Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1925, Page 42

WOMAN’'S PAGE. How to Clean, Repair and Brighten Your Rugs, Curtains and Furniture—Other Requirements for Keeping the Home in Best Condition. OLOR can be successfully in- troduced into rooms by means of cushions and fur- niture covers. With tan or buff walls and brown rugs, loose oovers and cushions look ex- tremely well in sapphire blue, dull 0ld rose, tan and & touch of black. With gray walls and taupe rugs, cov- ers and cushions may be a vivid rose, dull pin old blue and black, with touches of turquoise blue. With green wall paper and rugs with brown or green predominating, tan, brown, old rose, black and pink give the desired touch of warmth and color. With blue walls and blue rugs, :llow and black should predominate. materials that are bright and ay, but remember that those with a light background will soon soil. 1f there is much furniture in a room, do not have all the loose covers of one material or all made in the same style. If the room is to be restful, a few of the chairs could be covered in plain material and the remainder with chintz or cretonne. In the new cretonnes there strong tendency toward lan designs. ‘There is also a great re- vival of Chinese scenes and figures from old prints and documents. TWwo of the most attractive floral cre- tonnes of the season are on a ground of pale lemon, one showing groups of Tollvhocks and wistaria, and the cther bunches of huge and exquisite sweet peas in natural colorings. The lattér is a cretonne that would look lovely in a bedroom with ivory walls and mahogany furniture. reversible cretonne with a rose, blue and yellow flower and green leaf de- sign, with a blue selvedge making a decorative border. To Brighten Dark Closet. A dark closet can be greafly im- proved by painting the floor white and papering the walls with a very light paper. Get some sweet clover blossoms and put them into thin bags of old lawn or cheesecloth and hang them up In the closets. You will be met by a delightful fragrance when | you open the door, and the clothes hung there will always be sweet. To Repair Rugs. If you have an old rug in which the colors are worn and faded until you can scarcely see them, don’t throw it away, but get a package of dye, or as many packages ac there are colors in your rug. Dissolve each package in half a gallon of hot water and boil for 10 minutes. Then take a paint brush and paint the rug as you would paint anytaing else. Keep the dye as warm as possible. Let it dry and you will have a rug which will be bright as new. If you have some old carpet that you are using for rugs or for a run- ner to protect your good rugs, in- stead of binding the edges, turn un- der one inch, dampen on the wrong side, and press with a hot iron. Treated this way the ends will never turn up, and the work is much easier than the old way of sewing. , When rugs have begun to wrinkie and the fiber is sweeping off, make a stiff starch and spread it on the back of the rug with a brush. When this is dry turn over the rug, and it will lle out smooth and straight. This Wil also keep the fiber from sweep- ing off. ‘Windows and Screeas. To clean windows easily and thor- oughly, wash them well with a fairly wet chamols skin, then rinse the leather, wring {t until falrly dry, then wipe the windows. A brilllant and clean surface will be the result. Mir- rors and pictures may be cleaned in this way, but care must be taken to wring out the chamois skin so that it is quite dry before the final polish takes place. ~ You can remove paint from windows and mirrors by the following method: When the paint is perfectly dry, take a safety razor blade or very sharp knife and shave off the paint. This works like a charm for removing paint from any your window screens or screen doors need repairing thls Spring, try this plan: Take a piece of new iwire screen a little larger than the hole to be patched. Ravel out about two Y:r\\"l around the edge of the patch. Bend the ends of the wire that is ravelled so that vou can stick them through the screen to be . pat d, then bend the ends back flat and hammer down tight. If the sereen is painted after this, the patch will not show at all, and it is scarcely notice- able, anvway, unless the old screen fs too shabby to mend at all. Curtains and Shades. Bright days soon show up the weak points in window curtains, which can easily be overlooked when the weath- er is dull. The best way to mend lace curtains is to use the material from an old curtain of the same pattern or as near the pattern as possible. Patches should be cut out to fill the broken or torn spaces which as closely as possible correspond to the broken pattern. These may be fixed in place with a very neat running stitch, although if the curtains are clean it 1s a good plan to stick the patches down with very strong Grom /Boston Harbor %o the Golden Gate ~~A National Gavorite 'There’s true economy in using this coffee A TRIFLING sum places on your table a cup of the most delicious coffee that ever passed a palate— Chase & Sanborn’s Seal Brand Coffee. “Trifling,” because you get fifty cups to the pound. Here is coffee delight coupled with true economy. For sixty years, Chase & Sanborn’s Coffee has been answering the appetites of coffee-critical people from coast to The flavor is one you cannot forget and it is always the same. coast. Trade