Thursday, Oec. 21, 1939
Household News
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★ W e l l , th e Q u e e n D i d I t
Ruth Wyeth Spears
------B y V i r g i n i a V a le —
OLLYWOOD casting direc
tors are usually pretty
hurd-boiled; practically nothing O l ~
M ight Need Several
surprises them. But Victor Sut-
Doctor— You should take a bath
ner, casting director for Edward
before you retire.
Small Productions, Inc., now
Patient—But, doctor, I don't ex
filming “My Son, My Son!” for
pect to retire for another five
years.
United Artists, was consider
ably startled when he got the an
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F E S T IV E T R IU M P H FOR C H IL D R E N S PAR TY
(See Recipes Below)
Children Need Parties Too
swers to questions asked Schuyler
Standish, who reported to be tested
for the part of a young boy.
"How old are you?” asked Sutner.
"T w e lv e .”
"And in what grade are you at
school?”
"The senior year at high school.”
Sutner thought the lad was pull
ing a fast one. But he discovered
that he had a prodigy on his hands.
Young Standish is successful as an
•actor, both on the screen and radio,
has won a scholarship as a violinist,
writes plays and stages them for in
mates of the Veterans’ hospital at
Sawtelle, C alif., and draws and
paints and builds models.
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"We Are Not Alone" is a picture
you should be sure to see; the
chances are that you'll rem em ber it,
not just because of Paul Muni's ex
cellent performance, but because of
Jane Bryan's appearance in the cast.
F or Jane Bryan is being hailed
as the new sensation of the motion
picture world. H er last name is
really O ’Brien, and she's an A m eri
can. When she was a member of
place the m ixture in a chilled bowl
and beat with a rotary egg beater;
With all the holiday festivities for then return to tray and complete tha
grown folks and for older sisters freezing.
Little Silver Cakes.
and brothers, it's not strange that
% cup shortening
the youngest members of the fam ily
l ' i cups granulated sugar
beg for a party, tool
2% cups cake flour
Children's parties must be color
3 teaspoons baking powder
ful, the entertainment simple, and
V« teaspoon salt
the refreshments
1 cup m ilk
very light. I f the
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
party is to be a
4 egg whites
success (and why
Cream the shortening, add the
give one if it
isn't?) the activi sugar, and beat well. Sift the flour,
ties of the young baking powder, and salt; add alter
sters must
be nately with the m ilk and vanilla.
wisely
directed Beat the egg whites until stiff and
from the moment < fold into the cake. Bake in greased
they arrive, un ■ muffin tins in a moderate oven (350
til
they
leave. ! degrees) for approximately 15 to 20
Choose, to direct the entertainment, : minutes.
Grilled Bacon Sandwiches.
the wisest, jolliest, child-loving adult
Remove crusts from slices of
you know. Plan games that are
simple, and make sure that all the bread and toast bread on one side
children are included. Remember, only. Spread untoasted side with
too, that children weary quickly of peanut butter and top with slices of
any one activity, so plan a variety of bacon. Preheat broiler to 350 de
games and get the new one under grees. Place sandwiches on broiler
wuy before interest in the old one rack, 3 Vi inches from flame. Broil
until bacon is crisp and brown, ap
vanishes.
P arty refreshments, of course, proximately 7 minutes. Serve very
must be geared to the age of the hot.
Sugared Doughnuts.
guests. If they are very young, it’s
JA N E BRYAN
4 eggs
a good idea to serve the feast at
1 cup sugar
the end of the party, so that it takes
Jean M uir's Theater Workshop, in
4 tablespoons shortening (m elted)
the place of the regular evening
Los Angeles, about four years ago,
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
meal.
Warner Brothers discovered her.
2
to 3 cups cake flour
Decorate the table with snapping
Bette Davis discovered her too, and
Vs teaspoon salt
crackers, colored balloons, and pep
has done everything she could to
3 teaspoons baking powder
permint cones to give a really fes
help her along in her career. Per
1 teaspoon cinnamon
tive setting for the occasion.
haps you’ll rem em ber her from
Beat
the
eggs
until
light.
