Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1926, Page 42

WOMA N’S PAGE, " Small Economies 8Y LYDIA LE BARM There hepau sAying sort that vhethe or not. 1e of them. her small | 1wberrie AS CONV ONOMICAT BAKING POWDER TINS FOI DIVIDUAL CHRISTMAS PUD- , DINGS t matches s range into an by the range the wooden box uses these kindling for come in ustd in old tin amd empties wlhen the tin is *h-tilled baske the Peter Goes the Rounds. s much concerned abhut Tog !t Win how w 1t Johnny day previou ) pass th ow Peter “1 won 2 said the In youth we meet life trustingly Dut soon she puts us in our place — 1 wouldnt treat 2 dog - or cat The way life ‘treats the :l'wmm rece. - RAscana. w that Winter | 1| Spring comes. in the Household. WALKER. her open fire, and she tells me that one box will make the logs catch with- out any bother about crumpling up paper or piling on kindling. She de- lights in her ingenuity in this con- venient economy quite as much as she enjoys tMe saving in the cost of kin- dling. Her logs are well seasoned wood, to be sure, but the idea will wove a saving on Kkindling even if yme of the latter has to be used with rewood not so well scasoned. Cans as Utensils. Small tin ca ch as baking pow- | der comes in and which have tightly | fitted covers, are just the things in which to_ bake (or s pium puddings for Christmas. T liiabiiy of wne size and the security o the covers mak= these boxes As | “00d as any you could buy, and the | convenience of having them rea entirely apart from the idea of s vet using the boxes certainly is an economy. Delicions Crispets. Left-over bread slices, that are not | too thin, can be made into the most delicious crisp ts that are amusing in | shapes. Use a cooky ecutter with | crimped_edges for some, a_doughnut | custer for others, and other fancy sh-pes, such as animal cutters, for | most of them. Put into the oven with | low fire and let them dry thorough- nd brown slightly. Serve with s, or with afternoon teas, or h chocolate in the evening, instead andwiches, and you will be fol- |lowing one of the latest whims of | fashion. By spreading ghe bread a tiifle with melted butter’ before put- ting into the slow oven the shapes will brown better and be more tasty Convenience coupled with a vogue for these crispets makes the economy one of convenience rather than necessity. 0ld Tissue Paper. Keep an old box on a shelf in the kitchen, perhaps over the sink, per- haps by the range or in the pantry, nd into it put all old tissue paper t is torn or in small pleces, and all per napkins, the i comes around fine fruit, ete. | paper to wipe off grease from plat- ters and dishes before washing them; | to polish lamp chimneys or clear crys- | tal dishes or ‘vases; to give a final | polish_to mirrors after washing them, etc. The convenience of such use of | tissue and crepe paper ise entirely rt from any idea of saving money. en if it cost something this use of soft old paper Is such that if you did not have the old paper you would be W nted in buying some, purely for saving of labor it involves, and the better work it helps. The used paper should be burned or thrown away. Paper As Good As New. Smooth out the tissue paper that comes around garments bought from shops and keep in a box or drawer, to- gether with that from gift wrappings. Then when you find you have no fresh tissue paper press some of these sheets with a moderately hot flatiron and you will have some just as fresh as new. This is an economy ses convenience, though by | th | decided ults around Christ- mas time, when so much tissue paper | is needed to wrap presents. These little ways of saving that are handy are but a few of scores that come under the heading of convenient | economies. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS i | creep far. He had gone but a little way when he bumped his nose against wall of dirt. He understood then. ‘Johnny has given up,” said Peter to himself. “He has gone to bed for the Winter. I won’t seesJohnny or Polly zain_until next Spring.” Then Peter “It must be nice,” said he, sure of being alive when But, oh my goodness, what a lot they do mi He kicked up his long heels and he started lipperty-lipperty-lip, ght for the Smiling Pool. As soon as he got there he looked over toward Jerry The roof of 's house was a nice, , white mound, rising above a vel, flat, smooth, white stretch. eter knew then that Jack Frost had rozen the Smiling Pool before Broth- r North nd brought the snow. Well,” said Peter, “I suppose I von't see Jerry Muskrat again before <pring.”” Then he turned and made for the Green Forest. When he got over there he found Jumper the Hare | trying out his snowshoes. You know, | Jumper has very long toes with long hairs between them, provided espe- for walking on the snow. r was in_good humor. " he cried. sn’t this great?” “I suppose it is if you say so,” re- plied Peter. “It’s all right now, but I hope we won't have much more snow.” “And T hope we'll have a lot more s Cousin Jumper. | sighed. o be cially now Reddy n Coyote and Yowler it get around without any but if we have a lot of can get around and they I hope it will snow and v and snow.” I don't,” red Peter promptly. “IU's all very well for you, but when it does that T have to stay at home until it gets hard gone to bed yet?” (Covyright. 