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The Washington times., 1936-12-21

tion. It was often roasted or
made into pie. The menus in
those days featured apples, goats
milk, honey, and ale. MiStletoe,
laurel and holly were the decora-
tions used then as now.
Christmas dinners in America
while not filled with the tradition
that accompanies these ancient
continental feastS certainly should
have an "air" about them.
Traditional dishes in this case
do not mean expensive dishes.
Many of our foreign Christmas
cakes and steamed Christmas
puddings are not expensive to
make. These spicy aromatic
dishes add a gaiety to the holiday
season:
Steamed Christmas Pudding
31a cups of four
cup of chopped raisins
/ cup of chopped figs
u cup of brown sugar
/ cup of sweet milk
1a cup Of butter or shortening
! teaspoon of baking soda
u cup of molasses
/ teaspoon of cinnamon
"a teaspoon of ginger
IA teaspoon of nutmeg
y teaspoon of cloves
u cup of chopped candied orange
peel.
Add the melted shortening to
the milk. Add molasSes and soda.
Sift the spices with the salt, sugar,
and flour. Blend the chopped
raiSinS. figs and orange peel with
one-half cup of the flour. Add
the flour sifted with spices to the
shortening. Stir in the chopped
fruit. Mix thoroughly. Pour into
a large steamed pudding mold
rubbed with shortening and steam
for five hours.
Bread for Christmas Breakfast
~? cups of flour
l egg
u cup of butter
cake Of compressed yeast
"a cup of sugar
Y cup of milk
u cup of raisins
u cup of citron
Grated rind of l lemon
1s teaspoon salt
Nutmeg
/ tablespoon of sugar
Cinnamon.
Add the sugar and salt to the
Scalded milk. When cool to luke
warm add the crumbled yeast and
mix well. Cover and let rise until
double in bulk. Add the melted
butter, the egg, sprinkle of nut
meg, the chopped fruit and the
sifted flour. Knead until smooth
and elastic. Shape into a loaf.
Blend the sugar with cinnamon.
Sprinkle on top of the loaf. Place
in a bread pan and let double in
bulk. Bake in a moderate oven at
375 degrees for 40 minutes.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

sHERES a smart Christmas
II gadget for you-a candle
stand complete with holly, bay
berry or red candle, and glass
chimney. It's one of the most
Christmasy things we've found,
and one or a pair of them will
dress up your room delightfully."-.
Needless to say, they will be grand
to put in the window, or for your
1nantel, as the shade will protect
the candle from a breeze that
might be stirring. The candle
stand is good looking and will
serve as a nice decoration the
whole year through, without its
bunch of holly. The whole thing
complete is 81.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

The matron who's bit overweight
puts in a word, too-for slim lines
so Anne Adams combines all
three in Pattern 4178, an easy-to-
make frock whose styling suggests
the popular Shirtwaister. Even an
amateur "seamstress" can man.
age this one easily. And the
woman with not-too-slim figure
will find it both slenderizing and
flattering. Practical minds will
appreciate the novel sleeves which
unbutton and open out flat for
easy making and ironing. Pleats
to the front of it-pleatS to the
back Of it, all designed for easy
action. Choose cotton broadcloth
or percale in bright print.
Pattern 4178 is available in sizes
16, 18, 20, "a, SO, 38, 40, AZ and
A. Size 36 takes Az yards &c.
inch fabric. Illustrated Step-by-
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~ WILMA LAvlLLE
NJ Beatrice Fairfax Says Practical Angle Aids Boys Girls Love
WILMA LAVlLLE

Hand Made Glassware
WHERE'S good reason why
l. new shipment of decora-
tive glass in a downtown store
is so good looking. It's of fine
quality glass in "cathe-
dral" colors, to start with, and
then it is all hand made, by
master craftsmen. The story is
that the makers of church and
cathedral windows take the
leftover pieces of glass-beau-
tiful in coloring and of highest
quality-and melt them down,
then re-make the molten glass
into gorgeous shapes for deco
rative purposes. The colors
alone are we'll worth going to
ssee-gold which is unusual in
sglassware, clear greens Of
emerald-like quality and pale
watery colors, colonial blue,
ruby, amethyst, and so on. The
ttexture is somewhat like Mexi-
.can glass, but much finer and
Fit rings like good crystal. The
sshapes are in great variety,
from an old-fashioned flip glass
! to the most graceful Grecian
urn. There are little pieces and
sbig pieces, and in all manner of
designs. Best of all, they are not
.expensive-just SOC to 81. For
saround 85c and ST you can find
beautiful pieces that will make
Wonderful Christmas gifts. And
sthe supply is fresh and almost
unlimited, which is something
for this time of Christmas week.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
Etiquette
ByMRS.CORNELIUS BEECKMAN
WEDDING INVITATIONS
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

