Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1929, Page 34

Group Stitchery for Plain Sewing BY LYPIA LE BARON WALKER. . ‘There are ways in which sew- ‘with the needle, and for those unac- quainted with easy amethods. Those who have foilowed the articles of the past weks on 0 various; 'AMS OF PILLOWCASES WHEN DONE BY HAND SHOULD BE SEWED WITH STITCHES TAKEN IN GROUPS. ealled “top-stitching,” “over-seaming” and “whipping” wili have discovered some of the little “tricks” of this stitch- ery and noted ways of handling needle and thread most advantageously. To- day the discussion will be on the value of “group stitchery.” How to do it and when to use it. The time required to do running, basting, overcasting and other plain sewing in which stitches follow in se- DIET AND E g bsiid LT i is the loop held. ‘The worker mt proceeds expertly e urprising . fi smooths out the thread and gives it & wirey quality which in itself is @ preventive against knotting, as well as aiding in easy manipulation. Group stitchery of the sort described is essential to use when long seams must be hand sewed in a short time. It is essential to rapid basting and to quick expert sewing of many kinds. The value of i is not alone in its rapidity but in the fact that the stitchery is in no way impaired by the time-saving ey (Copyright, 1929.) My Neighbor Says: These appeal to youngsters very muth. Place balls of ice cream on & plate, dip & small brush or toothpick in melted chocolate and paint on each eyes, nose and mouth, then use an inverted ma gr a hat and u_have & ly clown. ynw’hen meiting _chocolate for candy, a little butter added will give chocolates a gloss and they will not_ turn light colored, This is an old-fashioned way to settle coffee, but one used suc- cessfully. At a fish store get the skin of & codfish, cut it in one- inch squares and store them away. in a box. When making coffee, add one piece just before pouring in the boiling water. To clean aluminum, use silver h, applied the same way 88 for silver. HEALTH BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. D. Poor Posture. “A question has come up in our class about high heels. Wil you please tell me what you think of them? Do they injure the foot and are they harmful to the health?—D.” I am going to answer you by quoting from an article written in the Journal of the American Public Health Associa- tion by Merchant & Cranor, on the effect of various types of shoes upon the feet and posture of high school girl “An experiment to determine the effect of various types of shoes upon the feet and posture of high school girls was carried on by the authors in co-operation with the departments of physical education of the high schools of Ames, Jowa. Three hundred and sixty-eight high school girls participated in the experiment. “Shoes were examined as to type, and measured; feet were measured and ex- amined for defects; and footprints were taken. “To determine the relation of pos- ture to shoes, schematograph pictures of back and side views were made of 167 senior girls. “X-Ray pictures were made of normal and defective feet with and without sh: and of feet when both low and high heels were worn. X-rays were also made to determine the effect of high heels upon the position of the bones of the pelvic region. “Posture defects noted among 42 girls wearing high heels: “36 neck bent forward. “32 protruding abdomen. “42 narrow curve between shoulder and hip. “X-ray pictures indicate a tilt of 40 degrees in pelvis when extremely heels were worn, muscles in upper leg not exercised, muscles in lower leg over~ exercised, shape of leg spolled by the table to it. Eventually curvature of the spine may result. The “peg” heels are not only re- sponsible for a lot of ills, but they cause a lot of accidents. Most shoe dealers, nowadays, carry their best looking shoes with peg heels attached. In trying to get a pair of moderately heeled shoes the other day, I commented on this fact to the dealer and he said they had to do so because the women demanded them! This may be true, in part; but the chief reason women demand them is that they want to be in style. And these shoe dealers, as well as other dealers in women’s ap- parel, make their own styles and change the models simply to increase trade. However, when it becomes generally known that damage can be done by the steady wearing of these very high- heeled shoes, I think the girls and women will get up in arms and demand the manufacture of more of the sensible ones. Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Mrs. A, P, O. writes: “I am writing to you again, for your advice before was & wonderful help to me. For a July baby should silk-and-wool shirts be used? Does & child need to wear the bands after 2 years of age. “I have always maintained that reg- ular hours are the main thing. Some say some babies can be regulated and some can’t, that nursing babies can’t be reg- ulated like bottle ones. Is that true? “My baby, nearly 3, sleeps 13 hours at night and 1 to 3 hours in daytime. I am %ol muscles being pushed to back of calf. | yoype “Posture in every instance was better in bare feet than with high heels, Eighty-nine per cent of the girls hav- | pec ing good feet had good posture.” So you see, D, over-high heels cause & poor posture. The correct posture helps the organs of the trunk and chest to hold their normal positions—in which they function much better, naturally— | ma; 50 it has & great deal to do with normal health. Then again, wrong ture causes strain on the trunk muscles and many cases of backache are attribu- Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. 1t is frequently pointed out nowadays that psychology is a practical e. And so it is—very practical. As practi- cal as the automobile or any other use- ful machine in this age of practicality. Men and women everywhere want to know all there is to know about E‘ychology. In particular, they want to ow how to make the most of them- 0gy. ractical psychologists -m ! pared to tell you that you possess wers that are tucked away in your nermost make-up. You are fold that these powers may be uncovered and utilized for being a public nuisance, The to get at your hladen“‘)owers is to try them out in some useful endeavor, 2 £ b 8 £ 8 f 71 ZEE Eigg § E 15 § g ke gt g. : Bsop i g g: ok o35 o il o FH B § g ; [ost i i , it ve to After the be wakened f four-hour intervals, day three-hour interval four-hour intervals at children were breast- o&}g regulated at 6 ferent, but each ite his k g g! §_§ : § o8 (H g on the and ni 2*E FE B i gl Eg"f i 1 -1-3-1 ugdt $3x8 i 2k it ga SLTrRIga L Egé-ul g g 8% 4] ¥5§ H i . “Whether a smart crack is a joke or an_ insult depends on whether you're talkin' or listenin’.” (Copyright, 1920, NANCY PAGE “Mixed Grill or Venetian Eggs, Madame?” BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Peter and Nancy had been married for more than two years, but neither one of them had grown away from the thrill of eating dinner together in a smart restaurant. Nancy still gloried in good-looknig Peter, and he was not at all oblivious to the many admiring glances which were sent his own Nancy. On’ the morning when Nancy sighed fhe hardest over the housecleaning which was before her Peter asked whether she would not like to go down town for dinner that evening. “I know we should save the money for our house, but, hang it all, Nancy, a man likes to take as good-looking a woman 8§ you out once in a while. Come on, let’s go.” Nancy was nothing loath. ‘That evening found them at & small table with its flattering lamp and spe- clal flowers. p Peter chose a real hungry man's dinner. He started with ox tail soup. Nancy chose consomme. Peter took a mixed grill and on the platter was a good array of food. One well cooked link of sausage, one grilled lamb chop, one slice of fried liver, green peas an Julienne potatoes. He had coleslaw for salad and fresh rhubarb pie with the coffee.. Nancy chose Venetian and en- gt S e & slice of tomal crumbs, fried it in deep fat. it he placed a ich with Hollandaise sauce. is made by slipping deep container with ater. The water swirls and shapes it round . With this ?é E?ES& g5 g coffee. (Copyright, 1929.) If you want another kind of to Nancy Page, care of this paj if-addressed leaflet on in BRAN -FLAKES gy Sy e improved flavor u:'d l:m’ a crispness of PEP. Don’t put off trying them.’ A delicious d::rpnu. Besides, nour- vitamins—mineral salts —and just enough bren to keep you fit. Sold in the red.and.green package. Made by Kellogg in Battle d | spend the balance of their lives, and their knowledge of the world and of people Thinks It Is Around the Thirties ? Man and Woman Who Marry Between the Ages of 28 and 35 Have the Greatest Chance of Happiness. A WOMAN wants to know what chances & eouple of 35 has of happiness if they get married. The best. I 1d say that if there is one in life zm‘m ;u’l clous than any other in which to enter into matrimony it is between and 35. To my desk come every day hundreds upon hundreds of letters—somne- times as many as a thousand letters a day-and a large proportion of these are wails from thé unhappily married. Most of them are from men and women who married when they were just boys and girls and who at maturity find that th&y r;nva nothing in common; that they are bored to death by their husbands and wives. . Thousands upon thousands of letters from men and women who are still nothing but boys and girls in age, who are tired and discouraged and worn out from taking care of bables and trying to support & family and doing without all the pleasures that belong to their time of life and whose feet ache to dance and make whoopee and who long to be rid of the burdens that are too heavy for their young shoulders to bear. ‘Thousands upon thousands of letters from hushands and wives who bore each other to death, who fight and quarrel and bring out everything that is worst in each other. SR e IN mt:ybln‘; to analyze all of these h‘,-:tcn the conclusion that I have come fo is e chief Teason marriage, is & failure is that peo amrryworvung and before they are ready for it. It is because boys and girls get married that we have so many divorces. They enter marriage like children making a play- house and they guarrel over trifles as children do and get tired of it when the novelty has worn off and scrap it as children do when they see some other new toy that attracts them, Naturally, not every young couple that gets married goes on the rocks. Oceasionally & boy and girl get married and develop together and live out a beautiful and harmonious wedded life, but such cases are rare. It is a miracle when either the husband or the wife does not outgrow the other and when a man and woman have the same tastes at 40 that they had at 20. This miracle happens so infrequently it isn't worth banking on. Marriage is bound to be a gamble. We are compelled to taki what the man or woman we marry is and what he %‘r she i gofn: 3"&?’»‘.’3 youth adds to these hazards the risk of what we ourselves are going to develop Know this,No'boy of IFf s the faintess Jea of the-Kind ot worian bosei? b e lea of he or she will be able to love at 45. e 1 It is because they married before their tastes were formg many husbands and wives are uncongenial and that so m:nr; hom:od -fllg\lgd with ceaseless nflulnu and bickerings. For how could it be otherwise when they have f‘:velopt%nzon‘ different lines and have not a thought or a purpose or an ides Boys and girls are not ready for matrimony, because they have not had their playtime. They are not ready to settle down and assume the responsibilities that go with matrimony. It is as natural for them to want to dance and skylark and laugh and have good times and be carefree as it is for a kitten or a puppy to play with a painted ball or for & colt to kick up its heels in the pasture. When they get married and thei-mve to pinch to meet the bills, when they have to stay at home with the babies instead of dancing the Charleston, when they have to push the perambulator instead of going on joyrides, they get di tled and blame each other for their plight and one or the other is apt to kick over the traces. A . Non is the average young couple ready financially to marry. Very few boys are making enough money to support & family, and there is mighty little love strong enough to stand the strain of shabbiness and sordid living and anxiety about where the money is coming from to pay the rent and the grocer, All of us know hundreds of marriages that are failures that would have been successes if only they had been pmfil‘ly financed. If only there had been enough money for the couple to live on in decent comfort they would not have got on each other’s nerves until they could not endure each other any longer, All of these pitfalls the two avoid who ma: around the 30s. come to themselves. Their tastes and habits Ax::rykormed. R ‘They know what qualities they desire'in the one with whom they are to makes them capable of judging the character and disposition of the man ‘woman they select as a mate. Then, by the time a mnxfl: tonm? 35 hec Thas (gltl on his fect and is able to provide for his home. Also, by the time they are 30 a ::: p::g) ::mnn have had their fling and are ready to settle down and be fireside Above all, the mature man and woman have had enough il | to be able to make the adjustments of matrimony better thin :’g’; bf»?