Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1928, Page 41

WOMAN'’S PAGE." Lovers of pewter and those who de- light in articles of this metal do not always agree, by any means, on just how it should be finished. The question that is much discussed is whether the articles should be polished until they shine like dull-finished silver or whether e s 3 k !' OLD PEWTER HAS A RARE CHARM | FOR THE HOME-MAKER AS WELL AS THE COLLECTOR. the patina that age gives should re- main undisturbed. Collectors who rave over the antique appearance of all old things feel it is little less than sacrilege to scour off the dull beauty and make the old appear like the new. To them Artistic Qualities in Pewter BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ENVY! They assert that the metal is by nature dull, with a soft and mellow quality. Those who prefer the shining gleam of pewter assert with equal force that, since the metal will take on a bright tone when polished like silver, it should be kept bright and shining, just as sil- ver should be. that there is no reason to consider the metal inherently dull when it takes the polish so readily. Each side has its talking points. The question then remains for each person to answer for himself, and according to preferences, for there is sanction for each point of view. Graniing all this, there remains the matter of artistic charm, and when this is the criterion, the balance seems to be in favor of the dull finish. This does not mean that pewter should be given little care, but that the care should be to preserve the right degree of softness, never to permit it to get the glint of bright silver and never to let it look neglected. ‘To clean pewter so that it keeps this desirable quality, it should be washed thoroughly in hot, soapy water. After it is dried with a soft towel, it should be rubbed down with chamols skin. A good substitute for chamois skin is can- ton flannel. Incidentally, it may be mentioned that canton flannel makes wonderful towels to dry silver, as it pol- ishes while it dries the metal. It will be seen that the care of pewter when it is not polished is far less than the care of silver that necessitates con- tinual polishing to keep it looking best. ‘Those who buy new pewter find it generally comes with the silver finish— not any hard tone. but the soft gray polish often given silver. This can be preserved, but, as has been seen, it is not considered more desirable than the less lustrcus finish that it gradually acquires. It takes the genwne con- noisseur to insist on the patina remain- ing: and as this comes on antique pewter only, such us is unearthed in excavations or has remained out of use for long years, centuries even, it is the sort that is prized for collectors’ possessions rather than owned for actual service. Just now service pewter is en- joying a great vogue, vying with silver in some jnstances, though it is not in- trinsically a precious metal. THE FEVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. —BY JOHN CASSEL. Yum Yum Cake. Into a saucepan put one-half a cup- ful of butter, one cupful of sugar, one and one-half cupfuls of water, two squares of chocolate, or six tablespoon- fuls of cocoa and one-half a teaspoon- ful of cinnamon. Stir over the fire i until it bolls. then cool and add two A Happy Fright. cupfuls of flour sifted with two level g faht that leaves you fesling glad teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one- half a teaspoonful of salt. Lastly, add one-half a teaspoonful of vanilla. Turn ssed_as bud ld Mother Nature. you _see there are good frights bright finish is hard and uninteresting. The Daity Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1928.) Across. 1. Two pints. 5. Journey. 9. Corrode. 10. Acts wildly. 12. Three-toed sloth. 13. Unit of length. 15. King of Bashan. ition. 25. Hymn. 29. Negative, . Egyptian goddess. . Philippine peasant, | 44 Note of the scale, | 5, Chaldean city. i Lair, 4%. Negative, 49. Splitting rock. 51, Presage, 53. Bhelter. 54. Musical instruments, Down. 1 Byl 2. Qurselves. 3. Devoured. 4. High. b. Body of horsemen. €. Tatter, 1. Pour (Roman). 8. Pruit. Ready Now and through Sunday So and bad frights. We usually think of frights as being bad, but you will find that not infrequently frights end hap- pily. If you doubt this just ask White- foot the Wood Mouse; he knows. You know Whitefoot had gone back to the Green Forest in search of Mrs. Whitefoot. He didn't know exactly where to look for her, but he suspected she would be somewhere around the place where he had last seen her, be- fore he was caught by Black Pussy the Cat and carried up to Farmer Brown's. It hadn't occurred to Whitefoot to think that anything might have hap- pened to her. Now it suddenly popped into his head that she might bave been caught by some one during his ab- sence. “I was caught by Black Pussy,” thought Whitefoot. “She may have been caught by Black Pussy or she may have been caught by Reddy Fox or Hooty the Owl or Old Man Coyote or Shadow the Weasel or Yowler the Bob- cat. She may have been caught by any one of these and I wouldn't know it. No, sir, I wouldn't know a thing about it. Oh, dear, I do hope that nothing of the kind has happened! Yes, sir, I do hope that nothing of the kind has happened! Why, I