OOGbA V4A De ACCNAAAoAAs
81 am going to be married this
winter and / would appreciate
your advice on the following queS-
tiOnS:
81 am to be married in a white
lace dinner dress, and / do not
intend to wear a bridal veil.
Would it be proper to carry a
Bible trimmed in ribbons and
flowers instead of perhaps a cor.
sage or bouquet?
"ShOuld I wear white satin slip.
pers or white suede?
"In addressing an invitation to
a single woman, and wishing her
to bring a young man friend, is
this the proper way: Miss Mary
Brown and escort?
"HOw should an invitation be
sent to a single man, if you want
him to bring a young lady with
him: Mr.. Edward Green and
friend? "J."
Yes.
White satin slippers would be
more appropriate with white lace.
Yes.
Yes. Or, if you prefer, in both
these cases, you might address the
invitation envelopes to Miss Mary
Brown and to Mr.. Edward Green
and then write a separate note,
and mail it in a separate en-
velope inviting the young lady to
bring a man friend and the young
man to bring a girl friend.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

and ornamental coiffureS worn
during the periods of elegance and
luxury.
They show the sculpture models
of these designs, and then with
living models illustrate how they
influence the modern fashions Of
today.
The thing that makes their work
so suitable for the American girls
is: they conform with the Arneri-
can fashions in hats and gowns,
and besides they can do peauti-
full hairdress that will last and
will be all the prettier for a good
thorough brushing.
The really smart hair Stylist has
been advocating brushing for the
waves for some time, and it is
real joy to see how deftly they can
put the wave back in place after
such a treatment.
There is q definite movement
away from the set designs such
as the precise little sculpture curlS
and the too regular rows o. waves.
There must be softneSs about
the pattern, and in the texture
Of the hair itself. We must have
really nice hair to make a nice
Coiffure. They will encourage their
patrons to think more of the
quality and health of the hair
than they have done in the past.
Natural TintS
There are many original and
attractive French styles, and we
expect to appropriate any and all
we find suitable, but we prefer
our own hair styling. One of the
speakers told us of attending a
beauty show in London where they
boasted of having all American
hair styles.
Our hair coloring is, Of course,
the most satisfactory. We fire.
quently hear this from American
girls and women who travel for
any length of time in foreign
countries. They say they never
find the natural tints and the
methods used in America. The
same is true of most of the other
products, except perfume.
At the present time there is a
great deal of experimental work
bing done in California in the
culture of the flowers that may
be commercialized in the manu-
facture of fine perfumes. They
have succeeded in making some
exquisite aromas, but we believe
they have not done as much as
is possible in this line so far.
A. B. L. M.-You can take off 35
pounds and also reduce your
ankles. I have a number of good
diets you may have, also sets of
exercises and a special ankle re-
ducing course. Send a stamped,
self-addressed envelope for any
of them. Space will not permit
printing here.
]. G.-The oily condition of
your hair is annoying since it
changes the lovely shade OF light
brown. Frequent shampoos and
dry ShampooS are the remedy.
When you do not wish to sham
poor the hair, you could use one Of
the liquid cleaners or sponge it
with toilet water and brush thor
oughly. The liquid cleaners will
not disturb the wave.
We have a good reliable Hair
Style Chart that will be a guide
for you in your own hairstyIing,
also the Hair COlOring Method.
and the Perfume Chart for the
selection of your individual per-
fumes. There is no charge for any
Of these, but be sure to enclose
stamped, self-addressed envelope
for each to cover postage. Address
Donna Grace, Beauty Editor of
The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

The contest this Ueek is open
to all Times readers. There are
sir cash prizes OF one dollar
each to be giUen to readers send
ing in tGvortte candy recipes.
any type of holiday candy or
contection may min a prize. 1t
may be your tGDorite recipe that
tDill merit this dDGrd.
The recipe published today
1OGS sent in in the contest that
closed last Saturday. 1t is not
q prize 1Dinner but WaS listed
for Honorable Mention.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

