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The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Fur Her Weakness

Jeanette MacDonald's hobby is
fur pieces. The star Of MAY
time" has either a scarf, coat or
cape in every type of fur known
to fashion.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
$50 in Cash, Theoter Tickets
For Writing Best Line
WHAT would you sayf

What exactly would you have two lovers locked in each
others knowing that in moment they will be parted
perhaps forever to each other?
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in the fat Add 2 cups tomatoes, salt,
pepper and celery salt. If you wish,
you may return the onions TO the
| pot--that all depends on how you and
| your family feel about onions! Cover
the pot closely, and simmer for about
three hours. Serve with gravy as
above. Mashed potatoes, noodles,
dumplings or rice are all good with
pot roast Carrots may be cooked
with the roast or done separately.
A MOTHER old favorite is this one:
BOILED BEEF. HORSERADISH
SAUCE
Place three pounds lean brisket or
similar cut. in pot, and add y cup
sliced onions, y cup sliced carrots,
- cup sliced white radishes or turnips,
salt and pepper. Cover these ingre-
dents with boiling water. Cover the
Dot. and simmer meat for three hours.
When done. cut the meat into slices,
serve with the vegetables and the
following sauce:
Horseradish Sauce.-Melt 4 table
spoons butter, and brown in it 4 cup
chopped onions Blend in 2 table
spoons -four. Stir in slowly, 2 cups
of the pot liquor. together with q
cup grated or prepared horseradish.
Season with salt, sugar, lemon juice.
The meat may be reheated II TINS
sauce if desired, or it may be served
separately
NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER.
Wipe 5-pound piece Of corned
beef well and tie it to keep in shape
place it in cold water to cover. Bring
to a boiling point, remove scum, re-
duce heat and simmer for four hours,
Cut meat into quarters and add
small cabbage. large carrots,
chartered; large turnips. quartered,
and let all simmer for 80 minutes.
Peel and quarter small potatoes, s
small onions and small parsnips.
Cook altogether for 30 minutes longer.
Drain off water, serve meat on hot
platter surrounded by the vegetables.
CHICKEN POT PIE.
fowl
2 tablespoons butter.
tablespoons -four.
s small boiled potatoes.
hard boiled eggs.
Salt pepper, celery salt.
Cut the fowl in pieces ana par0oli
in sailed water for / hour. Drain of
LIQUID. Put butter, -four and seasoning
in a double boiler with the liquid.
Stir constantly until creamy. Line
deep pie dish with biscuit dough. Put
in layer of the cooked chicken, then
layer of eggs, sliced. then some of
the potatoes. Pour over some OF the
sauce then add other layers alter
nately until dish is full. Cover the
top with biscuit dough. Prick with
holes so that steam can escape.
Bake in a hot oven until dough is
brown and serve in the dish in which
it has been baked.
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Dorothy Dix Says
If Prospective Mother.in.Law
Seems Domineering, Beware!

is entitled to all the privileges and
emoluments pertaining thereto, and
after many tears and reproaches and
rows she will at last realize that she
must keep her fingers out OF her
daughters pies.
But you are a foresighted young
man in taking your prospe~ fe
mother-in-law into consideration when
you pick out a wife She will either
make or mar your marriage.
x
NEAR MISS DIX: Is it proper for
my daughter to see her boy friend
in the evenings when my husband
and l are out and there is no one
but them in the house? My husband
works every night. except Saturdays
and Sundays. and We like to go out
together. but. as I have a baby. my
daughter has to stay at home then
and take care of it. Size is lonesome
and likes to have her boy friend come
in to keep her company. but l don't
know what the neighbors will think
of it. MOTHER.
Answer-They will think the worst
of it, depend on that. You will set
every tongue up and down the street
wagging, and that is too high price
to pay for your evenings out with
your husband. Get some Older woman
in for chaperon. Or couple of
girls. Or let he girl do without
seeing her boy friend on Saturday
and Sunday nights.
DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright, 1879
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Too Clever
Child Is
Problem
OvercOnfdence
Ruins Students
Future Life.
BY ANGELO PATR1.

