Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1926, Page 26

" -headed short tacks. T L B A NCGE LN, sa R e o g e o ] SIMPLE WELL CARED FOR FURNISHINGS GIVE AN ATMOSPHERE OF PLENTY. A house that i> well kept up-in the detafls of furniture and fur- nishings gives an impression of af- fluenco. The costliness of things may be apparent. If they are not in perfect repair they look as ‘if money was lacking at the present time. Otherwise they surely would he kePt in good condition. In con- trast to this, a home may have the simplest furnishings, but if they are kept up in every way they reflect money or that care which is equiva- lent to money. It must be remem- bered by the homemaker that the +¢ cdags, “Time is money,” is not a mere theory, tersely put. If is an actual fact. She herself may be the one who takes the time to do repair- ing. If not, it is time that she pays for, since such work is done by the hour.” Tn one way or the other, that is, in spending the time or in spend- ing the money, the upkeep must be paid for. Therefore, it is easy to see why it is that affluence is expressed %0 evidently just by the manner in which the furnishings, etc., in a homs are kept up. Buying vs. Doing Over. Theve is a tendency to discard fur- niture when it gets in bad condition and to replace it with new. Hesitate to do this, providing the article is of fine wood and made on classic Tines. ‘The money required for doing the plece over may seem considerable when compdred with the cost of a new thing. But is the new piece of as wood? Is it as well made? Are the upholstery and the material put into it as good as in the plece you ere replacing? If not, is the purchase wise? ‘Take these things into consideration when buying. Look Out for Small Things.: Small things reflect affluence or give a poor impression. The gimp - on a chair may be dangling at one corner. A few gimp tacks will put it in condition. These are round- ‘Whert: hammer- ing them in try to have the poirts fit into the old tack holes. Put a spool over the tack when hammering it so that no marks or scratches will be made on the furniture. Carpenters have small wooden mallets that they | the use instead of spools, but the latter BEDTIME STORIE More About Urabs. The more learn the more you find Ot knowl to enrich the mind. —O0ld Mother Nature. Hardly had Danny Meadow Mouse recovered from the fright of his first meeting with a crab, which to him seemed like a giant spider in armor, when out of a hole almost at his feet popped another crab quite ‘different from the first one, but quite as star- tling to Danny. In the first place, Danny hadn’t seen any hole there; in the second place, this fellow was so very nearly the color of the sand that wvhen he wasn't moving it was difficult see him even when looking right at m. He was 8o close to Danny that had a good lgok at him. ™ squealed Danny suddenly. You see thl‘l crab had suddenly raised himself right up.on the tips of his toes, 80 to speak,.and then he had raised his eyes right up .out of his head. At least, that is the way it lobked to Danny. Never had Danny seep anything like that before. - Those two eyes were on the ends.of little stalks, and when those stalks were raised that their owner might look alt about ‘it gave a rather startling effect. “Now what is it?”’ demanded Jimmy Skunk. “That féllow there!” replied i pointing to the crab standing on tiptoe. Jimmy turned. - At his first move away went the crab. .Danny had thought that the Green Crab had moved rapidly, but it was nothing to the way this fellow scuttled across the sand. Like the Green Crab,‘he trav- will do very well, only you have to beware lest you pound your thumb or fingers. - Attend to these things and look affluent. ° ‘Reupholstering. The upholstery may be worn threadbare on a demenport or chair and then the winole room has 'a “down-at-the-heel” appearance. A new cover will restore the affluent look to-the entire place. There are many upholstery materials that can be bou, which are not expensive. The chief things to consider are strength- and fast colors. It doesn’t pay to put on any other kind, for the cost of labor in the upholstering is not trifling. A good wearing fabric, therefof®,. is