‘f.fi:‘ :rll.rrel can. They have learned self-control and acquired tact and patience and how ‘fioh:::ilt)lo‘g ové"h;,rt Bio;:l‘:i tp:)exju::ic"t::&tw ls'zp around the angles of their . e ada) to teach us.how to give and take. - st 198 T STCa For these reasons and many others I think that around the 30s is the ideal age for marriage. IR AR TN DOROTHY DIX. pyr descent in a line from a common pro- genitor; family; race. of his aristocratic lineage. Lessons in English P PRI BY W, 3 - Doughnuts. Plain doughnuts—Mix one egg with one cupful of sugar, four cupfuls of : flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of cinna- mon, one cupful of m of salt, one te: Words often misused: Do not say, “They understand all about the de- talls.” Say, “They know all about.” Often mispronounced: Portmanteau; pronounce port-man-to, both o's as in “‘no,” a &8 in “man,” accent second syllable. Often misspelled: Marmalade; three a’s. Synonyms: Affliction, grief, calamity, tfial, tribulation, -:.g-mnmg. “Use our voeabulary mastering each day. Today's word: @in Women marvelat this Lransformation T will amaze you, too, to sce I how completely and comfort- ably yout figure is reproportioned by CHARis. Just by tightening or loosening a .single lacer you can correct over- development ot undet-develop- meént"as you require. CHARIS will flatcen and support your abdomen nacutally and comforeably. It is a - dainty, one-piece garment, €asy to f:x::lyu, wei.tg dens:;able shoulder \Steaps. “To make certain that you secure . the ¢ which, in style and ’ size, exactly meets the require- > ments of your figure, we maintain a staff of expert fitters at chis office. There is no charge for theit service. Here, in privacy, they truly mold yout figute. ) ially trained, experienced , one teaspoonful nful of baking pow= der and one-fol uugloonml of nut- mego Roll out and fry'in deep fat. tato doughnuts—Mix two eggs with one tablespoonful of melted butter, half | a teaspoonful of salt, three teaspoonfuls | of baking powder, three-fourths cupful of sugar, one-fourth cupful of milk, one cupful of mashed potato, about two and fuls of flour and spices as | out and fry in deep fat. one-half cu) one Lineage; | desired. Rol H is sent to demonstrate Sdl:e ent, for you at home. She 8‘:;11“-1:3 hym the unusual fit- ting service. Write o phone today. OF WASHINGTON 1319 F Street N.W. - Phone Main 10448 A s woman sommmcs BY FANNY Y. CORY. ( n o . The eerie sounds of the tangle fl'om?l thickets and the wmnlnlon:hig of black boys spell life in large let- ters for the intrepid huntsman, He has trailed all sorts of untamed beasts ;i‘."m?fi%‘e“’rf.‘ 'the priviege of noking ve o upen the captives wlthau’tnme cxpena: of_jungle hun the fear of death. For every n in the Zoo, some man or men have devoted sleepless mo- ments to the capture of them. The lure of the circus menagerie sands of dolars to the ::‘:u!oua an Rl T whty prorided man was, provided real and not stuffed anima! ¥ That’ one thing the public cannot be “kiddied” about, Even the “sucker” knows a live wild animal when he sees one. What is more educational for the youngster than the study of the habits and habi- tations of the jungle creatures? As long, may we add, as it is from the outside of a cage, * % % X Whoo-hoo! Tommy! ‘Iss is mel (Copyright, 1920.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Mirror to Catch Germs. Several years ago & small circus set up its big top in a little town. Preach- g!n'md lasterers, merchants and doc- on earth.” They bought peanuts for the elephant and watehed a huge tiger ;:t':l‘fly M[?d‘ its cage in an elab- decorated wagon. Every now and thmh the u:ue{me:xlmd & roar of rage or hunger, spectators were not disturbed. They knew that he was safely imprisoned. The bars were made One mother says: of stout _"""“ “Cover up each cough and sneeze— If you don't you'll spread diseasel™ ‘When my children were very young I put pockets in all their dresses and in the kets handkerchiefs, which I taught them how to use. Then, as soon as each could talk I taught him the couplet above. To illustrate its mean- mg I held & mirror in front of his | escaped mouth when he coughed to show how spray is expelled. I explained that this spray carried germs it “spread dis- ease” Now each child is careful to; cover up “each cough