Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1929, Page 38

WOMAN’S PAGE." The Mirror BY MARY MARSHALL, You simply cannot look well dressed or smart or fastidious or well groomed with heels that are run down or bent. And if you cannot walk on high heels without forcing them to bend out of a perfect perpendicular, or if you won't FASHION TAVORS THESE BOX CALF OXFORDS WITH SOLID LEATHER HEELS FOR WALKING. THEY ARE WORN WITH SHEER LISLE STOCKINGS AND A TAI- LORED TWEED SUIT. THE HIGH- ER HEELED SHOE SHOWN IN PROFILE AT THE RIGHT MAY LOOK EXTREMELY UNATTRAC- ;lVE WHEN SEEN FROM THE JACK. take the trouble and the money to have new lifts attached whenever the old ones show the slightest unevenness, then you had better make a definite plan to walk on lower, firmer heels. It sounds like unnecessary advice, and yet every day one sees women otherwise care- fully dressed whose ensemble is really spoiled, all because of their slipshop heels. Last Summer and the Summer before DIET AND HEALTH BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. D. “I have what doctors call favus or scald-head. I have been doctoring it for about seven years. Several times it cleared up, but it always came back, and it sets me wild. The last doctor said it was a fungus growth, like a mushroom. You can't imagine how grateful I would be if I could be cured. 1 am 61 years old, male. I could work again if it wasn’'t for my scalp.—C.” Favus is a skin disease somewhat on the order of ringworm, and is some- times called crusted or honeycomb ringworm. It is contagious and you must be very careful not to use towels, combs or brushes of others, C. '}‘he disease is not common in the United States, but is comparatively frequent in many European countries. It is caused by nyveger.nble parasite and is charac- terized by pin-headed or pea-sized, soft, cup-shaped yellow crusts, tending soon- er or later to run together. It is trans- mitted from one person to another or from infected cats, dogs, fowl and sometimes cattle and horses. The common or usual site of favus is on the scalp, but it may occur on any portion of the skin and occasionally attacks the nails. i By a vegetable parasite is meant a very low type of vegetation that lives on other living tissues—a fungus growth. Your doctor said it was like a mushroom because a mushroom is a fungus, but the cause of this disease is a very much lower form of vegetable life than the mushroom. It is called *“achorion Schonleinii,” if you like to know the scientific name. Jackson states that in the treatment there are three weapons—faith, perse- verance and parasiticides (medications to kill the parasites). The X-ray treat- ments are the most effective parasiti- cides. If these cannot be secured, then medications have to be used. One that is recommended is an ointment made of one dram of resorcin to the ounce of lanolin and oil, half and half. Before using any parasiticide, the hair on the spots that are affected should be pulled out. Then the scalp is to be scrubbed,with soap and water, the lather to remain on from § to 30 minutes, then rinsed off. Follow this ;.thh the medication. It must be used ly. The reason you don't get cured, C., is that you don't persevere in your treatment and you don’t watch your scalp carefully epough to see if any ADVERTISEMENT THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T, THURSDAY, TJANUARY 24, 1929.° of the Mode we remagked the tendency of well| dressed women to wear high-heeled | shoes with the sports type of costume, | |a procedure which would once have | been considered quite bad taste, Women | | even wore high-heeled shoes on the| | beaches, and some of the bathinz shoes | were made with heels that were any- | | thing but low. Women had learned the | trick of walking with a degree of com- fort on high heels, and they felt that ¢ looked dowdy with low ones. High heels are somehow taken for granted in the present silhouette. One | would not venture to say that they are | losing ground to lower heels, still there this_difference between the woman | who is really well dressed and the| woman who 'is not—she chooses her shoes with precision to suit the occa- sion, and if she finds that she cannot walk in high heels without causing]| them to run down unduly she chooses | lower ones, reserving the high Zieels for shoes for formal afternoon and evening wear. There are new street