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Evening star., 1937-09-21

ON the whole, we're very fond OF
cab drivers But we must say that
these chaps who insist upon turning
around and winking at us for Is blocks
give us the jitters the like Of which
we haven't had since the night we
dreamed about the tiger. If you know
what we mean. Travelling behind 4
driver who seems to prefer the view
in the back seat to the view on the
road Is not exactly our idea of \ rest
cure.
Just what to do about talkative cab
drivers We don't know. Signs that
read please do not talk to the driver"
may keep us quiet, but that's only
half the battle. And reminding the
driver to keep his eye on the truck In
front of him seems only to inspire
him to turn around to give you nice
hearty laugh-full face. :.
There are only two ways out. Either
bore him with your own talk to such
an extent that he really finds the road
interesting; or, move over until you
are Just behind his two ears and he
can't possibly turn far enough to see
you Then keep quiet, and maybe he'll
forget you're there. It's worth taking
q chance on.
tCopyrisht. 1879
Evening star., 1937-09-21

you can give them you will wish that
you had stiffened your backbone a
little and encouraged your husband
to go on in q job that if he makes
good in will lead to better things.
For everything We get in this world
we have TO pay the price. Thousands
OF other women like you have TO paw
the price of their husbands success
by being separated from them, some
of them for years at time. Whether
the material success is worth the
separation each couple must decide
for themselves.
YEAR DOROTHY DIX DO YOU
think it best for man in his
middle 30s to select girl in her
teens or one near his own age for
his wifes Please give your reasons
for choice. Bill,
AnsWer-The wise choice is a girl
who is in his own-aae class. some
where around the late 20s or the
early 30s. Not once in a thousand
times will a marriage between a man
in his middle 30s and q girl in her
teens turn out happily.
The reason is obvious. There is
too great disparity in age. A nan
in his middle 30s is mature. His
tastes and habits are formed. His
1dPolS fYod hor LoL 1.
He has seen the show and when he
marries he wants to settle down and
go domestic.
A girl in her teens is uniformed. She
doesn't know herself what she is 20
ing to be when she is grown, nor what
kind of man she is going to want for
a husband. She hasn't had her play
time and she wants to dance and laugh
and have good time She hasn't seen
the show and she is avid to do every-
thing and 60 everywhere and see
everything in this interesting old
world OF ours.
A man in his middle 30s may easily
fall in love with a girl in her teens,
because he is captured by her youth
and beauty. But il he marries her she
nearly always bores him to tears with
her childish prattle and her always
wanting to be jumping around and
doing things and going places. The
girl in her teens may imagine herself
in love with a middle-aged man. be-
cause she is flattered at being able to
attract one whom she feels has had so
much more experience of life than she
has had. But if she marries him she
also is bored, because she regards him
AS senile and as far behind the times
as her father. Why he can't even
dance the new steps. and she wants as
q partner somebody as young and
supple as she Is.
But il man in his middle 3Os mar
ries woman approximately AS old
a. he they have the same background,
the same tastes and habits and every
chance Of being happy together.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1937-09-21

I HERE is no better fun than the
hunt for old furniture, restora-
tion TO its former glory and
refnshing it to smooth satin
surface You will 60 on wild goose
chase to a country auction or an iso-
lated farm house. You will battle and
argue for your prize, and, If you sue
ceed. will proudly bear your booty
home and spend the next few weeks
in cleaning, rubbing and polishing
your prize, all for the JOY Of saying,
See what I found" and watching
your friends turn green with envy.
Evening star., 1937-09-21
Dorothy Dix Says
Husband and Wife Must Weieh
Value of Material Success.

