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The Washington times., 1937-02-04

in the flour, add tomato paste,
salt, and stir in the boiling water.
When the sauce has simmered for
a few minutes, add the meat balls,
and cook slowly for As minutes.
Stir occasionally so that the gravy
does not stick.
ALLIGATOR PEAR SALAD
2 ripe alligator pears
hard-cooked eggs
French dressing.
Cut the alligator pears in half,
scoop out the pulp and mash.
Chop the whites of the hard
cooked eggs, add the dressing, and
mix with the pear pulp Fill the
shells even to the top with this
mixture. Rub the hardcooked
egg yolk through fine mesh and
sprinkle on top as garnish.
Serve on lettuce.
Make the French dressing with
this recipe.
70 cup olive oil
12 teaspoon dry mustard
teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons powdered sugar
Juice of one lemon
u teaspoon onion juice
Pour ingredients into a jar with
a tight,fitting cap. Shake we'll.
NUT CANAPE
"a cup salted pecans
l package cream cheese
l tablespoon Worcestershire
sauce
2 tablespoons chopped sweet
pickles
l tablespoon ketchup
Mix the nuts, pickles and sea-
soning. Spread small toast rounds
with cream cheese, top with the
nut mixture and serve.
ALMOND PASTE FOR PASTRY
"a cup almonds
l egg white
cup powdered sugar
IA teaspoon salt
Beat the egg whites stiff, add
powdered sugar. Grind the al
monds fine. Mix with the egg
white, knead until smooth. Let
stand "a hours before using. Add
a few drops lemon juice if too
stiff,
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
SERIOUS BREACH
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
"It'S always brightest before the
StOrm-and the storm has broken.
I'm a high-schOOl student at II,
and am very much interested in a
certain young man. One evening
he made date to take me to
Swanky club, but the hours went
by and he never arrived.
II was terribly Inundated, and
my family were furious and for
bade me ever to see him again.
Ten days later he called, without
having sent any excuse in the
meantime, and said he had been
i'll. 1 can't find it in my heart to
be angry with him, but my family
are still very angry.
"He wants to come and apollo
giZe to them for the broken date,
but don't know whether to let
him come or not. Do you think
I'm just fOOlishly infatuated, and
that he would break more dates
with me and is not worth my
tears, or do you think my family
are a little unreasonable?
"CONFUSED."
Young men break dates and
send no apologies, because they
really don't know what a serious
breach of good manners that
sort of things really is. If this
boy is young and hasn't been
around very much, perhaps that's
the case with him-the rudeness
that your family find so hard to
forgive was due only < a lack
of knowledge.
If they feel so bitterly toward
him. perhaps it might be better
for him to write a note of
apology to them, rather than to
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
FaVOrite

The tavorite Recipe Contest
goes red. The occasion is St.
Valentines Day. For salad. a
dessert, sauce or vegetable
boaSting a red color, The Wash
tngton Times is offering sir
cash prizes OF one dollar each.
These must be recipes you
enjoy and think tDould be de-
hciouS to SerUe during the week
OF Valentines.
Write out the recipe or reci.
pes on one side OF the paper
only, include name and address
and mail before February s
to Miss Jean Green, FaUorite
Recipe Contest Editor, The
Washington Times.
Remember, the theme OF the
contest is the color red. Any
recipe that is red or pink ndtur-
ally or By the aid OF artificial
coloring is eligible for a prize.
Our tdUorite for today 1Uas
sent in By Kathleen Dwyer of
Shamrock Road, ChdrlotteS.
UilIe, Va. Her recipe 1UdS selected
from entries submitted in last
1Oeek'S contest. She WriteS that
she found this a dish men like
and talk about. She suggests it
can be Udried BY serving it 1Uith
spaghetti or noodles.
Piccadilli
large onions
3 green peppers
pound of round steak (no fat
ground
| large can Of tomatoes
Butter, salt, pepper and sugar Il
taste.
Cut up onions and peppers anc
cook together in butter. Wher
Drowned. pour in tomatoes anc
cook all together for about II
minutes. Fry the meat separately
in butter. When done, mix vel
into the sauce. Pour over hot
steamed rice and serve immeditely
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

