Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1928, Page 38

33 WOMAN'S PAGE. Entertaining Guests of All Ages BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ‘The entertaining of young people and | ages and interests. Such a point of older folk together can be done very |view is mot consistent with success of successfully if one goes about it in the | th> party. It is possible for the young right way. To be sure, it is something people to contribute their share of ©f an art to make a success of such an | pleasure to the older friends or rela- [ tives, just as it is the part of the latter {to make a point of interesting some one or some several of their junior compatriots. Cards are a universally favored form of entertainment for such a mixed company, and dancing scarcely less ap- | pealing. The young people love to dance and the older ones are flattered | at being thought of dancing age. If it |is A gathering of less active nature, {topics * that are of mutual interest { tion. Books and plays can be discussed freely. for young folk are apt to be keenly interested and well “up” on such subjects these days. ! Another diversion, m: i rkedly success- {ful for such a group. is the playing of impromptu_theatricals or charades. In this the va ages s an ad- antage. Nothing is better for getting people acquainted than this. A party | can hardly remain formal under such circumstances. If the hostess sces to | it that some “proverties” are assembled before the occasion, it adds much to Ithe merriment. A simply equipped “make up” box helps a great deal, and a few old-fashioned costumes, if such are available, should also be in readi- | ness One hears the complaint that ounger generation” and the “older | generation” do not understand each other. Sometimes it seems that thev 8 v not given oppor ity to do h goes its own way so much and the ways are so seldom itted to cross. In gaiherings such as the one described today there is a antest manner ishould see to it their seniors, The that people mix with DAILY DIET RECIPE Peppers Taconic. Green peppers. two medium. Rich beef broth. one cup. Lettuce leaves, twelve. Gelatin, one teaspoon. Cold water, one tablespoon. French dressing. one-quarter cup. « SERVE SIX PORTIONS. Select smooth, even shaped peppers. cut off stem end and remove seeds and white membrane. Soak gelatin in cold water five minutes. Dissolve in hot, 1 highly seasoned beef consomme or soup. xsgjfi;‘;&%fi\é‘gxghég 5‘2}}& OF‘ (The canned soup will de.) Let cool | Before this sets fill the peppers with occasion. and in the practice of it the | this partly congealed broth. "Chill pep- themselves have as much re- | pers. making gelatin solid. Slice in ity as the hostess. AT A GATHERING OF YOUNG PEO- | PLE AND THEIR _SENIORS. | THOSE OF DIVERSE AGES six rings and serve each on lettuce t refer to wee tots and older | leaves seasoned with French dressing. ple. but to the young folk and their | v Pavents or cotempyratiss of the atier. P = e gatherings at which persons of | If a non-fattening dressing is used, these varied ages mingle need not be recipe could be taken by one wishing to the stilted affairs that they sometimes reduce as well as by normal adult of are. |average or under weight. Recipe con- One should not seek to make such |taine protein, vitamins B and C, the occasions duplicate those at which all latter vitamin being present in the Dlettuce. BEAUTY CHATS The Worst of Reducing. ‘The woman who must grow thinner can get along on a reduction diet quite beautifully until she comes to the end of the meal. I've yet to find woman who didn't adore puds revel in pies. and eat ice cream the quart. Al these things are so fat- tening that they must either be cut en- tirely out of the veduction diet, or eise BY EDNA KENT FORBES fruit) will not have a very large caloric value and will give you the sweet | taste you like at the end of the meal Personally I'd suggest you use your | caloric rations for the more solid parts of your meal, and when it comes to dessert time take a large cup of black cereal coffee, or cereal coffec with scalded milk sweetened with saccharine. At least you have something to do while should be introduced into the conversa- | { ehance for them to_do so in the pleas- | voung they th: meals must be so planned that there are a couple of hundred calories left! over 1o include a small amount of these things. Since average piece of cake 1s 200 calories, a not 100 generous piece of pie 250 to 300 calories, with pud- you sit there and watch your family jeat the things you'd like to have. It's more difficult when dining out, but if you say you're on a diet nobody minds ,and all the women who should be diet- {ing and aren't will admire