Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1927, Page 26

Tllumination. ming she felt u glow of satisfaction z Five dollars for a hat! Why, this -ARCIA DIBBLE had mourned | jitrle toque had cost $5. and her for him for 21 yvears, and her | guj¢ friends and relatives had |~ ] pelieve 1 am successful.” she mourned with her. As for|thought, “and good lookir And 1 him he had gone on into the be happy. but for Vincent| unknown. What had happened to him could only be conjectured, but it was | to be presumed that he had become extraordinarily successful and rich, had married and lived the ordinary life of an authoritative business man. “I knew you'd live to regret it,” Aunt Juturnia sald to her niece. “Personaily, I felt at the time, dear that you were making a mistake, went on Cousin Louise Lldridge. Mrs. Ferguson sighed. “Of course, you didn’t know. one does until it is too late.” But Mrs. Dibble told her daughter No what she thought in unmistakable terms. “1 don’t know what got into you. Marcia, to refuse Vincent Dean. Prob: ably you wouldn't if you'd known then what you do now—that you'd never have another chance. Just| think! You might have been a happy wife and mother these 20 vears in stead of slaving in that office trying to sell real estate.’ “I do sell real estate, mother,” Mar cia sald with a slight shade of ex- | asperation In her lovely voice. She might have added. “And we Lve weil on the income therefrom,” but her | mother would not have listened. Mrs, Dibble was an old-fashioned worn who thought that her daughter disre- garded all the rules of the game when she bought and sold like a man and also like a man rode round in a r ster whose chief virtue was powe All this was harrowing to Marcia, to say the least, whereupon she fit herself more and more earnestly her business life, with corresponding | great success und benefit to herself. And she might have been happy but for Vincent Dean. The truth as Marcia alone knew it | was this: She had not refused Vincent for the reason that he had never | offered himself to her. He had got a chance to work away from Earlville and he had simply gone without more thdn saying good-by to her. And once out of his sight he had apparently forgotten her. She had cared for him tremendously and there had never been any other man she had thought as much of there never would be. She was dis- tinetly the “one man" sort of woman. | But she loved her work and might have enjoyed it thoroughly but for her friends’ constant reminders She came home to lunch one ds tired and a bit disheartened. Some- thing had gone wrong at the office and she had lost an important sale. She found lunch a scrappy affair of salmon, bread and butter and cookies, and she needed hot, stimulating food. But her mother was cleaning the storeroom. “And look what I found, Marei Mrs. Dibble said, laying something beside her daughter's plate. “That picture of you as vou looked the | Summer you were going with Vincent Dean.” Marcia looked at the picture and laughed out loud. It was so perfectly ridiculous from the high collar to the flat hat. And her face and hai *‘Goodness!” she gasped. der——" She stopped in time. wonder he had run awa) & “That hat was the most becoming one you ever had,” said Mrs. Dibble. “I remember you got it at Miss Appley’s and paid $5 for it—what are you laughing at?” “At—everything.” Marcia choked. She drove back to work in a better humor than she had known in weeks. There was a great mirror in the lobby of the building where she had her office and she saw advancing toward her-a full figured woman in a tailored After all, it was not so much that he hid loved him as that she had heen disregarded by him. No woman likes to be diregarded by the min | she loves. Even though nobody but herself knew tnis the fact rankled She found her able little assistant Miss Fern. had arrfved at the office ahead of her. A man just telephoned that he would see you at 2:30 sharp.” Miss | Fern said, glancing at her memoran dum. sell?” It be uy or must be one or | the other. “He didn't sa H Marcia hung her coat and hat in | the closet ana sat down at her own desk. There was a lot of work wait ing, there always was. At 2:15 she | put on her coat and hat again “T'm going to show Mr. Bearsley the | | Perkins property, Miss Fern,” she | | said. “T'll be gone half an hour. 1f | that man comes tell him to wait. | She ran downstairs, ushered the customer into tne patient car and was gone. Five minutes for reaching the | old Perkins place. 