Screenland (Nov 1939–Apr 1940)

Soak the turtle for three days, changing the water frequently. Put stock turtle and a dessertspoon of salt into a pan and bring to a boil ; then add prepared vegetables, herbs and the peppercorns. Cook gently for 8 or 9 hours. Strain and put the turtle aside. Mince the veal and beef and add them together with the eggs and beat until it boils. Simmer for half an hour. Strain and return to the pan with the turtle, adding sherry and lemon juice. WATERCRESS AND GRAPE SALAD 1 bundle watercress 1 orange 1 cup of grapes 2 oz. shelled pecan nuts Cut the grapes in halves and remove seeds. Peel orange and divide in halves, then cut in slices. Wash watercress, removing long stems. Now place the salad together as follows : Divide the watercress on four plates (or it can be divided on six). Over each plate of watercress place a few thin slices of orange ; then scatter over each plate a quarter of the grapes, and over all sprinkle a few pecan nuts ; then pour over each salad V/2 tablespoons of French dressing. This bit of loveliness is the same Ruth Terry <you saw getting a bit rough in her film scenes on page 67. "Radiant" is the Word this Winter Continued from page 64 so tired, so sad, that it depresses another even to listen? There isn't a screen star that doesn't stress the importance of vitality. Stars purposely sleep for it, eat for it, live for it, in fact, knowing that it is a very important part of their stock in trade. In the rating of qualities that you must have to succeed in pictures, this vitality gets a very high mark. Needless to say, this goes equally strong for your social, business, or love life, readers ! To begin with, any girl who has many dates will do well to follow the plan of at least one night a week absolutely to her self. This means sans family, girl friends, or any form of diversion. A night when she forces herself to bed very early, perhaps first having done some of those little personal chores, like a lovely home manicure, brushing her hair thoroughly and using one of those cleansing" lotions to keep hair and scalp fresh between shampoos. This cleansing lotion is a great help when you have a cold, a real illness or when you simply haven't got around to that shampoo. You might also want to give a little extra time to using one of those nice, light lubricating creams over your face and neck, using upward motions over your face, a light patting under the eyes, from inner corner to outer. When you have done these, or similar chores, and got yourself leisurely ready for bed — and doing this leisurely is a real luxury, as every busy girl knows — you might finish off with a glass of grapefruit juice. This juice seems to have a soothing, sedative-like quality, if you are a little wrong on the inside from too much night life, and it is also very, very good for your skin. Now into bed and off to sleep with this happy thought, "How pretty I'll look tomorrow !" You truly will. Getting up is the zero hour for many. Too many of us zigzag out of bed at the last minute, jump hurriedly into our clothes, eat practically no breakfast and away we go. Little wonder that many morning nerves are far more jangled than those after luncheon, and many do not even seem to come to until afternoon. If you could, by dint of courage and great self-control, manage to get up half an hour earlier than absolutely necessary, after the first three or four efforts, you'd be so pleased with yourself that you'd wonder why you never tried it before. Only these extra minutes can give you time for a smooth, perfect make-up, orderly, groomed hair, and clarity of mind to decide what you'll wear with what. Summed up, this half-hour-earlier rising means you start to work, school, or shopping with that wonderful knowledge of being turned out as well as it is possible for you to be. This knowledge gives poise, and is a priceless ingredient in meeting the situations of the day and triumphing over them, instead of letting them triumph over you. Three radiant newer faces from Hollywood adorn these pages. Each has its special kind of radiance, but you can't deny that each seems to have an extra-special something. In Brenda Marshall's direct eyes, you sense a subtle but sure glow. Here is an extremely style-conscious young lady, who offers some good ideas. She likes harem hems for daytime. Fine, say we, if you have a number of frocks. Her favorite daytime colors are black accented with red ; moss green and brown and almond green alone. For evening she likes black with gold or silver jewelry. You can see she is a perfect type for a brilliant red lipstick. "Generally speaking," adds Miss Brenda, "girls with tailored coiffures are the best subjects for 'mad' hats. That's why I cling to my page boy. 'Mad' hats are my hobby." She is convinced that no food has the vitality-building quality of milk and so keeps her weight up — up, mind you — when working hard by drinking glasses of half milk, half cream, between meals and choosing only cream desserts at mealtime. Claudette Colbert is another who must build up, not down, and believes strongly in milk. Brenda Marshall uses cream — the cow kind — on her hands at night and weekly takes a body sponge bath in milk. She says she never adds make-up until she is into her frock, to be sure rouge and lipstick contrast or harmonize pleasingly. This is right for girls who aren't sure, and here I suggest one of those rubber-like make-up capes as a practical way of keeping powder from sifting onto a dark frock. With close neck Even Marq's conscience is carefree now 3 No broken dates . . . no last-minute apologies . . . no more weak, embarrassing excuses for Mary! Now she relieves "regular" pain— lives actively and comfortably right through those dreaded days. ARE YOU the woman Mary used to be? Shut off from life several days each month by the functional pain of menstruation — really giving up a full month of active living every year because of suffering which you think must be endured? Today millions of enlightened women know what has long been common medical knowledge— much of this pain is needless. Like Mary, they wisely depend on MIDOL to help them through their trying days in comfort — as active and carefree as ever. Unless there is some organic disorder calling for the attention of a physician or surgeon, MIDOL helps most women who try it. It is made for this special purpose — to relieve the needless pain of the natural menstrual process. As an experiment in comfort, get MIDOL now before periodic pain brings more miserable inactivity. A few MlDOL tablets should see you serenely through even your worst day! All drugstores have the trim and inexpensive aluminum cases, just right to tuck in purse or pocket. MIDOL ;7y APPROVED BY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BUREAU Midol is a special formula recently developed for its special purpose. Midol contains no opiates and no amidopyrine. The new Midol formula is plainly printed in full on the label of every package and is approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau. GENERAL DRUG COMPANY, NEW YORK, N. Y. SCREENLAND 93