your strength éings even more fattening: since also |of character. .your whole day's allowance won't be| Dieting is really e | eliminating fat. more than 1500, you can see that it's much easier to cut out all these sweets. You can get along without them quite nicely by substituting stewed fruits. I think it is easier to give you a “forbidden list”:—ice cream, puddings, Ppie, cake, Prench pastries, doughnuts, candy, hot chocolate, nuts. This looks as though all meals ended in boredom and annoyance. buf it really isn't 0. When you are home 80 you can plan meals a small dish of stewed apple or fruit (even canned starch and sugar to a large extent, and letting the ly draw on its own supply till it has used up its surplus. Mrs. H. L. D.—Do not try to reduce your bust, as vour proportions will be correct after you have attained normal weight. The healthful way to attain normal weight is through the diet, as you suggested. | Bessie J. K.—You cannot destroy the jhllr under your arms. Try shaving i with a safety razor. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Cop: Consume Optic orgen ULt of germplarm 1nge Prinver's measire Engineering cegree ‘eh), Negautive Metric unft Lree-vwd Eoth priest of Tsrael Wewpin Keioiarg device 4 4 pt 4 L0 Down Hut Feeting place A mimon Moke nmends Aourice Liternations) Femuie sieep Al bay Hublib Atlgative, lengue thevsmannw Like Furm of sddress CyeTRIEens Masculine name Prefiy. int. Wanderer Mather Conjunetion Monkey Bira Pastry Bmall 1sland “The sun god Behuld Answer 10 Yesterday's Puzale, | | JAIRIC I U RN AVIOIN AT R oflRE N0 Pess el el lw | NluiclGTEIT]S ;H.M'a .H WARTO THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D._©, THURSDAY. ANUARY 19, 1928. | | The STYLE POST is the marker on the road to being smart. A 12-Year-0ld. ‘There is no such thing as the “awk- ward age” any more. For little girls of twelve can be dressed with such smart- ness that long legs and arms which otherwise might seem awkward are not noticeable. A cape coat, whose cape extends just below the point of the elbows is espec- iaily good for a girl who has shot up rather rapidly in height. Velveteen is the |one of the favorite materials. (Copyrizht WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICR MANS Regictered 11 S Pat 1998) When days lay fished? NANCY PAGE “Tuck™ Box Has Possibilities Like Hope Chest BY FLORENCE LA GANKF. an old monitor of Civil War in the Eastern Branch. oppo Navy Yard, where the boys Peter had spent some of his school days in England. He was not the least bit mystified, therefore, when Nancy came home and told him she N) ot l DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX I EAR DOROTHY DIX: who has been warned by his father of 21 he will be sorry for 1t? 2) girls alone? 4 was 21 would be fo refuse to support b punish him for doing such an unwise all right. | wife he wants. who was his hobbledehoy fancy: (2) Tt is & good thing for a youn | able to support ‘a family i Girls are part of a boy's education | (3) A boy is legally of age when boss in all things, no matter how old EAR DOROTHY DIX: everything he does that displases her. of a table, she never says a word to hi She savs it is easier to spank than to tea you think of this? Answer: T think that such a c: Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelt will make a nervous wreck of him and { him so timid that he will be a failur paralyzes people’s energies. this fate on any helpless little creature. should be reasoned with and taught, long that children are afraid of even enough to defend themscives the par children’s only feeling toward them bullied. (Copyrigh: Jumper Finds a Friend. If sou possess a Just 1y to make 1 | | most of it Jumper the Hare, | | Hitle wit Jumper the Hare is perfectly aware that he is somewhat slow of wit. He | knows full well that he is not as smart in some ways as some of his neighbors It is seldom that he can save himself by his wit. He saves himself usually by | his long heels. But he has some wit, | as most folk do, and he tries to make the most of it When Jumper first started to run from Shadow the Weasel and Billy |Mink he simply headed straight into {the Green Forest, with no real plan | He just meant to keep on running as |long as he could. He felt that if he ran long enough and far enough his | | enemies would become tired of follow- | ing him. But as he ran, liperty-lip- | perty-lip. over the snow. through the | | Green Forest, he remembered a friend. | Yes, sir, Jumper remembered a friend. 