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Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax
Famous Authority on Problems of Lore and Marriage.
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HERO-WORSHIPPING folk, who grow sentimental over
Napoleon, never lire of condemning the unworthiness
of his second wife. Marie Louise.
As the mother of Napoleon’s son “L’Aiglon,” she earned
the scorn heaped upon her memory. In that chapter of her
life, Marie Louise does not seem human, and the com
placency with which she saw this boy railroaded to his
death by forces which feared him. seems little short of
murder.
RELEASED AT LAST
Now her real feeling toward
Napoleon has been divulged in
a recently found diary of Marie
Louise, lost for more than a
hundred years. In regard to her
marriage to Bonaparte, she
Writes: "It is inadmissable to
dispose of a womans destiny
unless one hopes to make her
happy. Without such hope, one
cannot object to someone else
taking charge of her happiness.
•‘ln this connection, one must
have suffered all the torments
accompanying such an impor
tant decision, in order to know
the price one has to pay for such
a despotic command to marry.”
Thus did the Austrian arch
duchess condone —if that's the
proper word to use—her own
liaison with Count von Nipperg.
As the wife of Napoleon, in
sufficient excuse has been made
for Marie Louise, whose mar
riage to the conqueror of
oAiary Carter*
Here are some toast tricks
Which are grand for gala break
fasts. for tea the day the bridge
club meets, and some interest
ing ones for soup accompani
ments, too.
For the day your bridge club
meets, bring out a plate of choc
olate treats. Melt chocolate
peppermints over hot water. If
too thick to spread, add hot
water. Spread on hot unbut
tered toast. Top with chopped
nut meats.
Make maple toast this way
for breakfast on a gala day.
Toast bread on one side. Butter
untoasted side; spread with ma
ple syrup, dust with cinnamon.
Place under broiler heat for five
minutes. Serve hot.
Crunchy poppy seed cheese
•ticks are splendid with soup.
Cream grated American cheese
with butter. Spread on all sides
of thick strips of stale bread;
roll in poppy seeds. Brown in
moderate oven.
Pigs ’n’ peanuts are sure to
please at salad time. Blend
mayonnaise into deviled ham.
Spread on melba toast. Sprin
kle with chapped peanuts. Place
in slow oven for 10 minutes.
Serve hot.
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Europe must have been a hor
rible ordeal.
STRANGE REARING
So careful had been the royal
family of Austria to preserve the
"innocence'' of this girl that all
her pets—chickens, cats, dogs,
horses—were of the feminine
gender, and her marriage to
Napoleon was the resentful
awakening one might expect un
der such circumstances.
In addition to this she had
been brought up to believe that
her husband was a good deal
of a monster, as well as a
parvenu. When she was thrown
to him, as the innocent pawn to
provide an heir for imperial
France, her reactions were such
as might have been expected
of a girl reared in such
"innocence.”
Other annotations in the
diary dwell on the ‘‘despotic
command to marry,” which she
elaborated after Napoleon had
died and Count von Nipperg
had become her morganatic
husband.
ALL REGRETTABLE
All said and done, her aver
sion to Napoleon and her de
votion to Von Nipperg and the
children she bore him eannot
explain away her brutal in
difference to Napoleon's son. In
spite of the boy’s longing, she
did not visit him when he was
dying, but prolonged the journey
until "everything was over,” as
history grimly informs us.
To rear a girl with no knowl
edge of the "facts of life” used
to be regarded as a maternal
triumph by some of the ladies
of the old school. But the peeps
posterity has been accorded
into old diaries, such as the
lately discovered one of Marie
Louise, would seem to prove
that "innocence” such as hers
revenged itself in amorous
adventures distinctly plural.
Marie Louise was at least faith
ful to Nipperg if she felt she
owed the unloved Napoleon
little.
Etiquette and Manners
By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN
TNEAR Mrs. Beeckman:
” I have only a 26-piece
silver set —knives, forks, table
spoons. teaspoons, dessert spoons.
The salad forks are of a differ
ent pattern. Also. I haven’t a
full set of dishes—but I do have
dinner plates, breakfast plates,
bread and butter plates and
cups. I also have a table mir
ror, two sets of glass salts and
peppers and one set of silver
Knit This One
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SEND stamped self-ad
dressed envelope with
this clipping for free in
structions on how to knit
this charming suit. It’s No.
1340, and is undoubtedly the
all-oecasion suit in which
every woman looks her best.
The fabric-stitch vestee gives
a dash of color. The shaped
insets in contrasting stitch
are topped by pockets. Notice
the fulness at the top of the
sleeves and the three-button
closing. When you make it
use Cobble crepe with Angel
crepe vestee. Address Knit
ting Editor, The Washington
Times, Washington, D. C.
Design and directions by
courtesy of Bucilla Yarns.
salts and peppers. I also have
goblets (not the real tall ones),
wine glasses and sherbets. No
plates for the sherbets. I have
no maid and so do all my own
housework. Please tell me how
to set a table with the dishes
I have.
