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Evening star., 1937-10-12

cold water. Add molasses, vinegar
and butter. Boil until . drop Of the
mixture hardens when tested in cold
water. Stir In the soda and the lemon
juice. Pour into buttered tins, and as
soon as candy cools sufficiently, pull
until white. Moisten the hands while
pulling with ice water or butter, and
make the candy into single sticks,
twists, or braids. A few drops of
essence Of peppermint may be added
with the soda and lemon juice If
peppermint flavor is desired.
Fudge is another old-time favorite,
and recipe grown old in the family's
service is this one:
FUDGE SPECIAL.
\ pound chocolate
2 cups powdered sugar
cup cream
! teaspoon butter
l teaspoon vanilla
8 marshmallows
Nut meats If desired.
Melt the chocolate in double boiler,
and then add the sugar and cream.
Stir until mixture boils and then add
butter. Boil for 10 minutes, or until
soft-ball stage is reached. Remove
from fire. add the vanilla and the
marshmallows. and chopped nut meats
if used. Beat hard until marshmal-
lows are completely melted. Pour into
shallow, buttered pan, set aside TO cool
Cut in squares.
ONE Of the easiest of all candies to
make is
PEANUT BRITTLE.
IL cups granulated sugar
cup chopped, shelled peanuts.
4 teaspoon salt
Melt the sugar in saucepan, STIR
ring constantly, until it is dissolved
Add the peanuts and the salt. mixing
all well. Pour very thinly into buttered
tins, and set aside to cool. Break in
pieces for serving.
And, If you are already thinking
ahead toward Halloween-how about
POP CORN BALLS.
Pop one-half cup pop corn. Sprin-
k)e it with salt. Make a molasses
sirup by melting IL tablespoons but
ter with q cup molasses and !. cup
sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved,
then boil without stirring to the hard
ball stage. Stir the popped corn into
the sirup until every kernel is coated.
Let cool little, flour the hands we'll,
and shape lightly into balls. Set aside
to become cool and dry.
Evening star., 1937-10-12
. Manners
| of the
. Moment

THE perfectionist, who refuses to let
you eat anything she makes unless
it is perfect, can be terribly annoying
Especially if you've been getting whiffs
of it. Your mouth waters, and you're
all set for a tasty bit of fudge or
cake, when she comes out of the
kitchen with a long face. She has
hidden the fudge or thrown it out,
she will admit upon questioning, be-
cause it wasn't up to her best.
Honestly, she gets your dander up.
The only way to handle her is to
stand right over her as she takes
things off the stove and grab them.
She may refuse to make you any
fudge again, but that would be better
than being tantalized by fudge thrown
down a drain. JEAN.
tCopyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-10-12
BY BARBARA BELL.

vF YOU are not as slim as you would
like to be, make this dress for
day-long wear. You will find it
i f1attering and easy to wear Note
the simple panel skirt that flares
gently toward the hem and the tucked
shoulder that gives you fullness at the
bust without adding heavy look to
the top of the figure. The V-neckline
with pretty double collar gives long
look to the bodice that is as becoming
as it is easy to make. The sleeves are
finished with an eye to detail giving
them formality that is new and fresh
in a dress so casual.
Make up this dress in pretty cotton
print or in sheer wool for wear all
through the day. The pattern includes
a complete sewing guide with sketches.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1888 is
designed for sizes 36, 38, 40, AZ, A, As,
48, so and ST. Size 38 requires AS
yards of 39-inch material plus q yard
OF contrasting. One-half yard ribbon
is required for the bow.
Slenderizing well-cut dresses are
very necessary to the woman with a
Evening star., 1937-10-12
|WorldlyLook
Style Note
For Today
Fashions Now Are
For the Woman
Over Thirty.
By ELSIE PIERCE,

