Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1925, Page 22

WOM AN'S PAGE BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. “The celsbration of St. Patrick's day has come to make us think of the old mentleman as a Jovial soul, who would delight in nothing so much as merry- making. Certain it is that when a DRFLY is given in his honor fun and a kearty type of,good time prevall. Shil- Jalahs, stovepipe hats and shamrocks are featured, and .green 18 the un- deviating color scheme. There is every SHAMROCKS ARE AN ORIGINAL WAY TO FIND PARTNERS to feature snakes, for to have driv ial territory party here given the prescribed sham- will be n, also yrations for of course, idence uecents arish i leayes pe D mows ghamrock being cut frony grass-green cr ~Tinner for One. Alas) the world is ruléd by might Laustead of beiog ruled by right. +-Plunger the Osprey. Flyitig straight up the Big River \ 3R the air Plunger the Osprey yved “gwiftly. It wasn't long be- hie wonderful eyes saw far, far ahead of him a speck. He knew that t speck s Mrs. Plunger. As soon as. lie was-mear enough he eall- ed to fiers dt was a shrill whistle that could be heard: & Tonz distance. Mrs. Plunger answered it and flew to meet him,? H “What « fack, my Plunger as’ soou. as he enough tb talk. .° Mrs. Plungér” shook “Poor luck.” said She. “T've caught only one small flash.. It was hardly a mouthful.. WHat are you looking 80 excited for®’ “I told you ¥'was going to catch the biggest fish I could find to cele- brate the finishing of our new home, didn’t 12" eried Plunger. Mrs. Plunger nodded. said she.’ “Where Is it?" “It was so big that I couldn't bring cried Plunger. I had to leave on the shdtre because. couldn't lift it into the'air.” Then he'told her all about his adventure with the big fish d had been eried near dear?” was her head, “You did, how mear tovbeing drowned he “So_as soon as 1 could fly I hurried to get you. We'll go back down there: and have a wonderful feast. That is plenty big enough for two.”” concluded Plunger. Together they started back to where Plunger had left the big fish on the shore. They flew swiftly, and it t long before those wonder- es of Plunger's could see the where he had lert the big fish. nd they saw something else. There some one sitting by that big fish. Worse still, that some one was ves At that distance Plunger couldn’t see just what w®s happen- ing, but he could guess. That some HE PAID NOT THE SLIGHT TION TO THEM. thé -fish with: which to. celebrate with one was eating he had planned by Plunger. With a scre: increased h Plunger also on, and she, ger. “Thief! m of anger Blunger speed, Now Mrs. aw what. was going too, screamed with an- Thief! Thief! Leave that fish alone! It is-ours! Go away from it, you big robber screamed the Plungers as they swooped and circled above the place where the big fish had been left. A pair of flerce vellow ‘eves looked up at them from a snowy white head. Then, as calmly as if the two big Fish Hawks were nowhere around, King Eagle resumed his feast. Al- ready he had torn apart and eaten a large part of that fish. But there was still enough left for Mrs. Plunger. to see what a big fish it had been. Whistling, screaming, Plunger and Mrs. Plunger darted and plunged with whistling_ wings_as_close to King Eagle-ud they dared. “He paid not the slightest attention to them. For a few moments he_went on. with his feast. © Then, with the remainder of that fish in his great claws, he spread his great wings and took to the air., He was taking that fish home. Fgr a short distance Plunger and Mrs, Plungeg Wheeled about him, ve an enor- | per, pasted on coardboard to give body to the petals, which are -united by stems made of green rope paper. Sus- pend this emblem from the picture molding. On the mantel itself there should be a huge shillalah and clay pipes tied with green ribbon. The shillalah may be a long roll of new: paper, covered with brown crepe pa- DPer to resemble a thick staff-cut from a tree. It should have rough places in it to indicate where twigs have been cut off in the shaping of the crude shillalah. If there is no man- tel, put a table against some bare wall space and arrange the decora- tions as described. Smaller sham- rocks can be disposed about the room, together with as many of the shil- lalahs as there are guests. These will be used in a game played during the evening. Tell Partners. Partners are found in the following manner: The hostess presents all guests with good-sized shamrocks. These are numbered. The even nu- ‘merals are for the ladles and the odd ones for the men. One leaf in each odd-numbered trifoll is made double, with the under part of white paper. On this is written the name of one of the women, who is sought partner, Green Hats for All, The first game consists of fashion- ing high green hats, sometimes called “stovepipe” hats, such as St. Patrick is often