Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1926, Page 37

. WOMAN’S Cooky Bibs for COOKY BIBS FOR CHILDREN ARE CAN BE MADE AT THE LAST MOMENT. Bibs for little folk are increasing in attractiveness. At least that is what chfldren are sure to agree is the truth in regard to one at least of the later models. It is called a cooky bib, be- cause there is a pocket in it for hold- ing, not one, but two or three of these delectable dainties. They might al- most be called refreshment bibs, for some of the pockets are big enough to hold a fairly large rosy-cheeked apple, instead of cookies. It will be seen that such bibs are not for infants, but for larger little folks, those who still have 10t outgrown the bib age. Cooky bibs can be made in several different styles, but eacl must have a pocket. This is the great distinguish- ing feature. One I saw recently must have been 12 inches from the lowest curve of the neck to the hottom of the bib. It had a pocket in size about 6l by 41% Inches, sewed just above the hem at the bottom. The material of the bib was unbleached cotton cloth, firm and heavy. The pocket was of printed wash material, picturing in colors three little children, hand in hand, against an out-of-door back- &round. Probably it was to indicate that the children were dancing along, | hand in hand, enjoying the cookies. Pretty Model. An attractive cooky bib could ' be made of a Japanese crepe in any one the attractive colors in which it can be had, with the rectangular pocket of a contrasting shade of the same goods. | A little scene could be done in cross. stitch. For example, a_butterfly de- sign would be appropriate. Under- neath could be lettered over the can-| vas in eross-stitch “Cookies and but- terflies both go fast.” Or the butter- | flies can be done in patchwork ap plique. Trace the design on to the Younger Children BL LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. PAGE. THE EVENIN( What Do You Know About It? - Daily 1. What China? 2. Where is Nepal? What country'lies between in_and 4. To what country does Ice- land belong? Of what larger Newfoundland a part? What is the largest country ° having no seacoast? Answers to these questions in tomorrow's Star. fence Six. countries horder state is How Queen Marie Talks. There are some countries that have been kicked about like a foot ball be- tween different larger states, with the result that they have frequently ! changed their languages. For reason anthropologists do mnot con- sider that the fact that two groups speak the same or similar languages is any indication of their racial kin- ships. The Irish speak English, ex- cept a very few; vet they are not Eng- lish. The tongues based on the old Roman language are called romance languages (not that they are neces- sarily romantic), and most would say that Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French are the onl Romance languages. But in the days of the Roman Empire, Rome for a brief period held the province of Dacla, across the Danube. They soon gave this up as too hard to defend, but their language still persists, and Ru- manian (notice the ity of the name to Roman) A romance Slavic language, as English is a romance Teutonic language. Now, what do yvou know about that? Answers to Saturday’s Questions. 1. A corolla is the inner series of | envelopes around the essential organs of a flower, made up of the petals. ! 2. A calyx is the outer series of en- velopes around the essential organs of a flower, made up of sepals. 3. A stamen is the pollen-bearing or male part of a flower. 4. An anther is the sac-like organ in_which pollen grains are held. Pollen is the fertilizing granules of a flower. contained in an anther. 6. A tuber is orage organ grow- ing out from the stem, generally un- | derground. AMONG ATTRACTIVE GIFTS THAT feelers in black. The top wing por- tions may be of one color and the |lower of another. Feather-stitch about | | the pocket and around the entire bib. The tie strings can be colored tape. | Be sure the colors of all materials are |fast and will not run when washed, |for the bib has to stand frequent| |laundering. Fortunately, the crepe { bibs do not require ironing. If a good | | heavy quality is used, it will be sufll»[ | ciently waterproof for children of the | age to use cooky bib | Colorful Style. || ‘Onsaninthier wvs: A set of three cooky bibs could have| My little daughters enjoy pretty one deyeloped in canary-colored Jap-| candles on the dinner (nhl«jo)n a‘:)eda}] anese crepe, with a lilac crepe pocket | days. We purchase plain candles and on which the butterfly was made of | decorate them suitably by dropping deep orange and brown tones, with | body and feelers of black. Another could be done in cross-stitch on blue