Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1927, Page 29

WOMAN’S PAGE. LIFTED MASKS BY HAZEL DEYO0 BATCHELOR. BHE DANCED A GREAT PART OF THE TIME WITH A HARLEQUIN IN BRILLIANT COLORS. CHAPTER L The Masquerade. Mark Burton hadn’t seen Jessica in 10 _vears. The last occasfon had heen at the death of her father, and he remem- bered clearly a pale-faced little girl of 10 vears, her looks not at all improved by her red and swollen eyelids. At the time he had felt vaguely ®orry for her. t wasn't as if Morgan Bartlett hadn't left her fairly well pro- vided for. She would have enough and would come into the principal at the age of 21. In the meahntime a sister of her father would look after her and bring her up. But Mark, her father’s hest friend, had been appointed guardian. Mark, who was considerably younger than Morgan Bartlett, hadn’t relished the job. In spite of the fact that he wouid have no real responsibility for he hadn’t liked the idea of £ guardian to a girl. Why had Morgan done it? He remembered now as he stood in the doorway of Mrs. Maynard's draw- ing room that at the time of her father's death he had been almost afraid of Jessica. She had been so amall and with eves too big for her face. She had shaken hands with him shyly when he had said good-by. He rould still remember the touch of those cold little fingers and the droop of her features as she had tried to smile at him. Which was Jessica in the mad throng that swirled ahout him? Mrs. Maynard, Jessica's Aunt Maude, had written him to come back at once. He was Jessica's guardian, and it was necessary for her to consult with him about the girl. “This mad, Impossible generation of young people,” she had written. “I don’t know what we're coming to. I tried to bring Jessica uv right. I have been strict_with a certain amount of leniency. But she's as spoiled as the friends she cultivates. She thinks of nothing but good times. She goes around with a mad crowd of young people who call her Bunny, and I've come to a point where I can do noth- ing with her.” It was Jessica's birthday, and she was having a masquerade party. There was every conceivable kind of costume present. Spanish girls with high combs covered with lace mantillas. Chinese mandarins, little Japanese geishas, one gorgeous South Sea Island beauty with a -grass skirt and little above it, a Rumanian peasant, two sheiks with faces mysteriously cowled and one little Pierrette, a tiny, dainty KITTY McKAY BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. Since I learned to drive the car I feel as if the speed laws must have been invented for turtles. (Copyright 1927.) thing, with slender legs and a frou- frou of tarletan skirts. Beneath her small black satin mask her mouth was wide and. generous with flashing white teeth. She laugh- ed often and danced a great part of the time with a Harlequin in brilliant colors. He also wore a mask, but the part of his face that was visible was not generous. He had thin lips, and as he looked at him Mark had the feeling that even as his lips parted in a smile his eyes would be cold. He didn’'t know why he followed so closely the dancing of Pierrette and Harlequin. Perhaps it was because they danced so much together. There was cutting in, of course, but no sooner would some one else dance with Plerrette than the determined Harlequin would cut in again. He thought this modern way of dancing stupid. What fun did the youngsters get out of it? Certainly it would be preferable to dance through a number with one partner instead of being snatched from one partner to another. And yet the girls seemed to like it. Doubtless it was a test of their popu- larity. Mark had just cpme from the train. He hadn't seen Mrs, Maynard as yet. A servant had carried his luggage up- stalrs, and from the I'brary where he had been ushered he had wandered to the door of the living room, drawn by the sound of music. The youngsters took not the slight- est notice him, bhut as he stood in the doorway a volce spoke to him from the rear. “Mark.” He wheeled about. Maude Maynard steod beside him. “I didn’t expect you till tomorrow,” she =aid warmly, hold- ing out her hand to him. “Let’s go up to my sitting room, where we can talk. It's the one place where I can be sure of privacy.” (Covyricht 1927.) (Continued in tomorrow’'s Star.) Clues to Character BY J. 0. ABERNETHY. The Chef. It you succeed at any vocation you must have a real interest in what you are doing. A lawyer more interested in engincering than law will fail at the bar. If a doctor is more inter- ested in law than in medicine he un- doubtedly will have comparatively few patients. And o it is in any vocation. If a man be thoroughly interested in what he is doing and has the mental abilities required for success in that particular vocation he will be more successful than if he cares little for his work. A smart chef, one who can make tasty dishes, who thoroughly under- stands mixing and appreciates flavors and seasoning and likes what he is doing, you may be sure has thick, red lips, especially the lower lip. He also will have a ‘wide head. The region just above the ears and slightly for- ward and backward will be well fille out, for there are located the gusta- ¢ faculties. The kind of head we just described is not found on a skinny chap, but the fat or plump individual. A fat man lives to eat while a lean one eats to live. (Copymght. 