Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1929, Page 55

WOMAN'S PAGE " %_A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT ZA WOMAN whose husband is high in Washington official circles was de- scribing her social secretary the other day as “a luxury, to have which I would do without necessities,” However, more than one wife of an official has been steered safely past the rocks of grave social errors in the National Capital by the hand of these experts. To the newcomer the so- cial secretary is al- most indispensable. Although she may have years of so- cial knowledge gained in other cities, unless she is familiar with the & =~ rules that govern i society [gl ‘gslh‘l N ington e official ™, ‘Wife is tn for a lot of grief. Most of them realize this and lose no time in enlist- ing the aid of an expert. The soclal secretary is not necessarily & full-time employe. One hour a day or even three times a week from No- vember until May—the Capital’s social season—is all that many political host- esses require of a secretary. Usually one may be pressed into service for some special occasion. At such times merely a visit to talk over matters of general importance is sufficient. Frequently a secretary will take entire charge of an official dinner, looking over the list of guests to see that there are no conflicting claims to precedence; sending out invitations, keeping - track ©f replies and seating the guests. ‘The importance of having all these idetails attended to correctly can hardly be overestimated. Clashes are fatal to the hostess. Due notice must be given a secretary. ‘When a dinner is to be seated she is notified several days ahead at the very Jeast. We were talking to a secretary the other day who had received a call from a woman just awakened to the fact that she was in need of expert assistance. She wanted the secretary immediately, and seemed unable to understand when she was told that th secretary’s morn- ing hours were all taken. “What has happened,” the secretary said, “is that this woman came to Wash- ington last November. She realized that she would not have much enter- taining to do until now, and therefore didn't engage a secretary. She can't get it into her head why we are not available. “I wonder,” she concluded, a bit rue- fully, “how she thinks I have been making my living up until now.” ‘The history of Washington's social secretaries dates back to the Cleveland administration, when Mrs. Whitney had the first one known here. Mrs. Roose- velt made it a profession when her own social secretary was ‘put on the Govern- menb pay rolls. ‘Today, the social secretary to the wife of the President stands at the head of her profession. She has the status of an official employe of the Govern- ment. ‘The others make their own standing according to their ability and judgment. ‘To a greater degree than most occupa- tions, it depends for its scope upon the individuals who are engaged in it. Ask any one on Capitol Hill to name the junior Senator from Idaho and you will more than likely be met with a blank stare. In 9 out of 10 cases the one questioned must consult the Con- gressional Directory before being able to answer. C. PLUMMER. ‘Thomas. There are two reasons for this. In the first place, a man like Borah would overshadow almost any colleague he might have. He is not only outstanding in the United States Senate but throughout the world: and, in the second place, Thomas doesn't care a rap whether he is known to the public or not. “I didn't ask for my seat in the Senate,” he told this writer the other day. “In fact, I had never thought of such a thing until the governor called me on the telephone and said that he wanted me to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Frank R. Gooding. “In all of my life I have never sought a public office. Of course, I served as chairman of the Republican State cen- tral committee of Idaho for four years and was a member of the Republican national committee for two terms, but I entered no contest for these posts. “All my life 1 have been a country banker and a live stock farmer. Poli- tics interested me, but never to the extent that it does others.” Senator Thomas chuckled when he told of announcement of his appointment to the Senate bring- ing a clamoring from the news- papers fcr a pic- ture. “They couldn’t find a single one,” he said, “for the simple reason that there were none available. They even had a hard time finding some- thing to write about me. I had never been inter- viewed many times by reporters. Iwas just simply un- known.” Senator Thomas will continue to conduct himself in the days that lie ahead just as he has in those that have passed. He has been elected by the people of Idaho to fill the unexpired term of Senator Gooding and there are four years left. “There’s nothing big I can do in the United States Senate,” he said. “There’s nothing I want reformed. shall just simply stick to my seat, vote whichever way I think right and let it go at that. “I'm just an average American citizen, well satisfied with conditions and con- tent to let them remain as they are.” While the Idaho Senator appreciates the distinction and honor of his posi- tion, one feels, after talking to him, that he would much rather be back in Idaho in the office of his country bank or looking after the interests of his large live stock ranch. He has severed all connections with his bank, but holds on to his dairy farm, that “I might have something to do when I am at home.” “It's a money-making proposition— my business,” he said. “I can't get accustomed to the idea of spending so much of my time away from it.” Peach Dessert. Drain the sirup from one can of peach halves. Crush one dozen maca- roons on a piece of clean paper and dip the peach halves in the crumbed macaroons. Place half a peach rolled in macaroons in the bottom of a sher- bet glass. Fill the center with whipped cream and place another peach half on top. Pour a little sirup into the glass and decorate with whipped cream Every one knows William E. Borah, and a candied cherry. but very, very few people know John | THE EVENING WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Rogistered U. S. Patent Office. vORTHIS-i When the veteran “man-o'-wai's- man,” Sam Rice, outfielder for Wash- ington, broke in here as a pitcher, winning his first game. A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. Resisting Evil Desires. ‘Text: “Every man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust.”