Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1928, Page 22

REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING D. €. SATURDAY, OCTOBER STAR, WASHINGTON. 20, 1928 REAL ESTATE. Antimacassars BY LYDIA LE for Decoration BARON WALKER. MALK B, E _VANCGE_MLINE. - TO HAVE ANTIMACASSARS IN A COLOR OF LACE TO MATCH THAT OF THE CHAIR UPHOLSTERY IS TO Ct become such &, | Antimacassars have vogue that a word of warning as to the kind that is correct does not come amiss. It was disregarded of this essential that killed the fashion half a century ago when it had a previous re- vival. The antimacassars were com- monly known as “tides,” and it was when any bit of needlework became sufficient that the style petered out. As there is genuine ornamental value in fine antimacassars, it would be a pity to have the dainty articles disap- pear for another prolonged period. An antimacassar that is not choice either in textile or stitchery, is no ornamental. It is the value of the arti- cle as a decoration that must be re- membered even though the article orig 1nated for protective reasons. 1t is thought probable that the word “antimacassar” was given because it served as protection from the hair dressing that bore the name ‘“macassar oil” and which was in high favor at the time, Well groomed men did not neg- lect to use the excellent oil. It was for the homemaker to see that it did mnot harm her fine upholstery, without the implication that such was the ob- Ject of the bits of lace, the rare fabric, the choice needlework that were requi- sitioned. It was a subtle compliment, | that was intended to be paid in naming | the articles “antimacassars,” for the spe- cial toilet article was costly as well as fashionable. The “chair backs,” as we often now call them. must be exquisite to accord with the style. Some of the old antimacassars are of beautiful lace, ornamental to whatever purpose it was put. It was when the practical side was | uppermost, and homemakers sought to | keep their chairs neat and clean whether they retained the decorative quality or not. that the word “tidy”| came into definite use for antimacas- Three Meals a Day. Preparing three meals a day for a family of children is no light task. The baby's milk and the 2-year-old’s egg, the 5-year-old's spinach and toast, the father's beefsteak, all and several, 10 be prepared and served to the king's and queen's tastes. Then, to have a fretful child push | away his plate and whine, “I don't | like it.” is about the last straw. - “T don’t care whether you like it or | not. You eat it.” You can't blame a mother who has washed and dressed three children, tidied the house, attended to the mar- keting, cooked three meals for the family, not counting the in-between ones for the younger ones, answered the telephone and cleaned the house, if she | waxes impatient about meals. The tendency is o standardize the | output. Soon the routine settles down 1o eggs. milk, spinach, orange juice, 1oast, with a little beef juice or scraped meat_occasionally. What has been is, and by and by the appetites, keen as they are, fail. There must be the | #tand-bys, but there has to be variety, t0. And with all that work. And with all that care, The best way out is a calendar menu. When you get & chance write the date, the meals served, with the necessary reference to recipe. on a card and keep putting the cards into a box. By and by you will have a reference file for meals that insures variety and brings oy to the stomachs of the hungry brood. 2 } There are several good books on children's cooking on the market now. They give a good general treatment of children’s diet, and then they fur- nish recipes and menus. Such a book | is well worth its price. Using it with & reference file will make three meals & day a bit easier to face. Say as little about food to the chil- | dren as possible. Do the discussing | with yourself and your note books and | cards, serve the result. Cut short any | remarks about food at the table. No- body is to say, “I wish we had noodles | for supper,” or “I hate cold vegetables.” | The requests for special dishes are to | be made early in the day, hours before meal time. Household economy de- mands that the day's schedule be made out early in the day and closely fol- Jowed { If you find that a child has a marked | dislike 1o certain foods and vou see | that this child is not usually a food fusser. omit that food if possible: give him the necessary food elements in | another form. That is where the new | Salad in Pastry Shell. A mixed vegetable salad served in a | large shell made of flaky pastry is a | very tasty and attractive dish. For Xr‘ you may use cold cooked peas, string ! heans and carrots with freshly shredded | celery and a cucumber cut in dica also | cnough grated raw onion to add flavor. | One cupful of each of the vegetables | named will afford a large salad. or you may use smaller quantities of some of ‘the vegetables and add a tomato PLY