Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1930, Page 37

WOM AN’S PAGE. NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D C, Getting Acquainted With Fashions BY MARY ‘The last few months have been a sea- son of adoption—the next few months will, to most women, be a season of adaptation. Since early Autumn we SUIT OF BLACK BREITSCHWANTZ, WHITE _ SATIN STRAIGHT, BY MANY SMART WOMEN FOR STREET WEAR. have been confronted with the alterna- tive of wearing last season’s clothes or adopting new fashions of a decidedly new sort, and most women have adopted the new, not always with the most A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBER' Chat with Ruth Bryan Owen for 15 minutes about her job, and if she doesn’t convince you that being a Rep- resentative in Congress is closely akin to a divine righi, then something must be wrong with you. A Her _enthusiasm is boundless. Sie has been around ‘Washington now almost a year—tie time when the ar- dor of many newly elected members of . Cox?grcu begins to cool. But if the en- thusiasm _of the great _“Common- er’s” daughter is beginning to wane, no one as yet has observed it. In- stead, it seems to be increasing. This strikingly handsome woman can | stiil visualize “each city and each lit‘le village” in her district; can still “pic- ture the stretches of Everglades land, with the farmers out working under the sun,” and can still see her “fishermen in their boats on the blue water.” ° And she believes more firmly now than she did the day she arrived in | Washington to take her oath that: “If anything should go wrong with my people, it will be my fault, for they have trusted me.” Her male colleagues in the House re- gard her activities with interest. Some smile when they hear of the innova- tions in congressional work she prac- tices. Others frankly applaud and wish inwardly they had the energy she has. But their opinions mean little to her. She thinks her colleagues are splendid, and, though she has never heard them express the same conception of pubiic service that she holds, she has seen ‘1t expressed in their lives.” t pains her that visitors go away from the galleries in the House disil- lusioned by the apparently casual and irrelevant procedure in that chambe She thinks there should be some wi to acquaint them with the vast amount of work really done. But while Mrs. Owen believes in and 1s interested tremendously in her job as Representative, nevertheless she realizes keenly that all is not wonderful and | Her sense of humor is quick | beautiful. to_detect fallacies. For one thing, she realizes that a Representative's mail is not necessarily MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Stewed Dried Apricots. Oatmeal With.Cream. Bacon Curls, Coffee. Oream Dried Beef on Toast. ‘Waldorf Salad. Cinnamon Buns. en. DINNER. Tomato and Barley Soup. Broiled Hamburg Steak. Brown Gravy. French Fried Potatoes. Creamed Turnip. Endive and Grapefruit Salad. Mayonnaise Dressing. Apple Pandowdy. Coffee. CORN MUFFINS. One egg, one-half cup corn- meal, one cup flour, one teaspoon baking powder, two tablespoons granulated sugar, one cup sweet milk, two tablespoons melted butter, salt, CINNAMON BUNS, Mix two cups flour, four tea- spoons baking powder and one teaspoon salt. Add one tablespoon sugar and rub in four tablespoons shortening. Stir in three-fourths cup of milk or enough to make a soft dough. Place on floured board and roll one-fourth inch thick. Brush with two _tablespoons melted butter and sprinkle with & thick layer of brown sugar, one teaspoon cinnamon and one-half cup seedless raisins. Roll up like Jelly roll, cut down in slices one- half inch thick, and place close together in well-greased pan. Bake 30 minutes. Remove from pan as soon as done. APPLE PANDOWDY. Pl a buttered baking dish tw thirds full of sliced apples. one-half cup of water. the of dish and cover with good it dough. Bake 26 minutes. Berve with sweet cream. MARSHALL. satisfactory results to themselves or those who look on. And now that these new fashions are no longer a novelty, we shall have time to adapt them as they should be adapted, which, in most cases, means wearing them as their de- signers meant them to be worn. There has been much said against the skirt with long uneven hemline, and women have discovered that dresses of this sort look grotesque on the street and out of place for practical daytime occupations. But really these uneven, draped skirts were never intended for | anything but more formal occasions, and the French woman of good taste has never worn them save for more formal occasions when a motor car was at her disposal. ;i | " For street wear we have discovered, a little late, the longer flapping type of skirt is out of place. While more formal clothes usually show a decided flare, only a suggestion of a flare is per- mitted for sports or street. No hard and fast rule can be made concerning the proper length for street skirts,. as_this depends to a great ex- tent on the height and general propor- tions of the wearer. At any rate a skirt is long enough to satisfy the de- mands of fashion if it covers the bend of the knees with enough to spare to _prevent the knees from showing when one is seated. 