essential to thriftiness. If the homemaker does the uphol- stering this is just as true, for work that has to ‘be done soon again costs too much, either in actual dollars and cents or in time and energy. Slip: Covers. The piece of furniture may be made | had to reflect plenty in a cheaper way, and yet one which is ot assoclated with cheapness at all. A slip cover can be made for the davenport chair or stool. Since such covers are made to save handsome furniture as well as to con- ceal shappy upholstery, they are just the things to use to_give the affluent look. Moreover, slip covers are “de- cidedly the things to‘have for stuffed furniture during . the Summertime. The covers are cool looking and also cool feeling. Take Away: Scratches. 3 ‘Varnish that is scratched or marked spoils the looks of furniture. Rub the marks with a cloth moistened with kerosene, or, better still, with a good furniture oll,and they will disappear. Rickety tables and chairs indicate that things are not well cared for. To re- flect affluence rugs must not be frayed at, the edges, glass shades to lighting fixtures must be kept well washed, sil- ver must be polished and not allowed to look as if it needed replating, if it is not sterling; lamp shades must be straight and pictures not askew on the ‘walls; napery and linens must be fresh and either well mended or in perfect condition. It is when the fu re and furnishings of a home are n proper care that affluence and an atmosphere of plenty are indicated. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS look at. You know; I never.like to hurry. ‘Anyway, you will have plenty of chance to see him, for he and his friends are always abbut on the sand. They like the moonlight. They don’t come out so much daytimes, but:they certainly like to ‘rum around at night.” i “What do they eat?"" asked ME h, any old, dead fish they'can 5 or other dead matter. Then they catch and eat Beach Fleas.” “Beach Fleas!” exclaimed Danny. “What kind of fleas are Beach Fleas?" “Well, some folks call them Sand Hoppers. There goes one now. Catch it. You’ll find it good eating.”” Danny caught it. Sure. anollll?, it was good eled sidewise, but he went so fast that |, it would have taken a good runner to catch him. Jimmy Skunk chuckled. “There goes another one of.the Crab family,” said he. “That one is called the Ghost Crab and‘sométimes the Sand Crab. I guess he's about ti fastest running of all the Crab family. And he can dig .abopt as well as he ean run. It is tdo much work to chase him and bring him for you to e breeze blows the cottonweod tree d its green- leaves i % some way off, because he's “A‘::l ‘Mmmh‘;.. ne “.h:’l:-‘ you ol were_transformed. with happiness to find him cutting in on with him—pay- you to sit out dane, t Gomplithents— tral o your life. . yoy._th . "..fin ouw'll wear and heartachie in learned the & can depend, on the sudden, rush.. She has'to walit and ‘watch be- fore she can be convinced that' one evening’s devotion means a real at- she fairly “I'm thrilled to fl-l.ht.h- H'on Vlln Duyk!has given me most marvel- o’u., b 3ll evening. ' I've been crazy ‘about him for ages, but he never noticed me before. . He wants me to come up here again with him in two weeks. It nearly broke my heart to tell him that I'd already promised Heywood, but that I'd come with him next time.” “Oh, why not just ditch Hey lm'! tell Hoyt that you'll come with him? asked Betty. "V.VE'.O Hoyt a not and tell him it's on % So ces in the greatest ex- citement ‘sent Hoyt & note the next morning, telling him that she was leaving on the noon train but “would be glad 'to come up With him in two weeks' time. Arrived home, she watched for the postman until she nearly lost the sight of both eyes. No letter came. ‘After a desperate wait of ten days, she wired Hey that she'd accept his invitation; after all, and that Satur- day night found her at the hop again. Hoyt was there but he didn’t seem to see Mer. He was all wrapped up in some dark girl. Frances was miserable. She must have done something to hurt him, she reasoned, for he certainly had been wild about her. So she made a fool of herself in six difterent ways that evening, try- ing to catch Hoyt alone long enough to ‘explain that lhe‘ hadn’t meant to make him angry, etc. Finanally som:h‘ mfireliuufl;“u.at uietl; t Hoy! told her q ly reodmime e 1 4 become engaged that the dark girl was his flancee. Several weeks later, when Frances had recuperated enough from - the blow to ‘be able to sit up and take notice, it dawned on her that Hoyt been merely using -her to get she I a valuable to get all keyed up, excited'and happy over the attentions of one eve- ning—to sit back and wait for further signs of devotion before planning the sy * Covyrieht. 