Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1925, Page 12

Best Place for the Kitchen Table - BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. e VAN B LN KITCHEN TABLES. SHOULD BE CONVENIENTLY PLACED AND WELL LIGHTED. When a kitchen is large enough to have more than one place in which the table may stand, it is always some thing that requires careful thought to place it most conveniently. It is by this table that the housewife has to spend many hours a day preparing food for the family, so from both view- points, convenience and comfort, the subject is important. Provided the kitchen is spacious, the center of the room is an exceilent position for one table, and many women have the table there even when the room is comparatively small and but one can be had on the floor space. This arrangement allows each side of the table to be accessible. One side is handy to stove, another to the sinkand a third, probably, to the pantry. When cooking, any in- gredients required can be reached easily when on the table. When washing dishes the table is found de- cidedly convenient. Many - steps can be saved that would otherwise be made necessary by any other situation of the table. Table by Window. A table by a window 1s almost as de- sirable, for the light is best, and there it is agreeable to catch glimpses of the out of doors whenever there is an op- portunity. A chair by the table will suggest sitting down whenever the work can be done without too much walking about. If there is not room for a chair, have a stool that can slip in under the table. An old piano stool is fine for this, as it can be raised or Jowered to suit one's wishes. BEDTIME STORIES Tells Buster Where to Look. A tattletale most folks despise Regardless if he rung or flies. —-01d Mother Nature. Now, though Buster Bear pretended that he wasn't at all interested in mushrooms, he didn't fool Chatterer the Red Squirrel at all. Chatterer knew that Buster was watching him. He knew that Buster was spying. Knowing this, Chatterer had no end of fun. He would cuimb a tree and pretend to be very busy up there. Then he would hide and watch. BUSTER COCKED A SHREWD LIT- TLE EYE UP. AT SAMMY JAY. After a bit he would see Buster Bear come stealing along, and presently he would stop and look that tree all over—all the time pretending that he was doing something else. Then Chatterer would snicker to himself under his breath. So little by little he led Buster quite a distance from the tree in which he had stored his mushrooms. When finally Chatterer considered that he had led Buster far enough away from those mushrooms, he scampered away through the treetops as only Chatterer can. One instant Buster saw him, and the next instant he had disappeared. Buster didn't even know which way he had gone. He began to realize how thoroughly Chatterer had fooled him. It was just then that along came that other scamp of the Green Forest, Sammy Ja He saw at once that Buster upset. It rather tickled Sammy, for 1 know of no one who takes greater delight in seeing people upset than does Sammy Jay. “You look out of sorts, Buster Bear,” sald he. “It must be you have-had no break- fast this morning, or else your breakfast does not set well.” Just then, before Buster could reply, both heard Chatterer the Red Squirrel far away snickering. Buster Bear's black face grew blacker still as he listened. Sammy Jay guessed at once that for some reason or other Buster Bear was provoked by Chat- terer. Now Chatterer and Sammy are not the best of friends. Each steals from the other whenever he I wish [ had 2 row of desks Extending endlessly WY , For then I'd never clean them up— T4 use 2 new one | A Kkitchen table if properly placed | may form an important element in an improvised kitchen cabinet. Place the | table underneath a row of shelves filled with just such ingredients and contalners as a regulation kitchen cabinet would hold. There should be | a large tin for flour and a somewhat | smaller one for pastry flour; one for sugar, a salt box and all sorts of | spices. Underneath the lowest shelf | there should be a row of cup hooks, | from which hang the measuring cups, | ecg beaters, measuring spoons, strain- |ers, etc. Hooks on the sides of the | shelves may have small cooking utensils on them. On the table beneath the shelves | have a knife box with various kinds and sizes of knives, forks and spoons. | It the table has a drop leaf that can be raised at the front, the size of the table top can bé increased or dimin- |ished at will. Extra space on the | table may be most needed at some times and at others extra floor space. | A table against the wall,by a sink is | another desirable position, especially if there is but a smuil drain board. | Drop-Shelf Table. | Sometimes kitchens are so tiny that there is not room for any table, yvet the housewife realizes that such a | thing is imperative. Then she can | remedy the difficulty by having a| drop-shelf table. Where this should 0 has to be dependent upon the wall space, and so there is no question of placing it where it is the most con- venient spot, as is the case with mov- able tables. