Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1929, Page 53

"WOMA N’S PAGE, Colored Neckwear Accessories BY MARY A rather fine line is drawn this Spring betyeen sleeveless blouses and vestees —{0r these accessories are sometimes called now “blousettes.” There are sleeveless blouses that are essentially like the pique vestees. The practical CREPE DE CHINE BLOUSETTE TRIM- MED WITH DRAWN WORK, TO BE WORN UNDER A JACKET. difference, of course, is that the sleeve- less blouses are sold in a blouse depart- MARSHALL, ment and the vestees and blousettes are |to be found at the neckwear counter. All sorts of neckwear accessories— | collars, cuffs, vestees, guimpes, etc.— | are making their appearance in colored | editions. Even the conventional tai- lored pique vestee is seen in bright blue or rose color and often there are colored pipings on the vestees and guimpes of white or ecru material. Checked material is used for neck- wear as well as blouses. There are blouses of small-checked gingham or | taffeta that have found favor with well | dressed women. Checked chiffon flow- lers for evening wear are approved in Pari: Checks this Spring carry with them the air of smartness that polka dots did last year or stripes a few sea- sons earlier. Ruffling and pleating four or five inches in width—sold by the yard— is used to give the lingerie touch to blouses and frocks that was so prom- !!m‘m‘,_\' stressed this Spring by the well known French dressmakers. This may | | be arranged straight around the youth- ful round-neck collar line or may fol- low the outline of the neck, with one end extending down the front of the blouse in jabot style. Pieces of the pleating or ruffling may form little turn-back cuffs or may be introduced in the form of little up-and-down sleeve frills at the lower part of the sleeve. Patou sponsors this trpe of sleeve trim- ming. This week’s diagram pattern is for |one of the new sleeveless blouses that, when worn under suit-jacket or sweat- er, is practically the same thing as a blousette. You may make it all of the same material, to be worn without jacket or sweater, or, if you want it merely to serve as & blousette, vou may make it with the front of some rather choice material and the back of thin muslin or china silk. If you would like a copy, please send me & stamped, self-addressed envelope and I will glad- ly send it to you at once. (Copyright, 1920.) WORLD FAMOUS STORIES THE CHIEF OF CAIRO. FROM ARABIAN NIGHTS. This tale is from the Arabian Nights, a eollection of stories known sometimes as the ‘Thousand and One Nights. 50 named because A tale was told on each night for nearly three years by a wife entertaining her royal ‘husband.) ‘There were in this city two men of good reputation, who were suitable to bear witness in matters of murder and mayhem. But both men were secretly involved in intriguss with women and wine bibbing and other such dissolute activities. Nor could any one, least of all I, succeed in bringing them to Justice for their wicked ways of living. So I sent'about warning all tavern- keepers and dealers in sweets and sell- ers of fruit to keep an eye out for these two men andeto let me know im- mediately if any of them ever saw either one of them. I wished to know about the whereabouts of either or both, whether they were together or separated. I gave distinct orders that if this pair should enter any shop for wassail and carousal the shopkeepers should by no means keep it a secret from me. 7 They replied, one and all, “We hear. e obey.” So it chanced not long after that one night a man came to me and said, “Oh, master, know that the two men—the two reputed just men who make such good witnesses in matters of killings and cuttings, though they lead such terribly wicked lives themselves—know that these two men are now in a cer- tain street in such a house, engaged in their abomirable evil activities.” On hearing this information I im- mediately disguised myself. Taking my man servant with me, I set out and did not stop walking until I came to the house specified and knocked at the door. A servant girl came out and opened the door, saying: “Who are you?” I entered without troubling to answer her, and I saw the two witnesses and the master of the house sitting, with women by their side and with plenty of wine before them. When they saw me they rose at once to receive me, and made much of me, seating me in the place of honor and saying to me: “Welcome, illustrious guest that you are—you are welcome for a joyous comrade!” . ‘With this clever remark they ac- cepted me without any sign of sus- picion. Presently the master of the house arose from among us and went out. He WHY WE DO BY MEHREN