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Evening star., 1952-02-19
Problems Today
Wife Complains Husband Spends
Too Much Money on His Hobbies

bought without consulting me. All
this IS taking money we need for
other things.
| Besides the finances involved, he
spends SO much time on these
hobbies, with various trips and
long evenings with the neighbors
discussing them, that seldom
have a chance to talk with him.
WENDY.
ANSWER: It's fine thing for
a man to be interested in mascu-
line activities, but like most good
things it can be carried too far.
When the sporting goods budget
runs into the housekeeping or
savings account money, a halt
should be called. The perfect
financial setup in any family calls
for mutual consultation on any
major, and most minor, expendi-
lures. Your husband is greatly
lat fault for spending so much
money on his hobbies, yet allow
ing you SO little for small feminine
lluxuries.
You have a right to insist on
this much consideration. Natural
ly your husband will accuse you of
lnagging;; that's the usual male
response to any form of correc-
ton. The only way you can put
your finances on a sound basis is
to agree mutually on budget for
hubby's sports, and one for your
own personal expenditures. These
amounts should not come out of
savings but be budgeted along
with regular household expenses.
Your husbands lavish display
|of expensive equipment is mis-
leading to the neighbors, too.
They probably think he has un-
limited money to spend. If you
know these people very well, you
might drop a gentle hint to the
effect that you'd like a little more
Of your husbands time, attention
and money. =
The expenses that come along
with a new baby may also act
as a deterrent to your sportsman's
spending.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
By Dr.. Paul Popenoe

What is this thing called
"Love?"
The question is not origina,
withs Gordon, but he is the latest
to ask: ut seems to me love l.
nothing but friendship combined
with Sex," he asserts.
Many others have said that be.
fore you, and equally many others
have refuted it. Gordon. It woulc
take a tremendous library to hold
all that has been written on the
subject. You should begin with
the fact that there are innumer-
able kinds of love, each quite diff.
ferent from the other and some
times almost mutually contradic-
tory. There is self-love: there il
love Of Nature; there is love Of
fellow man. The last-named /;
sometimes described as the Chris.
tian doctrine Of love: "All ye are
brethren"
There is also romantic love
which is presumably what yor
have in mind, Gordon. Philoso.
pher Gardner Williams Of the
University of Toledo, in a recent
analysis, finds it contains fou1
important elements:
/. Ordinary love of benevolence
toward others. This is basically
instructive. "A human being is
just naturally a loving sort of Or
ganism."
2. Sex.
3. Ambition. Maybe you hadn't
thought Of this as an element OF
love, Gordon! But it most GER
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Modern Murriuqe
Romantic Love Has Four
Important Elements

tainly is. "It Is partly a desire
to control the life OF the other
party. It Is a wish to lead and
to be obeyed. Also, 1t Is partly a
desire to be noticed, respected and
honored" especially by person Of
importance. 1t is also a mere
ambition to be loved. because ANY
individual feels futile and lost If
nobody loves him"
4. Desire to be corroborated and
led-a desire for sympathetic un-
derStanding. A person needs con-
stant reinsurance from the loved
one. More husbands should re-
member how much their wives
need this continual reinsurance.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
By MurieI Nissep

DEAR MISS NISSEN: I am a
young CID wife and mother OF
"a 3-year-old boy, with another
child on the way. My husband
has a steady job but after paying
all our bills there's seldom any
thing left to put away. ! do my
best to economic and never spend
money on myself without consult
ing him first. He considers most
of my personal expenditures, such
as money for cosmetics. foolish.
Lately, our neighbors. mostly older
men. have been asking my hus-
band to go hunting and fishing
with them. He has been more
than glad to go but wanted all
the equipment they had. First
came fishing, He bought a cheap
outfit. hut had hardly used it be-
fore he purchased an expensive
one. Then it was hunting, for
which he needed expensive guns,
clothes. etc. All this he has
Evening star., 1952-02-19
WhyGrow
Old?
BY Josephine Lowmon

