Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1925, Page 28

Cretonne Coats for Summer Use BY MARY MARSHALL. ‘The Summer coat i{s quite often a - difficult problem, and the way some women attempt to solve it is to have no Summer coat at all. They make | a Spring coat serve on really chilly days and go coatless when real Sum- mer weather prevails. In and about New York practically every woman | CRETONNE COAT WORN OVER CREPE DE CHINE FROCK. you meet on a warm Summer day wears some slight frock eans coat. Frocks are very scant and short, but there is usually nothing transparent about them, so most women feel suf- ficlently clad for the street without any wrap at The coat frock that has played such an important role in Summer fash- fons in Paris this year is seen here, but not so often. In this frock a woman appears to be wearing a coat with a frock beneath, whereas in reality she is doing nothing of the sort. A fold of material below the hem appears to be the frock, while a clever bit of contrasting material at the front seems to be a revelation of the frock, whereas it is simply a little gilet or jabot. Not quite an honest sort of frock, you might say, but still charming. Our Children—By Angelo Patri Bites and Things. This is the season of bites. Every- thing bites the children, from mosqui toes to jelly fish—stings are bites, for that matter. They smart and itch quite as much as bites. There is no way known to us to prevent the insect biting and sting- ing. But we can help the children by teaching them to preserve a calm at- titude of mind toward the bites and 80 keep them from troubling them too much. You will see children dancing about and ‘“ooching” and groaning and scratching and all the time saying, “Look! Just see what the mosquitoes have done to me! They're something terrible!” Teach the children that they are not to mention the bites except to you when they need attention. Teach them to ignore them. If they can keep thelr hands off the bite for 60 seconds the itching will pass. And as the at- tention has not been centered on it, the frritation will decrease quicker. But talking about them, digging them, scolding about the place that has such pests only make the whole thing worse When a child has been bitten by files or mosquitoes take It to a cool, quiet room and bathe the bites with | a solution of some sort. There are many plea and sweet smelling | things that you can dab on the bites and cause them to cease from trou- bling. At night when giving the child his bath put some bicarbonate of soda in the water and that will subdue the itching. Soda is cheap and always handy and it is effective. Keep the children away from poison tvy. You can tell what it is by its reddish-colored tips and its three leaves, one for each letter. The wood- blne that trails over the stone walls and is sometimes mistaken for it has five leaves instead of three ang does not have reddish cast to its leaves. it does not affect people. And do not let the children become sunburned. There are some misguid- ed. souls awho- believe that sunburn wifl. nét hirt-childredt dnd they afllow therg,to rum about-half mked so as{ tomget avgood cost of tan -to~take back-to “the city. Now. s burn is a *bprmand-une inflicted by~the un- is te. as—effective and far more pain- | 0l than the swittly dealt burn.of a fire. - Guart agamst it as you would agaifst -any severs | to - your child. © Sunburn’ hr fever-and-pain. It Tuins the- deli skin of a_child < 5 “PLEASANT SOAP "WASHES AWAY FRECKLES Costs Only 60c, Results Guar- anteed in a Few Days Almost any girl would. epend many dollars and ea- dure any sort of treatment to be rid of freckl, But the best and simplest way is to wash one's face with STIEFEL’S FRECKLE SOAP letting the freckles fade out while you sleep. Guaranteed sbsolutely to remove the freckles within a week—or your money back. Stlefel's” Freckle Soap is not a bleach, It s a pleas: ant, safe soap. Losing your freckles is merely n matter of applying the fresh, creamy lather and leaving it on over night, tietel's madicated s Bave been used and pre- seribed by physician for 70 yoars. Ask your own doctor. Btiefel's Prockla Sonp costs 600 at local druggists with tha money-back guarantse if yonr frecklas da not dleap. pea=. Asle nt ewsh ata: | that is fastened to his collar button FEGSLES Ma§e STORES Oddly enough when a man wears a bow tie that does not really tie but at the front, he causes a derisive chuckle—that is of course if the truth about his tie is known. Similarly amusing are the detachable shirt fronts that men have been known to wear beneath their waistcoats in lieu of the conventional shirt. Such tricks in dress as this are quite bad form when carried on by a man, but with a woman it seems to be different. In fact, any tricks of this sort