If you want to become notorious over night predict some great calamity, an- nounce that the world is coming to an end on a certain date, that our civili- zation is doomed, that we are in for a severe Winter or a terribly cold Sum- mer, that the crops are going to fail or that we're headed for another World ‘War. You will recall that all of these predictions have been made and are being made. The prophet of calamity gets a hear- ing because his message is startling. People like to be shocked and startled. The ancient prophets specialized in calamity. Like a sandstorm in a desert they would swoop down upon the king or the people without warning and predict all sorts of terrible things about to befall them. Likewise, if you want to be leader, to get a large following, denounce some- thing or somebody. You never saw & crowd that was not “agin” something. The prediction of calamity is effective because it strikes a responsive chord in our hearts. We all conjure up all sorts of boogies in our dreams and day dreams. They are the personification of our fears. We have feared the things the calamity monger is handing out hence his authoritative statement e: presses the fear so vividly that we ac- cept it as true. We believe in calamity for the same reason that we believe in ghosts. The more often we think of these things the more readily we believe in them. Another reason why calamity is pop- ular is that most of us practice the art of thinking the worst in order to be satis with tever may come our way. For exampl e do not allow our- s k too strongly of suc- cess in landing a much desired job, because we hate to be disappointed. If we expect defeat we are ready for it —develop and hold its glori- ous freshness until youth is but a mem~ smooth, over the Retain entrancing | 3 years to come. Check the wrinkles and flabbiness and keep the appearance of youth with you always thru Gouraups = ORIENTAL CREAM Made in White - Flesh - Rached Kend 10c. for Trial & Ferd. T. Hopkins & Son. New York came back after & while with 300 dinars —quite a large sum of money, indeed. ‘Then the men addressed me, fearlessly: “Know, oh our lord, the Wali, that it is in your power to do even more than disgrace and punish us. But this will bring you nothing in return--nothing except fatigue. So it is our opinion that you would do much better to take this monye and protect us—for Almighty Allah is called the Protector and he loves those of his servants who protect their Moslem neighbors. So in this way you will receive your reward in this world, and also suitable recom- pense in the world to come.” Whereupon I said to myself, “I will take the enemy and give them pro- tection once. But, if ever again I have them in my power, I swear I shall wreak proper vengeance on them for their misdeeds.” For, you see, I was sorely tempted by such a large sum of money. So I accepted the bribe and went away, thinking that no one would ever be the wiser. But I was not entirely right in this, as will be seen. ‘The next day, suddenly, one of the Kazi's messengers came to me and said: “Oh, Wali, be so good as to answer the summons of the Kazi, who wants to see you immediately.” So I arose and accompanied him, knowing not what to think of this sudden summons. When I came into the presence of the Kaz, or judge, I saw the two witnesses and the master of the house—the three who had given me the money—all sitting there by the side of the magistrate. ‘The man rose and sued me in court for 300 dinars, nor was it in my power to deny the debt. For he produced a written obligation and his two com- panions, the regular legal witnesses of the court, testified against me that I truly owed the amount. ‘Their evidence satisfied the Kazi and he ordered me to pay over the sum of 300 dinars to these three rogues. Nor did I leave the court until I had done so—paying back to them the same money'with which they had bribed me the day before. 2~ So I went away, filled with shame and choked with wrath. I vowed mis- chief and vengeance against them, re- penting that I had not punished them when I had them in my grasp. This, if I may say so, is the most remarkable event that ever happened to me during my term of office. WHAT WE DO K. THOMSON. when it comes. This is a defense mech- a nism. It is a way we have of guard- ing against disillusionment and that terrible sinking feeling of failure. We think calamity, preach calamity, believe calamity because we are mortal- ly afraid of it. We practice the art of daydreaming calamity to avoid dis- appointment, to increase the thrill of success in case it turns out better than we had dared to hope, and finally to get a kick out of contemplating a dangerous situation