Tn EVERY one Of hsr little fofbleA
fashion commands ~ TO look '-ths
woman Of the world" The upswep&
hairdos. the s,lmptuous brocAdes, the
sweeping trains. the new low decollets
in evening wear-they are hne for the
woman Of 80 and 10 and very
fiattering indeed.
To wear the fashions wen. you not
only have 10 look the part of "the
grand lady" but In addition Q mora
than usual amount Of poise and charm
are necessary-the poise and charm
that come with years Of experience.
II you are 80 or 40, or 30 for that
matter, you can look your age beauti-
fully and gracefully, because you've
fashion on your side. There's nothing
fapperish about the styles that COM
mand this seasons spotlight q. noth-
ing kittensh or too-too-youngish.
You can be frankly 40 or so. You
don't have to go to extremes to give the
lie to the calendar. But remember
this: The woman of 40 and so today
Is ''the woman of the world" beauti-
fully preserved, impeccably groomed,
vitality interested in many things. She
has hobbies which command a lot Of
her time. She has her rendezvous with
beauty. She doesn't deny that she
spends hours keeping up appearances.
The world expects her to do just that.
Times have changed. Beauty stand.
ards have changed You're not sup.
posed to or expected to look 10 years
younger than you are. A woman Of
30 is expected to look like a woman
of 30 of today. Which is about 10
years younger than the woman of 80
looked 20 years ago.
The woman of today follows a regu-
lar routine; she studies herself and her
beauty needs and goes about this
beauty business scientifically. There's
less emphasis on looking extremely.
inconsistently young; but more effort
on looking ones age beautifully. Her
regal carriage, her perfect poise. her
mellow charm, her worldly experience
these characterize the woman of
the world" today.
tCopyright, 1887
Evening star., 1937-10-12

SatlSned because you are wanting all
the things that you have missed and
out Of which you cheated yourself.
You want to be free, to play and
dance and go places and have the
pleasures that belong by rights to your
time of life. But you can't have
them because you are tied down with
husband and baby and house and
responsibilities of a married woman
You don't know whether YOU love
your husband or not because you
can't compare what you feel for him
with the fancies that you might have
had for Tom, Dick and Harry, nor
his attractions with theirs. Even your
baby is burden to you because you
weren't old enough for motherhood.
nor ready for it, so that it would have
made taking care Of a little child the
most interesting and exciting thing
in the world.
RUT it Is to late to think of all that
now and to shed any tears over
the split milk Of your lost girlhood. OF
your own will you married, and now
you must make the best of it and try
no. to make your good husband pay
for your mistake. He has shown you
nothing but kindness and tenderness
and it would be dastardly, cruel thing
for you to break up his home and take
away from him the child he loves.
just because being married isn't just
what you thought it would be.
A lot of girls make this same mis-
take. They think that marriage is
going to be sentiment and romance
and a perpetual petting party and
that they will live in state of thrills.
They are disgruntled and disappointed
when they find that marriage is work,
responsibility and self-sacrifice. doing
their duty and being taken for granted,
and that a man and woman who live
together day after day and year after
year may be the best of friends and
companions, but that they cease thrill
ing when they become a habit to each
other.
so that is another mistake that YOU
made for which you must pay. Just
because you have husband and
child you cannot leave them and 20
OH to be nurse or follow a career.
you haven't any right to deprive your
husband OF wife, or your child of a
mothers care. You haven't any right
to turn your husband out on the COM
munity to board or live in a club, and
you certainly haven't any right to
force your mother to take care Of your
child. That is your chore.
As Tor the harm you do your child
by depriving it OF its fathers love
and influence and support, there is no
arguing that point. There is no wrong
tnat can be done q child that is 50
great as to half-orphan it and take
away from 1t the security of a settled
home with both parents in 1t and a
cheerful, contented home life going on.
1t Is only in such environment that q
child can flourish and grow straight
and beautiful in character. It is
pity, however, that you csnnot try out,
Tor little while at least, your ambition
OF being trained nurse. Believe me,
you would soon find that It is no more
thrilling than being a wife and mother
and you would be glad enough to leave
its hard work and It's long hours for
your own comfortable home. with .
good man 70 support you.
Evening star., 1937-10-12

mover. Don't be worried il the mahog-
any turns milky on the surface-it will
disappear when you rub it down.
Never shellac any piece which has
been cleaned with remover until it
has dried in a warm, well-ventilated
room for at least two days, to allow all
the solvent to evaporate from the
joints and cracks.
Remember In cleaning any piece not
to run wild with the remover and get
it all over inside. back and underside.
1t will dry there and become just as
hard as the varnish 1t is supposed to
remove. Take out all drawers and
removable parts-prop the chest up
on a block Of wood so that 1t tips
enough to have the remover drop of
the edge and not run down the 'front.'
Evening star., 1937-10-12

