Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1927, Page 36

“WOMAN’'S PAGE. Family Atmosphere in the Home BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. The adage that “You can’'t get something. for nothing” is as true about home life as anything else. The husband and wife who put.a great deal into their home get a great deal out of it, while those who put little or nothing into it get little or nothing from it. 1 am not referring to the things that money can buy, for that has practically nothing at all to do with what you get out of the home. There are families with magnificent TEYN U P Y HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT PRE- SENTS PUZZLING PROBLEMS IF . IT IS A SIDE ISSUE WITH THE ¢ HOME-MAKER. residences, lavishly furnished, who nevertheless have actually put noth- ing of themselves into the home. They are disconted and miserable, then. On the other hand, there are families which have extremely modest homes, furnished scantily, and yet who have put so much of themselves into the fihmce‘. that they teem with the joy of ving. Man of the House. A man who spends all his evenings and whatever spare time is at his dis- posal at the club, who uses his home merely as a plice in which to eat two meals a day on week days and three on Sunday, and in which to dress and sleep, is not putting any of his personality into the home. is “ using it as a hotel or a mere dwelling, not as a home. ‘The very word home implies more than a residence. It When exceéss fat begins to settle around one's ankles it is high time to begin a determined reducing program. As a ruld overweight collects about the hips and abdoman before it ex- tends to the lower extremities, so that in the majority of cases the ten- dency toward excess weight has ob- tained a good start before its appear- ance at her ankles causes milady serious concern. It should be remembered, however, that the girth of the ankles depends primarily upon the bony structure within. It follows that girls whose ankle bones are large can never attain the slimness that naturally belongs to small-boned types. A really beautiful ankle must have sufficient flesh on it to veil the angular lines of the joint within. Mere thinness, especially if the bones are large, does not guaran- tee beauty to these members. Deposits of excess fat that make the ankles look bulky may be removed by faithful exercise and massage. The treatments are not difficult .nor com- plicated, but they must be given day after day for several months in most cases before results are noticeable. Here are the exercises: (1) Begin the exercise period by giv- ing the lower limbs a good shaking. Btand erect with feet together. Rise on toes, Now rapidly bend and straighten each knee alternately as though running, but do not lift toes (rom the floor. Swing arms freely and do the exercise briskly’ for several minutes. (2) Walk around the room on tip- SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Dranpe say I can’t go in his room, w0 I tried to climb up an’ look over th' transon. The chair’s tumbled ober, an’ here I is! If somebody don’t come pitty soon my stomach’s goin’ t' be ptrangledl : ? signifies “an endeared dwelling, the scene of domestic love and happy and cherished family life.”” So says the dictionary, and so echo our hearts. The Homemaker. The woman who is so engrossed with her bridge club or her outside activities that she does just as little homemaking as she can and manage to keep house is giving nothing of her real self to the home. What can she expect it to give her in return? It but reflects the coldness and the bare- ness of inattention. It is a place in which to do set things that comprise the mechanics ‘of housework. . The vital life, or ““home atmosphere,” is noticeably absent. Home Gives Returns. 1t is when the man and the wife consider the home as a dwelling en- deared by domestic love and happy family life, and respect it as such, by giving it their best attention, that they get the most out of it. Then they think of it with affection and lavish their high thoughts on it. They actually do contribute a mystical “somthing” of themselves to the home, something intangible to the hands, and invisible to the eye, but so posi- v real and existent that they find the call of the home a surging joy. They think of it with affection and, after an absence, return to it with quickened steps and glowing hearts. Since .a happy home life is the es- sence of joy in this world, it is worth everything that can be put into it. Then it gives back to us in richest and fullest measure. THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Saturday, March 12. Good and evil planetary influences contend tomorrow, according to astrol- ogy, which finds the configuration con- dueive to careful living. Merchants and all who are interest- ed in commercial matters should bene- fit under this rule, which presages great profits to persons here in the United States. This year of 1927 is to be marked by