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Evening star., 1936-07-03
Dorothy Dix Says
People Should Try to Find Cure for Un-
happy Marriages, Other Than Divorce.

thing in the world to them is marital
happiness, yet they give less thought
and energy to preserving this than
they do running a green grocery or
making a cake. If a mans business
slumps, he begins an intensive study
and calls in the efficiency experts to
find out what's wrong with his meth
ods, but he never even asks himself
why his wife has ceased dressing up
for him or taking any trouble with
the dinner. If a woman is not in
vited to join club or is left out of
bridge party. she redoubles her ef-
forts to make herself agreeable, but
1t doesn't occur to her that the rea-
son her husband has taken to step
ping out at night is because he is
tired of hearing her complain.
Every husband and wife know just
exactly what faults they have that
they get on their mates nerves.
Heaven knows they are told about
them often enough. So, having
working diagram of just what to do
and what not to do to keep husband
or wife eating out of his or her hand,
how passing strange that they do not
take the trouble to do it when the
rewards are so great.
The remedy for an unhappy mar
riage is very simple. It is giving the
party of the other part what he or
she wants and refraining from trying
to ram obnoxious doses down his or
her throat. If a woman knows that
her husband loves good food. it is Civ
ing him dinners that brings him
home. If she knows that he has the
head-of- the house complex, it is burn
ing incense before him. If he is of
gay and pleasure-loving nature. it is
stepping out with him. If a man
knows that his wife Graves perpetual
love making. 1t is handing her soft
talk. If he knows that she is bound
to have everything she does noticed,
it is telling her how wonderful she Is
If he knows that she likes to 60
about, 1t Is taking her out at least
once a week.
Oh, there is cure for unhappy
marriage, if we weren't too lazy and
dull to use it. DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright. 1886
Evening star., 1936-07-03
Salads Perennial Favoes of Kchenee Housekeepers
Ideal for Summer Meals
After Day of Hard Work
In Hot, firing Office
to Have All Ingredients Fresh and
Cold-Dressing Must Be Blended
to Perfection.

2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Salt and paprika.
tomatoes.
Lettuce.
Cut the eggs in half and remove the
yolks. Mash these to paste and add
the faxed sardines, the lemon Juice,
the olives and the seasonings. Add
the egg whites. finely minced. Mix
with just enough mayonnaise TO bind
all together. Scoop out the tomatoes
and fill the hollow centers with the
egg and sardine mixture. Set on crisp
lettuce leaves and serve cold.
STUFFED EGG WITH CRABMEAT
SALAD.
hard-cooked eggs.
l teaspoon dry mustard
! cup faxed crabmeat.
l cup finely chopped celery.
2 tablespoons chopped green peppers.
Mayonnaise.
Tomatoes, parsley and lettuce.
Shell eggs and cut in halves length
wise. Remove yolks and mash thor
oughly. Mix in the mustard. Flake
the crabmeat carefully, add the
chopped celery, peppers and egg yolks.
Mix with enough mayonnaise TO bind.
Stuff back into the egg whites. Cut
tomatoes in thick slices and set three
egg halves on each. Garnish with
parsley and crisp lettuce leaves.
COTTAGE CHEESE-RAW VEGE-
TABLE SALAD.
Season cottage cheese with a few
drops of Worcestershire sauce, a little
horseradish and few chopped chives.
Place, neatly nodded, in center of
platter. Surround with raw vegetables
which have been we'll tossed in either
coleslaw dressing, or French dressing
made extra sharp and tangy. The
vegetables might include shredded
green cabbage. raw cauliflower broken
into foWerets, shoeString carrots. diced
white turnips, radisheS sliced cucum-
bers. tomatoes and grated beets.
CHICKEN SALAD.
l can boned chicken in Jelly.
Il cup celery.
Il cup cooked or canned peas.
tablespoon chopped green peppers.
l tablespoon sliced ripe olives.
tablespoon lemon juice.
Mayonnaise.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Mix the lemon juice with the diced
chicken. chopped celery. peas. pepper
and ripe olives. Season well. and let
stand for a few minutes. Chill well.
and, just before serving. add enough
mayonnaise to bind all ingredients
we'll together, and serve on crisp let
tuce leaves.
If you will write 10 me in care Of
The Star, inclosing a stamped. self
addressed envelope, I shall be glad to
send you my leafiet containing a few
recipes for Hot Weather Dishes"
Evening star., 1936-07-03
Tips on the Food Market
BY LUCIE EBERLY.

