Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1925, Page 38

WOMAN’'S PAGE.” Separate Skirt Is Now Necessary BY MARY MARSHALL. You may get through the Winter with no separate skirts in your ward- yobe, but with Summer and the com- 1 g eason, the sep- wrate skirt S “'separate sk on e shoy is chosen by many well-dressed women, but it is cut with a more gen- erous under lap. The straight pleated skirt is com- ing again_into favor. The pleated skirt, by the way, is far easier to wear when it is short than when it is long enough to reach the ankles. Then it is apt to seem a triffe dowdy and the straight line of the pleats is apt_to be broken. The pleats are arranged in inter- esting ways—seldom is the skirt | pleated all the way around. In one model the front and back are plain with pleats just on the sides. In the pleated skirt shown in the sketch the | pleats are all arranged at the front with an_elastic belt to hold them se- cure. It is made of green cashmere twill. Another pleated skirt in the sketch is of orange flannel with a combination of box pleats and narrow pleats. The skirt on the figure is of navy blue and white silk, with invert- ed pleats, and with it is worn a white sweater, (Copyright, 1925.) SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Laurel. The tjde of Spring is at the full when_laurel bursts into bloom. De | cate flowers like Spring beauty mean the first shy beginning of the young on. But when the bold, sturdy. laurel blossoms the year seems ripening _into something more luxu- rlant and sure of its charms. Bursting out of their curious pris- matlc bud forms, the laurel flowers now appear in showy, domeshaped | masses, each flower like a little old- fashioned china cup with angled sides We call it laurel in the city, but man country dwellers give it the name of calico bush, because the stiff and irchy, prim - flowers, with their white petals, regularly patterned with | pink, ook like a piece of printed | [ cloth. A wondrous mechantsm is concealed | within the tiny workings of this flower. Each stamen, bearing the precious load of golden pollen, is bent over like a flexible rod, the upper end being tucked into a tiny concavity in the side of the nearest petal. Touch one of these stamens with a pencil and you will see the taut stamen sud- denly fly out of its niche and shower fts_pollen. Just this happens when a nectar. drinking moth comes to the flowe Blundering about among the stamens 3 he shakes them loose and they shower . RED | pollen all over his hairy body. When WHITE COLLAR | he visits the next flower he will carry | this pollen on his body to the little T‘\']LL!:\'?@“ stigma and so fertilize the IN | plant. The laurel has its methods of pro. tecting itself, too. The flower stalks are so sticky that no crawling insect, like an ant, can get up them. Could ND_FRON he do so, he would rob the nectary H CIRCULAR | without alding the plant in cross fertilization. The leaves are poison ous, and hence protected against browsing animals. In spite of these defenses in the v prefer her|struggle for existence, commercial i of white linen | picking of the laurel threatens its ex- or silk for and other sports, | termination. At Christmas time and wes ove it sport jacket or|all through the vear immense quanti- it the American woman is | ties of the leaves are on sale, and dur- the blouse with its neat | ing the flowering period the blossoms This seems to us to| are picked by the hundreds and thou- » suitable foundation for | sands. The pathetic part of it is that v sport jacket the blossoms, unless kept in water SEPARATE SKIRT OF WHITE BOUND WITH RED LNED WITH RED BUTTO! ABOT WITH @UES WITH IT. REEN __ C. WITH FRONT WRAP T MERE WITH LAR SMALL PL AND BAC WHITE S FLARE. woman who is getting her wardrobe tozether for the warm months. I'he Frenchwoman abbreviated litt; me ater lon the grass. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Outdoor Checkers. One mother says: When the weath- er is nice 1 sometimes help the neigh- borhood children play outdoor check- ers. A checkerboard made of cam- bric blocks and sewed together is laid The younger children and the older ones telling the others are the “men” play the game, where 10 stand. this tremendously, especially as I have paper crowns for them to don whenever a “man” is crowned. For tHe little home of simple aspira- tions ornaments of brass, copper and pewter are always a happy choice. Their sleek sides and polished, curving surfaces reflect the glow of candl light or lamplight, the flare of fir light or the golden radiance of sun- shine with equal cheer. And because the friendly feeling to- ard them has become so general a at many fine reproductions of these 0ld wares are to be found in the shops —not_only of the work of American and English craftsmen, but interesting things from the Orient as well. In the group pictured there is an American pewter plate, an antlque brass candelabrum, an hour-glass from England, a copper water jar from Ru: sia, and & wicked-looking brass paper- knife from India. A My Neighbor Says: erve 25 persons 3% quarts salad is required. Prepare 75 sandwiches for the same To All of them enjoy | DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Shall She Marry to Escape Old- Maidhood? Should a Husband Confess Past Life to Wife? Why Stingy Man Is Aggravating Husband. ]DEAR DOROTHY DIX: Should I marry just because every one tel's me what sn affiiction it is to be an old maid? I don't care to marry, but the everlesting slurs thrown at old maids are getting on my nerves. 1 have a chance to marry a man whom I do not love, but who would save being an old maid. I await your reply. S| . Answer: My dear Susie, I did not know that there was anybody left in I(he world so behind the times that she thought it was any reflection on a | woman to be an old mald. In olden times, when marriage was the only reputable business in which a woman could engage and wifehood the only career that offered any reward, women had to marry whether they wanted to or not. Otherwise, they were compelled to eat the bitter bread of dependence and occupy the back seat. Then, when it was obvious that every woman would marry if she possibly could, to be an old mald was to advertise the fact that a woman lacked all personal charms. So it was no wonder that she was looked upon as more or less of a fallure and became the gibe of fools. $ Also, because she had no life of ,her own, no interests of her own, no work, no occupation on which she could spend her energies and employ her brain, the old maid naturally became a pest. Because she had nothing to love, the milk of human kindness soured in her. Because she was dependent she became bitter and envious. Because she had no pie of her own, she stuck her fingers in other people’s pies. Because she had no interests of her own, she pried into the affairs of others. So she became what circumstances made her, meddling, bitter, and was disliked and feared accordingly. changed all that. gossiping, curious, | But now we have Every avenue of human endeavor is open to women. They can do whatever they want to just as much as men can. They can make money, | | indulge their own tastes, set up their own home: amuse themselves, and | the unmarried woman is happy, and prosperous, and contented. She is no longer a sinister figure in the community. She is the good angel in it. i Nobody slurs at old maids in these days. They are envied. If a woman finds a worthky man she loves, she does well to marry, for married happiness is the nearest approach to Heaven we ever get on this earth. But to marry to escape being an old malid is the height of folly, and is sure to precipitate disaster upon you. | Don’t be silly enough to do such an idiotic thing. Just tell those who | twit you on being an old maid that it is better not to be married than not | to be glad because you are married, and that they are envious because they don’t stand in your shoes. DOROTHY DIX. AR MISS DIX: I married a man believing him to be everything that was fine, and clean, and noble. After we were married he told me some stories about his past life that were very shocking to me. Affairs with | women. It almost broke my heart, and when he saw how shocked I was he told me that these stories were not true. But I cannot forget tRem. What shall T d SAD WIFE. Answer: What is past, is past. You cannot undo it or change it, and the only thing you can do is just to forget it. Tt takes a strong effort of the will to do this, but it can be accomplished. Whenever you find vour mind dwelling on these dark storfes that your husband has told you, wrench your thoughts away from them and force yourself to think of something pleasant and gay. There is no profit in holding post-mortems. Simply refuse to