Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1925, Page 10

Requirements for Home Nursing BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. MANY THINGS A CAN DO COMPE- A PATIEN THERE RE HOME NURSE TENTLY FOR Every woman at one other has to do a bit of nursing. It may be that she is “a born nurse,” as the saying puts it. Then both she and the patient are fortunate. But it Is just as likely that she feels her- self totally inadequate for the work and quite out of her element in the sick room. Then she must rise to the emergency or the patient will not get along as well as she should. The recovery actually be retarded be the incompetency of the caretaker. Much of this inabllity can be eliminated by any who really wishes o b sxful The s efficiency should expeeted from the home nurse as from the trained one, but there are some {hings that the former can do just exactly as well the latter. She bey the s of the physi- to the She should not time or an- wse of not be rely upon her memory, however good it may be, but she should write down the instructions while the doctor is present, so that she will be abso- lutely sure they are correct. She should carry out these instructione Jjust as punctiliously as a graduate nurse would, who realizes that suc- cess in her profession is governed In large measure by her dependability. Obey Instructions. It is difficult for the home nurse tc have to contend with an invalid in the family who expects to coax her or command her to leave undone things that are not to her (or his) liking But the nurse cannot be the judge of what is best, and she cannot permit the patient to be, either. The doctor prescribes. If the nurse feels that any change in the instructions or the care is wise, she should call on the doctor and confer with him. This rule is one that both the professional and the home nurse should follow, though the latter is apt to find she needs her hands strengthened by more frequent agvice than does the former. This is generally because the patient does not rely so absolutely on the judgment of the home nurse as on that of the professional. Tact Essential. The home nurse has to exercise the greatest tact. If this is expected o the trained nurse, it is even more necessary in the home nurse, for the reasons already given. She has to gain her ends without antagonizing the patient. Anything that ruffles sick person or which makes her nerv- ous is unfortunate, and sometimes disastrous. A nurse, whether a pro fessional or not, shotld have a sooth ing personality. She should never appear to be hurried that she may get to other duties. She should not rock in the sick room nor whisper, nor should she talk in a low voice just outside the patient's room. 1f the patient is very ill the sound may be disturbing. If she is convalescing she will unconsciously try to hear, and be able to catch only enough of the conversation, probably, to pique the curlosity or to be mentally dis- quieting. Such a conversation may be about her,.and If o it is apt to bo | something she should not hear. Useful Hints. A nurse should move quietly about a room, learn to open and shut doors softly and be alert for any sound from the patient. She should that the light is shielded from the patient’s eyes, and that draughts do not blow on her, and, withal, she must keep the room well ventilated. Sha should be quick to realize what an- noys the patient and what pleases her and see that the former things are avoided and the others empha- sized by herself and by those who come into the room. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright.) Ourselves. amiliar to street car riders, Post office (abbr.) Prepare for war. Where matrimony Cushion. By way of. 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THave you been troubled by the stories going around that the broadtail trim- mings on your suit or coat were obtained by the horrible practice of killing the mother sheep to obtain the unborn lambs, the fragile skins of which furnish this exquisite fur? In the first place, these stories are un- true, because the cwe is naturally sev- cral times more valuable than her voung. And in the second place your “broadtail f1 is probably not the genu- ine broadtail at all, but American broad- tail, which is a different story again. The delicate, but very beautiful, fur which is the genuine broadtail, is made from the very young lamb of Persia. Fivery woman knows the popular Per- slan lamb, with its short, curly, silky- haired fur. The finest and the flattest broadtail comes from the still-born lambs, or those which have died at birth. Naturaily these small and tender akins require a great deal of skill in making up, but when finished the effect is particularly beautiful, and broadtail will always have a place in the ward- robe of the woman who can afford to wear it. The reason that it is necessary, in afl wrades and crosses of the Arabi shecy, to kill the lambs shortly after birth if one wishes to preserve the tight curl and thut handsome “weave" or