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Evening star., 1936-06-19
Dorothy Dix Says
Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law
Should Cultivate Each
Others Friendship.

loves. Also, for q wife to have Mother
in-law for her friend gives her a
valuable champion who sides with her
in any argument between her and her
husband. Furthermore, it Silences all
criticism because Mother -in-law Is so
flattered when daughter -in-law shows
that she is fond of her that she thinks
her perfection, and urges her to buy
new clothes and go out to bridge par
ties and offers to take care of the
children when daughter-in-law wants
to take trip.
And the trick Of turning mothers
in-law into friends instead Of enemies
is so easily performed. 1t requires no
finesse and very little work because the
old are so pleased by any attentions
from the young that they go down
before them like ripe wheat before the
sickle. A few gestures of affection. a
compliment or so, a little difference
and the conquest is made.
Any girl not a moron knows that
she could assuage the jealousy in her
mother -in-law's heart by making it
plain to her that she is not taking her
son from her, by refraining from
Haunting his love for her in her
mother-in-law's face, and by letting
them have long talks alone together.
Any bride can establish cordial rela-
tions with her mother-in-law by being
confidential with her and talking over
her plans with her as she does with her
own mother. And any daughter-in-
law can make hit with her mother
in-law by asking her advice and get
ting her to show her just how she
makes bread and cooks a pot roast.
What the in-law relationship needs
is more reciprocity about it. Mothess-
in-law and daughters-in-law going
f1fty-fifty on 1t. DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Tips on the Food Market
BY LUCE EBERLY.

flavor superior to any other grown. II
needs very little cooking and is ideal
for cole slaw, as the leaves are young
and tender.
Lima beans, the small baby ones.
are still scarce. Beefsteak tomatoes
are more plentiful this week and much
more reasonable in price. Yellow and
green Summer squash is at its best.
Cucumbers are improving with every
shipment and this weeks supply
seems to be exceptionally fine.
Good iceberg lettuce is in again
after few weeks absence. The
heads are large and firm. The home
grown Boston variety continues to
flood the markets; is apparently a
favorite for the salad bowl mixture.
Celery, q few choice stalks are seen
at the larger stalls, and despite the
scarcity is reasonably priced. Mint,
large punches of fragrant, tender
leaves, is to be had at every stand.
WatercreSs, too, is plentiful. The sup
ply is coming from the Carolinas, is
young and tender and pleasingly
sharp. Good corn is scarce this
week-the Texas crop must have Ian
guiShed somewhat. We will be enjoy
ing our own homegrown country
gentleman" and bantam" from early
gardens before long, though, claim the
merchants and farmers.
POULTRY is, of course, a Summer
favorite as the piece de resist
ance. The fryers are good sized and
plentiful. Broilers are plumper. too.
We were very much impressed with
a display at one place. Boned broil-
erS were being featured, and in in
quiring about this new service, we
were told that broilers of any size
are quartered and boned to order.
This is certainly the perfect way to
prepare and serve the young, tender
meat, for in broiling the birds the
meat generally shrinks away from the
bone and often makes the cooked
chicken hard to serve and cut. (You
may request that the bones be saved
and make a. Summer bouillon or broth
with them.) Capons for roasting may
be boned, too. If you are planning
sliced chicken as the buffet supper or
dinner treat, it would seem that the
boneo bird would make the carving
and serving much easier.
X T*
THE sea food counters appear very
busy-and they certainly should
be! Salmon to boil and serve cold,
f1llet of haddock or founder, and
Boston mackerel should appeal to any
household. Butter fish, sea trout and
bass, rock, blues and croakers round
out good small-f1sh list. Fresh and
cooked shrimp are plentiful and are
exceptionally large just now. Soft
crabs, despite the fact that they are
unusually scarce this year due to the
severe storms and Winter the coast
suffered, are moderately priced.
Evening star., 1936-06-19