1926.) | snow | aan’t. | snow } Apple-Cranberry Pie. | Boil one pint of cranberries in just | enough water to start the juice to flowing freely, then strain and to one | cuptul of the juice add one cupful of sugar and boil to a thick-sirup. Peel, nd slice six large tart apples too thin., Place part of the apple s in the cranberry sirup and let mer slowly until clear and trans- nt. To one cupful of sugar add ourth cupful of water and the i rind and juice of one lemon boil to a thicl irup. Then add mainder of the apple slices and simmer u clear. Place the apple es in a previously baked pie crust, alternating the pink and white slices. T pie is nice with a pink and white meringue or topped with tened whipped cream just before ing, or sprinkled with cocoanut. = = Gloves were worn b AN and Hebrew: n Independent. the anclent remarks the Best by test and taste Has Buster Bear | {and how much money does it repre- SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY “Won't my dear muvver be s'prised an’ dlighted to find the house all sweeped when her comes home? (I hope Santa Claus is lookin'). THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Wednesday, Deceml:ler 8. Astrologers read for tomorrow signs that presage marvelous progress in education and all that pertains to intellectual advancement. Under this rule, there may be a tendency toward irritability and . ill temper, which should be controlled. The sway is threatening to domestic happiness, for jealousy is easily awakened while this rule prevalls. Mars is in an aspect denoting heated debates in legislative bodies, and Con- gress s likely to be the scene of the bitterest party disputes. Forelgn powers will have numerous contentions, it is prognosticated, but there appears little prospect of any- thing more serious than diplomatlc crises. Agaln warning Is given that the Winter will be marked by a great number of fires. Citles and forests will suffer. Municipal improvements of every sort continue under the most stimu- lating Influence of the stars, but cities are warned against putting the com- ing generalons under heavy debt handicaps. Publishing is to recelve a tremen- dous impetus, it is forecast, and there will be reason to be especially in- terested In American literature. Earthquakes and mining disasters have followed the prophecies of the seers, made at the beginning of the year, but they are to be experienced again before the clbse of 1927, Mexico, Peru, Colombla and Vene- zuela are likely to have many exciting incidents to record, it is prognosti- cated. Persons whose birthdate it is have a vear of much promise in the way of writings, journeys and general busi- ness affairs. Children born on that day probably will enjoy successful careers. They are llkely to be practical and well balanced. " THE DIARY OF A NEW FATHER BY ROBERT E. DICKSON. Monday Night. I was afraid to come home this eve- ning, but when I arrived the apart- ment was not all littered up_with dress boxes and things, as I had feared, and I said, “I am quite re- lieved. Didn’t you buy anything on your shopping orgy?” Joan said, “Oh, yes; we bought a few little things, but they will not be delivered until tomor- row.” I sald, “How many is a few sent?"” Joan said, “All right, Mr. Smarty. Do you know how much I have spent on clothes in the past year?” I said, “I'm afraid to add it up.” My mother said, “I think Joan is very economical. She got wonderful bargains in four of the prettiest little dresses——" I said, “Four? I have a suit for every day in the week. This ‘s it—the one I have on.” Joan said, “That's an awfully old joke, be- loved,” and I said, “So Is the suit, adored one.” Joan's grandmother said, “Wait un- til you see her new hats” I said, “Don’t tell me how many. I am not myself tonight.” ‘After dinner T was thinking about the bills and 1 s€aid, “New shoes and stockings and other things, too, I suppose?” and Joan said, “Of course.” I filled my pipe and said, “Did any one have a few minutes to spare to darn my socks?” and Joan said, “Oh, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Miss Twenty, Who Fears Matrimony Because of Her Sisters’ Unhappy Marriage, Receives Some Advice on the Subject. DEAR MISS DIX: I have two sisters who are married, and their lives are very unhappy. I am 20, and engaged to a young man whom I love very, dearly, but I am afraid to marry him lest he should turn out like my sisters husbands. My fiance is continually telling me that he will be different, and that T have nothing to fear in the future with him. Is it possible for two