pattern of the fleece so similar to moire silk, is that the curls very soon begin to lose their tightness and luster, and even thelr colpr. The black pigment In the fleece soon “ox- idizes” and turns brown, and in eight or ten months more becomes gray, which is the natural color of all the fur-producing Arabi sheep: The markings on a fine piece of broadtail are singularly characteris- tic, and the moirelike texture is ex- quisite. In appearance it is some- thing like watered silk or crushed velvet. It is rare and costly, as you may very well imagine, extremely perishable, so that it is not the fur to buy when you want one that will stand hard usage. But American broadtail is not pro- hibited to the woman with a con- servative pocketbook. It is made from the domesticated lamb grown in South America. The wool is sheared very short, dyed black—or sometimes brown or platinum—and then pressed in patterns which o closely resemble the costly broadtail that you probably would never notice the difference. Broadtail is always dyed, to give it luster and uniformity of color, - Color Cut-Out JACK AND JILL. And Here's Jack. Jack was on the porch when his playmate, Jill, came running across the lawn. He had just been to town with his mother and was all dressed up in a bright blue suit with tan shoes and hose. Please come with me to fetch a pafl of water,” cried Jill “Of coursd, I will,” answered Jack. “But not until vou change your suit” cried his mother. “I won’t hurt it,” protested Jack “No-w, Jack,” answered his mother, | Jin went waited in to “please do as 1 on the porch while change his suit, (Copyright, 1 say o Jack Sattiday afternoon pop was varnish- ing the setting room floor on account of having bin saying he would for about 5 months, and 1 started to wawk in to watch 1 terned erround saying, that, get off of there, your wawking rite on havent you en Get out of dont you see the varnish, Well G wiz pop. good nite, how are you going to get out yourself, you went and painted the rong end ferst, I sed. Wat, well, I bleeve thats jest.wat I did, wat the dooce could I of bin thinking about enyvway, of all the bonehed tric pop sed. And he kepp on pointing and tawking to him- self mad about it and I started to go down stairs and my ster Gladd was jest coming up, me saying, If you wunt a serprize go in the setting room. Wich she started to, pop saying, Hay, hay, lay off, back out, dont you see Im varnishing this floor for Peet sake? Well how are vou going to get out yourself? Gladdis sed. That part will be all rite, pop sed. and Gladdis sed, 1 hope so Im sure And she kepp on going up to her room -and ma came in the front door with her key, me saying, Theres a serprize In the setting room for you, ma? If its something elts youve broken there’ll be a serprize for you, ma sed. And she quick went up stairs and started to go in the setting room, pop saying, Wo, wo, back up, wat fs this, a continuous percession. Thank heav- ens Im through now and 1 can lock the door, he sed. Well for land sakes Willyum, how are you going to get out? ma sed. Ive thawt of all that, pop sed. Im simply going to back carefiliy out and paint my footsteps out after me as 1 g0, he sed. Wich he started to, ma saying, Willyum Potts your jest doing that on the spur of the moment be- because you are cawt in there like a mouse in a trap, and you look too silly for werds, Which he did. AUNT HET “I acted right indignant the firs: time pa kissed me, but I don't mind admittin’ that I leaned agin him a little before he done it.” (Copyright, 19 | tire m, and pop quick | sents at all, yee gods. | Can There Be Happiness Between Cultured Man and Frivolous Schoolgirl?>—Idea of Real Man. How to Discourage Lovelorn Maid. D EAR MISS DIX: My grendson is a splendid, young man, well off financially and with fine prospects in life. He con- upright, highly educated siders himself in love with a schoolgirl, almost a child, who is much younger than himself and who dislikes £#hool so much that she wishes to get married, to get away from her own home and restraint. The girl is not accomplished nor cultured. Her charms are merely the physical charms of youth. Do you think there is much chance for happiness in such a marriage? And what would ‘'you do about it? Answe disastrously for both parties. In the A" TROUBLED GRANDMOTHER. 1 think that such a match would be almost sure to turn out first place, the girl is too young to know what love really is. Probably she has a passing fancy for your grandson. Almost all young girls are so flattered at the thought that they can inspire admiration and love in a man older than themselves that they are swept off of their feet by it and imagine themselves in love with him, when in reality they are only in love with the idea of being loved. 