Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1924, Page 41

WOWMAN"S PAGE,’ Good Basting in Garment Making BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Not every housewife who does her own sewing appreciates the value and importance of correct basting. If a Sarment does not set right, if the ams do not end togethe: athers are not in just the right Dplace, it may all be the fault of poor basting. It 1s a bad plan to be in such a hurry that this part of the sewing Is neglected. One young woman was found trying to rush a particularly finicky bit of sewing by emitting the basting. She had a ‘whimsical mind and appreciated that EXACT BASTING 1S NECESSARY TO INSURE A CORRECTLY FIT- TING GARMENT OR TO MAKE A NEAT JOB OF MANY KINDS OF FANCY WORK. she was probably doing the wrong thing, for when her mother remon- strated she exclaimed: T haven't time to baste this thing now. TI'll do it when I'm through sewing!” Some garments give vou the im- preesion that if there ever was any basting done on them it must have been done the last thing. So important is this branch of sew- Ing that occasionally there have been classes formed to learn how to baste. What Today Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Sagittarius. Today's planetary aspects are not very auspiclous for any important en- terprise. By exercising care and de- liberation. however, a great deal of useful work can be accomplished. Under any and all circumstances, any- thing of a speculative or risky char- acter must be avoided. The vibra- tions indicate haste. and there are likely to be tendencies to be over- confident and to misjudge or miscal- cnlate. The period between noon and sunset is the most propitious time for the settiement of all those matters that will brook no’ further delay, and whiie any significant decisfons should be, if possible, eschewed. there will be less risk in making them in the early afternoon than at any other time during the day. A child born today will be excep- tionally healthy and robust, and plenty of out-of-door life will develop this tendency to a marked degree. Tt will have an analytical mind and carefully examine both sides of a question pefore making a decision. It will be painstaking. reliable and com- petent, and generally successful. It will love travel and good literature, and spend much time at home in in- tellectual pursuit. Tts home life will be bright, sunny and happy. It today is your birthday. you are inclined to be hasiy in sneech and de- cision, but you are olwavs sorry at once if a hasty speech wounds an- other's feelings. You =re u great reader, and a good talker, bright, witty and vivaclous. You love finery 2nd luxurious surround s and you are very sensitive to an np'easant environment. You are demonstrative and constant in your love. The one great factor that has mili tated against your material success is your ill-considered hastiness and impetuosity. It does not palliate the offense to be sorry immediately after- ward. Being sorry for committing a murder on impulse does not save the murderer from his just punishment. Hasty speech often is the murderer of love and affection. Regret. no matter how sincere, often fails in resurrect- ing that which has been so thought- lessly and uselessly slain. ‘Well known persons born on this date are: George David Cummins, bis- hop, founder of the Reformed Episco- pal Church; Sarah H. Palfrey (E. Fox- ton), author; Benjamin S. Lyman xeologist; Henry Morton, scientist; Gerrit 8mith, composer; T. Coleman du Pont, powder manufacturer. (Copyright, 1924.) My Neighbor Says: ‘When you happen to cut or slash your table oflcloth, place a strip of adhesive tape under- neath and press it flat. This has been proven most satisfactory: As a temporary help for a leaky utensil, press an ordinary woman's dress snap into the hole. . Tap it lightly with a ham- mer. Put hot cookies or doughnuts in a crock with the skin of an orange or lemon. It gives a very delicate flavor. It you make your own ‘soap use an eggbeater to stir it after it is all put together. It will take much less time for the stirring. 