Gus, all is well. Otherwise all is tears
and misery.
No matter how devoted a son may
be, nor how great debt of gratitude
he owes his mother, if his wife and
mother are enemies who fight over
him, ninety-nine times out of hun
dred it is the wife who wins out. He
quits going to see Mother because
every visit brings on scene with his
wife, and because wife has his ear he
lets her persuade him that Mother is
cantankerous, meddlesome old trou-
ble-brewer, and that the least they
see Of her, the better.
Because Of this, wise women start
at the altar to WOO their sons wives
as assiduously as ever lover courted
fair maiden. For they know that the
happiness of the entire family group
depends upon whether their daughters
in-law like them or not.
It Is. Of course. obvious why the
mother -in-law must take the initiative
if any friendship is established be-
tween her and her daughter-in-law.
It is because she is older and knows
more of life and human nature than
any young girl, and because she
should have more tact, more suavity
In handling situation and more self
control. Also, because it is so much
more important to her to be on
amicable terms with her daughter-in-
law than it is to the daughter-in-
law. For practically every bride goes
into her husbands family with chip
on her shoulder and with determine
ton to show her mother -in-law where
she gets off. She's got her man, and
whether Mother -in-law likes her or
not she thinks is nothing in her young
life
NOW the recipe for a mother-in- mott, in
law getting along with her
daughter in law in peace is short and
simple, even if it is bitter medicine to
take. It is for her to keep her tongue
behind her teeth and her fingers out
of daughter -in-law's pie. AS long as
Johns mother never gives a word of
advice, or makes suggestion, or offers
criticism to Johns wife. there is
peace between them and all is quiet
along the Western front. But the
minute Mother begins telling daugh-
ter-in-laW a few things about how to
run her house and bring up the baby,
or undertakes to show her how to
cook things the way John likes them,
the armistice is over and the heavy
artillery limbers up for action.
Now it is only good sense and good
feeling for a mans mother to make
every effort to win the affection OF
her sons wife, but why should not the
sons wife make an equal effort to
make herself persona grata to her hus-
bands mother? Why should Mother
in-law be the only one to have to hold
out the olive branch? Why shouldn't
daughters-in-law make a few peace
offerings themselves? Why shouldn't
they use a few of the arts and wiles
they employed in winning Mothers
son on winning Mother herself?
IRON every angle it is good strategy.
L It will do more than any one
thing to endear them to their hus-
bands. There is nothing for which q
man is so grateful to his wife as he Is
to her for being nice to his mother.
And there Is nothing that he breads
80 much as the agony of being torn
apart between the two wcmen he
Evening star., 1936-06-19
The Old Gardener Says:

The word verbascum, being
interpreted, means mullen, and
the mullen, to the average
American, is a weed of lusty
growth but little beauty. Even
the common mullen, however,
throws up Towering stalk
which Is stately and impressive
when seen at a distance, and
other species are much more
ornamental. Apart from the
column-like spikes, which tower
from 4 to feet high. the null
leins are made attractive by
their gray-green, velvet-like foil
age. The flowers Of the different
species vary, most Of them being
yellow, but some carry dark, al
most purple blooms. The kinds
listed in the catalogues are excel
lent plants for the back of the
border and may be grown from
seeds sown now.
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1936-06-19

- URRANTS and June apples
are the specials at the stalls
this week. Both are from
nearby fields and orchards
and are being received daily in large
shipments. Those of you who have
been waiting for the little rich-in-
pectin berries will be glad to know
that they are in now-just in time to
help make your annual supply Of
jams and jellies and preserve other
fruits that are in season. Currant
jelly itself is delicious, too, and so
easily made! Those little tart June
apples also do their bit They make
delectable pies and are grand for
stewing and frying, as well as supply
ing pectin for the preserving kettle
Large, yellow, fully ripe peaches are
beginning to come in seriously now.
They are still cingstones, however,
and hail from the CarolinaS Since
this variety is best for preserving,
picking and Spicing, the enterprising
housekeeper will take advantage Of
them, while they are plentiful. Nam
moth Bing cherries, almost as large
as pluns, from Washington State, are
the pride of almost every merchant.
Strawberries are practically extinct
a few boxes of homegrown ones are
seen here and there, but even these
will be gone in another weeks time
Red raspberries, however, are coming
in steadily in excellent lots. They are
large in size and full-f1avored. Or.
Wiley" blackberries, those delicious
sweet ones, are being featured at
several stalls and are making quite a
hit. They are almost twice as large
as the ordinary variety have a flavor
peculiarly their own and have the
happy faculty of keeping firm indefi-
nitely.
Rhubarb is, surprisingly, still avail
able. 1t is being received from nearby
farms. Since it will be waning very
shortly it would be well to enjoy it
while you may. Sweet honey balls
from California and cantaloupes from
Colorado are the two most popular
breakfast fruits just now, it seems.
Both are at their prime, plentiful, and
priced accordingly. Fresh figs, those
luscious plump ones, continue to ar
rive and are selling as soon as they
are unpackedl Apricots are coming
in larger lots now. Since they have a
very short season it would be well to
take advantage of them, too. A few
plums from California have been re-
ceived, and it would seem in looking
over the colorful stands that almost
every fruit imaginable is represented
with this last addition.
y X
HOMEGROWN asparagus still
continues to come in. but in very
small lots. 1t has not, however, ad-
vanced in price as yet. Tender, home
grown garden peas, green and yellow
snap beans, small carrots, baby tur-
nips and red beets are all at their
prime and are the buys of the week.
The crisp, green, large -leafed spinach
and kale, we understand, is coming
from nearby farms, too. 1t is better
now than it has been so far this Sum-
mer. Early York and fiat Dutch cab
bage, the favorites of yesteryear, have
arrived from nearby farms-and old
timers will be glad to know this va
riety is again available. 1t is claimed
that this green. fresh cabbage has o
Evening star., 1936-06-19