the third coat with steel wool and
crude oil-or pumice and oil. All
surplus oil should be carefully wiped
of, and after a day or two it should
be given another coat of shellac. This
process repeated, and the rubbing
down and building up continued will
give the beautiful deep satin finish
we all admire in the genuine old pieces.
The next step is the waxing. Buy
the finest wax you can find. If it is
too light in color knead into it 4
little burnt lumber decorators color.
When you wax your furniture remem-
Der that 1t is not the wax that
shines-it is the wood-so be sparing
in your application. covering all the
surface with light coat. After it
has thoroughly dried for half day
it may be polished with soft, old flannel
cloths. Each successive waxing deepens
the polish.
It Is possible to use an oil finish on
native woods which Is very attractive.
This Is boiled linseed oil which Is
painted on with . paint brlsh-and
then rubbed. The success Of this
depends on the successive coats-the
small amount Of oil used, and the
continued rubbing. This finish dis
plays the color and grain Of old wood
beautifully, but does not protect the
surface of the wood as we'll from
dents and dirt. 1t also darkens almost
any wood on which 1t is used
especially cherry and oak.
Have you any questions to ask about
the interior decoration and furnishing
Of your home? II 20, write to Margaret
NOVEL;, In care Of the Woman's Pare,
The Evening Star, inclosing . stamped,
eelf-addreDeA envelope for reQly.
Evening star., 1937-10-12
AvOidForcing
Generosity
In Child
Family Feuds Have
Been Started in
Just This Way.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

SELFISH children are normal chill
dren. Unselfishness is not born
In a child ready for immediate use.
The first instinct of a child is self
preservation. The world centers about
himself. Things are good or bad as
they affect him. He sees nobody else s
needs; has no knowledge Of anybody
elses rights. He is an individualist
In all purity.
This is not to be considered a fault.
It is to be taken for granted as one
accepts his other aspects of infancy.
One sets him an example; gives him
experiences of thought for others; but
not until he begins to show under
standing of other children's wants and
needs is he to be directly taught
to stand aside for others. Not be-
cause it would not be good for him
to understand sooner, but because he
is not ready for such teaching. His
stage of growth cannot be used as the
basis of such experiences.
When well-intentioned mentor
takes the candy from one 3-year-old
and hands it to another saying, You
must share with your sister, DEAR"
the despoiled one sees only the in
justice of the might that takes his
treasure. And he rebels with all the
strength Of his lungs, and his nature.
That rebellion Is not good prepara-
ton for effective teaching in altruism.
1t is likely to leave its marks on the
thinking of the child for years to come
and make him anything but altruistic.
He is remembering his wrongs and is
determined to right them. He will hold
fast to what is his and take, by
might, what he can belonging to others
because that was his experience
When children are too young to
feel generous and unselfish on their
own it is better to give each his allot-
ment of whatever goodies or treats
Is to befall him. Avoid forcing gener-
osity. Talk about it, practice it, but
up what he wants to hold. Unselfsh-
ness must come willingly to be real.
Making a child give set part of
his allowance to church, Sunday
school. foreign missions, is not the way
to teach him to support these institu-
tions. Tell him the story of the need
and leave the giving to his own dis
cretion. If he does not give, refrain
from scolding him. Keep on showing
the need, and setting the example
until he gets the idea. All healthy
children, in time, will come to the place
Of understanding other persons needs
and will want to share with them.
Forcing brother or a sister to
give up to another member of the
family is rarely effective. It makes
the weaker one weaker and more
exacting of another's services, and
1t makes the one forced to yield re-
bellious. Family feuds have been
started in just that way.
Teach the children to share with
each other, but not to demand it.
When one demands what belongs to
the other that one is growing more
selfish by leaps and bounds. BY and
by he demands for the sake of the
power he exercises, and by that road
he will certainly come to grief. Un-
self1shnes is the child of love, and
love is neither forced nor gained by
force. 1t is way of living that takes
q lifetime of effort to acquire.
Copyright, 1877
Evening star., 1937-10-12


