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Show Pace Sevea The Cache American, Iipan. Cache County. Utah Kathleen Norris Says: Cottons and Jersey Favored For Swim and Beach Outfits The Other Womans Child Bell Syndlrete. WNU Dy CIIERIE NICHOLAS Feature. Sandwich Inspiration for Lunches (See Recipes Below) Summer Planning "Austin will gradually ba restored to normality if all causes of friction or removed from the domestic scene By KATHLEEN NORRIS A l fY I HUSBAND came back from air serv- XV A ice in England three months ago, writes Margaret Jones from Canada. He was four years in active duty and eleven months in a hospital. His injury was cranial, and is entirely cured. When he left, his son by a previous marriage, David, was two years old, and I was expecting my first baby. I was my husband's office nurse, at the time of his first wife's death, and we had discovered a deep af fection for each other. This was, however, kept completely under control. I am telling you the exact truth when I say that, after the one first talk when we admitted our feelings, not one word or look passed between us that could be criticized. His wife was a delicate and nervous woman, and whether she actually took an overdose of sleeping tablets, or whether a normal dose was too much for a weak heart, never was The coroner called it ascertained. death from accidental causes. A few months later Austin and I were married, little David accepting his new mother very placidly. "Then Austin went off to war and Delrdre was bom a lovely, little girl and I lived very quietly during the first war years, work, I managing to do part-tim- e and to clear the mortgage from our little home and Austin's mother living with us and managing house and children. She has now gone to live with a daughter. Unmanageable David. "There was the usual rejoicing when Austin returned, and he was fortunately able to assume his old work at an even higher salary, so that we could be quite comfortable If it were not for David, now nearly seven. He is a strange, unmanageable little boy, with something uncanny in his instinct for annoying and outwitting his teachers and myself. I seem to be eternally correcting him, or complaining of him, a position in which I hate to find myself. Ive always liked children, and for our two Ive always tried to plan intelligently, forgiving much, not hearing impudence, not forcing Issues, substituting the pleasant positive for the disagreeable negative when I could. "Austin criticizes my attitude toward David. Austin has come back In a nervous, irritable mood hard to endure, but it is mostly where David is concerned that the trouble arises. David will not eat his dinner, do his homework, go to bed, take his bath when I ask him to. I try d coaxing, give him five more minutes, remind that he can float his submarine in the bath, cook what he likes. He will never cooperate, and Austin blames me, and sides with the child. To make it worse, my husband reverts to the past, thinks that perhaps Elsie did kill herself, perhaps she discovered the affection between us, perhaps he was the real cause of her death. "All this has turned our home into a place of discomfort, petty quarrels, carping, nerves. I want to do my duty by all three, but when I see Austin spoiled and good little Deirdre ignored, when I hear noth- sweet-temper- good-nature- A STEPMOTHER'S WOES tear-wear- y husband comes home to stay. Every returned soldier goes through a period of irritability, fault-findin- g and restlessness before he settles back into the old ways again. When there is a child by the first marriage in the situation, the unhappy stepmother has a hard time indeed. Whatever she does is wrong. She is too strict or too lenient, or she feeds the child improperly, or sends him to the wrong school, her neurotic husband complains. The best way out of this problem. Miss Norris advises, is to let this father take entire charge of his son for a while. He will then find out what a hard job it is to rear a willful little boy. This responsibility will help the veteran to forget himself and to recover his sense of proportion. lng but criticism, it is really hard to bear. Austin takes the attitude that a wiser mother would not have these troubles, and perhaps he is right. I want to show him every consideration, but I confess I am a failure, and stumped, and dont know what to do. "Ue outwits his teachers and me. .. year when a maidens t f fancy turns to thoughts of in play togs, swim suits and beach ' ! ensembles. Now that all na- ture seems to be Joining in one grand chorus that invites one to come and play in the great outdoors, the summer style parade will be made up for the most part of sportswear and seashore fashions. Judging from the signs that cast their shadows before, this is going to be a most glamorous season on the beach for the new swim-suit- s and ensembles were never more versatile and Designers are making a fascinating play on stripes, maneuvering them in every conceivable way. In the new fashions stripes go up and down, around and around and on the bias in ways that give the garment an individual whats "the style , ' A very important trend is toward costume ensembles achieved with a matching robe or cape or jacket to be worn on the beach. This applies to sun frocks and play clothes too, the idea being to add a wrap that e will tune the outfit to wear. As to materials, crisp striped cottons are very much in evidence on the beach and in the sports realm in general. Seersucker is being made up ever so smartly in styles but that are not only This year extremely practical washable cotton jersey is making a great hit for swim suits, and exotically flowered rayon jersey is being made up