Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1929, Page 31

WOMAN'S PAGE Garment Fastenings at the Back BY MARY We have grown so accustomed to front closings in dresses, coats, separate skirts, collars, etc., that it is hard to think that there ever was a time when —save- for coats—the back closing was the‘usual thing. Here and there among the new things from Paris one finds an FOLLOWING THE FASHION SET AT THE FRENCH RACES THIS SUM- MER, THIS WOOLEN WATER- PROOF COAT_ HAS THE BELT QHEKCOLLAR BUCKLED AT THE indication that the dressmakers are at least playing with the idea of back closings. There were a few coats with back closings to be seen in France last Spring and somewhat more in evidence were close-flitting tunics of the Russian blouse order that did up down the back. At the French races this Summer several coats were seen with leather belts that fastened at the back. The sketch shows one of these The Sidewalks MARSHALL. French coats that also has & neck strap done up at the back. Fur scarfs can usually be worn with a greater degree of comfort in France in the Summer time than in this coun- try, and just at present we are told there is a tremendous vogue for silver fox scarfs to be worn not only with the trim two-piece tailored ensemble, but with dresses of red chiffon and crepe de chine as well. The continued vogue of the very | close-fitting, long-backed felt helmet in France has been noticed with some surprise by Americans who have been persuaded to wear lighter, wider brim- med hats for warm weather. But the French woman manages to look serene- i 1y eool in a thin chiffon frock in a fur i scarf and her head encased in a very ; closely fitted felt. To wear with your thin Summer frocks you will find one of the new shadow-proof, wrap-around slips a de=- cided asquisition in your Summer | wardrobe. If you yould like a diagram pattern, please send a_stamped, self- addressed envelope to Mary Marshall, | care of this paper, and I will gladly send it to you. i (Copyright, 1929.) DAILY DIET RECIPE RICE AND STRAWBERRIES WITH ICE CREAM DESSERT. Milk, one and one-half cupfuls. Rice, one-fourth cupful. Salt, one-half teaspoonful. Sugar, four tablespoonfuls. Strawberries, one cupful. Vanilla ice cream brick, one pint. Egg whites, three. Sugar, three tablespoonfuls. SERVES 4 PORTIONS. Scald milk, add rice and one- fourth teaspoonful salt and cook over hot water 50 minutes or un- til rice is tender. Add four tabl: spoonfuls sugar, one-fourth tea- spoonful salt and one cupful strawberries mashed. Turn out on small oven platter. Shape flat, 2 inches wider and longer than a pint brick mold. Just before | | serving turn out mold of vanilla | ice cream on the rice. Cover | | with a meringue made of stiffly beaten egg whites and three table- spoonfuls sugar. Place platter on i | = board and brown quickly in & very hot oven (500 degrees Fah- renheit) and serve at once. | DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein, some starch and sugar. Good in diet to increase weight. Much lime present, some iron, much vitamins A and B, some C. Can be eaten occasionally by children over 8. Can Qe eaten by normal adults of average or under weight. of Washington BY THORNTON' FISHER. It would be inaccurate to say that the World War made the crimson pop- py famous. Certainly the war added to the prestige of the blood-red flower, about which innumerable poems were written. The battlefields of France ran red with poppies, and today they flour- ish as profusely as ever. them kindles recollections in the minds of ex-officers and doughboys. Seated in a railway coach from Havre to Paris, the passenger may gaze upon meadows brilliant with these r flowers. They are, indeed, strangely reminiscent of a catastrophic era. A Washington resident Has received poppy seeds from practically every French battlefleld, and, as a result, his garden is studded with the famed fower, * Kk k ‘The fernment often has been charged th engaging in “red tape.” An efficien business man tells us that private orghnizations are guilty of the tendency to ‘“red tape.” “This is simply nothing more,” said he, “than the hab- it ‘of ‘passing the buck,” which seems to be the great American pastime. “The other day ¢|1 had occasion to take up a matter, trivial matter actually, with a certain concern. ‘You'd better see Smith about that,’ I was told. I saw Smith, who said, ‘This is handled by Green. See him.” I saw Green, who passed me to another department. The head of the department, after pondering a few mo- ments, suggested that I see Jenkins. Jenkins ventured -that the matter was one for Brown to consider, and I beat it to Brown, who sent me back to Smith, I finally got satisfaction, but not until I had wasted an hour while the boys passed the buck. “The trouble today is that most peo- ple avoid