Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1930, Page 13

WOMAN'’S PAGE.! Decidedly Feminine Fashions BY MARY ‘The two-piece cloth suit which a few was usually identified or boyish fashions ap- ring in the most feminine To be sure, the materials of some of the smartest of these new cloth suits are the fine, closely woven materials used by men'’s tailors and they are often with the conventional tailoring characteristics of men’s suits, but there the similarity ends. The longer, slight- DARK GRAY COVERT CLOTH SUIT SHOWS THE NIPPED-IN ‘WAISTLINE AND 18 WORN WITH A BLOUSE OF CHECKED BLUE AND WHITE SILK THAT GIV! THE EFFECT OF A WAISTCOAT. 1y flaring skirt, the jacket cut with at least a suggestion of the normal waist- line, the sleeves that fit fairly snugly at the wrists—all these things are de- cidedly feminine, and when worn with colored waistcoat or frilled blouse and & hat of the softer, more feminine sort, nothing could be less mannish. Convenient as a suit costume may ittle over her toilet, MARSHALL. This week’s illustrated circular shows how to make a charming collar and cuff set from a 27-inch square printed scarf of silk or cotton. If you would like & copy, please send your stamped, self-addressed envelope to Mary Mar- shall, care of this paper, and it will be torwarded .to you. Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. | | _The first rule in the feeding of | children is that all new foods must be | introduced gradually — by degrees — slowly. The seme rule applies just as forcibly to all changes in the formula. suprou the baby is accustomed to | whole milk. For some good and suffi- | clent reasop the mother decides to | change his diet to dry or evaporated | milk. Or, again, a change from lactic acid to sweet milk may be in order. Under any such circumstances the change in the food must be made gradually. Any abrupt change in diet may result disastrously. g;!b‘tituw one bottle of the new food for one of the old. In two or three days try another bottle of the new | food. Without digestive upset or tem- | per tantrums the baby can be induced |to like this new food we are offering | him, and in a week or two the new | food will reign supreme. Mrs, T. E. H. wants to change from lactic acid to sweet milk now that baby is one year old. She fears too long use of lactic acld milk will cause rick- ets. Her bady is likewise sensitive to egg and breaks out if it so much ‘as !cuchfi.; his face. Eating it makes him very ill. ‘The use of lactic acid in whole milk serves the purpose of helping baby di- | gest this strange food. At one year of age baby should need no such crutch to_his digestion, and for thai reason only 1t is unnecessary to continue the lactic acid milk. However, there would be no more danger of rickets with lactic acid milk than with any otber milk formula. Rickets comes from constant feeding of a deficient food, as well as from a diet that lacks all the necessa additional foods and the cod liver of (or direct sunlight) which baby should have his first year. In changing to the sweet milk, it is wiser to begin by givi one cup of the sweet milk with breakfast. In two or three days give another cup with the noon meal; then the afternoon cup, and later the going to bed cup. Eggs are often distressing to young children, and it is usually the white that is the offending element. The white of an egg is almost pure protein, and all kinds of proteins cause sensi- tive persons to suffer eczema, hives. asthma, etc. As most children’ get ali grain cerals and meat, the white isn't Teally necessary to the diet. The yolk, though, is rich in iron and in essential vitamins, and it appears so commonly in all kinds of foods that it is a great nuisance if it must be excluded from the diet. Start with one-‘half teaspoonful of sofe-cooked or hard-cooked yolk mixed with some other food. Give this daily over a long period until you are certain 1t causes no disturbance. Then increase to one teaspoonful. If one increases the amount cautiously and continues it long enough the child should build up an immunity to the offensive element so that he no longer reacts to it. The yolk to choose a one-piece dress than a suit for everyday wear. of an egg three times a week is then enough for the average child. MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD, Calif, February 15 (NANA)~What does Hollywood ex- peet in its chorus girls? “Here ucu- few of the newly listed limit, 20 zeu'l Height limit, 5 feet 2 inches. Weight limit, 110 pounds. Figure, Experience must inciude, tap, toe, adagio, huls, gypsy, Russian ballet and ensemble. About 200 applicants a day come to one <° ‘he largest studios, despite this Tigid eligic.lity ultimat e ‘Then one drops into a movie and gets NANCY PAGE Peter Tries His Hand at Making a Garden BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. cemn vegetable garden. He hlfkfld Nancy what she wanted to grow “Asparagus, lettuce, beans, both string and “Perhaps not, Peter, but can’t you do intensive gardening, or whatever it is they call it—you know, plant a second y as soon as the first one is through yielding?” “We'll see, darling; we'll see. You ean rotating crops. But I am not a vagician, you know, and I haven't auch time to spend weeding, but Il l',“’l"llll book tells me that a deep, loam, well drained, is best. To that I am to add well rotted horse ma- nure, rakings from the lawn. They s 1 should have put all that in last Fall some ) was formerly sod soil, this book that such be sour. y a potato hook makes il-around garden tool. By Jove, I'll get one tomorrow."” MERRICK. to wondering how some of the girls got by the censor. 