Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1923, Page 38

WOMAN’S PAGE. e Gown Hidden Under Folds of Scarf BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE. ‘When Lloyd Georgo was In America his charming daughter Megan had the distinction of setting = fashion, or, Tather, stamping a fashion already “set" with her approval. When her father made his speech in New York she was observed In a stage box so closely enveloped In a Spanish shawl that no curious eve could discover what sort of frock sae wore. The im- portant thing was that she wore the shawl and that it was vastly becoming. At the opera and important “first nights” you may have seen young women doing much the same thing. roung girl recently was nded by a of was no ordinary scar Jeft one in doubt as to what was worn ath it—save that the frock was also rose colored. This does seem like hiding one's candle under a bushel—to wear a charming evening gown and then hide it for an entire evening under the folds of a cape or scarf. It is much the #ame fdea us wearig an evening jucket over one's ning gown—a fad that has been follawed quite bit in Len- don, where sh also white lapin—evening jac quite in de. mand. The extreme simplicity of the hodic of almost all evening frocks may ha Something to do with this. It is only | because we have become used to them that we do not consider them very | trying. | A CLOUD OF PINK TULLE IS U | AS SCARF. are D (Copyright, 19 BEDTIME STORIES thought ‘was to run. But where should they run to? They didn't even know where that Snake They might run right into hls Before - they could make up their minds which way to run they saw him, and then they were too frimht- ened to run at all. Yes, sir, they were too frightened to run at all, which, as it happened, was just as well. Never had they dreamed th could be such a big snal Beslde him Mr. Blacksnake, whom they | knew “so well, would have looked small. At first glance he looked v much’ like Mr. Blacksnake grown very much bigger. But when the sunilight fell full on him his bod glittered with a blulsh tint and they w that his chin and throat, in- stead of being white, as in the case of Mr. Blacksnake. was reddish. Tt Mr. Gopher Snake. He is also called Indigo Snake, because of the bluish tint of his shining coat. He really i a very hand fallow But Danny and_ AW beauty in him. To he | terrible, for they knew he would i ore than di « adow hey By Thornton 'W. Burgess. Mr. Mocker Gives Warning. | Tn moments of tha greatest fr *Tis sometimes wWisest to sit Meadow the Gopher Danny and Nanny watched Salumand the great pockets of his cheeks with grass. He stuffed it in with his paws, but he dld it so quickly that they could hardly how it was done. They were interested that they forgot ything forgot that were strange to them. They there might be such danger. Suddenly Mr. Mocker the Mocking- ®Brd began to scream in great o there eve in a forgot thi land that s as ex- their lives But Mr. Gopher them. He had se now he glided st sand_pile of and Nanny wondered if he in after Salamander. But he didn't No, sir, he didn’t. For a moment or two he acted s if in a bad temper. He w ad temper. He was di appointed, appointments often put people d temper. But in a few minutes he was over it and glided away, Mr. Mocker fol- lowing him and screaming at the top of his lun “Oh,” sobbed Nanny, “I wish I were back home.” “I don't,” said Danny stoutly. “But I do wonder why I dn't go down snake didn't alamander, t for that littl fer's. Danny THEY DREAMED COULD BE SUCH ! cltement. “Snake, snake, snake!” he soreamed. At Mr. Mocker’s first cry Salaman- der turned with surprising qu ness, and before Danny and Nanny really understood what Mr. Mocker was saying Salamander disappeared {n his little mound of sand. Then they realized what that cry of warn- ing meant. Of course, their firsti " Qur Birds in Verse By Henry Oldys. mound of gand he would have four out why. Thers was no doorwa alamander had closed his door by king it full of sand from under- neath (Copsright, 1923, by T. W. Burgess) Brave scorner of distance, That when wintry covers have buried the land To tropical tangles hast carried thy brand, That haply, while dreaming of northern terrain, From Colombian slope hast looked down on the plain. Thy note's loud insistance My spirit transports to that far-distant site Where the glittering Cross softly broods o'er_the night, ‘Where orchids gleam brightly from shadowy boles, And the jaguar's prowess the forest controis. Thou wide-ranging winger, By the pipit