pocket over a sage green bib, and a | third could be of unbleached cotton | cloth, with the pocket of a print show- | ing some attractive scene in which there were children or animals—the | sort that comes for a child’s room. | Practical Bibs. Another set could have the bibs all | made of unbleached cotton cloth or natural colored or cream white Jap- | | anese crepe. One of the pockets could have bright colored flowers worked on | it in lazy-daisy stitch; another could | have a_picture pocket of fabric, while | a third could have some appliqued patchwork motif on it. These bib: would be sure to sell fast at a fair or | bazaar if the price for the set was rea sonable, as it could very well be, for the material costs little and the work of making them is little. The navelty | is decided and the color schemes can | be most artistic. A set of such bibs | would delight a child as a Christmas (Copyright. 1926.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. ed wax crayon upon them in various designs. For Halloween we plain fabric, putting impression paper between the pattern and the fabric. | Make the body of black or work it in | the same color and embroider the The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1926.) Across. 1. Precise. 9. Questioning ex 0. Feeble-minded. 11. Mystics. 13. Nourishment. . Electrified particles 5. Deviate, . Part of the eyeball. . Mohammedan proper name Sixteenth ®feek letter. . Knitted cotton fabric. *4. Falsehood. 5. Sufix: abundance, 6. Highway (abb 7. Gifts to an institutior Pown. king. imatior 1. Money-y 2. Made con 1. Dull noise 1. Changes into less complex form. “Puzzlicks” Puzsle- Limericks A certain young lady of —1— Once wanted to catch the —2—; Said the porter “Don’t —3— Or scurry or —4— It's & minute or —5—." 1. City in Chesh 2. Train that leaves ufter noon. . Hasten. 4. Fret 5! A nume (four words) (Note—When you've completed this limerick—providing, of course, you can golve the trick in the las ry reading it loud, f ce tongue-twis L imswer as well as another 1omorrow.) minutes repe: times Saturday’s Puzalick. \ clever young preacher named Ned \Was chucking some spuds in a sled; Though hard on his arm The work had its charm For it wasn't a strain on his he Wi ) gift. Be sure the pockets tickle the fancy of a child. How about giving a | the box of homemade cookies with the | trim white candles with orange and bibs? | red. For Christmas, white candles jare decorated with red and green and for violet and pink. (Covyright. 1926.) use orange candles and decorate them with black; for Thanksgiving we Time to Be Stingy. There's no fauit less lovable than stinginess, and far be it from me to advise it in any form. Only there mes a time just around Christmas when the advice to be stingy is needed by al few flighty young things. They needn’t be stingy In the ma ter of mother's present or daddy" They can spread themselves about giving the girl chum something really | nice. And there’'s mo law against their { spending more than their allowance | on presents for girls of their crowd— i but they must be firmly seized by the !ear and led away from the expensive ! gifts for the boy friend. |~ There are two reasons why every girl wants to make a handsome pres- |ent to the man she’s keen about. One of them is that she likes him so much she wants to make him really happy with stunning Christmas offer- I8 e other—and usually the real rea- gon—is that she wants to show him | she’s no cheap skate—if he gave her this | people | ster we trim green candles with | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (.. MONDAY. ‘DorothyDix {Avoid the Girl Who Bosses Her Family, Flee i From Her Who Is Too Jealous and Sidestep | DE( Tells Young Men Earmarks of u Good Wife. Picking a Winner Before Marriage. the One Who Dresses Beyond Her Means. | | ARE there any earmarks by which 2 man can tell, before he gets her, what | bargain? | So querie ¢ a male reader. | : Matrimony is generally conceded to be the greatest game of chance in | | the world and the picking of a life partner is belleved to be attended with | { about the same degree of certainty as locating the bean in a shell game at a country fair. To a degree this is true, because both men and women plu!’l the game of matrimony with their eyes shut and their ears stuffed. and they refuse to take note of the guideposts that are erected along the road to the altar, i In reality, matrimony is oy a stage of evolution. It develops whatever i1s best and worst in men's or women's nature. It doesn’t give them an entirely new set of characteristics. Whatever a girl {s before marriage, she is golng to be after marriage. only a little more so, for marriage is a mordant that sets the color of a woman's nature. Thus