cherries, hailing from Washington
State, are prize item. They are al
most as large as plums-deliciously
ripe-and pleasingly sweet. Merchants
say that this is perhaps the last batch
they will be receiving. Large, plump
fresh figs from California are another
fruit that will soon be gone They are
coming in large lots and selling for
less than half of what they were when
they first made their seasonal appear
ance few weeks ago.
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WHITE seedleSs grapes, also from
California, have been received.
They are the first of the season-and
are beautifully firm and tasty. New
York currants-those that are con-
sidered the finest for jelly-making-are
pouring in daily. Honeydews, honey
balls and cantaloupes, our Midsummer
breakfast fruits, improve with every
shipment, and all three have dropped
considerably in price. Peaches are at
their prime. Apricots are still avail
able-but they will be gone in an
other week-their season Is pitifully
short. Large red bananas are being
featured at special prices. Water
melons from Georgia are starting to
come in by the carload. Being the
pick of the crop, they are naturally
the finest to be had for this time of
year. Well-ripened, solid, and full
favored. they are dropping to their
normal price range daily.
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RABY frog legs are among the spe-
cials at the seafood counters.
You'll find them exceptionally fine
and very reasonable. Sea trout and
bass continue to be the small fish
favorites, while fresh salmon from the
West Coast offers special in the
steak fish, 1t is claimed, though, that
seafood in general is very scarce for
this time Of year-due to stormy and
windy weather that has been raging
along the Eastern Coast. Boston
mackerel, however, continues to hold
its own along with the trout and bass.
Soft-shell crabs are scarce, but de-
spite the shortage are not high in
price. Crab meat is being received
in lots large enough to meet the cur
rent demand, while chicken lobster,
as well as live lobster and fresh
shrimp, appear to stay steady.
Evening star., 1936-07-03
a washington Shop.

of the shirt and shorts joined at the
waist to keep you trim at all times.
with separate wrap-around skirt but
toned down the front, is the general
favorite. Every wardrobe needs sup
ply of these if you want to be ready
for anything from a last-minute inN-
tation to picnic, to day at the beach,
or just being comfortable around the
house. The play suit is not a new
story, and therefore we are apt to
overlook it in favor of something more
dramatic, but nothing quite takes its
place, and so why not stick to this
favorite and lay in a supply while the
shops still have good selection?
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WHEN these suits first appeared
they we're not particularly noted
for fit or good material. but now that
is all changed, and your play suit
comes in the best quality of mems
shirting, in corded chambray, pique,
linen and best quality seersuckers in
all sorts of delightful colors.
Shown in the photograph above Is
the pique suit in white or yellow. II
II Is white 1t can take hard tubbings
after strenuous games Of tennis and
come out as good as new. Nothing
ever looks better than Immaculate
white for the tennis court. There
Is also being shown a knee-length
tennis dress Of white piQue with di.
vided skirt that does a trick with a
red upper fastening at the front by
way of trimming as we'll as con-
venience. This line of color extends
slightly below the belt.
In one shop We found a new Ship
ment of striped seersucker play suits
Just arrived to meet the increased
demand for vacationists. These are
excellent quality of closely woven
white seersucker striped in brown and
yellow. Another new group shows
corded madras, thinner and cooler
than the seersuckers, but perhaps not
as absorbent. The colors are lovely
yellow. nile green, lavender and soft
red, all beautifully tailored, at $7.95.
WHITE acetate makes a smart
" looking play suit with its pearl
buttons and its lastex belt of striped
red, white and blue. Very new is an
outfit of white sharkskin shorts with
black-and-white printed silk halter.
A play suit that is just a little differ
ent Is the white linen dress with
revers and cuffs Of printed seersucker,
and front buttoned closing, worn over
a shirt and attached shorts Of the
print. The dress may also be worn
unbuttoned and then serves as q
beach coat.
Shorts of spun cotton in a basket
weave are new and come in French
blue, deep tan and purple. They
are worn with shirts of the same
material In contrasting bright colors.
There are some new halters Just
in, made of wool jersey In a choice
of colors, with three sailors dancing
a hornpipe across the front. You'll
like these, and also the fishnet caps
with colored linen visors. Shell fiow-
ers make a beach bandeau on q
-knotted white rope that is very pic
turesque.
Evening star., 1936-07-03

