Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1924, Page 26

WOoM Use Plaids From BY MARY is one type of plaid froc which the French dress. to be particularly en- It is perfectly straight and narrow—apparently without a curve or an extra inch of fullness from arm- holes to hem. The plaid runs perfect straight even on the long straight sleeves. Oue attractive model is but- ioned down the front with 21 buttons and buttonholes. There is a rather wide collar of colored linen on the ver of which is worn a single arti- ficial rose. A very low waistline is marked by w belt or any shaping [HERE about makers seem thusiastic. not BTRELT FROCK OF TRIMMED IN LEATHER AND H PLAID BLACK WHITE BRAID, but by from b The sketeh shows plaid frock—in s and a line trimmed with soft white braid. The leather, is arrang not to draw in waistline at all Most strik sories are plaid are find some pockets triangles at either of the plaid side made sewed anc th color of black belt d loose wr simple n of blue. vellow. It is leather and green en the material a which Hess tockings imirers. m to The boys and girls on the Cut-outs’ picnic decided to go swimming. They Scattered to the ch liouses, and soon 10 boys und girls were splash- | ing in the cool water. A game of water tag was started. with every one getting ducked every few minutes and coming up to go after some one else. Pretty soon they began to get tired | —also hungry. “Everybody out!” called Mary Anne who loved running things. “Soon as we all get our hd(hllvl. suits ‘lmnng we'll have the pien And there was a beach houses, scrambie for the Color Mary Anne's hat green and make her cap yellow whits. Copyrighi, 1924 HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. The “Penknife.” This handy little accessory tells its story its name. Found in the pocket of almost every man, its pur- pose may be to renew a pencil point or to whittle wood. Most men carry for no reason except that it may ome in handy. But never, nowa- days, does one use it to sharpen pen. Yet that is how it started! Our pens today are made of steel: hut the penknife had its origin in the time when people wrote with quill pens. The quills wore or broke and it became necessary, at une: pected moments to sharpen or re- shape them. Convenience decreed a knife which could be carried about, the product being the folding or pocket knife which was appropriate- Iy termed “penknife.” (Copyright, 1924.) e With Cross Socic the exception of the Red the Women's Corps is the only known women's orgamization hav the legal. right to wear the Red Cross of GeDeviL. - telief | I AN'S PAGE. Hat to Stockings MARSHALL |say they are appropriate only for | active sports wear Plaid scarfs— |some of them following authegtic | Scoteh tartans—are sold for both men and women. One of these with a goodly bit of red in it is well chosen | to g0 with a raincoat of gray or black | rubberizea silk or gray leather. Plaid silks have been used for parasols and umbrellas, being most attractive when the silk is stretched | over the frame in a single piece in- | stead of being fitted in sections like | pieces of pie. Plaids Lave made their l realm _of in i king effect is some- | zained by lounge cushions c with brightly plaided cotton They may strike you as being appropriate for verandas, gar- sun parlors or rustic summer even the nd stri pearance in decgration time ered squares. most dens, cabins. {Copyright, 1924.) Favorite Recipes of Prominent Women DNA M. COLMAY. Bar Le Duc. RS, CARRI President Suffrage Alliance. CHAPMAN CATT, Al of the world knows ( Chapman Catt and most of th knows that few women have a harder or'more varied apprentice- Ship in the school of dife’s trials t she in her efforts to educate herse From a Wisconsin farm. teaching school at 14, she was high school principal. law student, general perintendent of Jowa 0ols.. lof an editor of a newspaper, left alone. a girl widow in California At 28 she returned to lowa and be- gan the battle for suffrage, orga ing her own State and then start- ing the work in othe In the cause of suff has lectured in every Union and practically on the globe. She national Suffrage Alliance comprising 26 countries and was its first dent. She was president and ing head of the Natio Suffrage ing years of the | tion of the ae amendment Poised, terse in speech, magnetic manner, this remarkable woman not lost any of her womanly cha or her home-making arts in her lo: struggle in the political arena suggests Bar Le Due for every pantry shelf as an ever-ready and relish. Pick from stems, the largest nd finest currants, leaVing the 1o mainder for jelly. W and drain Measure very four bowls full granulated (the _ordinary hen bow! size) hind put preservi kéttie with just water D from burning to Pour in