n EAR MISS DIX: My husband
and I have been happily
married for fourteen years
and have two children. For
the last year he has been travelling
salesman and is gone one, two and
sometimes three weeks at a time.
l get 80 lonely and depressed that
think l am losing my mind. He can
work in the Office but will make less
money. and he says that the only
way he can get ahead is by travelling
I want him to succeed and don't
other hand l wonder if happy home
life would not be worth more than
money to us. Children need a father s
guiding hand. Besides, l know that
my husband drinks too much when
he is away from home. After all he
gets lonely, too. and I suppose temp
tations are great. Sometimes 1 imagine
all kinds of things. Can you offer .
solution? AN UNHAPPY WIFE.
Answer-The solution to your
problem is very simple. 1t consists in
either your husband giving up his
job as a travelling salesman or for
you to brace up and meet the sit
uation with more philosophy.
There is a lot 10 be said on both
sides of the subject. The thing for
you and your husband to do is to
sit down and thresh it out thoroughly
make without either one whining over
the sacrifice that must be made by
one or the other.
X
YOU want your husband to give
up his chance of getting some
where in the world and 90 back to a
small job so that you can have him
with you all the time. No doubt in
many ways this would be better for
you, for the children and for him
Undoubtedly the children do need a
fathers influence and discipline in
their formative years.
Also, undoubtedly it is bad for a
husband and wife to be separated too
much. They get out Of touch with
each other. They develop individual
lives instead of communal one.
They have interests that they do not
share and they cease to be necessary
to each other. Also, undoubtedly the
man who is separated from his family
is subject to many temptations He
has many lonely and boring evenings
to get through, and he can't spend
them all in writing back to the wife
and kids telling them how much he
misses them.
But. on the other hand, If you per-
suade your husband to give up this
Job. which he feels to be rung on
the ladder to success, you will be
| pulling him down just as he was
beginning to climb. The chances are
that he will be bitterly resentful and
blame you for having blighted his
career just as it was starting. EN-
ployers have scant use for men who
| are tied to their wives apron strings
| and cannot go where they are sent
because their wives won't let them
leave home.
And don't forget that, while you
may be content to live on q small
salary now, when the children are
older and need more money and
| better educational advantages thar
Evening star., 1937-09-21

realize they are
definitely on the
wrong track when
t h ey try to
feed their men,
folk like ladies at
4 pink tea!
OF CO urs e,
many OF them
W no are not
married TO far
mers, hungry or
otherwise, m a y
t h in X compla-
Gently that be-
cause their hus-
bands are not
Evening star., 1937-09-21
The Old Gardener Saws:

Here is an easy plan for root
ing cuttings of plants and shrubs.
Use two pots. one of which is
smaller than the other. Fit the
smaller pot inside the other.
leaving a space of about inches
between. Put a layer of rocks
in the bottom of the larger pot.
Then stop the hole in the smaller
pot with cork. Stand the little
pot in the middle of the big one
and pack sandy soil in the space
between them, bringing this soil
TO within an inch Of the rim.
Next. put in the cuttings, leaving
little space between them. Then
Ill the small pot with water.
which will soak through the sides
into the pot and keep it we'll
moistened. No water should be
poured on the soil
(Copyrieht. 1870
Evening star., 1937-09-21

doing manual labor they do not
need to be fed I confess that
l am guilty of making the state
ment that men who are engaged in
excessive physical labor need more
and soldier food than do those who
sit behind an ONCE desk all day. Ap-
parently l am wrong. A letter just
received from "A Hungry Professional
Man" tells me so, very distinctly, and
is so full of common sense and helpful
suggestions that l am including it in
the column today as a running mate
for that of the Hungry Farmer"
There are plenty OF good hints in it
for the woman who wants to keep her
husband happy and satisfied, and she
would do we'll to get out the old cook
books and try her hand at some OF the
old-tme, simple dishes that were
chockful of nourishment and stuck
TO the ribs" l have made list of all
my correspondent suggestions, and
we'll have a recipe for each and every
one OF them within the next few
weeks!
"nEAR MISS CASWELL: Permit
me TO thank "A Hungry Farmer
for his letter pleading for more filling
meals for mere men. Also many
thanks TO you for accepting his chal-
lenge and supplying recipes for bean
soup and other foods which stick to
the ribs.
Keep up the good work. Let's hear
about some boiled dinners Men who
are hard workers usually appreciate te
these And don't Pake the mistake
that men who do intensive mental
work are not in need of strong food.
The heartiest eater l ever knew was
a Greek professor, and splendid one
at that. Real students and thinkers
Evening star., 1937-09-21
Candied Sweet Potatoes.

Candied sweet potatoes have dis
tinctive flavor if they are sweetened
with honey. Sprinkle few cashew or
Brazil nut fragments over the top just
before serving.
Evening star., 1937-09-21
When Buyine 4 Roast.

In buying roast beef it often is eco
nomical to get large one and cut of
several chops for the first meal The
roast will keep for several days in ,
good refrigeratoy.
Evening star., 1937-09-21
Wise Woman Will Heed
Hints on What Food
Men Really Prefer
Corned Beef and Cabbage
More Than Just a Joke
In the Funny Papers.
BY BETSY CASWELI..