WITH THE FASHION sars. The ornamental side was lost in the consuming idea of protection, Common crash with a design entirely | inappropriate and embroidered in Tur- key red cotton was considered ade- quate! Crochet in the cheapest | mediums, and in colors that clashed with every other hue in a room was considered appropriate if the size and shape were correct. Any child who could embroider or crochet could con- tribute her work and find it accept- | able. It is not strange that the fashion passed. It is for the homemakers to- day to guard against any such travesty It will be seen that only fine work is appropriate and only choice textiles | orrect for “antimacassars.” “tidies” or chair backs.” by whatever term we choose to call them. It cannot be said that the last name is adequate, for it conveys the idea of the back of a chalr, nothing more. But terminology changes as well as styles and today this is as frequently used as either of the other two names There is nothing handsomer for an antimacassar than real lace. It can be laundered. It protects upholstery fabrics, without completely concealing the textile which can be glimpsed through the mesh. It is decidedly | decorative. A type of antimacassar | that is in high favor is of a high grade | of theatrical gauze in the color of the | upholstery on which it is to be used. It has a hemstitched border and the decoration is either in drawn work, or stitchery in a medium of the selfsame tone. Tassels may be suspended from the lower corners, and if the chair back is shaped, the tassels may also suspend from ends of points or in the arcs of curves. Textiles, if used, must be very handsome and artistic in color har- | | | | cooking books come in handy. They will tell you how to vary the menu and still give the child the essential | food elements. | Make the meals as simple as you can and keep the service as easy and | simple as possible with cleanliness and attractiveness to the fore. Three meals a day are a necessity, but there are | some helps that truly help. I suggest | one of the modern books on cooking for | children i New and of popular £9,950 e out N. H. Ave, St.—Turn right tw. freed from skin and seeds and cut in | dice, or perhaps a green pepper and a ! canned pimento may be preferred. Cut the larger vegetables into small pieces. mix all of them lightly and add a 1easpoonful with the grated onion. Then moisten «lightly with a thick boiled salad dress- ing or a mayonnaise. season to taste. then pile into the shell. Garnish to ®it the taste, >4 of finely minced parsley | 1418 Eye St N, W. Exclu | nurse their jobs in | be lucky all through life. —Homes 20 feet wide, —Near Just beyond Grant Cirele to Allison oday in Washington History RY DONALD A. CRAIG. October 20, 1864.—Attempts at block- ade running across the lower Potomac River have apparently increased lately. | Word was received ah the navy yard | that three captured blockade arrived today off Alexandria, sent up by the Potomac flotilla, and were taken in charge by the guardship Hugc For scveral months past there has been little blockade running from the Maryland to the Virginia shore of the Potomac. Reports received here today, | however, indicate that lately a consid erable number of boats have been de stroyed in creeks on the Virginia side by the vessels of the Unton flotilla Some time ago, to more break up this trade. carrled persons in lower Maryland, number of boats wer now seems that they to a considerable exten The U. S. S. Yankee alone has o on by laree ¢ been repla tured more than 30 boats found on the | dyirts filled what as best was little bet- | Virginia shore in the last three wee It seems certain that these boats h; all been used in the smuggling trade. | Recently there have been several block |ade runners captured--three | Juniper and one by the Rescue. These are the boats brought up to Alexandria today | The Union flotilla, under Capt. Parker, |is mow in fine trim. according to in- | formation obtained from the Navy De- partment today. It will, if possible, put {an end to all traffic of this sort across the Potomac River, and also by way of | Chesapeake Bay and the Rappahannock River. Maj. Gen. Sheridan, commanding the | Union forces in the Valley of Virginia, | wired Gen. Grant at City Point, Va., |and the message was relayed by Grant to the War Department here, that “we have again been favored by a gr victory victory won from dis: the gallantry of our officers patch was sent from Cedar Creek, Va. at 11:30 a.m. today. He | says the battie began with a Union at- |tack at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, | and was not completely ended until this morning, when the Union cavalry made a dash to Fishers Hill, only to find it deserted by all the Confederates except a rear guard. At least 1,600 Confed- | erate prisoners wer taken and 40 pieces of artillery in yesterday's action, according to Sheridan. THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, October 