Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1926, Page 31

WOMXN’S PAGE. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, (Copyright. 1025, by the Bell Syndicate, Ine. 1926. FEATURES. SUB ROSA BY MIMI The - Organizer. “Yesterday when I asked Tom why Dovothy doesn't make more of a hit,” Helen was speaking with a faintly worried a Doro was one of her best friends, “he told me _hat she was all right until she became an ‘organ- | izcr, and after that she was a total Now what in the world did he | mean by that?” | Have you never noticed Doro's little habits,” 1 asked in surprise “She certainly has become noted for them, and it’s too bad, because she once had a chance of being one of the most popular girls in New York. You know, there was a time when her phone rang cvery five minutes and it wasn't just central apologizing for the wrong numb o, sir, the men didn't care how many nickels they wasted trving to locate her. Her livinz room was filled every | Sunday with @ half-dozen ardent | went on for a whole for cute swains, his a n one day when gathered in her house, Doro amazed us by suggesting a4 new game to be ed. None of us wanted to play | me, and we all heartily razzed the | | we were all | | But ained obdu- sted, with | all play this our hostess Oh, ¥ > finality, ‘we simply wor umblingly dull after ved, and had a noon. At tea time we ustomed to rush out selp prepare a cold gain little L othy | the | cach of which was part of the preparations wne of us had half when we were all carry out upper—and oh Ty ether. then on. Dot for everythi nd worse if bunch of same dance tox wa he were o the she called every | up and ' where we should | # eet, whose car would drive us there, and what time we should start. | Af first the bovs just laughed at her and called her the ‘hoss.' but in | 1 hey stopped laughing and began | was awfully busy at r‘\‘r'“\l\:-‘ of all kin arranging just | n every one was to » hom She ! d such early leavetakings that | ed tne b ility of half the | populatic oklyn One of her favorite tricks was to | on <ome poor unfortunate youth had hoped to attend a dance as a | inform him vanged for him to wn girl She hoped t mind, she'd be perfectly vay for the bid, ete vou ine what the me to think of her? understand that they | ned her as they would the pla » having their futur ar 1 for them that they could never enjoy life again? | Poor Dot only did it to be kind. | thought she was helping every with her wonderful schemes of nization. But, in reality, she ws self in bad all ‘round. to anewer any inqui y St i She hoc org: Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEVER ELDRED. Enemy, the Colic. ioned buby . The m: after 1 the d | almost al- | er walk- | <ht. she | ime and | After third 1 get over it," nd want Alking and fussi i ve simply don't accept philosophically and bow our We discover it the by or if the poor mite is | cause he has an empty In more cases than one | nk of this is the actual I not a from pain too to now his assume ic. that too rich for him, yottle baby and is finding e food designed for the small | tough, hard stuff for him to with n a word, indi- maother that he large, griping which him to turn blue and coid, distend his stomach into the shape of a round, hard boll and cause to scream with agony. must_search and remove the cause in order that there shall be a permanent cure, but there are harm- | less methods by which the child may | be temporarily relieved of his misery. The pain is caused by gas brought | ahout by the indigestion. This zas is | confined in some spot and causes in- | tense pain. It must be moved up (by belehing) or expelled throuzh the bow- | eks. A spoonful of very hot water, a change of position and a hot water | hottle on the baby’s abdomen will help | ir he belching. A warm enema will | relieve the gas in the intestines and | the bad pain will move away Tt is quite all right to add a few | drops of essence of pepparmint or fen- nel to the hot water. These have the following effect as discovered by re cent experiments: “They quiet and re. the stomach. while they seem to ave a stimulating effect on the in- testine, especially the large bowel. In this action peppermint seems to he the most active, and fennel is second There is an_excellent reason why these drugs have heen used by the laity for the colic of infants these many vears. Thus fortified with the knowledge | that we are helping to quiet