Show Kathleen Norris Says: Slicks Ensemble With Skirt Is Ideal1 for Defense Work Forget Past Mistakes and Go Forward (BU Syndicate— WNU Service) By 11 JLuhh GAcutt&e’tdi- CHERIE NICHOLAS ¥ Toast lor Patrick’s Day St Pineapple (See Recipes Shamrock Fare This Week’i Take your cue from and let your menu good luck day wear green! Bring out your best Pat and Mike jokes and touch up your food for the day with a dash of Imagination by applying a green brush stroke tor these are the things which put a halo on your head hint of spring in the There’s green touches and in the lightness so whisk of this season's menus these two elements into your food to give it exciting personality With simplicity your keynote end economy your guide here are some menus for small entertaining on St Patrick's day a A of my husband' i estate who loved my stepdaughter's mother afraid that I am not going to discharge my duties regarding little Doris questions her before me as to her comfort and happiness By KATHLEEN SAY that NORRIS a woman has is always to TOpay her a compliment All sorts of good things are wrapped up in that one word One thing all women of character have in common whether they are old or young rich or poor famous or obscure They have learned to go ahead from the present moment Ah Here is part of a letter from a woman whose past is full of mistakes “I am a college graduate” writes Kathryn ‘‘I come of a good family and ought to be able to boast an But I am in average intelligence real trouble now and don’t know just how to get myself out of it I’ve made a series of mistakes but surely there is some way back to happiness for me a quiet little home and the company of my little son and daughter? “I was married at 20 13 years ago to a man whose temperament was utterly unsuited to mine We had a boy and a girl' tried again and again to get along because of ' the children and finally were I was living vorced six years ago with my husband’s mother a fine and time at the woman good stayed on with her when Tony married his stenographer and went to Mexico to act as superintendent in a mine Little Tony and went to school across the street Married Her Doctor "Three years ago my doctor a widower with a daughter eight years old asked me to marry him Paul was in every way a fine man with and after a talk my it was arranged that for the present my children should stay with her as Paul’s offices and home were in one apartment and to move to larger quarters would have inHis little girl jured his business Doris lived with us from the first She is a nice child now 11 but not particularly responsive qr affectionate "Paul and I had had less than two years of perfect happiness when he was killed last summer He left me a modest income between $1400 and $1500 a year and he left me Doris She has no one else in the world Naturally she is too young to appreciate the constant responsibility and sacrifice that the care of her and the careful managing I have to do mean to me it all for granted She takes comes and goes cheerfully in our apartment helps a little and dusting already with dishes lives a life- of her own My coexecutor of Paul's estate is a man who loved Doris' mother and appears always to be afraid that I am not going to discharge my full duties regarding Doris He questions her before me as to her comDoes she get fort and happiness to eat? She has blankets enough enough? He then tells “me about my predecessor her mother "Meanwhile my first husband’s mother has moved to a sister’s house in a towp about 50 miles away Once again my children are safe I and happy and in good schools am welcome to see them whenever I I care to but the truth isthethat railcannot often afford to pay fof the way fare taxi fares andthem So little gifts I want to take poI am placed in the preposterous sition of spending all my time and child of energy to take care of thewhile my a woman I never saw He LIFE BEGINS NOV 'T'lME was when slack suits were regarded as an amusing and passing whim of fashion especially by women who prided themselves on being conservative in dress NeverThat won’t bring back theless slacks persisted in the lost opportunity You can do mode with the result that today the about fashion-wise changing leaders declare that past nothing slacks are headed for their greatest but your attitude toward it may success season Of course there’s have a lot to do with determina And that reason is that reason ing your future Here is a letter they are undeniably practical from a woman in a particularly Women will need slacks for the busy life they must perforce lead in trying position forced to devote the days to come You will be her life to another woman’s them for doing your bit in needing child while her own two chilcivilian defense for work on the dren grow up without a mother farm for bicycling for hours of recTo meet and solve a problem reation and rest Yes there’s no doubt about it Slacks have become like that says Kathleen Norris a positive “must have” takes “ character ” that certain In many jobs where women are something that enables a woman taking the place of men in field or to forget the past and go ahead factory the call grows more urgent from the present moment each day for clothing which hasn’t any loose gewgaws or extra fullness to catch in machinery Wide own adored small son and daughter are growing up without their slacks are no more practical than skirts Utility slacks must be narmother row the at bottom or caught in at Worries Over Mistakes the ankles after the manner of the "Paul of course had no premoworkaday outfit pictured to the left nition that he would die so young in the above illustration This surf Normally he would have expected blue denim coverall is one of the to be with me until Doris reached favored