"CAROLINE. you must study il
you want to keep up with the
class"
20, I don't need to study, Miss
Marie"
But I'm telling you that you do
You are not doing as well as you
should now, and unless you get down
to work in earnest, you are going to
get way behind. You'll have to gel
down to business or go back class. ii
20, no, I won't. I've just skipped
I'm very bright. Everybody will tell
you I always get A. You'll see
when you get used to my ways
Miss Lavinia gazed in horror at this
latest specimen of the high 10. I'D
better go to see this child's mother.
she thought. and that afternoon saw
her ringing the doorbell of Caroline s
home.
Yes, I know She doesn't seem to
realize that she is class beyond her
grade. She keeps telling me she is
smart and bright and does not need
TO study. l know she needs to study,
but what can do? l gave her a place
to study; see. here 1t is A lovely
room with good table and chair and
even new lights. But she never opens
8 book unless l make her. And what
good is that?"
Then the only thing l can do is
to accept what she does; mark her
for what she does; judge her for what
she does, and let her learn by expert
ence that she loses her place when
she fails to do the work to hold it."
20. you wouldn't leave her back.
That would break her heart. She has
such high spirits and is so proud of
her record. You couldn't leave her
back"
Il don't expect to have to- I ex-
pect that by the time Caroline gets
her next card she will be back in her
old class. She can keep up there
with very little effort. She cannot
get on where she is without hard
work. and that she refuses to con-
slder. She must take what she earns. ="
But you can't do that She lust
couldn't stand it. You're cruel to the
tAllN' otIS AZ SOiiiE lislt W tllt
school and see the principal. I won t
have that child put back or left back
She is a very intelligent child. The
highest 10 in the whole class. That's
why she skipped"
Il know. But I'm not primarily
interested in that What I am Deep
ly interested in is the effect that this
is having on Caroline. If she acts
on the idea that she is too bright to
work, that because she is very clever
very smart. the world and all that
dwell therein are to stand and deliver
at her word of command, what sort
of woman will she be? You know
that people are not going to hand
her what she wants simply because
she wants it."
In spite of any educational theory,
sny economic theory and ruling, any
law made by men, there is but one
royal road to success. 1t is opened
maintained and travelled by the indi-
vlduals personal effort. 1t can nei-
Their be purchased nor given. 1t is
created out Of the substance of the
individual. That is the law, and there
is no other.
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such flood of light into the room
| that even on dull days I went home
with my eyes very weary. There was
could buy curtains, as an appropria-
| ton for such nonsense was not in the
yearly budget.
However, there was an item for
cheesecloth for dustcloths and each
Fall two bolts of the cheapest cheese
| cloth would arrive. We decided to
substitute all our old silk "undies" for
dustcloths and make curtains out of
the cheesecloth. This We did-but the
glare OF the north light through the
white did not solve the eyestrain prob
| lem. We thought soft. blue-green
dye would harmonic with the color
scheme OF the room and also soften
the light. But we were 60 miles from
place to buy dye-We were not in
the mood to wait-and We had a feel
ing the dye would not be able to
stand the strong light without fading
We had on hand several tubes of
house paint coloring, and among them
w tONiiN Vic Va bluN anu Ollt VI RIStIl.
We diluted the sticky paint with gaso-
line, adding it to tub of gasoline I'M
I'll We got the desired shade. Then We
dipped the curtains IN the solution.
We did not know what the result would
be-and waited anXiously for the gaso-
line to evaporate.
x
HEY really surpassed our widest
dreams! The color was perfect
the paint gave enough body to the
sleazy cheesecloth so that it did not
hang in sorrowful Wisps and, above ALL
the color was fast to sun When they
became dusty We merely gave them a
gasoline bath and hung them up to
dry.
We noticed that the selvedge pulled
up bit so We overcast all the edges.
first with heavy black wool yarn and
then In between these stitches with
white yarn, which made very eff
fective finish for the hens. Because
We had so much material We made the
curtains very full and very long. so
that even when they were pulled over
the windows they hung in soft, crushy
folds that were very luxurious looking,
as we'll as filling all the orders for
soft light and relieved headache. They
were so attractive that the company
decided they should be used through
out all the buildings-with the result
that We spent all the long Winter eve
nings overcasting with wool the hens
of dozens of blue-green curtains!
Have you any problems about your
furniture or the interior decOra ton Of
your home that you would like solved'
If so, write to Margaret Novel;, in care
Of the Womans Page, The Evening
Star, inclosing stamped, self
addressed envelope for reply.
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My Neighbor SAYS:

