Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1929, Page 43

WOMAN’S PAGE.' THE EVENING - HISTORIC' QUICK THINKERS Richard Sheridan Was Magnificently Adept at Dodging His Creditors. BY J. P. GLASS. fiH. MA'AM, 0 “am NEVER \WAL Lord Guildford met Richard Brinsley Bheridan, the dramatist and politician, one day. “Well, Sherry, you've taken a new house, I hear,” he said. “Yes;" replied the other, “and you'll #ee now that everything will go on like clockwork.” grinned his lordship, “tick, , tock.” It was well known that Sheridan's extravagances had resulted in- a large acquaintance with moneylenders and pawnbrokers. It was only by amazing quick-wittedness that he was able to keep up a “front.” He owed Edbrooke of Clarges street a big bill for carriage horses. Mrs. Ed- brooke, wanting & new bonnet., egged her husband on to' notify Sheridan that he could expect no more horses until the debt was settled. The author of “The School for Scan- dal” sent a polite note to Edbrooke. “Permit my coachman to drive Mrs. Edbrooke to my house and I w! range everything satisfactorily, said. When the delighted lady arrived a servant showed her to the back draw- ing room. A half hour passed. - No Sheridan appeared. She rang the bell “Where is your master?” she asked the servant. “Very sorry, ma'am,” he replied, “but My Sheridan’ went out half an hour 2go.” ‘And the - carriage?” ‘Oh, ma'am, Mr. ‘walks.” Sheridan was giving a big dinner to mportant people, but had no wine, and knew he could order nonef rom Char- Sheridan never "New Interest in BY MARY MARSHALL. There is nothing starthngly new about wooden jewelry, The idea was launched in Paris more than five years agh, but it is only now that fashion has turned any special attention to this sort ©f ornament. Perhaps it is a result of the revived WOODEN BEADS COMBINED', HE CHORER ABOVE, . CENTER CONSISTS OF IVOEY BEADS JOINED WITH TINY GOLD BEADS. LONG CHAIN COMBINES WOODEN BEADS WITH THOSE OF CRYSTAL, AND OTHERS OF GOLD. Interest in woods #is shown by makers of ‘modernist fumnituré. Not since the great cabinetmakers of the eighteenth MR. SHERIDAN s lier, London's most famous wine dealer, whom he alrea owed a great des He cleverly invi Charlier to be one of his guests, and, choicest yintag Hoiloway, to whom the playwright owed a_huge sum. rode up | to him one day as he was walking St. Paul's Chugch ‘yard. He at once launched into bitter reproa: W he ceased, Sheridan said: beautiftil creature you are riding, Hol- ioway.” The lawyer was mad about horse- flesh. “This would be a fine nag for Mrs, Sheridan,” he replied. Sheridan looked businesslike, with the air of a buyer. “Show me his paces,” he said. Holloway, glad to ghow off the ani- mal, cantered.proudly a short distance | down the street. When he turned, he | s Sheridan’ in the church yard, | where he coulgnt follow, laughing boisterously at hils expense. In the House of Commons, Lord Bel- | erave used a Greek quotation to clinch an argument against him. Sheridan didn'tu nderstand a word of it, but he immediately got up and contended that 1 his lordshlp had carried the quota- tion farther he would have seen it didn’t understand a word of it, but he gibberish which sounded like Greek, but was nothing at all. The House cried, “Hear, hear!” and Lord Belgrave ad- mittéd he had overlooked the passage. Sheridan suffered a bad setback from the burning of his Drury Lane Theater. He was in actual straits at his death. (Copyright, 1929.) Wooden Jewelry woods as many of the makers of modern furniture, Sometimes wood is interestingly com- bined with glass and crystal in these new ‘ornaments. There are necklaces showing a combination of wooden and crystal beads. There are long strands of rather small wooden beads stained | in various colors to harmonize with the frock and chokers of wooden beads that women like, especially for warm weather on account of thelr extreme light welght. Similar in tone to the natural wooden jewelry, but frequently showing more intricate carving than would be possible with wood, are_some of the new bone ornaments;~chokers, necklaces and bracelets that are appropriate for spec- tator sports wear. An'interesting necklace in the collec- tion of a woman who is known for the origiality of her ornaments, and who would rather wear & necklace that was really novel than one of diamonds cr rubles, consists of olive pits connected with small silver links. The olives were grown on the Mount of Olives in Pales-/ tine, and the necklace was made by the monks in.a monastery nearbs #hree squares of .crepe de chine in different colors are, used to make one of the most attractive of the imported scarfs of the season. Another model