dig up your husband’s past sins. Reflect that, after all, it is not what he has done in past days that matters to you. It is how he treats you that makes or mars your happiness. Nor does it matter what women he has loved in the past. It is whether he loves you at present that counts. Alas! few men bring unsullied lives to their wives. But most men have | enough sense to draw a veil over their pasts and do not reveal to the women they marry the things that it does them no good to know and that it tortures them to know. For it does not suffice to tell & woman that a thing is finished, that it is over and done with. She is bound to remember t. She is bound to let her imagination play with it until she exaggerates it out of all proportion. She | is bound to make herself morbidly miserable over it. | If a man or woman has anything in his or her past life that can reach forward into the life of the person he or she is going to marry and injure him or her, then he or she is in honor bound to tell the other one, and so give him or her a chance to withdraw safely from the proposed alliance. But if either one has made a mistake or done a wrong that has been repented and atoned for, and that cannot affect the future life of the one he or she marries, then he or she should lock the secret in his or her breast and | never, never, never tell it. The man or woman may forgive, but the/ knowledge poisons their lives and fills them with unnecessary suspicion | and distrust. Confession is nearly weakness. some one to help us bear our burde: i | EAR MISS DIX: Two young men want to marry me, and I cannot decide | i It is a bid for sympathy. It is asking DOROTHY DIX. between them. One of them is a tightwad. The other is generou: Which would you pick? A READER. Sep. rate shirts are worn extremely short this season, but when chosén for sports purposes they are seldom from the start, rarely live to give de- light to the purchaser. The least dry- ing out and the corallas slip off and number of persons. A pinch of soda added to the aggravating husband flour and % teaspoonful of vine- SE! . Answer: The generous one. No other man under the sun makes a more ( Never marry a nickel-nurser if than the stingy one. THE EVENING STAR, WASHI'NGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 28 1925. L feel 2 stranger on this earth Surprised at everything 1 see — . MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Oranges. Baked Sausage. Rice Waffies, Maple Syrip. rrencl Rolls. Coffee. LUNCHEON. . Vegetable Hash. Diced Beets. Parker House Rolls, Honey Sliced Pineapple. Cookies. Tea. DINNER Creamed Halibut. Mashed Potatoes. Boiled Spinach. Fruit Salad. Lemon Meringue Pic Coffee. RICE WAFFLES. Add to 1 cupful of warm boiled ricel cupful of sweet milk, 15 tea- spoonsful of salt, the volks of 2 eggs well beaten, 1 tablespoontul of melted butter, and lastly the whites of the 2 eggs, beaten stifly. Then add enough flour to make a thin batter. Cook in a waffle iron. FRENCH ROLLS. To 1 quart of very light dough add 1 ounce of butter, 1 whole egg, or 2 whites of eggs beaten till white. Knead and let rise till light. When raised knead gently; roll in one-inch strips. Dredge with flour, braid loosely; let rise; brush with sugar dis- solved in milk; sprinkle with poppy seeds; bake quickly. FRUIT SALAD. Peel and cut 3 tart apples into dice and drop immediately into acidulated water to prevent dis- coloration. Mix together 1 cup- ful of finely cut celery, % cup- ful of broken nut meats, 1 pound of white grapes cut in halves and seeded, and the pulp of 3 oranges. Drain the apple, dry in a napkin, add it to the other ingredients and mix about lightly with a silver fork. Place in nests of crisp lettuce leaves and mash with cream salad dressing. FEATURES. IN THE GARDEN Transplanting. “We must not forget our vege- tables,” remarked Mr. Burbank. “Most of them are started, but they need a watchful eye at this season. Not only must the seeds be induced to sprout promptly but the plant must be kept growing constantl “There aré still seeds to sow and vegetables to transplant,” I said. “Yes,” said Mr. Burbank, “tender plants like peppers, egg plants, toma- toes, corn, beans and rhubarb should now be large and thrifty enough to transplant to the open ground and others also sown for succession such as peas, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, spinach, parsley, onfons, ~lettuce, celery