1927.) Velvet Sponge Cake. Beat the yolks of four eggs together with two cupfuls of sugar. Stir in slowly one cupful of sifted flour, and the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth, then add one cupful of sifted flour to which has been added two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Lastly add a scant cupful of boiling water stirred in a little at a time, flavor, and add a pinch of salt. How. ever.thin the mixture may be, do not add any more flour. Bake in shallow tins in a rather slow oven. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, e ] Fashionable Folk by cJulia Boyd My Neighbor Says: When preparing cake tins use clarified dripping or lard in preference to butter, which is likely to make the cake stick to the tin, owing to the salt and water it contains. Keep the tray under the gas burners of your range spotless by lining it with two or three thicknesses of paper. News- paper will do. Changa the paper every other day; it will not ignite, as you might think. To beat the whites of eggs quickly put in a pinch of salt. The cooler the eggs the quicker they will froth. To cool a hot dish in a hurry place it in a vessel full of cold salt water. Use soap bark for cleaning woolen goods. Soak 10 cents worth over night in a pail of warm (not hot) water. In the morning _strain and add two- thirds of it to the water in which the goods are to be washed, and if very, much soiled, a_teaspoonful of am- monia. Pour the rest of the water in which the soap bark has soaked into the rinsing water, wring the goods well and hang ‘out of doors, where they will dry rapidly. When nearly dry, iron_on the wrong side. The soap bark not only cleanses but gives a little body to the materials as well. 1t _corks are returned at once to bottles and bottles to the shelf, if the bottles are wiped clean, there should be no stained shelves. SUB ROSA BY MIMI Qualities That Make You Fall, While we're at the giddy cges of 17, 18 and upward to 23, we're all more or less on the lookout for the same kind of man. It isn't_very difficult to pick out a Prince Charming—the main trouble we have is in attracting him. Give a boy good laoks, nimble dancing feet, a smooth line and an attractive manner—and half the fe- male population in his town will make desperate efforts to ensnare him. For while we're young and_giddy we have just the usual girlish dreams about the hero we'd select as a life mate. It’s only as we outgrow our matinee- hero ideas that we come to realize the importance of other qualities in a future husband. We come to notice solid, substantial things about men which aren’t in the least attractive to gay voung things on the lookout for agile dancing part- ners, If we're wise we don't marry a man because he has characteristics which | are attractive to all women—we marry him because he's fundamen- tally suited to us, and because he has a lot of important virtues which will make a good husband. “I married Roger,” Jean told me,” and we've been terribly happy. But I've never thought I deserved any credit for picking him out. “It was just dumb luck on my part to pick a man as thoughtful and con- siderate as my husband. “When I married him I had no idea in the world whether he had a single dependable quality. “I fell for him because he was darned attractive, knew how to say pretty things, drove a caf well, and was awfully amusing. Also the other girls were wild about him. “Because I fell so hard, 1 decided to marry him, ‘and it wasn't until I'd heen married a few months that T realized what a lucky grab I'd really made. “Then it dawned on me that the reason I was steadily 1ling more and more in love with fay own hus- band was because he was unseifish and thoughtful and terribly straight- forward and honest. “I'd never have fallen for a man who possessed just those sterling qualities and nothing else. 1'd never have considered them important be- fore marriage. “But 1 gasp now when I realize how little T really knew about Roger. He might have been the most selfish pig in the world and I'd never have known it until it was too late.” How many of you are contempla- ting the matrimonial plunge, firmly confident that you're in love—but not at all sure that your man's character is worthy of a real love? How many of you' have fallen for blues eyes, wavy hair and an irresist- ible sense of humor—without taking the trouble to find out what lles in back of all that attractiveness? Ask yourself now: “What are the qualities fn my man which have made me fall for him?’ And having given an honest answer, ask again: “Are those qualities going to be valuable in a hushand? If not, what am 1 going to fall back on, when the first flush dies?" * The men we fall for easily aren't always the men we should marry. Tad o anawer any in- Mimi will be la er any in aquiries directed to this . paper. stamped. addressed envelope is inclosed. (Copsright. 1927.) b Fish Pie. Remove the: skin and bones from about two pounds of codfish, hake, haddock, or any white fish, and cut it in pieces weighing about two ounces each. Roll the pieces in flour and put a layer in a greased pie dish, cover with a layer of sliced tomatoes, and then with sliced potatoes. Season each layer and sprinkle with a finely chopped green pepper. Add six oys- ters, breaded and cut in four, and pour over all nearly a pint of parsley sauce. Cover with bread crumbs and dabs of butter, and bake in a mod- erate oven for an hour and a quarter. Ain’t it a Grand and Glorious Feeling WELL Come o KnocweR S ~ Vv BOUGHT A NEA CAR CoMm OM W " AnD RAP iT ) SUPPOSE TS Tug \womST Bt Tmere A BeTTER CAR | WANT To CONGRATULATE You SIR on PURCHASING —BY BRIGGS Bl ) MEAR Yourve PoueHT A . Tue PEST CAR MouE Y . o w BOY. AT o A GRR R-RAND AnD Giom R r Rious Feein'? D. C., MONDAY, JA NUARY 3. Qs Baker a rock of chenuy- - Timmed. oy o s black hat of 4, bonded. (LR WWLI’L l n a bonder of it the weana asrall MeNaught Syndieate, Inc., N. Y. BY RY “V_necks, square necks, boat necks and U at the back"—this is the way one professional fashion observer | classifies the decolletages found on the evening gowns at present worn by well dressed women. Occasionally vou see an evening frock that doesn't come under any of these categories. Doeuillet, the distinguished French dressmaker, is making evening frocks THIS NEW ON SOME FROCKS, COMBINES THE AD- VANTAGE OF THE V AND THE SQUARE DECOLLETAG THE FROCK IS OF WHITE AND SAL- MON.COLORED CREPE DE CHINE WITH WHITE EMBROID- ERY AND W ORIGINATED _BY DOEUILLET OF PARIS. | with the top of the bodice cut after the manner shown in the sketch. It | has been called a V’ed square and sometimes a squared V. There doesn't seem to be any better way of describ- ing it. The thing to remember is that your decolletage should suit your “face and figure.” There are so many ways of managing the upper outline of the bodice now that it ought not to be difficult to find one that suits you. Really the decolletage is the most im- portant _consideration of an evening frock. It has more to do with the be- comingness or the unbecomingness of To Make Pine Cough | Syrup at Home Has no equal for prompt results.. Takes but a moment to make, Saves about $2. Pine is used in nearly all preseriptions and remedies for coughs. The reason is that pine has a remarkable effect in sooth- ing and healing the membranes of the throat and chest. _Pine cough syrups are made e pine and syrup. The “syrup” ie usually plain sugar syrup. To make the best pine cough remedy, put 214 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle, and fill up with home- made sugar syrup or clarified honey. This makes a full pint—more than you can buy ready-made for three times the money. It is pure, and tastes good. You can feel it take right hold of a cough or cold in a way that means business. The cough may be dry, hoarse and tight, or may be persistently loose from the forma- tion of phlegm. The cause is the same—inflamed membranes—a nd this Pinex and Syrup combination will stop it—usually in 24 hours or less. Splendid, too, for bronchial asthma or hoarseness. Pinex is a_highly concentrated compound of Norway pine extract and palatable guaiacol, and is fam- ous the world over for its prompt| effect upon coughs. Beware of substitutes. Ask our druggist for “21 ounces § of Pinex” with directions. g Guaranteed to give absolute, satisfaction or money re- funded. The Pinex Cq Ft. Wayne, Ind. N for Coughs, 3 Decolletage to Suit the Individual ARSHALL. the frock than anything else—fust as the shaping of the collar is the most important consideration of a Winter coat. Women who sell ready-made evening frocks will tell you that it is harder to sell a frock of a chosen color with an unbecoming neckline than a frock with a becoming neck. | line of a color not at first considered. | Some of us can remember the time when evening dress meant “low neck and short sleeves.” The two expres: | sions were synonymous. Times have | changed. w daytime frocks may | be made with fairly low necks and no sleeves at all, while some evening frocks have long sleeves and some | have high collars. The low-cut back | is, however, something that is left almost exclusively to the evening frock and sometimes it amounts to almost no back at all. A beautiful back is something that no woman nowadays has much difficulty in show- ing—and she usually has no scruples in doing so. . (Covyright. 