that has been much admired is made from two oblong pieces of silk joined by a ring. If you would like to know how. to make these scarfs, please send mie: your self-addressed, stamved en- velope and I will be glad to send you this week’s illustrated circular showing century bave furniture makers worked 80 effectiyely with the rare and fine MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS { S fermnnent ng'n, ‘This is the season of the year when beauty operators who do skiliful per- manent waving reap a golden harvest. Almost any girl or woman with straight hair would be glad to buy a permanent wave if she could be sure that it would be pretty and would not harm her halr. | No one, of course, wants her hair turned into a fuzzy, dry mop; but few realize that the success of a permanent lies chiefly in two factors that are within their own control, namely, the-health of the hair and the care given it before and after the wave. It is easy to blame the operator for & poor.wave, but it is not always her failt, She cannot put.your hair into good condition if you have yuined it by t00 much marceling or -bleaching. Nor have you the right to expect the how, o do it 7 +* (Qepyright, 1929.) LEEDS, ‘take the troube ta give it the proper | caze.” Hegilar. oft treatments are very im- portant to the beauty of the hair. Castor oil or olive ofl may be used. The day before your, shampoo_apply the oil to hair and scalp. at. Bedtime; tle up your head” and ledve the oil on overnight. Next day have a thorough shampoo. Begin it by applying hot towels to your hair five or six times to make it easier to get the unabsorbed oil off. al Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. June 14, 1859.—Upon & walk through the streets of Washington sny pleas- ant evening one may enjoy the per- formance of a great variety of music, vocal and fnstrumental, of a_character to indicate that the musical taste of the local amateurs has improved con- siderably in the last year or two. The popular music of '57 and '58 was limited to the range of Picayune Butler and Annie Laurie, but this season has witnessed the formation of numerous quartet clubs, glee clubs, chorus parties and larger organizations, meeting every evening in the week for the gratifica- tion of their friends. They are ren- dering ‘music which a few years ago was thought to be far beyond the ca- pacity of Washington amateurs. A rambler through Washington, who {5 acquainted with the music of the most noted masters, during a single evening's walk lately recognized the compositions of Handel, Haydn, Rossini, Verdl, 3 ante, Chapple, N7ebbe, Colcott, Spohr and others, performed |by different partics and some of them | a manner that would do credit to professional musicians. | The National Guard spent today in a delightful manner at Arlington Springs, Under a smiling sky, the men marched out at 8 o'clock this morning in full uniform, numbering some 40 rank and file and presenting that fine military appearance which makes an outsider wish he were a mem- ber of their company. They are accompanied by Withers' brass and string band and by half of Whaley’s omnibuses filled with the | prettiest girls on the Island and else- where. They also carried an excellent | supply of good things in the quarter- | master's department to enable them to | pass a pleasant day. |~ Some young men and boys are in | the habif of stationing themselves at | the various entrances to the Smithson- |ian_grounds, where they insult ladies and little girls with grass and outra- geous language. The police have been in- formed of their doings, but seem power- less to catch the young villains, be- cause their conspicuous uniforms always warn the offenders in time for them to make good their escape. A few detectives in citizens’ clothes have been suggested as the best means to break up this sort of thing. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Cultivating Friendships. One Mother Says: A neighbor’s only child is carefull sheltered from the rude experiences that are the lot of the average child. His companions are chosen for him and he is not permitted to engage in vig- orous sports. [ ‘The result of this coddling is a shel- tered life that il fits him for the A actual experiences in store for him The broadening influence of meeting| on common ground children of all| classes and the robust physique of other children are not his. 1 have insisted on my children be- ing friendly to all boys and girls who show that they are worthy of friend- ship—and those who are not are rela- tively few. Snobbishness among chil dren is deplorable and nothing con- tributes so much to a rich life as a large circle of worth-while