1 is heart grew a bit lighter. changed his direction ever so little. He | T }%0 straight over there,” said Jumper tc | Answer: (1) All that a father could do fo a lad humanities and inspire him ta make somet thinking you will ever be able to do as you piea (4) In some States a girl is legally of age at 1. she calls him he commences to cry for fear that he will I do not believe in corporal punishment ents have no hold upon them at all. Is resentment at the wav they have been BEDTIME STORIES What IHappens to the Young Man Who Marries Before He Is 21?—The Cruel Mother Who Beats Her 2 -Year-Old, (1) What would or could be done to a young man that if he should marry before the age Does it do any harm for a young man to have a girl he likes a lob and (o take her to shows and dances, or would he be better off if he let (3) At what age is a young man his own boss in all things? At what age is a girl her own boss? who married before he It's life which would would be sorry for it, him any longer. thing, and he No doubt of that, because no boy is fit to marry or knows what sort of a His tastes are unformed and he gets sick and tired of the girl | There i3 not one young man in a million who marries under 21 who doesn't spend the balance of his life repenting it, It % man to have a nice girl and to play around with her, provided he doesn't think of marrying her until he is financially . They refine him and teach him the hing of himself. he is o1, but no man is ever his own he gets, . 50 don't delude yoursel! into se. Life isn't that way. 8. In others 21. DOROTHY DIX. .. I have a friend who has a child 2 years old and she persists in spanking him (as she calls it. but I call it pounding) about tle hands on the edge m until they are red 5 got <o that whenever be spanked. What do w. 0. C If he pufs his lit im, but slaps t} ch. The child } e of brutality should be reported to the to Children, o would beat up a little baby must have a fien mother has no natural love and tenderness enough sense to realize that she is ruining his life in its ve and that any woman who dishly cruel nature. Even if the for her child, she ought to have TV beginning. She d give him a fear complex which will make e in whatever he attempts to do. He will go through the world cringing. trying that something is going to happen to him. afrai 1t kills their beifef in a prison from which they cannot escape, to efface himself, apprehensive d to venture anything. Fear in themselves. It shuts them up and it is a criminal thing to inflict Children have brains. They not beaten into submission. It isn't very | 0 brutal parents, and when they are old The & 2098 DOROTHY DIX. BY THORNTON . BURG there. sooner or later, he would find Lightfoot. Jumper didn't hesitate. He jumped down into that path and away he went, lipperty-lipperty-lip. It was good traveling in that path. by he came to another crossed the path he was on know whether to turn to the right, or turn to the left, or keep straight on He wisely decided that one path was as good as another path, so he might as well keep straight on. He kept straight on path. It so Jumper turned to the right For a long time Jumper wandered this way and wandered that way in the By and | He didn't | Presently the path forked. | One fork was as good as the other fork, | Green Forest. Presently he came to a [pun through the snow. It was a deep {path. It had been made by tramping | down the snow as fast as it fell. This | was ‘what he was looking for. That | path had been made by Lightfoot the Deer and Mrs. Lightfoot_and the two | nearly grown children. It was a part | ta ? Wy I { himself. “I'll go straight over to where ‘g" v Lightfoot the Deer is spending the “vé‘ [ |Winter. I think I can get Lightfoot ¥ Ly {0 help me, if it is necessary. Light- t foot and I are old friends. Of what use 11 {18 it to have friends if you cannot get i | W/ |them to help you when jou need ) e flg‘(»_ N |80 ‘for some ‘time Jumper ran; 1p- N lpfrly-]lp. lipperty-lip, through the i f—— “OH.” SAID LIGHTFOOT, “IT'S YOU, IS IT?" yard of Lightfoot the Deer without so much as once getting a glimpse of Lightfoot. Then quite unexpectedly he came upon the whole family. They of the yard of Lightfoot the Deer. hiad Sscen You didn't know that Lightfoot lives | town shop “tuck box” in a down- ‘What on earth is a tuck box, Peter?” “Why, it's just what its name implies—it's a box in which to | | |place” he lives in Winter, whgn the | were lying down. Yes, sir, they all lylng down. Jumper almost r in & yard? Well, he does. ‘That is the | the middle of the family party before | he saw them. He startled Lightfoot tuck away one's possessions. You see, |snow is deep; it is called a yard. It the Deer so that Lightfoot leaped to |isn't like any yard that you have ever | his feet ready to fight an enemy, if | we used to have them in our rooms at | seen. “There {sn't any fence around it | yet it really is a yard. I suppose, fo | Lightfoot and Mrs. young Lightfoots seldom go out of it school. Then we chucked anything we wanted to keep into the box, locked the box securely and there we were.” Nancy had purchased one of the and when the snow is very deep can't | boxes. It came of plain wood With|go out of it. It is merely a lot of | | paths which cross and recross and | crisscross and twist and turn among | the food trees. Outside these paths| the snow is so deep that even with his | long legs Lightfoot cannot get about. But along these paths he can move | rapidly. So when Jumper the Hare came to this path in the snow he knew that all he had to do to find Lightfoot was to Jump down in that path and follow it until it led into the TUCK PROX metal corners. ‘The lock was a good one. It was substantially made 5o that it might be used as a temporary seat Nancy planned to give hers a coat of red enamel paint, antiqueing it a bit Bhe left the metal corners black. In the box she kept some of her dining room linens. A boy might like his left plain. Peter said the one he had had was stained . rich brown. ‘The box was 12 inches high, 12 inches wide and 20 inches long. A shallow tray was at one end inside. A handy per- son could make just such & hox. Boric Acid Good But Not Enough of plain boric acid. i “It has for my Iris containe camphor, menthol, azel, boric acid and pure distilled spring w. Ivis does thre for you. It makes your sparkle and look alive and vi- vacious. It cleanses the cor- ners, ducts and under the upper and low I «ves soreness and inflam- mation. I OCTORS first presciibed this healing cream for chapped skin, burns, eczema andother skin troubiles, Nurses were the first to veall anazing benefit when used ws a toilet crean, They used it as i foundation for powder and found 1t protected and softened their shin. They nins saged 10wt wight and found that 1 chosed the pores, stimulated the cleared away all vouhnes every tiny blempsh and made thei complexion satin fine, healthy and more heautiful than they ever dreamed possible, o its Wil Ary une hotile of Iibs, we i wnd e w100 " rumplete Wit hunds erecup > Wk taday PEOPLES DRUG ST(')RES there should be one Jumper the Hare which had begun to Lightfoot and the | rise on his shoulders dropped back into | place “Oh!" sald Lightfoot. “It's you, is 1t? What are you doing here’" “Looking _for you," replied Jumper meekly. “You are my {riend, aren't you. Lightfoot? “Certainly.” replied Lightfoot Jumper sighed thankfully, “I know . said he (Covvrieht, 1028 ) —_— . Cotton spinning mills of Hungary are operating at capacity and il add more ze of paths, and ' factorles b D e il il ol e el AU R done wonders 1 * skin —healing, vefining, beautifying “10has done wonders for my skin'* 15 the report vou will hear from every user of Noxzema Skin Cream and there are over a million wo men today using it as their exdlu sive beauty cream! Hoyouwant aclearer, sotter, fovelier complexion, fust ty asnall jar of Noxzema for ten daya, and then see the difference i the teime and bewnry of Fyery diug and department store in the ity sells and recommends Noxeema, Stop In today and ask for a small Jar, But when he saw | SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY ¥, CORY, I bet vou don't know what my baby sister did all by her ‘ittle self? Her got mad at drandpa an’ bit him in the leg! (Copyricht, 1928) THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Friday, January 20. Astrologers read tomorrow as threatening day in which many malefic aspects are operating. It is a rule under which to avoid polities and legal matters, for there is a menacing sign governing what- ever requires logic or real diplomacy. For those who there is a faint hope of success, but they should be careful not to accept small wages, astrologers declare Business matters may be easily dis- turbed under this direction of the stars, ventures. Uranus is in an aspect that bodes {1 for well-balanced decisions, and it 1s wise to defer definite moves in im- portant matters. | Tomorrow is read as an unlucky day for aviation, not only for those who cail the skies, but for proper develop- ment in new enterprises There may be a contentiou: manifested in business, as well as do- mestic relations, and for this reason fmportant discussions should be post- poned Much talk of war will be evident in the public prints as the year advances, | and the military forces will command attention in the United States. One sign of a return of interest in the Army and Navy will be a public trend toward special honors for cers who have served with distinction In the Spring, the United States will enjoy tremendous prosperity. if the stars are rightiy interpreted, and farmers will benefit. Novel features will encourage tendance at the theaters as Wi | advances. and a play of remarkable character will meet with success. Persons whose birth date it is havi the augury of a prosperous ses bring spirit | Women are well directed. Children born on that day probably will_have marked constructive talent Architects and builders are born under this sign. (Covyright. 