the pain and are actually aiding the child we can use peppermint or fennel tea when the child has colic. But don't allo these temporary measures to ohscure the real issue, which is that the child needs some changa in his diet in order that he may not be rack ed by these terrific pains. Keep him warm during an attack by the use of flannel blankets and a hot ttle on his stomach and his | he external warmth will do to ease his pain and put him to | fler the attack has passed pains watar feet much Clues to Character BY J. 0. ABERNETHY. Clothes Depict Character. lothes and the way they are worn ch cter 2 “oarse, shallow ignorant persons dress to at ttention. regardless of Cost, taste. The more ridiculous, v their dominant thought ittract attention. ons who are free from eccentric- lay the best taste in dressing. always wear conservative pat- avoid attracting attention. uncultured minds array them- «elocs in cheap jewelry, frills and fur- T W, A walk the reets like barnstor ctors 1 Wren sense honesty and heart | 41 nnder rags and tatters. We finement and integrity in a per- Jthongh his dress and position rese attributes. wha wear blood red are of a he or cheerful temperam artial to deep blue are of quick passlon. Thoe wha prefer vellow dis- like mctivity. tack ener nd vivacity. (Opgaisht. 1026, They i 0 I SAD I HADNT HAD A BITE TO EAT mgs YEAR! THE TRUTH AN THESE IGNATZES wonT BLE! YOU WOULDN' MISS ATIN E&socxan UNCONSHUS BY JACK DEMPSEY! “NOT A BITE THIS YEAR." OH V.JHAT ! REG’LAR FELLERS —Puddinhead Fasts and Then Laughs Last. - Do 1} IF YOU WERE MUTT AND JEFF —Jeff Wants a Little Light Reading ! GoTTA REMEMBER TO CARRY oUT THe Doc's ORDERS T® THE LeTTER — OLD dDeAR, | t 5IR 51D, TLL B BAclc AND SIT UP WITH JEEE TONIGHT, AND IN Tt MEANTIME You QUITE SO, MUTT How DID* THAT 8 SPoonfuL oF TAPIOCA PUDDING -\ TASTE, oLd /GREAT, SID! SLIP Mmc A BowL OF T AND T'LL Be AT CAsE THAT'S QUITE IMPOSSIBLE, i oLD THING: THIS 13 YouR 1 E(RST DAY ON SoLIDS AND THe oLb DocToR SAYS You MuST BeGin StowLY . YOu'LL GET wiTH THe WoRLD! Trade Mark Leg. U. S. Pat. Off.) 1925. by H. Reg. U. S C. Figher. (Copyright. B Pat. Off.) Mark X CAWN'T HeELP THAT, OLD BEAN! YOU MUST HAVE CGUERYTHING IN MODERATION AND T'm HERE TO JoLLy, WELL SEE THAT MODERAT 10N, CH? LISTEN: cAn & HAVE A POSTAGE STAMP2 M. WHAT You WANT wiTH A PosTAGe I GOT _SICK EATIN LAST I ATE WAS \D\MNER ‘(ES‘_;%RDA‘( NOON Al BY GENE BYRN CANDY SO THE Trade AY & Awslc STAMP? QuiTé so, QUITE so, T'LLGeT CAN You BeAT | HIM, GenTLe RcADER?Y i He THINKS T MEAN Tl HAPPY NEW YEAR , MRS, DUMBUNNY ! K POPEVYE ! SAME To You. PARSON My Neighbor Says: The finest of manicure acids is made by putting a teaspoon of lemon juice into a cup of warm water. This solution re. moves stains from the fingers and nails and loosens the cuticle more than can be done by the use of arp instrument. The lowering of a lamp-hold comparatively small dis. v make it possible to use a considerably weaker lamp without sacrificing good illumi- nation of the table beneath. To ce a concrete example: If the ance be diminished from 4 to feet an S-candlepower lamp will do the work better than a ndlepower lamp at 2 height. Of course, will be more concen trated and the room less effi- cient lighted as a whole, but in most cases the latter fact is no disadvantage To clean cut brush is neces: a s er a di dass A soft In drying d plan is to pad it in plenty of sawaust. This will absorb the moisture on places where cloth will not reach. If there any danger water pipes freezing, wind pack them with old newspapers They won't freeze easily then. sleep in a cold room, try pad of newspapers he tween springs and mattress. To open a glass jar of fruit without cutting the rubher let the top stand in hot water eral minutes. Sweet Potato Pie. Two and one-half cups sweet pota- to, one-half cup sugar, one and three- quarters cups milk, one egg, one tea- spoon salt, one-half teaspoon each cin- namon, ginger and nutmeg. Mix the spices and sugar: add to the beaten egg and stir in_the milk. Then add this mixture to the mashed and beaten sweet potato. This is an old family recipe adopted from the standard one for squash pie. The quantity of milk will depend somewhat on the dryne: of the po- tatoes and will probably have to be increased. The filling should be about the consistency of thick cream cus- tard, just as for squash or custard pie. of or Coconut Junket. | unavoidable delay. ARE BEGINNING