Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1926, Page 42

WOMAN’S PAGE. Make the Rubbers Last a Long Time BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Now is the time to get out rubbers nnd Ups preparatory to Autumn rains and showers. There is no.hing s0 appealing and poetic in these cold wintry rains as there is in the light and gentle April showers that bring May flowers. The rains of Fall presage more intense cold, and in some sec- tiens are the forerunners of snow and sleet. So preparedness even in the emall matter of rubbers is a good thing. When you buy rubbers be sure to ece that they fit the particular shape of tde and heel of the shoes with which they are to be worn. Usie you do this the rubbers cannot be ex- pected to wear long, though they may De of fine make and of excellent qual- ity. Wear the shoes that fitted or take one to the shoemaker's when buving the rubbers. Do not ex- pect one pair of rubbers to fit all of your shods unless you always wear ical shape of shoe, which in 's of many models of foot- wear is soldom the case. Have a pair of rubbers for each different shape of shoe that you wear in stormy weather. This is not an extravagance, but a raving. No one pair will get all the w Instead of buying several pairs a s of similar shape during the | as worn out, at one time. The no more in the end be less. t more pairs ctual cost will be in fact, it will Sponge in Heel. If you get caught without having the right kind and want to wear rub- are to be | bers that do not quite fit over the shoe heels, you can fix them temporarily by stuffing the heel with a sponge. If | you haven't this, use roughly crushed | paper of the sort which has a spongy quality. Cotton batting will do, but the sponge or crushed paper is best. As a matter of fact, a piece of sponge put into the heel of a rubber will make it wear far longer than without it. A perfect fit is insured even when heels are worn down a trifle at one side. Of course, such shoe heels should have new lifts put on as soon as they are really worn down, but a slightly worn heel plays havoc with rubbers. Making Tips From Rubbers. When the heels of rubbers do wear so that the rubbers have to be dis- carded because they leak, you can| still have a great deal of wear out of them by making them into tips. These | heelless rubbers are just the things to wear to protect shoes from dampness and to wear in drizzles and slight showers. They are much lighter than rubbers, and many women always wear them, except in very bad storms. | If you have tips, use one as a pattern and cut away the heels of the rubher to conform to that shape. The back | strap should be fairly wide and gradu- ally increase in width as it turns down to ‘the place under the instep which will be found in good condition in the rubbers, as it gets practically no wear. Should the strap seem rather slight and scarcely strong enough, you can stick a strip of surgeon’s plaster along thg under side, and it will then be quite as strong @as the rest of 'the tip. Such homemade tips are excel- ‘ent and will wear a very long time. With care in having new rubbers well fitted to shoes and by transform- ing rubbers worn out at the heel into good tips, the wearing quality of the overshoes can be increased and the expenditure for rubbers be cut down decidedly. My Neighbor Says: If the trap In your bathroom or kitchen is clogged, attach a plece of rubber hose to your cold water faucet, then place the hose over the opening in the sink and turn the water on tull force, allowing it to run several minutes. ~ This will flush the trap. If you have difficulty in driv- ing small tacks into the wall, put them into a_piece of thin cardboard an inch or so apart, drive them in and then pull off the cardboard. Try chopping an apple in your meat chopper and add a bit of sugar, brown or white; it is fine. The leaves of house plants should be kept free from dust, hence frequent washings are absolutely essential, although when watering never wet thp flowers of the plants or allow drops of water to stand on the leaves in the sunshine. Lamb chops are delicioug if dippcd in lemon juice just!be- fore broiling. Where grease is spilled on a kitchen table or floor, pour cold water on it at once. The cold will harden it. It may then be taken up with a knife and will not soak in. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1928.) Across. . A play. moving creature. a . Skillful. Head coverings . Rested. Initials of a Preside . Point of the compas 3. Senior (abbr.) . Chop. County in S. 24. Employ. Brazilian eity. Agains Asiatic sea. t short. . Shout. Small body of land_surrounded by water. A unit. diphthong . Southern State (u For example (abbr . A great republic abbr.) A vow. Small bit of wood A jewel. Rub out. . Studied. ingland Down. . The end of life Cunning. yself. . Unit of capacity. . Comfort. _ End of u p . Makes ready. . An agent or trustee. . Cautious. The common saltwort . Story. Preposition. ver. . Strike with the open hand. . Thin strip of wood. . Incited. . Man’s name. . Open. . Part of the body. . Through the agency of. . Like. . Proposed international language, Onion Cream Sauce. Work together until light a heap- | ing_tablespoonful of flour and one- | half a cupful of butter, then grad- add two cupfuls of boiling milk. tir constantly until it comes to a boil, then stir in four tender boiled onlons that have been chopped fine. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve with | veal, pouitry or mutton. Place sliced cold meat in a dripping pan and se" {in a hot oven for three minutes. Re move to a hot platter and at onc pour over the hot cream sauce. Th method does not toughen meat. | A cup of comfort ETLEY TEA 9 o 9 i 9 e | | ! | | reputation—most nice girls give him | half a , THE "EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “The reason I come home early from Skinny’s was because his moth- er didn't like it about us tryin' to pull a tooth for his little brother.” (Covyright. 1926.) SUB ROSA - BY MIMI Just This Once Won’t Hurt. That's the way the trouble starts for dozens of girls in the world. They hesitate, refiect, then remark careless- ly: “Oh, well, I'll do it just this once— it won’t hurt. T'll never do it again.” From that time forth, of course, they have to struggle against just that much more temptation. Take, for instance, the girl who knows that it's foolish to go out with Billy. Anderson. He has a terrible the air after a week or two—but still our foolish heroine is anxious to have & ride in his nice car—and to have a really good dance with him—he's such a wonderful dancer. So she tells herself easily that it won’t hurt her reputation a bit if she breezes out to some roadhouse—with him once—n»> more. Ste can gst rid of him with some excuse after the one evening. No need for her to be a pal of his, What harm could one evening do? She has her evening with Billy— and a very good time, too. The young man is on his best behavior. She comes home triumphant, confident that she's used good sense and dis- cretion. Of course several of her friends have seen her out with the notorious youth. Still, they can’t think ill of her foP one appearance with him. It isn't as if she were actually running around with him regularly. Probably her friends don’t give the matter a great deal of thought. They're faintly surprised—that's all. Maybe they made the mental note that it seems strange to see a girl of her type out with so dark a character as Billy Andegson—but they don't get excited over the fact. Only they remember it—probably mention it to one or two other friends. And it may come to be known gen- erally that Peggy is going about with the town bounder. Now comes the trouble. Peggy has a dull evening or two—nobody calls her up. She's pining for a dance, when Billy makes his appearance one evening, asking her for just one more good time. She remembers what a jolly party she had with him—why not go out with him again? She falls, and her standards are lowered just thatJittle bit more. For her second appear- ance with him is greeted with con- siderable gossip, and her reputation ‘gers. he is definitely known as the sort of girl who goes around with men like Billy Anderson. She finds this out, and finds out, too, that she doesn't mind so much. It’s rather funny going with a bold, bad man. What does she care what others think about her? If she notices that other, nicer boys are rather cutting her off their llst, she consoles herself with the thought that she is having just as good a time with Billy as she ever did with them. But Billy's not the marrying kind— and the marrying kind aren’t as inter- ested in her as they used to be. She's lost something valuable in ex- change. for a few good times. And it all started because she told herself that “just this once won't matter; I'll never do it again.” (Covyright. 1926.) Mimi_will be glad to answer any in- quiries directed to this paper, provide Samped.” addressed envelops 3o inciosed * Nut Squares With Ice Cream. Beat the whites and yolks of two eggs separately, then combine and add one cuptul of sugar and one table- spoonful of lemon or orange juice. Sift two teaspoonfuls of baking pow- der with orfe cupful of chopped pecan nuts, one cupful of chopped dates and one tablespoonful of flour. Mix all together, place in' a shallow, well greased pan, and bake in a slow oven for 25 minutes. Cut in squares. s et Rice Soup. ‘Wash and drain three-fourths cup- ful of rice. Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter, add two sliced onions, and fry until soft. Pour in two quarts of skimmed milk and bring to the boil- ing point. Strain. Sprinkle in the rice and let cook gently until soft. Sea- | son with one teaspoonful of salt, one half a teaspoonful of pepper, and one- easpoonful of celery salt, and Two tablespoonfuls of derve hot. grated hard cheese may be added to the soup just before serving. Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle. ' Bl 9 e E fl Dainty, handy scissors that cut all kinds of fabrics easily, and Sold by 10,000 of the Best Stores 250 Styles and Sizes DOROTHY DIX’S°LETTER BOX The Middle-Aged Man Whose Wife Has Ceased to Thrill Him—What Should a Young Man of Seventeen Talk to Girls About? DEAR MISS DIX: I find that, having been married 30 years, I no longer feel toward my wife as I did in the first years of our married life. It does not thrill me to kiss her. In fact, kissing her has just got to be a habit, and I give only a hurried peck on the cheek as I leave in the morning | and return at night. What would you advise me to do? | A TROUBLED MAN. | Answer: Don't imagine that you have ceased to love your wife because | you no longer have palpitation of the heart at the sound of her footstep and | grow hot and cold at her touch. That hect.c chills-and-fever stage belongs | to courtship. Nor need you be unduly alarmed because you no longer thrill at | your wife’s kisses. There is a strict time lim® on thrills. They never last more than a quarter of a second, hence it is impossible that they should be dragged over 30 years. > Moreever, habit is death to thrills, and the custom married people have | of/ bestow.ng perfunctory Kkisses on each other every time they meet and | part has taken the last vestige of pep out of the domestic kiss. | If married people had enough taste and discrimination to cut out the morning ham-and-egg flavored osculation, which the man gives with his mind filled with catching his train and the woman recelves with her thoughts occupied with what she will order for dinner, and if they would only kiss when they felt an especial rush of tenderness for each other, their kisses would still have warmth and flavor to them instead of being as flabby and tasteless as a cold buckwheat cake. Of course you don't feel toward your wife as you did when you married | her. She no longer s a bundle of surprises to you. You know her every mode and tense, and you can tell with mathematical exactness what she will | do under any given circumstances. But do you ever think how comforting that is, and how sustaining to know tHat there 18 one human being on whose loyalty and devotion you can | absolutely depend? | You complain that you no longer feel like making love to her. Of course, you don’t. You don’t need to do so. Words dre poor things between a couples Who have been married 30 years. They don't need to be told that they are loved if they are loved, and if there is no love between them neither one can | deceive the other. | Besides, who could stand 30 years of gooey love-making? You might as | well try to live on lollypops for that length of time. i Many middle-aged men make the terrible mistake of thinking they have | ceased to love their wives because they are short on thrills and shy on romance. | | They forget that the real test of a happy marriage is for the husband and wife to grow so much together and become so completely one that they lose consclousness of each other. You don’t thrill over your rlgh‘ hand, but you are maimed for life if you lose it. So be a good boy, Mr. Man, and quit hunting thrills. For what you will find is trouble. Perhaps there is not a great deal of pep in being a good and faithful husband, but there is lots of peace and happiness in it. - DOROTHY DIX. . EAR MISS DIX: Iam a young boy of 17, just beginning to step out with the girls, and I don’t know what to say to them. What should I talk to | them about? THE VIRGINIAN. Answer: There isn’t any line of canned conversation that I can give you, son. Talk has to be cooked up on the spot and served piping hot off the griddle. { There are.no people in the world so tiresome as those who have a set | line of conversation that they hand out on all occasions, or who memorize | Jokes out of the funny papers and recite them verbatim. And the professional | story-teller is also anathema. | | | | If you will forget yourself and net try to be entertaining, and fust talk to girls as simply and naturally as you would to boys, you will find that you are interesting them. So babble along about whatever you are doing at the time—your school and games and parties, and don’t try to be grown-up and high-browed. | | | | | Generally speaking, everybody is interested in his own affairs, and girls like to have you talk about themselves. Talk to them about anyth.ng and | everything except love. That is one subject that you should not discuss with any girl for the next five years. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1926.) BEDTIME STORIE f)my Meets Peter Rabbit. al ts lacking—wit: AR o plae that it win it ‘—Old Mother Nature. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Danny Meadow Mouse was quite be- side himself. If Meadow Mice ever really’ become crazy, then Danny Meadow Mouse was crazy. He was 0 jealous that he actually didn’t have sense “enough left to even take ordinary care. He wae out to find Nanny Meadow Mouse, Who, he was sure, had gone off to make another home with another Meadow Mouse, i and he dldn't care what happened to == him if he could only find her. The | trouble was he didn’t have any idea just where to look. The Green i Meadows are big, and Nanny might | be_almost anywhere. | . But he hurried along a little path cut through the grass, and he was grinding his teeth and not even look- ing to elther right or left; meither was he looking ahead. That 1s, if he was looking, he wasn't seeing things. So it was that he ran right smack into Peter Rabbit. It was a question which was startled most—Peter or Danny? “Why don't you look where you're going?” demanded Peter crossly, as he turned to see who had run into him. Then his two ears flew right