Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1925, Page 36

FEATURES. * THE "EVE - Color Cut-Out 5 The Ideal Mother Catalogues BHer Qualities DorothyDixfl Modern Mother Needs a Sense of Proportion, a Sense of Humor and a Sense of Responsibility for the Product She Turns Out. ALADDIN'’S LAMP: How to Get the Most Out of the Annual Period Away From the Exacting Duties of Business Life. OST girls who work every day in an office look forward very eagerly to their vaca tion, cven if it is only of week end duration, and it is easy to unde#tand that thev wish to |down all quaint sayings of her chil- |dren. Al children say funny things sometimes, and do them, too, and it is too bad that they should not be remembered As the children get a little order ihey will be much amused WOMAN asks: “What qualities should the ideal mother possess?” To begin with, & mother should have love, and tenderness, and sympathy, and be willing to sacrifice herself for her children. These are the stock virtues of motherhood, and virtually all mothers possess them. enjoy every ‘minute of it. Some gils, | themselves at the account of their But they alone do not make a woman & good mother. Often they do however, seem to believe that enjoy- |early escapades as much harm as good, for you can ruin a child by blind devotion. You can ment is synonymous with strenuous | A diary is an excellent thing for enfeeble it by too much tenderness. You can make it a selfish egotist and exercise. Consequengly their va many reasons. It helps people to N an overbearing brute by making yourself a doormat for it to- walk over. makes more of upon think and to express their thoughts. powers of .endura n any. work- | The davs when diaries were Kkept \1 So to love, tenderness, sympathy and unselfishness the ideal mother ing day did. Instead of getting bene- | regularly were the days of good letter N must add other qualities, and the most important of these is the ability to fit from their period of recreation, | writing, so get a nice big book, not | see her job as a whole and to realize that she is responsible for the finished they are left with a feeling of ex-|one with a small space apportioned for N goods that she turns out. haustion which to a certain extent |each day, and if you have never kept D spoils the pleasure to which they a diary before, today is the day to K Not many mothers have this vision; or, rather, they shut their eves and were entitled. On account of their | begin. refuse to see that the molding of their children’s characters, the settling of sedentary occupation their muscles \ Summer Reading. their destinies, {s in their own hands. . “You always cannot stand the strain suddenly put without + They let a high-tempered child grow up undisciplined and &L PIK s upon them e teaching it any self-control. They let a slothful, lazy one grow up without It oftan a Jtemptatlon tosaginl oot o e forming habits of industry. They never teach a self-indulgent, greedy child to continue walking, playing tenni :‘l‘“f ’LEV“ 0Ly oiani to curb its appetite. They spoil and pamper their children, and then they or 1““' "" :}“'m‘ ;'HM‘ v ,,l‘l;“l"“k; Sk aions Alke A na e e say that they “hope” their children will turn out all right! customed exe ifter she is teading o . she tired out ins jsaid gently, “and I am such a E The ideal mother knows that you form children’s characters in the having ¢ R e e i ot , cradle, and so she does not trust to luck with her voungsters. She begins tion, she rother one the understood what she meant in a R when they are babies to teach them self-control, and thrift, and industry, and followitig duy to recover from it. It |minute. Women who never read are N a1l the DEICIDISS o Hibkt Tt s important to remember not to make "””,"‘i within the narrow cle of > The ideal mother must have a backbone. Unfortunately, most mpthers ter into |thelr own acquaintances and the permit their hearts to crowd out their spinal column until they have no more st then[fow thi e aaphen dnslde Shetr backbone than a fishing worm. This is why you hear women say despairingly et Gl Do that they can't do a thing with their 10-year-old children. Woone Attiude o Ming: wide world lies open to the reader. ¥, cancico Enwtiy Ahe et v Tui not golng away, this vear. | cin qomn. Lo, medinn of boojes: ehe [T takes nerv and determination, and courage to fight self-willed rd it He Proedcis Ferioniboie s v youngsters, is too soft to do it. So she gives in rather than Is the type of Teply one quite | othar points of view hesldes hes ooy isten to her baby's howls of rage or go through the struggle of conquering often he from business women |She ghina’ hoctoreae i disobedient child. And the inevitable result is that her children have a when usked where they are Zoing 10 | pow i, N e i contempt for her as a weakling, and ride roughshod over her, and become take their ons this year, ninderatand. people. conaiticnntoun Aladdins’ Search. ‘he out-breaking young hoodlums who fill our jails and brothels. they all open their eyes in astoni things as if_she we i} 3 e ment when told that their policy is | Loy 'L She Were part of them | Broken-heart§d. Aladdin set out to The ideal mother is a human being. She doesn’t pose before her children 2 bad one and that they really o Widely and only what is worth while. | Search for his castle and his princess, |18 a plaster saint or an oracle on a pedestal (l\nn of (_hevprez[»;vr?,\ why ohm(:ln-n_ ot to afford to do without a vacati Reading can help us to live more |but he knew not where to go. One 10 not un‘nm(» in their parents is be u.