way w WHY hAAS
greatest martyrdom that can be in
fiicted on human being? Nobody
knows. The great unanswered CO.
nundrum of life is why so many hus-
bands and wives go along year after
year quarreling, arguing, scrapping
fighting, getting on each others
nerves. waiting for each other to die
for their release. going through a
hell on earth without making the
slightest effort to improve their mis-
cradle condition.
They don't permit themselves to be
even made uncomfortable in any
better it. If their roof leaks, they
patch it. If their automobile Squeaks,
they oil it. If some particular article
Of food gives them acute indigestion,
they refrain from eating it. But if
their marriages go blooey, they throw
up their hands and quit. They don't
even attempt to find out what's wrong
with them and remedy it.
So far the only solution that has
been offered for the unhappy mar
riage has been divorce, and that is
not the right answer. 1t only substi-
tutes one trouble for another and the
last is often worse than the first. Any
way you take it, divorce is messy
and unsavory business, full of broken
dreams and blasted illusions and
wounds in the heart that never heal,
and cynical little children who have
been hopelessly manned and bruised
homes that their parents have pulled
down over their heads.
INDEED. the price of divorce comes
so high that many men and wom-
en-, even when they are unhappily
married. are not willing to pay it.,
especially when they realize that they
have to sacrifie the well-being Of
their children to bind the bargain.
Hence they just accept defeat and
bow their necks to the yoke of mar
riage that gals them at every step of
the way without ever trying to find
out what makes it press so heavily, or
doing anything to ease the burden.
Most people are dumb as driven cat
tie about marriage.
OF course, there are marriages that
nothing but miracle from God could
keep from going on the rocks. When
q man marries selfish, spoiled. over
INDUCED girl or q woman marries a
drunkard, or philanderer, or
ne'er -do-well, they are sure to come
to grief as the sparks are to fly up
ward. There Is no salvaging mar
riages like these, and they should be
entered into only by those who are
gamblers by nature. or who are glut-
tons for punishment.
But the great majority of unhappy
marriages are not the result of great
tragedies, nor have either the hus-
band or wife wrecked the marriage
with criminal intent. They are just
the outcome of the stupidity and folly
of a man who, after finding to their
surprise that marriage wasn't the
Elysium they had supposed it to be,
cried out that marriage was failure
and made no effort to save it and
get it out of bankruptcy.
THE dullest man and woman alive
know that the most important
Evening star., 1936-07-03
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cludes an illustrated instruction guide.
which is easy to understand
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Pattern Book. Make yourself at
tractive. practical and becoming
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Barbara Bell well-planned. easy-to-
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elusive fashions for little children and
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tCopyrisht l93oD
Evening star., 1936-07-03
BY BARBARA BELL.

)HILDREN'S clothes are re-
freshingly new in character
this season and most of them
reflect themes prevailing in
adult fashions. Emphasis for in
stance is placed on the high waist
line and the button-down feature.
The French bodice effect and panel
closing are cunning details all little
maidens love and especially the fared
skirt. because it provides ample free
dom for playtime. Decorative features
are hidden in the contrasting collar,
trimmed with rufled edging and
dainty puff sleeves. Nothing could be
simpler to make than this darling
dress-so easy to cut and sew and so
comfortable for nimble dears. If it
is fashioned in a plaid or checked
gingham you can omit the ruff1ed
edging from the collar and make it
simple white pique collar.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1923
is available in sizes, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
Size requires Is yards of 35-inch
material plus - yard of contrast.
Every Barbara Bell Pattern in
Evening star., 1936-07-03
BY LUCE EBERLY