—James, L14. “When he is drawn away by his own lust"—evil desires. Thus it is that men are led into sin. When any evil desire “hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” Therefore, if you would stay out of sin and escape its death- dealing blight, let all evil desires be promptly resisted. Multitudes of evil desires are entering the mind all the time. We can't pre- vent them from entering, but we can prevent them staying. As the old say- ing goes, “You can’t keep bats from fly- ing over your head, but you can keep them from building nests in your hair.” We are not responsible for all the evil desires that come to us. Many of them come unbidden. But even though we are not responsible for their com- ing, if we welcome them and invite them to remain and entertain them, we are responsible. There is but one safe course to pursue. When evil desires come, refuse them hospitality. Do not merely give them a hint to go—kick them out. This is vital to our safety against temptation and sin. Desires are the mainspring of action. Every evil deed is born of evil desire. “When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and 200 shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of 50 shekels weight, then I coveted them and took them.” That is the story of Acham’s sin. It tells the story of every sin. We first de- sire, then resolve to obtain and then act. The deed is the result of the de- sire. To conquer evil desire, therefore, is to conquer sin, S (TS, An_international pageant in a De- troit Presbyterian Church included Chi- nese, Syrians, Armenians, Rumanians and Serbi: Blended eopectally STAR, WASHI BEAUTY CHATS A Patching-Up Process. If your skin is very badly blotched, 50 there seems almost nothing you can do with it to make it look nice tempo- rarily, you can patch it up in either of the following ways: a general cleansing. Cold cream, hot water and soap, a hot rinse, a cold rinse. The cold rinse should be quite cold, in fact an ice rub is better than a rinse. For the moment, since this stimulates the blood, it may make the skin seem worse than it was before, because it will emphasize the blotchi- ness. But in a half hour or so this will clear up and the skin will be better for having been stimulated. SUB ROSA BY MIML Dancing Papas. It wasn't so long ago that Henry Ford started square dancing and Ber- nard Shaw began to tango. They may have stopped by this time, but we still have with us the papas, who have taken up the trail where Ponce de Leon left off. Flaming youth is setting the pace and it makes ours the age of rejuvenation. Bearded prophets and Senators in frock coats were all right in their day, but we have canned them and put them in the Hall of Fame. The rejuvenation of the senile boys began with the safety razor first. As soon as men removed the mattresses from their faces they thought they looked young and began to act like collegiates. ‘Then came the tricky knickers and vestless coats with their southern ex- posures. A boy used to don the cast. off clothing of his old man, but it looks as though the ancient papas had swiped the wardrobes of their sons while the boys were in bathing. Atta boy! He cut out the cigar and pipe for the more youthful cigarette, and boosted the trade by a billion. Then he began to munch yeast cakes and turned to the soda fountain the way old Ponce hiked toward the foun- tain of youth, which he couldn’t locate. ‘When it comes to the marriage game it takes these superannuated specimens to make the matches. The real el- igibles among the men have lost their way to the altar, so that it's not until a man has fallen arches that he’s ready to move on to the Little Church Around the Corner. Winter is mating with Spring. A man must pass 60 before he marries in earnest, and then the girl in her 20s has her chance. If a girl wants to be a trained nurse it is certainly a chance for her to give first aid to these walking delegates from the home for old soldiers. These old men who set their clocks back to save a little daylight are an interesting bunch. But if it hadn't been for flaming youth they'd have been off the firing line long ago. It takes us to flash the midnight sun on these men in®the twilight of their old lives. No wonder they like us. We have shown them that old dogs can learn new tricks. Well, here'’s to these merry Methusa- lahs. The sky® their limit now. * (Copyright, 1 BY EDNA KENT FORBES Now for ways of covering up the skin’s defects. If the spots are not too bad, folow your ice rub by a fairly thick coating of vanishing cream. It must be the very finest quality vanishing cream you can find. Give it time to dry into the face, wipe gently with a soft cloth and powder thickly. Rup the powder gently all over the face with the hand, so as to rub as much as possible into the skin. Ordinarily I would not advise this, but this is a special oc- casion, and it will not hurt you. If red marks still show, use a little vanishing cream again over the pow- der and then powder again. This gives a_ fairly thick coating over the worst bits of the skin. If the eruptions are pimples, or if the marks are very red, putting ‘on rouge will be a difficult pro- |* cess, because you are putting red over red, which only makes the marks show up more prominently. To avoid this, use dry rouge on the end of a very small powder puff, or even with a short bristled paint brush, and spread it very lightly over the checks, going around the splotchy parts