Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1928, Page 30

Jane Pierce, Who Entered th Her Young Son “Pleasant Inquiries as to Mrs. Millard Fillmore had been the ) daughter of a minister, and so was Mrs. | Franklin Pierce, the succeeding First | Lady of the Land. Her father wes the Rev. Jesse Apple- ton, D. D, who assumed the presi- dency of Bowdoin College in 1807/ Jane Means Appleton, the future Mrs. Pierce, was born at Hampton, N. H, just a vear before. 1If, for instance, the wife of “Rough and Ready” Zachary Taylor typified to the last degree the pioneering women of the West, the wife of Franklin Pierce embodied all the refining influ- ences of the East of her day. She was brought up in a home of extreme culture, of strict moral influ- ences and exacting manners. It is easy to picture her when it is recalled that she was a delicate child and a sickly and highly nervous woman, yet she had great mental qualifications and a strong mind. ‘When she went to the White House her pious belief in the necessity of ob- serving the Sabbath affected every one about her. Each Sunday morning, during the four years of her incumbency, she gently requested all the attaches of the Executive Mansion to go to church. It was her custom, when they returned, to make pleasant inquiries as to what they had heard. Her solicitude made it impossible for any one to ‘“play hookey” from religion. “Many a time,” said the President’s private secretary, Mr. Webster, “I should have preferred to stay at home, but went to church out of respect to Mrs. Pierce.” She was of a type of woman that has practically disappeared. It was in 1834, when she was 28, that she was married to Mr. Pierce. He ‘was a desirable match in every respect. He was a graduate of Bowdoin, where he had been a classmate of Hawthorne and Longfellow. He had a political in- Child and Honesty. | An anxious mother asked an educa- tional expert whether children have ‘any sense of honesty. The expert re- garded the mother rather curiously. It ‘'was not easy to explain that children |are imitative creatures, and that nat- urally they copy those nearest to them and those with whom they have con- jtinual daily contacts. In other words, a child’s parents have much to do with # child’s honesty or lack of it. It is understood that few parents even consider dishonesty in a material way in their home; that is, no self-respect- ing mother would rifle her husband's \pockets, or hide a guest’s umbrella, or short change the ice man on her back door steps. Then, some mothers may ask, how may a parent’s actions make a child glishonest in money matters? It is simply this way: A'child that Jobserves lying, even the “white” or petty kind, will naturally lie, too. He will |deny truths, and one day he will wish & penny for candy. His mother will [refuse the penny. Invention comes quickly with youth, and the simple iprocess of extracting a penny from “mother’s purse and then denying such |an appropriation follows readily. Absolute honesty must be practiced |by parents if they wish their children {0 grow up to be honest, too. _ Children have not the judgment or sense of values to distinguish between nuances of lies. Whether the mother lies over her bridge losses or lies over ‘lhe pohne to tell a neighbor she is too 11l to accompany her into town, in the eyes of the child makes no difference. Children do not “know.” Between infancy and adolescence a child asks “why” incessantly. Why be honest? | Because it is right morally and religi- ously. Usually that will impress the child, but one cannot expect the child |to distinguish between the degrees of honesty. Truly there are none. Mo h “Stubby’s explaining why he didn't catch the rabbit. These unsuccessful chaps are always ready to tell you the secrets of succe Now’s the Time If you are still having the weekly wash done at home, with all the fuss and | muss it creates, now’s the | time—to stop forever. | Our ROUGH DRY —service relieves you of | all the trouble. Eight cents | ", a pound, plus one cent each | | for handkerchiefs. Phone Main 2321 WestEnd;La WOMAN'S PAGE. THE WIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS BY J. P. GLASS. Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. e White House Grieving Over 's Tragic Death. What They Had Heard.” heritance, for his father had been twice Governor of New Hampshire. Already he was achieving eminence in his own behalf. He had gotten himself elected to Congress and was rising steadily. Perhaps if he had not chosen to be a student at Bowdoin she would not have met and married him. By the time he was 40 Mr. Pierce was resigning from the United States Senate to practice law. Politics, he said, had never been suited to his taste, but it is to be suspected that his action was largely determined by con- cern for his wife. Her health continued miserable, and she dreaded the social exactions made upon the wives of pub- lic_men. ‘When President Polk