friends. Fresh Corn Soup. Cover a small soup bone Wwith two quarts of cold water, add the corn cut from four large ears, six medium sized tomatoes cut up, and half a pint of lima beans. Let boil slowly for three hours. Half an hour before dinner time pour in one quart of milk, reserving a small quantity to mix with a table- spoonful of flour, and stir in to make the soup the consistency of cream. Add a little chopped parsley, pepper and salt. Abe Martin Says: Naw wash with plenty of shampoo liquid, glving the scalp a vigorous massage | while working up the lather. Lather | and rinse three or four times. | It is difficult to rinse the hair thor- oughly without the ald of a bath-| spray, so that every girl who washes | her hair at home should have such a| spray. Vinegar may be used in the | final rinse to soften the hair and make | the waves looser, It also brings out the reddish lights in the halr. Use two tablespoonfuls of cider vinegar in a assful of water from the cold-water Pour this mixture over the fter all the soap has been rinsed ; leave for four or five minutes, and then rinse off in clear water, Before the hair is dry the waves must be set.. Some types of permanents can be pushed into even waves with but little eftort; others must be fii waved with the ald of a curling fluid. Lotions of this sort are made with a base of quince seed, gum tragacanth, flaxseed or other similar substances. Here is a simple recipe that published here before: Boil one spoonful of flaxseed in a pint of w until the liguidd is reduced to half. Strain and add 1'% ounces of bay rum been tabl wave to be a success if you will not and 1 ounce of cologne water. (Copyright, 1929.) BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. D. Caloric Bookkeeping. Miss E. has devised a daily calorie bookkeeping system which she says helps her to reduce, for it keeps. up her interest and continuously keeps be- fore her mind's eye the idea of how many calories she has to lose, rather than pounds. Briefly it is this: She weighs 140 pounds and wants to lose 30, as her normal weight is but 110. ‘Thirty’ pounds of fat at 4,000 calories & pound totals 120,000, so she is harbor- ing 120,000 calories more than she should. E day she deducts the number she takes less than her mainte- nance diet (which she counts as 2,000), for she knows her excess poundage will have to supply that. When she takes » brisk walk of an hour, she also deducts 350 calories for that. She loves to see hose undesirable calories gradually iminishing! (They had gone down to 92,000 and with them seven pounds of excess fat, when she wrote to us.) Some of you may get a kick out of watching galories diminish. out” of watching my weight line go down on a weight chart, Reducers need a good scale. Al families should have one for it is one of the best pieces of furniture a house- hold can have. Not infrequently baby scales are purchased when- the new baby arrives. & larger scale that can ‘babyhood and for the rest of the family, t00. It won't cost very much more. The and baby can be placed in & 1 get more | It would be better to get be used after weighed. on it as accurately as on the baby scales, You would have to get ‘l]w regular physiclan's scales, for the jsmall “automatic” bathroom scales with !the dfals on the face cannot be used {for the baby's weighing for it doesn’t register the ounces accurately enough. ‘The reducer will sa nough on food bills to invest in a scale! The ners will increase their efficiency so they can earn more, 11 nece So will the reducers, for this matter, “Is there any danger In glving away clothes that belonged to a tubercular patient? ‘The room he died in has been fumigated with sulphur. Is it necessary o destroy the bed and bedding and clothes, if they have been sent to the cleaner first? ‘Some of the clothes have not been worn for a year, the time he spent in bed. SR First let me tell you that fumigation by sulphur -or formaldehyde is _not effective in destroying germs, R. Soap and water, with a littie lysol or carbolic acid in it, to cleanse the woodwork and the floors and furniture, and thorough sunning and airing, are all that are necessary. The lent's clothes can be sent to the cleaners or washed in gasoline. (There is no danger now in the case anyway, for the germs do not live long outside the body.) The bed clothing can be bolled, and the:matiress can be scrubbed over with soap and water, the T recall hearin’ th' word “brat” when I wuz & youngster, but it didn't have nothin’ like the wide general applica- tion it enjoys today. co yo ch. be its BLACK FLA LIQUID | rial for an excellent news story. | broke down completely. | facedly he confessed his identity. | firmation by 1 | Bepartment must have his prescribed | | perticularly, =7 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY J PARIS.