any man can forecast with reasonable accuracy the sort of a wife a woman will make from the sort of a girl she is. 1 Every man, for instance, prays to be delivered from a jealous, nagging wife, but he looks to his guardian angel to preserve him, instead of depending on himself. Yet the matter is absolutely in his own hands, for a hunchbacked woman |(‘oalllxld more easily conceal her deformity than the green-eyed woman her | jealousy. | It, therefore, you are engaged to a girl who has fits and hysterics every | time you notice another woman and who can't accept a reasonable explanation | of why you should have taken an old schoolgirl friend to luncheon, or why | you walked up the street with some feminine comrade who works with you { In the office, why, son, be warned in time. Break off your engagement with | that girl before you let yourself in for a lifetime of misery. | sion She will make the sort of wife that will keep you in terror all your days. She will go through your pockets looking for letters from women, sniff at | your clothes to see if they smell of perfume and scrutinize you to see if there Is any powder on the lapel of your coat. She'll be forever popping into your | office to see what you are doing and you won't dare to employ a stenographer | under 60 who hasn’t a bald head and false teeth. Jealousy doesn't develop suddenly, like appendicitls. It is a chronic complaint that is constitutional with some women and it's an_incurable malady. So pass up the maiden who gives unmistakable signs that she is afflicted with it. e e JEVERY man, likewise, has a horror of getting a wife who is a domestic tyragt. And well he may, but it is his own fault if he does. Just take a squint, a good, long one, at Angelina in her own home, son, and see whether she bosses her family. 1f she rules the roost, if mother looks at her before speaking and if her little brothers and sisters keep in the background when she is about, duck and run, though you be on the very steps of the altar, ‘un]ess You feel that you would actually enjoy belng henpecked. | The girl who can run her own family can run a husband with one hand | tied behind her. In marrying her he hasn't even a chance to call his soul his own and he will spend the remainder of his life eating what she thinks is good for digestion, going to the church she approves of, visiting her family and friends and wearing the necktie she chooses. Every man also desires to avold marrying a woman who is extravagant | | or unduly fond of dress. He can blame nothing but his own stupidity if he | ! marries one. Every woman wears a price tag on her clothes, which proclaims whether or rot she is a good bargain as a wife. | | When a man deliberately picks out a girl who looks like a living | fashion-plate and who, he knows, Is dressed far beyond her means, what right has he to complain if in time he grows as hump-shouldered trying to pay | her bills as her father did? He had his warning, but he refused to take it. | Every man desires a wife who will be companionable and sympathetic hand who will understand the things that he does. And are there not a thousand was to test out whether a woman is broad and intelligent or { narrow-brained and prejudiced before you are tied to her for life? 1 know one wise youth, a man of heart and soul, who was very much taken with a girl and on the verge of popping the question to her. Fortunately for him, just before he took the fatal step he invited the girl to go with him to see a play that swept the whole gamut of the finer emotions. The man's heart was wrung with its pathos and his throat choked with the passion of it, but the girl sat up, absolutely untouched and unmoved, her | eyes as dry as at a base ball game. The man took her home and simply dumped her at her door and never went near her again. “Why, she is a stick, a stock, a stone. to a woman like that.” II" I were a man, I'd never marry a woman until T had been on an excursion or camping expédition with her. If I found a girl who could be as entertaining at breakfast as at dinner; who looked as neat and attractive in her sport togs as in her dance frock; who could take missing a train or a rainy day with good-natured philosophy, instead of acting as if the misadven- ture were a personal grievance; if she were cheerful and helpful and unselfish, 1 a good companion and a good fellow under all circumstances, I'd keep on that girl's trail until I'd persuaded her to marry me. For I would know that | I had that girl'’s number and that it was a winning one every time. ! | | I'd rather be dead than married . 