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The Washington times., 1936-07-08

creates a demand for oxygen in
each set of muscles used.
These lazy exercises suggested
for summer may seem too easy to
be effective, but if you will dc
them every morning and really
stretch, you will find they benefit
your figure.
Here is some more encourage.
ment: It's hard to gain weight in
hot weather, and natural to lose.
Take your exercise for 10 minutes
in the cool Of the morning, keep
your calorieS within 1900 daily,
and lose at least a pound a week.
BALANCED REDUCING MENU
The Washington times., 1936-07-08
Scourge in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM. July 8.-An out
break of poison cases caused by
tainted fruits and fish spread
alarm here among the Jews, par
ticularly in the Old City Of
Jerusalem. More than 260 cases
have been treated in hospitals
here in the last few days. Thus far
there has been one death.
Parsley potato. tO................... 12S
Sliced tomato and lettuce (VinSgar) IS
Fresh fruit cup. 400
Buttermilk or skinned milk. ...... 80
$40
Total caIOrles for day. 1,2O5
Your dietltiaH,
IDA JEAN KAHN.
Send q large self-ad-
dressed and stamped envelope
to Ida Jean Kahn In care Of
this paper for your copy Of
the IeafIet entitled "AbdOmL
nal Exercises"
Copyright, 1896, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1936-12-30

"Honey-cranberry jam Is another
good cranberry preserve. Use cup
Of water: ~ cups Of honey; and !
quart Of cranberries. Cook slowly
until the berries are soft. Then re-
move the berries but continue boiling
the sirup until you have just enough
to cover the berries. Put the berries
back in the hot sirup, pour into jars
and seal. Orange and cranberry con-
serve Is still another possibility, not
to mention the raw cranberry relish
now enjoying q great vogue.
"The apples open up another wide
variety. Some of the Winter apples
are among the best jelly makers.
Apple mint jelly, with few drops Of
peppermint favoring and some green
coloring, Is q delicious accompaniment
to lamb-and to many other meats as
well.
Apple compete Is Q near relative
Of the preserve family, though not 50
sweet. The apples are cooked in .
medium sirup equal parts Of sugar
and water) until they are tender but
still shapely, and the sirup is concen-
trated until it is rich and thick and
is poured over the apples. To make
Q hit with the family, color the sirup
red and serve the compete with hard
sauce. Red cinnamon candles will
do the coloring for you and add q
spicy flavor.
GENERAL of the dried fruits make
good Winter preserves, either alone
or in combination. Apricots, peaches,
prunes, with sufficient sugar to class
as jams, are all good. And there's
that delicious combination Of dried
apricots with canned pineapple. Rais-
ms, figs and dates combine well with
these preserves. and raisins with
cranberries are an excellent preserve
like pie filling.
sP1CED PRUNEs.
pound dried prunes.
quart water.
70 teaspoon salt.
cup sugar.
8 whole allspice.
8 whole cloves.
small pieces stick cinnamon.
Il cup vinegar.
Select large prunes, wash well and
soak overnight In the water. Add the
sugar and spices. tied in cheese
cloth bag, and simmer for Is to 20
minutes. Add the vinegar and cook
about 10 minutes longer, or until the
sirup IS fairly thick.
APRICOT AND PINEAPPLE JAM.
pound dried apricots.
2 No. 2 cans crushed pineapple.
IA pounds sugar.
u teaspoon salt.
wash the apricots and soak them
overnight in the Juice drained from
the canned pineapple. In the morn
ing chop the apricots. Combine the
fruit and all the juice with the sugar
and salt and heat slowly. Stir fre.
quently and cook for about IS min
utes. Pour into hot sterilized jars, seal
and store in q cool place"
Evening star., 1936-12-30
Too Many
Grapefruit
This Year