full and rounded (usi w1) of the prepared cu boil five minutes. Skim and let sirup boil | ready to jell. then pour in ¢ and after the first boiling up, in jars like other prescrves perfect product should be currant jelly in which whole currants | preserved. It may be eaten cream cher and salad around a mound of ese with « crackers, it makes a charming dish sright, 1924.) arrrie world served ge. Mrs. Catt State in the every nation jed the Inter- eet- Woman battle for the delicious <h seant ki in a enough Let come sures, e b Let nts s of any 0 k boil. BY MARY Leo. aspects dur! not very favorable are not distinetly They however, such character u counsel the postponement of portant action until later in the During the the aspects tackling of important {cially those which relat. art or social affairs. A child born today will be normal both physically and mentally. It will have it little ailments, chil- dren do, and its little cares and | worries.” "Its character will be fundamentally sound, and its disposi- sunny bright It will ot be ve ambi but an walk of life ‘will not only L appy but will radiate contentment 1f today is vour birthday. you are physically brave. but lack intel- lectual courage—the courage of | thought As physical courage giv you the ability to use your faculties with freedom in the most imminen laanger, you should with no alarm- ing circumstance to excite vou, so intellectual courage will give you the power to think with independence. just as you should if vou did not know the opinion of another human being upon the subject which en- vour thoughts. however, estimating too humbly your own abilit take your opinions from others without mak- ing any effort to judge for yourself between right and wrong. This is not the whole truth. how- or, about vour subservience to others’ opinion. Very -often vou refrain from expressing an opinion in cony tion until you bhave ascer- (a the views of the person you are addressing, und you do this merely to please others. while rying vourself. < Every human being is responsible | for the opinion he or rhfl may hold Iach one must Le prepared to answer for his or her own opinions and just as responsible for them as for | his or her own actions. | Well known persons born on this date are: John M Miles, United | States Senator and author; Robert ton, mnaval office James art critic and author; Ben- jamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States; Paul Dana, ,gournaml. Ithough the: adverse. are of a to day afternoon and good evening and faver the matters, espe- to property are tio, (Copyright, 1924.) BY HOBERT QUILLEN. HROGERY It i | al | “1 ain't never knéwed a man to wear a corset, but I know some that wouldn't seem always about to bust and spill if they did.” | (Copyright, 1924.) | Machines now used by soap manu- facturers wrap 30,000 cakes of soap & day, with both an inner and outer wrapper, and reuire the services of but onc operator. Formeriy from 12 to 15 girls were employed to do the same amount of work, presi- | Association during the clos- | 1.4,.1 five the tulti- | EVENIN MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDRE) o) T THE Finishing the Job. One mother says: | Before my children undertake any task that is out of the ordir 1al- upon them that they - not to start it unless they intend Half-finished jobs are of those never com- than (Copyright, 19240) i Your Home and You BY HELEN KENDAL Cooking on the Beach. lucky persons who wre spend- | menth of August at the Lo from the hotel aze @ meal on cdie where | hear of thej the boomin surf, as | wmay be. To take the chil- | cither get into the little | or wander along the beach | atil a pieasant shelter is and then cook a dinye a delizhtf 1 exper mbake, Those the shore like the « very oL away d cook @ the water, pping of th the aves or n whoat 1d ind RS i r-called “shor other special repast takes which not all fa member an elab- shores of much hoac- | seaweed heaped o just wibd such earcful of the clams that | special knowlec ilies | orate possess. 1 beach party along the aration of mulition o uch proport baking or steaming | ‘ | \ | i ‘ | believe it 3 7ot them ther en more fuss than the food was Simnlarly. a barbecue £ as it is o wateh, is too muc ! troudle attempted by the aver smail dawdling group of Summer vacation Here to which 1 two delic fas- the plan for meal was introduced a year or which quick, easy and My and hostes packed sket some sweet | green corn, which parboiled for L few minutes before we left the | cottaze. Into the basket went also | some washed potatoes and a paper | bag or powder biccuits that We all the little friendly plicd the ozrs lazily our « hine and trolled for fish {ing several medium-sized ones Arrived at the picnic spot friends first dug a hole