Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1927, Page 34

THE EVENING STAR, WOMAN'S PAGE. ; WORD GOLF—Everybody’s Playing It BY JOHN KNOX. Old-Time Dolls in New Settings BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. STUDY THE STYLES OF MANY Y The fashion for dolls in decoration continues to grow in favor, and as it waxes stronger, the dolls become more d more amusing in their strange anatomical proportions. However, two types of old dolls are some! s feat- ured, and, because of the striking con- trast to the strange, slim one8 of to- day, they are appealing, and imme- diately attract attention. The doll may be one of the old-time rag dolls. genuine or a copy, or one of the once fastidious and extremely aristocratic dolls known as the French doll, which was nothing if net a veritable pattern of the vogue of fashion of that partic ular period. If you have eithier kind, now is the time to let them make their bow again to the public, and re- gain their once lost place in the Society of Dolls. Should you choose to copy dne of the French dolls, vou will have to hunt for a doll among the present types thac will be similar to the old kind. She must not be a ‘“‘character doll,” according to that term now, but you may be sure she will not lose in character by comparison with those that are so classified. And when once the doll has been found, you will need to study the styles of 30 or 40 years ago to dress her right. She should have a great bustle and a tight bodice, and plenty of frills, pleats and flounces. Should you choose the old rag doll type, you do not geed to spend either time or money in duplicating her. The styles’ have not changed so much in the apparel of rag dolls. They always have been distinct and different. And before making one it is well to appre- ciate that she will not"be at home in exactly the setting of the modern bi- garre dolls nor quite that' of the French doll. The rag doll is in her element in quaint farmhouses and in rooms done in old-fashioned surround- ings. She nestles down into such sur- roundings with the comfort of appro- priateness. To make one of these rag dolls, the head offered once for doll coat hang: ers can be used admirably, and if you want one of these heads, with direc- The Daily Characteristic actions. Cuckoo. . French pronoun. ‘Water. Strike. . Collegiate degree (ab.). Flow back. Devours. One who employ Means of defens Pertaining to Greece Fresh-water tortoise. . Granular rock. . Those in office, Exist. part of ancient Upon. Part of the foot. Nickname. Part of a circle. State of being very good. Down, . Daisy. . . Collection of facts. . Pinch. Island in the Mediterranean. Lariat. . _Observe. Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle. [STTEIMISTHIOIPRR K ] B~ (NID P] ; Cross-Wt;rd Puzzle | (Copyright, 1927.) ONE MAY HAVE RS AGO. TO tions. for using it in several way8, write me, inclosing a self-addressed and stamped envelope and 5 cents in stamps for the pattern. You must save this newspaper for the account of how to make and dress her for the “under the lamp doll.” This is the name that dolls in decoration are call- ed by the French. There is no pattern for the body of the doll, but any rag-doll pattern can be used that is of the right size for the head. This head is mentioned par. ticularly because it has a quaintness admirably suited to the purpose. One of the smart, ultra-new rag-doll heads would not do quite so well. The head must not be filled so much that it is actually rounded. Old rag dolls had rather flat heads, and bodies also, but arms and legs were stuffed until they stood out surprisingly straight. The features can be made in india ink, that is very black and does not spread as readily as ordinary ink. Or the features can be painted in or made with embroidery stitches. - But what- ever the style of the marking of the features, the doll mugt have rosy cheeks, painted in, for what rag doll of old was not. thus made beautiful? Surely it was only the plebeian ones, and this doll must shine as an aristo- crat among rag dolls, The hair may be yarn, crocheted, dampened and raveled to give it a curly appearance, or it may be ravel- ed burlap. Sometimes real hair was used. Then it was sewed to the hat or bonnet, so that but little was need ed and every hair showed! Shoes were of black or brown kid, with_ per- haps some small buttons sewed on them. Often the snug waists were scarcely visible under the ‘folds of a voluminous shawl. Skirts were long, very long, down nearly to the soles of the shoes, and bonnets were often quaint sunbonnets. In dressing the new rag dolls, try to get some old- fashioned figured goods for the dress and bonnet and have a plain material for the shawl. If such a doll is perch-| ed on an old-time sofa or a sleigh-| bed or four-poster, she will grace heri| position better than one of the mod-| ern dolls. H H 1 i 1 A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNY. Companionable Husband. Text: “Giving honor unto the wife 3 as being heirs together of the grace of lite."