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS gets a chance. BEach likes to make | trouble for the other. You see, both are naturally mischievous. Yes, sir, they are naturally mischigvous. They are never happier than when they are engaged in some kind of mischief. Listen to that red robber,” cried Sammy. “He seems to think some- thing is a great joke.” Sammy looked sharply at Buster as he said this. “There's no one,” he continued, “whom I had rather play a trick on that Chatterer the Red Squirrel.” Buster Bear cocked a shrewd little eve up at Sammy Jay. “If that's the case,” said he, “you might let me know if some time you run across some mushrooms hung up to dry in a tree.” Sammy stared down at Buster very hard. Buster winked. Sammy wink ed. “You follow me,” said he. “Your | mentioning mushrooms reminds me that early this morning I discovered a lot in’a certain tree. It may be the tree you are looking for. So away flew Sammy Jay and after him shuffled great big Buster Bear. And so at last they came to a certain tree. “There,” said Sammy, mushrooms.” Buster looked up. Sure enough, there were the mushrooms. Buster grinned. There was no douBt In his mind that this was the tree to which | Chatterer had removed those mush- rooms. . “Well,” sald Sammy, “how about 1t? “It 18 the very tree,” replied Buster. “I am much obliged to you, Sammy Jay. When I can do you a good | turn let me know. I certainly am Buster turned and “are your going to do anything demanded Sammy. Sammy, not no re- and that was all he about them “Not now, plied Buster, would say. “Puzzlicks” | Puzzle-Limericks A man who was steering a —1—, His course through the water —2— And he stuck in the —3—, With a dull, sickening —4—, And the captain then swore a whole —5—. . A vessel fitted for pleasure. . Failed to remember. . Combination of water and dirt. . Dull, heavy sound. . Considerable amount. (Note.—What was he steering and what did the captain swear? Put the right words, indicated by the numbers, in the corresponding spaces and you'll have, not only the answer, but a | complete limerick. The answer and another “Puzzlick” will appear on Monday.) HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. The “Big Wig.” Frequently in common speech today we come across the slang expression, “blg wig,” to describe some one in authoerity, a person of prominence who wields influence and power. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, “y 1925, Little Benn BY LEE PAPE. There was a man with a wite hat and coat on standing on the corner glving away sampels of chewing gum for a avvertizement yestidday, and me and Glasses Magee wawked past him with our hands out and he gave us each a sampel and then we wawked back agen thinking he mite think we was 2 other boys and give us each another sampel. Wich he dident, sdying, You kids had yours, now beet it. Proving he had reckonized us, and me and Glasses went erround the cor- ner, and I sed, Hay, I tell you a ideer, vou loan me your glasses and 1l | awk past him agen and he wont reckonize me because I dident have glasses on the last time he saw me, and then you wawk past him with- out your glasses and he wont reck onize you pecause that'll be the ferst time he ever saw you without glasses on. Sounding like a grate ideer, and I } put Glasseses glasses on and went er- | round the corner agen and everything | looked funny on account of them | being Glasseses glasses and not mine, and one of the ferst things I did was to bump into a fat man, being one of the fattest men I ever bumped into, saying, Ware the mischiff do you think your going, aint I big enuff for you to see? Its these glasses, they dont see rite, I sed, and he sed, Well bring a tele- scope the next time. And he kepp on going and so did I, and I started to wawk past the chewing gum man holding one hand out and he sed, Wat, you agen? -Now you jest try that trick once more and Il give you a kick in the pants. Proving he had reckonized me agen, and I took Glasseses glasses off and went back ware Glasses was, saying. He seemed to know me enyways, and | he sed he'd give me a kick in the pants if I tried it agen, now yvou try it without your glasses, G Like fun, Glasses sed | 1ast. | question of politics or world new Wich he dident. COLOR CUT-OUT LITTLE MISS MUFFET. | bachelor mafd. | hands. - | is your advice? A Friendly Spider. ‘ Little Miss - Muffet thanked her | mother and tgok her bowl of curds | and whey. She ran out into the gar- | den with it and looked around for a nice shady place to sit and eat it.