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Evening star., 1940-12-26
Time for the
Notes of
Thanks
Child Must Write
Them Now Giving
Full Details
BY ANGELO PATRI.

Christmas Day is given over to
enjoying the gifts received. We
could not expect the children to
settle down to writing thank you"
notes in the midst of the confusion
and excitement OF the holiday. But
the next day, in morning, be-
fore the children start playing,
so that they are bright and feel
ing intelligent, have them sit down
to write their thanks for the gifts
their friends sent them.
They won't like the idea. They
never do. They don't know what
to say They will tell Aunt Mary
when they see her tomorrow. They
can't spell tricycle. or velocipede
and there isn't any ink in the pen
The paper blots. Sister shakes the
table so Bobby cannot write. Why
do they have to?
Be cheerful as you can but stick
to your point Thanks must be
written for the gifts that brought
so much joy. And no stingy notes,
either. Gram is to be told how
many times Sonny rode down the
street on the new bike; Aunt FL
len must be told how Margie loved
the color of her cap, scarf and
mittens, how perfectly they fitted
and how delighted old Mrs. Simms
was to see them on Margie as she
went by to church. Details must
be supplied as fully as ability can
supply them.
A rough copy is usually made
the first day. Mother corrects it
and lays it aside with encourag-
ing words until next day. Then
the grand finish. The letter is
done in ink, sealed, stamped and
mailed. The process may be tor
ture for all concerned but the re-
suit ought to be its own reward.
The giver cherishes those little
inky scrawls beyond all belief.
Gram puts them in the leather box
on her desk and reads them on
days when she needs to feel closer
to those she loves and who love
her. The aunts and the uncles-
don't imagine for minute that
those uncles aren't looking for those
notes-read and reread them, and
in their vain pride show them to
those so unfortunate as not to have
such smart nephews and nieces.
Children need to learn to write
notes and letters to those who have
claims-family claims, neighborly
claims, social obligations of all
kinds. Good manners are an as
set to anybody, but they are espe-
cially valuable to children and
young people. They must be cul-
tivated and the best cultivation
one can manage is that of offering
experiences that bring out the rea-
sons and the values for these du-
ties.
Children are not born with good
manners. They are not thoughtful
and they do not understand about
their relationships to other people
until these are pointed out to them.
If teachers and parents fail to train.
teach and discipline children into
good manners the children are the
losers by great deal. Aunt Mary
won't suffer because she got no
thank you" note in return for
the gift she sent, but the child who
received it and neglected to ac-
knowledge and notice the gift will
suffer loss of affection, prestige and
character. So important can a lit
tie thank you" note become.
Evening star., 1940-12-26

riod. (The dinner wasn't very good,
either)
Formal clothes are worn at most
dance spots on New Year eve, but
you'll see more tuxedos than tails
at all but the swankiest places. And
this is one occasion when your fair
lady will certainly want a corsage.
Tell the florist what color dress she
is wearing when you order it. Re-
member that gardenias are always
good, and that carnations are
considered particularly smart at
present.
If you're planning on going In
know something about the parking
situation in advance. You won't
want to walk 10 blocks in your dane
ing shoes if it happens to be raining
or showing. 1t may be just as well
to park your car away from the CEN
ter of traffic congestion, and take q
cab to the night club. The less driv-
ing you do in the early hours of New
Year Day, the safer and richer
you'll be.
At some night spots, forcing"
drinks on the patron is an estab-
lished practice. Pressure is put on
you in various ways to keep ORDER
ing, in order to increase the size Of
your check. If you resist, things
are made very unpleasant or en-
barrassing for you, and it's a Stub
born man who can remain uncowed
in the face of such treatment.
If you accidently get into place
like that, the best thing you can do
is to get out as quickly as possible,
and never 60 back Naturally, no
proprietor looks with favor on the
chiseling patron who tries to get as
much entertainment as possible
while spending practically nothing.
But the management of the legiti-
mate place won't permit customers
to be badgered.
If you'll keep these points in mind.
and remember that loud or con-
spicuous conduct is as unbecoming
at night spot as anywhere else,
you can see the New Year in with
no regrets. We hope you have funl
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Cleanliness Is Important
In Fighting Winter Cold

