Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1927, Page 54

WOMAN'’S PAGE.’, Announcing the Engagement . BY LYDIA LE BARON WA ‘There is an old saying that in the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, and since in the Autumn there generally follows a serles of engagement announcements, THE PERSONAL LETTER IS AN ACCEPTED WAY OF TELLING INTIMATE FRIENDS AT A DIS- TANCE OF AN ENGAGEMENT. the truth of the saying would appear to be substantiated. This being the LKER the engagement before. However, no one is expected to take such things for granted, and it is a grave mistake to assume persons are engaged and talk as if they were before having the word come from the families or the engaged couples themselves. 1t is considered a littlo passe to have engagement announcements for- mally engraved and sent out to friends and relatives. This continues to be done somewhat, but the fashion is assing. A less formal method is fa- vored. Here is one way that is ap- proved by social codes: Close Friends. The engaged girl writes to her most intimate relatives and to her espectal friends, and the man writes to his, each one telling of the engagement and requesting those who receive the letters please not to tell any one until a specified time, if it is to come out solely in this way. Or the recipients may be asked not to speak about it at all, because the word i3 to be given out at some function. uch letters of announcement are v much appreciated, because they taking the persons into confidence and letting them into the secret be- forehand. 1In the first instance, the recipients are to help in announcing it by telling others on or after the time mentioned. 1In the second place, those who get the letters know that when invitations come for a dinner, tea or other function they may expect then that the engagement of which they now know will be announced. They are among the favored few to know beforehand. With Formality. If the engagement is formally an- nounced at a function, it may be done in any one of many ways. One way is for the father to propose a toast to his daughter and her future husband, the man. This is a dignified licitous way to announce the ment. If the announcement function is a dance, the girl wears her engagement ring for the first time and dances first with her flance. The parents mention the fact of the en- gagement, not formally, but to friends with whom they talk, and so the news is spread. Or if the group at the en- gagement party are all girls at a tea or luncheon, the girl or her mother may tell them all in a somewhat con- fidential way, as if they were the chosen ones to know first, which, of course, would be the truth. Or the news may be told in some unique way ‘planned by the girl. Festive Touch. One interesting way to announce the engagement that savors of festiv- ity is to have a Jack Horner pie in the form of a bride’s cake. Inside are as many small heart-shaped candy boxes as there are persons present. When the write ribbon strings to the pie are case, many inquiries come about the best way to let one’s friends know of the news. Of course, in many in- starices telling one’s friends is a mere formality, as they have felt sure of BEDTIME STORIES Cubby Tries to_Hide. Guilt will always seek to-hide. Wholly lacking as_to pride. 7 g Motner Nature. Cubby was a badly frightened little Bear, Perhaps it ‘was a guilty con- science that- frightesed him. Without being told, he knew:that he had been in mischief, and right down inside he had a strong feeling——a very strong feeling—that it would be a whole lot better for him if he could hide some- where where he couldn’t be found. Up the cellar stairs, into. Mother Brown’s spotless kitchen, raced Cubby, his feet covered with molasses and molasses and sirup from the broken reserve jars daubed all over his coat. course, every time he put his foot down he left a sticky print. ‘There was no hiding place in the pulled each person gets a box, which, on opening, contains a card on which are written the names of the two Young . people, with the word “en- gaged” above the girl's name, which comes first. BY THORNTON W..BURGESS The sgools of thread and the balls of yarn went in all directions. He jumped up on the bed and pulled open th# bedclothes, but somehow this didn’t suit him. He jumped down and once more ran into the upper hall and from there into a third room. This was the room of Farmer Brown's Boy himself. He could hear his pursuers starting upstairs. Farmer Brown’'s Boy had removed his sticky shoes in the kitchen. Mother ‘Brown had reached the kitchen and ber exelama- tions as she discovered those sticky footprints everywhere warned 'Cubby that it would be just as well not to be caught. Things had to be very