HOL W e a I n e +
foods conscious,
judging by the
interest they dis
play in having
a I'm ost fireleSs
kitchens t hes e
warm days!
Yesterday we
tried out some
n e W recipes Of
this type, which
proved most sat
isfactory. Dinner, ,
for instance, con-
sisted of a cold
tomato soup. jel-
lied mold of SAL
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Unusual Salad.

Tomatoes stuffed with a combina-
ton of cubed alligator pears. cucum-
bers and a suspicion of green onion
make pretentious salad for warm
weather luncheons. yet sufficiently in
expensive to use on many lesser occa-
Eons as well.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
BY MARGARET WARNER.

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the West Coast or for a
cruise, coat will be a very important
part of your travel wardrobe. In fact
you may need more than one coat un-
less your trip is to be very limited
one.
Nights at the seashore are noted for
cool breezes on the board walk, and
you will want to slip into a cosy little
white or light pastel woolen coat. If
you are going to the mountains you
will find the nights much colder than
at the seashore, unless it be Maine.
When the sun drops down the tempera-
ture drops too, and you will. more
often than not, wear a sweater under
your coat. Or if you are at one of
those interesting Adirondack camps
there will be log fire burning in the
Lodge House, and you will be sleeping
under all the blankets you can get hold
Of. This always seems quite unbeliev-
able while sweltering in the city, but
Evening star., 1936-06-19
I9O6-B

cut patterns for the mature figure;
afternoon dresses for the most par
ticular young women and matTons
and other patterns for special occa-
sions are all to be found in the Bar
bara Bell Pattern Book.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Cooks Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.
CFARnTr cYYAynIU hFHyArn

oIMFLE SONDA1 DINNEh,
Chicken and Peppers
Rice Mold
Buttered 5eets
Biscuits Honey
Salad Crisp
Raspberry Ice Cream
Chocolate Crunches
Coffee
CHICKEN AND PEPPERS.
3 tablespoons 2 tablespoons
butter chopped
4 tablespoons cooked green
flour peppers
2 cups milk "a teaspoon salt
q cup diced 4 teaspoon
cooked chicken pepper
4 teaspoon
celery salt
Melt butter and add flour, mix and
add milk. Cook until creamy sauce
forms. Stir constantly. Add remain
ing ingredients and cook two min
utes over low fire. Serve poured over
rice mold.
RICE MOLD.
2 cups boiled 4 teaspoon finely
rice chopped
Il cup soft onions
crumbs 2 eggs, beaten
Il teaspoon salt u cup milk
a teaspoon tablespoons
paprika butter, melted
Mix ingredients and pour into but
tered shallow mold (round or ring).
Set in shallow pan in which one inch
water has been placed. Bake 80 min
utes in moderately slow oven. Re.
move from oven and let stand five
minutes in the water. Carefully un-
mold darnish with paEslP.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
BY BETSY CASWELL.