| She had no sooner sat down and taken a big bite of the delicious curds and | whey than along came the largest spider Miss Muffet had ever seen in her. whole life. Now Miss Muffet was afraid of even little tiny spiders, so with a scream she jumped up and ran away just as fast as ever she could. The poor spider wondered what he had ever done to have guch a cold reception. But even in her fright Miss Muffet held on tightly to her bowl of curds and whey, and you will be glad to know that she never spilled a single drop. Use your own choice of colors and make this picture just as attractive | as you possibly can. (Copyright, 1925.) HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. A collector of historical glassware, proud of his collection and anxjous to display it and have it where he could enjoy its beauties, hit upon the idea of arranging it on narrow win- dow shelves. The bottom shelf is of wood anl resfs upon the window sill. | The other shelves are of clear glass ind’ rest upon brackets fastened to | the window frame. The vari-colored assemblage, frarhed by drapes of rich old blue, achieves a decorative effect that is unusually | fine. When the sun shines in and | glints upon his quaint treasures a hundred fairy rainbows dance about the room. Think how a small dining room or breakfast room would gain in raci- ance and cheer if one or more of iis windows were thus brightened! The expression is a relic of the days when fashion decreed the wig, with whose long curls we are familiar through old pictures and the costumes used in revival pla And the queue wig with hair powder is still worn on the English bench. The heydey of wigs was the early seventeenth century, when no gentle- man of fashion could appear without one. King, courtiers and ecclesiastics had their heads clipped in order to display false curls and ringlets of huge proportions. And when it is known that as much as $15 an ounce was paid in England for fine qualities of hair and that the. great manes of high dignitaries were made at a cost of hundreds of dollars, the modern adaptation of the term “big wig” fs comprehensible! (Copyright. 1925.) Egg Tartlets, Roll out one-half a pound of short- crust pastry and line some small tart- let cases with it. Shell two or three hard-bolled eggs and chop them coarse- ly. Mix them with one gill of well flavored white sauce, and season well with sak and pepper. Add two ounces of grated cheese and fill the tartlet cases three-fourths full with the mix- ture. Put the cases on a baking tin and bake in a quick oven until the pastry is cooked and the tartlets are slightly browned. ~Remove the tart- —_—— Can an Intelligent Man Be Happy With an Un- educated Girl>—The Young Man Whose Infatuation Interferes With His Work. IDEAR MISS DIX: Shall T allow a girl's lack of education to prevent me from proposing to her? I am a college graduate and have a good position. Pleasures such as good books and plays and operas do not appeal to ser. She does not even read the newspapers. Except for her lack of cultivation, she seems perfect to me, and 1 care a great deal for her. Do you think we would be happy together? PAUL. Answer: No. I think that after the girl's physical attraction has worn oft she would bore you to extinction, and that you would bitterly regret having married her. 2 You must be able to love a woman’s mind and soul, if your love is to The beauty of youth will soon fade. Ten, fifteen, twenty years will streak the most goldeén or jet black locks with silver. It will rob the fairest complexion of its bloom and dull the brightest eyes and change the most willowy figure into fat or scrawniness. > If the woman you married ha attraction for you is bound to be lost by age. the woman has no mentality. no charm but her beauty, all her Nor will goodness hold you, it Among the most tiresome people in the world are the sweet, amiable, self-sacrificing women who are devoted wives and mothers, but who do not know one thing except what is happening inside of their own walls, and whose conversational range extends only from the kitchen to the nursery. Such a woman gorges her husband on good food, but she starves him for ideas. She nlay never argue with him, but she never strikes fire from his mind, and is as uninspiring as a batter pudding. She may keep his house tmmaculate, but he is ashamed of her outside of it. He may reverence her nobility of character, but she gets on his nerves, and he loves her best when he is farthest away from her tedious twaddle. There can be no happiness in marriage without companionship, and an intelligent, educated man cannot have any with an ignorant, uneducated woman. She will not understand what he is talking about. She will not sympathize with his point of view. She will never get the nub of his jokes, and conversation between them will soon dwindle down to the exchange of the commonplaces of evervday material living: The price of butcher’s meat. What the people néxt door did. Taking down the curtains. Johnny's cold. Susie's adenoids. Can any intelligent man look forward to spending 30 or 40 years with a woman who has no more conversational repertoire than that? A woman with whom he can never discuss the last book, or the newest play, or any What a prospect! What duliness! What How inevitable the woman who does understand. Don't try it, Mr. » ue your happiness and (halx