are looked upon as very clever by the French dressmakers and American women as well .as French women take eagerly to them. Just at present, however, the coat frock Is not so popular here as it is in France—possibly because our Sum- mers are somewhat warmer. Amer- ican women like to have some sort of coat that they can remove during the very warm part of the day. Not for the city, but for country and sea- shore wear, nothing i{s smarter now than the new cretonne coats. They are made quite simply with straight, long lines. Sometimes women make these coats for themselves and in one community not long ago the dry goods stores were practically all out of cre- tonnes. Suddenly every woman and girl In the town became determined to make herself a cretonne coag- (Capyright, 1925.) MENT FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Melons. Oatmeal with Cream. Scrambled Eggs. Blueberry Griddle Cakes. Coftee. LUNCHEON. Tomato Salad, Mayonnaise. Crigp Rolls. Steamed Rice with Cream. Iced Tea. - DINNER. Meat Balls, Brown Gravy. Baked Potatoes, Stuffed Peppers. Peach Bread Pudding. Coftee. BERRY GRIDDLECAKES. Beat one egg with one-quar- ter teaspoon salt, add one pint milk and enough sifted flour to make a batter, then add two rounded teaspoons baking pow- der and finally stir in one cup blueberries. Bake on & soap- stone griddle and place on a hot, buttered dish with grated maple sugar between them. STEAMED RICE. One cup rice, three cups cold water, pinch salt. Cook in dou- ble boiler, stir occasionally un- til it begins to swell, then let it cook fully one hour. If too solid, add a little more water. PEACH BREAD PUDDING. Pour one pint boiling water over one pint stale bread crumbs, stir in one tablespoon butter and let stand 20 minutes, then add three well beaten eggs and one-half ¢up sugar. But- ter a baking dish, fill it with alternate layers of sweetened sliced peaches and the pre- pared bread mixture and bake one hour in a moderate oven. Serve with sweetened cream. It the children are sunburned the skin should be bathed with some healing lotion like honey and almond cream, and then they should be kept out of the sunshine until the skin is well healed. Don’t make the mistake of coating a child with cold cream and setting him on the beach to fry. I've seen that done with dire results. When you, set off to the country or shore make sure that you have a solution for bites and a lotlon for burns and poison ivv. Mr. Patrl will give personal attention to inquirfes from parents and teachers on the {ave aad dovsiopment of children. Write him in care of this paper. inclosing stamped. ad- dressed envelope for reply. (Copyright, 1925.) HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. “Jotting It Down.” This expression js commonly used | of something which is to be written, | where the implication is that it will take no time or effort, that the writ- | ing amounts to no more than a scratch or a ‘jot.” We all know that there is a type of person who, not very fond of work himself, has the habit of minimizing anything that he asks other people to do. Accordingly he might request some one to “just jot down” perhaps a dozen pages or more! That, however, would not be in keeping with the meaning or the origip of the phrase. For the origin of “jotting it down” we must turn simply to the word “jot,” derived from the Greek “Iota’ or * It means a title, the dot over the or a mark over a letter to distinguish pronunciation, and its sig nificance extends'to anything of slight value or proportions. Literally ““jot down" would mean to make a mark. And it is in the sense of making just a few marks that we today refer to writing something down as “‘jotting it down. {gopgrient. 1925,), - Y5'‘RENCH'S Cream’ Salad ~ - -L’- Mastard is to individual dishes. what sparkling con-~ versation is to a‘meal—it en- livens with distinction. - In. the.sauce,in fhe salad dress-- "~ - ing;inthesoup;in thecooked ~dishes,. French’s banishes- the commonplace and mags- nifies flavor in a way abso- lutelyirresistible tothetaste. ....Don’t order just “mus- tard” —specify French’s Cream Salad Mustard. Made only by The R. T. French Company "~ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! Color Cut-Out DICK WHITTINGTON. The Master’s Ship. Now, about this time, one of Mr. Fitzwarren's ships was being laden for a trip. As the merchant was a gen- erous man and kind to all his servants he determined that they each should have a chance to send something on his ship to trade in forelgn ports. He called all his servants together. ‘“Each one may send whatever he wishes,” he said. “So think over the list of your possessions.” Now every one of them had some- thing which he was eager to send ex- cept Dick. Poor Dick tried hard to think over his possessions as his mas- ter had bidden, but he had nothing of which to think, nothing except his cat. Color this dress of Alice’s blue, with the pleated skirt and vest yellow. (Covyright. 