'The slight flare prevents skirts from riding up as did their nar- rower predecessors of & year or so ago. A practical sports cap for cool days | has been taken as the subject for this week's illustrated circular.” It is very simple to make and just the thing for | you or one of your small daughters. If you will send a stamped, self-ad- | dressed envelope to Mary Marshall, | care of this paper, a copy of the circu- | 1ar will be forwarded to you. (Copyright, 1930.) FORSPIMUELA 2o SO, My Neighbor Say: Do not cook soft-boiled eggs over the fire. Put them in a pan of boiling hot water, remove the pan from the fire and let the eggs stand th it 8 to 10 minutes. Cooked in this way the whites of eggs do not become tough. To remove stains from your fingers make a solution of a tea- spoonful of lemon juice in a cup of warm water and rub it over the stains. To protect paper when clean- ing paint use a piece of heavy cardboard about 12 inches square, moving it along as you wash the painted surface Ink accidentally spilled on ta- ble linen may be quickly and easily removed if the juice of a ripe tomato is rubbed over it im- mediately. T PLUMMER an accurate gauge of public opinion in his district. There is an illustration ir her own experience to prove this. The Norbeck bird bill seemed to af- fect powerfully the imagination of the woman groups in her district. Although she heard no opposition to it, she says she received a constant stream of let- ters urging her to support it. And long after the bill had been passed and signed and had become law, she con- tinued to receive appeals urging her (o support it. She sends a copy of the Congrep- sional Record to every public library in her district, but she will smilingly tell you: “I cannot venture to hope that crowds are now elbowing their way to these libraries in an eager effort to find ou! :}‘fi.& stand I have taken on the tariff The Star’s Daily Pattern Service The smart woman today just can't get along without several jacket costumes. The one illustrated is probably one |of the most popular outfits of the sea- son, because of its youthfulness and | | slenderness. It is in flattering yellow beige and | brown wool jersey in knitted weave. | The long-waisted bodice of dress just pretends a hip yoke belted at raised waist line. The becoming neck line is completed with jaunty bow tie of brown grosgrain ribbon. The curved line of hip, emphasized | by seaming, terminating in point at | center front, adds considesable length to the silhouette. The fullness in skirt | 1 Smart Jacket Dress, | | is concentrated at front with inverted plait at center and at either side, with back perfectly siim and straight. ‘The jacket is lined with the plain crepe de chine that matches the plain Jjersey that is used for the collar and Tever facing. Style No. 126 is designed in point at 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Hunter's green wool jersey, black silk crepe, with bodice in eggsheil shade crepe satin; midnight blue wool crepe, with crepe de chine in aquamarine blue, and Spanish’ red canton crepe, with beige, are smart_ideas. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents, in stamps or coin, directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion SUB ROSA BY MIML Tear Bombs, These gas bombs are things left over from a great war when bullets were not bad enough for the fighters. The one kind of gas which is now used in little scraps is that which makes people cry. It is the tear bomb. I suppose this crying gas has its place in the world, but it isn't pleasant to think about, is it? Now, there is 'a kind of tear bomb which 'a friend will explode now and then with the idea of getting some sympathy. When those we like and love are in real trouble our tears spring forth naturally without the aid of any bomb. But there are times when for all our tenderness of heart we just can’t sympathize with people. Of course, there are hard-hearted people who have no tears for another's Woes, not even the tears of a crocodile. You may perhaps have met a person in whose soul it was tco cold to snow. But most of us are ready with the sprinkler when there is really a fire. The reason why we can't get up any sorrowful enthusiasm is because the injury or_grievance isn't real or big enough. If a girl gets a deep scratch on her leg we can feel sorry for her the way we cannot when she has & run in her stocking. We don't weep with her when the slot machine- holds back the chewing gum and keeps the cent, but we are ready to grieve if she has lost her purse, We know that women are supposed to get as much out of a good cry as men do out of a good laugh. So we have sad and glad shows, tragedy and comedy. Some of the producers of films seem to think that there is a market for their tear bombs the way they put sob stuff on the screen. Perhaps our eyes are supposed to weep the way they are supposed to wink, but there are limits to our sup- ply of tears. The sad show must have an air of reality about it or we'll sus- the studio where it was filmed trying to get up a good cry Bu have you ever noticed that it is easier to weep with those who weep than to laugh with those who rejoice? They say, “Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone,” but more often it's quite the other way. It is easy to release sympathy, but not 