THE NEW YEAR RIGHT : - HSCI’OP‘.F / l ARE YoU DOING UNTO OTHERS AS You WouULD HAVE THEM Po To You 9 SURE ! I'VE OoLO CAT SPEAKING To THAT CoTToONTA|L ! STOPPED MRS. YEP IvE GOTTA GIRAFFE IN HOtK DowN AT TH' 3HoP €D, BUT I DONT KNOw How To XEEP Tv DUST AW’ DIRT OPF OF Her' SHEs 3o TALL YOU KNOW - WRONG AL YoU SURE HAVE STARTED TH NEW YEAR THAT GARAFFE |S GOMNA WRECGK YOUR PAw SHOP M TwiMkin' WELL THAT GIRAFFE HAN GONNA BO 1T 15 BEYOND T CANT GIVE HER A BATH GUESS TLL WAvE T GeET STEP LADDER AN’ DUST HER OFF wiTH A Broow ! GOTTA BE CLEANED LP BUT HOw TN e . > ONE THINGE WE A OH WELL— THIS VACUUM NO SAH MISTO MEGINIS! DAT'S AINT GOT Hoex! N ™ TRick!! STEADY GAL - CLEANER WiLL DO | | [ | | Answers to_readers dict will he given by food specta writer and lecturer on trition. Questiona s<hould he accompanied a self-addressed, stamped envelope as only those of zeneral interest will be answered in this column: others will be answered throuxh the mail. Evers effort will be made 10 answer questions promptiy. but we he speak the indulgence of our readers for any questions Winifred Stuart regar received 1« large and each must turn.—Address: Winifred Stua West 39th street, New York C Will vou kindly send me & diet which will help me to put iron in the blood? 1 have been under the doc- tor’s care for quite a while and do not seem to get any better. My blood pressure is far delow normal and I am very nervoun.—Mrs. M. G. The ideal way in which to procure iron is through iron-bearing foods. Inorganic iron such as used to be given as a medicine is of only tem- porary value. egg, legumes (peas, beans and len- tils), mustard greens, barley, rye, lean heef, almonds, graham bread, spinach, turnip tops and olives. The richness in iron is in the order named. One ounce of any of these foods { contains more than 6 per cent of the iron required for a day. This means | that a pound of any one would com- | plete the iron requirement. Natur: | «lly, it would not be wise to eat a { pound of any one of these foods, take its Make a plain junket according to | directions on the package and serve with a custard flavored with coconut. | on the old Without 2 moment's breathing space. ‘welve solemn strokes the clock just tolled — Well, happy & New Year, human race! when it is easy to plan a very attrac- tive and palatable diet with these | foods as a basis. Lentils, for example, | are 8o rich in iron that one has to { eat only six ounces or seven and one- ihnlr ounces of beans to have enough iron for the day. Whole wheat bread | is another good way in which to add {to the fron ration. | Other foods to use are molasses, soy beans, salted nuts, brown bread, figs and raisins, endive and chard, maple sirup, prunes, dates and brown rice. I am the mother of seven children and, of course. some of the food listed in your menus is too expensive for me. 1 am at my wits end trying to | feed and clothe this large family on a i small income. The children range | from 2 years to 13. One boy is crip- pled and he has malnutrition. I hope vou will tell me what to do for him.— Mrs. W. R. I am asking to have sent to you copies of the little booklets on ' in- expensive meats and am inclosing some directions about lamb. The other books which I am asking to have sent to you tell about diet for children at different ages, with special attention to Inexpensive dishes. Bran, the yolk of an | Answers to Food Questions The numher of letters | rt Gibbs, 37 | { | ! mal fats or shortening contain certain |in food value to make it a very de- A& to the cripoled Wy who has malnutritien, remember when you are followina the directions in the book that ir is especially important for him to have fruits, vegetables and milk Please do not get the idea that 1 nwan to suggest scanting the food any of the other children. but if there are not enough fruits and vege tables to go around on some one day. try to cook everything else for the others and give the boy with malnutri tion at least one serving. 1 do not wonder that you find it difficult to plan, but hope that what I am sending will help. I am a constant reader of your column and find it interesting and helpful. I am a member of a club that occasionally discusses diet and food questions. We would be glad to have you favor us with a few lines in your column relative to the food value of vegetable shortening.