Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1927, Page 45

WOMAN’'S PAGE. e Bridesmaids and Length of Hair BY MARY MARSHALL. The questions that friends used to)chiefs and most of us judge a woman's ask us after we had attended a ne ble wedding all had to do with the wed ding presents. And vou know your self that it was well to presents if they were exhibited much to satisfy vour own not s cu L] BANDI OF HE MEN WHER BO’ BOB AT IMM BOW ES AT HA BRID! LONG SED. AN 1id nswer the ques ers of your isked—or had to attend nt question but so that vou e tions me family who hadn’t been not taken th troub! But now the im this: “How many had hobbed hair? hair?” Sometimes choose their thought of th seems so when blond young women enough to be -knotted the nec when the is accompanied by eight young womer all with short dark hair At a weddir other day wh all of the b ere very Yo four of the g hair, which was worn 1ids, carried over the shoulder. looking quite effective with the medieval type of dress worn and the closely placed veils. Something quite new in the field of dressmaking has been originated by one of the prominent French dress makers. Tt consists of a frock with an extra skirt. After all, if men like suits with two pairs of trousers, why shouldn’t women like an extra skirt? The frocks I heard of were made quite simple with a draped overskirt that might be worn as such or might be used as a sort of shoulder scarf. No one has ever suggested a possible al ternative use for the extra pair of trousers provided by the tailors. Every woman likes dain r is of How many had long brides-to-be seem to bridesmaids with the hair. Or at least it 1 the bridesmaids arc hair long > nape o th 1 vids So You Catarrh, Are You? It is regrettably true that a good many doctors, of every school, or doc- tors of no narrow “school” at all, but just reguiar dctors, have contributed heavily to the catarrh obsession, and I blush to admit that there are still not a few doctors strimging patients along with this catarrh obsession to- day, but not good doctors, not doctors who make it their practice to examine patients, just low-grade practitioners who aceept nosis and waive the formalit and expense of an examination. When a doctor is properly educated alified, honest and not too attenti his second-class mail, he interp, complaint of “catarrh” as a mere indication of the direction his exami nation should take. No doctor of standing would dismiss a patient with any such spurious diagnosis as ‘“ca- tarrh.” No reputable doctor even dares to define “catarrh.” I would . Weapons. . Works Wear . Coins of India. . Pale. . Part of the foot. . Until. . Cuckoo. . Distress signal. . Steal. ed-bearing ves airy. . Female sheep. . Drink slowly Before Philippine peasant Turkish dignitary. Superlative suffix . Devoured More certain. . Pay out. . Short literary composition Down. . Cry of a cat. . Constellation . Thoughtful. . Nicknante. 5. Resting places. . Appendages. . Upon . Those who clash 9. Inhabitant of part . Compass point. . Part of Asia-Minor. osity re bridesmaids | v handker- | the patient’s own diag-, , trouble | daintiness somew! by the type of | handkerchief she carries. If you would like to learn how to make a new sort - | »f handkerchief for evening wear, send notice the amped, self-addressed envelope and 1 will send you a diagram and di- rections for making. These dainty | squares make lovely Christmas pres | ents. me a 7.0 (Copyright 19 | e ;lJTTLE BENNY | BY LEE PAPE. along jest wawking along, and we saw some man looking around on the pay ment like that lost some | thing ana couldent find it. | Being a little man big around the Puds, G. 1 dime, why somebody | stummick, me saying to iwonder if he dropped a | dont you ask him? Wich Puds did, saying, Did you lose a dime, mister? and the man saying, 1 | wish it had been meer money, meer money can always be replaced, O deer how could T of bin so careli Puds whispering to me, G, he must | of dropped a dimond ring, O boy big rew d |""And him and me started to help the m helping him so hard he witty near tripped over us a cupple of times, on account of us trying to look everyihere he looked so we would see it hefore he did, me saying, Is there a reward out, mister? A reward? Why yes. 1d be ony too | pleased to pay a suitable reward, in- deed T should, the man said. Giving me and Puds incouragement 1 ambition, and we started to look n harded, thinking, G herray, and he man sed, Tm sure Im very glad to have vour help, voung people offen have very sharp eves, but at the same time T do wish you would try to keep from under my feet. O well, I sip- pose its useliss to look eny more eny- vay, it must of slipped down some |crack or other, it was sutch a very iny button, he sed. | A button, G wizzickers, mister, is | that wat it 'w: button? T sed, and he sed, Why ves my wife needs a duzzen ixactly like it, and wen I go home without them Im afraid she will be quite vexed. well, Im afraid T must give up. And he wawked away shaking his| fed sad. and me and Puds looked | for the button a wile longer just for | the satisfaction of jumping on it in| case we found it, which we dident. | | Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Often mispronounced: Dislocate. Accent first svllable, not the second. Often Misspelled: Incandescence; three c'; Synonyms: Languid, dull, phlegmatic, apathetic. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is vours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Delusion; false belie nation. t was only a delusion, not based on facts.” inert, earnestly assure all correspondents | who write to me that a doctor or doc- | tors tell them their trouble is catarrh, that they have been unfortunate in the choice of doctors. Surely no phy sician capable of examining the nasal cavity would perpetrate such a hoax | on a patient. ! There is no point in telling over the | list of disease states that most com- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY. WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U S Patent Office. When Steve Cochran, now manager of the National Theater, received his start in the theatrical world by lug- ging water at the Old National { Theater? Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. December 7, 1801.—President Jeffer- son today sent a written message to Congress, instead of appearing in per- son and addressing a joint session of the House and Senate, as President Washington and President Adams al- ways did. December 7, 1860.—The Secretary of the Navy, in a report which was outlined in The §tar today, attacked the bill introduced by Senator Jeffer- son Davis of Mississippi prohibiting the purchase of patented articles for the Army and Navy. The Secretary says the measures, if enacted, would be injurious to the public service. He recommends the converting of eight ships-of-the-line into first-class steam- ships, which he ys can be done at a cost of $383,000 each. The other hips-of-the-line, he would not | pay for the expense, being old and nearly used up. * * * The Star today notes with satisfaction that the N, tional Intelligencer has joined it in | recommending, “for the solution of | our present political complications. | the assembling of a convention, or congress of delegates, from the slave- holding_States for consultation.” The Star, which first suggested this plan, calls it “the only hopeful rem- edy under existing circumstances.” Since the election of Abraham Lin- coln as President of the United States last month, there has been much talk in _the dlaveholding States of seceding from the Union. The feellng among the political factions in this city is becoming very bitter, and some of the Southerners have been heard to say that Mr: Lincoln would never be inaugurated. These remarks, however, are belleved to be only idle threats, but it is realized that the political situation is critical. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. monly masquerade under the mean- ingless name of “catarrh.” That only | serves to give victims of the “catarrh” | obsession something to worry about. | If you have this obsession don’t worry - over what can be the matter. Submit | your complaint to a physician and let | him find out. | One phrase still current among spe- | cialists is “middle ear catarrh.” It! means nothing at all—precisely what | | the specialists think and know about | | the deafness so obscured. We'll have | | something further to say about this | | last afffiction in subsequent articles, | | but we promise nothing more than the | truth. S, At present. Paddle. Secondary. Be upright. Sheriff’s men. Bronze of ancient Rome. . Opening. Ocean. Endeavor. Printer’s measure. Ourselves. . Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle. [1[STIM] ] II Layer cake with thick frosting is tempting, but too rich for children. As my family likes cake in layers bet- ter than any other way, I have evolved a simple form which is suit- able for a lunch box or to serve with dessert. I bake three layers very thin in shallow pans made for this pu:- pose. Two of the layers I bake plain. The third I sprinkle well with granu- lated sugar and cinnamon before bak- ing. The bottom and middle layers are spread with homemade Jjelly. preferably crabapple. Then the sug- ared layer is put on top, care being taken to remove it from the pan with- out turning it over. This cake has the appearance of being delicately iced, and is tasty and wholesome. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Cereal with Chopped Figs. Omelet. Bran Bread Toast. Crullert Coffee. LUNCHEON. Cheese Souffle. Caramel Sweet Potatoes. Baking Powder Biscuits. Banbury Tarts. Coffee. DINNER. Virginia Baked Ham. Creamed Potatoes. Carrots and Peas. Lettuce Salad, French Dressing. Tapioca Cream. Coffee. CRULLERS. One cup sugar, 2 well-beaten eggs, 3 tablespoons melted but- ter, 135 cups sweet milk, 3 cups flour, 3 teaspoons baking pow- der. Use flour enough to roll easily and handle as little as possible. These will not soak :l“ and are very light and ten- er. CHEESE ‘SOUFFLE. One pound cheese, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, butter size of wal- nut, % pint milk. Grate cheese very fine, beat eggs, add other ingredients, mix thoroughly, grease bowl and bake in oven 15 hour. Serve very hot. VIRGINIA BAKED HAM. Select - small ham and boil. Let cool in water in which it was cooked. Remove skin and trim excess fat. Put into ham following mixture: 