Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1926, Page 63

WOMAN'S PAGE. Saving Money by Revamping Frocks BY MARY MARSHALL. The art of making over clothes is ©certainly not vet a lost art, but it is an art that fewer and fewer women care to master. If money is scarce, many women would rather earn enough money to buy new clathes than spend the time needed to make DARK GRAY PLAIN MATERIAL AND CHECKED MATERIAL OF TWO TONES OF GRAY ARE USED TO GOOD EFFECT IN THIS PRACTICAL SUIT. OF LIGHTER MATERIAL IT WOULD BE SMART FOR PALM BEACH WEAR, WHILE MADE IN HEAVIER FABRIC IT WOULD ANSWER MANY PURPOSES IN « MORE NORTHERN CLIMES. over old. things. The married woman ‘who must manage on a small budget usually finds it more fitable ::'y her clothes ready; ci) eft housework to a maid and spent her time making her own and her chil- BEAUTY CHATS Hand Lotions. If you want to keep your hands nice, you miust protect them through all the cold days that are to come. You'll have to do more than wear gloves. you must have some good lotion that will keep the skin soft and smooth and white. ‘When you next buy gloves, buy them generously . For one thing, they look better, for another, they keep the hands warm. uy good thick suede or calfskin; thin kid, tight fitting as kid must be, only stops the circulation and makes the hands chap more readily. A glove that fits easily lets the blood run into the hands, and as the circulation is al- ‘ways most sluggish at the extremities of the body this is important on Win- ter days. As for lotions, one of the best is a mixture of one-third glycerin. one- third rose water and one-third lemon juice. This is a bleach us well as a general tonic for the hands. - If lemon Juice hurts your skin, make the lo- tion of an ounce each of glycerin end rose water, and add two or three drops—not more—of carbolic acid. Or, one ounce of lemop juice to the com- bined four ounces of glycerin and rose water. Glycerin and rose water, as above, and one ounce of emulsion of almonds ‘will make a delicious hand lotion. Or glycerin, rose water and one or two ounces of cucumber juice. And if your hands chap very badly and the skin gets red and hard looking and unsightly, buy the cheapest pair of white cotton gloves you can find, then at bedtime wash the hands with hot ‘water and soap, dry, and at once begin to rub into them a nourishing cold eream. 1If you have nothing in the house but cleansing cream, which is not nourishing, as it is made of min- eral olls, use plain white lar@ from the kitchen. Being animal fat—or vegetable fat, as some lard substi- tutes are—the skin will absorb a & dren’s clothes. But malds are very dear nowadays and readymade clothes are not. Still there are women who find that they are able to save a pretty penny by revamping old frocks and suits and wraps to suit present- day requirements of fashion. The sketch shows one of the new suits made of plain and plaid mate- rial that suggests a way of making over a last year's suit or frock. You may find it best to leave the revamp- ing of the jacket to the tailor. The skirt, made of new ‘checked material, you may easily make yourself. American women seem to have lost their interest in the two-plece suit re- cently, and few women include it in their Winter wardrobes. But therc are plenty of ocoasions when the suit of this eort fills the bill as nothing else can do. If you have a sports coat, you will find cold Winter days when the suit worn under the coat is both warm and comfortable. —For ‘Winter motoring or travel a suit and coat are indeced well chosen. ‘When the suit is worn without a coat some sort of scarf is usually worn, and this year the separate fur scarf has been revived. If you can- not afford one of these, there are smart wool scarfs that may be worn instead. The jacket may have a fur collar, for we no longer feel that the fur collar is unsuitable to the tailored jacket. Leather collars and cuffs look very smart on the Winter tailored suit and provide extra warmth where it is needed—at throat and wrists. If you want to follow this fashion, yeu may be able to find a readymade leather set of the sort you want, or you may make it yourself from a piece of stout leather. (Copyright. 