15 minutes for sell. ng it, 5 minutes for return—trium- phant, flushed, she entered her office. | down his newspaper. Their eyes met. He & ! ' he said. { Vincent?” Marcia returned She kept her poise. After all otner men she had heavy, gray. : e, but pr ous in every detail. The ruby ring on his finger, the guality of his clothes, his manner radiated succes: “You've kept your health and your looks, Marcia,” he said. “Don’t have time to either,” Marcia smiled. nothing thrilling in this. The tele phone at her elbow summoned her and she carried on a crisp convers: tion for two minutes. think about There was “I see you are very bu * Vincent | said. “Perhaps 1 may call this eve- ning? Of course I want to see your mother—" That evening Marcia in a goiden dinner-frock which took 10 years from her appearance sat with V in the softly lighted parlor—that par- lor which her success had given an of luxury. He had just told her the | story of his life, how he had married, lost his wife, and in a childless widowed state had returned to hi bhaunts to find another partner for his joys and SOrTOWS. now, am rich, ccessful farcia.” he said. *“l1 can give you everything heart can wish—and of course vour mother can live with u: Marcia looked at the ceiling, patted the velvet of the sofa upon which they were sitting. patted the thic! her feet. What was the m her anyway If she had ever loved him wouldn't she love him now Such things didn’t die. As for Vin- cent—evidently she was not at all the same person whose picture he had seen that day. He wouldn't ask that person to preside over his mansion, share his life of plenty. It was quite tunny, come to think of it. he brought her eyes to his, she smiled. Sorry. Vin,” she said. “But T can’t really. I'm ever so much too busy. Real estate Is selling like fun and 1 shan't be able to think of anvthing else for the next three months.” “I can't wait.” His voice pleaded. Marcia shrugged her shapely shoulders. “Don't,” she murmured. (Copyright. 1927.) black suit and glowing little hat. With the remembrance of the picture in her The End. THE HOW—THE WHEN—THE WHY BY AN! ARDEN. o "Tis as easy to be right as to be wrong—and to one's glory. “Dear Miss Anne Arden: How does @ lady sign her name to checks, as Mrs. John Jones or Mrs. Mary Jones? These names are, of course, fictitious. Or does she sign just Mrs. Jones? And when does she sign her own name to notes and letters—ever? Thank you for any advice you can give me. I have discussed these mat- ters with a friend and we cannot agree. We want you to settle the Respectfully. “ANNA M.” vell, what was your opinion, Anna M.? Did you vote for or against Mrs. John Jones? ; Do you know, I sometimes wonder how it came to be that a little girl, born into a well meaning, intelligent family, is so often—nay, almost always—given two first names and then the name of the father, rather than one name and then the name of her father, of which name that father and mother wish her from infancy to grow increasingly proud. For if she has so many names and marries, as it is quite likely she will, which is she to drop? Christened Mary Ellen Brown, and | wdding on marriage her husband's | name of Jones, she would seem to be incumbered with her names, only two of which are necessary for identifica- tion and one of which §s necessary for sentiment. These names—the one that is necessary for identification and | the one that we love (our father's)— are the correct names of which to make use when we sign our name to a document, whether that document be a note of invitation, or a deed of properiy, or a check representing funds. And ire.” never precedes our own name. Why? Because we are that person, not Mrs. John Jones. We cannot be John Jones, and we are Mrs. Jones only through our associa- tion with that gentleman, and Mrs. | John Jones is used only to identify thing for us. My Neighbor Says: Use granulated sugar in the rinsing water when washing laces, instead of starching them. result will be more satisfac- Whenever possible vegetables should be cooked whole and without peeling. If they must be cut they lose less of their nu- tritious substances when cut lengthw rathe than cross- wise. Water for cooking ve tables should be boiling when they are put into it. This helps to set the color of some kinds and shortens the time of cook- ing so that a smaller proportion of the minerals is extracted than when cold water is used 1f soapy water is used in mak- ing starch, linen will be more glossy and the irons will not stick to it. When vou wish a cup of strong tea instead of putting an extra teaspoon of tea in the pot, add®one lump of sugar. It opens the leaves and will make the