\:‘l the .‘n\l-::x\n..l ‘.lhl‘r\' :\.(:‘ mof )(I,l One devoted daughter staved at|p.o oo in other ways Reuides decn % j T pretend that they were such models of all the virtues when ) e young home 1 10/ Eive ‘the house & |earn bus oo tay e Daslde oh;{day in descending a mountain he|that their children feel that they have nothing in-common with them and thoro 1 ng and to_help her ;X“':}“ % “\:":“} %‘éi;:g “‘":hz ““2“' slipped and rubbed his ring against a [that they wouldn't understand how a boy or girl feels who wants to do all otEr oot el 1o d4¥S lantidote to two of ‘the greatest evils | TOcK. At once the genie of the ring |S0rts of foolish things. in the office azain she broke Gosn |that attack women, namely, loneli (appeared before him. How can a girl tell her mother that a boy kissed her if mother represents DT e ooKe JOWN | ness and worry. Who can be lonely | Aladdi joyed to find the |hers: Py P, ., /s that when shi ey in health. During her convalescence [\t ‘the host of faselnating friondy addin was overjoyed to herself as Miss Prunes and Prisms, and says that when she was young girls the doctor assured her that if she | {pad 2rd (0%0 et within the covers | FINE still kept its magic powers. To |never skylarked, and never went on joy-rides or to cabarets. or held hands cation the illness would not have had | o e e s = 7 3 SHEh 8 holatubon Ler "\(“;,dy ooy “’dw"e“s‘:: W}:h- wish that you would bring back my It is the human mothers who can sympathize with their children's desire Any continuous work uses up the o can be dull or depressed when|pajace and the princes for good times and help them to them; who will stretch a point to get a girl energy at the end of the vear, and it countless book magicians are at hand to transport us to any land or time “Alas,” said the genie of the ring, a new frock or a boy the fraternity pin he craves who get well enoug is really necessary for wo jotks - “I cannot bring them back because |aoquainted with their children to really help them and guard them. bl Mmool i ot ;‘::v:xkn and hold us with the thrill of great | they were carried away by the genie | . The ideal mother has & sense of proportion. She doesn't see her change to get into proper shape. for |20Yentures? of the lamp, who is stronger than I, [ducklings as swans. Her love doesn't blind her to her children’s faults and beginning work again. A bustness |, HOW Can worry be better combated | byt I can take you where they are.” blemishes. Rather it sharpens her vision, so that she gets a line on them an's greatest asset is good | IR by setting asids all that troubles — as they really are. Thereby she is enabled to help them make the most of S e omset i B90d | us in life and passing into book world, | Here is one of the princess’ royal | 3 they really are. Ther wavs to preserve it. oo Alice went through the “Looking |robes. It should be blue trimmed S st e acations. Shoud L planned as|G1a8a."- leaving all behind “‘except | with orange. Make her heafdress of | QiR sees that Tom is brilliant but unstable and lacidng in’ purpose, and she soon_as possib nd systematically | nterest and appreciation? Real lovers | the same two colors. holds him tp whatever he undertakes to do until she forms the habit of the business woman should reservea | °f, TS2ding can be deaf and dumb to (Copyright. 1925.) steadfastness in hjm. She sees that John is dull but a plodder, and she trains certa ount of her salary for | around them, so great is the hold ————— him for some occupation in which quickness of mind is not demanded and in them must_be compossd of | 27 Ehelr imagggation of the gory that Egg Timbales. which the prizes go to faithfulness and hard work. She sees that Mary is work apd play. Work i§ the main- |Sthralls the - 3 Intelligent but homely, and lacking the charms that allure men, so she gives blit- vacations must be sand.