1027.) | our cook Nera kepp on tawking to | | Beware of faltshoods, | small | about four inches square, lay a strip THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Tuesday, January 4. Many kindly planetary influences | are active tomorrow, according to| astrology, which counsels extreme activity while this configuration pre- vails Women now come under th} most energizing influences, which promise for them big achievements in many branches of public work This should he a favorable rule for seeking any sort of employrient, and women should he especially diligent in searching for the right place \\'h\]fl" these signs prevail | This is read as a rarely lucky wed ding day, since it presages good for- tune as well as lasting love. Again the seers forecast the de- velopment of a woman financier, who will gain world-wide fame. Banks and banking come under a direction of the stars which forecasts extreme activity and great expansion. Persons whose hirth date it is have the augury of success in the coming yea which will bring many tokens of esteem from friends. Children born on that day are likely to be well balanced and ex : tremely kindly and sympathetic by | nature. i Going Down Hill. One of our family of t in her early fifties wants to know how to keep “from going down the hill of age and ugliness too fast.”” She nsed plexion, but wrinkled. Her brown hair is streaked with gray. | In cases like thie (and there are thousands of them) the first essential is to improve your morale. That is, do not think of yourself as heing dragged down slowly. but inevitably to an un lovely old age, but, on the contrary see yourself developing greater depth and sweetness and wisdom with the passing of the vears. Aze need not he squalid nor ugly if it is illuminated by a spirit of understanding and appre ciation of life. The woman of 30 or over needs a_sound, happy philosophy {'more than she needs cosmetics Pop was late for suppir today and | “yet beauty treatments are also nec essary for keeping one's exterior as ing as possible. It goes with ying that a complexion that re ceives daily care will stay smooth and WHEN WE G HARL (Covrright. 1927.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. herself and ma kepp on looking at | the clock and telling Nora he would | he home eny minnit, and wen he came | in ma said, My lands for goodness sAkes Willyum, everything must be stone cold and Nora is having a dub- | ble fit. Very sorry but ‘bizniss « i* it ‘wasnt for biznlss | afford a Nora to have dubble fits and | there wouldnt be eny food in the house to get cold, the situation would | be simply terrible, pop sed, and ma | sed, O well, of course if you were de- | tained at the offise of corse I sippose | it couldnt be helped. | And we went in to suppir and wen | it came time for dizzert ma sed, Will- | yum, Benny told me a deliberate falts- hood this afternoon and I dont think he awt to have eny dizzert. Well I should not, pop sed. my son, one faltshood leeds to another and so on until a mitey edifice is reered wich will finely topple over on you and nock all your lollypops out of your hand. Allways speek the truth in matters and then finely wen the time comes when it is necessary 1o tell a wopper for the good of man- kind, vour bluff wont be called and you will e a greater man than ever,| parakeets have a saucy call, and %0 meenwile no dizzert, he sed. wiient one becomes piqued their Per- Which jest then the telefone rang | sjan-like colors make amends for their and I went to anser it and came back |lack of manners. Love birds are saving, It was the bowling alley. pop. | hound to interest the newlvwed with the man sed vou left your umbrella | bird cage to populate. They only live over there this afternoon. | happily in pairs, and they may be had So bizniss is bizniss, is it? ma sed. |in green or yellow, depending on vour Willyum Potts vour a fine plum to | taste or the coloripg of the room or be making fine speetches on the fine | cage. points of truth. the bowling alley. O | Mexico produces other things than wats a use, you mite as well both |revolutions and bandits, and one of have vour dizzert. them is a bird called the clarina. He Wich we did, ony is an excellent song bird, if that is pudding enyways vour preference, with a thrilling, | throaty song. Besides. he has beady A Bird of a Buy. In Ohina the people are =o fond of singing birds that women carry them ahout in cages, and each tries to have the best singer. In Japan women try with zest to obtain birds of particular breeding and unusual plumage as well as birds gifted with sonz. In