pictured wearing. Partners work together, but must make two of these hats. The man works to make a hat for his partner, while her task is to fashion one for him. To facili- tate the tasks the hostess provides paste and pins as weil as sheets of green and black tlssue paper, also some green crepe paper and card- board from which brims are to be cut. While the hats are so very simple in lines and contour, they are not neces- sarily easy to make. Therefore the fun ‘of making them is Increased. When the signal sounds to stop the millinery work the hats are Inspected and the couple making the best ones &6t prizes. Tall candy hats filled with chocolates are appropriate. The com- pany wearing the newly acquired finery presents a gala appearance, wearing the bright-colored hats at angles to suit modes of dressing the hair. Chasing Rainbows. Chasing rainbows is a very pretty $game, in which the rainbows take the form of soap bubbles, with all the iri- descent hues to be seen in real ones. Fortunately, clay pipes are associ- ated with celebrations for the 17th of March, for the guests will need them | when they blow the bubbles that are featured so prominently in the pa time. It is not the one who makes the largest bubble who wins a prize, | but the one who succeeds in chasing it the farthest. It the hostess will put a little glycerin in the bowl of suds provided, with clay pipes (one for each guest), the bubbles will last longer than when made of soap and | water merely. Fans wtll be found of greal assistance in keeping the bub- | bles going. If more than one of the bubbles reach the ceiling, the players making them should contest together for the prize until but one player | remains. ~ A chocolate pipe would be just the thing to give for a prize. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS screaming, “Robber! Robber!” at him, Then they gave it up. They knew. it was useless. They did not dare at- tack King Eagle. The feast they had counted on for two had become & feast for on and that one the only. one who could take such a dinner away from them. From far away King Eagle had seen the struggle of Plunger with the big fish. He had arrived just after Plunger had left to look for Mrs, Plunger. Had Plunger remained he. would have lost the fish just the same. King Bagle would have taken it away from him. (Copyright, 1923, by T. W. Burgess.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. o One mother says: 1f he children want to write with ink when they are very little, allow them to use liquid laundry bluing. Tt does not stain, washes out, easily, and makes a satisfactory sups (Copyright, 1025.) Thereare twenty.) five to thirty dif- - ferent grades of cocoa beans, but Baker’s Cocoa is made of Mghvl gradebeans only, That is one reason why it is, Walter Baker&Co.Ltd. [STABLISHED 1780 Porchester Mass. Monireal. Can, ‘BO0KLLT OF CHOIGE RECIPES SINT FREE. Wus. par. O AND FRANCE,WHICH WAS DESTINED TO LEAD TO THE PINAL STRUGGLE OF THESE POWERS FOR THE MASTERY OF AMERICA, WAS PROVOKED BY THEIR DISPUTE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY.~ THE FRENCH mN‘\'ib"le REGION AS A CONNECTING LINK BE- N NEW FRANCE AND LOUISIANA. . NEWSHA PR SVMEICA AR 9150 T COLOR CUT-OUT LITTLE SNOW-WHITE. A Home at Last. While Snow-White was eating bread and cheese at the dwarfs' table the door opened and four new little dwarfs came in. They stared in great surprise -at the. beautiful Snow-White, but Seemed pleased to have her there. The first three dwarfs told her story a¥l over again. an you sweep?” asked one of the little dwarts. 4 “I gan try,” answered “Snow-White, who, being the dayghtsr of a king, didn't know much about housekeep- ing. % x “Then you myst stay and keep house,” said the lttle dwarf who seemed to be the leader. The others all nodded, and oIt was settled. (Copyeignt.). nu 1749 e " PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM Hardening. One of the theoretical advantages galned from the practice of cold bathing every morning is a “harden- ing” If by “hardening” you mean that you become less sensitive to the discomforts of ordinary exposure, I'll go right along with you as far as the bathroom door. If you mean by “bardening” a certain Invigora- tion of the vasomotor system, which regulates the circulation, I'll even carry up a few buckets of water as cold as you like. But If by “harden- ing” you imply that you are, less likely to contract any' disease or any particular class of diseases, or as th old fogles would say, “take cold then you'll have to wash without my sanction or approval. A lot of people do, more or less, just as many practice what they call deep breat ing exercise in spite of my assur- ance that it is nothing of the kind. There is some seientific' ground to support the belief that exposure of the naked body to the open air and sunlight increases natural resistance against various fnfectious diseases, not