Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1930, Page 38

WOMAN’S PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, Fitness of Shoe Omaments BY MARY The woman with well developed clothes sense realizes that with certain modifications of dress, other minor modifications are inevitable. Just as the person with well developed taste in matters of furniture realizes that a THE BLACK PATENT LEATHER OPERA PUMP SHOWN ABOVE TINY RHINESTONE BUCKLE. Navajo rug would not go well with a room furnished in the French style of Louis XV, so _the woman who has a keen sense of fitness in matters of dress would know—without being told—that shoes with large buckles or other strik- MARSHALL. ing ornament, while all very well with short skirts, would not do at all with long skirts with flowing drapery. And so it is that at present well dressed women hardly need to be told that shoe buckles of the smaller, less conspicuous sort are preferable to the | large, spectacular sort, and the up-and- | coming shoe dealers have ready for our choosing a variety of pumps and slip- pers with the finer, subtler sort of or- | nament. Perfectly plain opera pumps without buckles of any sort may be | worn, but such shoes demand very well proportioned feet. Some sort of buckle or bow is desirable if the feet are a | et A piece of georgette or chiffon a yard square may be cut into strips to make | smart drapery with which to lengthen | last season’s afternoon or evening dress | and to give it the longer fuller contour | without_which any dress looks out of date. If you would like this week’s il- | lustrated circular showing how this may be done, please send your stamped, self- addressed envelope to Mary Marshall, | warded to you. (Copyright, 1930.) My Neighbor Says: All ingredients used in making pastry smumu' B The lder when pul et.:e ove'pn“the flakier it will be when baked. A tablespoonful of lemon juice added to the egg in which fish is di before frying gives it a delicious flavor. Cake batter should be beaten from one to three minutes after _all the ingredients are in the “mixing-bowl and should be put into the oven as soon as beaten. Vegetable soup is much im- proved by the addition of a small stalk of celery cut up fine. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM How to Keep the Baby. Inquiries come from all parts of the country concerning the immunization of children against diphtheria. In my own modest, average experience in hos- pital and private practice I have seen a plain_household doctor’s share of diph- theria, both genuine and spurious, clini- cal and health department types. 1 have seen just one child die of diph- theria, and that child died, I believe, because her father refused to permit the administration of the antidote. His motive is worthy of consideration by people who extenuation for neg- lecting to immunize children. He knew of a case where antitoxin had been given to a child, and later that child had proved to be a moron—the man called it feeble-minded, but I knew the child and I know the child is a happy, healthy and respected citizc today. Of eaurs>, antitoxin could have had noth- mg to do with the mentality of the child in any case, but what a tragic fate the father’s willful prejudice led to ‘The child might have died in spite of antitoxin, but I believe her life could have been saved had the antidote been given. No one knows how long the immunity conferred by toxin-antitoxin lasts, but probably a sufficient degree of immun- ity lasts long enough to carry the child through the most dangerous period, namely, from the age of 6 months to the age of 15 vears. After that, the danger from diphtheria is comparatively slight. Immurity does not develop immedi- ately following the a@ministration of | th the toxin antitoxin; it requires several ‘weeks, perhaps two or three months, to develop. So we must count-on this pe- riod when planning to protect children. ‘Whe dose of antitoxin is given, of course that confers complete immunity immediately, but it is effective only for the cmergency and not-for a period of ears. 2 It is well recognized that even the minute quantity of horse serum in the WINTERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. The hopeful human mind, wherein much of thinking is what psycholo- gists call wish-thinking, is ap- parently, to find consolations in every adversity. And so, though a compensa- tion has been cruelly defined as some- thing that doesn’t quite compensate, there is food, at least, for haj specu- lation in the thought that the several bitter cold snaps of the Winter have probably done heavy damage to our foes and pests, the insects. Equally, of course, the harmless