CONFRONTED with Q bumper
~ grapefruit crop, which would re-
suit in heavy losses unless marketed
promptly and effectively. grapefruit
growers Of all major producing areas
formed today q national grapefruit
committee and appealed to organ
ified food chain stores to develop
q Nationwide grapefruit campaign
similar to recent successful sales
drives for other surplus crops pro-
NOTED at the request of farmers.
John A. Logan, executive vice
president Of the National Association
of Food Chains, with headquarters In
Washington, announced the commit
tees request would be presented to the
Agricultural Committee Of his Or
ganization for prompt action. The
food chains, with $1,000 stores from
coast to coast participating, are now
conducting q national holidays turkey
campaign along the lines Of the sue
cessful sales drives featuring domestic
beef, canned peaches and dried fruits.
Members Of the National Grape
fruit Committee said the bumper crop
resulted from ideal growing condi-
tions, increased paintings and scien-
tific culture. This, they added, pro-
duced not only the largest, but one Of
the finest grapefruit crops on record.
Government estimates indicate q to-
tai crop Of 29,000.0 900 boxes, which Is
far In excess Of normal.
G. H. Walker, chairman Of the Flor.
ida Grapefruit Committee, in COM
menting on the critical situation con-
fronting growers, said:
Recognizing the need for broad
program to widen consumption and
provide adequate returns for the crop,
growers In Florida, Texas, California
and Arizona formed national grape
fruit committee. The committees
first step was to ask organized food
chains to stage national grapefruit
campaign. Concentrated drives on
other surplus crops proved very bene-
fetal to the agricultural groups and
1t. Is the hope of growers that food
chains will help avert q grapefruit
surplus crisis"
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration has classified grapefruit
as the country's No. l surplus problem
and the Surplus Commodities Corp.
Is assisting by buying quantities Of
grapefruit for relief purposes.
Evening star., 1936-12-30
BY MARGARET WARNER.
OOKING at the dancing frock

gives one the most entrance
ing picture of how gay and
beautiful the New Year eve
parties are going to be this season.
These dresses scintillate with tiny
rhinestones scattered against a back
ground Of white satin, or they are
fairy-like with their yards and yards
Of billowy chiffon, net and organza-
two layers to the skirt!
Made for romance, these most
charming dresses Of the season will
each make q picture Of loveliness ss
the wearer makes her entrance into
the ball room. Fascinating in the
extreme is . sroup Of exaggerstedly
bouffant models that we found in
one shop. There Is the buttercup
dress of yellow organza with butter
cups tackled to the skirt as II they
had been showered over it. The snug
fitting bodice with its v points meeting
the narrow shoulder straps is edged
and banded in narrow putting Of the
organza, with a cluster Of buttercups
at the precise center. The organza
underskirt Is stiffened with horsehair
braid at three points to hold it out,
and beneath it all Is yellow taf-
feta slip.
Beautiful as q Russian ballet dancer,
is the exquisite butterfly frock of
finest white net with its poised but
terflies, made Of tiny white feathers.
There is q butterfly where the gauzy
shoulder strap meets the ruching that
outlines the under-arm line, one at
the front and whole flock of them
f1uttering among the folds on one side
of the skirt. The tremendous width
Evening star., 1936-12-30
.FeWWeddinq
Customs and
Hints for Formal !
and Informal
Ceremonies.
BY EMILY POST.


|DEAR MRS. POST: Is there any
thing improper In the groom's
staying at the brides house the night
before their wedding? My nance lives
far away and Is arriving the evening
before our wedding day, and I would
like to have him stay with us II It Is
not an irregular procedure.
Answer - According to the old
fashioned precepts, it was considered
utterly destroying to sentiment for the
bridegroom to stay in the house Of the
bride on the wedding eve, and against
good luck for him to see her on the
day Of the wedding until he met her
at the church. But among the many
customs OF yesterday, this one, which
must have been based on superstition,
is certainly amenable to modification.
You understand, Of course, that your
first responsibility is to provide for
your attendants who are strangers In
town, and next, for the bridegroom's
parents.
lDEAR MRS. POST: My wedding
dress Is just an ordinary afternoon
dress. It has lovely artificial flowers
at the neck, which match exactly the
other trimming on the dress. What
about wearing or carrying other dow-
ers? It would be difficult to replace
the artificial ones with real ones that
carry out the color scheme so well, but
wearing both kinds seems much too
much. And as am going to be mar
ried at home, in the early evening,
would you suggest hat and gloves?
Answer-There Is no reason why
bride need carry q bouquet or wear
corsage, unless she chooses 70 do so.
Innumerable brides carry prayer
books, and If you would like to carry
one, you know, Of course, that nothing
would be easier than putting any cover
over your own prayer book that you
might prefer. On the other hand, 1t
Is not necessary that you carry any
thing. Personally, I think that the
bride, who is the central figure Of the
picture, looks topless without hat as
substitute for veil. The only time
a bride needs gloves Is at very large
wedding, when her hands are not to
be hidden by q bouquet, or II she
were wearing street clothes and yet
having q number Of people.
Il +
InEAR MRS. POST: One Of the
girls here at college insists that
engagement and wedding rings are
now being worn on the right hand
instead of the left, because last Sum-
mer, before coming back to school, she
saw several brides with their rings on
this hand. Is there q trend toward
this change?
Answer-It is now. as ever, the
American custom to wear both rings
on the third finger Of the left hand.
The explanation that occurs to me is
that the people your friend saw were
Europeans, since 1t Is the custom tn
certain European countries to wear
these rings on the right hand.
tCopyrisht. 1861
Evening star., 1936-12-30
Dorothy Dix Says
A New Era for Older People Has Crept
Upon Us UnaWares,
Upon Us UnaWares.