of ;‘he woman. For you will bore her just as much as she bores you. Let her marry in her own illiterate class. DOROTHY DIX. boredom! R DOROTHY DIX: admi 1 know a woman in the thirties whom I love and e, and I just can't bear to think of her living out her life as a It is not what she wus cut out for. She is mentally and physically meant to be a wife and mother, but she is old-fashioned and will not marry merely to have “Mrs.” prefixed to her name Now she cares a great deal for a preacher who is a widower, with little children, and she would make him an ideal wife, as she is one who could take care of his house and help him in his work, entertaining, etc. Keeping other people’s secrets is not the least of her good points. pretty well, but he does not make a large salary. together more close WOULD-BE CUPID'S ASSISTANT. Answer: Making matches is a ‘dangerous business. Still, sometimes a couple who are really designed for each other do need some clear-sighted person to come along and knock their silly heads together, and generally act the part of Providence to them. In this case, I should advise you to begin with the man. Many widowers are blind, and only need to have their eyes opened and their attention directed to the woman whom they should marry. Also, you can talk with perfect frankness to a widower, and say things to him that you could not say to a young boy or a bachelor. having been married, the widower understands women, and he also knows what qualities in a woman best fit her for a wife. So “sell” the idea to the widower that this woman of mature years is the one best qualified to take care of him and his little children and make them a home, and help him in his work " I understand from your letter that the woman is willing, so all that you have to do is to work the man up to the proposing point, and that should not be difficult. A home looks good to a widower with little children on his b DOROTHY DIX. EAR MISS DIX: 1 am madly in love with a beautiful girl, but I cannot afford to marry her. My love interferes with my work, but if I marry on nt income I would go crazy. Yet if I stay single, and continue to girl, I will also go Insane. My condition is a desperate one. What NEVIL. Answer: As, according to your account, you are headed for the lunatic asylum in atiy event, I should certainly advise you to go there alone, instead of dragging the girl along with you. For she also will become looney if she has to worry with the problem of how to liva on nothing a week. 1f you really love the girl, quit mooning around, and day-dreaming about her._Roll up your sleeves and get busy trying to make a home for her, and give her a decent living. The only sort of love talk that a woman is ever justified in listening to is the kind thut a man says with work. Believe me, son, you are not in love until you want a girl so. badly that you are willing to put in about 18 hours a day struggling to get her. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 192! The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1925.} £ Across. 44. Point of the compass. 45. Rear appendage. 47. River in France. 48. Observe. 49. Lyric poem. 50. The Turkish government. 51. Period of time. 52. The next day. §3. Visions. . Dishes. . Large birds. . City In Nevada. Hurts. . Native metal. Finish. Rodents. . Liberate. . Printed notice. . Washed. . Recline. . Openings in the skin. . Weight unit. . Exist. . Dwellings. . Joker. . Possessed. . Part of a plant. . By means of. 31. Preposition. 32. Pronoun. 33. Receptacle for carrying bricks. 34. Wan. e 18. Extension from body of a fish. 85. Turkish governor. L e - 31, Clargyman, 21. Fallen tree. 39. Bither. 22. Fine lime mortar. 40. Hole in the ground. 23 Coal product. 41, Couples. 24. Exposes. 42. Duty. o 26. Willow. 43. Girls. 27. Married. —_— | 8 On a golf course. 30. Seed vessel. Answer to Yesterday's -Puzzle. | 31. Agricultural exhibits. 33. Head covering. 34. Self-esteem. 35. Lowest part. 36. Mingle. 37. Hurt. 38. Tall structures. . 40. Comrade. 41. Portion. 42. Row. 43. Deface. 44. Line of junction. 46. Commotion. 47. To cut down. 48. Ocean. 50. River of Italy. 51, You. Down. 1. To deliver a sermon. 2. To give temporary use of. 3. In addition. 4. Preposition. 5. Refhoves hair. 6. Watering place. 7. Like. 8. Learning peculiar to a people. 9. Before. 10. Appeared. 3 13. Greek god of war. 14. A color. 