1t seems Gilbert Roland is being be- sieged with offers from producers other than the ones with which he made his recent talkie debut as leading man for Norma Talmadge. ‘The young Latin is said to have given such a ‘slick performance that bids from other studios are under consideration by his producers. Should they decide to farm Gilbert Roland out—and this is frequently done in movies, players often earning far more from other studios than their original contracts provide—the team of Talmadge-Roland would be broken up for the time being. ‘When this fas g-out process takes place the player does receive the added salary. It goes to the producer holding his contract. The player re- ceives exactly the stipulated sum he signed for. John Boles, under contract to Uni- since his singing success in Song.” When he was discovered to have one of the best recording voices in talkies the demand for him was imme- diate. The company holding his con- tract made more money out of him on other picture contracts than they prob- ably would making pictures with him themselves. And to show you how closely we are treading on the heels of New York suc- their protein in the form of milk, whole ! versal, has been farmed out repeatedly | to “Desert THE EVENING STAR, WASHIN Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. February 15, 1861.—A peace plan, which, it is hoped, may be the basis of a settlement between the cotton States and the non-slave States of the North, was reported to the Peace Con- vention here today by the special com- mittee that has been at work on the subject for several days. While its terms have not been made public, it is understood it is compounded of sev- eral of the plans heretofore offered by various persons, and that it applies the principle of 'the Missouri com- promise north of 36-30 and popular sovereignty south of that line. The members of the Peace Conven- tion have been in constant consultation with Representatives in Congress from their States and are said to have de- rived some encouragement as to the successful outcome of the present ef- orts from that source. Every effort will be made to carry the plan of the committee through the convention be- fore the end of the week. It is reported that assurances recent- ly have been received that no attack will be made by the secessionists on Fort Sumter or Fort Pickens, and that, as soon as Jefferson Davis shall have been/ inaugurated President of the Southern Confederacy, he will send a Minister to Washington with power to negotiate with the Federal Government concerning various matters in dispute. However this may be, it is stated here by the military authorities that Maj. Anderson feels himself secure in his position at Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, 8. C., and that, if he should be assailed, he can hold out long enough for succor to reach him. Although optimism prevails in a few quarters, Washington is filled today with _rumors of violent opposition in the Peace Convention to any settle- ment. The radical wing of the Re- | publican party seems bent on the dan- gerous experiment of pooh-poohing the importance of the crisis and relying on Congress to provide means to main- tain the authority of the United States in the seceded States, also upon the le of the slave-holding border States, like Virginia, to aid in uphold- ing the authority of the Union in the cotton States. Persons who are most conversant with the situation do not believe they can rely on either. Meantime there are extremists on the Southern side in the Peace vention who seem equally bent upon wrecking it. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. 1 KNOW A MAN WHO 1S SO THIN THAT WHEN HE SWALLOWED AN OLIVE PIT, HIS FRIENDS THOUGHT HE WAS DEVELOPING A “BAY wINDOW." 8. McT.—An olive is taken up in the rs to be eaten with a few bites. without taking the pit into the mouth. 1107, 8 Promet reply to questions on Eng- etiquette, Dl i dressed, stamped envelo) . Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Do You Knowt Do you know: 1. That rapid calculators are gener- ally poor mathematicians? 