"A S THE second Midsummer month
rolls in, bringing with it the
"fruits of its season." we stand in
ave Of the beauty of the overf1owing
stands and counters. A blend of
color harmony worthy of any artists
palette and brush or poets praise!
The merchants take commendable
pride in displaying their wares-and
it seems that one and all accomplish
study of still life in all its glory!
y RICH golden bantam corn has ar
rived; and is going as fast as deal
ers can unpack it. Country Gentle
man" from nearby fields is just as
popular, however. The full-kerneled
ears fairly ooze with sweet corn milk.
Fat little homegrown garden beans,
those that have such different fla
Vor from the general run, are coming
In from surrounding farms by the
bushel. They are one Of the buys of
the week. The fiat snap and yellow
ones from the South and West are
equally nice, and cheap. California
broccoli, the first of the new crop, is
beginning to arrive in fairly good
lots and Is reasonably priced Lima
beans are more plentiful and slightly
cheaper. Asparagus is still good
even the merchants are surprised at
the length of its season this year.
While most of the supply now comes
from New Jersey, there is still a good
quota coming from nearby. At one
stand We saw a few punches of pure
white asparagus, which many people
prefer to the green for salad. Large,
plump eggplant is seen on every side
and 1t, as usual, on the bargain list.
NMALL garden carrots, red beets and
young turnips with healthy green
tops, which make for another vegetable
dish, and new green cabbage so fine
Tor cole slaw, are at their prime. Home
grown tomatoes are beginning to come
into their own-they were little green
and knotty the first of the week. but
We find them well ripened and selected
today. The red "cherrystones" from
the West have started to come in
larger shipments now and are replac-
ing the beefsteak variety that have
been pouring in from the South. Gu
cumbers and celery, two Summer ia
vorites, improve with every shipment
and are dropping to their normal price
level. Crisp garden radishes and ten
der small-leafed Boston lettuce are
still coming In excellent lots. Summer
squash Is, Of course, at its best, both
the green and yellow being received
In steady lots from nearby farms. Ro-
maine has appeared again and is un-
usually fine for this time of year. Avo-
cados are more plentiful than they
have been in years and are cheaper
than they have ever been. New cauli-
flower, small snow-white heads, round
out Q splendid vegetable list for cur
rent holiday menus.
4 X X r
p ASPBERRIES, mammoth ones,
larger than we have ever seen.
have flooded the market. They will be
gone in another week or 10 days--so
eat your fill while you may. The black
raspberries are beginning to come in
plentifully. though. They are not as
large as the red variety, but are very
often preferred to the red for preserv-
ing, jam and jelly making. Large bing
Evening star., 1936-07-03
Limit to
Ritual of
Cleanliness
Constant Hand Wash
ing Instills Subtle
Fear.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

"MoTHER. I'm awful glad that L
A'A am not Mrs. Glynn's little girl"
"How's that?"
"She makes Helen wash her hands
all day long"
"oh, now. All day long is all day
long. you know"
Honest. And she sent me home
10 wash mine just now"
Did you get them dirty?"
mo. I was holding Mopsy, that's
ali. He's such a beautiful cat, mother.
I wish I had cat"
Was Mopsy dirty, or what?"
Moo. He's cleaner than a pin.
Helen brushes and combs him every
day and he washes his own self all the
time. I wish I had cat. Cats are
clean, mother. Aren't they?"
Most of them But you see, some
people think that cats fur and dogs
hair, all hairy creatures, carry germs.
! imagine that is why Mrs. Glynn sent
you to wash your hands. Washing
your hands isn't such bad idea, child.
You could do 1t oftener and not hurt
yourself any"
"Yes, mother, know. But not all
the time. Need I? If Helen touches
ANYTHING, no matter what, her mother
saws right off, Now go wash your
hands I know you ought to wash
them if they are dirty, but can't they
stand little dirt?"
Yours seem to stand a good deal.
Lunch is almost ready. So run
now"
And wash my hands. I was just
going to. know have to do 1t before
1 eat. What I mean is all the time y
Dirty hands are a constant source OF
worry to mothers. Children are likely
TO carry germs from hand to mouth
and washing the hands does help.
But there is a limit TO the Washing
It can be ovedone and make the chill
dren afraid to use their hands lest
they bring on an illness. The lear
that results in constant hand-Wasn-
ing is as serious in its effects as
the threatened illness might be.
Children have to live in this world
as they find it. There is dirt every
where and. the scientists tell us.
germs in the air. The human child
is organized to throw of infections
and does so most of the time, if he
is in good health. Teach him to
guard his health while he washes
his hands before eating and on the
rare occasions when he soils them
beyond the aid of his handkerchief.
Then let him take his chances.
1t is right to teach children to be
clean. 1t is wise to teach them
to avoid collecting germs. But there
is danger in carrying this instruc-
ton over the safety line, especially
where sensitive and conscientious chill
dren are involved, and creating a fear
that is illness in itself.
Do nothing too much, not even the
handWashing. Let the children enjoy
a little mud now and then. Let
them fondle their pets and love them
without the dread of a hand-washing
to follow. Wash before meals is a
set rule, easily enforced, sufficient for
daily needs.
Copyright, 1866
Evening star., 1936-07-03