|,,Such ‘M"";‘, may seem Joolishness| Fges, three; milk, twothirds cup:|per some occupation by which she can make a good living for herself and wiched in betwe s geivssioier, L »‘m:f:fe"fiwl’m: salt, onehalf teaspoon; chopped pars: | which will flll her life with interest. A i s orde > ke enses lig! r e = v g - . e er from mak s Pusiness Eirls “mol thers wa: | of the daily paper, but let them try [lev. one tablespoon; flour, ope table- rldivfil‘v‘a‘{m‘h\ l?::;:m:( tnem. R bok ey (s B wLn cation funds and ke topether - hiring|! linslieeularly o ,"‘““:’" & 2723, |mpoon; AreR i ione "’b"sg‘}""fi PP | comes in contact with endless stories of what wonderful and marvelous o 2 0 4 e ang | SoON e fascination of bool an e | per, one-eighth teaspoon. len: e o 5 o y = thy 0, they are the cynosure of all bungalow or house, and ,poct’ in' magazines. and. newepapers | marsars o oo cethor: adding | creatures they are, and how, wherever they g ¥ y housekeeping. By t living expenses are not will seize them, and they will go on eyes and the admiration of all beholders. from the simple stories that first 1ppealed to them to the great master- | pieces of the world’s literature. Always read something that in- terests you. Talk books with people | who love them. Gradually vou will come to find reading a pleasure vou rtually life will be ice as worth while, have learned how | the milk to make a white sauce. Have ready the egg yolks well beaten and combine with the seasonings. Stir into the white sauce and fold the softly beaten whites into the mixture. Turn into buttered cups or molds and set the molds in a pan of hot water, Bake in a slow oven until the con- sistency of custard. Serve with to- mato sauce. method nearly so high, and consequently they have much more money to spend for thei Finally, the ideal mother should have a sense of humor th‘ut will enable ser to laugh instead of cry over many of her chll{lren's peccadillos and keep ser from taking them too seriously. For the thing that ails young people {s chiefiy vouth, and they will get over that if you will give them a little time. Because they gre idle, irresponsible, pleasure-loving, dance-mad, girl and S0y crazy is no reason for prophecying dismal things about them and wringing your hands in despair. It is a passing phase of life at which we slders may well grin, remembering the time when we also were young and foolish- |4 woman who had raised up a remarkable family of sons and jaughters once gave me this as her recipe for hrlngh}g up children: “Kiss hem when they are good. Spank them when éh:l{er;rm:lnd-teach them [ y ¥ = & le of the law ani 8. ‘0 obey you.” That is the whol ohate OIX. amusements. This plan can be fol lowed by several members of a larfe family combining their vacation | funds. Comforts of Ocean Travel. Comforts for women are supplied on all ocean steurners. There are suites which give the effect of a home, with | comfortable, upholstered chairs, full length ' mirrors and ample ward- robe; and plenty of flowers to sug- gest a garden. The tables in the big ADDY. se you My Neighbor Says: To make black . Jace look fresh and new wash it in a solution of vinegar and weter, 25.) (Copyright. 1 HOME NOTES dining room are prof decorated 1 | eapal parts, ripse in cold coffee | | mm———eeeee——————————————— with them. and the flowers are put SRR ™ f and ‘irén while damp, with a In the cold storase at nignt to pre BY JENNY WREN. picce of flannel laid over it. Baked Cabbage. Hamburg Roll. serve them during the trip. There To wash white feathers. use 5 i v In purchasing meat for use, as in are woman hair dressers and mani-| The Japanese consider the skilifut| | castile soap just as vou would Boil the cabbage ""“‘; et “;' ;:; i s Thent s geloat the: rorind > in attendance, and various |arrangement of flowers as much an| | in washing wool. ~Rub the boiling salted waters, drain wel and have the butcher chop it for you. of cutting. shampooing and |art as the painting of pictures, and it | | feather between the hands in | |set aside until cold, then chop Very |This cut is more nourishing than any curling ¢ be dane. It is not neces-|js true that \when one. arranges suds and rinse, then rub, using fine. Mix together two well beaten [other, and better adapted for the sary to take Books on an ocean trip, | flowers artistically she is creating a| | a down stroke with a towel. i ing tablespoonfuls of |Funabout as well as for the family's for many stelmers have permanent|picture of beauty just as much as| | Take some starch and rub into | |€EES, two heaping ablespoonfe's ©Of |3y mburg roll libraries, and circulating libraries send | the feather until it is drysthen | |melted butter, three tablespoo 2 b ial supplies of the newest shake out the starch and it is | |cream, and a little salt and red pepper, f books each trip, while all ready to curl. To curl, use a | |Stir this into the chopped cabbage an leading magazines are th Deck silver butter knife. put it into a well buttered pudding chairs and rugs can be hired, and To clean drab suede shoes, | |dish. Sprinkle the bread crumbs over cholce candies can be bought rub them with sandpaper and | |the top, dot with butter, an e they will-look like new. until brown. To Get Most From Travels. Wash-chamois