Add
When Five and Six-Year Olds Get
"The
Old M aid.” Certainly you’re
sugar slowly and continue beating
Together
going to do it because of her work
until foamy. Add
Special Peanut Butter Sandwiches
in "We Are Not Alone.”
melted
shorten
Raw Carrot Strips
— *—
ing
and
vanilla
Peppermint Stick Tapioca Cream
One
hears
that Norma Shearer
extract.
Mix
and
Cocoa
made a short for the Red Cross,
sift two cups of
Peppermint Stick Tapioca Cream.
didn’t like the results, and asked
flour and all the
(Serves 8)
that it be abandoned, and that the
other dry ingredi
2 egg yolks
picture had to be re-made, with
ents and fold into
4 cups milk
Ann Sheridan in the leading role.
the egg mixture.
Mi cup quick-cooking tapioca
Add just enough more flour to make
’/i red cinnamon candies,
I f so, Miss Shearer is in good
a soft dough which can be handled.
crushed peppermint sticks, or
company. For it is also reported
Place on lightly floured board and
crushed clear fruit-flavored
that Queen Elizabeth of England
roll dough out to %-inch thickness.
candies
was filmed while making an A rm i
Cut, and fry in deep fat (370 de
Vs teaspoon salt
stice day broadcast, and that the film
grees) and drain on unglazed paper
2 egg whites
has been called in and w ill be made
over again, with better make-up and
Mix egg yolk with small amount
Hot Spiced Cider.
lighting for the royal star.
of milk in top of double boiler.
2 quarts cider
Add quick-cook
1 cup brown sugar
-rfc-
ing tapioca, can
1 six-inch stick cinnamon
"Flesh and the D evil,” which in
dies, salt and re
6 whole cloves
troduced Greta Garbo to a great
maining
milk.
1 teaspoon allspice
many Americans, is to be re
Place over rapid
Add spices and sugar to cider,
made. I t seems fa irly certain that
ly boiling water
place in kettle and let .simmer over
she w ill appear in it again, with a
and cook 10 to 12
heat (not boil) for 15 minutes.
new script, (the first version was a
minutes after wa
Strain and serve hot in small
silent one,) and a new leading man
ter boils again,
glasses. Add a little grated nutmeg.
—Melvyn Douglas.
stirring frequent
‘V ’ Stands for Vegetables.
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ly. Remove from
To be sure, we all know that vege
Al
Pearce
claims
that he got his
Are. (Tapioca will
tables in one form or another are
'I hope, I hope, I hope,” straight
be well distribut-
an important part of the diet. But
from life—his own life. While still
ed throughout, but mixture will be when you're confronted with the
in his 'teens he sold insurance, or
thin. Do not overcook.) Beat egg problem of getting Junior to eat his
tried to; it was the kind that calls
white until just stiff enough to hold carrots, just how w ill you get around
for small weekly payments. Al was
shape.
Fold hot tapioca mixture that? Next week I ’ll give you my
as tim id as the salesman he por
gradually into egg white. C o o l- suggestions for solving that particu
trays on the a ir, and when he’d
m ixture thickens as it cools. Chill. lar problem. Be sure and watch for
ring door bells he often muttered
Serve in sherbet glasses. Garnish them in this column next week.
to himself " I hope there's nobody
with whipped cream and colored
home, I hope, I hope, I hope.”
candies.
When he was working on the char
Have
you
sent
for
your
leaflet
Special Peanut Butter Sandwiches.
acter of " E lm e r” for his radio pro
of "Holiday Recipes,” by Elea
(Makes 1 cup Alling)
gram the line came back to him.
nor Howe? Plum puddings, cakes
1 ripe banana
rich with fruit and nuts, cookies
1 cup peanut butter
Highlights of the y e a r 1939 and
for all kinds of parties, and con
’/« cup dates (cut fine)
how they w ill vitally affect world
fections, too—you’ll find recipes
1 teaspoon lemon juice
civilization during the next 12
lor all of these, in this specially
Mash banana with a fork and thor
months are shown in the latest
compiled
leaflet.