2. That gifted boys and girls are usu- ally lzl;ove the average in height and W €] 3. That two expert chess players may s:yma game by merely alizing a and the pleces and by announcing each other the mental moves they > 4, That small children are often E:m because they are dressed too vily? Children can stand more cold than adults. 5. That the bulk of the world's work is done by men of less than average intelligence? 6. That you can estimate the intelli- gence of a person by the number of sayings, maxims and beliefs that he uses in giving his decisions? Dull peo- cesses, Pathe will not announce their list of productions for the season—be- cause they want to pick up current suc- cesses and make them into celluloid while they are hot, 50 to speak. By binding themselves to a definite program the studio might miss out on something new and different, they say. A chat with David Burton, the New York stage director, revealed some inter- esting things Thursday. He tells me that pictures like Mau- gham’s “The Circle” will be produced in celluloid with full faith that the public discernment, steadily growing with each talkie released. has come to demand the best stage literature. ‘When producers first toyed with the talkie idea they were afraid of lines which carried much cleverness. Now they welcome them. In the mouths of players trained to give them full sig- nificance they become a delight to the audience and do not take from the eye :pnnl of the picture in any way what- oever. One of the best-sellers of the week was pulled by a vaudevillian to a friend Eastward bound. “Keep away from Jimmy Durante,” he called as the train pulled out. “He might give you the parrot fever.” (Copyright, 1830, by North American News- paper Alliance.) DAILY DIET RECIPE Maple Whole Wheat Cookies. Puffed wheat, 2 cups. | | Butter, 3 tablespoons. Butter or substitute. 25 cup. Brown sugar, 25 cup. On':leu. 5 Baking soda, !, teaspoon. ‘Whole wheat n:zur. ’,‘Zm;up. Maple flavoring, ¥, teaspoon. Makes About 24 Cookies. Crisp the puffed wheat gently in a slow oven, stirring into them three tablespoons of butter, Cream butter or substitute and sugar together. Add booion eggs, soda, flour and maple favoring. Beat well. Just before bak time add the crisped puff wheat. Drop mixture by table- sheet and place tthem far apart, :l !he;nfl ad it d: '8‘" a greal . Vel fragile n eook‘:d. " Diet Note. Recipe furnishes protein, starch, sugar and some fat. Much lime and iron present, but vitamins | | have been damaged by action of the baking soda. Can be given at dessert time to children 6 yea and over. Can be eaten by n mal adults of average or under- weight. @ ple are strong on maxims, such as “A bird in the hand,” “Marry in haste, re- pent at leisure,” etc. 7. That your judgment about the make-up of other people is more accu- rnlrf? than your judgment about your- sel 8. That women form judgments about other people more quickly than do men and just about as accurately? 9. That there is no truth in mental me&uzhy? 10. That most of your dreams have some connection with your present 3TON, D. C, PARIS.—This is made of ivory colored moire, very supple and flattering to g:\é'alul circumstances? If you go to thirsty you will dream of taking a . nervous people worry more about the past than they do about the future? 12. That necessity is the best incen- tive to work? Most people have to be driven. Work is not a law of Nature. (Copyright, 1930.) Pineapple Tapioca. Add a pinch of salt to two cupfuls of iling water and cook in it one and one-half tablespoonfuls of quick-cooking taploca until it is transparent. Add four teaspoonfuls of lemon juice, two- thirds cupful of grated pineapple and one-third cupful of sugar. Cook until thicl Remove from the fire and add half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract as it begins to cool. Serve cold with whipped cream. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “If & woman loves a man enough, she tells him about her past; but a man never tells a woman about his mean- ness until he's got to where he don't care what she thinks about him." (Copyzisht, 1930.) a good figure. There is a vestige of & bolero in back, softening the dificult walst line. By Chantal. RIT. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX DEAR MISS DIX—We are two young girls who have been arguing over the definition of & “nice girl” and have decided to agree upon your answer. MARY AND J. A, Answer—Well, I think a nice girl looks nice. She looks like & lady. She may not be beautiful, for beauty is a gift of nature, but she is always attractive in appearance because she is always well dressed and well groomed. Her clothes may not be expensive, but they are always in good taste. She doesn’t wear sleazy silks and imitation lace, but good honest material that is genuine of its kind, and her frocks arc never made in exaggeration of the style. She doesn’t go to work dressed as if she were going to an afternoon party. She isn't