—Mrs. R. M. M. Fat is one of the most important of the food elements and on it the body depends for a considerable share of its energy as well as for material with which to bulld flesh! While ani- vitamins that are not to be found in some vegetable shortenings, this state- | ment must be very carefully modified. Most of the vegetable shortenings put | up by dependable firms are exceeding- Iy high in food value. Beginning with the various types of margarin which | may be used as butter substitutes, we find that modern science is so well ad- vanced in the study of diet that it has | become possible to add the necessary vitamins to those vegetable fat prod- ucts where they are lacking. As your question, however, deals| with the question of the food value of | vegetable shortening 1 should say that vou may safely count on any Rood brand as being sufficiently high sirable product to use. You see, the normal mixed diet pro- vides all of the vitamins almost au- tomatically and, therefore, any lack | in some one food is usually made up. | vegetables in the diet, you may safely use vegetable shortenings with theq full assurance that you are not rob- bing your family of any important food elements. As to energy value of vegetable fats, as compared with animal, this is prac- tically identical, a pound of the aver- age vegetable fat furnishing epproxi ‘mately the same number of calories or measures of energy as a pound of animal fat. & Will you kindly suggest the proper | pregnant. | vty | baked apples, steamed figs or oranges. | By way of variation you may have a | small glass of fruit juice instead of od for me to eat? I am a few weeks My other children were so large as to-cause difficulty at birth.— | Mrs. C. F. | I am glad to give you what sugges. tions I can about diet, although cannot. of course, take any responsi- | bout any possible effect that diet may have on the size of the baby. | In the main, it is best to eat. so far 1s possible, the foods that agree with you best under normal conditions. Although I can understand your “‘l#hl to have a child of normal weight, vet | it f course, important for vou to | eat plenty of food during this time. For breakf: a whole grain cereal, such as old-fashioned cracked whear, barley or oats. A fruit, such as stewed raisins, very well cooked prunes, the dish of fruit. Then there should be toast or rolls with butter and a cup of cereal coffee or coffee or cocoa made with hot milk For luncheon have one green veze table, either in the form of 1 cream soup or a hot dish. Peas, beans, spin \ch and celery, onions and cabbage a:l make delicious and nourishing cream soups, while cold cooked sninach or shredded celery and cabbage arc ideal for salads. Generous slices of bread and butter, with a nourishing dessert, such as custard or cornstarch pud dings, will be all that you need for this meal. Have meat or fish once a day at dinner with another green vegetable and a baked potato and another sim. ple dessert. Eat plenty of butter or peanut butter or crisp bacon or olive oil to keep the energy of the diet up to normal. Be very careful abont the simplicity of each dish. While you need not in any sense “diet.” it s important to have the foods simpl. (Copyright. 1 Words often misused: Don't say, am going to accept of your hospi- tality.” Omit “of.” | Often misspelled: Governor. Note | the er and or. Synonyms: Delicious, savory, exquisite, dainty. ‘Word study: a word three times and it is your: Let us in- crease our vocabu mastering | one word each day. Today’s word: | Perfunctory, done carelessly with the ~urpose of getting through. ‘His work was done in a perfupctory man- ner.” luscious, | might rise to any heights. |to the program. ~After a time Made- THIN ICE : Rosalind Nash foolishly gives up her job as stenographer. althouah Madeline Browning, with whom she shares an apartment, trics to per- suade her against it. When Jack | trmstrong. a friend of Rose’s. hrars the news he asks her to marry him, | hut Rosalind refuses him. CHAPTER XL | Jack and Madeline. While Rosalind worked around the apartment she turned over in her | head different plans for forwarding her scheme. She had counted to a large extent on Dorothy's help, but with Dorothy abroad she would have to depend on herself. The best plun seemed to get something to do, some- thing interesting which wasn't so easy. She had been trained to office work and was an excellent sten Era pher, but what else could she do only she possessed a talent, if could