1% cups brown sugar, 1 teaspoon all- spice, 1 teaspoon ginger, 2 tea- spoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg. Lift to baking pan and place in hot oven. ~As ham 1. cup brown sugar, 1 cup mo- lasses, 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup | classes of society. | this, she comes every day, strips my (One of the most famous collections of les In fiteratire. ts that known familia The Nikhta.” or more formally the h nd One Nights." Dbeing 0 ralled e “the "stories 'were toll thronghout number of nights. The fairy-tale quality of thess stories is the cspecial delizht of children but they are also highly interesting to adulis, as was clearly evidenced by the motion picture, 'he Thiel of Bagdad.) The sultan was puzzled by some curious fish that had been brought to him; of four colors they were, and they could not be cooked. So he had the fishermen direct him and his court to the lake where they had been caught, and he was surprised to learn that it was within three hours of his palace, although no one seemed to have heard of it before. That night the sultan set out alone to seck the cause of this taking with him his scimitar. went over the hills easily, found the walked on till the saw before him, f ng. Nearing it, he a magnificent palace, or castle, of fine black polished marble, and with fine steel, smooth as a looking glass. The sultan knocked at the gate, but received no answer. He knocked again, and called aloud, but still ho one answered him. Finally he en tered, and just inside called again, but still no answer. He passed through the court into the great halls hung with silk_tapestry and filled with rich things. On three sides the castle was surrounded by a garden. The sultan walked from apartment to apartment, and saw many fine things. Getting tired, he sat down to rest, and was surprised to hear cries of misery. In- vestigating, the sultan came to an- other great hall. There was a handsome young man, richly dressed, seated on a throne He was the picture of melancholy. The youth excused himself for not standing to receive the sultan’s sa- lute. The sultan asked him the meaning of the pond and the strange fish of four colors, and the empty castle. Suddenly the young man lifted up his gown and showed the sultan that he was a man from head to waist, and that the other half of his body was black marble. Then he told his story: “When I succeeded my father as king of this country, known as the Kkingdom of the Black Isles, from the four neighboring mountains, whicih were formerly islands, I soon mar- ried my cousin. For five years we were very happy. Then I had cause to suspect her of infidelity; I learned my suspicions. Once I followed her and saw her enter a little wood, wher: she met a man. Their conversation taught me that my wife, the queen, was a sorcer As they passed, 1 struck at the man with my scimit fatally wounding him, although she kept him alive with a magic spell. Still, he never revived, although hc breathed. “The queen went into mourning, but told me it was for relatives of whose death she had just learned. She spent a year in great grief, then, with my permission, she built a tomb called the Palace of Tears, where she caused the wounded villian to be brought for whose condition she was mourning. Her enchantments could not cure the wretch, but she kept him alive. I once cverheard her plead with him to speak. Finally I lost patience, and faced her with the information that 1 had struck the man down. For that sha used her spells upon me and made me as you see me now. “Then the sorceress destroyed my kingdom, reducing it to the pond you saw, where the fishes are my people, the four colors representing the four Not_satisfied with shoulders, and whips me With an ox- goad for a hundred blows.” The sultan was much amazed, and wished to help the young man. He asked to be directed to the Palace of Tears, 8o that he might find the man who hung between living and dying by virtue of the false queen’s en- chantments. Going there, the sultan found the wretch and quickly killed him, taking his place on the couch. When the sorceress arrived, she begged, as usual, for the man to speak one word to her. The sultan, to the woman’s aston- ishment, spoke. “Unhappy woman,” sald he, “why should you expect an answer? The cries and groans of thy husband hinder me from sleeping night and day. I should have been | cured long ago, had you been merci- ful. Restore your husband if you | would have me well.” So the sorceress, believing him, went and released the handsome youth from the spell, making him whole again. She ordered him away, and he controlled himself to await the success of the sultan’s plan which had been so well begun. “Dearest, I have done what you or- dered,” said the sorceress, to the man she supposed was on the couch. “That is only part of the cure, said the sultan, always using the lan- guage of India, which the woman’s lover spoke. “You must now re- store your husband’s kingdom, for the Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “I ain't had no slingshot since I shot at a loose horse in our yard one night after dark an’ it was Papa.” (Coopyright. 