Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1928, Page 53

WOMA N’'S PAGE. _ Children’s Socks and Stockings ~ BY MARY The easlest way to solve the stocking problem for your little girl is to contrive somehow to pass the cold months where the weather is so mild that no Guestion can arise as to the entire suit- <7 = e = > 5z T =S %) — FOR SCHOOL WEAR WEATHER SHORT WOOL SPORTS SOCKS MAY BE WORN OVER LONG STOCKINGS. THE TAN TWEED COAT WITH BROWN FELT COLLAR IS WORN WITH MATCHING FELT BERET. ability of allowing her to go with bare knees all Winter. Little school girls in Paris go bare %kneed all Winter and their skirts are certainly short enough. And many American children even in northern cities contrive to do the same without apparent injury. pé’ml many mothers, I know, feel that et least for the colder weeks of Winter The Sidewalks | IN COLD MARSHALL. long stockings should be substituted for the shorter socks. This question of socks or stockings is really a rather trying one. And now that high shoes are out of favor the question becomes even more perplex- ing. Woolen stockings are all very well if you are willing to wash them care- fully yourself to keep them from shrinking. But you may prefer the heavier sort of cotton stockings which do not shrink. One mother of my acquaintance has hit upon the plan of providing her little daughters with long cotton stockings which may be fastened securely above the knees with properly adjusted hose supporters and then, because fashion favors low shoes, she adds a pair of wool and silk or wool and cotton sports | socks for outdoor wear. The advantage of this arrangement is that since these little outside socks do not touch the skin they do not have | to be washed so often and that they may easily be taken off indoors when their warmth proves uncomfortable. T have seen a number of well-dressed little girls wearing these short-cuffed woolen socks over long stockings, and | the plan seemed to have so many ad- | vantages that I thought it was worth | passing on to you. | Here is an interesting new bed jacket | that I am sure you would like to make | for someone for Christmas. It is really | most attractive and amazingly easy to make. If you will send me your | stamped, self-addressed envelope I will send you a sketch with diagram pattern | and directions for making. (Copsright, 1928, Delicious Potato Chips. Peel six large, firm white potatoes and immerse them in cold water. Slice as thin as possible, using a slaw cutter for the purpose. Let stand again in cold water for at least an hour until the starch is removed. Remove from the water and dry carefully with a towel, then cook in” deep, hot fat. Only a small number of slices should be fried at a time, having plenty of fat and stirring occasionally. When the slices of potato are crisp, remove from the fat, drain in a sieve or on a wire cake cooking rack, and sprinkle with salt. | These will keep well if they are kept in | a tin container. of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. A widely traveled Washingtonian tells + us that a trial was held in Idaho many years ago involving a Chinese charged with the murder of a fellow country- man. It excited unusual interest in the county from BURNING THE OATH | the nature of the A oath administered to the Chinese wit- nesses. In this ceremony & Toost- er's head was hacked off with a knife, a saucer broken, the oath written on yellow paper which was burned, and the smoke supposed to 4 be the spirit of the ocath, blown to heaven in each case. The prose- cution fense each swore five witnesses, kill- ed five chickens, broke five saucers and burned five pieces of paper. After the chickens were killed they were thrown away by the Chinese who con- sidered them unfit for use. We'll take our trials a la American. * k k x A local banker said: “The American workers are saving more than ever in the history of the country. Moreover, they are buying good, substantial bonds and are less in- clined to injudicious spending. There are still , of course, who fall for the get-rich-quick bunk but education and protective organizations are rapid- ly diminishing the losses. Even the schoolboy knows what six per cent means. “Most folks are in debt. The aver- age man is paying for a home or a car but he is putting the money back in his own pocket after all. Such obligations are justified if a man has an assured income. “Finance is intricate for those who are unacquainted with its problems, s but some people have a gift for solving thejr financial affairs. Some time ago 1 lzeard of a peculiar transaction. The amount involved was small but it had all the earmarks of high finance. “An office boy owed a clerk three cents. The clerk owed the