1926.) HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. The “Tumbler.” The word “tumbler” you will find in the dictionary; it means legitimately nothing bhut “one who tumbles!” So its application to the glass that. holds our milk or water must obviously be due to association with a peculiar cir- cumstance. This is the story: Many years ago at a luncheon that Max Miller was giving at All Souls’ College, Oxford, to the Princess Alice and her husband, everybody wondered at the new round; silver bowls con- taining ale beside each place. One of these when it was empty was placed verted upon the table. Instantly it flew back face up as if asking to be flled agaln. It was so perfectly bal- anced that mo matter how it was treated it turned up again and set- tled itself into place, and it was on ac- count of this similarity to the indla rubber tumble dolls that you can't keep down that the name “tumbler” ‘was applied to it. Then drinking glasses came to be made without stems on convex bases in which they would “tumble,” and t name still held, as it does to this day, in spite of the solid, flat bottoms of our less precarjous “‘tumble (Copyright. 1026.) BY EDNA KENT fl‘)RBES‘ great deal, and the massage will work it well into the pores. Then slip on the gloves and wear all night, simply to protect the bed linen. The gloves themsgelves can be soaked clean in hot soapsuds next day. Esther F. G.—The carbon detergent in the tonic formula is an antiseptic for the scalp. You will not find that the alcohol is drying, as the formuls also includes ofl. Mrs. H. J. K.—Cod liver oil is very nourishing and will add very much to your weight if you take it, but you had better be advised by your doctor. A loss of 30 pounds in.a few months is 80 unusual that you should not be satisfied with your own experiments in bullding up. VWillie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “The bananas all looked alike, but I think it was the seventh one that made me kinda sick.” (Copyright. 1926.) The Apartment “Special” By SHIRLEY RODMAN WILLIAMS —————- OURdfldrmmmmml precious possessions, but that is no reason why we should wrap them in the cotton of constant protection and try to keep them uncontaminated by contact with other children. It's fighting a losing battle; you may apparently succeed in isolating your child, but one of two things is bound to happen. Instead of learning to adjust himself normally to a group and others he will develop abnormally and suffer all his life from failure to adjust: or he will so continuously resent your dominance so that he will break away in resentment at every possible opportunity, monir{g to deceit if necessary, in order that he may gratify his in- herent instinct for companionship of his kind. No one denies that it is ha.rd to pick the child’s playmates when one lives in a city com- munity. The best solution I know is to so teach and train them that when they are outside the home they are capable of self govern- ment. and then let them go forth to begin their adjustment to the THERE‘S a wee little girl h With her hair all a-curl Who sits at a window across the court; She has dollies and books And someway she looks As 'though she would be just a dandy sport. — She goes out to play With a nurse every day, But the nurse won't let any of us come near} And it seems such a shame She can't join in our game, But she’s somebody awfully special, I fear, She's a princess, maybe, Or a fairy lass wee, Or perhaps they think she might get germs some time; But she’s lonely I know, Being special, and so I wave to her window across from mine. Coprrighl. ) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. 0., WEDNES HOW TO START THE DAY WRONG. - < 1L waALW To Tha STATION THIS MORMING - | FESL LIKE A Tem YEAR oD “'D Y o HER® s A Twenry - GIve ) ‘A GooD wav To Pass AwAY € Time EVERYDAY Answered by DR. S. Qestiong from readers are answered daily by Dr. 8, Parkes Cadman. president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. * Dr. Cadman scel answer in. aquiries that appear to be representative of the trends of thought in the many letters which be receives. . LOUISVILLE, Ky. Will_you kindly explain the funda- mental” idea and purpose of the Eu- charistic Congress held in Chicago? Answer—It was intended as an act of supreme homage to Jesus Christ as the Redeemer and Lord of the human race. ¢ The Catholic Church teaches that, although God {s raised above the sphere of sense, He is not beyond the reach of sensory perceptions. On the contrary, He has pierced the veil in tshe incarnation of His only begotten on. The divine Life thus historically ex- ternalized in Jesus Christ is perpetu- ated in the Eucharist He established and the sacrifice this feast commemo- rates is likewise perpetuated. Both exist forever by the divine will and in- dependently of transient states of mind in bellevers. Thus the mass un- der the regimen of Catholicism is the organic