I do not know how to decorate
but would like to entertain some
of my friends at dinner, and I
want the table to be set, not
elaborately, but in good taste
and gaily. G.
You have quite enough
table-equipment to set your
table not only adequately, but
“with an air.” The first thing
to do, of course, is to plan your
menu so that it will check up
with your equipment. Let’s see.
Your first course at dinner may
be a fruit cocktail, served in
your sherbet glasses, with the
breakfast plates as under-plates,
and with the teaspoons as the
silverpieces for the course.
Next, your main course: dinner
plates, bread-and-butter plates,
and with the dinner knives and
forks. <The table spoons for
serving-pieces.) Then you might
have a salad course, served on
the breakfast plates, with your
salad forks (nevef mind that
they are not the same pattern
as your other silver pieces). And
the sherbet glasses might serve
again for the dessert course,
perhaps ice cream with a simple
hot apricot or caramel sauce;
the teaspoons with this. Or
the breakfast plates might be
used again for a pastry dessert,
and then the dessert spoons.
The short-stemmed goblets
are exactly suitable for this in
formal dinner, and wine would
be an “extra added attraction.”
Then after-dinner coffee in the
cups that you have.
Use the two matching sets of
salt-and-peppers, placed in the
positions most convenient for
the guests’ use. All this sets your
table in good taste, and accord
ing to convenience.
Now for the “gayety.” Your
table mirror will charmingly
contribute to this, with its magi
cal reflection of whatever you
choose for your centerpiece.
Choose, if possible, bright flow
ers for your centerpiece, or well
combined fruits. (Or, if you
have a pair of smallish vases
(matching, of course), you
might use these together on the
mirror. Your table cloth and
your center-piece and the deco
ration on your china will con
tribute the gayety to your set
ting, and these colors should be
carefully cho»eo to harmonize.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1938
Skillet
and
Spoon
By Sibilla Campbell
MANY people believe that
the test of a perfect cook
is in her ability to turn out
a roast beef done exactly
right. Nearly everyone likes
rare beef, so give attention
to the time you leave the
roast in and also see that it is
beautifully browned the in
stant it is placed in the oven.
Saturday Menu
BREAKFAST
Grapefruit
Hominy Grits
Poached Eggs Muffins
Coffee Milk
LUNCHEON
Fillet of Fish
Shoestring Potatoes
Spoon Bread Tomato Salad
Sliced Pineapple and Cake
Coffee Milk
DINNER
Puree of Green Pea Soup
Roast Beef
Brown Potatoes
Escalloped Tomatoes
Lettuce Salad Himmel's Torte
Coffee Milk
ROAST BEEF
A standing roast is one with
the ribs left in. A rolled roast is
one with the ribs removed. Salt
and pepper, and then roll and
tie the meat. The tip of the sir
loin is considered one of the best
pieces for roasting. Have the
oven very hot until the roast is
brown on both sides. Then re
duce the heat. Add water to
cover the bottom of the pan and
baste every 15 minutes.
ESCALLOPED TOMATOES
Use fresh, peeled or canned
tomatoes, and place a layer in
a baking pan. On that put a
layer of breadcrumbs. Then lay
over it In three or four places
small bits of butter; then
sprinkle lightly with salt and
pepper; then another layer of
tomatoes; another of bread
crumbs and so on until the dish
is full. Let the breadcrumbs
be on top with the bits of but
ter, salt and pepper. Bake for
15 or 20 minutes in a well
heated oven. Serve in the dish
in which it was baked.
HIMMEL'S TORTE—
AMBROSIA TART
Cream one pound of butter
with four tablespoons of sugar.
Add the yolks of three eggs and
one whole egg; then one-half
pound of sifted flour, and a
few drops of almond extract.
Bake in four layers in a moder
ate oven. When cold, cover the
first layer with currant jelly,
the second with stiffly beaten
whites of eggs and sprinkle on
top with sugar and cinnamon;
the third layer again with cur
rant jelly, and the fourth layer,
which is the top, dust only with
powdered sugar.
Creation
The ram, now driven by the
hand of spring,
With cloud, and tree, so wild
ly, softly tossed;
The sea-gull, lifted on unresist
wing,
Will live when all the earth to
us is lost.
And we will sleep!—with eyes
that cannot see
This tireless beauty, moving
on it’s round;
God’s fingers on his lips!—in
mystery,
Walk softly here—for this is
holy ground!
M. A. WOODWARD
Today’s Home Service
honey! Do you mean ♦
" you’veegot a budget plan
that licks rising prices?” John
asks excitedly.
“You bet I have!” Sally
smiles back at him. “And we
won’t have to give up a thing!”
First Sally split up the family
income so she could see what
proportion needed to go to shel
ter, food, clothes and so on.
Now she doesn’t try to squeeze
out of FOOD those items that
belong under HOUSEHOLD
OPERATING — telephone, gas,
electricity, soap, service. And
since she knows just what she
can spend on three wholesome
meals a day, she steers clear of
out-of-season fruits and vege
tables, avoid last-minute tele
phone orders.