lldNC SlUWH away
from the idea that salad must be
rich, heavy and contain everything
but the kitchen stove to be worthy OF
its name. Gone are the horrible con-
coctionS of fruit and lettuce, topped
with thick mayonnaise, marshmal-
lows, maraschino cherries and chopped
nuts that used to be the piece de re-
sistance of the formal dinner or bridge
luncheon. More and more is the mod
ern woman falling in line with the
European idea of plain green salads;
on this base she has built up truly
healthful and pleasing combinations of
vegetables, meat or fish that bid fair
to become popular American dish,
diStinctively our own.
Simplicity Of serving and OF ingre-
dients-that is the basic rule TO fol-
low in production of good salad. And.
equally important, is that tried and
true saying-"A salad is only as good
as its dressing g'-and the dressing
must be perfection at all times, Also.
it is well to remember that all in
gradients of the salad bowl should be
crisp and well chilled; that they must
be attractively arranged for serving.
and that dressing should be used in
such quantity as to just coat each leaf
of green's and other morsels lightly
there should never be a pool of liquid
left standing in the bottom Of the bowl.
y
HERE are some recipes for salads
which will form the main course
of a Summers evening meal. Eked
out with cup of hot soup. some bread,
cheese and fresh butter and a sweet,
they will prove ideally light and sat-
isfying after hard days work in hot
weather.
TOMATO AND EGG WITH
SARDINE SALAD.
6 hard-cooked eggs.
small sardines.
6 minced ripe olives
Evening star., 1936-07-03

grueling day in
the office. There
is something SO
appetizing about
their colorful ap.
pc earan C e, and
gentle blending
Of flavors, that
even the most
J a d ed pala t e
awakens to new
interest at the
sight of them.
In the last few
years, up and =
coming hostesses
and housekeepers
boua urou,,, au,oy
Evening star., 1936-07-03
Cooks Corner
By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.

SUNDAY IN JULY.
DINNER.
Pineapple Mint Cup.
Roast Veal, Stuffed.
Baked Speed Sweet Potatoes.
Buttered Kdle.
Bread Currant Jam.
Salad Green. French Dressing.
Lime Sherbet. Coffee.
PINEAPPLE MINT CUP.
2 cups diced / tablespoon
fresh pineapple chopped fresh
cup sugar mint
2 tablespoons II cup boiling
lemon juice water
Mix sugar and juice with pineapple
and chill four hours or longer. Add
water to mint, cool and chill, add to
pineapple and serve in glass cups.
Top with red cherries sprinkled with
fresh mint, chopped.
BAKED SPTCED SWEET POTATOES
6 cooked potatoes Il cup water
l teaspoon salt teaspoon
" teaspoon cinnamon
pepper "a teaspoon
4 tablespoons fat cloves
n cup brown tablespoon
sugar lemon Juice
Melt fat In frying pan, add sugar
and cook until melted. Add rest OF
ingredients. Mix we'll and bake In
frying pan Is minutes in moderate
oven. Turn frequently.
Evening star., 1936-07-03
The Old Gardener Saws:

The endives are among the
best Of salad plants and can be
planted as late as early July,
although it Is better, prob
ably, to SOW the seeds late in
June. The endives will not
stand a hard freezing like kale,
but nevertheless are very val
liable Fall salad plants, because
they can be dug up, root and all,
and taken into the house cellar
when cold weather comes. II the
roots are shaken free from soil
and bedded in sand, the plants
will keep a surprisingly long
time, whatever leaves wither and
die being removed. Some garden
ers make a practice of leaving
the plants in the ground until
after the first light frosts and
then putting them in sand in q
cold frame. with the sash on.
tCopyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-03
BY BETSY CASWELL.

~OOL, crisp salads are always a
perennial favorite of the buSi-
ness woman, kitchenette
housekeeper. Especially In
Summer do they I'LL the bill" wonder
fully for the evening meal, after a hot,
Evening star., 1936-07-03
BY MARGARET WARNER.

AS1N 10 lAOb ouSA4 O
M bad place after all. In
" " which to spend the Sum-
mer, or at least part Of it,
when you consider the many opportu-
mites for outdoor recreation and re-
Taxation in our miles and miles Of
parks and Fairgrounds. After siz-
zling day, just pack up some sand
wiches and fill your thermos jug with
a good iced drink and choose shady
retreat along Rock Creek where the
water bubbles and babbleS over the
stones and makes refreshing music
for tired nerves. Or if you still have
pep left for exercise, there Is every
kind of outdoor sport at your dis
posal at very small expense. Potomac
Park is playground always filled with
enthusiastic sports lovers. horseback
riding, playing golf or tennis, and
cycling, and Old Man River offers
pleasures for those who like to be on
and in the water.
Every sport has its own pet and par
ticular outfit that is best suited to its
activities, but the play suit consisting