1927.) Boric Acid Good But Not Enough We recommend Iris, Americ: Eye Bath, because we know it is such vast improvement over the time-honored eyewash of plain boric acid. Iris contains camphor, menthol, witch-hazel, boric acid and pure distilled spring water, all sterilized and put into sealed sterile flasks. Iris does three definite thin, for you. . It makes your e sparkle and look alive and vi vacious. It cleanses the cor- the tear ducts and under the upper and lower eyeli It relieves soreness and inflam- mation. It you will try one hottle of Irls, we Kkuow . you will realize ‘its virtues. All"of "our stores are“instructed 0 thoroughiy, plewsed. 'Both the 50c and the $1.00 size come complete with handy eyecup. Try Iris today. PEOPLES water. Bake until nicely brown- ed. This usually requires about an hour. DRUG STORES WORLD FAMOUS STORIES KING OF THE BLACK ISLES From “THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.” pvered | | cut’ her into two so that half fell one that she had been drugging me to lull | thought of those poor fish delays my | cure Go quickly—restore all things | as they were, and when you return | ou shall help me rise.” The enchantress was filled with joy at this prospect. She went, and when | she came to the brink of the pond, she took a little water in her hand, sprinkling it, she pronounced some words over the fish and the pond and the ci was immediately restored. The houses and shops were immedi- ately filled with their inhabitants, who | found all things as they were before the enchantment. The sultan's nu-| merous retinue, who had encamperl,, as it happened, on the largest squar were astonished to find themsely suddenly in the middle of a lar beautiful, well peopled city. The sor returned to her posed lover. dear,” she said, has been done as you ordered. rise, and give me your hand.” the sultan. She 0. & he said he d. Then he rose up and seized | . and with a blow of his scimitar | P way and half the other. Then the | sultan went out and joined the young King of the Black Isies. “You may dwell peacefully in your capital,” said the sultan, “or you may come to mine, which is only three hours distant.” “Powerful monarch,” sald the young man, *“T am indebted to you. But you | are farther away than you think—the | enchantment is now broken, and it is at least a year's journey from here. No doubt you came in three hours, but that was because of the spell that was over these regions. But you are | my deliverer, and I shall accompany you to your kingdom.” The sultan was surprised to learn how far away he was. But it did not matter, for he had been swell repaid | for the journey. He decided to adopt | the young king for his son, for he had no heir. Returning to the great land of the sultan, all the affairs of the kingdom were found to be in order, nd they were well received by the ministers and the populace. Everyday Law Cases What Is ez-Post-Facto Because of the widespread violation of the clean rd law, the State Legis- lature passed an act fine from $5 to $25, providing that the new act shall ap- ply to the cases then pending. John Hart's case, one of the many then pending, was called for trial and s found guilty and fined $: Hart’s attorneys objected to the in- creased penalty and took an appeal on the ground that the Legislature had no power to pass an act increas- ing the punishment on acts already committed. The court declared the act an ex- post facto law, expressly forbidden by the United States Constitution and, therefore, unconstitutional, classifying the following as ex-post facto law 1. A law that makes an act done before the passing of the act, and which was innocent when done, crim- inal. 2. A law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was when committed. 3. Every law that inflicts a greater punishment _than the law imposed when the offense was committted. 4. Every law which, in relation to the offense or its consequences, alters the situation of a person to his disad vantage. (Copyright. 1027.) The Counsellor suggests that readers send self-addressed stamped envelopes if they de- Sire replies to their inquiries. | things don’t suit | for they were one flock of fraus. DECEMBER 7, 1927. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “Lord deliver me from female rders. I don’t mind the men. If ‘em, they ain't got the nerve to complain.” (Copright, 1927.) SUB ROSA BY MIMIL Queen Bees. Mother insisted so I went with her to the monthly meeting of the Woman's Club. Oh, boy! Such women, such ideas, and such patter. Shall I ever grow up to be a woman's clubber like them? Well, I hope not, One of the members, whose bobbed hair couldn't make you forget her wrinkles, read a very instructive paper on the habits of the queen bee. They gave her a unanimous vote of thanks and agreed that they had had | a swell time and some cake. It seems that the queen bee is ght on to the game, for she lureg ie male members up to the heights. Just like a_woman, who always wants courtship done on a lofty plane. Well, after queenie gets all the gentlemen bees up so high that they begin to feel dizzy, she makes her selection and | lets the others take the air. As for the lucky guy who gets the queen—well, his dead carcass falls to the ground, for he gets badly stung. Now that's what the lady