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The Washington times., 1938-04-18
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

MEAN MISS fA4ftcAA
She has finally agreed to
announce our engagement in
three months. I love her more
than can express, and when 1
tell her my happiness depends
on our marriage she says YES"
but sometimes I doubt her. She
would not even give me a pic
ture of herself, and, amazing as
it is, I do not even know where
she lives.
To explain this, she has given
me several good reasons. which
I have taken into consideration,
but the situation makes me ner-
vous and unhappy.
WORRIED.
Your problem Is a very I'm
usual one, and can't imagine a
young man considering mar.
riage to a girl and not even know.
ing where she lives. How do
you know if she is trustworthy?
And before proceeding with any
further plans to marry this Lady
Lohengrin. I should certainly in
sist on knowing more about her.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
Your Lucky Stars

Take it slow and easy where
want-to sounds louder than
ought-to, especially in afternoon
and evening. Today begins four
month period (till August 23) of
great help to those in creative
lines, such as art, literature, mu-
sic, invention.
One way astrology helps you
to get rid of an inferiority COM
pick is to show you that part
of your nature that you can
spend your spare time in devel-
oping.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18

you are a good executive you
can't fail.
5. And remember, the best
nerve tonic is keeping busy and
staying in love.
Copyright, 1888, by Esquire
Features. Inc.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18

Dear Miss Blake:
After hearing my darling sing
that delightful song, What Are
You Doing The Rest of Your
Life" it did not take me long to
tell her what I hoped to do the
rest Of our own lives. She de-
INJURED but I finally won her.
NJ. L.
Maryland.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
Boy AdUiSeS Girl
By George AntheiL

I T takes to be good wife. And by mean
that which be measured by the amount of energy
you have and the patience you able to show.
Lady if you're jumpy fdgety and driven to distraction
BY tres you have business the presiding genius of
home The average housewives taxed in single
day as much the average business mans in month.
There direct and indirect taxes levied on
The Washington times., 1938-04-18

Your year ahead stimulates
ambition and distaste for the
rut, if this is your natal date;
but past must be even up first.
Proceed in practical and respon-
sible way. Danger: July 10 to
August %, and November % to
January 81, 1889.
Tomorrow
Favorable for travel and i'm
proving the mental situation.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18

Of buttermilk. Flour q board
and roll out the dough, cut into
good-sized biscuits and bake.
When done, split and spread
with plenty Of butter, and add
the berries, turning one crust
wrong side up and filling with
them. Use one quart of berries,
which have ben washed. of
course, and pour over the two
layers. Serve with heavy cream,
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
HOlU She Got Me TO Propose

YOU'RE doing fine, boys We like your confessions on
! how She Got You to Propose. You're nice and
goodnatured and humorous about being "shanghaied"
into the matrimonial boat of you voices your
version from bacheorhood to benedict state We want
to hear more The Washington Times will pay So for
each letter published Address Doris Blake, Washington
Times, Washington, D. C.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
Home
Service

What priceless inspiration in
noble lines like Leigh Hunts in
"Abou Ben Adhem"! To the
angel, Abou said:
Write me as one that loves
his fellow-men.'
The angel wrote and vanished.
The next night
1t came again with great
Wakening light,
And showed the names whom
love of God had blessed,
And 10! Ben Adhem's name
led all the rest"
And what beautiful pictures a
poet paints! William Collins:
When Spring with dewy fin.
gers cold :"
Thomas Edward Browns
words:
"A garden is a lonesome thing.
Rose plot, fringed pool . ="
For new courage to face
everyday tasks, turn to Walt
Whitman:
Il hear Ameri,- singing, the
varied carols I hear E"
Let favorite poems bring
beauty to drab days. Our 80
page booklet has poems by
Longfellow, Riley, Poe, Brown
ing, Scott, Ella Wilcox. The
House by the Side of the Road"
by Sam Foss.
Send 10c for your copy of
WORLDS BEST. LOVED
POEMS to Washington Times
Home Service, Washington,
D. c. Be sure to write plainly
your NAME, ADDRESS, and
the NAME of booklet.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 3d.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
Dear Miss Blake:

Dear Miss Blake:
One evening, while visiting my
girl friend, she was showing me
the engagement and wedding
rings in a jewelers. catalogue
which her brother had ordered
for his better half. Finally she
turned to another page and
said, Here are the ones want"
So I proposed right then and
there, bought her choice Of
rings and have never regretted
1t. r. L. g.
Maryland.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
Insists On knowing
Her Age

