Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1925, Page 34

WOMAN’S PAGE Smart Buckled Coat for Traveler BY MARY MARSHALL, It has frequently been observed that French women refuse to be uxly on rainy days. They won't wear un- becoming mackintoshes, and they abominate rubbers. Word comes now from overseas that the continued bad weather to which both England and France were treated during late Winter and early Spring has inspired many of the French dressmakers to turn their attention to the designing of really attractive rain clothes. TRAVELING 'COAT OF BROWN AND TAN, FASTENED WITH BUCKLES. As a result there is the so-called mackintosh suit—made of soft water- proofed silk ih the smartest colors of the season. It trim and as well fitted .as a fair-weather frock. In- clement weather does not rob the French woman of her desire for the ensemble effect, and so there are hats of the rubberized material to match, with waterproof leather trimming. The French '‘woman adopts the same policy regarding travel that she does toward inclemient weather. The English notion of long standing has been that when a woman starts out on any sort of journey she should do herself up in'the most ungainly of tweeds and the most unbecoming -of mannish cloth hats, flat-heeled shoes and heavy stockings. So character- istic was this of the women of Great Britain that the could almost always be told at sight when seen on the con- tinent. To wear such traveling ap- parel would have been a penance had it not been taken for granted as the thing to do under the circum- stances. Many American women seemed to possess something of this Pritish attitude toward traveling ap- parel. t about combining utility and wear- ableness In traveling clothes with chic and charm. This problem is less diffi- cult to work out now than in years gone by because the mode of today so frequently identifies that which is simple, mannish and eminently serv iceable with that which is smart and tashionable. Tan, beige and brown, always considered eminently proper for travel clothes, bear the stamp of fashion’s approval. The small close- fitting hat which every woman seems to want to wear might have been de- signed expressly.for travel by land, water or motor-car. Bechoff solves the problem of traveling hats by making traveling coats with capes and collai that turn up over the head to make smart headgear. The sketch shows a travel coat of peculiar appeal. . Made of tan and brown plaid, it is fastened down the left side with buckles, which likewise hold the collar spartly snug around the neck and the sleeves close around the wrists, What TomorrowMeans to You BY MARY BLAKE. Aries. The favorable conditions that have prevailed have apparently exhausted themselves, as tomorrow’s aspects are quite adverse and counsel not only poise and self-control, but a delibera- tive attitude and only such action as is compatible with the carrying out of routine and customary dutles. There will be a strong tendency to- ward caviling, unnecessary _criti- cism and argument. You will also become impatient and easily provoked to anger. In other words, you will feel dissatisfled and discontented, and in looking around for some justifica- tion for such an attitude will be w ing to vent your spleen on tho around you. A child born tomorrow will in all probability escape all serlous iliness during infancy, but during later childhood cause alarm and anxiety by an allment of a rather serious nature. The right sort of care and intelligent watchfulness will enable it to over- come all danger and attain physical normalcy. Its disposition will be re- tiring and diMdent, and its future success will depend upon the oppor- tunities it may have of displaying in- trinsic merit rather than on any self- advertising campalgn. It will be studious, quick to learn and very painstaking. Its character promises to be of such a high order as to en- dear it to all who know it intimately and well. Your chief characteristics and out- standing virtues, if today is your birthday, are honesty of purpose, in- tegrity of thought and action, and a commendable ambition. You poss; striking ideals and do your utmost live up to them. You belleve more in example than in precept. very dependable and reliable and you are sought at all times for the value of your advice and the sympathy of your thought, and, as a result thereof, your friends are loyal and sincere. In your home life you are at your | best, as not only are you devoted to those who compose your family circle, but they are equally devoted to you. No sacrifice is too great, not even the squelching of your ambition, if, by such a course, happiness and contentment can be ensured to those you love. Well known persons born on this date are: John Overton, founder of Memphis, Tenn.; Andrew Garrett, conchologist: Maria 8. Cummini author; Samuel Fleet Speir, ph sician; Samuel W. Pennypacker, once Governor of Pennsylvania; Olin' Levi 1t took the frivolous Parisienne to protest, and the French dressmaker Warner, sculptor; Charles Protens Stelnmetz, electrical wizard. WHEN WE GO SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN. Dressing Awkward Windows. It happens quite often in modern apartments and houses that we find windows that are badly proportioned or badly placed, and when this occurs there s, fortunately, much that the homemaker can do