Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1930, Page 27

WOMAN’S PAGE, Hostess Gowns and Negliges BY MARY THIS RED CREPE DE CHINE AND ‘TULLE NEGLIGEE MAY BE WORN e i e dressed woman is never smartly dressed larmm lothe \ one’s clothes for wear af ‘home—hostess negligees and the like—one may as individual as one chooses. Some women who conform rigidly to the prevailing mode in their street clothes and conventional evening clothes make a practice of designing their own ligees and informal cos- tumes for rnoon and evening at home. One not, howe: ver, over- a MARSHALL. look the background against which these interesting costymes are to appear. One well kne dressmaker has been designing “at home” costumes to har- monize with the rooms in which they are to be worn, realizing that the hostess wn to be worn in a modernistic in- rior should be quite different from the one to be worn in a room furnished in the stately Georgian style or a room in which the mlm of the Italian renais- sance prevails. With a yard square of chiffon or georgette you may lengthen last sea- son's afternoon or evening with most satisfactory results. If you would like to know how to do this, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope and this week's illustrated circular will be forwarded to you. (Copyright. 1930.) LIGHT MY WAY BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN, After the Strain. | “And he drank of the we, was drunken.”—Gen. ix. 21. This was Noah, the man who walked with God during that awful period be- fore the flood when the whole earth ! was filled with wickedness and vio- |lence; the man who stood alone, a sol- | itary saint in his generation, uninfect- {ed by the universal contagion around him; the man who, “being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the sav- ing of his house” when the flood came |and “every living substance was de- | stroyed which was upon the face of ; the man who for 120 years withstood the jeers and mock- ing of the unbelieving and godiess mul- titudes about him while he was build- ing the ark. ark. And when was this that Noak “drank of the wine, and was drunken"? It | was when the food, that terrible ca- tastrophe of Divine judgment, | passed. Feeble human nature! | the strain is over, the reaction comes. | At first, after the deluge had nbated, Noah built an altar and made an of- fering unto the Lord in token of his | gratitude for the deliverance of his house Then he set about ‘he task of rebuilding a shattered world. He “be- gan to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.” The first harvest came. How the sight must have thrilled him! The long strain throug! which he had passed was over. H at Jast was ease! He relaxes. He loses sight of the altar. He turns to the wine cup, Be- hold him now, lying sprawled in his 5::‘ debauched, drunk. And this— ht How we all need to watch ourselves in the hour of ease and relaxation after and long strain! and th ere PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE Less Two Bad Tonsils. Here is a good sermon, not only for lay readers, but for the medical breth- ‘warrant an operation. I had tried, but failed, to have the tonsils taken’ out when I was about 30. “Last April I thought as medicine could do nothing for me, and etting weaker and more nervous, my ds shaking, my chin and head quiv- ering and my whole body trembling on the test excitement, I would see ] the physician who obliterated tonsils). He told me of his method, ‘we talked it over at home, and I taking the treatments. It has s wonderful thing for me, for I pfi‘h’onm '&n::h v‘r;r:‘the Indlxe:' cat my - constipation, head and neck pains, and nervousness, because these complaints have K. iy be- ] e s i MUFFINS, ‘Two cups bran, one cup whole wheat flour, one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon soda, one- raisins, m three-fourths corn sirup and one and one- cups sour milk. Mix dry in- pepper, -one one table- I £ i £ § i ! g il S i5s g Es f : 5 g . L g ] § ! F i £33 g i i § g8 i s g § 3 2 i ! i £ ‘2 : I was | ed consulting a nerve specialist, but as there was no special reason, and he did not persist, I never did. = to add many years to our 52 years of married life. I taught myself the use of the typewriter and use the touch system, but sometimes when a finger trembles, it doesn't press the let- ter hard enough. I think it easier than the hunt system, although I want to play the piano as as you -do. (Which is jus too bad!) “¥ truly, G ead % 'MRS. ¢ 'The blithe lady incloses the noteh of the physician who removed the ton- sils, and it is a very impressive sermon | to me, at any rate, to note that he is an osteopathic physician. To the medical brethren who are still s0 backward as to follow the lead of some of our headquarters politicians, I commend this sermen as something to ponder in an idle hour. (Copyright, 1930 FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLIE MONROE. One Way to Simplify. A good way for the overworked house- wife to lighten her burden—any many