night club. And grandpa ditto. He
doesn't want any one to stay at home
and rub his rheumatism, unless 1t t o
pretty young nurse.
-
A ND just as parents have had to
adopt . new technique with new
youth, 80 children need to adopt q
new technique in dealing with this
new age of their parents. That's
something that few children realize.
They are sold on the old story that all
old people want to be coddled and
taken care of, and this makes them
very often cruel when they most mean
to be kind.
A star exhibit Of this is to be found
in the ruthless way in which devoted
children break up the homes Of their
parents when either one dies. Their
first sympathetic thought is, poor
father would be so lonely in this
big house without mother" or Dear
mother mustn't be left alone, now
that father is gone" And 30 they tear
the poor old people up by the roots
from the place in which they have
lived maybe 40 years and bear them
away to their own homes, where they
have to endure the misery not only
Of being strangers in q strange land,
but also Of being dependent, Of living
in somebody else's house and having
to adapt themselves.to somebody else's
ways.
IT IS q terrible thing for loving
= children to do to their parents Just
because they do not realize that mod
ern old people still want to live their
own lives in their own houses, and
that no matter how fond they are of
their children, they don't want to live
with them.
Another mistake that children
make Is in thinking that their parents
want to be treated as II they were
senile, or morons, or babes in arms.
and told when to 80 to bed and what
to eat and not to sit in . draft, q If
they didn't have sense enough to
know what to do themselves.
Thousands Of good daughters sacri-
fice their lives in tyrannizing over
their old fathers and mothers, who
long for nothing else on earth 80
much as . little personal liberty.
All Of which leads to the conclusion
that nowadays the first and second
childhood meet and that Just Is youth
demands the rights of age, 50 age
claims the privileges Of youth.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1936-12-30

IL tricks and guaranteed to At
perfectly once you get the
= 4 right size and cut according
to directions. In fact, 1t shouldn't
take you more than an hour or two
to create the whole thing! Six cores,
f1ared for comfort, . hemmed v top
and silk ribbon straps-that's the sim
plest formula yet for q well-fitting
slip. Take the opportunity to run up
two or three of them in cleaning
rayon, ta11eta or fine nainsook.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1217-B Is
available for sizes "a, 36, SO, 40, ~, A.
As, 48 and 50. Size "a requires just
81 yards 3s-inch fabric and yard
silk ribbon.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to understand.
Send IS cents for the Barbara Bell
Pattern Book. Make yourself attrac-
tive, practical and becoming clothes,
selecting designs from the Barbara
Bell well-planned. easy-to-make pat
terms. Interesting and exclusive fash
ions for little children and the diff
cult junior age; slenderi1ng, well-cut
patterns for the mature figure; after
noon dresses for the most particular
young women and matrons. and other
Evening star., 1936-12-30
May Be Used Now Repensh Jam Closet Shelves
Let Child
Enjoy Part
Ownership
Creates Sense Of
Appreciation and
Responsibility.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