shoes with moderate heels. of a fairly substantial sort that look decidedly smart, and the | new sport shoes with quite flat heels have no longer the awkward appear- ance that they once possessed. A girl T know was wearing an eve- ning wrap which she told me she had made in less than an hour, and she had copied it from one that a friend of hers had brought home with much pride from Paris. I really thought she was exaggerating, until I examined the graceful wrap and found that it was made entirely from an uncut square of material, joined here and there by snappers and a tie string or two, 1 ith a bit of scant shirring at the back. This week's diagram gives a sketch of the original wrap, with a diagram for making. It can also be used to make a most useful sort of lounging robe or beach wrap. I am sure you will find it worth the trouble of sending me a stamped, self-addressed envelope, and I will gladly send it at once. (Copyright, 1929.) new spots are coming back, and so don't get at it in the beginning. Your general nutrition and health are important, so see to those, also. Sete if you cannot go to a clinic in your city. We have an article on balanced diet which you may have. Miss J. L. S.—You are going to be disappointed about getting the reduc- ing pamphlet, for while you inclosed 10 cents in coin, you failed to inclose a fully self-addressed stamped envelope (s. a. s. e) or even put your address on your letter! I'm sorry—won't you write again, observing the column rules? . No matter what article or pamphlet is asked for, the request must be ac- companied by the s. a. s. e. and 2 cents in coin for all articles except the re- ducing and gaining pamphlet, for which 10 cents in coin and the s. a. s. e. are necessary. ‘These charges are to help glefray the cost of printing and han- ing. Editor's Note—Dr. Peters cannot di- agnose nor give personal advise. Your questions, if of general interest, will be answered in the column in turn. Re- quests for articles must be accompanied by a fully self-addressed, stamped en. velope and 2 cents in coin for each a ticle, to cover cost of printing and han- dling. For the pamphlet on reducing | and gaining, 10 cents in coin, with fully self-addressed, stamped envelope, must be inclosed. Address Dr. Peters, in care of this paper. e R e Fruit Gelatin. Soak for five minutes one and one- half tablespoonfuls of gelatin in one- fourth cupful of cold water. Dissolve in half a cupful of apricot juice and add one-fourth cupful of sugar, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Stir in the Jjuice from one orange or a lemon, then add half a cupful of apricot puree. Pour into a wet mold and chill. ~At serving time unmold and serve with plain boiled custard or with cream. To make the custard, scald one cup- ful of milk in a double boiler. Add one-fourth cupful of sugar, then the beaten yolk of an egg. To avoid form- ing lumps, turn a little of the hot milk into the egg yolk before turning it into the larger quantity of hot milk. Cook until the mixture coats the spoon, re- move it from the fire and add one- fourth of a.teaspoonful of vanilla or other desired flavoring. Almond ex- ;ruft blends well with the flavor of most ruits. | ADVERTISEMENT e fTVIE Ry REG. U.§. PAT OFF. Triple Chic. There is no wind more nipping than a January or a February one. It finds all the cracks and crevices and sneaks in with a freezing chill. That is only one reason why the smart woman likes to have a warm muff and fur choker scarf—plus a matching band on her hat. In addi- tion, these three accessories give ad- mirable distinction to her furless cloth coat. This set is broadtail—the muff being lined in velvet to make it warmer. (Copyright, 1929, Standard Publishing Corp.) AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “Sometimes I wish I was rich, an’ then again I'm glad me an’ Pa won't leave our children nothin’ to hate one another about.” New Salmon Salad. Remove all the bones from one can of red salmon chilled, mashing to small pieces with a fork. Add one cupful of pecans chopped, two apples, one large carrot and some celery, all chopped, a pinch of salt, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of vinegar and a generous amount of salad dressing. Mix well, chill and serve on lettuce leaves. DAILY DIET RECIPE MUSHROOM TOAST. Mushrooms, one-third pound. Butter, two tablespoons. Flour, one tablespoon. Milk, three-fourths cup. Salt, one-half teaspoonful. Nutmeg, dash. ‘Toast triangles, four. SERVES FOUR PEOPLE. Break stems from mushroom caps. Remove gill-like growth. If ~ skin seems tough peel it off, but some mushrooms do not need to be peeled. Cut mushrooms in pieces. Melt butter without browning. Add mushrooms and simmer or saute, stirring, without breaking the pieces, for 3 min- utes. Sprinkle in the flour. Stir for a few seconds. Add milk, salt and nutmeg. Reduce heat and simmer 15 or 20 minutes. Serve on toast triangles. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein, which is present in the milk. Mush- rooms should be of first quality aud from a trustworthy source, so there will be no danger of poison- ing. They should not be eaten by persons suffering with nephritis or kidney trouble. Recipe can be eaten by healthy adults of nor- mial digestion who are average or under weight—plain mush- rooms can be eaten by those wishing to reduce. —_— ADVERTISEMENT | best combined bid. How to Play Contract Bridgq BY MRS. FORTESCUE. “To raise my partner’s major suit bid of one requires two quick tricks and three trumps. Is that right?” “Certainly.” “What if T hold two quick tricks and but two trumps?” “Shift the bid. That is, bid another “Shall I bid two in a minor suit? I thought major suits were always prefer- able 0 no trumps or minors.” “The best bid, whether it be a major, minor or no trump, is the bid that best suits the combined 26 cards.” ‘The take-out bids, the shifts, are { suit or no trumps.” | made with the hope of finding that best combined bid. The opening bid of one usually shows a five-card suit. If the partner holds but two small cards of that suit, one opponent may have more trumps than the declarer. The | six _cards held by the opponents are probably divided four-two. If the de- clarer is forced to ruff once or twice, he will be left with but three trumps while the opponent holds four. The partner’s opening bid may have been made with but a four-card suit. Six trumps be- tween ' you—the opponents hold seven. Picture those seven in those adverse hands and shift, don't raise, the bid. There is no such thing as a take-out from weakness in contract bridge. Any take-out or shift guarantees at least one and one-half quick tricks in the hand of the take-out bidder. The orig- inal declarer, with this assurance, can pass, rebid, support the, take-out bid or again shift to a third declaration. The two partners are not bidding against each other; they are bidding with each other, striving to find the Keep the bidding going as long as you have additionai strength to show. Major suits are bid with the expec- tation of being played—so raise your partner’s original major suit bid when- ever possible. There are only two rea- sons for shifting from a major suit— one, lack of normal trump support; two, great strength and length in the other major, a holding that would justify a take-out bid of three. Minor suits are bid with the expec- tation of being shifted. There is only one reason for raising a minor suit g{g and that is the lack of a tgke-out No Trumps are bid with the expec- tation of being either played or shifted. There are three reasons for taking out an original No Trump bid by partner. First, a strength take-out—that is, any major suit bid or any bid of four or more in a minor. It is easier to make game in a major suit than at No ‘Trumps. therefore any No Trump bid Contract Card No. 7. TAKE-OUT BIDS. ‘Take out partner's major suit bid of one if lacking normal trump support and holding two quick tricks. (1) Shift to other major if holding as good as a defensive bid (2) Shift to no trump if hold- ing two quick tricks in two suits other than partner’s. (3) Shift to minor if holding as good as a defensive bid. ‘Take out partner's major -suit bid of two if lacking normal trump support and holding one quick trick. Take out partner’s minor suit bid, even when holding normal trump support, if possible, Take out partner's no-trump bid of one or two with— (1) Major suit as good as a defensie bid. (Holding strong major, give double jump.) (2) Minor suit as good as a defensive bid if holding single- ton or void of a suit. (3) Any hand that contains two suits of five or more cards and one quick trick. If partner rebids no trump, bid second suit. Take out partner's no-trump bid of three with any game-go- ing