from a place of safety just as we like to sit in com- fortable seats while we watch the lion tamer take chances with his life in the lion’s cage. (Copyright, 1929.) —_ Baked Liver. Cut one-eighth pound of fat salt pork into narrow strips. Insert these into the top surface of one and one-half pounds of beef, pork, or lamb livers, preferably with a larding needle. Place the liver in a deep baking dish or cas- serole, sprinkle with salt and pepper, add one cupful of sour cream, and bake in a fairly slow oven until the meat is tender. Beef liver would take the long- est time to cook, about an hour or longer. When done, remove the liver and make a gravy with the cream and juice in the dish. Use stock or water to thin if necessar Season with salt, pepper, a few drops of onion juice, and half a tablespoonful of table sauce. Serve the liver on a large platter with border of mashed potatoes or steamed | Cooking in sour cream gives the Iy i | GARDENS IN ROMANCE BY MARY POTTER DAVIS. Perhaps Shakespeare had just chanced on one of Nature's own gardens when he wrote Oberon's pretty speech: “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, ‘Where o s and the nodding violet gro Quite over-canopled with luscious wood- bine, ne, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.” In “A Winter's Tale” Perdita brings from the garden to the guests at the sheep-shearing_the flowers suited to their time of life: ‘Reverend si For you there's rosemary these keep Seeming and savor, all the Winter long; Grace and remembrance be to vou both, And welcome to our shearing.” To others she offers: “Hot lavender, mints, sav The marigold, that goe: the sun, And with him rises weeping; these are flowers Of middle Summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age. For the youths, particularly for the enamored Florizel, she wishes that she had “Daffodils, That come before the swallow and take The winds of March with beauty; vio- lets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherca’s breath.” After the terrible change in Hamlet and the violent death of her fat poor, mad Ophelia wanders aimless] through the garden and gathers somé® of its flowers: “There’s rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love. remem- ber; and there is pansies, that's for thoughts. There’s fennel for you, and columbines; there’s rue for you, and here’s some for me—we may call it herb-grace o’ Sundays. There’s a dais; I would give you some violets, but th withered all, ‘when my father died.” Mrs. Browning is perhaps expressing her own thought in the person of Aurora Leigh when she says: “Italy is one thing, England one. English_ground You understand the letter . the fall How Adam liven in a garden. and rue; , marjoram; 0 bed with dares, On . ere All the fields Are tied up fast with hedges, nosegay- The hills are crumpled plains—the plains parterres, The trees round, woolly, ready to be clipped. And if you seek for any wilderness You find, at best, a park.” In this garden-land of England, and in the garden of their aunt’s home, Aurora and her cousin, Romney Leigh, walked and talked in the companion- fh!p that was later to grow into lasting ove. Tennyson's young lovers are separated by a tyrannical brother, so it’s “Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the rose is blown.” And the lovely garden witnesses the tragic ending to the romance, in the duel which takes the brother’s life. ‘The artist’s friend takes him to see “The Gardener's Daughter”: “Henceforward squall nor storm Could keep me from the Eden where she dwelt. Light pretexts drew me: a Dutch love then for roses, Sometimes moss or y city rooms. The daughters of the year, One after gne, thro’ all that garden ass'd; Each garianded with her peculiar flower Danced into light, and died into the shade; And each in passing touch'd with some new grace Or seem’d to touch her.” MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. One mother says: Every mother knows how difficult it is to keep the children clean when trav- eling, even short distances. Ihave solved the problem by carrying in my hand- bag a rubber tobacco pouch in which I have a small moist sponge. I usually carry enough extra handkerchiefs along to use a stowels and in this way I can have a fresh looking child when I reach my destination, DAMPNESS doesn’t discriminate. Wet weather hardens salt on the dinner tables of rich and poor alike. At least, ordinary salt gets lumpy. Fortunately, there is a safe, certain remedy equally within the . reach of the rich, the poor and the FEATURES.’ | | ning fashions. that is printed in exotic coloring. Does Like Breed Like? have read with special interest your { views on heredity, vet am confused as to their bearing. 