to remedy the de- fect—or at least to render it less ob- vious—by the judicious selection and banging of her curtains. If the windows are well-propor- tioned, do not plan to change their shape by the decoration. But if they are too high, or too 10w, you can cor- rect this by the kind of curtains you choose. When the window is too high and narrow, you can shorten it by having a valance or ruffle of heavier opaque material that hangs down over the glass. This makes the windows seem lower, and somehow seems to give a cogler and more friendly atmosphere to the whole room. The usual pro- portion for a valance is about one- fifth of the length of the window. Some of the most attractive valances are plain in color to correspond with the background of the draperies: or it the draperies are plain, the valance may be figured in contrast. On the other hand, if the windows are low, or If they are grouped, a valance may make them seem, too short and heavy, and even give a “squatty” room. By making your side curtains very narrow, and by hanging them over the wall, rather than over the glass, you can make a very narrow window look much wider. A window that is too wide and low should have the curtains made to hang over the sides a few Inches; and the top of the valance should be hung on the wall above the trim of the window, and not extend over the glass at all. 1In this way the window will appear to gain helght at the same time that it loses width. In almost all cases curtains look better hanging straight, and not looped back. But if one has a high, narrow window and the curtains are brought together at the top and tied back at about the middle, it will give the illusion of greater width. It the windows are small, or even when well proportioned, if "they are divided into many small panes, it is often considered advisable to omit the curtains next the glass, and dress the window with side drapes alone. Many women find it worth while to expericent with cheesecloth in de- termining the best arrangement for an unusual or awkward window ve- fore they even start shopping for the material that is to be made up. appearance to' the whole even to your little toe Of course, he accepts you as you are. But wouldn't there be just a little shock of disillusionment, if he dis- covered you had corns? . . . Romance hasclustered aroundbeautifulfeet. Think of Cinderella, of Trilby, of the rosy-footed Aurora! Did their feet have corns? « . . The advent of 2 corn isnothing to be ashamed of. But its continuance is, . . . Any dainty shoe may cause a“corn, But when a comn can be removed so quickly —and so safely and surely —why keep it for months and years? THE QUICK AND GENTLE WAY TO END A CORN ous & You are | THE _EVENING MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. One Mother Says: In these days of convenient dyes, celoring Easter eggs, though an easy process, results In rather monotonous effects. I have gone back to the old fashioned methods. Out of my plece bag 1 select 0dd bits of calico, gay or quaintly figured. My little girl helps me sew these neatly about the eggs, a snug Jjacket for each. When the eggs are botled long enough, off comes the coat with a little ripping, but the pattern is neatly printed on the egg. Children like the variety in these odd Easter eg: (Copyright, 1925.) Pop was smoking in back of the sporting page, and ma sed, Willyum 1 simply must get a new hat. Wy 1 havent payed for the last one yet, you havent had it 2 weeks, yee gods, pop sed, and ma sed, I kno but this afternoon I was buving som vegetible erround the corner and the vegetibles, erround the corner and the out someware and she had on a hat that was s mutch like mine as 2 pins. 1 was never so mortificd in my life. O well, dont worry about that, it Jest goes to show she has good taist, and if she has good talst in hats shé must have good taist in husbinds, so it all proves that you have good taist in vegitible men, pop sed. 1 dont know about that, all I know 1s I haff to get another hat, I cant go erround wearing 4 hat knowing that every vegetible mans wife in town the same identical model like 2 peas in a pod, ma sed. Grin and bear it, like T do, pop sed, and_ma sed, You, how does it effect you? 2 g Ah, thats jest it, the same thing happened to me ony yestidday, pop sed. 1 was having my shoes shined down town and I dont know wat made me look at the bootblack, but 1 did and I noticed his hat was the ixact same shape and color as mine, and for all 1 know he bawt it in the same store because he's a very suc- cesafill bootblack and has a very dis- tinguished trade, but T dident let him see how I felt about it, O no I meerly gritted my teeth and sed calmly, Fine day, Tony, and then fo throw him still | more off the track 1 sed, Hows your wife, Tony? However she was, she was proberly wearing a hat the mine and Im going to get a new one tomorrow, ma sed. - Wich she proberly will. ~ Cheése and Pimento Salad. Wash and dry one can §f pimen- tos. Fill them with cream cheese. Chill, slice, and gerve on crisp lettuce | leaves with the followlrg dressing: Mix one-half tablespoonful of salt, one-half tablespoonful of . mustard, three-fourths tablespoonful of sugar and one tablespoonful of flour, and when thoroughly blended add two egg volks slightly beaten, three table- spoonfuls of mel' d butter, three- fourths cupful of m_k and