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Evening star., 1942-03-26
Here's a Tip for
Good Pot Roast

What tastes better than q we'll
Drowned, tender, juicy pot roast
served with q luscious brown gravy7
What is easier on the budget than
the inexpensive cuts-solid meat
without bone-that are usually pot
roasted7 Some folks think that you
must have q certain knack to pre-
pare q good pot roast. Well. follow
these simple rules and you will have
the knack.
Use q heavy utensil like cast iron
or heavy aluminium. and start by
browning the meat on all sides in
fat over . hot fire. When it has
taken on . good deep color, add the
liquid. Then turn down the heat
and allow to cook very slowly. Re-
gardless Of the size Of the piece Of
meat, you can always adjust your
gas flame 50 that 1t continues cook
Ing gently. On this depends Z tender
Juicy, instead Of q dry stringy re-
suit. When done, q steel kitchen
fork will slip in easily.
To make the gravy. skim of all
the fat from the stock, pour out and
measure the stock. For every 2 cups
Of stock. return 3 tablespoons OF the
fat to the kettle along with 3 table,
spoons Of flour. Let the flour brown
Evening star., 1942-03-26

you because her feet hurt, or you
hurt her feet. or she doesn't like the
cut of your jib. If you say, May I
have this dance, Ginny?" or Sarah
belle Sue. would you like to dance
this one?' she can accept or decline
with almost equal grace.
But all tactless questions are not
just matter of poorly chosen
words-some of them are downright
nosey or pointed or overly personal.
Thus, suppose you saw Johnny at
the movies with a girl you didn't
know. 1t would be tactless to ask
him later, who was the girl you
were out with last Saturday." You
might, however, mention the fact
that you saw him at the movies that
night and let him enlighten you re-
garding his companion If he cared
to do it.
Following are other types OF ques-
tions which should be avoided We
think you can see for yourself why
they may be embarrassing.
l. Hello. Do you remember me?"
2. did you pass the English test2"
(This implies a low grade. Instead,
it would be better to say. How did
you make out in the English test?"
if it's any Of your business to be-
gin withD
3. Don't you know that
(You're dummy if you dont)
4. Whats the matter-won't your
mother Let you go?"
S. Haven't we met somewhere be-
fore?" If you must use this be-
whiskered wheeze, make it a state
ment instead of a question:
6. Would either of you girls like
to dance?"
7. Why are you all dolled up?"
8. That's a lovely dress. Was it
expensive?"
Q. "Aren'' you feeling well?" my.
you look awfulD
TO- And then, of course. there's
that accusation type of question,
typified by the gag. Have you
stopped beating your wife?" Queries
almost as bad are actually en-
countered-and just try to answer
them without cutting your own
throat!
You Ask-We Answer.
@. What's the incest way to get
out of dancing with a girl when she
asks you to dance at a "turnabout"
party? JOE w.
A. Sorry, Joe, but there just isn't
any. if you're doing any dancing at
all during the evening. In similar
emergency girl can always plead
that she's tired or that she has to
go to the powder room to recondi-
ton her face But the mere male
Is denied such convenient excuses.
We're afraid you'll just have to be
sport and take it-unless you see
her coming soon enough to fee
How's your letter writing tech
nique? If you're not sure that
it's first rate. check up by reading
our leaflet called "Your Three
Cents Worth" Just send 5 cents
stamps or coin) to Kay Caldwell
and Alden Harrison, in care of
this paper.
Evening star., 1942-03-26

this oy saying tnc eNeLhis 40
she is left with no graceful line OF
retreat If Jimmy's proposal doesn't
please her. She has to choose be-
tween accepting it anyway or OF
offending Jimmy by declining 1t
without an excuse.
So the tactful approach Is for
Jimmy to outline his plans, II any,
or merely ask for Friday night
date, without forcing Jean to COM
nit herself in advance regarding the
state of her engagement book.
For much the same reason, 1t may
be embarrassing to say to girl, DO
YOU have the next dancer" Maybe
she doesn't have it, and also maybe
she doesn't want to dance it with
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Simple Dish
Suitable For
Luncheon
If Sandwiches Are
On the Menu Make
Them Substantial