21. Astrologers read tomorrow as a for- tunate day for most persons. now come under a sway that is stim- ulating and encouraging to fine cre- ative work in all the arts. This should be an auspicious sway for lovers and engagements that are contracted under this direction of the stars are almost certain to lead to mar- riages. Breach-of-promi: likely while this configuration prevails. Music should be especially potent as part of church services foday and artists who are distinguished interpreters should benefit greatly. A partial eclipse of the sun, next month, is supposed to affect Russia es- pecially and to foreshadow important changes for the better in that country. The eclipse of the moon in Novem- | ber, which is 13 days after the eclipse of the sun, is held to cause the sound of war in the Far East which will have its effect on Europe, ‘The seers admonish residents of the United States to thank Providence for great benefits which will continue to distinguish the country in the new year. There is a sign of promise for the wearing of new garments under this rule of the stars and women should benefit, for they are to achieve more and more beauty as the months pas: With the close of the Summer’s silly | forces for change have and the girl of the future ill be more modest and more charming than her prototype in the period fol- lowing the World War. Persons whose birth date it is should | the coming year, which may be precarious for employes. ‘Women should benefii at this time. Children born on that day should Many will Successful date in have a gift clergymen belong Octcber. of eloquence. to this runners | effectually | !1s a long time for a girl to be separated THE EVENING STORY Hidden in the Hills. ORA DOW'S chin quivered s she fastened the meck of her| cora went back to Tummly's cabin. shabby dress with the little gold | Gora nad. left. the. onildeen “witk ' pin Sam had given her as a|woman who lived on an adjoining farm. souvenir of their journey West | As they approached the cabin their at- 11 years before. That journey had been | tention was attracted to a paper which their wedding trip, the only trip they | had heen carefully tacked to the outside | had ever taken together. Eleven years he door. On it was scribbled: | “I've buried Martha on the knoll be- Cora was making | hind the cabin. She loved to sit there | ready to go back “home.” as she called | and look down into the valley, I've | it, but she was going alone. She and| gone where I can't be found. I'm leav- | Sam had reached a point in their Ives | fng the kids with you. You are kind..T where there seemed nothing to do but | can trust you. I came into the moun- | Home in Good Taste BY SARA HI |back up the mountain, started for me. the mext morning Sam and|INZ very important pleces of furniture, . and the larger the variety from which the homemaker, Up to the present the tables have been constriicted of wood, with tops of the same or of glass, beneath which decorative motifs could be placed; but from her own people | | | | destroyed, but it| (he child might have lived | d | miles up & rough mountain is a lm\z‘ Ye| Cora had urged Sam to s sell by the | ith | | child’s shaking shoulders separate hings had been going from ! tains fleeing from a law I had broken bid to_ worse ever since their girl had _Martha understood. If T make good dled. Sam had taken the child’s death | maybe I'll come back.—Tummily. quietly, a fact Cora had deeply resented.| A mound of fresh-turned earth on As time wenl on she grew more and | the knoll back of the cabin entirely more convinced that with proper care | covered with wild flowers with the dew | But 12| gijil sparkiing on them gave mute testi- | mony that the contents of the note | were true. pasFoor devilt” Sam said, brushing his | nand across his e g | ter than a trail. After the child's death | i (TR NS oves, (He came up 1l out and g0 | Martha understood. She was sacri- | back East, but he stubbornly refused 0| fooq- (hen turning to Cora he said | He argued that he had come West| ploadingly, “fm up. against the same | high hopes to make his fortune. | b, 0GR T O IP QBRI the same He admilted he had faled. but he just | JPeoing"s g i could not go back and face the home “That's the right idea p* folks. And now Cora was going “home” | (4 "oy ing by nnnufnl'x,t‘é nfi;\).’ll- one, _leaving her husband and her|gers “you'll make good back home, | memorics. § h\rdhlm‘i( t\';\lshfofl“‘,‘; l‘;“"k’]‘“ What do you care if you do have to | now, to meet the demands for furnish- S ould board & train that | DERID over? "Lots of men do that and | ing of the sunroom, iron and tile, glass e it e dn Cher aid " home | Succeed. Tll help you. And we'll give | or leather are combined for this pur- ol Oays hence. She was fastens | the Kids a good start In life, see if we | pose. town three days hence. S : 4| Gon't—Sam—my dea, The accompanying illustration shows S U I e RN e a nest of very attractive tables, with suit