covered with beads and cheap jewelry. She saves her fussy for the evening and in business hours dresses the part of a business woman instead of getting herself up like the understudy of a society girl. A nice girl puts on her make-up with discretion. She doesn't smear her lips with rouge until they look like a raw cut of butcher’s meat. She doesn’t spend her time powdering her nose in public, and she doesn't offend fastidious people by combing her hair at the theater and at restaurants. A nice girl has nice manners. She is courteous and friendly without being gushing. If she is a rich girl she doesn't high hat the girl behind the counter, and if she is the girl behind the counter she doesn't treat the cus- tomer as if she were bestowing a favor upon her by condescending to wailt on her, nor assyme the air of a languid duchess who really can’t be interested in any one who is such a piker that she wants to buy stockings that cost less than $10 a pair. A nice girl doesn't ignore women who are older than she is. On the con- trary, she goes out of her way to be polite and attentive to them, and when they take the trouble to do generous things for her and invite her to their parties, she shows her appreciation by being prompt at lunches and dinners and by appear- {:1" dt.g enjoy herself and by making the proper return in thanking tidem for their indness. A nice girl is alert and wide-awake and intelligent. She reads the papers and the new books and magazines, and has something to talk about besides her dates and her latest boy friend and what Sally Jones had on at the ball, for well she knows that none are so tiresome as the beautiful but dumb, and that we get tired of looking at a living picture if it has nothing to say to us. A nice girl is gay and jolly and full of fun and a good sport, but she doesn't fee'lnuugulhe has to prove her sportsmanship by spending her evenings in parked automobliles. She meets boys half way, but she doesn't run after them. She knows how to dance and play bridge and tennis and golf, and when a boy takes her out he is pm‘xdhol her and she makes him have a good time, but she also makes him respect her. And a nice T{rl is nice to her parents. She is affectionate and considerate and companionable to them and doesn’t save all of her good manners and charms and smiles for strangers. S DOROTHY DIX. opyright, 1030. Dowry and Hope Chests BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. SN = it anUIWTEl [T OLD OAKEN DOWRY OR “HOPE"” CHESTS ARE HANDSOME PIECES OF FURNITURE. It is customary at the present time good array and her chest may even for girls to have either hope chests or | have to be supplemented with boxes or dower chests. By whichever term they | bure drawers for an overflow of are called, each is the receptacle for | things. As she reaches the time when articles which would be or are to be|a marriage is especially likely, she is SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, used as part of the girl’s marriage por- tion. Just what should go into such a chest is not always appreciated by those who would fill them. This is not sur- prising for with the years ideas change, and contents vary and terms shift. First of all it is interesting to know Just v.hat is the difference between the two named chests. A hope chest is a box or chest in which a gir] before she is enmed puts away such things as she es, or which are given to her and which she would like to save in case she does nur‘n;( The things are the sort that would help make her home attractive or her trousseau more handsome. At first there is no definite plan about the kind of articles. They may be ornaments, linens, embroidered towels, scarfs, bags, etc., a motley as- sortment. The name, as it will be seen, is de- scriptive. The girl hopes to be married, and she therefore prepares for it in a ‘way that is sanctioned by custom. This is intriguing to her and of such interest to her friends that.they occasionally resent her with articleg. expressly for er hope chest. Eventu@ly she has a apt to stress table linens particularly. Dower. A dower chest is not a hope chest, for hope has given place to certainty. It is the chest for the articles which an affianced girl is accumulating for her new home. There is a definiteness about the kind of things that should go into suc.. a chest. Table and bed linens, towels, spreads, scarfs for bureaus and tables, laces for household use, such as chair , etc., are chief among them. Today in America both chests go by the name of hope chests. This is a bit |mu-|n5 when a chest is not bought until T an engagement, nor have articles been collected previously with hope. 1t is definitely a dower chest, but Americans are wary of using the term dower or dowry, preferring the name hope even when it is merged in cer- tainty. However, by whichever name the chest goes it is apt to be either a handsome cedar chest, a useful upstairs furnishing or a choice old carved chest which in itself lends decorative dignity and beauty to the new home. (Copyright, 1030.) 