in the about a foot or inches deep two feet in diameter. Into th laid a flat on the bottom |several other flattish stones on the slopes of the excavation. A hot brush fire was then built In the hollow and | lallowed to burn while went for | {drinking water and got out the foods. The fire was then swept out of the cavity with a brush of heavy twigs bound together, and the corn, pota- toes apd fish (cleaned while the fire burned) put into the improvised oven, together with the biscuits, which had been dipped lightly in water. The oven was then covered over with a couple of light flat stones which had been heated in the fire, and left to itself for a half-hour or so—perhaps |1 s, host with b baking morning climbed and st catch- rowl we sand and they and stone erything was_ deliciously baked when the stone lids were removed. 1t was eleaner than roasting corn an; potatoes in the ashes and the fish and biscuits were tender and thor- oughly done o Menu for a Day. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit Baked Eggs Broiled Bacon Bran Muflins Coffee LUNCHEON. Cold Ham Crisp_TRolls Blueberry Cake Tea DINNE Tomato Bisque Soup Fried Chicken Corn Fritters Apple Pie Cheese Coffee BRAN MUFFINS. Two cups coarse unsifted bran meal, 1 cup flour, 1 tea- spoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 egg, ' cup molasses; 1 cup sour milk. Do not have the batter too stiff or get too soft. Bake 20 minutes in a moderate oven. These biscuits have such a medicinal value that they should be more generally used and are delicious. BERRY CAKE. Beat?to a cream 1; cup each of butter and beef drippings and 1 cup of sugar. Add 13 cups molasses, 3% cup of but- termilk, 1 teaspoon of soda dis- solved in 2 tablespoons of boil- ing water, 21z cups of flour and % teaspoon of grated nutmeg. Beat thoroughly, stir in 1 cup of blueberries and bake in a moderate oven. CORN FRITTERS. Beat 2 eggs very light with a spoon, add’1 cup of milk, 1 cup of canned corn from which the liquor has been drained, a salt- spoon of salt and 1 cup of flour sifted twice with 1 teaspoon of eram of tartar and % teaspoon STAR, WASHINGTON, | passing that of sisters. 1 solidarity. | her | poor ! boy they | dren | ing | are wholly |an of them re of soda. Drop by spoonfuls into deep boiling faf and fry until a golden brown. 'Serve very hot. Women— o Feminine Friendships Impossible. .and Women. DorothyDix D. C., WEDNESDAY, Disproves Old Idea That Women Cannot Have the Same Sort of Friendship for Each Other That Men Have Is Declared Absurd. a great friendship possible between two women?” feminine Davids and Jonathans?” asks a correspondent. Te both qu tions T answer unhesitatingly “Yes.” A great friendship is not only possi ble between women, but it is so common that we do not even notice its existence. Still woman less do we regard it as a phemomenon. virtually There is always some turns in all the crises of life, to whom she can sob out her troubles, Why, possesses one. woman friend to every whom she AUGUST 20, BY VYVYAN. Cocoa Color Again. ~ Are there any ! I | | Wwill close the eyes of her dead and take her new-born babe into hef arms, | {and who has proved her loyalty and devotion all the way | of her children to lending her her best hat. from taking care And there are millions of women whose hearts cleave unto some other woman's as David's did to Jonathan's, and who love each other with a lo For there is a spiritual kinship that is often woman friends are knit together by bonds stronger than any tles that bind them to their o any blood tie, congeni tamilic It is generally held that men alone have the gift for friends observation been that women are much more tenaciou than men are. Women keep up with their old friends men do. Women's friends mean more to them than me mon and Susan Pythias elect to live together far oftenc and Pythiz and very ty that are iip, but do, and No time-frazzled superstition has less of a the one that pictures women as a bunch of cats spitting at each other, and filled with a venomous hatred of every of their sex. fur from this leg to stand on than mem being the case, women have almost too They are too apt to espouse the woman's side of a cause rd to its worth, and the_socicty of their own sex is ubsolutely e . They cannot live Without other women. Tt is often said that a man Is a better friend to a woman than anot woman is. This is another moss-grown faliacy. A man's friendship fo Woan is seldom disinterested. A woman's friendship for another wonian virtually always unselfisi. MORE than that. men are have a very is well and gay affairs he much with reg en! to th v e e women. A an, and as long as interested in him and room, and be glad to r weather friends to honest platonie affection for a won and bright and