write or paint, or—here she stopped, her breath catching in her throat. ~ She could sing! Of cour: he had had no training, but her voice | was sweet, and she had beauty, Why couldn't she turn her one talent to| something that might gain for her | what she wished? Why not? | The more she thought about it the more excited she became. She might £o on the stage. but in that case she | would have to be a chorus girl, which | wasn't at all what she wanted. A | cabaret, perhaps. One of the very | exclusive clubs, where she would have singing act of her own. With a couple | of clever songs, the proper clothes and her own vivid personality to help, she | And cer- | tainly she would meet plenty of at- tractive men; she was confident of that. In the meantime Madeline and Jack were sitting sida by side at the movies. The place was crowded, it being a holi- day night, and they had been forced to sit rather far toward the back. Made- | line, as usual, was absorbed in the pic- | ture that flickered on the screen. | Jack, absorbed with his own gloomy | thoughts, was paying scant attention | line sensed his preoccupation and turn- ed toward him. A wave of pity swept over he Impulsively. because Madeline would never have dreamed of doing such a | thing ordinarily, she put her hand on h Tt was & warm hand, thrilling with sympathy, and earried a message | scious that | wasn't the kind of girl to attract men By Hazel Deyo Batchelor right from her own warm heart realized this. He leanedt oward he: Jack though con she wanted to say some- | thing, and when her lips framed the | words, “I'm so sorry ack.” he grin ned embarrassedly gripped )|r>x" fingers tightly Madeline felt an extraordinary thrill sweep over her. Never in her life hefore had a man held her hand. She anc she was too sensible, too thickset and unlovely in every way as it be- cause of her inexperience that she felt this strange emotion, or was it some- | thing more? Did she care for Jack. | really care for him? But that w surd. Jack was Rosalind’s. if Jack didn't care for Rosalind. he would never look at a girl so opposite to Rose in every way. After a brief moment Madeline drew her hand away. Unconsciously she sat a little stralghter in her seat, and because her fingers still tingled with the unaccustomed pressure of a man's strong clasp her cheeks flamed, and | she was thankful for the friendly dark ness. She had lost the thread of the picture, and found that she wasn't in terested in picking It up again. Her own thoushts ingulfed her, and she was vaguely troubled because she had vielded to the impulse to touch Jack's hand. What would he think of her? Would he understand -or would he think her bold? Suppose he jumped to the conclusion that she was trying to attract him, suppose he was laughing at_her. Madeline stole a look at then turned quickly aw His was quite expressionless, and certain- Iy he was not laughing. He seemed unhappy about something. somethin perhaps that Rose had said to him. only Rose cared for him and would let him look out for her, how wonderful it would be! As a matter of fact, Jack at that moment was thinking what a peach of a girl Madeline was. How sweet it had been for her to lean forward and touch his hand like that. Yes, she was | a'peach of a girl. She had understood | that he was unhappy and wanted him to know how sorry she was. (Copyright. 1926.) ab- And even him, and (Continued in tomorrow's Star.) Occasionally one meets a man whose mind is so weak that ft can't even wander. | bodys bristles. that would make 2 la | case that i | the part played by LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop was smoking and thinking and ma was wawking erround pushing strate things crooked and crooked things strate, and she sed, Willyum, there must be epy number of things erround the house that I could send erround to the electricians and have him put wires in. Are you going to open up a mariof- ette show or something” pop sed, and ma sed, Certeny not, 1 meen things that can be wired up and made into lamps. “ Yee gods, pop sed. and ma sed, Well Wy not. its the latest craze, evervbodye doing it and Im not going to be eny back number. You wouldent bleeve wat you can make lamps out of Mrs. Hews has the cutest little lany that was nuthing but « marmalade jar painted blue and Id defy Sherlock Homes himself 10 reckonize it, she sed For Peet sake, pop sed, and ma sed I dont see eny reason wy that old