Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1925, Page 46

WOMAN'S PAGE. Cleaning and Repairing A Work Apron or Coverall With New Features— Practical Suggestions That Give Good Results. HE right kind of a work apron is an important article in the Spring cleaning equipment. A three-quarter-length all-over . apron, or overall, or slip- on. or blouse with sleeves, or what- ever you might choose to call it, is certainly a very ugeful garment for the housewlfe who is doing more or less of her own housecleaning and renovating. This serviceable cover- a1l apron or slip-on dress is cut about i0 inches longer than the required length of an apron, so that this 10 inches can be turned up on the right side all round the bottom and fa tened at Intervals by means of but- tons, thereby forming large and deep pockets for holding various small ticles, such as string, scissors, tacks, duster ana other things that will save steps and journeys upstairs and down. This work apron has a handker- chief collar of contrasting material and a long strip of this material is wound twice round the head and tied in a knot at the top to form a dust cap. Long sleeves, made slightly bell shape at the bottom, are usually wanted for a work apron, but these can be turned back if two or three butte are placed near the shoulder and buttonholes to correspond are set about five inches lower down, so that the sleeves can be rolled and buttoned back when necessary Another apron i{s made with a heart- shaped bib and skirt extending all the way round, ornamented with patchwork hearts here and there, two serving as pockets. This apron is a favorite with many young house- wives Starch as a Cleaner. Apart from its laundry uses and as a substitute for paste, powdered starch is a good silver polisher, and it is far superior to bread crumb; dough and such things for cleaning soiled wall paper. Powdered fine and gently rubbed over the walls with a clean, soft . or an old muslin curtain, it will remove even those an- noying stains caused by the grease in bricks. A lum of starch dissolved In water for cleaning windows Is more effective than whitening. Boiled starch may be washed over newly cleaned linoleum and allowed to dry. This will form a skin and {f the lino- leum is to be polished, a very small quantity of polish need be used. To polish glassware, take a soft cloth and tie several lumps of starch in one corner, then mash 1t real fine with the hands, then dust on the xlass article untll it is white with the | starch, then take the other part of tha cloth and rub until the dull finish | has disappeared. the starch may be nacessary Bathreom Tiles. observing housewife must noticed how much nicer some tiles.look than others, and matter of ning Every have bathroom sually a cle; s Several dustings of | | trash properly. A first-class tile laver says | that the best way to clean tlles is to use plenty of soft soap. When tiles are new, they require a great deal of cleaning with this ofly substance to keep them from becoming dull. Once they are soaked with it, it is then an easy matter to keep that rich look on them. First sweep the tiles free of every particle of grit, or this will soratch, then wash hot water and a soft flannel. When 1he tiles are nearly dry, apply the #oft soap to the flannel and rub well und evenly until there is no soap to ha seen on the surface. The tiles should not be stepped on until the aoap is well absorbed To Brighten Rugs. busy dur- re usu- When lawn mowers are ing the early Summer, there i ally plenty of grass clippings the lawn. There is nothing better for use when sweeping carpets and ru and the clippings are an improve- ment over ths method of using tea leaves for the purpose, which tend to deaden the colors of a floor cov- ering in course of time, instead of brightening it. Use the grass clip- pings while they are fresh and before they show any signs of withering Sprinkle them over the carpet or Tug and then sweep in the usual way The result 1s quits surprising, as the grass has a wonderful effect In brightening the colors and improving the appearance. Ink and other stubbern marks on lineleam can he removed with a piece of typewriter ink eraser. Rub the stain rather vigorously un- til it entirely. disappears. Even grease spots which have not sunk t0o deeply into the linoleum will yield to this treatment in course of time. Finish by applying a little wax pol- Jsh to the linoleum and it will look like new. Great care must be taken when treating printed linoleums, as the rubbing might remove the pat- tern. Woodwork. An easy way to clean dark-colored paint on' doors and other woodwork is to take a pail of clean, warm wa- tet and pour -a little paraffin into it, and then wash the paint all over, working downward, wifh a piece of ~ld Turkish toweling. Next dry with a piece of clean cloth and polish with & duster. No attempt to clean such paint by hard rubbing will do. It does not need it and will only be rub- bed away. Mirrors, The glass of a mirror or window may be made beautifully bright by using the following method: Press up some soft paper into a ball and then moisten this with methylated spirits. With