and cauli- flower.” “Please stop a moment, Mr. Bur- bank,” T interrupted. “You men- tioned rhubarb in your list of tender plants, and I want to ask about your winter rhubarb.” “I will tell you presently, but first we will finish the practical part of our subject. “In setting out these tender plants at this season the grower must re- member that some of them, such as| tomatoes and peppers may slight temporary protection. This is| casily given sby driving stakes into | the ground beside the row of plants | |and over this place either strips of burlap or even' mosquito netting fc in; covering or tent as a protection |against frost; but this coverinj should be removeed during the day _““The Japanese,” I said, “build ar tic little thatched roofs over their | potted blossoming chrysanthemums in ‘lhelr gardens, and in their nurseries stretch - white cheesecloth overhead, | making a sort of muslin greenhouse. | This, of course, - as a nrotection | against sun and not frost.’ “Yes, protection of some kind is nearly always necessary in a vege- table garden, and when it is not from | New French Bobs. | For the last year, the straig |bob has been the rage in Paris; the | | mannequins at the smart dressmak |ing shops who are used by the fash ion experts to set these fashions,| have been oiling their hair and fairly | plastering it with brilliantines to achieve this effect. So much stuff must be used on the hair to give the | | combination of great brilliance and | | vet of "softness, that the girls have | to shampoo two and three times a | | week, for after a few days, the oil | makes the hair heavy. | For this reason, and because frocks | are becoming more frilly and of softer outiines than-last season, the, hair dressing style has changed Straight hair is to remain straight, | {if that is becoming (as it is in nine |cases out of ten), for the slim, tight | frocks that went so well with boy- | | ishly stralght hair, are still fashion-| {able. But if the hair waves, the| waviness is accentuated, the hob i ‘ longer than it has been, and is| combed as softly and fluffily around | the face as possible. With this style of hair dressing, dresses with flaring skirts, pleated panels, ribbon trim- ming, and the new flowered chiffon -and ‘protected need a |S BEAUTY CHATS WITH BURBANK As Reported by Elizabeth Urquhart and Edited by Luther Burbank. frost or heat, it is from insect ene mies, both underground and above ground. “However, it is better to make haste slowly and to put of® sowinz seeds and transolanting tender plants untii the ground is warm enough io quick germination and frost no longer threatens. *“Also it is well to plant only a por tion of the seed at one time, keepins: the rest for a second planting in case of loss.” “The young plants must be covered after transplanting must they not?” I asked. “Only in case of frost. The betic way is to place the plants in the pre pared places, and cover the roots wi a portion of the soil, pressed dow firmly. Then fill the space with wate and when it has soaked away, cover with the remainder of the dry soi settled down very loosely and gent leaving a fine, dry surface as a mulch about the plant. “This prevents evaporation and ti ground should not be watered several days. Then if it seems n sary make a hole at e side of plant, fill with water before, replace the mulch of dry earth. | case of rain, rake the soil gent it is partially dry, so as to nulch covering to retain 1 Some amateur gardners put lit pots or paper caps over the pla: and water at once,” I said “This ‘method i% replied Mr. of ventilation in _ the and the heat of the create a steaming vapor young plants may suffer times die. But if there is plent; moisture : - roots and it is 1 allowed to evaporate too rapidly, tie tenderest plants will soon estaw:. and may brave the with satisfaction and will reward grower for his care. (Copsright, har enc! sun and and soms 1925.) BY EDNA KENT FORBES es that are all frills and lace loc One new style of cutting f thick halr is to part it at the comb the hair straight dowr parted side, but on the other to « it forward toward the ey cutt it off in a fringe, and letting it fa toward the side naturally, the being trimmed off in a ght at about the lobe of the ear. Ti way keeps thick hair from falli into the e and becoming d ranged, as it would with any otl style of side parting. If