Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1922, Page 20

F EATURES. " THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON.' D. ©,” TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1922. " WOMAN’S Settle By Lucille “Welcome Home." H John Munro l,iml~xy! thourht rout his old “home tow from which he had been weaned for nearly ten vears. he always pictured wide sireet aded by arching maples, neat scen Annie” house: each with a bi sphit birch tre n the exact middle of its front yard, and with a circular flower bed in the exact middie of the side yard. and a Larn and a chicken coop and a vege- table putch in the back yard With al that times chan -s well as for their migrating sons, he still visual- ized “downtow as hs knew it in his bovhe street lined with tail- ing p th never her the occasional smart troiter | hitched to a r sulky pranced Ly John' ta 2 rather big Annie” next r to the red Methodist whose and : - a bright cld white Church, with i white spire hn could remember. a been suspended acr, n the two ch f the earliest days town's firsi attempis to harness elec tricity ~ whom it had been erect- ed J dn't remember. but he did it in letter: two feet hizh mited “Welcome Home™ when ne pressed a button that was porch of the Methodist Church. 1 want as the 1 where “What in were to the var to the noso's th e Home' will see that red him, ent-m still any- thing but happy about the idea of visiging Jobn's’ family and John's he was, moreover. thor- oughly ym a day of hard trave DErOus LWins were aslecy d v ng them. g hn imbled., n't ack up a You've done & but grump ever since thos shermen got off the train.” Merciam pulled her hat over her 1. powdered her nose siduously and yawned ev're not fool fishermen.” she a I think they're lots n. all and it wis so good < again. Johnw please, we are totally | swallow up by vour family, won't be an good hubby and prom- {se me that we can accept Kirk's in- vitation to go up to his lodge, just few days, even if you won't _vhs- ek, as he asked us John straps, nately I told vou bus! but ed himself with lugcage his jaw was set obsti- this morning when we nto them, that we weren't Adirondack fishing trip. going home to visit first ran Eoing on any that Johnsy. put a wheedling hand on : e Ty Merriam leaned for- his to BY ELSIE ROBINSON. An earthquake is an impulsive but most valuable happening. The best thing it does is to send you bounding out into the street without your col- lar or false front. It may smash your chicken house and bust the onyx clock but, if you have the sense to-perceive it, that slight loss will be more than offset by the jolting vou yourself get. We all need earthquakes—unexpect- ed and inconvenient upheavals. We attach far too much importance to our individual comfort, safety and balance. We need to be pitched head- Jong into the common mess of things now and then—to be forced to feel like bankrupts and act like fools and scramble out as best we may. Other- wise we're apt to think that the world is our little sachet bag and that any- one who docsn't resemble a violet has no right to exist. 1 remember the “big earthquake.” I ®E NEED EARTHQUAKES shall not easily forget the horror of it, but greater than the horror is the memory of the heartening humanity it left in its wake. There were thousands of destitute folks to be fed, and we forgot our own plights in the feeding of them. There were the Tector's wife, and Mag from the ‘waterfront, side by side. When they both spilled out into the gray and quaking dawn you couldn’t tell them one from tother. I suppose they have put the social world between their spirits again by now, but they were sisters wkile they packed ham sand- wiches, cheek by jowl. Only an earth- quake could have brought them to. gether. What a pity that it didn't happen sooner, and oftener. Yes, we all need earthquakes," to bounce us out without our false fronts on, so all the world may see. Many Earrings. ‘Earrings are decidedly in vogue in Paris. The long crystal drops are particularly favored, more so than rings or hoops. There is a clever trick among Frenchwomen of ‘wearing one ear- ring—a long one dangling down over the shoulder, and the other ear with- out any decoration. Pearl tassels are favorite earrings. Of course the idea is to have ear: rings for each costume, and some- times women have more than ope pair for a favorite frock. These har- monize in color and design with the frock with which they are to be used. There is a vogue for wearing -ear- rings containing little portraits in minjature—of anybody one wishes, of course. White jade earrings also are popular. Qld earrings of gold and silver are In demand, and ancestral jewel cases ms well as antique shops are called on for them. There are some earrings made of onyx, set.with pearls, that are tre- mendously effective. And with the revival for coral, -ny\hlni of coral #ay be-worn in the Way ol SATIREA. The Wife Who Wouldn't A Sequel to “Brides Will Be Brides” Methodist | zrove that | e | @ b and push | | Down! Van Slyké. &tay every minute with your family when we couid have such a bully