Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1928, Page 38

WOMAN’S PAGE, Formula for Happiness in New Year BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. When asked how she kept her happy, ‘youthful outlook on life, one woman of 80 years replied: “I never live in the retrospect, but flways in !31: present or the prospect. LOOKING BACKWARD OVER LIFE IN RETROSPECT IS8 APT TO BRING OLD WORRIES TO MIND THAT CLOUD THE BROW. gvtng in the past is a mistake. It is e present we have with us, and if is full of new interests.” It is not surprising with such an outlook on life that she is full of in- terest to others. She is well read, not only in the literature of her younger days, but in the latest books. She has been following the President~elect daily in his South American tour, as reported in the ne: .. She knows current events. l0ever = converses with her finds topics of mutual inter- est. She is not - continually referring to the ways of former years, or to personal friends of whom you know nothing, and many of whom she has outlived, as is a common habit with many elderly le. She onlwlyu a ood game of bridge and in its latest ?orm. too. No old-fashioned whist for her. And she is keenly interested in matters that appeal to her friends, in their prospects as well as her own, and those of her immediate family. A truly remarkable person, I can hear you say, and I agree, too. And so I am giving you the formula she gave me one evening recently. How much of one's life is apt to be filled with thoughts of past events, of mistakes made, and a thousand and one things that might have been different. But this gets one to that barren land called “Nowhere.” These things are past and one, never to return. live in e retrospect? It seldom adds to one's happiness at best, and it is futile. It saps the vigor from life. On the other hand, living in the present and in the prospect of mod things to come is constructive. There is something to do, to see, to hear, to learn, each day as it comes along. There are hopes and exgecutlom for days to come. We can help the good things to materialize if we live in the present and not in the past. The new year is close upon us. One good reso- lution is to follow the advice so aptly ut: “Never live in the retrospect, but alw;:ys in the present and in the pros- pect Answers to Yesterday's Game, 1. Newton (Sir Isaac). 2. Newcastle THE EVENING The STYLE POST is the marker on the road to being smart Bride's Dress, A recent well known bride chose for her wedding® gown the princess line, whose simple dignity is so appropriate to the occasion. The long basque, slightly fitted in at the waistline, caught at the center-front with a spray of orange blossoms before it ylelds to a rippling skirt which trails its fullness to the back in a three-yard train. The gown is ivory white satin and the veil is lace. The bride carries a prayer book. (Copyright, 1928.) Today in Washington History (England), 3. New Orleans molasses. 4. Noodle. 5. New Haven., 6. Newt. 7. Gnu. 8. Neurasthenia. 9. Neuter 10. Parcel post. 11. Pneumonias, 1 New York. (Copyright, 1938 DAILY DIET RECIPE BAKED FILLET, Fillet, one pound; thin cream, one-half cup; salt, one n; sifted dried bread crumbs, three- fourths cup; melted butter, one tablespoon. SERVES FOUR PORTIONS, Fillets of haddock, cod or hali- but can be used. Cut fish into four portions. Add salt to thin ceram or top of the bottle milk, Dip fish in this, then in bread crumbs and place in a well olled pan or glass platter, Sprinkle with melted butter and bake in a hot oven 15 minutes. Can be served with lemon slices or tartar sauce. M!IINOTE. Recipe 1 es protein, phos- phorus, lime, fodine, vlumgm A and B. Can be given to children over 6. Can be eaten by normal adults of average, over or: under weight. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1928.) Sea eagle. Electrified particles, Finish., Lacerated. Attends, A coln, ‘Winglike process on fish, g:fol'" ipen, Lawful. Peprived of MR qualien rived of nat [ Individual, ‘Tangle, Part in a play, Comes before, in time, Tope of bira, T of . Grinned. Venomous snake, Pree. back, Point of tinsmith's hammer, Narrow bgnd. Hoglike animal, Gaelic, Down, Fixed course of study, Unclosed. 3. Bow. 4. Metalliferous rock. 5. Rags. 8, 9. Pertaining to the 10, Bed of a beast. 11, Got up. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE stage; rare, PO CIOMERABIS AN WA SE R 5L SISOV , AL € EMEVEN SELICIERCHGCRONTE s g;fiafi ] SiL| SN B0 N2 Qut, of e nit. Blng]s thing. Night bell signal. Forces bi law to pay, Prying bar, A vegetable. Indicated a certain time of the year. Stir up, Other, Act. System of colls for heating. Pointed missile. Electrical instrument for measuring amperes, Perched. 