housewives are overworked of course— is to plan one easy meal a day. Let it be luncheon or supper. let it be really easy. It can be pre- pared without more than 5 or 10 min- utes’ preliminary work. And yet it can be nourishing and palatable. ‘The family must be made to see that it i# & highly desirable thing tc accom- plish, simple meal. Their co-op- eration ‘must be gained to make the thing work at all. Put the matter to them rationally, Tell them that the food will be just as nourishing, that the saving of time will work to their benefit and that their health will, if ln'itohm(, be improved by this simpiifi- cation. ‘This meal can consist of bread and butter, fruit, eggs and milk, and be Teally ‘satisfying and wholesome. The egu are to be served boiled or coddled, the fruit raw or cooked. Instead of milk, cocoa may be served, if you wish. 1f, in addition to this simplified menu, you ask each member of the family to carry his dishes to the kitchen after the meal and to leave the table in order, the housewife’s time will be further con- served. She will have more time to prepare a satisfying dinner, and will 2lso have more time for rest and recrea- tion, which she needs as much as any- body else in the family. Baked Bananas. Remove the skins from six bananas, scrape the surface, then cut them in halves, lengthwise. Arrange the halves in a sballow pan. Melt two tablespoon- fuls of butter and mix it with one-third cupful of sugar and three tablespoon- fuls of vinegar. Pour a spoonful of the mixture over each banana and then place the pan in the oven. Bake in a slow oven for about 20 minutes, basting frequently with the remainder of the sirup during the baking. Remove from | the oven and serve hot. WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Rewistered U. S. Patent Office. 0 EN DA L BaLL romocon Nl RhL: "DORANDO' i RESR NOGOODR, JBUTTS?, R\ For v THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1930. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Not many fellers ob my size could be trusted ¢ wipe such a big platter, eben if it 15 the old one wif a track in it. (Copyright, 1930.) LITTLE SISTER BY RUBY HOLLAND. “Jimmie is the littlest an’ the biggest both in his family, an’ I dess that's something Willie tan't eber be eben if he tries hard.” (Copyright, 1930.) NANCY PAGE Calico Booth at Bazaar Is Effective. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Nancy's church had decided against a Christmas bazaar. The ladies’ aid members said that every other organi- zation in the city had bazaars at that | time. It seemed to them that a Spring- time social might catch customers who were looking for Easter and Spring or Summer birthday presents. They built their bazaar around the Why Some Girls Never Have . | DorothyDix a Date : When a Girl Fails to Attract Men It May Be That She Is Too Eager, or Too Slow, or Too Dull, or Too Intellectual. Blames Lack of Technique With Men A GIRL who is pretty and well dressed and well educated, and who belongs 10 a well-off family, wants to know why she is not attractive to men and never has a date, while men swarm around other girls who are less good- looking, less intelligent, less socially well placed, like bees around a honeypot. Beauty and brains and Paris clothes have little to do with it. It is the eome-hlth?r look in the eye that does it. And that is a gift of Nature, But besides this there is usually something ".he matter with the technique -of the girl who is with men. She doesn’t know how to handle them. She les every situation. She is either too hot or too cold; too anxious or too indifferent; too gay or too dull. She never strikes just the right note. She always overplays or underbids her hand. Such a girl, for instance, in her anxiety to have the attentions of men falls into the fatl error of being too eager, too Willing. The minute she meets a man she begins pursuing him, and she is like a bloodhound on his trail. She calls him up by telephone and wants to know why he hasn't been to see her, and when is he coming, and what about going to such and such a place. She deluges him with letters that he doesn’t bother to answer. She embarrasses him | by making him presents, and she forces him into making dates against his will. Now. of course, men are spoiled creatures in these days, and they assume the Grand Pasha attitude and expect girls to scramble when they throw the handkerchief, but for all that there is some spirit of the chase still left in the masculine breast, and most men prefer to be the pursuer rather than the pursued. Hence, when & man finds that he is being hunted down all of his instincts of self-preservation are aroused and he beats it while the going is good. Moreover, the girl who is a man-chaser defeats her own end because she advertises thereby the fact of her lack of allure for men, and no man wants a woman that no other man wants. The old adage that nothing succeeds like success goes double with men in their relationship to women. Every man wants some other man's O. K. on a