in tepid'soap The woman”#ho can give a good suds. Use one or two changes | | CqaNuuuNrsens: account of her travels is the woman of suds until the chamolis is per- 9 who has gone with her mind pre- fectly clean. Rinse in tepid pared beforehand for what she is water. Squeeze (do not wring) ’ SIMS £oing to see, and therefore misses and hang in the sun. Snap it | | nothing that is worth her attention. and pull it until it is perfectly | | LT o wHEAT Befoge starting on a trip, read up dry. 2 | =-U- 7 on the places vou expect to visit When storing blankets wrap ¢ Much_information can be found in them in plenty of newspapers libraries and book store: A guide | and lay slices of yellow soap in THE BEST g book should be bought sooon_as the folds. Moths dislike soap AND the trip is decided upon, and not left and printers’ ink 2 until the last minute. To wash a flannel skirt, soak fi Simple but interesting little talks it in_cold water over night, so HEALTHIEST on travel are very popular at it will not shrink. Then wash 3 women's clubs and other places, and it in warm water and put in a FOOD MADE the traveler who feels that she would very little borax. Rinse in cold c ¢ like to make the most of her vacation water and dry in a good wind. ocers f could not do better than take notes as When almost dry, iron on the At Your Grocer 7 she goes along with a view of making ! | wrong side. ¢ them the subject of a talk later on, | if the opportunity occurs though she worked with oils and = K : brushes instead of with Nature's Keep a Diary. colors. Do vou keep a diary? If mot, it is| The flowers sketched are not only a good opportunity to begin on your | Well, arranged. but their containers vacation this Si ner, but do not be | have been chosen with perfect taste, Moot and write about your|both for their pure color and good own in it. Do not criticize |Shapes and to set off the flowers your neighbors, and, above all, your |€ffectively i relatives. Do not put in any secrets. | * The pink roses are in a low bowl Do not say too much about your love |0f old blue glass. The tall, odd vase affa and do not mention the |that contains the tiger lilies is crystal weather. A diary is not a weather |clear. The vellow daffodils hav sleek black pottery bowl | mums” a vase of cleaf green The sylvia flames in a vase of chosen a report = and the Make frequent references to great events of the day. It will help you |Slass. S ile Wider view of life, and |Silver and the dainty cosmos blooms make vour diary a useful book of |Show to advantage in their vase of reference, but that is no reason why |amber glass. 2 quite trifling matt should not be (Copyright. 1925.) recorded also. A minute "description e of the writer’s wedding dress will be Coddled Egg. of great *hildren, tear up yvour interest to her great-grand- and for this reason do not diaries when you have written them to. give vivid descriptions of beautiful things that vyou see, especially on your vacation, such inrises and sunsets, and the scene: amidst which your vacation is spent. You will enjoy reading them afterward and being reminded of the good things that have come to you. The mother of a family should put Be Sure to Kill Them All! Black Flag Gets Every Single Fly % And Mosquito>{ Brace Frag is the and liquid. Both are most thorough killer of equally effective, equally flies, mosquitoes and deadly, with these threa Toaches ever made. 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The COTY fragrances, too, are duplicated in the Poudre Compacte—and for the ex- quisite metal box, there are Refills, in all .the tones and odeurs—with a : dainty new puff. Every roach, too, dies, when you use this greatest of insect killers. IN EIGHT TRUE SHADES . | i | The world is wide 3 on every side New wonders we ean finda — And yet for ewch men space extends No farther than' hi¥ mind. e Nutrition Nuggets. Next time you feel “nervous” and 1l in” play, as the children wou'd say, you are a rabbit and eat quan- tities of lettuce. Another “nervous tonic” may be found in the homely onion. If you live in terror of ‘‘nervous prostra- tion,” see that there are plenty of onions in your diet. We hear much of ptomaine poi- soning. Literally, ptomaines are chemical bodies given off by bacteria when they are multiplied in animal matter. Ptomaines that are poison- ous come from putrefying material. Now that warm weather has com it is very important to keep all uten: sils used for food as clean as pos- sible. This means far more than washing with ordinary soap suds. Scalding is one help, but the whole question is worthy of systematic study and care. Dandelion greens very often have a good effect upon the kidneys. Both dandelions and raw cabbage contain two of the most important mineral salts, phosphorus and iron. Rhubarb is_almost the only fruit against which precautions must he observed. Its acids are very irritating