“Divorce Insurance”
recommended by MME. KAREN MICHAELIS
Mme. Karen Michaelis of Denmark, author of "The Dangerous Age is now in this
country giving a course of lectures in which she presents her plan for "divorce insurance.”
“I am working for the woman who
finds herself involved in an unhappy mar
riage with no hope of ending it because
of the economic side,” said Mme. Michaelis
when seen in the apartment of her sister,
the Baroness Dahlerup.
“There are many such marriages which
both husband and wife are desirous of
ending, but as the husband’s money is
limited it is impossible. Sometimes it can
be solved for the woman who can obtain
alimony, but this ties to the man an un
bearable burden. In many cases the
amount of alimony which the court orders
him to pay prevents the man from build
ing a new life for himself by making it
impossible for him to' set up a new estab
lishment.
Onerous to Women
“This situation is also onerous for the
woman. Very few women feel that it is
possible to demand subsistence from a
man whom they no longer love. Women
Tomato Juice Ring
TOMATO JUICE RING
1 bottle tomato juice (4 cups)
l/ 2 cup chopped sweet pickles
2 tablespoons onion chopped
2 pkgs. gelatin (4 tablespoons)
I cup cold water
Soak gelatin in the cup of cold water*
until thick and smooth, place mixture in
top of double boiler and heat until dis
solved. Add the gelatin mixture to the
tomato juice, to which has been added
the chopped pickles and onion. Pour into
a rinsed ring mold and chill until firm.
Unmold and serve with center filled with
potato or any other type of vegetable
salad.
WILD DUCK
FOR DINNER
One can take gun in hand, fare forth
into the country, and perhaps come home
with a boa of wild ducks around his neck.
You can continue to enjoy them, if you
or some of your friends are good marks
men, until the season close'-.
Roast Wild Duck
Wipe the duck after cleaning with
damp towel and rub inside and out with
salt and pepper. Fill with a stuffing of
equal parts of chopped apple, crumbs
and partly cooked onion, highly seasoned
with salt, pepper and minced pork (salt
pork). Some authorities add a little
chopped celery or put a generous cube
of butter, rolled in seasonings, inside.
Brush outside with melted butter, set
in a hot oven (450 deg. F.), add a bit
of boiling water and roast until rare,
not, however, so rare that the blood fol
lows the fork.
Garnish w’ith cooked turnips cut in
shape of olives and rolled in melted
butter with sprigs of cress or with over
lapping thin slices of small oranges,
each topped with a bit of red jelly.
Diend in Fluu.
Pour off most of the fat in the pan,
shake browned flour over the remainder,
stirring until well blended. Add a cup
or two of boiling water and boil down
until smooth and thickened; then add a
half-dozen coarsely chopped olives, a
squeeze of lemon juice and salt to taste.
To roast small birds, rub well" with
salt and add dressing. Lay strips of
bacon across the breast of each duck and
set in pan containing a little water and
roast. The time for roasting depends
on the size of the bird (about 30 to 45
minutes).
should not be put in the position of hav
ing to demand this.
“How are we to solve this question?
I have talked to many of the best statis
ticians in Europe—and the only thing
that is feasible is divorce insurance.
When a baby girl is born, it should be
compulsory for the father to take out in
surance to meet this situation. When the
girl marries, it should be compulsory for
her husband to continue paying for this
policy. The rate should be low, but the
whole problem could be solved without
difficulty.
She Married
“The woman has her side—lack of
training and inability to earn her own
living, but the man is also to be pitied.
I know of one case where a divorced man
had to pay his former wife a very high
alimony, and although he was in love
with another woman could not afford to
marry her.
“There came to him one day the an
nouncement of his former wife’s mar
riage. He was free at last. He invited all
of his friends to a great fete, celebrating
her marriage and later made over his
own life. But if she had not married he
would have faced an unsurmountable
barrier for the remainder of his life. If
there had been in existence a form of
insurance such as I am advocating, this
situation would become impossible.”
Mme. Michaelis is not only interested
in love, marriage and divorce, but in all
of the problems that involve the happi
ness of the human race. One of her most
interesting projects was to succor the un
wanted remnants of the Austrian aris
tocracy, some of whose members she
found to be starving. With the aid of
Austrian friends, she took over the care
of several half-ruined castles and opened
them as co-operative homes for these peo
ple, many of them formerly in the Aus
trian high command.