bad indeed to make Mother Brown angry, and certainly there was an angry ring to her voice now. As in Mother Brown's room, Cubby jumped up on the bed here and tried to burrow under the bedclothes. But somehow this didn’t seem to be a real Hiavy THE BALLS OF YARN WENT IN ALL DIRECTIONS. kitchen. He made sure of that by racing around it pellmell as fast as he oould go. There was a door ajar just @ crack. He pushed his nose in and opened it wide. It led into a hall Cubby didn’t waste any time. He scampered through the hall and up a flight of carpeted stairs. At the top of the stairs he paused for a moment and cocked his ears and listened. He heard Farmer Brown's Boy and Farmer Brown running up the cellar stairs to the kitchen. He must find a hiding place, and find it right away. Cubby looked this way and looked that way all around. There were sev- epal rooms opening off that hall, Cubby ran into the nearest one. He hastily ran all about, but there seemed to be no hiding place there. He ran out into the hall again and into an- other room. Mother Brown’s work hiding place. Those footsteps were in the next room now, and the excla- mations of Farmer Brown and of Farmer Brown’'s Boy, too, for that matter, didn’t add to Cubby’s peace of mind at all. He jumped down from the bed, intending to dart out into the hall, but before he could do this heavy footsteps sounded so near that Cubby changed his mind. He knew that Farmer Brown himself was close to that doorway. Cubby’s small, twinkling eyes looked eagerly this way and that way and every way. Where, oh, where, could he hide? “If I once get my hands on that Bear,” said a_gruff voice, “he’ll wish he never had been born. It was the voice of Farmer Brown, and it sounded as if Farmer Brown had reached the end of his patience. A moment later Farmer Brown was right in that room. But though he looked everywhere about the room, and even peered under the bed, there was no Cubby to be seen. . (Copyright. 1027.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Often mispronounced—Deluge. Pro- nounce del-yuj, “e” as in “dell,” ‘“u” as in “unit”; accent first syllable. Often 'misspelled—Plain (simple), plane (tool). Synonyms—Special, ticular, individual, certain, characteristic. Word study—“Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in-. crease our yvocabulary by m: lterl:_:fl[ one word each day. Today's word, Encroachment; invasion, intrusion. “The country has yielded to the en- specific, _par- definite, basket was there. Cubby upset it. eroachments of civilization. SUB ROSA BY MIML Be a Sport. Have you ever thought how few girls are sports about marriage? They may be wWonders on the tennis grounds, or the golf course, or the hunting fields, but they're cowardly and unfair in the bigger game of mar- riage. Especially today -do I ‘notice this when every girl I meet prides herself on her ability to lose gamely and to win graciously. It isn't sportsmanlike to walk into a thing with your eyes wide open and then to blame somebody else when you find your Venture is a flop. Now, you know, 5 out of 10 girls are marrying—well, not exactly for money, but for pleasure and comfort and security. Lots of these girls are awfully fond of the men they marry, but they're not in love, not deeply, thrillingly in love, so that the adjustments neces- sary to every marrfage are made eas- ily and lovingly. These girls marry nice men whom they like and respect awfully, and they admit to their friends that they're not in love with their future husbands, but they think everything ‘will come out all right just the same. A girl of character, given a reason- ably nice husband, can make a suc- cessful marriage out of one of these rather tepid love affairs. If she plays the game, she can make her husband happy and keep herself contented. Betty marrfed Leo just about a year ago. Leo had a lot of money and was 20 nice all the girls liked him. Betty knew she didn’t love him, but because she was fond of him she didn't think it would matter. She would have all the material things she wanted, and she'd have a husband she really liked and re- spected. That was a year ago. Now Betty droops about with a wistful sigh, com- plaining that there’s no romance in her life and that all the grand adven- ture of living is gone. She's so bored she can’t bear to go on living. She simply weeps when she hears of a happy love affair. She is wholly melancholy and despondent and a thorough bad sport. It's shameful of her to bewail a fate which she picked out for herself; it's unfair to Leo. He, poor lad, en- tered the bargain with all the best intentions in the world. He was in love with Betty and he had played fair. ‘What earthly right has she to com- plain of him because he doesn’t fur- nish