1 But if she were peevish and selfish and exacting and didn’t know how to | do anything and expected every one to wait upon her, she would never lure | me up to the proposing point, not even if she were as beautiful as Venus and stacked up (o her neck in gold. | Oh, you don’t have to be a prophet or a prophet's son to tell ‘what kind | of & wife a girl will make. She carries her sign about with her, if a man will only take the trouble to read. DORO’ Y X. (Copyright. 1926.) RN EAT AND BE HEALTHY Dinah Day’s Daily Talks on Diet The Right Food Is the Best Medicine | 0f Vital Importance. “1 liked your article on vitamins. Kindly tell me what vitamins are in creamed onlons, haked apples, butter- milk, squash and parsnips, This is a matter of vital importance to me, and I would thank you for the informa- tion,” writes one correspondent. Since creamed onions are the cook- ed vegetables plus a sauce containing milk and butter, the dish would have vitamins A and B in the onlons and also in the milk and butter. Raw onions have vitamins A, B and C. Vitamin C is very delicate, and sub- jection to heat matérially affects and, {in some cases, destroys this vitamin necessary vitamins. The only thing about which to be careful s the vita. | min C. Since heat or drying destroys or affects this vitamin, and since it is present in most raw vegetables and fruits, the inclusion of vitamin C will | be made most certain by serving either | raw fruit at some meal or by serving | & raw vegetable in salad every day. | M. M.—1. Do apples contain lime? 2. Are they fattening? Answer—1. Yes. Also iron and vitamins A, Band C. 2. No. Readers destring personal answers to their dressed. questions should send self-ad tamped envelope to Dinah Day, care of The Star. Salmon Sandwiches. kind of a wife a girl will make, in time to sidestep a bad matrimonial r | lady flea! Prefix: one. Give attention . High octave. . Hindrances. Talk lovingly. Meal. Remained in a prone Line. i . Go to the right. i | position, Answer to Saturday’s Puzzle. | | o Sk ! Turkey Dressing. | Soak one pound of bread crumbs in {sweet milk for 10 minutes, then press out all the milk, add one pound of saus salt and pepper, one-half & cupful of chopped onion or celery, one-half spoonful thyme or| or teaspoonful of poults squsoning. If onions are used, they! should first he fried for five ni in hot dutter or fat before them. Bind together with ¢ cgg volks. The turk be entirely filled, but left for the dre one hould be “This will make oo much for a small tur- | key, but use the same proportions of | crumbs and sausage, with other sea- | sonings to correspond. key with this put it | osity each Yuletide. something eclaborate and costly last r, she's going to do just as well That's usually what's at the bot- tom of all the high-handed buying that goes under the name of gener- And it’s such bad taste, girls. 1f only you could once be persuaded that, you'd get over the desire to t in gorgeous ties and cigarette and wallets. matter how beautiful a gift No | comes_your way from the One and ¢ Man, you mustn't feel impelled :I»“}‘ush it ‘and buy him a motor car just to show your appreciation. It's the man’s place to do the handsome. After all, he’s probably more than you are—he cer- ¢ is supposed to he WooIng you— ou wooing him—and if he wants sh in your direction, e B looks bad when you do too much for him. It looks too eager. It Jooks as if you didn't know just what's what. ; Of course, if you're engaged to the gentleman in the case, the mat- ter {akes on a different complexion Then you may certainly give. him what vou think will please him most, regardless of what it sets you back. The girls who write to me saying, “I know he's going to glve me a fitted-out traveling bag, and I don't want to appear cheap—what shall I do for him?” show that they don't know the rules of the game—they're not used to recefving presents from men. If you send a man some nice remem- brance—a good-looking tle, a book, a cmall, inexpensive wallet—you've done our bit and you've shown good taste in not trying to outdo whatever he has for you. There should be no feeling of obliga- tion on the girl’s part to rival or even outshine a man’s gift with her own. ave that feeling about her presents, but she shouldn't a second in connection with men's Restrain that impulse to show your man how generous you can be. You will only show him how inexperienced you are in the matter of giving boys appropriate gifts for Christmas, Mimi will quiries dire be glad to answer an; 1 to this paper, provided swed on inclosed o in- s | entirely. Raw apples have a little of vitamin A, more of B and some of C. Baked apples contain vitamins ‘A and B. { Buttermilk has a little of vitamin A, more of B and perhaps some of C. Vitamin C in milk is variable, de- pending very much on the cow’s diet. Hubbard squash contains vitamin A. Parsnips have vitamins A and B. Vitamins