Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1925, Page 51

WOMAN'S PAGE Making the Most of Your Looks BY DOROTHY STOTE. Dear Ann: When a tall, thin woman wears an Yton facket dress, she would do well to make sure that there is a decided fullness in the blouse, which will break the stralghtline of jacket and skirt, and prevent her from looking too tall and thin, as she would with a blouse that is also very straight. Yours for avolding too much straight- LETITIA. (Copyrizht, 1925.) THE WIDOW’S MIGHT BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR Fay Carson_is not atfractive to men. NAe reads a book extuiling the cRarms of a young widoi and decides to mas he n w/‘ Dean or ruse las been discovered, Fay makes . Fuy does mot know tAis. hier. P L1 Rescued ! © bre upor s | r non- | . and a turned | tery ¢ to hold he: ch: nt, but it she gained the lobby toward the stairway mechanically, her | one thought to gain the solace of her | own. room, he would pack her trunk and eady to leave the inn, She had almost reached the foot of the staircase. when some one spoke h name, “Good morning, Mrs. Churchill and she wheeled abont. At tha ment there w look of espectant | torture in her amber It w look that she might tormentor, and wh self looking up into Dean lampton's cool, gray eyes the tes denly hot against her She stood before him out of the dining room and little tableau. Fay was not conscious | of it, but if she had planned for days she ‘couldn't have attained a. neater triumph. As it was, she saw nothing but Dean’s lean, dark face, his gray eves bent thoughtfully upon her, his stern lips relaxed in an expression that almost tender A tedr forred i under her lashes and rolled down her cheel. Hastily Dr 5 1« lip. Don't these people see you are fright ened by their attitude it this stage of the game.” His warning brought s 1ip, and he ngly. 1 drove over early so as to be on hand. I knew last night that the Scandal would be all over the hotel this morn- ing. Suppose you come out for a lit- tle drive with me. That will give you a chance to think things over.” As though in a dream, Fa across the lobby at Dean’s side. was dimly aware of the fact that peo- vle stared her. Outside on the 3 da Jack, in bis favorite |VU»\“I(-I\‘ against the raili wns chatting with the new Albright. Fay | saw the lo ment that he | turned on ! « her with Dean | fampton, but th stion of her | triumph gave her n e, It was | as if such thing: and, besides, it w totn really a faint smile plest no longer matt ; tas if Dean Hamp- ything about her. He was sorry for her, that was all. It was Elsie Norris that he liked. Once upon a time I'ay would have Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Inexpensive Play Pen. | Mrs. L. . offers this helpful sug- stion for 4 play pen. “If the wants to be in the voom with o busy mother she can Leep him nearer her and still out from under her feet and out of danger by putting him in a well padded, large dry goods box. He can play in the box and if he falls ho cannot hurt himself. When he I8 older he can pull himself up and walk ahout Answer.—The for have been sen is alwa pet su Instead of the dry goods b which | s rather small, the father can bolt ur longer, smooth boards together | ) such a way thut at night it may | b folded up and put out of the w .s easily as an ironing hoard. Com- forts can be put in the bottom. The mother must be warned against keep- ing the child in the pen for too long a time. Never use it as a method of punishing the child. Keep the play idea Iin mind always and let him | understand that this is not a jail but 1 place for amusenient and “fun” and | to be near mother | of “mine. | Mre. L. R—Write to the Children's | Bureau, Department of Labor, Wash- | ington, D. C., and inclose 20 cents | Yor the two excellent books entitled, | Trenatal and Infant Care. Mrs. T. J. R—It seems hardly pos- sible that because you have sinus trouble it would so disastrously affect given anything in the world for a chance to sit beside Dean in his low- slung car and be whirled over the countryside. Only so short a time ago | as vesterday, if he had evinced any in- terest in her, she would have been happy beyond her fondest dreams, but now it didn’t matter. She was no longer the much-sought-after Mrs. Churchill, full of witchery and charm. Her pride had been torn from her, and humbled to the ground; she was a