offered him the post of United States Attorney Gen- eral he declined. Mrs. Pierce, he pointed out, had suffered from very delicate health during her residence in ‘Washington. However, when a higher honor came to him he changed his attitude. Doubt- less Mrs. Plerce herself insisted that he should not sacrifice the Presidency to her invalid condition. To go to the White House was an ordeal, but it was one she underwent cheerfully for his sake. Although pain and weakness ex- hausted her she met every social re- quirement. And on the very eve of their en- trance to the Executive Mansion she had had to meet a fearful trial. Re- turning to their home in Concord from Boston with their 13-year-old son their train was derailed. She and Mr. Pierce escaped serious injury, but the child’s head was crushed. She went into the White House child- less. The boy was the last of three that had come toher. She died in December, 1863, murmur- ing, “Other refuge have I none,” and was laid to rest at Concord by the side of her children. Mr. Pierce survived by only six years. (Copyright, 1928.) ‘Thorough honesty practiced by par- ents at home will give the child a true sense of honesty. There will be no compromises. It is just as dishonest to steal a penny as it is to steal a dollar. The child who steals a penny and is said to be “cute” is just warming up to his tricks. ‘To excuse & child because he “doesn’t know any better” is to condemn one's self, who is to blame. To breed honesty in a child in money matters one must insist upon complete honesty in all affairs of his daily life. As we sug- gested, nothing will succeeed in the educating process as a worthy ex- ample for emulation. My Neighbor Says: Ebony stain for furniture is made by dlssolvin, one ounce of shellac in a pint of alcohol. When it is thoroughly dissolved, add lamp-black until the mixture is of the desired thickness. When ebonizing wood give several coats of gray priming paint, letting each coat dry thoroughly, then apply ebony stain with a brush; let dry and then polish with a woolen cloth. When tablecloths wear thin in the center, cut up the outside into 12 or 16-inch squares and hemstitch them. These make napkins that will wgar for some time, A handful of salt added to the water in which clothes are rinsed will prevent freezing when they are being hung on a line. Test custards with a silver knife. If the knife is dry when it comes out of the center, the custard is done. THE EVENING MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Sliced Bananas. Farina with Cream. Minced Beef on Toast. Popovers. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Toasted Bacon and Cheese Sandwiches. Spiced Apple Sauce. . Ginger Cakes. Tea. DINNER. Lamb's Liver and Bacon. Baked Potatoes. Fried Onions. Raw Cabbage Salad, French Dressing. Bread Pudding, Custard Sauce. CofTee. MINCED BEEF ON TOAST. Cook two tablespoons chopped green peppers and one tablespoon chopped onion in three table- spoons butter, blend in one table- spoon flour, season with one tea- spoon each salt and lemon juice; add slowly one-half cup tomato liquor and stir until smooth. Put rare roast beef through meat chopper, reheat .in sauce and serve on toast. ‘TOASTED CHEESE SANDWICHES. Cut slices of bread about one- fourth inch thick and butter lightly. Rub small quantity American or pimento cheese through grater, add little butter and work until smooth. Spread bread with this mixture, put two slices together and cut into tri- angles. . Toast until delicately brown on both sides and serve at once. BREAD PUDDING. One cup bread soaked until soft in one pint sweet, milk. Add one-half cup sugar, yolks two eggs, one teaspoon lemon, one- half teaspoon salt. Beat well and bake until set. When done spread layer of jelly over pudding, then over that spread frosting made as follows: Whites two eggs beaten until stiff, three table- spoons sugar, and beat again. Put in oven until brown on top. Custard Sauce — Into double boiler put one cup milk to scald. In meantime beat one egg until thick and lemon colored. Add two tablespoons sugar and mix. Add mixture to scalded milk and stir constantly until it coats spoon, usually five to eight min- utes. Remove from fire, add one- half teaspoon vanilla. Cool and serve. A double boller is almost a necessity, but if you lack it stir over very low flame, and be sure to stir constantly or it will lump. Should it separate remove from fire, put pan in cold water and beat with egg-beater until smooth again, Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Anything in the way of a dinner or luncheon table accessory is always a joy to the hostess on the lookout for the new and different to please her guests. In the illustration is an interesting set made of silver, and one which will solve the problem of placing varlous small dishes on the table. ‘The vase is large enough to grace the center of the table and each dish holds sufficient nuts, candy, preserves, etc, to serve the entire number of guests at one table. This offers an opportunity for carrying out a special color scheme; the vase holding flowers, which are the keynote, the small dishes holding candles in a contrasting shade and silver candlesticks on each side of this gx;ounmg with candles to match the wers. On each of candles may :‘e‘l bow of maline to match the can- s, This groupi would also grace a SALESMANSHIP. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ALz », v . GIQ‘S C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1928.° Changing Hair Color. Some girls and women have the idea that changing the color of their hair is as simple a matter as dyeing a plece of silk or cotton cloth. There is, howevér, a great difference between cloth and hair. The latter is a delicate, living structure, which is influenced by the general health of the body. ‘When a woman comes to an experi- enced and conscientious hair special- ist to have her hair dyed, he will not only examine her hair, but he notes other . detalls of her appearance from which to judge the advisability of dye- I (= & I ing her hair. He may notice, for ex- ample, that her eyes are very blood- shot, her lids puffy and dark, or that her teeth are very poor. These signs xolnc to a very low degree of physical tness, Since hair dyes contain more or less active poisons, there is a greater risk is using them on an unhealthy e ‘patron than on a healthy one. Some women have their hair dyed success« fully for years before very ill effects appear. The first symptom is usually an itching and burning of the scalp, face and -ears. Later, the face and parts of the body may swell. The skin may becorhe discolored. = Serious in- ternal disorders may result from a bad case of dye poisoning. In spite of warnings from doctors and honorable hair specialists, women continue to look upon hair-dyeing as a short cut to youth and beauty. They do not want to stop to count the cost, but are willing to take a chance with any dye they see advertised. But it is a simple matter to make a test of the dye to see whether it will irritate the skin or not. Put a little of the dye on a sensitive part of the skin (behind the ear, say or on the bend of the el- bow)—let it dry and coat with “new- skin,” If after 24 hours no inflamma- living room table during an afternoon of bridge, the small dishes being dis- tributed among the smaller tables. (Copyright, 1928.) tion has appeared on the dyed skin, the dye is not likely to produce imme- diate skin trouble when used on the hair. is does not mean, however, A Better Corn Was Needed So we took 12 years to develop this new breed for you DEL MAIZ In scores of years there has been no new sweet corn. Year in, year out you have had the same varieties under different brands. Many of them, though delicious, have lacked that “some- thing better” you have craved in a canned corn. For years we have grown and packed the finest brands of these old-established varieties our- selves. With our improved cul- tivating and packing methods we were producing as fine a can of § corn as any known, Still we were not satisfied. Mechanically, we had gone as far as anyone could. For a better corn, we decided to call on Nature, and with her aid, breed a distinctly new and differ- ent seed that had appetizing qualities no other possessed. To accomplish this, took 12 years of intensive seed culture. Finally, we perfected a corn of unique and distinct qualitics %he New Sweet Corn that met, when canned, all the requirements of an ideal fresh, sweet corn. The tall, tender kernels permitted a full, deep cut without including the unpleasant cob particles, and gave a rich, uniform, creamy consistency, with the flavor of delicious, fresh, sweet corn, This new breed—DEL MAIZ —cannot be duplicated anywhere, alops owa ,xl,c, W will havé fo taste it to appree ciate it, . Serve it right from the can, or try it in this tasteful recipe. DEL MAIZ Luncheon 1can Del Maiz 2 eggs, well 1cup leftsover beaten chicken or ham, i cup cream of chopped rather milk coarse Yitsp. salt % tsp. pepper. Mix all together. Put in bute tered bake dish and cover with bread crumbs and small pieces of butter. Bake about 30 minutes in moderate oven. Leading grocers handle DEL MAIZ. Get your can today and a FREE booklet of a dozen delicious DEL MAIZ recipes. DEL MAIZ is grown and packed only by the Mianesots Valley Canning Company Lo Suepr, MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. that that the dye is nonpoisonous. It is very difficult and often impos- sible to remove dye from the hair. The best method, although a slow one, is to apply warm oil (olive or Russian mineral ofl) and steam it with hot towels. Shampoo the hair after the oil treatment. There are commercial preparations of more or less value that may be used to remove hair dye, but the use of chemicals on the hair weak- ens its structure, already undermined by the