wouldn't know what to do without’ Mrs. White- foot.” It appeared that Whitefoot had quite forgotten that he had been living for some time without Mrs. Whitefoot. The more he thought about it the more dismay filled his heart. He began to hurry faster than cver. He was so worried for fear he wouldn't be able to find Mrs. Whitefoot that he quite forgot the possible dangers which might be awaiting him. I believe that if Red- dy Fox had been around there White- foot would have run right into his mouth without seeing him. That is what worry will do to people. Suddenly Whitefoot sat up and ls- tened. Those little round ears of his are very sharp. They heard a sound back of him. It sounded very much like the very faint scratch of tiny toe- nails on the crusty snow. It seemed to Whitefoot that his heart jumped right up in his throat. It didn't, be- cause it couldn’t. But that is the way it seemed. Perhaps’ you have had a sudden fright and so know just how Whitefoot felt. His first and only thought was of SBhadow the Weasel. He waited only to make sure that he hadn't been mistaken in the sound. There it was again! You couldn’t have heard it. I couldn’t have heard it. But Whitefoot heard it. He didn't walt to sce what was coming. Away he went! Fortunately he was not very far from a certain tree, a dead tree, in Object of worship, which was an old home of Downy th . Western Indian. ‘ . Negative. . Exclamation, Myself. into a loaf pan and bake for three- quarters of an hour in a slow oven. . Cuts off, . Negative, . Comfort, . Buperlative suffix. . Eject. . Conszumes. . Flows back. . Impressions. . One who maintains a doctrine, . Recess, . Made public. . Preposition. Roa . ds. Heavenly body. Lubricates, Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle. I} lo[r] BAMER o= lllelalsle|slR(o] LEd @ 1’ OEE lal A BEDTIME STORIES BY THORNTON W. BURGESS ‘Woodpecker. Whitefoot had used that hole in the tree more than once. He made for it now. He didn't know where else to go. If that were Shadow behind him there wasn't much hope. Shadow could go anywhere that Whitefoot could go. Up the tree he fled and popped in at the little round entrance. Then, with | his heart thumping until it seemed as if it would thump its way right out, he waited. He didn't have to wait long. No, sir, he didn't have to wait long! Almost at once he heard the sound of sharp little claws on wood. Some one was climbing up that tree just as fast ntwil |UP_THE TREE HE FLED AND POPPED IN AT THE LITTLE ROUND ENTRANCE. as he had climbed. It must be Shadow the Weasell Whitefoot was filled with terror. He shook all over, Those claws were coming nearer and nearer. They were right up at the entrance now. Whitefoot held his breath. His eyes were fixed on the little round opening. A shadow darkened it. “I-I Euem this is the end of me,” thought Whitefoot. And right then a sharp, squeaky little voice demanded, “Why are you running away from me, Whitefoot?” It was the voice of Mrs, Whitefoot. Such a relief as Whitefoot the Wood Mouse felt! His terrible fright gave way to a great gladness. (Copyrieht, 1078) Almost unknown outside the country where her work was lain, there is in Japan an Englishwoman, Miss Riddell, who has spent nearly the whole of her | life among the lepers. She founded the first hospital for the treatment of lepers in Japan and conducts it on self- governing Christian lines. She herself designed the church, which is connect- *d with the Holy Catholic Church of Japan, How to refine ! Now you can h same wonderful BRAIN TESTS In the following sentences the word “only” appears in different nositions, while the other words preserve the same order. Each sentence has a definite mean- ing, expressing one of $wo ideas. Read the sentences first, thon learn what to do with them. (1) Only he had one hat. (2) He only had one hat. (3) He had only one hat. (4) He had one only hat. (5) He had one hat only. One of the sentences might be im- proved by commas, while another is slightly archaic. Nevertheless, each sen- tence means either— (a) That, of a group of persons, just one single person possessed one hat, and no more; or (b) That a certain individual person owned a single hat, no one else being included in the statement. So mark each of the five sentences either a or b, according to the meaning that you get from the particular sen- tence. Answer. (8) Only he had one hat. He, only, had one hat. (b) He had only one hat. He had one only hat. He had one hat only. (Copyrieht. 1028.) — A recent survey shows that some of the healthlest and best developed wom- en in England are those employed at heavy manual labor in the brick yards. Baked THURSDAY, MARCH "7, 1928, SUB ROSA BY MIML Fatal Obstacles. “Why is it that some g'rls in the world have all the luck?” wails Tiny Andrews, a dimunative blond person, with the exquisite features and color- ing of a Dresden china shepherdess. “Why do some lucky girls have clothes, looks and brains and every physical advantage that can be imagined, while the rest of us have to overcome the most awful handicapsin order to have a good time and be popular?” Tiny has In mind her own great handicap—her tiny stature. Long ago, she decided that never in the world could she attract a nice, tall, dark sheik such as her heart desired. Why, a hero like that