1 come from what woul called a distingui: wife. iy and_mine are in we and cur irlends expect great things Are we jusiified? My biological ays no. and cites Prof. Pearl to | Can you_enlighten me?> HOPEFUL PARENT. Reply. This apparentiy simple question has become a most complex one; and when doctors disagree, as they do, who shall | decide? Biologists prefer not to discuss the question in these personal terms, but this parental question is the “hu- man interest” form of it. The older, simpler idea of heredity must be corrected; but how and how much? Sir Francis Galton studied “Hereditary Genius” 50 years ago. He found that distinguished men were far more likely to have distinguished fa- thers than would just ordinary men, and in some measutre be more likely to have distinguished sons. He found also that special talents and peculiarities were apt to run in families; he held that in general, but not definitely so, like breeds like, He advocated that by proper i rior me! you could expect better minds lin a selected than in an unselected group. He founded the science. of eugenics, devoted to the improvement of the human stock. The negative side of that argument was the stronger and more practical one, namely, that the prevention of the breeding of unfit and inferior human stock would eliminate or reduce the least desirable quota of humanity. Prof. Pearl challenges this conclu- sion on the ground that what we have learned of the processes of heredity since Galton weakens, if it does not indeed destroy, this eugenic argument. He has re! stigated the parentage of superior men, taking as his standard the inclusion of a considerable biog- raphy in the Encyclopedia Brittanica. | He throws out those whose distinction was due to political, family or other po- sition, and confines attention to those who showed their superiority through what they sccompished. Philosophers and poets are fair examples. e e i My Neighbor Says A sprig of mint and a mara- schino cherry frozen into the ice cubes in yonr electric refrigerator make the water served on the table attractive., A piece of rubber tubing slipped over the sink faucets prevents glass and china becoming nicked when being washed. To clean scorched pans, add a cupful of water and a tablespoon of soap chips. Put on the stove and boil, then scrub with a stiff brush. To glue size walls, buy two or three pounds of glue sizing, mix by pouring boiling water over it and stir until dissolved. Pour in enough water to make it the con- sistency of thin varnish. Go over the plastered walls with a large brush. When dry, paper the walls. A lng beox of yuamnl_eed sal¢ - SALT COMPANY. IN . RANTON . B for a nici«é] J | in-betweens. It’s International Salt —guaranteed to be fine and free- flowing inany weather—anywhere. Guaranteed to be as clean and pure and savory as any salt can be; A large carton costs oaly a nickel at . soqd grocerss / PARIS—Little fishtall trains are Maggy Rouff's contribution to Spring eve- Roufl's evening gowns feature the narrow fishtail, | repeating it in several tiers on dresses made of printed chiffon or the new lame, sometimes RITA. KEEPING MENTALLY FIT Y JOSEPH JASTROW. It turns out that only 3 of 48 philosophers and only 3 of 72 poets had fathers distinguished enough to be men- tioned in the encyclopedia; that most had mediocre fathers and a few de- cidedly inferior ones. A good share of the greatest philosophers and poets ap- peared in just the average run of hu- man families. ‘The bigger fact seems to be that the peculiar combination of hereditary fac- tors that favor superiority may arise almost anywhere, among all sorts and conditions of human stock. That's a sobering conclusion and in some sense a hopeful one. However, it doesn't completely follow that all eugenical measures are useless, nor that like does not breed like. Prof. Pearl thinks it ?ocet!; others differ. It's a difficult sub- ject. (Copyright, 1929.) OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL Mother's Hour Off. “We missed you at the concert this afternoon.” “Yes, wasn't it too bad? Buster cut his finger and I thought he might be fussy so I stayed home with him.” “And you didn't get to the Garden Club meeting last month, did you?” “I was so sorry about that. I did want to hear about the perennial bor- der, but what could I do? The wash hadn’'t come home and I waited for it the whole afternoon. You know how they arc—always short something, so I waited and waited and they never came.” So it goes. The mother of the family thinks she cannot go out, knows that she cannot rest an hour, believes firmly that the whole family structure would collapse if she were to