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Show Kathleen Norris Says: Mind Your Own Business Bell Syndicate. "She is running around with one of he it dreply in love." By KATHLEEN NORRIS THESE are good days in which to mind your own business. For one reason, rea-son, because everyone's business busi-ness is going to be complicated compli-cated and hard under postwar conditions. And for another, because interfering in other persons' affairs is a harmful, wasteful and often useless employment. em-ployment. Here is a letter from a woman wom-an who feels that she very decidedly de-cidedly ought to be minding other persons' business, even while she gives me a distinct Impression that her own isn't being too well managed. "My position is very painful one," writes Carolyn Miller, from a Texas town. "I live with my husband's hus-band's mother, who is a dear. She is only 52, active and capable, and we manage the house easily between be-tween us. I have a baby six months old. "The trouble is my twin sisters-in-law, whom I will call Joan and Jean. They are 20, Joan married to ,a captain of marines, and Jean engaged en-gaged to his brother, who is in the air corps. This marriage and this engagement took place before I moved In here. My husband, Bert, has been away for almost a year. 'Not His Baby.' "Joan, the married one, had a baby 10 months after ber husband's departure for the south seas. She did not notify him of this baby's ar-I ar-I rival until it was five weeks old. then a Joyous cable was sent 'fine little girl, both well' His answer to this was so pathetically eager and happy that it made me sick, for in the family we all know that it is not his baby; Joan admits herself to a time of indiscretion, immediately after his departure, with one of his friends, since killed in the Pacific. "The whole family expects me to be a party to this outrageous deception, de-ception, of which I never would have heard, if 1 had not unexpectedly arrived ar-rived here at the old home. My own Instinct is to try to persuade Joan to write the truth to Art. and if she will not and her mother will not. to write him myself. "Jean's case is, of course, less serious, but she is running around with one of the town boys, and whatever she feels, he is deeply in love. This seems to me terribly unfair un-fair to her absent fiance, but her mother will do nothing but look worried wor-ried and say that time will settle aU these problems. Personally I don't believe in leaving such matters mat-ters to time; human beings have responsibilities, re-sponsibilities, and our duties to our absent soldiers are surely the most sacred among them. "My husband is now returning. honorably discharged, and we will move back to our own home, in a town some miles away. My dear Carolyn, my advice heads this article. Mind your own business. Button up your lip about Joan's affairs and Jean's affairs, and concentrate upon managing your home fortunately in another town, and keeping your husband and baby happy. Let Joan Tell Husband. You don't know and you have no business to know what the relationship rela-tionship is between Joan and Art Perhaps she has written him the full truth already. Perhaps she is waiting wait-ing until he is home again, and at work normally again, and In love She will ull him what ht return. WNU Features, tht town boyt, and whatntr she eel, SILENCE IS BEST It is often difficult to keep quiet when you happen to know tome scandalous information. infor-mation. Many people persuade per-suade themselves that it is their duty to tell, because somebody is being deceived. They seldom stop to think that they may be making a bad situation worse. The case discussed in today's to-day's article concerns two young wives whose husbands are still in service and out of the country. The girls are twins, young and pretty. Joan has given birth to a daughter obviously out of wedlock. The other girl, Jean, is going around with one of the local men who is plainly in love with her. Carolyn, their sister-in-law, sees all this and feels she ought to write to the husbands hus-bands and reveal the ugly facts. Miss Norris admonishes Carolyn to keep out of these 'people's affairs. There is no good purpose to be served, she says, by telling the soldier-husbands soldier-husbands now. Perhaps they will never need to know. In any case, it is the wives who should do the telling, and under