with supplies during the Winter
months, was not even worried about
the ingredients being on hand. A
dozen or so Of my pals accordingly
arrived in the early afternoon-also
thoughtfully via the kitchen door
and the bunch Of us set to work.
When mother opened the door an
hour or so later, her Mortified gaze
must have rested on a scene very SINH
lar to the pictures Of war-torn Shang-
hal. Plates, tins, molasses, sugar, but
ter and everything else were in
and we were all practically unrecog-
nizable under the festoons of dirty
taffy with which we were draped. The
party was distinctly not success
and the cleanup job assigned to me
has never faded from my memory one
whit. Even in later years, when I
had learned to make candy properly
and to keep it in the saucepan and on
the plate rather than adjoining the
floor and the ceiling-I still felt a
tWinge every time any one suggested
q good old-fashioned candy pull"
NEW ORLEANS molasses taffy Is
deservedly famous. It is light
and delicate and is, 1 must admit, my
especial favorite in its field. Should
you care to try your hand at it, and
turn the calendar backward into 1.-The
good old days." here is the recipe:
MOLASSES CANDY LOUISIANA.
l quart Louisiana molasses
tablespoon butter.
! pound granulated sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
q teaspoon soda
Juice lemon
Boil the sugar with a little water
until it is thick when dronned {nto
Evening star., 1937-10-12
To Get the Best
| Cough Medicine,
} Mix 1t at Home
Saves Good Money No {

S.ye. Good Money. No cookins:
This famous recipe is used by mil.
lions of housewives, because there Is no
other way TO obtain such a dependable,
effective remedy for coughs that start
from colds. It's so easy to mix "a
child could do it.
From any druggist, get 2iA ounces
OF Plnex. a concentrated compound Of
Norway Pine, famous for its effect on
throat and bronchial membranes.
Then make a syrup by stirring two
cups of granulated sugar and one cup
OF water a few moments. until dis
solved. It's no trouble at all, and takes
but moment. No cooking needed.
Put the Pinex into pint bottle and
add your syrup. This gives you full
pint of cough remedy. far superior to
anything you could buy ready-made.
and you get four times as much for
your money. 1t never spoils, and is
very pleasant - children love it.
You'll be amazed by the way it takes
hold of severe coughs. giving you double
quick relief. 1t loosens the phlegm.
soothes the inflamed membranes, and
helps clear the air passages. D
Money refunded if it doesn't 81
please you in every way. -
1P[!!M1EA& 1Plg: MP
Is for Coushs-N
Evening star., 1937-10-12

have only ventilated room, with no
open flame, in which to work-or
outside on cloudy. muggy day. Var
nish remover works best on varnish
or shellac, its action on old, hard
paint is much too slow. If you have
made restorations with plastic wood
or glue, varnish remover is the only
solvent that will not destroy the glue
content.
TURN a cupful or two from the large
container into shallow coffee can
to prevent quick evaporation. Paint
the remover over the surface to be
cleaned, with a 3-inch paint brush.
Do not attempt to work on the top OF
the table and the legs at the same
time, but clean the top or the legs
first leaving one part clean to hold
onto. In about Is minutes the varnish
begins to stand up in little blisters
which may be removed with blunt
putty knife. Do not use a sharp
knife or scraper or piece of glass-the
wood surface is also softened by the
remover and you may mar it easily.
On some of the old turned legs the
marks of the blade on the turning
lathe are distinct and should not be
destroyed. 1t may be necessary that
you go over the piece several times to
get at the successive layers of old
paint. The nat surfaces will come
clean first. 1t will be necessary to
paint the solvent into the cracks and
turnings over and over again. Wrap
a piece of soft cloth around the end
of the putty knife blade as you dig
in the corners to get out the last bits
of shiny shellac or colOred paint.
Watch carefully as you go along to see
just how much hard treatment your
wood will stand. Old mahogany or
rosewood with q thin veneer will need
the utmost care, where solid mahOg-
any tabletop can hardly be hurt.
After the piece seems to be COM
pletely clean, wipe it all over once
more with clean cloth and fresh re-
mover. Then it is ready for a bath of
denatured alcohol to remove" the re-
Evening star., 1937-10-12
1853

mature figure. The Barbara Bell
Pattern Book will give you wide
range of models suitable for all occa-
sions. There are also smart styles for
young women and children as we'll
as the difficult junior age. Send Is
cents now for the Barbara Bell Fall
and Winter Pattern Book so that you
can make yourself smart frocks for
immediate wear.
(Copyright, 1877
Evening star., 1937-10-12