TEIE bracelet bag" is the name
II of this clever evening bag,
which is the new shape drawn up
at the top, and it is held by a
t.'bracelet" of rhinestones about
the neck of the bag. There are
various fabrics to choose from
,brocades, velvet in colors, or black
velvet-and we selected q green
velvet for Sketching. It is nicely
lined and fitted with a purse on a
chain and a mirror. The bracelet
fastens with a snap clip and
assures you safety for the con-
tents Of the bag. There's little
strap on the side, to swing it by if
you want, and the bag is large
enough to hold all your evenings
necessities. They are So.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

Not so long ago young people
were being given platitudes on
prudence, and told to wait until
they had accumulated NEST
egg" and the young mans salary
was sure-as if anything could
be sure.
+ But today churches, community
centers, school boards and the
press all try to help youngsters
with their matrimonial problems,
or rather show them how to avert
matrimonial problems. And the
raven croaks about the folly of
early marriage (not infant mar
riage, of course), are fewer and
fainter.
Take the case of the Board of
Education in the Jersey town of
Paulsboro, near Camden. There
boys go to work in a big oil COM
pany, or one of the largest manu-
featuring plants in the world.
Girls work in mills, and marry
boys working in the oil company
or manufacturing plants.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS
It's better to teach these young
people to be practical, decided the
supervising principal, Paul R. Carl
to show the boys how to read
blueprints; how to repair elec-
trical appliances; teach them shop
mathematics, and to give the girls
a liberal education in all the do
mestic arts. And the school board
agreed.
Cramming the students with
classical subjects, this school board
thinks, "butters fewer parsnips" "
than knowing how to use the
hands as well as the head.
And nothing makes for a happy
home like having wife who
knows how to cook the bacon well
and economically after it has been
brought home to her.
So Mr.. Carl and the school
board reached the decision to give
the students more of the practical
side of education and less of the
classical-after 40 per cent of the
freshmen had failed in at least
one subject at the end of the first
six-weeks period.
The college entrance course will
be retained for the few students
who intend to go to college.
The nrincinal said.
'We're compelled by law to
keep on teaching English for
four years, but all foreign Ian
gu3geS will probably be elimi-
mated. To sum it up, we want
to fit these boys and girls bet
ter for life."
FIT STUDENTS FOR LIFE
So the boys and girls of the
Paulsboro High School will learn
how to conjugate the word "amo," "
meaning love, from real life rather
than the Latin grammar.
And what does it profit a girl
to know that all Gaul was divided
into three parts, if she doesn't t
know how to prepare a good pot
roast, make a pie or an appetizing
cup of coffee?
Likewise, the higher flights of
| geometry and trigonometry will
not help a boy toward holding
down a job, as will the all-around
capable training the PaulSboro
High School undertakes to give
him.
Modern kitchens will be built
for the school, in which the girls
will be given thorough course
in domestic science. An extensive
laboratory and workshop will be
constructed for the boys, as soon
as the electorate of Paulsboro ap-
proves these changes in February.
In view of these innovations,
which will help enormously to
grease domestic wheels, railroad
fares from Paulsboro to Reno are
apt to take a sudden nosedive.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
Vanilla CarameIs

/ cup of granulated sugar
cup of light corn syrup
" cup Of butter
1s teaspoon of salt
l cup Of light coffee cream
/ teaspoon of vanilla extract
Combine all of the ingredients
but the vanilla. Place over low
heat and bring slowly to the boil,
ing point string frequently. Cook
slowly to $50 degrees or until lit
tie of the mixture forms a firm
ball in cold water.
Remove from the heat, add the
vanilla and turn into a creased
pan 6 by 6 inches. Cook and cut
into squares. This makes about
11e pounds.
Submitted by Miss Eleanor
White, 1913 Fourteenth st. N. w.,
enrolled at Dennison Vocational
School.
Rules for the contest: Write
on one side of the paper only
and include your name and
address under each recipe. AS
many recipes as you UiSh may be
entered. Mail them to Miss Jean
Green, The Washington Times,
before midnight, December 81.
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
Stylists Forecast Change
In Hair Dressing
Fashions
By DONNA GRACE

There been any secret about preference for
American hair styles for the American girl Our hair
ysts are than the best Of the foreign hairdresser
They designs that suitable to the in this
country and that in keeping with the fashions and mode
OF living
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
Pattern
PATTERN AT