are of vital importance to every one. They are the lifegiving elements which nature has stored in food and which science has recognized only within the last two decades. These preclous elements are closely assoclated with the valuable minerals, lime, iron, phosphorus, iodine, etc., which are also present in natural foods. | Nutrition experts are busy in the laboratories working over the chemical | jelements in food and their effect on the body. Their findings are tabulated ! in very interesting tables, showing the lime, iron and vitamin content, the total caloric value, the percentage of protein, carbohydrates, fat and water in hundreds of foods. H But the busy housewlfe, earnest in her desire to provide her, family with proper nourishment, does not need to study these tables ceaselessly. A knowledge that there are different groups of food and that each group| furnishes certain things the body needs will help the preparation of a suitable meal. When the menu planner knows that meat, eggs, cheese, milk and fish are protein foods and that the body requires other foods to balance up the protein, she will not | serve meat soup, creamed fish, egg salad and cheese wafers all at the | same meal. ! | By remembering that.milk is the! i headliner for getting le or calcium linto the diet, and that then come! most vegetables, many fruits, eggs| yand whole grains, it will not Le diffi-i cult to see that the family gets its! lime. The same is true of fron.| ‘Wheat bran in whole wheat products, egg yolk, spinach and many other veg- etables and fruits yield a rich store af iron. So it will be very easy to pro- vide {ron In the diet. The vitamins are closely identified | with the mineral salts; that is, they are present in milk, butter, cream, eggs, whole grains, fruits and vege- tables. That gives a wide range and makes certain the inclusion of the gMiss S. — Serves Remove the bones and skin from | one can of salmon, drain and mince. To the salmon add one-half a cupful of capers and one tablespoonful of | lemon juice. Add enough mayonnaise | to spread smoothly on thin slices of | bread. Remove the crust, cut down | the center and garnish with slices of lemon and parsley. These Delicious "EMBER 20, 1926. KITTY McKAY BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. FEATURES. BY LOIS Neck and Shoulders. Daytime frocks this season are cut ther high in the neck and those that are open at the throat do not show much of milady’s collar bone and chest. In the everling, however, neck ra | chest and shoulders come out of their { My husband says that the modern woman's pocket handkerchief wouldn't provide a good cry for a| (Copyright. 1926.) THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Tuesday, December 21. Saturn and Neptune are in behefic aspect tomorrow, according to as- trology. Mars is strongly adverse. It is a fortunate day for all who travel, whether by rall ship, and augurs well for holiday happine: There is a sign of good luck for the aged, who should be unusually happy in family reunions under this plane tary government. { Many men and women are to reach | advanced years, it is prophesied, for the public health s subject to the best possible direction of the stars. Accidents may be more numerous tomorrow than in ordinary circum- stances, and special caution should be exercised. Much discussion of military matters is forecast, and great momentum will be apparent among peace movements. or by | two_teaspoonfn | rose water. |Temon juice with | [ retirement to enhance or mar the ef- fect of the desclette. Whether or not the revelation is a pleasing one de pends upon the contours and skir tints of thesa parts of the bod: Most necks need regular bleaching treatments t» rake the skin smooth nd white enough to be presentable in n evening gowa To make them so hey must be scrubbed thoroughly ch night with pure soap and warm wate A fairly stiff bath brush should be usel tor the purpose. This method of nsing has the double advantage of stimulating the circuls tion and poving scarf-skin and grime. After the lathering and scrub. bing, the parts should be thoroughly rinsed in clear, warm water, then in cold and finally dried very carefully. In place of the eold rinse, buttermiik | may be used to lighten the skin color. | Leave this bieach on for half an hour before rinsing it all off. | When sufficient quantities of but- | | termilk are not available a more con- | venient bleaching lotion for the neck | may be made of the following: Three | tablespoonfuis ttrained lemon juice, | borax, one and one- of glycerin, elght ounces Dissolve the borax in a vese water. Mix the the glycerin, then adg the other ingredients to the re- u'ting lotion. This bleach is to be massaged into the skin after the