In olden days the midday meal
was the most important Of any in
the three-meal plan. 1t remains SO
in certain places under certain con-
ditions. The farmer who starts his
day early and works hard outdoors
both wants and needs hearty food
at noon.
Other men who do heavy labor
would like to follow this plan but
often work is so far from home that
the lunch box must be depended
upon. Desk workers who have a
short lunch hour are likely to grab
a sandwich and cup of coffee, al
though there are men who like a
big meal when there are facilities
for purchasing this near the office.
This year when so many men are
working at odd hours and so stren-
uously it is particularly important
that they should be we'll fed. In
dustrial plants are trying to make
arrangements for hot drinks and
soups to be available even when
there is not a cafeteria in connec-
ton with them. Otherwise a lunch
box which contains a thermos bottle
in which a hot beverage may be
placed should be used. Sandwiches
which are always the mainstay OF
the carried lunch should be made
with whole wheat or enriched bread
and should be hearty. There is
nothing that q man likes better
than the combination sandwich of
ham and cheese. Some men and
women workers will be glad to have
a serving Of salad in paper cup.
Hard-cooked eggs, apples, celery,
raw carrots and grapefruit should
be mixed with mayonnaise rather
than French dressing for a salad
which has to be carried. Greens
which wither with dressing should
be omitted from salads of this sort.
Home meal plans must often be
rearranged as far as hours are con-
cerned in order to make sure that
workers are well fed l hope that
few of you have the problem of one
of my friends, who has to arrange
meals at three different hours to
meet the needs of her young chill
dren, her oldest son and her hus-
band.
APPLE AND CELERY SALAD
Waldorf Salad,
II, cups diced apples.
\ cup mayonnaise.
cup diced celery.
Mix apples with mayonnaise; fold
In celery: serve in lettuce cups; pass
extra mayonnaise. Yield: Six serv-
irss.
SUGGESTED FILINGS FOR
LUNCH OR SUPPER
SANDWICHES
Chopped cooked meat, minced
onion. celery. and mayon-
naise.
Chopped corned beef and cAtsup.
Peanut butter, minced bacon, and
catsup.
Cream cheese, minced onion. and
chopped carrots.
Liverwurst, celery, and mayon-
naise.
Chopped peanuts and mayonnaise
Ham, sweet pickles, ana mayon-
naise.
Ground American cheese and
chilli sauce.
Hard cooked egg, celery, msyon-
naise, and a1chovy paste.
Cottage cheese, minced onion, and
sliced radishes.
Ground dates, nut meats, and
mayonnaise.
Cream cheese and sliced dates.
Salmon, dill pickle, and mayon-
naiSe.
AArd-cooked egg, chopped stuffed
olives, and mayonnaise.
Aard-cooked egg and diced bacon
or deviled ham
Deviled ham and bread and butter
pickles. E. M. B.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
By Barbara Bell

An all-time tops in tailored frocks
is this button-front model, presented
In a smart new version with four
practical patch pockets. 1t is
dress you'u wear anywhere and feel
as poised as you would in creation
that might cost 10 times the price!
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1569B is
designed for sizes IA, l6, 10, 20, 40
and AZ. Corresponding bust meas
urements. 80, "a. 36, SO. 40 and a..
Size 16 t34 with short sleeves re-
quires AZ yards 39-inch material.
For this attractive pattern send
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Embarrassing Questions
Excellent Examples
Of Tactlessness
Many Inquiries Are Irritating
Merely Because of Their
Thoughtless Wording
By Kay Caldwell and Alden Harrison

By Kay Caldwell and Alden Harrison
buttonhook question marks
signal Why?
tactesness the form of questions.
irritating merely because houghte
a
night Jimmy naturally wants to know whether Jean has the
evening still mistake him Got anything the
oven Whats the pad Friday nght?
In place likes doesn't
like
Evening star., 1942-03-26

staff of Life
Six slices Of enriched bread every
day supplies about half the days
needs for B1 and about one-fourth
the needed niacin and iron.
Evening star., 1942-01-01

dresses that never need q hem let
out or a side seam ripped to bits.
To the fashion press, our wish for
1912 is that they never again see .
fashion luncheon chicken patty,
never have to listen to relatives
with clothes problems, and never
find the stores too busy to CO.
operate.
To the firms who send out pub
licity releases and photographs Of
clothes. cosmetics and gim-cracks.
may they be blessed with the ability
to see that the described and pic
tured articles actually are avail
able in the city-not the exclusive
product of some store in Podunk.
Wis.
To the lingerie buyers. vast sup
ply of sheer black nighties to re-
place those which were all sold out
a week before Christmas! To the
hosiery buyers, an unlimited supply
of nylons and never again a buying
deluge such as they saw this fall.
And to women everywhere, our
sincerest wish that they find hap
piness and comfort in 1912, that
they learn to be cheerful and pretty
for their own sake and the sake Of
others. and that they follow the
now oft-repeated words, Morale Is
a woman's business"
Evening star., 1942-01-01
|WhyGrow
Old?
BY yOsebhine LOwman