take a week off, and so never gets a chance to rest her mind and body. No worker can do good work. with such a schedule. There must be a place in the daily schedule for the rest hour. Sometimes it is an hour in bed, sometimes it is an afternoon spent playing some game, listening to a good concert, or a fine lecture, or going to a flower show, an art exhibition, or the circus, or some hilarious play. A mother needs to play. Children live in their play, and unless the moth- er's nerves are steady, unless her spirit is tuned to childish spirits the associa- tion with children in the home brings on irritation and temper storms and sick headaches. Mother must play. I know the baby may cry. I am not hard hearted when I say that it does not matter if he does. If there is some trusted member of the family to care for him it will do him good to know a fresh personality intimately. It is not broadening the child’s life when you confine him to the care of one person. It is binding him fast when you accus- tom him to being handled, fed, petted and caressed by just one person, his mother, Better for mother and child if they learn to live apart for an hour or so daily. When the children are old enough to do a few things about the house it is only fair to let them have the chance to do their best. If the mother goes out of the house and lets the children take charge for an afternoon she gives them a chance to learn how to live with each other and for each other. Yes, I know they will quarrel, and they will mess things and they will muddle about, but they will muddle through, too. It is a form of maternal selfishness when children are never left to help themselves and each other be- cause mother cannot be spared. Sup- pose mother had to be spared. Many & mother has reared a family of children and stayed so close by that she crammed all her life span into those few years and passed on leaving those children to another’s care at the time when they surely needed her. ‘Take the hour off; take the day off; take your annual vacation, you, mother of a family. You will sel your chil- dren better and stay with them longer. (Copyright, 1929.) Homing pigeons were used by the ancient Greeks, to whom the art of training them probably came from the Persians. The birds were used to carry the names of Olympic victors to their home cities. The Sidewalks “I was standing just as close to | Admiral Farragut at Mobile as I am | to you,” said the aged Navy veteran as we shook hands. In the lapel of his coat he had insignia bearing the design of an anchor. His chin was adorned with white whiskers and there was an invigorating atmosphere of the salty sea about him which his 89 years could not,_erase. His devotion to the Hartford, on which he served during the battle, was almost paternal in its depth. He knew every inch of the craft from the keel to far-flung mast 1. B. Millner is his name, and on that momentous day in the anuals of the Navy he operated a gun_perched high in the rigging. HE OPERATED A GUN| PERCHED KIGH IN | THE RIGGING. /L began, aczording to Mr. Millner, Admi- ral Farragut, mind- ing that the low- hanging smoke of the guns interfered with his view from the deck, ascended the ratlines of the mainmast as far as the futtock shrouds, immediately below the main- top, Mr. Millner was just above him torpedoes!” There has been considerable contro- used this term, but we have it straight admiral's words. “Actually there were six different fights during the battle of Mobile Bay,” said Mr. Miliner. Today the old war craff rests from its labors at Charleston, S. C. Mr. Mill- ner believes that the famous ship should be conditioned, so that coming genera- tions may pay tribute to its valor. Twenty-five men were killed and 28 wounded on the Hartford during the battle. ; “Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! No,” says the man who, as a youth, served a gun above the head of Admiral Farragut. * K kK to the ex-sailor recall his junkets on the Hartford. “He knows more than all of us put together,” he ventured. We agreed. Of course, the aged tar has probably not attended night clubs. Perhaps he is not familiar with modern “wise cracks,” and we doubt that he ever heard the phrase, “I faw down and go m.” He never drove a beautiful creature in a sports readster or knew where the best jazz was played. He missed these important items of life, but we wish we possessed his wisdom. * ok ok % A friend of ours was raised in a small Indiana town. He was just one of the kids. Childhood is a period of reckless abandon. Tomorrow is a cenury away. The staid citizens of the future are punching each other in the nose or chn;lng each other around the school yard. In