bid. should be shifted to a major if hold- ing as good as 2 defensive bid. Defen- sive bids require a minimum strength of one and three-quarters quick tricks in the hand with five cards and two honors in the suit bid. Second, distributional take-outs. The declarer having bid one No Trump, partner, if holding a singleton or tw weak doubletons, should take out with defensive values in either a major or miror. Third, a two-suiter take-out. A two- suiter is a freak hand and game is usually easier with either of the two suits as trumps. Bid first the higher ranking suit, and if partner rebids No Trumps, then bid the second suit. If partrer re-bids three No Trumps, don't reli)fld unless assured of game in the suit. Tke clever handling of the take-out bid, the shifting back and forth, this is the =ign of thé good player. Keep the bidding open until you have found the best bid in the combined hands. Here, more than at any other time, we real- 1;5‘ that good bridge is good partner- ship. Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. Heated Losses in Cold Weather. Heated losses in cold weather are due to thoughtless habits and errors of omission and commission. At the begin- ning of a new year our minds are easily susceptible to new ideas as a rule, so we will prcpose a few. If you have noticed, shoes without trees ‘curl up and lose any vestige of shape or appearance. This is doubly liable to occur in a warm closet. In the latter, shoes will not only curl but leather will also crack and stitaing be- come tender. Look for warmth in your shoe closet, and keep every pair of shoes on trees. Radiators are used for no end of purposes but none more novel than dry- ing fur coats. There is no better way to crack a skin than to let it dry on a nice hot radiator. If you stretch your arm shortly after and hear a rip, you will know why. Other articles which may be reason- ably certain to be ruined on radiators are silk stockings, gloves and silk lin- gerie or silkens of any sort. As it seems to be a mystery, we will impart the information solemnly that many rubber boots and overshoes are cemented in parts. If one tosses them to dry before a fire or over or under a radiator, there is a fair chance to loosen the cementing or at least the rubber from the cementing. All of us are sadly acquainted with the fact that mud splashes and that wintry streets are well supplied from time to time with nice oozy mud and slush. If it is allowed to dry on a gar- ment it may be easily brushed. If it is rubbed when damp it will almost certainly leave an unpresentable splotch. Year after year the above facts are disregarded by folks with more money than caution. We do not address this to them. We address it to those who, like all of us, need reminders from time to time. The above only lists a few of the “‘unnecessaries” of life, nu- ADVERTISEMENT MARTHA WILL NEVER GET THIS SHIRT CLEAN AGAIN ITS JUST COVERED WiTH GREASE MARTHA, YOU SHOULDNT WORK SO HARD..SCRUB= BING MY GREASY CLOTHES AND MUD LOOK HOW TERRIBLY SOILED MY HUSBAND GETS HIS CLOTHES PUTTERING AROUND THE CAR 1 DIDNT SCRUB AT ALLY 1 FOUND A NEW SOAP THAT SOAKS CLOTHES WHITER WITHOUT SCRUBBING-IT'S RINSO THE GRANULATED SOAP Nso clothes, 19, thin ang boiled, Jla €conomicy] ol ill th. fhac last til] the 75. Olive Weigg,y, Soh i8 don, n, 666 G © Wonde mzchiges say,r 5!165 R age! Folloy tha s inso.” Get the BIG Cuteanieod by the gy oe directions, SOAK THEM IN RINSO AND THEYLL COME OUT WHITE AS SNOW WITH- OUT SCRUBBING OR EVEN BOILING d-up soaps. Mmakers of 36 leading Washing Ppack- LUX—, ase. UX- Lever Brothers Co., Cambridge, p, 3 Saves clothes - saves hands soaks C’Othes Whlter merous others will suggest themselves and by heeding them we may save our money and tempers. Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. ‘Words often misused: Do not say, “I met you in Detroit some weeks since.” Say “some weeks ago.” Often mispronounced: Marconi; a as in “arm,” o as in “no,” i as in “it,” accent after the o. Often misspelled: Arrogant; note the rr and ant. Synonyms: Manner, aspect, demeanor, mien, style. appearance, deportment, Word study: “Use a word three times | Let us increase our | and it is yours.” vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Alluring; attrac- tive, fascinating. “The alluring adven- tures of life stretched before him.” “You can joke all you want to about | the Scotch—but a Scotch terrier is one of the ‘closest’ friends 1've got.” (Copyright, 1929.) Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Well, here it is almost February, which means that we must soon think about the refurbishing of the house for the Spring and Summer days; and this always brings the thought that there should be something in the way of “pick-up” sewing work to be done. Nothing seems to take the place of cross-stitch tapestry of wool embroid- ery, and for the woman who has very little time te spend at this fascinating occupation a stool covering is a rea- sonably sized piece for her to work. Perhaps you have the frame of a stool which has been in the family for years, and, if you have, a good portion of your problem is soived. Just get a stamped canvas and work it until it is the right size. Be sure to measure so that you will not make any extra stitches, only to have them cut off and thrown away. If you have to have a new frame be sure to get it at the same timc you buy the tapestry so that you will know just what size to make the needlework. Perhaps you do not care to do cross- stitch, and, if not, you may embroider (in a long and short stitch) on wool rep. (Copyright, 1929 Hominy Croquettes. Make a white sauce of one table- spoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of slowly over one beaten egg. Mix this with one quart of cooked hominy, add one tablespoonful of salt and half a cupful of fresh bread crumbs and form into croquettes. Dip in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs, place in a | flour and one cupful of milk and pour | R. buttered pan and bake in a hot oven until nicely browned. FEATURES."' PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. It is the common belief that Nep des have finer teeth than white people. Has this belief any foundation in fact? Or is it a fancy based on the contrasting wihteness of the teeth against the brown pigment of the Negro skin? If Negroes have better teeth than white people, how come? Do Negroes take better care of their teeth than white people do? Are Negro children more carefully instructed in the regular brushing of the teeth than white chil- dren are? The census showed that there were nearly 10,500.000 Negroes in the United States in 1920. Of these 2,500,000 were between 5 and 14 years of age. In 1925-26 Federal, State and city health departments co-operated in a study of the physical and mental status of 5,170 Negro school children in Atlanta, 4.885 of whom had lived in the city most or all of their lives, so that they fairly represented the urban Negro child. ‘Thirty-one per cent of the 5,000 Negro children were entirely free from d...tal caries (decayed teeth, cavities). Com- pare this remarkable showing with a group of Negro children in South Swa- ziland, South Africa, of tke Bantu tribe, only 25 per cent of whom were found free from dental caries. The doctors who studied the native children living in kraals believe the evidence favors the view that the diet of the mother before the child is born and the diet of the child in infancy and early childhood | are responsible for the poor teeth of the Negro children in Africa. Of the 3400 Atlanta Negro school children with defective teeth 33 per cent had only one or two small cavities. Ordinarily we consider teeth that show only one or two small cavities good teeth, so that it is fair to assume that 64 per cent of the Negro children living in cities or towns have excellent teeth, and probably such children living in the | country have still better teeth. The examiners who gathered the data say nothing about the standard of care of the teeth among these children. Probably the rite of brushing the teeth is here, as among children generally, more honored in the breach than the observance, like washing behind the ears. Negro children are singular' for- tunate in both respects. Such dental surveys or tabulations are interesting and stimulate specula- tion, but I shall draw no inferences now. This is a good time, however, to remind prospective mothers of some sa- lient facts in the newer knowledge of the teeth. 1. The theory that brushing or daily cleaning of the teeth prevents decays (caries) is unsupported by scientic evi- dence. 2. The diet of the expectant mother has much to do with the quality of teeth the child will develop. 