Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1925, Page 11

"WOMAN’S PAGE.” Sea Shells On Her Bonnet BY MARY MARSHALL. T is well to remember t our primitive forefathers and fore- mothers wore clothes for adorn- ment long before they wore them for warmth or modesty. Anthro. pologists seem to be quite settled in this regard. So, historically speak- AND HIMG THIS HAT ing, the trimming of our hats is more important than the hat itself, and we have excellent precedent when we < fi f the becom- ingness and d iveness of a hat BEDTIME STORIES Why Grubby Gopher Isn't Loved. To have no frien 1s ead. Indeed, But is the p t ad 1o for 5 her Nature. “Gr said Digger the Bad, nest disposition of any one of my acquaintance. I suppose you know what a mean dis- position P r, but really ko looked a little doubtful. “Yes, in- HE LOVES TO LIVE DOES GRUBBY. ALONE, deed, I know what a mean disposi- tion is.” “Well, what is it?" demanded Dig- ger. ‘Tt's—it's—being cross,” said Peter. n being cross,” re- It's being mean and cross all the time. I've seen « bby Gop r a great many times, but never have I seen him pleasant. Why that fellow would quarrel with hit he could. I have quite & temper of my own, Peter Rabbit, but 't any meanness with it. At don’t thin there i But c Gopher is just spofling for a 1 the time. “You wouldn't like bby. No, sir, you wouldn't like Grubby. And what is more, he wouldn’t care whether you liked him or not. He hasn’t any friends. At least if he has any I don't know who they are. REverybody hates him out there! and the worst of it is he doesn't seem to care. My, that fel- low ce can_ spoil the looks of a piece and about as quickly as v one I know of. I guessit is a od thing that he rarely comes out at night. Then footy the O always ‘'watching for him. Ho is one of Grubby's worst enemi .. dox ty he do with all that he pockets?” asked Peter. it home and stores it ger. p all Winter?” Peter Digger; “no, he goes just the same, only the snow. He's a ‘Il have to say that if you should meet him he would show you looking teeth as you have seen in a long time, and I am SILK | appear SMALL | and second of its serviceability. Milliners—at least some of them— lament the fact that so few trimmings re used on hats at the present time. They sigh sadly when they are forced to agree that a very large mafjority of the hats worn by the smartest women in Paris are trimmed with nothing more than a wisp of ribbon, a jeweled pin or a soupcon of the felt of which the hat is made. It would be more profitable if hats car- ried more trimming. However, there are exceptions to this rule. Not infrequently the trimming is painted on the hat, and sometimes this bit of coloring is signed like any other work pf art »metimes the flowers and other decorations are embroldered on the hat. Instead of flowers, the decorations may take the form of some animal or other, as a chicken, a duck or a cat, or even a snail, which seems to have been favored quite a little by Paris mil- this Spring. little jeweled or enamel orna- ments that sometimes form the only trimming on felt or straw hats are often quite amusing, frequently something that carries a me: luck with it being chos: tika or fourleaf clover. Kr s comes a small-brimmed shape of pedal straw with a wide grosgrain ribbon round the crown on which a series of bunnies sitting erect, made of pasted silver and pink feathers. Sometimes one has to take a close look to see just what the trimming really is. You surely wouldn't know at first sight that the ornaments on the little felt hat in the sketch were tiny sea shells, cleverly dyed. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS quite sure you wouldn't want to have anything more to do with him. Far- mers out there don’t like Grubby at all.. He eats their grain, and cuts the tender young roots of their trees, and takes their potatoes, and just doesn't _care how much damage he does. You know I told you he has a mean disposition.” ‘“Has he got a long tail?” asked Peter. Peter is always interested in tails. You know what a funny little apology for a tail he has. It's just life mother’s powder puff. *His tail isn't very big," replied Digger, “but it's very handy. He uses it much as Miner the Mole uses his. They both have to go backward in their tunnels sometimes, and those | tails, which are almost naked, feel the 'way for them. Yes, indeed, Grubby’s tail is v y. He likes | to live alone, does Grubby. Yes, sir, that fellow likes to live alone. I guess it is just as well, because vou know people with mean dispositions are hard to get along with. He| doesn't show himself any oftener than he has to, and that is very sel- dom. But I will say one thing for | him, and that is he is clean. Yes, sir, he's cleaner than a good many people I know. He keeps his burrow clean, and he always airs it out. So even if he does have a mean disposition and Is ugly to look at and nobody has a good word for him, he really has at least one good point. 