soap nd water cleansing every night. Unless the skin of the shoulders been tanned it is likely to be than the neck, but in some s this advantage is lost by the WHEN WE G BY MRS. HARL/ half ounces ¢ little of the Selecting Christmas Tree. ‘A Christmas | Christmas tree. tree is a| It is a Christmas tree | Prosperity appears to be indicated | | for Great Britain, for her colonies are subject to the most stimulating influ- ences, but there will be many foreign complications for the government to deal with, Discussion of medical methods and | of “curgical operations will be wide. |t be more spe spread, it is forecast, owing to a pecu- lar epidemic. Diet now will come under the most serious consideration, and food values will be studied as never before. Many persons will suffer fractured bones under this sway, which tends | toward falls. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of journeys that afford opportunity for study and personal improvement. This is a year of ro- mance and possible marriage, 3 Children born on that day probably will be endowed with unusual charm. Changes of dwelling-places ma: numerous. Happy marriag. ented. indi- (Copsright, 1926.) bigin g Prices realized on Swift & ('nm}mny sales of carcass beef in Washington, . for week ending Saturday. December 18, 1926, on shipments sold out, ranged from #.50 cents to 19.00 cents per pound and ay- 66 “cents per pound.—Advertise- e | While fragrance alone mi for your home, | vour selection is vised. No longer wives drop in on florists with a hv “hristmas tree. church or school, if considerate and ad do harassed house- | their grocers ied order for “a’ They have learned fic Speaking strictly, and out of har | mony with the season, there is no such thing as a Christmas tree. All | varieties of the evergreen tree are known as Christmas trees and all used for festive purposes. Of all these, however, the balsam fir is prob- ably the most popular. Your choice | may be limited, though, by what is available in your particular market. The balsam fir may be distinguished by its penetrating and refreshing fragrance, a fragrance, by the w. which outlasts most others, and |likely to permeate the whole house. ht account its grace- for the balsam'’s popularity. ful growth is an added reason. It is a symmetrical tree, with needles that stay on long after the spruce or | hemlock have shed theirs, and those | same needles are flat, permitting the hanging of ornament: F | "What has been said is not intended to detract from the charm of the spruce. It is an excellent second | haps the use of s | ticular way LEEDS appearance- of small, red pimples o the back over the shoulder. blades These blemishes are usually called “goose pimples,” and their appearance shows that the skin needs more tho: ough cleeaning, stimulating, and pe: astringent or o I would advise any one who is afflicte.l with these pimples to invest in a long- handled bath brush and a bath spray. With these simple implements it i< possible to cleanse thoroughly the skin between the shoulders better than by any other means. After the scrubbing and rinsing, dr well and if the skin is inclined to be oily and coarse give it an alcohol rub. If it tends to be dry, rub it with o tle cold cream or olive oil. For th average skin with enlarged pores and “goose pimples” a mild astringen: made of equal parts of glycerin and witch hazel may be used (Copyright. 1926.) O SHOPPING ND H. ALLI ‘hoice. If it is inferior in any pa to the balsam it is in fragrance. “The formation of its spray of needles means that it will take you longer to attach ornaments to the spruce. Its tips, unlike the blunt ones of the balsam, ‘are sharp, and deco- rating with popcorns on pins is not easy. The popular hemlock has flat nee dles, like those of the balsam, but they drop off more quickly. Except for its lack of fragrance, it might be mistaken in appearance for the bal- sam. These trees are Christmas trees hout needles on them, but with small, overlapping scales instead. They do not spread easily with light weight ornaments. While trees may be bought in all heights up to 50 feet, for home use . tree 8 to 10 feet high is preferable. If the tree is going to stand in the center of the room, it should be evenly grown on all sides, all its branches should be sound, and its needles should not be easily shaken off. Try to get a tree that is fresh. If the tree is to stand in the corner of a room, so that only a part will show, you may use a bargain-price tree. fter you buy your tree let it stand in some out-of- door place until it is ready to be trimmed. That is the only way to keep it fresh. Small table trees may be bought by those who live in lim wbo (A Ig of/J Chvgtmaghopes Give them what they want ited space.