and thee a broad vision is s And pole and equator are welded in one Through thy venturous soul and his spirit austere, Without parting from home I half-circle the sphere. d so, sturdy singer, This dooryard is thine, thy perpetual realm wing thy pouch at the tip of the twig of the elm, Sing thy carol—in ragtime, if that suits thee best— I greet thee with joy as my summer-long guest. “Just Hats” By Vyvyan. Menu for a Day. BREAK Oranges. Rolled Oats with Cream Bolled Eggs Broiled Bacon. Corn Waflles with Honey. Coffee, The Small Black Hat. LUNCHEON. Welsh Rabbit Sandwiche: Spaghett! with Tomato Saucy Spice Cake. Tea. DINNER. Chicken en Casserole. Pickled Watermelon Rind. Mashed Potatoes, Bolled Squash. Shredded Cabbage, Russian Dressing. Coffee Baraclan Cream. Cookie: Coftee. BROILED BACON. ‘When you wish to have ba- con very nice and crisp, cooking it on a broiler. Place the broiler across some baking tins in the oven and you will be pleased with the result. SPICE CAKE. Cream together one cupful of butter and one and one-half cupfuls of brown sugar. Add one teaspoonful each of cloves and cinnamon, one whole nut- meg grated and the beaten yolks of two eggs, and beat thoroughly; then add alter- nately two cupfuls of pastry flout and one cupful of sour milk in which one teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved. Beat thoroughly agaln, fold in the stifiy beaten whites, bake in a loaf and cover with white frosting when cool, For a change, Instead of having the sections of this felt hat radiate from the center, they run from side to side; and each is piped In black patent leather. Black felt cloches and black patent leather trimming are decidedly the mode. Molasses Pie. Make some good pastry and line the ple pans. Then mix together thoroughly two cupfuls of New Or- leans mo ses, the Juice of one lemon and one-fourth cupful of granulated sugar. Beat all well, then add two teaspoonfuls of flour mixed to a paste with the same quantity of water, o fourth teaspoonful fach of grated nutmeg and powdered cinnamon, and the volks of two eggs beaten very light. Mix well, then fold in_the whites of the eggs stifliy beaten. Bake with one crust. CHICKEN EN CASSEROLI Separate a young chicken into joints and dust with pepper, salt and flour. Melt one-fourth cupful of butter, add a slice each of onion and carrgt, half a stalk of celery and d bit of bay leaf and cook slowly five minutes. Saute the chicken in the hot fat, transfer to a casserole, add two cupfuls of boiling ~vater and one cupful of canned mushrooms cut in small pleces, cover closely and let simmer until _tender. Blend one tablespoonful of flour with one tablespoonful of butter, strain_ the liquor from the casserole and “add it slowly, stirring _until emooth and thick; season with pepper and galt, pour the sauce over the meat, cook ten minutes longer and serve from the casserole, Cheese Nips. Put half a pound of cheese through a food chopper, add one egg, one- fourth tablespoonful of milk, and salt to taste. Spread six thick slices of lay on each a slice of bacon. Toast under & broiler, turning the bacon once, Serve very hot. is 1s very ‘good-for lunohsode mouth. | bread with the cheese mixtures, then | THE EVENING Pop was setting and smoking and 1 vas doing my homework and wishing I wasent, and I sed, G wizz, darn this arifmetix ixample, T bet Tve did it 40 thousand times it hasent came out_rite yet 40 thousand times pop sed. Which T in saying, s a lot of times, s Ixagge then 1 1 jest U and forgot t X ¢ of silk for me today You win, pop sed. Meening he 1a sed, Now izzent that a nt that dredfill. 1s bad as th situation in pop sed, and ma How joke about it, if T reminded o I reminded you 50 thousand that you r thousand 3 ixaggeration 3 hen my come in sa. Mother, enywhere. r, do ¥ little vanity set of min he sed vanity set, I know it . and Gladdis sed, Well en it enyware erround? I dont think I have but T t wunt to sware to it, pop sed sort of thing I mite see with- achin’ enuff intrest to t remember T saw it Well I've looked in hundred places and I laddis sed, and pop jum . Yee gods, to the mo inded me mope times, confound pop sed sister Gladdis I cant find it know that pop s woulde Its t out at pe Im golng to ta , if thers one A miliion erround me Proving I did it hims Your Home and You BY HELEN KENDALL. The Book Lamp. I ran into my bo: kin the oth minutes' visit, ning over P and Mr. a big overstu Tha big Ilvi ne: the Lar- few run- the no th rays Mrs. Lark sht Tight {puges of Mr | lamy 1 | hook itself. after 1 