wavy, the hair is to grow lows’ in front, to comb well over the ez Pickled Turnips. Parboil some small, tender turnips slightly salted water after peeling. larger turnips are used, cut into ve thin strips. Boil together for a fc minutes one pint of vineg: tablespoonfuls of sugar, one clove « garlic, one teaspoon of powdered ger and half a doze 3 with one level tablespoon of one-half a teaspoonful of paprika. Poi; over the turnips let stand in t} until cold vou expect to have any pleasure out of life. | e will stint you on clothes because he will think it an extravagance to dress decently. You will have to live in ugly, sordid surroundings because he H will never be wiling to spend enough money to buy a nice home. You will | live a dull, monotonous life because he will never be willing to part with the | price of @ dinner at a restaurant, or theater tickets, or even to go to the | movies, and he will think that all the amusement that any woman needs i!! to sit at home of an evening and watch the savings bank account grow. He will snoop around the kitchen, and peer into the garbage can, and | knock you because you have peeled the potatoes too thick or you ha\'g| thrown a spoonful of peas away that could have gone into the stock pot. | 0 narrow were a season ago. True, the straight wrap-around skirt, gar added to the water before mixing will_make a deliciously tender and flaky pie crust. 1t white oilcloth is pasted on the outside of your set tubs and tacked .on the board covering them, they will be very easily kept clean and far more attrac- tive in appearance. To clean ivory rub the stained parts with lemon juice, then with whiting made into a paste with a little lemon juice. Allow this to dry oh, and when it is perfectly dry rub off with a soft cloth or wash and afterward polish with a soft cloth. Do not fron pongee while damp, as this will either spot or stiffen the silk. Allow the pon- gee to dry, press on the wrong side and it will look like new. If a chicken is well rubbed in- side and out with a cut lemgon | | before being cooked, it Will make the meat white, juicy and tender. hang limp and forlorn upon the wilt- ing stamens. No matter how economical you are, you can never scrimp and save enough to please him, and you will have a row every time you ask for a | nickel. Unless you want to be a slave without wages, never marry a close- fisted man. And remember that the man who is a tightwad, hefore marriage will | | be a thousand times closer as a husband. And more l_han that, lho_luang | who is close about money is just as stingy with his ewotigns, and he will “u: imure lavich any love or tenderness on you than he does money. DOROTHY DIX. | (Copyrisht, 1925.) e place in French dressing for an hour. | Take out and dip in finely chopped parsley. Arrange on small plates | with hard-boiled eggs treated in the | same way, placing a beet slice and an | egg slice on tiny crisp lettuce leaves. | Egg and Beet Appetizer. ! Boil a red beet until tender. Slip off the skin and cut into very thin slices. With a very small cooky cut- | ter trim the beet slices evenly, then A BY P. L. RICKER, y President Wild Flower Preservati |thickly populated districts. Farmers often regard it as a pest. Its pinkish | flowers are very attractive and its | | stamen, hooked into pockets in the corolla, snap out when ripe if dis- |turbed’ by an insect and discharge a cloud of pollen over the under side of the insect’s body, to be carried to fertilize other flowers. It is the Stat flower of Connecticut, and its pi in; there without the permission of the | owner is forbidden by law. It has | | been suggested as the national flower, | i | Society. APIL((L) I'ew of our attractive flowered na- tive plants have-come-into such ge eral commer 1 use as the mountain el. Its leaves are used by florists oughout the year ecorative 11l -th very much during the Ch s uch of the northern part of igland it is rar nd needs vig- | protection. It increase: in e toward the South, but is rapidly destroyed around all th Delicious Jams and Jellies every time Now the big new household package sea- abund: but is not available, as it is not found being !wild west of the Mississippi River. Washday — and every other day Our Children—By Angelo Patri as they ripen. But now, because Certo itself supplies the all-important jelly~ making property, you can make your jam and jelly of the