Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1930, Page 30

B—14 Long Gloves at Formal Events BY MARY MARSHALL. PFrom comparative unimportance in the fashion panorama gloves are gradu- #lly coming back into their own. And young women who have grown up since the war will, I suppose, have some diffi- culty In learning how to wear gloves at yeceptions and dances with the grace and nonchalance of the older women GLOVE OF GRAY SUEDE EMBROID- ERED IN DARKER SHADE. BROWN SUEDE GLOVE STRIPED WITH BEIGE KID WITH APPLIQUES OF RED AND BLACK KID EMBROID- ERY. ENGLISH GLOVES OF FLEECE-LINED KID WITH FUR CUFFS. who, when they were young girls before the war, looked upon gloves as indis- pencable accessories of formal dress at 211 times. Then it was part of every debutante’s education to learn just how to slip her hands from long gloves at a formal dinner party and how to tuck back the finger section of the glove under the wrist—and just when this might be done. There was once a time when the woman of many social engagements hardly went barehanded for a hour at a time in the course of her busy day. Some Simple Tonics. Here are a few tonics that you can very easlly make yourself which you may find useful for bothersome condi- tions of the scalp or the complexion. A good general tonic to rub into the scalp when it is scaly consists of noth- ing more than one ounce of plain white vaseline with 15 grains of powdered quinine added. Another one is as fol- Jows: One-half ounce of vaseline, 30 grains of beta naptha and 30 minims of oll of bergamot. Either of these two is very simple. Each should be applied by parting the hair at frequent inter- vals, thenerubbing the lotion in with the fingertips. If the hair seems too WINTERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Against the pane the soft, warning flakes of the snow came flying, there 10 spend themselves upon the warmth of the glass. At first I do not see them because they arrive very softly from outer space and swiftly change their form, though the matter of which they were composed—nothing other than pure water—is still there, but altered to a sodden drizzle. Presently they come faster and faster —they are obscuring the light; they in- sist upon my attention. So I go into my study and unlimber my microscope from its case. Opening the window I let the arriving flakes drift onto the microscope slide, but even so they melt swiftly, owing to the latent heat of the microscope, and I am in a pneumatic sort of draft, so, removing my micro- scope out on the porch to a table, I bundle into my overcoat and gloves and pursue the bounding snowflake in its native element. I swing the big find- ing lens into place and then shift to the higher magnifying power. Then things begin to happen. Here comes a big fellow bristly with an infinitude of tiny points like a Gothic cathedral with stone wrought into lace work. Here is another with six plain, equal sides, but an internal design that shows every line of stress within its tiny cosmos. Within 10 minutes you will discover more variations on the plan of six than you conceived possible. You will never find anything but the plan of six, unless two snowflakes have collided and merged their hexagonal design a little confusedly. Occasionally you will find evidence, in some irregu- larity, that the s?uw crystal has broken and mended itseflf. The ability of organisms to repair broken tissue is often pointed out as one of the distinguishing marks of life. Cut a dead animal and the cut remains: cut a living animal and the cut will heal. Yet the snowflake repairs itself, providing you supply more moisture to it. Even the tissue repair of a living plant, or animal is also dependent on its ability to draw life-building foods from its_environment. 1t is the plan-of-six that charms most minds when first they gaze upon the wonder-world of snow crystals. The magic of numbers has been developed nto the sciences of mathematics and physics, and into the false science of numerology. Nobody, in his heart, be- lieves that the number of letters in your name settles your fate and selects your mate, since it is an accident that your mother didn't name you Adolphus or Sophronisba. But the six-sidedness of a crystal is not an accident. will mot hold up a stool; four are un- necessary; three just do it. A room with three sides is the minimum num- ber to make an enclosed space and six is merely the first multiple of three. See in the six-sidedness of snow flakes a divine plan if you like, but it looks very like nature’s line-of-least-resistance policy. My Neighbor Says: Always serve eggs cooked lightly and slowly. They lose part of their nutritive value and are harder to digest when the albumin is hardened by too much and too rapid cooking. If silk thread is used when basting velvet