stralght up and his two eyes bulged out, until der they didn’t fall out ‘Say,” he whispered, “are you alive “Of course I'm alive,” squeaked Danny. “What a silly question, Peter ,Rabbit. Of course I'm alive. I s ) LA “OF COURSI‘:‘A Irm 3 ALIVE! SQUEALED DANNY. ago, for 1 saw her and talked with he “No such thing!” contradicted Dan- ny. “She isn’t at home at all; she’s deserted home. I've just come from there and she hasn’t been living there for a long time.” Peter began to understand. He grinned. It was a most provoking grin. “Oh,” said he, “you mean the old house where you lived when you went away. No, she isn't there; she has a new home now—a much better home than that one. In fact, I had forgotten about that old home. She seems to like her present home very |may be founded on facts. u | mentioned in thi: | the Timerick. lcan't find the right words DIARY OF A NEW FATHER BY R. E. DICKSON. Wednesday Evening. Trouble, by gosh! My mother-in-law is coming to visit us for a while. “To take care of Joan,” her telegram says—it was hete tonight when I got home from the hospital; the Woman across the hall had signed for it. But there is going to be some trouble tak- ing care of mother-in-law. With Hilda in our two by four apartment we won't have much room for visitors. Let's see, now. Our bed—Joan's and mine—and the baby's in the reg-| ular bedroom. Oot for Hilda in the sun room. Mother-in-law will have to use the lounge in the living room, but since it Is the dining room too she will have to stir up early in the morning 0 that we can have breakfast. The baby ought to be the most com- fortable one of the bunch; nobody can share his bed. k And she will probably boss Hilda and try to raise the baby her way. I never thought of it much before, but | somehow I'm beginning to get appre- hensive that the mother-nlaw jokes Oh, well, let us be cheerful. Joan is coming home tomorrow and she said tonight she was feeling fine and dandy. T got to see the baby at his 10 o'clock dinner time tonight, too. Missed the supervisor of nurses. I wish my family could see our boy. He was the only one not crying to- night on the cart they carry the bables around on. The rest of them were yelling their heads off, but he Just looked up at the celling and wasn’t bothered. Keep it up, son! Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused: means to relieve of weight; ning” is a sudden flash of electricity. Often mispronounced: Idea. Pr nounce the “I” as in “ice,” the as in “me”; accent “de.” Often misspelled: Legible; note the “ible.” Synonyms: Assist, aid, support, up- hold, abet, incite, sanction, promote. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in-| crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Invigorating; to give vigor and en- ergy to. ‘“This mountain air is in- vigorating.” “Puzzlicks” Puzzle-Limericks There was a young lady named —1— Who purchased a new —2— ‘With a handle so —3— That she had to be —4— Or she couldn’t have lugged it at —5— 1. Diminutive of Mary. 2. Light sunshade. 3. Having relatively great extension. 4. Possessing physical power. 5. The whole. Note.—Light hades of the type “puzzlick” were in yle last Summer and quite a fe® were seen of the type carried by Mary, as you'll agree if you complete In the event that you look for the answer and ‘puzzlick” tomorrow. Yesterday’s “Puzzlick.” An ambitious lobster declared he would sing, And started to practice one day in the Spring. ‘With a starfish for teacher, A dismal old creature ‘Who tied up his notes with a piece oz old string. another e s, Ginger Sponge. Add one tablespoonful of cold water to one tablespoonful of pow- dered gelatin, pour in three cupfuls of bolling water and one tablespoonful of lemon juice, add a teaspoonful of ginger extract and one cupful of boil- ing water. When it begins to set teat in the stiffiy-beaten whites of three eggs. Lay some candled ginger in a flat-bottomed mold and pour the gela- tin_mixture in as soon as it is beaten SUff and light. Set on ice to harden. Serve turned out into a pretty dish and garnish with whipped cream. couldn’t have run into you if I hadn’t been alive.” “And are—are you really Danny Meadow Mouse?” Peter asked, still in a whisper, for he couldn’t find his voice. Danny saw red. This was adding insult to injury. Here he had come home after being away all Summer and found his horhe deserted. Now one of his oldest friends was asking foolish questions. Danny was so angry that his tongue tripped over his teeth every time he opened his mouth to speak. Finally he found his voice, but he was so excited that his voice was more squeaky thap usual. “Of course I'm Danny Meadow Mouse. Who else would I be?” he sputtered. “This is a nice way to treat an old friend, Where’s Nanny Meadow Mouse? You tell me that, Peter Rabbit; where's Nanny Meadow Mouse? “At home,” replied Peter, who by this time had somewhat gotten over his astonishment. she should be.” “She isn’t; she squealed Danny. “She should be, but she isn't, and I want to know where she is. “How do you know she isn't?” de- manded Peter. “‘She was half an hour “At home, where | n't home at all,"” much, indeed. I wouldn’t blame her any if she refused to let you in.” ““Wh-wh-where is that home?” sput- tered Danny. “Wh-wh-who built that home for her?” Peter stared long and hard at Dan- ny Meadow Mouse. “What was that you asked?” said he at last. (Copyright. 