the colorful romance her heart desires? She knew he wouldn’t when she married him. She knew that in tak- ing him for her husband she was giv- ing up all the joys of true love in exchange for peace and security and comfort. She's getting exactly what she ex- pected, and yet she dares to parade her sorrows before all her friends. Such an action is cowardly and inde- cent. It's taking advantage of Leo's kindness to her. It's showing up their marriage as a joke for all friends and neighbors to laugh at. The girl who won't stick up for a husband who is decent and kind and .thoughtful isn’t worth looking at. ‘That’s one of the principles of mar- riage—to stick up for each other against the world, not to belittle each other to whomever will listen. If you've swallowed a bitter pill prescribed by yourself, be a sport about it. Don’t indulge in self-pity over what you could have avoided if you hadn’t thought you knew it all. Take your medicine and don't blame an innocent man because you're unhappy over your own bad judgment. (Copyright. 1927.) rey unceasing motion, fulling softly, rising !\igh, Regular wnd rhythmical and musial and The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1927.) . Temporary home. . Like. . Uncovered. Medley . Concerning. Musical instrument. You and me. 5. Languid. . Masculine nickname. . Goddess of the dawn. . Prussian resort. Those who provide. 24. An artificial language. . Cutting tool. . Surmount. . Small coin. Part of New York (abbr.). 2. Period. . Give up. . Pronoun. . Apt phrase. . Public’ notice. . Grumble. Central State (abbr.). . Convex moldings. Addition (abbr. . College society Brilliance. . Compass roint. Ripped. abbr.). Down. . Famous mentalshealer. Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle. Likewise. . Note of the scale. . Seed-covering. . Exist. . Ocean. . Young man. . Jewish month. . Wander. . Fish. . Preliminary payment. . Appointments. . Rubs clean. . Have high regard for. . Former (prefix). . Exists. . Note of the scale. . Correlative. . Parent. . Card game. . Dislike intensely. Object of worship. . Persian poet. . Carry. . Alcoholic drink. . Goddess of harvest. . Purpose. . Lizard. . Sun god. . Language proposed. Beans En Casserole. Put through a colander ovne and one-half cupfuls of home-baked or canned beans and combine them with three-fourths cupful of fine crumbs, one tablespoonful ea¢h of minced onion and parsley, one-half a cupful of chili sauce, one-half a teaspoonful of salt and three well beaten eggs. Turn into a well greased baking dish, set in a pan of hot water and bake for half an hour in a moderate oven. Serve with well seasoned hot stewed tomatoes. e e g s Coconut Makaroons. Beat the whites Of three eggs stiff, add gradually two cupfuls of pow- dered sugar, two teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder and two cupfuls of grated coconut. Drop by teaspoonfuls the size of a hickory nut onto papered tins. Bake for about 30 minutes in a slow oven. % Buttrmill Doss.ot! (I¢'s in the flour) Thatis the secret of the delicious, different flavor that makes Teco pancakes bet- ter pancakes. Add onlycold water ‘TECO*CORTLAND, N.Y. s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1527.% LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Paris France. We was all taking a wawk wondering ware we was going to eat suppir, and pop sed, Ah, the question is solved, heers the Lapin Resterant ware I bin told you can get the best liver and bacon in the werld, now with the possible exception of liver and onions who could imagine enything more marvelliss than the best liver and bacon in the werld? I could easily, ma sed. Her never eating liver except out of politeniss for pop sake, and pop sed, The ony difficulty is, I understand that this is a strickly Frentch resterant ware no- body understands Inglish except the customers. Then how are you going to ask for liver and bacon for goodniss sake? ma sed. The sine langwidge was invented before speetch was herd of, pop sed, and ma sed, Now Willyum there are no sines for liver and bacon, youll ony do something to disgrace us in a strange country. Follow me, pop sed. Meening into the resterant, wich we did, and a waiter came up and handed pop a menus, ma saying, Now Willyum, you know you dont know eny werds ex- cept poolay for chickin and pwassong for fish, and if you start to make :‘_r:lzy sines Ili screem with mortifica- ion, Did you ever heer of liver? pop sed to _the waiter. Pardong? the waiter sed. Proving he never did, and pop sed, If I ony remembered the ixact spot on my hody ware my liver is, Id point to it, and my sister Gladdis sed, Father, dont you dare, I shall rise from this table and leeve this resterant and wawk out of your life forever. And I