46. Kind of tree, . Cubic meter, Iron. Rows. . The herb, dill. Stain. . Heroic poem. . Belze with.the jaws, . Educated, . Fuss. ‘Winglike part, BRAIN TESTS This is a test of opposites. Three minutes are allowed. Below you will see various pairs of words. In some cases the first word has a meaning that is the opposite of the companion word. But in other cases the words are not opposites—in fact, they may have nothlnf in common, If you think the pair represent op- posites write “yes” after the words; if not, write “no.” (3> Disposition—poeitio sposition—j 4) mmn—um.}m Dissatisfied—sal Undone—done, Unit—it. .. Display—play. Ineligible—eligible, (10) Inflame—flame. In the answers, “Y" indicates “yes," “N" means “no.” Do not consult the answers until you have finished the test. 1L, N;2 ¥, 3 N 4N 5 Y, 6 Y 7, N; 8 N; 9, ¥; 10, N, Brussels Sprouts. Soak the sprouts for half an hour in slightly salted water, Drain, cover with boiling water, then add a teaspoonful of salt and cook for about 25 minutes, Drain and serve with a little thin white sauce or put in a double boller with a little melted butter, pepper and salt and stir until all are lightly buttered. Cooked in this way they are delicious with & uu.u“ fddod 2o sult 'y BY DONALD A. CRAIG. December 28, 1855 —Public demand for a restoration of the Sunday morning train on the railroad between the Capi- tal City and Baltimore is increasing. The local newspapers are unanimous in demanding that the railroad company “decide between the pecuniary inter- ests confided to their care and the warmly and frequently expressed wish of the public.” “If a railroad company,” says The/| p Evening Star today, “were only to run the passenger trains on such days of the week as were ascertained to be ‘paying days,’ we would soon return to &\L principles and stage coaches.” There are scores of mechanics and others now employed in the District of Columbia. who like to visit their families on Sundays, Under the present plan they must stop work at noon and catch the Saturday afternoon train, or forego the pleasure of seeing thelr families for long periods. The second installment of snow this season is falling today, but it is so infinitesimal and of such inferior qual~ ity as not to promise first-class sleighing. Such as it is, it has had the effect of moderating the weather, which }‘1:!51 b:;n leasing to many persons, especially the 2 o? the city, gr?ha have little wood or coal for fuel. ' On account of the cold the houge- holders of Washington are being warned not to permit their servants throw waste water, or water of any kind, for that matter, on the sidewalks of the city streets. The water freezes and. in this manner the sidewalks are frequently covered with sheets of ice. Many serious accidents have occurred as a result of this species of carelessness or thought- lessness. The seventy-third ballot for Speaker of the House was taken this afternoon without an election and the balloting is continuing. The outcome of this ballot was as follows: Representative Banks alition Democrat from 101; Re] Richardson (Democrat, of Representative Fuller, 31, and votes, 7. The whole number of votes cast on this ballot was 207. The number neces- sary for a choice is 104, so that Mr. Banks is nearing the goal. One member of the House is the worse today for the Speakership con- test, namely, Representative Pearce of Pennsylvania, who was working in be- half of Mr. Banks, It has been openly charged against Mr. Pearce that he of- fered, on Mr. Banks' behalf, the chair- p of the committee on binding and engraving to Re) mentioned the chairmanship he suggested that a “good thing could be le of it.” It is not believed that Mr, Banks sanctioned such an offer, ntative 0ls), scatte: “I'll admit that Nature's a wonder- ful artist, but there's some noses you seo that certainly weren't done with ‘water-colors.” (Copyright, 1926.) WINTERTIME BY D, C, PEATTIE, The old country fellow that I delight to talk to at & crossroads near my house, one foot on the fence rall, one on a cedar, tells me that he sees by the papers that an eagle has been sighted recently upriver, near Hancock. When I asked him what of it, he gave me a pit) look, and reminded me that it was the national bird. I reolied that there was nof original in that either, as it is the national bird of Po- land, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and