responsibility like a plague. Comparatively few men in my own or- ganization can be depended upon to face a situation demanding final dis- position of a problem. They are afrald that they will make a mistake. The error column of every executive is filled with faulty decisions, but I would rather see a man pull a boner occa- sionally than to pass the buck.” * kK K A man socially known in town has| one hobby. He is fond of playing | hunches on the ponies once a week. Once a week and no oftener. He ex- lains that it offers him the only thrill ge gets. PFrom a financial viewpoint, he can afford to lose, but most of the time he breaks even. ‘The matter of playing hunches is in- teresting in every phase of life. noted oil man piayed a hunch on & rallroad train one day when the jour- ney became monotonous. A stranger approached and eng'ed the magnate in casual conversati ‘The stranger, of course, was not aware that he was addressing & man engaged in the ofl business, and quite innocently men- tioned a piece of property in which he had an interest. The oil man perked up his ears. The stranger went on to tell about the land and said that he never expected to make a profit out of the perty. He thought there migit be ofl“;n it, but he hadn’t investigated. He then deseribed the place. The astute oil man usually emtleoyed engineers tQ inspect properties before he invested. ‘Their reports were carc- fully checked and considered by him for days and even mm&uh On the train ‘The sight ofq curing finger prints. No motive was available to aid the officials. The young reporter was assigned to “cover” the story for his paper. Other and more experi- enced = newspaper men stood about and consulted. The youngster left them and sought the janitor of the building, hoping to get & yarn from him, He found the man in his apartment and en- gaged him in con- g versation. The man was reluctant to talk. The youngster became suspicious. He was seized with a hunch. Hastening out of the building the youth saw a captain of police and to him whispered his sus- plcions. He received a chuckle for his trouble, The officers decided, how- ever, to question the janitor and took him' to headquarters. Under a merci- Iess grilling the man confessed that he had slain the victim in a frenzy of anger. The young reporter was never given credit by the authorities for his hunch, but his success inspired him to pla; other hunches. Not all of them were so fortunate, but his batting average was good enough to raise him to star- dom and eventually to national fame. Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. HE SAW A CAPTAIN| OF POLICE - Method of Bathing Baby. Another young mother writes: " “I wonder if you think this method of bathing baby, taught me at the hos- pital, is one? I have a large basin of water in which I put a teaspoon of cornstarch. I do not use soap on baby. First I undress her entirely and then let her kick and exercise. Then I wash her scalp well and massage it with my fingers and it thoroughly. I wash her eyelids gently, beginning at the outside corner and washing toward the nose. .I use a separate piece of cot- ton for each eye. I wash her nose by twisting a corner of the wash cloth into a tiny point. I wash her face carefully and dry it. I wash and dry each ear, using cotton. I wash arms, legs, body, each part separately, and cover after drying. Next I powder her with a mix- ture of three parts cornstarch and one part boric acid powder. “I trim baby’s toe and finger nails often, being sure to cut the toe nails straight across, “What is the cause and cure of dry scalp? I massage vaseline into the scalp once-a week, and her hair is soft and curly.and no crust on the ention the daily letters you sent me. If it helped you to write them, then I am pleased. You are an extremely conscientious and careful mother, and so you can never g0 far wrong. All the books tioned are good ones. answer I can make to your various let- ters, and I'm sure youll not expect more. I think the sponge bath fine for the baby before the navel is healed. After- - THE: ‘EVENING ‘STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Today in Washington History BY DONALD 'A. CRAIG. July 10, 1861.