authority said about the queen bee and her fancy courtship. T guess you see what I'm driving at, for every woman in the bunch was just such a bee, and she could give the queen lessons in courtship. There they were, all dolled up and fed up trying to kill time for the afternoon, while' their bee-partners were down at the office trying to finance their‘ wardrobes and appetites. That's woman for you! | She's coy, all right, and she knows how to lure the boys to the higher | altitudes, but the aviator is going to be an undertaker's understudy. Women are just working the men to| death, for it takes a whale of a wad | to meet the bills which these frisky dames run up all around the place. I just want to tell you that we flap- pers may have some faults, but we're not going to be guilty of such man. | slaughter. Of course, we shall marry —that is, T hope so—but we intend to hang on to the little job so that we can go down into the stocking and fish out enough to pay for our duds, if nothing more. Dear me! I wish the men knew that, for then they might not be so| shy when it comes to the luring game. | But still we don't intend to work any | bee tricks or beckon the boys to the | giddy heights of romance and finance. | No, for we'll meet them on the level, | and do our little part. No queen bees for us, boys! —_—— There are more tHan 100 woman pilots among the 4,000 expert navi- gators who guide shipping through the dangerous waters that abound round the coasts of the British Isle COMFORT MEANS MUCH TO A WOMAN uncomfortable. A run in the stocking, a hat that binds, a discomfort any- where is always reflected on the face. 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MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS One of my principal aims in con- ducting this department is to drive | home the fact that beauty must be| built from within and cannot always | be produced by external treatments Beauty problems, like scanty hair, fat or thin limbs, sallow skins and dark circles under the eyes, cannot be | remedied by purely local measures. | When people write and ask me for a remedy for these troubles they very often neglect to give enough informa- tion about themselves to enable me to suggest the cause and the cure. This, of course, handicaps me in my s ek, Does your digestive Tract Mt:nn"{nunrlyl AR Tove you Fad & Dorough. puysical. examination Lately Tour beauty problems efforts to give the most helpful, per- sonal advice to those who seek it. So today I am printing a beauty | problem chart that, when properly | filled out, will give me all the informa- tion I need in order to form an opin- | ion on each case that is submitted When a reader writes to me that she has pimples and asks what she can do for them, but tells me nothing about herself, I can give her only gen- eral advice on the subject, whereas if T only knew more about her physical | condition and habits I could adapt my suggestion to her individual needs, and that is just what I want to do for all my correspondents. The beauty problem chart comprises nine points that I would like to know in order to give advice on the common problems such as falling hair, blemished com.- | plexion and faulty figure. | The first point gives information regarding the age, height and weight, which have an important bearing on such beauty problems and their cure. The second is “occupation,” whicli should tell how one spends most of one’s waking hours. “Three” asks how much of one's time is spent in bed. Under “four” write the amount of walking or other exercise you do regularly. “Five” is an important point because it deals with diet and the functioning of the digestive tract. List your usual menus here. Diszsters sweep the world, Floed and fire 2nd war — The deuntless human race Builds bigger than bef’ore. L s 1| THE NEW JOHNSON & J LEEDS. The sixth point is “general health.” Is it excellent, fair or poor? If you have a nervous disposition, state so under No. 7. Periodic physical ex aminations are o necessary to health | 2nd beauty that I am including a ques tion on the subject under No. 8. The last point is one that no one will forget to include in her letter and so I have put the other items be. fore it. When describing your beauty problems tell also what you have been doing for them. Tell how you cleanse vour skin and how you care for your hair if these happen to be the sub jects on which you desire help. Of course, it is not necessary to use th printed chart so long as you includ all nine points in your letter, together with a self-addressed and stamped en velope for my reply. My Neighbor Says: Prepare the pineapple some hours hefore a meal if it is to be served as a dessert, and plenty of rich juice is desired. Slice into strips, cover each slice with finely Sifted sugar, put in a g jar and let it stand in the ic until ready to serve. If top and bottom hems of sash curtains are made the same width, they may be hung on two rods ways stay in place. ns on wall paper may be eradicated by covering the spots thickly with French chalk. Then hold a clean piece of blotting paper over and pass a warm iron over it. Do this several times till the mark dis- appears. 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