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The Washington times., 1937-02-13
AFTERTHOUGHTS

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'VE were married without let
ting our friends know or sending
out announcements. That was
three years ago and / regret very
much being married in that way.
We are having a hard time taking
care of my people, and l would
like for us to be divorced, and
then marry again after things are
more secure. And then we could
send OUT announcements of our
second marriage. In that case.
would 1 use my maiden name? We
have no children and are still
young.
''If we remarked, / would like
a house warming. In that case,
would we give it ourselves or have
some friend give it to us? How
would it be if pick out my silver
and dishes then? / don't know
what to do. Please advise me.
DISAPPOINTED"
just can't understand why all
this elaborate machinery of di-
vorcing a husband you apparently
love and marrying him again. 1
think you must miss some of the
traditional things that go with a
conventional wedding, the con-
gratulations, the house warming,
and the fun of picking out new
dishes and silver. But why go to
the expense of a divorce to do
that? Divorces are expensive, and
you could put that money into the
silver and dishes.
Send out announcements now,
giving the actual date of your we'd
ding, then give a house-Warming
party as soon as you are settled in
the home where you intend to live
together as husband and wife. In
a number of cases announcement
Of marriage has been deferred
until a considerable time after it
took place.
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
TIMES DAILY PATTERN
PATTERN Alto

Buttoned up-to-the-neck in chic
is this adorable Anne Adams frock,
Pattern 4170! And that only starts
to tell the story, for it is up to the
neck in flattery as we'll! Any
young Miss from TWo-to Eight will
dote on this practical pantie-frock
and wear it gleefully to school or
play. Mother likes it's wearing"
qualities, and the simplicity of the
pattern with the clear directions
for easy making! See the novel
yoke, joined so cleverly to the
flared panel, and don't overlook
the smart choice of puffed or
flared sleeves. You'll like both ver-
SionS made up in colorful cottons
such as durable checked gingham.
flower-scattered percale, dainty
dimity or CHEEKY calico.
Pattern ALTO is available in sizes
2, 4, and 8. Size 6 takes 21s
yards SO inch fabric. Illustrated
Step-by,Step sewing instructions
included.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS Q5c) in
coins or stamps (coinS preferredD
for this Anne Adams pattern.
Write plainly SIZE, NAME, AID
DRESS and STYLE NUMBER.
EVERY WOMAN needs our
NEW ANNE ADAMS PATTERN
BOOK! Order it today and marvel
at the glorious collection of Spring
fashion hits" glamour-giving
afternoon and evening frocks-
delightful all-purpoSe styles for
kiddieS and all-lmportant "TeenS!"
You'll revel in Slimming models,
exult in gay sports togS, and thrill
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in moderate oven of $50 degrees
for 40 to As minutes.
For many puddings a special
type of sauce is needed. Here is
foamy sauce that is delicious
with many types of fruit puddings.
FOAMY PUDDING SAUCE
y cup of sugar
Y cup of brown sugar
l egg
p cup of cream
2 tablespoons of butter
Cream the butter add the sugar
and vanilla. Add about l table
spoon of the cream. Mix we'll. Add
the egg. Mix. Then fold in the
whipped cream and chill.
Another topping that is attrac-
tive with fruit puddings is .
toasted coconut fruit sauce made
with whipped cream, or a wine
sauce.
SHERRY LEMON SAUCE
l cup of sugar
2 tablespoons of cornStarch
134 cups of boiling water
"a cup of sherry
4 tablespoons of butter
tablespoons of lemon juice
"a teaspoon of salt
l teaspoon of Muscatel wine
Mix sugar and cornstarch. Grad
ually add the hot water, lemon
Juice and butter. Cook until clear.
Add salt, wine, and heat until
thickened.
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The current FGvorite Recipe
Contest is designed to make
available to our readers those
recipes that haze 1Don popular
ity during preceding Lenten sea-
sons.
II you think that other read.
erS tUOuld be interested in pre-
pairing and SerUing dishes tUhich
you haze found to be appetiztng
and popular during the annual
medtleSS season mail them in to
Miss Jean Green, FGvorite
Recipe Contest Editor, The
Washington Times, before Feb
ruGry 13.
Sir cash dWGrdS OF 81 each
and 10 Honorable Mention dis
tinctionS are giUen 1Deekly BY
The Washington Times.
Our favOrite for today was sent
in by Agnes Adams. 25O5 Thir-
teenth st. N. w. 1t was chosen
from entries submitted for the
special red" Valentines Day
menu contest.
VALENTINES FRUIT CUP
"a cup of grenadine
l cup of pineapple juice
l lemon
orange
2 cups of cubed pineapple
l cup of sliced fresh strawberries
tart firm apple
cup of white grapes
Mix the grenadine with the
pineapple juice, the juice of the
lemon and orange. Add the rum
or rum flavoring and pour over
the fruit mixture. Blend the
cubed pineapple (either fresh or
cannedD the fresh Strawberries,
the diced apple, white grapes cut
in half and seeded.
Cover the mixture and let
stand in the refrigerator for at
least an hour to ripen. Serve in
clear glass sherbet dishes and gar
nish each portion with a fresh
ripe strawberry.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Beauty
Importance of
POise
By DONNA GRACE