—Ardanse has a black and on long black cloth coat. BY HERBERT WASHINGTON.—Bits of Washington gossip picked up at random: No matter how much spicy gossip and conjecture Alice Roosevelt Longworth may stir up in Washington by her refusal to yield to rules of precedence, she long has followed the policy of never giving interviews.” All of which recalls a story from an erstwhile reporter of the days when Roosevelt was President. He long had cherished the ambition to obtain an interview with “Princess | Alice.” One day he persuaded a friend of the Roosevelt family to present him as the son of a well known United | States Senator. The better part of an | afternoon was spent in extracting mate- On the cve of the reporter’s departure Alice innocently commented on his fiair for newspaper work. His little farce Rather shame- | Alice was surprised and then amused. Neealess to say the story was never | printed. There are two or three young Women who “cover” the executive offices of the | White House as faithfully as any Wash- ington newspaper correspondent. They are representatives of bonding houses, waiting for the list of nominations that | the President sends to the Senate. All postmasters, collectors of customs | and internal revenue are required to post a bond as insurance that they will discharge their duties faithfully.” The actual appointment depends on con- the Senate, but most of those named are certain to be con- firmed. However, before his name is aced on the pay roll the Treasury bond on file. The bonding companies want to know as quickly as possible the names and addresses of all persons nominated for | postmaster or collector. The quickest way is to have some one on duty ing for them at the White House. The older residents of Washington, hail the appearance of John Philip Sousa on the air. They still remember him in the days when as a Marine sergeant he marched up Pennsylvania avenue leading the Marine Band. It has been a long time since he | Fancuilli, who straightaway got himself court-martialed for refusing to play a | Sousa march when ordered to do 50 by | a Marine licutenant. This row prompted | Congress to make the leader of the band a commissioned officer, Sousa was born in Washington, the son of a Portuguese father, Who was himself a member of the Marine Band. President Hoover's fondness for angling has caused a real estate boom in a hitherto comparatively unknown section near Washington. A current magazine carries a half page advertisement of an estate “direct- Iy adjoining President Hoover’s Summer playground.” The owner hails his prop- erty as “an ideal playground for a man of means and & lover of nature.” Aside from that “its present low price and other factors should greatly en- hance its value within a few years. At the foot of Capitol Hill, within a stone's throw of the National Capitol itself, 1s & bit of countryside. It 'is worked over with meticulous care, yet it holds & wild heart of nat- ural beauty within. Hortlcultural dis- coverles from all over the world may be seen in this National Botanic Gar- den. Each is neatly labeled and ex- actly catalogued. : And the official gardener for ‘the United States stands ever ready to con- duct the visitor through. For_more than 16 years George W. Hess has worked to develop this gar- den. During this time he has scoured the world for plants and flowers. To China, Japan and the Philippines he has gone in his quest. He has made three trips to the Hawalian Islands to | make a study of plant life there. His aim is “the greatest botanic gar- den in the world for the greatest coun- try in the world." Smfl-". liquid insect-killers st 50c a half-pint. But when u get Black Flag Liquid, and put down 50c, you get 15¢ ange. For Black Flag Liquid is only 35c a half-pint. Yetit’s thedeadliestliquid made. Kills flies, mosquitoes, ants, roaches, dbugs, etc. Quickly! Surely! Money back if it doesn’t prove | deadliness to you. KILLS BUGS QUICKLY ©1929,B.7.Co. mfumlmlfi t in the black georgette crepe forming part of an ensemble, with print lining and scar! A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK | he took it over. | them in turned the Marine Band baton over to | white print dress with inset godets of C. PLUMMER. Hess' work to him is a labor of love. He never is more at ease than when he is among his plants. His large hands gently touch each tiny green shoot and leaf as he moves among them. He stops every few moments to explain how this or that flower was produced through patient crossing and recrossing