si) ver powder box that use to be my gran mothers wouldent rdorable little lamp. By golly that give sed, and ma sed, W at, Willyum something for # lamp? and pop segd. Yes, it must of bin pure inspiration make a perfectly me an ideer, pog that kepp me from throwing that thing out Wat thing, Willyum, wat do you meen? ma sed, and pop sed, My old having brush that started to shed its p werth coming miles to see. 5 Now Willyum dickuliss but it giv sed. Do you r feather duster t for at the church wouldent tha ke a perfectly stun- ning lamp jest leeving the feathers on he way they are? she sed. ", Help'a pop sed You sed Wich we proberly will. R e FOOD AND HEALTH BY WINIFRED STUART GIBBS, Food Specialist —_— Perhaps ts perfeckly r me an ideer, ma that Chined, aved 4 dollers bazzar? \Veil wy ere is no other one dis the center of so much difr ference of opinion when it comes to diet in its control While there are some who are convinced that attention to, diet will in nowise help, the coms sensus of opinion seems to be that &, r)“]pruu_\ planned diet will at least help. In any case. epilepsy it is best to be on the, safe side. There is little quesiion that 4 diet low in protein is best for suf- ferers from this disease. In this con- nection, it is well to emp! ize the ©t that many physicians feel thaf putrefaction in the intestines may con- rvibute to the nervous instability of uch patients and so indirectly make the disease worse. Luckily, prevention of the intestinal, utrefaction may be regaried as a gen val health measure. so that any work tone along this line will contribute the zeneral health of the patients per exercises and other health habits must he practiced, so as to in~ ire the muscular activity of the Now for If the general. th and of the patieme’ varrants, it od plan to have short period Imost total aw~ nence from f never ur ‘ept under the diet strength umen and combinet® cereal gruel' zive! 4 diet t ust the 1 and 1 ould be experi in nutr is low® be taker' spirit - of: means thaw undertaken by e in_judging Here are otein diet ounces:! 1( ouncest® cast. 1 keep up patient ch a dij pie rations - grapefr d or fre or farir graham unce. with e of butter: acidophilus or but- 6 ounces 1, ounce, ‘! F din] vegetable” « f i such as lettuce bage. 3 ounce: 2 other ounces each; haked apple and nd & small milk For the evening meal, 21; ounces® { cream of potato soup, a tomato of bran bread toasted, '« ounce of butter; ass of acidophilus buttermilk haked apple and % ounce of same care should preparing the diet as for any’ with delicate digestive powers. vegetdbles which form so impof part of the cream soups should’ scrubbed. either scraped or pared iccording to the variety. boiled untf], ihsolutely soft and then rubbed, through a soup strainer. The pro-, ions of these soups call for equal of white sauce or thickened milk and strained vegetable pulp. Similar attention to detail when preparins other dishes will be more than repaid by increased appetite ams e part of the p improved ass milation and quent better nu be taker, when (Copyrizht. 1926.) BREAKFAST. Cereals with Raisins Baked Sa ages ssippi Buckwheat Cakes Maple Sirup Coffee LUNCHEON. Baked Beans, Sweet Pickles Brown Bread Cocoanut Pie Tea DINNER Curried Lamb Baked Potatoes Creamed Caulifiower Romaine Salad Fig Pudding, Custard Sauce BU > Two small cups old-fashioned plain buckwheat flour, half tea- spoon salt, little over one-quar- ter veast cake. Mix batter like cake dough. Put in lard pail. In_morning add pinch baking soda and three teaspoons mo- lasses dissolved in water. Fry as any griddle cakes. Fine with butter and good substitute for hot morning bread COCOANUT PIE To three eggs well beaten add gradually one-half cup granu- lated sugat and one-half —cup desiccated cocoanut, which has - been soaked in_one . pint milk one-half hour. Flavor with va- nilla and pinch salt. Bake in one crust till custard is firm, sprinkle with powdered sugar and cocoanut and return to oven a minute or two. CURRIED LAMB. Chop ane large onion and sim- mer until tender in one-quarter cup butter. Sprinkle with one tablespoon each flour and curry powder, stir until well blended, add oné cup canned tomato, one cup stock, dash pepper and one- half teaspoon salt. Cook until thickened. then add two cups cold cooked lamb cut in small pleces and cook twenty minutes Sver boiling water. Serve with border of hot mashed potatoes or boiled rice.