America birds mean bright cheeriness and da of color in an existence that may be without either. Nobody can be told what kind of a bird to buy. It would be akin to télling a woman what sort of a hus- band to accept. There are gay birds from Borneo, Madagascar. Australia, Africa and even from faraway Cathay. Surprising as it may be to some women, male birds have the mast striking colors. being taffvoca e T Boneless Birds. }hrigm eves that win one's sympathy. | Your dealer will tell you how to treat him, where to place him and what to feed him, as he will about any of the other birds.. For the small apartment with the Kkitchenette a small bird i= one’s hest buy. Again there is a startling There are wax birds, finches sparrows and, as you know, canari While every one knows the yellow canary and the lizard canaries wear- ing gold crowns, not o many know the pepper-fed canary. The latter are fed on pepper from their birth, and their color is deep orange. You must become acquainted with Pound one and one-half pounds of round steak, then cut it in pleces of bacon on each piece, and sprinkle a little grated onion over it. Roll up each piece of meat and fasten it with a toothpick or a fine string. Heat thres tablespoonfuls of butter in a frying pan, brown the steak in it, and add one tablespoonful of browned flour, salt and pepper, and one pint of boiling water. Cover the dish and let it simmer for two hours. Remove the strings or the toothpicks before you serve the dish. ders who s | | recipe S | larly, while FEATURES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS 1 white Tonger than will a skin that ls llowed to become coarse and wrinkled through neglect. Hands. neck and also require systematic care in rder to preserve thelr heauty Every night at bedtime the face and should bhe ansed with ecold cream or oil, then with warm water and soap. If the skin i« inclined to be dry the washing may he omittad astringent ion should then ted on When the skin aching as well as refining in text combination bleach mild a ingent may he used. Here is a simple One dram horie alcd, threa ounces witch hazel. ane tablespoonful Onee o w needs peroxide N ek & beau rmilk often and in. one aunce rosewater titying facial pack of b cornmeal may be used to whiten the skin For skins that with enlarged pores a it night is often he ay be made of a y k or an old white openings cut in it for e nose and mouth. A suitable food cream should be applled before the mask is adjustad ext morning the mask =hould ba re are badly wrinkled beauty ma prul. 1 e of light wking with | moved and the face washed off in cold | water or else wiped off with the as tringent lotion ily sealp massage ls important at period of life, but it is espactally %o during the latter years. when one's cirenlation {5 usually less brisk than it was in vouth. The natural graying process m: held in check for vears of the scalp, brushing { the use of hair tonics tem in the beaut v program of the woman over 50 is daily exercise to keep her hody limber. These should fnclude trunk-twisting, trunl hending in each direction. leg-raising kicking and knee-bending. | (Copsright. 192 O SHOPPING AND H. ALL bhirds te buy them intel care for them in a like learn that Englisn canaries ar ticularly bred for their co French hirds are raised especia for their frills and furhelows, and Belgian birds | distinguished by their high shoul ders. Some birds may be hought singu rs may and should he | bought in pairs. In some States the law requires that they be bought in pairs. Birds rango in price from a few dollars to $50. However, unless one is & connoissenr an inexpensive bird will give as much happiness as an expensive one and leave one some- thing to spend on the cage.” Roast Duck. Pick, draw, and clean one duck, then wipe dry. Stuff with three pints of bread crumbs, six ounces of | butter, two chopped onions, and one | teaspoonful each of sage, pepper, and salt, all mixed together. Do not | stuft the duck too full. Sew up the | openings firmly to keep the flavor in |and the fat out. If not fat enough, it should be larded with salt perk, |or tie a slice upon the breast. Place in a baking pan with a little water, |and baste frequently with salt and water, adding some onion and some Turn often, that the back may be nicely | vinegar. 0 | sides and | browned. = | There's an atmosphere of cordiality and friendly interest at the || FEDERAL-AMERICAN || Visitors are cordially invited to | come in and look around. SPECIAL CELEBRATION OFFER FOR JANUARY ONLY e Grund Prig ' VACUUM CLEANER 10 Days F REE Trial In celebration of the winning of the Grand Prize, Highest Award for electric cleaners ‘at the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, we are making this sensational FREE TRIAL offer for January only. 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