Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1925, Page 26

FEATURES. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESD JULY 17, 1925, WOMAN’S PAGE Cool Games Adapted to Hot Days BY LYDIA LE B. Hot weather Is not easy to bear and at the same time remain in good temper. The combination of | torrid heat and fretting voungsters is | a double strain on some parents for which they feel little prepared. The | for children | pois> which they wish to maintain before their children is threatened if not destroyved and the situation be comes more tense and trying if some. (MAR Y WAL KE R IN HOT DAYS, THE TIMES BECOME AND PASTING PICTURES IN SCRAPBOCKS IS ONE OF SEV- ERAL FAVORITE _OCCUPA TIONS FOR LITTLE FOLK. QUIET PAS- THE THING thing is not done to “keep cool” under | the stress of hot days Indeed, keeping cool in one's disposi tion is a g1 t help to keeping cool in one’s body, so that any measures which promote the former are quite PERSONAL BY WILLIAM This Humidity. It is the humidity that hurts, rather than the heat or the cold. The comparatively large amount of molst- ure in the air makes trcpical heat hard to endure because evaporation of sweat from the body surface is diminished when the atmosphere is already nearly saturated with water vapor. The only function of sweat is practically the cooling of the body. The comparative dryness of the alr in elevated places makes extremely | low Winter temperatures endurable | because the heat of the body is not €0 readily given off Ly conduction as it is where there is more water vapor in the air. Excessive moisture, there- fore, makes hot alr feel hotter and cold’air feel colder, the first because | evaporation of the sweat is hindered. and the second because the moisture favors conduction there is high humidity in warm weather the dissipation of heat through evaporation of sweat is les. sened, and this is compensated by a greater flow of blood to the skin sur face, which elevates the surface tem. perature and facilitates disstpation of heat of the body y radiation, con- duction and convection. Probably this surface suffusfon incident to high hu- midity is the chief reason for the dis- comfort we feel from humidity. Humidity has much to do with our comfort, in any weather or any cli- mate. But neither humidity nor temperature nor both of these fac- tors determine comfort, for another factor is quite as Important as hu- midity and temperature, and that is | the motion of the air. An instrument ealled the kata-thermometer measures all three factors. This s for scientific studies and it requires expert techni- cal knowlege to use the instrument. | An ingenious and practical application | of the same principle is cailed the | gargoyle air tester, and may be used | Some General Rules. The first thing to consider in beau- #Hfying oneself is the weakest point to be attacked and made over. If 1t happens to be hair or complexion | in your case, concentrate upon scalp | treatment or skin treatment, but dfl‘ not neglect other treatments as well. | In the space of 15 minutes a day you can get in enough physical exercise to keep your body healthy and have time to look after your halr, com- plexion and finger nails as well. Fif- teen minutes a day is not much to spend on beautifying vourself. Remember that the strictest clean- | liness is necessary, internal and ex- | ternal. Never let day go by with- | out having filled yvour lungs a dozen | times to their utmost capacity with | fresh air; without having done a waist-bending and an arm-develop- ing exercise a dozen times to keep the figure trim; without having removed all dirt, powder or make-up from your face before going to bed, and without having given the scalp a quick, stimulating massage. These directions may sound dull, and car- rving them out may seem duller, but remember that these are first-finger exercises in beauty, and first-finger exercises, though valuable, are al- ways a hore. Take a daily hot or warm bath, a generous, soapy one. This reacts on health and on your beauty, for if the pores all over the body are free to function there is less danger that those on the face will clog and Be- come blackheads. If you can man- age a cold rinse after the bath, do 8o. You must have a generous supply of cold cream or some oily cleansing material. Beauty does not lie in the cold cream jar—don't think that—but 5 cleanliness not even soap and water can achieve does. If our puritanical friends would only realize this, they would cease calling the use of cold | cream a silly beauty fad. This 8 my formula for cold cream; you could not buy a better one, and ARON WALKER. out pictures. In addition to keep ing little hands busy, It cannot but make them develop some small | amount of discretion in the combina- tion of colors and forms which they | choose. It will give them a sense of pride in their “work” to rpake them feel that it is also for some one | else’s enjoyment It may surprise | HEALTH SERVICE BRADY, M. D. | thermometer. | found BEAUTY CHATS worthwhile. There are a few that are simple and effective things ‘“‘which any child can do.” Avoid Su nuous Days. Romping play i= a thing 1o be avoid ed when the thermometer