Unless you have weak feet you
cannot imagine what a difference
this can make in the way you feel.
While this condition will not kill
you it can make you feel tired all
over and even give you severe pain.
II you have this trouble in an ad-
vanced state you will know it.
However, many women are eter-
nally tired and take aching feet or
mild pains in the back or legs or
hips for granted, without ever
suspecting the cause.
Today want to give you two
exercises for weak feet.
/. Stand with the feet apart
(about six to eight inches.) AS
you rotate the knees outward grip
hard with the toes. Hold a few
seconds and relax. The feet must
point straight forward and the
weight is on the outer borders of
the feet. Do this eight times
morning and night and work up
to Is times morning and night.
2. This exercise is, called "Piling
Sand" and the name will help you
know how to do it. Stand in the
same position. The knees are
apart but do not move them dur
ing this exercise. Pretend that
you are piling sand up between
your feet. Grip with the toes
and pull in toward the center. Do
this for a while. Rest and re-
peat several times morning and
night.
These are two of the best mo-
tions you can make for foot COM
fort but you must remember that
an exercise is worthwhile only if
you do it regularly. This is espe-
cially true when you are trying
to overcome real muscle weakness.
Your underpinnings carry the
weight of your entire body and
are entitled to some special treat
ment and care. do not know
how they get along as well as
they do.
If you would like to have my
leaflet No. IA. Take Care of Your
Feet" send a stamped. self
addressed envelope with your re-
quest to Josephine Lowman in
care of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Quick Pizzo

An easily made pizza is a JOY
to have in your files, for emer-
gency menus.
Grab a box OF six English
mullins from your emergency
shelf, cut them in halves through
and put them on a creased baking
pan. Cut u pound of American
cheese into strips and arrange
these in a lattice design on the
muffin halves.
Season with salt and pepper.
Spread with l No. 2 can Of to-
matoes, drained. and dot with
anchovy fillets. Sprinkle with
oregano and olive oil. Bake ir
a hot over for 20 minutes, until
the cheese is melted.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
By Violet FouIkner

Pork and pork products are still
the homemaker's best friend in
meat these days. In fact, pork was
the only meat to appear on the
United States Department of
Agriculture list of plentifuls for
the month of February. Supplies
will probably taper off during
March bringing a seasonal in
crease in price. of course. So while
it's still plentiful and reasonable,
let's use it frequently.
One thing about pork, it seems
to suit the fancy of all the family.
If you have extra storage space,
a whole or half a pork loin is a
good investment since you can
have it cut three ways to provide
meat for three separate meals.
Select the rib half of the loin and
ask your meatman to saw through
the ribs high enough to leave an
inch-thick layer of meat on the
backbones. Ask him to chop these
into serving size pieces, then cook
them as you would spareribs with
Isauerkraut. That makes meal
No. l.
For a second meal, cut off
enough chops from the remaining
piece by slicing between the ribs.
With the backbone gone this can
be done easily with a sharp knife,
You will still have a piece left for
a roast making the third meal.
Pork chops, as one of the girls
IN my Office put it, are the work.
ing gals friend. Then she went
on to ask if there weren't ways
to prepare them other than broil-
ing. I pointed out they should
never be broiled to start with and
suggested baking. braising or do
ting them in the grand manner
with a rich tomato sauce, using
a can Of tomato soup. another
boon to the business girl home
maker. If it happens to be the
night you've invited the man in
your life to dine with you, dress
them up with slices of onion and
a ring of green pepper atop each
chop. Complete instructions fol-
low later. on in this column.
Another good marketing tip for
the month is to include pork
sausage on your shopping list.
It fits into any meal of the day.
The novel open-face sausage pie
pictured here is a cracker-jack
for a quick dinner or for a special
Sunday night supper. Remember
that pork sausage, either links
or patties. are perishable. They
should be bought in small amounts
and used promptly within a few
days.
PRIZE PORK CHOPS.
6 pork chops.
l tablespoon shortening.
Dash of black pepper.
6 slices onion.
6 green pepper rings.
l can (1A cups) condensed to-
mato soup.
Brown chops in shortening in
a heavy skillet; sprinkle with pep
per. Place an onion slice and
Evening star., 1952-02-19

pepper ring on each chop; pour
soup over all. Cover and simmer
about l hour. Makes 6 servings
SAUSAGE OPEN-FACE PIE
Crust:
l cup sifted flour.
|112 teaspoons baking powder.
u teaspoon salt.
3 tablespoons lard.
1s cup milk.
Filling:
"a pound pork sausage links.
/ No. 2 can tomatoes.
u Glove garlic.
" teaspoon basil or thyme.
l cup grated cheese.
To make crust. Sift baking DOW
Evening star., 1952-02-19

der and salt with flour. Cut lard
in until mixture resembles coarse
corn meal; add milk. Knead
dough lightly, then roll out on
a lightly Toured board to diam
Ieter of 10 inches. Place in a
9-inch pie pan, crimping edges.
Cook sausage links until we'll
Drowned. Add minced garlic and
herbs to we'll drained tomatoes
(save juice for soup or gelatin
salad. Spread tomatoes in
crust. sprinkle with cheese and
top with sausage links arranged
spoke fashion. Bake at $50 de-
grees F. for about Is minutes.
Let stand IS minutes before
Cutting.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
INoontin7e Dish

