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WOMAN'’S Feather-Weight . BY MARY Time was when the northern folk watched for the first straw hat with the kame eagerness that they listened for ‘the first robin. They of Spring, the h wer ats u soth sually THIS DROOPING HAT TRIMME WD ADE OF GRF WITH AN AT FLOWER RIMMED SN HATL LIQUE ipating the changed. the thrill over Spring hat in g we used to. It & cun sight the the ite in and light Midwinter, with straw hats appe 1o, for the be b Luck in Numbers And Other Things BY NEVSA McMUIN A Word of Advice. ¥ | board ore i aunched a fashion had this first br fected than sisterly an institution upon mas. short-h can Not at-grandmoth acked in a divided e-pipe hat. but with irs in the adelot d sill ired girl i oys' proving things with i horse petticoat and uine ease wnish-tailored 1 completes it 1hand te ARGETTE. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON * | home Often Pronou wnd not hon: srprise sur, stain, spoil, three word each etentive, ha A retentive ed »day's wer to word, tain. cultt Simple Spice Pudding. Tak ipful of pint hot nd until the 1e-fourth ried bread c milk, spoonful )f cupful of mola one-fourth spoonful of cinn: good pinch each of cloves, n mace and ginger, and cupful of seeded raising e been steamed for five min Add one beaten egs, turn into @ greased pudding pan and bake n a maderate oven for nearly one nour. scant 1 wo-thiry Lace Lamp Shade. Fox daintiness and novel effect a ampishade made of Mechlin lace in J1d tyory shade sprinkled with little rystal beads would be hard to equal. it is 80 charming that one wonders: Why hasn’t that been thought of be- The lace should be rather free- to look well, and, the tiny Fsutal “are a decided addition. PAGE. Hats for Winter MARSHALL. | system has advantages as well as dis advantages for the milliners. So it is that new developments in millinery fushions may take pluce at any time of the a You no longer have to wait until Easter Sunday to | see unfolded the clever und grotesque activities of the makers and trimmers of hats. For wear at Southern resorts there rming light-weight. light ts intended f¢ almy air Then evening for r right here in the North there | nd diaphanous i Lewis of black tulle Ruman are some very light | b Yes, the celebrat | Paris Las vecently made hat for the Queen of - whose clothes are alw as interest {ing as her diplomacy. This feather weight hat is trimmed with sable talls. SRR (s L My Neighbor Say: v frying operation Is member to draw the t to one side of the once to prevent it from £ When it is somewhat straln the fat through a . into the basin in which it kept, so that it will be use again ooms that have been stood up the wrong way get crushed. Put a half-filled ke fi and when th AN comes strongly from the spout apply { | the crushed part to it. In a minute or two the bristles will rise into their original p While steaming. the hand shou Lo paseed briskly over the sur- face of the broom to hasten its recovery. This method is ef- fective " for all brooms and brushes, whether bristles or fiber. Boots and shoes to be kept in condition ought often to be d, whether they are worn or mot, care being taken that they are not left in a damp place or put too near th. to dry. In cleaning take h and not scrape finished pan of also keep hooks on cases in goc le them o 'd camphic Never leave medi kind of drink uncovered sick room. spr powde in MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Drawing Board in Nursery. Ony nother Instesd of the cu in the nursery we ha $ feet from the 1l the childre Vs mar tempts widl paper de the first a This and the be e board figures art which drawin Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEVER ELDRED. Children Will Grow Up. Mothers toward the; almost their children so seri would think blems pleasure of solvi ! It * unmarried pe | ing to a roomful of moth {in the cares and wori | up their familles who are v 1o reiu How do you ever cour: ve children wh things have responsib v that wel sheer ne th the listen: immersed Ty likely ave 1 the: is inclined to stop once in thi chase ufter the correct answ ; problem of childhood and find lining In the cloud. No matter {if vou do muke & mistake children do | grow up anyway, and to judge from | the brand of aduits which we see all 11?.0'\1! u matter what mistakes | the mother has made, the finished {articles ure very much alike { It is a fine thing to hold on to one’s sanity by remembering that one ) motler can't think everything can't always do exactly ri ter how hard she tries { her children | as educators | have lis to live \mal and h ' John show: | aishonest lief that Oy nad to ev nd can't rear and perfect would What one can do and wisely in nor- thful fashion. Then, if distressing symptom of one can cling to the be- > is not going to be a thief, 1 about him he is having example of persons who are the code of honesty. It be almost impossible, if his conditions were ideal, for any to W up without morals or even though, he may have lapses which terrify the living i would child | honesty, childish | mother. s 'is not that the mother not be conscientious. But it is say that the right home vhere, constant, loving