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Thursday, July 8, 1948
Woman's World *
Rise Above Sweltering Heat
By Keeping Crisp and Cool
By Ertta Haley
rAVE you been in such a dither
1 lately over the new clothes that
H
you’ve - forgotten just how impor
tant a good tubbing and scrubbing
can be?
Or have you been unable to put
yourself into new clothes and decid
ed that since you can’t have new
things it’s just foolish to worry
about personal care?
If you belong in either class, give
this matter a bit of thought be
cause it’s more important than new
clothes or old. Good grooming or
what it really amounts to —personal
care —is the outer covering which
we show people. Real cleanliness,
that fresh scrubbed look, will make
people ignore clothes that are not
the latest in fashion; or, if you
have new clothes and are careless
about true good grooming, new
clothing does not have its full de
sired effect.
Grooming Is Key
To the Real Person
You may not judge a book-by the
covers, but lots of people do. Now
adays we meet so many people that
unless their first impression really
attracts or impresses us favorably
we simply don’t bother with them.
So much for how people are im
pressed with good grooming. But
how does it make you feel? Basical
ly it builds self confidence. It also
gives a real sense of well being.
Think how wonderful you feel,
freshly tubbed, hair brushed, shin
ing and trim, seams of your hose
K<ep yourself well groomed . . .
straight, white shoes spotless and
neat, clothes pressed and well fit
ted. The joy other people sense in
you looking like that will make you
feel better too.
Warm weather is a real challenge
to keeping yourself neat, but It can
be done if you give yourself regular
care. Outline a program, then stick
to it. Once you’ve established the
routine, most items will take little
time, and you won’t feel right about
skipping even the smallest of them.
Fourteen Points Given
For Dally Care
1. Give yourself a daily bath or
shower with a thick lather to re
move all traces of dead skin.
2. Use a deodorant regularly,
after the bath, as well as in the
morning and evening before going
out.
3. Brush your teeth and massage
the gums at least twice a day. This
From tip to toe.
is in the best interest of health as
well as attractiveness.
4. Use a depilatory or other
means, as necessary.
5. Use makeup carefully, but
use it only on a clean skin which is
readily acquired through plain soap
and water.
6. Fresh hose daily or twice a
day if you are going out in the eve
ning are essential.
7. Change underwear daily. It’s
easily tubbad and, when knitted,
needs no pressing.
8. Brush hair daily; shampoo
every 10 days to two weeks. Brush
shoulders after each combing.
9. Keep nails trim, polished or
not. Use a brush for cleaning
thoroughly.
10. Brush clothes before each
wearing. Everything must be free
from wrinkles when put on.
11. Air dresses overnight before
hanging in the closet.
12. Wash dresses often or have
them cleaned frequently.
13. Don’t let yourself slip on ac
cessories. Collars, gloves and
handkerchiefs should be crisply
clean. Buttons, snaps and seams
should be in perfect order.
14. Shoes must be cleaned, brush
ed or polished daily. Check heels
frequently.
Picture Hat
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For sheer femininity, Etta Been
designs a summer picture hat of
filmy white horsehair and fine
white straw. It has a simple,
head-fitting crown and is trimmed
with soft loops of moss green taf
feta ribbon with ends extended
across the top of the wide brim.
Freshness, Daintiness
Are Summer Requisites
The tubbed and scrubbed impres
sion is being emphasized these days
because everyone knows it adds so
much to the personality. If you
step out clean and scrubbed into
clean, fresh-air smelling clothing,
you’ll be able to keep above the
warm temperatures that come your
way, as they most certainly will.
If you can have clothing that can
be tubbed, get it by all means as
soap-and-water freshness will keep
you impeccably groomed all during
warm weather.
If you do all your own work,
choose things that are less frilly
so you can cut down on corners.
Simple dresses are easier to do
than beruffled ones. A slick and
smooth hairdress, with hair worn
short is easier to brush-shape than
a complicated hairdress piled on
top of the head and pinned to with
in an inch of your skin.
Rinse With Warm
Water After Bath
There’s lots of value in the cold
rinse during cool weather after a
bath, but the warm rinse will leave
you more refreshed after a bath
during summer.
The bath itself, or shower or
sponge bath, should be thoroughly
relaxing. Take your time and
make certain you remove dirt as
well as skin oil (excess) and dead
skin.