I know not how many other countries in the quarrelsome eastern part of Eu- rope. Why is it that kings, princes and governments choose as an emblem either the lion or the eagle—crafty, de- ceitful, thieving, cruel and cowardly animals with pleasant carnivorous habits? And why is it that people Yel“ sist in supposing that the eagle is a rare bird? It is true that you are not lkely to meet an eagle in Franklin Park, or soaring low over Connecticut avenue, but it is by no means difficult to do so on the Eastern Shore or anywhere along the wilder parts of the Potomae. He is present at all times of year, and a sharp eye will pick him out easily if you know his favorite haunts—which are wild, thickety or marshy tracts. The nest, too, is easy to find, for it is sometimes as much as feet l?lll!‘. constructed the shape of a platform of big sticks, Newspapers still delight to print tales of eagles who carry off babies, but have tr?“ ever noticed that they all happened Georgla, or Scotland, or some place far away, generally “a number of years ago."? . Constantinople now has five laws re- | auiring ‘Buiidings %o. be-cons of STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928. Who Is To Blame For the Divorce Evil? - Responsible DorothyDix Since Only the Man Has the Privilege of Free Choice in Matrimony, It Is Up to Him to De- cide What Qualities He Wants in a Wife, MAN said to me the other day: “The real blame for the mistakes in matrimony that keep the divorce court busy should be laid on men, because they are the active agents in marriage. They have the privilege of selection, while women have none; the poor dears have to take what is offered them, or go without. The reason that men make such asinine blunders in marriage is because they are poor shoppers. When a woman goes into a store she knows just exactly what she wants and she'll hunt around until she finds it, if she has to comb every one of the 57 departments in a big de- partment store, If she desires a hat, she has made up her mind as to the color and shape, and whether it will match up with the balance of her belongings, and whether it fires her fancy or not, and she will take no other unless she is driven to desperation and feels sure that this is her last chance at the millinery counter. “When the average man goes to buy a hat he takes the first one that he sees, regardless of whether it is what he likes or not, or he lets some glib salesman talk him into buying one that he knows doesn't really suit him, and then he goes home and grouches because he doesn’t like his new lid. “That's about the way men ma ‘They don’t shop around for their wives. They marry the girls next to them, the girls with whom they work, or the girls | . they are thrown with in a boarding house, or the neighbor girls they have grown up with, just because the girls were handy. Or else they marry the girls who run after them and capture them because they haven't the nerve to run away. ‘Then, when they find they have wives that they don't really love and who don’t interest them, they grumble about it just as they do when they find they've got hats they don't like and that don't become their particular style of manly beauty. “The trouble is that men seldom ever take the trouble to sit down and dispassionately consider the kind of wife that they really want and need. For example, somewhere in the back of their heads is the tradition that the way to be happy, though married, is to get a wife who is thrifty, and economical, and a good cook, just as the most wholesome food is plain roast beef and potatoes. So, likely as not, a poor dub marries on that basis without ever stopping to think that the only thing that ever nlquas_ hlf agpe.me is caviar, “UNDERSTAND, I'm not knocking the domestic virtues. On the contrary, I am strong for them. It must be wonderful to be married to a lady who can cook with one hand and play a sonata with the other, and who can look like a daily hint from Paris and yet nourish the savings bank account, “I fear, however, that Admirable Crichtons are as rare in the female sex as they are in the male, and my contention is that since men must pick and choose between wives, even as they do between the different dishes in a cafeteria, the mistake they make is in selecting a ham sandwich when really what they tative Mill- | if wanted was a slice of pie. Or vice versa. Hence these vain regrets, “Of course, if, after a man has communed with his innermost self, he decides that the thing that is of most importance in the world tq him is his stomach, then he makes