1 do not believe any schoolgirl is capable of a really serious, lasting love. She is as undeveloped emotionally as she is mentally and phy: ally, and any man who marries one takes a long shot at being able really to win her heart after she grows up. illusioned and weary of matrimon: For she :s almost sure to tire of him, to be dis- Her taste will change a dozen times between her school days and her maturity, and it Isn't always that her fancy cling: cipline her. Furthermore, ready to settlc down, and school, she won't stand for the monotony of domesticity. harself, restless and dissatisfied, and she will happy merry dance. The cultured man who marries an uneducated girl After the honeymoon wanes and they settle down to the jog life he will find that they have nothing in common. of her. trot of everyday no girl of that age if she can’t submit herself to the routine of to the man who is married to her and who has had to dis- has had her playtime. She isn't She will be un- lead ber husband a is pretty sure to He will weary of her artless prattle. Her ignorance will not seem piquant, as it does now. It will be stupidity. No_comradeship will be possible between them, and, worst of all, he will be ashamed of her. Every day we see men marry pretty little morons whose physical at- tractions have snared their fancies, and every day we see in what disaster such marriages end. is to giwe your grandson an overdose of the girl's society. But there is nothing You can do about it, unless it Sometimes that works llke a charm, but opposition does no good. All that you can do is to put off the marriage as long as possible, in the hope that his good angel will get on the job and save him from making a fatal mistake. D . . SAR DOROTHY DIX: man is. We would also like to know what t. DOROTHY DIX. We would like to know your idea of what a real e is the “kind of a girl that men forget,” and what is the sort of girl that “men can never forget”? Well, girl mentally, morally and physically. always remembers others. man who never boasts of success, nor whines over defeat. children and old people, tender to little my idea of a real man A man who never forgets himself and A man who is brave and strong and kind. IGHTEEN AND NINETEEN. 1s a man who 1s clean A A man who is and chivalrous toward women. A man who treats every girl as if she were his sister. A man who is not afraid of work or hardships, who has grit and de- termination, who knows how to make money and how to spend it. who governs his appetites and controls. his passions. ful, polite and courteous: who never grouches or sulks. A man A man who is cheer- The sort of a man' who does his duty wherever it pleases God to call him so quietly and simply that nobody notices that he has done it at all. The “kind of a girl that men forget” is the girl that I call a cheap girl, s the girl that shows every is the girl that runs after men, he She man is man crazy. the she meets that she who picks up acquaintances on street, who calls up men on the telephone during business hours and tries to make the movies. She hasn't any conversation or ideas. and men forget her poor little, painted, silly nds like her, and there is nothing about her movie. They have secn thou: dates, and who lets any boy kiss her who takes her home from e just giggles and simpers, face as they do a l0-cent that is fine and lovely, that sticks in their memories. The girl that men remember is the girl with personality. 2 A man remembers the gifl who wouldn't et him kiss dignity and charm. her long after he has forgotten the girl who did. e e e [DFEAR Miss DIX The girl of DOROTHY DIX. I am engaged to a young man who is being pursued by a young woman who knows of his engagement to me, but who persists in writing him the most heart-breaking love letters. What shall 1 do about it? try to make her see how foolish she is? to both of us. Answer: ating position asks her man of another woman. You needn’t worry over the affair. Don’t go to see the girl. when she trles to defend & man from another woman or This is very annoying Would you call upon the girl and ML S A woman puts herself in a humili- Nothing disgusts a man more than the sloppy, sentimentality of a woman for whom he does not care and ‘who places him in an embarrassing position. i But your fiance will be wise if he sends the lovelorn maiden’s letters back to her unread. That should be an effectual discourager to her. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright.) BEDTIME STORIES Foolish Peter Rabbit. Who gets puffed up will rue the day Avd fiud, aias! it doesa’t pay. —Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit was so puffed up over having done something that none of the other little people of the Green Forest, excepting his cousin, Jumper the Hare had done that everybody no- ticed ft. “What are you so puffed up about?” demanded Sammy Jay, peering down not puffffed up!” retorted Peter indignantly. “Even if I were REDDY FOX LAUGHED HARDER THAN EVER. it would be no business of yours.” “Oh, well, whatever it is it doesn’t amount to anything,” declared Sam- my, his sharp eyes twinkling. “You'd think it amounted to some- thing if vou kmew what it is,” re- torted Peter quickly Sammy Jay laughed right out, and Peter wished he had