A teaspoon of ammonia added
to quart of water and poured
over house ferns once or twice
month will give them a rich
green color.
In cooking a stew. use only as
much water or stock as is. re-
CURED to prevent burning and
too fast cooking. The juice of
both meat and vegetable adds to
the gravy. Keep the pot covered
to retain the steam and the
flavors which are diSsipated by
it. Shake the pan constantly to
prevent any burning and stick
ing to the bottom.
A duplicate list Of clothes sent
to the laundry is such a useful
thing to have that it is we'll to
keep on hand. with the tablet
for writing the original list. a
sheet of carbon paper. This
paper, placed under the original
list as it is written, will give a
perfect copy.
When cutting up jelly squares
use pair of perfectly clean scis-
sors that have been dipped in
cold water. The jelly can be cut
into smaller pieces than when a
knife is used and dissolved quicker.
tCopyrieht, 1880
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this princess frock laced to
give the suggestion of girdle
1t is a lovely dress for luncheon, tea
dancing and supper parties-young
looking and filed with vivacious
charm. The neckline. sleeves and hem
are edged in pretty ribbon. Velvet on
taffeta, grosgrain on satin, satin on
velvet are suggestions which will give
individuality to this dress. Make it
up for your own wardrobe in one Of
these fabrics for afternoon--in rayon
crepe or a silk print for more casual
occasions You'll find it becoming
and interesting frock, one which your
friends will admire
To make sewing easier, the pattern
includes complete step by step chart
with diagrams to tell you exacly what
to do every step of the way
Barbara Bell pattern 1903 is de-
signed for sizes II. IA. Is. Is, 20 and 40.
Corresponding bust measurements 80,
80. 81. 36. 38 and 40. Size "a 1927 re-
quires AS yards of 39-inch material
and 6 yards of ribbon to trim as pic
tured.
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Make
yourself attractive. practical and be-
coming clothes selecting designs from
the Barbara Bell well-planned. easy
tornado patterns. Interesting and eX-
elusive fashions for little children and
the difficult Junior age slenderizing
well-cut patterns for the mature figure,
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later it became such a JOY to the
household that nothing but the lack
of space in a later house prevented
its use to the present day.
7 PUSHED the old couch against my
one large wall space. To conceal
the mattress and the rough wooden
legs I made a tailored cover, which
was carefully fitted with the seams
corded in a contrasting shade Three
large sofa pillows, covered and corded
to match. rested against the wall. At
a department store I bought two low
modern, implanted bookshelves to go
at either end of the sofa. These I
painted the color of the sofa covering,
With the inside lighter shade of the
same color. The tops were about 4
inches higher than the couch and
served as arm rests. The lower
shelves held books and magazines and
the tops had reading lamps ashtrays
and cigarettes. In addition to the
fact that the shelves held all the
necessary things. the weight of the
books kept the sofa from sliding. This
unit became the favorite spot of the
whole room. BY pulling up two COM
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Manners
of the
Moment