50 easy to check envy. If your girl friend loses her job you can feel sorry for her, but if she gets a raise that doesn't come the way of your pay envelope it's hard to laugh and rejoice with her, What we need is a bomb full of laughing gas which will make us sym- path’ze with joy and success in others. The really noble character is one which is happy when other people are having good luck. The joy bomb is the thing we need. (Copyright, 1920 Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND, | Modern design is especially favored for accessories for the home and office. In the sun room of the house we find it most appropriate, for tables, lamps and flower stands of this design are en- tirely in keeping with the type of the room. In the illustration is shown a table in which there is no wood. The top is of composition similar to marble, and the legs and the stretcher, which, by the is attractive, are of aluminum. he lamp is of the same combination of materials and the shade is of parch ment, bound top and bottom with a painted wooden hoop in a color to mgtch the stem of the lamp. For the waliting room of a profes- sional man’s office one or two tables and lamps such as these would be very attractive and are easily taken care of, which cannot be said of more elaborate- ly designed pieces. Of course, the rest of the furniture should have a leaning toward modern | design, in order that there may be har- mony in the scheme as & whole. (Copyright, 1930.) The intelligent mother learns by her | experierices. When she finds & certain method isn't working, she stops using | The unin- | it and tries something else. telligent or unobservant mother does not question her own method, but blames the child for not reacting prop- erly to it. She grits her teeth and says, “I'll make that child do so-and-so or know the reason why.” Such a policy is doomed to failure, for the baby has more tricks up his sleeve than the mother ever thought of. Here are two intelligent mothers making good use of their experiences: Mrs. 'R. W. M. says: “My neighbor and I have bables of similar ages, slightly under and over 1 year. We have found a method of getting baby to accept cereal which he has tired of, and that is to add either prune or apple pulp to it, so that the flavor is changed. Another is to add one drop of vanilla to it. “We also found that the addition of | a little milk to sieved carrots made made them go down easier. “I note what you said about laughing when baby spit up his food (not spit up, Mrs. R. M. W. . . . I said when he choked on it), but when my baby does this I think it intentional and I do not laugh. I just give him another bite and if he spits that out I stop for the time and do not give him any more, I laugh at him when he chokes and pat his back, and he laughs, too. He drinks from a cup and has never had a bottle since weaning. “I never give him a new food at night, This meal, I think, should be | free from strain, and new foods some- times are refused. I try new things in the daytime, for he sleeps better if gsup- per is & happy meal. “Now & few questions, please. When may we stop sleving the fruits and veg- etables? Can we offer mashed instead of baked potatoes? We have electric stoves and the ovens are high-power units. Cooking one potato daily adds greatly to the bill.” You have come to some wise de- cisions, especially about having the night meal a happy one, free from strain, How many tired bables, after being held on their father’s or mother's lap, refused foods, scolded for wanting what is put before their noses, go to bed crying and miserable! After 14 months one can begin offer- ing mashed and unsieved vegetables and fruits. Note baby's reaction to them. It depends on baby—how well he swal- lows the coarser foods and how active they make his bowels. Boil potatoes in the skin, for this preserves the min- erals, which are close to the skin, and Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. that whea you send for inclose 10 ts additional Maga- is cheaper than baking. Reserve baked g:uwe- for days when other foods are ing baked. . Nearly 600,000 pairs cf leather lece gings ‘were made in France last year, PARIS.—Broadcloth and fox—there seems to be no end to the style. We'll no doubt see pale-colored broadcloth and beige and gray fox for Spring. This model is from Worth. RITA. Beat one egg, add one cupful of milk, then add the dry ingredients. Put into a greased pan and sprinkle over the top three-fourths cupful of bacon cut in small pleces. Bake in a moderately hot oven. Bacon Corn Bread. Bift together one cupful of corn meal, one cupful of flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a teaspoonful of salt and one tablespoonful of suj WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1930, Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. January .15, 1859.