Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1929, Page 35

WOMA The Sidewalks N°’S PAGE.' of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. ‘There is an Army officer servlng a tour in the eity who is about six feet four, Like most men of great stature, he is a kindly, amiable person who always impresses one that he is com- fortable and safe. Unless tall people are singularly free from sensitiveness they are apt to suffer from well meant slings and jibes of those of a v e rage height. ‘The officer men- tioned entered a home recently and was greeted by: “How's the weather up t » Now it seems to us that the use of | 8 that threadbare line should bs pun-~ ishable by a fine at least. The officer smiled at the witticlsm (?) and re- plied that it was fair and warmer, Most tall fellows are good natured. They have to be. Just the other day, one of our most noted and prolific ‘writers on outdoor life was a visitor in the city. He had to lie at an angle in bed in order to sleep. Somehow, no one ever thinks of kidding an undersized man or woman. Nobody ever says, “Isn't it cold down there near the ground?” For some unknown reason, men of heroic size seldom win the sympathy of folks. begin with, the odds appear to be so overwhelmingly in their favor that th» crowd instinctively “roots” for the smaller fellows. This arly true in boxing contests. the reader may know, decide: which a boxer must dis- play his wares. Two contestants of equal weight may differ considerably in measurements. Dempsey in three of his most notable contests defeated de- cisively men nearly a head taller than himself. They were Fulton, Willard and Firpo. In each case the fans were with Dempsey. When the then champion fought Tommy Gibbons, a man shorter than Dempsey, the crowd was for Gibbons. 1It's tough to be tall, some- times. o The: melancholy days will soon be | here for the income taxpayer. Accord- ing to one tax consultant, most men honestly endeavor to “come clean” with Uncle Sam. Of course, there always will be those who will try to seek exemptions to which they are not en- titled. One tax authority has a client ‘whose income is in_ excess of $150,000 & year. Last year he charged himself with $8,000 for entertainment. It was disallowed. Some people gasped that a man could possibly spend that amount for merely entertainig a few people. As a matter of fact, the sum was much lower than his actual ex- penditures. After all, most things are comparative. Very few spend less than 5 per cent of their incomes annually for entertainment, and that is putting is modestly. How many men receiving a salary of $2,000 a year do not spend $100 every 12 months for theaters, etc.? On this basis the man with $150,000 a year is spending no more propor- tionately of his income. X i Many years ago & noted female | swindler plied her trade in Washing- | ton. Unable to mulet the citizens, she | sent a man into some nearby woods to |cut 200 sticks. These she advertised tate of Georg> Washington. They 1d readily for $1 aplece. o While the sight may be amusing, there is something pitiful about an ani- mal dressed in human attire. 'The con- | stant companion of a colored man is a white bulldog. The master has taught | his faithful pal to wear a small high hat and hold a pipe in his month. Even in all the grotesqueness his appear- ance, the little fellow seems to feel the dignity of the high hat. He follows his owner into street cars and squats beside him on the seat. We would rather see fhore dog and less hat. ok Without the presence of folks who like to tinker, progress would probably cease, A tinkerer at least discovers things. He may tear your radio or talking machine in parts, but this should he your contribution to science. Fooling one night with a crippled electric lamp a young fel- low blew a house fuse, with the re- sult that the place was in darkness. The host emitted a few choice phrases about people who monkey with things they know nothing about and sought a fuse. There were guests present and a bridge game was about to start. “Mr. Fixit” whistled merrily and proceeded to investigate the cause of the trouble. The host could not locate a fuse. “Give me a penny,” said the youth. In some manner he succeeied in inserting the penny in the fuse box and the lights were restored. However, hc never regained popularity with the host. HE LIKES TO TEAR YOUR RADIO IN PARTS - The Daily Cross Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1929.) 1. Needle-pointed. 8. dites. . Expe: . 15. Universal medicine. 16. One of the chief devils. 17. Upon. 18. Fleshy fruit. 19. Strap of a bridle. 20. Musical note. 21. Pigpen. 26. Golf mounds. 28. Scorn. 29. Suspend. 30. Jumps. 32. Alcoholic drink. 33. wild. 34. Enlists. 36. Hesitate for petty reasons. 38, Beam. 39. Papyrus cradle of Moses. 