supplied by 200 High St., Bostom, Mass. Chase&Sanborn's SEAL BRAND COFFEE There 18 a | pigh-grade tissue paper. starch and iron them in with a very hot iron. This is often the neatest method of mending, as it shows less where pieced and does not crumple the curtains. For faded or soiled curtains and draperles other than lace, dyveing may be the method of renovating. First, the curtains should be cleaned and hung out until almost dry. They should then be dyed according to the directions glven with®all dyes to be bought for the purpose. It is very fmportant to pr all dyed goods before they are dry. If redampened, they are liable to appear spotty when troned. If material curtains have shrunk, the best way to lengthen them is by means of a deep band of patterned material which harmonizes with the coloring. This, attached to the top of the curtain, will give a pretty effect to the hangings A convenlent method of fastening curtains over a glass door is to run narrov elastic one-fourth inch wide through both hems of your curtain and fasten the ends of the elastic in place by means of glass push pins. The elastic should be cut one inch shorter than the width of the glass. Tissue Paper Curtains. To the housewife who must prac- tice economy the following hint may prove helpful, and it certainly is prac- tical: For unused rooms, or rooms | not used constantly, such as windows in the attic, make sash curtains Of! tissue paper. Take two sheets of | Gather with a heading, first pasting a hem at the | bottom. From outdoors these curtains | cannot be distinguished from the| sheerest muslin. Sash curtains of tissue paper were used in a primary Sunday school room for a year, very few people noticing that they were made of paper. The curtains may be made to correspomd with the season of the year by pasting on borders of bluebirds, butterfiles, flowers and other designs. They are quickly made, cost little, no laundry work and can be changed often. Window Shades. Durable and pretty window shades | can be made by using two and one-| half yards of Indian head domestic for each window, starching stiff, then ironing. Hem the lower end and tack | the top to the rollers just as bought | shades are tacked. If preferred, in- sertion made of coarse thread and crocheted can be put in above them. One who is handy with the crochet hook can make the shades elaborate with such insertion. ‘When window shades are split from the end that is tacked on the roller and will not roll without tearing, Just take a strip of one-inch adhesive Dlaster and place over the split. The shade will then roll as well as when new and the patch will not show. To make old window shades like new, leave the shades hanging at the window unrolled full length L] the color of house paint you need,| mixed as painters use it. Begin at! the top and paint down on the in- side once. Leave hanging to dry un- til the next day, when every pinhole and crack will be filled. You will then have a perfect shade that will more than double its time of wear. Keep Pins Handy. Every room should have a neat pincushion full of & useful assort- ment of pins. Who has not searched distractéedly for a much-needed pin which, instead ©of being at hand, | lurked in an obscure corner of a re-| mote bedroom? Who has not turned | and turned an empty cushion in des- perate search for a pin, only to get a' viclous stap from a needle that should not be there. Have a wall | cushion, & desk cushion, a dresser cushion, as the need may be, in every room and then see to it that these cushions are kept well suppllied with pins of all necessary kinds. Main- tain equal distribution. Pins have a great way of disappearing. Put these pins In their places at the same time that you are putting around matches and soap or filling up the flower vases in the morning. Musicians win both wealth and Fame With tremelosiand quevers — Chase & Samborn THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1925.) . Visitor. . Squanderer. . Amount of surface. . A high priest of Israel. . East African hartebeest. Hazard. Heavyweight . A metal . Crown of the head. . Industrious insect. . Repose. . Raise up. . Impassive. Torn apart. . Inland sea of Asiatic Russia. . To free from water. . Instrument for sweeping bottoms of rivers . Pliant. . Precise. . Short letter. . Small artificial elevation (golf). . To inform fully. . Fuel. . Plural of os. . Large oceanic fish. . Hebrew prophet and statesman who originated public preaching. Decay. Narrow road. . Preparation used . Broad chisel used to curdle milk. by stone masons. Down. The wrist. Melody. For fear that. Body of water, To delay. A season. To move. Ripped God of Love. Raved. Solitary. ESScmuanmmen First appearanc Protuberant part of a cask. Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle. Hiololfslola P V] [RiaR]e R} (AL o0 _B [EIN]T] [ElA] Coal product. . Native metal. . Boy. Short sleep. To lower and raise quickly. . Measure of length . One who moves nimbly. . To obtain by violence. An Anglo-Saxon silver coin. One or the other. . Pertaining to air. To issue slowly. Small mountain lake. Ardor inspired by enthusiasm. . Game played with ponies. . Precious stone. . Rational. Mr. Clarence Beasley an’ Miss Kid Purviance wuz wed last night. Miss Tawney Apple at th’ organ. One good thing, if th’ United States does decide t’ hold aloof an’ git along without friends, she’ll save a lot o’ money ,Ther’s a bare back ridin’ school at Peru, Indianny, but no girl wants t’ be bothered with a horse after she gits dolled up. Th’ great, outstandin’ para- mount need o’ th’ times is faster mechanics in “service” station erchief flaps in contrasting colors. Model 566—Price $2.00 Originally sketched in the fayer of the Optra, follow- ing & smart concert. Model 1560—Price $3.00 The glo flmhedl ve of a distia- ussian emigréc as started out to shop. el 592—Price $2.00 | As she sauntered up the Rue Royale, these gloves were distinctively chic. Model 569—Price $1.50 D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 27 BEDTIME STORIE Quick Wits. Alas, how very, very fow Think quickly and as quickly do! ~-01d Mother Nature. Quick wits alone are not enough. No, sir, they are not enough. In time of danger it is useless to think quick- )y and then hesitate and be slow to put into action the result of your quick thinking. Quick thinking and quick action must go together. Either is useless without the other. Of course, you know the old saying: “He who hesitates is lost.” It Is a true saying. If Peter Rabbit had hesi- tated an Instant when he was sur- prised by Reddy Fox up there by Johnny Ch house he would have been lost. But Peter dldn’t hesitate. His wits worked fast. They told him that there was just one way, and only one way, of escape open to him, and that was Johnny Chuck's house. Never had he been in there. He hadn’t ex- pected ever to go in there as long Johnny and Polly Chuck used it. They might be very angry, and Peter knew that he was no match for an angry Chuck, to say nothing of two angry Chucks. Still he didn’t hesi- tate. He bounded forward and dived headfirst into the long hall of Johnny Chuck’s house, and couldn’t help grin- ning as he thought of Reddy Fox and how angry he would be. " Peter knew that Reddy hadn’t once thought he, Peter, would dare go into Johnny Chuck’s house with Johnny and Polly right there. He heard Polly Chuck scrambling down the hall behind him. He heard Johnny Chuck growling and snarling and guessed that Johnny had turned in his doorway to face Reddy FoX, BOUNDED FORWARD THE CHUCK'S NG HALL OF HOUSE. JOHNNY which was just what Johnny had done. As he went further and further toward the Chuck bedroom Peter continued to think. fast. Polly Chuck behind him was saying things not at all pleasant to listen to. She was telling Peter just what she was going to do to him when she caught him. Peter knew that she could do just what she sald she would do. No, it wasn't at all pleasant to hear. “There must be a back hall leading to'a back door somewhere,” though Peter. “Johnny and Polly Chuck ar: | too clever to have a home with only one door. The thing to do is for me to find that and get out as quickly | a8 possible before Reddy Fox thin {of it. It may be he knows where it is. 1f he does and thinks of it he will hurry over to it, for he will guess that Polly Chuck will drive me out that way. But if he doesn't know where it is, or doesn't think of it, I will have a chance to get away.” So you see, Peter's wits were work: ing fast and his legs were working just as fast. In fact, they were work ing so fast that he almost ran past the entrance to that back hall. Just |in the nick of time he saw it and |turned into it. He knew It was the | back hall because it slanted up, which | meant that it led to the surface of the ground. Polly Chuck, still saying | spiteful things about a person’ who would enter tae house of other people without being invited, turned into the back hall, snd Peter knew that he must keep on AND | DIVED HEADFIRST DOWN INTO | 1925. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS His heart _began to beat a little; faster as he saw. just a wee bit of | 1ight up shead and knew that it came | through, the doorway, Where would | he find himself when he came out?| Was Reddy Fox walting there for| him? Why couldn’t Polly Chuck be ! satisfied now and go back to her bed- roor:? Then he could sit just inside | the doorway and make sure that the way was clear. | But it was clear that Polly Chuck | would not be satisfied until he was out of her house. There was nothing | for it hut to go out of that back door as fast as his legs could take him and trust to fortune that he could reach some other place of safety be- fore Reddy could catch him. Peter drew a long breath and shot out of the back door of° Johnny Chuck's house lipperty-lipperty-lip, as fast as those long legs of his could take him, and his eyes rolled this way and that way to see where he was and where Reddy Fox was. (Copyright, 1925, by T. W. Burgess.) What TomorrowMeans to You BY MARY BLAKE, Aries. i Tomorrow's planetary aspects | quite. complex, and indicate th: in | | the early morning, stimulating influ- ences will prevafl; they change sud- | denly, and a sluggish condition pre-| dominate: In the evening they again change and become at once benign and favorable. A great deal of good work can be successfully accom- plished by you during the early part of the day, especially along inventive or mechanical lines, Attention only to routine matters should occupy your attention in the afternoon. In the evening, however, you can let your- self go, within, of course, reasonable 1imits, as the prospects are that any- thing you attempt to do will yield profitable results. A child born tomorrow