Hair Care Easy
If You Know How
Brushing hair will give it shine
and brilliance, and every head of
hair can use that. If you have a
lot of new hairs coming in all the
time, get a stiff-bristled brush to
train the new short hairs into the
rest of the hair.
If you don’t fix your hair every
night, wear a casual style that is
easily manageable. Combs are ex
cellent for keeping the hair in place
where pins fail, but they should
match the hair as well as possible.
Quick Tips for
Good Grooming
Hang stockings to dry by the toe,
never folding them over a hanger.
Shape gloves after rinsing so
they’ll be ready to wear.
Keep dress and suit pockets from
collecting too many things.
Be Smart!
Headed for fashion success is
this happy combination of the
flattering and ever so pretty bib
idea with that Victorian touch in
the off-the-shoulder line and sug
gestion of a bertha in the bias
fold that borders the yoke. The
design has ample double duty pos
sibilities, a dress-up touch for a
suit, and it still is interesting
enough to wear alone. It’s pre
sented in tissue faille crepe, an
other refreshingly new touch.
DIVORCE LAWS UNJUST AND OUT OF DATE;
EXPERT ASKS ALIMONY, CUSTODY CHANGE
Our divorce laws are backward,
unequal and out of touch with
the thinking of most people, an
expert has charged. They are ac
cused of promoting scandal and
easy divorce for the rich. They
do not distinguish between the
worthwhile marriages that might
be saved and those that were
doomed from the beginning. If
society has a stake in the sur
vival of these good homes, it
must change its laws governing
marriage and divorce, warns Dr.
Marynia Farnham. Discussing
this critical situation in McCall’s
for May, she suggests changing
the causes for divorce and revis
ing the sections on alimony and
the custody of children:
“The laws regulating divorce
in this country vary widely from
state to state. At one extreme is
Couth Carolina, which disallows
divorce altogether. At the other
extreme is Nevada, which per
mits divorce for many reasons,
the most inclusive of which is
extreme cruelty, which can be
given the broadest possible in
terpretation. New Mexico is che
l only state that permits divorce
for incompatibility. New Yuri;
has only one ground for divorce
—adultery.
“We have now reached the
point where the florid and sen
sational divorces of the wealthy
and prominent are regarded as
entertaining stuff. This sort of
thing unquestionably has its ef
fects, for these people are widely
regarded as standard setters not
only in fashions and manners
but also in morals.
“Such gaudy matrimonial be
havior is, of course, contined to
the rich, powerful and irrespon
sible. For the middle class divorce
is much more serious. Economic
ally, it is difficult and entails
great sacrifice. Among the poor,
divorce is simply out of the ques
tion and is largely disregarded,
frequently resulting in what
amounts to common law mar
riage without benefit of divorce.
“There are two kinds of mar
riages : Responsible marriages,
which result in homes anci fami
lies and are socially fruitful; and
irresponsible marriages which
are short-lived and wholly incon
sequential to society. Yet, when
it comes to a divorce, all mar
riages look alike to the law. It
doesn’t matter how long the
parties have been married, or
how often, or how many chil
dren they have, if any.
“There is a pressing need for
overhauling our laws governing
marriage and divorce. We should)
first of all, change our divorce
laws so that they bear a sensi
ble relation to present-day reali
ties. For example, every state in
the Union which permits divorce
allows the marriage contract to
be broken for adultery. But, in
point of fact, adultery itself may
not really damage the marriage
relationship nearly as severely as
plain, everyday incompatibility.
Yet, only one state permits di
vorce for incompatibility.
“Furthermore, our divorce laws
should be revised so that they re
flect the present economic stat
us of women. This means chang
ing the elements of the law hav
ing to do with alimony and the
custody of children. There is no
reason why any woman should
be allowed to reap financial ben-
Louisa's Letter
FEW CRIMINALS COME FROM
THE GOOD HOMES
Dear Girls:
Not long ago I read an article
in which the writer made the
statement that the location of a
child’s home decided whether or
not he would be a criminal or a
good citizen when he grew up.
He backed this statement up
with figures from different cities
showing that 85 per cent of the
criminals were reared in the part
of the city where people changed
homes on an average of every
four months, while only 15 per
cent came from the part where
people lived nicely and had more
or less permanent homes.
