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The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Beauty
Choosing That
Gift
By DONNA GRACE

It won't be long till Valentines
Day, and your best boy friend may
already have your gift picked out
for you. He will have no trouble
finding a variety of attractive
ones this year according to the
display we see in the stores.
There are the little perfume sets
in groups of three little bottles in
the lace-covered red boxes with the
traditional heart of red.
There is no more gracious gift
than flowers and perfume, and of
course the perfume will be a last
ing gift that will hold sweet mem
ories in its fragrance for a long
time. Nearly all of the cosmetic
and perfume manufacturers are
displaying new and attractive
packages of late. Some of them
look like pieces of bamboo stand
ing about with coolie hats in scar
let. Even lipstickS are done up in
this way. Then others come in
little boxes with mirror covers
that serve to reflect the business
of renewing the makeup.
There are any number of impor-
tant looking little gold packages as
well as the pastel pinks and blues
that are great improvement on
the plain or inartistic display of
former years.
Really the best way to make a
selection is to go direct to one of
the good salons or the department
stores and get the thrill of look
ing at everything, even if you
only buy few of them.
There is no economy in buying
cheap perfume. 1t is not only no
pleasure to use, but is sometimes
so diSagreeable as to be embar-
RAISING. One bottle of good per-
fume will last longer than a dozen
little ones of the cheaper kind,
and besides it gives one poise
and assurance to know we are
correct in such things.
1t is not necessary to have all
the bath oils, powders and toilet
water of the same scent, but when
using the heavy pungent oils in
the tub, it is better to have every
thing of the same aroma.
Some of these oriental scents
are so strong they perfume the
whole room as well as the bath,
but one need not hesitate to use
the strong scents in the bath.
The effect will always be delicate
enough when one is dressed.
This may be a good time to look
over the Language of Flowers"
and the Perfume Chart. You
may have them without charge,
but please enclose stamped, self
addressed envelope for EACH and
address Donna Grace, Beauty
Editor of The Washington Times.
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designs. Bake IN a moderate oven
set at $50 degrees.
TEA CAKES
2X cups of sifted cake flour
3 teaspoons of baking powder
y teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of butter
egg
"a teaspoon of cinnamon
"a teaspoon of nutmeg
12 cup of milk
Sift the dry ingredients. Cut in
the butter. Add the egg mixed
with 1-3 cup of the milk Add the
rest of the milk if needed. The
dough should be soft like biscuit
dough. Turn on floured board.
Cut in 1-inch pieces. Shape into
balls. Place on a creased shallow
pan. Brush with the milk and
sprinkle generously with brown
sugar. Bake in a moderate oven
for Is minutes. The temperature
should be set at 375 degrees.
ALMOND COOKIES
2 cups of brown sugar
l cup of butter
2 eggs
l teaspoon of soda
teaspoon of cream Of tartar
4 cups of flour
cup of chopped almonds
teaspoon of vanilla.
Cream the butter. Add the
brown sugar. Add the beaten eggs.
Sift the dry ingredients. Add the
nuts. Blend with the butter mix.
ture. Form into a long roll and
leave in the refrigerator overnight.
Slice thin and bake in hot over.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

emilk or cream (and this isn't so
usual as it used to be-, we, of
course, use the spoon for eating the
sauce.
We may do as we wish about
this. Either eat the tomatoes from
the individual dish in which they
are served, or serve them to our
plate. If there is a generous
amount of dressing on them, often
it is easier to eat them from the
individual dish.
1t doesn't make any difference
when we unfold our napkin, so
long as we unfold it so that we
won't hold up the service. And
there doesn't seem to be any rea-
son why the napkin shouldn't be
unfolded at once.
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate, IAc.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-09