gigantic undertakings of every sort, and will add to the prestige of the United States, it is prophesied. Women are to develop remarkable talents as financiers, and to be pre- pared to take over immense projects, it the stars are rightly read. Clubs and other organizations of women are to be recognized as factors in national affairs and to render im- portant service, it is prophesied. There is to be a purifying of this country, a housecleaning in which po- litical corruption and criminal organi- zation will be eliminated, the seers predict. Again it is foretold that the prices of food and raw materials will rise. Educators and educational institu- tions now come under a power that tends toward amazing development and Increase in the number of stu- dents. This country is on the verge of an expansion as an art and literary cen. ter, which astonish the world, the seers prophesy. Persons whose birth date it is have the forecast of money and success in the coming year. Children born on that day should have happy, prosperous lives, for friendly stars guide them. They may be too generous for their own best in- (Covyright, 1927.) toes, kicking the legs up, toe pointed, knee straight at each step. See how high you can kick. Turn toes out- ward so that the heel may come for- ward as you point. Do this for about five minutes. (3) Stand erect, hands on hips and heéels together. Rise on toes, inhaling slowly. . Bend knees, sinking thus to a squatting position and exhaling. Slow- ly straighten legs, inhaling, until you are starding erect on tiptoe and then lower heels. Repeat ten to twenty times. (4) After you have gained good con- trol of the leg muscles try the follow- ing step from a Russian folk dance. Fold arms on chest, rise on toes and bend knees deeply. Extend right leg forward with heel on floor and toe pointed up. With a slight hop change the position of the legs so that the left is ‘extended in front while the right is doubled up under you. Repeat the leg changes rapidly with a snappy motion five to ten times. (Copyright, 1937.) i Popovers. Flour, one cup; melted butter, one teaspoonful; two eggs; salt, one- quarter teaspoonful, Combine the flour with the salt and add the milk gradually, beating all the while. Have ready the eggs beaten stiff. Add these to the first mixture. Add the butter and beat the mixture againuntil very light. Have gem pans sizgzing hot and well ofled. Fill in the popover mixture and bake in'a very hot oven until brown and pufty. . Pepper Pickle, Dissolve one-third teaspoontul ot .salt with one-half a tablespoonful of sugar in one cupful of hot vinegar and pour it over one cupful of minced green pepper, one cupful of minced red pepper and one small onion chop- ped. Let the pickle stand two or three hours before serving. Keep it out of the light so that the red pep- per will not fade. At l";;t! SUB ROSA BY MIMI Loyalty. H. D, is somebody's secretary—and he is a very big somebody, t00. And H. D. has a_wonderful job— there are several other secretaries in the firm, but H. D. has the biggest Jjob of them all. There are not only secretaries, but telephone operators, file clerks, mere stenographers and girls in the audit- ing department—all of whom were once bosom friends of H. D. But since H. D. got her last raise, the girls all seem to have turned trom her, and one day last week H. D. heard one of them give a stage whisper of “sneak!” whun H. D. ap- proached a group of them the noon hour, What can she do? Just how mueh should a confi- dential secretary report to her bos: and what manner of things she over hears should she keep sub rosa, so to speak? And that is exactly the trouble! Poor H. D. has this wonderful job —and she has a boss who has evi- dently been using her as a spy—not exactly a position to win the 1 or keep the love of a group of girls who, possibly, impetuously say many things with no bad intent, but which, when repeated, assume great signifi- cance. It is one thing, H. D, to rcport to your trusting employer remarks or reports which are important to the interests of the firm—quite an- other to be a tale-bearer! By all means tell him important things—but, my dear, zealous little secretary, do not degrade yourself by doing spy work! It your biss is the important some- body you tell me he is, he has ar- rived at the pinnacle of knowing how to discriminate between important things and the unimportant ones. 1f everything that you report to him has some significance he will then have all the more confidence in you and what you have to say. But if, when you begin to make some report, there is the possibility that it may be mere gossip, he may sometimes turn you off because, at the moment, he is occupied Wwith really big thoughts! So, be sure to think carefully about what you tell him, and avoid abso- lutely ‘all things that resemble per- sonal gossip. \'ouxwlllpnol only win back the love and trust of the girls, but you will gain greater trust in the mind of your boss. Loyalty is a great asset! But remeémber