BY ANGELO PATRI.
sTOHN GEORGE, stop kicking the
side of your bed"
"I'm not hurting it, ma"
''No? Just look at the marks you're
making. And you'll dent the wood"
"Yeh. did make some marks on it,
didn't I? They'll come or"
Whats the use Of putting them on?
You're spelling your own furniture.
You're going to need it some fine day"
Need 1t? When1l I need furni-
ture?"
when you leave home and get
married, or something. You'll need
things for your own room some day.
and If they are kicked to bits, all
dents and scratches, you won't feel so
good about it. I bought that bed es-
pecially for you so that you could have
a good one to take with you some day.
Better save it."
Am to have mine, too, mother?
When I get married, can I take my
bed room furniture with me?"
"Of course. I'm not going to want
1t. It is yours. If you take good care
of it it will be lovelier than it is now,
even"
That's an idea, ma. What other
things do we get when we get mar
ried? I mean, what can we own?"
Lots Of things. Whenever I buy
something for the house, think that
maybe some day John George will
have this In his house, or Mary Ellen
will have this when she is keeping
house. The things in your rooms are
yours to take by and by. That's why
keep telling you to take care"
It isn't a bad idea to give children
ownership Of certain household effects
early in their lives. It gives them q
feeling Of dignity, responsibility and
security. And it makes them careful
about the things they use If daugh-
ter knows that certain dishes are to
be hers, are hers right now, although
they are used in the family OCCASION
ally, she will guard them faithfully.
II the boy knows that the rug on his
door, grandfather's oak chair that
stands in the hall, are his, to 60 with
him to his own home, they will take
on new meaning for him, and the
home itself will have deeper meaning
and greater values for him. Let the
children have things for their very
own, right now, so that they will
cherish them, grow up loving them,
and when they set up their homes
take something very precious from the
old home, along with the belongings.
The things one uses take on a certain
symbolism. A familiar chair, q long
used table, may mean all Of home for
q child long absent from its roof.
Then, too, this ownership in the
home gives the family a feeling Of
unity that it never knows when every
thing belongs to mother. The mother
who says to her daughter or her son,
"You may invite your friends to my
home. You may use my chair and my
books. my china, my garden" cannot
hope to have her children feel at home
IN the house. Spread out the owner
ship and you widen the home until it
becomes all-embracing, Is it ought
10 be.
Evening star., 1936-12-30

thought necessary to cook the fruit
on three separate days. The bureau,
always on the alert to help the house.
wife, has eliminated this chore by
using the following method:
Select one orange. one grapefruit
and one lemon, each Of yellow,
smooth, thick-skinned type, free from
blemishes. Remove the peel and slice
it very thin. Parboil it three times
by adding one quart Of cold water,
bringing to the boiling point and
cooking for five minutes, then discard
ing the water after each cooking. Cut
the pulp into thin slices, remove the
seeds and rag and combine the pulp
and drained parboiled peel. To each
pressed measure of this mixed fruit
pulp and parboiled skins add three
times the measure of water and boil
rapidly for 40 minutes before measur-
ing for the sugar. Then add an equal
quantity Of sugar. a little salt and
boil rapidly for IS minutes or until
the jelly stage is reached. If thick
marmalade is desired, boil longer, but
watch to prevent scorching. Stir to
distribute the fruit Put into hot,
sterilized glasses and cover with par
affin when cold.
"OTHER fruits are available for
Winter preserves: Cranberries
will be on the market for several
months to come. With their high
pectin and acid content they rank
among the best jelly-makers. and
every housewife knows how quickly
batch of cranberry sauce can be
cooked to 60 with a dinner Of turkey
or roast chicken or to use as q filling
for an open-faced pie For those who
do not care for the cranberry skins,
there's the strained nodded sauce with
the pulp pressed through a sieve, and
also the clear sparkling jelly from the
juice alone. 1t IS one Of the most
beautiful, gorgeous -colored jellies of
all
Cranberry jelly should be nodded
In Jelly glasses Of q size that will be
just right for one meal, for cranberry
products tend to weep. This Jelly will
keep its fine fresh fruit flavor for
some time If sealed and stored in q
cool dark place.
Evening star., 1936-12-30