registers | high. The quiel pastimes then become | the thing. They must be, however, those which are of sufficient interest to the chld to hold his or her atten. tion. The making of scrapbooks for sick veople to enjoy may prove a source of entertainment and pleasure (o _the| children from a twofold cause. Most | ittle folk enjoy selecting and cutting | vou to find what littie philanthropists children are Neatness and acciuracy are things to be sought. but even if they are not gained, and the books are not considered fit 1o send to any hos pital, the task will have been worth the effort if the children have been kept quietly amused The books, however, would have to be very poor indeed not to be wel comed ‘at same one of those institu-| tions which send out pleas for any sort of pictures and picture post cards | which are lable. Some of the readers of artment m re call that an attempt to supply this need met with an overwhelming re sponse. This was called “happiness work.” It was interesting to find that the old post cards and colored pictures which are a drug on the mar ket in so many households, were so much in demand elses here. Homonyms. Another good occupation for hot days and one which it will surprise you to know that children even as young as 5 yvears of age have enjoyed playing is a game which sounds very erudite and grown up. It is called “Hom. onyms.” In case you do not know what a homonym 1s, let me #ntighten you as to its nature. A homoism is a word capable of having two or more meanings. Such a one is “bear " One of the children, perhaps following a suggestion from an older person, selects a word and, without using the word itself, has to answer questions about it, asked by other members of the youthful company. Any one of its meanings can be referred to in the answer. For instance, it might be re- ferred to as “bare” in angwer to the question “What kind of clothes does | it wear?” The answer in that case would be “Nothing." Another question might be “How does it move?” Answer—""Sometimes sometimes on four."” Perhaps mother can throw in a sug- gestion in some such way as this:| “0ld Mother Hubbard went to the fair When she came back her cupboard was- o Here a lot of little voices will prob. ably pipe up “Bare.” and general sense of discovery will be enjoyed These pastimes suggested here have other virtures, perhaps, besides, those of mere amusement, and yet It is be cause of that primarily that they are rcommended on two legs, i | | { | by anybody to determine whether the temperature humidity air motion con- ditions are within the comfort zone. White clothing is really cooler than | dark clothing, because the white re. | flects the sunlight and the dark color absorbs some of the sunlight and con verts light rays into heat rays. So white Summer attire not only looks cool, but is cool. This has been scien- tifically proved by means of the kata 1t does not follow that black clothing is warmer in Winter than light-colored clothing, for the amount of sunlight is insufficient in Winter to make an appreciable dif: ference. Relatively dry air, warm or cold, north or south, high or low, iridoors or outdoors, is rather bracing or stimu lating, while relatively moist air is depressing or sedative. There is a neutral zone around 64 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit in which hu midity has little effect one way or the other. and this zone is most frequently in Spring or Autumn in the temperate zone, naturally. Artificially, the neutral zone is rarely achieved because it is difficult to heat Winter air or cold Summer air without great- ly altering its humidity. The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is called the absolute hu- The ratio of the absolute hu- to the amount the atmosphere could hold at the temperature in ques- tion, if completely saturated, is called the relative humidity. Complete satu. ration 18 100 per cent relative humid- ity. Although no practical conclusions can be drawn from measurement of humidity alone (temperature and air motion being equally important fac- tors), the average humidity in Eng- land is 75 per cent; in Denver, 42 per cent; in Los Angeles, 66.6 per cent. In Egypt, relative humidity decreases from 100 per cent at dawn to 22 per cent at midday. BY EDNA KENT FORBES. the cost—if you make it—is a quarter of what it would be in a shop. If you cannot afford even this, use olive oil, white mineral oil, or lard. These are all cleasing lotions, and olive oil is slightly flesh-building. A cream s always pleasanter to use, however: White wax, 1 ounce; spermaceti, 1 ounce; white mineral oil, 5 ounces; rose water, 1% ounces; borax, 30 grains; perfumed oil, 15 drops. This is a cleanser. If you want a flesh-building massage cream, use all olive or almond oil, or half one and half mineral oil, in place of the five ounces of mineral oil You can't go wrong in making up this cream, if you are careful not to get your ingredients too hot. Melt the wax and spermaceti in the oils just long enough to allow them to blend, heat the other things lukewarm, take pans from the fire, mix slowly to. gether, beat as it cools until the mix- ture is ready to congeal, pour