~ EQUESTS continue to come in
- large numbers every day for
| recipes that may be prepared
- early in the morning and al
lowed to stand in the icebox for hours
to complete the cooking" process
Certainly, Washington housewives
seem to be getting more and more
Evening star., 1936-06-19

For information concerning items
mentioned in this column, call Ma
tional 5000, Extension 396, between 10
and IL am.
Evening star., 1936-06-19

- VERY mother knows when her
son marries that whether she
keeps him or loses him depends
. upon her relationship to his
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Only One Thing To Watch
tCopyriEht. 1851

In following this proved, SAFE way to lose
ugly fat, eat sensibly-and then there is
only one thing to watch. Use only the
genuine Welch's Grape Juice. In order to
get the finest, selected, premium grapes
grown we pay more than anyone in the
United States. That is why Welch's is
always full strength. No adulterants; no
artificial coloring-Certihed Pure. Insist
upon Welch's.
WsIeh Crepe Juice Co., WestHeId, NY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
A SPIRITUAL REVIVAL
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D, d, D. c. l..
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

from our own country and places as re-
mote as India. These men have already
visited many Of the larger cities, reaching
across the country, and wherever they
have gone great throngs have waited
upon their messages. The largest build
ings have proved inadequate, and an
awakened interest Is manifest that clear
ly indicates the readiness Of vast bodies
of people to respond to the gospel mes
sage. II anything were needed to give
demonstration of the place and power
of the prophets voice, this National
Preaching Mission is sufficient proof.
Presently. In Washington, beginning
Sunday, November ~, and lasting
through Wednesday. the 18th. these
preachers will be heard. Their mes
sage is designed to fit the conditions of
our modern age. While they preach an
old gospel it is a gospel whose teachings
apply to the conditions and circum-
stances of our modern life. This mission
Is only one of several worldwide move
ments that are designed to effect great
spiritual reformation. 1t is becoming in
creasingly evident that the problems Of a
confused and distracted world will find
their solution through a fresh and prac-
teal application Of the teachings of
Christ. rather than through those multi
form systems and agencies created by
the genius Of men. Premier Hambro Of
the Norwegian Parliament. when re-
Gently in Washington, declared that the
critical condition we face today lis not
economic or political, but moral" and
he appealed for revival of the practice
Of the Christian faith.
II the gathering war clouds are to be
dissipated. If peace and world order are
to be maintained, # the strife and con-
fusion in our industrial work room is to
be equitably adjusted through amity and
good will. If our social and domestic life
is to be made more wholesome and salts
flying. we must have a more consistent
recognition and practice of the Christian
faith.
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of them that preach the
gospel Of peace and bring glad tidings of
good things!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
A Misty Morning.

The artistry of nature nowhere Is
more notably demonstrated than In the
invention Of mist. Dictionaries speak of
the phenomenon as "a cloudlike aggre-
cation of minute globules of water sus-
pended in the atmosphere at or near
the earth's surface; but scientific def
milton, perhaps Of necessity. leaves out
of account the curious and gracious ele-
ment Of quiet beauty which to many is
the most distinctive characteristic Of fog
or haze. That eerie loneliness Is the
magnet that has drawn the hearts of
the very greatest Of painters. Constable
and Turner, Whistler and Winslow
Homer are but four of the masters who,
not altogether in vain, have labored to
catch the silvery charm Of it on canvas.
Their imagination responded to the nys-
terry of the draped heavens; II their
brushes and pigments were Inadequate,
the fault was not spiritual poverty.
But one requires little training In the
philosophy of appreciation in order to
enjoy such q spectacle as the Nations
Capital presents these Autumn mornings
at the hour when its thousands of work.
ers are journeying from their suburban
homes to their downtown Offices. Fol-
lowing the same route daily, 1t may be
supposed that the hurrying crowds are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
Uniformity Needed.

