Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1925, Page 28

WOMAN'’S PAGE, THE ' EVENING SUB ROSA BY MIMI Care Which Will Increase the Wear BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., The Benefits of & Marriage Contract WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER: 23, 1925. COLOR CUT-OUT LITTLE TWO EYES. Urges Legal Agreement for| Rich and Poor Allke Often there will be two persons in the same family who buy the same quality of thing at the same time and vet find that one ou s the other. Of course, it may be that in one | case there was an imperfection unde- | ‘ted that shortened the life of the article or garment, but such is not al ways the fact. Perhaps one person Is “harder on things” than the other, whatever that may mean. It is very apt to mean that one takes care of things, whereas the other does not. As a rule this is the real cause which makes one thing last and the other give out, granted each approximately the same amount of service. | Whether *easy” or “hard” on | things, there are certain measures simply taken which add to thelr wear. Take shoes, for instance. Perhaps there is no one who in the course of a | meason does not get his or her shoes | wet several times. If the shoes are al- | Towed to dry carelessly without any precautions to help them hold the shape or preserve their leather there is real damage done them. This | might have been avoided. | Care of Wet Shoes. The toes of wet shoes should be stuffed with tissue pap 8 soon as the shoes removed. Any paper will help. but tissue paper is the best because it is absorbent. It is en bet- ter to use on wet shoe than a regu- lar shoe tree. The pressure of a shoe tree with metal spring may be so great as to stretch a wet shoe too much, throwing it out of shape. A | shoe that is wet should not be dried too quickly. To do so tends to stiffen and weaken the leather. Some have | found to their sorrow that a hot oven | 18 no place to dry shoes! A shoe that will survive such treatment at all is | one that deserves the best of care. Drying the Umbrella. Who would think that a wet um- | brella should be given a thought In the drying! Are not umbrellas intend- | ed to be wet? Indeed, ves. They are certainly meant to be wet much more than they are to be dry! It is guring the transition from wet to dry that damage may be done to the best of them. In fact, the better the umbrella | the more particulgtly should it be | cared for in that intermediate stage. An umbrella that is wet should be left open to dry. There is an excellent | veason for this. Silk should not be | permitted to dry in creases. Where | those creases are, the silk is likely to! . pecially if the same creases are put in it frequently. An open um- brella does not improve the appear- ance of a front hall or vestibule. | Leave it opened in the bathtub or | er the sink. It will dry much more quickly opened than it would shut. Stockings. Of course, the first prec: is to see that you yoursel garments at once, as yc own | h is more important o any This being done, rinse the | you have just taken ome of the dress- ing from the shoe may have saturated That is what makes the stock- ings so stiff, if dried without rinsing. | {1y ona SHOULD. THE TOE BE | OF WET | Dresses or wraps, if put immediate- othes hanger, may be spared the pressing that would be inevitable without such treatment. If the color on anything you have worn is likely to “run” because of being wet, dry as much as you can with an old towel and then see that it is protected from | contact with other parts of the goods which might become stained with the color. Foxglove. These first warm, golden days of | Autumn, the woods and flelds, the | dry and sterile places, are full of fox zlove. Not the stately garden fo: glove, the poisonous digitalis, but an innoce! less regal tribe of brilllant | flowers, scattered like a warm mantle | across the face of the earth. As| though Nature would give us one final | blaze of dancing color, the shining faces of the foxgiove gleam up at us | from every outlying district of Wash- ington. There are two chief sorts of foxglove | at this season—the vellow and the rase-purple. Stately things, those vel- low ones, with flowers like clear golden trumpets, loving the shady woods, re- joicing in the shy, wild places, the crags along the upper Potomac. But for the smaller rose-purple fox- | glove go out into the dry, open flelds, especially down the river on the Vir. ginia side, and anywhere out in the open in Prince Georges County, Md. There, like a second blooming of blue- bells, but turned wine-purple, the fo: gloves dance under the September breezes. There is something strangely charm- ing about our little native foxgioves. In their warm colors there is that heavy richness that speaks of the In- dian” Summer of the vear. To the scientist they hold an alluring mys- tery, for something of thelr curious life habits remains to be learned. It is thought, but not definitely proven, that the foxgloves are para- sites, at least in the first year of their lives, when the voung seedlings, not vet in bloom, are struggling for exist- ence. Investigators have thought that they could detect the roots of fox- glove filching their subsistence from | the roots of plants about them. Un- like most parasites, however, they do | not lose their green coloring matter or show other signs of the usual de- they are believed to wean themselves generation that comes naturally with | a parasitic life. In the second year | and grow as self-sufficient plants. W. & J. 1508 H STREET | is known to New York as the new bag | shape. | ried | dissolved a pinch of red pepper, mus- MODE MINIATURES