cashier two .cents and the cashier owed the boy two cents. One day the office boy, having an extra penny, concluded to diminish his debt and handed it over to the clerk, who in turn paid half of his debt by handing it to the cashier. ‘The latter handed it back to the boy, saying that he now owed him one cent. ‘The office boy again passed the cen to the clerk, who passed it to the cash- ier, who passed it back to the boy, and the lad discharged his entire debt by handing it to the clerk, thus squaring all accounts. “How true it is I cannot say but it is an example of how difficulties may be worked out if one does a little figuring.” * % % x A certain artist friend is tempera- mental. He is brilliant but peculiar. (Here let us say that most of us regard those who do not think and act as we do are temperamental) Our friend enjoys working through the night hours beginning at 10 o'clock and continuing on until dawn. This, of course, has , disturbed the household routin He Your Christmas baking will be done without worry if you use and his wife have had .numerous bitter targuments over the matter. One day he said to us: “She’s always complain- ing. She likes to retire at 10. The vesult is that she drinks milk to put her to sleep, while I swallow coffee in order to stay awake.” Many writers and artists are noctur- nal workers. George Cohan is one of them. Most of his inspiration was seized long uft,:r ?r&ad:my was asleep. “Even lawyers can pull a ‘boner’ sometimes,” said an old practitioner yesterday. “Rufus Choate once han- dled an assault and battery case. He had a man named Dick Barton, chief mate of the clipper ship Challenge, on the stand, and badgered him until Barton began to get mad. At the beginning of his testimony Barton said that the night was as ‘dark as pitch and raining like seven bells.’ “Suddenly ~ Mr. Choate asked him, ‘Was there a moon hat night?" ‘Yes, sir. id you see it?’ ‘No, sir.” ““Then how do you know there was a moon?’ ‘The nautical almanac said so, and T'll take its word before any lawyer.’ ‘'What was the principal luminary that night?’ X “‘Binnacle lamp aboard the Chal- enge.’ “*Huh! You are getting quite sharp, aren’t you, Mr. Barton?’ . “‘What are you grinding for—to make me dull?’ “‘Answer me civilly. And now tell me in what latitude and longitude you crossed the Equator.’ ““You're joking." “‘No, sir, I am serious and demand an answer.’ “‘I refuse. “*‘Oh, you refuse, do you?’ “*Yes.’ | “‘So. You are chief mate of a clip- per ship and unable to answer 5o sim- ple a question?” “‘Yes. It's the simplest question I ever had asked me. Why, I thought every fool lawyer knows that there ain't no latitude at the Equator.’” e ‘White Cabbage Soup. Choose . a one-pound cabbage which is solid and white. Wash it well, slice it roughly, and cook it in six cupfuls of water with one-fourth teaSpoonful of pepper, one teaspoonful of salt, and two tablespoonfuls of butter. When the cabbage is quite tender, drain off the water, replace it by one quart of milk, bring to a boil, and add more salt if needed. Cut up one or two crystallized cherries and put them in, but you must cut them up so small that you will swallow the bits without feeling them in your teeth. A clock presented to a Castledawson, Scotland, church by Rev. J. B. Fulton of Sydney, Australia, in memory of his father and brother, bears on the dial, instead of Roman numerals, the words Either plain or self-rising—both specially adapted for kitchen use Your grocer Flour—in all 12-1b. and 24-1b. sizes are most economical. Good until used. Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co. izes from 5-lb. sacks up. A “Home Industry” d delicatessen sell Washington The THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928." The STYLE POST is the marker on the road to being smart Nests. The nest of ash-trays has been the inspiration for this set of individual bonbon dishes which fit in the center of a decorative tray. The hostess who is fond of silver will find it an attrac- tive addition to her luncheon table. The fluted syrup jug below becomes an integral part of a luncheon service in a day when waffles are so popular: Both of these silver pieces will be judi- ciously added to many a Christmas list. (Copyright, 1928.) Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Well, now here is something new! It is very simple, very attractive and offers many opportunities for adding decorative touches to the house. I It could not be called a nest of tables, for these are graduated in size, and one slips beneath the other in most compact form; but, perhaps, it would | be appropriate to call it a “stack of tables,” for the three may be piled up. Each one is large enough to be prac- tical for a table at the side of a sofa or chair, and they may be used sep- arately, in pairs or all three together in skyscraper fashion. The finish may be the same for all three tables, such as walnut, mahog- any, black and gold or any desired color; or, if you are one who is always on the lookout for that which will strike an individual note, each table may be a different color. Yellow, black and Chinese red form | an interesting combination for the three | tables, as do black, green and yellow; red, green and yellow, or copper, blue- green and black. (Copyright, 1928.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Evading Buttonholes. One Mother Says— I have found a much simpler method of fastening my baby’s clothes than by buttons and buttonholes. I sew on but- tons as usual and then make little loops instead of buttonholes. I make these by taking a stitch, the length of the diameter of the button, in the edge of the placket on the button hole side, using a double heavy embroidery thread and then buttonholing over these threads and fastening securely into the edge of the material. These loops are neat and durable if properly made, and much quicker to make than buttonholes. (Copyril DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Why Chaperon Is Useless Appendage—How Long Should Engagement Last and How Much Money Is Needed to Marry On? DEAR MISS DIX: I am a girl in my last year at high school. My mother believes it is very necessary for me to have a personal chaperon when I | attend dances of any kind, even the high school dances which are chaperoned | by the teachers. She refuses to allow me to attend a party, no matter where it is, unless she goes along, which makes me feel queer and as if I were being watched and couldn't be trusted. What do you think about the chaperon? ANXIOUS SEVENTEEN. Answer: The personal chaperon in these days of emancipated youth is about as much out of fashion as hoop skirts, and any mother who insists on going everywhere with her daughter will soon find that she has eliminated daughter from all the good times of her set. In former days a mother was supposed to keep her daughter tightly clutched by the hand until she turned her over to the watchful eye of a husband. Like Mary's little lamb, everywhere daughter went mother was sure to go. Mother accompanied the girl and her escort to the opera, to the theater. She made an undesired third when they went riding, and she even sat on the side lines and watched them while they played croquet. Nowadays it's all a young man can afford when he buys theater tickets for two, and if he found mother with her hat on ready to go along when he went to take Arabella to the play it would be good night for Arabella from then on, so far as ever being taken out was concerned. For the rumor would spread and no youth would feel that he was called upon to spend his hard-earned coin in entertaining mother. All of this watching of girls never amounted to a row of pins anyway, because if a girl wanted to deceive her mother she could always do it. Some- where the spy system always breaks down. No mother is Argus-eyed, nor can she stand perpetually on guard. Lock a girl in a room and she will climb over the transom or out of the window. Forbid her to see boys at home and she will find a way to meet them on the sly. If she's frivolous she will kiss behind mamma’s back. It's futile to watch a bad girl and useless to watch a good one. The duenna is particularly ineffectual now because she can go such a little { way with a girl. She cannot follow a girl to her business and stand at her elbow all day. Nor can she follow her in her sports, and so what's the good of watch- ing her at a party for an hour or two when you leave her to take care of herself the balance of the time? The truth is that in these times every girl has to be her own chaperon, lliéxd the tlfge for her mother to get in her good work is before her daughter is years old. If from the time a girl baby could understand anything at all, her mother has bred into her a high ideal of conduct; if her mother has taught her to have a horror of vulgarity in manner and dress and speech, then she doesn't need u;‘ be watched, and she has that within herself that will keep her safe wherever she goes. Mothers can't watch the modern girl, but she can teach her to watch her step, and that's the best chaperon of all. DOROTHY DIX, P . JEAR DOROTHY DIX—1. How long do you think a couple should be engaged before marriage? 2. Being engaged, do you think they should wait for a number of years before marrying, due to financial difficulties? 3. Should a wife work after she is married if they need the money? 