We will try to answer some OF
the questions Of the three high
school girls, but will have to make
it something of series, so there
is so much you seem to need. AS
a matter of fact, we believe you
are far more clever than you give
yourselves credit for being.
You seem to know how to begin
with the desire to improve your
self, and that means you know
your faults, so you are not hope
less. We are hopeless only when
we are satisfied with ourselves,
you know.
You say you are all loud and
noisy. Why? This is really a lack
of poiSe. and while you may at
tract attention to yourself, it will
not advance you socially with per-
sons of refinement. No one cares
for a noisy, loud young girl, and
boys will hesitate to know her for
fear of being embarrassed.
The best way to overcome this
is to take a course in voice place
ment, but you can prevent it by
reading aloud and studying every
word you speak. Know the mean
ing and correct pronunciation OF
every word you use.
Read only good literature for
the voice training. Your school
readers and good library books
have many of the best prose and
poems that you need for this train
ing. Reading in a group will be
the best practice. When you begin
read slowly so every syllable is
given correct pronunciation.
They are all of the same impor-
tance. The final I'd" in and"
must be heard. We so often hear
you n me" and similar mistakes,
due to careleSSness. In your first
readings do not emphasize any one
syllable more than another. but
read in a full monotone. Then
change the tone to higher key
and determine what your natural,
pleasing tone may be.
Your teachers will be glad to
help you with correct breathing,
but the following is good
method:
Stand erect and place your right
hand over the diaphragm just
above the waistline and the left
hand against the back. This is
done to make us realize we must
depend on correct breathing for
tone.
Fill the lungs and try to retain
the air. Then exhale-four counts
for each movement. You exhale
slowly while speaking, and you
must learn to phrase your speech
to conform with each breath. This
is all very simple, and you will
find it a great help toward ac-
quiring poise and a pleasing voice.
There will be more in our columns
from time to time to give you the
information you wish.
1 will be glad to answer your
beauty problems, If you care to
write to me. Enclose a stamped,
Self-addreSsed envelope for your
reply and address Donna Grace,
Beauty Editor of The Washington
Times.
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Oe my JIHA'
when / came back to work, !
could not concentrate; l was p
ways running to the telephone to
call her up, writing her letters,
talking about her, making fool
of myself generally.
zone day the boss called me
in for a showdown. He said:
you've worked yourself up from
an errand boy to your present pO-
SitiOn, but you seem to have got
'nutty' over this girl of yours, and
I'm giving you notice; if you
don't do better work, you'll have
to get another job
For a week 1 did better. Then
1 went back to my same old trance
and 1 got fired. had spent nearly
all my salary and some of my
savings on this girl. 1 bought a
car which 1 couldn't afford, and
we went to expensive places of
entertainment.
when 1 lost my job and had
no more money to spend, it was
heres your hat for me. hear
the old firm might be willing u
take me back at a reduced salary,
now they know I've been canned
by the girl. But I'm ashamed to
go back and perhaps get the
laugh. "W. X. L."
Please go back and get your old
position. And take it on the chin
if they laugh at you! It's far bet
ter to be the butt of a few harm
less jokes than to join the despair
ing army of the unemployed.
AS for the girl, who took every
thing and gave nothing, you prob
ably realize by this time that
you're better off without her.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
'M:&.;~'I !
~ WILMA LAVILLE
WILMA LAVILLE
Valentine Gifts