no mark will be left. “To prevent dough’s sticking to the spoon when making dump- lings, dip the spoon into hot liquid each time before putting it into the dough. If you wish to get the full fla- vor of cqffee it should be finely ground and measured in & stand- ard measuring spoon. Use two level teaspoons to each cup of ‘water, WOMAN’S PAGE. BEAUTY CHATS Two legs And the chances were that she wore a pair of discarded white gloves when she slept at night to keep her hands lily white and slender. A well known soclety woman, who was one of the first of her set to interest herself in the cause of suffrage, aroused no special comment when she habitually wore gloves as she worked at her desk in her suffrage headquarters. We all became a little careless in this es in the days that fol- and there really is as much to be sald in favor of wearing long gloves at dances and formal eve- ning events as there is to be said against the practice. This week’s Help for the Home Dress- maker is given for the benefit of the youngest member of the family and is given in response to requests of a num- ber of readers. It consists of a diagram pattern_and working_directions for a warm sleeping wrap for the baby who takes his naps outdoors. If you would | like & copy, please send your stamped, | self-addressed_envelope to Mary Mar- | shall, care of this paper, and & copy will | | be forwarded to you. (Copyright, 1930.) LIGHT MY WAY BY JOHN R. GUNN. Welcome Hard Jobs. “Now, therefore, give me this moun- tain."—Joshua, xiv. 12. The mighty Anakims dwell in that mountain. The cities there are great and fenced. It will be a hard job to posséss it. “Never mind all that,” says Caleb, “I am not looking for an easy job; give me this mountain. I am not afraid of the Anakims. If so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out. It was when the land of Canaan was being apportioned out to the different tribes of Israel. There were the chil- dren of Joseph. They considered them- selves the children of special favor. They | wanted a choice portion of the land al- | lotted to them, a portion where there | were no giants, no walled cities and that could be easily possessed. | " 'But Caleb wanted no special favors. He was not looking for a soft berth. He | welcomed the challenge of the moun- tain. He was eager to join battle with the Anakims. He wanted something hard to do, & task that would chal- lenge him to do his best. This reminds us of the ringing words f Mary Lyon: “If you want most to | serve your Tace, go Wwhere no one else | will go and do what no one else will do. | Look for positions that will make the heaviest demands on your self-sacrifice | and test the fiber of your sainthood most | severely.” | ” There are all too many who, like the | children of Joseph, imagine themselves | entitled to special privileges and demand | that they be given easy places. We | need more men of the Caleb type, men | of stern fiber, who are not afraid to face ‘d‘g\smu tasks, men who welcome hard | jobs. BY EDNA KENT FORBES dry after it has been washed one of these tonics should be used immediately | after the shampoo, the hair will then | be glossy and healthy looking. The foregoing are for dry scalps. For an oily scalp something more dry- ing should be used unless you suffer from a severe case of dandruff or some other scalp disease. The hair can be | shampooed more frequently, once or |twice a week, and tincture of green | soap is frequently used. This is not | green but amber color, and owing to | its alcoholic tendency it is bad for a | dry, but good for an oily, scalp. Oil | should be used before the shampoo, as | you know. One of the best skin tonics in the world is rose water and glycerin. The only thing you must be careful of is to have the glycerin as pure as possible. You are apt to find an inferior grade in the made-up glycerin and rose water lotions. I, therefore would ad- vise you te buy three ounces of finest- | grade glycerin and three ounces of | rose water and mix them. I would suggest, too, that you have your chemist add two drops of carbolic acid to each ounce of mixture. This makes it heal- ing and antiseptic and an unusually good tonic for any sort of skin eruptions. One ounce of glycerine, one ounce of spirits of camphor and four ounces of extract of witch hazel is a marvelous tonie for chapped skin, particularly for softening and whitening chapped hands. Make this up yourself. Nineteen—Skating will be very good exercise for your thighs and also de- velop grace for you in all your move- ments just as dancing does. Build up your weight to normal and take the | exercise to prevent any accumulation that might spoil your lines. Mrs, J. E. L—A shredded wheat bis- cuit contains 110 calories, a cup of milk, 160 calories; a lump of sugar has 30, | one-third of an ounce of butter or about a ball contains 80 calories, and an egg, 75. Laura S.