Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1927, Page 30

Art of Receiving Gifts Graciously .BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ‘The attitude of a wite when her hus- Band wishes to make her a present may be so appreciative that the man finds genuine joy in giving her some. thing: or the wife may not be so recep- tive and thus rob him of the pleasure ONE MAY PAY A COMPLIMENT IN THE WAY ONE RECEIVES A GIFT, AS WELL AS IN GIVING IT. #f giving, for it certainly is true that : give is pleasant. And so it is a ct that the attitude of the wife in taking a gift from her husband has much to do with the number of atten- tions she receives in this particular way. One reason why the wife may advise against her husband's giving her a cer- tain present is that it is not precisely what she most wants. She then be- comes a critic, and ecriticism robs pleasure of its most poignant happi- Mess. The person making a gift wants eglva what he believes would be % To even suggest that something else Would be preferred makes him ques- tlon his judgment and lose interest, even though he may accede and get the things hinted for. Or the sug- gestion may prove annoying, and a man with a hasty temper may let the matter drop and the wife get nothing. In either case there is the loophole for the man to have his feelings hurt, This is not a very good encourage- ment for future attempts at gift- making. Unwise Policy. It is surprising how many wives bar themselves from the attentions they crave from the man they adore just because of an indifferent attitude or one that has in it the lurking idea that another gift or another attention would be more to their liking. I have known of wives who could with such graceful tact accept gifts that they really didn’t want that their husbands found such genuine pleasure in the giving it encouraged them to continue. Tater on the wives got many of their real wishes gratified be- cause of the many things, little and big, that they received. Among them came the wanted articles. And they always were really glad of whatever came to them because of the delight they had in having the husband's gracious attentions. Scruples. There are wives who feel hesitant to accept just the things their husbands suggest giving them because of the money that this would involve. If a husband spends money too lavishly, the wife feels that she must be a re strainihg power lest their income go in unwise ways. And so she advises against his giving her presents for very laudable reasons. However, when a man is by nature a lavish spender, very little saving results from such a course on the part of the wife. The money may go for things of even less real worth. ‘When a wife finds her husband in- clined to be too generous to her, she must either accept graciously or else arouse his interest in some project into which he will put the money with just as much pleasure as into the gift she would dearly love to get but which she knows he cannot afford. It may be that the money can be put into a home building plan. Perhaps he will like to have this house be a gift to her. She must be sure to express the happiness she feels when each pay- ment goes into the house. Or it may be some improvements in a house that both want that can be the avenue for the money, or a traveling fund for some time ahead. Travel. Reading about the places they wish to visit and making plans and finding out best places to stay and how to spend the money and get the most out of it can prove of interest, per- haps of absorbing intercst. Each sum of money put into such a plan is like a gift to her and can be received as such with the appreciation due the giving. WHO REMEMBERS? * BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. S. Patent Office. £ When the National Associatlon bike races at the Park Cycle Track on Con- duit road were a big attraction, with such well known riders as Cooper, Stevens, Kiser, Maj. Taylor, Freeman, Waltham and Mayo taking part? AUTUMN BY D. C. PEATTIE. Maples. First to bloom in Spring, were they; first, too, to leaf-out. They are be- come now the glory of the woods, the streets, once more. Not even the oak wears such a crown of glory, such a many colored coat of Jacob. Orange, vellow and red its colors are, but with indescribable admixtures and blends of color, old gold, old rose, Indian red, vermillion, scarlet and crimson, blood orange, burnt orange, lemon vellow and green yellow. All the other Autumn colors put together, every sort of plant, cannot rival the variation in one row of maple trees, no, nor on one maple tree. So bewilderingly different are the dates of turning .color in neighbor maples that people often think they must be different species. Rut this is not necessarily s Aside from some rarer garden species, and the Japanese dwarfs, we have as native maples only the silver maple, the sugar maple, and the red or swamp maple. All except the last are also| planted as street trees, as are the 1If the wife says “I really don’t need it" when her husband suggests giving her something he feels he would enjoy her having, she is blocking the way of his expressing his love for her in his own way. If at last he lets her get things herself and omits such atten- tions as giving her presents, she will miss the attention, and she has no one to blame but herself. To accept gra- ciously is one of the arts of life. WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY DR. MEHRAN K. THOMSON. 2 We put things off because we are | you will find that you have formulated ®orn lazy. Not all of us are equally Bzy. We are only as lazy as we dare to be, as the necessity of earn- ing a living and the urge of ambi- tion permit us to enjoy. There are eertain fundamental human desires which cure us of laziness. It is more pleasant te work than to. starve. Nevertheless we do even the neces- “mary things rather reluctantly because ‘of sheer innate laziness. ¢ The thing we put off is usually #omcthing we dislike to do. Con- sciously or unconsciously we keep hoping against hope that something or other will turn up to relieve us of the necessity. That is why it is ®0 easy to think up a thousand and @ne other things to do, such as filing +mur nails, reading the morning paper, “gtc., when all the while we know we should be doing the thing we are avoiding. " We put things off because we dread finality, and because we are afraid we lack ability to do the thing as it should be done. I know of a learned man who has spent 20 years on a manuscript which was ready for publication 10 years ago. But he just can't let it go. He is afraid #t may not be as