Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1929, Page 33

‘WOMAN'S PAGE. T —— Importance of Line in Clothes BY MARY MARSHALL. The woman who made her own clothes once depended on an intricacy of trimming to cover up defects of fit and workmanship. “You cannot tell how the dress looks, now,” she would say BROWN AND BEIGE STRIPED RIB- BON TRIMS THIS TIERED FROCK OF BEIGE GEORGETTE. during preliminary fittings until I add the trimming! It the recent fashion for severely “just wait | portance of line and accuracy of con- struction. More trimming is used this season than last—decidedly the tend- ency is toward greater elaboration. A good rule to hold to is that the dress must have smartness and charm before the trimming is added and never to add an inch of trimming that actually detracts from the structural line of the dress. ‘There are man was this season 1n which ribbon may be used to igve just | the right note of ornamentation to the homemade dress of silk or light-weight wool. The dress shown in the sketch was of light beige georgette trimmed with ribbon striped in two tones of brown. Bow trimmings are decidedly smart and though they are sometime made of | the material of which the dress is mede | they are often of ribbon in matching or contrasting shade. Small flat ribbon bows are sometimes placed at the front of the bodice and a last season's frock in need of a little refurbishing might quite easily be trimmed in this way. ‘Three-quarter-inch-wide ribbon may be effectively used to bind the edges of ruffies or circular flounces to give them the stiffiness needed for the fash- jonable flare and the flat neckline and armholes of & sleeveless dress may con- veniently be finished in the same way. This week’s fllustrated circular shows how to make some of the fancy stitches used on smart Summer dresses. If you would like & copy, please send me | stamped, self-addresed envelope and I will send it to you at once. (Copyright, 1929.) BB s oy S YOI My Neighbor Says: When tacking & mattress buy an upholsterer’s needle capable of carrying heavy twine, Tack the matiress as you would a quilt. Whiting and ammonia_mixed to a paste make an excellent polish for nickel. A bare ironing board makes & good table on which to clean men'’s clothing, though the ordi- nary kitchen table will answer. All spots and stains should first be brushed off. If they are greasy they should be rubbed with gasoline, using & pad under- neath. This pad should always be placed under the stains so that it will take up the dirt forced through by the vigorous Tubbing. When opening a can of aspa- ragus, open it at the bottom in- stead of at the top. It is much simple, untirmmed dresses has done nothing else, it has taught home dress- makers, as well as professionals, the im- The Sidewalks easier to remove the asparagus if the can is opened in this way. of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. - Letter from a Washingtonian to his Wriend back home. Dear Old Pal: Well, already I miss e birds' in Washington. There are lenty in this man’s town, but they don’t roost in trees. There are more swallows here ‘Washington. swallow more here, hook, line and sinker, than we do. In front of one restaufant they your for having him open the door for you. It's a Russian restaurant and the chow nein they serve is enough t0 make a Chinese chef quit and the chow mein they serve is In Washington, as you know, old pal, you don't have to have any “pull” with glebdckfl: m:n g{mmer of a 'fllbe‘:g uy a seaf a couple o to the man at the window and you don’t have to have a formal intro- duction to buy a pasteboard. To get & seat in the nineteenth row in this burg the first thing that is necessary is a letter of introduction to somebody who has a friend who knows the box office man. If you are lucky enough, you may get a reservation six ‘weeks in advance, and lots of things can happen in six weeks. Measles or sinus. ‘We may have our parl troubles, but we don't have to get out of a cab six blocks from the theater and walk the Test of the way. And talking ahout parking, big boy. If you park overtime here, the cops come along and tow the old family bus to the nearest hoose- gow and you've got to go and buy it ‘back. When you see a car being towes around here, it’s no sign that it’s been in an accident. The chances are that some cop got tired of seeing it parked on his beat. They've got a rule here, too, that if you throw anything on the grass in a public park you get a formal request to see the judge. When I got out of Cen- tral Park I found my pockets filled ‘with burned matches. Another thing, old scout, us Capital- onians can understand a_ street car conductor when he says “Park road.” X got on a subway last night, and, as the train stopped at the first station, the guard yelled “Xrzychrplyzs.” Two hun&led people got out and 400 got in. At the nmext station he yelled, “Zypxhizjke” and 100 people got out to let 300 more in. Finally I got so I _could understand the fellow, and when he shouted “Prumzkjciv”’ I got out. I knew it was Times Square. Crossing Broadway, a_woman