MAKE your Valentine gift
V1 S o m t hing delightfully."-
fragrant. We have some good
suggestions for you today, and
it's not too late to buy these
things for your Valentine.
What could be more welcome
gift than heart-shaped, red
satin sachets? They are deli
Gated scented with Blue Grass
perfume a fresh, gaily ex-
citing out-of-dOors fragrance
which brings a breath of the
hunting country at it's loveliest.
Three small heart-shaped red
satin sac h is, attractively
boxed, sell for $3.50, or three
similar sachets in a larger size
are Sc. If you want something
even more useful, there's a
cream rouge in a wide range of
flattering shades which comes
in an exquisite imported porce-
lain container which is heart
shaped, delicately painted by
hand, and has a gilt-hinged
cover. It's a perfect "little gift"
for any woman, not too per-
sonal but exquisite and thought
full. 1t is 81, and both the rouge
and the sachets are by very
well-known maker.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Tailored Suit

More than :. hint of spring fash
ions is contained in a beautifully
tailored suit of black pique printed
on small, gaily-colored motifs. The
Jacket is lined in yellow wooden,
which also makes the cleverly cut
lapels and cuffs. The skirt flares
below the hips.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
ZiDDer Crowns

The crowning point of some Of
the new Southern hats is the
crowns that can be tipped open to
give the hair more sun. Such a
hat is of white fabric draped with
colorful Paisley print. There is a
matching Paisley scarf.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

DERFUMES make ideal Valen-
L tines-fragrance for the day,
and to last through the months.
One of the finer houses has gotten
out a special Valentine package,
that is nice for several reasons
first because of the decoration on
the box, and the little Valentine
inside on which you may write
your special meSsage-seconcly be-
cause there are three little bottles
of perfume, three different fra
grances, that will fit into as many
perfume moods. The third good
argument is the fineneSS and eX-
quiSite beauty of the perfumes
themselves, in their little crown
shaped bottles. There are three
odeurs, which you may know,
named Duchess of York, Katherine
the Great and Georgian Carna-
ton. If you want to, you may
substitute others for these. The
set, attractively boxed, costs but
So, and there's enough perfume in
the little bottles to last quite a
while.
THERE'S q netD book out, 1Orit-
4 ten By no less parsonage than
Helena RubinStein, on hoD to be
beautttuI-entitled "ThiS Way to
Beauty" 1t is so full of intormG-
tion that it's impossible to quote
from it, or to coUer all topics, but
here's quick resume: there is in
formation for the young girl tUho
is struggling lUith the problem of
groWing up beautifully; for the
young lUomGn Uho DGntS to reach
the pinnacle of beauty; for the ma
ture lDomdn Uho notes the passing
of her charms, and tDGntS to re-
store beauty and bring back her
youth. There are charts and diG-
grams to help in exercising, mas
saying and making up for beauty.
There are illustrations to help
you along the 1Day. There are
diets, suggestions for special treat
mentS of the skin, and so on and
on.
She says MAKE up your mind to
be beautiful. When this conUtc-
ton is accompanied Dith knoWl-
edge, the most amazing trans
formations take place." The book
is 81.
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DROPS HUSBAND
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
For Is years / put up with
drunken husband. During the
greater part Of the Gme / sup
ported the family, which included
three children.
"At last 1 saw the light and
realized that my loyalty to a man
who had no Self-reSpect was very
bad for my children, who were
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