tea much stronger. ‘ever wash p wate The u soap rots the rubber. Wash in warm water with a brush. They last much longer if treated in this er. When lettuce is being pre- pared for the table it is always advisable to break off a little of rubber stockings i in us with him. We are, and always will be, Mary Brown and, when married, Mary Brown Jones. That name we must sign. It is because of this fact that we are to go through life with one name for iden- tification and one to represent our father and one our husband, that 1 object to small girls being loaded at { birth with Mary and Ellen, and pos- ! sibly even Jean. which means that | something has to be dropped when the girl marries, if her father's name is to be kept. Always sign your own name, and always avoid using that of your hus- band, since it is not your own. I can- not tell you why this custom has grown out of the ages that are past, but it does seem to me to be a very logical one and one that has a very firm basis for its growth. In signing a letter, if you wish to have the firm you are writing know your husband's initials, sign below and to the left of your signature, Mrs. John Jones, in brackets. This will give the person who answers your letter the name of your husband for the purpose of ad- dressing the letter to you at your home. N Deviled Veal. . Cut three pounds of breast of veal in pieces for serving. Roll each piece in flour and brown a few pieces at a time quiekly in hot fat. Then place all the meat in the frying pan. Mix two teaspoonfuls of salt, one tea spoonful of mustard, a few grains of cayenne and a little pepper with two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Add one cupful of boiling water and one-half a teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet and pour over the meat. Cover closely and simmer for 40 minutes. Melt two tablespoonfuls of fat, add one-half a cupful of fine bread crumbs and one teaspoonful of minced onion srd stir until brown. Sprinkle over the meat, remove to a hot platter and scrve with | Miss Fern there and a man half | hidden behind a newspaper he ng. Upon her entrance he laid | We hear a great deal about the law {of supply and demand in the textile | market, for example. We realize in a vague way that when we demand black | silk stockings we get black and when | some demand ‘“nude” they get that. | But how many of us realize that we, as consumers of food, are really help- ing 1o determine what we and our fel- low citizens actually receive in the way of edibles? A rvecent Government study points that while the producer, the dis itor sted in food blems, it is the consumer who is recognized as the one wielding the strongest infiuence, 1t is natural and right for us to de mand, first, foods that are hest for ourselves and for our own families. We exp our Iocal food distributos srocer to provide us with such food. On the other hand, those of us who are giving inteiligent study to | the question should occasionally calize that we wre at the helping to develop the . dietary, either for good or ill. those of us in more northern ¢ demand strawberries in Jan |are forcine the market and ma Mings comewhat difficult for a number of individuals. When, on the other | hand, we demand the right foods in | the right season. we are helping to | s nditions ctors enter in. Those of forced by modest incomes to devote considerable time and care | to the spending of our food allowance have one problem. The wealthy, with their large incomes and many ser vants, who sometimes waste much food. have another. Certainly, there is no more worth-while subject for 1 neighborhood club to consider than this ver one of the supply and de- mand of foodstuffs. 5 It you are & member of one of the federated women's clubs. this very question m; bpear on your program. If you are simply thinking over a littie informal nelghborhood club, why not make it the basis for real study? it will, aps, be best to study one type of food at a time. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics in Wash- {ington has recently issued a bulletin | on “Consumer Habits and Preferences in the Purchase and Consumption of Meat.” This bulletin and others like it will be of great assistance it your neighborhood group decides to study the question of supply and demand as related to food. You will wish to work out your own lan of gathering information and our own plan for using the informa- tion in its application to your neigh- borhood problems. Fox ins particular local problem may have to do with the milk supply, or with fruit, rather than with the meat supply. The point is to remember that it is worth while for every housewife to know what she is talking about when she says that the supply of a certain food fails below demand in her nelghbor- hood. She should know why this is so and she, together with her sister housewives, should have an intelligent idea of what to do about it (Covyright. 