4. How much money is necessary for a couple to live on economically? S8.P.C. Answer—1. I do not believe in long engagements. The kind of engagements that drag on for a term of years. I think in such cases that while a couple might confess their love for each other and have an understanding, when the time came tofl m:‘ny it they still wanted each other they would foreclose on each other's affections. It would be a wiser thing not to bind themselves tight and fast in an en- gagement because each one of an engaged couple has a right to segregate the other from men or women and from forming any other ties, and this works a great injustice on the one who is jilted in case the other grows tired of the long wait and finds some one he or she prefers to the old sweetheart. A man can marry at any age, but a woman's chances of marrying are 90 per cent better in her twenties than after she is 30, therefore the long engagement is a particularly foolish contract for a girl to make. So, generally speaking, I should say that one or two years siould be the time limit on an engagement, 2. Marriage is a business proposition just as much as it is a sentimental episode, and every engaged couple should wait until there is enough money o finance it. This does not mean that riches are necessary, but there should be enough money to make a margin of safety in case of sickness or loss of pesition. No matter how much the two persons love each other, there can be no happiness in the home that is harassed by debt and where the wolf is always scratching at the door. 3. I think it a good thing for the wife to keep on with her job after mar- riage if they need the money, or if she prefers office work to housework. But I think a woman should only work outside of her home until her first baby comes. Then it takes all the time and strength she has to be a good mother. But by a husband and wife both earning money for a few years after mar- riage a couple should be able to accumulate enough for the wife to devote her- self to domestic duties. 4. The amount of money that is required for a couple to live on depends on where they live and what they have been accustcmed to. We are the slaves of habit, and very few men and women are happy if they have to sacrifice the comforts and luxuries to which they have been used. In the days of courtship they think they love so much that in order to be together they will be perfectly satisfled to live on bread and cheese and kisses and wear hand-me-downs. But after they are married they find out that they like filet mignon and good clothes just as much as they ever did. Finally, beloved, don't make the mistake of thinking that two can live as cheaply as one. It takes three or four times as much. And generally it isn't two for long. It's two plus. DOROTHY DIX. This child Waist Suit. $1. Hangs Collavettes cut to sise. Won’t roll or gaj Protect from cold. o&vmh{n lle{ smooth. Hanes Elastic Shoulders give with every move- ment. Made with service doubling lap seam. HaNEs Closed Crotch stays closed. Double gus- set in thigh. Crotch can’t bind, for HANES is fitted trunk as well as chest. yarn. Elastic knit, to pre. vent binding and wrinklins. Guaranteed —every thread; stitch and butten, ov your money back. How’s that for rotection? Oniy $1 for eavy or extra-hcavy, age 2 to 16, and for the Merrichild Waist Suit,age 2to 12. Short sleeve, knee lcngth gare ments in both. If your regu. lar alolre can’t supply you, write to I; H. HANES KNIT. TING COMPANY, Winstone Salem, N. C. UNDERWEAR fnroxonr chil- dren that’s as good as dad’s. As snug and comfortable. HANES makes it! Makes it with all the skill that goes into the famous HANES Underwear for men—and at remarkably low prices. ‘Warm, comfortablc union suits for boys and children of all ages. Built to stand a boy’s activities «—to stand hard from fine soft FEATURES.’ Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “Papa said I had to have my loose tooth pulled today, but I was learnin’ to ride Skinny's pony standin’ up an’ he run under the clothes wire.” MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Orange Juice Oatmeal with Cream Creamed Codfish on Toast Doughnuts, Coffee LUNCHEON. Fish Chowder Crackers Baked Rice Pudding Coffee DINNER. Cream of Celery Soup Salmon Timbales, ~Hollandaise Sauce Creamed Potatoes Stuffed Peppers Suet Pudding Coffee CREAMED CODFISH ON TOAST Pour cold water on shredded salt fish, let come to boil and drain. Pour on milk thickened with flour, butter and yolk 1 or 2 eggs. Just before serving fold in stiffly beaten whites of eggs. FISH CHOWDER Put slice salt pork into kettle and let fry. Put in layer pota- toes, cut into slices one-eighth inch thick, then layer any nice white fish cut into small chunks and seasoned with 2 or 3 slices onion, salt and pepper. Then