asked the trafic cop where the Whoozis Build- ing was. “Well, madam,” he said, “it was on that there corner last week, but they tore it down and put up a new one yesterday.” I'll admit we've got some swell hat checkeresses at home, but there's one here who is a darb. She’s been check- ing sky-pieces for 20 years and never forgets a face. When you go in to eat she doesn’t give you a check. Just a smile, but boy, she’ll never forget the wart on your little finger. When you SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. come out she looks for your wart and studies your face and gives you a hat that suits your phiz. If one out of one hundred customers gets the wrong chapeau she takes a week off to check on her eyesight. The buildings are so high here now that they have rest rooms and stop-over privileges at every fifteenth floor. By starting at noon you can keep a busi- ness appointment at 3 o'clock with a bozo on the fifty-fifth floor. I hear that some bird is thinking of obtaining con- cessions for opening lunch counters on the floors where the passengers change cars or elevators. I asked one elevator operator how many floors there were in his build- ing. “I don’t know,” he said, “I've never been clean to the top.” Seventh avenue. There's a street. Why, you can throw a brick in any direction in Seventh avenue and hit 12 actors and 18 musicians. In our town you could hit that many congressm e n. There are a lot of wise-crackers here. A girl got on a subway car and said to the “Will _this 8o _to Long Island City?” The guard said, “Well, that's the instruc- tions the motor- man got when he left and he ain't fell down yet.” ‘They have poles in the center of the cars for the passeners to swing around. We saw one fellow hold on with one hand and swing around a dozen times. It seems that he did that regularly as one of his “daily dozen.” Boy, I'd like to be swinging around Scott Circle right now. Give my re- gards to the gang on F street. Yours truly. —_— Fried Chicken. Dress, clean and cut for’serving at the jeints or in halves through back d | and breast bone one and one-half pounds of Spring chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Dip each plece in cracker crumbs. Let stand for 10 minutes, then dip in one slightly beaten egg, again in crumbs, and fry in deep, hot fat, or in a frying pan with butter, until a gold- en brown. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Stewed Fruit with Bran. Scrambled Eggs. ‘Toast. Fried Cornmeal Mush, Maple Sirup. CofTee. LUNCHEON. Shrimp and Mushroom Patties, Rolls. Raspberry Turnovers. ‘Tea. DINNER. Cream of Onion Soup. Broiled Steak. Baked Potatoes. Brussels Sprouts. Romaine Salad. Banana Pudding. Coflee. CORNMEAL MUSH. One cup cornmeal, one tea- spoon salt, three and one-half cups water. Have water boiling, salt, add meal little at a time, sifting through fingers and stir- ring briskly until all has been used. If added to the water in this way it will not be lumpy. Cook four hours in double boiler. Make into cakes and fry on hot griddle. SHRIMP AND MUSHROOM PATTIES. Cook one tablespoon chopped onion and one tablespoon chopped green pepper until tender in two tablespoons butter. Blend in three tablespoons flour, add grad- ually one and one-half cups white stock and season with one tea- spoon chopped parsley, one-half teaspoon lemon juice and pepper and salt to taste. Stir until smooth, add one cup shrimps and one cup sliced mushrooms, and when well heated turn into small baked pastry shells. BANANA PUDDING. Thicken one pint milk with two eggs beaten with three-quarter cup sugar and one teaspoon corn- starch. Take from fire and add juice one-half lemon. Fill serv- ing dish with alternate layers like I is standin’ round, an’ oebody e & Hdn’ lacipsden cake and sliced bananas, moisten- ing each layer with custard. Serve very cold with whipped cream. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929. Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. We know attention is a stimulant de- manded by children and adults alike, and it is apparent that the only child will gét an overdose of it. The impor- tance of his existence, the fears which fill his parents that something may happen to him, exaggerate their con- cern when he fails to eat, when he bumps himself or when he deviates in any way from the schedule they have laid down for him. And not one iota of this exaggerated concern and agitation over him is lost on the child. And not one child but makes use of it. ‘Who ever heard of a child in an in- stitution, where individual attention is necessarily limited, having to be read or sung to, or bribed by offers of treats to eat his vegetable or clean up his cereal? Who ever heard of the child in a large and indifferent family where food is &t a premium lagging a_half hour over his meal and then being coaxed to finish it? No one. Where indifference reigns the child looks out for himself, for there is no one to do it for him. In the busy, not too affiuent, household if he doesn’t “pitch in and fill up” he'll find the platters clean. It is the