will enjoy exceptionally good health and will be practically immune to sickness and to accident. It will, in all probabil- ity, possess great strength, but will be, in spite of this, gentle, unselfish and considerate. It will never be slow to exert its physical prowess to resent a wrong, and, though of quick temper, will be equally as quick to forgive and forget. It may not shine at study, although it will always “get by,” but it will be proficlent in all outdoor sports and pastimes. This child will find its greatest happiness and achleve its greatest success in some outdoor sphere of work. Its | trend will be mechanical or manual | and not menta A moderate are of material suc- cess has, 80 far, attended those whose | birthday 1is tomorrow. They would; have accomplished more if they had been always willing to be guided by their own inclinations and impulses rather than by the advice of others. Their judgment is good; their vision is clear; their intellectuality is keen. They, however, are lacking in moral courage and stamina, both of which attributes are essentlals of success.| | They, in order to come into their.own, hould act more on their own initia- ive and not be so easily dissuaded | from attempting those things they | would like to attempt. They are gen- erally very happy in their home life, as, although not capable of a great love, they enjoy the contentment of a constant and faithful affection. Well known persons born on this date are: Isaac I. Stevens, soldier, distinguished in the Mexican ana Civil Wars; Rufus B. Bullock, Gov- ernor of Georgia; Austin Flint, physi- clan; Charles H. Deere, manufacturer. Viennese Potato Salad. Two cups sliced cooked potatoes, one small onfon minced, one pickled beet minced, one cucumber sliced, & herring, four sardines, one tablespoon minced boiled ham, one teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon black pepper, one-half cup of vinegar. Pick over and break into pieces the herring and sardines, mix all together and pour over the oné-half cup of vinegar, garnish with walnut pickles. i e e \ Gloves Gay. Like Spriry Qlowq*s *Nothing is so smart as the ornamental Uff?ccecccnne AT joy the new the edict from Paris gloves have brought to the * hearts of les Parisiennes—and now to les Américaines! Paris in the Spring] This year the flower vendors have competition in multi-colored, decorated gloves. A riot” of lovel cuffs . . . embroidered, piped, shirred, cut in different sha , some drooping, some with saucy contrasts in colors . . . daring, yes, but trés chic. Kod and abl.i‘:l us. No cy_were sn the Ru: de R‘;egh}n:r on find Kayser’s latest creati favorites in Paris. N Kniser observers in_Paris, sketched the co: el w in your own shops, as the Tuileries Gardens on- Rue de la Paix, you can ons, faithful copies of the Kayser alone sets the pace in transmitting l dernier criin gloves to the States. See them at once. In many shades, which delight the slim Parisienne. So the ungloved hand is quite Appropriately enough, we moted as the wearer e this flo - tura-dows cof rged from a lovely garden. Model 632—Price $5.08 many stylu.—SpPri:fivweight silk at prices et .book of the smart several pairs, remembering th. passé, “This model was wern by & n0ted American just up from Caanes. FEATURES. Ramble Around South America BY RIPLEY. OF ALL CROSSES- DOUBLE OR SINGLE THe SOUTHERN CROSS 1S THE WORST Ke T Eleventh Day. PACIFIC OCEAN, February 5—A long, loud, drawn-out moan of the whistle woke up the entire ship and brought everybody that was dressed for the occasion clambering on deck The occasion was merely momentous | as the ct time when the ship pass- ed over the Equator. After listening to the usual jokes about how the s bumped and scraped bottom on th line in getting over I went back to bed—for a deep sea humorist is a terrible thing. Al 1 needed the sleep, because I had been foolish enough to get up about 3 to view the Southern Cross. Why anybody will the Southern Cross main a mystery. The Southern Cros is the poorest show In the world— it is not worth waking up, not even worth looking up, to That dinky little constellation of lop-sided stars that they have down here s the most overrated display that the whole heavens offer. It nothing ke so conspicuous as Orion, Scorpio, the Great Dipper, Cassiopeia | hers that entertain us North s. Any poet that drags in thern Cross to help him out an id, Just other than th pointer to the South Pole it cause of its romantic influence the men who discovered and colonized Latin America. This constella monly known t the time of Colun upon the old nav tling to say the least famillar stars by v accustomed to st in the cross of It was a than this en da n imag f the Sc 3alboa, =ky and th in am. T n Sea” to the with this cross to bec th eptune to see get up will always re tleman he where all crossed th cause as the is be- herself on | cess of her is | the fact that today Mrs largest taxpayver for fame The eviden Jensen 1 her tow «The High-Priced Chocolates in the Low-Priced Box” JOWNEY'S GOLD STRIPE CHOCOLATES n0 deed / All beans in cans are not baked. If you want baked beans get beans that are labeled “baked.” The finer flavor, great- er nourishment and digestibility of Heinz Beans is due to the baking, in ovens, with dry heat. They are labeled “oven-baked” for your guidance in buying. 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