1028.) Canvasback Duck. This bird requires no spices or flavors to make it perfect. as the meat of the flavor of the food the bir upon. which I8 mostly wild celery, and the flavor is best preserved when ro: | ed quickiy with a hot fire. Aft ing the duck in the usual way ing, singeing and drawing, wipe it with a wet towel. Truss the head under the wing. place the bird in a dripping pan put in the oven, baste often and roast for half an hour. It is genera preferred when a little underdone. Place it when done on a hot dish son well with salt and pepper. po |over the gravy it has yielded in baki: |and serve immediately while hot | | jie | | seek employment | and it is well to postpone all new FEATURES. THE EVENING STORY The Make-Up. LARISSA COLE laid aside her sewing with a sigh. At about that time of the afternoon her old friend, Jessie Bissell, had been wont to appear. But day she would not come, and Cia | knew the reason why. They had had a falling out. It was a sorry thing for two old women who {had known and loved each othé trembled About that time Jessle WO recelve her invitation. The postman came to door and dropped a letter in the box. Clarissa received very few letters. She trem- bled still more as she went to get the letter and took it from the box. Then she gave a little cry. The letter was from Jessie! It was a friend) it asked Clarissa ¢ little lett, and ke tea with her | sinee their school days to faii ot e | Habit 15 broken, the habit of ln i he. worla2" Clatitee it easier to break one G happiness again. e glowed with surprise, me. and I've asked her. do? What shall we both zht over and indeed. wished she had bitten tongue rather than have said to | Jessie what she did, | “She 15 sensitive and T knew be |than to hurt her feelings. I'm |she will never forgiv me,” Clar | thought. | She began to sniff into her hand- chief. The ¥ dkerchief had T n to her by her old friend; they were always exchanging gift Thoughts of their long friend |thus idly shattered, tormented h Tears rolled down her fa | cheeks. She was an old woman; at he: (age one had no business to tai | with the eternal verities of life. eternal verities!" She had seen that sentence in a book that Jessle had given her long ago. “I am an old fool,” she said. I had bitten my ton The long afternoo; of the old tag-at-the | Clarissa’s things were | —her house, her furniture, | Jessie’s things were |of the same qu Je leave all her belonging through with them, “The “I wish i ie intended to whe to her n Burnit Clariss meant to possessions to her niece. Olis throp. The young people brought together by the old o there had been some love-passages be- tween them, when sudds eir backs were toward each other, and each was looking in other directic “No stabil: in that bo; | had_grumbled. | .That girl is a flirt” thus Jessfe. |, “The Coles are steady as clocks,” re- | torted Clarissa. “And the Bissells are firm as rocks,” snapped Jessie. Then they had quarreled. When the afternoon had quite gone Ciarissa made some tea and toast and |opened a glass of marmalade, but she 2 e time =am it fu “To celebrate—" ously. |had no appetite. Evening came To celebrate? Wha:?" demanded |she sat down alone. At 8 her ne both old ladies in a breath 2 | door neighbor, Mrs. Gaines. ¢ 7 d in a breath ng couple | “Jessie been in today, Cl | a: “What then> Oh. I know! had a Hf1.” Mrs. Gaines Is large, sportive fashi have to do all T know Jesste w What was it ove: Well, if you m prove of the ed my niece” “1 wa as tother, if she fools And our engage- sa shook her head sake? She isa't sick?" Youve | MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. er nephew has treat- | was as much which is a born tease. B Oive ] kson PaY day. o pon the game of playing D a high chair for This way ends personal discomfort « woman who is satisfied with semi-comfort in a Sanitary convenience is unfaie paliey. Charm and self-confidence depend on 3 comfort 52 comfortable that it is fargotten. That is why Modess is al- ready known to so maoy women. It is safter, inside and out. Gently rounded sides and specially softened gauze pre- veat chafing and irritation. The new center is more ab- sorhent. And, of course, Mo- dess is conveniently disposahle n water, sk for Modess in 2oy epartment store. Yoo will fnd 1t readv-wrapped in plam paper. Fifty cenes for a hox of twelve. Made by Gehmeon o "W oaaa