It is a pity 10 think of all the
criminals we are now allowing
to be made in this great country
of ours. We shake our heads
and sigh over the fact but most
of us are so taken up with our
own little affairs that we let it
go at that.
We think of the cost of free
nurseries, kindergartens, recrea
tional centers, pensions for mo
thers who are unable to support
their children and many other
welfare measures. If only half
the amount we spend on apre
hending and keeping criminals
were spent on the prevention of
crime we would find that we
saved money in the end, not to
mention broken lives.
Many criminals start their ca
reers while they are still mere
babies. Children are most imita
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
I efit from the mere fact of hav
j ing been married. It would be
more logical to ma’ke the claim
! for alimony rest only on neces
j sity. The question of money set
tlement and custody of children
: should never be settled by the
parties in a divorce proceeding.
They should be settled by the
courts to whom the dispute is
brought.
“We must also take measures
to support and protect marriage,
which is under such severe strain
by trying to prevent divorce. To
accomplish this, every court
dealing with divorce should have,
as part of its equipment, an
agency which could be called the
Divorce Prevention Bureau. A
staff of experts in all aspects of
the marital relation—psychia
trists, psychologists, social work
ers, ministers, lawyers and mar
riage counselors would work with
the parties to the complaint in
order to find the underlying
causes of the difficulties and
then to seek a solution. A min
imum waiting period of six
months would be required before
the complainants would be al
lowed to go before a judge.”
A PEEK AT THE STARS
Most girl vocalists try singing
with several bands in the course
of their career, but not Marion
Hutton, featured with Andy Rus
sell on Mutual’s “All Star Re
view.” . . . She decided she liked
the looks of a small struggling
band at the very start of her
career, stayed with it through
two years of semi-starvation and
one-night hops because she was
convinced it had a future and
that she had one with it. . . .
Luckily, her woman’s intuition
proved accurate for the band
was the late Glenn Miller’s.
When Miller disbanded to join
the army, Marion tried her luck
as a single and has met with in
creasing success. ... So much so,
in fact, that no longer is every
press release concerning her ac
companied with the reminder
that she is Betty Hutton’s sister.
. . . Marion pulled herself up to
her present position by her own
boot-straps and deserves some
of the spotlight focused for so
long on her effervescent sister.
* * •
PLATTER CHATTER
Two Victor albums soon to be
released are certain to get a
warm reception from music lov
ers. . . . One, entitled “Wedding
Music,” is a musical bouquet for
brides and those persons who get
sentimental at weddings. . . .
Dick Leibert at the organ of Ra
dio City Music Hall plays such
old favorites as “At Dawning,”
“Oh, Promise Me,” “I Love You
Truly,” “Because” and the wed
ding marches by Mendelssohn
and Lohengrin.
Another “must” for your record
library is a group of beautiful
waltzes, adapted from the great
works of Johannes Brahms, as
interpreted by the inimitable
waltz king himself, Wayne King,
with Billy Leach and Nancy’
Evans sharing the vocal honors.
. . . Wayne does a fine job, too,
on a single, “The Things You
Left in My backed by
“My Guitar.” . . . Perry Como’s
latest Victor recording combines
two new Irving Berlin songs from
tive and are great hero worship
pers, so if the big man or big
boy of the neighborhood happens
to be a slick thief or a gangster,
that immediately becomes the
child’s ideal. Ts he were in a
different neighborhood or in a
home where interesting conver
sation was carried on, his ideal
would probably be a far differ
ent kind of a man.
On every hand he sees petty
thievery, he sees drunken fathers
mistreating their families, his
mother is probably so overwork
ed and has so many children
that she has no time for him.
Isn’t it a ghastly thing for us
mothers who so carefully guard
our children from evil, disease
and unhappiness, to think of
these other women who are so
burdened with drudgery and care
that they never have time to
read to their children or have lit
tle confidences with them. So
many of these children are
crowded in one room that there
is no privacy ,no personal owner
ship or even a small space. Most
of them are undernourished
mentally as well as physically.
Is it any wonder that so many
of them grow up to be criminals
and can we judge a man who has
been reared in such an environ
ment as harshly as those who
come from good homes?
Yours,
LOUISA
Address your letters to Louisa,
P. O. Box 532, Orangeburg, S. C.
the picture "Easter Parade.” . . .
They’re “Better Luck Next Time”
and “It Only Happens When I
Dance With You,” both in the
hit class.