~ VSS P"spS AlVSSVVUn
Well. it's New Year Day, the day
after New Year eve, when We were
all swept away by the thrill of Q
new, unwritten page, opening before
us, when good resolutions warmed
our hearts with dreams of greater
accomplishment and happiness!
I wish my readers strong, united
1912. wish for them and myself, too,
the ability to put into practice the
resolutions which We made last
night.
Tomorrow isn't the time to start,
or next week or next month. If
one Of your resolutions dealt with
better health, = good figure or
daily exercise. give that determine
ton zest by beginning today! The
following exercise will start you
gently on your timber. elastic way.
Add this exercise to your daily
routine. Sit on the floor with your
legs stretched out in front Of you.
Raise the arms sidewise, shoulder
height. Reach forward with the
right arm as far as you can, trying
to touch the. feet with the right
hand. Raise the trunk, arms side
wise shoulder height. Reach for
ward with the left arm, trying to
touch the feet with the left hand.
Raise trunk and continue, altar
mating right and Lett.
Evening star., 1942-01-01

Answer wish that every young
girl about to be married would cut
this woman's letter out Of the pa
per and paste it on her mirror.
where she will see it every time she
puts her makeup on, for, If she
follows the advice she gives, 1t will
do more than any other one thing
to make her marriage q success.
Most bride, consider that how
they get along with their mothers
in-law is = negligible factor in their
marriages. If they happen to like
their husbands mothers, 1t Is =
bit Of luck. II they don't. it doesn't
matter. They will simply keep
away from them and tell them
where they get OF II they put their
fingers in their pies. So they are
coldly polite to them, or openly an
tagonistic.. and think that 1t doesn't
matter what sort of relationship ex-
lists between them.
That Is their mistake, because,
whether they realize it or not, how
they get along with their husbands.
their husbands love for them and
the peace and happiness Of their
homes is all tied up with their re-
lationship to their mothers law.
For because a man takes unto him.
self wife doesn't make him forget
his mother, or cease to love her, or
break all of the millions of ties that
bind them together.
There is nothing for which . man
Is so grateful to his wife as being
good to his mother. Nothing he
resents so much as his wife being
unkind to his mother. And no man
is so miserable as the one who is
torn to pieces by the quarrels of
the two women he loves best in the
world and who fight over him like
cats over q bone.
This letter teaches how this catas-
trophe can be avoided. Read it,
girls. Lay its wisdom to heart.
Evening star., 1942-01-01
A Beginning
Is Always
Inspiring
Start New Year
Day Being Wiser
And Happier
By A AneeIo Patri

| - - - WV W.
Beginnings are always inspiring
One marvels again at the infinite
wisdom that gave humanity so many
Of them.
There is the first sweet beauty
Of the dawn when the night slips
away and the first breath Of morn
ing comes over the rim of the
earth. The light is gentler, the
birds sing Sweeter, the grass grows
greener, and the heart is lighter
in the dawn of the day, and we
begin again in good heart.
The spring of the year is the
beginning of life. Each time the
miracle happens we wonder at its
beauty. The buds. the beginnings
of growth, are so beautiful one
stands before them in hushed rev.
erence. How could one have been
so depressed by the dark. short
days of winter when the beginnings
Of spring were just ahead? We
leave all that behind us, forgetting
the ice and the snow and the cold
and begin again with the fresh
young growth of the year.
Among all our precious begin
nings, New Year Day stands out
as first and foremost. We look
back on the year we have come
through and rejoice that it is be-
hind us. That. and that. can never
happen to us again. We will leave
all the trouble and worry, the
anxiety and the burden Of the past
behind us and begin again with the
new year."
We haven't an idea Of what will
happen to us in the year to come,
but We are excited about its coming.
We are eager to watch it unroll,
eager to know what each day will
bring for us.
Forget the sins you have COM
mitted and forget those committed
against you. Start again, q new
soul-literally, a new soul.
We are inclined to forget that
we grow and that as we grow we
change and it is possible for us
to be quite q different person from
the one we were yesterday, last
month and last year. You are a
new person on New Year Day and
it is possible for you to be bigger,
wiser, kinder and much braver than
you used to be. You are with the
coming Of the new year a new and,
if you choose, q finer You than ever
before.
A little evergreen tree was set
in our garden. Each year it made
an upright growth with cluster
Of buds on its tip. Each new year
saw those buds set and waiting;
each summer saw them expand and
become branches. But-and this is
the miracle-while that steady, up
right growth went on an all-around
growth was going on, too, and before
you knew it that little tree was a
new big tree, personality in the
garden, just stretching itself every
new year.
II you fnd 1t difficult to get
your boy or girl to mind, the
fault Is probably yours Send for
Angelo Patri's booklet, "Obedi-
ence." inelosing 10 cents in coin.
Address Angelo Patri. care Of
this nowapapes
Evening star., 1942-01-01