1 mnever bothered Grubby much. Give me Seek Seek the Ground Squirrel every | time in preference to Grubby Gopher. MODE MINIATURES Ever since fair women have existed they have sought protection from the ravages of Summer suns. Ofttimes it was a sheltering wide-brimmed hat then iagain & fplotumssqus, colorful s Summer, judging from the | myriad bright dots that fleck the land- | pe, popular opinion has decided in favor of Japanese sunshades. gay with flowers, birds and butterflies.” The huge ones are suited to a sandy strip of beach, the average for use in town. Made of a heavy, waterproof | oiled paper, they can be called into | practical service against shower as well as sun. NARGETT THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1925. Color Cut-Out DICK WHITTINGTON. Read today's cl “Dick Whittin His Children who cut the pictures every day will soon have a complete set of paper dolls with which to act out the story. Meanwhile the master’s ship had arrived in Barbary. The captain went immediately to the King of the Moors to bargain with him over his cargo. When he arrived the King and queen were at their dinner. Now, it so hap pened that at that time there was terrible plaj of rats and mice i the land. No sooner had the dinn been set before the king and queen than hundreds of vermin pounced upon the table and ate up all the food. They came in such numbers that no one could do anything to drive them av (This is the King of the Moors Color his robes purple, with purple hose and black boots.) and MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKF. Chilled canta real with cre sh on ee. LUNCHEON. Shrimp salad. Parker House rolls. Stewed prunes with lemon. Tea. ST. pe. m toast, haddie. 1 med carrots. Tomato salad. Cottage pudd aspberry sauce CREAN Wash pound picked apart) in cold drain_off. Put fish with 1 pint cold water, it comes to a hoil pour off the water and add 1 pint mil boil for a couple of minutes, t add thickening made of spoons flour and a little c and stir well to prevent After it is well thickened, from the fire, add 2 eggs beaten and stir slow e 1 large tablespoon butter. on toast. STEWED_ PRU LEMO. Select choice prunes and, after washing through several waters let them stand overnight in enough water to cover them. In the morn- ing pour off this water and again cover the prunes. Add a piece of lemon peel and allow the prunes to simmer very gently till der but not broken. Remove the lemon peel, add 32 cup sugar and 1 table- spoon lemon juice to 1 pound prunes. When they have sim- mered 15 minutes longer they are done. k. CREAMED FINNAN HADDIE. Cook 1 teaspoon chopped green pepper for 5 minutes in 3 cup but- ter, stirring constantly. ‘Stir in 1-3 cup flour, then add gradually 2 cups rich milk. Cook and stir un- til smooth, season with 1 teaspoon It and % teaspoon paprika, ad 11, cups flaked cooked finnan hac a d 3 chopped hard-boiled eggs wa ! in stewpan and when n add Serve ES WITH | the wrong ok 5 minutes longer and serv on toasted breac |Cfthe S Mlid~chummaor —o Gives Pointers on Art of Conversation What to Talk About DorothyDix Never Brag or Be Sarcastic—Say the Kind of Things You Like Others to Say to You and You Will Have Your Listeners Captivated and Eagerly Yearning for More. YOUNG woman complains to me that she doesn't know what to talk about. She says that when she is in company she is a dumb-bell that never rings, and she wants a formula for opening a conversation that will be original, arresting and make the listener yearn for more. ‘Why, my dear, there isn't any such thing as canned talk that has any pep to it. Unless conversation is cooked up on the moment and served piping hot off the griddle, it is flat, stale and tasteless. . That is why in extremity we have to fall back on the worn-out old bromides about the weather, and what a beautiful day it has been, and isn't this a lovely party, and how artistic the decorations are. But these observa- tions don’t get us far. Nobody encores them, and when they are exhausted a silence ensues that you could cut with a knife. Human ingenuity has never been able to invent any synthetic conversa- tion that even had the appearance of being alive. The real thing must be spontaneous, and must spring from the time, the place and the person. And no one can tell beforehand what these are going to be. There are no other people in the world so wearisome as those who have a pet subject on which they hold forth and who drag the conversation around to it by main force and awkwardness—except those bores who memorize jokes out of the funny papers and repeat them to_you. Sl NCE upon a time T knew a woman who had written a paper for her club on the Lake Poets, And ever after she was a pest from whom people fled as they would from one affiicted with leprosy. For you couldn’t innocently remark in her presence that you liked lettuce and French dressing, with plenty of paprika in it, that it didn't remind her of what dear Wordsworth said about “a primrose by the river's brink.” And then, unless you had th nerve to get up and beat it you were in for a literary discourse that didn't interest any human being but the lecturer. Of course, the gift of gab is a talent that comes by nature. Some people are born with it, just as they are with a straight-front figure, or a peaches and-cream complexion, or naturally curly hair. They can talk interestingly on a sub t and have the faculty of dramatizing every little incident and makin 1 amusing and vivid picture to us. They know by instinct what to say and how to say it, and how to make the easy and graceful approach to strange But those who