the tea ceremonies.
The tea service which was made
up for one charming queen who
lived more than $500 years ago,
was of jewels. This queen of the
Ur of ChaldeeS had a gold drink
ing tube made for slipping the aro-
matte beverage. She had designed
and made a tea strainer of gold
with handle studded with jewels.
The strainer was shaped to fit
her dainty tea cup so that when
her majesty was served her after
noon cup of tea, there was not a
chance for leaf to come with it.
The equipment for tea service
on the market today is not so
costly, but it is certainly more con-
venient to use.
You need not be blessed with
silver service to be able to serve
gracefully and properly. Many
of the new pottery and china tea
service sets are very delightful.
The majority of Washingtonians
prefer the nge Pekoe tea. Tea
balls make 5imple to prepare the
beverage. H. a large number of
guests.
On the market now comes
sugars of many different types.
The crystal cubes and tablets are
popular. Candied ginger can also
be an accompaniment as we'll as
the usual lemon slice with cloves.
The cakes that are served with
the tea are almost as important
as the beverage itself. Dainty de-
liciouS favored cookies are needed.
These tea cake recipes feature
spices and interesting flavoringS.
The first recipe gains flavor
from the maple sugar used. Chop
ped almonds are used in another.
Try them for your next tea party.
CINNAMON MAPLE SUGAR
COOKIES
2 cups of maple sugar
cups of sifted cake flour
/ cup of butter
2 eggs beaten together
/ teaspoon of soda
/ teaspoon of cinnamon
Cream the butter. Add the
sugar and continue to cream until
light and fluffy. Sift the dry in
gradients. Add to the butter mix
ture. Add the beaten eggs. Roll
out very thin and cut into fancy
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Pattern
PATTERN 43lS

A smart example of the diStinc.
ton a pretty morning frock
should have, is Pattern 4318! Just
vision the dainty flattery Of its
crisp frill encircling your Shoul-
ders, while short puffed sleeves
(may be flared if you PREFER are
gathered to neat m trim band!
And don't overlook that eye-catch-
ing panel that sweeps down from
your shoulders in one long un-
broken line! Who can resist all
this charm-certainly not a fash
ion-wiSe housewife, or her admir-.
ing family! You'll be interested,
too, in the ease with which this
engaging frock may be made, for
with the valuable help of its ac-
companying detailed directions,
your new frock may be cut and
stitched up in jiffy. Appropri-
ate fabrics are durable percale,
checked gingham or gay calico.
Pattern 4318 is available in
sizes IA, 16, 18, 20, 80, "a, SO, S8,
40, AZ and A. Size 16 takes 312
yards 36-inch fabric and u yards
ruttllng.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS u5s)
in coins or stamps (coins pre-
ferreO for this Anne Adams pat
tern. Write plainly SIZE, NAME,
ADDRESS and STYLE NUMBER.
EVERY WOMAN needs our
NEW ANNE ADAMS PATTERN
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Spring fashion "hits"-glamour-
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frocks - delightful all-purpose
styles for kiddies and all-impoD-
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slimming models, exult in gay
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When Manners Are Correct - +

, "When should the napkin be un.
fOlded-when the waiter first
brings it to the table with the
bread-and-butter plate, or when he
brings the order? A.
Peas, as they are usually served
nowadays, are eaten with the fork.
If they are served directly to the
dinner-plate, as they are in the
best service, they should be eaten
with the fork, as are the other
vegetables served with the main
course.
If they are served in the indi-
vidual vegetable dishes in which
vegetables are often served in res
taurantS, we may serve the peas to
our dinner plate or eat them from
the individual dishes.
If the peas are served with a
generous amount Of sauce made Of
The Washington times., 1937-02-09

GGXX1IDE flat collars have a
w youthful air." reads notice
from the Paris openings, and so
we find a collar in a local store
that answers that description eX-
actly. This collar and cuff set
which we've sketched isn't just
over from Paris. but it does give
the young and pretty" look which
is so fashionable on both sides
Of the Atlantic. and which we all
want to achieve. 1t is of pique, a
fine-wale quality that is lovely,
and has a new type of lace that
we couldn't find name for, but
it's quite open and attractive, es.
pecially if you put the collar and
cuffs on a dark dress. where there
will be contrast. The collar has
a wide front" but is narrow in
the back, which is an advantage
if you want to wear it under a
coat. The set will transform any
winter frock into something nice
for spring, or will be good with
new dresses, especially springlike.
The set is 50.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
BON VOYAGE
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
"My husband and / are going
on a short cruise and it is my
belief that it is not proper to
ask friends down to see you off
This being necessarily spOn-
taneOus on their part. Will you
please advise me if this is cor
rect?
when being seated at a table
with other people for the first
time, is it proper for the gentle
man to introduce his wife and
himself, or is this supposed to be
done by the steward showing you
to the table," JANE"
Yes. Since going to see a boat
off means the scheduling of good
deal of time and effort, it seems
more mannerly to me, too, that the
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Carnelian Accessories

HARNELIAN is the big color of
" the moment. You'll find it fea-
tured by several stores in town for
accessories. It's a nice reddish
color named for the semi-preciOus
stone, and is smart with many
colors-with navy. gray, black or
perhaps even with beige. There's
a new hosiery color out. for car
nelian shoes. It's not quite as in
tense as the leather color, and will
blend nicely with your carnelian
shoes, gloves or bag. In three
thread chiffon, a lovely smooth
texture that is ringless, these
stockings are $1.35 or three pairs
for $3.50. The stocking color, by
the way, is called aurora"
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Silk JERSEY