hence.
And that leads us straight to the
second question. Even a job with
out q future can be valuable II 1t
gives you experience and training
that will help you in later positions.
A girl might be justified in working
as 4 poorly paid typist If she were
constantly increasing her typlng
speed. getting some experience In
taking shorthand, and learning a
lot about office routine. But she
shouldn't stay at this kind OF work
too long.
You can easily tell whether or
not your job is giving you valuable
experience. If it isn't, ask yourself
honestly if the fault is the jobs, or
yours. II you have JuSt-get-by
attitude, you'll never learn much
on any job. On the other hand, If
you're trying to improve yourself. If
you're putting your best into your
work. you can learn lot at task
that would be mere boring chore
to somebody who didn't give
When a job does seem to have
future. the blame is squarely on you
il you don't get ahead. Again, your
attitude toward your work is all
important. The best way to get
a better Job in the same organiza-
ton is to do outstandingly good
work on the one you already have.
You won't get far if you depend on
mere length of service to bring you
automatic raises and promotions.
In deciding whether or not your
present position is one you wish to
keep for a long time. it's necessary
that you have pretty good idea of
your own ambitions. Where do you
want to be 5 or 10 years from now?
After you have answered that ques-
ton, you can readily tell whether
your present job is a stepping stone
in that direction. II it isn't, you
should start looking around for one
that is.
Many young people are now max
ing big money" because of the
defense program But the smart
ones aren't letting themselves be
blinded by the fatness Of their cur
rent pay envelopes. They are look
ing ahead, trying to increase their
Evening star., 1942-01-01

in different fields of nutrition rep
resenting the whole United States.
In the three-day sessions. the con-
ference discussed problems-formed
plans to overcome national diet
deficiencies. The program outlined
at the conference is now being
carried out by smaller committees
in States, cities, counties, rural
communities.
But while the conference itself
made news-the national nutrition
yardstick announced by that con-
ference made history. For the first
time, all nutrition workers in the
United States had one definite high
goal at which to aim in diet PLAN
ming.
The yardStick. table OF daily
allowances of various food values
for persons In normal health, was
formulated after much study and
discussion by top-notch nutrition
lists. 1t was based on all the facts
that laboratory research and human
experience had shown about the
foods human beings need for good
health.
1t is on this yardstick that count
less menu plans, marketing lists.
rules of cooking and the like are
being based now throughout the
country.
Third big food headline Of the
year - FOOD FOR FREEDOM
GOALS FOR 1912 ANNOUNCED"
September, 1941.
Enough food for us and enough
to help feed the nations resisting
the aggresSors-that is a summary
of the food goals announced by
Secretary Of Agriculture Claude r.
Wickard in September.
The goal called for more milk for
cheese, evaporated milk and dried
milk; more hogs for meat and lard,
more chickens for meat and eggs:
more vegetables for canning; more
soybeans and peanuts for oil.
Evening star., 1942-01-01
Dorothy Dix Says >>Woo 1n>Laws!
Wives Can Fit Into Their Husbands Families if They
Practice Discretion and Are Friendly at All Times

Dear Miss Dix: When I married
I determined that was not going
to have any mother -in-law trouble
I knew it was not going to be an
easy thing to get along with her,
because our backgrounds and ma
tiOnalities were entirely different.
I knew Of the tears she had shed
over her son marrying me and of
the great doubt she felt for his flu
ture happiness. and I knew of the
skepticism with which I would be
received, but I stuck to my resolu-
ton to win her affection. After
months and months and months of
my showing her kindness and love
and appreciation, she began to
realize that I wanted to be a
daughter to her and that I had
Evening star., 1942-01-01
Bv Barbara Bell