the use of clean handkerchiefs or
tissues is also important.
In this connection it must be
pointed out that a handkerchief
or tissue which has caught the
spray from cold may itself be
a source of infection. 1t may con-
taminate the hands that touch it
or the desk or table or dresser on
which it is laid. Here, again,
cleanliness of hands is important.
Hands which touch a used handker-
chief or tissue, or which shake
hands with others, or which touch
any source of possible infection
such as door handle or street.
car or bus strap which has been
touched by a sufferer from a cold,
should be thoroughly scrubbed with
soap and water, especially before
carrying food or tobacco or drink
to the mouth. And the drying Of
the hands after washing should be
thorough, using towels that are
themselves scrupulously fresh and
clean.
Dishes and utensils used by suf-
ferers from colds should be sepa-
rately washed and every effort made
at this point, too, to prevent the
spread of the cold virus to others.
In addition to thorough-going
cleanliness, if the spread of colds
is to be checked and prevented,
doctors advocate for each of us
sensible balanced diet to keep our
body resistance at a good level.
They advise for each of us, also,
plenty of rest and sleep, good fresh
air and avoidance of crowds.
Evening star., 1940-12-26

golden brown, set one on each slice
of toast and serve hot, garnished
with watercress or parsley.
CAVIAR ON TOAST.
Buy a small tin OF caviar. Toast
bread, cut into fingers or rounds,
very dry-almost like melba toast
Spread with the chilled caviar and
sprinkle with little chopped onion
and hard-boiled egg. Squeeze a
liberal amount of lemon Juice on
top and serve, two fingers to per-
son.
ONION CHEESE BALLS.
Roll small picked onions in cream
cheese until the onions are entirely
covered. Sprinkle with paprika and
little chopped parsley. Serve on
toothpicks.
STUFFED CELERY.
Choose small, firm celery stalks
and cut in 1-inch pieces. Wash well.
Dry and fill centers with a mixture
of tablespoon butter, tablespoon
Roquefort cheese and l soft cream
cheese, well blended and forced
through pastry tube or press.
Sprinkle tops with paprika and set
to chill. Or the celery pieces may
be filled with chopped cabbage
which has been mixed with a good
coleslaw dressing, well seasoned with
horseradish.
Evening star., 1940-12-26

The common cold is a common
enemy. Every winter 1t destroys
millions of hours of productive
work in factory, home, Office. For
millions of persons who "catch
cold" vitality is sapped and re-
sistance to disease is lowered, to
say nothing of the discomfort
caused to the sufferer himself and
to those around him.
Despite the tremendous cost and
importance of the common cold, it is
still one of Natures enigmas, baf-
fling doctors and scientists who
have tried to discover causes and
cure. Yet, while knowledge about
colds is still in the research stage,
it is clear from a practical angle
that defense against this common
enemy is in the hands of each
one of us. If individually we take
proper precautions, we can do much
to prevent colds for ourselves and
for others. What is clearly neces-
sary is that each one of us observe
a certain few sensible rules which
the doctors tell us are decidedly
important.
Foremost of all is scrupulous at
tention to cleanliness. This means
the strongest possible emphasis
upon thorough and careful hand
washing and upon the regular use
Of fresh clean handkerchiefs to COW
er coughs and sneezes. Hands not
scrupulously clean may be carriers
of colds. Hence the Importance of
thorough and frequent scrubbing of
hands with soap and water. This
is perhaps the single greatest line
Of defense. However, coughing, the
doctors say, sends spray of pos
sible cold germs as far as three or
four feet and a sneeze as far as
five or six feet. To bottle up this
DANGEROUS ''bombing" from q cold.
Evening star., 1940-12-26