gagement present at some time
during these pre-wedding weeks.
but engagement gifts are not real
ly necessary.
Your signature to your letter to
me is almost correct all it
needs to make it correct is paren-
theses enclosing your form al
name. Like this:
Very truly yours,
Emile B. Miles
(Mrs. Henry F. Miles,.
1t is too a biz better form to
spell names in full, rather than
use initials. For instance, the
surname of your maiden name,
spelled in full edith Bailey
Miles, means more than the in
itia].
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be used in them.
Apricots. peaches, blueberries,
cranberries, cherries and either
fresh or canned apples are suit
able. But since they do not have
the eye appeal of cake and pie,
certain steps should be taken to
give them personality.
The usual souffle or bread pud-
ding can gain this by a marsh
mallow topping. Maraschino cher
ries, chopped nuts, or a sauce
with a contrasting color can pro
vide interest to these baked pud,
dings.
When upside down cakes are
prepared, the fruit juice can be
used for preparing sauce to be
served over the hot pudding. Gin
namon, lemon, grated orange, nut
meg carefully used will develop the
flavor.
Not only will such "frills" add
to the appearance of the dish but
they will also increase its flavor.
This cherry pudding combines
a light cake baked golden brown
with cherry topping Favored
with grated orange rind. Its
taste speaks for itself and demon.
strates the fact that the proof of
the pudding is in the eating.
CHERRY PUDDING
"a cup butter
l cup sugar
"a cup milk
l p cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
"a teaspoon salt
l can cherries
p cup sugar
2 tablespoons grated orange
rind
Cream the butter, add sugar.
Sift the dry ingredients, and add
alternately with the milk. Pour
in buttered baking dish.
Make a sauce by boiling to-
gether the cherries with the one
half cup of sugar and the two
teaspoons of grated orange rind.
Pour this on top of the batter and
bake for thirty minutes in a me-
dium oven. The dough puffs up,
and the cherries sink underneath
to form a sauce. Serve upside
down with plenty of thin cream.
This Dutch Peach Cake is
made much the same as Dutch
Apple Cake except that whole
canned peaches are sliced, busted
with sugar and cinnamon for the
topping.
DUTCH PEACH CAKE
l cup of flour
IA teaspoons of baking powder
y teaspoon of salt
6 tablespoons of sugar
"a cup of butter
egg
2 tablespoons of milk
5 peaches
p teaspoon of cinnamon.
Sift together the flour. baking
powder, salt, and 2 tablespoons of
the sugar. Work in the shortening
until the mixture is crumblike in
consistency. Then add the egg and
milk beaten together. Spread in a
creased shallow pan. Arrange the
peaches which have been cut in
"a inch slices over the surface of
the mixture. Sprinkle with the re-
naming 4 tablespoons of sugar
mixed with the cinnamon. Bake
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
"PleaSe tell me the correct way
to sign my name? My name be-
fore l married was Joan Role
Black, and now my married name
is Smith. Should 1 sign Joan Role
Smith, or Joan Black Smith?
"READER."
The usual custom is for the wom-
an, when she marrieS, to drop the
middle name of her maiden name,
and to make her informal name
from her first name, the surname
of her maiden name, and the sur
name of her married name. Then
your informal name and signature
would be Joan Black Smith.
This, for instance, would be the
name you would sign to checks.
This is your signature to a letter
to someone whom you don't know
very we'll but who does know your
formal name.
But your signature to a business
letter or a letter to someone who
must be informed of your formal
name Tin order to know what
name should be used on the en-
velope of the reply) should be:
"YOurS very truly,
Joan Black Smith,
MRS. James Smith.)"
But there are exceptions to this
custom. For instance, a woman
may choose to retain her first
name and her middle name in her
signature. omitting the surname
of her maiden name-JOan Role
Smith.
This isn't usual but she may do
this if one wishes. Another eX.
ception: She may drop all of her
maiden name but her first name,
and use the form Joan Smith. Or
she may use the initial of her
maiden surname. and use the
form Joan B. Smith.
I like the first form best-JOan
Black Smith. 1t is wise to retain
the maiden surname, and it is
easy Identification in so many
cases.
Copyright 1897, by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Beatrice Fairfax Advises
Boy to Take Old Job
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous Authority on Problems Of Love and Marriage
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Its awful the things attractive do to
particularly when he's of the serious type On my vacation
last lovely and fascinating girl who proved to
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

"There will be twenty-fOur
guests at the announcement. What
is a clever and attractive way to
make the announcement of the
engagement?
"HOw long before the wedding
date should the invitations be
sent? II mean the wedding in
vitatiOns.)
"Is it proper to have two close
friends of the bride sing two num-
bers rather than one friend?
rs lace or linen cloth used on
the dining-table in serving coffee
and ices?
"HOw should the guests be
served. bridal couple, min
lister and his wife, parents, and so
forth?
"HOw should the receiving line
be formed? MOTHER"
I think that the most charming
and graceful and dignified way of
making the engagement announce
ment is for the prospective brides
mother and father to stand with
the engaged couple near the ell
trance door of the living-room and
as the mother greets each guest
to say, after the greeting, some
thing like this: And here is Alice
and her fiance, Tom Whiteson."
Or, if you prefer, after the guests
have all assembled, the bride
elects father may propose a toast,
"A toast to our Alice and to her
land our Toni"
The invitation to an informal
house wedding would appropri-
ately be in the form of notes writ
ten by the brides mother, and
they should be sent about 10 days
or two weeks before the date of
the wedding.
Yes, it will be proper to have
two friends sing at the wedding,
Your loyeliest table-cloth, linen
or lace or a combination of both.
should be used on your dining-table
at the wedding reception.
The bride is served first, and
then the service proceeds to the
right, in the order of the seating.
First in the receiving-line are
the father and mother of the bride
(although sometimes the brides
father prefers to "mingle with the
guests" instead of standing in the
receiving-line); then the father
and mother of the groom; then, at
the groom's mothers right, the
groom; at the groom'S right, the
bride; at the brides right, her
maid of honor; and then the
bridesmaids. The best man and
ushers are not in the receiving line.
TEA GIFT?
Gnaar NHrS PaanHvnoV.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Color to Increase Appetite Appeal of Baked Desserts
Many Run-of-the-Meal'
Dishes Can Be Given
New Personalities
By JEAN GREEN

