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Evening star., 1939-11-18
Dorothy Dix Says
Better Be Happy Old Maid Than
Miserable Wife or Divorce

Dear Dorothy DiK-I am ap-
preaching my 30th birthday and all
my friends and acquaintances ask
me the embarrassing question of
when i am going to be married. 1
still have chance to marry if I
don't pass it up too long and, though
1t will not mean happiness to me
If take it, I still might be able to
make 60 of it. If l didn't, could
get a divorce. You know the old
saying: Nothing ventured, nothing
gained" Is 1t better to be divorced
woman than an old maid? Is it
better to have an unhappy marriage
than no marriage at all?
MARGARET.
Answer-The most unhappy .peo-
pie in the world are the unhappily
married. All other troubles we can
lay by and forget at times, but an
unhappy marriage is q sorrow that
gnaws at our hearts, day in and
day out. night in and night out. 1t
Is never still. 1t never leaves lis at
peace for a moment. The Inquisi-
ton never devised so many instru-
mentS Of torture as every mean
husband or wife invents to make
miserable the life of the woman or
man who is married to him or her.
So do not marry any man unless
you love him and unless you know
Evening star., 1939-11-18

him to be what you want in a
husband. And, above all. do not
marry to keep from being an old
maid. The lot of the single woman
in these days is happier. more care
free. and has more money and
leisure in 1t than that of three
fourths of her married sisters. No
woman need be dependent now.
Every able bodied, intelligent wom-
an can make good living for her.
self. So all of the causes that drove
the woman of the past into marry
ing just to be a-marrying have been
wiped off of her slate She is the
freest of all free women.
Whether 1t is better to be a
divorced woman than an old maid
depends upon what value you put
upon being able to write Mrs. before
your name. The divorced women
have had to pay for that privilege
by going through lot of trouble
and a mess of scandal.
To these inquisitive women who
ask you when you are going to be
married just say that you don't
know, you are waiting to find some
one who will come UP to your ideal.
that you are choosy, but that if you
had been as easy to please as they
are you would have been married
long ago. That will stop their in
quiries. DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Good Answer
For Modern
Parents
BY EMILY POST.

Dear Mrs. Post: What do vov
think of children calling their par
ents by their first names? Our son
is years old, and he has the habit
now of doing this, but If you say 1t
is not right, it would still be easy to
change this habit
Answer-It is not so much a nues-
ton of right" as of your own and
your husbands feelings. Personally.
l think that the right to be called
mother and father, or mummy and
dad Is too great a privilege to be
thrown away. But this has nothing
to do with what you prefer to be
calledl
Dear Mrs Post: I have been mar
ried about six weeks but have put
off asking my mother-in-la to
dinner because I cannot cook very
well yet, and besides that, she Is
used to perfect service. We have
no maid, and since you have often
written not to try to put on" or do
things any better when you have
company, I wish you would tell me
how you think would be the best
way to serve this meal
Answer: I never meant not to
try to have everything especially
nice for company, but merely that
you should not pretend to be very
grand and then perhaps bungle
things through not knowing how to
carry out your plans. To do every
thing as we'll as you can Is the first
and only rule Choose menu that
you know best how to prepare, and
can most easily serve. Good food is
that which is good of its kind. Good
hash is delicious. A burned out
side and raw inside roast Is bad,
Putting everything for each course
on the table and letting your hus-
band serve is the best because it IL
the simplest way to manage with
out jumping up every minute. Re-
member that the effect of doing
things smoothly. neatly and with
least apparent effort is always best.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
BY BARBARA BELL.

A skating outfit as smart and be-
coming as this one is sure to i'm
prove your form-take that any way
YOU like! And even if you never don
skate, either the ice or roller
variety, you'll enjoy having it for
hiking and country week ends. The
skirt is short and so full and f1aring
that 1t swirls extravagantly with
your motions. The jacket is belted
In, lumberjack fashion, tucked on
the shoulders and bloused at the
waistline. Everything about the suit
assures freedom of action.
Best OF all, it's easy to tailor.
Tweed, velveteen, wool plaid and
blanket cloth are smart for this de-
sign; it looks exceptionally smart in
4 combination of plaid wool and
suede or velveteen.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. l810-B
is designed for sizes IL, IA, 16, 18 and
20. Corresponding bust measure
ments 30, 80, "a. IS and 80. Size IA
lt20 requires Ia yards oi 5I-inch
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Family Must
Share All
Burdens
Sacrifice of One
Member Most
Unfair Plan
By ANGELO PATRI.

