Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1939 — Page 11

MONDAY, DEC. 11, 1989

Recipe Books | Are Welcomed As Yule Gifts

New Volumes Tell How to Balance Menus, Plan Meals.

By MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX

The better the cook, the more interested she will be in receiving for Christmas one of the good new books on recipes and menus. Dur-| ing the past few months publishers! have brought out many excellent books of this type. “The Day by Day Cook Book,” by Taylor and Lynn (Harper's) contains balanced menus for every day of the year with over a thousand recipes. “The Canned Foods Cook Book,” by Porter and Latske (Doubleday Doran) tells how to combine canned foods and how to get great variety In your menus while you save time Bnd money by using canned foods.

It Plans Meals “Delectable Dinners,” by Peterson and Badenoch (Dutton) is one of the newest. It plans meals for you! around your favorite meats and fish, and gives complete recipes and gen-|

eral cooking and ordering instruection, | Of a more special nature are cook |

books for persons whose diet must| ’

be restricted because of some serious or slight allergy. “Recipes and Menus for Allergies,” by Myra Hess and Nathan Schaffer, M. D, will be excitedly welcomed by the friend who must cook for allergics in her family (Dodd, Mead), For Special Menus

“You Can't Eat That,” by Helen Morgan (Harcourt Brace), with a foreword by Walter C. Alvarez | M. D, of the Mayo Clinic, is an-| other book for the woman who | must plan special menus. For the woman who has young children to feed there is an excellent new book called “Your Child's Food” by Miriam Lowenberg, Assistant professor of Food Nutrition and Child Development at Iowa State College (Whittlesey House). From the new “Delectable Dinners,” mentioned above comes this menu and recipe, Whole sardine canapes, casserole of pork chops and fresh vegetables, baked bananas, pickled beets, cinnamon wheels, watercress and walnut salad, strawberry mousse. Casserole of Pork Chops With

Fresh Vegetables

12 chops, 4 inch thick 2 tablespoons lemon juice cup flour tablespoons oil teaspoon salt teaspoon pepper Spanish onion green pepper cups celery cup carrot cup white turnip tablespoon brown sugar cups stewed tomatoes. Wipe chops with damp cloth; | brush over with lemon juice and! dredge with flour. Place oil in fry-| ing pan and when hot, but not! smoking, sear chops to golden | brown, Sift salt and pepper over sliced onion and finely diced pep-| per, celery, carrots and turnips, | tossing all together. Place layer! of chops in large baking pan or casserole and cover with vegetables. Place remaining chops on top. Ada brown sugar to tomatoes and pour over all, Cover and bake in slow oven (300 degrees Fahrenheit) for 132 hours.

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PATTERN 054 SIMPLE APRONS IN GAY BASQUE STYLE

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JANE JORDAN

DEAR JANE JORDAN-—I am a widow 66 years of age and so unhappy. A year ago I fell and broke my hip and I am still confined to the house. I have to live with my son. He is all I have, but his wife treats me so mean. She doesn’t even give me enough to eat. My son is good and kind to me. He brings me my morning meal and my supper. His wife has not spoken to me for six months except to fight, There are two little girls and she won't let them do a thing for me. I am just a nervous wreck. My son is not able to pay my way any place else. She goes to Sunday school and church every Sunday, and to think she is so mean! She is terribly mean to my son, too. I can walk with the help of a cane. If I could get a place to do light work for my room and board, I would. Please tell me what I can do. IN TROUBLE. » » = ® " =

Answer—It is tragic to be old and helpless and dependent and still be under the necessity of remaining cheerful and uncomplaining. Yet this is your situation. In your state of health, you can't earn money, not even your board and room. The only contribution you can make to your son’s household is a cheerful attitude in spite of your unhappiness. The temptation to complain is very great. When one is old and ill almost the only pleasure left is to recount one’s woes, But no one wants to listen. I do not say that your daughter-in-law is without fault, for of course she is not. But you must try to see her viewpoint, too. I'd be willing to wager that it is not the care you require that irks her so much as your critical attitude toward the way she runs her house and treats her husband. You say she is mean to your son. Does he think so, too, or is this your idea? Very few wives ever treat a man as well as his mother thinks he should be treated. I know it is very hard for you to accept the fact that the way your son’s wife behaves toward him is none of vour business, and that it is up to him to demand fair treatment and get it. If you provoke his wife by expressing an adverse opinion you only make his problem harder, for she will take her irritation out on him. Perhaps it is a super-human feat which takes more courage than you possess to remain patient and uncritical in so difficult a situation. Yet these qualities are the only materials you have at hand to work with. You have nothing left with which to build a better life. To accept the situation is hard enough, but to pretend you are satisfied with it is still harder. You have your son’s sympathy. He is doing his utmost to help vou, even to carrying in your meals. All you can do in return for his kindness is to cause no trouble. When things occur which you do not like, pretend not to notice it. A patient old person will move the hardest heart in the world, but no one is benign enough to listen to another's grief day in and day out. What can’t be cured must be endured. Haven't you found this to be true? JANE JORDAN.

Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan who will answer your questions in this column daily.

WANT SOMETHING new in aprons? Here's a style you'll take right to your heart, Claire Tilden’s Pattern 954. It's as fresh and de-mure-looking as a young bride, yet it goes about household tasks with crisp efficiency. That clever back treatment saves you from the nagshoulder straps. In front there's a basque waistline that is piquantly becoming. The full, bias-cut skirt is made in one easy piece with no side seams to “stay” your needle from its rapid! like either version | neckline, and you might add the

pointed pockets that are both useful Notice the novel placement of ricrac on the apron below—it forms two V-shaped bands! all across the top front. The other daintier style uses a very feminine ruffie and bow trim. Both aprons are

Pattern 954 is cut in sizes small, medium and large. Small size without pockets, requires 2'4{ yards 35inch fabric and 1 yard ric-rac; with pockets, 214 yards 35-inch fabric and

Send fifteen cents (15¢) in coins for this pattern. Write clearly size,

By OLIVE BARTON

CHILDREN

THREE YEARS AGO I flew from London to Paris. My husband and I were amused at the gravity with which officials weighed us, took our height and measure, the names of those to be notified in case of accident. To us it was just a lark. We ate lunch, and a good one, aboard the plane as we flew over the Channel. Then we were there at Le Bourget Field just like that.

As we landed near Paris, I was instantly impressed with signs at the airport, giving schedules to Berlin, to Rome, Moscow and Stamboul. Europe, you see, and the cities of importance are as close to each other as New York and Washington and Pittsburgh, for instance: or St. Louis and New Orleans. Flying has taught me there is no such thing as distance. Now I am going far in another way. I wish to show how children here differ from the children abroad in their attitude to war. That fateful Saturday when the world was watching and Britain was silent for so many hours, waiting the outcome of the ultimatum, the little boys on our street were parading with drums and hoins. That same Saturday, all London and Paris were being emptied of children, a million or two boys and girls. Your radio toid you about that There was no fanfare among children over there, although they took their “excursion” to secret destinations in the holiday spirit. But they knew, as most children do, what it implied. They did not know when they would be “home” or see their parents. There were no drums. Just a long quiet ride to the country where they are to live in foster homes or dormitories and go to improvised schools, out of harm's way. It is hard for us over here, to make our children understand that we must thank God on our knees for the oceans that surround us. That, of course, does not mean everlasting immunity. My point is this: War today should not mean a celebration among our children. They should be taught that war is not a circus. It is more serious and deadly than it ever was. And it was always a sordid, ugly thing. I condemn with all my soul any dramatic exhibition here when others are away in the thick of battle; the macabre dance at the big funeral. Try, if possible, to impress upon children the real reasons for war, and the principals for which a war is usually waged. I think most of them will understand better than we guess. Early impressions of war are lasting and will color the future of a people.

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Card Party Friday

Alpha Tau Chapter, Alpha Zeta

Hartford Circle

P.-T.A. Notes |

WILLIAM EVANS SCHOOL 2! will hold a regular business meet- | ing at 2 p. m. tomorrow, followed by | a Christmas program and carols by | the entire school, directed by Mrs. Eunice Baker. Mrs. Zelda Seedorf| will preside.

| THE CASTLETON P.-T. A. will hear a Marion County Tuberculosis | Association speaker at 7:30 p. m.| today, followed by motion pic-| tures and a Christmas program. Mrs. Alex Tuschinsky will preside.

| GLENNS VALLEY P.-T. A. will| hear the rhythm band of Grades 1] and 2 in their first appearance at 2:15 p. m. Friday. The Mothers Quartet will sing and a Christmas! story will be told. A business meet- | ing will follow the program. Mrs. | William Kloess will preside.

| Gluesenkamp for a luncheon and gift exchange.