Split pea soup makes q hearty
Inoontime dish when it is served
with rounds of frankfurters. Slice
the frankfurtersi thin and heat
them in the soup shortly before
serving. Add bread and butter and
a salad to the menu and fol-
dessert serve frosted cupcakes OF
fruit.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Delicious Chicken-Mushroon1 Loaf

A chicken mushroom loaf is al
ways good solution of how to use
leftover roast chicken.
Mix together cups of cooked
chicken, 3 cups of soft bread
crumbs, II cup of celery. chopped; !;
u cup sherry: eggs, beaten;
Evening star., 1952-02-19

1 teaspoons salt and 2 teaspoons
minced parsley. Pack into a
creased loaf pan and bake. in a
moderate oven for 40 minutes.
Unmold and serve with musn-
room sauce made by heating "a
cup sherry with l can of mush-
room Soup,
Evening star., 1952-08-15
WhyGrow
Old?
By Josephine Lowmon

Women who joined my Eight
Week Self Improvement Mara
thon last January counted calories,
using the calorie chart. They
were all advised to select exercises
from those given for the measure
ments they wished most to reduce.
In other words, the happiest
reducing routine combines exer-
else and calorie counting. You
cannot depend on exercise for a
loss of weight but it does distribute
weight and whittle off inches.
If you do not believe in exercis-
ing, listen to this letter.
Dear Mrs. Lowman:
II sent for your Marathon
Booklet. I had already lost so
pounds with your diet which was
published a year ago last sprlng.
/ now wanted to tighten up, so 10
speak. I could not exercise at the
time I dieted because of an inter-
nal disorder, but this winter my
doctor gave his consent to eXer-
else.
II have just completed eight
weeks of exercise and am so de-
lighted I want you to know the
results. BY exercise alone, here
are my before and after measure
mentS.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
FLORIDA VACATIONo

MRS. P. NJ. B., Washington
My family and I plan to go
to Florida on our vacation late
in october and would like some
advice as to what clothing we
should take with us.
Should we take only summer
clothing or would fall clothing
come in handy, too? Would
we use any fall colors in our
assessories or only summer
shoes, hats, etc.
We plan to go to Miami, st.
Petersburg and st. Augustine.
The readers have always come
through with very good advice
on other requests that have
made so I am looking forward
to many replies.
Evening star., 1952-08-15

| My friends are generous in
their praise and my husband is
delighted and I feel better than
have in years. I only wish had
taken myself in hand sooner. You
may use my letter to help others.
if you like, but please don't use my
name. I hate to admit 1 was so
foolishly miserable and unhealthy
for so long"
That comes right from the voice
of experience. Once you lose those
extra pounds and your bulges
turn into curves you will wonder
why in the world you kept them
for so long.
For those of you who would like
to try the routine these women
used I am Offering my Eight Week
Self Improvement Marathon. If
you would like to have it send 10
cents and self addressed.
stamped envelope with your re-
quest for it to Josephine Lowman
in care of The Washington Star.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
Readers Clearing House
COLLEGE AT 40.

Mrs. E. B. B.. Takoma Park
Mrs. T. c. N, Arlington:
Your letter to the Clearing
House stating that now that
your children are nearly grown
you find you need outside inter-
ests other than those which you
have pursued in the past inter-
ested me so much, that I want
to tell you about the mother of
a close friend of mine.
This woman, the mother of
eight children. had taught
school in Maryland for many
years, but when she wanted to
return was told that she was
ineligible to teach without a
degree. So, at So she entered
the University of Maryland
along with two of her children.
She entered into many activities
on the campus, was elected to
the French Club honorary and
graduated with honors a couple
of years ago. Since then she
has found good position teach
ing in the public schools.
Most colleges have vocational
guidance facilities and if you
will look under psychologists
in the yellow pages of your
phone book. you will find sew
eral people who give these tests
along with expert guidance.
believe that since you live
in Arlington that George WASH
ington University might be just
the college you are looking for.
Classes are held day and night,
so you can choose the hours
most suitable for your needs
and too. there is much less of
the campus atmosphere that
you would find at a large uni
versity. A great many of the
G. w. students are much older
than 40 which would make it
easier for you to find college
friends and activities suited to
your particular case.
You also mention that in the
past you had done church work,
but it no longer interests you.
Perhaps your church work was
concerned with those church ac-
tivities centering around the
Sunday School and Cub and
Boy Scouts. Surely your church
has groups which would interest
older people. If they haven't
why not start some. My hus-
band and I recently Joined a
church in our neighborhood,
and finding that no young
adult group or church news
paper existed. we got to work
and helped organize both. Aren't
there several women of your
age with similar interests in
your church who would be will
ing to work with you in getting
started some activities which
would appeal especially to
women with grown children?
Evening star., 1952-08-15
plan Picnic

