Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1922, Page 39

The All-White BY Exit black; enter white. Those four words might well ex- Press what has happneed thus far in le vear of grace 1922. ’ And certainly no flower in the gar- . Ben of fashion was ever harder to uproot or acted with more weedlike persistency than black. In fact, black 15 by no means thrown over the gar- @en wall yet. It lingers and will linger. The French women are pe- culiarly fond of it always. The American woman always feels that she is “playing safe” when she selects Black. Certainly she is playing with economy—for with black hats and frocks there is not the question of matching or harmonizing colors that Eo often means the purchase of new clothes, or the discarding of clothes for no reason save that one has noth- Ing with which to wear them. The rage for white is really heritage from the winter season. White was the smart tone in the winter resorts where ice sports were in order before it was marked Wwith a such decided favor at the southern Tesorts here and in France, By actual count every day shows women dressed _entirely or artly in white In the south., where the sun shines. And white is com- f1x at the expense not so much of other colors as of black. For every new white frock in the picture there 1= usually one less of black. But it will probably be many a Tong year before black is eventually pressed back to its standing of fif- teen vears ago—a color taboo to @cbutantes and hardly proper for ®uy young woman unless they were 4n mourning. You wore black, too. when vou happened to be very much weight. It was the color ©f maids’ uniforms, the color that ©ld women in the country pretty erally adopted after they were or so. It was very durable respectable. The all-white suit is in evidence &iong smart women and is one of fashions that runs very little of becoming overpopular. Of <c. the chief thing about black rown that contributed to its | opularity was the fact of its bility. To wear all white | ©ic must have a lady’s maid, or| patience enough and time enough to | ®lay lady’s maid for oneself. The white cloth suit in the sketch | %s from Lelong of Paris. It is trim- med with points of white silk braid | mnd has the long. narrow skirt Which Lelong shows in his collection. The | coat of the suit is buttonless, but it 15 held in place by a belt of white beads. i ANNE RITTENHOUSE. WOMAN’S PAGE: Suit or Frock TINY POL OF WHITE SILK BRAID ARE D BY LELONG TO TRIM THIS SUIT OF WHITE CLOTH AND BLUE AND WHITE BEADS FORM THE BELT. H BY LAURA Tou Should Be Happy at Your| ' Housekeeping. ¥ A reader friend who signs herself | *Tnhappy Housekeeper.” has written to ask me this question: “What do Sou think makes a housekeeper hap- Diest2” My correspondent then goes on to #ay that she is not happy in her| housework—that she drags from task to task with a leaden heart and, on most days. finds herself worrying ®©ver something her husband or chil- | dren havé sald to her. “I hear people talk of ‘enjoying life’” she finishes her letter, “but I guess I'm too mor- | bid or sensitive or something to en- Joy life, It isn't that I'm overwork- ed. for my children help me all they can when high school is out. It's Sust that I seem to brood over things B0 casily.” i Now, reader friends, this letter Proves a point T am siways fond of | making—a point T have made repeat- | ediy in this column—the point that a | housekeeper needs a.gripping inter- | est outside of her housework to keep Rer happy. And it doesn’t matter much what that interest is, so long as it is a thrilling one to that particular house- Xeeper. Some women find this ab- sorbing interest in planning their flower gardens all winter and exe- cuting those plans in summer. Some women find it in making their own &nd their children’s clothes. To other women this enveloping interest lies 4n entertaining—in planning partiss and putting the plans through. Still others find it in club life or in the work of some charitable organization. Whether we realize it or not, we eannot be happy if we do not have dream. And by “a dream” T mean #ome goal to strive toward—some- thing that will give our ambition full piay. So, it you want my answer to the question, “What do you think makes # housekeeper happiest?’ here it is: #Having an ambition!"” The woman who drags about her $ousework with no thought beyond the pots and pans is bound to have a Jeaden outlook. But she who hustles through her work so that she can have time to spend on some occupa- tion dear to her heart—she fs the | Bappy woman. Ana, just_incidentally, an ambition gmakes all the difference in the world £ a woman's looks. heard the remark. ®eautiful, but she has so much ex- Jresslon that she seems beautiful.” is a dream that gives you this keen <. _Only ambitions can make a live wire” of you. So, when the reader who wrote me ghe above quoted letter reads this urticle, T hope she will do as follows: Take a steaming hot cup of coffee, gn herself up in one corner of her avenport and ask herself what in-. rests her most in life besides her family and home. If her answer is. M Things You'll Like to Make A simple but lovely way to smarten plain, one-piece frock Is to make a recker-boarfl girdle. Have rows of emstitching four and ome-half Ewnu long, made around the waist- ne of your frock. (You may have either the natural waistline or one #hat is below the natural line.) About one-quarter of an inch from ghe top cut through each row of hem- stitching for a little less than two ;n«hu, forming a picot edge. Leav- ng one-eighth of an inch, cut again for a distance of a little less than wo inches. Run two-Inch ribbon or elvet through the slits to form a ecker board. Finish the slseves to atch this effective checker-board irdle. FLORA. —_— The Greek Church has always r Lents, distributed qum.z; oughout m year, | ple_hand loom, KIRKMAN. “I don't know.” then begin a series of investigations to find out what proves of interest. For instance, try weaving. Many a woman has fairly wrapped herself up in the art of weaving, beginning by buying a sim- on which she could make small pieces, such as table cov- ers, length for a hand bag or pillow tops, then, later on, saving her money to buy one of the expensive foot {looms on which rugs and portieres may be woven. : But, whatever you choose, choose it right away Plunge into inter- est and you will be caught on the tide of it and swept on to the sea of contentment. | crumbs and ealt and pepper. I STAR. 'WASH Menu for BREAKFAST Corn Flakes Creamed Potatoes Corn Bread Coffes LUNCHEON | Fotato and Onlon Soup Cal Chocolate DINNER Boof Stew With Dumplin; Onions Tomatoe P’ou{:el Bpring Salad Apple Pl &) Coftes Cheese Light Breads In many southern familles recipes for hot breads have been handed down for several generations. They have been adapted to modern cooking appliances and to the present day methods of leavening. Gas ovens and coal ranges have replaced the old portable ovens which wers used in the days when the cook had only the open fireplace with which to bake. Baking powder and the compressed yeast have replaced potato yeast, such as used to be made from the hop vine, cultivated yearly by the southern housekeeper as the source of her leavening supply. The recipe given beiow is one of these transformed southern recipes, used originally in old Virginia family and given me by a present- day descendant of the original user. To s the batter made by the Owner of this recipe and to eat light breads made from it is to taste biscuit and rolls that cannot by y possi- b“‘:“h’ be Ilmnro\md upon. e recipe calls for one pound of milk scalded and let cool ”to luke: warm, one yeast cake, two table- spoons of sugar, four tablespoons of melted shortening, from two and one- half to three pints of flour (depend- ing on the brand used) and two tea- 8poons of salt. Put the milk on to scald. When it is partly cooled dip out a few tablespoons, in which dissolve the yeast and the sugar. Now make the sponge with one-half the flour, the yeast and sugar mixture, the shorteiing and the milk. Beat the sponge until smooth; then cover and let rise in a warm place for one hour or until it is light. Experience soon teaches one how this sponge should look and about how high in the bowl it should rise in order to be properly set. The temperature will make some difference in the exact time of rising. When the sponge is light add the remainder of the flour, add salt and knead for ten minutes. Place the batter in a greased bowl, cover it over and let it riss in a warm place until it is double in bulk. This will take about one hour and a half. Now roll out for biscuit or rolls, the thick- ness depending upon just what form of bread you wish to m Carrot Fritters. Mix one cup of cooked chopped || carrots gradually with one-half cup of milk, three tablespoons of brown- ed chopped onion, two well beaten one-half cup of fine bread