40. Strew. 44. Astral. 48. Despises. 49. Before. 51. Fish with a net. 52. Footless animal. 53. Backbone. 55. Fragment. 56. Lemon seed. 57. Mottled. 59. Ostrich-like bird. 60. Thing understood. 61. Frog. 62. Observe secretly. 64. By. 65. Not artificial. 67. Put into action. 69. Windpipe opening. 70. Covered the inside of again, Down. 1. High missionary, 2. Barrack tavern. 3. Half an em. 4. Sharp blow. Playing car 12. Printer's measure, 13. In name only. 14. To fish for eels, 22. Period of time, 24. Portuguese coin. 25. A city plaza, 217. Displayed ostentatiously, 29. Interrogates critically. 31. Narrow strips of wood. 33. Discharges. g_&l. ;oluuoix rro§n ;f&:cm. . To make a lacel A 40. Modeling. 41, Principal, 42. Above. . Chest bcne. . Biblical mountain, . Escape privately. Portion. . Encounter between two persons. . Wheel groove. . Prefix; three. R A Potato Turnovers. Mix well one pint of mashed potatoes, one egg, one¢ tablespocnful of flour and salt and pepper to taste. Turn out onto a well floured board, roll carefully and cut in cirgles the size of a small saucer, On each circle place a tablespoonful of any leftover meat finely chopped and highly seasoned. Double over and pinch the edges together like a‘turnover., Ar- range on a flat, well buttered tin, brush over with cream or melted butter and brown in a hot oven. canes direct from the Mount Vernen | THE EVENING mefTYIERT REG. U. §. RAT. OFF. The STYLE POST is the marker on the road to being smart. Bathing Suit. A bathing suit these days is not merely for the active sport of swim- ming, but for a beach dress as well —a frock in which to enjoy delightful leisure on the sands. This navy blue crepe de chine has all the formalizing details of a dress (minus a little of its length). The diagonal bows, the yoke, the pleated skirt and the contrasting piping make it a beach dress as well as a swim- ming- suit. (Copyright, 1020.) Creamed Celery. Wash and scrape the outside stalks of three heads of celery and cut into inch lengths. Cook in salted water until tender, which will probably re- uire ebout half an hour, and then Irain very thoroughly. Blend together three tablespoonfuls of butter with three tablespoonfuls of flour and add one and one-half cupfuls of milk a little at a time, stirring constantly un- til the whole boils. Cook for three minutes, add salt and pepper to taste, and heat the celery in the sauce. Onlons, persnips and carrots may be prepared in the same way. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Dates and Hominy. Eggs Goldenrod. Toast, Marmalade, Coffee. LUNCHEON. Pepper Steak. Graham Gems. Grapefruit Salad. Nut Cookies, Tea. DINNER. Beef Stew. Squash au Gratin. Chopped Apple and Celery Hot Mince Pie. Cheese. Coffee. DATES AND HOMINY. Pit one layer of dates and let simmer in water about five min- utes, drain off liquid and dispose dates about shapely mound of steamed hominy. ~Serve with cream. Figs may be substituted for dates. PEPPER STEAK. ‘Take two peppers, two medium= sized onions, one bunch celery, all cut up fine. Heat frying pan, ut teaspoon fat in and melt. t ebove mixture in and then take remains of cold roast beef or roast veal, slice thin and cut up in small pieces. Put this with the rest. Fry to golden brown. BEEF STEW. Get one and one-half to two pounds beef for stew and cut into glod-stud pleces for serving. t into casserole and add hot water to come nearly to top of beef and cook in moderate oven two hours, then add vegetables as you choose, say five onions, six pleces turnip cut one-half inche thick and about two inches across, one large parsnip peeled and cut across or lengthwise, according to size (if they are large, cut in slices one-half inch thick; if small, in quarters from top to end) and a little carrot. ver and return to oven an hour Ibnger. You can also add pota- toes (peeled, of course), but cook them separately. Also add good teaspoon salt. Just before serving take tablespoon flour and one- fourth cup cold water (stir to- gether with fork, as it gets lumps out better than spocn does). Pour into casserole and let boil a min- ute or two. You may neec to add some water when you put in vegetables. Be sure not to let it cook dry. If you have no casserole, you can use any earthen baking dish, covering with plate. If you have a roast you can use the flank and least tender parts of cooked meat in this way. This amount will serve four or five per- sons and deave enough, unless they are very hearty eaters, for a good hash. ' The meat may be seared before cooking in casserole. Put one tablespoon fat into spider and cook meat few moments in it, turning over so it will be bm;n;ed all over. Then proceed as Salad. " Dental Cream HERE is the way most tooth decay and gum irritations begin. Particles of food lodge in the tiny V-shaped crevices at