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I DOES IT |
By HELEN HALE J;
To keep scatter rugs from slip
: ping on the floor, place old jar
I rings of the rubber variety under
the rugs, at each of the corners.
If a waxed surface has been
j spotted or scratched, wash with
j turpentine and rewax. If the wax
is too light, color it to match the
finish of the wood.
Save needless mopping up of
the floor near the refrigerator
by placing several thicknesses of
newspapers on the floor near it
when you defrost and clean.
Oil the sewing machine after
five or six hours usage to keep it
in good running condition.
Irons that have become rusty
and rough can be smoothed eas
ily to a nice glass-iike finish sim
ply by rubbing with salt and a
piece of paper.
Siiirt cardboards laid against
the wall as you paint or wash
woodwork will help keep the
wallpaper spotless.
Before hanging freshly laun
dered curtains, slip a dull, flat
table knife through the rod hem.
Then the curtains will not tear
when they dry and you are ready
tc put the rod through them.
A large old cookie tin is easy
to slide in the oven to catch
drippings from fruit and berry
pies. It’s easy to remove for
cleaning and helps to keep the
oven spotless.
Save cord from wrapped pack
ages on spools in the kitchen.
These come in handy when you
dc wrapping of your own.
Dishes in which you have had
milk or eggs should be rinsed in
cool rather than hot water be
fore washing to loosen the food.
Containers in which you have
had fat foods should be rinsed in
hot water to loosen the grease.
Add ammonia if the grease is
stubborn.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Hot Potato Salad
(Serves 4)
3 slices bacon
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
V 2 cup vinegar
, >/ 2 cup water
2 hard-cooked eggs
1 onion, diced
4 boiled potatoes
Brown the bacon and onions in
a skillet. Mix flour with fat, add
seasonings and liquid. To this
add the diced boiled potatoes
and hard-cooked eggs, chopped.
Continue cooking until heated
through.
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ion pet this season so plan on a
brilliant color.
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It’s Time to Turn
Luscious Berries
Into Tender Jellies
WHEN ORCHARDS are covered
; with snow and vineyards no longer
are bursting with their luscious
berries, the best way to bring them
back to the table is to serve,
flavor-fresh, delicately tinted jel
lies made from the berries at their
peak of the season.
A good idea is to make a sort
I of canning plan. Decide what your
family likes most, figure out about
how much they ate last year, and j
make up a program for the next |
year.
Sort out your canning supplies,
buying any necessary equipment
! before you start the work.
When you make jellies and jams,
j try to work with small batches
only. It seems to take less time,
. but far more important than that,
! the results are better. The jellies
I are tender and more colorful, and
j there is less chance of error.
If you have fruits and berries with
! small pectin content of their own.
When making jams and jellies,
assemble your equipment and
materials before you begin cook
ing the fruit.
use a commercial product for
quick work. You’ll save color and
flavor as well as time and energy.
For fruits and berries that have
a naturally high pectin content, use
small batches and cook quickly to
have a perfect product.
* * *
IF YOU’RE STARTING to make
jelly now, the following fruit and
berry combinations are excellent
for appetite appeal. They are also
in season in most parts of the coun
try so that you can make them
readily:
1. Blackberry and rhubarb
2. Boysenberry and rhubarb
3. Dewberry and rhubarb
4. Loganberry and rhubarb
5. Raspberry and rhubarb
6. Youngberry and rhubarb
Here is the recipe for jelly made
from any of the above combina
tions :
3 cups juice
4 cups sugar
I box powdered fruit pectin
To prepare juice, crush thorough
ly or grind about one quart of fully
ripe berries. Cut into one-inch
lengths (do not peel) about one
pound of rhubarb, and put through
food chopper. Place fruits in jelly
bag or cloth and squeeze out juice.
Measure sugar and set aside until
needed. Measure juice into a three
or four-quart saucepan and place
over hottest fire. Add powdered
fruit pectin, mix well and continue
stirring until mixture comes to a
hard boil. Pour in sugar at once,
stirring constantly. Continue stir
ring, bring to a full rolling boil,
and boil hard one-half minute. Re
move from fire, skim and pour
quickly into seven six-ounce
glasses. Paraffin hot jelly at once.