—1 Peter, iil.7 “A brilliant success as a merchant and a pitiful failure as a man.” It was a wife who said that, and the man she was speaking of was her husband. Said another wife: “When I talked of the things I loved, my husband just lookea at me—and grunted.” These statements reveal one of 'the prolific causes of divorce—husbands who fail as companions to their wives. Here we have one husband who was s0 bent on achieving a business career that he neglected the more important thing of belng a man, at least o far fls home was concerned. In the e of the second hushand, he was so absorbed in his own things that he had no interest in the things his wife loved. In the case of hoth, they gave . their wives everything they wanted but the one thing they wanted most of all—a husband’s companion- these husbands thought their swives ought to be satisfied with the abundance of things they provided for them. But a woman's heart calls for something more. Both were suc- cessful in their chosen lines, and per- naps they thought their wives should be sufficiently delighted with their success. But a true wife delights more in her husband’s cempanion- ship than in any success he may win. My best husband is the companion- abla husband, who has learned the secret which 'the Apostle Peter di closes i our text, of “giving henor unto the wife, as being heirs together of the graces of* life.”" That is the kind of husband that makes a happy wife and a happy home. (Copyright, 1997.) NANCY PAGE Nancy “Rings the Bell” With Mixed Grill Plate BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. The last guest was making his adieux. “I want to tell you, Mrs. Page, how much I enjoyed the evening. It was great. And you know I am going to tell my wife about the food you served. She told me that I would get something good, and I certainly did. But I never knew it could be 80 easy to serve.” Nancy thanked him and went to chuckle over it with Peter. “See what a wife you have, Petes Even the wives tell their husbands to kegp their eyes open. Who would have thought I had it in me?” Nancy's guests grew rather. con- fused as to details of the dish they | nad had, Wo Nancy gave minute di- /| rections when she was asked over the . Fairy queen. Abatement. Goddess_of discord. . Vehicle on runners. Thus. Spanish definite article Iam. Preposition. Intrigue. . Girl's name. Goddess of night. Very dry. Sylvan deity. The grampus. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORD Words often misused: Do not say “I wish to speak, to this gentleman" when merely referring to sex, Say “man.” Often mispronounced: Height. Pro- nounce hit, { as in “light,”” not hith. Often misspelled:. Physiognomy. Synonyms: Mud, slush, marsh, <lough, bog. quagmire. Word study: “Use a word three mes and it is yours” Let us in ease our vocabulary by mastering yne word each day. Today Credible; capable of heing “His explanation does not redible.” Solutions of Today’s Word Golf Problems. TREE, FREE. FRET, FEET, MEET, MELT, MILT, GILT, T TURK, MURK, MUSK, MASK, MASH, HASH. D, BARD, BALD, BALL, BULL, FULL. { telephone” what on earth she ‘had served. " A ‘mixéd grill, my dear. I used a large ‘dinner plate for ‘each guest. At one side I put strips of toast with grilled bacon on top. Next to the toast 1 had a ring of tomato jelly on lJettuce with mayonnaise. Next to that were potato chips. Be side them and joining the toast was a hollowed half of a hard cooked egg. Indla relish was in the center, And in the middle of the plate I had"a mound of chnmy cottage chese with glistening ripe black olives at de. The plate was a symphony 0} n for tea don't you e mI‘Ill: L‘t’,’]?. lldNunay for n ou e wheat “WV0U "write. care of this paner. closing & stamped.’ sel{-addressed "enveiope. A, Pecan Cakes. Use two eggs, one cupful of brown sugar, one-half a cupful of flour, one- fourth teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth teaspoonful of baking powder,- and two cupfuls of shopped pecans. Make a dozen and a half cakes in shallow gem pans. place half a pecan on each cake, and bake them for 12 to 15 minutes in a moderate oven. Menu for a Day. BREAKFAST. Sliced Bananas. Bolled Oats with Cream. Minced Beef on Toast. Doughnuts. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Creamed Chicken on Toast. Preserved Peach Frult Cookies. Tea. DINNER. Celery Soup. Shepherd’'s Pie. Creamed Cauiiflowers. Beet Salad. Mock Cherry Ple. Coffee. MINCED BEEF ON TOAST. Cook two tablespoons chopped green peppers and one table- spoon chopped onion in three tablespoons butter, blend in one tablespoon flour, season with one teaspoon each salt and lemon julce, add slowly ene-halt cup tomato liquor and stir until smooth. Put rare roast beef through meat chopper, reheat in sauce and serve on toast. FRUIT COOKIES. One cup butter, two cups sugar, three eggs, one teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon nutmeg, one pack- age seeded raisins and one pound English walnuts, ground through meat chopper, tea. spoon soda in hot water. Just enough flour to roll out thin, When English walnuts are not available, peanuts are as guod. SHEPHERD'S PIE, Butter baking dish. put in layer mashed potatoes and one cold rvoast heef put through chopper, and continue until meat and potatoes are used up. Moisten each layer meat gener- ously with left-over gravy, hav- ing top layer of potatoes. Dot over tep with bits butter and set in oven t» brown. Add #ttle i needed. 1 took him to his house. Rule 1. The object of this game is to change one word to another word by a series of “strokeés.” Rule 2. Only one letter can be changed in each “'stroke.” Rule 3. Each “stroke” must result in a new word which can be found in a current dictionary or in another tense or the plural of a dic- tionary word. If you can beat “Par” one stroke you score a “birdie.” If you are un- usually good and knock two strokes off Old Man Par, credit yourself with an “sagle.” Some wise Word Golfer m than Par. dactyl": some day crack out three strokes less This is the Word Golfer s heaven and he hands himself a “‘ptero- the rarest of all birds. A Word Golfer who can score a “pterodactyl” is entitled to start his mouth going and let it rave for days while the gallery applauds. Get out your pencils, Word Golfers, and assault Old Man Par. Go from TREE to GIFT in eight shots. bank roll, as usual. Go from TURK to HASH in five shots. All the shots will be at your You'll be lucky if the bird doesn't come back to the table more than five times. Go from BIRD to FULL in five shots. time the bird was served. TREE PRINT your ‘“strokes” here: TURK That is the way you felt the first BIRD WORLD FAMOUS STORIES THE AMATEUR PEASANT GIRL. BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN. Ivan Berestoroff and Gregory Mour- omsky were neighbors, and Mour- omsky was the only person not on erms with Berestorff, who was generally well liked even though he was thought to be very proud. Mour- omsky had a mania for imitating Eng- lish manners and customs; his beau- tiful daughter, Liza, had an English governess, In the eyes of Berestoroff, Mouromsky was a fool and a spend- thrift. In_short, these neighbors heartily called each other names. Berestoroff had a son named Alexel, and when he came home from his college to his father's estate he was the .talk of all the peasant girs roundabout. Indeed, Alexei was by no means blind to the glances of these maidens. These provincia) young ladies are in- deed charming. Brought up in the pure air, under the shadow of the apple tree of their gardens, they de- rive their knowledge of life chiefly from books. Alexei appeared before these malds gloomy and disenchanted, speaking of lost happiness and of his blighted youth—he wanted to go into the'army but his father would not let him. Be- sides all this, he wore a mourning ring engraved with a death’s head. The young ladies simply went out of their minds about him. But not one of them felt so much interest in him as the daughter of Mouromsky—called Liza, or Betsy. As their parents were not on neighborly terms, she had not yet seen Alexei, even when he had become the sole topic of conversation among all the girls of the district. Liza was 17, with dark, beautiful eyes She was a spolled child, and ys up to pranks—delighting her father and mother and driving her governess to despair, : Biza had in her maidservant, Nas- tia, a confidant and partner. It was Nastia that Liza sent to the estate of Berestoroff to find out from the ser- vants there all about him. Nastia's report was more than favorable. Liza found herself with an incontroliable desire to meet Alexel. She heard that e willingly smiled back at any peas- ant girl who looked at him pleasantly —and that gave her an idea. “Nastia, do you know what I'll do?” shq said. "I will dress myseif up as a peasant girl. Nastia, was her wont when Liza wasd planning a prank, eagerly agreed. All ‘the servants were put to work secretly getting Liza's costume ready. It was finished in a day. iy to keep the governess occupied while Liza went forth to meet