a wise choice when he Fieks out for a wife the girl who is a magiclan with the pots and pans, He should spend the balance of his days perfectly happy with his feet in the food trough, extolling her to the skies, and lessing heaven for his luck. “But he doesn't. After he has acquired dyspepsia gorging hq:uelr on her salads and Elmu, he begins to complain that she smells of the kitchen and that the only g she ever reads is the cookbook, and that he is aweary of her and pines for the soclety of a Lady Highbrow. “Then there's the chap who marries a girl because she has a pretty face. Is he content to take her home and devote his days to worshiping phex ieauc!;' and buying lovely gold frames for his living picture? “In about six months he doesn’t even notice whether she is good-looking or T o chn gL TS e o IoobIng e e oot ATtz a0, 0 And out ighty tired of lool at & plece of bric-a-brac tI about as much brains and resmmlv:ne:s as upwax doll, oAb s s e w “L!KEWISE. there’s the intellectual Johnny who marries the cute little trick . Who rolls big, cowlike eyes at him ‘and asks him fool questions, and who gnoesnd ) :.k&:;dw{)e;l;’er l‘»‘reslé‘lenl’tl Cgfiugel ;;rtuu- the latest jazz hit or ‘Love Me s Mine,’ and who thin Tibs raiole & o e Mussolini is a kind of Itallan dish “Is he satisfied with his moron wife? Far from it. blames the poor little nitwit for not having the brains that give her and that she never pretended to have. He is bored and he the good Lord didn’t “There are the men who marry the wild women, the t& enlggil:]; e:bsd;;?i ca:zreu. l:md flém clothes and men w 0 drink, and smoke, and regard feminine m it 8 rellc..‘i_;}}c‘erextlngd and quaint aouv:nln of a bygone duzd A s hnn e rounders who marry these gay girls are not content to continue that free and easy life. They complain that thetrualvu 1:’;:-'/ ::;5 about shaking “fn. cocktail than they do n%out making bread and prefer to spend their evenings dancing the black bottom to walking the colic. +‘And there you are, and that's why I say that the burden of the f, matrimony is on men. They pick out their wives, and they don't g'llva :lmgxeu:l: time and thought and intelligence to selecting the woman they will have to live Wwith for the next 30 years as they would to choosing & second-hand flivver. If they would only decide on what qualities they want in a wife before marriage instead of afterward it would save them 80 many heartaches and so much alimony.” (Copyright, 1928.) DEBSIHE DI BEAUTY CHATS Shoulders. Lovely shoulders are not to be had for the asking, but they can be had with patient work. Again, as in waists or ankles or general lines of the figure, it 1s necessary to consult the scales and the body 1s over weight to reduce, Also, if it 1s under weight, it is neces- sary to put on some extra pounds, and that is not so eu{l Scrawny shoulders are ugly, and shoulders with lumps of fat are also ugly. But you have the remedy sug- 57& , and this is not to be a talk on . The woman who is near her cor- rect welght can make her shoulders 1s whose idea of life are good spenders; BY EDNA KENT FORBES something that weighs a terrific amount, You tense your “muscles and that :ltorlllom n;t fl:ea'hmtldt':l:a lmfi.nnd 1"u‘!ydlj'n . not to see an improvement, i Miss M. C.—Taking exercises will not increase your height unless they were intended to elnn‘na the spinal column. Louise W.—Falling halr, accompanied bg an itching sensation, would indicate that you have dandruff. The ftching often comes from the new hair that should be gro out all the time, but when there is dandruff covering the scalp these hairs cannot force their way through and die out. This condition good looking by holding them prop- erly and by exercising and by a cer- tain amount of massage. Stand well! Never think of your shoulders when you are standing, Merely remember that the chest should be high. If you raise your chest even a little more than usual you must pull up the chin, straighten the backbone and settle the shoulders back where they belong. Some say raise the abdo- men and hold it in, but this amounts to the same thing. Anyway, you may find that the only thing your shoulders need is to be car- ried well. But if they still are thin and hollow in front and the shoulder blades show in back, take exercises and massage the hollows with warm cocoa butter. skin absorbs very little, but it will take up enough to get & very small but very much-needed amount of nourishment. The exercises that are best are those in which you clench your hands and make the muscles of the arms and