10261 v abbemni fdmped What Do You Know About It? - Daily Science Stx. - 1. What is the length of the deepest shaft ever bored in the earth? ¥ 2. How deep is the rock or f ‘the earth sup- posed to be? 3. What is the diameter of earth’ ? th: Do scientists belleve the nterior of the earth to be id? uai‘:‘Whlt is a “fault” in the ? rocks? Are craters of volcanoes - elsewhere than ‘Hinés. enveiope. Lighting Pipe in Vesuvius. Volcanoes are the messengers from the under crust of the earth. They do not tell us what conditions are like at the core ‘of the world, but they certainly tell'us what elements are be- neath our feet. ~Volcanoes shoot out most of the known metals, beside some vn;ido:; 'm‘u: helium. They also | us gases, | like hot sulphur, and liberate enough steam to drive all An eruption of Vesuvius occurred while the famous scle 3 Sir Ray Lankester, was the mountain. the he climbed to the crater's edge with several men and watched the red-hot bombs of molten rock hurtie into the — their in 1871 ‘1. Radio waves travel 180,000 miles r second. 2. Wi were sent 18, ireless signals over the Atlantic on Decem Advice to Homely Girls Who ‘Are Wall Flo Held by a Written Marriage Proposalto - - '+ Woman He No Longer Loves. i compared to beauty? to attract me nd 1 pretty and is as smokes and If I smoked and.: can you, fiu: .t{t‘lf:lcum ',n‘ than a homely girl. Answer: I suppose there cholce between beauty and'brains, wouldn’t tak 2 w if she had beauty she wouldn't need brains, whereas no amount of lh-m-vuamurormrhcko!buut{. And in this she would show sound judgment, for the earth and the liness thereof belong-to the pretty girl. She fiu the best of everything. At home she is the apoiled darling.who A fMest frocks and the finest hats because there 1s some compensation whereas an ugly duckling logks t she is courted, , . Men swarm around a honey pot. When she goeés hunting a job it is given preference to a plain and more competent sister. Her mistakes are passed over because she has such large violet eyes and a willowy figure. -In’public places she neyer has to stand or fight her way. Chivalry on her way. No man even homely one. t 3 So it's no wonder that women ‘world. And the trag! for themselves, It is a gift of the gods, and whether they get it or not is a mere matter of luck. Of course, volumes and volumes have been written telling women how to :: m?ut&lntohvutdh rgm a n’dmt mnjorllty tot :bn laml;ln:l sex spend t;‘n.m Ir an and energy in tryl to develop a synthetic beauty, but this is mainly lost motion and wuudnsnergy. > :y In reality, about the only thing that the homely girl who is unattractive to men can do is just to accept the situation and interest herself in something else, lixfl:i'u‘d of valnly trying to intrigue some youth into making a -date After all, the world is.full of a number of things besides parties and jazzing and love-making and marriage. There are books and study. ard, travel and the interest and thrill in following a career and climbing up the ladder success. There are fine friendships with worthwhile men and women and stimulating companionship—millions of things in which a girl with brains can interest herself. I admit that it is hard for the young girl who wants to do what ot girls are doing to accept this philosophy, but it is not so hard and hltht:: in buying a costly frame for a 1i oture, about as fine in one kind of fe ‘vlnc Lgred] Abroad crave beauty above everything else in the 88 it is to be a wall flower, to be a hanger round at parties, and know that| bab; every man who asks you to dance does it out of pity, or because he is coerced by his hostess. So 1 advise the plain girl to save her face, as l’h. Chinese