one-fourth cupful of vinegar. Cock in a double boiler, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens. Strain and cool. B 3 Baked Bananas. Remove' the skins from seven ba- nanas and cut them in halves length- wise. Place in a shallow granite pan or on an old platter.. Mix two table- spoonfuls of melted butter, one-third cupful of sugar and two tablespoon- fuls of lemon juice. Baste the bana- nas with one-half the mixture. Bake 20 minutes in a slow oven, bast- ing during the bake with the remain- ing mixture. Not just . plain American. Pimiento, or Swiss but rich creamy loaf cheese mellowed ina new way living Image of |. To Marry or Not to Marry DorothyDixI Answers a Lonely Letter Offers Consolation for Every “Old Maid” ‘Who Mourns Her Loneliness For Companionship 5 WOMAN writes me: business woman. I mi that no one cares whether I return or 1, hav worth? Every life is worth just what we make of it. If we put ifito it courage, ! and cheerfulness, and humor, and helpfulness to others, it {s worthwhile. If we put into it vain repining at our lots and fill it with morbid self-pity, it is not worth living. Happiness is virtzally a matter of self-determination. pered Princess, we can find the crumpled rose leaf under our forty mattresses of ease if we search diligently enough. Or, if we have the sporting spirit that laughs at hardships, we can lay us down on a bed of stones and dream gay dreams. There are no ideal conditions of existence. Fate hands out wallops and bouquets to us all, and our happiness depends on the skill with which we] the blows snd grab the good things that come Our way. it is safe to say that the woman who is a lonely and discontented old mald wife, dodge would be a peevish and discontented . e TTHE woman who does not marry is always perfectly certain in her own mind that she would have made and achleved a home that would have been an earthly paradise. spairing vision of what she has missed she always sees a vine-wreathed cottage filled with every luxury, with its serenity never disturbed by the bill collector pounding on the door. To a paragon of a man, who brings sunshine and joy and strength and com fort to it. To his wife he is the perpetual lover, whose tenderness never wanes. is a companion of whose soclety she never tires, He 18,8 chum who is equally | ready to sit by the fire and hold har hand and tell her how wonderful and beautiful she is, or to put on his stepping-out clothes and take her to some And about the knees of this perfectly mated pair circle infant paragons, who are always clean and good and cuddly, and who be- have just as children do in books and on the stage, and as they never do In place of amusement. real life. 1t never occurs €0 the old maid who feels that life has chested her be- cause it did not give her a husband woman who is married to a drunkard, for the return of a sodden creature that drink has turned into a repulsive animal. Or with the lot of the poor woman who must live in squalid quarters with over many children fighting and wash and iron, and sew, and cook, working beyond her strength until she is ready to drop with fatigue, and who hears the wolf contingally at the door: Nor does she contrast her lot with that of the woman whose husband fs and ill-natured, who takes all of his wife never a word of appreciation, but just a grow] because things were not bet- Nor does she contrast her lot with that of the woman who is mar- ried to a stingy man, who never gives her a penny of hér own to spend as she pleases, the wife to whom the first of every month, when the bills come when her husband raves ltke a madman over every- worn, ter done. in, is a day thing the family has eaten and could not run her household on air. The old maid never realizes that she might have got Bluebeard instead of Prince Charming for a husband if she had married, yet the odds are that she would have done so, since Prince Charmings are few and Bluebeards are plentiful. .. HERE are many married women who would tell an old maid with a good | job and a good home and a good bank account that she doesn’t know | when she is well off. They would tell her that they would think themselves lucky if they had a boss who had to sideration and speak to them civilly instead of husbands who felt that they had a right to insult them because they were nothing but mere wives. They would tell her that the woman who has her own money, instead ‘of having to wheedle and cajole every dollar she gets out of her husband, is | blessed among her sex. And as for loneliness, they would is lonelier than the wife whose husband sits up like & dummy and doesn't even speak when he is spoken to of an evening, or whose husband puts on his hat directly after dinner and fares | Jeast go out and hunt up amusement objection, while the wife must stay husband and cause scandal in ihe neighborhood. Undoubtedly, the woman who makes an ideal match, who marries a man who is 4 good provider and a good, kind and sympathetic husband, has the and the old maid may well envy her; exception, and not the rule. her life is a failure because she hasn’t got one of the common, or gatden, that she has taken only a very casual glance at the domestic existence of her friends, or else that she has @ talent for lot is an preferred in life, marriag variety of husbands show borrowing trouble. risk nobody knows. (Copy