case when Sam enterc metal legs and rims, finished in dull “Ready?" he asked curtly. She nod- | silver. The tops are of black glass. ded and followed him from the house, .. not trusting herself to indulge in a ‘Those whose taste is a bit less con single backward glance. They climbed into the old buckboard together Neither spoke. They had argued and said it all. The future promised little or nothing for either, but the present was too acutely painful to be endured any longer. Each was looking forward he moment of separation with relief. he miles slipped by, the silence broken only by the “klop-klop™ of the | horses’ feet had traversed half of the distance down the mnl'»v‘:n_ when, in rounding a sharp curve, they | P c ‘:nl.z upon a little boy of 7nur 8. wm-n“{‘fl'er Cam; bake in a hot oven until w the team approaching he waved ";"- _‘:"d and serve with finely chop- hin little arms and cried: “Stop, | Ped foasted almonds sprinkled over each | way for an overworked doctor to travel | often, especially in Winter when great (Copyright. 1928.) Baked Fig Custard. | frying pan, stiring constantly until a | attractive. golden brown syrup has formed. Pour | 1In a sunroom where brilliantly col- into a mold, tipping it quickly to coat | ored curtains have heem used such the inside as thoroughly as possible. | tables would bring just the right touch | Chop three-fourths cupful of dried figs, | of detail into the room and would. at | add three cupfuls of milk, and heat in a | the same time prove very practical. | double boiler. ~Beat three eggs, add a | They might be used at the ends of the pinch of salt, one-fourth cupful of |sofa or beside chairs for the conven. ugar, and one teaspoonful of vanilla. | jence of readers, Add the hot milk and fig mixture and | workers, i pour into a mold. Set in a pan of hot | (Copyright. 1928.) Bis ¢ Catholic University faculty now num- stop bers 114 members, Sam stopped the horses and ‘the started talking and crying all in same breath. Cora slipped from wagon and put her arms about “What is it, dear?” she said. ‘“Are you lost?” “I'm_not los Woopwarp & Lotnrop O™ (1™ F avn G Strrrre * the little fellow drew xp G Strrr {a shabby shirt sleeve across his face ‘Women | | | | tain uits are not | JABBY “Have you ever noticed that floors 'n’ political candidates is something alike? Just about the time you get ‘em all | scrubbed up there’s always somebody ready to treck in some fresh dirt 301 to 315 Allison N.W. higher ideals in the design and construction priced homes have been incorporated in these artistic, beau- tifully finished brick homes . . . You will be delighted with your in- spection of the sample house Sunday. on lots 140 feet deep. car line, bus line, and one of the finest schools in the city o squares to houses. ansbury IPANY INCo sive Agents, Main 5904 | inspection of conditions ‘Dad told me to come down to the forks of the road and stay until some one came by, Mother's sick and he couldn't leave her. Won't you come up and do something for mother?” He looked up appealingly into Cora's face. “How far is it?" she asked “Only a little piece up the moun- Daddy said I could shout if T got frightened and be'd hear me.” Will 1 have time?" Cora turned to Don’t Heat the Great Outdoors This Winter Untold sums are spent every vear to “heat the great outdoors.” Homes that are not equipped with Athey Metal Weather Strips are not en- joying the full benefit of their heating expendi- tures, for the cracks at windows and doors let in the cold drafts that chill your rooms. Tn- stalling Athey Metal Weather Strips in your home is a duval investment—it brings vou addi- tional comfort and greatly reduces vour coal bill. e Sam said. “If you hurry. It's Tummly's kid. They may need a doctor and in that case we can leave word in the village. Il wait. Don't waste any time. Without further delay Cora seized the boy's hand and hurried up the path which was_evidently a short cut into the woods. Ten minutes later they came to a cabin in a_small clearing. As they approached the cabin a man came to the door with the most stricken look she had ever seen on a_human face. Help—come,” he said in a dazed volce—"but too late—for Martha's gone.” and turnnig. he led the way into the cabin, followed by Cora. A moment’s convinced her hat she was too late to help Martha, but a sharp little cry from the bed drove all other thoughts from her save that a little newborn baby needed care. She sent the boy back to the forks of the roads with instruction for Sam to tie the horses and come and bring the | biggest suitcase with him. In the hours hat followed all differences between Cora and Sam were forgotten in face of this mountain tragedy. They worked silently side by side in perfect accord. The late afternoon sun was stream- ing down the mountain when Sam and | Cora left, the cabin. They were leaving Tummly alone with his dead, but they would return on the morrow. 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