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'm very much taken with a
certain young lady, and would
ask her to marry me if knew
her exact age. But she continues
to put me off. She looks young,
but women are so wonderful
with their makeup that she
may be older than she looks.
BACHELOR.
Aren't you forgetting the old
proverb that "a woman is as
old as she looks" and if she
looks good to you. why bubble
over a year or two? AS you're
not engaged, her age is really
none of your business.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
Stuffed Tomatoes
German Style

Stuffed Tomatoes
German Style
Select medium-sized smooth
tomatoes and cut off the stem
end. Carefully scoop out all
the seeds. Chop sufficient cold
meat leftover chicken or lamb
to make a good half pint. When
chopping the meat, add also IL
almonds chopped fine. Add one
teaspoon of rnoistened curry and
one grated onion. Mix thorough
ly and fill this into the toma-
toes. Stand the tomatoes
(about eight in a buttered bak-
ing pan, and pour in from the
side one-half cup warm water
in which has been dissolved one
tablespoon of butter. Bake and
haste slowly for 80 minutes.
When done remove the toma-
toes onto a serving platter. Add
to the sauce left in the pan one
teaspoon of moistened curry and
a tablespoon of flour moistened
in water. Add sufficient clear
stock or water to make a good
half pint. Stir carefully until
it boils. Add the Juice Of q
lemon. Season with salt and
paprika and pour over the to-
matoes or serve separately.
Veal
Pot Pie
Wipe a piece of veal and cut
it into pieces, add an inch strip
of salt pork for each piece OF
veal, put into a saucepan, cover
with cold water and bring
quickly to the boiling point.
Boil for about five minutes,
skim and simmer until the meat
is tender. When almost done,
season with salt and white pep
per. Parboiled potatoes with
other vegetables may be cooked
in the stew. If there be a lack
of broth add a cup of tomato
puree. Make a biscuit dough,
cut into rounds and cook them
separately. Before serving,
place the meat in center Of plat
ter and surround with the dump
lings.
OId-Fashioned
Strawberry ShOrtc0ke
Make a rich biscuit dough Of
two cups of flour, one-half cup
Of half butter and lard stirred
l.. aiVNOIo NJ coli
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
By Sibill0 Campbell

ID ACK in regular routine of eating it may not be
- amiss to include succuent veal pie in tomorrow's
dinner menu. For main dish at luncheon you will like
stuffed tomatoes German STYLE The filling should be rich
and we'll seasoned to be appetizing.
The Washington times., 1938-04-18

makeup? So many, especially
the business girls, tell me they
search constantly for the kind
The Washington times., 1938-04-18

There are direct taxes al
Nine. Housewife.
The tax collector" on nervous
energy may come in the form OF
a pairing knife or corset sales
lady two or three children at
play. so different tasks to do at
once, bills. menus, afternoon
clubs or the man of the house
in a grouchy mood.
Low of
Compensation
What's worse, the nerves OF
most wives are taxed every day
and every hour. There is no
relief. Probably many readers
could add materially to the list
] have already given above.
Fortunately, however, the law
OF compensation steps in to aid
most mothers and wives. For
every nervous tear, there is a
heartstring to mend it. The love
OF a mother for her children and
Of a wife for her husband goes
q long way to patch up and
cover up annoyances that might
otherwise become serious.
And the busy housewife has
little time to brood over and
magnify the problems that tax
her nervous energy. The good
wife calls these "trifles' and lets
it 20 at that. She won't permit
them to break down her health
or ruin her home.
It's only when a woman is
naturally very nervous or when
the law of compensation isn't
working with her-when she
finds love missing from the
home-that the nervous tax
collector overWhelmS her.
Watch Out
For TrifIeS
"Trifles," we men call them,
"trifles," in the everyday life OF
the wife at home. But they can
grow, if permitted, like the
shadow of an object moving
closer to light. Worry is re-
sponsible for this sort of thing
and many a wife has lost her
nerve from worry.
Spring and the moon and
roses won't make a lifelong.
happy marriage if, after the
setting is gone, the feeling is
absent, too. If you ever thought,
during the romantic days OF
courtship, that man gets on
my nerves." how can you ex-
pect him to inspire tranquility
inside of four walls where you
see none but him day after day?
Five
Good Rules
My advice to you vino are con-
gidering a trip to the altar Is:
l. Don't marry if you have
any doubt about being in love.
2. If you are in love, try the
boy friend out in the most I'm
romantic places-like the front
room with the whole family,
including the children gathered
about for whole evenings at a
time.
3. Train yourself to not let
trifles annoy you.
4. When you do marry, make
housekeeping your business. If
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
OId-Fdshioned
Strawberry ShOrtc0ke