In many families there is sister
who takes motherly interest in her
brothers and sisters. protects them
from their mistakes, helps them
when they get into trouble, and
waits on them in a thousand little
ways that only such sisters know
how to do.
I have seen many such sisters.
And I have heard parents and
relatives say, Sister is like a mother
to those children. They wouldn't
know what to do or where to turn
without her. She's a blessing to her
mother
That is all very fine. But what
happens in sisters life?"
BY and by the family grows up.
marry and go to homes of their
own. Sister stays at home to look
after mother or father or both. BY
and by they no longer need her.
She is old, empty handed; has no
children to sustain and comfort her.
OF course, her brothers and sisters
are fond of her, but there are the
in-laWs and a crop of children who
do not know sister, their aunt. To
them she Is just another old woman.
The family hold council and the
gist of it is. We'll, somebody has to
take her. She just can't be left On
the doorstep"
Such a question arose concern
ing little girl of 10 who had been
mother to her little brother whose
birth cost his mothers life. Sister
had done about everything a mother
could do. at her age-and more-for
this little boy. There came an offer
of a fine education for sister. But
she would have to go from home and
brother to accept it.
Yes, is my vote. Father married
again, aunts and uncles visiting
regularly, a good family background
for brother. Why should sister be
further sacrificed? When brother
grows a bit older he will go his way,
but sister will find 1t rather difficult
to 60 any way except the old way.
Let each child have the chance to
work out his own road to fulfillment.
Surely he is entitled to that much
considerations
Brothers and sisters should help
each other. That Is the essence of
family life. They should support
each other in time of need, sustain
each other in sorrow and sickness.
But when it Games to sacrificing one
member of the family for the rest,
I vote no.
Brothers have been sacrificed for
other brothers before now. They
have devoted their lives to rearing
younger brothers, or supporting
widowed mothers and sisters. Often
it would have done the supported
ones much greater service had
they been allowed, or forced, to 20
out and support themselves, and
help, in their turn, to care for their
mother.
Service Is one thing, and lovely
thing. But sacrifice is quite an
other, and of dubious value, In my
eyes. 1t is not possible for any one
to give any one, else happiness or
success. Each must create his own
out of the strength of his own soul.
When a sister is sacrificed for her
brothers and sisters, or 4 brother
forced to give up his way OF life
that his brothers and sisters may
live more comfortably, little good
comes of it. Share the burdens;
work together to carry them and
life is brighter for all concerned.
Evening star., 1939-11-18

kisses hither and you on any mote
ly collection of boys who happen
to be handy. We like girl to DOS
sess a certain delicacy which makes
her reluctant to become romantic
too easily.
But We do heartily indorse the
instructive taste which you seem to
possess, which makes you date only
boys whose conduct is irreproach-
able. And as long as you 90 out
with fellows of that kind, we can't
worry about the fact that you ex-
press your healthy, natural likins
for them by kissing them occas
sionally.
The fact that your dates have
never turned out wrong, that YOU'VE
never had "a fight on your hands"
Is the best evidence that your at
titude toward boys is safe, sane and
sound. And We hope that many
more Of our readers, maids and men
alike, share it.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Learn How to
Beauty
Men Admire Girls
Who Are Careful
Of Appearance
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