say, by not running in competition with her more favored sisters. » And T would remind her, by way of consolation, of t : that wwhile the beauties hiave the most beaux they do not AlwaYs Mate the 1ot 8. Men admire them abstractly and like to'be seen out with them, :;:rt :l;;rfnflfl:e:" oam; t: hx:’lcll: out' a llm.nn;r they are far more apt t? choose oma nof o s i A 80 WY, uf who looks as if she will wear And the homely girl's second bit of consolation is this; can ever tell her how she has faded. Beauty is the l:mn:fl.t'nn'l;lht:xryn:lom charms—one that, in the nature of things, lasts only a few brief years. And then she whose wholé stock was in her show windows is bankrupt, while the woman who was a plain girl is often an exceedingly handsome ‘woman.. . e de o : DOROTHY DIX. EAR DOROTHY DIX: Iama Yyoung man of 32. When I In a certain town of the West, where I met a 'ood~looklu""p.hann“ It“::: friendly young woman, who often invited me to her house. Then I ‘was moved to _another town, where I knew no.one and was very ‘lonely. Under the m;:l:: o;,(hlu u"d‘mhl mib to this lady and proj , _She .. No sooner e letter gone than I repented of realizing that T had made a mistake. I have mldplehll'dwon::‘:)xwh;‘t:::!i did not care for her, but she hojds me to my engagement and says that she will sue me for breach of promise if I do not marry her. What can I do? A DESPERATE MAN. Answer: I would certainly risk the breach-of-promise suit rather than marry & woman I had ceased to care for who has shown herself so wanting in all womanly delicacy of feeling. * ' The worst that she could do would be to money, and that would be a thousand times ! life ruined by being tied to such'a creature. ‘foree you to her a little |mh-m”ymmu The Pléuse | heart is really hy It a woman and win her affection just to amuse himself inity. , But. no blame attaches to him in a case where his intentions were holmbl/l(. later ‘on, he finds that he was mistaken in his sentiments; For no man can rule ‘his heart and love at will. So when either a man or & woman finds out that he or she has fallen ontolmuthcvnlyhononbk:lgnxumbrukma ément. To marry the one of whom you are al is to upon yourself but upon the man or woman (Copyright, 1926.) - The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1926.) DOROTHY DIX, b el o NN alE . ‘ascending |’ [ el A BRI B B ' ) used, at the time e Titantic fi-.g”g and-resulted the saving of 700 g of 18, them . 15. to misery_not only | o¢ looks at a pretty woman in the way he looks at a|your hour, wat slot did you put your cent ic part of it all is that it is nothing that they can acquire{in? Sir? T dident say T put t in, I sed. gt s bl et One of the first additions to the y's diet will be cereal. This can be started about the seventh month, and in the cases of babies who are chronic vomiters, it may be given much earlier. We have discovered that this type of child can keep down cereal when any sort of liquid food ‘will immedjately be vomited. Until the child is past one year of age the cereal should be strained through & fine wire strainer. “This extracts any course and indigestible particles which t cause trouble and too much bowel activity. The child can be started on the finer ‘wheat parations and oatmeal, all of which should have at least a three- hour cooking In a double boller. When the' child is older and can take the cereal unstrained, he may have the whole grain cereals, cracked wheat, graham, ete., and get the benefit of their mineral and vitamin eontent. Cereals can be given before the morning and evening bottle or breast feeding, starting with not more than a level teagpoonful. When mothers have trouble with new foods, it can almost always be traced to the fact that they want to give the baby, right away, the full amount for & feeding. Don't attempt this. Start with small, very small, amounts, and follow with a bottle feeding, or nurs- ed, manner, as the child may react badly to barley or rice or catmeal, when he has . been. taking wheat with no trouble. Put no sugar on the cereal, but have it slightly salted, and if the baby is old enough, say one year or older, he may have part of his bottle ilk over the cereal and the rest He'll never miss the sugar