Send
10
cents
oughly blend in remaining ingredi
March of Tim e film, "Newsfronts
in coin to “ Holiday Recipes,”
ents. Use between slices of whole
of W ar— 1939.” It begins with a brief
care of Eleanor Howe, 919 North
wheat bread.
examination of the year’s most im
Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illi-
Orange Ice.
portant events, and shows how
nois, and get your copy, now.
1 cup granulated sugar
they were covered by the big press
2 cups water
associations. It is a film record of
iR e ln iw r i by W estern N ew spaper Union.
1 teaspoon gelatin
history in the making.
1 tablespoon cold water
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Electric Outlets Needed
2 cups orange juice
ODDS A N D ENDS— “Sky Blazers," a
For Kitchen Efficiency
2 tablespoons lemon juice
new hall-hour dramatization of authentic
1 teaspoon lemon extract
daring exploits in the lives of famous air
When electric outlets are being
1 teaspoon orange extract
plane pilots, is a new Saturday evening
planned in a new bouse for lamps,
Make a syrup of the sugar and clocks, and radios, the kitchen is
program: it's written hy Phillips l.ord,
creator of “Gang Busters” and “ K'e, the
water and boil for five minutes. Re often neglected. In reality, it has
People" . . . Three of the jix gir/i who
move from fire and add gelatin, more uses for plugs than any other
work in the Professor Quis office have
which has been softened in cold wa room.
married since they began sorting the
ter.
Stir until the gelatin is en
Within reasonable limits, there
thousands of questions and answers which
tirely dissolved and then add fruit cannot be too many appliance out
pour in every week ¡or his Battle of U'ils;
juices and flavoring extracts, and lets in the kitchen. In this room
each got a three weeks' vacation for her
pour into freezing tray of mechani- electricity is used both for lighting
honeymoon, and then went back to work
dal refrigerator. Turn cold control and for motivating power. Consump
. . . "Four Wives,” a sequel to “Tour
Daughters” is finished, and so is “The
to lowest temperature for rapid tion of current varies widely with
Secret of Dr. Kildare,” the latest o/ the
freezing. Stir three times at half- kitchen appliances, and special at
Kildare series.
hour intervals after the ice has be
tention should be given to the load
(Releuaed by W estern N ew spaper Union.»
gun to freeze.. When almost frozen, | the outlet is expected to carry.
h
So She Said
>IECE BORDER
rHEN S TITC H IT
IN PLACE n
“But your wife said she’d forgive and
forget.”
“ Yes. She’s forgotten she’d for git en.”
Thinks Better
"Daddy, what’s a bachelor?"
" I t ’s a man who thinks before
he acts— and then doesn’t act at
a ll.”
c \
Child at keyhole: "There must
be company.
M other’s calling
daddy ‘dear.* "
cn
'o print O
' <A.\
W illin g to Chance I t
“Dad, do my homework for me."
“Now, son, you know that wouldn’t
be right.“
“Pr'aps not, dad; but you might have
e go at it."
O N T H E GO
k
He—I ’m wondering what the
young women are coming to.
She—And we’re always wonder
ing where we are going.
Counterpart
"Six weeks old and just like his
father I ”
"Yes—yells for everything he
wants.”
His Trouble
Johnny had been asked by his
hostess to have a second piece of
cake and had declined.
"Suffering from loss of appe
tite?” she asked.
"N o ,” replied Johnny, "from po
liteness.”
T h e Q u e s tio n s
c
HEM
SEAM
Patchwork border for lunch cloth.