Sally made GIFTS TO PER-
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ii’imTELL, he wanted to go by rail anyway!” The
’ * heartless lad above is wearing the latest model
suit with two decidedly new wrinkles. The top two but
tons of his three-button, notch-lapel coat are buttoned,
leaving the bottom one open. The other wrinkle is the
“British blade” back, which has an extra fullness at the
Select Wallpaper
In Decorating
The bedroom is the problem
child of the house, declares
House Beautiful. Ideally it is
a room to go to sleep in and
hence restful; and also a room
to wake up in and thus exhilarat
ing. Now it is obvious that
there are very few things that
can be both soothing and rous
ing by turns without chang
ing drastically. So hard is the
solution of the problem that the
average person avoids it alto
gether and is resigned to making
the bedroom a place which is
either one thing or the other.
A COMPROMISE
There is a middle ground, it
seems. Find for yojir walls a
paint or a wallpaper which is
grayed and therefore tends to be
low in value under artificial
light. But this color should
have a certain underlying gaiety
and brightness which will pick
up strongly when the sun
streams beneath your Venetian
blinds in the morning. Or if
you cannot devise or find such
a color, break up your walls,
one or two cheery and the re
mainder soporific. •
SONS OUTSIDE FAMILY a
separate item, too, instead of an
unplanned expense upsetting
their budget for necessities. And
she and John make their gifts to
each other clever little surprises
that come under the head of
RECREATION.
How to beat higher living
costs when your income stays
the same? Our 32-page booklet
tells how to buy; how to save.
Ruled pages for a year’s budget
entries.
Send 10c for your copy of
HOW TO BUDGET AND BUY
FOR BETTER LIVING to The
Washington Times, Home Ser
vice, 635 Sixth Ave., New York,
N. Y. Be sure to write plainly
your NAME, ADDRESS and
the NAME of booklet.
By Donna Grace
TAEAR Donna Grace:
My makeup look
dull after it is on my
face for only an hour,
and it looks as if it
had been on for hours.
I do not believe it is
the makeup I use; every
brand seems to act the
same.
Will you please in
form me what it can
be and how can I cor
rect it? Thanking you
in advance for any ad
vice you may give, I aba,
A. B.
Dear A. B.: When the
makeup becomes dull
and unattractive in so
short a time, it is safe
to assume the fault
may be with the skin.
You may have a
lovely skin texture, but
if it is the oily type,
the makeup will not re
main so dry and fresh
as we would like. There
are astringents and cer
tain foundations that
have a tendency to dis-
courage this oily condition, but you will always
find frequent washings with soap and water
will assure a perfect foundation for your new
makeup. When there is a lack of time, use a
little moist pad to remove the old makeup.
We have never thought the all-day makeup so
satisfactory as the practice of changing several
times during the day for a nice fresh one.
G. F.: The peroxide is the base of the bleaches
SET FOR SUCCESS
All set for a big success is a
smart set consisting of hat,
gloves and bag. The hat is a pill
box of red suede, trimmed with
stitched appliques of blue felt.
The bag is half red suede, half
red felt, while the gloves are
of red suede with the same
stitched blue appliques.
T«Z«>Aom REpMit 1334
shoulder blade coming down to a straight fitting back.
Not the least of its attractions is that this eut avoids a
chiseled waistline effect and allows a maximum of com
fort and natural ease. Worn with a striped oxford button
shirt with buttoned-down collar, he has chosen a foulard
tie in regimental colors and a rough finish Tyrolean hat
and calf monk front shoes.
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Miss Frances Andrews is as beautiful as she
is talented. With luxuriant chestnut hair and
hazel eyes. Miss Andrews typifies the ideal
American girl. /
Beauty Is Simple
Beauty is such a simple thing;
A tender bud, a bird on wing;
The sound of melody—a low
haunting strain,
The lovliness of lilacs drenched
with rain;
A humming-bird poised on the,
tip of a flower.
ries that are frequently
stimulation.
Tepid water is best for washing, and for the
mature skin one may use iced applications.
Send for the Treatment for Superfluous
Hair. Enclose a stamped, self-addressed en
velope for your reply and address Donna Grace,
Beauty Editor of this paper.
A burst of sunshine through
sudden shower;
A dew-spangled web on the gar
den wall,
A row of poplars stralgnt and
tall.
The pastels painted for us by
spring—
Ah, beauty is such a simple
thing.
A. EUGENIA BROWN
Natural Lines
Featured In
Spring Styles
and if you are using
this for the superfluous
hairs, it is about all you
can do. The better
way is to remove the
hairs, and this can be
done easily. The per
manent method is by
electrolysis; then there
are satisfactory depila
tories and the wax.
Send a stamped, self
addressed envelope for
advice on superfluous
hair.
JEAN: The above let
ter answers your ques
tion, too.
GWENDOLYN: You
say your girl friend
uses extremely hot and
then ice water on her
face, and now com
plains her very delicate
skin is becoming red
and blotched.
Tell her not to use
the extreme hot and
cold applications, as the
skin is easily shocked
and this will have a
tendency to cause per
manent red spots like
the little broken capilla
the result of stunned