Cook in a double boller until hot. Spread the mixture out on & plate to cool. Form into the desired shape. roll in egg. then in crumbs and stir in hot fat. Serve with or without cream sauce. —_— Eggs and Ham, Mushroom Sauce. Clean one-fourth pound of canned or fresh mushrooms. break them in pieces and %tir for five minutes in one tablespoon of butter. Add one table- spoon of flour and another tablespoon of butter, then stir in one cup of milk. Cook until slightly thickened. geason with salt ai pepper, cover six circular slices of toast with six thin slices of cold boiled ham and arrange a poached egg on each piece of ham. Place on a hot platter and cover with the sauce. B Serve at once. Wrinkles How sad, for a woman who is still young, to find the wrinkles beginning to show. Perhaps she thinks there is no help for it~—that wrinkles are the natural result of work and cares. She is mistaken. Wrinkles come early only to a skin that has lost the vitality to resist them. Lifebuoy puts health and life into such a skin. It clears the pores of impurities— wakens the cells—soothes, softens. It keeps the skin in such perfect condi- tion that wrinkles and disfiguring lines have no chance. v Lifebuoy’s health principle, combined with pure palm and cocoanut oils, has made over the whole idea of caring for the skin. No other soap has it. Use Lifebuoy — keep your complexion flawless and young. The delightful odot of Lifebuoy disappears on using LIFEBUO HEALTH SOAP nia : WED DAY. MARCH 1 | G PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE l|1 Children’s Diet ‘ . By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. ‘Noted Physician and Author. I i A Karell Club. A dentist's main asset and general manager writes: I received your in- structions on reducing about five weeks ago. I have lost twenty-two pounds. Now I have started a club| for fat ladles. We have twenty mem- | bers enrolled. We walk. Each mem- ber Is weighed when she enrolls, and | afy member who fails to show defi- | i nite reduction pays a penalty of ten miles on the hoof. ¢ ¢ ¢ Well, most of the fat gnes need a club of some kind to drive them to it. 1 think this_general manager has the right idea. That ten-mile fine is great medicine. The best medicine is gen- erally the bitterest. In the founding of a Karell club the first thing is to place the accent on the ‘ell—Ka-rell, just like that—! and not on the club. "The average fat! woman would shy off if she suspect- | ed a club were to be used on her. Without any desire to rub It into: the fat women and let the fat men go scott free, I submit the following tentative requirements for admission to a Karell club: 1. Applicants should be over nine- teen years of age. 2. Applicants should have the cer- tificate of a physician or some com- | petent physician’s approval. 1 3. Applicants should subscribe on heir word of honor to an agreement to cover a minimum stated daily mileage on the hoof and to a suitable penalty for any infraction of this im- portant rule. 4. There should be two stated Ka- rell days each week, say Monday and Friday, and perhaps a social after- | noon on one of these days for mutual condolences and boasting. 5. No person less than 10 per cent overwelght should be accepted as an active member of the club. Here is a table of weights for the guldance of scouts In quest of ap- plicants. It gives the average normal welght for each age and height, with the 10 per cent excess added. Any applicant who cannot tip the scales at a higher figure than here given for a woman of her age and height should jbe given the gate. Age Height 60 i 161 i {62 163 |es I3 86 67 68 in. 169 Age 49 10 50 3 1bs. Age ..171 Ibs. ...176 Heights taken in stocking feet. Weights without clothing. Cloth- ing averages seven pounds. The welghts given are 10 per cent above normal average weights. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. The Visiting Friend. A very dear friend on his way to a tuberculosis sanatorium in the south- | west plans to stop and spend a few days at our home. As he has enter- tained us, we are under obligations to him, but we have a boy aged four who makes great friends with every- body. What risk is involved if the visitor fondles and plays with the boy?-—(W. &) Answer—Grave risk of infection. There would be little or no risk in- volved for adults in your household. 