shoulders taut. Pretend to row a boat or to pull a heavy weizht or to push Sure enjoyment in every cup when you use a percolator and —Seal Brand Percolator ONE PauND NET USEsS WEIG also weakens the roots of the long hair. As your scalp is usually hnlv.hdy, the dandruff attack may be only due to continued dryness, and relie: the scalp of the collection will be that is needed. Massage the scalp every day to keep the blood circulating actively, and the night before a shampoo give your scalp a treatment, using crude oil or any good ointment in which there is some sulphur. This will helgeto dislodge the dandruff, which will carried away when you 'shampoo. Never use fine- toot! combs or any bther irritating methods to clear the scalp of dandruff. Several shampoos .a week will not be too much, provided you use the ofl treatment previously as suggested. Lillle R.—To get rid of the pimples you will have to clear your system and keep it in good condition. For the blackheads, place damp cloths over them to open the pores and massage them with a _cleansing cream to soften the impacts. Bathe with soap and warm water, rinsing in changes of water, each cooler until the last is ice cold. WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. When “Sol” Litchenstein was a well known figure out around the Bennings race track, and the boys often con- u;md ?hlm regarding “prices” and “form"’ . NANCY PAGE Nancy Gets an Evening Wrap and Gives One, Too, BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Marjorie and Nancy had a good laugh when they compared the gifts they had glven each other. Marjorie's package was labeled “For a series of happy eve- nings from your sister Nancy.” And Nancy's package. bore this card, “To wear on your evening out, from your sister Marjorfe.” Each box contained an evening wrap. Nancy's was a large square of figured lame and plain silk, The shops called | dout her wrap a shoulder wrap. The center was of metal brocade, the wide border was of silk and the corners were of the same brocade as made the center. Nancy practiced a while before she was able to get the trick of wrapping the square around her, She learned it did not go triangular shawl fashion, Her gift to Marjorle was a coat of dyed lapin in beige, Lapin is rabbit and is, therefore, fairly inexpensive. Being dyed it is possible t 1t in the softest, loveliest colors which seem just in keeping with the cuddliness and soft- ness of the fur, evening wrap which Nancy chose for Marjorie was made with fitted shoulders and up- standing collar, Descending from the shoulders were three capes arranged in tier effect. The whole coat was stun- ning, Peter said he did not know whether or not to admire his wife’s taste which gave her sister such a be- coming wrap more did wife in the wrap of her sister's choosintg and ended by declaring he would be ¢roud to accompany either of them. SPARKLING DELICIOUS DIFFERENT SERVE ICED! Nota ginger ale FEATURES,"' The Sidewalks of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. An Army officer stationed here tells us of a young woman who dispatched an invitation to a certain captain. It read, “Mrs. Browne requests the pleas- ure of Capt. Smith’s company at a re- ception on Wednesday evening.” The next day Mrs, Browne received the fol- lowing reply, “With the exception of three men who are sick, Capt. Smith"s company accept your kind invitation and will come with pleasure to your re- ception Wednesday evening.” has been fortunate office boy for several smart kid but is a Above all things, he likes to attend the Nats’ opening game in ‘ashington. Last April, a few the ployer and asked for the day off. He sprang the ancient excuse about his grandmother being dead. Thinking to § catch the lad, the boss said: “Didn't your grandmother die about this time last year?” ‘“Yes, we all thought so, and she came pret~ ty near being buried alive.” * ok kK Revenge may be sweet to the perpe- trator, but its effect on the victim is distressing. Some time ago a local householder notified the police that a gang of boys old enough to know better were destroying public park property. ‘The authorities were galvanized into action and stopped the mischief. In some manner the boys learned who had informed the police and they set out to get nveng. btaining news- papers, they carefully scanned the want-ad columns. Under the classifi- cation of “situations wanted,” they found the names and addresses of seekers of household employment, To each of them the boys wrote a letter asking them to call at specified hours at the home of the