1f you wish to keep a fire all night—and it is so much more economical to do so than to build a new fire every morning —open all the drafts, shake the fire down carefully until all the ashes are out, put on a sprinkling of coal, let it burn up red, then bank up and leave the drafts open just a crack. In the morning open the drafts until the required heat is ob- tained. After using the fire all that is needed is to shake out the ashes as at night bank up and close the drafts. Te remove nut meats whole from. the ell pour hot water on the nuts and let them remain overnight. You can crack and : remove meats in the morning. However, this is not necessary when a woman is careful to follow direc- tions that come with patterns, for they explititly state where and what to baste together. If the directions say sew along certain lines, do not forget to baste first. Baste Close to Seam. One of the rules for basting is to do it close to the Ilne where stitch- ing will be done afterward, and not exactly on it. Enough space should be allowed so that it will not be necessary to stitch on the basting thread. This simplifies the work of pulling ' out the basting threads. When they are caught in the stitch- ing the basting breaks when pulled and it may be very difficult to get the little strand of thread out. Any such threads left in the garment Imme- diately indicate a homemade article. No woman likes that, for it is and should be her alm to have the gar- ment look as if it had been done by a modiste or a tallor. Right Basting Thread. ‘When basting be careful to have the thread right. It should not be too coarse, or it will Jeave tiny holes when pulled out. Or It may sep- arate strands in the weave that will refuse to come together evenly. These places look badly and the ma- terial is never quite so strong again. A meroerized cotton, No. 70, is a fine kind and number to use for most basting. Silk should always be bast- ed with a mercerized cotton. If fab- ric is very sheer or the threads sep- arate easily in it the basting thread should not only be extra fins, soft and smooth, but the stitches should be set lightly. Do not take many stitches at one time before pulling the thread through the goods. The thread gets taut and it will cut. Long-Seam Basting. When basting long seams lay the material smooth and flat on a table and baste it in this position to in- sure both sides coming out even. If you do hold the goods in your hand while basting such seams, be sure to ease the under one as you sew and hold the upper one a bit tight. The upper portion “eases” just a wee bit as you sew and the lower portion will be as much as one Inch or more longer than the upper at the finish of the seam if you are not careful. Before basting pin portions together that are not seamed so that the fab- ric is held securely. Baste on Right Side. When one is fitting garments it often happens that seams have to be taken in, and they are pinned over on the right side, just as they should | g0. To cimplify the work and insure the same fit, do the basting on the right side of the goods. Take very tiny stitches exactly where the seam should come. and do not pull the thread very tight. Take out the pins and turn the goods inside out. Baste along the stitches just taken. You will have no trouble, for the goods will turn evenly if the stitches are small and just where they should be on the right side. Gotton contrasting with the fabric should be used when basting, so that the stitches will show up well and seams be easily followed when the sewing Itself is done. (Copyright, 1924.) {Some trouble comes to everyone We're never sad adone — - IF we could think of others’ woes Iw might Porqot . our own [ VD) Bistory of Bour Name. BY PHILIP FRA BRECKINRIDGE. VARIATIONS Brackenridge, Braikenridge. +RACIAL ORIGIN—English. SOURCE—A locality. Of the three spellings of this family name given hereswith, that of Bracken- ridge is the most orthodox, inasmuch as it is the spelling of the place name from which the surname is derived. | Brackenridge is the name of a place in Cumberland, with a meaning which is fairly obvious, a ridge where bracken, | a kind of fern, was abundant. i Names of this character, of course, in earlier times were prefixed by such words as “de” (“of"), “atte” (“at the") or other phases indicating that the per- son referred to had come from ‘this place. Or, in the event of its not being the name of a town or large community, but rather a local landmark, it showed that the person so referred to dwelt at that spot. Originating as a mere descriptive ad- dition to the given name, it came in the course of time to [indicate the person directly in the minds of others rather than indirectly by Jreason of their de- scriptive nature. And once names pro- gressed to this stage the next step was nearly always to drop the prefix, which under the circumstances had become meaningless. 