—From an suthoritative source here today it'Was learned that the Government has®0 part, direct or indirect, in the present visit of Repre- sentative Henry May of Maryland fo Richrnond. It is understood that he applied to President Lincoln for authority to carry some expression from the Federal Gov- ernment to the secessionist leaders at Richmond, and was promptly given to understand that the Government has no proposition, or even suggestion to make, and would grant him no pass as an envoy or messenger from Washing- ton to Richmond. He did, however, ob- tain a pass as a private citizen travel- ing upon his own business, to go beyond the lines of the forces of the United States. If Mr. May has ’nne to Richmond with any notion of talking about a “compromise” between the Government and the secessionists, it is believed in official circles here that he is doing even worse than wasting his time, for he may be inducing among the secession lead. ers the erroneous belief that the United States Government will accept some- tion of the Congress is understood to be ready, necessary, to vote for 400,000 or 500,000 troops and $400,000,000 or $500,000,000 gv“l'l;dnmn the authority of the United s, ‘The gunboat Yankee is on the way down the Potomac River from the Navy Yard to join the blockading squadron in Chesapeake Bay under Comdr. Craven. The steamers Baltimore and Philadelphia this morning. took a regi- ment of troops to Al from the Sixth street wharf. Hands were busily enghged all_morn- ing loading the steamer Mount Vernon with fixed ammunition of all kinds to the amount of 50 tons, including grape, shrapnel, shell and canister. This aft- ernoon the Mount Vernon left for Fort- Tess Monroe. ‘The “Union Arch” is the name given by the chief engineer, Capt. (now Q. M. Gen.) Montgomery C. Meigs, U. 8. A, to the most imposing feature of that triumph of engineering skill constructed under his direction—the Washington Aqueduct. The arch has just been com- pleted. It is about 7 miles west of Washington, over a stream called Cabin John Run, which has worn a deep gorge through the rocky slope on the Mary- land side of the Potomac River. The aqueduct crosses the stream by means of this stone arch at an elevation of near 100 feet above its bed. The span is 220 feet. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. A large group of windows is an ideal background for a skirted dressing table, and in the illustration it is shown how delightfully this scheme may be worked out. ‘Within the casing are three windows, but they are so close together that they may be considered as one in the over- drapery treatment. ‘The glass curtains are of silk voile, finished with plain hems and made long enough to reach to the sill, and the overdraperies are of a light-weight taf- feta, lined with sateen trimmed with netted heading ball fringe and draped in a style somewhat reminiscent of the Victorian period. ‘The dressing table skirt is of the same material as the draperies and the bed- spreads are of a contrasting color trimmed with this. ‘The woodwork and walls in this room are in a warm shade of putty, the floor covering of fawn Wilton and the glass curtains of pale gold. Over these the draperies are made of lilac and gold changeable taffeta, and the spreads of plain gold taffeta trimmed with the lilac and gold. e (Copyright, 1929.) BRAIN TESTS Allow two minutes for this test, fol- lowing the instructions given with each group below: i (1) Cross out every word- that has double letters appearing in it, unless the same letter appears li.nfly in - the word: Rumble, bubble, apple, manna, danger, curry, between, regatta, ar- rn.\claement. pantaloon, marmoset, bar- Taq (2) Cross out every word that has any letter appearing more than twice Element, dinosaur, baritone, marrow, dental, lovely, meridian, mellow, cabala, tarantula, octagonal. (3) Cross out. every word that con- tains a repetition of the first letter, un- {less the last letter is the same as the first letter: O1 , tenet, \pers, maxim, debutante, oranges, elixir, fal- lacious, sisters, dandies, usury, others, oboe, Answers. Cross out: (1) Avelo.’mm. n{'r.r!. regatta, arrangement, 'pantaloon, . bar- racks. (2) Element, &h. unnbulrs. (3) Papers, dandies, usury, oboe. BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. PARIS.—Cheruit shows some of the most feminine and frall printed chiffon on view. One of them, with normal waistline, has an apron %‘A. and dresses fishtail back. _ WORLD FAMOUS STORIES A BACHELOR PARTY. BY CHARLES DICKENS, 12-1870, was a British ovalr e thr ot David, "Gopperfil " ex *Pebers, " rate ot Fwo Gities, “Pickwick etc). Supper was not so easily got ready as some people may imagine. First of all, it was necessary to awaken the girl, who had fallen asleep with her face on the kitchen table; this took a little time, and, even when she did answer the bell another quarter of an hour was con- sumed in fruitless endeavors to impart to her a faint and distant glimmering of reason. The man to whom the order for oysters had been sent had not been told to open them; it is a very difficult thing to open an oyster with a limp knife or a two-pronged fork; and very little was done in this way. Very little of the beef was done either; and the ham (which was from the German sausage shop around the corner) was in a similar predicament. However, there ~was plenty of porter in a tin can, and the cheese went a great