and sneeze.” (Copyright, 1929.) Soap Jelly. To make soap jelly, shave very thin half a pound of soap into a saucepan and pour over it one quart of boiling water. Boil until the soap is milted, then pour into a bowl. When cold, it will be found to be a stiff jelly which will quickly dissolve in warm water. It is better than ordinary soap for wash- ing flannels and delicate fabrics when it is undesirable to rub the soap directly mothers clutched their little ones to their bosoms. The man folks girded themselves with weapons, lest they meet the tawny son of the jungle. Had an criminal been at the; beast was either captured or killed. Animal experts and hunters were summoned to find the creature, which, finding itself at liberty undoubtedly of_personally dispatched victims. Folks with inflated imaginations de- clared that they had seen the animal in all sorts of strange places. One saw it peering in the back window. Another saw it lfinklng in a garage. As usual, the biggest and wildest beast is unable to cope with man. Na- ture endowed it with strength, was licking its tongue in contemplation | speed on the garment itself. and strategy, but the gods bestowed on | “My clothes budget had dropped to zero but...” “My husband says I'm now a real in his new business! This is why ... A year ago he left a good position to go into business for himself. To help, I dismissed the maid and did all my own work, including washing my nice things—and I invariably used Lux. “What surprised me was how long I could keep clothes like new by always using Lux. Going over accounts the other day, I showed my husband that I hadn’t had any new clothes for a whole year! He couldn’t believe my clothes budget had dropped to zero! When I justly gave most of the credit to Lux for keeping things new looking so much longer, he said, ‘Here goes Lux at the top of oureconomybudget.’” MRS. S. D. THAYER, 9 Ashland Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Greatest Groups of Experts insist on Lux “For dollars"and cents’ reasons we in- some hardy and stout-hearted labored in the catch. s W * * &k ¥ ‘They were watching a couple dance in a downtown restaurant. The man’s movements were awkward. “Why do they go out there and make signs of themselves?” asked a diner of his com- panion. ‘The music ceased and as the man es- corted his partner to a table, it was noted that one of his legs was crippled. ‘There is a moral in this incident if one looks for it. - ok ok ‘Three or four years ago, an aged uncle wrote to a young couple and in- formed them that he was going to pay them a visit. The house in which they lived was small and, besides there were two small children. The i couple was “stump- ed.” The husband ‘worked hard every an_ aged relative, whose appetite Old folks need at- tention and the uncle would run true to form. Before they had time to write to him and explain the situation, there was a knock on the door. It was “uncle” himself. Just as they expected, the old gentleman ate heartily and in the afternoon spread himself on the porch couch for & siesta. ‘When dinner time arrived he was first at the table. ‘The young couple held & counefl of war and tried to formulate plans for the uncle’s expulsion from the house- hold. Of course, he a amount for board, but it did not com- pensate the niece for the extra labor. ‘They thought of suggesting an old men’s home, but abandoned the idea. ‘Then, one day, the old man fell fll. A physician was called and, after a hasty examination, declared that the uncle could not live long. Moreover, he should not be removed from the house. Here was more trouble. A few days later “uncle” died. How would they provide a funeral? Then some one suggested fvtns through the man's trunk. In it was found an insurance policy and a will. The will be quest Y | that his entire fortune of $50,000 be left to the young couple. A fairy story? No, the absolute truth, for we know the to | couple. Many have entertained angels | unaware. Bacon Muffins. Cut one-fourth pound of bacon into bits and fry until crisp. Cream together two tablespoonfuls of the bacon fat and one tablespoonful of sugar, add one well beaten egg and one and one-half cupfuls of milk. Mix five teaspoonfuls of baking powder with three-fourths teaspoonful of salt and two and one-half cupfuls of bread flour. Stir into the mixture and fold in the bacon. Pour into greased muffin pans. Bake for 25 minutes in a hot oven. s ~..,A..§g