into Jars, and that's all there is to it. I love to hear the wind blow by With sounds that rise and fall and die, And then the rain | rush down the street Upol\ its million ick gre: LYo - Color Cut-Out DICK WHITTINGTON. city townspeoy called Off for London. Dick had often heard of a wonderful ple in London. The ignor: ant the village where he lived thought of London as a paradise on earth. and beautiful it They wa told Dick how and how all streets were paved with gold. “If 1 could only get to London and chip off a little bit of the pavement,” thought Dick, T shor want for food again. when Dick was out playing One dajy in of hides London. the street a man with a drove by When_ Di cart on his way ick heard that rich the Id never have to full to he was bound for London he begged to be allowed to walk along by his side This is the poor. ragged coat that Dick wore to Lond: on. Color it t with stockings and cap brown. (Copyright. 1925.) an, MODE MINIATURES "ashionable hands go simply gloved in suede. plain pul doeskin l-on, and or chamois for the short butt the on style, with one or two little aristocratic button holes are e xploited by women for town travel or sports Because they are so very plain, sewed smart ach ltiny stitch has been carefully caleu lated and meticulously and every selected skin is soft and pliant The shades resemble delicate face powder tints. Impractical, you are thinking. No—for all are satisfac torily washed, and therefore the choice of the most experienced travelers MARGETTE. BY MARY BLAKE. Cancer. Tomorrow’s planetary aspects are negative, rather than positive. While | they of an of any T do not radical or drastic What Tomorrow Means to You encourage the launching ; new enterprises or the making changes, they do portend a great deal of satis. faction with the progress made tasks already initiated. It is not in an auspicious occasion for the making of important resolutions, or for the exe- cution of contracts or agreements of significance. tious for the prosecution, energy, of the task in hand. evening there will exhilarating vibrations that will bring about a happy, self-satisfied condition, and any social el prove successful. While children born tomorrow, gardless of sex, are destined to pos- sess similar temperaments and char- acteristics, ferent physical boy will, It is, they will enjoy conditions. during _early childhood, be subject however, th In be sensed so ntertainment very days of to many propi- all the me will re- dif- While a his ail ments of a more or less grave char- acter, a girl will have exceptionally good he_lth and’be robust and strong. The signs denote that they will both attain physical acter and disposition they times bright, riable at carefree; troubled. but their nos In will be happy rmalcy. char- va- and at other times, without any apparent cause, smorose, unhappy and They exces will be persevering, ive introspection will often rob their efforts of the success thev would ordinarily secure. They will e very jealous, and this pro. nounced tendency is llable to make them morbid an8 cause a feeling of being “hard-done-by.” , If tomo; rrow is our birthday alertness and activity are y the our won der and sometimes the despair of all friends and intimates. A naturally nervous condition keeps you continu ally on satisfied soclated the go, to be content. “rest ol Those with you and you are ne n vour oars’ most directly call is fore you fidgety Your nimbleness of mind asserting itself, and you adapt ver and as. ver your- self very easily to a change of cir cumstances or conditions. other wo rds, a mental acrobat, You are . in and an opportunist in every sense of the word. You are a shrewd schemer and clever manipulator. and if ma- terial success Is not already your portion it is because of the fact that ~ou are unable, at times. to moderate your shrewdness or check your manipulations. In ot words, you overreach yourself. Art and music make a strong appeal to your temperament, and you might tecome proficient conservatively her in the latter fieid if you could make up yvour mind to develop sess. Well date are: David Turple, politician; Lanman, Moody, educator; the latent talent you pos- known persons born on this Maria White Lowell, poet; orientalis Charles st: William R. V. John D. Rockefel- ler. capitalist: Frank B. Brandegee, Senator. (Copyright. Mashed 1925.) Stiuuh. Wash, cut off the stem and blossom ends, steam till pepper and butter, and mash. pare, tender. cut in pieces, and boil or Season with salt, A il celery may be used if liked. ttle i | | | the dragon of poverty that DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Unappreciated Husband Whose Wife Has the Movie Complex—Does a Girl of 17 Know Her Heart Well Enough to Marry? AR MISS DIX: Iam a young man. Three years ago I married a girl of 17, who was very poor. She was working in a store and trying to support herself and two younger sistess on $156 a week. I shouldered all of her responsibilities, took her sisters to live with us, have educated them, and have indulged my wife in every possible way. But no matter what I give her, I cannot satisfy her. She is cold and indifferent to me, gets the blues