—The reason cream has the advantage over ofl for the skin is be- cause of the virtue in the other in- gredients beside the oil in the cream. The white beeswax, the rose water and the benzoin in combination with the THE EVENING WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. tered U. S. Patent Office. When the O Street Market occupled the opposite side of Seventh street where the junior high school now stands? NANCY PAGE Bntterscotch Pie With Meringue Pleases. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Now that the holidays were over the Nancy Page Club was getting back to its regular schedule. In January they always entertained the husbands. Usu- ally this took the form of a dinner served at the home of one of the mem- bers. This year they were all coming to Nancy's house. She wanted them, and then, too, the new house gave them an excuse for coming where they vowed they always had the “best time ever.” Nancy planned this menu for the dinner: ‘Tomato Canapes. Veal Birds, Mushroom Sauce, Boiled Rice. String Beans. Pepper Relish. Pear Salad. Crackers. Butterscotch Ple. ee. The tomato canapes were made by cutting Tounds of rye bread the size of slices of tomato. The tomatoes were peeled, sliced and marinated in French dressing made redolent with garlic. The bread was buttered and spread with thin layer of mayonnaise. The drained tomato slices were placed one on each round of bread at serving time. ‘The butterscotch pie filling was made as follows: Stir one-third cup corn- starch with one-third cup milk. Add to one and one third cups hot milk in upper part double boiler. Add one cup brown sugar, one tablespoon butter and one-half teaspoon salt. Cook for 20 minutes. Carmelize one-quarter cup granulated _sugar, to mixture. When blended add one egg yolk and one teaspoon vanilla. Take from stove, cool and put in baked pastry shell. Cover with meringue. Other pie recipes may Page’s Pasiry Sheet. W this paper. inclosing envelope, asking for Eggs With Cheese. Cut half a pound of rich cheese fine and melt in a frying pan. When soft, add one cupful of cream and a pinch of cayenne pepper. When thoroughly blended break on this five fresh s, cover for two minutes and when they begin to set remove the cover, add a pinch of salt and beat briskly for a few minutes. Serve immediately. Cook over be found in Nancy rite 1o her, care of oil cover every need for the skin. a moderate fire. PARIS—Th with the rest of it. e hood of this St. Moritz shirt, hand knitted, is made in one The hood should match the gloves in color. | the designer, goes in for vivid greens and violet, Schiaparelli, RITA. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, g DorothyDix] e Many a Wife and Mother Would Make a Success If She Could Have an Eight-Hour Shift. In & recent speech the Secretary of Labor advocated an eight-hour work- ing day angl a two-week vacation every Summer for wives. “Men have an eight- hour day,®he said, “but the wife's work is never done from Sunday morning until Saturday night, and she puts in & night of it, too, if any one is sick. It seems to me that husbands might see to it that the reduction of working hours begins at home, so that their wives could have their workday cut down to the elght-hour limit and be sure of at least one day of rest in seven. And they might see to it that their wives get a two-week vacation also every year.” JANUARY 10, ‘Three cheers day, with one day off Neither can you imagine & sewing on a button for her husband or dinner because the whistle somewhere to enjoy herself. had blown and her eight hours’ labor was done. can you plcture a wife and mother taking a day off every week and leaving her family to get itself washed and dressed and fed while she idled around or went for the Secretary of Labor! The idea of having an eight-hour | every week and & Summer vacation, sounds like a prophecy of heaven on earth to millions of poor, tired, overworked women whose lives are one incessant round of cooking, sweeping, mending, baby-tending, and who never | expect to have any rest until they take it in their coffins. Of course, it is women’s right to have a union day, but the trouble with all of women’s rights is that they can’t enforce them. You can't imagine a mother lying abed in the morning while her hungry children howl for breakfast because the clock hasn't struck and her working day doesn't start until 8 o'clock. Nor can you imagine & mother shutting the door on & sick child at night and leaving it to'its fate because she wasn't on the night crew. wife throwing down her needle in the midst of turning out the gas on a *half-cooked Nor No, the work of ing meals that are eaten swept over again the next hour. next week. Washing little faces