holiday. Please, Johnsy! You always id_vou loved fishin fun We could have with a jolly crown llike Kirk's™ i think what | | [ITTLE GTORIES| JorBEDTIME: . What to D;? BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Oh. if we but only knew What to do or mot to do! —Peter Rabbit. That is exactly how the runaway | little Wood Mouse felt'as he sat peep- ! ing out from under a his fern at. Reddy Fex. Should he continue m! i 1 John @'dn't answer her. He couldn't. He ‘was too hurt N Merriam didn't understand in the cast what a siege of homesickkness been year during throi businees. didn't in how he had longed to have a good | old confab with his droll-speaking. ! ,old dad, that he literaliy flrn:amml of leaning aga t a kitchen window sill to watch piacid mother fr: doughnuts. while his two older s | ters washed break t dishes and h | Youngest sister dashed gayly around the dining room with carpet | sweeper. She didn’t understand that when her John talked about fishing | he didn't think of any smart Adiron- | !dack camp, he thought of @riftin |about in a leaky. flat-bottomed, old iry lake, three And ! sKiff in muddly little ‘ miles bevond his honie town. she couldn’t possibly know how he had missed these homely sorts things during the years they heen living in suburban New York. She sat pouting. fecling that she was a much abused littie wile be- cause she had been forced to take uncomfortable journey. The t-wakened twins were fretful dgy from travel, they did not ; their usual attractive little selves. A miserable famjly, they descended to wait on a junction plat- { form for the dusty local train. Long ! before it had arrived they were all | dictinetly snappish—even Razsy, the ! Cairn terrier, who was irritable from day in bagigage cars. “Oh, cheer up:” John admonished them all, “before vou know it we'll be with Grandpa and Grandma—and unt Elsie and Aunty Rose and Aunt a erirude will have big glasses of {fresh miik and big. round, scalloped | molasses cookies for u Merriam pulled her traveling cape about her disdainfully. Much too late to eat cookies!” she announced “But us vailed. ‘Cookies! Cookies! ech: with the petulance that e | feels so many hours after bedtime. They descended from the local train cookivs Ricky wants {into a drizzle of ramn. They | umbrellas ‘and there were no fond | grandparents waiting. Only a few battered flivvers, all of which seemed to be engaged. John finally ot a decrepit one, into which he wedged the fretful babies, their sulking little mother, the restless dog and the lug- gage. The driver let them out before a | house that was dark save for a dimly ilighted hall. It was only because the kev was under the kitchen doormat lnm' ohn could let them all in | Chin up, Merriam marched defiantly into the sitting room. She was in one of her “hating-everything-and- everybody” moods. “Where's that dear, old ‘hume' button you were going ush,” she asked insolently. The diegruntled young man glanced out into the street. The corner light | shone on an empty space between the two churches. ' The rickety, old arch was quite gone! 1 wants to go home!" wailed Ricky, ving her face in her mother's lcome- to skirts. And 1 wants to go home " echoed Oh!" cried Merriam in sudden et's get out of this horrible place quick! Let's go to Kirk's camp, twins ang all. He'd be glad to have us, and your family don't care enough about us to stay home to welcome us! Do let's go panic. Things You’ll Like to Make. For the sleeve that wants to be “different.” here is a mnovel beaded cuff: Make a long, full sleeve and broider a band of velvet or silk that just fits your wrist. Fit and sew the bottom edge of the sleeve on to a twelve-inch plece of medium thick wire. with a band of the velvet or silk which has been decorated in the same manner as the wrist band. Join the two bands with strings of beads sewed at intervals of 1% inches. Novel beaded cuffs give a picturesque appearance to a blouse. FLORA. Green Tomato Catsup. Chop very fine seven pounds of green tomatoes and four red peppers. Cook together in a porcelain-lined kettle with a quart of vinegar for an hour and a half; then add one pound of brown sugar, two table- spoonfuls of salt, two tablespoonfuls of mustard, ore tablespoonful of cin- namon and one of allspice, and a tea- spoonful of ground cloves. Cook for three hours longer, then bottle and seal. Savory Stuffed Eggplant. Halve a large eggplant and scrape the shell of all meat. Chop fine one onion, & bunch of parsley, one green pepper and a large tomato. Add the eggplant and a cup of chopped boiled ham; chop all again; put a large spoonful of butter into a frying pa when hot, put in the mixture and fry for five minutes. Fill into the shells, sprinkle the top with buttered bread crumbs and bake for twenty minutes. Creole Pepper Salad. Cut off the tops from eight medi- um-sized sweet peppers, saving the top with the stem attached. Remove all the seeds and white portion with- out breaking the pepper, then throw into ice water for thirty minutes. Mix together a cupful each of minced ham and chicken, four hard-boiled eggs, bunch of celery chopped and a Spanish onfon. Moisten with dress- ing, fill the shells, replace the tops and serve. Mutton Chops With Caper Sauce. Allow one chop for each person. Have the ‘chop cut from the loin and have the butcher remove the chime bone. Now remove the small bone from the center, rolling the flank end of the chop around the meat and fasten with a couple of toothpicka. Broil in the usual man- ner and then lift onto a hot platter and spread with caper sauce. Caper Sauce.