The three Washington chapters
of the National Secretaries Asso-
citation will join in giving a picnic
from 4:30 to $50 pm. on Satur-
day, August 22 for members of
their families and friends. The
event will be held at the Palisades
Playground at Sherrier place and
Edmunds street NV.
Mrs. Ethel G.. Morrison of the
Capital Chapter heads the Dinner
Reservation Committee which has
arranged many details of the
event. She is being assisted by
Mrs. Margaret Alexander of Presi-
dental Chapter and Miss Pat
Tomlinson of the Executive Chap
ter.
Entertainment will include ten
mis-, soft ball and horseshoes.
Those planning to go by public
transportation may take the Cabin
John streetcar.
Mrs. Margaret B. Hushelpeck,
new president of the Capital
Chapter, has announced that her
group will have a fashion show on
September 6 and a dinner at the
National Press Club on Septem-
ber IS.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
Meeting Set
BY Daughters
IOf Penelope

Approximately 1000 women from
throughout the United States and
ICanada will arrive in Washington
this week end for the 18th annual
/ convention of the Daughters OF
Penelope, national women'S aux
iliary to the Order of the Ameri-
can Hellenic Educational and
Progressive Association.
The week-long convention will
get under way officially at 8 pm,
Sunday in the Hotel Statler with a
formal initiation ceremony under
auspices of the local hostess chap
ter. Mrs. James P. Commings.
lpresident of the Washington chap
ter, will preside.
Meetings of the sisterhood will
be held simultaneously with those
OF the AHEPA, also scheduled to
open its convention here this
week end.
The SlSterhood. whose name was
inspired by the Homeric Penelope
faithful wife of Odysseus, has ap-
proXimately 800 chapters Though
out the Nation. It's membership
numbers about 10000 women.
most of whom are of Greek des-
cent.
Miss Constance Chaconas is
general chairman of the commit
tee on arrangements for the con-
ventlon. She has appointed the
following chairmen to various
committees attending to conven-
ton details: Julia B. Sapounakis.
album; Dena A. Nanos, housing:
Margaret Villas, registration:
Mary Dounis, tickets; Mary Pap
pas, sightseeing; Nadia Com
mings. fashion show; Mary Krit-
sidimas, ball; Pat S. Caras, moon
light cruise.
Officers of the convention COM
mlttee assisting the chairman are:
Ann VILLAS. vice chairman:
Angie Kaisell, secretary, and
Frances Papageorge. treasurer.
On Monday, the Daughters will
conduct an afternoon business
session in the Mayfiower Hotel
and that night will join in the
AHEPA convention Greek Night"
get-together in the National
Guard Armory.
Tuesday, members will attend a
luncheon-fashion show of the
AHEPA convention in the May
flower Hotel. Eleni Sakes, fashion
editor of The Star, will be the
guest commentator for the show. |
The sisters are expected to do
a great deal of sightseeing while |
in town, sandwiching the tours in |
between business sessions and
entertainment. A moon
light cruise on the S. S. Mount
Vernon will be one feature of the
convention.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
KINDERGARTFN2

MRS. J. McH., HydttSUilleJ
I shall greatly appreciate any
information concerning kinder
garten in the Hyattsville area,
particularly near New Hamp-
shire avenue. We are now in
this vicinity and have an active
4 p -year-old boy who does not
have playmates his own age.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
TREASURED RECIPES.