"A published
while
Farmer a
signatures have
Evening star., 1937-09-21

WtItIng TOT tnaC lnulgnant feminine
protest to turn up-but so far / have
been disappointed. Perhaps the ladies
feel that such a frank avowal OF hun
ger is beneath their contempt! II they
saw all the letters on the subject that
Evening star., 1937-09-21
Cooks
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.

BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.
THREE rAVORITES.
JELLIED CHICKEN LOAF.
2 tablespoons Il cup chopped
granulated pimientos
gelatin l tablespoon
As cup cold minced
water parAey
IA cups boiling tablespoons
chicken stock chopped sweet
Ia cups diced pickles
cooked - teaspoon salt
chicken 4 teaspoon
n cup diced paprika
celery 3 tablespoons
salad dressing
Soak gelatin In water for five
minutes. Dissolve in stock. Cool and
add rest OF the ingredients Pour
into glass mold. Chill until firm.
Unmold.
DUCHESS SALAD.
1 package 2 tablespoons
lemon Favored minced
gelatin pimientos
l cup boiling !. teaspoon salt
water "a teaspoon
Y cup grapefruit paprika
juice Ia cups cottage
"a cup diced cheese
grapefruit tablespoons
n cup diced salad dressing
cucumbers
Dissolve gelatin in water. Cool.
Add juice. grapefruit. cucumbers, pi-
mientos, salt and paprika.
Pour into . ring mold and chill
until CONCEALED. Unmold on lettuce
and fill center with cheese mixed
with dressing. additional dressing
may be passed.)
MOCHA BAvARIAN CREAM
! tablespoons "a teaspoons
granulsted vanilla
gelatin u teaspoon salt
Il cup cold water egg whites.
ia cups strong beaten
coffee, boiling cup whipped
u cup granu- cream
lated sugar cup broken
) egg yolks macsroonS
Soak gelatin in water for 5 minutes.
Dissolve In boiling coffee. Add sugar
and yolks. Beat we'll. Cool until =
little thick. Fold in the rest 1t the
ingredients and pour into a mold.
Chill until flrn. Unmold and serve
with cream.
Evening star., 1937-09-21

require just about the same diet that
physical workers need.
There's too much fuss and feathers
today about the daintiness and deli
cacy of meals to suit the average
hardworking man, and too little at
tention is paid to real substance.
The world is full OF men who relish
corned beef and cabbage, boiled beef
with horseradish old fashioned
chicken pot pie with dumplings and
a score Of other sustaining dishes
which do not call for the best cuts OF
meat.
Oysters are now In season. Why
not have some oyster dinners? Oyster
soup made with plenty OF milk and
onion is great favorite with lot OF
the men l know. They are also fond
OF scalloped oysters seasoned with
onion, and like oysters baked on the
shell with strip of bacon.
''Scalloped corn, tomatoes and
onions are popular with men. They
do not hesitate to eat the bread and
butter which enter into these dishes.
In fact, they crave them.
But, above all, do please tell cooks
how TO make good. wholesome coffee.
Half the men OF my acquaintance do
not have coffee in their homes to suit
them. OF course the chief reason for
poor coffee is too little coffee. In my
opinion the filter is the only fool-p proof
means OF making coffee, But cook
who will not keep a filter absolutely
clean and who is stingy with the
coffee will do a poor Job even with
this medium.
Yours truly
"A HUNGRY PROFESSIONAL
MAN
JUST as starter we'll take up the
coffee challenge here and now. OF
course, everyone has their own opin-
ion about the best way to make it
what type OF machine to use. how it
should be ground and so on. The
main thing, as the writer says. is to
use lots and lots of coffee. whatever
method you employ. AS he mentions
filtered coffee particularly, we'll use
that one
FILTERED OR DRIP COFFEE
tablespoons finely ground coffee.
cup water.
Place the coffee in the strainer part
OF the coffee pot. Set in place on
lower section. Have the water freshly
boiling, and pour it onto the coffee
very slowly. Cover closely, and stand
In a warm place. but not over direct
heat, until coffee has filtered through
into lower section. For stronger cof-
fee the liquid may be poured through
the grounds once more.
Evening star., 1937-09-21