dye. The woman whose hair is badly streaked with several shades of gray, white and brown turns to dyeing in hopes of getting a uniform hair color. The only dye that will conceal the streaks is deep black, and, of course, this shade is not becoming to faces that are no longer young and fresh. There is a way of bleaching streaked hair to a more or less even gray, but this is not practical in most cases, as it requires many visits to the beauty shop and much skill and patience on the part of the operator. (Copyright, 1928.) Cottage Cheese and Salad. Rinse six individual molds or cups with cold water. Fill each one-third full of creamy cottage cheese moistened with salad dressing and chopped pickle. Fill the mold or cup with a cool tomato aspic mixture which has been made by pouring one pint of boiling steamed tomato juice over one tablespoonful of gelatin dissolved in two teaspoonfuls of cold water. Chill until set. When need- ed, turn from the molds onto cup- shaped lettuce leaves and top with mayonnaise. —BY JOHN CASSEL MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. More Comfortable Crib. One mother says: FEATURES." BY MOLLY HOLLYWOOD, Calif., October 290.— The movie city is all a-flutter over the impending arrival of Maurice Chevaller of Paris, France. Dyed-in-the-wool movie actors and actresses merely sniff in superior fashion when these famous ones of the stage are signed up for the movies, but their sniffs are becoming fewer and farther between now that sound and talkie are taking possession of the once silent art. The screen has been the exclusive field of endeavor for artists who have been developed through pantomime, and before & camera instead of an audi- ence. It the cinema reached out its arm for talent, it went no farther than to some favorite of the stage who seemed to have the “cinema face.” Maurice Chevaller, like Irving Ber- lin, was once a singing waiter. He be- came the idol of Montmartre, the ac- claimed artist of those rollicking genties who spend long and serjous thought in plcking out the brand of their wine and who pick a different beauty of the quarter for almost every dinner. They have a flair for originality and capabil- MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE MERRICK. lish a bad is coming to Hollywood, and there are a number of other world-famous ones who have yet to be approached. Hollywood police have their troubles. When ‘an actor is told to go home from the studio and practice an imitation of & rooster’s crow he little knows where earning his daily bread will end. the case of one character man it ended in arrest, and he had some diffi- culty in keeping out of the foolish house, at that. L) ‘The long arm of the law was sum- moned by a neighbor, who reported that the aforementioned actor was out in the garden crowing. Insanity or delirium tremens was his diagnosis. When the poor Thespian explained he was merely earning his living they knew he was crazy. It took two super- visors and the word of the president of the corporation to get him out of it. And the actor is saying that “now he knows what a supervisor is for,” anyway. Over at the Chaplig s*udios & kitten has been born with a neat little black mustache. They've named it Charlle, ity and the people they hail seldom prove failures. Chevalier came to Paris. Sang for American tourists, for South American millionaires, for British gentlemen hav- ing & polite and well regulated fling in the French capital. ‘When moving picture magnates first approached Chevalier he was a big per- son in the entertainment field on the He made records for the phonograph companies, he appeared in Continental revues, was the idol of the cafes later in the evening and on until the sunrise.hours, when all Paris that is gay sees the sunrise from Sacre Coeur and has onion soup at “Les Halles.” Mistinguette, who discovered Cheva- lier, popularized him in the beginning. Later he won his own idolatry. He not only furnished entertainment for the world but he invested money in cabarets and restaurants. ‘When movie men shyly offered him $7,500 a week for his services before the camera in Hollywood, he said: “Gentlemen, I cannot afford to leave my interests in Paris for such a sum.” re not telling just what It might estab: When your Children Cry forit B‘ABY has little upsets at times. Then you can do what any ex: and it will probably be glimpsed in the next Chaplin picture. And on the boulevard: “How about doughnuts?” “Yeah, ennything that eats!” (Copyright, 1928. by North American News paper Alllance.) . Sugared Pecans. Cook together one cupful of sugar, one-fourth cupful each of cream and water, half a teaspoonful of salt and one tablespoonful of butter until they combine to form a soft ball, when & little is dropped into cold water. Add two cupfuls of shelled pecans and con- tinue the cook:gr until it is brittle when tested in cold water. 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