good as it should be. & In short, we put things off because “®t inborn laziness or because we really Mo mot want to do the thing at all because we lack confidence in our bility, * Putting things off is such a common ailment that perhaps a few practical uggestions will not be out of place. Laziness may be overcome by proper habits of work. Have a set time for each specific task. Think up a lot of good reasons why the thing should Be done now. _& You can banish your dislike for un- Lplezsant tasks by making a game of and going out of your way to look Jor “trouble.” A certain man of mod- “@rate ability who rose to prominence ®ays that very early in his career he decided to do especially well and with unusual vigor the things he disliked. He got so he was looking for unpleas- ant chores. The dread of finality and lack of | confidence may be conquered by trick- ing yourself. For example, if you have an important letter to write and the thing about as it should be. The trick is turned. —_—e Pumpkin Fritters. Take two cupfuls of well seasoned mashed pumpkin pulp dnd add it to a fritter batter. Fry the fritters n the usual way. If the fritters are to be used as a vegetable add salt and pepper, if for a sweet dish add sugar, a little honey and a grated raw apple. Drain the latter variety and serve with a little maple sirup with chopped walnuts in it as a sauce. in those delicate shell-tints that make lingerie so intriguing, can be dup cated with an envelo f DI Dyes costing only fifteen cen all your underthings, stocking: in the color of the day. So essy, if you use frue dye. A bit of Diamond Dye gives t glint you want. Light as you li true tone — soft — smooth— Il the difference in the world. Just hold them to the light! - You can fast-dye any material, too. It ’ hard. " New colors right o the old. FREE: The drugstore will give you a Diamond Dye Cyclope | tions for dying and tinti ections. ~ Actual piece-go amples. Or write for illustrated book Color Craft, postpaid from DIAMOND DYES, Dept. N15, Bur- lington, Vermont. syeamore maple and Norway maple— neither of which can equal our native | species in gorgeous coloring. | All the District has beautiful {maples, but I think always of two little villages nearby that in maple seagson are more beautiful than all the others, Silver Spring in Maryland. and Falls Church in Virginia. I would rather see Falls Church when the gold and scarlet rain of maple leaves drifts down on its quiet old streets than_all the apple blossoms in Nor- mandy or cherries in Japan. ER Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes. Peel some cold sweet potatoes, cut in pleces and heat with sweet milk to cover until soft. Mash through a sieve, add a tablespoonful of butter and two of sugar to three cupfuls of the potato pulp and bake in a cas- serole. Just before serving cover the top with marshmallows and return to the oven until the marshmallows are toasted. ‘mre afraid to tackle it, take a piece ‘of waste paper and scribble what you e to say. When you get through Diamond Dyes Just Dip to TINT, or Boitto DYE o P Wwas never 80 aromatic and flavorsome before Wilkins enclosed it in a Triple- Sealed container, MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Lemon as a Skin Bleach. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) A few da ago 1 used as a -skin bleach pure lemon juice. ‘Upon arising the next morning I found that my skin was rough with small pimples. ‘What caused this? (2) I am 5 feet 512 inches tall. What should I weigh? @) 1 arch my eyebrows slightly by’ pulling out some of the stray hairs. A few days after I pull the hairs, small black dots appear where the are gro ing in again. What can I do for this (4) What causes beads of perspiration to come from pores and what can be done to eliminate them? MISS WONDERING, Answer.—(1) Undiluted lemon juice is too strong and irritates the skin, causing_pimples, as you have discov- ed. You may make a harniless lemon bleach by mixing one tehspoon- ful of strained lemon juice, one gunce rose-water and one-quarter gynce glycerin. (2) You forgot to state your age, but if you are 20 years old your ideal weight 1s between 126 and 130 pounds. (3) You may apply a powder base and powder heavily over the black dots until the haits are long enough to pluck out again or you may have the unwanted hairs permanently removed by electrolysis. (4) Some of the so-called pores are sweat glands and some are oil glands. It is their function to pour their secretions out on the surface of the skin. When their activity Is too great, however, an astringent lotion may be applled to reduca them. My leaflet on ““Care of Oily Complexions.” tells how to over- come excessive oiliness and I shall be glad to mail you a copy on receipt of a stamped, self-addressed envelope. 1.0IS LEEDS. To Bob or Not to Bob. Dear Miss Leeds: I’have long hair and wish to hob it, but if it is really true that bobbed hair is going out of style, then I shall not hob. What fx your advice? DECIDED. Answer.—Although some women will undoubtedly continue to wear hobbed hair-for the next few s, the long-heralded reaction toward long hair seems to have arrived. I do not advise you to bob, since it will take about six months’ for your hair to grow long again after it is cut. LOIS LEEDS. Costuming the Thin Girl. Dear Miss Leeds: T am in my early teens and am 20 pounds underweight. I eat nourishing foed, but do not seem able to gain. I -ean’t drink milk. Should I force myself to do s0? 1 have a very long, slender foot. What type of slippers will ‘make it seem shorter? 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Take it in the form of thick cream on yvour cereal, in Ice cream, chocolate mlik shakes, cus- tard, puddings, cream soups. Some- times people who cannot drink milk find that they like to drink cream. A low-cut oxford in two tones or slippers with three straps over .the instep would be becoming. Wear two-plece frocks in different shades or colors. Flared or tiered skirts will help-you look shorter. You may wear browns and tans, dark and medium blues, yellow, cream, dark and medium greens, gray, purple, violet, old rose, burgundy, bright red, hennma, rust, peach and pastel pinks. The holero style will suit you. LOIS LEEDS. (Covyriht, 1027.) oer e Parsnip and Nut Stew. Wash, scrape and slice six good- sized parsnips and cook them in two quarts of boiling water until they are very tender. When nearly done add ' tablespoonful of salt.and when quite done add a tablespoonful of flour that has been made into a smooth paste with a little cold water. 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