way, for it was very strong. So upon the whole, perhaps, the supper wrl quite as good as such matters usually are. The prim man in the cloth boots, Who had been unsuccessfully attempting to make a joke during the whole time the round game lasted, saw his opportunity and availed himself of it. je com- menced a long story about a great pub- lic character, whose name he had for- gotten, making a particularly happy reply to another eminent and illustrious individual whom he had never been able 1o identify. He enlarged at some length and with great minuteness upon divers collateral circumstances, distantly con- nected with the anecdote in hand, but for the life of him couldn't recollect at that precise moment what the anec- dote was, alt] h he had been in the habit of telling the story with great ap- plause for the last 10 years. “Dear me,” said the prim man in the cloth boots, “it is & very extraordinary circumstance.” “I am sorry you have forgotten it,” said Mr. Bob Sawyer, “very sorry.” “So am I” responded the prim man, “because I know it would have afforded much amusement. Never mind. I dare- say I shall manage to recollect it in the course of half an hour or so.” The prim man arrived at this point when Mr. Bob Sawyer, who had been absorbed in attention during the whole time, said he should very much like to hear the end of it, for, so far as it went, it was, without exception, the very best story he had ever heard. Suddenly hostilitles developed be- tween a scorbutic youth and a gentle- man in a conspicuous shirt. The bellig- erents vented their feelings of mutual contempt, for some time, in a variety of frownings and snortings, until at last the seorbutic youth felt it necessary to come to a more explicit understanding on the matter, when the following clear understanding took ‘gl;ee “Sawyer,” sald scorbutic youth, in a loud voice. “Well, Noddy,” replied Mr. Bob Saw- yer. “I should be very sorry, Sawyer,” said . Noddy, “to create any unpleasant- ness at my friend’s table, and much less at yours, Sawyers—ve! but I must take this opj ity of informing Mr. Gunter that he is no gentleman.” “And I should be very sorry, Sawyer, to create any disturbance in the street in which you reside,” said Mr. Gunter, ‘but ‘I'm ‘afraid I shall be under the necessity of the neighbors by throwing the person who has just spoken out of the windot “What do you mean, sir, by that?” inquired Mr. Noddy. “What I say, sir,” replied Mr. Gunter. “I should like to see you do it, sir,” said Mr. Noddy. ‘You shall feel me do it in half & N “Because you'll Gunter. “8ir, a friend of mine shall wait on in the morning to arrange a duel,” said Mr. Noddy. - “Sir, I'm very much obliged to you | | for the caution, and Ill leave particu- U5 $he Spoons.” reptiea M, Gunter. At this ‘point the remainder of -the interposed, and remonstra with both parties on the impropriety their conduet; but when M. Nobby to state that his father was s as_Mr. i ; . ¥ | g f .EE I ALl EE! 4 5| g | 2! i % i il | I don't mind singing incited thereto by himsel set us again, Bob, a song.’ And Hopkins, tumultuous applause, plunged at once into “The King, God Bless C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1929. OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL Dull Genius. s A certain number of dull minded children are born annually, The statis- ticlans put it at about 2 per Often this dullness does not same course of study as a bright mind- ed child. Of course, that is impossible. given, "The child is Noed dui iven. noun minded. What then? L Sometimes a teacher or a child ex- pert of one sort or another tells the distressed parents not to worry. He may be a genius. Look at Edison. He ‘was not such a bright boy either. And Dickens. d Darwin. Hosts of bright people failed in the schools. ‘That is quite true. Hosts of bright people failed in some phases of school work, but it is infinitely truer that they succeeded beyond all other pupils or students in other phases. It is very likely ‘that their great powers so over- shadowed their lesser ones that they appeared at disadvantage. A very casual examination bg a good Bsyebolnfln would tell very definitely ® child were very bright or very dull. There need be no question about it. No one need be deceived as to the genius of & child who is dull. There is no such thing as a dull genius. The famous men who are described as dull schoolboys were undoubtedly a trial to the teachers of the old style school— and would be so today for schools have not changed radically since Edison went to classes—but the dullness would not be properly ascribed to the student. He was never dull. Just different. If you happen to have a dull-minded child to deach or train, lose no time in dreaming that he is a genius. If he is you won't have to bother much about him. If he is truly