1930, LITTLE BENNY - BY LEE PAPE. Ma was sewing in her room and I| was asking questions without expect- ing ansers, and the doorell rang and | 1 looked out the window and who is it | but the bewty looking new gerl from the corner house, me thinking, G, her- ray, Im going to meet her at last. fp‘” And I sed, Its that little gerl from the cornor house, ma she’s carrying l| little baskit. Good, ma sed. Her mother must be sending back the creem and eggs she borrowed when I went to pay her a social call so she wouldent seem se much like & stranger n the nayber- hood, of all the peculiar times to bor- row creem and eggs, well Im glad to see she’s 50 prompt, anyway, ma sed. And I went down and opened the door_and the bewty looking gerl sed, Im Emmly Star and my mother wants | to thank you for the creem and eggs| and she wants to know if she can have a little lard and a cup of rice, And she cnl‘m Snche hall ;:d I went up agen, sayin, ay ma, she dident | bring anythin Back, she wunts t9 por row some lard and rice. ‘Well of all the unherd of things T ever herd of, ma sed. The woman is just a professional borrower, but she duzzent need to think Im 'a perfes- | slonal lender, she sed, and I sed, But G, ma, its not her fault. ‘Meening_the bewty looking gerl, and | ma sed, Well, sippose theres no use nerting the child’s feelings, but anybody | with a cast iron nerve like that should be put in a museum under ether, O well, you can get the things from Nora. Wich I went down the back stairs| and did, and the bewty looking gerl was still waiting in ‘the hall, me saying, my mother says certeny, here they are, and she sed, I know what she sald, I herd her. Me thinking, G, good nite, gosh. And I sed, Why, what, she dident say any- thing. I meen she dident meen any- thing, and she sed, O thats all rite, Id haff to hear lots worse than that be- fore I stopped coming to ask for things, you awt to of herd some of the things I use to hear before we moved here, she sed. Good by, pléase to meet you, she sed. Being how we got acquainted. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Baby say her is makin’ a picture ob- dod! I tell her her couldn’t do 'at, it's | sank-re-lig-us! “An’ anyhow,” I say, “yer can't do it 'cause nobody knows what dod looks like ——” an’ her say, “Well, they will when I gets frough wif 'iss picture!” (Copyright, 1930.) Little Sister BY RUBY HOLLAND. “I been lookin’ for the school ob life that daddy said he an’ muvver are ’tending’, but I tan't find no school like that.” (Copyright, 1930.) Cake Crumb Macaroons. ‘Two egg whites b:aten stiff, one cup powdered sugar, two-thirds cup cake crumbs and one teaspoonful almond fla- voring. Add the powdered sugar grad- ually to the stifly beaten egg whites and continue the beating. Fold in the cake crumbs and almond extract. Drop in small spoonfu’: on a buttered baking sheet and bake about 20 minutes. Makes three dozen macaroons. This recipe af- fords a good way for using up left over cake. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefrait. Oatmeal with Cream. Broiled Bacon, Rice Griddle Cakes. Maple Sirup. Coffee. DINNER. Clear Soup. Roast Duck, Apple Dressing. Celery. lives. Mashed Potatoes, Broccoll. ‘Tomato Salad, French Dressing. Plum Pudding. Coffee. SUPPER. Duck Sandwiches. Pickles, Olives. Frozen Fruit Custard. ! Shake well. Divide the hair into strands PEATUR MILADY B BY LOIS Dear Miss Leeds: (1) My hair is very‘ fine and thin and inclined to be ofly. What can I do to get rid of the oll in my hair? (2) Does a commercial sham- harm the hair? (3) What causes hair to split, break and fall? MRS. F. W. P. Answer—An excessively olly condi- tion of the hair is due to an overse-| cretion of sebum from the sebaceous glands. The oil glands are too active, and if the outer surface of the hair is hardened, making it non-absorbent, hair inclined to be oily will split, brukl and fall, for this type of hair fails to absorb the natural oils, producing the | condition that you mention—in other words, “starving hair” while its oil is' plentiful around. | The trouble calls for the use of warm | oil treatments, the use of an astringent hair tonic, as well as frequent sham-| poos, and for regular, but light, mas-| sage and brushing. In brushing this| type of hair, use the forward, upward strokes, so that the air may penetrate and get to the scalp. Sun baths and air baths are very beneficial. Before the shampoo apply warm ofl and leave it on the hair and scalp half an hour or more. Shampoo the hair, | using a reliable liquid sham; mixture, | such as liquir soaps containing tar, olive | oil or coconut ofl. Rinse the hair| thoroughly in several waters and dry| between warmed towels. Before the hair is quite dry apply an astringent hair tonic and finish drying the hair by massaging with the finger tips, giving the hair and scalp an air and sun bath if possible. The general health also needs to be improved. Usually highly strung people have excessively oily hair. Learn to relax nervous tension and spend part of the day out of doors in the fresh air. The following astringent tonic may be used two or three times a week, as| well as after the shampoo: Snllcyllci acid, '> dram; tincture of capsicum,| 10 drops; tincture of cantharides, 1| dram; cologne water, 2 ounces; bol’lci acid, 30 grains; bay rum, 6 ounces.!