that are running a home must go ceaselessly on. It is forever cook- as soon as cooked. Darning stockings that are in holes again the It is sweeping floors that must be dirty again in five minutes. Somebody has to be continually on the job and that somebody has to be the wife and mother in families unable to hire servants. Indisputably no woman, and especially the woman who is adding child- bearing to her other manifold labors, should be compelled to work longer hours than the huskiest man. Undoubtedly it is a shame that the wife and_mother is the only slave on earth who is denied even one day of rest a week, for Sundays and holidays, when the balance of the family relax, are mother's hardest days because she has to cook her biggest dinners then and be on the jump getting the family off to church or on the situation is to be eased, is a problem No man who has their pleasuring. But what one is to do about it, how that no Solomon has arisen to solve. his nightly rest broken by walking a colicky baby or hop- ping up and down to _cover restless little sleepers or get water for thirsty little 1i of unbroken sleep. So, as long as husbands and a da if not oftener, and continue to wear and have colds and tummy aches, it is not easy to can compete in efficiency with the man who goes to his work after a night children persist in getting hungry three times out their clothes and tramp in dirt see how wives are going to get that eight-hour day and one day off a week recommended by the Secretary of Labor. Perhaps if the minds of the Government concentrate on it they can work out a plan by which the family can get along without mother 16 hours a day and on Sundays, bless their names. and if they do millions of grateful women will arise and But let us hope that at least out of this discussion some method will be evolved to lighten the labor of the domestic woman and make her life easiér and pleasanter. Nothing will do more to make marriage a success, for most of the faults in their wives of which men complain are the direct result of overwork and a drudgery that dulls and deadens them. Half of wives’ temper and peevishness and nagging are the crying out of the ragged nerves of women who have toiled at monotonous tasks until they poor, are exhausted in mind and body and everything irritates them. A day off, even an evening off and at some place of amusement; still more, a two-week vaca- tion would send them back to their jobs rested and refreshed, amiable and pleas- | ant and in love with their husbands again. Many & woman who makes a failure of & 24-hour-a-day job as wife and mother would m: a pity that there are no union hours for wives! e a success if she could do it on an eight-hour shift. What DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright.) BII.L BORAH will not be the only United States Senator found on the bridle paths at Rock Creek Park early For every morning from now on. Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada is again in the saddle. Christmas morn- ing Senator Oddie was summoned to the stables at his hotel in Washing- ton. A steward di rected him to a stall where he saw amagnificent hunter. “Looks like the old boy I saw take that wide jump down at Norfolk last month,” he re- marked. “So it does, sir, sald the steward. The Senator stood around for a few moments admiring the animal. His gaze strayed to the top of the stall. There he read his name and just be- low, that of the horse—Lumberjack. He turned to the smiling steward, who said: “Mrs. Oddie, sir, blds me wish you a merry Christmas, and hopes that he sults you.” It wasn't long before the Senator was on Lumberjack in Rock Creek Park. By the time he had returned to the hotel stables his enthusiasm was bound- less. Now he has arranged that two hours of every day will be spent astride Lum- berjack. Winter and Summer, regard- less of the weather, he will ride from 8 to 10 o'clock every morning. Senator Oddie is an expert horse- man, although he has not ridden regu- larly for years. When 16 years old he was a cowpuncher in Nebraska and chasing wild mustangs for diversion. He wouldn't attempt to say how many mustangs he has broken in, for there are too many. For three years before going to Nevada the Senator was a member of a cavalry troop in New Jer- sey, and had the reputation of being one of the roughest riders in the outfit. He has hunted for gold all over Ne- vada on horseback, although with the advent of the automobile he substituted a stripped car for his horse. He could MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Baked Apples. Bran with Cream. Fish Hash. Hot Corn Cake. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Escalloped Rice and Codfish, Oatmeal Rolls, Preserved Pineapple. Bour Milk TDrop Cookles. ea. DINNER. Vegetable Beef Stew with Dumplings. Watercress Salad. Hot Mince Ple. Cheese. Coffee. FISH. HASH. Place one pound salt fish in dish and cover with warm water. After it soaks awhile, change water, and let It just steam, but not boll. Use about six or seven boiled potatoes. Chop all to- gether and fry in pork fat until brown. Moisten a little with milk. RICE WITH CODFISH. One-half cup uncooked rice, one-half cup shredded codfish boiled 10 minutes, one cup white sauce, one-fourth cup grated cheese, buttered crumbs. Boil rice and cover bottom of baking dish with it. Add codfish and cover with white sauce. Sprinkle top with grated cheese and but- tered crumbs. ke in a mod- erate oven until rumbs are brown. VEGETABLE BEEF STEW. Cut meat from aitchbone into dice about on inch large each way, dredge them well with salt, pepper and flour and brown in hot fat. Put mixture in your !:mlm Cut two onions, one E turnip and half a carrot into dice and brown; add to the meat, cover with boiling water and cook until the meat is tender. Remove bone and skim off the fat; add six or eight small pota- toes which have been pared and par-bolled. Add salt and pepper 1o taste. Cook until nearly done and then add dumplings. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. cover more ground in'less time by motor. Lumberjack's master looks to him to see that he keeps fit as he goes_about being a United States Senator. It was poor health that caused him to quit the East for the West during his youth, | and since then he has guarded his health carefully. Mrs. Oddie’s gift_to her husband is a thoroughbred. He was purchased from the stables of one of the oldest families in Virginia, and has won in- numerable prizes as a hunter and Jjumper. Incidentally, Lumberjack's arrival at the Wardman Park Stables makes the third mount of distinguished men to be quartered there. Secretary Stimson's horse is there, and Senator Borah keeps his charger in a stall adjacent to Lumberjacl 1930. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I likes t' play train wif Baby. If I dest gib her Muvver's best clothes t' wear her is perfeckly satisfy to be the passen’ers—an’ let me be all the rest. Choo! Choo! Choo! (Copyright, 1930.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON, ‘Words often misused: Do not say “I received an invite.” Say “invitation.” “Invite” is a verb. Often mispronounced: Regalia. Pro- nounce re-ga-li-a, es as in “me,” first a as in “gay,” 1 as in “it,” last & as in “ask,” accent second syllable. Note the Often misspelled: Sojourn. ou, not jurn. osynonym.s: Cease, discontinue, end, D. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Obscurity; the state or quality of being obscure; dim- ness; darkness. “He lived in obscurity, without honor or position.” JOLLY POLLY ste A Lesson in English. BY JOS. J. FRISCH. *I SHALL BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT | SAID TO MRS.BIM, WHEN SHE INVITED ME 7O LUNCHEON. MR. BIM, A VERY NEUROTIC PERSON, 15 THE MEANEST MAN! IN THE WORLD. HE GAVE MRS.BIM A CAN-OPENER FOR HER BIRTHDAY. “I am happy to accept your invita- tion” is the correct form, because an lnflvitlflnn is accepted at the time it is offered. Neurotic (neu-ROT-ik) means per- taining to, seated in or affecting the nerves, characterized by a morbid or hysterical style; as, neurotic ailments sometimes tax the care and skill of physicians. Neurotic, used as a noun, means a person of a morbid or nervous disposi- tion; as, he was a neurotic. ‘The ruddy kingfisher, a bird native of Borneo, makes its nest in the hive viclous kind of bee. 53 E A COFFEE FEATURES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Keeping Blond Hair Light. As a type the true blond seems to be | gradually disappearing from the face of the earth. The little girl whose flaxen hair and heavenly blue eyes give promise of her remaining a lovely blond | is s0 apt to change into a light brown or ashen blond type. But while a true blond beauty is deservedly admired one | must not forget that her imitator, the | peroxide blond with bleached hair, | Touged cheeks and scarlet lips usually | decelves no one but herself. Such arti- ficlal blondness as hers is striking, but not beautiful, and she is as far re- moved from the genuine blond as the girl or woman with raven locks and brown eyes. | But while the beauty seeker must shun becoming artificial, the girl or woman whom nature intended to be a blond surely owes it to herself to do all she can to retain the characteristics | of this type. Excessive oiliness is often the cause of a blond's hair becoming dark. Those affiicted in this way should set about correcting the oiliness by the use of a suitable astringent hair tonic and a blond rinse after the shampoo. Of course, as in all beauty programs, the first point is bodily health; no girl can hope to retain