a small town such as that in which our friend was nurtured, the boy grown to manhood's estate might eventually conduct & modest business or practice a lean but dignified profession. Some of them might go to the bigger towns Soon after the fight | and heard him exclaim, “D— flm[‘ versy as to whether the worthy admiral | from Mr. Millner that these were the | | A very young and wise fellow listened | of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. and cities. Of course, no one wasted | much time considering the future of | the neighborhood kids, unless it was | their parents. At any rate, the subject | of this sketch left the home town and ntered the romantic realm of the news- paper shop. He developed the sense | of “spotting” news and was graduat- |ed to an important executive position. Once a week his voice is projected | through far-reaching space. Hillsman, | plainsman and townsman listen in | Among them, recently, was a boyhood | friend of the speaker. He was probably | astonished when he heard the name of his “kid” friend come hurtling through | the air. He and the man before the microphone had once been buddies. They had fought each other, shaken hands, and fought the world together, back to back. So the boy who stayed home wrote a letter to the boy who went out to seek his fortune. It is doubtful which | of ‘the two received the bigger “kick,” | the one who listened in to his old | friend’s voice or the one who received a letter from the stay-at-home. We can record this: our friend is carrying the letter carefully stowed away in his | coat pocket. Radio often provides just such surprises. b | _Oratorical contests now being con- ducted throughout the country may aid in the revival of an art that has long since been on the decline. The ability to_ express one's self in the pres- 575 sovemG] ence of an audi- | ence is not a com- mon one. There is L something terroriz- I ing about the | thought of speak- ing to critical folks who appraise each gesture. Hands become unweildy and feet assume the proportion of kegs of nails. Th oughts and ) phrases that sparkle | A within _the shel- 5 tered domains of the study become an incoherent mass of blah-blah in an amply filled audi- torium, The average man becomes in- articulate if he has to address more than three or four persons. Even the seasoned actor, of perfect poise and memory, occasionally runs afoul of the affliction known as stage-fright. If one wishes to indulge in & few silent chuckles, an oratorical contest will provide them, but the far-reaching results cannot be evaluated. The silent actors of the movies are discovering something about the value of the speaking voice. Therefore, we favor bigger and better oratorical competi- tions. We can dispense with beauty contests. Pineapple-Apricot Jam. Soak one pound of dried apricots over night and cook them in the morn- ing without sugar. When well done, put them through a sieve or chopper. Drain off the juice from one large can of sliced pineapple and thoroughly chop it. Add this to the apricots and boil for -several minutes before adding six cupfuls of sugar and the julce of two lemons. Cook -until of the desired thickness and pour into glasses. Now a no-work’ way gets my clothes whiter/ How a new kind of soap freed me from old-fashioned washboard and boiler forever T WAS ready to scream! I had rubbed, rubbed, rubbed all morning. I just couldn’t get the clothes white enough. The kitchen was unbearably hot. Any minute the children would be hurrying home from school for their lunch . . . Oh, how I hated washday! I dumped the half-white clothes into a boiler of steaming suds. Still another tub of clothes to wash. Another tub of clothes to struggle with ...Suddenly I burst into tears. I just couldn’t scrub another thing. “I’ve gone on strike!” I told my hus- band that night. “I'm not going to kill myself scrubbing clothes—I've got enough to do taking care of the house and the children.” “You're right,” he said. “\Vas]xday‘is wearing you out. We've got to do some- thing about it.” Thenext day I was telling my troubles to my neighbor. “How do you get such a nice snowy wash?” I asked her. “You never seem worn out from scrubbing, the way I do.” “Serubbing? Why, that’s old-fashioned! Don’t you know that nowadays the whitest washes are just soaked and rinsed?” And then she told me about Rinso. How its thick suds soak out dirt and stains . .. and wash clothes whiter so easily, so safely. Next washday I tried it, and oh whata difference! No soap I ever used was even half so marvelous. My wash was out of ‘the way even before the children came home from school. ever saw! 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