17. A collection of wives. lets from the tins and arrange them on a paper doily ‘on a hot dish. ' Sprin- Kle with grated cheese and serve at once. ‘ R T T Vacuum - cleaners are now being used to groom horses in the United States Army. 5 The man seems to like her | How can I bring these two | SUB ROSA BY MIML Weekly Letter. Dear Girls: We left Zurich—as usual, regretfully—and had. a most harrowing journey to Frankfort, the land of the hot dogs.” Here we were met by Baron X——, a nice, fussy old gentleman, who had arranged a pro- gram for us that read like the Prince of Wales' date hook—and all the date: were these big, heavy dinner parties, with a hundred courses, and enough cutlery to start a hardware shop. Well, we couldn't get out of it very well, 80 we permitted ourselves to be dragfed from one big event to the other—our German getting better and better—and our , tempers - growing steadily worse. Finally, after one particularly dread. ful evening, during which we had so many titles to remember that we quite lost count and got dreadfully mixed up—we decided that we'd break away from the royal ties and try a little of the simple life again. So away we went—four of us, one evening—and found the most fasci- nafing place in the world, literally. Frankfort is noted for its quaint old section, where the old topsy-turvy houses fall against each other and lean way out in the streets—but we had never thought fo find anything quite so fascinating as this section by night. The natives, with considerable imag- ination, have painted all these old buildings and houses in bright colors —purple, orange, white, yellow and jade green. And at night, under the flickering lamplight which lights the streets, the effect is indescribably beautiful and fantastic, and unreal. We spent hours after dinner wan- dering from one street to the other, peering into dark alleys, which held promiges of great mysteries (and were really probably only grocery stores in broad daylight). It ever you go to Europe and peo ple tell you that the most fascinating citles Paris, Rome, Vienna, Lon lon, you just raise your volce and . “I want to see Frankfort!" s worth the trip, all by itself. Best love to all. MIMIL Mimi will be glad to answer your love questions. Just inclose a stamp- ed, addressed envelope for a personal reply. (Copyright, 1925.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Dress Materials. One Mother Says: When the time comes for my small daughter to select her clothes entirely alone 1 want her to know materials. She should appreciate linen above | cotton, know silk of good quality, and | be able to tell when a garment is all wool. Many women go through life tent to buy a shoddy piece of cloth, without distinguishing quality in ma- terial. Whenever 1 get out my plece bag I let my little girl practice in naming goods, and I often take her with me when T shop. (Copyright. 1925.) What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Virgo. | Tomorrow’s planetary aspects are | very favorable and it is a matter of | regret that such excellent conditions | —especially for all business—should | crystallize on a Sunday when all | cares of bread winning are usually {laid aside., The customary observ- | ances and recreations associated with | the day will, however, afford enjoy- | ment and give pleasure—more so | than when the astrological influences are not so beneficent. In the home { circle, too, there will be sensed a | spirit of co-operative harmony that can only generate happiness and com- i plete union of interests. For those who are in love and have not vet confessed attachment to the object of their affection the signs are very propitious and indicate felicity for all those who become engaged. A child born tomorrow will be en- { dowed with a strong and vigorous constitution, but this, in itself, will not preclude it from illness during infancy, although it will possesy a better ~ opportunity of “pulfling through” than those not so weil equipped - with inherent force and strength. Temperamentally, it will be, as a boy, taciturn and reserved; as a girl, shy and bashful. It will be, regardless of sex, whimsical and changeable, and will always display considerable hesitancy in making up its mind. Forceful measures of discipline, if used with this child, will only render it obstinate. The only sure way to success is to secure its confidence and it can then easily be led along the path that you, as its parent, may desire. If tomorrow is your birthday, you are “hail fellow well met” and your rather boisterous personality endears you to some, while it estranges others. Your intellectuality is rather limited, as your knowledge is of a superficial character. You have never mastered the art of delving deep and studying hard. Your, joviality s, in some cases, a valuable asset, although it is prone to jar the merves of those who have fine sensibilities. A gradual “toning down" of mannerism and a little less blatant style of speech. would not lose for you any of your numerous friends and would induce many of those who now look at you askance to receive you with cordiality. Your ambition is rather limited and you are lacking in perseverance. You have, however, a fund of com- mon sense and are emimently prac- tical. Your home life would be much happler if you could avold getting so much on the nerves of those who are near and dear to you. ‘Well known persons born on that date are: John Joseph Pershing, general of the United States Army; Maud Ballington Booth, philanthro- pist; Anna M. Lea (Merritt), artist; James Lyall, inventor; Charles Wach- smuth, *scientist; Leonard Kip, at- torney and author. ¢ (Copyright, 1925.) Pimentq Sauce. Combine three tablespoonfuls of butter, three. tablespoonfuls of flour, one cupful of milk, one-half a cupful of cream, one teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper. Add at last one-half a cupful of pimento pulp forced through a sieve, 1 i Designs and Colors in Neck Scarfs BY MARY MARSHALL. There are some women who really dislike to wear scarfs. They feel that the swartness and trimness of a frock are marred by the superimpos tion.of a scarf, unless, of course, the scarf is part of the original design. They feel uncomfortable when wear- SHORT ARF OF BROWN FUR AND VELVET THAT TIES AT SIDE. RED AND GOLD KID CIR- CLES ARE FASTENED ON THE VELVET. THE HAT MATCHES BELOW, BLUE CREPE DE CHINE SCARF HAND PAINTED IN BRIGHT COLORS. ing a scarf, and never seem to know just how 1o arrange the ends. But there is just one instance where even a woman of this sort usually does wear a scarf, and r 1y ought to. That is when she is wearing a man. nish coat of the sort that enjoyed such favor last Spring, and may still be worn when the weather permits it this Autumn. With this type of wrap nothing else quite answers the pur- pose. The fur scarf, no matter how cholce, is not really an adequate sub- stitute. The mannish coat of neutral or drab tone needs just the touch of color that can be given by a bright silk scarf. During Summer days, when every WHEN WE GO SHOPPING woman and her mother wore frocks of figured print, there was really less need of the scarf, The frock usually provided quite enough color in itself But apparently there is no abatement of interest in scarfs, and the shops are now offering an abundant supply of scarfs of such novel and attracave appearance that it would be hazé for women to resist them even if they had already planned to do so. One thing that will recommend the scar to many women is that by means of it one may gain the effect of the hig collar on a frock of low collar line, and high collars undoubtedly give a smart touch to the street frocks nowad: One of the new scarfs seen recentl was made of heavy chenille strands loosely woven together, with a f: of chenille at either end. of scarf gives a rich, velv ance, and can be had in nav brown, black and other shades The sketch shows two types scarf—one of brown fur, with ends of brown veltet spotted with dots of red and gold kid—to match the hat; the other of blue crepe de chine w landscape design painted on bright colors. (Copyright. 1925.) MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST Melons Dry Cereal with Cre; Creamed Codfist Popovers Corned Beef Hash Diced Be: Spiced Apple Cookies Tea DINNER with Gree: reamed Potato Corn Fritters Tomato Salad Steamed Chocolate Puddi Custard Coff POPOVERS One cup milk, one cup cold water and two cups flour, beat en with an eggbeater until it is full of bubbles. Add a little salt Have the oven hot, and drop mixture into gem pans. Peppers COOK1 One cup sugar, one and ohe half cups molasses, one cup lard, one cup sour milk, one tea spoon salt, two large teaspoons soda, two teaspoons ginger, one teaspoon cinnamon, flour to stir stiff. Mix and let stand over night. Roll out and bake ir morning. CREAMED POTATO Cut cold potatoes in half-inch cubes. Put in a pan with a scant teaspoon of flour, one cup milk, butter the size of a wal nut, pinch of salt. Cook about three minutes BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN. Sleeping Bag for Baby. No mother who has ever tried sleep- ing bags for the baby can be per- suaded to return to the old nerve. racking method, trying to keep her | poois child warm at night with sUPDINg | When the youngster urbed througholt the nlght by set. | Pl covers, and of having her own rest di ting up te see whether or not the lit- on to the floor. By simply wrapping the baby up in his sleeping blanket he can be de- pended upon to ‘“stay put” and the mother can ‘thus sleep through the night undisturbed. No matter how much the baby flings his arms and legs about he cannot become uncover- ed, and is thus saved from many a chill. The bag may be made of many ma- terials. In Summer, muslin or outing flannel is cool and suitable. For the very hottest weather a small, thin sheet is all that is required. But for the Winter the bags should be of all- wool material, preferably a soft blan- ket. If the weather is very severe, it is often wise to use several such blan- kets. For the teeny weeny baby the bag should be of a soft, lightwelght blan- ket. A simple plan for making is to cut a slit in the middle of an old, soft blanket, large enough to admit the baby's head, and then to bind the raw edges of the hole or to stitch it care- fully so that there will be nothing to irritate the little slumberer. When the bag is slipped over the baby" head, you simply smooth the length | of the blanket'down under and over his little body, and bring the lower corners to the front where they are secured with a “blanket safety pin.” [slde and at | th 3 [ tie ones have kicked their