SOMETIMES We feel sorry for men
- with budgetng wives. OF course.
We know that budgeting is one Of the
necessary evils of modern society. But
still We keep wishing that there we're
other ways TO live on salary.
We know one man who went whole
month without a haircut because his
wife forgot to count his haircuts in
on the budget. She wouldn't change
the budget, either, until the first of
the next month.
Somehow most women with budget
ing husbands don't seem to bother
about things so much. They just
charge.
We don't know what the cure is.
But maybe if hubby we're given half
the money and half the bills he could
figure things out for himself. Some
men are quite bright that way.
JEAN
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- be we'll except for the girl
mother, who bawls us out if we go to
a movie or take walk and are not al
home by ii O'Clock, and who asserts
that as long as her daughter is under
her roof she must do exactly as she Is
told. She objects to our marriage on
the ground that her daughter must
STAY with her and continue turning
over all of her salary to her for several
years more. What troubles me is that
if We marry my mother-ln-law would
dt everything in her power to break up
our home and cause split-up. II that
is what is to happen it would be better
for us not to marry. I love this girl
dearly, but if her mother is going to
continue to dictate to us after our
marriage. l am Just about ready to
call it off and quit. YOUNG MAN.
Answer: And a son of Solomon you
would be if you did, unless you man.
age to settle your prospective mother
in-law's goose before the marriage.
You would certainly be in for trouble
and a-plenty of it with that sort of q
vicious tyrant meddling in your affairs
and trying to boss you as we'll as your
wife.
OF course it is easy enough to see
what the greedy lady is up to. Her
game Is to break off your engagement
and not let her daughter marry you or
anv other man because she wants the
girls pay envelope. There are plenty
of mothers who regard their daughters
as nothing but slaves who must work
to give them the comforts and luxuries
they crave. They keep their girls from
marrying so as to keep them in poem
age by preaching to them about their
duty to mother, or else, as in your
case, by making things so unpleasant
for the young men who come a-court-
ing that they drive them away. o
The solution for your problem is in
the girls hands and it depends upon
how much strength of character she
has. If her mother has beaten her
down until she is just mush OF
compliance, with no will of her own,
so that she will always do what mother
SAYS and let mother dominate her as
long as she lives, you will be well
advised to break off the engagement
and leave her to mother. You III
find no happiness in playing second
fiddle to your wife's mother and in
home that your wife's mother runs.
No man enjoys having to perpetually
kowtow to mother-in-law.
But, if the girl has courage enough
to defy her mother and assert her
right to live her own life, to handle
her own money, to come and go as
free, intelligent, respectable adult
woman is privileged to do, and to
marry the man of her choice, then
YOU can safely go on with the wedding.
Her mother will have to accept the
fact that daughter y grown UP and
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you would never dream of parting
with it long after the need of saving
the pennies has gone!
Some years ago ! needed sofa for
my living room l wanted a deep,
downy couch on which could stretch
out at full length if l pleased. The
only one which filled my specifica-
tons was much too expensive, and,
rather than pay little less for some
thing that did not please me at all,
l decided to see what l could concoct.
I had at the time an old bed couch
which had belonged to my mother.
1t was nothing but an unfinished
wood frame with good wire spring.
The mattress was in good condition.
and. above all, it was of the desired
size. 1t was case of making my
sofa out of it or doing without-ano
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Fruit Helps
Your Skin
Four New Liquids
Are Marvellous
Beauty Aids.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

TN ADDITION to water within and
without" the latest beauty slogan
seems to be fresh fruit inside and
out"
Four liquids form the four steps to
beauty and embody, so I'm told, In
emollient form for external skin care
all the rich, natural oils, vitamins and
minerals found in these health-giving
fruits:
There's a cleansing cream embody-
ing the stimulating freshness of lines
and lemons it is to be smoothed
over the skin and washed off with
clear, cold water. 1t removes CRIME,
dirt and makeup and l have feel
ing that it is slightly bleaching, too.
Then a skin tone with the exhilara-
ton of the papaya melon is patted on
the skin after cleansing and allowed
to dry. It's mission is to stimulate
the circulation and refine the skin.
Before retiring the night emollient,
incorporating the rich, penetrating oil
of the avocado, is applied to lubricate
l1ic SKILL.
In the morning the cleansing and
toning steps are to be repeated and
the final FLIP is light application OF
a Persian lime foundation. The oil
from the skin of these green lines Is
said to contain unusually protective
qualities against sun and wind and the
emollient makes an ideal makeup
foundation.
The makers of these fruitful
beauty aids have an interesting little
legend: -Four steps to beauty, requiring
but three minutes night and morn
ing and there you are.
If yours is the type of skin that
welcomes change from cream, the
four lovely liquids should be the spice
Of life" to you, What will the
beauty world offer " next?
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The Old Gardener Says:

