Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1921, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921. vournal Jhoudandd st Lot ome W “The ‘We offer nothing for snobs, hypocrites or para- gites. We do not specialize in sob stuff, sex stuff, new isms or ologies, exotic customs or manners, or thelatestcreedsandfads of the neurasthenics. We believe that the popular taste is infinitely better than the shut-in eclectics and common scolds dream of, and we intend to prove our con- ception by giving our vast family of readers the very best and most wholesome in literature and art and all-round helpful suggestions. . - 'A husband who will do the famliy washing and call it a lark is a pretty good sort—particularly if he makes a good job of it. Millions of husbands know how to wash babies, though they rarely boast of it. Dishwashing is an all-family job in - most homes where there is pull-together har- Imony. All of which puts us pretty solidly on a . self-help basis as a nation. ® ‘The editorial program of ‘Thé'Joumr;;l‘is self- help one hundred per cent. ¥ T, St Soa Trueal, Hitn é g Johnny Funny-Bunny Crossed Wires and the By Josephine Tadpole Baby - Daskam Bacon By Harrison Cady The girl from the West wanted to know Society. The society woman, for a lark, gave ber a house party—brought together entertaining folks, | and furnished the girl with : gowns from herown wardrobe. « But ‘she didn’t count:on any such mix-up in her own love affairs as develops in this story—one of Mrs. Bacon's best. Read it—in the February HOME JOURNAL. Caruso, Farrar, Galli and Howard Sing Tonight: ' What goes on behind the scenes on a big night at the opera? The big singers—are they nervous? ‘What do they do when they are off stage? Kathleen Howard, herself a member of the Metropalitan Opera y, gives away some of the secrets of her fellow artists. - that Saving Fifty Million Dollars by Thrift ‘The fellow who wrote that old saw about taking care of the pen- nies must have come from Lancas- ter County, ia. That's the home of Thrift. The farm 'people in that county piled up ing}was one way they saved. If you need more money you may find a suggestion.in this article. ‘Dresses Rich With Embroidery Paris has furnished the ideas for a score of lovely embroidery touches are shown in the February ‘ will make your summer clothes the envy of all “There’s a cute baby down on Tinkham’s Mill Pond,” said Li'l’ Timmy Meadow Mouse, “that’s been under water for nigh onto three days.” ~ Both of Johnny Funny-Bunny's pink ears twitched with surprise. _ Hegathered togetherhiswifeand children and they all rushed down to the pond to see the new baby with no hands or feet. 7 Harrison Cady tells the whofe " story for the kiddies in the Febru- ary HOME JOURNAL,and, bestof all, he has painted pictures in full color which can be cut out and stood up. . « « » Children of all ages love the Cady Cut-Outs.! A Ten-Cent Bowl May be Made Beautiful Luster china is expensive when you buy it in the stores. Yet you needn’t be an artist to do this sort of painting— Dorothea Warren O’Harra, whose painted china and glass are models of the art, tells every step in luster painting. LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL —such needlework as your friends. There are full directions for every stitch of the needle. ‘A Color Print of the Church Where Washington Worshiped Jules Guerin has-painted for the February HOME JOURNAL a full- page picture of the historic old Christ Church at Alexandria, Vir- ginia, where George Washington worshiped and was a vestryman. It is reproduced in full color—a print that you'll want to cut out and frame. Later it will be sold for onedollar. You get it now as one of more than two score features in THE HOME JOURNAL for twenty cents! Recipes from France and the Old South Did you ever hear of Créme de Pommes? Can you make beaten biscuits, or a real chicken Bruns- wick stew? The February Journal has a French cook’s own favorite recipes for cooking apples—and a Richmond woman’s recipes for some of the good things that Vir- ginians ate “befo’ de wah.” A Half a Hill By Eleanor Hallowell Abbott /Take three letters sent into the past; three unexpected answers, a week-end in the country, a garrulous stage driver and a violinist who played only