1925.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. . Their Own Menus. One Mother Says: I have noticed that in familles ‘where the children don’t tease for the things that grown-ups are eating, when those things happen to be for- bidden to the children, it is because those children have been trained to eat their own menus only, and not to expect that an exception will be made at any time. It is when children are allowed to have a taste of something forbidden “just this once” that disci- pline in diet is hard to maintain. (Copyright. 1925.) Spanish Water Jugs. One of the smartest flower holders for veranda or Summer living room is the Spanish water jug. This is a tall, rather narrow jug of thick pot- tery, glazed lightly on the outside and finished usually in a soft yellow. The mouth is irregular in shape—the jug is shaped by hand—and there is an irregular sort of handle half-way down the side: Another good flower holder is an Italian oil jar—equally interesting with the Spanish water jar. Of course, these cost a bit, but they are very distinctive and excellently adapted for holding long-stemmed flowers. Baked Eggs in Tomato Sauce. Make a sauce of two tablespoons of bacon fat, two tablespoons flour, pep- per, one-half teaspoon salt and one and a half cups of tomato juice. Pour into casserole. Break eggs singly on a saucer and slip carefully into hot sauce. Bike in moderate oven until esgs are set. AS your colorful summer finery 1 3 ety i laundering? Tinter will give faded silk stockings, underthings, etc., a just-like-new color. And new finery can be kept new with Tintex, too. ly put a little Tintex in the final rinsing water and “tint as you rinse.’ For lace trimmed silks —(cines the silk — lace remains white) — use Tintex in the Biue Box. Fortintinger dyeing «l/2 rials — (ail e e ol e o Tints & Dyes ANYTHING D., C, TUESDAY l DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Three Qualities to Look For in Picking a Wife— How to Tell When a Boy Cares for You—When the Man Marries “the Other Girl.” DEAR MISS DIX—First. I am 20 vears old, and have always liked girls older than I am. Why is it that I like older girls, and don't seem to get interested in the ones of my own age? Second. What kind of girl would you pick—good looks, good disposition, good family—what would you look for mostly? JIM. Answer: First. Virtually every boy begins by falling in love with a wom- an older than he is. It 18 a sort of reflex of his love for his mother. He prefers a girl that he looks up to as a little boy looks up to his mother, and who can take care of him soclally, introduce the subjects of conversation, talk to him about the things he is interested in, think of things to do. After he gets older and more mature he doesn't want to depend on a woman. He wants the woman to depend on him. He wants to be looked up to and to be wiser and have more knowledgeofthe world than the girl has. Then he is attracted by girls younger than himself, and the older he grows the | younger he likes them. Second. I certainly would not advise you to marry a girl odder than your- self. Two or three years either way make no practical difference, but 10 or 12 years is an insurmountable bar. In most cases, it is far better for the husband to be the older, because women age much faster than men do; and unless the woman is a good deal younger than her husband, she is an-old wom- an while he is still a young man. 1t T were picking out a wife, the first three things that I would consider would be good health, good, hard, practical sense and a good disposition. They are the qualities that really make or mar a marriage in either husbands or wives. Good looks are certainly most attractive in a girl, but beauty inevitably fades with time, and if you marry a girl just because she is pretty you are bound to lose out. Good family is greatly to be desired. I would marry no girl until I knew what sort of blood ran in her veins, and whether she would give my children a clean inheritance or not. 1 would not marry any girl who came of a diseased stock, nor would I marry a girl whose family tree had drunkards and thieves and jallbirds upon {t. I would pick out for a wife a girl who was strong and healthy, for she ‘would be able to do her part in the marriage partnership. I would pick out a girl who had good, sound, common sense, for she would be able to meet all the trials and tribulations of life with fortitude; and I would pick out one with a sweet and amiable disposition, because she would be so pleasant to lve with. DOROTHY DIX. P JDEAR MISS DIX—We are a group of girls about 16 vears of age living in a small town. Will