life of its faith and of its adoration of our Lord. The Eucha. ristic Congress was held to emphasize and celebrate this teaching. NEW YORK CITY. Who in your opinion of all of the poets of the world was the greatest for majesty of poetic conception, no- bility of poetic art and expression and influénce upon the world at large? Answer—My choice is Shakespeare. Homer, the “deep browed,” still holds high place in “the wide expanse,” so does Virgil, that wielder of “the state- llest measure ever molded by the hand of man,” It should be said, however, that the works ascribed to Homer are now regarded by some scholars as joint compositions enriched from many sources during the prolonged process of their production. To Chaucer belongs the honor of wedding his imperishable tales to the speech of the plain people, and thus beginning that great chorus of song which with strange intermissions has fasted until now. Dante used the Itallan venacular as his vehicle for one of the most majestic and influ- ential of the world’s religious epics. If he had a rival in this fleld it could only be Milton, “God's gifted organ voice.” But Milton's epic poetry is more praised than read, because his lovellest verse belongs to his youthful period. Matthew Arnold, one of the best critics of poetry and himself no mean poet, entitled Goethe “Europe’s sagest head,” and said of Wordsworth that Nutrition Nuggets In purchasing meat, let us say steak, that is to have a long, slow cooking or braising, chuck is a good cut. This gives a good flavor, and the bone may be removed and saved for soup and the steak tied before braising. Chuck is not a good cut to get for a pot roast where fair slices ot meat are desired. A cut of meat that is especially nourishing is that from the round. If you desire meat with little or no.waste, ask for this special cut. The upper part of the round is more tender than the bottom part and provides a very good broiled steak. Bottom round makes a very good pot roast, as bone and other waste will not trouble the cook. Practically all fats used as #ood have the same effect upon the diges- tive tract so far as actual food value is concerned; that {s, when the diges- tion is normal. There are differ- ences in the hardness from the peint at which the different fats melt. There is a difference in the digestion. The melting of the fat is higher than the temperature of the body, and this fat does not become fluid in the in- testines and is therefore not easily emulsified and digested. Fats that have a melting point as near the temperature of the body as possible are counted most easily digested. Among these fats are cream, olive oil, certain nuts and bacon fat. Most cheeses have about the same composition, so far as water, fat and body-bullding material are concerned. They are on the average about one- third water, one-quarter body-building material and one-third fat. This is true, of course, only of cheeses that are .made from whole milk. This statement must be modified slightly when we come to consider ‘such cheeses as Neufchatel and Brie and hard cheeses of which pineapple is & type. In_ these the percentage of water and fat will vary somewhat from the figures given. While such cereals as wheat, corn and oats are still counted excellent foods by those who gpecialize in nu- trition, we do not think of these cereals in quite the same way as we aid a number of years ago. There was a time when every child was taught that he must eat oatmeal. It is more than possible that some of these children of an earlier genera. tion had the cereal portion of their dlets increased out of proportion and that their ‘dlets were as a result not well balanced. Today we think it better for children and grownups as well to obtain only part of their nec- essary starchy food from what we know as cereals. A more varied and therefore more satisfactory diet is constructed when this starchy ele- ment from which we obtain energy is furnished by bread, delicately made puddings and the like. One impor- tant advantage of cereal grains lies —By BRIGGS. DGE GAME SmonaR e paniu T Wi\ STAY WERE - Ve GoT Some SPALP REJIOECT -~ |F‘>MV SoY WAS AROVL! Dioud ‘ot DAcE o AP Rl U THAT QUESTIONS PARKES CADMAN he brought us “the freshness of the early world.” All these were {llustrious poets, whose place in the enchanted réalm is secure forever. But none of them, as I see it, was so great as Shake- speare. The words that express his genius at its highest are simply in- comparable. He seems to me to be to other poets, anclent or modern, as the sun is to the