and the friendly insects suffer, but we are content to let them die, too, at the thought that there may be fewer flies, mosquitoes, cut-worms, coddling moths, apple grubs, wasps and all other foes that creep or fly or swim. Nobody, so far as I know, has ever made a good biological study of Winter. Even on purely practical grounds it would be worth the trouble. ‘The damage to a crop like apples or roses from insects in a given Summer should be tabulated over against the severity of the Winter that preceded it, to dis- cover, it possible, just how much we can thank Boreas for reigning vigor: ously during his allotted time. At the present moment man has just two formidable rivals in nature—the insects and the bacteria. In another ‘way, of course, he has untold billions, for nothing on earth is so numsrous individually as the bacteria, or specifi- cally as the insects. In tropical , the insects and the bacteria may be honestly admitted still to have the upper hand. Even here they are not precisely the underdogs. Since we must thank Winter for something, let us thank him for the icy hand he lays upon our clever, rest- less foes. PURE PORK SAUSAG LINKS U.SINSPECTION N0.336 BRADY, M. D. toxin-antitoxin used for immunizing children against diphtheria may induce very disagreeable or even a dangerous reaction within a few minutes, such as hives or an ast .matic state, if the in- dividual has previously received any kind of horse serum. In order to obvi- ate this, health departments now pro- vide toxin-antitoxin made with goat serum, and this has done away with the danger of reaction to horse serum. (Copyright, 1080.) Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Do Dreams Come True? Hardly a day passes but some one asks me what I think of drcams. Most frequently I am asked: “Do dreams ever come true?” My answer is “Yes." After that I explain the “yes,” which means “sometimes.” Why shouldn't dreams sometimes come true? They are made up in part of your “scraps of thought” left over from the always unfinished day’s work of wondering, hoping, fearing, puzzlirg. One's day's work in a mental sense is never done. As you fall to sleep you up and com- TR Mg v i o= simj keep on doing what passes for ‘The only difference between ordinary thinking and night thinking is this: Night thinking or dreaming is uncon- trolled. While you are asleep you have in a great measure withdrawn from the world of reality. Your thoughts, then freed from the restraints of an ever- present world of harsh realities, go where they please and associate with almost any other ideas, some of which have been inactive for weeks, even years. Add to this general situation the fact that a lot of thoughts, even in daytime, never come to light. Call these the subconscious thoughts. They are for the most part wishes, some of which are in line with what is bound to hap- pen as a matter of cause and conse- quence, extending over a long period of time. Now and then enough of these sub- conscious thoughts are grouped into one bunch to determine an orderly | sequence of possibilities which may foreshadow the unfolding of events yet to be. In the course of time these events actually take place. Then you remember what you dreamed. Dreams sometimes Fig Real figs in the jam . . little too long or too short, too thick or | too thin. care of this paper, and it will be lor-‘, NANCY PAGE Dark Closets Best for Starting Narcissus. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Nancy was so fond of flowers and growing green things that she usually managed to keep something of the sort |in the home all through the Winter. She and Peter were looking forward to | Spring and their new garden. Last year they had done little with it, since they knew they would be moving into their new home in the Fall. But this year they were settled, for life, Nancy hoped, with all the Spring and Sum- mer ahead of them for gardening. But in the meantime Nancy was working with bulbs. She chose narcissus bulbs fo» Easter giving. These bulbs were put into the pebble filled bowls. Water was added and the bowls were set in a dark closet. Here they stayed for about a month. This long stay in the dark allows the roots to grow and the leaves to start | shooting outward and upward. If | brought into the light too soon the leaves grow and grow at the expense of the flowers. Stocky plants with sturdy clumps of leaves develop in dark rooms. Nine weeks after planting the flowers should be at their best. ‘While Joan was waiting for her small bowls of bulbs to blogm and was grow- ing impatient too, Aunt Nancy showed her what could be accomplished by breaking off twigs of forsythia, cherry tree, low