for farm or defense But this is the types young womanhood work Its surplice closing situation and I don’t know what to factory that eliminates the use of do I worry over my own mistakes any sort of metal fastening huge and the dreadful and buttons for holding trouuntil I am a nervous wreck and I pockets sers in at the ankle are required simply cannot and will not see myA bright peasutilitarian features self spending the next 10 or 12 years ant square tied about the head adds acting as nurse cook resident gova pleasingly feminine touch erness and guard to a little girl that There is a time for work and a really in my heart I don’t like time for play When work is done Please offer me any suggestions no matter how unflattering that occur slip into'1 immaculate white slacks to you” Well Kathryn the first thing to do is determine to go ahead and not ‘Menu’ backward from now on Whatever mistakes you fcave made are made and whatever conditions you have created actually exist and there’s Tomorno use crying about them row and not yesterday ought to be the object of your planning for nothBut toing will change yesterday morrow anything may happen 1 don’t know all the circumstances from this one letter but it seems to me highly possible that you might handle the situation this way: Go to see the sympathetic fine mother-in-laand tell her that Paul is dead and that you are going to find work to support yourself two were once Since you close friends and since she held her son responsible for most of thg difficulties that separated you she may ask you to visit her for easily Why waste precious effort on regret and time and Buttons awhile Consideration Is Welcome does make yourself quietly Be everything to her invaluable and her old sister Consideration is welcomed in any household and honest flattery is very sweet to oldIt is women er highly possible that you will be asked to stay to lift some of the responsibility of two lively youngsters from her shoulders children of 8 and 10 need a lot of policing and in a family with no servant they represent a lot of actual hard work You might stay on as a sort of working housekeeper or you might get a job near by Then go to the old friend who i so anxious about Doris’ welfare and that he and his wife take suggest her on for awhile or find a good boarding school and take her for vacations Turn over to him almost and express a your entire income lively and affectionate concern for Paul’ daughter but explain that children need own your you and thus escape to reclaim all the joy of your lost motherhood If she ) r Buttons are more decorative than ever in the spring fashion picture Treated for the most part as trimming or accessory accents they are made to achieve striking effects Use them on a jacket or a dress and watch the reaction of admiring friends Among the stunning buttons designed this season two of the most thrilling types are die ceramic roses used to trim the afternoon dress shown at the top in the above picture and "menu” buttons like the huge "turkey on a plate” buttons that dramatize the tailored jacket illustrated below Remember many a last year’s dress or suit can be made to look new with this A thrifty way of year’s buttons achieving the height of fashion! like those shown in the center of the above picture Slacks are simply constructed and easy to make as these give emphasis to the growing sentiment among women that it is wise to sew and to save these days This slacks suit is cut from a very simple pattern and it is made of a wonder fabric of weave that looks exactly like an expensive French It washes and irons beautiserge fully and can be had in white or a range of exquisite colors Search the fashion centers over and you won’t find a more complete slacks outfit than the e suit shown nicely tailored to the right in the above illustration This foursome consists of slacks coat skirt and sleeveless jacket fashioned of black and white check rayon weave Checks by the way are the rage this season for jackets and slacks suits You’ll be seeing and hearing about checked fabrics wherever you go This stunning slacks ensemble is purposefully designed to take care of versatile costume needs for the woman who leads a busy life You can mix and match the various pieces to your heart’s content and it is more than a work suit Whether you travel by train or by air or motor to your destination or dash about town to keep this smart appointments suit can be manipulated to tune perfectly to the occasion If it’s a bright accent you are seeking for your slacks you’ll find plenty of it in the new blouses that are made of the splashiest big colorful prints imaginable When a yen for the utterly feminine besets you wear a dainty white frilly and sheer Make sure that it is styled blouse with a foamy white jabot for they are wonderfully smart (Released by Weitern Newipaper Union) Lace Trims Dress and Even Serves as Buttons Frothy white lingerie touches will make their appearance as separate collars and jabots and various frills There is also a new movement to make snowy lace accents look as if they were actually a part of the dress A newly arrived black crepe frock has bell sleeves with a section cut out then filled in with lace insets that give the impression of lace undersleeves New too are the lace rosettes usedJike buttons Many hats are and there is promise of a p between lingerie hats and lingerie neckwear Calico Skirts Printed In Gay Colored Squares Girls are going to have lots of fun wearing the new skirts made of quaint calico printed to look like big squares of different colors and designs A yellow calico skirt can be worn with a bright red blouse Or try a green skirt with an inset of yellow to match the yellow in a tricolor blouse For a dainty effect wear a