kept his tongue still. “So you admit that you are puffcd up over something,” cried Sammy. “Tell me what it is, Peter.” But Peter turned his back and wouldn't say another word. Sammy Jay chuckled and flow away. Pres- ently Peter could hear him screaming over in the Green. Forest, telling everybody within hearing that Peter Rabbit had a secret and was all puffed HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY i e BY THORNTON W. BURGESS up over it. Peter could have bitten his own tongue for having let Sam- my Jay know that he had a secret. He knew that now he would have no peace at all. Everybody would want to know what he was puffed up about. He knew that he would be teased half to death and that he would be made fun of wherever he went. there was nothing for him to do but to keep out of sight as much as possible, and this he did. But_he couldn’t keep away from the Green Forest. He spent most of his time over there, and It was over there that Reddy Fox surprised him. It was over near the place where Buster Bear was sleeping the Winter away. Peter was under a plle of brush where Reddy couldn't get at him. Of course, Reddy had heard about how puffed up Peter was, and, of course, Reddy began to tease him about it. The idea of one who is afraid of his own shadow thinking he has,any- thing to be puffed up about,” said Reddy In the most unpleasant way. “Ha! ha! ha! The idea! You wouldn't dare do anything to be puffed up about, and you know it, Peter Rab- bit. They tell me you have a secret. That is & joke, too. 1 don't believe there is anything you know that I don’'t know. The idea of uch a fraidy as you getting all puffed up! That's the funniest thing I ever heard of.” Then foolish Peter Rabbit couldn’t keep his tongue still. “I dare do something that you don't dare do,” he boasted. Reddy Fox laughed harder than ever. “My, how brave we are get- ting!” he exclaimed. “Just the same I do,” Peter. ‘What?* demanded Reddy Fox. It you'll go over by that old log and give me a fair start I'll show you,"” retorted Peter. Reddy went over by the old log. Peter crept out from the pile of brush. “Catch me if you can!” he shouted, and away he raced. Away went Reddy after him. Straight for Buster Bear's bedroom Peter headed, and then with Reddy almost at his heels he disappeared in that bedroom. Reddy didn't follow him. Such a surprised look as there Was on his face. retorted A mood of gladness comes and goes. As lithly s 2 moth it lingers. But when I try to sp it close Itg::ly dies within my 3 fingers. What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Pisces. Tomorrow's planetary aspects are good and indicate, not only a con- tented mind, but an optimism that will encourage you, even in the face of disappointment and defeat, to re- new your efforts and redouble your energies until the object you ve in view 18 secured and accomplished. The vibrations are very stimulating and success is almost assured for any worthy and sane ambition. Any so- clal or religious pastimes or recrea- tions will afford real enjoyment and pleasure, and nothing will occur to mar the “evenness’ of your home life A child born tomorrow will give quite a lttle trouble during the in- fantile perfod. Careful nutrition will, however, enable this child to throw off its weaknesses and develop nor- mal physical condition. Its disposi- tlon will be rather selfish and dom- fneering, and it must have inculcated into its mind at a very early age the incalculable benefits of service to others. This child will, for good or for bad, develop great will power, which will make: it look, without sympathy and with contempt, on the weakuesses of others. It will be very ambitious and will stop at nothing to Eain success. It will achieve much in a material sense, but will not en- joy great happiness unless it can be taught that riches and power are not the only goals to be desired. If tomorrow is your birthday, you in spite of an aggressive and force- | ful personality, possess a charm of | manner and a poixe that engender | affability and reciprocity. You are| very conscientious and your Integrity is beyond doubt. You have very d cided ambitions, but will never stoop to anything mean or unethical to| realize them. Your word is your| bord, and no one that is assoclated with you ever fears being double- crossed or cheated. You are not very fond of the de-| tail work that goes hand in hand | with large enterprises and are some- what disposed to leave too much to and have excessive confidence in others. You are just as square in your love affairs as you are in your other deal- ings. You cannot be unfaithful, as this would be a betrayal of a trust. WeJl known persons born on that date are George Washington, James Russell Lowell, poet; Rebeccan S Clarks (“Sophie K: ), autho: Mar- garet E. Sangster, poet; Isaac L. Rice, inventor of “Rice Gambit” in chess, and Gen. Baden Powell, founder of Boy Scouts. (Copyright, 1925.