3. The most importart essential of this diet is an adequate supply of vita- min D (antirachific), which enables the body to utilize calcium (lime). This vitamin is present in butter and in egg yolk, but nowadays it is a good custom for the expectant mother to take a daily dose or two of cod liver oil, which is the richest known source of vitamin D. 4. A liberal quantity and varety of foods containing calcium (lime) must be included in the diet of the expectant mother, and here are some of th> best: Cheese, milk, eggs, cabbage, beans, tur- nips, carrots, prunes, oranges, oatmeal, peanuts, almonds, walnuts. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. No Symptoms Exchanged Here. Do you think there is any relation be- patient when the doctor doesn't know precisely what is the matter or doesn't care to give out details. Diabetes is & functional deficiency, due to physical or organic defect, and students of the prob= lem - believe the defect is inherited. ‘Therefore, you should regularly undergo a medical examination, including urin- alysis, and carbohydrate tolerance test. Many a case of diabetes masquerades too lcng under the cloak of “neuras- thenia.” The Old Chill Phobia. Is congealment of the blood during & period dangerous?—Miss W. W. Answer—I am not re what you mean. Congealment means freezing or clotting. If you mean mere chilling of the body or exposure to cold or wet, I assure you there is no more harm in such experience at such a time than there is at any other time or for any other individual. Citified Cows Seem Nicer. Please give me some instructions about feeding and weaning my baby. I live on a farm and the cows have never been tested. 1Is it safe to feed my baby, 8 months old, the milk from our cows? —Mrs. W. E. S. Answer—If I lived on the farm, I'd certainly prefer the milk from our own cows to any other for my bimbo, whether the cows had ever been tested or not. The only protection a “test” gives is a fair assurance that the cows have not tuberculosis. It is, to my mind, a strange thing that so many people living in the country, with pure, fresh milk available from their own cows or a neighbor's, still prefer to get canned goods or_fancy packaged stuff for the baby. Barnum was eternally right. Write and tell me you wish to wean the baby, give the baby's age, and inclose a stamped envelope bearing your address. — Potato Balls With Fish. Scoop out the inside of hot baked potatoes and put the potato through a ricer. Use two cupfuls of sauce, add two tablespoonfuls of butter and moist- en with rich cream. Beat constantly and season with salt and paprika. Add half a tablespoonful of finely chopped parsley and one egg yolk slightly beaten. gaok for a minute, stirring constantly. emove from the fire and fold in well the beaten white of an egg. Shape in balls, roll in finely chopped nuts, place on a buttered sheet and brown slightly. Arrange around broiled white fish. Cuticura Heals tween diabetes and neurasthenia? To my mind they seem to have many sym - | My father died of | toms in common. diabetes,or rather coma induced by dia- betic gangrene, and I am said to bz sufll;rhég from chronic neurasthenia.— Answer — The term neurasthenia | means exhaustion of nervous energy, if | it means anything. There is no such thing as nervous energy, so far as| physiology can show. I believe you will find no reputable physician today who will deny that ‘“neurasthenia” is a blanket used to cover whatever ails the I pay aDOZZfl?’ L to meet you YOU WILL never really appreciate Annoying Rashes Bathe theaffected parts freely with Cuticura Soap and hot water, dry without rubbing, and anoint with Cuticura Ointment. This treatment {not only soothee and heals rashes and irritations but tends to prevent uch conditions. Soaptic: Ointment 2 and e, Tulcum e Sold Syerywhers. gt i, WG Caticura Shavins Stk gbe™ | . my Gold Line Women’s Shoes, until you actually own a pair. I want you to wear them and compare them. I know I can convince you they are the equal of shoes for which you are paying dollars more. So let's get acquainted! I'll take a whole dollar off my regular low price, just to have you come into the store and take your choice of Gold Line shoes. Come in tomorrow. During this “get-acquaint- ed” sale, all my $4 shoes Over 100 models to choose 803 H Street N.E., Washington, D. C. 1030 Seventh St. N.W., Washington, D. C. 518 King St., Al=xandria, Va. from —every style you possibly want.