stars. BROOKLINE, Mass. Would you kindly explain how the provisions of the Westminster con- fession of faith, which I understand is the official creed of the Presbyterian Chureh, can éver be included as part of any Christian's bellef? Answer—I am unallured by the dogmas of predestination and election to which you doubtless refer. But as they have ceased to be vital issues, what need is there to be so seriously disturbed by them? In any case your indictment of the confession is entirely too severe. Its formulators were learned, able and devout divines. And, although their work contains decided drawhacks and highly disputatious articles, as a pure- ly intellectual achlevement it ranks with the best of its kind in the pre- vious history of Christian thought. Judged as a soclal factor, the con- fession outweighs in political power and efficacy the legislative acts of a score of parliaments and congresses. The men and women who accepted its tenets could be tyrannical, but they were always the terror of tyrants. Did not some one say that the Col- onial Presbyterians kicked George IIl's crown into the Atlantic? Considered as religious formu- lary, the confession has nurtured the spiritualities of not a few leaders of the,world’s foremost states and most influential Protestant churches. It maintains the moral sovereignty of God and the supremacy of the Chris- tian faith. As a historic document, its monuments are free commori- wealths around the globe. Even the dogmas you and I agree to discard installed o philosophy provocative of profound meditation and bred presonalities who, so far from blaspheming Deity, exalted Him above all earthly thrones and prin- cpalities. Regarded in themselves, tination and election may make no celestial music for your ears. But viewed in the light of a great past, the confession in its entirety cannot be so lightly dismissed as you sup- pose. One might as well indict the Magna Charta because it did not ex- plieitly announce the principles of modern democracy. HOME NOTES predes- A fine and authentic ship print is a gift that is sure to please one who appreciates really nice things. The print sketched here is the his- toric clipper ship, -the Flying Cloud, done originally in water color by A. C. Edwards, The frame is finished in burnished gilt and the mat is black glass with lines and titles in gold. The Flying Cloud was built by Don- ald McKay at East Boston, Mass., and was launched in 1851. She was the fastest sailing clipper ship of her time. Did you know that when the | clipper ships set sail wagers of thou- sands of dollars were made on their speed by shipping men? The Clipper Ship Era says: “Yacht racing, in com- parison with old clipper ship racing, resembles snipe shooting as compared with hunting big game in the wilds of I always balk at” startling Facts. It's hard to swallow B” ething new. when L hexr 2 platitude [’ nod my hewd in the fact that when the whole of| the grain is retained these foods fur- nish not only starch, but important minerals and body regulating mate- #ial as well BY . C. PEATTIE. Ground Pine. You will see in the Christmas mar- kets the trailing wreaths of the ground pine, the fairest and dainti- est of the evergreens upon the forest floor. The botanical name, Lycopo- dium, means wolf’s foot. It must have taken a vivid imagination to see any- thing so ferocious as the claw and paw of the wolf in the frostlike trac- ery of this tiny plant and its leaves. The most feroclous-looking of our Dycopodiums is only a little shaggy. For the most part, they are lacy, ferny, little creepers, resembling tiny pine saplings, but belonging actually to one of those curlous little families that, upon a strict scientific basis, show a kinship to the ferns, but re- semble anything else in the world— pines, rushes, sedges. Once, so the fossils written upon the rocks dis- close, the Lycopodiums, or their rela- tives, were great trees, raining their golden, inflamable spores down upon the marshes, 'till they formed a thick deposit that caked and was solidified. Today we burn those spores, in the form of cannel eoal. Now, of that great, gloomy family all are dead except about 100 species of Lycopo- dium, some of which, in the Andes and the Himalayas, still reach big size. Those of our woods are to the trees that laid down the coal measure of long ago as a cat s to a tiger. The florist often sells a very tender and fancy sort, that comes, I think, from the mountains of Jamaica. I.like ours better. There is %omething sturdier about them. To my eyes, at least, the glitter on their needly