only tuberculosis but the eri (common respiratory infection) and diphtheria. and: even measles and scarlet fever. Whether ordinary ex- posure to cold and - wet, Or even ex- treme or severe exposure to cold and wet, has any such influence, is & ‘de- batable conjecture. = But here s a letter which corroborates the con- clusion drawn by our medical officers In the great war, namely, that the severest exposure is not sufficient to cause any of the respiratory diseases which old fogles still like to ascribe to_exposure. “Dear Dr. Brady: “There has been much argument around this household in regard to your ideas about not catching cold from drafts, -exposure to wet, etc. “I well remember when in 1918 in the Meuse-Argonne with the 9ist Division we were subject.to some fing experience in exposure and lack of home comforts. Our first week brought a lot of walling -and com- plaining and forebodings about the pneumonia which would surely get us. We were exposed to shell fire continually under a drizzling rain. Water .ran, out the second day, Rations exhausted the next day, and there were no blankets, due to amateur officers’ ideas of warfare. “However, it is surprising how adaptable the human body becomes under conditions of stress. The men gradually - became accustomed or hardened. They seemed to become attuned to the sound of concussions T N ONE OF, BIENVILES CELORON DE BIENVILLE CAME FROM [CANADA TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE OHIO VALLEY. HE WENT DOWN THE RIVER WITH A LARGE FOR BURYING LEAD PLATES ON WHICH THE LAND WAS LAIMED BY THE KING OF FRANCE. BRADY, M. D. and exploding shrapnel. Food was forgotten. Thirst was becoming an agony. But the one dominant desire was_for a place to sleep. Under these exposed conditions we had no pneumonia, no bronchial troubles, colds or coughing, not even the common coryza. With all the discomforts, every man seemed fit as a fiddle. 2 “But listen to this: After being relieved by other troops and taken oft the lines we were fed in real American fashion. Almost instantly every ailment from mumps to meningitis broke over the outfit “This letter is merely to vouch for your teachings on this subject. From my experience in France, which was contrary to all my former notions| about exposure, it was foreel on me that our artificial devices for produc- ing comforts and protecting us from the elements do not particularly pro- mote our halth, after all. “AX W” Even the physiclans and health authorities who are still trying to keep the cold bogy alive generally preach the healthfulness of outdoor | lite and outdoor life in Winter| particularly. They urge folks to get out and get fhe benefit of the fresh | air, but to use “reasonable precau- | tfons" agalnst exposure. Just what | the reasonable precautions are or | just what constitutes exposure they |decline to specify, because unless| those points.can be kept dark the| game is spolled; the cautlon against | exposure becomes ridiculous. (Copyright.) | h words have filled Tb:yg mind with music, Made my lonely hours g2y {When I want them,at receptions, Silently they Flit away. b5 e Y(;u'd think fried eggs would be one th‘ing that couldn’t be improiréd. Fry them in SNOWDRIFT and they can'. Snowdrift is a rich, .crcamy'. cooking fat made by the Wesson Oil people out of oil as geod as fine salad oil. U mLNE YO THE DANGER THAT THREATENED, SEVER GOVERNORS OF ENGLISH COLONIES MELD A CON- RESS AT ALBANY IN WHICH MEASURES OF DEFENSE WERE DISCUSSED . — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN , THE FORE- MOST MAN IN THE COLONIES, ADVISED A UNION TOFIGHT THE COMMON FOE, BUT HIS WISE PLAN WAS REJECTED , SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Forsythia and Crocus. The early days of March in strenuous climate would be nearly barren of flowers if we had to ac- pend on the native wildlings of the woods and fields. But in our gar- dens, braving chilly winds, bloom crocus, snowdrop, fritillaria, while in the lawns and parks of Washington forsythla is bursting into golden glory and in front of the District Building the sweet-scented Chinese honeysuckles show their blooms. Not one of this gay crowd is native to our land. For the cheer they pro- vide we are indebted to introductions from the Oid World. . Golden bell some people call for- sythia, and surely It was truly named. Forsythla, too, commemo- rates the soul of a flower lover, dead now 110 years—William Forsyth, gardener of the Royal Gardens of Kensington, In the days when the corpulent Prince of Wales came there to walk with the impeccable Beau Brummel. Ana fritillaria, with nodding flow- ers, that some call crown imperial, and snowdrop, child of the Alpine snows—what a dainty fragrant crowd they are, attracting the first numb bees that stir abroad in March. squills and blue grape-hyacinth re- flect the skies these days, and ~ro- cuses in gayest troupes besiege the