* * *
ARE YOU FOND of unusual jel
lies? Here’s an old-fashioned one
with a lovely and unusual delicate
flavor:
Rose Geranium Jelly
Select tart, sound apples. Wash
and cut off blossom ends. Do not
remove peeling or cores. Cut into
quarters and barely cover with
water. Cook until fruit is tender.
Strain juice through a jelly bag
and measure. Bring to boiling
point and add three-fourths cup of
sugar for each cup of juice. Boil
rapidly to jelly stage (dip spoon
into syrup. As the boiling mass
nears the jellying point it will drop
LYNN SAYS:
Pointers W’ill Help You
In Making Jams, Jellies
Broken fruits may be used for
making jams, but at least a por
tion of the fruit should be under
ripe. Overripe fruits and berries
lack pectin, and some pectin is
necessary to make the mixture “jel
ly.”
It's a good idea to cook fruits and
berries slightly before adding the
sugar to give the pectin substance
a chance to develop.
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
Creamed Potato Salad
Sliced Ham
Tomato Wedges Carrot Sticks
Biscuits with Currant Jelly*
Melon Beverage
♦Recipe Given
from the side of the spoon in two
drops). When almost done, im
merse in the boiling jelly two or
three rose geranium leaves. These
wilt quickly and give off their
flavor. Tint with rose vegetable
coloring. Pour into sterilized jelly
glasses and paraffin at once.
* * *
HERE ARE TWO PERFECT
berries for jelly making. You’ll be
delighted with their fresh fruit
flavors and beautiful colors:
♦Currant Jelly
Select currants that are not over
ripe. Remove leaves but do not
stem. Mash with potato masher.
Add one-half cup of water to each
two quarts of berries. Cook 10
minutes stirring frequently. Strain
through jelly bag. Use three
fourths cup sugar for each cup of
juice. Heat juice, add sugar and
I stir until it dissolves. Cook until
i the syrup sheets off the spoon. Seal
in hot, sterilized glasses.
Red Raspberry Jelly
(Makes 12 6-ounce glasses)
3 quarts red raspberries
7 1/2 cups sugar
1 battle fruit pectin
Thoroughly crush raspberries;
place in jelly bag and squeeze out
i juice. There should be four cups.
| Heat juice; add sugar; bring to
; boiling, stirring constantly. Add
: fruit pectin. Bring to a full roll
! ing boil; boil one-half minute. Re
move from heat; skim: seal in hoi
sterilized glasses.
* * *
HERE ARE TW’O very special
I recipes which you will enjoy hav
i ing for they are perfectly delicious
: and make wonderful accompani
ments to any meal, breakfast, lunch
j or dinner.
j Deluxe Strawberr;. Preserves
2 pounds capped berries
4 tablespoons lemon juice
5 cups sugar
Mix berries with sugar Let stand
three to four hours. Place over low
heat until simmering point is
reached. Add lemon ju'ce. Boil
rapidly for 10 to 12 minutes or until
berries are clear and the syrup
i thick. Cover and let stand over
Berries, which are making
their appearance now, should be
converted into jams and jellies
before they get too ripe.
night. Pack cold into hot jars and
process 15 minutes at simmering
(in hot water bath).
If you’re making watermelon rind
preserves, do so at the early part
of the season for the rind is thicker
on watermelon.
Watermelon Rind Preserves
2 pounds watermelon rind
1 tablespoon ground ginger
4 cups sugar
2 lemons
2 quarts of water
Cut off all green peel and pink
part. Then cut rind into one-inch
squares. Soak two to three hours
in lime water. Freshen in two or
three more changes of water. Sprin
kle ginger over rind. Cover with
water and boil one and a half hours.
Drain and drop into cool syrup
made with sugar, water and lemon
juice, of one lemon. Boil gently
one hour. Add second lemon, sliced
thin. Continue boiling until the rind
is tender and the syrup thick. If
syrup gets too thick before rind is
tender add a little more water. Let
stand several hours. Pack into hot
jars, and process in a water bath
for 15 minutes at simmering tem
perature.
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Jam is a highly concentrated mass
that will burn easily unless care is
taken. Stir the mass from the bot
tom to prevent burning. Cook
briskly but watch carefully. Don’t
let it simmer carelessly for hours
if you want to protect flavor and
color.
The best jam is made when you
do not add too much sugar. When
you are not using a commercial
pectin, the rule is three-quarters Os
a pound of sugar to one pound of
fruit.