into brief wraparound skirts in sarong effects. cottons are Bright oriental-lookin- g shirred for figure-fittinswim suits with bra tops. One of the big success fashions of the season is the stunning suit of red rayon jersey which is shown to the left in the accompanying illustration of smart seashore fashions. This stunning ensemble of scarf and swim suit comes from the New York Dress institute. The fetching white many-purpos- good-lookin- g all-ov- g Sheer Loveliness the line that needs folding nd ,. sprinkling. Vines V han heavy with I 4 kZtL berries crying to be made into Jams and Jellies. In the midst of all this hum of activity, its lunch-timI know you hardly want to take the time to stop to make it. but the family will be Indoors shortly. Something quick and easy to fix, and yet palatable enough to keep them sustained until dinner? Thats the order and here's the way to carry it out: 1. Puree vegetables left over from dinner the evening before and store them in the refrigerator. All you need to do is make up a thin cream sauce quickly and add vegetables to it; reheat and serve. 2. Keep a stock of sandwich fillings on hand and let the family "spread" them for themselves during lunch time. It saves you work. 3. Salad ingredients are a must for hot weather time. If there is washed lettuce chilled until crisp along with washed tomatoes, cucumber, green onions, radishes, green peppers, and some of the fresh fruits kept on tap, its easy to toss a salad together in the time you could A variety of blink an eyelash. dressings will keep salads from becoming monotonous. 4. Draw heavily on fresh fruits for desserts. Plan to make ice cream, cake or cookies once a week to have on hand for a quick solution to the dessert problem. V Sandwich Spreads. 1. Bacon-Chees- e Filling 3 ounces cream cheese 14 enp chopped, cooked bacon H teaspoon Worcestershire sance teaspoon horseradish 1 tablespoon milk Blend all ingredients thoroughly. Store in refrigerator until ready to use. 2. Chopped Meat Spread 1 cup left-ovmeat, ground or chopped 1 teaspoon mustard d 2 eggs, finely chopped 1 tablespoon chopped pickle Mayonnaise to moisten Mix all together. Spread on buttered bread when ready to use. and Chili Sauce 3. Peanut-ButtSpread 1 cup peanut butter or peanut crunch 14 cup chill sauce Mix together and use for spreading whole wheat or white bread. 4. Egg and Green Pepper Sandwich Spread d 3 eggs, finely chopped 14 cup pimlento, minced cotton beach stole is a thrilling example of what creative genius is doing with even the simplest of materials this season. In this in- stance the white cotton is with footprints for the motif, done in multi-coloThe deep fringe is hand-tieof white cotton yarn. swim suits present a thrilling new fashion theme for this summer. See a clever interpretation of this in the attractive model centered in the foreground. Important also is the fact that this suit is made of washable white cotton jersey. For the bra and one-hi- p decor Ella Raines, the designer, uses brown and white striped cotton jersey. The single strap over one shoulder is of the same brown stripe. The beach ensemble to the right takes on a costume look because of the matching coat that so smartly complements it. You will see this trend to add a coat or other beach wrap emphasized all the way through this seasons smart outdoor fashions. This is a glowing example of the ingenuity with which designers are manipulating stripes in the current mode. Crisp cotton with peppermint stripes is the material used. The stripes play all sorts of capers, some going vertical, horizontal on the bias and in other deft arrangement that achieves a designfulness pleasing to the eye. The first appearance of black in sportswear was accepted as a passing novelty, but it has proved so effective and practical its style prestige is reaching a new high. Form-fittin- g swim suits of black elasticised silk are among the smartest, as are also those of elastic black satin. Then there is the swim suit of black velvet. Its a beauty. hand-painte- d d One-stra- p water-repelle- nt Released by Western Newspaper Union. Bows Trim Dresses, Jackets and Dickies Detachable bows that you can wear with this dress and that, play a flattering role in costume decor this spring. So now the ambition among college and teen-ag- e girls is to collect bows and bows (spelled not beaux). The newest bows, trick is to smarten your dainty lingerie dickey with little black ribbon velvet bows, topping off with a matching velvet bow in your prettily coiffed hair. There are lots of other instances too, where an artful black velvet bow will fit into the scheme of things perfectly. Then there are those new, starched frost-whit- e lingerie bows, that are being so importantly featured this spring. Designers are placing them in most unique ways on smart navy or black e spring frocks or on jacket dresses. Perhaps the cleverest is the nifty short jacket that has a slot cut at the upper left shoulder through which is drawn a large butterfly bow made of lace and embroidery. two-piec- White Accessories Are Essentials This Year That fashion slogan iced with white has caught the fancy of women who are alert to fashion and to what is most flattering. A white hat, a white coat, white gloves and footwear are summer wardrobe essentials this year. Then every lady of fashion needs must have in stare endless frilly white blouses together with frothy, lovely jabots and other neckwear items galore. H cup green pepper, finely chopped 2 tablespoons chili sauce Mayonnaise to moisten Blend all ingredients together. Chill and then spread on bread to suit taste. Savory Ham Filling ham cup ground left-ovtablespoons pickle relish ii teaspoon dry mustard teaspoon Worcestershire sauee Mayonnaise to moisten Mix all Ingredients together until well blended. Spread on rye o 1 S. 1 2 er canned salmon small stalk celery, cut into small pieces H cup salad dressing Lettuce ) 2 d eggs, sliced 2 large tomatoes, sliced Break salmon into small pieces. Combine salmon with celery, and salad dressing. Arrange lettuce on platter, then place sliced egg and tomatoes around salmon. 