of mother plants, He exhibits with pride the sanse- veiria which grows from a mere clipping of the leaf. He pauses to speak of that plant’s dependence on the mother shoot until maturity is reached, when the parent, plant dies off. Nothing_delights him more than to | talk of the garden that, under his| management, has become a showplace | for the Nation. But it is when the conversation shifts vegetables that Hess shows the greatest enthusiasm. If he has a hobby outside of his beloved garden it is this. From a Chinese gardener he acquired his first interest in the subject, an in- terest that has grown until he says the information he has accumulated easily would fill a book. He knows the names of all the various kinds in the Canton- ese dialect. Once he scored 100 per cent in an examination for a position as teacher of gardening. This position he gave up in favor of improving some land in Florida. This land was worth $8 an acre when 1t sold for $75 an acre | to when he left. His home, on the groudds of the | garden, he has named Liberty Hall, due | to the fact he wishes it known that all | of his friends are at liberty to call | upon him there and make known any | wishes they may have. Mrs. Hess, herself a great lover of flovers and a student of botany, has done much to aid her husband in mak- ing a success of his work. Asparagus With Peas. Cut into small pieces some tender | green stalks of asparagus and cook | just enough water to cover | with an equal quantity of fresh green | peas, some shredded outer lettuce leaves { and one teaspoonful of sugar. When the | vegetables are done, drain thoroughly and add them to a thick white sauce asoned with salt, pepper.and a few [ drops of lemon juice. $tir*in the beaten | yolks of two eggs, heat thoroughly, but do not boil, and serve on hot toast well buttered P TINTEX RESTORES | the Color-sheen | o Stockings « « - « Repeated washings fade the delicate shades of nudinym rob them of their color-sheen. ... Andthat is why millions of women use Tintex for their stockings, an well as for their “undies,” negligees, {frocks, sports-wear, ete. Try it your- self. .. tonight! See how quickly Tintex restores the original color or gives new color to stocking ind how wonderfully they regain st-like- new lustre. .+« When you buy Tintex, .lwutyu ask to see the Tintex Color Card. It shows the newest Paris colors on actual materials. o—THE TINTEX GROUP—, Products for every Home- tinting and Dyeing Need Tintex Gray Box— Tints and dyes all materials, Tintex Blue Box— For lace-trinmed silks — tints the silk, lace remains white. eolor from any material o it can be dyed a new color. Whitex — The new bluing for restoring terials. whiteness to all white m: [ S —— Atall drug, dept. stores’ nd notion conaters. - LOF ntex TINTS’AND DYES /o BAEK & TITORD GUARANTEES THAT TINTEX WILL PERFORM UNE 14, 1929. LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Us fellows was sitting on my frunt steps tawking about diffrent subjecks such as what cannibals do in their spare time when their not eating missionaries and shipwreck sailers, and how easy it would be for ¢hem to get up a minstrel | 8how because they wouident even haff 8 go to the trubble to blacken their faces on account of them being black alreddy by nature, and Leroy Shooster sed, Wall how couid they, they proberly wouldent know any minstrel jokes. Certeny they would, why wouldent they, you poor nut? I sed, and Leroy sed, Whose a poor nut, if I had & name like yours I wouldent tawk so much. Potts, G wizzickers pots, you awt to be on top of a Kitchin stove with Irish stew and stuff in you with the other ts. The fellows all laffing and Sam Cross saying, G, thats a good one, and I sed, Why is if, how about your name, good nite, Sam’ Cross, Sam cross the street, Sam cross your Sam_ cross legs, good nite. And you needent Leroy Shooster, what about name, Shooster, good nite was. in_a shoe store? I sed Ma ur are. You cant judge weather to scratch your hed or your foot because you cant judge where your itching, thats the kind of a dum judge you are, he sed. Being a fearse mnock at Shorty on account of him seeming kind of dum anyways on account of being so small for his size. Proving if you start anything your libel to get the same thing back ony | werse, on account of evel being human without rea ybody ing it. ony WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. . Patent Office. ©! WURZBERGER FLou, A\ When Summertime brought about the open window, with the graphophone rendering the popular airs of the day to the whole communit —e Santa Cruz, Philippine Islands., has a scandal over the ercction of its court- house, nearly $35000 having already