couldn’t even dance with her—he'd look ridiculous on any floor with Tiny clutching him about his knees. She gave up all hope of making any- thing but the smallest of men and still her heart aches for the great, tall, hand- some boys who can't even see her, 50 far removed are they from her sphere. Tiny has a lot of self-pity in her eystem, and she uses it daily. She feels sorry for herself because she has infinite trouble in getting clothes to fit her small frame—and with a limited income she is unable to have them made for her by perfect dressmakers. Constantly she complains of the bad breaks she’s had. Constantly she envies the tall, slim Dianas who are s the favored compaznions of her big, | good-looking heroes. Now, Tiny isn't the only gal who's | had to strusgle against a physical haad! orld who hasn't her own pri- ouble, either about her weight or the color of her hair or the size of her feet or the iength of her neck. - But the difference between Tiny and the others is that she simply walls over her bad luck, advertises it to an un- sympathetic world, while the others get busy and succeed in spite of their handicaps. ‘There i3 no obstacle in the world really fatal to success—that is, no physical obstacle. The fat girls in the world who weep over their enormous size should take a leaf from the pages of one of the biggest, brawnlest girls in the country, who is incidentlly one of the most popular gfirls in New York. Any one with less spirit and courage would have given up the battle to be popular long ago against such tremendous odds as faced this huge Amazon. But she had her nerve. And she resolutely stopped worrying about the size of bones—and the amount of avoirdupois. She made a_ bold play to have a good time, anyhow. And she did it. She didn't keep talking about her un- fortunate size; she didn't call attention to it; she dressed it down as best she could and she came through on top. And there are dozens of girls in Wash- Ington, in every big city, who are having all the good times one girl can manage, in spite of handicaps of which Tiny doesn’t dream. She doesn't notice other people’s drawbacks because they don't talk about them; they don't push them to the front. If Tiny would get over walling about her size—her size would cease to bother her. Small girls, fat ones, ugly girls and plain ones, can all achleve the social success they crave if they'll keep their handicaps in the background—if they'll %0 ahead as boldly and confidently as the loveliest ladies in the Follies. No physical obstacle can be fatal to success. Copyright, 1028, Miml will be glad 1o answer any inquiries dirscted to this Daper. provided & stamped. addressed envelope i inclosed. . Maitre Thevenin, the first French the clemency of the President of the republic on_behalf of & prisoner sen- tenced to death, has had her efforts crowned with success. 1 for 12 hours Never such flavor as that of the beans baked in the logging camps of the Maine woods! - - w The big round-bellied iron bean pot, filled with alternate layers of beans, sugar-cured pork, molasses and brown sugar, is buried in a bed of pine embers in an oven in the ground called the “bean hole.” Why, there's hardly a dame | n nec | gl‘blllld FEATURES:" MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LELDS. s Hair on Lip. | types. Please send a stamped, sel‘- Superfluon P | addressed envelope for it. You mu Dear Miss Leeds: I have a great |y nq up your body by correct, diet, re many halrs on my upper lIp, Wnlch |and moderate exercise. Take a sh greatly embarrass me. I have heard | walk outdoors every day. Get plen' that they may be bleached with pe-|of fresh air and sunshine. roxide and ammonia. Is this true? LOIS LEEDS Will it harm my skin? Treatments for Bunlons. THANK YOU. Answer.—You may use two parts of | Dear Miss Leeds: I am only 18 yeo: peroxide to one part of ammonia for | old, but I have bunions. I try to we the bleach. Molsten a plece of clean | correct shoes that are mot too sm: cotton in this mixture and apply it to | for me and I pay from $7 to 811 - the hairs once a day. As this bleach | pair for them. Can bunions be opera has a tendency to make the skin too | Upon successfully? A KENTUCKY READER Answer.—Bunlonz are caused by sho that bend the tos (usually the gre: normal straight position e probably been wearing stioc 100 pointed. ght. snoc use th e. You should g {to a chiropod have treatmen and advice on correct footwear, Th | shoes you buy readymade are not de- | slgned for feet deformed by bunior ’Y':u will probably be advised to wi some sort of comfort shoe of soft kic with a broad toe, so that you may wea® a bunion pad over the sore joint, which must be relieved of all pressure from the shoe. Of course, your feet will no* Iook pretty In such ‘shoes, but when the bunion is cured you may g0 back to modish footwear, provided you selec: a last that really fits your foot. M: leaflet on “Care of the Feet” gives loca! | treatments for bunions and I shall b- | glad to mail it to you dry, you may rub in a little cold cream several times a week to counteract this | ‘The most satisfactory way to effect. deal with these hairs, however, is ¢ have them permanently removed b electrolysis in the hands of an expert. LOIS LEEDS. 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