A classic evening frock is made
on perfectly plain, even severe,
lines in al-black or all-White silk
jersey of a very fine weave. 1t
sWathes the figure in a nodded
princess line and has long, free
swinging panels that can be vari-
ouSly draped to adapt the gown
to the type of the wearer a.
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+, ~! !,
~ WILMA LAVlLLe
Is Modern Tea Service Has Fascinating Historical Background
ROMANCE IN PARIS
LAVILLE

hOMANOE IN HAhlS
DOMANCE and fun seem
~ to be the two keynotes of
the Paris openings, just over.
All the clothes are exciting
beautiful - romantic - gay.
Never has there been a season
of more attractive clothes, or
of things you d love to wear.
To be general, evening gowns
are all either very full and ro-
mantle, or very slim, even to
suggesting hobble skirts. Col
ors are glorious, with pinks
much in the foreground, as
Molyneux has launch e d
"Gaugin Pink" " an intense
cyclamen shade, and Patou
sponsoring linen and pastel
blues and pinks. Patou colors
are always important. Vionnet
brings out Empress Eugene
gowns, full-skirted and beau
tiful, and also shows slim,
high-waisted clothes for eve
ming. Schiaparelli surprises
everybody by showing evening
gowns 10 inches from the
floor, worn with starched pet
ticoats. Could this be akin to
the Southern Belle" influ-
ence whic h we h ave in
America?
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DANGER AHEAD

Dear Miss Fairfax:
1--WE always had a feeling that
I've been cheated out of life. l
grew up in my grandmOther's
house, and she was a hard one
for discipline. After her death, 1
went to live with two maiden
aunts, and they we're, if anything,
worse. They gave me good edu-
cation; sent me to business col
lege, because they were anxious
to be relieved of my support.
81 did well enough to hold down
a job, but my thoughts were all
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Beatrice Fairfax Advises
Youth to Discard
Reckless WAYS
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous Authority on Problems Of Love and Marriage
" Dear Miss Fairfax
The trouble is her family doesn't approve of me at ALL be-
got into fight at dance and her father
under the influence of liquor and doesn't like my reckless
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
Today's Sets Less Costly
But Adapted to Meet
Specific Needs
Bv JEAN GREEN

Tea that delightful beverage that enjoyed by many
thousands of Washngonans daily has fascinating history
For centuries has been enjoyed but it only the other day
at here that learned how elaborate Of
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
ANSWER TO SAILOR
Dear Miss Fairfax:

DedF MISS dlTIdX.
"At the end of a mans enlist
ment, he may remain out of the
Navy for three months without
losing either the privilege of re-
enlisting or the rating he held.
This three-month period would
allow the man in question to try
life outside the Navy and discover
whether he liked it and could
make a success of it.
eff he found himself diSsatis-
fled, he could return to the Navy,
and both hei and his wife would
have the satisfaction of having
tried civilian life.
Should he do this, however, he
must make up his mind within
three months, for the Navy will
not accept his reenlistment if he
stays out longer than three
months. "LIEUTENANT."
Many thanks to Lieutenant for
giving specific information to my
correspondent, which should help
him and his wife to make up their
minds about reenlistment or try
ing civilian life.
This letter will answer several
other inquiries along the same
lines.
IMPORTANT DECISION
Dear Miss Fairfax:
when 1 first met her she
seemed awfully unhappy, and fell
for me right away. 1 couldn't
understand it, as she was very
pretty and her family well-tO-dO,
and Pm nothing to write home
about. Well, this continued, and
I was the happiest man imagin-
able.
Then 1 found out she had
been in love with man who got
into some sort of trouble. / don't
know whether he was sent to jail,
or a refOrmatOry, or put into an
institution of some sort. But they
had put him somewhere.
II was at her house one evening,
when he telephOned. He had just
been let out, and she acted like
a crazy person. She was so glad,
and 1 heard her tell him to come
right up. Then she got rid of
me.
Il hadn't any hard feelings at
first, but / have now, and If this
girl prefers a miscreant to a man
who has never got into trouble
with the law, or anywhere else,
she's welcome to him. But 1 don't
want a girl like that to have any
influence over me, and it makes
me mad to keep thinking about
her.
Sometimes l think I'll throw
up everything, become a sailor
and see the world. Do you think
that's a good idea?
TERRENCE"
Better not come to any hasty
decisions, without thinking over
the matter thoroughly. If you
haven't a genuine liking for the
sea, the discomfortS of life in the
fo'castle might be trying. I take
it from your letter, which I have
abbreviated, that you have a
pretty good job. and I hope you
will not consider giving up a
certainty for an uncertainty.
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suggestion or request to come"
come from the visitor rather than
from the ones sailing.
1t is always proper to ask if we
may come, even if we stay only
minute or two. But if we invite
a friend to come, and it isn't pos
sible for her or him, this may
mean a good deal of explanation.
Table introductions on board
ship are usually self-intrqoduc-
tions. The husband makes the in
PRODUCTION of his wife and himself.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
FaVOriteS