blouse of sheerest white lingerie with your calico skirt Drawstring Very new and smart are straight coats jackets and even sweaters that are brought snug into the waistline with a drawstring It is a technique that is being applied to cloth and to suitings as well as to rayon wash materials Perky Sailor Cunning are the new little sailors arriving for early spring wear They are worn tilted provocatively over In many instances the the eyes veil and the trimming is quite ornate Mesa I Afternoon er Evening Snack Pineapple Frosties Finger Sandwiches Pop Com Nougat Mean II Refreshments Shamrock Salad Bridge Prune Bread With Cream Cheese Spread or Tea drink with Cornflake Chews A plenty of tang and this one called a Pinevitamins Its vitamins B1 and apple Frosty C will boost your energy quota and at the same time give your teeth and bones and gums a new lease for spring Coffee is ' Frosties Pineapple For each serving use a glass of unsweetened pineapple juice and a generous scoop of sherbet Chill a large beating bowl add When the pineapple juice sherbet begins to soften beat the ingredients until they are A jar or shaker or autoand frothy matic beater may be used to blend these together Pop Ctrn Nougat l'i cups corn syrup I A caps sugar A cup warm water 118 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons honey t egg whites 1 cup chopped pop corn 2 tablespoons candied cherries cut fine Cook syrup sugar water and salt until brittle when tried in cold water Put honey In a large bowl place over pan containing hot water While candy to keep honey warm beat egg whites stiff and la cooking fold through honey When syrup la cooked to the proper stage pour it slowly over the honey and egg beatBeat ing hard with wooden spoon until the surface has a satiny apFold in pop corn and pearance into cherries buttered pan press Ever so good ever so simple and this light very pretty describes The green salad in today’s column and lime flavored gelatin grapefruit are a spirited combination that work the right kind of magic Lynn Says: As fish gains prominence in menus are you wondering how you can make It Here is s guide: Nice to dip in egg and bread crumbs and try in shallow fat: halibut perch pike haddock cod sole lake trout salmon in steak or fillet form Good for baking with or without a stuffing: the large fish like haddock halibut wallwhiteftnh salmon steaks lake eyed pike trout First class for deep-ffrying: shrimp oysters scallops Dip these in beaten egg and crumbs and fry in deep hot fat Baked in loaves or timbales: salmon tuna cod haddock that Stuffings go well with (the baked fish: bread ' stuffing same kind you make for your or rice stuffing fowl!) celery this with pike!) For stuffing try rice stuffing combine 1 cup cooked rice with pound sauteed mushrooms tablespoons of chopped onion 2 beaten eggs 14 with A cup all cooked cup celery butter This makes enough for a 3 to fish Frosties! Below) Mena: Tartar Potatoes Squash Salad 'Prune Bread Butter and Chilled Pears Cornflake Baked Haddock Lyonnaise Orange 'Shamrock Recipes Sauce Roney Chewa Given 'Shamrock Salad (Serves () package lime Savored gelatin 1 cup hot water cap cold water A cap grapefruit juice l£ cup grapefruit sections cap finely chopped celery Plmientos Pour hot water over gelatin Add cold water and grapefruit juice Chill until mixture thickens add and celery grapefruit Arrange cut into shamrock shapes around aides of s mold or at tha bottom Pour mixture into mold chill until firm unmold and garnish with grapefruit sections and greena A favorite breakfast cereal and prunes are a healthy merger for this bread The fruit and cereal are food affinities The result an excellent bread that stays mplst for days Is good sliced when fresh or when toasted: Prone Bread (Makes I loaf) 8 cope bran cereal ft eup juice from cooked prases H cap chopped cooked prunes cap buttermilk 14 cap eager 1 tablespoon shortening 1 1 erg cups floor A teaspoon salt 1A teaspoons sods A cup chopped aotmeats if desired Soak cereal In prune juice Add Cream sugar and shortbuttermilk add egg and beat ening thoroughly well Add bran cereal mixture Sift add to prunes and dry ingredients nutmeata Add to first mixture and stir only until flour disappears Bake in a greased loaf pan in a moderate oven 1 hour and 20 mlnutea The orange flavoring gives a delto the squash which is touch ightful colorful served in orange cups 1 'Orange Squash (Serves g) cops cooked Hubbard squash A cap orange Juice 2 tablespoons butter A teaspoon salt Pepper A cup chopped almonds Bake or steam squash until tender (1H to 2 hours) Mash or rice Add orange juice butter salt and Fill 6 orange abeUs with pepper squash mixture piling it in lightly Top with chopped almonds Baka until lightly browned in a hot For best results use oven oranges that have clean smooth skins which separate from the orange easily 3 'Tartar Sauce and fitting Popular accompaniment to fish is' this sauce: Comblno ffe teaspoon ancup mayonnaise ion juice or tablespoon chopped chives 2 tablespoons chopped sweet lemon juice pickle or green relish to thin to desired consistency While you’re busy this season rollfor the Red Crows ing bandages knitting soldiers for the or bak- - that tske little time for preparaWith this in tion mind I’m including a recipe for an excellent casserole that fills these requirements:' Vegetable Casserole ) (Serves medium anions sliced green pepper ent in rings 1 enp eoaked peas 1 enp coarsely broken wide noodles uncooked 3 cope canned tomatoes 2 No 1 cans shrimp cleaned 3 tablespoons better Salt aad pepper Place alternate layers of Ingredients in greased casserole Dot with butter and season with salt and pepper Cover and bake in a moderate oven for 1 hour (Released by Western Newspaper Union) Shrimp 2 1 |