a million other discontented wives
think the same thing. But they
don't stop to ask themselves what
they would do that would be more
profitable than domesticity.
Certainly the most that the beauty
shops can do for woman is to curl
and paint and powder her up to the
point where she can catch a hus-
band.
Speaking foreign languages is an
elegant accomplishment, but it
doesn't insure woman bread and
butter, to say nothing of cakes and
ale. And every woman who has a
paying situation lives in terror of
being superseded by some one young
er and fairer and with more oomph
than she has. So why pine for their
jobs when yours is SO much better?
You think that you are wasting
your time in making your husband
and child happy, but there you are
wrong again. No other work that
wife can engage in pays such divi-
dends in dollars and cents as making
her family happy.
The happy man who has no do
mestic worries to irk him can give
his thoughts to his occupation and
do the kind of work that leads to
success. So large a part does
mans happiness play in his efficiency
that employers take a mans do
mestic relationship into considera-
ton when they are hiring him for
an important position.
AS for children, the way they turn
out in life is determined, to a great
extent, by whether they had a happy
home life or not.
When wives complain, as they so
often do, that their husbands sec
retaries get more money in their
pay envelopes than they do as their
allowances, they fail to remember
that the secretary has to pay her
own living expenses and that she
has no part in her employers es-
tate.
Nor, if she leaves him, would he
be burdened further with her sup
port. Whereas the wife's support is
included in her contract and if she
gets a divorce she can collect all
mony.
Being a wife is no easy job, it is
not bad paying one, even in the
lower brackets, and 1t is a pity that
more women do not realize this.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1940-12-26

COulQ De O1SeG Dy UIle tomato ana
cheese canapes and caviar toasts-
recipes for both Of which are given
below.
Eggnog demands much the same
companions as does the hot but
tered rum-only you will find that
brown bread sandwiches with a fill
ing of cream cheese mixed with
horseradish provide an exception
ally good contrast to the sweetness
of the drink.
Here are some of our favorite
canape and appetizer recipes, from
which you may take your pick to
round out the other suggestions
already given.
TOMATO CANAPES.
Place small slice of raw to-
mato on round of toasted bread the
same size which has been spread
with mashed sardine paste. Mix
some cottage cheese with little
horseradish, season lightly and
spread over tomato. Garnish with
slice of ripe olive.
HOT CRAB MEAT APPETIZER.
Make one cup thick white sauce
by your usual recipe. Season it
well with Worcestershire sauce,
onion juice, cayenne and a little
salt. Flake the cooked or canned
crab meat carefully and add it to
the white sauce. Pile the mixture
onto large rounds of bread already
toasted and sprinkle grated cheese
and a busting of paprika on top of
crab. Set in hot oven for 10 min
utes or until cheese bubbles and
serve at once.
CHEESE AND MUSHROOM
APPETIZERS.
Toast six rounds of bread on both
sides. Make a cheese sauce with l
tablespoon butter, l teaspoon flour,
l teaspoon cornstarch, y cup milk,
1s cup cream, cooking until mixture
thickens. Add 4 tablespoons grated
American or Gruyere cheese, with u
teaspoon salt. Let stand over hot
water until cheese has melted. Dip
the slices of toast into the cheese
mixture and lay them on a platter.
Put 2 tablespoons butter with l
teaspoon grated onion in a frying
pan and, when hot, add 6 large
mushrooms. Saute these to
Evening star., 1940-12-26
By BARBARA BELL.

Prophetic of spring, yet fitting
perfectly into your scheme Of things
right this minute, here's a frock-
-bolero fashion that will be
lovely made up in fiat crepe, wool
crepe, spun rayon or velveteen. The
dress part of design No. 1308-B is
flgure-lattering type, with. high
cut princess skirt and gathered bod
ice, becoming alike to misses and
women's figures. The brevity of the
bolero emphasizes the smallness of
the waist. You'll get loads of wear
out of it, even without the bolero.
Smart all in one color or with
contrast, this design is easy to make,
even for beginners. A step-by-step
chart is included to guide you all
the way. Make it up right now, to
wear under your heavy coat, and re-
peat later on, as a suit, in spring
fabrics.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1308-B
u designed for sizes II, IA. Is, 18,
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Dorothy Dix Says go
Homemaking Should Come First
In Life of Wife and Mother