2. Lettuce-Spinac- h Toss (Serves 6) 1 bead lettuce H pound fresh spinach, washed carefully 1 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper 1 green pepper, cut In rings 2 d eggs 1 cup sour cream 2 tablespoons vinegar Chill and chop raw spinach and lettuce. Add salt, pepper, vinegar, 1 hard-cooke- hard-cooke- green pepper, d chopped hard-cooke- er hard-cooke- er hard-cooke- Lynn Says: Sprightly Summer Ideas: Garden or head lettuce is good for you and good to serve when wiltOver freshly washed leted. tuce, pour bacon fat in which a little chopped onion has been browned. Toss together with oil d egg. and chopped nests make menus Spinach sparkle when served with eggs creamed spinach or shrimp. Young beet greens take on new flavor when cooked and mixed with grapefruit sections Just before serving. Melted butter, salt and pepper are all the seasoning you will need. Sour cream and cottage cheese, mixed thoroughly together, are a good duo for sliced cucumbers, and green tomatoes, celery onions. Green beans, peas and limas profit from a little bacon cooked with them. hard-cooke- g Cream of Green Pea Soup Salmon and Egg Salad Toast Sandwiches Rhubarb Cobbler Beverage Recipe Given f ; look. $f. j.' : s This is one of the many postwar cases that demands the ultimate in l, patience and humor. Yes, I mean humor, for Margaret is taking this much too hard. It is impossible to undo in a day or a week, or even a year, the mischief done by war conditions and home compromises. Let Papa Deal With Son. Austin will gradually be restored to normality if all causes of friction are removed from the domestic scene, and the easiest and quickest way to remove them is to surrender to his father full responsibility for David. Reduce yourself to an amiable onlooker. If David wont eat and wont go to school, dont even report it to Austin; let your husband see it for himself. Let the child sit up as late as he likes, always being amiable and kind, and wait for the first corrections to come from the man of the house. Let him play hookey until the teacher comes to Ignore his affection of complain. not having any appetite at meals, and reduce your relationship with him to amusing and affectionate companionship. Several other cases of exactly this type have come to my notice in the past few years; the prevalence of divorce of course has created many of them. In every case which I have known, this aloof, friendly, unconcerned attitude taken by the stepmother happily solved the problem for all concerned. In most cases the right school was found for the difficult child. Hes your son, Austin. I only The memory of the bride in a trawant him to love me," is the un- ditional white wedding gown is answerable argument ever to be cherished. If your budget is limited, that need not be a barEurope Needs Our Old Clothes rier, for if you can sew it will add Millions of people in to the endearment of your bridal areas are in urgent need not dress if you make it yourself By only of food but of clothing. Until taking advantage of the wartime factories can be set up in these na- budget lessons given by your local tions, we in this one country that has sewing center, experts will show you not suffered devastation must give the latest tricks and modern finishof our surplus. Infants' garments, ing touches. The bride pictured particularly knit goods are urgently "made her own of a lovely white needed, as well as serviceable sheer, for this summer fashion fablankets and quilts. It is suggested vors exquisite diaphanous materials that pieces of matching cloth and for the wedding gown. Suggested a spool of thread be included with materials include sheerest of white cotton voile, ninon, marquisette and garments whenever posiible. Usable remnants are also kanted. organdy over a rayon taffeta slip. I d Point-Savin- come down from ' HIS is the time of the The second wife's position almost always delicate, is especially difficult when her Lynn Chambers Menus The suns in its heaven and theres work in the garden that needs doing. : Or, perhaps its one-ha- lf eggs to the sour cream. Just before serving, fold in the spinach and lettuce and add remainder of sour cream. 3. Ginger ale Salad (Serves 0) 1 package gelatin 1 cup boiling water Few grains of salt 1 cup ginger ale J4 cup green grapes cup pineapple 1 head lettuce Dissolve gelatin in boiling water and salt Add ginger ale and let cool When mixture begins to thicken fold in halved, seeded grapes and diced pineapple. Place in mold and chill until firm. Serve on shredded lettuce with mayonnaise or sour cream dressing. 4. Molded Vegetable Salad (Serves 6) 2 cups cooked er canned string beans 3 tablespoons chopped greea pepper 3 tablespoons chopped pimlento 2 tablespoons vinegar 1 tablespoon minced onion cup chopped celery d 1 package gelatin Prepare gelatin according to directions on package. Add vinegar and minced onion. When cool add remaining ingredients and allow to chill until firm. 5. Cottage Cheese Salad (Serves 6) 3 cups cottage cheese 1 cup diced pineapple, fresh or canned 5 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 teaspoon salt )4 teaspoon mustard 2 tablespoons lemon juice Mix all ingredients together in order given. Chill and serve on a bed of greens. lime-flavor- lemon-flavore- Released by Western Newspaper Union. |