ONE Of the smartest lipstick
" cases that we've seen for some
time attracted our attention-and
we discovered that it housed an en-.
tirely new lipStick, one made by
a famous house. The case was in
tortoise shell effect, and is entirely
different from anything we've ever
seen before. 1t will be smart IN
your handbag as an accessory. par
ticularly if you also carry tor
toise cigarette case. There ale
ivory and jade colored cases too,
but we liked the tortoise effect
best. And as for the inSides-this
new lipStick is indelible, and of the
pomade variety that will keep your
lips smooth and soft. It's grand
for winter especially, as you can
use it even in rough weather with
out additional creaming for
smooth lips. 1t gives a natural,
soft look. There are three regu-
lar shades, ruby for a dark red,
poppy which has orange in it, and
cherry, for clear red. The best
one. we thought, was a natural
lipstick that changes to the color
you should have. 1t will not turn
purple or pink, as some of those
have, but gives you a wonderfully
natural look-bright but just the
right color. These new lpsticGs
all sell for 81 each.
For names OF stores showing
the items described here, call
District 1000, Extension 459,
during business hours, or write
Miss Laville at The Times, in
closing stamped, self-addressed
envelope.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
LOVeIOrn
It Is Unfair to
Children
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
written Exclusively for The
WASHINGTON Tines

Washington TimeS)
Dear Miss Fairfax:
About a week or so ago you
advised a young man to go back
a second time and try to make a
go of his marriage. But what
would you suggest if person had
already tried the second time, and
still could not make a go of it?
Surely you wouldn't advise such
person to keep on trying.
"If it is plain that a marriage
is a mistake, would you advise a
couple to stay together, and
bring up their children in an at
mOsphere of constant quarrelling?
"INQUISITIVE."
If you're putting the question
up to me personally, I'd try to cut
out the quarreling-Which it takes
two to make-and try to keep a
decent home for the children.
I'll agree it's shocking beyond
words to bring up children in an
atmosphere of quarreling and
pickering. At the same time, no
less an authority than the dean
of Princeton University has said
children from divorced homes are
lone wolves" and positively anti
social.
Why not try and make a go Of
it for the chilldern's sake? I'm
reminded of the wisdom of an old
colored nanny, who said, about
the new romance of a middle
aged couple who had been married
over 20 years:
"The torment you escape with
the one is sittin' there waitin' for
YOU with the next, and that with
interest"
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
STYLES

Count beads as a major trim
ming for smart dresses. A charm
ing dinner frock of black crepe
has the lower part of the skirt en-
broidered in jet beads that form
circles. The hip-length fitted
bodice has the circles in all-oVer
design.
Striking south we find that net
combined with taffeta is a strong
favorite. Cyclamen pink is used
for a dance frock of diagonal
striped net with very wide hem
border of matching taffeta. The
taffeta is also used for a jacket
with flaring cutaway and rippled
peplum and an outstanding collar
finished with a broad bow.
Not so stark and plain are some
of the new tennis frocks. At Palm
Springs a film favorite wears a
tennis frock in white pique printed
in large roSe-and-blue dots and
circles. The neckline, deep
square. is trimmed with bright blue
rickrack braid, as is the hem Of
the full-gored skirt.
Black looks good by the sea, a
fashion that began on the Riviera
during the summer. For smart
ness, one woman wears white flan-
mel shorts, a striped black and
white cotton shirt and sandals
made of black suede straps.
Monkey fur leaps into fashion
again! One of the smartest Eng
Iish actresses chooses an evening
frock, a sheath of lustrous black
satin with a fringe OF monkey fur
at the waistline and a three
quarter-length cape entirely OF
monkey fur.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
Silk Prints

Stepping ashore from the cruise
ship finds many a fair passenger
attired in a silk print suit. The
twin print idea is well expressed
in suit with jacket in dubonnet
shade with chartreuse motifs, the
skirt reversing the color scheme.
The skirt is pleated from a shirred
waist and hip section. The jacket
has short, full, puffed sleeves and
has an Ascot scarf of the skirt
fabric.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
For Protection

Flecks Of powder and other
makeup won't get much oppor-
tunity to soil dresses, if We do as
one movie star does. When she
sits at her dressing table, she is
already dressed, but over her frock
is a fitted, buttoned-all,the-way-
down house coat in printed per
Gale. These coats are much neater
and nicer than a fussy negligee
and do a much better Job of pro-
tecting the dress beneath.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