leaves is gayer, has more of the Christmas spirit. But so ruthless are the pickers, so eager the buyers to get the ground pine, that the Christ- mas spirit is, alas, its chief menace and threatens its life. I do not say that laws should be passed for its protection, I do not even say that one should not buy any for Christmas. But I do suggest that, even if you can afford to buy a great deal of it (and the price is high). you buy it very sparingly, if at all. After all, if we do not all unite in conserving a plant so relatively rare, we shall live to see its complete ex- termination. . Pork Pie. Select two parts of fresh pork to one part of veal. The lean portions of the spare rib or loin are best adapt- ed to this purpose. Till a raised crust with the meat, which should be cut in dice and well salted and peppered. A pie containing a pound of meat should cook about an hour and a half in a moderately hot oven. It is best to make these pies rather thin, not over two inches deep and a small size, not holding over a pound of meat, in order that they may be properly cooked tl;‘rflugh. They are%ften made of pork alone. it e R Chocolate Crumbs. Mix one cupful of stale bread crumbs, one-half a cupful of grated un. sweetened chocolate, two tablespoon- fuls of sugar, and one-fourth tea- spoonful of sait. Put into a pan and bake in a moderate oven until the chocolate is melted and the crumbs are thoroughly heated. Fill individ, ual paper cases two-thirds full with the mixture and top with whipped cream’ sweetened and flavored with vanilla. oty " S\ Baker's Breakfast cocoa butter, almost ent. The of high ot of ousishment amount WALTER BAKER & CO. L. Established 1780 * Canedian Mills & Montreal CEMBER 15, 192 FEATURES. THE SPIDER WOMAN BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. John Henderson marries Helena Ford without telling her that he has tired of her. When they return from their homeymoon, Helena's younger sister Natalie, marries. On their trip to Havana, John and Helena meet o charming widow, Nina Price. John shows very evident inferest in her. Helena admits to Natalie that she is sure John no longer loves her, and Natalie advises her to fight for him if she cares enough. In an effort to hold him she begins to weave a teb about him, pretending indifference, dut it does mo good. In the Kpring, after their marriage, he departs on a buslenas trip to the Cotst and rencws his friendship with Nina, ‘who lives in Denver. Nina encourages him to make love to her, and he returns to New York determined to ask Helena to frec him. Before he can say any- thing to her, she tells him she is in love with some one else, which, of course, is not true. He tells her about Nina, and she affects a ‘matter-of-fact attitude that irritaes him. She ells him, also, that she thinks she had better go out and stay with Natalie until they can decide what to do. The next day she departs and John goes down to see Mrs. Ford, Helena's mother, who lives in the same town. CHAPTER XXXIX. At ‘Natalie's. ‘Natalie was sitting on the porch. It was still light, light enough for her to see quite plainly, for #he was knitting a small pink sweater. As John came up the walk she cast it wside and sprang to her feet. “Hello, you sweet old thing,” she said enthusiastically. “It's good to sée you again. Isn’t Helena the mean | has been : Serving You Faithfully iy for ManyYears ; “BREAKFAST" in Baket’s Breakfast Cocoa Means Something ‘The United States Food Standards Ccocoa as cocoa containing not less than 22 per cent of cocoa butter. Many cheap « be Jabelled * Breakfast " Cocoa) contain not more than 14 per cent or 15 per cent of butter. Cacoa contains NATALIE WAS SITTING ON THE PORCH. thing not to tell me you were coming. I hadn't the least idea.” John stooped to kiss her. “I didn't know it myself. How are you, Natalie? You're looking just fine. 1 developed a sort of nostalgia for this place. You know I always did love it. So I just appeared at your mother's and she and Dorrie fed me up with all kinds of good things to eat.” Natalle pouted. “Why didn't you.come here? I'm jealous. Helena has gone down town' with Fred to try to match this wool. She'll be back any minute.” John sat down in a comfortable wicker chair, and Natalie took the swing. There was a comfortable com- placence about everything. The porch was screened, which kept it free from the traditional Jersey mosquito. There was a mysterious violet light over everything and a wild chirping of birds in the linden trees along the street. & Natalie had taken up her knitting and her needles