1926.) —_—— Bananas in Casserole. Peel six bananas and cut them in halves lengthwise, and the pieces in halves crosswise. Place these in a casgerole. Melt a small glass of cur- rant jelly in one cupful of bolling water and pour over the bananas. Squeeze over them the juice of half a lemon. Bake in a moderate oven for about half an hour, leaving the casserole uncovered. 'Cheese Crispets. |and a tablespoonful of thick cry salt, paprika and a little tomat sup, using a silver fork. Press the mass into a flat sheet on a broad board. on hoy toasted crackers. m, ‘American Beauty ELECTRIC IRON The best iron made Its sturdy construction assures u of the utmost in reliability and durability. In this iron you have an iron that is always ready for use. No troublesome repairs to bother and delay your work. Sold by Dealers and Electrical Com, panies Everywhere. Cut into points and arrange ' This is a ligh lelicious desser | | | Cream together one cream cheese | cat- | FEATURES. Short Hair. ‘The other day, one of my readers wrote and asked me whether shori hair was still fashionable and whether it would pay her to cut off hers since it was getting thin and she thought a year of bobbing might do it good. Once 1 had -heaps of such letters, lately hardly any. I think this must be the only long haired reader I have! Short hair-is good for a long time yet. Some people say forever, but 1 have found that no fashion is good forever, no matter how much may be said for it. But we are going in for youth these days—that at least will always be fashionable—and there’s no doubt that for many years to come, short hair will give the impression of youth, even past middle age, just as the present slim, short skirts make a woman look young, if she hasn't a huge figure. So ff any woman wants to bob her hair, don't let her stop because she is afraid the style is almost dead. When What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Tomorrow's planetary aspects are distinctly favorable and remain so until early in the evening, when they become overcast. and gloomy, al- though not definitely adverse. The day presents a gaod opportunity for, the Initiation of any new enterprise’ or undertaking for the success of which much courage and originality are needed. The signs also denoie D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 19‘26. BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES she must let it grow again she'll have And there are and age. There's the short boy for the thin face, the slightly shaggier Eton crop, smooth and slick like the nice little boys who first wore it at school; the shingle, which gives an outline in back like long hair neatly dressed, and allows any sort of front and side arrangemen And there's the little girl cut, which chops the hair off at an even length sides and back, and is most becoming to thin, hollow. faces that need softening, as well as to all young or youngish ones, The shingle with a middie or_side parting is the most mature of all styles and best for the older woman. Sadie G.—Contrary to your belief, diet will reduce you. If you eat less sugar and less starch you can lose many pounds of age, height 5 feet, are almost 25 pounds tc . You will undermine your health if you take drugs for reduction. Try the diet method and improve instead of injur- ing your health. A Daily Reader—Consult the doetor about the dark rings around your eyes. Just apply the peroxide to the super- fluous hair after you have bathed your face. Be sure the peroxide 1= fresh, as it loses its quality after : time. .uiss S. 0. S.—You must be under- welght for your collar bones to be conspicuous ” even though our hips and abdomen are stout. Build up weight and take roiling exer to keep down the size of your hips and abdomen. that any task involving some degree |~ of daring will, if attempted under the | day’s influences, be shorn of much | of its danger. The result will, in all | probability justify the effort. The ! evening atmosphere, although de pressing, need causé no misgiving: it determination prevails and you make up your mind to rise superior | to conditions. | Children born tomorrow will, dur- ing infancy, be subjected to repeated attacks of illness. They will, in a physical sense, prove to be very re- silient and possess quick recuperative powers. At about the age of 10 or 12 years they will have outgrown their early weaknesses, and from then on will develop along_satisfac- tory and normal lines. In disposition they will be stubborn. - With age and experfence, this will transform itself into strength of character—an asset of considerable value. They will, while not neglecting the call of the “great open spaces,” be very assidu- ous in their studies, and will do every- thing intrusted to them to the best of their ability. (Copyright. 1926.) Mocha Cake Icing. Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of dry cocoa in one-half a cupful of strong hot qoffee. Cream one-half a cupful of butter with two ¢upfuls of con- fectioner’s sugar. 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