and won't speak to me for n week at a time. She is very pretty, and feels that she should be in the movies I adore my wife, and the way she treats me breaks my heart. What can I do? LONESOME. Answer: 1 am afraid your case is a very desperate one. Evidently your wife is one of the selfish, self-centered women, without appreciation, or gratitude, who care only for themselves, and against their hard hearts a man’s love and tenderness beat as vainly as a Summer sea on a granite rock One would think, under the circumstances, that your wife would look upon you as a knight errant who had rescued her and her little sisters from was about to devour them, and that you would shine a very hero in her eyes. On the contrary, she sees you only as an ordinary business man, and she has already forgotten how hungry she | used to be. Hard. cold. selfish to the bone, self-centered. never doing anything for any one else—never appreciating what Is done for them—their only redeeming quality a pretty face—there are plenty of such women. And the thing that other women never undersiand is why men love this type of woman so often, and break their hearts over her. s She isn't worth it. She isn’t worth a man’s working himself to death to provide luxuries. because she will never even say “thank you™ for them. And she will never be satisfied no matter what a man gives her, for she is like the daughters of the horse leech, always crying “more, more.” There ix only the woman who has the movie complex, and belleves that she could back Mary Pickford and Norma Talmadge off the screen. Let her go and try it. Buy her a ticket to Hollywood, but tell her when she gets there she will have to shift for herself. There will be no more money from home. For the delusion that you have a face that screens well there is no other cure equal to washing dishes in a cafeteria If 1 had a discontented, sulky wife. who thought herself a wasted beauty I would much rather she would be glooming around Hollywood than depress: fng my home with her blues DOROTHY DIX. one cure for who . .. AR MISS DIX: Do you think a girl 17 knows her own heart enough to marry? Is her affection temporary or permanent? Is her intelligence sufficiently advanced to enable her to make a choice of a husband? Please answer this with all the knowledge you have on the subject TWO BOYS Answer: A pound of experience is worth a ton of theory on any subject. and T feel that I have some very definite information on this subject gleaned from innumerable women who have married at 17, and who have repented in bitterness and tears, During the vear I get thousands of letters from women who at 17, and who write me that at 25 they are miserable because they outgrown this calf love and find themselves tied to men to whom they are Indifferent, or whom they hate. married Often they have found the men who are their real mates, the men whom they would have chosen for husbands if they had waited until they were grown and mature. Often they have degenerated into peevish, discontented fretful women who are bored with life because they have missed their play- time, and who resent the burden of taking care of husband and children No girl of 17 knows her own heart. She is a child, with a child’s fickle fancy that is fired by the newest plaything. Her affection is temporarge Ehe is crazy about one boy one week, and wild about another one the next week. Her taste changes continually. She forgets the boy that she thought she loved with an undying passion the minute a better-looking chap with a newer dance step comes along, or one with a slicker line of jolly No girl of 17 has a sufficiently developed intelligence to fit her to pick out a husband. Ihe law doesn’t permit her to make any binding contract at that age. She has to get her parents’ consent. and it is a shame that any father and mother will be a part to a silly little girl jeopardizing her whole life’s happiness by marrying at 17. For a girl of 17 doesn’'t choose her husband because of his fine moral character, or his intelligence, nor does she even consider his ability to support her. She marries him because she likes the way the hair grows on his fore. v dancer DOROTHY DIX head, or because he is such a peach DP;AR MISS DIX: Why is it that people don’'t notice the quiet girl? There are many girls who would give anything to have a good time, but who are forced to be alone because apparently there are no boys of today who like a girl who isn't wild. I know a girl who spends all of her time outside of working hours at home. She is very pretty and attractive, and if she were willing to g0 on booze parties and petting parties she would have beaux galore. But because she likes only clean amusement and men who treat her with respect she is left alone There are many girls like that in every community. and there must be at least a few boys who would appreciate old-fashioned girls. Is there no way in which these quiet boys and girls could come together and have good times, too? R T Answer: The most difficult problem in the world is how to get the right people together, and no way has yet been found to solve it. 1 get innumerable letters from girls who complain that