Sudden frosts oftel destroy
most of the garden unless some
sort of protection has been pro-
vlded. Such protection, however,
may carry the garden we'll into
late October. Newspapers are
often used but are easily blown
away. 1t is better to use burlap
or cheesecloth laid over a bed and
supported by stakes. The cloth
should not rest directly on the
plants. Of course, these coverings
should be removed as soon as the
sun rises. Another plan is to
throw hay or close grass clippings
over such plants as grow only a
few inches high. Flowers which
have been slightly frosted may
often be saved by covering them
with a fine spray from the hose
early in the morning.
Copyright. 1879
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out OF ten the
man of the house
requests a dish
that requires the
cheapest cuts, or
the least expen-
sive ingredients.
They don't whim-
per for sweet
breads or jumbo
sQua BIS. T h c y
don't beg for hot
house grapes and
fresh asparagus
at sixty cents a
bunch. w h a t
they want is good,
substantial, old
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best by your own ability and imagi-
nation is the thing that takes house
keeping out of the drudeery class and
puts it into the realm of fine art. In
your home you are working for your
own satisfaction. and there is no one
to ridicule you, or nip good idea in
the bud. You are your own boss, "
so let inspiration be unconflned!
Size up the finished product first,
yourself, to see if you have done a
good thing Then try it on the FAM
ily-you may count on them to be
your severest critics. Sometimes. the
makeshift thing turns out to be so
useful and decorative that it becomes
a permanent part of the house, and
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Homemade "Rake. "

A long-handled fork is most con-
venient to use for "raking' foods from
the hot Goals of the campfire Fasten
a long-handled kitchen fork to yard
stick, broom handle or straight, stout
stick.
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receive that especially for
to
make
complete
all
hook
Address
The Evening
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Roas and New England Boiled Dinners Masculine Favores
1 BY r1AR 6 ART NOWLlL

ME ability finished
almost working with
house useful something of nOhng-to
apparently fabric
of home the
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4 LARGE shoulder pot roast is an

excellent buy. Done properly.
there is little or no waste to it, and
it may be used up in variety Of ways,
such as for stufflng pepper cases, in
hash, in sandwiches for the school
child. or simply sliced cold with good
hot horseradish sauce The main
point TO remember in its preparation
is that it must be cooked long time,
and very slowly. with plenty of extra
fat. so that the juices stay in. and the
gravy is thick and strong. We have
it often, in my household and it has
become a great favorite with the en-
tire family. Here is how we do it:
POT ROAST.
Wipe beef shoulder tabout four
pounds) with a damp cloth, and lard
it with strips of salt pork. Season
with salt and pepper. and dredge with
-four Heat one tablespoon or more
of fat in a pot over hot fire, and
scar the meat in this until it is
Drowned all over. Pour over it 3 cups
boiling soup stock or bouillon canned
will do). so that there is about one
half inch of liquid in the pot. Re-
duce the heat and cover the pot
tightly. Never let the meat boil, but
simmer it until done, which will take
about three hours. Add more stock
if the meat seems TO be becoming too
dry. Strain the stock and thicken It
with -four to make the gravy.
Or you may prepare your pot roast
this way, if you like. Lard the meat
as above Melt 3 tablespoons fat in
pot, and saute one cup of sliced
onions in it until they are Drowned
Remove the onion, and scar the roast
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inexpensive But Hearty
Food Usually Chosen
By Man of the House
Dishes Featuring Cheaper
Cuts of Meat Require
Long, Slow Cooking.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

you the panve letter from "A
publish
substantial bridge Mncheons' and
subjected the
a o.
thrifty house,:
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fashioned fare-of the least costly
type. But they do want it we'll
cooked, full of favor and fine texture
and, of course, plenty of it. II
lot of housewives would stop trying
to feed their husbands something new
and fancy, and relax with good old
New England boiled dinner, or beef
with horseradish sauce. there'd be
lot less fussing about food and bills
around the homeland lots less strain
on the housekeeper!
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Portable chairs it made a delightful
conversation group for several friends
and on lazy evening was the per-
feet place with a good book to spend
the hours.
X X X X
4 MOTHER makeshift, that turned
out better than anything / could
ever have found, were some window
curtains that we're evolved to fill an
emergency some years ago. l was
working in room with large studio
window facing moth This brought
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1903

afternoon dresses for the most par
ticular young women and matrons and
other patterns for special occasions
are all to be found in the Barbara Bell
Pattern Book.
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EAR MISS DIX am a
young man % years old, en-
gagged to a girl "a. All would
be we'll except for the girls