had g i rs 1 asked about t and how At Mrs. Larkin. Isn given it to Bob for | T w Jing to k mas, when get cldge {right lto a {1long jren {long narrow ja strong {port ends spring lan { the fonly is the * where u the with light you want it and n book ftself. Tt de the turning of t can't shine in your “I like its dull too, don't {that you When' vou {lamp, you en amp it that goes with it and it can inter ges and its finish, cuous there. where. There are and it can be attached fixture. “Isn't it conve lamp to the ver you are reading and our chair or the t: lamp to get light on t handy to read by in be fent t t ha Sweet Potatoes, Marshmallows. Cook one pound of sweet potatoes until done, in boiling water, then peel and force them through a potato ricer. Add three tablespoonfuls of butter, halt a teaspoonful of salt, and enbugh hot_milk to moisten, until light. Put half the mixture in a buttered baking dish and cover with a layer of marshmallows, then put the remaining potato lightly on top of the marshmallows. Bake until heated through, put the remaining marshmallows on top and return to n until they are puffed and tely browned My Neighbor Says: To restore the color to a faded carpet, take a bowl of hot water, add to it a few drops of ammonia and sponge the car- pet, treating a small portion at a time. Dry thoroughly by rubbing with a clean duster. Before using a lamp wick, soak it in strong vinegar, then dry it thoroughly, and it will burn brightly and without_any unpleasant smoke and smell. ‘White of egg is splendid for renovating leather chairs when they begin to look shabby. Re- move all dust and dirt from the chairs, then rub with a cloth dipped in the white of egg, which should first have been well boeaten, When dry, rub well with soft. an cloths, and the T look almost llke nev It m 1 to the cook to know that French cooks add a teaspoon of sugar to each quart of water in which peas marrows and other green vege. tables are cooked. This brings out the flavor of the vegetable and is very agreeable, especial- 1y in_very young peas, which the French cook serves, pods and all, with cream. An onlon sliced and put In a basin of cold water Wwill ab- b the smell of new paint {n & room, STAR, WASHINGTON, EAR MISS DIX: I almost DOROTHY DIX. Wives are cheap labor. So, if your labor. another woman. | your hustand life, pu upon_ it. in w r no flesh 1 very by ofte age t thing and the and tr wring the n| 3 nothing. in. N and Wife, use or give up th u te t to save you, enough fo o in the father and ey marry to get difficult jail o nlenty of foolish 4 that if they can only can do_just t n open. One which will “The is put the is bad busine vou loved yo " husband, be wit s constantly. obje a wil . love you, it for my ical youth by ruini (« The pines are a magnificent genus of trees. ‘There are nearly 100 species. B. E. Fernow says of them, Vhat the apple is to the fruits, | what the oak is among broad-leaved trees of the temperate zone, the pines are among the conifers, exceeding all other genera in this most important family in number of specles, in fields | of aistribution, In extent of area oc- {cupied, in usefulness and importance !lfl the human race.” Our native white pine is one of the | nandsomest _evergreens we he /e, but we must enthuslastically & .t that |2 foreign tree, the Asiatic wuite v | surpasses 1t 'in beauty, grace | piney luxuriance. Its graceful, e { dulous needles are in bunches of uve {as with our white pine, but mucn |longer, 6 to 9 inches, similar in color | (grayish to bluish green) flexibility {ana slenderness, though on accqunt |of their length and flexibility, more |drooping. There is a variety, ze- | brina, the needles of which have a {whitish zone near the tip. cones add considerably to the attrac. | tiven of the tre They are mucl. larger than the cones of the native white pine, 6 to 10 inches long, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, vellow brown, drooping on short stalks. They per- sist into the winter after the seeds have ripened and fallen. The home of this pine is in_the mountains of the Himalayas, where it _reaches the respectable height of 150 feet, with spreading, slightly as- cending’ branches, forming a some- what loose, broad, pyramidal head. Imagine a forest of these grand pines in a setting of the magnificent gran- deur of the Himalayas. Our native white pine far exoeeds it bardiness, however, fo% ib, shrives 1 have been married for four years and have with the job T had before marriage all that time. id for and could live easily