well cared for child—the only child as a rule—who spurns his food, who demands a story for every bite or a soLg for every sip, who gets what his heart desires in the way of attention and rewards, because he has learned that if he says “Don’t give me any vegetables,” and the doctor has said he must have vegetables, he is completely master of the dinner table. If he remains an only and pampered child until school days, he will meet some distressing situations. Teacher may not be attracted to him and give her smiles to William who sits next him. His playmates may refuse to be bullied and demand that Jane head the march or Sally recite the poem she has learned. No one cares about his visit to his grandmother, and no one says flatteringly that his ill-drawn crayon man is the work of an artist. In fact, school is a cold place, where one earns one’s right to a top position instead of having it handed one on a platter. Parents of only thildren could soften these blows by an assumed, if not very sincere, indifference. A nap can be missed without tearing the household asunder. A loss of appetite for a day is no dreadful tragedy. Meals should be eaten because one is hungry and wants them, not because mother is ready and willing to read one a story as a reward for obedient swallowing. By such methods only can the child get a wholesome and healthy viewpoint of all ordinary habits to be performed daily. They are done (not to please the parents and win approbation) to enjoy the, pleasures of life as a healthy child should. He honestly isn't the most wonderful child in the world—except to his par- ents—and they should be sensible enough to keep it to themselves. NANCY PAGE The Modern Miss Wears a Girdle. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Sally was buying the very last things she needed for her trousseau. As a member of the younger generation she had grown up wearing the scantiest of underthings. But since curves were coming in and the debutante slouch had gone out she knew she needed to pay a visit to the corset department. She was looking at a step-in girdle with satin front and back and woven elastic PARIS.—Sleeveless vests, worn with tailored shirts, are new and accepted sports style. coat opening. The blouse is natural-colored shantung. One popular vest is Marcel Rocha's dark blue model with waist- RITA. Psychic Adventures of Great Men and Women The Daemon Which Sent Socrates Cheerfully to His Death. BY J. P. ‘Tennyson declared that he frequently ewperienced & sort of waking trance from boyhood on. He was able to bring the trance con- dition on by repeating his own name to himself constantly until, as he said, idecided to fight the charges. sides. This girdle had no bones. The material was a pale pink figured satin. She asked to see one in white and found just what she wanted. ‘The salesperson showed her another girdle, which was a step-in, but which was all rubber. This one was imported and best worn by taller person, since it reached way below the waist. Had Sally been a larger person or one with a mature figure she might have been interested in the foundation garment. This garment comes with no bones and_is made of easily washed material. It crumples in the hand, it is so soft. The sides below the waist FOUNDATY JeaRmERT are of rubber. The garment hooks on_the side above the waistline. For Sally’s mother, who was large and portly, there is the compact which is boned in the front and back panel. ‘The sides below the waist are of rub- ber. The upper or brassiere part is of of lace and soft satin. This gar- ment is a step-in and hooks on each side from under arm to waist. —_— Abe Martin S_ays: “Your husband must be patient,” sald somebuddy to Mrs. Leghorn Tharp, who wanted to play bridge till mornin,’ an’ she said, Il say he's patient. He's been waitin’ fer nearly three years fer a keg o’ apple jack to git right.” Ever’ girl or woman has to rely on her personality eventually, an’ she can't paint that. A tramp called at Bootlegger Ike Lark’s home this mornin’ an’ sawed off & couple o’ shotguns fer his breakfast, WD 5 eied O BOREY ——f “the individuality itself seemed to dis- solve and fade away into boundless being.” This, he added, “was not a composed state, but the clearest of the clearest, the surest of the surest, utterly beyond words, where death was an almost laughable impossibility, the loss of per- sonality (if so it were) seeming no ex- tinction, but the only true life.” ‘The poet’s reference to the death and loss of personality brings back the his- toric instance of Socrates and his dae- mon, an inner possession which the philosopher did not personify, but merely treated as a divine voice. ‘This voice spoke only to Socrates when he was on the point of doing something he ought not to do. It guided him so well he obeyed it im- pu:my, even to the point of embracing eath. As every one knows, the great Greek was put on trial for implety. It was a charge he could easily have resisted, and it also would have been easy for him to escape from Athens, but he did neither. His life was at stake, and at first he But when she set about preparing his speech of defense he was surprised when the dae- mon directed him not to do so. Throughout the trial he exasperated the judges by his independent attitude. Always his inner voice approved. And finally, when he had been sentenced to die by drinking hemlock, he was able to say: “There has happened to me, O my judges, a wonderful thing. For that accustomed divine intimation in time past came to me very many times and met me on slight occasion if I were about to act in some way not aright; but now this fate which ye behold has comes upon me—this which a man might deem and which is considered the very worst of ills. 