Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1923, Page 30

WOMAN'’S PAGE. How to Win and Hold @ Man | Dorothy Dix]| Discusses Feminine Heart-Trap- ping Methods Marrying on Fifteen Hundred a Year—The Girl Whose Fiance Has Fe w Tastes in Common With Her—On Kissing Escorts Good-Night. D EAR MISS DIX: Here are two little problems for your morning exercise: (1) I am a young man twenty-six vears of age, doing clerical work, with the usual salary for such’ work (approximately $1,600 per annum).| I believe I have found the girl. but Ship tawking to his mother and his asure, reaters and fine the piper. clo When mind ms ereater fal L= takes at 1 for the fine n ‘ndulrenee circunis alversions. But if vou and the girl are of pavs: and you won't stuy at the 315 and ambition into a man so nuch as and somebody to werk you marr ny on a sacrificy the old lie times as much o little to. i, 8 and the e used I ktie vou rich N No will tell you that wives lived in a 1 and hoped. it. son. {8 a poor sport. As for men in th nor the half of ft. The girl who 4sk her. R DOROTHY DIX: the last 1wo years 1o marry or not. he wan! m t subject. We have vel o read: he doce likes his focd t 1 am ready married life. but he cannot and I think ths different tastes. 't T want d; 1 den't. Answer: 1 think that as he knows he can marry to set the wedd Can’t you off on a visit e is without vou and how ne 7ou could turn your smile let him see that he b ri As 1o liis saving he wan cot alarmed ost men get cold feet altar. No matter how much they lov w ;. shivers thinking abou amily and when the: for the sake of a hc Your play on some al. to mar! s It is a se Hametrically opg he wire Sengeniality Also. 1t s fous atter, however, nts to_do that s the ried & EAR DOROTHY DIX and we would 1 your advice. une man to kiss you good-night ma we think not to allow a friend Answer: nowadays than ;{Ilrl would he disgusted at the Harry good-night because h think that S Woould Tt to Taof inmocent and virginal. walting for th ¢ t kiss with her very soul in it. My flapser friends ass n value kisses in proportion to their eage, more a s her. Just paste (Copyright, 1 hoestrinsg because you that two can yeu will have poker So will ces it takes a lot of love to make up for th» lost pleasures and community didn’t have $1.500 a A sour second guestion, the best w girl is in love with you for keeps or is just Tlc him to read your column; he won't do it. He 1 like mine bolled. to settle down and be happy, but he seems to be afrald ot 0 you think if 1 marry him that I will be hapn: ewhere and let him find out how lone: sary you are to his happiness? Or perhaps d there s not t bond between My girl friend and myselr ¥ good- want to lose our friends’ good opinlon of us, a handshake used to mea very thou like to feel that hesitate to pop the question, because of the small income. What are out chances for happiness on this income? Please discuss at some length the . relation, if any, between money and love. (2) What are the signs of love In a woman; i e. how does a woman | show the man she loves that she does | (Please dont laugh; I'm As intimated In_problem | care for a young lady, but | tove him? serious.) No. 1, I would like to know if there are anv intallible signs by which a fellow may know whether his girl really cares or is just “kidding him along. A READER Answer: Whether $1500 a year is cnough to marry on depends, first, upon the kind of a girl you marry, and, secondly, upon whether you place love above lucre and luxury. If the girl is practical, and domestic, and thrifty, If ehe is willing to do lier own housework, and own frocks then I should think that vou could get along comfortably on ibat amount. But if she Is thes, then you will find that a $1,504 your 18 no | or. > on as and vou must make up will find t there live as cheaply for a man and his wife to 1t to cut out the classy suits. games, and many another vour wife. And under Income such | the right stuff you will find th 00 salury always. Nothing puts pep raving a family dependent upen him ear when they | And If you will ask them now they | hest days of their lives were when they and their ap cottage and took a street car ride for a treat nd planned to ether won't marry you on a $1,500 salary kidding_you along” is to DOROTHY DIX. make up his mind whether he wants He savs that he loves me and that there are reasons why | - 5 s to get married. other reasons why he doesn’t. So we keep going ; mouth army. 3 it s time that he came to a decision on the | Will be John Alden. © to o to church: he doesn’t. T 1ita vour fiance is a little too sure of you. and that ou any time he sants to, he is In no hurry would be to make him miss you. ome other boy in the neighborhood and