on my husband’s When he ou are mot anxious to sacrif few dollars, you will hav und blood couls woman helping her wise e guinful occupation she 1d buy a home and mpatheti st ounce of service out of he woms is try an has the strength to pound & typewriter common sense. housework. save yourself. world treat women just as the women permit themselves to be as the not p Please tell me what to do. girls find that they aw to Rgirls ot away as the: out to plac hushands are a lot harder to get s chaperoning was nothing to t papa’s irl who has gotten hers her -back cther I8 to make the best ithful wife that her husband will learn to trust her and a losing one, ave very bad e ot worn them in the evening when we w es feel the ie encugh not to care whethe glasse xlasses and any man. nd you may be certain that vou wi & your sight. sright, | ous place. D. ¢, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1f, 1923 Woman Whose Husband Ts a Slave-Driver—Girl| Who Escaped From a Parental Prison Only to Find Herself Locked in a Matrimonial Jail. continued We have our house alary, but when 1 nd staying 5 opping work suggest Stopping g e home he becomes furious idea, When I get home o'clock, and by the t dinner it is 8. Afte washing, ironing, cles the Other Necessury wo who devotes her entire da her home, My with the housewor it 1s nearly 7 pe 1 have oo ¢ to keepl never helps have fou out that T have nerves which I never| bieets chil- come What RY. kad before. My husband also o the very idea of our havin dren, and I adore children. 1 s tired, and T fecl that I have almost to the end of the rope shall 1 do? w Answer: Revolt Rebel. And do it you will either sanitarfum with @ down, which will leave you an i for_ life. You have fortune to n slave driver whether he poor woman. Otherwise or in a break- nvalid evidently a who vou man do to ¢ benetit of s can mar 3 elf to save e to call a halt on your present d eend the strain that you are husband. believe that it is thing for a woman to keep on has followed before mar- a start in the world nds altogether on his attitude nd works and nd owes and if he tries to ave her selfish and incon - he who is will house and it n ought to keep g to do two jobs, me home toil in a factory and then Have a little courage It your husband doesn’t care Ninety per cent of the DOROTHY DIX. ,ut nineteen months ago T married to escape the but I find my hu and his have ted T t jealousy Pave any N T, ere ther we ly and my husband ex average girl does, b tted to g0 anvwher o hay ¥ fro escape jumped from tne fry 1 unpleasant homes, from than is the and th parents who think that from mamr plexse and that s of amusement means nagsi fo will dt [ along with th e eye that jealo growls were innocuous d that even the best husbands expect r instead of trailing off to the into this sort of a box ther divorce route, which is messy in the home she left of her bargain, nd because and marrying f you would be DO anything but atisfied j1 OTHY DIX. Y vesight, and for over fourteen years I am in love with a young man who tuke me out when 1 have them on it to I won't k he mig I wo FLORE strain and I am afrai ny more. Do you th t 10tto care for vou but he doesn't should be your all, he doesn't Cupld may be blind S DOROTH BY R. A. EMMONS. ASIATIC WHITE PINE—PINUS EXCELSA. only as far north as Massachusetts, and there only in sheltered locations. Where well adapted, it is becoming Widely used in landscape planting, There are numbers in Washington and a few in Chevy Chase. The tree illustrated is one of two southwest of the Washington Monument, near the Tidal Basin. Very fine trees are in Arlington Cemetery and in the grounds of Catholic University. I VERSIFLAGE l A Girls’ Club. J love to be among the girls, be NC ¢~ Hf them on their club night. I Sive to see bobbettes and curls, the dark, the falr, the plump, the slight. It's great to hear them laugh and sing, to watch them dance with so much grace. The daily cares just talke to wing when one is in this joy- 1 love to hear them joke nd laugh and talk young girls a.ways do and criticize and tease and ily even | ying every- | mpared to | are | them | 1f the | T COLOR CUT-OUT ‘Who Will Get This Sled? | | “Betty Cut-out has an idea she| would like to tell you about,” | nounced her teacher 1 Then Betty stood an- up the crippled hoys get toys and like we will toys we are 1o them on | At oor little won't stmas reed her school- | their teacher to make paj u see in the picture; children who can't a eagerly. T them how such | play with r A sied is the e est kind of a toy to make. | Uso heavy paper or cardboard from a cracker box measured as in the diagrem. 