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Whitex — The new blaing for 10 all white materials. e——————— ,l_i:;".:*.:z:::::t:w TINTS AND DYES PARK & TILFORD rw voas soLx DusTRssUTERS GLASS, speeches of mine the sign has often stopped me in the midst. But now it has not hindered me in any deed or word of mine connected with the pres- ent business. “What, then, do I suppose to be the reason thereaf? I will tell you. I think it is that what has happened to me has been a good thing, and we must be mistaken when we supposed that death was an evil. “Herein is a strong proof to me of this, for that accustomed sign would assuredly have checked me had I been about to do aught that was evil.” ‘The firmness of Socrates’ confidence in his inner voice was attested by the cheerful manner in which, bidding his friends good-by, he drank the fatal poison. ‘Was Socrates mad, or was the “voice” merely a manifestation from the sub- consciousness of a man of great intel- lectual power? When these questions are asked it should be remembered that after more than 2,300 years he is still & great influence upon human thought. It was the formula of his whole exist- ence to try to think logically, to get at the foundations of beliefs, to interpret the true and good as the practical ends of life. He must be accepted as a very plausible witness of psychic phenomena. (Copyright, 1929.) A special train recently carried 20,000 gallons of whisky, valued at $375,000, A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. How About Your Samuel? Text—“And Samuel came no more to see Saul.”—I. Sam., xv.35. Samuel saw that Saul was giving him the cold shoulder. That was why he| “came no more to see Saul.” He was too much of a gentleman to push him- | self in wheré he was not wanted. Samuel was a great friend of young men. He established and conducted a young men’s school. He had a genius for discovering and promoting young men. Two of his wards, Saul and gmd he promoted to the kingship of | rael. After his promotion to the throne Saul soon began to manifest a cold in- difference toward Samuel, and ulti- mately practically ignored him. Sur- rounded by courtiers and becoming self- willed and arrogant, he no longer had any use for the old prophet who had picked him up, an unknown country youth, and started him on his way to the throne. When Samuel saw which way the wind was blowing naturally he let Saul alone. ‘To modernize this, I wonder how many of our high officials are there be- cause of some Samuel, some preacher, perhaps, who discovered them and started them out? And I wonder how many of these high ones have forgotten their Samuel and their debt of gratitude to him? While wondering, I wonder also how many there are among the high and mighty in the world of finance and business who owe an unpaid debt of gratitude to some forgotten Samuel? Make the matter personal. Somebody started you, somebody whom you have perhaps outstripped in worldly position and advantage. Have you in any fitting way shown your gratitude to that some- body? Of course, I know all the Sam- uels have not been forgotten or ig- nored. But—how about your Samuel? MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Patching Tennis Shoes. One mother says: Now that the children are wearing tennis shoes most of the time, the old problem of keeping them in repair is with me again. The uppers are always good long after there is a hole in the sole, and in the past I have discarded them. But this year I had a tire patch pasted over the worn part of it looks as though it would do dyty for many months. I had tried out this method in the Winter on the children's over- shoes and galoshes and found that it was & most satisfactory way of length- ening the life of them, so that I did not have to purchase new ones Spring. (Copyright, 1929.) —_— Prh-r realized on Swift & Compan sales of carcass beef in Washington, D. G for week ending Saturday, May 18, 1926, on from Glasgow, Scotland, to London. shipments sold out, ranged from < to 2500 cents per pound and -averaged . oun 23.87 cents per pound.