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the bottom sleeping suit The baby will
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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-07-30

she told him calmly while her thoughts
played leap frog.
Come on. beautiful. Unbend"
i get It,. she parried, playing for time.
We've had the kickofT. Now we're going
into the huddle."
''Oh. no time out-yeti" His face was
getting pasty white and puffy around the
eyes.
Aren't you the Woodworking coach!'
She braced her knees against the gear
stick. Drag me away from party just
for little private scrininage practice"
Say. sweetheart. you knew damned
well what I wanted. That's why you
came"
Sorry" she said with calm that
smashed all to pieces when 1t got inside.
We've got our signals mixed. II It's Just
the same to you. let's jog back"
He caught her hands SO she couldn't
push his tace away. Then suddenly
he let her go and runmaged In the car
pocket Lets have little cheer to
break the ice" He took out fiat brown
ish bottle.
Dear Mr.. Pollyanna," she cooed while
panic pounded against her ribs. Spread
ing sweetness and light. But don't you
provide cups?"
Sure" He turned away again. Got
mixer, too. How'll you have yourspa
Surreptitiously. Cilla pulled out the
keys that dangled on the dashboard and
leaned against the door handle. "I'll take
mine" she said and slipped out the door.
.by correspondence"
He turned as she slammed the door In
his face.
''Oh, want to play tag, huh?"
NO Just hide-and- d-seek." She jingled
the keys at him and then deliberately
tossed them over the barhed-wire fence
into the tangled grass beyond. ..You
seek while I hide" she called over her
shoulder and ran down the road. ~And
thanks for the ride. I've never walked
home from better one"
A r THE corner where the lane graduv
ated into the main road she looked
back. Gregg was easing himself through
the barbed wire. And half q block down
the highway the road past the old Fischer
place branched Off. He'd never think to
turn up there
The dust on the old wagon road made
going bit difficult It shoveled into
her slippers and clling like khaki puttees
TO her she.r stockings.
OF course. it might have been snow
storm" she painted to disintere5ted COW.
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Then. starting with hum ike busy
bluebottle, car roared out of somewhere
and down the highway. She heard the
brakes scream and the headlights turned
Ia at the fork and bore down upon her.
She dived for d sheltering bush and held
her breath. Gregg might have found
those keys right Off. But the car only
stirred up mild tornado and whipped
by
After another mile her slippers rubbed
d blister on each no-longer pink heel
She took them of and let the velvety
dust sift through her toes.
The Fischer place was six miles from
home. she remembered from bicycle days.
She and the gang used to bring sand
wiches and stuffed eggs and picnic on
the shady veranda OF the old deserted
farmhouse.
Drops of perspiratior turned to grinny
beads on her forehead. She pulled of
hel wrap and, rolling her slippers and
pearl bag into 1t. flung the inprovised
pack over her shoulder.
Tramp tramp. tramp" she muttered
and ploWed on.
Familiar landmarks beckoned iavit-
ingly from around each curve. but the
Fischer house had always moved on by
the tirne she got there. She tried shut
ting her eyes just to surprise herself
when she looked again. But when she
walked into patch OF thistle grass she
gave up the idea.
When the ramshackle old place finally
surrendered. she took only split second
to decide on dip In the river that rolled
along al the end OF the overgroWn gar
den. It w,7 such a warm night and the
cool plunge would make 1t easier to tackle
the rest of the walk home.
She peeled of the trailing blue satin
and then hesitated. She'd have to use
the undertakings for a towel. In another
moment she slipped like some sirenic
Rhine maiden into the cool water.
IF only Tom could see me now. she
giggled and then the sound froze IN her
throat The lights of an approaching
car were picking Up the twin beeches
that stood silver sentinels at the edge OF
the drive.
ella collapsed under water and. SWIM
ming silently. reached the protecting
shadows Of willow that hung out over
the edge.
Gosh" she gasped and thrust wet
white arm up to clutch an overhanging
branch. ut couldn't be Greggl"
But 1t was He got out of the car and
came across the grass.
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wouldn't like 1t" she assured him hastily
and her thoughts began to huddle IN
little shivering punches. What 10 dor
Stay there and freeze or make desper-
ate rush up the bank on the chance OF
reaching the little heap Of clothes before
Gregg did
Better say you're sorry and CONS play
my way"