dull you will need all your resources to meet his need. He will require special training by spe- clally trained teachers. If his dullness is very marked, he will need to be placed in a special school. To delay the training of backward children in the belief that they may turn out to be wonder children is a terrible mis- teke. These are the cl en who can least afford to lose time. Their train- ing must be immediate and definite. Their power must be caught at its full tide or it is likely to flow out, never to_return. When you find that a child cannot accept school routine, school work, schoal education as other children do, jous. Have that child tested msxbla specialist and try to interpret findings for the good of the child. It is very hard to accept the fact that & child is not as bright as his f | mates, but it is often the case when the report cards indicate deficlency again FEATURES. Hard on BY J. AHEE, ‘There was joy at Hanover when Sophie Charlotte, Queen of Prussia, came home to her parents, Elector Ernst and Electress Sophie, bringing her robust little son. Would not the husky little Crown Prince, Friedrich Wilhelm, then only 5 years of age, rosy-cheeked and mischievous, be a great delight? But_this youngster, who would suc- ceed Friedrich I as King of Prussia and play his share in enlarging the glories of the Hohenzollern family— incidentally leaving as his heir him who was called Frederick the Great— turned out to be other than an un- alloyed joy. He had a marvelous gift for mischief, and he possessed a mad recklessness that upset the whole Hanoverian court. It had been hoped that the boy would profit by residence in the dis- creet, well mannered home of his grandparents, and so, when his mother, Queen Sophie Charlotte, went back to her husband he was left behind. It tress Sophie was shaking her head doubtfully, and the -Elector Ernst was sighing sadly and regretfully. In the first place, Friedrich did not get on well with his royal cousin, who afterward became George II of Eng- and then disgustedly socked the big boy—he was twice as large—with a solid right to the nose. The future King of England bled frightfully. “Ahee, your electoral high- ness!” cried the astonished governess who had the lads in charge. Stern admonitions had no effect on the Crown Prince. He felt he had performed an honest duty and had no apologies to make. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. Him,” which he sang as loud as he|and again. If a child can do he will| could, to a novel air, compounded of the “Bay of Biscay” and “A Frog He Would.” The chorus was the essence of the song, and, as each gentleman sang it to the tune he knew best the effect was very striking indeed. It was at the end of the chorus to the first verse that Mr. Pickwick held up his hand in a listening attitude, and said, as soon as silence was restored: “Hush! I beg your pardon. I thought I heard somebody calling.” A profound silence immediately en- sued. The door was opened, and all doubt was removed. “Mr. Sawyer,” screamed a woman's voice—the land- lady's. “Yes, Mrs. Raddle.” “What do you mean by this, Mr. Sawyer?” replied the voice. “Ain't it enough to be swindled out of one's rent, and money lent out of pocket be- sides, and abused and insulted by your friends that dares to call themselves men, without having the house turned out of window, and.noise enough to bring the fire engines here, at 2 o'clock in the morning?” ‘There was nothing for it but that the party should break up, and the ‘would-be ers take their leave to pacify the irate landlady. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. In the 13 articles immediately preced- ing this I have tried to point out some- thing of the psychology of age periods. It's a subject about which much has been sald and thought. At the same time it is something science has as yet done little. age is a very relative matter, no matter how seriously some people regard their past and the passing of years. One thing seems certain. Life's psy- chology is inseperably connected with occupation and vocation—life's work. ‘There is such & thing as & zenith of years—a time after which each individ- ual begins to go the other way. This zenith is reached in middle life and continues to be a zenith as long as the individual stays in his prime. There are two im nt factors to be accounted for in any discussion of the zenith. First, the zenith is an in- dividual trait. Every person has it, but practically no one has it within the same- age period. Secondly, it varies with occupation. A lawyer, for example, does not reach his zenith usually until well into the sixties. Clergymen are in their zenith between 55 and 65. Physicians, espe- clally surgeons, their zenith by 45 and pass out of it by 55 or 60. After that.they reach the professional