Ty and yet doesn’t want to marry. be hen they get in the shadow of the » a girl. there are bound to be times t the responsibility of shouldering a wonder if they are not fools to give up their freedom . for = couple to Ty who hava v In a housencld | one d the husband ;mnnwr.i thing ple. In the adjusting of a married coupla! wife who has to give in. So I would | man who didn’t Kave the same tasto . DOROTHY DIX, are very much perplexe. We have boen to1d that to alloe o s him lose his respect for you. night kiss Is so prudish yet we don't What do vou say? RUTH AND NAOML ure me that a kiss means no more n. but it seems to me that a nice ght of kissing any Tom. Dick or home from the movies. T should &he had kept her lips pure and ¢ one man to whom she could give not shopworn goods. rarity. That I8 why they are et and care nt\lhlnzyfm' )(,hnw girl makes a man keep his distance that on your mirror. girls. DOROTHY DIX. her e S S | Fr————— L EAUTY CHATS B Dressing for the Dance. TLis chat Is particularly for the girl who works hard all day and comes home tired at night, who now and then goes out to dances, and when she does wants to look her best. As she won't have much time to dress she’ll want to know a lot of quick little things to improve her iooks. If she has time for it, a hot bath #il do more than anvthing elge to ook and feel fresh. She a stimulating cold cream 22 the cream will later skin, making it but let rub in a generous | iuantity of cleansing cream, worlk it %ell into the face and neck and over the elhows, then wash it all off with ot water and soap, and end by rins- ng the skin with verv cold water, »r tubbing it with a plece of ice. or iping over it with diluted tollet ater or vinezar. The heat and timulation will make her eyee »right. her skin fresh and pink. | A quick, vigorous massage of the ! scalp with tho fincers will not only nake her féel better, but will make ke hair look better. 1f the halr is| irv and mousy looking. a little olive | ol on the finger tips while she mas- hiny BEDTIME STORIES Nannv Gets Over Her Fear. Acquatntance often will, my dear, Suspicion lull and dr've ont fear. —01d Mother Nature. Nanny Meadow Mouse actually was in the great man-bird or airplane. he had had to climb into it to escape eddy Fox. Danny Meadow Mouse chuckled to himself. He never had Leen able to induce Nanny to climb “YOU THINK YOU ARE_SMART, DON'T._YOU, DANNY MEADOW MOUSE?" SNARLED REDDY. up in there. He knew that once hav- ing been in there and found it herm- less, Nanny would come again. Danny climbed up where he could look down af Reddy Fox. He felt | sages will BY EDNA KENT FORBES | give it the prop particularly it she brushes 1t e the massage. If the hair Is too oily it should be shampooed a day or two bofore the party; then it will be flufty. but not too limp. And If she ltkes it waved, it stould be waved the day befors for the most attrac- tive wave Is the one that's going off. | If the nails look badly. let her rub her hands, and speclally the finger ' tips, with half a lemon. This takes ' Off all stains and gives the cuticle about the nail a temporary woll fin- ished appearance. If this cuticle (s pusted back and the nalls polished | ghe will look as If she just had a manteura. Then. with a generous uss wder and a 2 of Powder and a miserly use of rouge, | Brown Eyes—A girl fourteen years | of age, with such onportunities. for playing tennis at this time of the | year, shou'd have no trouble in regu- lating her own welght, in addition to bullding up a fine physical condi- tion for the coming season. H G. N. 8—At twenty-three years of | oge you mnst have attalned your | natura! height. although you may add | #omewhat to this by i keeping “vour i #pine gtraight and holding your head properly. Setting-up exercises will | help if ‘you are inclined to slump about thé waist and shoulders. ure that Reddy would not jump up | hat machine. ~ Even If he dit thero were plenty of n'aces for Meadow m:,en to lg!ud :’ne,ra ‘l‘!e‘(‘ldy couldn’t catch | 5 e 00k e 1 snarled. Dan “een_ right 1 his guess: Reddy had no trusting himself to that man-bird. “You think you are smart, you, Danny Meadow Mouse?" Reddy. “But one of these da; you! Mark my word, one of thesc days I'l get yor After this Reddy pald no more attention to Danny By Thornton 'W. Burgess. snarled | s I'll zet( Meadow Mouse. He walked al] around | Pastry. his curiosity (of thinly sliced tart apples, sprinkle tted away | oyer half a cupful of sugar and une : teaspoonful y had gotten over | teaspoonful of nutmeg, and dot with e followed Danny 'bits of butter. the big man-bird until was satsfied. Then he tro! in search of a dinner. By (his time Nann, her first fright. Sh all arornd inside that man-bird, for | she