lack this talent need not mourn in dumb despair. They may never be spellbinders, it is true, but they can acquire a sufficient line of conversation to meet all practical needs, for, after all, the world is long on talkers and short on 1t and none are more sought after in society than those who would rather lend an ear than use their tongues. o "T© the voung woman, then, who wants to know what to sav to people, [ would give just this one infallible rule: Say to others the kind of things you would like to have said to you. In other words, try out your conversation on yourself first, and if it works pass it on to others. You like to have people show an interest in you and your affairs. You like them to remember if they have met you before. If you have done them 1 kindness, you like to have them mention it. If you have any talent, you ke to it complimented. Very well then, there's your lead. A. 1s one of the frantic mothers who are their chil n’t inquire of her what she thinks of Mr. Coolidge's of a third term. - Ask her about little Johnny and her debutante daughter and her started on an inexhaustible theme in which her interest will You know that Mr. B is a self-made man who has been the s own fortunes. You can press the button that will start the iversation by some reference to his early days and his present You know M y about D every one you meet has his or her particular hobby so you might almost label Mr. C “automobiles, olf,"” “operations,” Mrs. ¥ as ‘“servants,” Mrs. G as nd diets,” Mrs. H as “clothes,” etc. Just give a turn of the any of these human phonographs and they will play their own record till the cows come home. On the other hand, reflect on the things that bore you and abstain from You don't like the people who brag to you. You get to other people’s troubles and all of their family affairs people who argue, and who are opinionated, and who lay down he 1s about everything. Therefore, put the soft pedal on your own achievements and be mum about your SOrTows if you want to be interesting E ker " Ahove all, never be sarcastic. Never say things that stab or hurt, just to be fi ever hold people up to ridicule. You know how it hurts, and at vou weuld forgive any wrong quicker than you would being made a ure of fun. conspicuously ma t particuls cord, follow the golden rule in conversation and you will never say S " i DOROTHY DIX. i (Copyright, 1925.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1825.) 11. A weight unit (abbr.). Plural suffix. . A short sleep. . Girl's name. Inhabitant of Kafiristan. Brings up. Virtue. Succeeded. . Doctor of dental surgery (abbr.). Droop. To follow persistently. {.1 Bronzed by exposure to the sun. 33. River in Northern France. Hote More concise. . Large bird. . Commenced. . Offering of two performers. . Fancy. . Masculine. . To cause to go. . Printer’s measure: . A North Centra} State (abbr.). Across. 1. A form of planchette. 6. A narrow passageway. . Boards 2. Girl's name. A prickly shrub. South American mountains. One of a Teutonic tribe that con- quered England. Wrath . Great battle of the World War. Reverential fear (simplified spell ing). Is conditional. To act. An American manufacturer. River in Eng] Prepositi Putting away for future use. Depart. . River in France. . Begins to grow light. Designates. Man’s name. Raised platforms 3. A general hand-to-hand fight. . African antelope. . Cares for. General course. Down. Belonging to us. A wide open boat (Eskimo). Alpine wild goat. . A brother of Napoleon . Metric unit of area. Man’s nickname. . Lent . Organ of respiration. arge sea duck. My Neighbor Says: To clean kid gloves put them in a screw-top glass jar with enough gasoline to cover and shake well. Let them stand overnight, and in the morning shake agaln, rinse in clean gasoline, shake and hang out to dry. Any small articles can be cleaned in the same way. Don't allow your floor cloth to be washed with soap and water if you want it to wear well. Old stockings make excellent floor polishers. Split open and sew together, cutting off the feet if they are much darned. They are also excellent for polishing shoes. When taking a_cup of tea up- stairs to an invalld the best way to keep it hot is to fill the cup with boiling water and let it stand for a few minutes. Empty it and pour in the tea and you will find it keeps nice and hot for quite a long time. When washing silk handker- chiefs a little care is required to prevent them turning yellow. To avold this they should never be boiled, nor should any soap be rubbed on them. Make a lather of finely shredded white soap and lukewarm water; wash and squeeze the handkerchiefs in it, press out all the moisture possible and dry them quickly. Tron while they are still. damp though not wet: FEATURES. 11 MOTHERS A AND THEIR CHILDRE! “Whirligigs.” One mother says: Fascinating toys for children and grown-ups as well as these ‘whirli- gigs.” Thrust a long hat pin secure- ly through a table cover so its sharp end projects over the table edge. The “glgs” are cardboard or paper di: squares or triangles with colored black and white designs marked on them. Through a small hole in the exact center of the “gig” is put the point of the pin. A quick thrust of the finger sends it spinning with in- teresting varifations in its design. A tiny cork on the end of the pin pre vents the “ from falling off while whirling. Two or three different color, size and shape ‘whirl at once. (Copyright. 