quilts off | ey ok | get his hands to his mouth and so is | freedom in For the older baby, the procedure | is a little different. You take a small single blanket and fold it in the mid dle crosswise. Then you sew it up one the end. Along the top sew at two or ee places and eves or snap asterers is deposited in you can thus hook him up se. over the shoulder and around One recommendation for such a bag is that the child cannot edge, prevented from contracting the habit of _thumb-sucking. Be very sure that the bag is room: enough to allow the child the utmost noving or turning about inside. Sometimes as an e: precau tion, tapes are sewed to the lower cor- ners of the sleeping bag and tied to the corners of the crib. Then when it is necessary to tuck extra blankets or bed covers around the baby he can not kick them off or drag them about with him when he turns, so frequent 1y a cause of chilling one part of the body while the rest is snug and warm (In coldest weather, or if the child sleeps on a sleeping porch, some cover. ing for the head is needed. A wool stocking-leg cap may be used, or pre ferably a flannel hood, lined with cot ton or silk. The cap should be made to tle under the chin. A shoulder cape that is fastened to the sleeping bag in the back affords additional protec tion, or it can be made right on the hood, like the tail of an old-fashioned sunbonnet.) A child should always be undressed before being put into the sleeping bag, just as if he were regu larly going to bed. In fact, no child should ever be expected to sleep in any of the clothes that he wears during the daytime. To be worn inside the bag, a muslin or outing flannel gown makes an ideal garment. Oll.l‘ Children—By Angelo Patri An Example. A child takes color from his back- ground. What he sees he does; what he hears, he thinks: what the home stands for, he is. We may talk and disclaim.and excuse, but there is no getting away from the fact that a child is the fruit of his family tree and draws his nourishment from the soil of his home life. To be sure he got his red hair and green eyes and snub nose before entering the home, but that was but the beginning. He got his loud voice, his swaggering manners, his selfish disregard for the rights and feelings of others, his untidiness, his lack of punctuality from home. A child who was born *into the world with a tendency to a hair trig- ger temper will by post-adolescence haye that temper in leash, will have a modulated and controlled tone in speaking, even though sorely tried, if that was the tone and spirit of his home. It means hours of struggle to attain that end, but it is attained. The child born into the world with a slant toward selfishness will rise to offer his chair to his elders, will open the door for the advancing lady, will take the off side of the car when there are others traveling with him, in spite of his desire to be comfort- able, if* his home life was pitched that way. The child whose desires run ahead of his wisdom will not, by the time of his maturity, take what he wants regardless of consequences to _him- self and others if he has seen restfaint and self-discipline exercised by those within the family circle. He takes the ‘color of his background. That is where we fail so many times in training our children. We want them to be safe, but we hate to inconvenience ourselves to make them so. We like, in the shelter of gur own homes, to throw off the re- straints, the curbs on our self-ex- pression. “What is home for if we cannot be ourselves?” walls a weary parent. - ‘That depends upon your point of view. If home is a place in which to let loose, it makes no difference. But if you have given your home to the raising of 4 family of children it means all the difference in the world. You have e a contract with pos- terity and if you are going to live up to your responsibilities, home has to be given over to that idea for the next 20 or 30 years, according to the num- ber of your representatives of pos terity. . You will, if you live up to your contract, guide your deeds by the thought of your best self coloring the best seif of your children. So gird up your loins and set your face toward the level highway that leads to the city upon the hill. Com fort yourself with the thought that you are going to find it much easier golng after the first turn in the road. But there is no use saying that the first 14 years are not the hard ones of your existence. But, you krow, you promised. MODE MINIATURES The sweater half of the latest in- formal costumes are waffle stitched in the manner of the sketch. And those young women who are now busily en gaged packing collegebound trupks will be certain to number these among their wardrobes. For afternoon strolling on a brisk September day with the “man about town" one of these will nicely qualify. Likewise, when golfing for ‘“clean shots” do not alone make the game as far as femininity is concerned. The exhilaraticn over a good round is dou- bled by appropriate toggery. MARGETTE. A