—Chop fine enough capers to measure three tablespoon- fuls; place on a platter and add one teaspoonful of selt, one-half a tea- spoonful' of paprika, one teaspoonful of grated onion and one tablespoon- ful of butter. Work to a paste be- fore .spreading onto the chops. Gar- - ‘minced paraley, T i ldecide for himself, for there was no ! {one to tell,him what to do. } ! her big blonde boy of a husband had | the first time he had ever seen Reddy | paco hott a dUCUt ! Rox, but he didn’t nee ! had no | gather it at the bottom. Bead or em- ! Cover the gatherings and wire | sit still, or should he run? He must’ This was | d to be told that Reddy w Reddy & an enemy had not yet discovered him, for he would have known what to do. | He would have known that it would S to sit still. It was because adn’t vet discovered him that tle Mouse was uncertuin. Reddy | s running from side to side with sharp nose to the ground. It was that Reddy be usele there | suspected i i av REPEITES ) d been along that way. toward that fern of whoever h: He was coming under which the little Mouse Wi hiding. If he should once poke his p nose under that fern the little | Mouse would have small chance. But he might not come as far as that Ifern. "He might think he was n taken in suspecting that there was anybody around. and stop hunting be- fore hé reached that fern. In that case the little Mouse would be safest it he sat perfectly stgy. If. however, it should he necessary for him to run. the sooner he ran the better it would ibe for him, for the longer start he would have. What to do? The little Mouse was tempted to run. Then he was more afraid to run than he was to sit still Almost in the next breath he felt that he was more afraid to sit still than He had just made up his mind to run when Reddy Fox stopped to listen. Very handsome he looked as {he stood there with his sharp ears cocked forward, listening with all his might. A Merry Little Breeze rustled a dry leaf off at one side. Reddy turned in that direction and listened more eagerly than ever. The {Merry Little Breeze rustled the dry ileaf again. This time Reddy knew what it was. He is so smart and his ears are so wonderful that he can tell {the difference between the sound | made by the rusiling of a leaf by a | Merry Little Breeze and the rustling of a leaf made by careless little feet He began to move again and this time he came in a straight line to- ward the spot where that poor little Mouse was shaking with fright. little Mouse felt it in his bones that this time Reddy would keep right on, and have a look under that fern. He simply couldn’t sit still any | He ‘must run. But where should he {run to? He know nothing whatever {about his surroundings. He knew of !no hollow log. He knew of no hole { to run. have to depend wholly on chance, and chance is the poorest thing in the world on which to depend. He knew i that his little legs were no match for Reddy’s long ones. steal away without being seen or without making a soynd. It seemed to the little Mouse as if his heart was thumping right up in his throat he turned and started to steal away. He had gone a short distance without making a sound | when there was a sharp sniff behind Instantly | The ; longer. | where he might find safety. He would | i Perhaps he could ! “Quilted” Fabrics From France. BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE. We really should revive qullting parties. We should sing “Seeing Nellie Home" in close harmony. For quilted fabrics are in fashion. The counterpane with its pattern worked out in stitchery is not only revived for women's clothes, but there iS a new material called coun- terpane. The sketch shows a gown of it worn at one of the smart pleas- ure places. The foundation i§ white and there is a printed and stitched design in red and black over its sur- Another old-fashioned touch is a small yohe and short sleeves of white net with a double heading at the edges. It is a long time since women wore such sleevesgand such a yoke, and it has been decades since they wore fabrics that were raised and quilted. All these things have returned to fashion. They have not come up overnight as people appear to think. Since the st quilted satin coat made its ap- pearance in the streets of New York Iwo seasons ago there has been a determined effort by the fabric man- ufacturers to produce some pleasing forms of this ornamental cloth. The quilted coat was a herald, but it be- came tiresome. It sank to the lower levels of the cheaply-priced ready- mades, but its work was done. Then such men as Rodier and Bianchini, in Paris, put their wits to work to produce