Italian dinners are perhaps the
easiest to serve. Their popularity
is well established. The feature
of spaghetti or one of the paStes
carries out the best Italian tradl-
ton. These should be served with
the proper sauce and with a tart
fresh vegetable salad and olive oil
dressing.
SPAGHETTI
The cooking of the spaghetti is
an art. 1t should be cooked only
until tender but never until soft.
Certain of the thin spaghettieS
take only nine minutes to cook.
Others need Is.
The Italians never break the
spaghetti. If you have difficulty
getting it immersed in the hot
water, first plunge one end Of the
bundle of spaghetti in the water
and hold until it becomes soft
enough to bend. Then the rest
can be curled into the water.
The sauce served with the spa
ghetti will vary to taste. Many
recipes for meat and tomato paste
sauce have been given in this col
umn. Serve sauce and grated
Italian cheese.
In setting the table provide
both fork and spoon for eating
it. There is an art to successfully
twirling the long strands Of spa
ghetti around the fork with the
aid of the spoon.
The expert poises it gracefully
with an up and down movement
that allows only a certain amount
to be captured on the fork. The
novice may find this rather hard
at first to mimic, but much fun.
think you will enjoy these
menus for your dinner party.
MENU No. 1
Nut CanapeS, Italian Antipasto,
Green Onions
Italian Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Tossed Vegetable Salad with
Tart Olive Oil Dressing
Barbara Wine Cor Burgundy
Vienna Bread Sweet Butter
Assorted Fruit
Black Coffee
MENU No. II
Spinach Soup
Meat Balls italian Style
Alligator Pear Salad
with Olive Oil Dressing
Rolls Butter
Ripe Olives Radishes
Italian Pastry with
Almond Paste
SPINACH SOUP
2 cups cooked fresh spinach
2 cups bouillon made with bouillon
cubes
l teaspoon salt
4 cups milk
l tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons flour
Grated nutmeg
Simmer the spinach in the bou-
illon for about 10 minutes. Rub
the spinach through a sieve. Mix
the flour and butter, add the
scalded milk. Cook slowly until
slightly thickened. Add the
pureed spinach and broth, heat,
and serve with grated nutmeg.
MEAT BALLS ITALIAN STLYE
l pound ground round steak
13 cup cornmeal
egg
~ teaspoons salt
l tablespoon butter
l tablespoon flour
/ onion
green pepper
u can tomato paste
quarts boiling water
Mix the meat with the beaten
egg, seasoning and cornmeal.
Shape into balls the size of golf
balls. Roll in cornmeal. Melt
shortening in frying pan, add the
chopped onion and green pepper,
and fry until golden brown. Stir
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
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II WILMA LAVlLLE
WILMA LAVlLLe

THE downward swing in heel
i heights predicted several
months ago is already ap-
parent in advance footwear
displays. Since high heels have
been getting the style breaks in
recent months reaction was
inevitable.
Many of the low and medium
high heels being shown on the
smartest new footwear modes
are as graceful as the shape
liest high heels. One result of
this trend is the increasing use
of built-up heels on semiformal
shoe modes as we'll as on sports
and spectator styles.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04

at home?
SHOULD 1 telephone or invite
the person or persons leaving
the card at some future, date?
when new neighbOrs call.
should l serve tea?
How soon should / return
calls made by new neighbOrs or
visitors? 81"
When friends leave visiting
cards as a greeting-bow for you
and your new home, you should
very soon return this call. 1t
would be gracious, too, for you,
when you are settled in your
new home, to have tea or
luncheon, inviting these friends
or new neighborS who have paid
their respects" .... ..-.......
To serve tea when your new
neighbors come to call in the
afternoon is charming and hos
pitable gesture. If 1 were you, I
would always have the tea
things" ready, to dispense this
hospitality.
These calls should be returned
a week or ten days after they
have been made.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
Citrous Fruit Juices Are
Aids to LONELINESS
By DONNA GRACE

We believe this may be good time to remind you to make
lemons your beauty aids They in from the
first the year the first of May By that we mean
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
yn Dishes Will Lend Variety to Winter Party Menus
Many Local Shops Garry
Stocks of Popular
Imported Foods
By JEAN GREEN

During this of dinner parties the hostess may find
that the menus are becoming bit trte For novel
ideas can be cleaned from of the foreign countries
Many the food speciality shops keep imported foods SINH
lar to those served in embassies here.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
Observation-Disclosures
Calls Promptly
By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN

Dear Mrs. Beeckman
II moving into my home in few days and would
like few suggestions Will you please inform me as to the
proper procedure when calling cards left and not
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
LEAVETAKNG

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
when a husband and wife or
. son and his mother are calling
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-06
JOB INSURANCE
OFFICE IN N. C.
TConfinned from First Psgel