sight. Commonest of the early crocuses is one of anclent fame, the saffron cro- cus, irom which the peoples for centuries derived a splen- did dye. In the Middle Ages a man and a woman and a young girl were burned alive in Nuremberg for adul- terating their saffron dye. But to- day cheaper coal tar dyes have rob- bed the crocus of its one-time impor- tance and glory. But at least no one is in danger of going to the stake on account of crocuses. In fact, of all the flowers in the world none pre- sents so innocent, €0 youthful and springlike an appearance. Surely it was of them and their gay kin, the squills, first flowers of Spring in Palestine, that Solomon sang: “For lo! the Winter is past; The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth, And the time of the singing of birds is come. renk e geal i Hard Sauce. Beat one cup sugar and one-half cup butter to white cream; add whites two eggs; beat few minutes longer; add teaspoon vanilla and some grated nutmeg: put on ice until needed. FEATURES BY J. CARROLL MANSFIELD. THE OHIO VALLEY — “Pure-Dye” Stockings. Do you know the difference be- tween “pure-dye” silk stockings and “ingrain”? Perhaps most women are rather hazy in their understanding of these two types of hosiery, A pure-dye stocking is commonly understood to mean silk hosiery which is dyed after the knitting, and the dyestuff of which does not con- tain any foreign matter, and in which there is no loading or adulteration. A pure-dye stocking is always a “good buy” provided it measures up to the other points of good stocking stand- ards. inforcing and other features which |a Jjudicious shopper and particular dresser learns to demand in the care- ful grooming of her feet. The term “ingrain” is applied to stockings which are knit from yarn that has been dyed before it was used in the knitting. is possible to get certain striped and sible to obtain by knitting from un- dyed yarn. Technically speaking, “in- grain” means “dyed in the grain,” or Blue | in the thread. To tell one from the other on the store counter, just remember that the pure-dye silk is softer to the touch and does not have as much ter as the ingrain, and that t | not have the light colored selva |at the heel and at the point of the Mediterranean | strength & deli 300 cups to th that is, proper fashionins, re- | In this way it| other fancy effects that it is not pos- | HE FRENCH CONTINUED TO PRESS ON TOWARD IN 1753 QOVERNOR. SNE OF CANADA SENT A THOUSAND MEN TO THAT REGION. THIS FORCE BUILT THE STRONG FORTS OF LE BOEUF AND VENANGO. TOMORROW — WASHINGTON WARNS THE FRENCH . WHEN WE GO SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN. toe, the tips being of the same color as the stocking. Many women have been partial to the firm, crisp texture and the attrac- tive luster of the ingrain hose, %0 that the pure-dyed silk stockings were sl0w to gain favor, because for , long time it was difficult to secure satisfactory sheen or luster in the | process of pure dyeing. This has prac- | tically been overcome by experiment- ing chemists, until now it is possible o get the luster you desire and at the ame time sacrifice none of the nat- ural strength of the fiber. The trouble with the ingrain hose |has been that in times past it was practically impossible to secure an ingrain silk that was not heavily | “loaded.” So prevalent was this prac- tice that the very term ingrain lost | its real significance and came to mean | in popular usage a yarn that had been subjected to treatment with a min- olution, usually tin, which add- derable weight to the silk, trous color. But such silks a.r‘ brittle, and consequently their |1ife is short. However, in in silks have come |in for their share of improvement, too. It is possible, In the highest | grades, to get ingrain silks that con- n very little actual loadings. So, u prefer the high luster and crisp ng of ingrain hosiery, be sure to insist on having the best quality, Fresh in Flavor "SALADA" T E A is remarKable for its rich cious fragrance. e pound. Try it. in new toasted recipes for Lent! NEW reason for cheese dishes. A cheese so creamy, so ten- der, of such enticing flavor that it challenges your ingenuity to find more and more delicious ways of serving it. Lent, with its meatless meals, in- spires bubbling golden macaronis, rice and bread puddings au gratin, rarebits, fondues,omeletsand all the appetizing toasted cheese t:uts that gives to these goodness. But it is Phenix Club Cheese dishes their new By one further step cheesemakers who for generations have been making the finest table cheeses, have attained this At grocers and deli richer, creamier cheese and molded its delightful- ness into loaves of uniform quality. In American, Swiss and Pimiento, catessens. “Delicious Cheese Recipes”. Send for this new booklet FREE. The Phenix Cheese Corpo- ration, Dept. D, 345 Greenwich St., N. Y. en and 5 Ib. loaves