a fabric that re- sembled quilting, one that would serve as an offset to the smooth ma- terials adopted tor years by a world of women. First, they quilted, then they wafered and waffled crepe and satin_ surfaces. Now our gowns are crinkled and patterned and quilted as a matter of course. Standing firmly on this foundation, they went into several kinds of ex- periments. The counterpane cloth was one result. It follows the idea | oae v of the quilt which adorned colonial P "Came N beds and which will again adorn PTHIS TIME REDDY KNEW WHAT | them. The interior decorators are IT WAS. not behind the weavers in their H 3 padaptation of old thirgs to new pur- might he a mouse or some ofher | POSes. s | emall person. who would make him| The demand for English and colo- e A Sear “He was tryinginial house furniture and decoratio to find the scent left in the footsteps | has sent the shrewd and expert buy- ers to England instead of France this season. The act of an important fur- niture hrm to reproduce the home of Hogarth with something that was old and something that was new, was an 2 OF WHITE evidence of the keen interest the JTH PRINT- American public takes in the Geor- D IN _REDI| period AND BLACK MALL YOKE | America will look into its own his- AND U VES ARE OF tory to find early English things WHIT with their American adaptations, and the mahogany bed replacing the = —= brass one will carry its quilted coun- | thing. We do not want the colorful { terpane. patch work quilt, but the manufac- But colonial women did not_wear ) turers have given us the chance to quilted frocks. The women fhis turn 2n old counterpane into an im- summer and next autumn will do that portant frock if we wish. By William Brady, M. D. Noted Physician and Auwthor. Eruptions Due to Poisonous Plants Skin inflammation, or dermatitis, as doctors call it, may be produced by contact with varivus substances of animal, vegetable or chemical nature. It is characterized by redness. swel- ling. little vesicles or water, blisters and sensations of itching. burning or pain. The dermatitis caused by contact with poison (rhus toxicodendron) is well known, but the ivy itself is not =0 well known. The ivy leaf is tri- foiiate—that is, consists of three separate leaves on the stem, not a single leaf in three parts. Other plants which may cause der- matitis are the poison sumach, the nettle, the smartweed, cowhage, and several members of the primrose family. Primrose eruption is not rarely seen on the hands of women who grow a primrose in a jar in the house, and is usually mistaken for “eczema.” It is far less severe than poison ivy erup- tion. consisting of a more or less persistent fine vesicular rash with itching, chiefly between the fingers, sometimes about the cheeks and neck. The eruption will almost or quite clear away, only to recur shortly him. It was Reddy Fox sniffing under that fern where the little Mouse had been sitting. It startled the little Mouse so that he jumped and ran with all his might.” His small feet rustled the dry leaves. (Copright, 1922, by T. W. Burgess.) ‘Watermelons! This is the watermelon season. And there are a good many things you may do with this succulent fruit be- sides serving it in plain slices as dessert. Of course, it couldn't be bet- ter than served in just that way— ripe and sweet and cold. But we all, in our present phase of civilization, crave variety, and we can have {watermelon variety as well as any other kind. We can serve watermelon as an appetizer to advantage. Simply cut the chilled fruit into cubes, free of skin—half-inch cubes are a good size. Sprinkle it with a little lemon julce and a very little granulated sugar, and serve it piled in glass cups, or in grapefruit glasses with the double compartments, one for the fce and one for the fruit— A tiny bit of finely shaved ice may also be sprinkled over it to advantage. without apparent cause, as long as the primrose is kept in the house. As for poison ivy, a susceptible person should smear the exposed parts of skin with vaseline before approaching a known growth of ivy. He shouid immediately bathe the ex- posed skin with soap and water fol- lowing any possible exposure, then mop it with pledgets of cotton wet with aleohol, in order to dissolve off any of the volatile essence of the ivy which may be on the skin. More as a_ preventive than a cure for the skin eruption, alkalies are advisable, to neutralize the poisonous substance, which is an acid. For this purpose cloths kept wet with a solution of saleratus (two tablespoonfuls) in a pint of water will suffice. If itching is intense, the well known calamine lotion. with or without a small pro- portion of carbolic acid, is grateful: Glycerin ..% ounce Powdered calamine. % ounce Powdered zinc oxide 1% ounce Borax. . % ounce ounces. When itching Is intense, pure car- bolic acid may be added to the lotion p ing, fected areas w After a dermat b any bliste rise they opened with a hoiled or and simply patted over the af- the fingers. s developed, if should be med needle, and absorbed with cotton or clean towel and carefully kept from further contact with unaffected parts of the skin. The surface may then be dressed with the calamine lotion, or with compresses kept wet with saturated sofution of boric acid. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Five Percentum. T wich to express my appreciation for your goodness in suggesting the per cent sulphur ointment to be ma | saged into scalp every day for dan- druff. 1 used it two weeks and my dandruff was completely cured. Is it proper to take another course of such treatment in case dandruff returns? Answer—Yes. It is pretty sure to return some time, since most men visit barber shops and most women visit hair dressers. where reinfection with the sabouraud bacillus is scarcely to be avoided. Chronic Appendicitis. Is it advisable to remove the ap- pendix in a case of chronic appendi- citis, in which constant pain and ten- derness is present, also great ner- vousness and gas’—W. F. P. Answer—Perhaps. A diagnosis of chronic appendicitis, without a clear history of previous acute appendi- citis. must always be taken tenta- tively, and the operation must al- ways be undertaken as an explora- tory operation, for the surggon can- not be absolutely sure. Nevertheless, symptoms like yours often warran an exploratory operation, in my opinion. That is. if I had such symp.- toms I would seriously consider un- dergoing_the exploratory operation, disease. EFFICIENT HOUSEKEEPING BY LAURA KIRKMAN, Watermelon may also be used as a salad—simply cut in chunks and served on the crispest sort of white lettuce with French dressing, made with plenty of oil, and with season- ing of salt and paprika. And then there are frozen water- melon desserts. Here are recipes for two of them. Frozen Watermelon—Cut the pulp of a ripe watermelon into two-inch cubes, put into a freezer, and sprinkle with sugar, and wine if de- sired. Pack in salt and ice and freeze ‘without stirring for two hours. Watermelon Sherbet.—Break up the pwip of a large ripe melon with a silver fork, preserving the juice. Add the juice of a lemon, a cupful of chopped pecans half a cupful or more of powdered sugar, and, if desired, the whites of one or two unbeaten eggs. Freeze and serve in glasses. Duchess Potatoes. Pare and cook until tender six me- dium-sized potatoes. Mash and sea- son with five tablespoonfuls of milk, one tablespoonful of butter, one tea- spoonful of salt and a little white pepper. Mix thoroughly and then line an oblong pan with wax paper. Pack in the potatoes and chill in the mold. Cut into squares and then cut again into triangles. Dip in flour, then in beaten egg, and then into fine crumbs, coating thickly with the crumbs, Fry until a golden brown in hot fat. Menu for a Day. BREAKFAST. Raspberries Cream of Wheat Stewed Fish Muffins Coftes LUNCHEON. Clam Fritters Boiled Potatoes Charlotte Russe String Beans Tea DINNER. Chicken Okra Soup Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce Banana Croquettes Mashed Potatoes Lettuce and Tdmato Salad eese Crackers Juniget with Caramel Ssuce ¥ -, _Coffee 4 2:: cheese melts or partly melts. Com- Noodles in the Supper Menu. 1 wonder how many of my reader friends serve noodles for supper? I know of no more deliclous or nourishing supper dish than noodles served either with a plain cream sauce, an egg sauce, a cheese sauce, or a tomato sauce. The eggs in the noofiles make this dish rich and substantial, and a well-balanced meal may be achieved by following this menu: Egg Noodles with Sauce Corn Muffins Cocoa Djced, Sweetened Fruit Nut Cake Egg Noodles—Beat two eggs slightly and stir into them one teaspoon of ‘salt. Then add enough flour to make a very stiff dough. Knead a little, and toss on a lightly floured board. Roll to the thickness of pasteboard and let stand, to dry, for twenty minutes. Then -roll the thin sheet like a jelly-roll and slice this roll, across, into strips one-half inch wide. Boil these strips for twenty minutes in boiling salted water, drain, and serve mixed with one of the follow- sauces : m‘Plflln Cream Noodls‘ Sauce.—Melt lws ons of butter in a saucepan an ':d%‘e:om}t alternately two tablespoons of flour and one cup of rich sweet milk. Season with %ne-(ourth teaspoon of salt of .pepper. ’ m%‘l‘ dl:::dle r;luce.—flok two table- spoons of butter and rub into it three tablespoons of flour, thinning the mix- e W o e epoon of salt ‘and & -fou: “dllhm ::euvpe: Then stir in two hard- boiled eggs cut in thin slices. Cheese Sauce for Noodles.—Melt three tablespoons of butter, stir in four table- of flour, two cups of sweet milk, one-half teaspoon of salt and when this has boiled up for a moment remove it from the range and add one cup of finely American cheese, stirring until sauce at once to the noodles. M!'.‘l?nmm:o Noodle S8auce.