you please answer these questions: First. What kind of boys should we run around with? Second. Is it improper for us to pick up boys on the street and go to places with them? Third. One of us likes a boy.,, Every one says that he likes her, but he doesn’t confirm that belief when he is with her. What can she do to find out whether he cares for her or not? Fourth. Would you advise us to become business girls if we have that ambition? M. R. V. M. Answer: First. The boys you should go with should be nice, clean, re- spectable boys, and boys that show that they have some reverence for woman- hood; boys that are trying to make something of themselves and who have some purpose in life. Don't go with boys who carry flasks on their hips, and who drink, and who ask you to drink. Don't go with boys who get fresh and try to take liber- ties with you. Don't go with boys who tell smltty stories. Don't waste your time on boys who are lazy and idle, and who are content to loaf and let their parents support them. Second. Certainly it is improper for you to make acquaintances on the street. Boys have no respect for girls that they pick up. There is always a way to be properly introduced to any boy who is fit for you to know. Third. A girl has no difficulty in telling whether a boy loves her or not. He shows it in a thousand different ways, and he is not bashful in informing her of the state of his affections. As long as a boy doesn't tell a girl he loves her she can be very sure that he doesn't, no matter what other people say on the subject. Their opinion is worthless. Fourth. I would not only advise you to study some pmfaslon or trade by which you can make a living; I would urge it upon you with all the elo- quence at my command. Every girl In the world should have some Wway of supporting herself. It is the only way she can be free and independent. To be able to stand on her own feet and buy her own pretty clothes will keep her from marrying just to get some man to stand for her shopping ticket, or because she is bored and wants something Interesting to do. The independent, self-support- ing girl can walt until Mr. Right comes along. e DOROTHY DIX. . gy EAR MISS DIX—If the man you love marries the “other girl,” then what are you going to do? This happens to be my case. ADA. Answer: The only thing you can do is to do just what we do when any other beautiful dream goes blooey, or any other thing upon which we have set our hearts fails us. Buck up and bear it with courage and fortitude. Forget it. Keep your thoughts from dwelling on your loss and don't let yourself become a victim of self-pity. . If you have money go and take a trip around the world. Go where every- thing will be so new and interesting that it will take your thoughts off your sorrow. If you are poor and have to work, thank God for it and plunge into your job with so much energy it will give you no time to dwell on your own affairs and leave you so tired that you will sleep at night through sheer exhaustion. We can cultivate forgetfulness as well as we can memery, and we can wipe off the slate if we have grit enough to do it. Console yourself with this thought, that love fsn't all of life. There are millions of things to enjoy besides that, if we will Interest ourselves in them. And often we live to thank Heaven that we escaped getting the man or woman we wanted in our youth. e DOROTHY DIX. opyright. Chase & Sanborns flavor never varies -never disappoints 1925.) Seal Brand Tea is of the same high quality een 2 o make delicioun ‘sandwiches ‘THERE’S just one reason for a sandwich—and that’s the filling. Probably you have your favor- ite fillings. Try adding chopped green olives to them. See how they bring out the flavor . . . improve it . . . give it zest and briskness . . . satisfying . . . delicious. And try some new fillings. Write for our recipe booklet, “The Life ' of the Party.” It's free. - Full of new ideas. AMERICAN IMPORTERS OF SPANISH GreeN OLives Dept. 4 200 Fifth Avenus, New York City Spanish : GREEN OLIVES PLAIN d STUFFED, 3 - JULY 14, 1925 HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. & What a difference between the dig- nified console phonograph of today and the funny little talking machine of 20 years ago with its big tinpan horn and squeaky records! : These new- instruments have a clear, soft tone, beautiful cases of walnut or mahogany, and dependable Your Bathing Suit. The bathing season every year brings a lot of comment on “the new- est styles” and “what will be worn on | the beaches.” But it is hard, indeed, to find anything in print that will help one to shop intelligently for something to wear in the water. With the increased interest in swimming among women all over the | nation, beach bathing is coming to take on more and more of the aspects