people to marry and live happily together nowadays? Is there somethips that is bound to come up that will make them miserable? Should I let other ople’s unhay married lives keep me from marrying? G g ¥ A MUCH-WORRIED READER. Answer: The fact that one apple in a barrel is rotten does not prove that all apples are rotten. The fact that one woman fails in business is no indica- tion that no woman will make a success in business. If your sisters are unhappily married it is no sign that your marriage will turn out disastrously. Heaven knows there are only too many bad husbands in the world, but there are, also, thank God, plenty of good ones, and if there are homes that are perpetual storm centers there are also homes that are havens of peace and rest and happiness. So don't be scared off matrimony by the bad examples that you see in your own home. Look farther afield, and you will behold lots of Darbys and Joans who have jogged along hand-in-hand for 80 or 40 years, whe are lovers still, and who are shining illustrations of wedded bliss. It is foolish to indict matrimony as a whole. Every marriage is an individual venture, and it is just exactly what a man and woman make of ft. They take out of it just what they put into it. If they put into it love and considefation for each other, and tenderness and self-sacrifice and common sense and a sense of humor, they take out of it happiness. And if they put into it selfishriess and illtemper and cruelty and unreason and injustice, they take out of it misery. 2 It you and your young man honestly and truly wish to make your marriage a success, you can do so. There is no malign power that blights a marriage and predestines it to failure. That is always the doing of the husband or wife. Their happiness lay in their own hands, and they threw it away, or kept it, as they chose. To make a happy home requires “a bit of doing,” as the English say, but 1t is something that is within the power of every man and woman who get married to do. It requires courage and forbearance to be patient with another’s faults and idlosyncrasies. It requires tact and diplomacy to steer clear of fam.ly arguments and fights, and it takes a great love to put another before oneself. But the men and women who can do this make a success of marriage, and great is their reward. Husbands and wives are the easiest people in the world to keep interested in each other, because they have the common bond of their home, their children and their mutual life. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1026.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Covyright. 1926.) 14. Subsided. 16. Got along. 17. Fourteen (Roman). Was presented to, . Prepared tobacco. . Joined. . Limb. . Part of a circle. . Shake, . Utter. . Eagerness. . Lightened. . Scotch dress. . Be compelled. . Saucy. . Notices. . Used to be. "puzzl;clzs" Puzzle-Limericks. Underscoring. A girl went abroad from —1— Intending to get her a —2—; But the price was so —3—, She wasn’t able to Across. . Extended. . Disgrace. . Finished. . Human organ. . British Conservative. 13. Human joint. Bring action. . Repair. 18. Russian Emperor. . Obtained from apples. . Greek letter. . Encourage. . By way of. Refreshment. Provision. . Initials of a country. . Imagine. . Playground, . Vehicle. . Human joint. . Part of Asia Minor. . Billow. . Affirm. . Goes suddenly. . Abandon. Down. . Divisions of land. . Acknowledge. . Withered. . Attempt. . Evil spirit. . Stitch, . Grown male red deer. . Get up, “ompetitor. a —5—1" . City in Towa. . Nobleman of high degrée. . Elevated. . Purchase. . Failure (colloquial). Note—“And the practice,” adds F. R. M., of Buffalo, N. Y., who for warded this “Puzzlick,” “s by no means confined to lowa.” You'll probably agree with him when you've completed the limerick. If you can’t get it, look for the answer here to- morrow. There'll be another “Puzz- lick,” as well. Yesterday’'s ‘“Puzzlick.” A burly young fullback named Gussle Had a smile that was girlish and fussy; But the line that he struck ¢ Never met with much luck, On occasions when Gussie got mus: I almost forgot. Here—look at the lovely tie and pair of socks I got for you, dear.” e Oysterplant Soup. { Scrub the salsify or oyster plant | roots, drop in boiling water for five | minutes, rub off the skin, slice with a few dice of celery, cook in a little carm water, mash and add to a slightly thickened soup. 'Half a_dozen roots are enough for one pint of milk, enriched with a little fat, which may be butter or oil, and with a teaspoon- ful of cream per serving. Grate a little nutmeg into the soup and mix well before serving: o And the neighbors cried, “Oh, what It is often better to forestall than to stall. (Copyright. 