in the dark, and you have the makings of this absorbing mystery. Ladies’ Home Journal stories are setting a high mark forinterestand entertainment. And they are here in quantity as well as in quality. Besides the others mentioned on this page you'll find in the Feb- ruary issue Out of the Foé By Grace Sartwell Mason The Silver Sixpence By Ruth Sawyer Little Deeds of Kindness Homes at $4700 to $9000 Building costs, we're told, will take a tumble this spring, and very likely it will be possible for you to put up that house you have been dreaming about. One thing is sure—the small house, anned for economy in construction and in housekeeping, is the ) -,;gling for 1921. . . . Ladies’ Home Journal architecture haslong been a model—there are whole towns of Ladies’ Home Journal houses. In kthelFebruary issue there are pictures and plans of ')Five Small Houses that will offer valuable suggestions to the 1921 home builder. The costs are reasonable—from $4700 to $9000. It'sNotTooEarly to Think of the Rose Garden You buy a pound of candy for a dollar, and int an evening it's gone. 1f you should put that candy dol- lar into a rose plant you would have several years of enjoyment as the plant came tobud and blossom, to beautify your garden and your home. Vew ol it J. Horace MacFarland, who knows roses of all kinds better than almost any other manin Am- erica, has written for the February HoME JoURNALan article about his favorite flower that tells the whole story of the roses—how to prepare the soil, when to plant, how to care for the bushesand the varieties that have been found best for your particular part of the country. The Seven Conundrems By E. Phillips Oppenheim “It will fall to your lot,” she told her suitor, “to kill the only man I have ever really cared for.” Strange indeed was the courtship of Naida Modeschka, of the Rus- sian ballet—for it was a courtship of death jtself—death directed by Mephistopheles. In The Seven Conundrums, of which this story is one, THE LaDIES’ HOME JOURNAL has obtained the best work Mr. Oppenheim has ever done. | i EL Don’t Get Left Thousands of women missed the January issue of THE LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL be- cause they didn’tbuy itonJanuary 1l Don’t wait this month until the newsdealer says: “Sorry —sold out!” The way to be sure of getting the beautiful big February issue is to Buy It Today Going to Give a Party on Valentine’s Day? # Everyone had a good time at the party Claire Wallis de- scribes in the February HoMe JOURNAL, and you'll make a hit with all your friends if you follow the suggestions in A Valentine Party in Five Reels. It's movie stuff—and heaps of fun. The Target B - DYy Holworthy Hall .“To my cousin Allan Banna- tyne,” the eccentric millionaire’s will read, ‘that he may learn the thoughts and emotions of his fel- low creatures by human experi- ence, I bequeath a summer at the fashionable summer resort of Sea- ward.” The young psychologist took the gift, though he didn't want it, and he became The Target in this unusually clever story by an unusually clever writer. Read it, in the February LADIES’ HOME JoURNAL.! The New Senator’s Wife Made 650 Calls; Spent $50 on Visiting Cards, and More for Taxicabs Than for Food ® The new Administration will bring to Washington new Cabi- net officers, new Senators, new Representatives—hundreds of them, all told, to whom the cus- toms of official society in the Capital City are utterly un- known. . . . Many a new senator’swife is going towish that her husband had never gone into politics when she learns the routine of - JZ&i callsthatshemust make, the social ranks that she fFrerr=d her. must observe, the difficulties of living properly and entertaining in the right way. Frances Parkin- The Primary School of Politics for ‘Women ‘The new woman voter’s first ballot was cast for President, but now she is going to the bottom of this political busi- ness and learn it from the ground up. Inanarticlein the February JOURNAL Elizabeth Jordan tells where the start should-be made. Read¥duca- cation for Citizenshdp. son Keyes, wife of Senator Keyes,of New Hampshire, has written from her own experience as a new senator's wife, and the pictures she gives of society in the Cabinet and Senatorial cir- cles of Washington's