II you are not getting the admira-
ton and attention you desire from
the men you know, it is about time
you had a frank session with your
self.
Why sulk because you are not
the current "oomph" girl or as
talented as Bette Davis? Doing
so only makes you morbid and
turns down your mouth unattrac-
lively. Far better to concentrate
on making yourself over into the
beauty type you want to be. and
can be. and put an end to the
defeatist attitude.
For it stands to reason II VOL,
find yourself sitting alone at home
unloved, when other young girl,
are out having fun, the trouble Is
with your attitude. Do you honest.
ly make the effort necessary to at
tain attractiveness?
Do you dress as smartly as your
budget allows? If your clothes are
"all wrong" seek the advice of a
department store stylist whose
services are free and who is will
ing to select colors and cuts to
f1atter you.
II your skin and hair and figure
get only infrequent attention it is
no wonder that Romeos do not cast
loving glances your way. Men like
beauty, and will always like beauty
so why not live up to their expecta-
tions? Your skin should be as flaw
less as beauty aids and time can
make it; your hair must shine from
daily brushings and be worn as a
lovely frame. Makeup must abe
meticulously chosen and very care
fully applied to enhance the latent
beauty of you. 1t takes effort. too
to watch menus and to exercise
enough to keep your figure trim
and attractive, but the dividends
such effort pays will include admir-
ing glances from those you want to
impress.
Bear in mind one more thing
you can be the most gorgeous crea-
ture in town to look at, and still
be unpopular, if your mannerisms
are reproachful. What you do and
say, and how you do it, and say it,
are very important If you desire
people to like you.
Try being as nice as possible
In your own home as well as abroad
and don't think for moment
that nice girls" are outmoded. Men
today admire generosity, sympathy.
tolerance. kindness, thoughfulness
and truthfulness, just as much as
men did when the world began
Those traits, expertly handled. are
winners every time, and If you meet
up with swain who minimizes
these essentials to loveliness, dom
waste another moment in his COM
pany! He is not worth your time
Love and marriage are for YOU
as well as any other woman, pro-
viding you seek them in the right
manner. Every woman who has
caught the man she adored, spent
a great deal Of effort doing it, and
never forget that. Your charm is
a decoy, to lure mans attention
to you. Once you capture his at
tention hold onto it by keeping your
person attractively groomed and
nicely dressed, and by being the
sweetest. dearest. most lovely girl In
all the world. That's the way 1t Is
done!
Miss Lindsay will advise you
on figure problems. Write
her care Of this paper and
inclose \ self addressed, stamped
(3-cent) envelope.
Evening star., 1939-11-18

OF Cali SGTeeC Dag, OF ii you WANT 10
initial that very lovely suede after
noon purse-the styles are there.
In gold or silver tones, they range
from the tiniest letters, far less than
half an inch high, to those that are
easily or S inches in heieht-and
the price range Is just as wide and
varied.
Separate letters may be purchased,
or you can get an elaborately worked
monogram in round, square, oblong
or almost any shape-and all OF
these are perfect for your purses.
Whether you like the beautiful
simplicity of low, square-cut letters
on bag, or whether you prefer an
elaborate. old English type of initial,
your demands may easily be satisfied.
One of the smartest ideas we've
seen has just been presented by
firm famous for its enormous Sc
lection of initials. They have now
brought out a tiny, tiny monogram
which is suitable for billfolds, belts,
or even the wide cuff of your gloves.
They're made just like the larger
styles, but they're so diminutive
that you can use them in countless
ways You might even put
them on a key-case or think of
great many different ways to make
your possessions definitely yours.
Priced very low, they're hard to
resist.
There's onlv one warning we'd
like to give in regard to using
Evening star., 1939-11-18

material for jacket with long sleeves,
Ia yards to line; 3 yards for skirt
with nap and az yards without nap
to line.
What to give-what to wear! Our
Fall and Winter Pattern Book gives
more than 100 fascinating answers
to these important questions? Send
Is cents for 1t today! You'll be en-
chanted to see how easy and eco
nomical it is to make the smart gifts
and clothes by using these simple,
accurately cut, beautifully styled
patterns! Sew chart with each one.
Evening star., 1939-11-18