no longer a huge success which won't | do duty in the water. Woman's _bathing suit, like her | business suit, tends to copy the pra tical features of what the men wear. | And this, in spite of all the talk of | immodesty, is the real reason for the permanent popularity of abbreviated costumes. The ideal swimming or bathing suit is one which will not carry a great deal of weight in the water nor be an | impediment to swimming, one that holds its shape well either wet or dry, which does not feel clammy just out of the water and which wili retain its original color. The darker colors in a bathing suit | will last longer, whatever the fabric, | than will the lighter tones. This doesn't mean that one has to ge mechanisms, and they can be pur- chased at surprisingly low prices. With the records of all the great musical achievements of the age so easily procurable, they represent a lasting investment in enjoyment and education for the,whole family. The newer machines sre equipped with record baoks and probably the best way to be sure that records will be returned to their proper places is to place on each one a small gummed label marked with the letter of the book and number of the page. MODE MINIATURES It is not to be expected in a season when “ensembling” is indeed the fa- vorite sport of fashion that such per- sonal possessions as luggage should g0 along untouched. And so porters who accompany the smartest travelers by land or sea carry in one hand a hat box that complements a suit case in the other—obviously made for each other as indicated by thelr blonde leather bindings and matching linings. It offers a pleasing pair for the eye that delights in harmony and a satis- factory selection for the purse that practices economy. ~ NARGETTE. | never f of swimming, and the bathing suit is |£ FEATURES WHEN WE GO SHOPPING 7 BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALL] blue al, maroon: or black in order to be because the dark greens, etc., are relatively fast, in £ood material, and make up into won- derfully effective combinations. The all-wool bathing suit is net the cheapest thing to buy, but it will doubtless give the best all-round est- isfactio: Wool holds color well and soggy and cold, like cotton. The best wea. a high-grade jersey because this will not pull out of shape. The cut or style to choose is a Tnatter of personal preference and the customs of the place where it is to be worn. A great many people, how- ver, fail to re that extremes in bathing suits are just as poor taste as in other things, and that they are frightfully expensive in the long run Beauregard Eggs. Boil five eggs twenty minutes. Chop whites fine, rub yolks through sieve. Scald a cup of milk. Rub one tea- spoon flour and one of butter and add ually to scalded milk. Stir until thick. Add chopped whites and salt and pepper. Have ready slices of toast and pour over this sauce, sprin kling the sifted yolks. Stand in the oven & moment and serve hot Lever Bros.Co. V' Cambridge, Mase. USY, curious little hands patting about on rugs. Sticky little hands picking up every- thing—dirt and its invisible enemies of health. And-then a happy wash-up in foaming, soothing, amazingly purifying Lifebuoy lather. Little hands made safe hands—skin as clean and fresh — and beautiful as a rose petal rinsed with dew— Rye Bread. Dissolve one-half a cake of yeast In a cupful of milk which has been scalded and cooled. To one cupful of hot water add two tablespoonfuls of lard, the same amount of molasses, one tablespoonful of sugar, two tea- spoonfuls of salt, and one cupful of flour. Pour in the yeast, beat well, and let rise until light. Add rye meal until stiff enough to knead. After kneading well, form into loaves and let rise again, then bake in a moder- protected. IFE ate oven. —when your stomach meets the sogdy rod-t” Is this you—this summer? Motoring days are red-hot days—and, conse- quently, very often Indigestion days. ‘Who can escape the lure of the red-hot stands that slap you in the face at every turn in the road? So be prepared to help your stomach bear the abuse it gets by having handy plenty of Pep-o- mint Life Savers when you take a trip.* really are a wonderful aid to tardy digestion. ¢ s . method our grandfathers used—peppermint. And now it is available in a new and really conve- nient form—Pep-o-mint Life Savers; the little candy mints with the hole. 1t sounds very simple and old-fashioned. But Pep- o-mint Life Savers really do the trick. Try them after meals when that heavy, logy feeling comes over you—or to relieve that irritating distress of indi- gestion. Pep-o-mint is displayed at all good stores so you may help yourself; also Wint-o-green, Cinn-o- mon, Lic-o-rice, Cl-o-ve and Vi-o-let. Five cents a package.—Life Savers, Inc., Port Chester, N. Y.