Dear Miss Dix: My husband
thinks that I should be perfectly
satisfied to spend my life in max
ing him and our young son happy.
He says if I make him happy, then
he can go out to work with an easy
mind and make a success of his
business, and that if I make the
child happy he will do better in his
studies and be a better~ boy and
more likely to grow up into fine
man. Also, that 1 would not be
happy if they were unhappy and
dissatisfied, and SO on. But I want
to be something more than woman
who just makes comfortable home
for her family. I want to be smart
and chic and up in the world. I
want to be an individual instead of
nurse and entertainer and house.
keeper for my husband and son. I
think would be getting more out
of life if I was putting my energy
on myself in grooming or learning
language than in taking care of
them. My husbands secretary gets
$25 a week and gets more out of
the results of his work than 1 do.
I am tired of staying at home and
planning menus and making pies
and hearing my sons lessons when
I would rather be doing something
to start my own bank account. Please
tell me how you see it. JEAN.
Answer-You are looking at the
career of wife and mother differ
emily from the way in which you
would regard any other occupation
that you had chosen for your life
work. If you had gone in for law
or medicine, or being a nurse or a
secretary, or running a gift shop,
you would have expected to give all
that was in you to your job in order
to make a success of it.
But you don't think the profess
sion of wifehood and motherhood
and homemaking is worth putting
your heart and your back in. You
have no pride in your work, no sense
of achievement in creating a home
that is place of peace and rest
and contentment for your family
no triumph in making a man and
a child happy-and that is a near
miracle in itself.
You think that your energy would
be better and more profitably en-
ployed on grooming yourself, or
learning language, or starting
some occupation for yourself, and
Evening star., 1940-12-26

cluded.
A cover charge merely pays for
your seat at a table and anything
you order is extra. A minimum
charge means that your check must
amount to that much for each per-
son; if it doesn't, you must pay it
anyway. Thus party of four at
place having 81 minimum would
get check for $4 even though they
ordered food or beverages amount
ing to only $2.75. If they order
more than 81 worth they pay for
what they have ordered.
It's always well to have plenty of
money when you 60 out for one OF
these big evenings. If you're not so
flush, estimate your expenses as
closely as possible in advance, in
cluding cloakroom fees, walters tip
of 10 per cent of the check, parking
or taxi charges, etc. Then take
along at least Is per cent additional
for emergencies. Night club pro-
prietors are very impatient with
patrons who haven't the funds to
cover their checks.
Don't be hesitant about asking to
see a menu, even though the waiter
doesn't offer you one. 1t won't hurt
to know the prices before you order.
And have no qualms about applying
your own knowledge of addition to
the final bill. Mistakes are not un-
known-we've found them fire.
quently and always saved money by
so doing.
Another good idea is to find out
exactly when the orchestra plays
for dancing, and at what time the
floor show, if any, is staged. This
isn't as important on New Year eve
as at other times of the year, since
you'll be there for a long session
But we recently had dinner before
the theater at a hotel which was
supposed to have a dancing during
the dinner hour. We were there
from GAS until BIS, and the
orchestra played a total of ex-
actly nine minutes during that pc
Evening star., 1940-12-26

20; 40 and AZ. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, 80, "a, 36, 80, 40
and a. Size IA (32) requires 41s
yards of 39-inch material; plus 11a
yards for contrasting bodice front.
Have you seen our new Spring
Fashion Book? Send IS cents for
1t right this minute! You'll find
more than 100 new fashions in it,
including the smartest and best for
all sizes from to So. Sports clothes,
home clothes, afternoon and dress
up styles, easy to make. De-
tailed sew chart with each pattern.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Nails May Be
Successfully
Mended
No Need for Filing
Them Off to Tip
OF Finger Level
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

If your nails have the habit of
splitting you should learn how to
mend them with cement and tissue.
There is no necessity for cutting
them off to finger level, if you have
nursed them along to an attractive
length.
You go through the first steps of
manicure-the shaping. removing
the polish, pushing back the cuticle
and a scrubbing-then you begin
the mending job.
There is nail cement which
comes in a small tube and boasts
the name of a woman who Is the
leader in nail care. This you put
over the split nail, take off the sur
plus with an orange stick and allow
it to partly dry. Separate tiny
piece of ordinary face cleansing
tissue-you use only one layer
and pat it onto the cement, over
the split, and with cuticle scissors
trim it off along the nail edge.
Allow the cement to thoroughly dry
before covering the tissue with col
crless nail polish base. Over this
goes thick coat of dark polish or
two coats of lighter shade. You
see the polish must be Opaque so
the mend will not show. Relax for
at least Is minutes to give the
nail coatings sufficient time to dry
and set.
You might find that you will need
assistance for mending your right
hand but you should be quite cap
able of mending a split nail on your
left hand.
A split nail can be a great ex-
pense if you go snagging your best
hose with it or pulling thread in
a gown. 1t is silly to allow a split
to 60 unmended in the last instance
and not very clever to let your nails
get in condition so they split
easily, in the first instance!
When your hair gets very dry
and begins to fall out you say, "I
must be run down for my hair is
in a terrible state" Well, when
your nails split frequently you
might take that as sign Of sub
normal health too, and get busy
and do something about the con-
dition.
Doctors admit that some climates
are drastic on nails but they also
admit that woman can discover
her vitamin deficiency and correct
it by taking concentrated capsules.
Foods containing iodine-such as
fish and tomatoes-should be eaten
and sometimes painting the nail
with a diluted iodine solution seems
to help. We are told that nails
do not breathe, but we are also
told that nails are dependent upon
sufficient moisture in the air, SO
perhaps without our knowing it,
nails draw a little strength from 10
dine mixed with water! Many
women seem to think so at least.
You must admit that attractive,
shapely nails are beauty asset
and ones fingers feel so much
smarter if they are nicely mani
cured and polished. So it truly does
pay to prevent your nails from
splitting, If you can, and to keep
the hand skin soft and bleached.
Why shouldn't your lovely rings
have a worthy background?
Miss Lindsay will be glad to
help you with your nail problems.
She has two free leaflets on nail
care. Be sure to incl0se a
stamped Scent, self-addressed
envelope II you write her care of
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Select Your Refreshments
To Complement Beverage
That Is to Be Featured
Following Custom of Keeping
Open House During the Week
Puts Strain on Homemaker
BY BETSY CASWELL,