Make a rich biscuit dough OF
two cups of flour, one-half cup
Of half butter and lard stirred
in with a fork, a pinch of salt
and three-fourthS teaspoon o.
soda dissolved in one-half cup
The Washington times., 1938-04-18
Threatens His Wife
With Deportation

Dear Miss Fairfax:
He isn't really human-this
man to whom I am married. He
Evening star., 1938-11-25

called on in a test, for the work, he
fails. If the teacher feels he knows
something. that he has acquired eX-
perience for further work. she is
mistaken and again he fails. The
failure is certain. and often it is dis
concerting to the pupil who did the
cheating
Every once in while pupil who
has not shone much in class does
brilliantly in a final test. He has
been studying. working, doing his bit
day by day and acquiring experiences
and power gradually. When his
learning has had time to season, and
his acquired power has been con-
concentrated on a job. he does ex-
ceedingly well. Honest work never
fails.
The pupil who has done as little
as possible, has taken help wherever
he could get it, has allowed others
to do his work for him. has saved
himself any effort and any pains in
learning. fails at the crucial mo-
ment because he has not prepared
for it. Cheating is about the most
useless form of dishonesty imagin-
able, and the most self-punishing.
Evening star., 1938-11-25
Dorothy Dix Says
Vanishing Ideal About Home Life
Is Greatest Cause of Divorce

within their own four walls. They
want to go places and do things.
They want to dance and f1irt and
play around just as they did before
marriage. When they find that they
cannot be both bond and free at
the same time and that domesticity
and philandering don't click. an
other marriage goes on the rocks.
No young man goes into any busi-
ness or profession without preparing
himself for it. No young man. for
instance, would undertake to build
a house if he knew nothing about
architecture or carpentry or brick
laying or plumbing. but not one
young man in a thousand ever even
considers whether he has any tai
ents or aptitudes for making home.
But if men know little of the art
of homemaking, women are equally
inept at it because they so often
fail in the very first requirement
of their job. which consists in max
ing their husbands comfortable.
The moral of all of which is that
considering that virtually all young
people expect to marry. and most
of them do. they should give as much
time and thought to learning how
to make home as they do to pre-
pairing themselves for any other
occupation. In everything in life it
is the experts who win out.
DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1938-11-25
A Child Must
OHis Own
He Gains Nothing
If a Parent Does
Them for Him
By ANGELO PATRI.

Finished all your homework
Thomas?"
"All but my meaning and use"
well, go ahead and do them. 1t
is getting late. Now turn of that
radio and do your work"
Wait til I finish this program,
Nom. Then I'll do them"
We'll. don't be long because it Is
getting late"
That program was finished and
another begun. Thomas went into the
kitchen for refreshments, returned
to the living room, held an argument
with his sister about using a note
book which he said was his and
which she as firmly declared was
hers, went back to the radio. turned
and twiddled the knobs and made
unearthly noises until father yelled
stop that"
Thomas. did you do your mean
ing and use yet?"
20. Nom. I'm too tired. I'm half
asleep. I have 10 words to do in
sentences. You do them for\me. !
have to go to bed. I'm dead"
That's the way. You fool around
until it is bedtime and then you're
dead and must help you out. Now
this is the last time Remember.
Tomorrow night you sit down right
after dinner and do your lessons. I
mean it."
"All right. ma. Good night. every
body. I'm dead"
Mother did the 10 words, defini-
tions and sentences. and next day
son read them to the teacher and
handed them in as his home lesson.
What mattered about it was that
the boy gave in work as his which
he had not done. He had lost the
benefit of the experience the work
might have given him; he lost the
real value of his home lesson. He
had not learned anything worth
while and he had learned something
detrimental to his character. He
had learned to cheat. And his good
mother had helped him.
The only value home lesson has
is what effort 1t demands of the
pupil: what personal experience it
gives him; what he learns out of the
experience. If he does nothing he
gains nothing. The passing mark
he gets by handing In another's work
as his own means nothing. If he is
Evening star., 1938-11-25
BY BARBARA BELL.