girl. It is the maiden whose dances are cut into fragments that he breaks in on. It is the girl who is dated weeks ahead that he breaks his neck to take out. That is why the girl who has many boy friends has even more added unto them, while the one who has only one poor little lamb has him taken away from her. Another reason why many girls are not popular with men is because they are just general washouts. They lack personality. They lack individuality. They have no best foot to put foremost, and they never know how to do any- thing to make themselves interesting to men, and to make it worth while for men to spend their money upon them. on] to spend an evening looking at a wom: like a barge or danced on his feet. modern young man. .o relativity, Sometimes she will try to impress $20 a plate. Sometimes a girl will seek like a piker in any entertainme fellow how much in lovp he was And, because of their mothers. Mother dates when they were young, cramped their style in dealin, young men who come to the g to see her, and spends her in on every word they say. old nursery rhyme with the refrain “Silk, satin, calico, rags.” There was the silk handmade lingerie, ribbon cases of all sorts, filmy chiffon handkerchiefs. The satin booth held pillows of all sorts, washable satin lingerie ribbons, negliges. ‘The booth devoted to rags had dust cloths of all sorts, cleaning mops, clean- ing cloths, braided rag rugs, hooked rugs. The calico booth was most colorful. Pot holders made of figured calico in red with little old-fashioned flowers in vivid yellow were shaped to resemble apples. The loop to hang them was the stem of green tape. An interlining af- ;&rfléd the necessary protection for the nd. Another pot holder was sha like a tomato, This was made of turkey red calico. Small stools had covers of calico. Some were made of pink and white with a tulip appligned on the calico. Leaves were of solid green. Bands of the same material were used as ties to hold the cover in place. These stools were as popular as any article offered at the bazaar. There were calico cats, ‘They sold home-baked ods also. Write Nancy Pag e of this paper, inclosing tamped, seif-nddressed envelope. Ask for Nancy's leafiet of pastry recipes. (Copyright, 1930.) TRAFFIC PERIL Each day some people are run down and slain by cars in some one's town. Each day the coroner holds his quest and some poor gent is lald to rest. The grave incloses mangled swains, whiie undertakers count their gains, And now some stern officials rise, determi- nation in their eyes, and say to dufllrl and police, “This sort of thing will have to cease. The death list grows by bounds and leaps, on every block a widow weeps. B in the reckless drivers now and give them all the laws And bring the drivers soaked in, whose conduct is a mortal sin. Bring every brash and locoed gent who figures in an accident.” We have.such spasms now and then; the courts are filled with sad-eyed men who draw such drastic penalties .as make the blood within them freeze. A man draws down a heavy fine for parking slightly out of line; one goes to prison for a year for driving after drinking beer; one has to dig up loads of mon for practicing the hit and run. This system would be well enough if it forever weré the stuff, it violaf of the laws were always given ample: causp to curse the day on which they made our well known statutes wilt and fade. But all these 'spasms soon expire; the cops in time begin to tire Washington pianc syncopa of dragging victims to the dock, wheie ! they are due to get a shock. The | worthy jurists find it hard to hand out the extraordinarily beautiful who can afford to be dumb. him how many millionaires she could have married. All of which, of course, is suicidal for be turned on anybody the man wants it turned on himself and he isn’t hankering for the ‘society of a girl who knows more than he does, or who But lots of girls who never have a date could have would only improve their technique a little. (Copyright. 1630.) They have no conversation, and it is No man wants who is dull in addition to being homely. They never learn how to dance and so they are left to paper the wall, because no man would drag Aphrodite around a ball room floor if she convo; A girl has to have a lot of parlor tricks, and be a fast stepper and have a glib tongue if she expects to make a hit with the STILL another reason that many a girl is unpopular with men is because she boasts too much of herself, and men have ever esteemed humility as the chief virtue of womankind. Sometimes a girl will try to show off how much she knows and how intellectual she is by seeking to engage men in intellectual conversation and asking them what they think about Einstein's theory of man with her wealth and social position by referring casually to a cheap little hat that she speaking familiarly of costly cars and night clubs where the cover picked up for l}l&o m’g cl by teling the girl, because if the spotlight is to to stimulate a man’s interest makes him seem nt he can offer her or who will tell the next with her and how she turned him down. of course, the reason that many girls are not popular with men is wouldn't let them go out with boys and have and it has made them self-conscious. has It Mother doesn't make it pleasant for ouse, or mother thinks that the young men come time entertaining them. Or mother doesn’t provide any place where a girl can have her boy friend without all the family listening plenty of them if they DOROTHY DIX. Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN, Financial and Domestic. - Not all of our money problems are commercial or economic. Indeed many | of them are purely domestic. This fact is borne out by the statement of a do- mestic relations court judge that more divorces are caused by financial trou- bles between husband and wife than by any other thing. It :erun that mar- riaf becoming mote of ge is a partner- ship than ever. When the * ners” disagree upon how their establishment is to be run, or how the profits are to be divided and who sh control the exchequer, it is natural to find the partnership dissolving. Not only must the disburse- ments of the income be agreeable to both parties, it must be planned by th. Think of a business partnership, if you can, in which one partner spends or overspends, regardless of the feelings and fortunes of the“other one. ing money rests on one. Few will have ever heard of such arrangements, Undivided financal management and responsibility can be scarcely expected to succeed better in matrimony than in business. Friction is certain to develor. and matrimonial disturbances gradually lead up to a dissolution of the partner- ship. The rest of the troubles are seen in the domestic relations courts. Homes may be run on business-like principles. It is generally recognized that rent, heating, lighting and CTM are essential to both hor office. It £ those who labor. The maintenance Jf either a business or a home can be easily fixed by means of a budget. The same means, or any other, may be used to regulate spending. By treating money in this impartial way and seeing its use as a personal obligation rather than a privilege of one or another, one's home business func- tions smoothly and harmoniously. Much of the discord that arises in a home is the result of the criticism by one mate of another’s handling of money. Obviously the way in which to remove the bone of contention is to make money & mutual problem to be solved “in council.” A few family councils of derstanding, but regard as well, this nature will not only prémote - | mmfiy and mutual Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. A desk of pine for a child as young as 7 years is shown in the illustration. The beauty of it is, however, that when the child grows up the desk-will still be practical, though not as a desk, per- haps. It would make an excellent win- dow seat or other. plece of furniture to be used in the niche oceasioned by a gabled window. Beneath the top is one shelf on which may bs placed books and stationery, and the side panel is hinged so that it may be opened, the space back of it being used for a cupboard. This may be one large cupboard or it may. be divided into cubbyholes. A very simple chair, also of pine, would be most appropriate with this desk, and over it might be hung a shelf with three or four tiers. Instead of.tho shelf a framed map might be used. If this desk is placed in front of a window or at right angles to it, there would be no need of wall decoration, and there is always more advantage in using sunshine than artificial ornament, Its quality is #he cause of its great popular justice by the'yard, {0 lc1 some fellow up for 1ife who nas ine ¢ ldren an q And when the spasms acceptance - THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Princess Silhouette. ‘The problem of slenderness is one of serious study. It is more so today than ever, with new silhouette with molded bodice and hips. The princess model illustrated is a |sluggish the work of art with its unique flat hipline, Pointed seanilng treatment at either side of front minimizes width, thus making it suitable for the larger woman as well as young, slim type. ‘The ens toward hem that shows fluttering circular movement. The vestee in deep V shape rolled into revers is an.interesting idea to de- tract from width. Style No. 185 comes in sizes 16, 18, ZOT{‘!SH. 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. is dress is just charming in black silk crepe all the smart young things are wearing, with the vest and cuffs of Almcox’:. lace. 2o ‘st with Dahlia-purple silk crepe egg- shell silk crepe is decidedly youthtul Crepe satin, crepe marocain and wool crepe appropriate. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washi Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Pifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. We suggest t! when you send for ttern you inclose 10 cents additional or copy of large Fashion Magazine, The anclent Greeks had an expression similar to “Taking coals to Newcastle,” which was “Taking Owls to Athens," for the city was at that time infested with these birds. FEATURES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. - Complexion Blemishes. Faults of the complexion are fre- quently due to some disorder of the general health, and until this is rem- edied any local treatments by cosmetics will effect little or no improvement. For example, if the liver is inactive and e complexion will be sallow. ‘The memedy for sallowness in this case is obviously proper treatment of the liver trouble by a competent physician. Indigestion gives rise to an ugly red- ness, particularly of the nose, to blotches, muddiness and other com- plexion troubles. Those who value & good complexion should therefore be very careful to avoid indigestion. One soon finds out which kind of food is unsuitable and so the cause of the trouble may be shunned. Constipation should be avolded by & wise choice of foods, including plenty of fresh Truits and vegetables and plenty of water dur- the day. e practice, not uncommon among business women and girls, of neglect- ing to take a substantial midday meal is sometimes res; ble for a sallow, pasty or blemished complexion. Lunc] eon, therefore, should be a regula well balanced meal, including meat fish, vegetables and some fruit or salad. Plenty of milk is an admirable im- prover of the complexion. Irritability or & constantly depressed condition of the nervous system always has an adverse effect on the com- plexion. Very often by the exercise c¢ will power a woman may shake off worries and depression. She should make a great effort to maintain a calm, equable temper and refrain from petty Jealousy. worry and other unpleasant emotions. The irritability and de- pression, on the other hand, may be | ton due to some condition of health which can_only be remedied by a physician. In this case, therefore, it is well to con- sult your doctor. Lack of sleep and nervous exhaus- led water may be teaspoonful of the following be added to the basin you wash your face: lavender, Mix well, tl!.m Shlk'e ‘wel bsm usi mildest of soaps . ¥ | thoroughly in tepid. 3 |a clean, soft to W The following g one which may be' one-quarter dram Kee Ing. drams spermaceti, hot add one ounce of rose which a pinch of boric acid added. Mix well. A . little cream applied lightly over the then wiped will remove all the dust (Copyright, 1930.) sweet almonds, two ounces lan Melt, together and while the mixture is tion produce dark circles under the eyes and pallor of the skin, Most women should have from seven and & half to eight hours of sleep every night, and if of a nervous temperament they are better for a full nine hours' rest in bed. Unless ailing, however, too much lying in bed tends to dull the com- plexi Impure air and poor ventila- tion in the living or bed room or too much bedclothing “and overheating rooms are also conducive to a poor complexion. The bedclothes should be just sufficient to maintain pleasant warmth of the body and the bed room windows should always be open. 3 Serious diseases of the heart, the kidneys, circulation, etc.,, are certain to affect the complexion sooner or later, These are entirely a matter for the physician. Stimulants and drugs will cause a poor complexion. Stimu- lants of any kind tend to produce con- gestion of the blood vessels of the face, especially the tiny veins surrounding the nose. This soon develops into red- ness of the nose, flushing of the whole face and sometimes a yellow color of the skin. The constant user of drugs will in time find her skin develops an ugly yellow or brown lea K tion. Many of the so-called remedies, sometimes used too frequen ly by women, are no.less destructive. Any one who takes these must expect to ruin completely her complexion, and there is no remedy except the avoid- ance of the cause. Careful attention to the general health, then, is the basis of a good complexion in all cases, but local ap- plications of cream and may be used to advantage and a suitable |« face powder has .its legitimate uses. While infinitely the most color in the cheeks is nature’s bloom this is not always readily The merest trace of rouge may be used, provided that the skin is cleansed thoroughly of make-up before " great women who have very many who have delicate skins constantly suffer from roughness of the skin. should be avoided and rain it can be obtined is dell INFINITELY: SMOOTH TEXTURE LUXURIOUS FRAGRANCE- PERFECTION: MASTER BLENDING or LESH TONES= FASTIDIOUS PURITY IN EVERY: > LUXURY- PERFECTION — NECESSITY: PRICED or's ey skin. Falling X'l.fl. B lotion of water - i ounces " cologne water, one-quarter dram oil of ammonia. in tightly corked bot- Use the the face with cream is during the day for cleansing the face of the dry ;. Two drams H?ulfl paraffin, three four drams oil of oline. water to been of this face and off with a very soft cloth, tissue square or a pad of absorbent cot- accumu-. lated during the day and leave the skin smooth, soft and unirritated, " ABE MARTIN SAYS |