19 HOME NOTES BY JENNY WRE Sunny architecture for sunny climes, ay we, and long for a home in Cali- fornia where the spirit of the old Spanish missions can be captured in architectural fragments and held for our delight in the details of a small sunny house, ‘The doorway ornaments the garden wall of just such a little house as we would adore. The house is built around a front patio and the only front entrance is through this garden gate. It is copied exactly after the doorway of a mission—bell and all. The door shelter is heavily roofed with curved tiles in luscious reds, rosy browns and henna shades. The wall and house walls are rough plaster in a cool ecru shade. The grilled door is heavy oak. (Copyright. 1927.) Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “The reason I don't like girls is be- spinach and mashed potatoes. Breast of lamb may be cooked in the same | way, Balance Les: Sample House Six rooms and bath, hot- wood floors, laundry trays in b Long lot to allcy. Convenient to Stores, For the Lo And the B the midrib, as that is likely to be bitter. 904 14th St. N.W. construction and superior in finish. Room for garage. cause if they giggle you think your patch is showin’ (Copyright. 19: INSPECT TODAY This New Home *6, 7502 Only $350 Cash s Than Rent 2022 Benning Rd. N.E. Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Representative on Prem vater heat, electric lights, hard- bright cement cellar, steel-beam Large double back porches. Car Line, School, Etc. The Best Home Northeast west Price est Terms J. DALLAS GRADY Main 6181 and the consumer are all in-! 1 to rooms than the atmosphere of cozi | ties. | Quality of Coziness in Rooms Y LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. | vice and | ro: { the | dish the e ave listed as (1) overfeeding, (2 cutting the two corners of each nail i Bl ,f!,"‘“',,:{kf(.;f;d'bm-ll back into the skin. You must i | muscles of the stomach, (4) unsatis-|cut the corners anyway, to avoid | | factory sanitation. It we ave careful | hangnails: cut back as far as you i to see that we fulfill the laws of hy-|can and the nail will look longer than not THERE 1S AN AIR OF EXPECTANCY THAT LURKS IN COZY ROOMS. There are few elements that interior, that it is lived in, and it does mnot lecorators find more difficult to impart | Ulfill its function well unless it is en Rt e AT joyed in its utility. A bedroom signifies a room in which to sleep, but ness in conjunction with artistic | unless it indicates that the person schemes. This is why rooms that are | Sleeping in it actually enjoys the room it does not give one the impression done by expert decorators seem formal at first, for it is left to the homemaker to instil the coziness. Nor is it the decorators alone who find the matter baffling. Many homemakers find the same difficulty. Their rooms appar- | o g b i g g A happy arrangement of furniturs niture and the furnishings fine in style | | 4 haPp: ke ment T \nd excellent in quality, and the color | 18 essential to these elements of ¢ of a place in which sweet dreams are | courted. Some traces that the person | cupying it will return shortly and find the room pleasant and invitingl: restful must be present in a coz -hamber, | Arrangement of Furniture. | | in guaity, and s just described. The articles must Tooimn deinitsly Subh ghe e ncy, usefulness and comfort to rooms is what charm is to personali-} mpoce thyee things spell “inviting” in the language of furniture. Rooms must be inviting to be cc They must indi e that they are ready for What can be done to help the condi- tions? That these can be changed is a well recognized fact, for, given thelyou to he welcomed in a felicitons in-| same things, some women would have | formality. Color schemes may be ab-| the rooms invitingly cozy. So whiled oo ¥ 1ot S emes, but_ the| here are no hard and fast rules for | fotit . 