i PHistory of Vour Name BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN. VARIATIONS—Knickerbacker. RACIAL ORIGIN—Dutch and German, SOURCE—AnN occupatien. While. the famiir name of Knicker- bocker or Knickerbacker is.to be found in Germany, and undoubtedly there are some families in this coun- try which trace their ancestry to the latter, the American Knickerbockers, for the most part, derive their pame from Dutch ancestors through the settlement of New York, whioh city is even sometimes personificd as “Fa- ther Knickerbocker.” The family name itself is not met with in any great frequency. ' But, nevertheless, it is widely known, Its first use as a surname was de- scriptive of the trade or profession of. its bearers, who wWere cracker bakers, the name being a compound of the words “knacker” and “backer,” and am an old maid of forty. I am a successful e plenty of money. ment, but when I go home in the evening ] go to empty rooms, knowing love, companionship and real homes. Marrlage is always a gamble for women, and whether it {s worth the Anyway, the old maid has this consolation, that If she misses the supreme happiness of getting a good husband she is saved from | the utter misery of having a bad one. Aate period. and Continues to Long I have a pretty little apart- Other women, less worthy than What {8 my life of loneliness not. Like the pam- And the one perfect match in the world In her de- this abode of peace and beauty comes He to contrast her lot with that of the and who spends her nights waiting quarreling under her feet, who must labor and sacrifices with and abuses his wife because she treat them witih politeness and con- tell her that no woman fu the world forth alone. For the old maid can at for herself, with nobody to raise an put or else have ructions with her but such a And for a woman to feel that DOROTHY DIX. 1925.) i the chances are, 80 far as both thel Dutch and German sources are con- cerned, that it had just about crys- talliged into a real family name, with- out thought of its meaning, at the period when the Dutch settled Ne York. $ Some Dutch and German family names are ‘quite old, but while sur- names existed in their descriptive sense in the two countries as early as they did In any other, the majority | of them did not lose their descriptive | sense and become mere family “tags” or designations until a comparatively (Copyright, 1925.) Set on Finger Ring. A small radie set built on a fi ring, made by Herman Burgess, vice president of the Armstrong Technical | High Schogl, has been placed on ex- hibit at the Washington Chamber of Commerce industrial exhibit in the new auditorium. This set has also been exhibited at_ the world's radio tair In New York and at Chicago's third annual radio show. ID you know that cheese sandwiches could be a revelation of deliciousness? Tender, creamier cheese of an intriguing freshness and flavor gives this tantalizing difference. It is Phenix Club Cheese which creates such delec- table sandwiches. A new way of mellowing achieved by cheesemakers skilled for generations is responsible for this new goodness. S Abooklet “DeliciousCheese Recipes” is ready. Send for it FREE. The Phenix Cheese Corpora- tion, 345 Greenwich Strect, New York City. APhenix CHEESE " Made by the Makers of “Philadelphia” Cream Cheese The Third Spinner. The fairy spinners then took their places in th econd room and began to spin. It seemed to the girl that they spun éven faster than they had the first day. And indeed so fast did they spin that long before the eve- ning of the nexi day, when the Queen came again, all the fiax in the second room had been spun. When the Queen saw all that had been done she was filled with wonder. She had never heard of any one who could spin. so fast. “Tomorrow,” she said, “you shall spin the flax in the third room and the following day you shall be married to my son.” The dress and hood of the spinner should be colored tan. Easy Way to Patch. When making suits for a little boy take two pleces of cloth about the size you think will be needed for patches on the seat of the pants and shape them by the pattern and sew them in the seam when making the pants. Then stitch down the side, top and botton of each patch, and when the seat is worn through, you will only have to trim the edges of the hole and hem it. third The spring comes bearing gifts for all, She brings new leaves N‘E"ar tucs?to wear, songs for birds, new hats for girls— For me 2 brand new Tove affuir. PnMcomnrmsas Kenesenacnsancn FEATU IN THE GARDEN RES WITH BURBANK Reported by Elizabeth Urguhart and Edited by Luther Burbank. ¥oreword From Mr. Burbank Thisx serles of artic h: becn prepared by Mrx. (rquhart by my ald and permission for the benefit of all who may not now how to proceed in the de- lghttul health giving pastime of home nd to re- lieve me of thousands of letters to which 1 have mo time for reply. LUTHER BURBANK. The Master There are gardens East and West, gardens great and small, gardens made by wealth and gardens made by love, and who shall measure the joy in the making? But as the man of wealth builds a house in the country and surrounds it with lawns and flowers and pools and terraces, so the everyday gard lover, who goes by the name of am teur, longs for & bit of ground where- on to plant growing things, and all doors open to love. he, too, may