this rub the glass well all over. Sprinkle a little whitening onto a soft, dry duster, and with this &0 over the mirrer or window or plc- ture glass. Finally polish with a piece of clean, soft paper, or a cham- ofs skin. Chamois skin also makes a good polisher for silverware. A toothpick covered with chamois will clean out all decorations without powder. Wipe afterward with a clean, dry chamofs skin To Remove Rust. Generally speaking, rust on iron or steel articles will yleld to applica- tions of paraffin, but sometimes rust 5pots eat into the metal 5o that it is in little holes below the surface, and then it is hard to reach. In this case a plece of typewriter Ink eraser is extremely useful. This can be cut to a fine point, which can easily be worked into the rust hole, and with- out any trouble all the marks can be cleansd away. For cleaning small urticles-that have becoms rusty, such us steel buckles and other articles, there 1s nothing as good as the eraser. It Is Just.gTLLLY enough to remove the rust without scratching. When needles are rusty they should he placed in a saucer in which there SEACEREEAR SN SIMS MALT-0-WHEAT THE BEST AND HEALTHIEST FOOD MADE At Your Grocers SN SN RN RN NS NNNN them with plain | from | | cheese s enough paraffin to cover them. Leave for 24 hours, or even longer it very rusty. Then take the needles out and rub them with a piece of rather coarse flannel, Rusty knitting needles may be steeped in paraffin which has been poured into a tall narrow bottle. Pewter. A good mixture for cleahing pewter is made by pouring a pint of bolling water over an ounce of soap and add- ing an ounce of rotten stone and an ounce of ammonta. The mixture must bo thoroughly stirred and should be kept in a covered jar. A few dro should be rubbed into the pewter, after which whiting can be used for a polish To Mend Chin Instead of throwing away valuable china or glassware that has been broken, get a tube of white oil paint and apply it to the broken pieces rather thickly. Place the pieces to- gether firmly and put in a place where it will not have to be used for several weeks. Then with a sharp knife scrape off the dried paint. The article can then be used almost as be- fore and can be washed in very hot water without harm. Pleces have held together for seven vears mended in this way. Another good way to make a ce- ment for mending broken china is to dissolve a little gum arabic in water and then put enough plaster of Parls in it to make a rather thick paste. Wash and thoroughly dry the broken pieces of china, put together with this paste and in a few hours they will be well mended. Conserve Paper and String. Have a place to keep string, wrap- ping paper and scissors, that is, the same place all the time. 'If these things are always whers you can quickly get them, much time and many useless steps will be saved Whether it be a shallow drawer, quickly and easlly opened pocket, or a cupboard shelf, make a place for clean wrapping paper, and for it only. Near at hand have a re- ceptacle for string. It takes only a minute after undoing a package to fold the paper smooth and flat lay it away, likewise to untie or cut out the knot, double the string once or twice and tie it-once loosely in the middle, then put it Never put away a knotted string, as that means taking time to sort out a straight plece when you are in a hur- ry. Never stors up soiled paper or string. That is false cconomy. To class all used paper and string as and throw it awa to deny yourself necessary conveniences. Scis- sors must be within reach also wher one does up packages and should not be carried out of that roc Answers to Food Questions Will you kindly send me your st for a reducing diet? I am five feet tall and weigh nearly 170 pounds. I have also a touch of kidney trouble and work eight hours as a machine operator—E. M. H. The modern theories as to the best way of planning a reducing diet is to give an all-round mixed diet and to serve each food in smaller portions than the average. The old-time way serving a very fat person is te discard fats. A woman who should have normal- Iy 2,200 calories a day may safely reduce her total energy to 1,050. A suggested diet plan might be something like this. Breakfast, ar orange or apple, one soft cooked egg with one slice of unbuttered toast and coffee with two tablespoons of skimmed milk instead of cream In the middle of the morning, one- | half cup of cracker. For luncheon the lean part of a broiled chop with two slices of whole wheat bread, lettuce, as much as de- sired with varled dressings. cottage used occasionally and Ameri- can cheese added to the French dre ing oceasionally. At tea time a cup of tea with lemon and one plain cracker. For dinner a serving of plain bolled fish of the lean variety such as hali- but or cod, one-half of a plain boiled potato, a menerous serving of cab- bage or similar vegetable, a green salad with a plain fruit dessert and a cup of black coffee At bedtime a cup of hot skimmed milk. broth with one plain I alwavs enjoy reading vour talks about diet and am now coming with a peculiar question of my own. It does not relate exactly to