Touring the market this week fact
everything In such turmoil that there
porting to do There have said repeatedly plenty everything
Tor every onand with the demands holiday
of-toWn visitors trips to relatives what
much use IN trying to suggest meals for the
week ends
But thing is certanthat every Washington plans
adhere the tradition
Year will need to have plenty of refreshments
along the hot buered
ese requires rather special group OF accompanment
would suggest that select
de la malson, and build the refreshmen
and oddly
well with the
fruit punch of course will combine happily with large number
OF
deIcac ginger
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Handkerchiefs

The phrase sit washes like a
handkerchief" probably sounds like
an age-old expression to most people
but in reality it is a fairly modern
one. Handkerchiefs were originally
very ornamental bits of finery, made
of strictly non-launderable material.
1t is comparatively recently that
handkerchiefs became articles of
daily use, which go into the tub with
clocklike regularity.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Unusual and Easily Prepared Appe Suggested for Holiday Parties
Be Financially Prepared
To Spend New Year Eve
At Smart Night Club
Understand Minimum or Cover
Charge and Total the Check;
Wear Best Evening Clothes
BY KAY CALDWELL AND ALDEN HARRISON.

planning New Year celebrating at night
club this Okathe crowd the gy lots of fun but don't
figure doing much dancing!
provides TRY which comfortably
the occupants all tables
dancing be done dime and the
elbows which will ribs will exceeded by the
number of heels which will acerate nsteps.
better time at table
really that
specazes space tables other
night than New
experience in visiting the night spots limited there are
should OF
New reservations far advance possible
Call the head hotel tell him the number
arrive specify where like
table located if choice is still possible.
understanding minimum for
usually this OCCASION and
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Set Meat on Rack

Set meat or fowl on a rack within
the roaster. This keeps the meat
from sticking to the bottom of the
roaster and lets the hot air circu-
late and hasten cooking. If rack
did not come with your roaster, use
your wire cake rack,
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Soap

Soap should be thoroughly mixed
into the water in tubs or washer be-
fore clothes are added. Soap jelly is
dissolved quickly by q few beatings
with a spoon or stick. If shaved soap
is placed in the tub, let it stand for
three minutes and then whip up.
Two minutes of running the wash
ing machine with the soap and
water In 1t will thoroughly blend
them,
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Heating Rolls

Heat bakers rolls in the waxed
paper sacks In which they come.
Place rolls and sack for five minutes
in a hot oven. Serve at once. Over
cooking will burn the sacks.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Cereal With Apples

Stuff baked apples with hot cooked
cereal and serve with brown sugar
and dash of cinnamon. The
apples are good cold or reheated at
breakfast time. If the day is stormy,
suggest the heated apples.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Slicins Olives

Use a sharp knife when slicing
stuffed olives. This helps keep the
stufhngs In the cut slices.
Evening star., 1940-12-26

Miss Lindsay will be glad to
help you with your nail problems.
She has two free leaflets on nail
care. Be sure to inclose a
stamped (3-cent), self addressed
envelope II you write her care Of
The Evening Star.