was quite as curious about it as ' Dansy had been the first time he had | climbed Into it. Danny showed her the tiny cupboard in which he had | hidden the day he was by .the man-bird. make her | the | would | o I gomotimes the Tittln | 15 Stop and think. | 1 | | | to find out whether a|¢he | But } { { | | i s | throp, {Indians and preached { mouth was THE. EVENING Fred Feernot on Shipboard. Scene. Fred Feernot on bord of a best gerl Fred Feernot. O boy look at thoss waves. Thats wat I ca'l waves! His mother. Hay Fred, sippose ! this bote was to all of suddin sink, who would you save, me or Clarabell? His best gerl. Yes Fred, wich? Fred Feernot. Ladles, you imbar- rass me. His mother. Maybe we do, but ‘thats no anser. His best gerl. You havent sed who you would savi Fred Feernot. time to think. Captin. The bote {s sinking. Pre- pare for the werst. Fred Feernot. Good nite! His mother. Sutch a eoincldents! Now we'll soon see wich one he will save. I bet It wili be me. His best gerl [ bet it will be me. Fred Feernot. Jimminy crickits o goes my mother down for the ferst time. If I savi Clarabell drownd C} You must give me ex- | Im fearse, if she hates housework and yearns forbell dowr wother drownd I ba very disobedient. There my mother down for the 2nd d next to the tast t'me. Heck. this awfll. Ah. herray, heer comes a « bote to £ave them borth. Wat e I3 jest goes to show that best thing you can do d her and 1-ft my res The end. COLOR CUT-OUT Play Plans Progress. . Sald Betty Cut-out, the director for Cut-outs’ Thanksgiving “First thing, 1 will assign parts Polly, of course, is to be Priscilla. T have been engaged to a very fine voung man for | We think Sam would make a fne Miles Standish, captain of the Ply- and s friend, Joe, Billy Cut-out to the part of Gov. Win- made treaties with the in the church o on Sunday. “Fine,” clapped the Loys and girl “Give us a sermon, Bllly." But Billy's 80 full of popcorn, couldn't say a word. “What a lovely home this would | make,” sighed Nanny. man-bird will never fly any more. here.” Nanny and Danny spent most of | wouldn't do them any good If they ! Nanny {did. Perhaps something has happen- ' the night {p that man-bird. forgot that she had ever been afraid. She kept running In and out of that tiny cupboard, and in her heart the hope that that man-bird would al- ways remain there on the Green Meadows kept right on growing. ‘When they were back.in their own home in the old scarectow In_the cornfield Nanny kept talking about that tiny cupboard in the man-bird. She couldn't seem to think of any- thing else. it would make the. sn ol driest, warmest home we ever hava “Perhaps this ; had, excepting .t { The popoorn in-the blue bow! is for yeu to Bl mriving siaws seftine Mo the ng stage sel ke brown, with red flames. out them out snd mount on light oardboard with standard to Bold thm up-ight betwe-n the fmos. Hang the oopper kett.e by a thread so that the por- ridge inside will boil above the fames. “Just Hats” By Vyvyan. An Unusnal Trim. This Is an extremely smart hut ny had been right in !trimmed in a novel way—with two ! Intention of : gmall i tront. don't ! richest kind fur talls placed The material ross the is velvet of the Grape-Apple Pie. Line a deep ple tin with good Place In the bottom a layer of cinnamon or half a Add half a cupful of sugar to one cupful of the rulp of purple grapes and pour this over the apples. Place on a ‘op crust and bake in the oven until ths apples are tender and the crust is a nice hrown. carried away | S “No one would ever think of looking for us in there. And it ed to that man-bird. Perhaps it can’t fiy any more. I huwe it can't. can’t we'll move over there. Oh, do_hope it can't fiy!" Danny said nothing, but ;¢ he chuckled to himself. He was too wise | to suggest that they move over there at on He was satisfied to walt. Perhaps the thing Nanny hoped might be true. Pérhaps that man-bird was to be left there. Danny would have liked nothing better than to make nis home in it. > {Copyright, 1928, by T. W. Durgess.) her and leeve | play, | he ! o of the firep'ace in your Togs * hat time when we . it lived in Farmer Brown's barn.” sald | it doesn't we can make our home | Nanny. If it HINGTON, D. -0, TUESDAY, ‘NOVEMBER TREES OF WASHINGTON BY R. A EMMONS. STAR, WAS 20, 1923. Your Home and You BY HFLEN KENDALL. A Stitch Ahead of Time. Do you ever get houschold ldeas from plays that you go to see? I do. I learned the trick of peeling apples all in one long paring by watching Carol MacComas in “Lulu Bett.” She swung a deft paring-knife indeed! It was from Frances Starr, in “The Eastest Way™ some rs ego, that I learncd that the proverbial “stitch ! in time” isn't_cnough took al stitch ahead of time since | 1 have tried to go und do llkewise. As the girl who lived In a shabby hall bedroom, shi ne on the stage ! in street clothes—cout und hat and gloves. The first thing she did was to walk across the room to her little sewing basket, hunt out a needle and thread, and before she had even re- moved her gloves she proceeded to mend the fingertip of one of them, where it had evidently ripped. I hed visions of my own Ineflicient behavior with ripped gloves. 