understanding, and not colding. will do mc child and i rect_adult mold tslghted adherence to v : rule of human conduct nd o merciless effort to teach each {and every one of them to the grow- ing sprig: Children faults, ite of most of their manage to grow up into | quite iy adults, possessed of | no more failings than any of the human race Is heir to. One struggles {50 hard to make the children perfect and one wonders sometimes when a | sense of humor does overpower us, i just what in the world one would do !with a perfect child. The prospect | is rather awful to contemplate. What we do want is just an ordi- nary child possessed of good sense, a decent sense of restraint, an under- standing of ethics and morals and a saving grain of imperfections. Just enough of this last to make them | lovable, understandable individuals. [~ gaut quicklytradefor y Studehaker { Power Qurabitity-Finish | es of bringing | to doi atmos. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, | I COLOR CUT-OUT ‘ A MILLER'S DAUGHTER. Picking Winner Before Marriage D. "DorothyDix C., WEDNESDAY, | \ i ‘ Doubts Value of All Tips No Such Thing as.Sure System” in Picking Out | Wife or Husband, and Most of the Pre-Matri- monial Tips Are Unreliable. IS 1T possible to tie marr | put it in the sure-thing class? acquainted with the womun | Woman ever really kmow the There wiil 1 thunderous Wwo, un “No'%li wers they Ps; can ses no reasor hounalyze the part of their heads to th why the othe; quir had personal e ce of what th mess they did. and even the that astounded them ruost about each other. pe enc ¥ o gotting i You may have heen familia: you made mud pies and went to ki Mrs. John Jones vou have to be e of whose mind and t it you had never seen him grammar school days, but the you have to deal with a b never suspected her of having It is this impossibili arry him or her (hat mi h of e A Futile Search The king was ver aus had not is at the 1d over the loss he ili-humored not been ful completely de sor ndition yet he did spair. ee of ce He offered a wife or not upon the sort of 2 hus! system of picking the winners, re chances of success, It lose, eat reward for any information concerning him and had notices placed all over the kingdom proclaiming in big letters *he treasur he was willing to give to any one wifo might aid in the return of tha little prince B Now, roug sideration, tend woman a desi hand and a lo man in search if the intended possess thess possible to do so rness and gene ble wite an ng h 1ooks and weeks, and ¢ which i'he King became very downhearted, until final}; one day something strange happened | It all and is dressed er she brown 1925.) erloo Tov loving ear s a giv to hushand. who vith her durinz nan and that » that she is or can she en the worst the old French The ill-h : 1in greer a man stockings, for judge s her a nduct FOOD AND HEALTH ) puts it BY WINIFRED STUART GIBBS, B about money. gifts that he mad presents upon his be led by the na nds with both hands v wife has to pry e nong the nu in these United Stat think to includs position where it customs of ¢ discarding those jopting and tempting | who sy that hi in a to o [ parts of the !which do not dapting tho: T ol axion for chiet devoted <or hustand ways and her pies thr On the indifferent s who show that a amo: good son © feminine appeti - dld nc ve pro serving weigian ovies from and &0 on sions of th with ariet for concocting attractive lishes for meals that substantial antage also leave: caviay led fish t e ap setting f and | | directions uctory are to foods. This is of to all concerned | open for disiy > impe side of the guestic . the relatio f_these appetizers to nutrition It is not sufficient to say { “Appetizers b a on the enjovment of the A man can't jud her, for they are try friends av, f n matrimonial market it | g to “sell girl He ¢ n't even may While by any true, ans exhaust this statement the ion.” os Dot i | he is wise in passt | sensible as soon as practical of wives up the fligh eresting t she is marr! ions for note that some making appe suggestion that | be artistic. The once adds: “Yes, ¥ not unbalance So there we are, with no way trition spec getting when we put our hanc |and so that th the diet! i | make for matrtmonial happiness. important point to con sther there are to be chil- | at the meal. If so, then the ap-| etizer should be one of fruit or fruit Jul Any one of the “rich” ca. ! napes composed caviar, anchovy | pustes. shell fish or smoked meats are quite out of place on the chil- dren’s diet. These dishes are usually oily and spicy, r:ln-l always composed of a variety of highly concentrated | i foodstuffs. Therefore, if one of these | Bottled Skyline. to be the firdt course, let the | Should cod liver oil ters understand that it is not|before or after meals? em. G > SRl [T be it said in passing, many | helP digest food? 3. Who should take {a grownup would do well to “pass|cod liver ofl, for what purpose, and up” the “fussy’” appetizer for one of | how?