that your loyalty to your firm—which means loyalty to your boss, does not mean that you must be disloyal to your friends. Do not be a tale-bearer! Learn the difference between these things. You may have to re-win the con- fidence of the girls, but you can do {1 it if you are very, very careful never to repeat to one of them anything that another says—for if they find that they canm trust you this way they will restore their love to you. There can be no love where there is not faith. Even your boss will think more of you if he realizes that you do not betray the little confidences of your girl friends! If you are loyal to them he will have more faith in your loyalty to him—so be loyal to both, H. D.! wer any inquiries Mimi will be glad to answer any ing rected I gv‘!dmnd”a:‘ul‘:w‘: B inClosed- (Copyright. 1927.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. DANGEROUS INNOCENCE BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. ) Ty ~ SN SHE STOLE A GLANCE AT HER €ISTER'S FACE. Myra Warren and Sally Bates, two sisters of widely different tempera- ‘ments, decide to take a long sea trip. Tom Bates hates to give up Sally, but wants _her to have the experience. Myra Warren doesn’t care very much what her husband thinks. The day of departure arrives. CHAPTER V. A Liner Moves Out. Up on deck people were streaming down the gangplank. There was much laughter but there were tears, 00. Sally felt the tears press hot against her eyelids, and when Tom caught her against him roughly, almost savagely, and crushed his lips against hers, she clung to him with utter abandon, al- most hysterical. she heard him say, “please don’t. You'd think it was for: ever, and it's only for a short time.’ “I love you, I love you!” “And I love you.” “Always 'Always and forever! yourself, my darling! And then he was leaving her, she was alone with Myra! They stood against the railing side by side, Myra in her smart traveling coat trimmed with kolinsky; a little felt hat pressed down over one eye, She wore a huge bouquet of orchids. Her face was gay, laughing, and she kept tossing light remarks to the crowd standing just beneath them. ly was consclous that her eyes were red and wished that she pos- sessed more self-control. In that gay crowd there was only Tom's face 1ook- ing up at her. Tom was trying to smile, to keep up his spirits, perhaps for her sake. But how well she knew him! That sensitive mouth of his was not_steady, his smile was forced, not Take care of She was suddenly panicky. She had only to run dowp that gangplank to be with him. After all, what did the old trip matter? But almost as the thought occurred to her, the gangplank was being re- moved. And now—and now-—there was a sudden quickening of the engines. The boat was moving, a narrow green strip of water was ap- pearing between the liner and the .| wharf. One mother say: Teach children when they are young to love books and to look at them as friends, and they will always take good care of them. Some of the things to be taught are: Hands must be clean when handling books, pages must not be marked or turned down, bindings must not be broken by lay- fng books face down when open, and borrowed books must be returned promptly. Even a very small child may\ be led to appreciate brightly colored covers and the illustrations and decorations inside. Older chil- dren will notice the paper, print and bindings if they are told something of the fascinating art of book-making. (Covyright. 1927.) —— s Stuffed Celery Salad. Select tender stalks and hearts of white celery and clean thoroughly. Arrange on a bed of lettuce leaves. Prepare a mixture of cream cheese and chopped olives. Season to taste and fill the mixture into the hollow portions of the celery stalks. These stalks should be cut in short lengths for convenience in eating with the a sterilized bathroom paper Doctors advise it—Hospitals use it Soft and white and sanitary as sealed hospital cotton. Proven by actual laboratory test. For every roll of Northern Tissue is sterilized 20 times (at no added cost to you." Her breath caught in her throat. The tears were streaming down her face so that she was almost blinded. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. amma went an’ cleaned up my room an' threw away the tooth Mary gave me.’ She was conscious of the fact that somewhere a band was playing and she resented it. She strained her eyes 80 as to concentrate them on Tom's face, and it was then for some incon- ceivable reason that her glance hap- pened to fall on Bill His face was not like Tom's. It was almost tortured and in that moment she knew what she had either not known or never stopped to realize before. Billy loved Myra! He loved her much more than she loved him. Bill hated to have Myra go just as much as Tom hated her to go. But to Myra it didn’t seem to mean any- thing. She stole a glance at his sister’s face, taking a precious second away WINTER ' Ascending Sap. 1t is often thought, T find, that sap begins to rise when Spring comes, as though warmth had a direct relation to the ‘ascent of the trees’ juices, or as though the tree “knew" when warm weather came that it was time for the sap to rise. But the fact is that the sap begins to rise in late Winter, if not in zero weather, at least under temperatures that are anything but balmy. ' It h been rising for the past two weeks, and certainly some of the recen weather has been nasty enough! That it has been 3 may see for himself. Maple buds have not only been swelling; some of them burst fool- ishly and prematurely into flower; and buds can no more swell or open with- out sap having risen to the top of the tree than a man can think if the blood leaves his brain. It is not Spring, and it is not warm, at least not warmth directly, that makes sap rise. What does, the: Strangely enough, that question, which should appear to be perfect simple to answer, is one of the my teries of science. There is a lifting power in roots known as osmotic pressure, but physicists say this would not account for the ascent of sap beyond a very short distanc There is capillarity—the blotting ef- fect of a liquid on absorbent tissue; but the physicist will not allow us capillarity beyond a few feet, as the column of water would soon become 80 heavy that it could not overcome gravity, People have suggested the effect of water evaporating from leaf surfaces, creating a tractional pull in the pipes of trees, but at this sea- son of the year there are no leaves, s0 if that explanation is true at all it is only true in Summer. We are left in the dark about the way the sap climbs up the 60 to 100 feet of tree pipes, nor do we know what makes the sap feel that primal urge to get out of its bed in the dead of ‘Winter, in the dark days and the long nights. Clues to Character BY J. 0. ABERNETHY. The Oppositionist. Are you crushing in speech, dicta- torial, and is your laughter often violent and sometimes hysterical? Are you of an active temperament? If so, then you are what analysts call an ex- tremist. Persons of this temperament usually see but one side of a question and they have slight regard for the opinions of others. An extremist will stand upon his own views, right or wrong, declining to listen to reason, and has such su- preme confidence in himself that he in- varjably is an oppositionist. If per- FEATURES." WHEN WE GO SHOPPING BY MRS. HARL Inexpensive Carpets. Spring house cleaning is not far off and you will be thinking of freshen- ing up your home with new carpets. It may be necessary to mind the budget while doing so, and avold any thing that is even suggestive of ex travagance. Of all carpets. ingrains are the cheapest, and the additional {fact that they wear well makes them of especial interest. Ingrain carpets are called so be- cause they are made on ingrain looms. They are all dyed before they are woven, and there are different grades or qualiti Ingrains are not ver th or those of vegetable dyes. @ is mgce suitable therefore for the be room than the library or drawing room. Of the three kinds or grades of in grains “extr supers” are the most expensive because of their all-wool filling and all-wool chain. The ‘“cot ton chain”* carpets come next in qual v, and are identical except for their cotton or lisle chain. Union carpets, cheapest of the ingrains, are made with both filling and chain of cotton. Besides these types of ingrains there are “probrussels,” which rank with the “extra supel but from them in having a_heavier filling and a chain of jute. There s also a “granite” ingrain made with cotton filling and partly jute chain that sells a fairly low price. By unraveling a sample one can tell an a one in an instant. If you are inter ested In wearing qua prefer carpets with chains, because they will we KITTY McKAY BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. at ongest differ | l-wool carpet from a cotton-filled | u will - longest. ND H. ALLEN. Ingrain carpets, a vard wide, should| have over a thousand ¢huin ends. Ordinarily ingrain catpets with most white In the pattefns have lfl most wool. The reason' is that th dark patterns are sometimes partly, made up of animal hatr, If you hav had any experience with these carpet you will have overed that the| cheapest qualities of fingrains ar hardly worth buying at all. Ingrains should be free from oil en-| tirely. Once in a while one is able to find oily ingrains that are cheap In| price, but they hald dirt and dust and| are generally unsatisfactory. Ingrains| with cotton chains are likely to shrin d, and should be laid as soon| re cut. Of all ingrain: unions are the worst shrinkers, and| they should always be cut longer than| the loom. Ingrains make really good| buys for the shopper who will buy| with judgment and discrimination. HEADACHES ARE K WARNIN SIEN Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN will relieve constipation safely, | permanently} Headaches, pimples, spots befor the eyes, insomnia—are all sympe toms of constipation. They are seri- ous