another layer potatoes, fish, etc., until pot is full. Fill level with water, and cook until potatoes are done. Have ready 1 quart milk in which are soaked 1 dozen soda crackers. Turn this into chowder, let boil up and serve at once. SUET PUDDING. Mix 13, cups finely chopped suet with 1 cup currants, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup thick sour milk, 1 cup brown sugar and }2 cup mo- lasses. Sift 3 cups pastry flour with 12 teaspoon salt and 1 tea- spoon each cinnamon, cloves, all- spices and. soda. Combine two mixtures, beat hard, turn into buttered mold, steam about 3 hours and serve with lemon sauce. This Aristocrat Turn- over Toaster automati- cally toasts two slices at a time to any degree of brownness. No more burnt toast! Price, $11.50. This beautiful new De- luxe Cozy Glow gives instant heat from any outlet—chases away cold and shivers. Price, $7.50. This practical gift in- cludes table stove com- plete with toaster rack, aluminum griddle and frying plate, tray, six- foot flexible cord. Price, $9.00. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Bleaching Hair. Dear Miss Leeds—I am thinking of bleaching the hairs on my legs and upper lip. Is it best to do this with peroxide. How is it applied? IDA L. Answer—If the hairs are very dark, peroxide alone may not bleach them soon enough. However, try the plain peroxide on your lip hairs, applying with a small plece of clean absorbent cotton. Apply once a day and let the bleach dry on the skin. For dark hairs mix one part of ammonia with three parts of peroxide. A good way to bleach the hairs on your legs is to moisten a bandage of gauze with the bleaching mixture and bind it around your leg. Keep it on until dry. Re- peat daily. LOIS LEEDS. Straightening the Hair. Dear Miss Leeds—I am a young man and once had straight, healthy hair, but now it is very curly and dry. I am 19 years old. I have used olive ofl and various commercial preparations for making hair lie flat, but to no avail. How can I make my hair straight, as 1 hate curly hair? GEORGE G. Answer—If you have had a severe illness or fever that may account for your hair becoming curly. I could ad- vise you better if you had told me when your hair started to become curly and something about the state of your health. As I see it, something has changed the hair follicies from which the hair grows so that it comes out in waves instegd of straight. This, of course, interferes with the nutrition of the hair, and makes the hair dry and lifeless. I do not know whether your hair can ever be made to grow out straight, but you should try to make it healthier by having hot oil treatments and massaging the scalp every day. Heat some olive oil, apply it to hair and scalp, steam it in with a hot towel and then shampoo your hair with «castile soap in liquid or jelly form. Rub @ small quantity of white vaseline into wyour scalp every day before your mas- LEEDS. your hair down, or have the following recipe for a hair oil made up at a drug store for your use: Four drams glycerin, 4 drams castor ofl, 12 dram ofl of ber- gamot, 1; dram ofl of lemon, 30 drops oil of neroli. LOIS LEEDS. Reducing the Limbs. Dear Miss Leeds—I am nearly 20 years old and weigh 130 pounds. My measurements are: Upper arms, alf, 15; hips, 40. I want to reduce my arms and legs. I have brown hair, brown eyes and a sort of tan complexion. ‘What colors are becoming? MISS AL. Answer—You forgot to give your A7) @ (e ) ") ¢ L height, but if you are 5 feet 6 inches tall your present weight is correct. Your measurements seem large. Ypu probably need more exercise, especlally walking. Walk four or five miles a 4av. Do leg raising sideways and high ¥fck- ing to the front. Heel raising and ffeep knee bending will help, also. Do ei- ercises for 10 minutes both night and morning. Good colors for your type include deep cream, dark brown, mae hogany, dark greens and blues, bright red, rust, brick, dull pink, bronze-green, ecru, deep yellow. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright, 1928.) sage. Continue to use the commercial Give this new Egyptian Urn Set as you would sterling silver —because it is lovely and the loveliness is lasting. Set of four pieces with twelve-cup automatic percolator, $52.00. GIFTS —remembered long after Holly Wreaths are gone It is the gift that lasts and canbe used every dayin the year that gives most genu- ine pleasure. That’s why the gift of a Westinghouse Electrical Appliance al- ways brings the giver grateful thanks — even years after its purchase. The Westinghouse dealer will be glad to help you find just the gift to delight an individual or a whole family. It need not be ex- pensive. 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