and cannot be taken by any one with delicate stomach. Remember_that the food value of any foodstuffs depends not on actual composition, but on what can be as- similated. Fats form the most difficult group to digest. Starches are the most completely digested. If it is true that the army in war “marches on its stomach,” it is equally true that peace-time armies of work- ers depend on their food for success in life. (Copyright, 19" Fish Omelet. Shred fine one cooked white fish, heat it up in one tablespoonful of but- ter, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Beat up the yolks of six eggs and the whites of four. ir into this one tablespoonful of cornstarch, mix- ed with half a gill of milk or cream, season with salt, pepper and paprika, and add one tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Melt one tablespoonful of but- ter in an omelet pan, pour in the mix- ture, and set the pan in hot oven. ‘When it thickens, add the fish mixture and the whites of two eggs well beat- en, return to the oven until a deli- cate brown, turn out on to a hot dish, and serve with hot tomato sauce. Yorkshire Pudding. Flour, one-half cup; eggs, two: milk, one cup; salt, one-fourth teaspoon. Mix the flour with the salt and pour in the milk very slowly until you have a smooth paste. Beat the eggs very thoroughly and add them to the first mixture. Remove some of the beef dripping from the roast and stir this on the bread ps Pour in the batter until about one-half inch in thickness. Place in & very hot oven and bake minutes. The temperature of the oven should be diminished gradually as the baking progresses. Cut the Yorkshire pudding in squares before rving After the recige of a famous| Ready to serve. Cooked by Heinz. The dry spaghetti itself first made in the Heinz kitchens. Sauce from luscious, full-ripe tomatoes grown under Heinz Cheese and seasonings of Heinz Once you try Heinz Cooked Spaghetti you will never return to the bother of preparing dry spaghetti for your table. - When in Pittsburgh visit the Heinz kitchens WOMAN’S PAGE > IN THE GARDEN WITH BURBANK As Beported by Elizabeth Urquhart and Edited by Luther Burbank. l Human Weeds. roundings, Jack of sunshine, fresh air and ga food “In every generation there are in-[“"rell 0% L 1 ns peduire. dlviduals who fail to come up to the f a plant and why not of a standard,” said Mr. Burbank, “phys i RS 4 cal degénerates, mental deficients and St ;'"'\“"_d-‘h"ut moral delinquents. These make up & Doorly. nourished brain the soclal problem and may be com- | Eoing function proper asked are < . 7 in a | this wi: r of plants and student pared to the weeds that come up in a | 7% WA S o plantsang garden ception coming out of degraded sur. “There are two ways of dealing with | roundings?" is to eradicite them which %imply means to dig them up by their and the other is to transmute them into better forms.” “I was just recalling what you have done with some of the weeds in na- * I interjected he answered, “are onl weeds; one tendencies, desirable but just out of « turies, out of su s from the plant habits established for the child be t herited tra undir roots, ¥ new and bet- just as the » ‘wild state if nted to poor sofl, “Weeds,” wild plants out of their proper places, s and tra {so the human pla on the culti-|lower type if the become bad With same po the task substitut And,” but when they intrude vated provinces of man they weeds and must be removed “But all of our most beautiful garden plants and many of our best fruits and cereals were once wild plants which have been transformed by breeding and improved surround ings into forms of use and beauty. “So, it we regard human weeds from this point of view, the outlook is not hopeless. For just as a plant is always capable of further improve ment, has not reached the limits of its development and has within it pos- sibilitles of finer form and fragrance and color, so we may hopefully regard many human weeds s capable of improvement and development. added Bread Pudding. ad crumbs, two « “When we see how ‘a plant re Sravinen | chocolate, taC &ponds to sunshine and air and nour. | Sduares; salt, onefourth teaspoonful; ishment and see before us dull colors | sugar, two cupful lded becoming brighter and blossoms be- | milk, one quart; vanilla, one tea coming larger and more fragrant with Let the bread stand finer foliage and stronger growth, it s e i makes one realize how worth while is milk for about o the work of helping human plants to|Have ready the chocolat develop those habits and traits infpeen peited in very I which they are deficient and to break L 3 up those that harm themselves and |combine with ha others.” little of the “There is hope, then for criminals?” |.on the first one I ventured. 4 “Many men,” said Mr. Burbank, |#redients, the “are criminals not only through lack | last. 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