family that had reported them to the police. For a week there was a constant ringing of the doorbell, The lady of the house protested to each applicant that she had not written a letter and did not need help. The ap- plicant was as astonished as the lady when he or she called. The hoax finally died a natural death, but not until the householders were reduced to nervous wrecks. WE W According to the shopkeepers, this is “exchange week.” Meaning, of course, that a flock of presents is being ex- changed for something of like value. It is ineyitable that some folks should re- ceive duplicate gifts and others presents of no practical use to them. One day, an Army pilot took an ac- quaintance on an air trip to New York. The passenger was thrilled with the ex- perience and desired to show his ap- preciation. A few weeks later he pur- chased an expensive and elaborat ed cigar lighter, which he for- warded to officer with his ments and thanks for the “buggy ris Trading. “Ma, Sam won't lend me his knife,” “Where's you own knife?” “He went and traded it off with Slimmy for an old wheel.” “What? Your good knife? And now you want Sam's? You go right st tht over there, g man, carry back that wheel and %ck your knife.” “Aw, ma, I wanna.” “You hear me, Hughle Weller, go Ko “before. your tathor-sota” horme ore al T e, B0 Mighie o s, seet, oatey o # catch- ing hlluzo- behind his heel with a scuff, scuff.—just so as to make mother say something about his shoes, dn't g the which she SRy, rusty wheel under his arm, an in subdued tones. The subdued bawl- ing was to impress Slimmy with the truth that this was none of Hughie's doing. He was.being driven to this dis- chml deed by higher powers than s. He almost bumped into Slimmy com- along, head down. hands in rha.hmlu!l to a , “Mean thlncy , mean “Hullo, where ybu going?” “Your house.” “Yeh? So'm I to your house,” “Yeh? Ma made me." “So'd min e It happened-that the fiyer had never smoked in his life, but he has the gift and lends it to his smoking friends when they call. * xR w A few days ago we printed in this column an_ex from Dickens' “A Christmas Carol.” Mention was made of singers who sang “God Bless You, Merry _Gentleman. May Nothing You Dismay.” We have just received a let- ter from one of our good readers who says, “Far be it from me to criti- cize a much-travel- edgentleman. How- was born in Eng- ever, my husband land and I have {t on his authority tha couplet should read, “ let nothing you dis- e ay. The authentic~ ity or accuracy of age-old verse is sus- c:&mfls of question. Shakes) is often misquoted. The manner in which the lines of some of our minor and major poets are manhandled is atrocious at times. We once heard two learned men discuss and then heatedly over a brace of lines of re's. One contended that “There’s a destiny that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will,” was the correct quota- tion, while his equally determined d insisted that the word “divinity” should be used in place of “destiny.” They made the author’s works. The latter was cor- rect, of course, but it only goes to show that even the best may err. The Unes of the song referred to by our reader have been regarded as authentic by us only as far as we have been able to ascertain from old English writers Who themselves may have been in error. Dickens mentions them in his “Christ- mas Carol” as they were published in this column. Even this cannot assure us, however, that they X Common usage substantiates our read- er’s version of the lines. They are the words we ourselves have sung with a sour bass, but research will probably develop the fact that more of us are wrong than right. * kK ok A local minister says it a lhi?nmbolt paumt:‘f I;u;;nld wing lines penned in a e lying on a cabin ubg:: “That holy book neglected lies, No soul with it communes; ‘While scores of souls sit round about, With lelldl‘lltld"h'lb\ml." Little absurdities make life genuine! riel s ligh i o erica’s most del of kid life handed the 'Hw compli- mentary copy of & book con glver's work. On itely | This was inf to scription and it was not until some time llh? that the author and reciplent saw the humor of it. “Did 'S 1 pe.Did yours say you had to give &t “Sure. Bo long." until just in MWM own 'haf dows when they slowed down to melancholy of bound trip. “And of this &whu business, mother severely, Which is right and proper. (Copyright, 1928.) Japan’s total coal reserves ha S o R ek nearly 8,000,000, apan pr?.f and the remainder Chosen and Manchuris. 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