T ^ H E new uses for crazypatch
fabric pieces adding Vi-inch seam
x stitches in Sewing Book 3 have at a ll edges.
aroused so much interest that it
N O T E :, Readers who are now
set us to thinking of sm art new
using Sewing Books No. 1, 2 and 3
ways to use pieced quilt block
designs.
This border pieced of w ill be happy to learn that No. 4
is ready for m ailing; as well as
sm all patterned cotton prints of
a ll kinds and colors put together the 10-cent editions of No. 1, 2
and 3. M rs. Spears has just made
with red and blue strips is the
result.
I t is very striking and quilt block patterns for three de
decorative for lunch cloth shown signs selected from her favorite
here whicH, by the way, is made E a rly Am erican quilts. You may
have these patterns F R E E with
of unbleached muslin bags. The
your order for four books. Price
seams where the bags are joined
of books—10 cents each postpaid.
to m ake the cloth the desired size
Set of three quilt block patterns
are covered with straight 1-inch
without books— 10 cents. Send or
bands of the red and blue m ate
ders to M rs. Spears, D raw er 10,
ria l as shown at the right.
Bedford H ills, N ew York.
The diagram at the lower left
shows you how to m ake a pattern
for the blue, red and print pieces.
Cut a triangle of stiff paper 4)4
inches high and 7 inches wide at
the base. M a rk the blue strip 1
inch wide along the left edge as fir XW«
citoaK
shown and then the red strip join
I
ing it on the right edge. Now cut
_P0 L £ ° K N
away the top and lower right cor
ners as shown. Cut the red, blue
and print sections apart and use
them for patterns in cutting the
f «
mas
mums..
ML
¿XU?
ASK ME
ANOTHER
1. What does being sent to Cov
entry mean?
2. What is the national language
of Brazil?
3. Is there any difference be
tween savor and flavor?
4. What is meant by a country’s
favorable balance of trade?
5. A procurator, a peregrinator
and a promulgator. One is a law
yer, one a publisher, and the other
a traveler. Which is which?
6. Is a silverfish a m em ber of
the finny tribe?
7. Why are macadam roads so
called?
8. Can any person in the United
States obtain a patent?
'BA N D -
•R N ,
A Quiz With Answers
O ffering Information
on Various S ubjects
62
SECONDS TO
PORTLAND S CITY CENTER
C k » to Buuneu. Tlwator. Shopping
2. The national language of
dutncl . . . Garden surrounding.
B razil is Portuguese.
Spadeu. "VtoW room» with bath or
3. Flavo r refers more specifical
ly to odor and savor to taste.
$ 2 0 0 ANS UP
However, the words are generally,
synonymous.
4. More exported than imported.
5. Law yer, traveler and publish
er, respectively.
6. No. A silver-fish is a house
hold insect.
7. For John M acadam , who in
S. W B R O A D W A Y AT C O L U M B I A
vented the process.
P O H ’ lA S D
8. The only persons in the U nit
ed States who cannot obtain a pat
ent, qr hold a right or interest in
Irrep arab le Poverty
a patent, except by inheritance or
Lack of wealth is easily re
bequest, are the officers and em paired; but poverty of the soul is
ployees of the Patent office.
irreparable.— Montaigne.
St/jndmw
T h e A n s w e rs
1. To be excluded from the so
ciety of the people to which one
belongs.
O u r Thoughts
E very thought and feeling is a
painting stroke, in the darkness,
of our likeness that is to be; and
our whole life is but a chamber,
which we are frescoing with col
ors that do not appear while being
laid on wet, but which w ill shine
forth afterwards, when finished
and d ry.—Henry W ard Beecher.
GOOD TASTE
Get relief from coughs due to colds without
swallowing bad-tasting medicine. Smith Bros.
Cough Drops taste delicious. Cost only 5».
Smith Bros. Cough Drops are the
only drops containing VITAMIN A
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V itam in A (Carotene) raises the resistance o f
mucous membranes o f nose and throat to
cold infections, when lack o f resist
ance is due to V itam in A deficiency.
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