| ond apply the tonic with a clean piece of absorbent cotton, medicine dropper or a small toothbrush. If the hai splint and broken, clip and level the uneven ends. The falling of hair is normal and need not cause alarm, as it is the dead hair that is lea: . The main thing to do is to build and nour- ish the new hairs that are growing. Systematic care and regular treatments for months are necessary, as well as the toning up of the health in general. In chronic cases the advice of a physician is very necessary, since a thorough is | you my leafl ES. EAUTIFUL that you mention is harmless and may be used as directed. LOIS LEEDS. Anxious—The left-side Ym will be becoming for your type. If your hair is of shoulder length, you may wear the back hair twisted into a low coil and pinned at the nape of the neck. Or you may arrange a low roll of hair from ear to ear and divide the back hair into two parts after tying it se- curely. Now cross the two strands and pin them under, forming a fan-shaped bun on each side where the hair is di- vided into two parts. This is an at- tractive way to dress hair of shoulder length. (2) You are an ashen blond and may wear dull brick, rust, reseda, dark and medium green, medium tan and warm browns, silver gray, pale yel- low, peach, bronze green, medium and dark blue, turquoise and peacock blue for evening. LOIS LEEDS. Miss M. B—With medium-brown halr, blue eyes and a light complexion, you may wear dark and medium blue, wedgewood, saxe blue, turquoise and blue green, dark and medium green, bottle, bronze and English green, dark warm reds, wine, garnet and ruby, dark and light yellow, peach, amber, dull. orchid, warm taupe, pink violet, pale. pink and rose, deep cream, ivory and. eggshell. (2) Use a touch of raspberry or geranium rouge. LOIS LEEDS. M. 8. G—I shall be pleased to mail lets on beauty exercises and care of the hands that you re- quest if you will comply with the rule. Please wflh‘me“m n -ndllnclnu % self-addressed, envelope, as am unable to mail them otherwise. LOIS LEEDS, Miss V. B. or Curious Miss—Please send me a self-addressed, stamped en- velope for my leaflet on the subject. T physical examination may disclose in- ternal disturbances. (2) The shampoo The Sidewalks One brilliant, star-swept night it was our privilege to stand on the broad, stone terrace in front of the gambling casino at Monte Carlo. Below in the placid bay could be heard the strains of a popular American dance melody, “Tea for Two,” coming from a French man-o'-war. The officers were enter- taining. Small boats were putting out from shdre containing exquisitely gowned women and handsome escorts. Off to the right, the Grande Corniche road wound its way through the myste- rious hills. Inside the casino, dull, listless faces surrounded sinister, green-topped tables where crou- plers were engaged raking in the house's winnings. Such exotic pic- tures linger long in the memory of those who have been permitted to enjoy them. E By our side stood a man who had Jjust finished a long vigil at one of the mnmy to regain fortune. “Do you know,’ said he, “that there is a private burying ground here for those who commit suicide?” We had heard about the myth. “One can always find a way out of one’s troubles,” he continued, “Not by that ghastly route,” we continued. “I don’t mean that,” he amended. “I mean that no matter what difficulty we may find ourselves in, there is an opening somewhere that will eventually take us out of it. When things are gall]':ut there is dawn right over the ills. “Before gambling obsessed me, I was a prosperous business man. I failed three times before I acquired enough on which to retire. In fact, all my life I have gambled on projects. ery business man does, to a certain extent, Personally, I would not want a son of mine to make a habit of gambling. Once the talons of this habit are fastened in the soul of a young fellow, he is licked. “When I retired and turned my.busi- | ness over to others I found that I had lost“fhe thing that had meant most in my life—excitement. That was it. Playing the daily game I had for years, I missed it when I voluntarily tossed it away. I came over here and plunged int6 games of chance. Sometimes I have been lucky and other times I have lost. Just now I am on the wrong side of the book. But tomorrow will be an- other day and I will get a break.” At this