MRS. J. M. c., Siluer Spring.
I am so grateful for various
helps I've received through
RICH that in return I wish to
share two treasured recipes. The
first one will be welcomed by
the reader who asked for a
good moist chocolate cake. This
one is superb! 1t is from a con-
tributor to Better Homes and
Gardens magazine for April,
1888. An interesting Sidelight
to this is: When we motored
from California to D. C. last
year, we stopped to visit friend
in Iowa to whom I had given
this recipe 10 years before. She
spoke of this cake during our
visit and how many times she
had been complimented on it.
Grandma's Chocolate Cake:
Heat cup brown sugar, y cup
milk, and ounces grated. un-
sWeetened chocolate in a double
boiler until chocolate melts.
Cool. Cream y cup shortening
and l cup brown sugar, add 3
beaten eggs: beat thoroughly.
Add alternately with p cup
milk, 2 cups all purpose flour
sifted with "a teaspoon salt and
l teaspoon soda. Add chocolate
mixture, l teaspoon vanilla ex-
tract and beat. Bake in two
9-inch pans in moderate $3.50
degrees) oven 80 minutes.
Chocolate Frosting: Put / cup
sugar, p cup boiling water and
"a teaspoon vinegar in pan and
stir until sugar is dissolved.
Place on fire and boil until it
forms soft, sticky ball in cold
water. Do not stir while boil
ing. Pour while hot slowly over
two egg whites which have been
beaten stiff and dry; beating
slowly all the while until cool.
Add "a teaspoon vanilla. Gently
stir in 2l2 ounces melted un-
sWeetened chocolate.
Without the addition Of the
chocolate this is a most ex-
cellent boiled icing recipe.
The reader who sent in the
glass wax hint for keeping
chrome appliances like new did
us a great service. Ours were
not a year old yet, but were
dull and spotted. Now they
look brand new.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
CARBON DEPOSIT?

(Mr. j. L. j., Colonial Beach,
Will somebody be kind enough
to tell me how to soften the
carbon deposit found in the fire
bowl of an oil heater stove and
a practical way of handling the
SCOT deposit.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
BLACK STAIN?

Mrs. w. N. S., HydttSUilleJ
Will some one give me a way
to take a stain of black paint
out of a pair of SeerSucker
pants? I have tried a strong
soap with no success.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
COOPERATIVE NURSERY.
fM.. E. D., ArlingtonJ

The Center Nursery Kinder
garten School "a cooperative
schooD located at 1920 Arling-
ton boulevard. is now accepting
registrations for it's nursery and
Kindergarten groups. There are
two trained, capable teachers
and the age levels are 3-4 for
nursery and 5 years for kinder
garten. For information call
Mrs. D. Levinson at Jackson
2-536l or Mrs. A. Hoffman at
Jackson 5-9536.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
ELDERBERRY CORDIAL.

tMTS. u. f.. f., washington
E. l.. S., Arlington: To 5
quarts of Stemmed and bruised
berries. add 212 quarts luke
warm water. Stand aside for
"a hours and then skim and
strain. Allow 3 pounds of sugar
to each gallon of liquid and
bring to boil. Skim and add p
cake of compressed yeast, small
size. When fermentation is
completed skim and strain.
Then bottle. The older this is,
the better.
This is a very old recipe. I
was told that it is apt to absorb
the red corpuscles of the blood
SO would advise using it SPAR
ingly, but it is very good.
There is also very delicious
wine made of the blossoms. 1t
is called elderberry blow. Am
sorry I do not have the recipe,
but have tasted it.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
Mrs. r. M. B., Arlington


Your inquiry about going to
college at the age of 40 have
known of several persons much
older than you who have gone
to college and obtained their
degrees and gone out into a
career life" In fact, when
was in Junior college there was
a woman near her 80th birth
day in some of my classes.
All of her children had finished
their college education and gone
out in businesses of their choice
and her husband was an invalid
at home being cared for By a
nurse.
She was a very cheerful per-
son and made a very good rec
ord for herself. We were all
very proud of that dear woman
when she walked up to receive
her diploma on graduation
night. The applause was so loud
and long that the presentation
speech "a special one for herr
was delayed. I feel sure she
gathered more knowledge from
those years of study than We
young kids" Go to college and
good luck to you!
Evening star., 1952-08-15
TO CLEAN PICTURES.
M. J. ~, WaShinotouJ

Mix equal parts of clear tur-
pentine and rubbing alcohol
and shake bottle we'll. Use
wads of clean cheese cloth and
wet with liquid mot dripping) i.
Rub in circular motion on small
section of painting at time. Re
peat until clean and only use
clean pads. Dry when process
is completed.
After painting has been
cleaned you can give it a coat
of painting varnish which you
may obtain with brush at a
painters supply store. I was
given this process by one of the
museum directors here who is
also a well-known artist. I
have found it very successful.