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. | PATOU MODEL OF One mother says: I design a very effective but simple trimming for my little girl's dresses, aided by a 25-cent plece. Draw three circles around a quarter, making them interlock and with a heavy silk or wool thread outline with running stitch. This design Is very effective on side fastenings or belts and cuffs, especially if done in pretty, con- trasting colors. (Copyright, 1925.) Pumpkin Biscuits. Beal up one egg until light, then add to it one cupful of milk, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, a pinch of salt, two tablespoonfuls of baking powder and two cupfuls of sifted flour. Then add two-thirds of a cup- ful of drained and stewed pumpkin and three tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Beat well together and bake in buttered and floured gem pans for thirty minutes in a hot oven. Codfish Balls. Two cups pickled codfish, two cups mashed potatoes, & quarter cup cream or top milk, one tablespoon butter and a little pepper. Pick flsh in small pleces, eook in cold water half an hour, drain and add boiling water to cover. Simmer 15 minutes, drain, press out water, mix with potatoes and other ingredients. Form in balls, dip in egg and bread crumbs and fry in hot lard. Georgia Fights the Spaniards. Backs of Frocks Now Important BY MARY MARSHALL. A dance frock is no longer neces- sarily ean evening frock. For danc- ing is no longer solely an after-din- ner recreation. At most of the Eu- ropean Winter resorts, both in the South where the sun worshipers flock, and in the Alps, where the snow lovers foregather for Winter sports, the custom at the smart hotels is to have music for dancing at & of the front. It is not as it was in the days of the stately minuet During the vears when we danced only in the evening we took greater interest in the of the evening frock that was to be worn for dan | Ing than in that of other genera of frocks. The dinner frock needed no such attention, nor did the afternoon frock. Now dinner is quite likely be followed by unannounced and formal dancing, and with the younger set a tea frock is always a dance frock. You will probably be rejoiced to know that the dressmakers are al lowing a little more fullness at the back of skirts for the coming Spring In fact, they are retalning th straight, scant effect and at the sam time giving us frocks that have a little more grace. The sketch shows an afternoon dance frock from Patou that illustrates this. It is of powder- blue chiffon with a waistcoat effect a the back and panels falling like bots at side and back. (Copyright.) Houses of Egypt are seldom built of wood and therefore insurance com- panies not consider it necessary to inspect eiectric or other installa tions. Menu for a Day. EAKFAST Orange and Juice Qatmexl Cream Baked Sausages Corn (¢ with Hot “ake Coffee DINNER Roast Pork, ( Baked Squash Mashed Banana Pudding Soup nberry Sauce ith Ch Potatoes Fritters Lemon Sauce SUPPER Wigs Crackers r Sauce Tea HOT CORN CAKE o two table- milk, o flour, spoons teaspoo: i flour, good half cup corn meal WITH CHEESE. remove SQUASH Bake from P colander fourth teaspoc teaspe of dash of cay salt to taste ed dish s throug each cup butter, or of sugar, two ated cheese, a pepper and into butter- cover with crumbs moistened with melted butter and bake one-half hour in mod- add POWDER BLUE WAISTCOAT | D PANELS | JABOTS CHIFFON, WIT EFFECT AT BACK FALLING LIKE BACK, FRONT AND SIDES urn ning. Late in the afternoon tea drink- erate ing gives an excuse for dancing. There has been little difficultf in in- | troducing this custom of late after- noon dancing in this country. The| great increase in the custom of tak ing afternoon tea within recent yvears | in this country is, of course, in part | due to the fact that it is assoclated with the more active pastime of danc ing. The tea merchants really owe | quite a little to the dance promoters Another influence that dancing ha:‘ exerted has been toward a greater in- [ terest in the backs of woinen's froc Dancing as we o today, the specta- | tor sees much more of the back than CAKI sugar and butter Add two eggs, one- in the afternoon and at 10 in the eve- | | | SPICE one-four beaten yolks of half cup molasses, one- sour milk. in which o son been dissolved; one and o cup sifted facy one cinnamon one-half teaspoon cloves, grat- ing of nutmeg. Lastly add t stifly-beaten whites of two eggs and one-half cup of seed- ed raisins AIf cup of chopped walnu eats. soda ha teaspoc Dlo this puzzle right before you go to bed. Why ? 00K YOU A LONG TIME TO GET YOUR BATH, — WHAT WAS THE MATTER ? AW MOM , | PROPPEP THE TOWEL IN THE TUB , AND THE MORE 1| DURIEP MYSELF THE WETTER -HIGHEST POWNTS. HUGE REPTILE. FEMALE DEER. 9-A CONTINENT TO THE SOUTH. (AB) 10 -A ROMAN WEIGHT. 11 ~JOYFUL —By J. CARROLL ANSFIELD e Ber=miones DTOENGLAND IN 1743 WITHIN TEN S GEORGIA BECAME A ROYAL PROVINCE, RUIED BY A GOVERNOR COUNCIL AND EMBLY. - THEN CAME USM:-NWOMS- THE INTRODUCTION OF SLAYERY, TNE GROWTH TEADE e INDIGO AND RUCE AND GEORGIA MONDAY — GROWTH of NEW PRANCE | PROSPERED.