have a garden that shall be a fillment of his dreatfis. But this amateur does not always know how to go about it, much as he may long to find the best way and how to take the first steps In his search for information, how- ever, he will not go far without learning something at least of the work of the master gardener, Luther | Burbank, who has done more thau any other man to breath new life into gardens and has ‘given to the world new forms of beauty and use in_plant life . This great breedes of plants and creator of new forms has mneve sought to keep to himself the grea truths he has learned by vears o patient labor, but has looked upon his work as a service to humanity and has always been ready, as now, to share with others the fruits of his discoveries and to set all as- piring beginners on the right road to success Luther Burbank belongs neither to the East nor to the West, but to ail the world; he has worked not for one section or for one country alope, but for all mankind and wijth the spirit of the true scientist his valuable gifts have been as generously d persed as his contributions to scienc itself. After meeting him and coming closer contact with his work and pe sonality,. one re~alls with sympa- thetls understanding the tales of his childhood told by his biographers, and sees in his early love for flowers and plants a dawning of the genius he was to develop later in life The little child, whose playthings were flowers. and who tried in vain to put back in place the fallen petals of a broken blossom, grew into the man who walked and worked with Nature in creating new forms plant life and in deyeloping those which had not vet reached perfection. tul- | To a sound groundwork of educ: he added a vast and vari by’ study and reading, and the University of Science he haws {taken a master's degree | Life has not been smooth, nor has {tbe work been easy. Fate placed in his way obstacles and hindrances | which would have discouraged most | men, but these on! anked in the current of his will,” and, once sur mounted, the steady stream flowed {on inte a broadening lake, freighted with the garnered wisdom of years In Massachusetts, where he was born and where he passed his early life, he produced hig well known Bur- bank potato, which hax always re- mained connected with his name, and there his fame s as great as in the West, where he has spent many years, of his life and where he has conduct- ed the majority of his experiments. These experiments have ranged over wide fields of research, from trees to vegetables, from grain to flowers, and the many perfected forms and new creations have found homes all over the world. Mr. Burbank, although working under a favorable climate In the West, has always sought te adapt the | plants he has produced and modified | to other climates and to fit them for usefulness in as many parts of the | world as possible. |~ His secds are widely scattered, and from near and far come recogmition | and reports of successful culture. The chorus swells from Alaska to South America, and from ia to Indiu |and South Africa, to say nothing « | the South Sea Tslands, and if these | magic seeds can establish themselves o successfully in foreign parts ureiy the home gardener may hope or success by faithfully following di- rections and by building his garder jalong the 1 of Mr. Burbank's methods and instructions. Mr. Burbank emphasizes t that these metheds, which ba | tested over a period of many vears | may well be applied to garden work {in “general and to the growth of |everyday plants, that into an: | garden, anywhere, if only the gat opened, the spirit of Luther Burba | may enter, crcating new beauty a | Inspiring new enthusiasm for perfec- | tion. In such a garden | amateur need not fear to walk work; he will find the mas |dener gentle and dircct of speec | humble in soul. as all great scientists are, and concerned as much with sin ple growing things as with the im portant experiments which fill so ’lreul a part of his life |~ Believing always in beginning at | the begluning of things, when he i asked, “What shall I do first to mak a garden?’ he is ready with prac suggestions as to location, drainage fertilization and irrigation, and pupil listens closely, makes notes then, if he be wise, proceeds to carry Jut_instructions. fa e Deen I¢’s fashionable to serve tea. Tetley’s is preferred. Orange Pekoe Tea Makes geood tea a certainty ‘ JOINT COFFEE COFPEE is such a popular bever- age and has always been so cheap that we sometimes forget how wvery, very little it costs per cup. ” Though present prices may seemn high in comparison with other years, the average cost of good Coffee for home use is only 1% ceats per cup, which is mighty little for the best drink you can buy. The price had to go up, of course, just as it did on milk, bread, shoes, clothing, rent, etc. The important thing to remem- TRADE ber is that the price increase on Coffee has been no greater than the increase in the price of many other staples. At 11, cents per cup, the cost of good Coffee is only 1/20 or 1/40 or’ even 1/50 of the total cost of the average meal you serve at home. What else can you buy that brings you as much genuine en- joyment and satisfaction for such a small cost? What other single item in your diet adds as much pleasure to every meal? PUBLICITY COMMITTEE 64 Water Street, Now York