Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1929, Page 33

Many Ways to BY MARY There are sets consisting of windsor He and square kerchief scarf made in printed or painted crepe silk, and these scarfs may be worn in either of two ways. For Summer sports wear the windsor tie may be wound round the head twice, with the ends tied or thrust DITION OF AN OVAL-SHAPED ARF OF PRINTED SILK WHICH SLIPS ON OVER THE HEAD. through a ring, or the windsor tie may be a used as a tie and thi square may be used bandanna fashion for resort O SpoTts wea Never were there so many differcnt types of scarfs from which to choose and never so many ways to wear a scarf. There are oblong scarfs made with a slit through the center by means of which the scarf is slipped over the WOMAN'S PAGE. Wear a Scarf MARSHALL. and back over the arms. These arc especially designed for wear with sleeve- less dress when some shoulder protec- tion is needed. Plaid chiffons have recently come into favor for afternoon and informal evening wear, and there are also scarfs made of these colorful plaids finely pleated. From Chanel comes a scarf of accordion-pleated silk in pinwhecl check design which is matched by a handkerchief in the same color. Often the scarf is linked in some | way with the bag. There is a triangle | scarf of printed crepe to go with a bag of straw lined with the same printed crepe, which is drawn through a slit in the beg, fastening the bag with a w. You don't have to be much of a dressmaker to make attractive little aprons, and you will have no difficul- ties whatever with the little apron shown in this week’s circular. If you would like a copy showing a sketch of the apron with diagram pattern for cut- | ting out the material, please send me | stamped, self-addressed envelope and I | will gladly send it to you. (Copyright, 1929.) | | | My Neighbor Says: | To clean porcelain tubs and | | sinks rub them with a woolen cloth saturated with kerosene, then wash with warm water and | | soap. To remove fly specks from a brass bed, make a paste of whit- | | ing and vinegar, or whiting and lemon juice; rub hard, wipe dry and polish the brass with a cloth dipped in sweet oil. This will not_scratch_the finish. Worn and faded couch ham- mocks may be made to look fresh and new if covered with dark inexpensive cretonne. Take the ropes out at the ends, Where the eyelets come cut a hole in the cretonne and sew close to the eyelets or buttonhole over the eyelets. Rub discolored aluminum cook- ing utensils with a lemon cut in halves. First squeeze the juice from the lemon. head that the ends hang down front The Sidewalks of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. We were talking the other day to a| cop whose job is_controlling traffic. He was “grabbing off” a sandwich. “Sure.” said he, “you can always tell the guys that are irying to get away with something. I've had 'em try to sneak by me. Most people, though, obey the signals. It's the boulevard stop signs they shoot by that gets my nanny. “Only the chance that there may be an officer around some place keeps some people within the law. “It's hard for a cop to deal with women, though. A fellow doesn’t want to be rough with them, even when he knows that they are culpable. A wom- an who knows her stuff will look at you kind of wistful, and plead that she never, never intended to break the law, and please won't we let her off just | this time. Sometimes we fall for it— that is, if we believe that she honestly made a mistake. “Plain flattery doesn’t go with me, brother. A couple of years ago I stop- ped a woman driver who was taking up most of the street. I just asked her to keep on her own side ‘and let other cars pass. I'm not used to baby talk and the way that dame handed it to me was immense. | “*Oh,~officer,” she said, ‘Oo wouldn't scold me for des a 'ittle sing like des, would you? Oo is 1 such a big, hand- some officer.” Be- lieve it or not, that was_her line. Now I ask you to take a look at this mug of mine. 1 knew she was handing me a Jine. So did she, and she figured that I would fall for it, which is just what I did, that one time. I guess there isn't a guy in the world that won't fall for a little of it. “It's funny. I re member that som body said. ‘A wom- an doesn't want you to tell her how| smart she is, but how beautiful she is. | Men like to be told how bright they are, and now, particularly, how hand- some.” | ‘We were receiving some information. “If T tell a fellow what a good driver | T think he is, and that he ought to know better, I can get more satisfaction than if I bawl him out and tell him | he's a rotten driver, Yeah, we all fall | for the old oil.” * K K K The officer quoted was