diet, but I think that you could perhaps help me. It is about a condi*ion of my mind. I a flat wall | anad | In the container. | THE EVENING COLOR CUT-OUT THREE SPINNERS. Strange Aunts. A grand feast was spread, to which {all the noblest of the land wers in- vited. Just as the feast was about to begin the door opened and the three old women who had spun the flax came in The prince looked at them wonder- ingly. Never in all his life had he seen such hideous creatures. “Who are these?” he asked his bride. Then the girl remembered her prom- tse. “These,” she said, “are my three old aunts, and I have promised that they shall sit at the table with us, for they have been so kind to me that no one could be kinder.” Now the prince loved his bride so | dearly that anything she did seemed | right to him. He, too, welcomed the three old women and made room for | them at the table. satin yellow wedding wose and Color the prince’ suit yellow, with golden slippers Sardine Savory. Allow one can of sardines for six pleces of toast. Drain the fish and season with lemon julce and paprika Dip each sardine in cracker dust and have ready the toast, which has been browned and lightly buttered. Ar- range the sardines on the toast and | place in the oven for about 15 | minutes. Remove and garnish with | mi ced parsley and thin slices of n seem to have drifted into a state of thinking about one thing nearly all the time and I cannot shake myself out of this state. Now, I would like to know if there is anything I could do about ft.—J. H. T suggest first of all that you see it you cannot improve your general health by general exbreises, very careful diet and attention to the |other rules of health. As to the question about your state of mind, I feel that the very best advice I can Elve you is to say that you.go to a consulting psychologist. If you will #end me your hame and address I will send vou the address of some ene living in your city whe, parhaps, can help you. Will vou please give me a camplete diet for my baby gIrl? She will he 14 months 0ld next month and I ex- Dect to wean her then. She isientirely a breast baby and alwavs has been in perfect health. I want to keep her as well as T can, therefors, T am appealing to you for a diet—D. 8. D. Your little “girl is very fortunate always to have been breast fed When vou begin weaning the period is, of course, one of change of food and must be handled very carefully. Cows' milk will be your standby and it should be dfluted with barley. If You can, the baby should be weaned gradually, giving each bottle feeding in place of one nursing and working up In this way until all the breast feedings have been replaced by bot- tle feeding. The milk should be plaM warm cows’ milk and threugheut the day the baby will need about one quart. She must also have one to three ta- blespoonfuls of strained fruit julce, the yolk of an egg, two or three ta- blespoontuls of thoroughly cooked strained cereal and a piece of stale bread or crisp toast. in the Low-Priced Box” JOWNEY'S '‘GOLD STRIPE CHOCOLATES For your woodwork-" buy Farboil Enamel Paint. A good paint dealers STAR, WASHINGTON, Me and Sid Hunt and Leroy Shooster was standing erround the lam post tawking about diffrent subjecks sutch as how far away the sky is and wat we would rather be base ball player, and Mary Watkins and Maud Jonson and Loretter Min- cer terned erround the corner wawk- their arms erround each other as if they never had a fite all their life, and Sid Hunt med, G, lets be standing on our hands wen they go past. ing with all & punk Him being a pritty bum hand stander, and I sed, I tell you lets wat, lets be showing other our mussles and act as it we dident see them going past. Aw no, thats no good, Sid Hunt sed. Him not having eny mussles in his arms on acoount of being strate up and down all over, and Leroy Shoos- ter sed. Well 1 know wat, tern our coats inslde out Wich we quick did, looking funny and we put Bhooster each as anything, close together and pertended tawking Important bizniss as if we dident know weather there was eny gerls going past or and Maud and Loretter kepp on go- ing past each other, Mary Watkins saying, O aint we too funny for enything, 1 cant help lafling, hee hee. Being sourcastic. and Maud arent too comical for werds, haw haw cuse They must think this is Holloween, they must of jest came in from the Loretter Mincer sed. And they kepp on going gigeling | lafing, me saving, Aw havent got good are they enyhow, Im going to have enything anore to do with them, I dont Dbleeve. Me neither, Sid and Leroy sed. And we put our coats back the way thev belonged and went erround fire house to see if the engine was being washed or enything. my, sed, farm, and Its never wise to wail too soon. isfortunes 2lweavys end — e dpy that brought my deepest woe t too my truest friend. D. C, ¥ than a grate 1deer, Leroy Well lets all our heds to be AEE SEENe AN RIDAY, APRIL 10, 1925. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1925.) AlE 3 not, and Mary their arms erround Metal vessel A portion Mineral spring Jonson some people jest ix-| {12, Burdening Conjunction Head covering . To follow persis . Peruse. Skill. . Darnel Climbing plant. gerls sents enyways, wat I dont bleeve Obstruction. Trudged tatio of eter. Mass of floating Frozen vapor. to th Another form of . Color Cry of a dove Rowing impleme Clipped Female deer Printed notice . Studso. Personal Lyric poems Verbal Wooden shoes People who wan ture, etc Warded off Preposition Habitu Exclamation Loved intensely. Finish River in Italy. Greek goddess Diana Roy. Indefinite article Plece of iron worn on boots. Sclentific degree circumference to To strike repeatedly, Authoritative rule. pronoun Down. 1 drunkard New England State (abbr.) Dried grass To ream about without Night before an event Succulent p small boys Sharp blow To coagulate Numbe Drama. Toward the center of the To be afraid Solid part of trees Slender flat nail . Idiot Bow of a ship Stimulates. Ancient game Constellation . Encounters. Let it stand (used on proofs) . Roman emperor. Commotion. Male sheep. River in Siberia Southern an object. tently carth (abbr.). diam- ice. swap. nt (abbr.) der for game, pas- corresponding *| FEATUR IN THE GARDEN Reported by Elizabeth Urquhart Story of the Shasta Daisy. l In the preface of one of his books Luther Burbank says: “Thare are two | classes of mind . . . rarely com’ined, in the same person—the investigator and the recorder—and when so com- | bined time becomes the one element lacking.” This difficulty has Qeset Mr. Burbank | almost from the beginning of his work, | but in his nodesty he has falled to bring out what is one of the most re- his 60 years of work with plants of | | all_species. ! The fortunate guest in his who walks about with him, becomes in spirit like a little child in the presence | |of this master ga®lensr. and little child he and understands the answers so simply given and yet covering such | ing facts of science | I have always so much rdmired the | Shasta dalsy and have often wondered | just how it came into existence. It surely has a story of its own”’ I asked him | “It has a story,” savs Mr. | “and a vary interesting history. Many years ago, before I left my old home in the East, I had begun to experiment with seed-raising and often went to the hills and the woods to gather seeds of wild flowers. These I planted and cul- tivated, and studied the different varie ties coming from the parent plants | “Among these was the wild fleld daisy of New nd—a weed. in fact every farmer's hand against it, but it | interested me and I found the varieties | produced by cultivation and selection very striking’ . “Do weeds then make as strong an appeal to the plant experimenter as flowers and frult?” “Not always, but weeds are just plants out of their proper places, and nature has a use for them; besides, many of them are the ancestors of our garden flowers, or rather the descendants of those ancestors, and experiments with Rurbank compare. ) ——= | the Atlantic garden, dalsy asks a child's questions | underly- | developed with | ES. i WITH BURBANK | and Edite Luther Barhank. 1 weeds hava added muah to the nciance of plant improvement.” “Please do not ‘wander too far afield from the Shasta da'sy —there is an mueh to tell!” I intarjacted “I had always remembered these ear experiments and in later years [ o tinued them. First I sacured specimens of wild daisies States, somatime Ing them myself us I happe across them. 1 have way trai and walked bacl ing field had patches of dalsies hese best field speci n several of markable qualities about him, and that | tivated and selecied until the is his apility to express in clear and |8ible was developed simple English something of the great |other ingredients necded truths of aclence he he learnad through | Deriment and thev were < Rut FEnglish dafsy, which Is larger | American cousin, and the 1 small, It but unus white." “Threa countries then helped to 1 like a |the Shasta dais “Yes—out of thres species ¢ and from three continer fourth T wanted a blosson | that should be hards | pure whita | nation of finally developed | “At firat there were or hut the numbers | were 100,000 seeds ready fo | These wer. carefu | birds and pests in general |1arge enough were transplanted. Wi in bloom they were studied and no and the seeds from plants nearest tc fdeal were platad, an the end of 8 vears the Sha#a dais | been produced. It has gredt size. hara iness, purity of whiteness and heauty and will grow and thrive in any ciimate and is now the most popular white Sum mer flower throughout the world *'As to its name, always having had great admiration and reverence for Mount Shasta, rising above its capped fellows, and as @a name of the mountain means ‘white’ from its eter nal crown of snow, it sé#med the right name for the new daisy.® The talk wandered to ddeds and thers it stopped and stayed for such time as it took to learn something of Mr. Bur methods of seed planting blossom, and from combi- these thees plar U wa a few meeds. protec In the Teapot "SALADA" TE A draws from the fresh tender leaves a rich flavor beyond Ask for SALADA. ull Fashioned Thread Silk Hosiery $1.50 and up *Marvel-Stripe It prevents *‘runs!" An exclusive feature. 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