entertaining and will camp of an evening in her living little kindly service he can But let the woman meet with 1d bedraggled, a fowntain of n will flee from her us he would from a pest, and threaten to fir who lets her get past his door. He is willing to send her the ‘name of friendship, but he will not give her the personal sucrifice 1t 1s the woman friend, not the » is down and out. who lets her w s with the patience of Job whi ie millionth time her litany of w man misfortune. Let her become sickly s tears and a hard-luck record, and check man friend. who goes to & woman wi ep out her misery on her breast. the self-centered afilicted one reci Another an t myth is that women are hard on Women zre far more ready to forgive a fal sister than men : Men may be willing to associate with the Magdalene themselves, but th will not have her touch their womankind. It is women who run all of philanthropic associations for the help of their sex; women who have got laws passed protecting working women and voung girls: wowen up the money for summer camps and summer vacation places for nd who maintain women's hospitals and clinics where they for treatment when they are ill. i women I may @ large experience of business women I have known v not gladly do what they could to help in training a voung girl who v | just starting out to make her living. 1 have known very few who were always on the watch to help some other girl get a better place, and I hardly known f a girl falling sick or losing her job where the wo among whom ed did not dig dow into their thin p her out : ses and by Of cc andal thing they But t ach other. ous and self want, particularly when th at is just being human more than men do. Just as as women call attention They gossip h, and they t thing is a man. Women do not criticize each other u many men ecall each other liars and windba to some sister woman's complexion having ce out of the drug store, and her age being a tarrididdle. Men grab the pr they covet from each other if they can. and when it comes to the ine it is each man for himself. and the devil take the hindmost They tigh wor de The old idea that women caunot have the same sort of each other that men have is absurd. and it is a pity that so i It makes women suspicious of each other and keep: Jjoying one of the greatest happinesses in life DOROTHY (Copyright, 124.) WHEN WE GO SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLE! friendship any peo them DIN | factory way > eent wheni aou bus £0 much & Part | “Sne that your so- that the house | taining pedal and soft pedal With chil- | independently. The middle vedal in the | usually a muffier. If the middie pe ok irs | has the power of When Dave decided to buy:a{B0te while another is plaved. 3 | i at 4 has 4 convenience which Dlapo, I Jou ure not musical your-| gy, o0 high-grade manufacture se telephone the neighborhood | “"yo ' 'S tone, ot too loud music teacher and ask her to accom- | gtrident, should be full and resou pany vou and help you pick out a|ing good instrument. She, through teach- | valuable, though it be in a nd playing, has learned to judge ' old ca Look for the tone first good tone in instrument. ‘| tien second and case third Looking at a row of pian choice comes looks in @ parlor, every or finger print mahoga is not yet in general use. but will be more adaptable than th shiny finish for permanency. Rose- wood and oak are serviceable. Fancy cases. either in color or decoration, impractical for the aver- When You Buy a Piano. Music has become of the American hom withou it @ piano is ra the pianc alled “loud” s vou is an a your | of Cax My Neighbor Say Don't use butter when mak- ing a bread and butter pudding |8 drippings—it is really just as good. If vou have no drip- pings sprinkle a very little finely chopped beef suet over cach slice of bread Discolored knife handles may be cleaned with slice of cut lemon dipped in salt Pour boiling water on raisins and let them remain overnight They will be easy to stone and the stoning will not tear the fruit. Cream which has soured may be whipped and added to salad dressing. It is as good for this purpose as sweet cream. Egg stains on table linen should be soaked in cold water before being sent to the laun- dry. The stains come out quite easily if treated in this way. Hot water “sets” them and makes them doubly difficult to remove. To keep lettuce fresh place in a tightly covered lard pail un- til wanted. hest s age home. The sounding board which is the foundation of a piano’s tone, is the back board of an upright, and lies flat beneath the strings of a grand. Standard makes of pianos are al- ways safest to buy. You get the company’s guarantee and reputation with vour purchase. A reputable dealer always sells pianos which he can