1925.) mz Yestidday was 80 hot everybody was tawking about it and prespiring, and T was out in the yard jumping erround to keep cool, and pop came in the back way carrying his coat over his arm and fanning his face with his hat, saying, Wow. tawk about hot, dont tawk about it. And he leened agenst the fents say- ing, Im glad to be home alive, do I look as if Im having a sun stroke? No sir, I sed, and pop sed, Tha good. And he kepp on fanning face and ma came out saying, O he lo, Willyum, T dident know you were home. Im not sure of that fact myself, pop sed, and ma sed, You know Glad- dises Mr. Parkins is going to be heer for suppir tonite, and I thawt we mite have something a little more elaborate, I thawt we mite start with some nice hot soop. Yee gods and little volcanoes, pop sed. Heer I struggle home thinking every breth will be my last, w peeple dropping erround me like flies, and wat do I heer? Hot soop. Start with cracked ice, if you wunt my ad- vice, he sed. O ‘well, all rite, we wont have it if you feel so strongly about it, ma sed And she went back in the house, pop saying, Benny, do you see eny sines of a sun stroke ve No sir, I sed, and pop sed, Well 1 me know at the ferst sine of one Ill sit down and have it And he kepp on fanning saying, Hot soop, hot §00 soon Gladdis came out s hello, father, are you home? Wats left of me, pop sed, and Glad- dis sed, I wunt to tawk to you about something. 1il tawk to you about enything ex cept hot soop, pop sed, and Gladdis sed, I wunt to tawk to you about getting me a new fur neckpeece. Wy pick out a day-like this of all days in the yeer to tawk about some- thing youre going to wear next win. ter? pop sed, and Gladdis sed, Ne winter nuthing, wat an ideer, I wunt to_wear it immeeditly. Help aid sucker, pop sed. How do I look now, Benny, tell me the werst? he sed, and I sed, You look jest the same Well T dont bleeve III ever feel the same, pop sed. And he went in the house pertending he coudent hardly wawk strate on account of being ove: came partly with the heet and mo: with ma and Gladdis. is What TomorrowMeans to You BY MARY BLAKE: Cancer. The adverse plantetary aspects that prevailed toward the close of today are not dissipated until noon tomor- row, when they assume a favorable character, and continue so without abatement. In the morning it is politic to abstain from any act that may have an important bearing on your life or business and hold off until later, any drastic action that vou may have had in contemplation After midday, there is no rea you should ‘“hold your horses.” the contrary, you will experience irresistible urge to “go ahead.” a if your efforts are persistent and sin cere, there is very little doubt as to the ultimate result. A child born tomorrow gives every promise, according to the signs. of enjoying mormal physical conditions, and the minor ailments from which it will suffer need cause neither alarm nor anxiety. In disposition and tem- perament it will be, while kind and considerate of others, very quick-tem- pered, and liable to do things in a Burst of passion that in its cooler moments it will sincerely regret. It will possess a very jealous nature, and this characteristic will reveal it- self very early in life. Tt will have a vcided ambition, and by inherent ability and “stick-at-tiveness” gener- ally get what it desires. Its per sonality wik be dominating, but not pugnaciously so. Tact and diplomac as well as opportunism, will be em ployed by it whenever the situation demands it. 1f tomorrow is your birthday, al though generally of an amiable dis- position, you have too little control of your temper and are very prone to fly off at the handle over little things of no importance. This habit, which could be easily cured, makes vou appear ridiculous—in your own eves and in those of your friends The fact that you are sorry for these ebullitions does not always take away the sting of unkind things you have sald or the remembrance of unworthy acts that you have committed. You are’ ingenfous, and, more or less, something of a student, although you rarely pursue any subject pa- tiently or_long enough to become a master. Your tastes, although fas- tidious, are not of a permanent or an enduring character, and in both friendship and love, you are rather of the butterfly type, and do not possess that degree of constancy which is the chief essential of lasting friendship and true love. Your abili- ties and gifts are varied, but are not employed to the best advantage, owing to a lack of continuity of pur- pose and concentration of effort. (Copyright, 1925.) —_—————— A collection of etchings executed by Queen Victoria more than 80 years ago s now being exhibited in London for the first time. Landseer was Queen Victoria's art tutor, and his in fluence .is strongly marked on her work, “ - Household Expert Tells the One Best Way _il} qugevWOij 15 wh ing Methods of Cleaning and | Renovating—H o w t o|formation not |can of the w Mend Articles=H i n t s ;houid be o for an indefir Have the b article to be d then is used so widely for pre for Busy Housewives. 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