they sit at home and twiddle. their thumbs of evenings, or go by themselves to the movies, or paper the walls at dances because there are no boys apparently who crave the soclety of modest voung women. And I get just as many letters from young men saying that the reason they don't mar can't find any modest violets like mother was. But I have no possible way by which to bring these two together. would 1 dare undertake such a responsibility Tt has always seemed to me that this is a work that the church should take up, and that it could make a sort of clearing house for the lonesome, in the big cities especially, where young men and women could go to meet those of their kind who had been investigated and tagged O. K. and safe to know DOROTHY DIX Nor (Copyright, 1925.1 IN THE GARDEN WITH BURBANK As Reported by Elizabeth Urquhart and Edited by Luther Burbank. ing not to care to mix the nectar of the flowers, and in this way pollen is seldom given to the wrong flowers and even If it were, it would not be accepted Hand pollenization, how Constructing New Fruits. ‘It would be interesting to know how you begin. Mr. Burbank. when you are creating a new type of fruit or flower,” I said. ever, is generally necessary in nearly “In the case of the cherry. 1|al) new experiments. realized that there was abundant| “The bees are useful and highly room for improvement, and that early cherries were particularly desirable, as a difference of one or two weeks valued orchard helpers and without them we should have few cherries, plums or apples and very few flower in the time of marketing would very |seed. They work on-a large scale greatly increase the value of the|and the results of their work is product.” wholly indispensable.” “But I realized at the same time that it was not only necessary for the cherry to ripen earlier, but it must have certain other qualities, such as large size, good color and for careful selections to be made and have short stems and yet not short enough to crowd them, and that the skins be firm and compact enough to stand shipping to distant points. “In addition to all of these traits, the tree producing the ideal cherry (Copyright. 1925.) Huckleberry Cake. Hot huckleberry cake is one of the good things of the month. To make, rub together one quart of flour, three tablespoonfuls of butter and two thirds of a teaspoonful of salt. Beat three eggs well together, add a cupful of milk and stir into the dry mixture, adding more milk if needed to make a must be unusually resistant to dis- s very thick drop batter. Stir in one fhue, ineoui gl e (:,’éfn_},’; pint of huckleberries, which have been g g picked over, washed and well drained. Ic 2 _|Lastly. add three teaspoonfuls of By sound dis-| oking powder and pour into a shal- “No. they were not discouraging, |10W. well buttered pan. Bake in a quick oven. Split, butter and serve but there became an ideal or mental | Ik OVER, ERUL BILCE picture of the object I was working for, and they were constantly borne Scalloped Squash. in mind. “The first step was to select the factors, one of which was a large Pare squash and remove seeds, then boil or steam until tender. Drain and put in a baking dish, cover with cream sauce, sprinkle crumbs over the top and bake. The cream sauce may be made with little or no milk, using the liquid from the squash, thickened with flour and butter. A few pieces of cooked tomato lend flavor to this dish. and beautiful cherry, but lacking in fiavor, and the other, which, aithough small, was fairly early and sweet. “Not only one of these types was taken, but a number of them and when in blossom they were pollinated by hand. About 500 crosses were made, each bearing its own tag re- cording its history. “These first generstion cherries were apparently all of somewhat similar appearance and flavor, but within each seed was a record of the crossing. Results thus were obtained in one generation that Nature would perhaps have accomplished only in a thousand years. JUST close the doors “So the seeds, with their new and windows. Spray heredities, were ulnve(ded a?d planted IMPROVED DETHOL d then transplan n_nursery 3 Pt A Tows for one. season. 1t allowed to till the air is misty. Wait grow in the usual manner these a few minutes. Then seedlings would produce seed at the end of five to seven vears or more, but as time is precious, a short cut was taken by grafting into older trees when the seedlings were about six or eight inches high, and it so happened that the 500 seedlings were grafted on one tree. The following year some of the grafts bore cherries, but several years more were required and the process begun all over again, the new varieties more fully tested. “First came selection and out of the 500 one or perhaps more among them which came nearest to the ideal were saved. The rest were destroyed and the process begun all over again, crossing, grafting and selecting until the perfect product was developed. “Do the bees mix up varieties of fruit?” 