5 7 e there e tones that are employed in the room coziness or for charm, there are cer- must denote cheer and so cleverly in- troduced that they invigorate or soothe the spirits while they delight the and are satisfying. No mere furnitur nor furnishings can impart cozines to any room. There must be the sug- gestion of occupancy and the spirit of cheer, KITTY McKAY tain things that can be noted as aids. Evidence of Enjoyment. The first thing among several that tends toward cozy Interiors-is an ap- pearance of having been lited in, not merely occupied. Hotel rooms are con- stantly being occupied, but they are notorfously lacking in cozines: merely_occupying rooms is no cient. There must be eviderices, imme- diately noticeable, that the rooms are enjoyed during occupancy. Then they will have what is sometimes termed a livable quality. Every item in the room will not be in the perfection of order- liness, but, on the other hand, there will be no confusion. | Atmosphere of Welcome. | If the room is a living room, there probably will be some book lying on the table where the one reading it laid it aside to be taken up again short- ly. ‘There may be some sewing by a sewing basket, sheets of music on the piano, or chairs drawn together just as the occupants left them after chat- BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. Wild rice Is not sufficiently well known. with a REAL ESTATE. Nutrition Nuggets The grains are rather thick, slightly greenish tinge. The is sometimes known as water rice constitutes the seed of water s, Wild rice may be served with t game. and it ms so enter into composition of various other | es. Nicely Shaped Fingernails. Hands that are naturally slender and graceful can be made so by shap- ing the nails nicely. If you want length, file the nails as long as you BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES. % line instead of a curved one. B& a( gentle as possible when you clean the nails. The nalls should be curved all ovel —curved where they grow from tA¢ finger, the “moon” another curve curved at the points, curved deep) Amerie truffles sisters fungus family, and it grows beneath glene in each of these re i tion. It'is only fair to say, howeve Never make the point of the nail that each constitutes a study in itsel harp. From the corners to the tip, | A striking example of the de make an attractive curve, roughly | ment of the science of dietetics is that | like the curve at the end of the nail, { of present-day knowledge in regard to | Where it grows from the finger. If white of egg. In the old the | you do this, you acquire the “filbert” | white of the was called more deli- | shape, which is considered the most {cate than the yolk. the latter being |beautiful shape now. Another thing | | termed “vich” because of its oil s, never press down into the skin |day we know that while the h the file when you are cleaning constitutes the body-building portion | under the nails; this emphasizes the {of the it is far less digestible | white part of each nail more strongly than the yoll but tends to make a straight white into the fingers at either side of each can—within reason. I've added “with- nail. in_reason” because the exaggerated nails some girls have nowadays add nothing to the apparent length of the fingers, they merely make them look n housewives do not know as well as do their French The truffle belongs to the Miss Twenty-Four—Try & piece of chamols for wiping the ground out of the skin before you use t The color is dark brown, and the mass shows a network of fine | like claws. v kK vl v ! threads. Although growing almost | File each nail to a slightly rounded | Povwder. ¥ou “‘2‘\,3“:17,:;?::‘&:‘,};: jexclusively in France, truffles are im- | point, letting the point come out a | FONDS Hoth ¥OUE, CIECEERR bero |ported as a delicacy.” They have no | jjttie beyond the natural end of the [YOU & S : ! | particular food value except as a gar- | finger. If you are a typlst or a pianist | nish and & : {or do any work using your fingers, ) is ‘a ible known in the | v, have to sacrifice length or go | South as gumbo. Tt grows in the | e o (AT (0 tly breaking nails. | forms of pods and has pleasant | (ipapwise jet your sense of good taste smooth consistency and bland flAYOr. | g0 vou how long vour nails can be, Unlike most other vegetables, it does | | A% By SO (RISl | 1ot contain the valuable mineral salts | Ty Co o0t have the nails too long, i"';"l_):"- h i LRkl fi\‘:l':f;\_":""‘;:;o;]k:‘r\ilhnx‘ because you use your hands and enerzy in the form of | hard in working or because the nails are brittle and break easily, you can of the ch, e long effect by neral causes of indigestion | 8et something it is. This is a good trick for short- rds we are | zered hands, likely to be troubled with indige: Iy A BUNGALOW OF I i RS GREATER HOME COMFORT—LESS New Group of Bungalows PENSE Built by Little & Marshall at Manor Park, D. 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