1926.) SUB ROSA BY MIMI How One Girl Managed. After you've gone and got yourself married to a man—and wake up sud- denly fo find that he has half a dozen habits which are slowly driving you crazy—it's rather too late to get rid of the man. But something may be done about the habits, if you have the tact and perseverance to go after them in the right way. It's an unpleasant thing to find that the man you've chosen as your lie companion is fond of things particu- larly distasteful to you. Perhaps if you'd known of these things before marriage you wouldn't have married him at all—this reflec- tlon drives you into a deeper state of misery. It's better not to speculate idly ol what might have happened if you' only used your head and waited a while—it's better to accept calmly the final fact that you are married, and must make a go of it, somehow or other. ‘When it was gradually borne in on Helen that her husband wasn't her ideal lover at all, but a strange, blus- tering fellow with boorish manners, she was tempted for a while to sit down and weep bitterly over her ruined life. Then with a snap she pulled her- self together and decided that it was up to her to see that her life wasn't wrecked—to get rid of the habits which were making her life misera- ble, instead of trying to push off the old husband. She didn’t proceed to nag the er- ring Philip with admonitions about his_behavior. Nor did she plead with him to cut out the rough stuff and behave more as a gentleman should when friends came to the house. She just calmly accepted his many peculiarities as part of the natural | scheme of things, and set about imi- | tating him—his actions, his manner, his carelessness in dress—all the things about him which were tending to_make her unhappy. Philip gazed with surprise at the rude, loud, noisy Helen who suddenly appeared one evening in place of the quiet, charming young person he'd married. He stared at the solled, bedraggied dress she was wearing, unable to believe his eyes. He nearly died of the shock when he watched her table manners, and heard her casually invite one of the guests to “run out to the kitchen™ if she wanted a drink of water— “there’s plenty out there!” After those guests had departed Phil attempted to solve the mystery, but Helen mystified him still further by exclaiming in surprise: “But, dar- | ling, don’t you like me that way? I | thought I'd please you.” Phil was no great brain wave, so that it took several weeks of this sort of thing to make him realize that his little wife was giving him an accurate imitation of his own de- lightful self. Shamefacedly, then, he making efforts to improve a little. bit. And as fast as he showed progress Helen discarded her new mannerisms. Of course this system wouldn't have worked with a man who hadn't |a grain of common sense about him. But it's a very striking example’ of one girl's plucky determination not to sit down and cry “Failure” over a marriage that looked pretty dismal for a while. It may be of some help to the hundreds of young wives who write to me of their unhappiness. (Gopvrient. 1026.) Mimi will ad ‘to answer any in- 2 quiries directed to this paper, provided a stamped, addressed envelope is inclosed. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Don't say Say Words often misused: “He {s a splendild workman.” “skillful.” Often mispronounced: Financier. Pronounce fin-an-ser, { as In “it,” a as in “an,” e as in ‘“he,” accent last syllable. Often misspelled: one L Synonyms: Magnify, amplify, in- crease, enlarge, extend, develop, en- hance. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering ane word each day. Today's word: Grimly; sternly, harshly, formidably. “He sank back in his chair and grim- ly smiled.” Alignment; only DELICIOUS and Exquisite Facial soap | started FEATURES. John Henderson marries Helena Fo without talling Aer that Ae: has fire of “her. Whem they ‘return’ from their Roneymoon. Natalie, 'Helena's younger ter, marries. On their trip ‘to Ha- vana Jorn and Helena meel a charm- ing o, Ning Price " Jon “sheics Very “sign” of Being atiracted " to Aey Selena "admite 16 Satalie ihat ‘sha iy oAn 7 love her and Nataiis advises her To fohs Jor Aim 17 she cares Snough. In an eftort (o hold Aim ghe { o B R AL R L acemi 6 o no Good" T the Spirg after their marriage he departs on a fus. Tess (rip’ for The. const and reneirs his Jriendshin with. Nina Price, who lives inDenver. Nina encourages Aim. 1o make lpve to her and he recurns to Nein Yori determined (o aske Helena 10 Irce e [ — CHAPTER XXXIL John and Helena. John found himself rather distrflJ!i that evenina. | Somehow he had counted on finding Helena at home waiting for him. Of | course he hadn't wired her, but he | hadn’t thought of her being out. And so he had a solitary dinner at home, and afterward, realizing that she prob- ably wouldn't be home until late, he went to a vaudeville show and was terribly bored with almost every act presented. He was at home a little after 11, but she hadn't returned. He fussed around the living room, pulling hooks out of the bookcase and trving to get interested in something. He was be- | ginning to realize that