whites to provide the
sole color note, and In some models,
to match tan trimmings on the shoe.
1t is no longer news that the built-up
heel is one of the most comfortable
members OF the heel family and that
1t retains its finish as long As the shoe
lasts.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
.l8l4-B

tical and becoming clothes selecting
designs from the l19 Barbara Bell
well-planned, easy-to-make patterns
Interesting and exclusive fashions for
little children and the difficult junior
age; slenderizing, well-cut patterns
for the mature figure, afternoon
dresses for the most particular young
women and matrons and other pat
terms for special occasions are all to be
found in the Barbara Bell pattern
book. Send IS cents today for your
copy.
Copyright. 1a36)
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Fashion Forecast

Old-fashioned white batiste blouses
with eyelet embroidery are back in
style-a quaint feminine note in
Spring showings that have borrowed
many ideas from mems wardrobes.
Prime white waists" that might
have been dragged from an attic
trunk were shown by one house (Her-
bert Sondheim) this week with short
jacketed dark blue suits and pert little
sailor hats.
In complete contrast to this throw
back to the gay nineties were long
skirted, sleek black dinner suits copied
from mems tuxedos. These had
sophisticated white blouses Of shirred
or tucked chiffon,
Evening star., 1936-02-03

yOlkS - especially
when the family
is a small one,
and not very
much baking Is
being done?
Research was
Immediately in
stituted, and DUR
ing the process
many interesting
facts about the
use Of egg yolks
came to light.
From the food
value point Of
view. the egg YOlk
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Cooks Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE,
DINNER FOR FOUR.

Old-Fashioned Meat Pie
Cabbage Salad
Apple Sauce
Pineapple Cream Dessert
Coffee MIX for Children
OLD-FASHIONED MEAT PIE.
CASUALLY Family Favorite)
tablespoons l cup water.
salt pork, 3 tablespoons
l cup potato butter.
balls or cubes. 3 tablespoons
l cup cooked -four.
peas. "a cup boiling
2 tablespoons water.
chopped onions. Il teaspoon salt.
l cup diced "a teaspoon
cooked carrots pepper.
l cup diced
cooked meat
Brown pork in frying pan, add veg
etables and cook 5 minutes. Add
meat and water Cover and cook 10
minutes. Melt butter and add flour.
When blended. add boiling water,
pour into cooking mixture and add
salt and pepper. Pour into buttered
shallow baking pan, cover with crust.
Leftover gravy can replace the milk.
CRUST.
12 cups -four. tablespoons
2 teaspoons bak- fat.
ing powder. "a cup milk.
13 teaspoon salt.
Mix dry ingredients, cut in fat and
add milk. Pat out soft dough until
u inch thick. Cut out squares and
place on top of meat pie. Bake 80
minutes in moderate oven.
PINEAPPLE CREAM DESSERT.
II cup sugar. / teaspoon
q cup flour. vanilla.
2 egg yolks. " teaspoon
2 cups milk. lemon extract.
u teaspoon salt.
Blend sugar with flour, add yolks
and milk. Cook until thick and
creamy. Stir constantly. Cool little
and add pineapple.
PINEAPPLE.
2 egg whites. " cup crushed
"a cup sugar. pineapple.
Beat whites until stiff, add sugar
and beat until creamy Add pine
apple. Fold into cooked mixture.
Chill.
Evening star., 1936-02-03

II you have pots of tulips in
the cellar or cold frame bring
one or two pots to the light each
week. If kept in q room where
air is dry, give the plants a daily
shower.
Toast. carefully made, and cut
into strips, piled log cabin FASH
ion on a pretty plate, proves to
be more tempting than ordinary
slices to the child with q finicky
appetite.
Stains on polished surfaces
caused by wet or hot dishes may
be removed If not too deeply i'm
bedded in the wood by washing
with suds made with white soap.
Rinse, dry and rub with a soft
cloth dipped in a solution made
Of one tablespoon of alcohol to
four tablespoons of water, rub
around spot with circular motion.
Copyright 1850
Evening star., 1936-02-03

fetching
bag First make the amply dsammd
and illustrated instructions with this pattern
crochet CUTS to match sew the cuffs to kid satin fabric there
arel really altogether
crocheng suimpe . light shade
suitable tortoise handle
counter In
Address
Of The Evening Star
Evening star., 1936-02-03
BY MARGARET WARNER.

w YE HAVE just found one Of
M the most intriguing little
" " bits of witchery that every
worron will lovo fo Epow
Evening star., 1936-02-03
BY BETSY CASWELL.
THE other day letter from
/ Washington housewife brought

VuoIIIIIBVOII IIUUScWuc UIUUEIIC
up a question that struck me
4 as having been sadly neglected,
and was Of great interest to all eff
cient houSekeepers.
This query was: What are the Diff
ferent ways of using leftover egg
Evening star., 1936-02-03
(copyrisht. 1860
nife-Pleated Sleeves.

LONDON H.-Some Of the new
sleevos soen hare ere knife .pleetod.
Evening star., 1936-02-03

stores, and We will be glad to tell you
the name of it.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
My Neighbor Says:

Copyright. 1850