old. Married at II. Have a
little girl years old. My
- husband is as good man as
any one could find. Has no bad habits
Is kind and affectionate and devoted
to me. Very thrifty and provides gen.
erOusly for me. But 1 am dissatisfied
and don't know what to do. Don't even
know whether I love my husband or
not. Think / don't because 1 get no
thrill from being with him or from his
caresses. want to 60 places and have
good times and stay young. He wants
to stay at home. have high-school
education and could easily get college
education If it were not for him. I
want to go in training for q nurse
Could leave my little daughter with my
mother. At the time I was married
saw marriage as a free life, way to
escape the close rules my family had
raised me by and way to get out Of
this small town, which always hated
II leave my husband and become a
trained nurse and 60 my own way, will
my child have as good a chance in
life as if I stayed with my husband
who can provide ample for us? There
is no other man in the case. Perhaps
have never known love, only childish
fancy. Perhaps love my husband and
don't know it. Who knows? And how
am I to choose the right path?
TROUBLED.
Evening star., 1937-10-12

uSCu Oli 1illc WOOOS dIlu FcIeCT. Aye
is most inexpensive. 1t may be bought
in grocery store for Is cents q can
but it is difficult and dangerous to
use and Is not recommended for the
beginner except as an experiment.
Savogran is similar to lye in Use
though its action is not as quick or
as severe. Both Of these products
may be used to start layers of old
paint.
You may buy varnish remover in
the paint stores. 1t is highly inflam-
mable and must not be used near
fire or in closed small room where
there is an open flame It's fumes are
very strong and will usually cause
headache and nausea in a closed room.
However, 1t is too expensive and evap-
crates too quickly to be used out of
doors on = clear, windy day-so we
Evening star., 1937-10-12
A New Egg Dish.

Try baking eggs on biscuits or Eng
lish mullins. The latter should be
baked before their centers are removed
and the uncooked eggs inserted. The
biscuits or mullins should then be
placed on fiat pan in moderate oven
until the eggs have set. about 10 min
utes) A small quantity Of grated
cheese may be sprinkled over them.
Evening star., 1937-10-12

I can remem-
Der, when I was
small, being fired
by the example
Of q Louisa M.
Alcott h Groin e
into staging q
candy pull in our
kitchen on the
cooks afternoon
out. I thought
fully omitted to
notify my mother
of the fact-and,
as the farmhouse
larders were al
Uavs Well Storked
Evening star., 1937-10-12
Candy Making Should Be Revived Feature
u Xc1 ar 6 AREI NOVEL;

THE third and final appreciation old
rehnshng This will
whether a
three methods Of paint vanh
These vanih
method gallon be
Evening star., 1937-10-12

Answer-Yours, poor little pathetic
wife, is just another of the millions of
tragedies that are the result OF too
early marriages. You married before
you knew what you were going to be
yourself, or what you wanted in hus-
band, and before you had any play
time. Now you are restless and dis
Evening star., 1937-10-12

holiday all
parties
douby
IN a basket like
directions also what crochet hook what material
will
pattern stamps
Evening
Evening star., 1937-10-12
.Molasses Tafy Pulls
Have Been Favorites
For Generations
Bellies and Beaux of Both
North and South First
Made Them Popular.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

THE old days that fascinating town New Orleans moasses candy
delight OF all bellies
house house cocktail
they
hopabe and pulled England
Evening star., 1937-10-12
My Neighbor Saws;

Cover ground over tulips with
a mulch three or four inches
deep made Of leaves and light
manure. If this is done as soon
as the surface of the earth Is
frozen, bulbs will not freeze dur
ing the Winter.
Those who make faggoting trim
ming, now so much in vogue, will
find it much easier to do the work
on buckram than on paper.
(Copyright, 1872
Evening star., 1937-10-12

ment, and many a cold, snowy after
noon and evening was spent in the
old-fashioned kitchens enjoying this
Evening star., 1937-10-12
Dorothy Dix Says
Marriage Demands More Than
Sentiment and Romance.
t and Romance.

EAR MISS DIX: I am 20 years
old. Married at II. Have a
little girl 2 years old. My
husband is as good a man as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-14

The ''Bigwigs' Gather
SNAPSHOTS os the Lord Chancellor and His Moesty's
judges offended the speeio service at Westminster
Abbey on the occasion Of the reopenine Of the Low
Courts. 9 Globe Photos
The Hagerstown globe., 1937-04-23
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