he was tired, | “WELL!” SHE SAID. too. He had traveled all trains always bored him. Where was Helena anyway? At 12:30 he had worked himself into a temper. Were these the hours Helena had { kept ever since he had been gone? Of | course she had probably been pl | {around with her Bohemian friends. | They never knew when to 5o to bed. | ! Well, he would wait up for her if it | | took all night, and when she finally | {arrived, he'd have a talk with her and | | settle everything. | At 1:30, he found it necessary to {get up and walk around the living | | room in order to keep awake. And at | {2 o'clock, when Helena opened the | |door with her latch key, he was | sound asleep in his chair. i Consrigne. {in Cincinnat THE SPIDER WOMAN BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. Her laugh awakensd him and he jumped to his feet. “Well!" she sald. She stoad silhouetted in the door' leading from the living room to the foyer. She wore a dress of silver ap pliqued on pale pink chiffon, and she carcled a fan of peacock feathers. After that one exclamation, she ad vanced toward him. ‘“You've hee: walting up for me. I'm so sorry. If | you had let me know—" He interrupted her rather stifily “1 suppose I should have, but | didn't realize that you would be ail tied up with engagements.” She laughed at that. “But of course, why not? You were foolish to wait up.” T You must be dead. u traveled all day I'm awfully sorry. “It looks as if you had been leading a pretty wild life since I have been gone,” John remarked sarcastically “Do you always get home at this hour in the morning?” Helena stared at him a moment and | then she said evenly, “Not always." “But most of the time,” She considered that a moment and ed daintily. v foolish question.” “Not so very foolish,” he persisted Oh, but it fs, John. Fancy my pes | tering you with questions like that! It's too absurd. What time did you £0 to bed when you were In Cleveland, in Chicago, in Denver? e how ridiculous it i »u expect me to do while 2 Go to bed at Don't you What did you were o'clock ev It seemed to John that thers was a new assurance about her, a poise that she had never had before. And how incredibly slim she had grown! She was stunning in that pink and silver gown. He wondered if she knew 1 Of course she had been out with o1 of those Impossible village Probably Mark Sands. Not t cared. But he was tired. had enervated him. He should have | been in bed hours ago, and Instead he | had stayed up walting for her. It wasn't fair. He really wasn't in an condition to have a talk with her now He had wanted to tell her as soon a3 he returned becausesha wanted to he fair with _her. Now it would have to walt. He was in no mood to have a scene with her, feeling as he A1d. At that moment h lized that h. hadn't kissed her, and she had made no move to kiss him. That was strange! He wondered what he ought to do about it. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “When 1 saw Pug I thought he wux comin’ over to have a good time, but he had on clean clothes.’ (€ovs 1926.) The Sunday Feeling By SHIRLEY RODMAN WILLIAMS O you get the Sunday Fecling at your house, that drowsy well f:d feeling after Sunday dinner? What do you do then, do you just give in to it and get dumpy? More important yet, what do the children do Sunday afternoons? Have they interesting games and books or do they fret about or seek interests in other homes? Sunday afternoon is an excellent time to build up family com- panionships. to get acquainted with each other and make an extra special effort to build the home feeling to be carried wil th them when the years come to be away. AFTERNOONS on Sunday days "Round our house there comes a-stealing Over all our rooms and folks Such a lazy, sleepy feeling:* Mother writes to family folks Daddy takes his pipe and smokes Sort o’ dozing in his chair ‘With his paper lying there, It even seems the mantle clock Goes a slower tickery-tock. Kitty gray curls up and snoozes On some cushion that she chooses, Tiggy Bird is fluffed up cozy Swinging lazy-like and dozey, John and I read bocks and funnies On the hearth flat on our tummies. t's 80 pleasant teing there, ,With the drowsiness a-stealinge Then we take a nice long walk ‘o shake off that Sunday feeling. THE Breyer Pledge of Purity is the greatest pure food Rids Skin of Blackheads You'll be surprised—and delighted —to learn what one treatment can ac- complish! Blackheads are a mixture of de- composed sweat, oil and dirt, solid- ified in the tiny cone-shaped pores of the skin, because ordinary toilet soap or facé creams have not dis- solved and washed them away But Chex—an exquisite, superfine toilet soap contains a purifying, odorless deodorant, not found in any other soap; which, in the velvety creamy lather, penetrates to the very Lottom of the tiny pores and dis- solves every bit of the decomposed, hardened secretions. 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