1 asked. “They make no distinctions be- tween varieties, but they usually select trees of a single species and remain with it during the day. They do not ordinarily pass from cherry blossoms to plum or almond, seem- sweep out the dead flies. Every last one. Made by a wonderful new secret formula, IMPROVED DETHOL is the surest fly-killer ever shot from a sprayer. You need IMPROVED DETHOL. Get it today. Simple — Safe—Sure. opraysr, $1.00. have | . Adeath mist for FLIES! sprayi) ) I l 1f ot satisfied with Improved Dethol 3 back. Half-pints, S0c; Pini Bililons, 3000 Combination package con Dethol Maaufacturis Most of us know cretonne when we see it and yet few could give a very good definition of it or a clear ac counting for the word. Interestingly enough it was originally a white ma- terfal—and now the most important thing about cretonne is the figure. Moreover, it was made very strong by Pop was smoking to himself with his feet up, and I sed, Hay pop, theres a Kut Up Komedy erround at the | Little Grand tomorrow afternoon and Puds Simkins and Leroy Shooster are = each both going and they wunt to T8 know if I can go with them. 2 Well how does that intrist me? pop sed Well, they both each have a dime to go. and I havent, I sed. Dident I let you go to the movies vestidday on the provision that you wouldent ask me agen once more this week, or I did I dreem it? pop sed. I dident ask you to leeve me go. pop, 1 jest mentioned that Puds and Leroy was wondering if I could, I sed, and pop sed, O, that different, Im allways intristed to know wat your little friends are wondering. And he went out iwth ma. more be- cause they had a ingagement than be cause he wunted to, and I started to look over the books in the bookcase and I saw one called The Reddy Letter Writer, Volume' 4, Bizniss Letters. Giving me a ideer, and 1 thawt, G, 1l rite pop a bizniss letter and see it it does eny good Wich I did, copying parts of it out { of the book, the letter being, Deer Pop, deer sir. In regard to your letter of recent date would say that I have given the matter my ernest attention and am pleased to be able to state that in regard to the matter it gives me grate plezzure to inform you that if you will be so kind as to decide to change your mind in the above mat ter you can leeve a dime under m: plate wen you go out tomorrow mor; Ing in the corse of bizniss, and if so bleeve me yours truly very gratefilly your loving son Benny Potts And I put the letter in a envelope and let in on pops pillo, and this morn ing wen I herd pop go out the ferst thing 1 did was sneek down stairs in my pidjammers and look under my plate to see if he had did it Wich he had. || HOME By JENNY NOTES WREN Serviceable Cretonne Negliges BY MARY MARSHALL. CRETONNE NEGLIGE IN YEL LOW, GREEN AND PINK, BOUND WITH SOLID COLOR The has brought to light many old designs. present-day yogue for chintz interetsing The motif sketched dates back to the period of Queen Anne|means of a hempen warp and a linen (1702-1714), and, like most of its Kind, | weft plainly shows its derivation from the! But that was some time ago. Then bold floral designs of the famous|for a long time the important thing to remember about cretonne was that it was an upholstery material, used for curtains, chair covers, etc. Now an effort seems on foot to devise as many ways to use cretonne for other purposes possible. There are cre- tonne hats, cretonne purses, cretonne BY Slip Covers—And Why. It is not very hard to wmderstand the increasing popularity of slip covers for furniture. They have ceased to be just a_protection from the sun and dirt which comes in at the open win dows in the Summertime, and are coming to have a very important part in the decorative scheme of the vari ous rooms. The old idea of the slip cover was a somber design of bed-ticking strip with every piece in the room done in the same material. It was suggestive of nothing quite so much as a store. room, and, carrying out the idea of protecting the furniture, no one ever crewel embroideries of Jacobean Eng- land. The colorings are mauve. pale red, old vellow, and a clear, soft green on a cream background. It is not hard to imagine this chintz at the windows of | a bedroom furnished with graceful | walnut furniture of the Queen Anne draped ix plain mauve chintz. This chintz design is procurable to- | day in wallpaper as well as in both | plain and glazed fabrics. MOTHERS ' AND THEIR CHILDREN. before. They not only more informal but they add cheerful ness, and, of course, they completely rejuvenate the pieces that are shabb; and old. Ask a dozen housewives why they use slip covers on their furniture, and the chances are that the reason given as most important will vary between four or five different services. Econ omy is an important aspect. It cer tainly does increase the wear to be had from upholstered furniture to have it covered through several months of each vear, and keeping the sunlight away not only preserves the A Kitchen Convenience. {color of the fabrics, but the joints and the very wood in the furniture itself, Not enough has been said about the sanitary features of slip covers. Plain ‘weave cloths certainly harbor less dust HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. The “Jew’s Harp.” There is some difference of opinion regarding the origin of the name of One Mother Says: I have an ordinary piece of window glass cut to cover a cheap kitchen ta- ble. Under the glass I have the cur- rent month'’s calendar, cooking recipes and formulas I frequently use, and any other item I wish to consult for my work. The glass is so easily kept clean. the little instrument that larly called the “‘Jew’s harp. It has been claimed that in the use of the word “Jew” there is no reference to the Jewish race, the erm being a corruption of the French ‘Jeu,” meaning “pla: s it has been called “jeu-harpe” or ‘jeu-trompe,” signifying “top harp.’ . On the other hand we h insistence that “Jew’'s harp' allusion to the use of the harp the Israelites, as “David's harp. The musical skill of the biblical character, David, and the fact that it was large. ly by his achievements in minstrelsy that he attained his favor with King Saul, are matters of history. So it is easily conceivable how the lyre- shaped little instrument, which i popu- the in - is Raspberry Cream. Soak one-half a box of gelatin in one-half of cold water and when soft add one-half a cupful of boiling water in which has been dissolved one cup- ful of sugar. Strain, add one pint of raspberry juice and set in a cool place or on ice until the mixture begins to thicken. Beat slowly with an egg beater until frothy ad quite thick, and stir in carefull? one pint of cream whipped to a_ solid froth. Turn Into wet molds and set away until firm. held between the teeth for breath to be blown into it, should have been termed “Jew's harp.” people drink (Chase & Seal Brand Tea is of the same high quality faver us by sking foe Co., Inc,, "tl-nl, L3 among | WHEN WE GO SHOPPING RS. I}ARI..\,\'I) H. ALLEN. | everything which period. The walls might be painted | felt like really living in the room after | pale apple green, with ivory wood. |these covers were put on. work; the dressing table and bed| Today slip covers make the average room actually more livable than it was | make the place | mistake if she did it herself. | | tonne negliges. | and is then a very matter-of. scarfs, cretonne house slippers, cre- tonne frocks, cretonne coats and cre. Cretonne is even to be bought at the dress goods counters in some of the shops. But very often it is better to go in quest of you cretonnes for wardrobe purposes right in the upholstery departments. It there that you find the large, vivid designs that are so effective in coat frock or neglige. ‘There are upholstery cretonnes and printed linen which give the same effect—that are said to be washproof and sunproof. he price is a little higher than for ordinary cretonne, but it seems well worth it A cretonne neglige is an excellent addition to your wardrobe. It may be made in regulation bathrobe style- act gar- ment well suited to take the place of the mannish flannel or terry-cloth bathrobe that is too heavy to be com fortable this time of year. If you like. however, you may have your cretonne neglige made without sleeves. It is simply made and is a good, service able neglige to stick in vour bag or box for short trips this Summer. The sketch shows an attractive mode made of a largefigured cretonne in yellow, green and pink, and bound around the ends with solid color to match the yellow. (Copyright. 18 My Neighbor Says: To prevent juice running from ples, make paste of flour and water, and, after putting the bottom pie crust on the plate, spread the paste around the edge of it. The top crust will stick to this and the julce will not run Old catalogues are useful to wipe one’s irons on hen a leaf gets soiled or scorched, tear it off and you will have a nice clean one, Pineapple should be prepared some hours before the meal if it is to be served as a dessert and plenty of the rich juice is desired. Slice into strips, cover each slice with finely sifted sugar, place in a glass jar or any tightly covered receptacle and let it stand in the icebox for a few hours Scrubbing brushes should be well rinsed after they are used and then turned on their sides to dry If you wish to economize in sugar when preparing rhubarb sauce add a pinch of soda to it while cooking and only o half the usual amount of st will be needed, When washing lace curtains, if no curtain stretcher is avail- able, hang them while wet on curtain rods, pin to the casing under the window sill and in the cracks on the sides of the window and they dry per fectl ar will and germs than the deep if the covers are with a slick surface, like that virtue is r pronou Another point of ecc the increased length of usefulness given to old pieces which are not worth upholstering, or for sentimental reasons it is desired to keep them their original materials. Choosing mater: for slip covers becomes a problem of getting that which will give the effect desired. with £ood wearing qualities and somet sonably fast to sunlight. Alm sold in the goods department has been chintz. gingham, taffeta. linen. calic and toweling among the most populaz A woman's idea of wrong is some thing 2 man does that would be a tried it? It's the original silk dye that dyesonlysilk and leaves lace trim- mings snowy white. 18 alluring colors. Won't stain hands or basin. Simple to use. played with the finger, though it is| who know coffee