and putting them in water in a sunny window. Soon the bare twigs were things of beauty with their fresh, n leaves and bright flowers. A flower trimmed house calls for parties. Parties call for refreshme, Write to per, inclosing askin ot seif nddressed = 4 for'her leafiet on Bridgs Club Luncheon. (Copyright, 1930.) Bad Breath. A iot more people have a bad breath than are willing to admit it, and a lot | more have it than know it. The worst of it is that if you have it once, you suspect you have it always, and it cer- tainly does a lot to undermine your business or social self-confidence. It comes from bad teenth or a bad di- gestion, or throat trouble of some kind. The most ordinary cause is indigestion, which can give you a bad breath for a few hours only, perhaps, or for days, or chronically. y. But first aid always is to brush the teeth with pej int water or brush the teeth with any good tooth paste and rinse the mouth with an antiseptic solution made by adding seven-tenths of an ounce of potassium permanganate to a quart of water. Or brush the teeth and rinse the mouth and gargle the throat with salt water, quite warm, even hot. There is no better anti-acid solution nor a bet- ter antiseptic than salt. A pity it is so cheap: if it were not, we'd use it more freq'uenfl{ and value it more highly. And if there is a coating on the wnEl this must be rémoved—the BEAUTY CHATS brush can do this, too—but, of ' America. Suggests Infallible Preventive of Age How to Keep Young \DorothyDix Is Young as Long as She Can Change Her Mind in Two Seconds, and Lets Other People Run Their Own Affairs. OMEN le;: l;nlnlly millions of dollars and eons of g:m and inestimable | amounts of effort and ene: trying to keep young. course, they know | that in the end age is bound w'gemke them, but they are determined to put | off the evil day as long as human endeavor can accomplish it. For this they are | to be praised, for certainly it is a noble and altruistic thing to keep ourselves as | easy upon the eyes of our fellow-creatures as We can. | But I often think that the women who suffer the torments of starvation, of | being parboiled and scalped and beaten to a pulp and skinned alive in order to | attempt to remain perpetual flappers take the wrong method in pursuit of their ideal. For youth is a matter of the spirit far more than it is of the flesh, and it is our souls that give away our age, not our walstlines nor our complexions. The thing that ages a woman more quickly than anything else, for instance, | is dullness. A pretty, silly woman is old the minute she loses her good looks. Not all the arts of the beauty shop can keep her looking young after the shine of youth has gone out of her A stupid woman, after her girlhood is past, always looks 20 years older than a clever one. In the countries in which women has e:’ little or no education they are hideous, withered crones by the time they | are 30. Even in our own country the women who lead drab, monotonous lives age much faster than their sisters whose lives are filled with change and interest. It is the alert, bright, wideawake women who are on their tiptoés all the time who keep young and fresh-looking. That is why business women, no matter how hard they have to work, keep their youth longer than the women who are mar- ried to rich men and who have nothing to do but to sit on a silk cushion and sew up a seam and feed upon strawberries, sugar and cream, like the heroine of the fairy tale. Sothgmmnwhomuwkubmmflfldwflgmr;'m of doing so than by reading and studying and keepi up evel g that is go- ing on in this interesting old world of ours and by having some vital interest that will keep her always pepped up and full of enthusiasm. Exercising her brains will do more to keep her young than exercising her body. Another thing that ages women is spitefulness. Envy and jealousy will trace little lines on a face that no massage can rub out. We never even think of a woman who says mean, hateful things and whose tongue stabs like a two- handed sword as being young. We always think of her as being old. An old | cat: mo matter what her real age. It is the wrinkles in her soul that focus our attention. And, on the other hand, the woman who is sweet and kind and gentle, the woman who has always something pleasant to say to us, the woman who be- lieves the best of everybody and who rejoices in everybody’s good fortune and sorrows with them in their misfortunes, may have celebrated as many birthdays as the Witch of Endor, but we never think of her as being old. We always think of her as young because she has kept the generous heart of youth. ‘There is no lotion that will do so much toward keeping