3'i inches | ds and 7%, inches long. The runners are 'y | {inch wide. ‘The eled will be prettier if you cover the cardboard with red or green paper | and tie a pieco of yarn in the fromt for a Tope. | i ash 100 | orecast Arnabel ¥ ASARRgten For Informal Afternoons. | t to | EL N 5 Pt A Xokkica, S 2w i, k&é%", R , ) | afternoon, but hesitate to put your | very best dress on, wouldn't you like | to have a simple and attractive frock | like this to slip into? f course you would, and if"y n material the cost ¢ te ting? be pretry, luncheon would be leve its dulln of & bit of wh neck. The years, 36, measure and requ aize, 3 vards of 40-in three yards of binding. Price of pattern 15 cents, in postage stamps only. Orders should be nd- drensed to The Washington Star Pat- tern Bureau, 22 Enst 1Sth street, New York city. Please write name and ad- dress clearly. wear to y. A _ser i You could re- | the application lor around the in sizes 16 tnches bust for the 36-inch material with ) BATCH of pip- ing hot Biscuits nicely browned, with butter and pre- sgrves — popular morning, noon or _ night. Bakeit BESTwith DAVIS BAKING POWDER cuafl, each May and Bess and Rose | auwa Sue. But best of all I love to ses chose noisy girls grow quiet, still, and’ with a hushed expectancy and with a glowing, pulsing, thrill, await the first soul-plercing mnote when some one plays the violin. So much those girls on music dote, oh, one could near a fallen pin! I grow im- glllcnl when I hear censorious folk old forth for days on modern girls who've lost, they fear, the good old- fashioned, steady w These folks should joln a club—they'd see how truly good our youn; 1s be! PR NG fare all ! foras | p FEATURES, — The Diary of a Professional Iiovie Fan BY GLADYS HALR then, of tto ‘posing. I ha c he Are Their “Poses” Real? There's a lot of comment| lately on the “poses” of the stars. It would se that In such a cynical age t do nothing, have nothin nothing without b “posing.” Such ins are observed They say that it Barbara Le Mare adopted a baby. They say th ealous g | them No, n't seen Du i no rumor to cut tragedienr There a ou know. If ou know what 't be_able o ye. ItN been to various | we move | one can W think dunger of ces ns these | A Clara o is a “‘pos & s “‘ because novel of Monfs t Swanson’ r baby's pi is the Glo of h a pose, as to suppose, ations serfously, «hould be, a plain phlegmatic habits a ss, her bizarre and fl strements of person a part of a careful r ingenious! or with "« are to belleve that Mary Plel simplicity of manner, thought, of speech, are also b We are not to content with the th to be, must needs sup aiffe and trusting a little bit A genuine treat! DELICIOUS! and easy to prepare! BAKED CRANBERRIES 1 quart cranberries 1 pint granalat ed sugar R U e granite vessel and do not use eater. Recipe folder sent Free. American Cranberry Exchangs 90 West Broadway, New York false | public. Isn't | Hdieulous? inordinately fond | “A pose!” bel- | narried th is the Talmadge ompany of husband. “A pos Tt strikes mo en stars g hof t DELICIOUS food con- fection, wholesome and appropriate at any season. Economical and satisfying. Standard for half a century For muffins that meltin your mouth Use the easy recipe on theback on ofeach packageof ~ "enes’ AUNT JEMIMA PANCAKE FLOUR Ocer last year's Fair Itle n goes a heasy ch waol sweaier. Ome a hockey cap—mhite or any color ome fancies— and who cares about cold? © Vogue HOLIDAY NUMBER Whether you're as old-fashioned as a gold wedding ring—or as modern ‘as your driver's license—syou're going to like this Vogue! {;)hn McMullin tells about Bright Lights and New ork Nights for the holiday-maker. . . . Caroline Duer talks of Christmas entertaining at home, with a servants’ ball and a Christmas tree. Kenneth MacGowan and Henrietta Straus review lays and music that are worth while. . .. Weymer ills discusses the renaissance of Pharaonic fur- niture. . . . Vogue's Paris fashion editor goes to the Paris Races with Lee Creelman Erickson who sketches the most epoch-making ladies. . . . Vogue’s society editor presents four pages of clothes chosen by well-known Americans in Paris. . . . Vogue’s New York fashion editors show clothes as seen at smart restaurants, exclusive dress- makers’ and good shops. There are ever so many life-sazing suggestions for the last-minute Christmas shopper—but Vogue itself for a year is the best of all. DATED DEC. 15 OUT TODAY ¥ 0 6 U E