Practicability enters into Fashion's fancies from time to time as here ex- emplified by the “haversak” bag. It which holds everything—also holds its Undoubtedly its designer had in mind the spaclousness of the first old haversacks in which soldiers car- their rations when marching. However, note how trim of line it is in_spite of its carrying capacity. The original was French. American examples are usually made of morocco with a sterling silver hook and trim- ming. MARGETTE. Hot Slaw. Cook one quart of shredded cab- bage in an open saucepan in one cup- ful of boiling salted butter for one- half an hour. Add one-half a cupful of milk and one teaspoonful of butter. Cook dry. Serve with sauce poured over and made as follows: Beat one egg very light, and add one table- spoonful of vinegar in which has been tard. salt and sugar. Add one tea- spoonful of butter and heat in a pan of hot water until it thickens. Add one-fourth cupful of hot cream. Stir and serve. > Opposite The Shoreham Eternal Humorists. Many of my readers tell me that their crowning ambition in life is to be “the life of every party.” It is a perfectly natural impulse to wish to be thought witty and amus- ing enough to carry the entire party along on the wave of your pep and vivacity, but let me warn all of you never to fall into the dreadful state of being “the eternal humorist.” Far from being halled as a wel- come guest and a soughtafter com- panion, the eternal humorist is shunned and avolded as much as pos- sible. She's such a nerve-racking person—the girl who is always funny. Perhaps the first time you meet her at a party you and all the other guests think she is simply a riot. You go home chuckling to yourself and exclaiming, “Gosh, that girl has more wit and humor than anybody I have ever known. She is the kind of person vou like to have around—she brightens up everything.” ‘This {llusion may persist for a long time if your only meetings with her are at dances or blg parties. But just wait until you spend a week end at a house party far out in the country and find that she is the star guest. Then the true horror of being her companion will dawn on you. Suppose there is a big dance Fri- day night at which she shines bright and witty and excruciatingly funny. It is rather & late party and no- body gets to bed until about 4:30, so that the next morning is spent in some very heavy slceping by all the Buests. Tunch time finds the company seated at the table, all feeling rather groggy and not quite awake yet— still rubbing thelr eyes, and vawning impolitely. Only the “eternal humorist” is at the top of her form, and she opens fire as soon as the soup is served. She falrly sparkles with pep and zip. but her audlence {s unsym- pathetic. They are still in an early-morning mood, and they cannot be snapped out of it by verbal fireworks. So they just blink stupidly at the brilliant lady, while she prattles on and on. gradually working 'every one into a silent frenzy. After lunch there s some tennis, where the comic heroine does some really killing things with her racket— slamming the ball into her Inoffensive partner—wearing a ridiculous hat, which falls off just in time to spoil a play, and altogether making a gen- eral nuisance of herself. That evening she is not quite a suc- cess as before, and on Sunday morn- ing when the entire party appears for breakfast in a rather disgruntled state because church is golng to rob them of their much-needed sleep— she is a failure in her attempt at unday morning humor. All of which may be summed up as a warning to you budding humor- ists not to be funny too often. Use all your wit and humor when the occasion demands—but do not try being a comedian unless your audi- ence is in the mood. ‘The ‘“eternal humorist’” place in the hall of fame. (Copyright. 19 “Puzzlicks” Puzale Limericks There was a young man from the has mno Who saw what To make sure of —3-—— He gave it 8 ——4—— They burled his clothes — what he thought was a a 1. Place where a large number of persons live. 2. Pet name for a cat. 3. The thing mentioned. 4. Slight tap. 5. Shame. (Note: Put the right words indicat- ed by the numbers into the corre- sponding spaces and you'll see why the young man in question could not pose as a naturalist. The answer and another “Puzzlick” will appear tomor- row.) Yesterday's “Puzzlick.” They tell of an old man of Mocha Who caressed his spouse with a poker. She sald: “Oh, my dear, Your manners are queer; But then I suppose you're a joker.” (Copyright. 1925.) - Canned Baked Pears. Select some ripe, firm, unspecked pears. Wash them, remove the stems and fill a baking dish. Pour bolling water over them to within a little of the upper rim of the dish. Sweeten as if for immediate use. Sprinkle with powdered cinnamon and add cloves and other spices if desired. While the pears are baking baste them con- stantly and turn over and around to make them brown equally. Should the water boll down very low. add more water, little by little, until the sirup is enough to cover the pears in the jars. Have the jars hot as for canning, and when the pears are very tender, almost candied, pack in jars, pouring the boiling sirup over them. Seal and put away for future use. SLOANE WASHINGTON, D. C. FINE WOOL WILTON RUGS (Size 9x12) at $7875 The low price on this extra heavy quality represents a distinct saving to all who take advan i opportunity. / ’ of this ALL OTHER SIZES AT PROPORTIONATE SAVINGS STORE HOURS 8:00 A NCLUDI TO sA° 5:30 P.M. EVERY DAY . TURDAY FREIGHT PAID TO ALL SHIPPING POINTS IN THE UNITED STATES Sloane Endorsed Merchandise Carries eAn cAssurance of Satisfaction ufloroth yDix Matrimony Is a Working Agreement, Not a Rosy