correct. Some- times flattery, like eating, can be over- done. Sincere flattery is always accept- able. It is when we discover that an ulterior motive is veiled by honeved words that e resent them. An over- zealous servant may destroy the very he secks. | oh caste Arab is a_courteous We encountered one in the | v of Fez once. He was & well- | t and gentleman. His! home was_exquisitely appointed and equipped. He had scores of servants and four wives, In the tiled courtyard an opalescent fountain played day and night. Haj Dris was a nobleman. He didn't have to put tip a gold bracelet or ank- let at the bank to obtain a loan. His Arabic signature sufficed. There was no need for him to flatter any one. One night we had dinner with Haj Dris. Before the first course was served a servapt set an incense container in front of us. Our host was burning in- cense to us. A subtle form of flattery, to be sure. At the conclusion of an endless feast cigarettes were lighted and an Arabian orchestra played in the court. The hour grew late and the drone of the Moorish city subsided. Mystery stalked. Kaj Dris could not speak French, but his nephew was a linguist. It was therefore necessary to speak through the nephew.. Haj Dris turned to his young relative and mur- mured a few unintelligible words. The nephew smiled and said: “My uncle says he is charmed that the American has supped with him_tonight. “Tell our distin- guished host that we are pleased to have received such hospitality,” we said. Our host beamed with pleasure. A few moments later he again spoke to his nephew. “My uncle wishes me to say that he is hon ored by the pre: ence of the Ameri- can who has par- taken of his simple fare,” said the young man. ‘The visitor must always return such compliments. “Please tell Haj Dris that we have been highly honored by his words and the distinction he has ac- corded us.” This was passed to the host. o The conversation drifted to different subjects, and then once again the host spoke to his nephew. “My uncle says that he is overcome with pride and cannot express his delight that you have honored him with a visit. His bosom is filled with emotion.” We were rapidly becoming stumped for words and phrases. Such compli- ments could not remain unanswered. “Convey,” we said, “our appreciation, and tell your uncle that we hope to have the honor of entertaining him in America some day, if he will honor us with a visit.” The young chap interpreted our words and Haj Dris smiled and patted his heart. Other members of the house- hold jointed in the barrage of compli- | ments, and before the evening was over, we were fairly staggered. There was balm in the thought thet no motive save kindliness and courtesy impelled the host and his family to smother us with flattering lines. It was not banana oil. Sl i s Wi i SR P Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. Just when you begin to think women have exhausted means of earning a| livelihood, along comes an enterprising soul to g. One such wom- | an is or oday. She lacked e g but an idea, but that was Her idea was not an intricate one; any one of us might have thought of it; b didn’t. She w many business T and women needed pr e offices, ith office facilities, and yet were unable o maintain offices of their own. She w wh they needed. what they liked, and had some novel ideas about what renting agent of a her have space on She next installed gs in her office. Then id solicited clients per- 1 a year's time she was occupying Ir floor in one of the largest gs n town. The services are in many cases unique, ts of her own ingenuity. Now e has two other “‘co-operative” offices. The demand for her offices is ever grow- ing beccuse they are economical, effi- cient and attractive. Needless to say, she is on the road to riches. She is no rare individual gifted with extraordinary powers. She simply had an idea, some initiative, and a vast amount of industry. It is interesting to know that one of her friends, a woman, too, has one of the biggest mimeographing and addres: ing businesses in town. She began busi- Ress on the advice of her doctor, who prescribed work as an antidote for nervousness. At first she humored s goal, and a plan for attaining it. In your own head there may be some ex- ‘a_elllent business schemes; why not look | into it? | MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Melons Oatmeal with Cream Egg Vermicelli, Bacon Curls | Toast, Coffee LUNCHEON Creamed Lobster Toasted Crackers Baked Rice Pudding Lemon Snaps, Tea DINNER Bouillon Fried Liver and Bacon Boiled Potaoes Green Beans Tomato Salad, French Dyessing Strawberry Shortcake Coffee EGGS VERMICELLI, CURLS. Separate yolks from whites of hard-botled