1S NOWLAN. | (opyright.) “About the quickest way to get sophieticated is to lend money to kin folks.” (Copyright, 1924.) ‘Royal Pudding. Put two tablespoonfuls of powdered gelatin to soak in one-half a cupful of milk. Have twg cupfuls of stale sponge cake after cutting into cuhes. Put them into a good-sized baking dish and spread over with apricot jam or marmalade. Over this sprinkle a glass of fruit juice. Make a custard of one and one- half cupfuls of milk, three yolks of eggs and three tablespoonfuls of sugar, and stir it {nto the dissolvea gelatin. When perfectly cold pour lover the cake. Make a meringue of the whit of the eggs. Decoral the top of the pudding and brown lightly In the oven. Set away to get wery cold before serving. i Copyright, 1084, by The NeChurs Nowepapor Syndicals. HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. The best way I know to get away from the too ordinary clock-on-the- mantel-shelf arrangement is to have a wall clock. And of all wall clocks the banjo is probably the most widely admired. Designed more than 100 years ago, it is both picturesque and graceful, with its mahogany case, fittings of polished brass and the lit- tle scene of Mount Vernon painted in colors on its glass door—an authentic touch in the room of early American furaishings. And since we've banished the clock from the mantelplece, why not re- move it from the living room entirely and hang our banjo clock in the hall? Living rooms are meant to be restf time-ignoring places designed f hospitality and relaxation, not for clock-watching and schedule-keep- (Copyriznt, 1924.) 2 SR Frozen Cranberries. Pick over and wash four cupfuls of cranberries, add one and one-half cupfuls of boiling water and two and one-half cupfuls of sugar. Cook for ten minutes, skimming during the cooking. Rub through a sieve, cool, then pour into one-pound baking powder cans. Pack in salt and ice, using equal parts, and allow to stand four hours. There should be eno: of the mixture to fill two cans, Short Hair. the last few ths the world has gone quite a over short hair. The other day I read that In that last stronghold of conserva- tism, the English cheap restaurant the waltresses had been permitted short hair. As a result, hundreds had promptly taken advantage of the lift- ing of the ban. Today so many are bobbed or shingled that the woman with long hair is the exception—and should remain so if her hair is beau- tiful, healthy and easy to dress be- comingly. There is a bobbed style for every face but the fat one. If you're the pretty little flapper type, with dry, wavy hair, the side parting will be- come you, with a wisp or fringe jor perhaps the halr combed straight back. If you are serious in expres- sion, ard brunette, cut a thick fringe { across the forehead a little above the eyes; trim, to curve it into the sides, and part the halr in the center, let- ting it hang quite straight to the bot- tom of the ear. Don't wave it, but keep it always soft and glossy. 1f you look very grown-up, or, to be quite trank about it, if you are obvi- ously 20 or so, try a semi-shingle. This style with its odd name means the hair is cropped short above the neck, reproducing the lines of a smooth knotted coiffure. The sides cdan be pulled well down over the ears or brushed back Into the shingle and held by a comb, and the hair can be waved or parted as you prefe One of the newest short hair styies is to comb the hair forward from the very top of the head, cut it into a thick fringe. and cut the sides so short they show the ears, or some- times the hair is brushed back uf the cars. Ears are coming in again, so that's all right. But it's a trying style! Be sure it looks well on vou before you attempt ft. It is very smart, though, when it can be worn, and is the most original of the “bobs.” Within me A Worried Friend—Massage scalp each night and add to this a good hair tonic in which there is some alcohol. A special treatment for falling hair is to apply alcohol to the scalp full strength for three days, and then whit for several weeks be- your GIFT TABLES ROOF & GARAGE PAINTS, WALL TINTS, VAR- NISHES, FLOOR FINISHES, WINDOW GLASS, WIND- SHIELD GLASS ness. —need the finishing touch of a PLATE GLASS TOP to complete their smartness — protect their beauty and prolong