Alexel—in quest of adventure. Liza came to a wood which formed the boundary of her father's estate and decided to wait there. She under- stood that Alexei went forth hunting, on horseback. every morning, and passed here. Her heart beat violently, she knew not why—but is it not the fear which accompanies our youthful escapades that gives them their great- est charm? Suddenly a magnificent hunting dog came bounding and barking toward her.. A young hunter emerged from behind a clump of bushes. “Don’t be afraid, little girl. to Liza, “My dog does not bit “But, sir,” said she, half-bash! He looks so Ale: for it was he 3 young peasant girl, as he thought she was. 1 will go with you if you let me walk with you?" ““Who 18 to hins “The road is free, Liza told him she was the daughter of a blacksmith in the village. Alexei sald he was the valet to the young master of the Mouromsky estate, but Liza laughed at him, saying that he could not fool her. She knew he was the young master, himself. Liza began to :please Alexel more and more. She impressed him as having extraordinary tact and del- jcacy for a peasant girl. In short, he was charmed with her beauty and grace. They got on famously to- gether. When they parted it was but to meet again on the morrow. Only Liza took the precaution to warn him not to seek her in the village, or her father might be angry with her. As the days went by Liza express- ed a wish to improve herself in Alexei's eyes. Alexei promised to teach her to read and write, for peasant girls were usually flliterate. The young man was surprised indeed at the rapldity with which his pupil progressed! Soon they were exchanging love letters, deposited at a certaln place in the woods, with Nastia to secure them for Liza. They began to think a great deal of each other. The two fathers—Berestoroff and Mouromsky—were reconciled by an accident. Mouromsky was injured when ,his horse became exciled as a hare was sighted by the dogs, and Berestoroff, with courtly politeness ‘They became more and more friendly. Alexei dined with them, and was invited to visit the Mouromsky estate. Imagine Liza's surprise and fear lest Alexel discover how she had duped him. Finally, to escape detec- tion, she warned her father that she might be up to another of her pranks when Alexel came. Bure enough, she was—bedecked in an old-fashioned gown and’ painted as white as a dol! with cosmetics she filched from her governess, who was prone to use such things generously. Alexei did not recognize in the haughty damsel his amateur peasant girl of the woods! But Berestorofft and Mouromsky, you?”, asked Liza. I now good. friends, hatched it up be- tween them that Alexei should marry Liza, thus uniting the two families and estates even more closely. Alexel would not hear of it. He told Liza about it, when he saw her again in the guise of 1ne peasant girl, and | wanted to run away with her and marry her. Butishe put off answer- ing him. Alexel, despairing of making his father see things his way, decided to go and see Mouromsky and try to win him over to his view of the matter, He wanted to tell Mourom- sky that he did not believe he could was not at home, so he asked to see his daughter. He had no idea of the surprise that awaited him. Unaware of who was being usher- ed Into her presence, Liza did not turn when the young man first enter- ed the room. Alexei stopped short in amazement. There sat his peasant girl, in a white morning robe, in front of the window, reading his last love letter. Alexel could not restrain an exclamation of joy. “Sweetheart!” Liza endeavored to liberate herself from his embrace. “Let me go!" she saild. “Are you crazy?” Just then Mouromsky enteréd the room, He glanced at them with in- terest. “Ah,” he said, as last, “it seems that you have already arranged mat- ters between you.” And so they had for G receive them. ! WASHINGTON, D. 0, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1927. The Style Post is the marker On the road to being smart— Scarf Neckline. No longer the separate scarf which goes at random with any costume, but the scart which is a part of the dress is a detail which marks smartness. It is more than a scarf, it's a neckline. The narrow rectangular scarf, for example, is attached on one side of the neckline and hangs loose at the other shoulder of a lightweight sports dress. The kerchief scarf, too, tied on one shoulder, continues its popu-| larity. (Covyright. 