and not over them. This is a method of painting them out of sight, since you are tinting the skin around them. If your skin is blotched, it probably means you'll have to use rouge. L. H—Liver stains on the skin will sometimes bleach off if you apply dam- pened baking soda to them every.day for a few weeks. Some of the powder adheres to the skin after it has dried, and it is enough to act as a mild bleach, without irritating the skin. From one of the readers of the Chats comes the following formula for this same purpose: To a pint of bay rum, add a tablespoonful of sulphur; shake well each time and apply to spots in the same way I have directed for the baking powder. The correspondent stated that she cleared off these spots after several weeks of applications. Party Salad Supreme. Cook some spaghetti until tender, then drain. Set aside two cupfuls to cool. Shortly before serving the salad add two cupfuls of canned sauerkraut, one cupful of diced raw carrots, two cupfuls of canned meat, one tablespoonful of minced onion, one cupful of chopped celery, half a cupful of relish, one tea- spoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of green peppers chopped, one tablespoon- ful of minced red peppers and half a cupful of diced cheese. Mix lightly, place an individual portion on a lettuce leaf, top with mayonnaise and garnish with minced olives. Beefsteak Pie. Cut one and one-half pounds of round steak into strips an inch wide. Brown these in the drippings and let simmer in boiling water until tender. Add salt and pepper to season, then turn into a baking dish. Sift together three times two cupfuls of sifted pastry flour, three level teaspoonfuls of baking powdeér and half a teaspoonful of t. Add one cupful of cold mashed potato and work in half a cupful of shortening. Add some milk and mix to a dough. Knead lightly and roll to fit the top of the baking dish. Cut two slits in the mid- dle. Bake for about 25 minutes. Where NGTON. D. €. THURSDAY, MARCH 14. 1929. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN, “I told Mamma I was goin’ to be a missionary, but my stomach don't ache no more an' I guess I'll be a flyer after all” Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. The Hobo's Mind. The social mind of this or any other nation is composed of layers pretty much as the rock formations that make up this “toa, too solid earth.” Some of these layers or planes are relatively impervious to the influences of the so- clal planes surrounding them. The most impervious of these is the hobo plane. Recently the hobos gathered in Washington for their annual conven- tion. This was not a gathering of poor men exactly, for one of their number, Eads Howe of St. Louis, is a millionaire. Nor are these men totally disoriented from soclety, elected hobo mayor of the city of New York. So it appears that the hobos have their financiers and politicians. The hobos think in general along the same lines as all human beings. The hobo early in life eatches on to the fact that “most friendship is feign- ing, most loving mere folly.” At least he soon learns that most acquaintances are valuable only for what they add to the pleasures of the moment. So he draws apart from the rest of the world, So far as such a drawing apart is possible within the bounds of physical existence. He learns, first of all, to find satisfaction in his own compan- fonship. He becomes an introvert. ‘The most of these hobos, true to the introvert formula, are kindly men and honest. They gain their livelihood, or competence as the case may be, by thelr subtle intuition that most men, like themselves, are possessed of a kindly streak. ~Generosity is their strongest instinct. And they know how to draw upon this common human endowment. Every one is a hobo to the extent that he hands a hobo a slice of bread at the back door. Every one is a hobo to the extent that he is not ashamed of his own company. Every one is a hobo to the extent that he lives by self-made philosophy. Every one is a hobo to the extent that he refuses to do battle with two fundamental cer- tainties—life and then death. breakfast toast | busily whirring day after day, and | for Dan O'Brien was | NANCY PAGE Ginghams for Girls Are Fashion Wise BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Mrs. Lacey's sewing machine was | slowly but surely the girls were getting outfitted. Having three young daugh- ters and keeping them in becoming clothes is no small task and Mrs. Lacey knew it only too well. But the grati- ing part was this—her children al- ways looked well dressed and she en- joyed making the little clothes, al- though Clalre’s clothes could scarcely be called “little” any more. Mercy! but that child was shooting up and firtllng lean and lanky and hard to dress. A blue and white checked gingham dress was good looking and satisfac- {tory. It was a two-piece affair. The | belt was red leather. The jacket and | hat were of red. Her slippers were black. She no longer wore socks but It will never get hard o felt more comfortable in stockings of sunburn hue. Pam’s little dress was of pink plque with white colar and cuffs and the tiniest of white linen vest front. The fullness necessary in the skirt ob- tained by inverted pleats laid at shoul- der. She had a white beret. One after- noon Mrs. Lacey came home fired with the idea of making all three daughters a quilted calico coat with little turbans to match. She chose blue for outside and yellow for inside. The material was dotted with small figures. The coats were quilted in simple diamond pattern, similar to the old Breton quilt- ing. Being reversible, they could be worn with almost any outfit. The tur- ban was made of circular plece around k\;vhlgh was attached a straight quilted and. Little girls like sandwiches. Writ e to Nancy Page. care of this paper. inclosing & stamped. _self-addressed envelope, and ask for her leaflet on “Sandwiches." (Copyright, 1929.) 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