eggs, chop whites fine and mix with thin, white sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Pour on toast and rub yolks through strainer on top. Serve with bacon curls. RICE PUDDIN Beat slightly one egg, add one- third cup brown sugar, one- fourth teaspoon salt and one-half to three-fourths cup boiled rice. Mix and edd two cups milk and few raisins (about one-half cup), | | sprinkle top with nutmeg and f i | BACON about her “toy,” but today she employs ¥ 69 persons, and is independently rich, | P2k in slow oven one hour. Instead of looking for 2 job, lock for STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE. a way of earning money for yoursclf Three eggs beaten separately, A little business of your own is more satisfactory than a job with some one else paying a higher salary. Many wom- en who do not need their earnings will find real happiness in creating a business. This applies especially to women who have nothing to occupy them at home. The beginning may be quite modest, 50 long as you have a -~ cne and one-half cups sugar, | | one-half cup cold water, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking pow- der, one teaspoon vanilla or lemon extract, pinch salt. Used mashed strawberries between layers and whipped cream on tog garnished with whole berries. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. June 5, 1862.—The Potomac River is on.a rampage, due to the heavy rains of the last few days. It is rising rap- idly here tonight and it is expected that the tide before tomorrow morning will rise so high as to cause a complete overflow of the city canal from Four- teenth street as far as Sixth street west. Lumber and wood are being removed from the canal banks and the wharv The proprietors of various stores, antic pating higher water, are hastily remov- ing_their goods from cellars to places that afford better protection. At the navy yard tonight the water reached the top of the wharf and the vessels alongside were hauled out of the stream for safety. At the corner of Missouri avenue and Third street the water is coming up to ward the dwellings, but as yet no dam- age has been done. The water has not yet reached the top of the wharves along the Potomac River, but it is nearing that point. The lumber and wood merchants along the river front are busy placing their prop- erty out of danger. News reaching Washington from the upoer river today is not reassuring. The late rains have swollen streams to an alarming extent. The Georges Creek Valley, near Pledmont, has been totally inundated and the bridges over vario tributary streams are reported lost. Sev- eral locks and dam of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal are reported destroyed. The most serious loss thus far repor! ed is the destruction of the bridge ov the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry. This is the fourth time within a year that this important structure has been destroyed. One year ago is was burned by order of Gen. Johnson. In August a trestling was completed and then washed away by a freshet in September. On the 1st of April of this year a sec- ond structure was completed, but two weeks later the river rose and washed it away. This third disaster was repaired in a few days. and having escaped the fire of the Confederates who menaced it last week, it has now again been de- stroyed by a flood. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Wooden cornices are_becoming more and more popular, for home furnishers are beginning to realize what decora- tive effects they may accomplish by their use. In the accompanying illustration are three suggestions for cornices of wood. These may be made at home or by a local carpenter, the board being about three and a half inches wide, half an inch_thick, as long as the window cas- ing is wide and finished at the ends with a two and one-half or three inch return. ‘The finish of a cornice of this type depends entirely upon the material which is to be hung beneath i, but in- asmuch as the top and bottam of the board are finished with stmple wood moldings, there is an opportunity for t)’ile introduction of color into the cor- nice. ‘The board at the top has beneath it flesh-pink ruffled organdy curtains picoted in blue. The board is painted flesh-pink, with blue lines in the mold- ings, and the floral designs are cut from wallpaper and pasted carefully in position so that they look very much like hand-painted flowers. The second cornice is painted in light green, with black stencil design, and the third has a lattice of gold on green. ight, 1929.) Cheese Batter Pudding. (Cop! pinch of salt into a dish, make a well in the center and drop in one egg. Add a little