piti- ful creature, able to arouse pity in a man, but no stronger emotion. It was impossible, however, to be abroad on such a golden morning and not respond to the loveliness of it all. After all, Fay was young, and in spite of her suffering the fresh air blowing in her face acted like a tonic. After a time she turned to Dean and spoke for the first time since they had left the hotel. “You've saved b 1 hours: do you Hampton “If you put it that w think it was worth saving?” turned evenly. T don't,” Fay said qu You can't imagine how utterly un- worthy 1 feel. I'm not even grateful to you because being under an obliga- tion to you maki me feel still more humbl Now you can see what an utterly worthless person I am. I hate to have you feel sorry for me,” she went on with more vehemence; *you can't imagine how 1 hate it; it's the crowning humiliation! (Copyright. 1025.) life twice within realize that, Mr. 1y, don’t you here- (Continued in tomorrow’s MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Picture Postal Cards. One Mother Says: Jessie has a large collection of plc- ture postal cards which she has kept in a novel way. has pasted them back to back, not too s together to permit bending be- tween each pair of cards. When dry the strip folds up like accordion pleats. She can look at the pictures by turn- the pages one by one or by drop- piing the strip open its full length. Candied Cranberries. ,One cup firm, brillant red cranber- es. One cup sugar. One cup water. Wash and dry the cranberries and prick each in several places with a needle. Boll together the sugar and water until a little lifted on a spoon sping a thread; if using a thermome- ter, cook to 230 degrees. Put in the cranberries and cook gently until the sirup will Jelly when dropped from the tip of the spoon. Remove each berry separately, place on waxed paper to cool and dry. Roll in gran- ulated sugar and use in place of can- died cherries. The cooking of the berries must be done slowly to avold breaking them. v How shall you use them? on your fruit salads, as a garnish for ‘ice cream, as a decoration for the Christmas or Washington's birth- day cake, or to add a note of color to those boxes of homemade candy which you and the children plan to make for holiday times. In or corn cob use—you cool and One-Pound Glass Humidor the child’s gain. A child who has failed to gain even an ounce in two and ane-half months is belng starved, and | Jou make a mistake to continue to hurse the Laby under these circum| stances. The baby should be put upon al inodified milk formula, and consider- | inz his age and his very low welght. | his should be done under the super- | vision of a doctor who will take per- | sonal charge of the feeding until the 1.aby is well on the road to galning. | 1t would be & mistake for you to ex- periment with the ltoeruns Yyourself. counters $1.29 In the Tidy Red Tin 10......81 14 1b.. . .50c On « long strip of | longcloth, the width of the cards, she | THE EVENING FOOD AND HEALTH s ED STUART GIBBS, e There is one conflict that we should all like to see continue, and that is the war against malnutrition. Incl- dentally, we might be surprised if we could trace the connection between underfeeding and those terrible wars that have devastated the world throughout the ages. An {ll-fed people is a people ready to fight, so that the war we may wage now against this evil of malnutrition may be one means of bringing about world peace. We are too apt to think only of food when our minds are directed to- ward underfeeding. The mother ‘whose child brings home a card mark- ed “‘Undernourished” is often the mother who rises in her wrath to de- claim: “The very idea! As i Jack didn’t have enough to eat! Why I al- ways get the best for my family! And, besides, Jack eats twice as much as Julla and nobody talks about her being undernourished:™ Now the chances are that the mother is perfectly right on every count! Probably she does provide the best. No doubt Jack does eat twice as much as Julla, and it is equally within the Uimits of probability that Julia is up to normal in welght and that she gives every other indication of complete nutrition. ‘What is the answer? ‘Were we permitted to follow Jack and Julla throughout one of their lively days we might easily find the answer. Suppose we watch Jack first, from the time he goes to bed the night before! When mother