official sea- son are vividly entertaining and amusing. Withanew Con- gress coming in soon you'll be interested in learning what Mrs. Senator from your state will find in store for N Mrs. Keyes' article <N in the February h Lapies’ HoME A< JOURNAL is full of — personalities and , anecdotes. Read it! F Have You Heard of the New Clothes Dictator in Paris? B Ay ¥ “Her name is on every lip and her gowns on almost every fashionable woman in Paris,” writes Mary Brush Williams in the March issue of THE LApiES’ HOME JOUR- NAL. “She caters only to the rich and exclusive, but, in spite of herself, she is setting the spring fashions. You can tell one of her creations by its rigid plainness and the skill "’ But there, there, you will want to read this entertaining and enlightening article for yourself. In addition to a lively account of this new star in the fashionworld, the article contains the fullest kind of infor- mation about the new spring and summer fabrics. Rodier has disclosed his most cherished secrets, and the newest models from Callot, Deeuillet, Drecoll, Molyneux, Berthe Hermance, Poiret, Bulloz, Chéruit, Leon, Beer, Agnés and others are shown in both sketches and photographs. ¥ If you are planning to make some clothes for your- self the fashions with patterns in this issue will make a strong appeal to you. They are smart and wearable and anyone can make them. 5 Presenting Charlotte Walker in her newest picture— How to Dress Your Hair AWIFEMAY Go ALL DAY with- out getting the house cleaned up, if she is in good humor; but if she is mad at her husband she can give the place a thorough cleaning in an hour.” So says Claude Callan in his record of the doings of Bum- bleton. Folks. Household Linens That Will ‘Make a Woman Proud ¥ Every woman who sews will welcome the page in the Febru- ary Journal of Artistic Italian Hemstitching on Household Linens, with full directions for making the tea cloths, table cloths, tray covers and runners. Why Your Child .-Should Eat Spinach ~ -“It’s good for him,” you say. Yes, but why? And why milk? Why butter? Why string beans? Why eggs? It’s because they con- tain vitamines, the newly discov- ered mysterious force that controls growth and life.- Read Making Friends With Vitamines, and regulate your children’s diet so they'll be strong boys and girls. Dainty Things for Baby A pretty new sweater; some new handmade dresses from Belgium— easy to copy; a muff for the baby- carriage handle; a nursery screen with handy pockets; a bib that is different; a pillow cover. These ghing!. pretty for the baby and a joy to the mother, are shown ina splendidly helpful page in the Feb- _ ruary HoME JOURNAL. \-’ _'The February Edition Is More Than Two Million Copies * The February issue of THE Lapies’ HOME JOURNAL isa book of 172 pages, containing 44 sepa- rate and distinct features—short stories; installments .of novels that later will sell for $1.75 to $2 in book form; inspiring spe- cial articles on a great variety of interesting subjects; and helpful departments of fashion news and patterns, housekeeping ideas, needlework, entertainment, gar- dening and architecture; besides poetry and colored pictures suit- . able for framing. More than two million copies will be printed, but unless you buy today you may be disappointed, asthousands of -women were dis- appointed fast month. There You can easily duplicate the beautiful pieces you see in the big specialty shops, for the price of the plain linen cloth, a few spoo!s of thread and a little time. Don't forget— pictures and full directions. The Heart That Understands By Edith Barnard Delano ¢ She was a frivolous flapper with a Mona Lisa smile. He was a poet. And her young heart fluttered and throbbed as he danced with her. 5 Youngsters are funny, and Mrs. Delano makes Anna Isabella irresistibly amusing in this story in the February HoMe JOUuRNAL. Save it for an evening when | the world looks blue—and see how it will brighten the corners for you. are only two ways to buy THE Lapies’ HOME JOURNAL—bysub- scription at $2 a year (sidress The Curtis Publishing Co., Phila- delphia, Pa.) or from a newsbay or news-stand at 20 cents a copy ($2.50 a year or 25 cents a copy in Canada). The February edi- tion is sure to be exhausted quickly—Buy Yonr Copy Todey!