point the band on the war- ship was appropriately playing “I Want to Be Happy.” Of course, we all do. e The other day we talked with an- other man. This time it was in Wash- ington. “I went broke during the Wall Street crash last October,” he said. “Life savings were swept away overnight. For a while I was utterly crushed. I had gambled heavily on margin. I am young enough to lp&mhte the lesson it taught. It was this—all my life I have followed one profession. It is the only game I know. Never again will I try to play in the other fellow’s back- Brownies. Tea. RICE GRIDDLE CAKES. cooked rice, one pint nu(l)k?eor?:peg salt and two table- spoons Sugar, two teaspoons bak- ing powder and flour enough to make a rather thin batter. PLUM PUDDING. Pour one cup of milk over one scup of sifted soft bread crumbs and add the beaten yolks of four eggs. Mix one cup of brown sugar with one cup, finely chopped suet, one pound of raisins, one-half ind of currants, one-half cup of ken nut meats, one-half cut of finely cut dates, one-quarter cup each of finely cut citron and candied orange peel, one teaspoon each of salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and one-half teaspoon of mace. Combine the two mix- tures, stir in a cup of flour and finally fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites. Turn into a buttered mold, steam ste: for four hours and serve with d sauce. FRUIT CUSTARD. Chop finely one-half pound of , one-] pound of mixed nuts and one-quarter pound each of dates and seedless raisins; beat four” eggs until light, add one cup of sugar, then add gradually one quart of hot milk and cook over boiling water until the mixture coats the spoon; remove from the fire, add one tablespoon of gelatin softened in a little cold water, stir until dissolved, flavor with two k ns of vanilla, add the chlozpod mixture and freeze when col Sis yard. ~Sound, secure, though small- paying, investments will be_the only ones to attract me in which I will sink my money.” A viewpoint from another man who gambled. * ok K * A “bad man” was released from | prison a few years ago. The fact was brought to the attention of the head of a great industry who was exception- | ally careful in the choice of the human material he employed. In each case the records were scrutinized before one | was engaged. The manufacturer de- cided to give the ex-convict a chance. The man himself seemed hopeless, as he had practiced crime for 20 years and it didn’t seem likely that he would ever reform. Just where to put him in the business was a problem for the chief. Long he pondered over it. A man who had stuck up banks cer- have not the space to reprint the treat- ment again at this time. of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. he would accompany and escape. The chief was wlmn[t wmlllfl‘fl& He ):: signed the man to the task. we heard of him he was still on the job, | and woe betide any suspsicous-looking | character who might hover too close to the money bag. So far the employer has won. B A Western banker acquaintance em- ployed a colored man who once had a bad record. While the family was away the man was told to sleep in and guar t!fihbo\lu. He m;nl.‘:t llnve w-tl::d lw;z with everything, including piano. Instead he under l{n one ight. H lary THE STAR’S- DAILY PATTERN - SERVICE. Produce Slenderness. Everywhere in ‘ashionable circles smart women are appearing in frocks with the lengthened hem and molded waist and hipline, which dates its new- ness. In the afternoon model illustrated in printed crepe silk flat mg- are “fi' cially nounced through the softly swathed treatment of the girdle with a loose-hanging drape that contributes length to the figure. ‘he skirt, with deep fitted upj is lengthened with & cf T 3 r g:x‘noe of diagonal movement that also tainly ~ knew no trade. Suddenly the had an idea. He would give the ex-prison- er a job of guard- ing the company's pay roll when the ‘messenger went to the bank to obtain the cash. Right there he & opened wide the door of opportunity for a crook. Every Monday $20,000 'was taken from the bank to the com- ny's cashier. It would be a simple atter. for the man with inal in- stincts to assault the whom tends to give length. The bodice is slightly bloused, with 8 one-sided rever in jabot effect E detracts from the breadth beautifully. Style No. 209 comes in sizes 16, 18, - 20 years, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 . mn excellent model for crepe satin 's an lent m in the new dark brown shade $o en- tirely flat Cut the rever, scarf collar and with drape of the re- | verse of the crepe. Black silk crepe with rever of egg- . shell crepe is fascinatingly attractive, - For a pattern of this style send 15 cents, in stamps or coin, directly to The * Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth . street, New York. patiorn Yo inclose 10.serta. nadHones you. cen 3 for copy of large Fashion