Be sure to make this dress in
time for the many tea and luncheon
dates you'll have around the Christ
mas season! It's so extremely smart
and has such potent power to fiat
ter. With plain yoke at the
shoulders, a wide -girdle effect that
makes your waist look doll-like, and
gathered fullness over the bust, this
dress gives perfectly beautiful fig
ure line. Notice how cleverly the
sleeves carry out the rounded eff
feet of the girdle, with their little
tab effects.
Make this lovely design in silk
crepe, velvet, thin wool Or crepe
satin. and you'll have one of the
smartest, most fattering, dresses
Of the season, And, with the de-
tailed sew chart accompanying your
pattern, It's so easy to do.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1641-B
Evening star., 1938-11-25

the final baking, more time should
be allowed to heat through. From
Il to cup of cooked vegetables may
be added, if desired.
TURKEY TERRAPIN.
a to 6 servings)
3 tablespoons butter.
3 hard-cooked eggs.
S tablespoons flour.
a teaspoon mustard
l teaspoon salt.
4 teaspoon white pepper
2 cups top milk, or cream and
stock mixed.
1l2 cups diced turkey.
l pimento, cut in strips.
tablespoon chopped green pepper.
4 ripe olives, cut in strips.
l tablespoon lemon juice.
Melt fat in pan; add mashed egg
yolks, flour, and seasonings. S Sir
to blend thoroughly. Add liquid and
cook until thickened throughout.
Add chopped egg whites and re-
manning ingredients except the
lemon juice. Heat very thoroughly
over hot water. Taste and season
more if desired Add lemon juice
just before serving. Serve in patty
shells, reheated in the oven or on
hot toast.
TURKEY CURRY.
(About servingsD
6 tablespoons fat
], cup minced onions
l medium to large apple, pee
and diced
l large can of mushrooms.
cups diced turkey
tablespoons flour
y teaspoon salt
to IL teaspoons curry powder
Ia cup turkey stock and top milk
or cream.
Cook onions, apples. mushroom
and turkey in the fat until onion and
apple begin to turn Transparent.
about 10 to Is minutes. Remove from
heat, add salt, -four and curry pow
der and stir to blend thoroughly.
Add liquid. set over fire and COOK
until thickened throughout. Set
over hot water. cover and cook j.
minutes longer to blend the favors.
Taste and add more seasoning if
desired. Serve with hot. bland rice.
Little or no salt is added in cooking
rice.
TURKEY TURNOVERS.
Cut cooked turkey meat into rather
large pieces. Make a cream sauce
by cooking tablespoons butter with
2 tablespoons flour, adding table
spoon chopped pimento, l table
spoon chopped parsley and 2la cups
milk. When sauce has thickened,
add the turkey. and season we'll with
freshly ground black pepper and
salt. Heat thoroughly. Mix your
favorite pie dough and cut in 5-inch
squares. Drain most of the sauce
from the turkey hash, and put a
tablespoon of the hash on each pas
try square. Turn the dough over,
pinching edges tightly together.
Prick with fork. brush with milk
and bake in quick oven. Heat the
remaining sauce and pour over the
turnovers just before serving. Serve
, at once.
Evening star., 1938-11-25

or .parties-beCauSe he'll want to
devote all his time and effort toward
making good impression, toward
giving the girl really good time
One that she'll remember.
X X X 4
Tom knows how to do things be-
cause he plans for them in advance
He refuses to treat ordinary occa-
sions in an ordinary way-and the
girls get the idea quickly enough
He's number one man in several
diaries.
He knows that there's an art to
them short and to the point. He's
popular with parents, too, because
he takes the trouble to discover their
interests as we'll as their daughters
He realizes the importance of clever,
but inexpensive gifts, presented at
opportune moments. He often tele-
phones the girl on the morning or
evening following a date. to tell her
again how much he enjoyed her
company.
These may seem little things. but
handling them smoothly often
makes the difference between the
ordinary fellow and the young man
with social technique. Doing them
we'll will bring the self-confidence
necessary before one can do big
things we'll. We could fill a book
with them, but you'll quickly dis
cover them for yourself, along with
splendid ways to make them help
your cause, if you will put your mind
and imagination to work.
Also, the smart lad who possesses
social technique brings girls and
other fellows into his home. He en-
tertains informally and we'll. with
the ease which usually comes with
thought and practice. He plans good
times for his crowd. knowing that
people are eager to be led that a
leader always stands out from the
crowd
He tries to do at least one thing un-
usually well-anything from dancing
to ping pong. His interests are varied
and many, providing common ground
for conversation with other people
A good listener. he respects the views
of others as we'll as his own. Well
informed, he likes to read-books
magazines and newspapers. He makes
the most of his wardrobe, however
small, and his physical appearance
Above all, he is gentleman
thoughtful and imaginative in his
relations with woman: good
scout" to other men. His idea of
suave behavior is a seemingly effort
less, unaffected courtesy.
Try Toms recipe for social sue
cess, Dick. And the more you try
the more you'll learn about making
the most out of life.
Now it's up to you.
The booklet Life in Your Party
was written especially for harried
hosts and hostesses. Containing sure
rules for party success, it's your for
Scent stamp.
(Copyrisht 1889
Evening star., 1938-11-25