were clicking busily. “Did you have a good trip?"” “Just fine,” he returned mechani- cally. He wondered if Helena had confided in Natalie. It would be interesting to know if she had any idea of what was about to happen. Certainly from the gerenity of -her manner no one would suspect it. He doubted very much if Helena had said anything. She wasn’t the type of woman who talked much and Natalie’s manner was so cool and collected. He fell to_ wondering about how Helena would feel when she saw him. ‘Would she be furious because he had intruded? After all, these were her people, and she had taken refuge with them. He had no right to put in an appearance here and expect her to welcome him. The twilight deepened and Natalle rose and snapped on the porch light. “You'll forgive me, won't you, John, but I have a million things to finish and never enough time to do half the things I plan. Do talk to me, won't define * Breakfast ™ cocoas (which cannot not less than 26 per cent of one-ifth more than Government require- Baker's Breakfast Cocoa means a pure, Je- quality and possessing a PORCHESTE! you? At least until the others come. Helena told me you were planning to see Mrs. Price in Denver. Is the ‘Western brand of hospitality any bet- ter than our People are always casual in his response. true that they have a certain y manner toward guests. They seem to take company for granted and of course, it gives them an op- portunity for a party of some kind. We motored out to the Garden of the Gods one night while I was there. It's between 50 and 60 miles from Denver, but they didn’t seem to think a thing about it.” Natalie looked u “Oh, T'd love that sparkled coquettis “And how was Mrs. Price, T'll never forget the night I cut her out.” onsense, what are you talking about? “Oh, but I did. T just wanted to see if T could. 1 don’t think you were half as crazy about her as you thought vou were, and so I flirted with yo Don't yow dare say you've forgotten. John was just about to reply when Fred, with Helena beside him in the car. drove in at the side of the house. Natalie hailed them gayly. Surprise, surprise! You'll never gucss who's here. S Helena knew in a minute who was there, although it was too dark to see. But it gave her a moment or two to get herself in hand. She had an idea that Natalie had called out for that very reason. The blessed child! She was always so understanding about everything! from her knitting. Then her eyes (Continued in tomorrow's Star.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused—Don't say “neither you or 1.” Use “nor” with “neither. Often mispronounced—Handker- chief. Pronounce the fe as i in “it,” not as e in “me. Often misspelled—Sanitary Synonyms—Sequrity, pledge, bail, assurance, guarantee, surety, hostage. _Word study—“Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocahulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word— Supposition; the act of supposing: conjecture. “It is all supposition, with no real evidence.” A Wonder(t BANQUET revor. 1 EA Containing ExtraFancy ORANGE PEKOE TEA from the Finest Gardens o INDIAn/ CEYLON M CORMICK & CO. 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Tea, cor- rectly made, increases energy 20%. Itsmental effect is startling. know—and | want you to know. 2 I have been told that many American men consider tea-drinking to be effeminate! But what was said of the man who smoked cigarettestwenty years ago—or the man who wore a wrist watch before 19142 No— there is nothing a real man does, that he likes to do, that makes him less of a man. L India Tea is a ‘man’s: drink in every country of the world, because it's a good stimulating drink, if for no other reason. Try a cup or two to- morrow and you will glad you took my advice. CUT THIS OUT and show it to your folks | at home. ltis tie right— and only way—to India Tea. Be sure you use India Tea or a blend containing India Tea and make it in the correct way — as it is served in England. Use an earthenware teapot. Put into it one teaspoo! of India Tea for each cup of tea required. Be sure the .water is poured into the teapot the moment it boils. Allow to stand for 5 minutes to infuse. Put a little milk or cream into each cup before serv- ing the tea. It greatly improves the flavour. Then add sugar to taste. Any retailer or store can supply you with India Tea or blends containing India Tea. He has no difficulty in getting it, as practically every whole- sale distributor of Tea in this district supplies India Tea. Hewill getitforyou Be sure you use INDIA TEA or a blend containing India Tga