a woman's face ;fl?m and free crow’s feet as just thinking kind thoughts and doing Self-pity is another first aid to age. Notice how the muscles around the mouth sag down as soon as a woman begins to feel that she is a poor, perse- cuted martyr, who has to keep house and iake care of her children instead of spending her time playing bridge and gadding the streets, Observe how dull her eyes grow after she has shed a few barrels of tears because her hard-worked husband doesn't pay her compliments and bring her orchids as he did when he was courting her. See how her shoulders sag under the load of trials and tribulations that she gathers together in her little kit bag and makes the most of. ) WBY. the woman who bemoans her fate because she has to bear the ordinary burdens of life is a decrepit old woman in reality, no matter how young | she is, because she lost the hope and the courage of youth. She is done for. | Sunk. All she is fit for is the grave, but the woman is still young, even if she is | as long as she can snap her fingers and has the ltwlhulhzrumu;, in “in the face of bad juck and laugh at it | her troubles and keep them to herself. | Courage and laughter can do more lift a woman's face and make it look young than all the plastic surgeons the world. And, finally. the thing that makes a woman old is for her to get hardening | of the ideas. When a woman ’eu to the place where she is perfectly sure that | her own opinions and points of view are the only correct ones and that every- body else should be compelled to adopt them and to conform to them, she is old. It is a sure sign of age when a woman thinks the young people are all going to the devil and when she tells her daughter-in-law how she should raise her chil- dren and when she starts reforming things. But a woman is young as long as can change her mind in two seconds and as long as she lets other people their own affairs in their own way and remembers a few of the silly things she did when she was a girl. Judged by these tests of age, how old are you, Ann? DOROTHY DIX. she run 1930. FEATURES.' SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. ‘When my dear Muvver used to holler “where my 'ittle helper?” I used t' come | a-runnin’, but since I went inter iss dish-wipin' business it's all I kin do t' dwag one foot after the uvver. (Copyright, 1930.) LITTLE SISTER BY RUBY HOLLAND. “There wuz one time when Willie dest Mad to do what I did an’ that wuz stay in bed an’ scratch when we bof had the measles.” Corn Pie. ‘This recipe for corn ple offers a| savory way of serving left-over veal, or | any other kind of meat for that matter. | Browned veal chops or small cutlets| might also be used if the housewife is simply in search of a vegetable-meat dish. One cupful drained corn, two egg yolks, two tablespoonfuls butter, salt and pepper, one cupful strained to- matoes, one pound previously cooked veal. Mix the corn—fresh corn may be used—with the other ingredients except the meat. The veal should be cooked and well seasoned. Put half of the corn mixture into a well buttered baking dish, add the veal, cut in pieces of serving size, and cover with the re- mainder of the corn and tomatoes. Bake in a moderate oven—350 degrees F.—for about half an hour. This serves four. Cooked chicken, slices of ham or other meat or shrimp may be substituted for the veal in making this dish. Manners of Speech. My dear children, look to your man- ner of speech. It is your introduction to the le about you. It makes friends for you or it isolates you. It opens the doors of pleasant places, or it closes them firmly against you. Relax your body when you are about to address anybody. Smile. Use your softest, clearest voice and your best | words, always the simplest ones at your command. Speak so clearly that each word seems carved from some magic substance and set to music. But speak to us in harsh notes, gob- ble and dribble and rasp at us, pour out upon our offended ears a stream of half formed, mutilated words set to the husky, or shrill noise of your untrained voice and we will flee you. I am not asking for anything that you will find too much for your powers of speech. You have been speaking English for years, you have read the best books, listened to the best speakers, have been drilled in the elements of speech, in the rudiments of your Eng- lish tongue, and you are intelligent. Beauty appeals to you. It is possible to cultivate lovely, charming speech. Imagine a boy ready for high school saying, to his teacher, “Gimme a han'ful uh pap'.” This was no foreign-born child. There was no excuse for such Speech manners. He thought it a fine pose. Imagine a girl, a pretty