—Press one and one-half cups of stewed tomatoes through a sieve and turn these into a saucepan with & small piece of onion, one-half teaspoon of salt and one whole clove. Let this cook for ten minutes. In another 1 ‘heaping tablespoon of saucepan melt one of g flour, then add this flout-and-butter mixture to the tomato mixture and let simmer for four minutes. serve with the noodles in it. In serving noodles in any of these four sauces allow one cup of the sauce to two and one-half cups of the cooked noodles. Noodles need not necessarily be oked the day they are mixed and cut ifito strips. Instead. the uncooked strips may be dried for future use, if desired. They may be boiled twenty minutes when needed and will be as tender as it the had not been dried and stored. 1t the recipe 1 have given above will make too large a quantity for vour fam- ily, cut it in half by using only one egg, one-half teaspoon of salt and fiour enough to make a stiff dough. Strain and Oatmeal Gruel for the Sick. .Often an oatmeal gruel is valuable In a sickroom mesu. A trained nurse ‘taught one housekeeper - just now to make it. The coarse oatmeal was used, and was ponnded before it was put in a bowl filled with cold water. Then the meal was stirred, allowed to settle and the water care. tully poured off three times, the water thus obtained making the gruel. It was then boiled for fitteen minutes, seasoned, strained and then mixed with a cup of hot cream Served with crisp but tender oblongs of toast, it is a dish that i by an fnvalid. Bifsicomed Initial Birthday Cakes. Take half a cup each of butter milk, one cup of sugar, two cups flour, three teaspoons of baking pow. der and the dry beaten whites of three eggs. Bake ina two-inch sheet. Cut in large squares and coat with boiled frosting, colored pink with fruit juice. { When this is hard, deco- rate with the required initials and ~ border made from hard white icing composed of a scant cupful of pow- dered sugar, the white of one egg and half ‘a teaspéonful of lemon juice, beating all these together until smooth. by putting: the icing Make the initfals and bords through 26 2 fine & Lime water, enough to make eight | in any quantity up to Y2 per cent— about twenty grains or drops in the | eight ounce mixture. The lotion should be well shaken before apply- the fluid contents gently pressed out | because I think it is safer than the| BHistory of Pour Name BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN. McCORMACK. VARIATIONS—McCormick, Mc- Cormac. RACIAL ORIGIN—Inish, SOURCE—A given name. If you know that “corb” is the Irish word for chariot, you -have the whole solution of the origin of the family name of McCormack If a literal analysis of the name were permissible you would divide it something like this: “Mac-cor(b)- mac.” And substituting the English lwords you would have “son-chariot- Igon.” A more free translation would of a chariot's son But while the literal translation of the name may be very interesting, it is not stricidy accurate as a history of ita development into a surname. Like virtually all Irish family names, it originated as an explana- tion of parentage rather than as a deseription of occupation, personal -haracteristic or locality of residence. ‘ormac was a very popular given name among the ancient Irish. In- deed, it is widespread today. It is a sely associated h the hi; al legends of the “Green Isl and was borne by so many chieftains {and kings that R is not possible to trace all the Cormac clans back to a single progenitor and his organiza- tion of followers, as is the case in a yereat many of the lrish and Scottish family names. A daughter, Muirne (Morna), of one of the anciént Cormacs, is particu- |larly famous in legend by reason of a battle to the death staged by two rival for her hand. Unfortunately, the warrior of the lady's secret choice failed to win and when the ¢ spent victor threw himself ‘at she scized his sword and slew him. Your Home and You BY HELEN KENDALL Paper Dishes Made Decorative. of my zcquaintance who has a genius | for making her informal porch and motor parties as pretty as they are much money. Sheweclares that peo- [ ple cat with their eyes as well as !with their mouths. and that a good color scheme is as much of a stimu- lant to appetite as a tantalizing odor. Paper plates, napkins, and cups {are the rule at all of her outdoor { parties, even the more elaborate ones. But paper dishes and napkins are bleak. unless one buys the specially {adorned ones. and these are expensive {in large quantities and the patterns not often quite what one wants. ar | "'The hostess in question. then. ! houeht a thousand or so plain white ! paper napkins. Preparing several pots of dye, of colors that made a gay bouquet for the picnic table, she grasped a bunch of napkins by the center and quickly dipped the four corners into the dye bath, lifting them out instantly and laying them on a large outspread newspaper to dry. Of course if they Fad been handled at all while wet with the dve they would have gone to pieces, but laid gently down to drain and dry. they crispéd up as good as new. The center of each napkin remained white, with an irregular border of the color. The plain white paper plates were all given a border of bright color {on the rim. a brush being used for ithis. The handles of the paper spoons iand forks were dipped and all of the | paper dishes put away together in i sets. Paper cups are easy and delight- ful