1 al ways drew them off, to d them | aside In a lttle ball—perhaps in a mending basket, perhaps not—know- ing that they must be mended before | they were worn agaln, but waiting | until the last minute before &oing out to repair them, instead of doing it the first minute after coming in. | From that time on I have always mended them before taking them off, | and I try to apply the same princi- | ple to other garments. o It isn't always easy to take a stitch | iahead of time of course. The stock ing that develops a run or a hole in | the heel can't be taken off the mo- | ment one enters the house and mended then and there. But it should ve laid where it will nét be looked. @and the run should = stop- ped and the hole caught together be- ore the cking is washed. 1 know one woman who says that any hole in B! doubles ize while going tthrough the laund she quickly | ' lis the sldes of ceth i ' I | | the ‘A true “stitch jdarning of a ihole breaks »ugh. | A stitch in time saves nine, per- | | haps. but a stitch nhead of time saves all the others MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN &d of time” Is the thin place before the ! ; CHERRY. Sakura, symbol of happiness. flower and shrub-like trees. There are £ Fapan, 1 ¢h i .| double and semi-double forms in the :}i"’“:v‘ e thatdn """h' e | ime variety of coloring and on the ecks the shores of the tidal hasin | various forms of tree giowth. A few in clouds of ethereal and delicate bloom both in April and October. Stvata g owers. Some are e fragrant sultivated for bloom rather than for | some are not. some only slightly. oo rufts. They are justly her pride,|Some ha e flowers scattered ilons nd these that we have had given to|the branches; others have the flowers us are among the prides of W grouped at the tips of the branches o DO ons ot its b ny DeauT and stll others. all enchanting, all for tourists, “No flower grows closer | the result of the patient hand of the to the heart of Japanese gardener co-operating with | vomen and childr BREUES S o Aol Prunus yedoensis {s the tree so generally planted in the parks, tem- ple grounds and strects of Tokio g | Whose flowering s the occasion of a tentific | P B;,I_fl"vsl“'n hat unfortunat. panese | €13 unus a Is con+id- L {ered by the most delight- | cherrics, It s to central New JAPANESE FLOWERIL L | Beating Time. the Japanese, of all ning sy ume for these tr ve callbd upon seve nt-breeding administratio chief of which are Prunus serrulata, fann . Siebolai veduensis, seudo-Cerasus and subhirtella. The | ties of Prunus I'seudo-C s | been confused with the om-, bur we huve none fn t country. for it is not ide of Californ and, perhaus. | . 1e of the other southern states. | The number of varieties produced | trom the above are legion. about 170, {few of which are hardy with us, of the more be: sirable are, for exax enduia gle rose-pl rosch ap found to be York We all know the history panese cherries—how the sted by 4 plinting S between the polo ¢ Mrs, Wi lowed from Dr of our| were ward Taft gift of 2,000 W York which ver, proved infected and were destroyed: where- upon the gift was repeated with ovar 2. trees from of who name the gift was ee n en'y along the grounds. cuicut around speedw in priv, venue and and in some of tha The trees pletured bove In their prosaic s mer di of green foilu ire among those on the s tidal basin To develop the sense of rhythm in a ohild who Is not naturally musical, 1 bought him a set of “bells.”” These bells come on little wooden or ruvber handles. A beli rattle will serve the le purpose. With these ne has sreat fun swinging in U to the | music 1 play or which lg ayed on | the victroia: (Copyright, 1923.) There are & flowerin thut are white. light pin pink, pink in the bud and whi fopen; on upright trees, weeping . rose- when N CRANBERRIES! SERVE THEM AND PRESERVE THEM! stinet, we a When a child stops in his path and 3 says, “I can't.” cither of two things is true. He is frightened by the un- familiar situation or he really hasn't | the power us yet to do what is | wanted The new thing startles all of us. | There is always an element of fear | in_every new undertaking. i We dread changing our doctor or dentist. We don't like the notion of a new lundlord. although the old one had never particularly