if he hasn’t it to start with, and he will enjoy the rich, nut-like flavor of the cereal. . . ‘When the child is able to' digest ], he may have.at each ree to ~four = good-sized PLAID TAFFETA IN GRAY, BLACK AND CHERRY COLOR, WITH ‘WHITE ' GEORGETTE COLLAR AND SLEEVES AND TRIMMING OF BLACK VELVET RIBBON. | Summer wrap of navy blue rep is trimmed with red embroidery on the sleeves, at the sides of the skirt and on the " Green and black prove to be one of the smartest color combinations. Sometimes the green is almond and sometimes it is a vivid jade. An in- teresting costume shows a hip-length cape and skirt of almond-green rep with the overblouse and cape lining of printed crepe showing a design of soft green nst a ‘black back- ground. $ Belge, which is still much worn by the , is now frequently trimmed with black. Beige and green is ‘another combination much liked this Summer. The never. grows weary of somewhat brigh de rose. The dull blue wool suit ie matched with a mackintosh showing changeable- effect of blue and green. of biue and mauve, ofchid and light pastel blue are es- . pecially well liked at present. There are lovely evening scarfs showing combinations of these tones, all over- wrought with fine gold embroidery. \ (Covyright. 1024.) MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST Sliced Oranges and Bananas Hominy with Cream Dried Hot Bran Muffins Marmalade Coffee DINNER Roast Veal, Currant_Jelly Mashed Potatoes, String Beans ‘rozen Fruit Crackers, Chebse Coffee SUPPER Lobster Salad Parker House Rolls Raspberry Sherbet Macaroons, Coffee BRAN GEMS One cup bran, 1 cupful entire ‘wheat flour, 1-3 cup molasses, 1 cup milk, 1 scant teaspoonful dary nts an and molasses (mixed together) and add to dry ingredients. FROZEN FRUIT SALAD. Four egg yolks, 4 tablespoon- fuls tarragon vineagar, 4 table- nfuls sugar. Cook in a dou- ble voiler till thick. Cool, stir- ing occasionally. Stir in 1 pint Whipped cream, 1 can pineap- ple, cut in dice or shredded; % pound blanched almonds, cut up; % pound marshmallows, cut up. Freeze, pack in mold in ice and salt 3 hours. PARKER HOUSE ROLLS One quart boiled milk, butter size of ezz, % cup sugar, 1 cup yeast, stand apart. Serve with cream; let stand in warm place until morning, then add % teaspoon soda, dissolved in little water and rise again. Knead again about 4 o'clock to have warm for supper. Cut into biscuit and rise again, then bake 20 minutes in mode- rate oven. 150 YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. BY JONATHAN A. RAWSON, JR. Congress! Carries On. PHILADELPHIA, July 17, 1776.— John Alsop of New York has resigned from Congress because the Declara- tion of Independence is sgainst his Jjudgment and inclination. “As long as a door was left open for a recon- ciliation with Great Britain upon hon- orable and just terms,” he says, “T was ready and willing to render my country all the service in my power, and for which purpose I was ap- pointed and sent to this Congress; but as'you have, I presume, by that declaration, closed the door of recon- ciliation, I must beg leave to resign my seat as a delegate from New York, and that I may be with an answer and my Mr. Alsop is alone among the mem- bers in this' attitude. Against him stand others like Morris of Pennsylvania, who doubted the wis- dom of declaring 1 ce The secret is out that a few days after . the - Declaration ‘was issued a- paper was privately laid on the Con- gress table, importing that dark de- signs were forming for the destruc- tion of Congress, and advising the ‘members to take care of themselves. Some were for examining the cellars under the hall where Congress meets for. indications of a gunpowder plot. Joseph Hawes of North Carolina is authority for this statement. ukus bt tion, which I think is right.” “The patriots say that the Declara- tion has given vigor to the spirits of loy- | the people, as Samuel Adams of Mas- Flenxy Lee of Virginia. The proposei fenry e proposal will be made that the Declaration be on parchment and signed by all members. Each Congressman ‘will thus put himself on record be- fore the world, whether “freedom or/ 2 halter” be his fate. (Copyright. 1926.) repeated his warning, the interview left him