zenith of a clinical adviser, sometimes more valuable than the first. Teachers as & rule have their zeniths between 35 and 40. Athletes are in their zeniths still earlier. The life of any individual is made up of a series of maturations. He has a zenith for each maturing. Some of these zeniths are physical, some mental. So in appraising the worth and pros- pect of any individual for any life-pe- riod, the whole question turns upon vocation, its requirements, its advance- ments and the attitude of the individual toward these things. In brief, life means work. Playing Cards of 01d. Tn.the nineteenth century phylna cards were usually printed in black an ) s oo a luxury, do, except in unusual circumstances | and these can always be promptly ad- | justed. But please, there is no such thing as a dull genius. (Copyright, 1920.) Refrigerator Cake. Cream half a pound of unsalted but- ter with one cupful of confectioner's sugar until flufly. Add two eg., one at & time, then the juice of one orange and one lemon, beating constant.y until very light. Line the sides and bottom of a mold with split lady fingers and in one-half of the mixture. Cover with @ layer of lady fingers. Pour in the of the mixture and again cover with a’layer of lady fingers. Let stand in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Before serving cover with whipped cream. “SMALL GAR- MENTS can be kept and, through | “My stomach don't never bother me fhat way no more except when I watch Minerva takin’ on over the boy her girl is goin’ to marry.” «“ . Lux is safe - - - - we use Lux for everything of baby’s” famous Maternity Center tells mothers . . "LIK‘E most youn, my precious was not long before the merry Elec- | land. He bore with his cousin a little, | Once it was thought that he had | 3r “Reg’lar Fellers” Who Became Great Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia Poked a Future King of England the Nose. P. GLASS. YOUR ELECTORAL HIGHNESS doomed the - Hohenzollern succession. While he was being dressed he becam~ interested in his shoe buckle and put it in his mouth. Attendants begged him to take 1t out. He refused and, to top matters off, swallowed it. Weeping and gnashing of teeth! Dis- tracted relatives screaming and faint- ing. But a physic restored the buckle to light of day without damage to the royal swallower. For 200 years it was a relic in Berlin. Once the Dame Montbail, his gov- erness, ordered him to do something which he deemed wholly unjust. With characteristic recklessness he played a -prank that nearly caused her to have heart failure. He flung himself out of & third-story window! This action was not so reckless as it seems. He took good care to hold tight to the sill with his strong young hands. He was drawn in again without injury. (Copyright, 1829.) ‘ Everyday Law Cases | | Two Questions With Regard to Naturalized Citizens. BY THE COUNSELLOR. To the counsellor: Please answer the following two ques- tions: (1) A naturalized citizen went to France and remained there three years. Is his citizenship affected by his pro- longed stay? (2) My husband became naturalized in December, 1928. As his wife, do I become a citizen by his naturalization? ‘The counsellor: ‘The following provisions in the United State code are in answer: (1) When any naturalized citizen shall have resided for two years in the foreign state from which he came, or for five years in any other foreign state it shall be presumed that he'has ceased to be an American citizen and the place of his general abode shall be deemed his | place of residence. Such presumption | may be overcome on the presentation of satisfactcry evidence to a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States. (2) Any woman who marries a citizen |of the United States afier September 22, 1922, or any woman Those husband is naturalized after that date, shall not become a citizen of the United States by reason of such marriage or natural- ization; but, if eligible to citizenship, she may be naturalized upon full and complete compliance with all require- menis of the naturalization laws, with the exception that she need not file a declaration of intention. mothers, [ want to give aby the very best cares s At the famous Maternity Center in New York they told me how important it was to choose the safest, purest soap in washe ing baby’s things: used for everything—clothes, *For these t the Center Lux is .diapers, contote Sl o wil lciate o baoys skin— chafe and inflame; - Lux has o barmful alkali—is absolutely safe. “Then with Lux, there’s no rubbing to mat wool fibres, leaving shirts and bands harsh and shrunken. Another reason for using Lux is that it is a truly sanitary form of soap because, unlike cake soap, the same Lux is never used twice.” Give baby’s things this safe care advised famous ex : Then you will