In selection of the arsenal, the
commission returns to quasi-federal
use a building constructed by the
Federal Government. The structure
is on the Green overlooking Market
Square between the Court House.
the Oldest building in Delaware, and
Emmanuel P. E. Church.
1t was built in 1909 as an arsenal
when relations with England had
not yet lost their strained post
Revolutionary period. 1t was part
OF the defense plan for the Della
ware River. At one time the build
ing was used as school.
When the WPA work was under
taken, the town had intended to use
it for all its public offices. But this
plan was dropped and the building
has been unoccupied since then. Ar
rangements for the lease were made
through the real estate firm Of T. B.
O'Toole and Company of Wilmington.
S30.712 Allotted Board
Funds for establishing the office
will come out of a grant of $780,
712.65 approved yesterday in Wash
ington by the Social Security Board
for administration of the Delaware
insurance law from
July l to September 80
This grant, the second voted for
Delaware, will provide for salaries
Of commission members and en-
ployes as well as other expenses.
The first grant. made to cover ex-
Denses for a brief period was $500. |
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-06
CHAPLAIN'S CHAPEL.

The Chaplains Sunday school will
have their annual picnic at Oak Or
chard on next Tuesday, August 10.
The hour for leaving the church
will be announced next Sunday af-
teronon at Sunday school.
Miss Esther Peterson is spending
her vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Peterson.
Virginia and Irene Penuel spent a
few days last week with their aunt,
Mrs. Estella Hicks of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller of Philadel-
phia are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Pet
erson.
Harold Welch of Wilmington is
spending some time with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Will
liams.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Glow and chill
dren were callers in this community
on Monday.
Miss Evelyn Russell of Bridgeville
is spending some time with Mrs. J.
N. Russell.
William Messick passed away at
his home near here on Monday af-
after a short Illness.
Sunday school next Sunday at 2
D. m. Preaching at 3.
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-06
The Coin of Lives

DR.. Herbert ]. Stack, director OF
the Educational Division of the Ma
tionaI Conservation Bureau. has
started on a "transcontinental tour
of the traffic safety" His trip, which
will cover ten or more states, is de-
signed to assist the national move
ment to make good driving instruc-
tion a standard part of high school
curricula. He will attend summer
sessions of colleges and universities.
lecture and hold conferences with
teachers.
If DR.. Stacks trip succeeds in
arousing enthusiasm for driving ed
ucation, the inevitable result will be
the saving of thousands of lives. At
the present time, traffic safety Is
taught in large number of progress
sive schools. During years in which
accident fatalities to adults have
steadily increased, accidents and fa-
talities to children of school age
have gone down.
School driving coures need not be
costly. The main thing is proper
planning that will adequately enlist
the interest of students and appeal
to their imaginations as we'll as to
their senses of self-preservation and
civic responsibility. Once a boy or
girl is taught the vital safety rules
of the road, he will never forget
them. In the formative years, in
eradicable habits are established
good as well as bad.
Every town in the country should
teach traffic safety. No course can
provide bigger dividends-in dollars
as well as the infinitely more valu-
able coin of lives.
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-06
FISHERS DISTRICT
Near Greenwood

Mrs. Cora Russell left on Wednes-
day for Floyd. Va. after spending
several weeks with her sister. Mrs.
7. P. Morris.
Mrs. Vera Russell and Mrs. Smith
and Mrs. S. F. Collision recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Collision of
Odessa were weekend guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Rust.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Seeley and fam
lily and Mr.. George Seeley spent the
past week with relatives in Sheffield.
Penna
Harry Robinson is spending
weeks vacation at Oak Orchard
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Biddle and son
of Townsend were weekend guests
OF Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Collision.
Mrs. Unison Morris of Glenolden,
Pa. and Mrs. John Morris of Phila-
delphia were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. T. P. Morris on Wednes-
day.
Charles Dearman is spending some
time with relatives and friends in
North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Russell of
Wilmington were guests of relatives
here on Sunday.
Miss Elma Seeley returned home
on Monday after several weeks tour
through the foreign states.
Miss Harriet Seeley returned to
the camp in Dagsboro where she is
councillor of the swimming class, af-
ter spending several days at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Seeley.
Mrs. Jack Rust was supper guest
OF MIR. and Mrs. George Young of
Bridgeville on Tuesday evening.
Carl Zott has been on the sick
list the past week.
Mr.. George Morris entertained |
friends from Philadelphia on Wed
nesday and Thursday.
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-06
JOB SUICIDE