Baked puddngs have place February especially
the weekend when other ovenprepared
dish is planned These baked desserts made with fruit
delightful flavor Many types of canned fruit may
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
GLOVES

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
II should like to know whether
it is customary, necessary, or
proper for a lady to remove her
glove during q handShake with
gentleman? "P."
It is not necessary for a woman
to remove her gloves when she
shakes hands with either a
woman or a man.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
She Desires an Informal
Home Wedding
By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKI

Dear BeeCkman:
II will have announcement party for my daughter the
early part next month"; and the wedding will be the follow
ing month It is to be simple home wedding
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

BUBBLE BATHS pleasant vogue but you've had to
take them in beauty salon up to the present Now you
buy delightfully."- refreshing bubble bath for at
home 1t powder which you put into your tub,
and when the water foams up you have five to ten inches
of bubbles beneath which the water soft and fraganso
soft it will not leave ring around the tub You
favort soap with this BATH and the scent of the
crystals fragrant that you them sachet
you wish AS the bath oxygen bath and the effect is
alkaline, it is healthul and refreshing and it leaves you
relaxed refreshed and invigorated-n fact is vertabe
beauty treatment 1t not expensive as 25 packages or
portions about months supply cost but $125 For the
of the store where you buy it, call District 7000
Extension 459 during business hours write Miss Lave
at The Times enclosing seaddressed stamped envelope.
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TEA GIFT?

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
II received an invitation to
tea. to be given in honor of the
young lady my nephew is to mar
ry. The young lady'S parents are
entertaining. AS 1 am unable to
be present, / am going to send my
calling card on the day of the en-
tertainment.
Someone has just told me that
1 should also send a gift. Is this
correct? If so, please tell me what
to send.
SIS my signature correct?
every truly yours,
"EMILIE B. MILES,
"Mrs. Henry F. Miles"
It is not necessary to send a gift
when you send your regrets to
this invitation. If you wish, you
may send this young lady an en-
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-03-25
1 WILL OFFER for sale at publ,

WILL OFFER for sale at public
auction on Tuesday, April s. at my
place of residence on the farm of
the late Geo. Taylor, one mile north
west of Joetown, and three miles
southwest of Triadelphia, the fol-
lowing: Sale begins at 1926 a. M:
Two work horses; 2 milch cows; 3
steers; calves, six months old; As
head of wethers, one and two years
old; fine wool rams; 81 head of
ewes, due to lamb April 10, if not
sold before day of sale; farm wag-
on; grain binder; moving machine.
hay rake and tedder; riding break
ing plow; disc harrow; smoothing
harrow; riding cultiyator; double
shovel and single shovel plow; ma
nure spreader; grain drill: tanning
mill; harness; wire stretchers; lawn
mower; corn shelter; Moore's parlor
furnace, large size; kitchen range.
and other stoves; tables, and many
other household goods; also other
articles too numerous to mention.
Terms of sale cash.-MRS. HETTIE
TAYLOR. C. r. Massey, Auction.
eer. 25m2
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-03-25
PUBLIC SALE
HAVING SOLD my farm

HAVING SOLD my farm. 1 will
offer for sale at my residence, five
miles north of Malta, on river road,
Saturday, March 27, beginning at
one o'clock, the following: Team OF
mules, 10 years old, weight about
2400 lbs; good set work harness;
s Jersey cows, all milking; wagon:
hay ladders; moving machine; hay
rake; Imperial breaking plow, No.
/ plow; 2-horse corn plow; disc
harrow; 5-shovel cultivator; A.
tooth cultivator; corn sheller; grind
stone; large salt kettle; chick
brooders; feeders and waterers;
Home Comfort range: DeLaval
cream separator, No. II, in No. l
condition; wardrobe trunk; corner
cupboard, and small articles too nu-
merous to mention. Terms made
known on day of sale.-LEWIS f.
ROBERTS. Clyde McElfresh, Auc-
tioneer. 18m2