The Danger Line—the line where teeth and gums meet. These ferment. Acids are formed, causing decay and often gum irritations. You caa prevent this by using Squibb’s Dental Cream, made with Squibb’s Milk of Magnesia—the safe, scien- tific means of counteracting the acids which attack the teeth and gums. Squibb’s Dental Cream protects you from the threat of adids, keeps the teeth beautifully clean and lustrous and preserves healthy gums. At all drug stores, 40c a large tube. Copyright 1929 by E. R. Squibb & Sons Attaining Proper Weight. Your ideal weight will mean that you are meither fat nor thin, which will show that a strict adherence to the tables of weight is not possible. These can only approximate the awerage weight for age and height, hut if there is & heavy frame, it will add much to the weight given, and there will be a lessening of weight when there are small bones. Growing boys and girls may be far above what would be considered nor- mal weight and slough it all off as they approach maturity. The opposite is also true, for exteremely thin chil- dren fill out often over the last year of development. The condition of the heaith is what decides the matter in such cases. In many instances it is possible to increase the weight by simply eating more fats, starch and sugar—any one of these or all of them, for some peo- ple have a greater afinity for one than the other. One woman I know takes on weight if she eats candy, but white potatoes, starchiest of all the vegetables, do not change the scales for her either way. If the digestion can stand it, taking a larger quantity of cream, but- ter, olive oil, or as many starchy foods as possible, will fatten and add to the | weight. There will be plenty of people who cannét burden the digestion this way, especially those who otherwise use up & great deal*df nervous energy. For AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “I thought Cousin Jim looked right natural in his coffin, except he didn't have a cigar stub in his mouth.” (Copyright. 1929.) BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES these, give preference to the fats, tak- inzlg }f longer time to increase the weight, Slenderness, to a_certain extent, is desirable not only for ‘grace, but be- cause it favors alertness; but to attain it dieting should not be pushed beyond the point where there is a lack of nutri- tion. There must be sufficient reserve power, so do not diet to point of weak- ness, Take more time for it. M. M. C.—The benzoin you bought is all right, it is the tincture, and that is what the formula called for. There 1s also powdered bengoin, but you would not speak of that in terms of “drops,” that would be a “pinch.” Auna D.—When the palms of the hands persipre a great deal it shows there is lowered vitality and need of a general building up. This is also the reason for your feet perspiring badly when you dance. Powder the palms of hands and soles of your feet with any ordinary talcum in which there is some boracic powder included. One teaspoonful of the latter to four of the former will keep the skin from becoming tengder or sore. WINTERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Already in some florists’ windows one begins to see narcissus and hyacinth, both purple and white, and With the welcome sight of them once more, the enchanting smell, recalling to mind all the Springtimes one has known, the dreariness of Winter is not quite so dreary, nor the time to Spring so long. Florists ask good round prices for thelr wares, well knowing that the flower-hungry public will pay dearly without question, and justly advancing the claim that the flowers are forced at trouble and expense, and any com- modity out of season fetches a price. Orchids are incredible, and roses are the flowers of all flowers, and an'Easter lily on REaster day is imposing. But for the sheer poetry of flowerdom, the compression into six white petals and sepals, or the distilled essence of ro- mance in one breadth of nectary per- fume, give me the narcissus. You may have your haughty princess the orchid; your heavy queen, the rose; the narcissus is the young maiden of the fairy story. And close rivals in our hearts, and close kin in the botani- cal scheme of things are all those other bulbous plants, the jonquil and the quill, the crocus and hyacinth, members of that enchanting trio of Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. There are many ways in which furni- ture and draperies may be trimmed, but there is always an expert touch to an article which has been finished with manufactured fringes, two of which are shown in the illustration. The upper one, known as “ball fringe,” may be had in cotton, mer- cerized or silk and in plain colors or a mixture of shades. With this array IRESL) i to chose from, it makes