initials on purses. Be sure that
the type OF bag you select can
accommodate them and, if you can.
be sure that the type of lettering
Is suitable TO the purse. Very elab-
crate bags, of which there are
plenty this season, often don't take
well TO initials, for it makes them
look ornate and overdone. This is
not always true, but watch it. For
another thing, you want plain let
tiers for casual bag; more elab-
crate monograms for your after
noon styles Consult with the
in the leather goods de-
partment-for she's an expert.
Initials are also highly favored in.
brooches this season. With every
one using a mass of costume Jew
elry, women have found this idea
a great help in decorating their
simple frocks. Some of the STYLES
are simple round Or square types
in silver or gold color, done with
plain letters. Others are worked
III Oil lilIllCutC uldllIlCI dllQ COul-
bine your initials in a smart looking
In one shop recently
we saw bow-knot effect with
round initials for the center, which
was most attractive. Pins made of
marcasite are very dressy and some
brooches have marcasite initials on
mother of-pearl back
grounds If you prefer your
name written in longhand, that's
possible, too, both in brooches and
bracelets
AS a matter of fact, there's no
end to the possibilities that initials
present, so trot downtown and look
them over And don't neglect
them when 1t comes to possible
suggestions for a Christmas list
it's one gift that is certainly meant
for the receiver!
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Letters on Bags Available
In Any Number of Styles;
New Brooches Popular
Tiny Monograms Prove Bright
Addition to Gloves, Belts
Or Milady's Billfolds ~
By HELEN VOGT.

Remember when little girl cherished
carefully
often be admred bits
that Johnny personally
and positively and slord they belonged
else.
Well seems that there's s lot of the itt erl
We personal
sehshnes
OF the that initiating
for the
distinctly part of the
recent the practice of initials
bounds Lingerie monoerammed and socks
initiating
with gold silver plated letters adds distinction
this is mine"
whether your alligator
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Two Letters Today Show
Contrasting Opinions
On Dating Question
Attractive Boys Undesirable,
Says a Disillusioned Miss;
Another Idea Expressed


If there's anything like
contrast problem
We have such letters today Both
boys and both dnes
otherwse
The first is from June who apparently right in the
stage OF dislusonmen following
publishing because of the
gir-and thinking even whs
makes them smile its intensity.
Dear Alden
Sometimes girls certainly do make
don't we? Well I'm of those girls who's
foolish
all the girls adore that couldn't him p On
pedestal and thought he the wonderful
Ignores
Other
while all he did hand fell for and
Evening star., 1939-11-18
An Elastic Dough

When wheat -four and liquid are
combined, gluten is formed. The
dough is kneaded to develop the
gluten into meshwork which will
stretch when the dough rises. The
kneading time required to make a
smooth, elastic dough which will
hold the leavening gas efficiently is
from to 10 minutes.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Fruited Holiday Cookie.

" cup shortening.
~ cups brown sugar.
egg.
2 cups sifted soft wheat -four.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
"a teaspoon salt.
u teaspoon cinnamon.
ls cup milk.
l teaspoon vanilla extract.
l cup raisins.
" cup chopped candied cherries.
" cup chopped nuts.
Cream shortening and sugar to-
gether until fluffy. Add egg, mixing
well. Sift flour, baking powder, salt
and cinnamon together. Add alter
nately with milk to creamed mix
ture. Add flavoring. Add fruits
and nuts, and blend. Drop by tea
spoonfuls on creased cookie sheet
and bake in moderate oven (375
degrees FL IL to Is minutes. Yield !:
About 1 dozen small cookies.
Evening star., 1939-11-18