-M. J. F. body-regulating fruit juice! i On such cceasions as ere planned | 1 solely for the adult members of the family, when tuffed with lob- | get enough skyshine, beginning with. . pic or foic gras. i example, appear | as first cou en 1ot both hostess nd guest give a thought to the actual | food value contained therein and gov- | the dose u few dro) |ern_themselves accordingly the baby takes “But,” says some one, dally at 6 months that the tiny ishes made imma- | the richest known source of certain terfal.” | vitamins essential for the development | "Up to a point."ves, but in spite of | Willie Willi { their small size, the fact that elab- | BY ROBERT QUILLEN lis be taken v ham patties, teaspoonful twic “I thought their food value |orate canapes and patties are com | ‘[m!?d of gnch concentrated foodstuffs |mnakes it necesary to consider them, {1f we are to evaluate a ration prop- erly. For example, one of the first ways of interfering with the balance of a diet is by introducing an excess of | energy, and before we know it’'we | may easily give each guest one or | even two hundred extra measures | or calorles of energy before he has hegun the real meal. This fact, added to the other, that a complicated first { course gives' the stomach extra “work before it has settled down to its real | work of digesting a meal, leads ‘in- |evitably to the conclusion that simple {appetizers. such s a tiny cup of pip- |ing hot and strong bouliion or a few | {spoonfuls of refreshing fruit juice, | { furnish the best choice from the nu- | | trition standpoint | There is such a thing as overstim- | | ulation of the appetite for rich foods! | (Copyright. 1 i Braised Lambs’ Tongues. Wash and trim the lambs' tongues, put in a saucepan \ith half a tea- spoonful of salt and boiling water to | cover and simmer for an hour. Drain, | turning the liquor into the stock pot. | Skin the tongues and trim away the | roots, then place them in a bralsing | pan or deep dish, and add one cupful | and a half each of strained canned to matoes and good brown sauce. Drop in half a bay leaf, one teaspoonful of onfon juice and salt and pepper to season. Cover and cook in a moderate oven for two hours. “It looks like ever'thing I headaches.” (Copsright, 1825.) | Rust Dissolves Like Sugar ‘When ERUSTICATOR touches a mst stain, t the rust simply dissolves and disappears when rinsed in water. leaying the fabric e: actly as it was be sed for yeare Housands of housewives, it hias never harm. od even the most- delicate fabrics-or faat | colors. The_new, handy Erusti- cator_Pencil con a neceselty in every home. Separate treatment for ink Sialna; worke as effectively as the rust-remover. At the principal drug and dry goods stores of Washington Sterling Products Company out of the list of extra-hazardous risks and | ?Is it possible for a man to become really be marries before he marries her? man who leads her she has taken that falal journey with him? to th reply, while those who have never tried it will say | flapper believes that she understands man. ed that woman is an open book thut he can re any fairly But those who have been up against know better. in mi happiest 1 matrimo; led about her pe of reully getting acquainted with a person before | x whethe there any way by whic n will turn as the turns out but with the wisest it is a mat niable s if it fe and every woman desiring qualities will r her faults, pity times of mental and phy: ment to herself and to those hat he worships h t men say of hin “Joy of the tell whether for m its Lis wife in stred or generosity amor 'n he is downtown ix kel out of him with a crowbar devotion 3 equ helpless when they seek for wife. When they are on the anxious seat all g seems a cholce amon I's disposition by her to him. hoosting is domestic or not, for the cook may be responsible for the crime and things not be as hopeless as they seem i It isn’t safe for him to marry a poo low and therefore a -{ thrifty because she has had to pinch pennies all h | that, never having had any money to spend before unlimited wealth and rush into riotous ex ;- girl, fc and to make the of solvirz the conu into the matrin; could know each other before marriage as well a. (Copyright, 1 PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. 2. Does it [richer in the unidentifled substance or Answer.—All babies should take it |uncovered body. lin the Wintertime when they don't |&hd Smoke shut off the health-giving twice daily with some funduly susceptible to upper respira orange juice or prune julce when the | oI baby is a month old. and increasing | s‘each week until | Shronte o iver il | tertime, for it increases resistance to | proportions of such rel-| the plain undoctored oil, seems= to be say 18 | tell impudent if mamma’s got one of her | people find it hardest Can any to the altar until after e question:. The experienced wili | Every youth is con d at pleasure, and so intelligent man or woman cannot part and know them from the their chargcter: the matrimonial proposition and They will tell you that only i riage made them blunder into the nd Joan admit that the things the things they didn't know last | since the days when togéther, but when you becorne acquainted h a man the inner uiness are uas unknown to you & have known Mary Smith since + becomes the wife of ¥ Losom ities, nerve nd ways that you on a base of that marriage the theory which he can oman will make him a good