1927.) —_—— Kidney and Rice. A good way to cook kidney and rlvfi' is to boil half a pound of rice in stock with one onion. Season with pepper, salt and a little red pepper. When the rice is tender and has absorbed all the stock, stir into it one egg and spread one inch deeg on a plate. When cool, cut in rounds and scoop out the cen- ters, then heat in a little stock. Skin, split and grill some sheeps’ kidneys, allowing half a kidney to each round of rice. Place the kidney on the heated rice, brush over with glaze, dish up, and pour brown sauce around. —_— Prices realized on Swift & Company sates of carcass beef in Washington, D. C., for ‘week ending Decem) on shipments s0ld out. ranged from 13.00 ‘cents to 35.00 conts ver pound and averaxed 17.96 cents per pound.—Advertisement. FEATURES. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Mineral Food Requirements. A normal adult requires daily rather less than an ounce of mineral food to replace the mineral matter daily ex- creted from the body through the in- testines and kidneys. This includes an average daily ration of half an ounce of common salt (sodium chlorid) taken as a natural constituent of foods (meats) and as a condiment, and this salt is not changed in the body, but is excreted unchanged through the kidneys, intestine and skin. Common salt, as every one knows, is an im- portant constituent of the blood serum, tears, sweat and other body fluids.” Common salt especially serves to control the absorption, retention and excretion of water in the body. In deference to many queries about salt we will digress here to introduce a few pertinent facts about the role of common salt in nutrition, particu- larly emphasizing points upon which correspondents seem misinformed or confused. Carniverous animals, eating the flesh and bones and sucking the blood of their prey, get sufficient salt in their food. Herbivorous animals get but little salt in their food and often 5o far to seek a salt lick. Upon the amount of salt ingested depends the amount of water required by the body and retained in the body. in the tis- sues. If much salt is consumed, more or the water is retained in the blood and tissues, and the feces will be dry, as in the carnivora; if little salt is consumed less water is retained in the body and the water content of the feces is greater. In a reasonable de- gree this applies to man's salt con- sumption. Certainly persons who take too much salt tend to retain too much water in their tissues and more readily develop edema or dropsical states. On_ an ordinary mixed diet a moderate daily condimental salt ra- tion for an adult is perhaps half a teaspoonful, or 2 grams; many per- sons, by habit, take four or five times more salt than they require, and this does not always cause any trou ble, but it frequently keeps the body somewhat waterlogged and flabby. A common practice of drinking salt water, perhaps hot, every morning, is scarcely commendable. Drinking plain water is commendable, and will usually accomplish all the benefits one can derive from drinking saited water. It is still a mystery, awaiting solu- tion by some great chemist—perhaps your boy, who knows?—how the hy- drochloric acid of the gastric juice is produced or where the stomach gets the hydrogen and chlorin to manufac- ture the acid. Some physiologists as- sume it must be made from common salt somehow, which theory seems far fetched. If so, then this is the only purpose for which any salt is actually used up in the body—other. wise all the salt taken into the body is excreted unchanged, serving merely to facilitate the passage of water through the tissues and cells. Sulphur is taken up by plants from sulphates in the soil and manufac. tured by the plants into protein food material. If man’s diet contains suf. ficlent protein material it will neces. sarily contain enough sulphur, since sulphur is present in all vegetable and animal proteids, such as egg, milk beef, beans, peas, wheat, potatoes, oat. meal. There is no reason to imagine that any one ever suffers from a shortage of sulphur in his dlet. On the other hand, we find no indication that an excess of sulphur in the diet can do any harm. Thus there can be no advantage in_selecting foods that contain much sulphur ‘or in excluding such foods from one's diet. (Covyright. 1927.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. ‘This is one ob them bustin® to do somethin’ ain't sure does I dare. days T dest ad; but I How far away is Christmas, anyhow? (Copsrizht. 19 | 39 ive” WearEver” - Aluminum Cooking Utensils Get these for gifts or for yourself 'HREE useful and lasting gifts. Anybody may feel prodd to give them. Any housewife will be glad to For a limited time “W;::-Enr” stores are offering these three Christmas Spe- cials at the attractive prices indicated. Go to your favorite *“Wear-Ever” store and get yours TODAY. THE ALUMINUM COOKING UTENSIL CO. 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