milk, add the flour gradually, then add enough milk by degrees to make a smooth thick batter. Beat thoroughly until covered with air buddles. Stir in one and one-half ounces of grated cheese and some more milk, using in all half a pint of milk. Cover and leave to soak for an hour if possible. Pour-into a greased pie dish and bake in a hot over for about 40 minutes, or until well risen and brown. Serve in the same dish as was cooked n. nians spend over ,000,000 annually for This isw't as much go spends, but then we don’t buy many ine- apples like the kind that Capone specializes in. Two items on Washington's food list that rank hi with housewives are Wil- kins Coffee and Tea. They aren’t a hit expensive, I‘h;eug;l {Yhe quullfly l:‘ superb. ou real it to try them soon.” o Measure four ounces of flour and a| 1 \ spiral overdrape, made of the bright side the waistline nearly normal. BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 5.—This land, made prosperous by King Movie, | is turning the cold shoulder on her | benefactor. A petition to have Sunday | motion picture shows prohibited has | just been submitted to the city council If that isn't the gentle ironic touch that makes the Spring output of “big- | ger and better movies” complete! | What's wrong with this picture? Ask the producers. They'll tell you Holly- wood wouldn't be on the map if it weren't for them. Time may come when the big thrill will be bootlegging movies of a Sunday in the land where they were begun. | Every little boy of 10 will have his movie bootlegger. The colony is a unique spot, at that When you lease a house the first thing to do is have the front and back doors fixed. Invariably they are sprung. The m-stery? Not so much burglarious activity as necessity for a roof to cover the penni- less extra on a rainy night. What more simple than the house with a sign “To Let"? They are grateful guests. Even if they don't thank the landlord in con- ventional fashion, I am sure they are thankful in their delightful hobohe- mian hearts. And they leave the home unmarred, another point in their favor. ‘The divorce of the Tom Mixes, main topic_of interest in the colony six months back, is another of the April fool variety, according to well defined reports. Mrs. Mix and Thomasina will come back to the cowboy millionaire, it seems. But_they will live on a simpler scale. And living on a simpler scale probably means residence in a house whose ten- nis court is minus the Roman arches which make the present Mix home unique in Beverly Hills. A succession of little hobbies make the movi> actor’s life less monotonous. The latest—and most horrible one in some time—is the popularity of plaster dwarfs highly colc ‘ed and placed non- chalantly in the shrubbery. ‘They give a Luna Park touch to the landscape, a pleasure zone flair to the pansy beds that makes you instinc- tively wonder what exposition is in progress And yesterday I found the factory where these curiosities are manufac- tured. The sien was classic. It read, “Artistic Reliefs.” Change Dark- PARIS—Yteb develops the peplum of a black crepe satin dress into a MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE of the silk. The neckline is square, and RITA. MERRICK Elinor Glyn describes the whimsies of her inspiration thus: 1 “I write curled up on the divan with a wooden block on my knees. When I| come to a stile and my thoughts are not ready to leap over, I get up, turn on the radio and dance. That makes the | whole blood stream run differently, and then I start again.” When Elinor comes to a stile, can Summer be far behind? A suggested epitaph for Greta Garbo: I was a lady of passion, A girl with a deep, dark past. I stood for the weird in fashion; I was more than a little fast. That was in the movies, 1 lie here—natural at last! (Copyright, 1920, by North American ewspaper Alliance. D. C; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 19%. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Do Animals Think ? } Do animals think? Ask the man who owns one and he will point out that his | pet.dog has “more sense than some | .” And by this he means that | the dog has the ability to analyze situ- | ations, to make logical, sensible deduc- tious and to behave accordingly. Most of the opinions referring to a mental difference between animals and human beings on cne score or another | are due to prejudice. The human being, unacquainted with animals, is pretty likely to assume that he is endowe with powers as a human being which | an animal cannot possibly possess. Some men have a habit of saying that animal behavior is purely instinctive. And by intellectual they mean the abil- ity to reason. Only those who really