PATTERN 4178
Simplicity and comfort - the
two things that a fashion-wise
woman looks for in house frock!
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
Jersey School Promotes
Early Marriages With
New System
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous Authority Problems of LoUe and Marriage
It be encouraging to girls and boys to see the
that everyone be enstng their sde trying to help
them get married and Give happily ever after"
The Washington times., 1936-12-21
Special Christmas Dishes
Not Always Costly
By JEAN GREEN

Each foreign country has special type of food that is
oyed Christmas Day In these foods date
centuries back that their original meaning has been forgotten
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

TWO NEW body sachets are shown, in the thrilling
"Town" and Country" fragrances, and either both
would make lovely Christmas gifts for the ladies your
list. The sache is like superior dusting powder, and
wells the body with fine protective film that prevents
chapping, flaking and chatting They packaged in
modern copper and wood boxes and have feahery
down puff in EACH They $3.50 eac and in several
local stores. ,
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

OLDER THAN HUSBAND
Dear Miss Fairfax:
"When we were married, my
The Washington times., 1936-12-21

1 cup of granulated sugar
l cup of light corn syrup
Y cup Of butter
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-06-12
Land of the Sky Blue Water

Lana OF Tie Oky due w dIer
DABE was Paul Bunyans big blue
- OK. He was quite a siZable animal
although not all lumberjacks agree as
to just how big he was. Some say he
was seven axe-handles between the
eyes but others declare the figures
should be AZ axe-handles and a plug Of
tobacco. However, all agree that Babe
could pull anything that had two ends
to 1t. Paul often used him to pull the
kinks out of crooked logging roads.
Occasionally Babe would run away
and be gone all day. Paul was the
only one who could track him because
his footprints were so far apart that
an ordinary man couldn't see from
one of them to the next one. They
were pretty deep, too. Once settler
and his wife and baby fell into one Of
these footprints and the baby was fifty
seven years old before he finally
climbed out and reported the accident.
The winter Of the blue snow Babe
went on one of these rambles and wan
dered all over the present state Of
Minnesota. When the snow melted the
next spring the water filled his foot
prints and that's why Minnesota Is
now known as the Land of Ten Thou
sand Lakes-the Land of the Sky
Blue Water"
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-06-12
TALL TALES
s.
AS Told to:
FRANK E. HAGAN and
ELMO SCOTT WATSON
Sagacious Serpent
AS Told to:

eyes" said Madame zulawa, the
i snake-charmer with the old Rob-
inson circus, "Elmer was by far the
most intelligent and most versatile SER
pent ever had He was blacksnake
six feet of patience, pliability and
perspicacity. could call out any num-
Der and instantly he'd arrange himself
IN the form of that figure. His figure
Fights were a model of rounded sym
metry. But all of this was before
one horrible night
Madame Zulawa covered her eyes as
though to shut out some terrible sight.
There was a tremor in her voice :. Z.
then she went bravely on.
"Our circus train was crossing the
high Sierras. Just as it was approach
ing the summit, Elmer slid out of his
cage and started back over the tops
of the cars. He was coming back to
my car for his cup of warm cocOnut
milk to help him get to sleep.
"Just as he stretched over the gap
between two cars, there was the sound
OF iron swapping. Inc coupling De-
tween the two cars had broken under
the strain Of pulling the heavy cars up
that steep grade. In another moment
the rear half of the train would be
speeding down the incline, gathering
momentum until it jumped the rails
at the first curve.
"Elmer knew that everything de-
pended upon him. Quick as flash he
sank his teeth in the wooden top of the
car ahead. At the same moment he
wrapped his tail around an iron rod
on the car behind. The strain on him
was fearful, but he hung on GRIM
ly 80.
'Well there isn't much more
to tell. The whole train passed safely
over the summit. But Elmer's days as
a performing blacksnake were over.
Go to the Cincinnati ZOO today and
you'll find him there in cage la
beled THE Only Black Python in Cap
tivity AZ feet, 6A inches long,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-06-12
Tenderfoot. Bewarei