their useful- {fWe supply glass for all require- ments and feature the cutting of GLASS TOPS —to fit tables, buffets, desks and ,NEMBER OF AATIOR AN 7 o | b » dressers. Inquiry will prove PRICES VERY REASONABLE. "Floor Wax and Weighted Polishing Brushes to Keep Holiday Dance Floors At Their Best” HUGH REILLY CO. PAINTS & GLASS 1334 N. Y. Ave Phone Main 1703 HARMLESS LAXATIVE All Children Love Its Pleasant Taste Give Bilious,_ Constipateai Child * “California Fig Syrup” bottle. Mother, you R BEAUTY CHATS AYTEMPTING TO ASCEND THE RIVER ABOVE MONTREAL. CARTIER FOUND Mis WAY BLOCKED BY RAPIDS WHICH IN HrS DISAPPOINTMENT HE NAMED LA ICHINE (" THE CHINAY) RAPIDS — » BY EDNA KENT FORBES. fore repeating the treatment; If the trouble continues, however, do mnot use the alcohol after giving it the trial of the second set of treatments. One good thing about bloom- ers, we don’t have t’ worry any more about petticoat rules. Eggs is like autos—th’ minute we pay less than th’ top price we git int’ cheap construction. Th’ wealth o’ th’ country may be unfairly distributed, but th’ autos hain’t. It’s jest as wicked to say you prefer chicken t’ turkey as it is t’ lie about anything. Menu for a Day. BREAKFAST. Maple Apple Sauce Rye Cereal with Cream Soft Boiled Eggs Twin Mountain Muffins LUNCHEON. Shrimp Chowder Crackers Fruit Salad Brownies Coffee. Tea DINNER Hallibut au Gratin Baked Potatoes Stewed Tomatoes Prune Whip Coffee MAPLE APPLE SAUCE Stew two quarts of pared and quartered apples in enough water to keep them from burn- ing. When partly cooked add one cupful of maple sirup. As s00n as the apples become soft, sprinkle with granulated sugar and remove from the fire. Serve hot or cold. BROWNIES. To one cup of sugar add four tablespoonfuls of melted but- ter, one egg, two ounces of chocolate melted over hot wa- ter, one teaspoonful of vanilla, one-half cupful of flour and one-haif cupful of broken nut meats. Line a square shallow pan with waxed paper, turn in the mixture. Spread evenly in the pan and bake in a slow oven. Cut into squares when done. PRUNE WHIP. Cook until tender a cupful of prunes and five apricots. R add one-half cup- ful of sugar, cook to a pulp, and rub through a sieve. Cool. fold in the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs and fill dessert glasses two-thirds full. Make a custard of ‘the yolks of the two eggs, two cupfuls of milk, two table- spoonfuls of sugar and flavor- ing to taste. Fill glasses and serve very cold. ' THE SCENE OF CARTIER'S EXPLORATIONS. Bf HocHELAGA (MONTREAL) anma FAILED TO PIND A WAY THROUGH “THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA THAT WOULD LEAD TO CHINA,CARTIER GAVE UP THE IDEA AND BEGAN PLANNING TO RETURN AND FOUND A FRENCH COLONY IN THE NEW WORLD, TOMORROW - THE PRENCH ATTENPT To Cotowalt CANADA HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. Dish Covers. We have covers to our serving dishes today for the obvious purpose of keeping hot the food that is being taken to or left upon the table, But to no such prosaic use does the dish cover ows its existence. The original of this article was no mere retainer of hot vapors. It was a receptacle of grave and weighty portent, of great- er dignity even than our adamantine safes today. For to its keeping was intrusted more than the protection of mere riches—it held the safety and lite of a kind! “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown” was particularly true in the middle ages, when crowns were the most transient of things. Every throne had its pretenders and usurp- ers, who, other methods failing, often Now IAVSFIELD found it expedient to remove the ob- noxious incumbent by poisoning him. For a consideration, co-operation to this end could be depended upon from the personnel of the kitchen! To guard against such premature death an ingenious king conceived the idea of dish covers. These were always padlocked in the Kkitchen, after the chef, in the presence of a trusted official, had tasted the food. and were unlocked at the table by the steward of the household, who there partook of the contents of the dish before any of it was served. This precaution proved to be effica- cious, and dish covers were soon adopted by ail fearful monarchs and nobles. And they have come down to protect us from what we in this un- romantic age fear more than poison- ing—indigestion! 2 (Copyright, 1924.) 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