no difference whether your material is cretonne, silk broadcloth, taffeta or damask, there is some kind which will harmonize with it. The lower fringe is a less elaborate one with cut ends and a fancy heading. This may be used for draperies or for the bottom of a chair or sofa and is made in the same variety of qualities and colors as the ball fringe. Draperies should be trimmed down the sides and across the bottom, whether these are made long enough to reach to the floor or the bottom of the sill, and if there is a valance this should be trimmed across the bottom. Tiebacks of drapery material should be trimmed in the same manner. families, the lily clan, the iris clan, and the amaryllis clan. To me these three families, with all their wealth of gay Spring flowers, the fragrance and their fairy forms, are the true aristocrats among plants. The Paulist community was estab- lished in New York in 1858. Father Hecker, the founder, was born on the East Side, New York. STAR, WAS'E{INGTON. D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1929.° i WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO Were you born with ideas? If so, what sort of ideas did you inherit? Before the days of John Locke (1632- 1704) it was belleved that human beings were born with certain ideas. ‘These were supposed to be innate in the same sense in which our instincts, re- flexes and elementary emotions are | innate. It was argued that since no one can prove the origin of the idea of | God and immortality which every one seems to have, it must have been born | in every person or that at least the germs of it were inherited, and in time developed into full-fledged ideas. Locke, the brilllant Englsih phil- osopher, completely demolished this notion. By philosophical and logical arguments he proved once and for all that no idea can be inherited. He pointed out that no one claims that the idea .of fire, as universal as the idea of God, is inherited as is the color | of the eyes and hair. Locke was right in denying inherited ideas, His likening of the mind at birth to a blank sheet of white paper or wax walting the impressions of ex- perience, however, is misleading and utterly wrong. Contrary to this notion of a negative and passive mind, the mind is positive and active. It takes up the sensory | experiences and builds up concepts and ideas. Our ability to respond actively to what we see and taste and hear and smell, etc., is what makes human beings unlike the animals, trees and stones. | We learn more than the lower animals because our brains are better adapted to take the raw stuff of experience and make sorething of it. ‘oday no one believes that people are born with ideas. But there are a My Neighbor Says: When coffee reaches the boil- ing point add a pinch of salt to bring out the coffee flavor. ‘Wrap white satin shoess in blue paper when packing them away; the lime in white paper turns them yellow. To polish mnhcflmy furniture, wipe it with a cloth wrung out of cold water and rub with a dry cloth. ‘To warm over rolls, put them in a paper bag, sprinkle the bag with cold water and set in a hot oven until the bag is dry. 1f postage stamps have become glued together lay a thin p over them and run a hot iron over the paper. The mucilage will not | teed. be hurt. Lina Cavalieri " Celebrated Parisian Beauty Specialist urges soap of palm and olive oils a lovely skin to gain Former celebrated opera star, now famous beauty ex- pert, explains why washing ‘the face correctly is a most important Unmisiakably Parisian, this entrance to Cavalieri’s Salon de Beauté, at 61, nue Victor Emmanuel I11. Here, on an e mingles with an interesting and attractive group of women from afternoon, America and the Continens, beauty treatment /A CAVALIERI has stepped off the operatic stage to share her beauty knowledge with the world's smartest women. Ensconced in her sumptuous - salon, on the Avenue Victor Emmanuel III, Lina Cavalieri tells herpatrons of asimple homebeauty treatment, “I find,” she says, “that a soap blended of palm and olive oils, by cleansing the pores thoroughly, leaves the skin in a smooth, healthy condition.” What Cavalier has found Madame Cavalieri has made an extensive study of beauty methods both in Europe and America. “T am visited by some of the most famous beauties of two continents,” she says. "'In addition to my own beauty products, I always recommend them to use Palmolive Soap.” ‘When dirt, dust, oil, powder and rouge get into the pores they are choked up. To these poisonous sectetions Cavalieri attributes blackheads, pimples, enlarged potes, blemishes. Mme. Cavalieri feels that the unique lather of Palmolive frees those hardening masses of dirt and make-up and leaves the complexion soft and glowing. 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