un-der more favorable circumstances circum-stances than now exist. with the little girl baby, to say to him; 'Art I don't know what weakness weak-ness or craziness came over me I never loved Tom 'as I did you. I was lonesome, and he was going away to his death, as it happened and we were carried away. Can you forgive me. and love her for Tom's sake, too, because he gave everything that he had, gave life itself, it-self, to keep her world safe for her?" Perhaps, if something Uke that happens. Art never need be disillusioned. disil-lusioned. Art's heart need never be broken; perhaps there will be other children, and the little oldest girl not the least dear. But whatever happens, your putting put-ting your stiff, moralizing, clumsy hand into this affair can only ruin everything, and do you no good. Leave Joan alone and leave Jean alone Jean isn't the only pretty young flirt who's amusing herself in the absence of her heart's true love. Jean will probably meet her sweetheart sweet-heart with inocent eyes and a royal welcome, and to all the world Joan's mistake will remain hidden, and Joan's daughter will have her honor and her place in the world untouched. un-touched. In a word. Carolyn, mind your own business. Vitamin Intake Sufficient You homemakers are concerned with the proper amounts of calcium and of riboflavin, known now as vitamin vi-tamin B-2. Calcium builds bones and teeth. Riboflavin promotes growth and is necessary to normal nutrition at all ages. B-2 vitamins are tound in milk and milk products, among other foods. For folks have been drinking 25 per cent more milk since 1934, and increased their consumption con-sumption of the B 2 vitamins about one-fifth. Vitamin B-l and niacin have been added. Iron is an important nutrient nutri-ent and it is usually fairly well supplied sup-plied in average mixed diets and the enrichment program adds even more. The average quantity of vitamin vi-tamin B-l that you and your family had last year was 33 per cent higher than in prewar years 1935-1939 Nine per cent of this B-l increase wus due to the enrichment of grain products. prod-ucts. You homemakers have teamed that if your family does not have enough B-l it is apt to result In a poor physical condition, poor appetite appe-tite and nervous disorders Rv::::::?:: v:;:v$v :v;:v::x::::::-:''v:::::;:v:':-:-'-:::,'' mews... Cake Tempters Family hungry for cake? As a general rule, families take it easy on cakes during the spring and summer because there's a wealth of fruits and berries ber-ries to solve the dessert problem. But, comes the first whiff of fall in the air, when the kitchen will stay cool enough even for baking, and there's the family on mother's heels begging for a cake. Then, too, husbands and sons will soon be returning, and they will want a big taste of mother's good homemade cake. Be ready for the call when it comes, homemalcers, with a brand new line-up of recipes that are bound to win the family. We're still aware of the strategic situation in regard to sugar, so the following recipes don't go all-out for sugar. They're taste-tempting and delicious in spite of it all, and there's a grand variety from which to choose. Take your pick: Bran Devil' Food Cake. (Makes 16 cupcakes) IVi cups sifted cake flour Wt cups sugar W cup cocoa 24 teaspoons baking powder H teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt cup shortening i cup whole bran I cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs Sift flour once, measure then sift again with sugar, cocoa, baking powder, pow-der, soda and salt into mixing bowl. Add shortening and whole bran. Add about of the milk, then vanilla; beat until perfectly smooth, about 100 strokes. Scrape bowl and spoon and mix well. Add remaining milk and beat until well blended. Add the well-beaten eggs. Fill greased muffin tins 4 full. Bake in a moderate moder-ate (350-degree) oven about 25 or 30 minutes. Do you like a cake served warm, in squares, with the tangy flavor of a citrus marmalade? This, then, is made-to-order: Marmalade Tea Cake. 2 tablespoons melted batter or substitute sub-stitute H cup brown sugar 1H cups corn flakes 1H caps sifted flour S teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons sugar H teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons shortening 1 egg cop milk cup marmalade Blend together butter, brown sugar and Vt cup corn flakes. Set this aside for the topping. Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening. Beat egg and add milk. Add to dry ingredients, stirring stir-ring only until combined. Add remaining re-maining 1 cup of cornflakes. Turn into greased 8-inch square pan. Dot Lynn Says: Make Dishwashing Easier: Stunt fishy odors on dishes by washing them in soapy water to which some vinegar has been added. Rinse dishes in hot vinegar vine-gar water, also. Hot, soapy water is indicated for greasy dishes; cold water for egg. starchy and milky dishes. Scrape dishes before starting to wash and have a strainer in the sink to collect all leftovers. It's much easier than scooping them up out of the water. Stack dishes csrefully before washing. It won't seem like you have so many, and there's less chance of their breaking. China can be allowed to dry by itself on a dish rack, but glasses, silver and cutlery should be wiped immediately after washing. wash-ing. Make sure you have plenty of good absorbent dish towels handy. Use paper toweling for hands to save cloth towels. Wit Good to Bake That's Devil's Food Cake jjL iV 1 ' ir4rnS (See Recipe Below) i flfM'J ' R v 1 1257 Cfan fas ' ,WAW,v.'AWWWWftv.v. an 1 U Mff T BjV a It. Sl3W sT ,T5ftV-.7 W ViWl Stuffed Veal Shoulder Browned Onions Carrots Potatoes Cranberry-Orange Salad Biscuits Bran Devil's Food Cake Beverage Recipe given. with marmalade, spooned on top of batter; sprinkle with mixture set aside for topping. Bake in a hot (400-degree) (400-degree) oven for 25 minutes. Serve warm, cut in squares. Soar Cream Spice Cake. cap shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg cap thick sour cream 1 cups sifted cake Sour Vt teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder H teaspoon salt 2 teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon cloves Cream sugar and shortening, add egg and beat well. Add sour cream. Sift flour with baking soda, baking powder, salt cloves and cinnamon. Add two tablespoons of the dry ingredients in-gredients to the creamed mixture. Beat thoroughly. Add remaining dry ingredients to the first mixture, beating well. Pour into a well- greased and well-floured well-floured pan and bake in a preheated pre-heated 350 - degree de-gree oven for 30 minutes. An unusual va riation in cakes Is to use gingerbread ginger-bread as an upside-down cake with an apple or orange topping. This saves both sugar and fussing as it is not necessary to make an icing for this type of cake: Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake. cop shortening cup sugar 1 egg M oup molasses 1H cops sifted floor Vt teaspoon salt 1H teaspoons baking powder teaspoon baking soda Vt teaspoon cinnamon Vt teaspoon ginger H cap soar milk Bottom of pan: 2 tablespoons butter or substitute H cap light corn syrup H cap nuts 2 sliced apples or oranges Cream sugar and shortening. Add egg. beat well. Add molasses, blend. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately alter-nately with the milk to the creamed mixture. To prepare pan, melt butter and add corn syrup. Arrange Ar-range fruit and nuts. Pour batter over fruit and bake for 35 minutes in a 375-degree oven. Turn cake out of pan immediately after removing from oven. For those of you who like your whipped cream and can't get It here is an excellent way of making it: Whipped Cream. 1H teaspoons plain, onflavored gelatin gel-atin Vt cap cold milk or water 1 cop well-chilled light cream Soften gelatin in cold liquid. Set over hot water and stir until thoroughly thor-oughly dissolved. Pour cream into fairly deep, narrow bowL making sure it is deep enough so cream covers at least of the beaters. Stir in softened gelatin gradually. Set bowl in a pan of ice and let stand 5 minutes, stirring around edges several times. Leaving bowl in ice and water, beat with rotary beater beat-er 5 minutes. Cream will be light and fluffy but will not stand stiff enough to peak. Let stand 1 or 2 minutes more in ice water, stirring gently. Cream will thicken and become be-come stiff enough to peak. This may be sweetened and flavored to taste. It may be served immediately or kept in refrigerator or cold place until ready to serve. Texture improves im-proves on standing in refrigerator for H hour. Stir until smooth and serve. Released h tern Newspaper Union. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Pretty Nightgown Complete Wardrobe tor a Uoll Roomy Nightdress A CHARMINGLY simple nightdress night-dress especially designed for the slightly heavier figure. Make it in a pretty all-over flowered fabric fab-ric and use soft lace to edge the neck and brief sleeves. Pattern No. 8909 is designed for sizes 36, 38, 40. 42. 44. 46, 48, 50 and 52. Size 38 takes 3 yards of 35 or 39-inch fabric; 21, yards lace edging to trim. Doll's Wardrobe JUST like a little girl's wardrobe a complete set of clothes for a doll including coat and beret, dress and panties, juniper or slip and nightgown. Use pieces from your scrap bag. I ASH MS J ANOTHER ' A General Quiz The Questions 1. Is it correct to refer to a soldier sol-dier as a commando? 2. Does garlic grow above or in the ground? 3. How far above the earth does ; light disappear? 4. Who was the first president of the Chinese republic? 5. How much is a "bob" (English (Eng-lish slang) in coin? ; 6. Where did Stradivarius make ; his famous violins? I 7. Who was the first astronomer to attempt to measure the distance around the earth? 8. Baseball rules say a baseball i bat must be no longer than what? I 9. What does a gold nugget i weigh? ! 10. What army first discovered me usefulness of olive drab in warfare? The Answers 1. No. Commando means a British Brit-ish military unit of about 600 men, and not one soldier. j 2. Garlic, of the lily family, ; grows above the ground. 3. At 72,000 feet above the ground it becomes pitch black. 4. Sun Yat Sen. 5. A shilling. 6. In Cremona, Italy. 7. Eratosthenes (275-195 B. C). 8. Forty-two inches. 9. Gold nuggets have been found that weigh over 200 pounds, and some have been found that are so fine that 10 billion of them barely weigh an ounce. 10. The British soldiers in India discovered that by dipping their battle uniforms in muddy water , they offered excellent camouflage. Safety Device All American passenger vessels over 5,000 tons are now required by maritime law to carry a radio-direction radio-direction finder because this device, de-vice, being independent of the elements, ele-ments, provides the most reliable means of determining the exact position of a vessel at sea. in Larger Sizes For doll size 12, 18 and 20 Inches. For individual yardages, see pattern. Due to an unusually large demand and current conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery St San Francisco, Calif. Enclose 25 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No .....Size Name Address MRS. J. T. GREEN HAS BETTER SUCCESS WITH LESS EFFORT HARRINGTON, DELAWARE. Mrs. James T. Green is a Texan who moved to Delaware. While in the East she used some other brands of laundry starch, and then wrote this letter: "When I was in Texas I became be-came acquainted with Faultless Fault-less Starch and liked it very much. I never used any starch like it. I have used many other brands, but I can have better success with less effort with Faultless Starch. I have my son's little suits to wash often and it is a great help to know that I can just dip them in cold starch and they will iron so nice and smooth." Faultless Starch has been especially espe-cially made for women Who want to do beautiful starching and ironingwith iron-ingwith as little work as possible. pos-sible. That's why Faultless Starch satisfies women like Mrs. James T. Green. It is truly a special kind of starch, made a special way. PERFECT HOT OR COLO Whether you want hot starch or cold starch, you can make perfect starch-WITHOUT COOKING. For cold starch you simply add cold water to the starch while you stir. For hot starch you simply cream the starch with a little cool water and add boiling water while stirring. stir-ring. Either hot or cold, it takes barely a minute to make perfect starch. MAKES IRONING EAST Another special feature about Faultless Starch is this Faultless Starch contains ironing-aids that keep the iron from sticking. Your iron just slides along. No more fighting a "sticky" iron. You'll enjoy en-joy ironing over Faultless Starch, for beautiful ironing becomes a joy not a job. You might just as well enjoy Faultless Starch just like so many thousands of other women do. Just ask your grocer for Faultless Starch today. Use it the very next time you wash. Save the work of cooking starch. Save the work ot fighting a "sticky" iron. Do beautiful beau-tiful starching and ironing. Simply change to Faultless Starch. Adv. 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