Dream, and a Marriage Contract Would Settle Many Points of Dispute. —_— N this country the marlage contract is one of the wedding accessories of the rich, who have fortunes to safeguard. The poor regard it as super- fluous. Yet it would be a good thing If every young man and woman con- templating a life partnership would go to some competent lawyer before they took the fatal step and have him draw up a mutual agreement between them. It is true that they might have no property rights to settle, but they have other rights even more valuable to protect. It is also true that there is no way in which a marriage contract that dealt with spiritual, rather than material things, could be enforced. But such a document, wherein it was duly set forth in pompous legal phraseology that the party of the first part and the party of the second part, being duly sworn, had covenanted together to do this and that specific thing, and to assume this and that particular obligation, would have a tremendous binding power. Of course, the marriage ceremony is supposed to cover all this, but that deals with glittering generalities, whereas a marrlage contract would come down to brass tacks. It is one thing for a man to promise vaguely to endow his wife with all his worldly goods, and another thing for him to contract to hand over to her $50 as a personal allowance every month. So also 1s it one thing for a woman to swear before God and man that she will serve her husband, and another thing for her to undertake to get up and cook his breakfast for him every morning. The marriage contract would have the inestimable value of giving every young couple a fair start in matrimony. It would force them to put all of their cards on the table before they had irretrievably committed themselves. The man would state in black and white what he expected of a wife, and what he was willing to do for her. The woman would state what she expected of a husband, and what she was willing to do. And-each would be able to take it or leave it, as they saw fit. Each would define in set terms what he or she considered the duties and the emoluments of a husband and wife should be, and definitely proportion the Jabor and the rewards of matrimony. This would enable men and women to visualize matrimony as a working contract, and not a rosy dream, while they were still on the safe side of the altar, instead of leaving it at loose ends, as a sort of gentleman's agreement, whose terms nobody had to respect, unless he or she felt like doing so. % e HERE are many vexed points of dispute that the marriage contract would automatically settle. First and foremost, is the money question, that is the root of unending domestic bickering. It would lubricate the Yale lock on many & stingy man's pocketbook it he knew that his wife held a contract in which, in consideration of her doing the cooking, and washing, and sewing, and baby-tending, and buying, and entertaining, and all the other multifarious duties incident to being a wife and mother and running a house, he had covenanted and agreed to give her a sum of money for her own personal needs without inquiring to what use such sald sum of money was devoted. And certainly it would make for domestic harmony if in the marriage contract the husband guaranteed to take his wife out to some place of amusement at least once a week. In the event of their not being able to affoyd servants, he could agreed to stay at home and mind the babies, and let her g0 by herself. Also if wives extended to their husbands in writing the privilege of having their night out, every week it might stop their being nagged about it, and having to listen to a curtain lecture when they got home. The marriage contract might also eliminate another first aid to divorce by settling the in-law question. By the terms of agreement there might be certain closed seasons of the year in which all visits of in-laws were strictly barred, 1n consideration of which, In the open season, both the party of the first part and the party of the second part would bind themselves to be pleasant and agreeable to their respective mothers-in-law, and to endure with patience and forbearance all suggestions and criticlsms from such. J* would turn matrimony from an endurance test into a picnic for many a woman if the marriage contract bound her husband to keep his love- making up to the high standard of effciency he had developed in the days in which he was trying 4o induce her to sign up as a life partner with him, and if he agreed to continue to pay her compliments, and to put a little pep into his kisses. it would keep many a man from wondering what-made-me-do-it? barred kimonos, &nd cold cream, and curl asy on the Likewis A if the marriage contract strictly X . papers, and down at the heel slippers, and bound a wife to be as e eyes after marriage as she was before marriage. ght agree not to henpeck or otherwise assert o fret, whine or complain because she ot to tell him more Also the said Mary Jane mid undue authority over her husband. not t could not have the things that rlrch e have, and n n six times of one particular fault. o And article 7 of paragraph 355 might state that this contract becomes null and void if the wife spends all of her afternoons at bridge partles, and feeds her husband out of paper bags and tin cans that she buys at the corner grocery on the way home, and that she miscalls mr;:(r)_fl“v o (Copyright, 1925.) 