The holiday hostess should never
even raise an eyebrow iDhen q
stranger comes to her party.
IF YOU'RE the type Of hostess who
has parties during the holidays.
you've simply got to learn not to
show surprise when . stranger or two
turns up. At any other time Of the
year you may do as you please. But
not now. There are too many nice
people floating around town now to
take q chance.
To make things easier all around,
however. we'd like to suggest to holi-
day gate crashers, that they do the
thing up nicely. They should. among
other things, be sure to give their
names clearly and distinctly to the
hostess. It's terrible to have to intro
duce some one around whom you don't
know and who seems reticent about
telling you who he is. The gate crasher
should say, a. he bows to the lady OF
the house, I'm Johnny Simkins. ]
knew your brother in West High"
That gives the hostess something to
work on.
And she, for her part, should never
show the least sign Of surprise and
should try to act Is though the gate
crasher had received an engraved in
vitation weeks ago, just for the sake
Of the Christmas and New Year
spirit II for no other reason. You
can be snooty about the strangers at
your parties after Washingtonis birth
day, II you must. JEAN.
(cspsTisAt. 1855. b " Associated Msvs.
Evening star., 1936-12-30

4 IL of us know that there Is a
~ new youth, but few of us
~ realize that there Is also q
4 new old age. We have it daily
impressed upon us that the boys and
girls Of today are no more like the
boys and girls Of the past than If
they belonged to an alien race, but
we have been slow to perceive that
modern grandparents are no more like
our own grandpa and grandma than
if they belonged to a different species.
When those Of us who are middle
aged were young, youth was timid.
humble, unsure Of itself and respectful
Of its elders. Now youth is arrogant,
self-assertive and scornful OF the
dotards of so. Youth is in the saddle.
riding hellbent to destruction only too
often, but it's still on top and still
going. Parents wiring their hands in
helpless agony over the things their
children are doing and the risks they
are running, but they can't stop them.
All the old formulas for managing
children are broken switches. For how
can you enforce obedience from an
emancipated generation that Is stand
ing on its own feet? And what's the
good Of threatening to turn girl out
Of the house If she stays out too late
with the boy friend when she Is dying
to set up her own apartment with
another girl, anyway?
II \ \
WE HAVE been so much pre-
" occupied with the changes In
the younger generation that we have
failed to give proper consideration to
the changes that have taken place In
the older generation, yet these are so
great that it is, indeed, wise child
who knows his own grandfather. In
former days old people were old people.
BY the time they were sixtyish they
considered that they were done with
worldly affairs and retired to the
chimney corner to mediate upon their
latter ends.
They gave up their own homes and
went to live with their children, where
they were generally pests. They
hobbled around ON canes. They dressed
In decent black and indulged In no
amusement more hilarious than going
to prayer meeting. And they de-
manded much service from those about
them. They couldn't 60 out without
leaning on somebody's arm and some
body was always having to stay at
home to read to grandpa or hunt
grandma's specs.
But that type Of person Is Is ex-
tinct Is the cuddly baby, g specimen
Of either one of which would be
museum curiosity. Practically, there
"ain't no sich animal as an old man
or woman under 81. The grand
mother of today doesn't buy herself
black silk dress for best. She dolls
herself up In the latest sport clothes.
She doesn't spend her evenings with
little Johnny on her knee, telling him
fairy tales. 6he has stepped out 70 .
Evening star., 1936-12-30
My Neighbor Says:

Cyclamen grow best in acid
soil composed Of equal parts of
loam, leaf mold, decayed manure
and sand. Fertilize with bone
meal.
Spread two and one-haf ia
blespoons of prepared mustard
over q leg Of lamb, let it dry,
then cover it with drippings and
roast. The mustard gives a de-
licious flavor to both meat and
gravy.
A little burnt sugar added to
flour used In making gravy to
serve with roast beef or lamb
adds to the flavor of the gravy.
When SCOT accumulates in the
chimney, place q piece Of zinc on
the hot Goals in the kitchen stove
or furnace. The vapors arising
from this will carry of the SCOT
by chemical decomposition.
(Copyrtght. 1936.)
Evening star., 1936-12-30

and dried fruits
all are good and
may be made into
delicious sweets to
pep up" the
Winter meal.
Amber marma-
lade, made from
one orange, one
grapefruit q n d
one lemon, is GER
tainly inexpen-
sive and always
popular with the
family. The only
thing against this
jam in the past
WAS that It was