live-looking hair with a real sheen for very long unless she is in good physical condition. If the hair is oily it may be sham- pooed as often as once a week. Use soft water whenever possible; when this cannot be procured hard water may be softened by the addition of | Blond hair | a little powdered borax. should never be washed with anything but pure white soap. Make a soap jelly by dissolving a small cake of soap (pure castile is especially good) in a pint of hot water. This will last for several shampoos. Use enough of it to make a good lather and apply to the hair several times, rinsing well after each application. Then rinse thor- oughly in several tepld waters, The final rinse is important to the girl or woman who is eager to keep her hair light. Perhaps in her eagerness to do | so she may have made the mistake of using pure lemon juice or peroxide on her hair. This is too strong and is pretty apt to result in streaked, dry, faded and dead-looking hair, which must be restored to naturalness by plenty of massage and regular treat- ments with ho oil. However, either peroxide or lemon juice makes a splendid rinse for light hair when properly diluted. The fol- lowing mild rinse is very good: Two tablespoonfuls of peroxide, one table~ spoonful of ammonia and one quart of water. 1f one feels the need of # stronger rinse to brighten hair which Apply Rinse Fvenly. has gradually become drab or ashen, the following somewhat stronger solu- tion is quite effective: Two tablespoon- fuls lemon juice, one teaspoonful of tartaric acid, two tablespoonfuls per- oxide, one tablespoonful of ammonia and two quarts water. Before using any of these rinses make sure that every particle of soap has been washed cut of the hair. Then apply the rinse evenly over the hair, leave on for sev- eral minutes and finally rinse again in clear, tepid water. (Copyrizht, 1930.) DIET AND HEALTH BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. D. . Chronic Cough. “My boy of 6 years is troubled with a bronchial cough. The doctors tell me he will outgrow it. It isn’t so bad now as it used to be, but I am worried over it. He coughs only when going to bed or in the morning and it seems loose, but he very seldom raises anything. Would cod liver oil help him any? I am giving him cough medicine now. MRS. H.” Inflammation of the bronchial tubes can come from many things, among them the wrong diet which predisposes them to infections, sensitization to cer- tain foods, etc. There is one other thing I should speak of regarding chronic coughs in children and even in adults —especially those that come on when lying in certain positions—and that is the possibility of pins, tacks and other foreign objects being lodged in the lungs or bronchial tubes. One who suf- fers from a peculiar chronic cough should always have an X-ray picture taken of the chest. You'd be surprised how often foreign bodies are disclosed in children. These can be removed with special instruments by physicians who specialize in this type of work. Children may outgrow some things but while they are outgrowing them the conditions may cause a great deal of damage which they can’t outgrow. I _wouldn't give any child cough medicine over any period of time. Yes, you could give your boy cod liver oil. | It is a nourishing food, high in the growth vitamin A and rachitic vitamin D. Mrs. E—If you had seen as many thousands of bables as we doctors have, with mouths deformed by thumb and finger sucking, and whose health is undoubtedly disturbed in many ways by the practice, you would realize that it is not cruel to put the little card- board cuffs on the elbow to prevent the habit. It is true that all babies put their fingers to their mouths and every- is lower than ever WILKINS COFFEE is quality. The Coffees from which it is blended are grown on mountain The esteem in which it is held by the Washington people is just as high. The standards to which it is blended and roasted have estab- lished an altitude record for medium- Now, plateaus. priced Coffees. price has been lowered a range with Coffees vastly inferiqr Start using WILKINS in quality. COFFEE now. in . the anti- | thing else they can get hold of, but when this instinct results in a constant habit it certainly must be controlled. Corn Oysters. Add to one cupful of canned corn one tablespoonful of melted butter, halt a teaspoonful of salt, a pinch of pepper and four tablespoonfuls of flour mixed with one-eighth teaspoonful of baking powder. Add one beaten egg yolk, then fold in the stifly beaten egg white. Drop by small spoonfuls into hot fat and fry a golden brown. Drain well. Choose good canned corn of solid pack. JABBY “It didn’t surprise me to hear of a man livin’ on onions alone. Anybudd who did that would have to live alone sky-high in WILKINS until it is in