1 ms, such as topazes, aquamarin: |and amethysts are still popular in this | country, according to reports from the { gem-cutting center. ldar-Oberstein, | Germany. but there has been a decided falling off In interest here in synthetic stones of low quality. Parking With Peggy For Baby’s Sake! Nothing soothes & heals baby’s tender skin so well as this pure white powder— Kora Konia for Sore Skin P e «Harry Is just on edge these davs waiting for the words which wi make him happy—'inclosed check. O AR AR AR Remarkable Wear-Ever Specials! For the Anniver- sary Week Mentioned in Special Advertise- ment on Page 29. Two-Quart Wear- Ever Aluminum Saucepan, Regularly 90c—Special, 49c The same heavy quality al- uminum—the same saucepan, in fact, that you'd ordinarily pay ¢ for. During this sale only at this low price. 93;-in. Wear-Ever Aluminum Pie Pan. Regularly 40c—Special, 25¢ ‘A large size piepan, just the rifihl depth. And a splendid value at this price. SIXTH FLOOR. Lansburgh &Bro. wwsswe BEEPTPTTET The Old Woman’s Advice. Then the old woman said, “Wipe | your eyes, Little Two E: and I| shall give you some good advice. Beg your sisters to give you the heart of the goat. Bury it in the ground be- fore your house and it will turn out lucky for you.” Then she disappeared. Little Two Eyes went home and said to her sisters, ““Dear sisters, give me some part of my goat, please. I do not ask for anything good, only give me the heart." The sisters laughed and sald, “You can have that if you do not want any- thing else.” So Two Eves took the heart and buried it as the old woman had directed her. Here are the goat and the magic table. Color the dishes bright attrac- tive colors. Tomorrow the little old woman will appear. (Copyright. 1025.) Sour Milk Tea Cakes._ Tea cakes made from the following recipe have taken many prizes at fairs: The recipe makes 14 large de- lclous cakes. Mix one cupful of su- gar, two tablespoonfuls of butter and one egg. Add one cupful of sour milk or thick cream. Sift and add two cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, and one teaspoonful of soda. Flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat for two minutes and put in buttered gem pans. Bake about FEATURES. Telling Stories. love stories. Their love for them is as deep-seated as their insti) to clutch and hold whatever comes their way. Their hungry minds reach out and clutch the ex- periences of their elders, greedily ab- sorb the embroldering of their fan- cles, drink in the music of the old folk tales. One of the first requests of child- hood is for a story, and one of their first language experiments is telling a story, “I saw a Kitty, umph “for the three-year-old in the way of story telling» And he is quite content with the most rudimentary tale at this age. “Once there was a little robin. He lived in the nest with his mother. And his father. And his little sister robin and his litite brother robin. A big cat lived in the house nearby. Once she nearly caught him. But he rose right up on his wings and flew right home to his mother. And she gave him a kiss and a hug for com- ing right home &0 fast. And she chased the big cat. came back.” That is a fascinating story for three years. If you t€ll it with proper pauses, leaving room for thought and expectancy, it is a thrilling success. But all he can tell in return fis, “Once there was a robin.” *Once there was a kitty.” You have to remember that chil- dren store a hundred words and their implications where they can return one. Keep right on telling storles, but don’t ask for any In return save he proffers them. And take them he gives them and applaud heartily. He likes, and so does his little sis- ter, true storles, storles that hap- pened to mother ‘when she was little —_— T T T e Children My life which may seem dull to most To me is th—ining every day — We're all dramatic in our minds And live like heroes in & 15 minutes In a hot oven And he never | Our Children—By_Angelo Patri, or father or Gram or Gramp. Search your memory for them. They do not have to be any more thrilling than the account of what happened td mother’s best hat. . “Once Gram bought me a new hat, a big red hat with daistes on it. I wanted a leghorn, a floppy leghorn with pink roses. When I saw the red one I began to cry. But I had to wear it. I had to cross a little bridge across a pond on my way to Sunday school and the very first Bun- day, just when I reached the middle of the bridge dldn’t the hat blow off. I watched it slowly fill up with water and sink. Then I went to church, happy as a bird. Isaw myself in that floppy leghorn with the roses. “But I didn't know Gram. When I got home the first thing I saw was that hat hanging behind the kitchen stove drying nicely. ‘It’s a good hat,’ saild she. ‘A little water won’t hurt, Father got out the boat and fished it right up.’ " And then you remember all the games you played and all the picnics, and what happened to you and what happened to father. After you have told true storfes for a while, tell the falry tales. Begin with Cock Robin and don’t leave off until you graduate them through Grimm and Anderson and Ruskin. But you have to tell them first and read them afterward. Mr. Patri will give personal attention to inquities from parents or school teachers on' the care and development of children Write him in care of this paper. inclosing sell-addressed. stamped envelope 1or reply. ico t, 1025 PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Go farther Last longer Dye better Colors are fresher and brighter when you use Putoam. It is less trouble— more economical — & smailer amount farther. Putnam Fadeless Dye is the original one-package dye for ali materisls and purposes — dyes silk, cotton and wool in one operation. Use me packsge for tinting. Complete irections on package. rice 15 cents. Bee color chart at your druggist's. 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