Contest is designed to make GUdil-
able to our readers those recipes
that hare 1Don popularity during
preceding Lenten seasons.
II you think that other readers
1Uould be interested in preparing
and serving dishes 1Dhich you haze
found to be dppetising and popu-
lar during the annual meGtleSS
season mail them in to Miss Jean
Green, FdUorite Recipe Contest
Editor, The Washington Times,
before February 13.
Sir cash aWdrdS of 81 each and
10 Honorable Mention distinctions
are oiuen weekly By The Washing
ton Times.
Our favorite for today was sent
in by Mrs. L. I. Richards, 708 Har-
rison Street, Petersburg, Va. This
recipe was chosen from entries
submitted in last weeks recipe con
test for red dishes suitable for
menu planning for Valentines
Day.
MARZIPAN VALENTINE
DESSERT
Sponge cake
MarZipan
l cup whipped cream
Strawberry preserves
Grated pistachio nuts
SPONGE CAKE
2 eggs
| IA teaspoon salt
l cup sugar
| ! teaspoon vanilla
p cup milk
l tablespoon butter
l cup cake flour
l teaspoon baking powder
Beat the eggs until very light
with rotary egg beater Beat in
salt, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in the
vanilla which is boiling hot and
which has been heated with the
butter. Sift flour once before meas
uring. Sift the flour and baking
powder together. Beat in. Pour
very quickly into a creased and
floured pan and bake Immediately
in an oven set at $50 degrees for
| twenty-five to thirty minutes. The
pan should be round 9-lnch cake
pan y in. deep.
MARZIPAN
Beat one egg white until stiff.
Gradually beat into it % cup con.
fectioner's sugar. Blend in 2-3 cup
ground almonds (put through the
finest knife of food grinder three
tines and "a teaspoon almond
extract.
Cut a heart out Of paper just
the size to almost cover the cake
Lay the heart on the cooled cake
and pipe marzipe trimming around
it with pastry bag. Remove
paper. Cut a tiny heart-shaped
pattern and place it in the center
of the cake. Pipe marzipe trim
mings around it. Remove paper
Fill in small heart with marzipe
Place the cooled cake in the bak
ing pan, right side up, with wide
strip of heavy paper underneath
so it may be lifted out easily. Bake
until delicately Drowned IS or {
minuteS) in a hot ever ATS degrees
Remove cake from pan when COO
again. Split cake crosswise into
layers. Spread filling made of 1-3
of the whipped cream blended
with remainder marZipan mixture
over bottom layer. Place seconc
layer on top. Fill in space left be
tween large heart outline anG
small heart with strawberry pre-
serves, using only the thick so il
will not spread. Spread sweetenec
whipped cream around the tor
edge Cfilling in outside of large
heart) and outline the little heart
on the marzipan. Sprinkle grated
nuts over the whipped cream
which outlines the hearts. This il
a erysbeautiful dessert.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
TABLE TIPS

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Should peas be eaten with a
fork or spoon?
"ShOuld sliced tomatoes be eaten
from the dish they are served in
or from the plate?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-12
Outlook Justifies
State Participation
In New York Fair
Whalen Voices Opinion In
Inviting Governor and
People to the 1889
Exposition