Wise advice to railroad workers
comes from Joseph b. Eastman, for
mer member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission: "The best hope
that employees can have for a trans
portation system that will continual
ly employ more men lies in one
which will, through better service
and lower costs and prices, continu-
ally build up the volume of business.
II does not lie In artificial means of
making more work which will add to
costs, stand in the way OF better
service and lower prices, and stifie
traffic. 'Make-work' scheme will In
the end be suicidal for employees
themselves.
Mr.. Eastman has always taken a
very liberal view on railroad poll
cies. During the past year, there has
been a veritable epidemic of make
work" bills affecting the railroads.
Some of the bills have been introduc-
ed in the U. s. Congress. and others
In state legislatures. A few of the
latter have passed, such as train
ilInlI laws. III every case, IueSe
laws place a heavy additional finan-
ical burden on the railroad industry
which earns modest profits under
the best of conditions-and bring
nearer the time when railroad rates
will have to be revised upward.
The railroads are the cheapest and
most efficient medium of transport.
But If their operating costs are ar
tificially inflated this will no longer
be true-and competing carriers,
free of the burdens placed on the
railroads. will get more and more of
the passenger and freight business.
And then, as Mr.. Eastman says, the
adverse effect will be felt by rail-
road workers.
Those interested in the welfare of
workers would serve their
cause better If they would advocate
legislation to lessen the industry's
burdens, permit 1t to make rates as
low as its competitors. and generally
give it fair treatment. This would
enable the railroads to develop at
maximum speed-and would event.
Ially greatly increase railroad en-
Dloyment.
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-06
WHEN 111,OOO
AMERICANS died
Heart Disease Only Thing
Which Kills More Men
Than Accidents.

A generation has passed since the
sinking of the Titanic. yet that great
disaster is still well remembered.
Fifteen hundred persons died.
The Johnstown flood will never be
forgotten-the world was aghast
when the death total of 2,209 was
tabulated.
The World War was the most SAN
culinary conflict in history. In It,
$4,000 Americans lost their lives. and
they are still mourned.
The recent Texas school explosion,
which killed 294 children, brought
universal sympathy and horror.
Yet last year 111,000 Americans
met accidental death-more than
twice as many as we're killed in the
great war-and It caused hardly a
ripple in the flow of news. We read
of some of those accidents in our
paper-"John Jones, aged As, died
in emergency hospital after being
struck by an automobile"-turned
the page, and forget them. This as
founding callousness-this attitude
of Accidents always happen to the
other fellow, not to me or mine"-is
deaths greatest ally.
Among men, heart disease is the
only thing which kills more men
than accidents. Such plaques as can
Ger, tuberculosis. pneumonia-plag-
ues which are being fought by all
the resources of science-are down
the list. Recklessly driven autmo-
biles. burns, falls. drownings. and so
on-these are the great killers.
Practically every accident is pre-
this is especially true
Of the motor car, greatest of all the
Milford chronicle., 1937-08-06
Men and the Machines

| AT one END OF an aut0m0Dile as
sembly line an automobile starts TO
break out of its egg and the first
sight of il is a metal shell. Along
the line are many men doing his
part. Some are attaching parts.
screwing on, trimming the interior,
spraying a side with paint. or per-
forming some other special opera
tion. Hydraulic riveters built the
parts together; moving cranes and
handy machines do practically all
the heavy work. These men on the
assembly lines have splendid jobs
typists, stenographers, clerks and
Office help appear to be as definitely
on the speed up" as the workmen
on an automobile assembly line-for
whom so many sympathetic pieces
for the papers have been written.
Sixty minutes pass and behold. the
egg has Matched, beautifully finish
ed streamIined 1887 model is ready
for the highways.
These are operations that finally
enables the Government to report
nearly two million more motor We
hicles registered in 1886 than In
1935-an all-time high record. Ev-
cry state has shown an increase.
Registrations in the 16 states of AL
ALBANIA, Arizona. Colorado. Idaho.
Louisiana, Michigan. Mississippi,
Montana. Nevada. New Mexico. Ore
gon, South Carolina, Utah. Washing
ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin in
creased more than 10 per cent in
1886 over the previous year. and the
average increase for the entire Uni
ted States is 7.6 per cent.
When the men strike in factory
the machines also strike. Men have
become masters of the machine. In
turn the machine has provided en-
ployment for thousands of men.