Aristocrats Did the Work
These co-operative castles were run on
a very simple scale, with the starving
recruits acting as gardeners, cooks and
housemaids. In recognition of this work
by Mme. Michaelis, they called themselves
“Nielsinen,” based on her mother’s name
of Nielson.
Mme. Michaelis has herself been mar
ried and divorced twice. Her book, “The
Dangerous Age,” sold over one million
copies and was translated into twenty
languages and is still being translated
into others.
She has lectured in many countries.
She now lives on a little Danish island,
where she is visited by people of all
nations.
“Although I am 67 years old,” she says,
“I feel that the opportunity to live has
just begun.”
Go Ahead and Spoil Your Windows
with c Dingy Shades— if you want to!
Certainly the window shade doesn’t
give a hoot! We think possibly he has a
lot of fun leering at the new curtains
and winter draperies, for he is such a
mean little fellow sometimes, he takes a
Do Your Window Shades
Look Dingy Like This?
JUNE LANG'S
BEAUTY DIET
The diet we give you is that of June
Lang, one of the most beautiful of all
Hollywood stars.
She has been called the modern venus
by a number of artists who are always
eager to portray her lovely face and figure
in their work.
Miss Lang is one of the younger
stars and started out with the inten
tion of becoming a professional
dancer but, after the producers saw
her on the stage, they lost no time in
securing her for the screen, and as her
pictures show, they made a good
selection.
The graceful little June is one of the
fortunate ones who does not have any
extra poundage to take off, but she is care
ful of her diet, nevertheless, as she feels it
is far better to avoid overweight than to
be obliged to reduce, so her method is to
follow a diet low in calories.
Her breakfasts vary slightly, such as:
1 soft boiled egg with a slice of
bacon, or milk toast, but she always
has a glass of orange juice and a
small cup of coffee every morning.
Luncheon-. A generous helping of
tomato and asparagus tips salad,
with lemon instead of vinegar for
the French Dressing.
A glass of milk.
A baked apple.
2 crackers.
Another Luncheon : 1 cup of cream
of tomato soup.
4 thin wafers.
A large vegetable salad.
Dinner, /z small broiled chicken.
A large helping of string beans.
1 baked potato.
Cole slaw.
A small portion of rice pudding:
i Tea with lemon.
Other dinners are similar, but fish or
another meat may be substituted for the
chicken.
We believe, however, Miss June will
always be too active to put on more than
her normal weight as she loves to dance
and is one of the good swimmers.
As a matter of fact, she likes all the
sports such as tennis, riding and beach
games.
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delight in spoiling a decorative setting,
getting full of pin holes, and thumb tears,
and*crinkling up like fury when the least
bit of rain touches him!
But not a good cloth window shade!
—or Are Your Shades
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Young. The effect is gained by use of gold cloth
and multicolored stones over black velvet. >
HAVE RIGHT-SIZED RUG
A rug that is too small lessens the
spaciousness of your room and throws
your entire decorating scheme off balance.
Generally speaking, the margin of pol
ished floor about the edges of the rug
should be about twelve inches or a
little less. The margin need not be ex
actly the same all around the rug, but
the distances at each end should be the
same and the margins at the sides should
correspond. A rug cushion will greatly
lengthen the life of your rug, as well
as give it a more luxurious trend.
TO REFINISH FURNITURE
Remove all old varnish from furni
ture before trying to revarnish it. A cup
of sal soda to two quarts of hot water
will help. Scrub each piece with a stiff
brush. Wear rubber gloves to protect
your hands.
They tell us they’re the safest invest
ment in beautiful windows you can make.
Certainly you know you can dress up your
home for Christmas and New Year—•
those times when guests will be flowing
all over the place—but the most important
Eart of any home is the window space.
»o you realize it takes up about one
fourth of the wall space?
It should then look a very decorative
and charming one-fourth shouldn’t it?
Well here is a tip to you smart women.
Select the new Sunrose window shades—
that seem to bring the sunshine indoors
on gray days! They are in the coral range
—a rich rosy-golden tint that harmonizes
so well with almost every color curtain
and drapery you can think of. We know,
we tried them at our windows and we
were so enthused, we had Sunrose cloth
shades put up at every window in the
house!
Here’s another well known fact. Cloth
window shades are woven on a loom,
then they are processed for long life,
in fact for years of life, if you buy really
excellent quality! Another saving in buy
ing a really good cloth shade is that they
can be cleaned with lukewarm water,
a mild soap and a sponge.
Remember to dress-up your windows
for.the holidays and see if you aren’t the
recipient of a great many compliments!