NEW YORK, Especially In letter Of
invitation to the governors of Al states.
Grover Whalen. President of the New
York Worlds Fair 1899 Corporation.
points out that the commercial conse-
quences of the international exposition
under construction in New York City are
so great and important that they alone
would justify the active participation Of
every state in the nation.
Fifty million persons from every walk
In life, from every state In the United
States. from every country in the world.
are expected to attend he Fair" writes
Mr. Whalen. 1.-THE great American mar
ket with its tremendous consumer pur-
chasing power will be represented by
these visitors. They will comprise true
cross-section Of America"
The Worlds Fair. according to MI.
Whalen, will be a magnificent spectacle.
entertaining and instructive. It will at
tempt to answer the questions: "What
kind of q world haze we built? What
kind Of world are we building? What
kind of a world can we build?" With
collateral improvements, It will repre-
sent total investment Of more than
'$125 100000 by the Fair Corporation and
the governmental, industrial and other
participants. The Fair site park Is tract
Of 1216h acres, almost at the geograph-
ical and population centre Of New York
City.
Construction Of buildings and roads.
grading. dredging, planting and land
| scaping are already under way. based
upon schedule which calls for compile.
ton Of all construction operations before
January /. 1899. to allow four months for
final decorations and installation Of ex-
hibits preparatory to the opening Of the
Fair on April 80.
The opening date commentaries the
inauguration. on April 80, 1889, Of George
Washington as the first President Of the
United States.
! In the government area, and near an
imposing federal hall to be erected by
the United States Government, the Fair
will provide ''Hall Of States" in which
the significant contributions Of each state
in laying the foundations for the better
World Of Tomorrow can be proudly dis
played, says Mr.. Whalen.
His letter supplements an invitation to
participate in the Fair extended to the
governors on November 80 by Governor
Herbert H. Lehman Of the host state Of
New York. Governor Lehman pointed
out that the State Of New York has ale
ready appropriated, to date, $2,lSo.0o0
for commencement Of construction Of
boulevards, service roads, bridges, and
certain other basic improvements the
State will make at the exposition site or
its approaches. The New York legisla-
ture. further. during 1885 passed an act
creating the New York Worlds Fair
Commission Of IS members and provid-
ing funds in aid Of this body's prepara-
tion Of plans for a state building and
exhibit and for active state participation
in the Fair.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-12

Last month has been unusually
kind to those who had long way to
go to get to school. With winter
like this there is little weather excuse
for staying home.
Those who came to school every
day in January are as follows:
Freshman "X": Mary Burkins,
Lillian Connley, Josephine McCardsl,
Ruth Reynolds, Lorraine Riale,
Ralph Baughman, Wallace Biggs.
Melvin Conrad, Robert Jugler, Rob-
ert Rands, Marlin Zimmerman.
Freshman "Y": Mary Anna Ack-
inson, Maxine Eldrith, Lillian Hath
away, Carrie Miller, Eva McGlothin,
Gladys Smith, Isabelle McGlothin,
Clifton Jackson, Estelle Tompson,
Arnold Tharp, Roland Greene, Rob-
ert Mcclure.
Sophomore "X": Ruth Baugher,
Julia Ann Carr, Mary Gather, Olive
Daughton, Virginia Drennen, Doro-
thy Drew, Anne Fristoe, Mildred
Garvin, Dorothy GRAPHICAL, Helen Lo-
gan, Marguerite Morrison, Elizabeth
McCardel, Mildred Reynolds, Virginia
Richards, Ruth Richie, Mary Robin
son, Ruby Sprinkle, Emerson Ben
jamin, Russell Johnson, Lawrence
Virgins.
Sophomore "Y": Marie Devon
shire, Hazel Finnefrock, Josephine
Raglan, Olene Rhodes, Helen Smith.
Thelma Stuart, Mildred Wallen,
Donald Elville, James Jones, William
Keilholtz, Pennell Rewlings, David
Nesbitt.
The Junior girls who attended
school every day in January were as
follows: Ruth Anderson, Annabelle
Ayers, Evelyn Best, Ruth Biles, Gem
evieve Cecil, Eleanor Reynolds, Mary
Childress, Catherine Etter, Charo-
lette Ewing, Genevieve Gibson, Eva
Hambleton, Pauline Long, Doris Nc
Vey, Sophie Pierce, Mildred Riley,
Margaret Tyson, Nell Wadell, Miriam
Williams, Gertrude Atkinson. The
boys were: Isaac Boyd, Wiley Gray
beal, Walter McCummings, Buford
Pafford, Clyde SINNERS, James Wig
gins.
The Senior class: Alice Carr,
Florence Drew, Dorothy Elville, Pearl
Ewing, Helen Clifford, Lila Todd,
William Baugher, Herbert Dinsmore,
Kirk Clifford, Bruce GRAPHICAL, James
Pafford, Harold Way.
Rising Sun ranked second in at
tendance of the Cecil County High
Schools. Kenmore was first by
considerable margin. We want to
see our school heading the list this
month, and if we all try l am sure
we can. February is short month.
so let's everyone come every day.
Dorothy r. Rands.