The Rev. R. 8. Mosby, pastor of | the Simpson Methodist Church, will | | speak at SCHOOL 87 Wednesday | | afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Georgia | | Dodson, past president, will present | | a Christmas story followed by carols | | by the Grade 3 children and an ex- | { hibit of Christmas | pupils.

Mrs. Robert Shank will speak on! | “The Spiritual Factors in the De- | velopment of the Child” at! SCHOOL 91 Wednesday afternoon. | Music will be by the entire student |

work by the

| body. Mrs. Robert Lewis is in! charge of the program. |

BEAUTY

JUST ABOUT THE BEST presents any woman can give herself on her thirtieth birthday are bathroom scales, a calory chart and a note which says, “I never intend to weigh more than—pounds.”

Once she has set a figure, made up her mind that she never intends to weigh more than that and then proceeds to lose all weight over that figure as soon as she has gained it, it’s a fairly simple matter to remain youthfully slim through the years.

In addition to keeping a careful eye on your weight, check your dimensions at least twice a year. If you are thicker through the waistline even though you have not gained any weight, exercises are in order. Diet alone won't accomplish this trick.

: In the main, however, obesity is caused by over-eating. Those with hearty appetites might be consoled by the true fact that it's

possible to eat enough food to ward off hunger without takin chance of adding to one’s weight. 5 5s

By ALICIA HART

» » ” » » » IF YOU STICK TO a diet which allows you to consume no more

Shan 1500 calories a day, you'll lose weight whether you do exercises

You should see your doctor first, of course. Get his permissi y ' ; on to go on a 1500 calories a day diet. Then, using the following set of menus as a guide, plan three meals a day to suit your own taste.

BREAKFAST—One-half grapefruit, four inches in diameter (50 calories); 1 slice toast, five-eighths inch thick (100 C.; 1 large boiled cgg (100 C.), and 1 cup of coffee (100 C.). Total 350 calories, LUNCHEON—One lamb chop, one-half inch thick (100 Ch: 13 stalks asparagus (50 C.); one and one-quarter cups string beans (50 C.); milk—five-eighths cup—or one cup of coffee (100 C.); 1 cup strawberries (50 C.), Total 350 calories. DINNER-Large portion (6x4 inches) of lean steak about an inch thick (200 C.); 1 cup carrots (50 C.); 1 small boiled or baked potato (100 C.); one-half head of lettuce with one tablespoon French dressing (100 C.); one slice fresh pineapple, 1-4 inch thick (50 C.); one cup coffee with cream and sugar (100 C.). Total 600 calories. Now then, the total number of calories in the food listed above is 1300. The extra 200, assuming you are on a 1500 a day diet, allow for butter on your vegetables (100 calories in one tablespoon of butter) and for some fruit before you go to bed or if you are hungry in the middle of the afternoon.

To Meet Tonight

B y M l 1 | Beta Sorority, will sponsor a card y anual Club ‘party at 8 p. m. Friday at the Indj-| The December meeting of HartThe Manual Training High School |anapolis Power & Light Co. Miss) ford Circle Missionary Society of French Club will hold its annual Kathryn Downey, arrangements the First United Brethren Church celebration of “King's Cake” to- chairman, will be assisted by Mrs will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in morrow at the school. | : : : ‘the reading room of New Hall at Members of the family group Dorothy Phelan and Miss Viola Mc- indiana Central College. cast include John Guedel, father; | Donough. The topic for discussion will be Sadelle Bergman, mother; Rita ee —— “Toward a World Brotherhood in Council to Meet

Meo, little girl; Carl DeFelice, lit- Christ.” Mrs. Nina Beauchamp is tle boy, and Harry Stewart, visitor. leader, A musical program will be Gifts will be exchanged in shoes,| Goldmound Council 445, Degree of given by Indiana Central Juans, under the direction of Mildred | ; : e hostesses will be Mesdames Angelopolos. Anna Tomescu and | Pocahontas, will have a covered on | Beauchamp, Dora Brenneman, MarGordon Grow are in charge of music luncheon and card party tomorrow jan Miller, Miss Gladys James and and Catherine Punterelli heads the noon at the home of Mrs, Fern Miss Emma Ealeyv. Mrs. Ralph B. properties committee, Burk, 1646 Asbury St. Leas is circle president.

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