M7HEN a tenderfoot disappears out
wv West some old-timer is certain to
shake his head sadly and say: II
reckon roperite or a tripodero must
of got him." Chances are, he's right.
The tripodero has only two legs, ar
ranged like telescope, so that it can
raise or lower itself at will. Its head
has long muzzle with a mouth like
a gun barrel. AS it turks among the
brush, it raises and lowers itself on
its telescope legs to watch for ap-
preaching game.
When the tripodero sees a tender
foot come jouncing along the trail on
horseback, 1t gets behind a boulder,
tits itself at just the right angle and
points its muzzle at the unsuspecting
tenderfoot. At the right moment it
blows from its mouth a pellet of clay
lit always keeps a supply Of these
guilds in its left cheeky which shoots
the taste right out of the tenderfoots
mouth. One week and three hours later
he dies of starvation because he can't
taste anything after he has been shot
by the tripodero.
If the tenderfoot Is lucky enough to
get past the tripodero, the roperite
may get him. 1t is a curious animal
with a long rope-like beak which ends
in slip-noose AS the tenderfoot rides
singing along the trail past the place
where the roperite is lurking, 1t shoots
out this natural lariat, the moose tight
ems around the luckless fasteners
throat and he chokes to death on the
bars of music that stick crosswise in It.
1t is estimated that total Of 4,163
tenderfeet have fallen victims to either
the tripodero or the roperite in the
West since the spring of 1887.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-06-12

The $50 tons Of anchor chain cables
for the Queen Mary. Each link
weighs 225 pounds.
pantry cloths and hosts of other items,
making 100000 articles in all.
But one OF the essentials to truly
great ocean liner is safety. The Queen
Mary has "a hteboats. OF which 20 are
made to carry las passengers each. AL
itebOats are OF steel, operated by Diesel
engines. Each carries complete tUireLess
equipment. In addition, for the safety Of
passengers in emergency, each boat car.
Ties:
Two pounds of biscuits per passen-
ger, quart Of water per passenger,
one-pound tin Of condensed milk per
passenger, one tin red distress flares.
one oil lamp to burn eight hours, one
tin Of oil for the lamp, one box Of
matches in soldered tin, one gallon tin
of fish oil, one canvas bag and line for
distributing Oil on troubled waters, one
canvas sea anchor, drag line and trip
ping line, two axes, one compass with
lamp, one set Of oars and two spares,
one-and-a-half sets of rowlocks, one
bucket, one bailer, one mooring rope or
painter, and two bilge pumps.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-06-12

OWN IOr SOME ClUle To COME against lHe
transatlantic air liner, due to arrive in
the near future. Not only has the
crossing time been shortened to hardly
more than the time required to cross
the United States by rail year ago,
but so many are the interesting activ-
tiles which await the vOyager, the few
days are made to slip by so quickly the
traveller is often sorry they are over.
In describing a ship the size of the
Queen Mary 1t is hard to decide just
where to begin. Might begin just as
you would If you were aboard her,
waking in the morning after night at
sea. Probably you would want to start
with brisk constitutional to absorb
some Of that exhilarating salt air. TAX
ing the promenade deck for walk
around ship, you would find yourself
out for quite hike-about a half mile,
as matter of fact, for the Queen
Mary is lob feet long, with beam
Of 118 feet.
Makes 80 Knots.
The great liner, with her ~ decks,
towers 234 feet from keel to masthead,
135 feet from keel to top of super
structure. Waving farewell from the
deck at her bow to friends below, you
would find yourself five or six stories
above the dock.
Once out at sea the great ship is capc
Die OF travelling 80 knots an hour. 4
k,A -. 1TS1 ..LsaE L.
you would actually be going nearly 81
miles an hour. There are many CONNER.
cial concerns tOhose automobiles are gou-
erned not to exceed a speed OF less than
that.
There are more than four and one
half days of continual wonders to be
seen in tour Of the ship from stem
to stern. Directly behind the first stack
are the sports decks, with even tennis
courts for the guests enjoyment. For
ward of the stack are the officers quar-
tiers, the bridge, wheel room and chart
room and other spots where you
mustn't come unlimited.
Next deck below is the "sun deck"
with more officers rooms, grill,
squash-racquets courts, moving pic
ture theater, the wireless rooms, and
few de luxe suites and staterooms. Be
low that is the promenade deck, where
the stroller may browse in a real met
ropolitan shopping center. Also to be
found on this deck are the writing
lounge, the great ballroom and a chill
dren's playroom.
What Many Decks Contain.
Most of the tourist accommodations
are found on the main" deck, one deck
below, reached by stairs or one of the
81 elevators aboard ship. There are
more writing rooms, tourist lounge
and library here. "a" deck has an