richest ripe fruits—those with the finest flavor and loveliest color. You can even use fruits that have in themselves no jelly-making property. OH, it’s so easy now! Before, no matter how experienced you were, you could never be sure—sometimes jelly and jam just didn’t turn out. No amount of care seemed to positively safeguard you. Character Lessons. just now about character teaching. erested people want to | . I do| eve that such courses would | The pupil who takes the A = > fia t all he needs is enough | info ] E Lt from | “to get by” will not get much from aci e arom la course in morality, T thigk. What | e i | e needs is to have his pa ponat and | raised to where Il have to 1ad never |un honest job in “to get by. | It is in doing work to a high standard | ! that the moral values of the course of study lies, not the information. {Couyright, 1925.) One of things we about not help tane titude t But you never have a failure with Certo —no desperate re-boiling—the most diffi- cult fruits jell perfectly. For Certo is the substance in fruit that makes it jell— fruit can’t jell without it. Easier, cheerier, happier with Rinso - RINSO gently loosens dirt—does all the hard work of washing for you—leaves you just the lighter work of rinsing. That’s why it is called Rinso. In addition to clothes Rinso is perfect for cleaning bath- tubs and porcelains, floors, linoleums and dishes. Rinso comes in granules so rich in good soap just a little goes a long way. It takes off every speck of dirt and grease without hard rubbing and will not mar the smoothest surface or hurt _the hands. Lever Bros. Co., Cambridge, Mass. Iready over a million packages selling every week. ~ ~ - So easy — so quick — no juice and flavor boil away they nd red a whole list of on the railroad between nd Chicago, between Chicago - San Franci You_said nwm{ | i | see. Less than 15 minutes from fruit to jam or jelly! Certo means that just one minute’s active boil is needed. No more standing stirring over a hot stove—no long boiling that reduces the amount of your jelly—no loss in steam of flavor, color and juice.’ Certo’s brief boil saves you all the fruit that used to boil away. When you count up the cost you will find that with Certo you have half again as many glasses as you ever got from that much fruit. Millions of housewives now use Certo all the time. Your grocer has Certo. Order a bottle right away. Douglas - Pectin Corp., Granite Building, Rochester, New York. This jelly-making element is completely lacking in some fruits, others have only a little, and even in the fruits that naturally contain most of it, it gradually diminishes we York and over and over. twisting a lock of hair almost out of your head while you fixed them in You recited them breathlessly and triumphantly to the teacher when she called you. You got COLOR IT NEW WITH a 10 and that was the end of that. You would not get a 10 today. You “DIAMOND DYES” P o Clear, sparkling, forgotten the list just as you have | ; otten the rules for speliing and | : firm, yet tender— tion of certain irvegular | Beautiful home every glass you verbs. 1+ why did vou learn them? | dyeing+and tintin, d like them, in ordec thut you might| Diamond Dy ee, R e e T T in' zood stead when vou needed to| Water to dint soft, T arort and When voe et deq |- delicate shades, or ) an effort and wh needed |- feljcals enades, or rmanent colors. to suceeed. You learned to keep still when you lenged to speak: you learned let another fellow have a chance; Kach 15-cent pack- en you wanted it yo f. You| age contains di- ad o take your turn.” You thought | rections so simple was to please the teacher or to gel | any woman - can zood report, but it was really in| g Yt 1t rder that you might grow a self that | ¢¥€ or tint lin- : auha esand alone Some dey gerie, silks, ribbous, skirts, waists, Some grown folk, as I have hinted, | dresses, coats, stockings, sweaters, have carried along that childish no- | draperies, coverings, hangings, every- tion of school and think that marks | thing new. and impositions are things important ! Buy “Diamond Dyes”—no other in themselves. They are nn,mrun; kind .and tell your druggist whether | ‘,.,,\] in 1“‘%“” llxol\m-t;;‘x-‘;_;_t‘lf ‘s]"‘([f'?};:;;” the material you wish to color is wool of the chil apgh b e ! or silk, or whether it is lincn, cotton, There 16 & wicat deal ol discussion , OF Mized gooda,