been spent on the uncompleted struc- ture, a private bid of less than $19.000 for erection of the building complete having been rejected. My Neighbor Says: The compartment in the refrig- erator under the opening at the Dottom of the ice chamber is al- ways the coldest. Cold air drops and hot air rises, Varnish your dinner candles with plain shellac or paint them with delicate water colors. Be- sides making them very pretty it prevents the wax from dripping down the sides of the candle and staining the cloth, If cedar ofl is rubbed ‘into floors of closets, moths will not invade them. When you have a little pie crust left over make it into tarts and fill them with fresh strawberries. Sprinkle with sugar and serve for dessert. ‘' FEATURES.” BEAUTY CHATS For Bad Days. Here are a few suggestions for those days when you look like nothing and feel like nothing at all human, when 1t’s impossible to work and when you've no ambition even to try to look nice— no_ambition, only the necessity! If you can afford a “facial,” as the | shops call them, try one. A combination of hot water, cold cream, massage an ice will do wonders in smoothing out lines, in lifting sagging muscles, in eras- ing fatigue and in livening up the dead- looking skin, If you cant afford this, give yourself a face massage at home, using cleansing cream, then five min- utes with & towel wrung from hot water, then massage with cream, using a hand motion that raises the muscles. Then an ice rub and a thick powdering and, if necessary still, a little touch of color on _the cheeks. If you have the time, have your hair given a henna shampoo. This does not tint the hair at all, but it does brighten it, giving it glints and high lights that it did not have before. The henna is not left on more than a minute or o, usually it is made into a thick, hot paste,” which the hairdresser rubs through the hair and over the scalp at the end of the ordinary soap and water washing. The longer it stays, the brighter it makes the hair, but it takes a long time before it really changes the color, If you can give a hint of bronze to dull ‘brown hair or a gleam of gold to ashy light hair, or if you can bring life and light to drab mouse-color hair, you've gone a long way toward re- capturing your fresh and pretty normal appearance. These treatments are restful, too, which helps when you are tired out! M. A. C.— Glycerin_does not agree with some skins, but when it does it is very soothing. The smarting sensation hows that glycerin is not suited to your | skin, but you can relieve that also by weakening your lotion, adding another ounce of rose water to it. You should not leave a bleach on your skin more than 3 to 10 minutes, and then wash and rinse over and over until all the bleach is removed. If the skin feels dry or if it smarts, rub some cream into it. BY EDNA KENT FORBES your ankles to help reduce the fleshy places. An exercise for reducing the abdomen and hips is done as follows: Lie flat on floor, and then rise to a sit- ting position, using only the muscles of abdomen to effect this. At first you will probably need to have some help. such as that of bracing the toes under a heavy piece of furniture. Bending the | oody at the waistline, and circular move- ments from waistline and then from the hips, also will give plenty of exer- cising to reduce hips and abdomen. A cleansing cream is so inexpensive that - it is easily obtainable. A new delight- Jreshly made sandwiches Jor picnic luncheons Enjoy freshly made sandwiches on your next picnic party! And forget about the needless trou= ble and expense of pack= ing each sandwich sep= arately, at home. Take along a “picnic size’ jar of Schindler’s Pea- nut Butter; a full sized loaf of bread and make your sandwiches on the spot. Schindler’s Peanut Butter is sold in three convenient sizes. 3} oz., 6 oz., and 1-lb. scaled glass jars. Schindlers Peanut Butter «That fresh roasted flavor” TART your breakfast with a heaping bowl of golden crisp Post Toasties in milk with fruit—and you’ve made a grand start on the day. Energy is what people need in the morning. Here in Post Toast- ies,theWake-up Food,isthe kind of energy that gets towork for you quickly.It's called the Wake-up Food just for that reason! Aud it’s so good for boys and girls and grown folks because it is so easy to digest. They all just naturally take to that whole- some, delicious corn flavor. Tumble the crisp flakes right out of the package into the bowl—they’re easy to serve. Don’t forget—there’s just one way to get the Wake-up Food. Ask your gro- cer for Post Toastics—in the red and yel- low wax-wrapped package. POSTUM COMPANY, INC., BATTLE CreEx, MicR. Post Toasties