enough in themselves—yet they are often forerunners of worse to follow. Constipation is the cause of more than forty diseases. It spares neither young nor old. Yet it can be nlined—mon,ryro- vented! K 's ALL-BRAN is uarantee: 0& bring relief. izllwg’l is 1 bran. :fi&’“’d"‘”’ results no part-bran product cam equal. That is why doctors recgm- mend it. Serve ALL-BRAN often. Eat two tablespoonfuls .daily — in_chronie cases, with every meal. Delicious with milk or cream—and add fruits or honey for an extra treat. [ ) Useit in eooking. Insou kled over other elightful i ge. Made by on the Creek. Sold by hotels, from Tom to do it. Myra was calm, entirely self-pos- sessed. It was then that she realized the fact that, after all, she wasn’t very close to Myra, She really knew very little of what went on beneath that lovely exterior of the sister she adored so much. And she was going away with her. She was going on a trip that would last for week: ‘Terror swept down on her like a dark cloud, fear of the future and her own inexperience, panic because of the unknown and the knowledge that Tom would not be there to look out for her. And all the while that strip of greenish-gray water was widening! Again her eyes were riyeted on his face. She loved it better than an thing in the world. Darling Tom, her husband! Hardly aware of what she was doing, she was running along the deck im order to see him as long as possible. The crowd moved too, and as the liner rounded the wharf they were stand- ing at the very edge. Tom had fastened his handkerchief to his stick and was waving it. His face was already blurred. 3 Sally hung over the rail sobbing wildly, and then Myra spoke to her. “For heaven's sake, child, don’t so foolishly emotional. Try to con yourself. It isn’t really decent to let go lllsla this in public. It's not good taste. (Copsrizht. 1027.) (Continued in tomorrow's Star.) Lessons in English mitted to have his own way he is an agreeable and charming companion. This type is extreme in all things. Either he is extremely hopeful or deeply depressed. Conceit is one of his characterist! He easily is of: fended, but quickly recovers from ex: citement or setbacks. An arched profile, a low crown of the head, a receding forehead; bril- liant, nervous eyes, set close together; a large, arched nose and a large mouth are indexes to the extremist. H® is aggressive, both in speech and action, manifests great energy in walking, and usually is of a small, wiry phy- sique. 2 (Copyright. 1027.) Asparagus-Salmon Salad. Line a dish with small heart leaves of lettuce. On this place some can- ned asparagus tips, and in the cen- ter put one can of salmon, drained and flaked. Over this pour one cup- ful of Thousand Island dressing. Serve very cold as the main dish for luncheon or supper, with graham finger rolls. BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused: Do was an elegant program.” delightful. Often ronounced: Pretty; the e as iin “it,” not as e in “pet." Often misspelled: Comparative; rat. Synon; Imitation, reprint, repro- duction, likeness, copy, fac-simile, counterpart. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's wol Deprecating; disapproving strongly: pressing regret for. ‘“John turned to them and held up- a hand.” p deprecating 't say "It Say ——— Guatemala's government telephone and ttendles'r-ph stlntlnns. ‘which are operal as a unit, showed deficit last year, rae Part 11—Continuing The Adventures _0/‘ the MARBLE PRINCE. ‘with Billy & Silly PRINCE OTTO climbed far out on the limb of the tree and gave a jump. He landed on the very edge of the cave’s mouth, but by holding on to a sharp rock that stuck out from the side wall, the Prince saved himself from falling. Quickly he turned and called to Silly. “Come on, Silly, jump and catch my hand. In another minute the two boys were stand- ing side by side in the cave and were ready to start on thejr first adventure together. The cave was dark. There was not ‘a sound to be heard but a faint tap, tap, tap, far in the background. rince Otto an Silly started toward the sound. “Silly, do you think we will see the black giant with the bear's head? It is so dark in here we may fall over him and he will have us in his power before we know it. Come on, Silly, let's sneak.”" Tap, tap, tap, came the sound, louder and louder. Sud- .denly the two explorers bumped their heads against a rock wall. They turned to the left. There was another wall, ' They turndd to the right and were just about to give up, believing they had come to the end of the cave, when Siily’s foot caught in an opening. Down he went on his hands and knees to try t6 find out where it led. He could feel that it was a passage way of some sort. To Be Continued Monday Written for “Junior Town" Home of Smart Shoes for Children —— Honest, I don't know where that *“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"” stuff got started unless it was the custom to wear them in bed. 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