was supposed to be enough to keep
me on his string, along with the
other 900 girls
"But at last-thank gOodness!-
I've come down to earth. I know
now that he isn't wonderful. isn't
good looking and isn't the most de-
sirable boy in the world!
"Girls. don't learn the hard way
as did. Don't like boys who are
just having a swell time stringing
you along If you do, you'll end up
holding the bag, as I did. If you
must like some one, like an ordinary,
everyday some one who is worthy
Of your admiration. / learned that
Just a little too late, but better
late than never
We hope that by the time this
letter Is printed June will have
cooled of and be able to look at
her experience a little more calmly
and philosophically. She was hurt
and angry when she wrote this. and
we don't blame her. But her advice
Is good, and we hope she takes 1t
herself. If she does, she will have
profted from a disheartening ex-
perience.
Contrasting Note
Interesting.
And now for the contrasting note
of cheer from "A Modern Maid"
who thinks boys aren't so bad, after
all. She writes:
II read your column regularly and
think it's grand. 1t helps out IN
lots of ways. Some time ago read
what those fellows thought of the
kissing situation.
Il am 16 and belong to crowd
in high school which gets around-to
the right places. I've got a splendid
reputation, and I never lack dates.
But that doesn't mean I've never
kissed a boy. Oh. no! I've kissed
a number of boys I've been out with
and who appealed to me. But I've
never been mauled and paved.
Il think it's a shame the way
some girls talk. You'd think there
wasn't a nice fellow left in the
country. To tell you the truth. I
think it's the girls fault. 1t de-
pends more on the girl than on the
boy how a date is going to turn
out. 1 never had q date turn out
wrong, with fight on my hands.
In the first place, I would not date
a boy if I didn't like him and the
way he acted.
We'll, I know loads of grand boys,
and I know they like and respect
me. Don't get the idea I kiss every
boy 60 out with, or on every date,
either. Nor do / kiss any boy as
payment for the money he spends
on a date. If I kiss him, it's be-
cause I really and truly like him.
I know there are lots of girls just
like me, who feel the same way. 1
hope you'll print my letter, and I'd
like to hear what other girls and
fellows think of my viewpoint"
We Feel This Is Most
Desirable Attitude.
We join you in that last SEN
tence, Modern Maid-so would we.
Meanwhile, we'd like to tell you
what we think of your viewpoint.
We look upon it as frank, realistic
and healthy. We realize that some
people, both old and young. will
elevate their eyebrows a bit as they
read your letter. They may even
take time out for a suspicious sniff,
and a mental reflection on your
moral standards, simply because you
have wholesome. normal attitude
toward boys, and express that at
titude openly and honestly.
We don't indorSe broadcasting
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Delicious Appetizer

Clever appetite teasers" to serve
with tomato juice or cocktails be-
fore holiday dinners are chutney
biscuits. Stick tiny rounds Of bis
cult dough three times with q fork.
After baking, and while still hot,
break the biscuits apart and put q
teaspoonful of chutney between the
layers. Serve at once.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Ny keighbor Soys:

Plants drink through their
leaves, hence an occasional bath
or spraying helps keep house
plants healthy by freeing the
leaves of dust.
Rub equal parts of linseed
oil and vinegar, well shaken,
into leather chairs, occasionally.
1t keeps them in good condition.
Tie a cheese cloth or paper
bag over the mouth of food
chopper when cutting bread,
nuts, etc, through it. Every
bit will then be saved.
To dice or cut marshmallows
easily, dip dry scissors into
powered sugar.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
did You Know That

If hot dishes have left their mark
on your dining room table 1t may
help to rub the unsightly white
rings with spirits of inter, then pol
ish Immediately with = glycerin-
dipped cloth.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Initials Add Decorative Well Personal Possessions
Modern Ladies' Kno,c Their a. B. C..'s

ANA hey nse them to Effectively personae
every article OF attire FdDore for are as purse
adornmens and brooches they found In almost
eperv style Simple letters designed purses elabo
dte ones or dressy afternoon the initials
make last purse look like ne,o at perv little co
Evening star., 1939-11-18

Small Of bitersweehe
all the nower stalls this time of placed in
smell OF Lenox china glass
ne ne OF the conaner and attach deep point
OF the shell These will
rangemen IN place well becoming
These are lovely pale yellow
white especially the porcelain
sticks to match.
Evening star., 1939-11-09
lumbia material for the bitterest

lumbia material for the bitterest
pens.
Yet 1t would be a mistake to COM
plain about the traduction. Wash
ington is neither a heaven nor a hell.
Like a hundred other cities, 1t is a
community of people whose charac-
ter is no more degenerate than it is
angelic. In theory the best brains
and the warmest hearts available are
sent here to govern the Nation. Per-
haps it does happen on occasion that
the voters are misled and betrayed.
but the fact that democracy survives
would seem to indicate that they as
often are profoundly wise in their
choice Of their delegates. The Of
Tending movie stigmatizes some
wicked politicians, but they are not
men residing In the Capital. In
stead, it is plain to any thoughtful
spectator that they are aliens on the
banks of the Potomac. When the
idealist is framed" it is the corrup-
tionists back home" who are the
architects of his discontinue, and it
is local friends who rescue him from
the trouble in which his original
sponsors had involved him.