study the habits of animals and of human beings know that such sharp | classifications of mental processes can- not be maintained. How does it come that such great naturalists as Hornaday have no hesitancy in ascribing to ani- mals a certain definite ability to rea- son, to think? | Students of human society these days repeatedly point out that human | beings do their thinking in packs, pretty | much as all the other gregmwious ani- mals do. You can't explai® such be- havior as hero worship, party loyalty and crowd psychology in general on any other principle than that of gre- gariousness, which all psychologists ad- mit is an instinct. Those who study animal socleties find the same instinct at_work. The only difference is this: The ani- mal world is merely somewhat more obedient to the law of gregariousness, The reason for this difference between human and animal social behavior is not far to seek: The human being as an individual may in consequence of the protection which society throws | around him take more liberties. He may | vary his behavior to a greater extent | without fatal consequences. Animals think instinctively. So do | men, with perhaps a dash of common | sense now and then, which, after all, amounts to a few habits of a higher | order than those which the animals have acquired. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. ‘Most husbands get mighty ca )i their personal appearance after a yea or two, but a body can alw that by takin’ in a female boa | vienna and became a lodger in her | had gone to the Austrian capital to | pose incessantly. FEATURES.” 33 Unusual Parents of Celebrated Men Karl Von Weber's Father Used Baton As Rod to Make Him Study and Become a Great Composer. BY J. P. Genovefa von Brenner plunged her- sclf into misery by marrying the pov- erty-stricken baron. It was a sad day for her when the violinist came to mother’s house. Franz Anton von Weber's title was scarcely sufficient to make up for his age, which was 50, and the fact that he was a widower, the father of two sons, and a reckless old spendthrift. But he was handsome, he did not show his years and he was skilled in the ways of making love. Genovefa was not_utterly inexperi- enced, although she was in her teens. Already she had had some attention as a public singer. But she was quick to accept him. ~ He married her and took her back to- Eutin, where he had lived before going to Vienna. He did not tell her that his first wife had died of a broken heart because he not only had squandered her property, but had grossly mistreated her. He took the post of town musician and proceeded to treat Genovefa as badly as he had treated Anna de Fu- metti, his first wife. She would not have met him, per- haps, if the two sons of Ann had not shown great promise as musicians. He place them under the great teacher, Michael Haydn. But they had not dis- tinguished themselves. He was glad to get away from Vienna. When Genovefa gave him a son, he made up his mind afresh that he would have an offspring whose name would mean something in the world of music. That way lay fortune for all of them. Karl Maria von Weber was a delicate, sensitive child. But the baron’s ambi- tion to make a progidy of him took no account of the fact. The child could scarcely talk, and could not walk—he did not toddle until he was 4—when Von Weber had him practicing at the piano. The baby spent hours at the instru- ment daily. His father hung above him, ready to use his baton as a rod of pun- ishment if he faltered. At the earliest possible moment he made him com-| ‘About the only pleasure that her mar- | | riage brought Genovefa was to be called | GLASS, the boy's eleventh year. She was not vet 30. g ‘Thereafter Von Weber and his progidy were always on the move. Finally Karl's undoubted promise got him a sinecure as private secretary to the Duke Lud- wig, brother of the King of Wurttem- berg. But the baron spoiled that. He embezzled a large sum of money in- trusted to his son as secretary, and both wered thrown into prison and then ban- ished. Karl was now a man. He took his father to Mannheim and got him com- fortably placed. Then he struck out for himself to become, in due time, one creator of the romantic school of opera, and one of the great masters of orches- tration. “Der Freischutz,” his most important work, is familiar to opera goers today. (Copyright, 1929.) The calculations to ve made in this test all refer to the calendar. Every answer can be made by giving the day of the week, or the name of the month. ‘Time limit four minutes. (1) Christmas falls on Wednesday in 1929. On what day of the week will New Year, 1930, occur? 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