to eorate. A saucy fleld flower, ia comical bird, a parallel border— these can be put on very quickly and they make little souvenirs that each member of the party wants to carry home. The Housewife’s . Idea Box To prevent celery from discoloring, wash it well. Then rinse again with water. in which a little lemon juige has been mixed. Celery looks much more appetizing if white. as well as crisp when served. THE HOUSEWIFE.. Prize Clam Cocktails. While the proportions of the ingre- dients used for the dressing to a clam cocktail vary according to ‘indi- vidual preference, a good working standby allows to each plate five or seven clams, one teaspoonful of horseradish, one teaspoonful of tar- ragon vinegar, a spoonful of tomato catsup, a teaspoonful of meat sauce, a teaspoonful of lemon juice, four drops of tabasco sauce and a pinch of salt. Mix all the seasonings thoroughly, add the clams, fill into glasses or grapefruit shells filled with fce, then place in the ice box to become thoroughly chilled and blend- ed before serving. Chili sauce, grape- fruit juice, or some of the clam liquid, can be used in the sauce if liked. Cress may be served as-a -garnish. Cocktails are also often served in the half-shell, grouped around a |green pepper hollowed and standing upright. fiu is filled with the con- diments, and each clam is dipped it before being eaten, {bring out the meaning: “descendant, There is a certain summer hostess | appetizing, and that without spending | into | an: BEAUTY CHATS \ PAGE.’ BY EDNA KENT FORBES. Eyelash Creams. Most of my readers are familiar with my formula for a cream to make the eyebrows and eyelashes longer and thicker. The formula follows: Eyelash Crenm. Cocoa butter. 1 dram Parawax. ...4 drams Lanoline . i dram Ol of sw. (English) 4 drams Rose ofl... 2 drops This last 1s merely a perfume. Two drops of bitter almond or any scented oil may be substituted. This produces | |a very heavy cream which is hard to ! rub on in cold weather and which | sometimes makes the skin perspire ! lin hot weather. It is, of course, per-: fectly harmless and very nourishing, | as practically all the ingredients will ! grow hair. If a little is rubbed intoj the lashes or evebrows, every few i days they will improve’enormously ' in"a short time, particularly if they are clipped first and kept short dur- ing the first treatment. Many readers ask me for something three months of me] As a general thing 1 don’t approve | of artificial color because the most | becoming is the natural one. Be- sides, if a little decper color is de- sired an eyebrow pencil offers an casy method of obtaining it. But if you wish to add something harmless o this formula add thirty grains of peroxide of manganese. This same peroxide of manganese can also be made into a harmless stain with other ingredients and used as a dye. | i i Dickey—You are in need of a thor- | ough building up and should put yourself under the care of a good | doctor, not for medicines. but for i directions in dieting, exercise and | rest. | Anxious.—You can do nothing with | your brows until they have grown long enough to brush the hairs into | a line. Very few people have con- tinued to have their brows tweezed. B. R. A—I will be glad to mail | vou the formula for this excessive perspiration if You send a stamped, addrcssed envelope and repeat your request. Brown Eyes—A girl fifteen, height {five feet two inches, should weigh 110 pounds. Polly.—As you want to reduce | many parts of your body. { method would be to redude all over through a course in dieting. %0 | Face Bleaches Most women want, sonbthing {whiten the skin these hot midsum- | mer days. The summer sun is { healthy, but often disastrous to the | transparent delicacy of a fine com- {plexion. Sunburn is becoming, but too much sunburn makes the skin !dry and hard, and I have yet to meet the woman who would confess to liking freckles. The worst thing about most face |bleaches is that they are drying. too much sun this is the last thing that any woman wants. few suggestions, however, bleaches which will sooth, withou drying the most delicate complexion. IFYOU DO NOT PLAY. BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE. (Copyright, 1922, by The Associated Newspapers.) There still are many. far too many, Deople who do not appreciate the Indispensabiiity of play. Day after day they give themselves to work. even on holidays and perhaps en Sundays, too. ¥ i ° They ‘deny themselves vacations. or, if they do take vacations, carry for e t harmless to make the lashes dark.:?