When the contemplated governmental
reorganization takes place--or even
before that--some thought might well
be given to fixing definite procedure for
excusing employees in great numbers
when on special occasion such action
becomes necessary or desirable.
Invariably. at these times. the heads
of the. several establishments find them
selves at sea on the question OF what
is to be done, with the inevitable result
that varying practices prevail. Some
permit absence. with corresponding
charge against leave; others call It free
time and let 1t 90 at that. Unless some
word can be had from the White House,
officers have to decide for themselves
what Is best to be done.
Three times in the past few days this
issue has arisen to demonstrate need for
some central authority which would have
the final say. The first was on election
day. when, after some discussion, ON
Gals decided to fall back on precedent
and allow employees to take Of enough
time to vote, although actually there Is
no authority for this. Later the home-
coming celebration for President Roose-
welt brought the question up again. with
some establishments reporting they were
charging leave. and others that they
were Ignoring the brief absences. When
Armistice day came around 1t brought
the usual problem, and the same solu-
ton as that for the Homecoming, al
though on the last occasion it seemed
that q call at the White House might
have adjusted the matter.
Undoubtedly administrators would
welcome a plan that would stand as Q
permanent guide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15

familiar with every aspect, every detail
of the trip Yet there has been diner
ence In each successive vista. Somehow
an element of poetry has been added.
The East is a Japanese print with the
sun a disk of pallid gold swinging upward
in an ocean of gray; the West is sober
blue touched with rose; the South Is
blended symphony Of graduated tones as
yet unnamed in the vocabulary Of color.
Washington, 1t seems. lends itself to
Natures creative experiments with q pc
culiar willingness. It Is, as it should be.
monumental city, and its lines therefore
provide an opportunity for the mist to
silhouette, to lengthen, to sharpen or to
obscure in harmony with its whim. The
effect never is repetitious. Possibly. I'M
guessed breezes have something to do
with the variation-breezes which finally
clear the haze away and leave the Cap
ital golden with light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
Wheeling to Work.

What does a working man in England
do when he cannot afford to own q car
In which to 60 to work or cannot afford
to use his car to 60 to work?
He rides q bicycle. He is able to buy,
in England as in other European coun-
tries, bicycle which is geared for climb
ing hills and which is sure OF getting
him to work on time II he has planned
out a schedule for himself.
An approximate but fairly accurate
estimate of the use of bicycles in Great
Britain shows that q little less than
one in four persons ride them. Approx
imately 100000 OF these vehicles pro-
vide transportation for working men.
There are 100000 people in the Brit
ish isles, therefore 1t can be seen what
q large percentage Of them take adj
vantage Of manpower to take them on
their daily rounds.
No stigma is attached to riding q
bicycle in Europe. Many people, in fact,
who own cars prefer to take their recre-
alton In this way. Trafic laws are
designed to protect the bicyclist and give
him the same rights on the road as the
motorist. The same applies to motor
cycles. which are also in extensive use.
The present complaints Is to the
inadequacy Of local bus and street car
service might be mininized II people
forgot about the overcrovded conditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15

Some of the greatest movements that
have affected the destiny Of states and
nations have been ushered in through
the ministry OF preaching. Frequently
where spiritual stagnation and apathy
have been most conspicuous the strong
word Of the prophet has freshly appealed
to the hearts and minds Of men. issuing
in deep and widespread revival Of re-
hgion. Sometimes q single voice Like
that OF Martin Luther. John Knox,
George Whitfield or John Wesley has
been SO persuasive and compelling that
1t has stirred nations to their foundations
and effected a reformation Of life that
changed the whole course Of human
events. Beyond the power Of the states
man. the power Of the prophet has pre-
vailed. It was this that made Mary OF
Scotland declare that she feared the
voice of John Knox more than an army
Of ten thousand men.
Our age Is as susceptible and responsive
to preaching as any age that has gone
before. It may be true that there are
fewer outstanding preachers than we
knew In former days. On the other hand,
1t Is our Arm conviction that the average
Of preaching ability Is steadily rising to
higher levels. One thing Is conspicuously
evident. namely, that, wherever preach
er Is exercising his gifts as an interpreter
of the eternal gospel Of Christ, wherever
he Is exemplifying his spoken word with
q consistent life, he has q responsive
people and they gladly accord him rev.
erent hearing.
Some of the foremost leaders in our
secular life and men in high ofice in
these latter years have assumed the role
of the preacher and their most effective
utterances have been those In which they
presented the high claims of Christian
truth. 1t Is our firm conviction that
preaching Of the right kind is as readily
and gladly heard today as at any time,
and this despite the fact that the claims
of secular life have never been more
persistent or insistent than they are now.
Recognizing this fact, there Is under
way in this country at the present time
q National Preaching Mission that has
engaged some Of the strongest preachers