—Advertisement. FEATURES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Parenthesis Wrinkles. | ‘The wrinkles that run down from the | wings of the nose to the corners of the mouth are often called “parenthesis” or expression lines. Laughing wrinkles is another name for them, and it is easy | to see how the term originated. When one laughs or smiles broadly these lines | appear at the sides of the mouth, but | if the cheek muscles are firm and the skin sufficiently lubricated with natural oil these creases smooth ‘out as soon | as the face is in repose again. When, | however, the cheeks are flabby and the | skin is too dry the expression lines grow | deeper and deeper. | Daily massage treatments are helpful in routing the parenthesis wrinkles. | The purpose of the massage is twofold, that is, it includes the lubrication of | the skin with massage cream and also the stimulation of the underlying tis- sues. This stimulation is a passive form of exercise and improves the cir- culation. Of course, the skin should be thor- oughly cleansed before the treatment begins. A suitable cream or oil is then spread on the face. Take about a tea- | spoonful of the massage cream on the | fingertips of your left hand. Rub it a | little with two fingers of the right hand | to smooth out any lumps and make it | easler to spread. Use the same two | fingers of the right hand to apply the | cream. | The massage movements should be | upward and outward. Double up your index finger and place it and your thumb on your cheek in the position | required for pinching the cheek be- | tween the ball of the thumb and the | side of the finger. Keep elbow raised | at shoulder level. Instead of pinching | your cheek execute an upward romry' movement with the bent index finger LEEDS. with thumb braced near the cheekbone, The flabby skin is lifted and genyy rolled by this movement. Begin the massage at the corner of the mouth; rotate three times. Shift your hand up an inch and repeat. Lastly repeat the massage where the wrinkle begins at the wing of the nose. Give the mas- sege on both sides. Another good movement for the wrinkle is a patter- ing massage that lifts the cheek upward. When the skin is very dry the mas- sage cream should be left on at least half an hour. Then wipe it off and pat a little muscle oil on the wrinkle. Leave this on overnight. External treatments alone cannot. of course, remedy the wrinkles in a slug- gish, flabby skin. The general mus- cular tone of the body must be im- proved by giving proper attention to diet, exercise and other habits that affect one's physical condition. (Copyright, 1029.) WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY MEHRAN K. THOMSON. ‘Why do we think a big diamond is more beautiful than a piece of glass that we can't distinguish from it? ‘The diamond is really not a bit more beautiful than the glass, but it costs a great deal more. There are fewer avail- able diamonds in the world than pieces of glass. Glass is common and rela- tively cheap. Diamonds are rare and become traditional through long periods exceptionally expensive. Moreover, the value of a diamond has of time, and our tastes have been deter- mined by this tradition. Tradition plays no small part in our ideas of beauty, also in what is proper and just as enviable. For example, many of us would think it improper for a rich man’s wife to work for a living, but the rich man himself may work his head off. Conspicuous expenditure of money is one distinguishing mark of belonging to the leisured class, and therefore of demonstrating a kind of superiority. If a man gives his wife lots of money to spend and she spends it for him, it represents conspicuous expenditure. But if a man’s wife takes in washing it indicates that he does not have lots of money to spend, does not belong to the leisured class, and demonstrates that kind of inferiority. We think old-master paintings beau- tiful for the same reasons that we think a diamond beautiful. In addition. the old-master paintings have acquired a peculiar sanctity because of their char- acter. But the principal reason for considering them beautiful is that they cost so much, Some cannot be bought at any price, others have been sold at fabulous sums. The money standard is applied not:| only to beauty but also to virtue and moral considerations to the end that what would not be tolerated in the poor is regarded as perfectly proper in the rich. The leisure class is envied by those who do not belong to it, and when you look up to and envy a person or a class you take over their standards of what is right and true and beautiful. ‘We think a diamond beautiful for the same reason that we think the fish that got away was a huge one. What- ever is rare or hard to get looks better and appears to be more valuable be- cause it challenges our resources. (Copyright, 1929.) AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “I was goin’ to the show last night, but Pa wanted to write his last will an’ testament and I had to show him how I wanted it fixed.” A (Copyrisht, 1929) 7 - The London residence of Lord and Lady Strathmore, where Princess Eliza- beth was born, was recently sold. of the Crop 5 Different Countries e e I A M N OO I P e P P W S, WiL flavor that is the wl LKINS Coffee offers a special, distinctive result of 30 years’ ex- . perience in the blending, roasting and tasting of coffee. 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