1 should smuggle the boy away for a visit somewhere until the friend shall have departed. Young children are some An chin Mr few coun Club. particularly susceptible to repeated or prolonged intimate contact with one having tuberculosis and should never be subjected to that danger. Character Amalyzing. T should like to have the opinion of character think analyzing?—(D. E. G.) charas the brow or t Woman members of the Clevelund Golf | lowed to find ou intelligent person _ concerning | analyzing. What do 2 e in character | f00ds and making special dishes. of _the swer.—My notion is that it is {er by the height or breadth of | strongest children were and all that sort of thing. —_— 3. George Harrison. one of the | woman golf professionals in the | try, has been engaged to teach w | ficult. to have a iittle of tow vhat disagree BOB WHITE TOILET PAPER. The Big Value Roll that is High Quality, Sanitary and Very Economical. The Price never changes and the Rice Emblem on every roll is the assurance of Standard Quality. Sold Everywhere ASK for BOB WHITE A.P.W.PAPER Co.,Albany,N.Y. Makers “It’s mattresses I'm talking . about,” she answered T'S what is inside that counts!” said Beth sud- denly. “Quite probably, Beth,” I responded. “Are you referring to your head or mine?” “It’s mattresses I'm talking about,” she an- swered, “and if you knew more about them you’d be better off. It was Laura Crozier's article in Good House- keeping that got me thinking. That and a nice little salesman down at the furniture store. “Laura Crozier quotes a manufacturer of low-grade mattresses as saying: ‘I've bought bundles and bundles of stuff from the dump, run it through my factory and baled it out again. I don’t know where it went any more than where it came from. I only hope that I don’t have to sleep on it myself’ “As Jack and I were just buying the new guest-room things, I went right down to the salesman at the store. ‘Now tell me,’ I said, ‘why do you urge me to take Conscience Brand mattresses when there are mattresses up the street for five and ten dollars less which have a pretty tick and seem to be as soft and comfortable? “ *That is a perfectly fair question,” he re- plied. ‘You buy an unknown mattress. It looks beautiful. It is soft when you buy it. It seems just as pretty and just as soft as the Conscience Brand mattresses here. Un- knowingly, you may send home a mattress that Mattresses INTERNATIONAL BALTIMORE In familles where there are chil- ili|dren you frequently hear the com- i [ plaint that it is difficult to cater to || the children, always following the advice of physician or child experts. 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This | starch puddings and most bresd pud- may seem like a very drastic method. | dings are wholesom: nd usually Eut when you look through your cook tempting to children. Every Mother’s Duty | is to know that Karo is a wonderful ! energy food for children. Delicious on hot biscuits and for making ginger bread and cookies. Ask your grocer for Karo—the eco- nomical syrup in full weight cans. | has inside low-grade, unsanitary filler, a mix- ture of old, unsterilized rags and short-fibre, dirty cotton. For a short time it may seem all right. But you cannot tell 2 mattress by how soft or how pretty it is. The real test of quality and service is in the filling.” “He took a bit of cotton-felt filler from the laced end of a Conscience Brand ‘Paris’ mattress. ‘See how clean this is! It is abso- lutely new and sanitary. Now crush it in your hand. There, watch it spring back! Now pull the fibres apart. How strong they are! A mattress with Conscience Brand sanitary long-fibre filler will last years and remain comfortable and buoyant.’” Why, really, should you take a chance on the mattresses in your home? The sanitary bedding laws of the State of Maryland, the home of the International Bed- ding Company, forbid the use of shoddy or reclaimed material. But the standards of Conscience Brand mattresses are even more emfing than this progressive State law. Only clean, new, sanitary long-fibre filling goes into Conscience Brand mattresses. In the great daylight factory sunshine streams in through huge windows, all dust particles are drawn off by a modern vacuum system, and every floor ig as clean as a new pin. Whether a cotton-felt or a hair Con- science Brand mattress, you are certain of the very best material—both inside and out. For a cotton-felt we suggest a Paris or an Elite (described in detail below) ; for hair, the Enduro. Your dealer has them. ws Box Springs BEDDING COMPANY RICHMOND