} the simplest | | to | {When the skin is already dry from | Here are & | . My first suggestion ix to use oat- mcal. Only the chemists in the beauty preparation laboratories rea~ lize the «x v virtues of thiy common cere oatmeal soap or. which is even better, take small square of thin cloth, put two large tablespoonsful of meal in the center of each an up with string to form a sma az. Throw one of these nto the tub of hot water when you bathe and squecze until sou have pressed out as much of its' milky substance as possit Daily hathing in this sort of waicr will make the skin wonderfully white and delicate. Put a bug in the bowl of water when you wash your face and hands and, after you have Gsed soap in the ordinary v, pat th all over with the wet bag and ach- ing milky fluid from the m dry finto the It will sof and bleach, it nse the and while it is slower and milder in its action than most Dleaches, it 1s so very good for the complexion that it should be the first choice. Reader—There is nothing which will keep you from growing this ¢ ou have the but you ca extract the o ir and bleach the rest of it untit it does not show at_all Rosalind—A mixture of raw starch an ¢ would only win on the &k long enouzh it would the 1 funcy vour if it into starch will 1 secretions. is. be sure the skin absorb pores this w to rub some cre afterward, as the all of the stle Line. Banderson & Sor. Ge: Pluzniu! Agts. 26 Broadway, New York, Or Any Steamsiip Ticket Agents. 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Service of regularity, de pendability, comfort and convenience. {aternational Mercantile Marine Coq Washington affice: 1208 F st. a.w. along some work as a means of fill- ing in time which ought to be de- voted to diversion. Nor is the follv of their course lessened by the fact that they may thus refrain from play for vears, seemingly without ill-ef- fects. Some day they are pretty sure to find it necessary to consult a doctor because of puzziing symptoms of dis- ease. These ‘may range from bodily symptoms to such signs of mental ability to concentrate the attention, memory weakness, an increasing ir- ritability, and perhaps an increasing depression of mind combined with morbid dreams and suspiciousness. To account for their condition may baffie not only the sufferers them- selves, but the doctor whose advice they seek, unless he chances to know or to learn that they are addicted to the never-play habit. frankiy he will inform them: “I can do little for you until you {learn to play, taking real vacations vearly and daily giving yourself some amount of true diversion. “That diversion will be all the events, it is taken in the form of | some 'pleasurable outdoor activity. But if you have no interest in, and feel that you cannot work up an interest in, such outdoor play as may be had through golf or tennis or horseback riding, you certainly can at least acquire some hobby that will give your mind the diversion it must ave. And, by way doctor may add: “Play 16 a necessity to everybody as an aid in physical hygiene, as a means of providing a change in mental occupation, and, not least, as a device for temporatily freeing one’s self from the tension imposed by the problems and. dutles of. one's occu- pational existence. “No' matter how much a man may enjoy his work, s0 that that work itself seems as play to him, its exac- tions and the desire to excel in it keep his mind in a state of tension. This tension must from time to time be relleved. and there is nothing quite like play to relieve it. “If it is not relieved a breakdown is_bound to gome soon or late. In mild cases it takes the form of a general nervousness. In _extreme cases it may involve loss of mental elasticity. loss of mental poise, and even loss of sanity itself.” It any among my readers have to confess to being of the unfortunate company of those who do not play. it will be well for them to give care- ful consideration to the above state- ment of fact: And this seasofi of the year, the vacation season, proffers them ex- ceptional opportunity to mend their ways and acquire a play habit which they need in common with all man- kind. Let them resolve to take this vear a vacation that will be genuinely a vacation—not a make-believe one. Still more Jmportant, let them re- solve to make play truly a part of their lives, not only during vacations, but the whole year through. —¥For play, I would repeat, is one of the things’ which most ~assuredly cannot be done iithbut, no matter how non-players may believe to the contrary. % of explanation, the Ghom;hte ‘Marshmallow Cookies. Lay some.plain cookies top down in a baking pan. On each cookie place a_marshmailow: then set the pan in the oven, and when the marsh- Mallow begins to melt take the pan out and place & ‘cookie right side up on top of the marshmallow; then frost them with chocolate or white frosting. A dainty combination is made when white frosting is put be- | tween chocolate crackers or wafers. Decorate with nuts, glaze cherries or cocoanut. Rhubarb Tapioca, Custard Sauce. ‘Wash and cut into small pieces one bunch of rhubarb. Cook one-half a cupful of granulated tapioca in two and one-half cups of water, adding the rhubarb and one cup of granulated sugar. When the tapioca is soft, pour it into custard cups and then place it in a pan containing water, d bake for fifteen minutes.. Serve with_custard. sauce. ill-health as an almost complete in-| Then quite | more helpful to you if, in part at all ! H D OCLLAN NEW YORK TO ROTTERDAM AMERICA LINE Via Plymouth, Boulogne-Sur-Mer | N. Ams July 8 August 12 Sept. | Noordam . 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