shall go with her, ma sed, and pop scratched his chin a wile and looked at the waiter, and the waiter looked back at him with his eyebrows up and no other ixpression, and pop sed O well enyway I Kknow the Frentch werd for roast beef, its roast biff. Roast biff, garsong, he sed. ‘Wee meseer, the waiter sed. Prov- ing pop was rite, and he brawt it in about 20 minnits with Frentch fry potatoes for a serprize, being swell roast beef but pop looked as if he was still thinking of liver enyways. DAILY DIET RECIPE Rhubarb Jam With Lemon. Rhubarb, six cupfuls. Sugar, three cupfuls. Lemon rind, three tablespoonfuls. MAKES THREE 8-OUNCE JARS. Cut off leaves of rhubarb. They are poisonous. Trim root end. Wash. Cut in very small pieces without peel- ing. Cut lemon rind in very tiny pieces. Add sugar and lemon rind to the rhubarb. Place in large sauce- pan over hot water until sugar melts and the juice begins to run. ~en place over direct -heat. Cook until jam is thick. It will take about one hour. Be careful not to let it burn. DIET NOTE. Recipe contains lime and iron. Be- cause of the sugar content, recipe should be eaten in moderation by nor- mal-weight or under-weight adults, but not by those wishing to reduce. | FEATURES. The Woman of Forty-Eight BY CLYDE CALLISTER. From 48 until 54 is said to consti- tute the September of a woman's lite, and the woman of this age should remember that days in this month are clearer, brighter, often lovelier, than those in May or June. In many gar- dens flowers bloom in more gorgeous and colorful profusion in this month after the feverish heat of Summer is| past, than they do hefore. | It ought to be of interest to know | that Diana of Poitiers was 48 when Henry II ascended the throne of France. Not that any of us envy| the career of Diana of Poitiers, but this never-to-be-forgotton woman who | lived 400 years ago is a splendid ex-| ample to any woman of the prolonga- | tion of youth through wholesome living. Diana of Poitlers was 19 years older than Henry II, so that when he cended the throne he was 29 and she was 48. His love for her remained | undiminished, and when he died, 12 years later, she was still queen of his heart, though a woman of 60. | Here is what Armand Dayot has to | say of this remarkable ever-young! woman: “Diane de Poitiers preserved her) fascination until the end of her life.| The same might be said of her that | Plato said of Arcgeanassa, ‘Love still | nestles in her wrinkl goddess whose name possessed a virile activity. < for the chase and for all violent cise. Rising every morning, Sum- mer and Winter, at 6 o'clock, if we may believe the chroniclers of the times, she bathed her face and often her entire body in cold water, and after these ablutions rode on horse- back for two or three hours.” It was when she was 48 that the still beautiful Marie Antoinette of France was executed. Hers was a type of beauty that did not soon fade, queenly to the highest degree. ‘“She was,” says Mme. Le Brun, “large, admirably formed and not too stout. Her arms were superb, her hands small and perfectly formed and her feet beautiful. Her gait was the finest of any in France. She car- ried her head very high, with a queenliness which made it easy to distinguish her when she was sur- rounded by her women of honor. And yet this majesty in nowise detracted from the sweetness and benevolehce of her countenance.” After her im- prisonment previous to her execution Mme. Campen observed that her fea tures were not very much altered. But “she took off her cap and de- sired me to observe the effect which grief had produced upon her hair. It had become in one single night as white as that of a woman of 70.” Those who saw Marie Antoinette carried off in the death cart to the guillotine say that she still sat erect and proud, with disdainful lips, her hair cut short, her neck bare, her hands tied behind her back. David, the French portrait painter, who saw her on this occasion, made a memory sketch of this still beautiful woman as she appeared during the last hour of her life. . Emmy Destinn, operatic star, is an today who has arrived at this Inter- esting age. (Copyright. 1927.) . s Putting It to Use. From the Boston Transcript. Miss Gaussip—I just heard an aw- tul story about your husband. Mrs. Smart—Do tell me. I need a < SUMMER DRESSES will be worn again this fall .... AND here is how it is done:—Take all your faded or dis- colored pastel dresses, frocks, scarves, felt hats, etc., and wash them with a good soap. Rinse, and then comes the easiest part—tins them with Tintex. It’s fun—and’ you save the cost of a new Fall outfit or of dsy-cleaning. . indeed Tintex answers all home-tinting and dyeing needs. 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