a girl can get un accurate line | sut to be. Both may dope out a race handicappers do, with about the | all right if they are lucky. Otherwi: tions that make a soft tongue, u skilled asy enough for every a husband to find out it actically im. di should be Yet, in a tender, considerate and - when she is sick and al anguish that com about her a lover, for every lover tells his lady ood-fellow " m: street and sorrow of the home, he will be he will be niggardly or generous a liber. nd from the who lavishes expensive t-car Nor can she en, for many a_man > close fisted at home | husband is also a re women who hav had to take a second piace mother-inlaw's | they live n who has bes i rned by makes fallacy married in their and her | careless and | his wife and that Llessed among | Ups about 1s ar angels how hoose a S0 amiable and sweet | After marriage—but what her an't go b s stock fai says of ¢ what her girl in lepressed from her cake whether she He nother ure out girl on the theor | life she wvagance. she 1a The chances are | will think his salary Nor can he be certain s likely as not to turn most al grablug. Yet if g they do afterward, it DOROTHY DIX ) ( includ- st arti- | infinitely |and growth of young animal; |ing infants: that is, the ri ficlal source. Sunlight is influence which “‘vitamin,” but people are generally |ignorant of this and fail to permit | the sunlight or skyshine to reach the Clothing, glass, fog we designate as ultraviolet rays of sunlight. Many children and adults who are infections, | coryza, such as sinusitis | adenoiditis, tonsilitls and middle ear {nflammation, { should take cod liver oil in the Win- | such infections. Many infants who are constipated. incidental to improper | feeding. benefit in every way from cod | liver though the ofl is not a “physic. Take cod liver oil before or after | meals as you like, though generally | it is most readily taken an hour or two after meals. Cod liver il does not aid digestion. | | . No emulsion, extract, or other modi. | | fication of cod’ liver oil is so good as | Plain cod liver ofl, which makes no fancy pretensions and commands no fancy price. Chronic Appendicitis. | . Kindly publish in { there is such a_thin; | pendicitis.—W", ! Answer.—Yes. your colum if | s ‘as chronfc ap- | Beautiful Big Dumbbell. Are hot epsom salts baths good for reducing, taken three or four times " |a week?—BIG BLUE EY! Answer.—They will reduce vour pay | | envelope, all right. but nothing else to | | speak of. In Wisconsin. Where in Wisconsin is the tendency toward gofter? | A least | Mrs. J. H. M. | nswer.—How in New York can I | ? 1 should say it is where the | | to obtain fodized | | table salt or tincture of fodin. (Copyright. 192 Burche_ll’s Famous Bouquet Coffee Better Than Ever i o.00C Lb. N. W. Burchell 817-19 Fourteenth St. N.W. DECEMBER | And he went up sky 30, FEATURES %a&b\gtmu,hnw?—.a Ak weaning t olden breuwrn Plaited. RN RNV Your Eyes. ou want t o iful | { About a | more tir convenient china jar nder a b “Jill sympathized having his ey learned that h chorus of the “Puzzlicks” Puzzle-Limericks with Jack about reated until she sian’ was in the fellow of a gasoline tank t it happened tk That his pipe w i igh for a Former capital of Italy Peered; in After dark. Lighted. 5. Whirling m (NOTE—One thing th that the curious fellow who lived in the city that was formerly the cap-| ital of Ttaly won't repeat his expert- | ment—as will be seen when the iim erick has been completed the words, indicated by the in the correspond ces, swer and another fck pear tomorrow.) Yesterday's “Puzzlick.” 0 vault with id a_ vouth, blonde. But he vaulted one day O'er a strange wall, they say. And Iit in a very wet pond. (Copyright. 192 4 5 3 m. that is, the lashes vou make the lishes se | thicker than they are C This is har be detect The an-| will ap- | letter Sunday shampoo their hair it. there's nott ere's ulway ause dinn. is goin time “Pu pole T am fond, a handsome vi d the fire veady for After all. no one little lon | always So f minds day, when o Sunday or the sleep) turday vou intend washi yourself the followir bad dandruff mix of sulphur \with or if like yphul de-licious (Chocolate ny of the pottery factories and are working only four days a week, owing to Germa competition, and many English stores | are stocking up on imported china and earthenware For flower ! half and hal SN OldJashioned Chocolate | Jor a Newfaskioned Qeneration. Baker’s Chocolate Premium No. 1 1s most satisfactory for cookingand drinking first choice of good housekeepers and cooks. WALTER BAKER & CO. L. ESTABLISHED 1780 DORCHESTER, MASS. CANADIAN MILLS AT MONTREAL Booklet of Choice Recipes sent free. nice AVIY- ( FRENCH FORMULA (Hoco stor LATS Sold_ by tie best. ‘cbs clerywhere, The Happiness Boys Where did the Happiness Boys get their Happiness? “That’s easy; answered Ferdinand;“from the new Happiness Store, and they ain't th' only ones go there for’it, neither.” Dappiness! Wed just like to broadcast this, sell Evangeline Chocolates, cakes, goodies, sodas 'n even lunches at 1107 F St., N.W. (You know,boy, the new Happiness store) An’say — they’re doin’a land office business — believe us | Candy~Soda~ Tea Room 1107 F St.,N.W.