DNT DuV - NV
Looking for an outfit which will
give you extra warmth without bulk
and still keep high standards of
smartness? Here it is in Pattern
No. 1477-B-a jerkin, skirt and
blouse which can be easily made
and which will satisfy all of the
above requirements.
It can be warm, of course. In
tweed. wool crepe, corduroy Or gab-
ardine this skirt and sleeveless jer-
kin will give extra protection-yet
1t offers no more bulk (under your
winter coat than any frock. The
blouse can be of wool crepe, jersey
or flannel and have long sleeves
doesn't that suggest true winter
comfort?
In designing this outfit we have
held to strictly classic lines-the jer-
kin is v necked, may be buttoned or
tipped or snap fastened down the
side, is darted to fit smoothly at the
waist and has patch pockets at the
bottom. The skirt is Of four-piece
cut, shaped to flare at the hem. The
blouse has . convertible neckline.
Evening star., 1942-01-01

well balanced meals to be strong in
body, sound in mind and high in
morale-that diets lacking in one
or two vital food values can subdue
q populace almost as effectively as
famine.
First food headline of paramount
importance this year was LEND
LEASE BILL BECOMES LAW
March, 1941.
Passage of this bill made it posi-
BILE for the President of the United
States to lend or lease war materials
to Great Britain to aid the fight
against the totalitarian powers
Among war materials was food.
With shipping space at premium
and the nation fighting for its life
the first requirement Of all food
sent to Britain was that it be con-
centrated form of needed nouriSh-
ment. Between April %. 194l. and
November l. l94l. twO-thirdS OF all
the food delivered at shipside for
shipment to Britain were dairy
products, eggs and meats. These
are the foods Great Britain needs
to balance her diet nutritionally
They furnish the proteins. certain
minerals and certain vitaminS need
ed to round out the food she can
provide for herself.
The milk was sent either in evapo-
rated or dried form to be used in
such ways that Britain's own fresh
milk supply could be reserved for
children under II and expectant and
nursing mothers.
Second big food headline Of the
year-"NATIONAL NUTRITIONAL
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES Ma
TIONAL NUTRIONAL YARD
STICK" May, 184l.
A news-making event in itself was
the National Nutritional Conference
for Defense 1t was called by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in Washington. D. c.,
in order to find what could be done
TO improve the Nations nutrition
to make every one strong and fit and
ready for whatever lay ahead.
To the conference came 900 leaders
Evening star., 1942-01-01

not taken her son away from her.
He was still her son. the only diff
ference was that he had wife, too
I made her see that I never wanted
or expected to be his mother as
well as his wife, and that her place
in his heart would always be hers,
and that I would never try to take
him away from her. The result is
that my best girl friend is my hus-
bands mother. II only young brides
could be made to realize that in-law
happiness could be theirs for bit
OF cultivating. how much misery
could be saved! And II /. then q
girl Of only IL, with no training. no
ability except the desire to get along
with my husbands people. could do
1t, any one can. MRS. r. J. M.
Evening star., 1942-01-01

Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1477-B
is designed for sizes II, IA, Is, 18 and
20. Corresponding bust measure
ments, 30, 80, "a, 36 and 38. Size IA
(3O jerkin and skirt requires 2%
yards 54-inch material; 39s yards
39-inch. Long-sleeve blouses Pa
yards 54-inch material; Ia 39-inch.
A helpful home sewing guide
our Spring Fashion Book-conrains
patterns for all size ranges, all
needs. Send Is cents for your copy
today.
Evening star., 1942-01-01
This Fashion Department
Offers New Year Gifts,
Editorially Speaking
From the Style Point of View
They're Presents Designed
To Create Happier 1912
By Helen V0st


with Of writer's and conspicuous
stamps
this New greeting all its friends
What's handed Christmas gifts hgurstve
otherwise New
speakngw hope they'll receive the spirit
black
satisfaction
overnight
sufficiently with the
things.
gift consisting Of several gallons OF sehre
cleaning fluid to remove the psck from
of the right the right dress added gift
will before
and then
of 1929.
responsible the nasty slap
that snood night