appeaied to us. We hate to have our place at table changed, and we resist to the bitter iend all efforts to make us use the new car line. Theyll have to rip fup the old one before we cease to use it. { It is In valn that the advantages i of the new line are pointed out to us. We uare used to the clanking and bumping and delays of the old on ‘and we stubbornly cling to i comforts, turning our backs upon the shining upholst:ry of the new one. “I can't ride them™ scttles it for us. Something of the ame feeling comes jover the child confronted with a new | situation. The clement of fear is {larger than that involved In our re- fusal to break up pleasant habits, and the panie, the mental rout of the child, Is much severer. Urging or forcing him only adds to the turmoil | He “can’t,” and that 3 all abour it That's what “I can't” usually means —plain_panie. Until the storm of aread and foar suosides the mind cennot assert its control. Blind in- | tinct {s on top. It has to be coaxed | under. Drop the matter for the time | being and give the child something else to do; something, if possible, | | that will tndirectly shed a little light | { en the dark place without the young- | lal'-r knowing it the barrier of defense that in the of a new vken down. to keep s ., and what's more, you Must iy the last word to use child who is shrinking from mak him is a mig effort. al growth the free—free from fear firs from domi on at all tim It isn’t a bit of use to say, lazy, stupid. All the other children can do it. What's the matter with you?" Show the frightened child the work of the others, if you will. but show it fn another spirft. Let a child who 1fkes the troubled one show him and coax him along, and keep hands off whle he does Keep at it gently. trying to find the hard place and how 0 help him over remembering that “I can't” g means “I'm afraid.” Economical— no waste! Easy to prepare— no peeling— no coring! Good themselves and make other foods tmete hattor, S RAGWS ity And Mother knows it con- = tains all the body-building elements of wheat for sturdy strength Plus the tonic values of malted barley. The best grocers all carry it MALT BREAKFAST FOOD Coats less than a cent a dish G. G. CGCRNWELL & SON, 1415 H St. N.W. MAGRUDER’S, Connecticut Ave. and K St. '_ un Go backward for a space and come through on another route and feed the job out slowly until the child, finds that he is getting along nicely. The minute he feels the stimulus of ! success all fear vanishes. The mind | is contr 1 sgain and the fear In~‘ ¥ YOU DO NOT % “HAVE TO MAKE sty i gAomns (;u(' (ee ! T IS MADE.;, JUST DISSOLVE IT'¥ AND DRINK.IT. A GREAT CONVENIENCE ‘JAND OH, SO GOOD! Carried by F Vacuum packed assures this. Crisp select halves— Glass jars or tins. Your grocer can supply you. 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They don’t know pung from chow. yet they do hanker after the elaborate pajama suits that they are Informed by certain department stores which are cashing in on this age-old game | of China, are made to wear when playing mah-jong. “Docs one actually wear these pajama suits when Invited to play| mah-jonk?" naively asks an onlooker. It would be rather venturesome to! and unless one wanted to amuse hostess It 18 not to be attempted. | semingly the situation is this: It | is smart now to play mah-jong. or to play at it—which is all 2 great many | persons do or ever will do in all| probability. And mah-jjong added to several other potent factors, has brought Into prominence the fashions of China. So it has seemed like an opportune time to offer fascinating | little pajama suits, appropriate for \egiiges. Call them smoking suits | if vou llke or call them negliges. | They are utterly fascinating, what- | ever you call them. But don't commit one next time you go forth to play mah-jong. t There are also Chinese negliges cut on the kimono order, with wide flowing sleeves and long, trailing They are Japanese rather than Chinese in design, perhaps. but they are wholly Chinese in feeling. and the fabric from 3 made is printed or embroldered Chinese patterns Black {s liberally used in these mah-jong sults. It i3 always a good foil for the brilliant green and ¥ low, blue and red that are also used The costume in the sketch shows black trousers and slip of satin. Over in ! this 13 worn a straight coat of green lvet embroldered with a motif black. A narrow band of black fur| gives a comfortable finish at the, neck. (Copyright, 1923.) i Supremacy "SALADA” T Ia A leads in Quality, Flavor and SALES. Try it today. in OF SISTS A GR VET COAT WITH BLAC SERS. H4CT CONSCIENCE BRAND MATTRESS clean and sanitary at your dealer’s or department store. 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