indorse. Do not buy a harsh-sounding in- strument just because it may be a bargain, for tone deteriorates rather than strengthens with age. As you play the keys, be sure that pond instantly to the touch. If they linger, the action is too easy and will not stand use, or if they do not go down quickly, the action is too stiff and may remain difficult to play. Often a Stiff ac- tion, when worked upon to free it, loses its resiliency. The most satis- heart of a kid glows warm for Kellogg’s— and these crisp, golden flakes repay in health. Easytodigest—nourishing—deli- cious with milk or cream or fruit. ove tronger llmn wn T has | eternally clawing and | ber sex out tial | her r oA s | m he his do | nd | the any office in friendship that means e nd | tes N are, hey the ten who oor | not en I elp eat the any 485 yme pi is to get the action you work holding over one nor nd- A singing tone makes a plang cratched 1 1 | fl l A panne velvet model with of cocon-colored 1 | side. The shape ittle Ben | Berthdays. Your berthday d varies acco of YOur age varies accof You cant help how fare. =0 the st thing ta i Le brite for vour ag: 1f vou was born in 1 9 and if v thei - vou wile Know vou was born vou hesitate wen you ry your age Its easy to remember wat d wn berthday is, but hard sther peoples, even vour family re vbodys berthday w | them a card to congradulate t | St diving, This proves bin good in histery wen to skool. on aecount of a i vou you born tha to the Some people th thday is b 1. on account rn too young The mai date afte people sny r of figures reme the " body tel vou ' are to get not kx Eet th in his berth to buy enyth presen (dtho you may going to you thing | Wen buy ut for ay fill, The werst time s not to have a i is « on ac meen one pre for each i 6 with give ing peof chance both insted of one time to b after Crisse Lreaking th Frople 1 ha but they Proving account o rr e February Yeer jest nature wonderfi 1924. “JUST HATS” shooting off the is also cocoa color, | of Triendships | Snich fs the papes shade. for afi fatl | s o far Dbetter than ipags Sally | than do Damon | Note BooK | byLee, ' 7 being so full nt of dispositions a FEATURES BEDTIME STORIES Preserves Self-Respect. ‘ Who saves | BY THORNTON W. BURGESS he was discovered that in that berry bush much, Buster came straight on with funn |little, cager whi When he reached the bush he up qnd greedily reached for the nearest - Tt vas then that he saw Farmer Brown boy 1o strai into his the ot Yian T some one else his self res the world adn ct saves res such rmer Brown's And all There was some one else in the Old Pasture 5o busy picking berries that {he paid little attention to anythin |aside from his busy fiage it was rmer Brown's boy. He had filled one big pail with those delicious berries and was picking as rapidly he could make his fingers xo to another big pail. There were 1o le id no sticks and no green berries 1 those two Farmer Brown boy does not believe in doing worl | twice hose berries would have to e picked over when he reached nome Now Farmer Brown's | trying not to make any |he made very little. He has learned o move quictly®and he does it with- out thinking. o it was that such sounds as he @id make were vers small sounds. The Merry Littic Breczes of Old Mother West Wind a brush | had picked them up and carried them to Buster Bear. With them | Finally carried the scent of Far- |bushe ¢n's boy. But Bu | respect filling his stomach king ht nds 13 ised to move ed at Farmer + fuuny, star that it could sat these il - Br 1 laug Far all Eire rturs That is what he had unexpectedly n I Pasture once b Buster did nothing | Slowly he dropped down Slowly he turned away. He didn't hurry all. He pretended he didu't know that an one wus about. He stopped and sced another direction, The < healt the Loy expect a » his hee when the the the k on all fours 1 began to walk see Bust Bu boy wasn't ind noise, but he disappe He had [over they 1 red among pres his se too bu (Copsrizht Open Fruit Jars ' Quick as a Wink rding to wat munth you was born rding to old you ) try to that makes in 1834 ou dont t makes think of ate your refnem rest member ve send hem fo FEW SURPRISED BUSTER MOVE SECONDS TO A slight pull on those ears lets the air in, and off come the caps from fruit jars, no matter how tightly ecaled. berries t had must |} went that Farmer Brows in the Old Pasture 1d stripped most of the © ries from one big bush. He d up nd looked ahout with cager, gre _Not far off he another ded with i blueh ries. Buster dro n onto al four feet and be {through the tween him Now. as I ter's evesight haps i he been less might have discovered back of that big r Brown's bo: King b that big bush rd Buster Bear the bush. 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