—The amendatory bill for the suppression of the slave trade, submitted to the Senate by Sen- ator Seward of New York, provides that, in addition to the vessels now so empioyed, the President shall be au- thorized to employ ul)fl L\A‘lm Ve!s:kl‘m roperly equipped, cruise on e ?onls;les of the United States, Cuba, Af- rica and any place where he may sup- pose attempts are likely to be made to carry on the trade in contravention of the acts of Congress. It confers on the Legislatures of all the States the power to pass laws pro- hibiting foreign slave trade within their limits, and to declare such pun- ishments as they may deem expedient and consistent with the Constitution of the United States. All vessels are to be prevented, here- after, from departing from any port of the United States for the coast of Af- rica, until due notice s given of the intended voyage to the district attorney of the United States for that district. The district attorney is required then to cause an_examination to be made, and continued, until the actual departure of such a vessel, to ascertain whether she be designed directly or indirectly for the slave trade. Vessels attempting to violate this proposed act are to be forfeited to the United States, and any vessel departing without clearance is also to be for- feited. No vessel belonging to any citizen of the United States shall on any pretext depart from any foreign port to the coast of Africa, when such vessel shall have been sold, after her departure, without first returning to the United States and being duly registered and licensed anew. | A difference of opinion has arisen over the best way to provide against the interruption of through trafic between the South and New York, due to the ice on the Potomac River. The Rich- mond Dispatch, in its issue received here today, advocates the proposed railroad to Baltimore from a point on | the Maryland shore opposite Aquia | Creek, Va., with the crossing of the | Potomac River to be made on a ferry at | that point, where the danger from | freezing is much less than it is nearer | Washington. This would make un- necessary the boat trip up the river to | this city, where ice is so frequently en- | countered. The Alexandria Sentinel agrees with the Dispatch in its premises, but takes | exception to its prescription of a rem- | edy. It says the danger of interruption to traffic by ice in the river should be obviated, not by a ferry across the wide part of the river at Aquia Creek, but by a bridge at Washington. | mops it. FEATURES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Powder Puffs. Unfortunately there are beauty seek- ers who fail to realize the importance of keeping powder puffs immaculate. It is not nearly so unusual as it should be to see some girl or woman reach in her bag for a powder puff which is badly soiled. ‘Then, iristead of tapping her face lightly with the puff, she fairly Such treatment grinds dust and grime right into the skin until it is not surprising that milady’s pores be- come coarse and clogged and eventually produce blackheads. In addition to using the puff daintily with a light patting motion, every girl and woman should make it & point to puffs meticulously clean. Whether the puff is a large one sucl as is used for dusting bath or a tiny affair which fits into the compact, it should be discarded when | soiled. Every one realizes that it does not take long for the puff which is used frequently during the day to become grimy. In most cases this does not mean that the puff must be thrown away; it can be washed. It should be washed in warm water with white soap flakes, just as one would wash a deli- cate garment. “We've got one of these Bunker Hill janitors—he won't fire until he sees the white on the window.” (Copyright, 1930.) | owder after the A little powdered borax | may be added to the final rinsing wad In the Summertime it is a good pl to lay the puffs out in the sun to dry, for it is well known that the rays of the sun are a powerful germicide, and such drying will leave the puff in fine condition. When thoroughly dry it may be shaken lightly and its fluffiness will be restored. Though it should hardly | be necessary to boil the puff unless one has some skin infection, there are those who do so, and it is a good plan. In the boudoir of the dainty woman one will be sure to find a generous sup~ ply of powder puffs, for she would not think of getting along without several, It is & good plan also o keep a jar full of powder applicators made from ab- sorbent cotton. As these are discarded after being used just once there is no danger of soiling one's face or injuring | the skin because of a solled puff. Some | women use these cotton puffs entirely | when at home and only resort to the | regular puff when necessary to Tenew their make-up when away from home. There are many good puffs on the | market, however. ' They have a wide | range in price, material and size. For | those whose purse is limited it is far | better ‘to choose an_inexpensive puft | which will permit the purchase of sev= {eral, for it is practically impossible al- ways to have dainty puffs unless the supply is adequate. It is also wise, | when putting in a supply of powder | puffs, to make sure they can be washed. | Some will become so hard after launder- | ing that they ate practically useless, but if one buys wisely one will find plenty of medium-priced puffs_ which will be just as fresh and flufy after being Cleaned as they were whep. purchased. (Copyright, 1930.) s e The Jordan Valley, more than a thou- sand feet below sea level, is one of the lowest spots on the earth's surface. 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