No thanks" Cilla chirruped and, re-
leasing the branch, let the water slide up
to her CHI as she churned her arms
under the water
We'll. when you change your mind"
he said, and calmly gathered up the
trailing blue satin and the heap Of un-
derwear. "I'Il be waiting In the carr
LIORRIFIED, ella watched him dump
~ them into the rumble seat. Then.
even as he pumped it shut. the road
grew white With lights and Toms Ford
racketed into the drive.
Toni Now what messi
Where's Cilla?" she heard him de-
mand as h unfolded himself from under
the steering wheel.
@Oh. the party got too warm for her.
She's down there cooling off," Gregg
shrugged carelessly.
Tom stalked down to the beach.
sCilla!"
She wished she could dissolve like an
aspirin tablet or something.
"Cillal" Tom called again peertng to-
ward her particular shadow. THAT your
Eyes. It's me. Tommie."
What tn the devil are you doing?"
well. mas swimming"
"Are you crazy? Come on out"
'sI can't"
"You can't!s
'All my clothes are in Gregg's car"
she whimpered.
Tom stopped stock stiI. oh" he said
In funny fat voice.
just then Gregg banged shut the door
OF his car. .fWell. TIL just leave you little
playfellows. Don't get into mischief"
Tom reached the running board like a
spear Of lightning. "oh. no, you don't"
he said quietly and dragged Gregg out OF
the ca. by his collar.
Listen. sonnie." Gregg tried to jerk
away. Don't start anything you cant
finishn
It was dangerous to talk to Tom that
way. He didn't often bother to get mad
but when he did he was terribly thor
ough about it.
Il won't Tom said between his teeth
If you want TO play Rescning knight
to Lady Godiva, run along. But keep
your hands of OF me" Gregg tried again
TO shake Toms hard off his collar, but
Tom held on like bulldog.
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ne asked as the music stopped and LEFT
them standing In the center OF the door.
'HOh. no. At midnight change back
into toothless hag With wart on my
nose"
What you need is Prince on
charger TO break the SPELL" he laughed
Say, lets get out of here. This partys
all right for adoleseents. But know OF
another one--friend OF mine-I promised
I'd drop IN. Come on"
"Oh, It'd better not"
'You don't mean you like this" He
waved an arr toward the bowl OF un-
spiked punch and the den where Mr.. and
Mrs. Gibson chaperoned discreetly.
IN get my wrap"
Tom. tall and grim, stood on the porch
as they went out. Looking like the Me-
dusa, ella thought. and giggled to her
self.
IREGG's sleek black and Silver road
~ ster put Toms old car In the wheel
barrow class. He slipped the gears and
they shot out Of the drive and down the
highway In rush OF wind that was Just
a littlr terrifying.
Cilla saw the lights of the last houses
flick past and then the fields rushed by
in q smeared streak.
Gosh. Gregg. Where's the fire?"
I'll tell you about that IN 2. minute"
he promised and suddenly swung the
car into a lane where the thick elms
made tunnel of shade In the moon
light. "How's this?" he asked as the car
crunched to a stop.
Whats the matter? Out of gas?" she
asked, carefully casual.
Nope" He snapped off the ignition
and tossed his derby onto the shelf be-
hind her head. Like this scenery?n he
asked, drawing her close, Then he pushed
her head hard against the back OF the
seat and kissed her mouth.
Cilla shuddered. Most of the boys In
the gang had managed to kiss her at
Lets talk-about the starving Chi
nese. she gasped and slithered to the far
side of the wide leather seat.
Gregg's mouth widened but it wasn't a
smile. why talk?'
Wasn't the exit line something about
another party at your friends house?"
she powdered her nose. not because she
cared II 1t outshone the moonlight, but
1t was something to do.
do you still believe in Santa Claus.
too?" He thrust an arm about her waist.
Listen. honey, let's skip all that know
all the answers"
''But they're to the wrong questions. Z
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well, fancy finding you here" he said.
Cilla clung TO her branch and groaned
as she watched him settle himself on the
little bank
@Cf course, 1t was just luck that Lish
Gibson once showed me this short cut.
Otherwise, we might never have rnet--
Like this Deliberately he lit q cigarette
and leaned back against tree. Nice
night for q swim especially after long
walk
Goosefiesh rose In little weltS along
her arm
Gaegg stood up. Say. ! have half
mind to Join you
"oh. the waters really quite cold. You
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-Ill take those clothes" he said evenly.
~and promise from you that none o.
this gets talked about"
Gregg shrugged big talk from small
boy"
Tom stepped back little. But It
packs wallop,a he said and ella could
hear the sharp crack as his fist ANAL
gamated with Greggs chin.