girl, saying to a stranger who inquired his way, “I dunno. Ask that guy over there,” point- ing over her shoulder and shifting a wad of gum from one cheek to the other. Imagine it. And a boy well on in high school who enters a man’s office and dumps a by age on his desk with the gruff intima- tion, “I wanna receipt.” Then there is the girl who pitches her voice too high, the one who giggles the while she is talking, the one who clips off the word ending and who never takes the trouble to look at the person to whom she is speaking. And the boy who keeps his hands in his kets, who slouches in a chair while talking to | an older person, who uses all the slang | words he knows in every sentence for | fear one will think he does not know the correct slang for a good Anglo- Saxon word. My children, this speech manner costs until thick. Remove OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL too great a price. Learn to m well educated, well trained youns people and you will feel much A you will have more respect for yourself and rejoice to find that other people Tespect you more. Stand up when you talk to your el- | ders, look them straight in the face, speak with lllu?emleneu. with all clarity, without affection of slang or style, and you will find power rising within you. Your speech is a registration of your thinking. It is a shadow of your real self. Make it lovely as you really are. ABE MARTIN SAYS o X g ‘Those who've been around to the jail to view the “beautiful rum queen” are almost unanimous in sayin' Lily Lang- try’s laurels remain secure. Even if the boys who set out in life with log cabin educations didn’ all to be President, they lived to tell it, and that's more'n we'll be able to say fer a bus education. =MISS CURTIS DAILY SUGGESTION MARSHMALLOW SPANISH CREAM A Dessert for Tonight Soak 1 tablespoonful granulated gelatine in 1Y%, pints water 15 minutes in double boiler. Add beaten yolks 3 eggs, Y4 cup sugar. Cook rom stove. beaten whites 3 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls MI: CURTIS’ MARSHMALLOW CREME and 1 tea- spoonful vanilla. Serve cold. Sold by all good grocers, 10 and 20 cents a can. Add st ™ oy I BY EDNA KENT FORBES course, a coated tongue shows some- thing wrong inside; it needs permanent as_well as temporary curing. ‘That’s all you can do to stop a bad ‘breath temporarily. If you have not been regular in these daily little habits, take an enema ediately, By reliev- ing congestion in the bowel system, this relieves the strain on the digestive or- rm: the food that has been ferment- ing in the tummy goes on through the 1ast process of digestion. And two glasses of hot water helps this, flushes out the liver as well as the ;mwm:mch, And all this stops a bad Miss R. N.—Lai Tesull from blackheads Wil take & long. tims to contract, but you may be lmpmlefi the texture of your skin all the time you take full baths all over every day; and after every thorough cleansing of your complexion, end it with an ice rub or by very cold water over it until you feel the lnlalwn' from the reaction to this stimulating treat- ment. More than three-quarters of the finest stones mined at Kimberly, the “diamond city” of South Africa, find their way to After the Fig Newtons again, are you? But that’s the kind of pilfer- ing your mothe~ doesn’t mind. She knows that Fig Newtons are really good fo Newtons REC.U.S. PAT. OFF. . real goodness in Newtons. .. and they're made by the "Uneeda Bakers.” Sold in packages and by the pound. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY “Uneeda Bakers™ r you. !““ES'B .+« BWeelt Says the Uneeda o il ey the prime pick of delicious form. the best grapefruit that money can buy! They’re big plump fellows, filled with liquid Florida sunshine—bringing you vita- mins, minerals and antacids in their most tasted the luscious juice UNm you’ve of Seald-Sweets, you won’t know what grapefruit enjoyment really meana! For Seald-Sweets are what their name est and finest in flavor . .. Florida’s crop. .. actually So if you want to enjoy grapefruit to the fullest, and if you want to get the greatest there’s a difference in Grapefruit? amount of health-help for your family— serve tree-ripened Seald-Swe ets every day! AND ORANGES, TOO Seald-Sweet is the name to remember when buying oranges. They’re the richest, juici- est and finest-to-taste oranges from Florida’s juice. ‘groves...the oranges that give you 4 more When you go to market for either grape- fruit or oranges, get the fruit stamped “Seald-Sweet.” And every time you’ll be sure of getting nice plump fruit, packed with delicious, health-giving Jjuice. Seald=-Sweet the pick of Floridaés crop ORANGES & GRAPEFRUIT