A famous educator psychologist
asserts that so per cent OF the young
women in the United States and 80
per cent of young men are not fit
to marry because they know Moth
ing. or next to nothing, about max
ing home.
Undoubtedly this is true. The
youth of today look upon home as
merely a place in which to change
their clothes when they are rush.
ing from one activity to another.
and to 60 to when everywhere else
shuts up. They were born in ma
ternity hospitals; most Of their time
is spent in automobiles; they will
be buried from undertaking parlors.
Most of them have never lived in
any one home long enough to re-
member its address.
The traditional home of song and
story in which generation after
generation lived and in which the
family gathered of an evening about
the lamp and whiled away the hours
with conversation or music or read
ing, instead of father and mother
stepping out to night club and
the children going joy-riding, is
something that is just as foreign
to their experience as would be a
picture of domestic life in China or
India or among the Hottentots.
And, take it from them. it must
have been all mighty dull with no
where to go and nothing to do but
to sit up and look at your own folks
and hear them tell over again the
stories you cut your teeth on. Why,
there wasn't even a radio then!
Gosh, how did anybody stand it?
No one can doubt that the real
reason for the enormous increase
in divorce is because SO many young
people hold this attitude toward
home life. They regard making a
home as a bore-as chore-and
they are determined to have it
cramp their style as little as pos
sible. They are not willing to settle
Evening star., 1938-11-25
Hairbrush a Guide

If there's any doubt as to whether
or not your hair is in need of a
shampoo, there's no better guide
than the hairbrush. A soiled one Is
an indication that hair wants wash
ing This holds equally true for the
brush itself. Wash your hair brush
and comb in mild soapsuds and luke
warm water. at least as often as you
wash your hair. And don't. delay
either for more than . week or 50.
Evening star., 1938-11-25

sliced onions, one cup tomatoes, one
quarter cup parsley, three table
spoons rice or barley, one-half tea
spoon salt and little black pepper.
Cover again and simmer for one hour
longer. Strain, chill and remove tat.
Reheat the soup, adding more sea-
soning If necessary. If the carcass
Is small, or has been too well
picked" little beef extract may be
added to give the soup color and
flavor.
TURKEY RAREBIT WITH
POACHED EGGS.
a servings)
l tablespoon fat
! tablespoon flour
/ cup milk
2 tablespoons grated cheese
J.. teaspoon salt
| teaspoon chopped parsley
cup chopped turkey meat
4 poached eggs
4 toasted soft rolls, or rounds OF
bread
Stir -four into melted fat until
we'll blended. Add the milk 'half
turkey stock may be used stirring
constantly until thickened through
out. Add cheese. salt, parsley and
meat. Stir until cheese is melted
and blended Taste and add more
seasoning if desired. To serve, place
a poached egg on hot toast and
/ cover with rarebit. If desired. the
cheese may be reserved for sprinkling
over the top of the sauce and then
melted to browning stage IN a
| hot oven or under broiler.
TURKEY AND NOODLE SCALLOP
l 6-ounce package noodles.
liz cups diced turkey.
2 cups medium white sauce 'tur-
kew stock may be used instead OF
milk.
"a teaspoon pepper.
| u cup buttered crumbs.
Boil the noodles until tender in
3 or 4 quarts of rapidly boiling
water to which l tablespoon salt
has been added. Drain. In we'll
creased baking dish alternate layers
of noodles. turkey and sauce. Cover
with buttered crumbs. Bake in a
hot oven for about 20 minutes. Bak-
ing should be long enough to heat
the contents thoroughly, which can
be Judged for doneness when sauce
starts to bubble through the layer
of Drowned crumbs at the top. II
the dish is prepared in advance OF