says, *'9 o'clock, Jac] Bedtime!” There is perhaps an explosion. “I don’ wanna go to bed!” And being a “modern” mother, one who belleves in allowing her chil- dren to ‘“express themselv his mother lets Jack have his way. He goes to a movie, the “late show,” comes home keyed with excitement which 1s the sequel of a *“Western,” eats a before-bedtime lunch or what- ever he chances to find In the ice box, and, being a high-strung child, tosses for an hour or more before go- ing to sleep. Next morning, as a natural conse- quence, he sleeps over, is so peril- ously near being late for school that he dashes through a hasty breakfast, with no relaxation, is so tired from his insufficient hours of sleep and the restless character of such sleep as he does get that he takes no part in the healthful outdoor games with the other bovs. His lunch is a self-select- ed meal and he eats but a fraction of it. Dinner that night is partaken of in over-large quantity, and s rushed through to get on to another hectic frolic, and then the same story begins all over again! Now for Julla. She has been out of doors every minute possible, and when bedtime ar- she tumbles sleepily into bed. leeps nine hours and hops jov- ously down to breakfast, which she eats in a leisurely fashion. The school lunch is” enjoved and., when, after another day of well balanced work and outdoor play is over, her dimger is caten quietly and once more she is ready for a long night. No movies for Julia. She says the lights and the jazz “‘make her sick” and she is literally right. Not sick, perhaps, in the sense in which she uses the term, but sick none the less. For her grow- ing body is robbed of the relaxation. the rest that is needed to make it possible for her digestive system to as- similate the good food provided by & careful mother. Of course she is better nourished | than Jack! It is of vital importance that we | learn this lesson—the fact shat there is more to this matter of malnutrition than food. More than weight, also important danger signal as this ls—a lagging gait, a “slouching” posture, clammy skin and “pasty color’—all these are signs of trouble ahead. Rest, long hours of sleep, frequent bathing and outdoor exercise, plus good food, and old malnutrition will slink away to limbo! (Copyright. 1925.) PHistory of Bour Pame BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN. COTTER VARIATIONS—Kott MacCotter, RACIAL ORIGIN—Irish, Dani SOURCE—A descriptive nam Here is an Irish family name con- cerning whose origin there is some room for doubt. The question fs whether it 1s a name of purely Gaelic origin or a gaelic adaptation of a Dan- ish word. While the period of Danish incur slons in England and Ireland was several centuries prior to the time when family names began to form in the former country, it by no means antedated the widespread use of sur- names in Ireland, though it was prior to the establishment of surnames by the law of King Brian Boru. Cotter appears to be the *develop- ment of a Danish word, meaning “cot- | tager” or “hoat builder,” a word which is to be found today in the modern Danish family name of Kotter. The Gaelic form of the name of the clan, in Mellow, County Cork, which bore this name was “O'Coiteoir,” or more anciently *Ua-Coiteoir” (the prefixed “0'" {s”a development of “Ua” and “Ui"). Earlier Anglicized forms of the name were “MacCottyr” and “Mac- Coithir,” forms somewhat closer to the Gaelic. Such & clan or sent name as this would develop naturally from the sur- name of some chieftain, whether with some Danish blood in his veins or not, who might have been surnamed, ac- cording to the Danish-influenced dia~ lect of the locality, “the cottager.” (Copyright. 1925.) To Clean Silk Umbrella. A lovely silk umbrella that was al- most hopelessly spotted by the rain was made as good as new by going over it with gasoline which had been saturated with table salt. The gas. oline will not dissolve all the salt but it will become treated with it and will not leave a ring or spot. It may be used to clean other- things, with the assurance that it will not leave | the much-dreaded “ring.” _——— —for the pipe smoker! Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco QUALITY—yes, quality, that's exactly what you get when you load your briar or with “good old” P. A. It matters not what kind of a “smoking piece” you are bound to get that same smooth, enjoyable smoke that is known by “regular fellows” who recognize and de- maund quality in big things like tobacce, And_don't forget—you can always get fresh P. A. at any one of our 18 busy cigar WHEN WE GO SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN. Hairbrushes. A hairbrush on the dresser first attracts attention by its back. What sort of a back would you prefer on the halrbrush you were buying? It should depgnd upon your needs. The best English brushes, which have few equals and no superiors, have satinwood backs. Satinwool is not harmed by water, and it is an ideal wood for brushes. It is close grained, takes a high polish and won't warp. In American brushes the most popu- lar woods are ebony and rosewood, and fvory, genuine or imitation, is another favorite. Ebony is best for durability, but it's expensive. Brushes are made in either one or two parts. Those in one part have their bristles hand-drawn and are generally considered the best. There's no glue or other cementing fluld in them to melt in hot water. The two- plece brushes are made by machinery and are usually much cheaper. Un- fortunately, there's no dependabls way of telllng when a wooden brush BEAUTY CHATS Emergency Treatments. Suppose you are working in an of- fice and a little more tired than usual at the end of the day, and some one very particular calls you up and wants you to go out that evening. And you simply cannot look tired, you must look as though you had spent the whole day resting and amusing yourself. Do you know what to do to look perfectly fresh? If possible, get into a hot bath as soon as you get home, and lie down five or ten minutes before dressing. Sea salt in the water makes it spe- clally refreshing, too. But if you can't do thls, if you haven't time, try this: Have a cup of hot tea as soon as you get home; that soothes and re- freshes. Change your shoes for slip- pers, take off youf dress, tie your hair back and smear your face and neck with cold cream. Spread some on your elbows, and rub the face and neck with your hands. Get the cream over your hands, too, and around your finger nalls. Now wring your face cloth from hot soapy water and wipe the cream from your face, neck and arms. Hold the cloth over the face a few minutes, till the skin turns pink. Rinse with cold water or rub with ice for a moment, clean the nails and scrub the hands thoroughly to get the cream from them, Powder the skin and brush the hair vigorously with a hairbrush. Spend whatever time you have left shaping and polishing Your finger nails. If your eyelashes are powdery, rub them With cold cream; it makes them glossy and thicker in appearance. Rest all Yyou can in the few moments you have —you'll be amazed how much fresher you feel for this simple treatment and how much fresher you look. Hot and cold water to stimulate the skin and is handdrawn, except by sawing the brush into cross-sections. Aside from the wood yeu will be interested in the quality of the bristles. These should be firm and enduring. However, no bristles aro good that aren’t firmly fastened in the brush. The bristles of the Siberian boar are considered the best obtain- able. Chinese bristles are found in the cheaper brushes, while Ruse! bristles are in the better grade. Th real Siberlan bristles are very scarce. After you've bought vour brush you can easily ruin it, no matter what its quality. ~Among the don'ts are these: Don't wash a brush in a strong alkaline or acid solution: don't dry it in an oven; don't permit it to remain wet longer than necessary; don’t bend the bristles with your fin- gers; don't squeeze two brushes to- gether. Sunlight i3 the best purifying agent for brushes as well as other things. Good brushes come fairly high in price, but they are worth what you pay, if you make sure of your value. Your halrbrush should last vou a litetime, and it will if you buy and use wisely. BY EDNA KENT FORBES. brushing to stimulate the scalp are what, you need. Helen and Katharine R.—There are some liquid varnishes that give a glaze to the nalls, but the effect is startling and unnatural. It is much a polish by a generous use of the buffer. If you prefer a pinkish tint to your nalls, you can have a llttle car- mine in the paste. Lemon julce is a harmless nall bleach to use under the nalls If the cleansing with soap and water {s not sufficient. The paste for bleaching off white spots on the nails is made from pitch and myrrh in equal parts. Apply this at night and cover finger tips with finger stalls to protect the bedding, and remove the paste mext morning by rubbing a little oil into the nails. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused—Don't say “to the victor belongs the spoils.” Say “belong.” The plural noun ‘spofls” is the subject. Often mispronounced — Brethren. Pronounce last syllable “ren” and not “ern,” so commonly heard. Often misspelled—Principle ment); principal (chief). ynonyms—Disclose, cover, reveal, confe | expose. Word study—"Use |times and it is_your: crease our vocabulary one word each day. Today’s word: Credulous; easily imposed upon, be- lieving on slight evidence. “We must not be too credulous; we demand proof.” (ele- divulge, dis. , unmask, unveil, word three Let us in by mastering better to use a paste and then attain | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1925 SUB ROSA BY MIMI * Vamps and Vamps. Today we get half of our education from the popular magazines and the movies. ‘We read that a vamp is a long, thin individual with black hair, and the next evening we see her on the screen complete with long, black earrings and a slinky dark dress, From then on we regard all women of that type with the deepest suspicion— and if we see them within half a mile of our favorite men, we shout for help. Also we are most indifferent to what the short, blonde girl does or thinks— we pay no attention to the damsel with the quiet brown eyes and the rather sober mien. We complacently ignore girls who are neither startling nor wicked look- ing—we assure ourselves that we can take care of ourselves when there is 1o competition from the real vamps. And so, perhaps, when we hear that Peggy (a_rather dumply little soul with ‘black hair, freckles and a pug nose) {s going to be on our party, we say to ourselves: “Only that unattrac- tive little Andrews girl. She's nothing to worry about. No use wearing the best evening dress—the old bluc one will do.” Peggy is on hand. looking more at- tractive than we had supposed she could, but still Jooking far from dan- gerous. We are surprised on reaching the | dance that she seems to have quite a crowd of men swarming about her as | soon as she enters the ballroom. But we decide that they're probably all her brother's friends, and are confi- dent that our Jim is perfectly safe for the evening anyway. Then we notice with an icy pang at the heart that Nina Bradley is among those present—tall she {s, and dark and aristocratically garbed in electric blue velvet. We ghiver and look at Jim—he doesn’t seem to be particularly in- terested in the siren—but we know men—we shall watch him. All that evening we are buey keep- ing an eye on Jim and Nina. Are they dancing together? Are they per- haps sitting out? At supper we are dimly conscious| that little Peggy seems to be getting a lot of attention, but we know she's not a vamp, so we don't attempt to outshine her with our wit. We hear every one laughing at her lines and we catch admiring com- ments, but it leaves us cold—we keep glancing over our shoulde at the beautiful Nina, About two dances after supper we miss Jim. Also Nina is not in the room. In a panic, when no one can see us, we sneak out to the conserva- tory. What is that? Jim's voice: “Really 1'd like to take vou to that next dance better than anything in the world.” Oh, that cat, na. And then we see Jim's companion— little Peggy. Oh, yes, there are vamps and vamps. Never make up your mind that a girl isn't worth compet- | ing with until you are sure she's not artactive to men. Don't decide that a girl is harmless because of her eves, her hair or her clothe: Always look and act your best. Then you're safe. very FEATURES, MENU FOR A DA BREAKFAST. Sliced Oranges. Dry Cereal with Cream. Creamed Codfish on Toast Doughnuts. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Oyster Stew. Crackers. Preserved Peaches. Brownies. Tea. DINNER. Cream of Tomato Bisque. ¥llet of Sole, Tartare Sauce. Creamed Potatoes. Boiled Squash. Coleslaw. Butterscotch Ple. Coffee. CODFISH ON TOAST. Soak fish at least 2 hours be- fore cooking in cold water, drain that water off and pour enough bolling water to fully cover fish. Boil % hour. Make sauce by wetting tablespoon flour with littls cold water, pour 1 cup boiling water and 1 tablespoon butter and bofl 5 minutes. Add 1 hard-boiled egg cut in small pieces. Serve on buttered toast. BROWNTES. One cup sugar, % cup butter, % cup walnuts, 2 eges, 1; cup pastry flour, 2 squares choco- late. = Spread thin on sheets. Bake in very slow oven and cut in small squares while luke- warm. TOMATO BISQUE One pint can tomatoes, 1 can evaporated milk, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, cel- ery salt, pepper, soda. Stew tomatoes 10 minutes, add small pinch soda to neutralize acidity, straln. Bring evaporated milk to the scald in double bofler, thicken with butter and flour blended. Season to taste with celery ealt end pépper. Re- move from fire, combine with hot tomato juice. Stir well, and if thinner soup is wanted, add % cup botling water. Do not put over fire after mixing, or soup will curdle. This is sufficient to serve four. Apple Jam. Wipe and cut four pounds of apples into quarters without peeling or cor- ing them. Put them into a pan with water to just cover, and boil until soft. Rub them through a sieve and to each pint of pulp allow three- fourths pound of sugar and a good pinch of powdered cinnamon. Put these ingredients into a pan, stir until the sugar has melted then boil for thirty minutes, stirring tinuously. Remove all scum the mixture into dry, clean jars and cover. Mrs. Evelyn F. Vernon, Ohio, former picture censor, who will be a candi- date for the Republican nomination for governor, is said to be the first woman to seek that nomination in Ohlo. HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. Too often poor old Dad, the offictal footer-of-the-bills, is overlooked in the Christmas rush. He finances the fam. {ly’s Christmas plans, taking shy pleasure in the busy preparations %4 going forward, though quite well aware that his own portion will prob- ably be a box of unsmokable cigars. Let's remember hiin royally this year, if we never did before, for the shops are showing a new type of easy chair that is quite plainly intended for the pride and comfort of patient, long-neglected Dads. It {s deeply luxurious, and its up- holstery is red morocco, which does not wrinkle the clothes as napped up- holsteries do. The red is a warm, glowing color, which tones in surpris. ingly well with almost any living room color scheme. (Copyright. 1925.) “Puzzlicks” The question he'd popped at a —1— And the answer had filled him with For the With a Has am maiden so—3— sweet, modest—i—, wered him simply Afternoon vety. . What most maidens are Appearance, The one word of French everyone kno .—What happened to the young an to fill him with—2 vill be ap- parent when the limerick has been completed by placing the right words, indicated by the numbers, in the cor- responding spaces. The answer and another “Puzzlick” will appear tomor row. w social function that Yesterday's “Puzzlick.” There was a young man-child named Dani Who was itten £paniel. He quickly let out ch a terrible shout That his nurse said, “Great Scott, can yell!” (Copyright. 1925.) quite hard by D ————— ittt A0 o LT o2 S —not forgetting the mothers and sweet- hearts! Here’s some honest advice on what to give the man who smokes . . . Prince Albert pipe tobacco! Nothing could make more of a hit with a smoker than good old P. A. The handsome pound crystal-glass humidor with the sponge-moistener top will carry the joy of Christmas morning -far into the new year. Every cool, fra- grant pipeful will bring new pleasure— and everlasting gratitude for your excel- “lent judgment. Then there are the pound and half- P B. 7. Baynelds Tobascs Wizste-Selem, N. C. RI —no. other man ever knew. “To. | | pound tin humidors for the smoking- table at home, the desk at the office, the work-bench. More important than the containers (good-looking as they are) is the tobacco that’s in them . . . Prince Albert, the most enjoyable smoke mortal The pound crystal-glass humidor is especially arrayed in Christmas clothes. A space is provided for writing .” and “From further wrapping needed. Convenient! > No No matter what the size or amount, give tobacco is like Prince Albert. You cannot do better! NGE ALBERT it! P.A. & sold everywhere in tidy ved tins, pound and helf-pownd tin humi- dors,end pound crystal-giass humidors with sponge-moistener top. And alweys with every bit of bite and perch removed by the Prince Albert grocess Look st the U.S. revenua siampenthere src THO tull ounces in every tise