Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1930, Page 24

WOoM AN’S PAGE' New Type of Blouse Has Appeared BY MARY MARSHALL. flapperish uflee"‘:uas. and in- stead of asking ourselves, than dresses of 12 months ago. the new overblouse, and the first time you see it—with the skirt appearing sev- eral inches below the hem—you may be inclined to think that it is really a last- season frock with a skirt worn beneath to give needed length. On second glance you will see, by the cut of the sleeves and the shoulders and by the placing of the belt, that it is really quite up to date. From a yard or more of narrow rib- bon, & bit of fine wire, some embroid- ery floss and a stick of sealing wax you may make charming artificial: flowers to give the touch of femininity to the new silk or cotton dress. 1f you would | like & copy please send a stamped, self- Addressed envelope to Mary Marshall, care of this paper, and it will\be sent ou. v (Copyright, 1930.) ‘There is & dismal swamp called debt, the waters there are dark and wet and foul forevermore; the traveler who ven- tures there will thresh around in bleak | THIS LONG TUNIC BLOUSE 1S OF LIGHT BLUE CREPE DE CHINE, WORN OVER A NAVY BLUE PLEATED SKIRT. to be worn beneath the skirt band, others that may be worn either way, and the tendency is to shorten the | overblouse so that it extends only a few inches below the normal waist line. At the same time there is a new type of blouse, that hardly seems like a blouse at all, because it is even longer despair before he gets ashore. Along the roads and county lines the traveler sees danger signs, which warn him of the swamp; if he is wise he'll stop, in dread; if he's a chump he'll go ahead and to destruction romp. He may have an ambitious wife who fain would lead | a gorgeous life, though revenues be lean; she may insist on gems and furs and everything that would be hers if she were Sheba's queen. He, cannot bear to see her fret, and so he ventures | into debt, despite the danger signs; de- spite the warnings of the wise who know what tribulation lles amid the morass vines. The banks are slippery with slime and they are mighty hard ‘o climb when once a man falls in; he swims around with anguished shout, but hopes that he may yet crawl out and independence win. Perhaps he's an aspiring skate who doesn't like the low estate that haply he maintains; he fain would walk with plutocrats and wear silk ties and costly spats, and eke gold-headed canes. Perhaps he's just an easy mark who is inclined to pause and hark to every salesman’s talk; he's glad to pay five dollars down on any gaudy fake in town, at nothing will he balk. The wise men who have lived and learned, who've had their an- cient fingers burned, insist that debt’s & frost; “Keep out of debt,” they all re- mark, “avold the swamp so foul and dark, regardless of the cost. For those who fall into its mire will likely stay there and expire, its banks are hard to climb; avoid the wal dank, and get a nice tin and each day save a dime. WALT (Copyright, 1930.) BY ANGELO PATRL Mental Hygiene. t is easier than it used to be to habits guarded. So far so good. Now ‘what about the mental hygiene of the children? It is useless to work toward building & healthy body for a child if one ne- lects the health of his mind. Mind affected by experiences. of experiences a child knows color his thinking and, therefore, govern his | actions, his character. If we subject | that are harmful | with distrust will have on the general health and conduct of a child. - Some folk slam and angry tones, they are ‘harsh in word and action. ‘They are careless about disap- pointing a child. They will tell him that something good will come if he does 50 and so and he does his part, only to discover that the good is not forthcoming. It is a shock to the mind of a child to find that his adult MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. friends betray him. Shock breeds fear and fear is poison to mind and body. Mental hygiene guards a child against fear as physical hygiene guards him against infection. Strain, worry, fear, all related dif- ficulties, are bad for children. We must guard them against worry. It is bad to tell a child that ke will be punished severely when his father comes home, or that next week he will be disciplined by the head of the school. If a child is to be punished, punish him and get done with it. ‘Teach children how to prepare for examinations. As long as they have to take them the least we can do is to safeguard them against worry as far as in our power lies. By and by we shall have sense enough not to expose children to such trials. Try to avold failure for a child. So adjust his work that he must succeed, at least experience sufficient success to keep his mental attitude healthy. Men- tal health comes first. All else de- pends upon .it. Guard it as you would o!.:le child’s very life, for it is the essence e. (Copyright, 1930.) My Neighbor Says: ‘To clean and renew oak floors, rub the following mixture spar- ingly over them: Equal parts of sweet oll, turpentine and vinegar, well mixed. Velvet and velours may be safely washed by plunging -them up and ‘down in lukewarm suds. When the water becomes dirty, change it and use more suds. Do not wring out these fabrics. It makes deep wrinkles, which are not easily removed. Hang full length and dripping wet on the line until dry. Strong soap suds and hot water will remove stains from has become dis- and 3 If you have a clock that will not go because it wants cleaning, i paraime, and piace 1 st she pa and pl t at bottom of the Cream of Celery Soup with Rice. Baked Ham, Brown Gravy. Roast Potatoes. Boiled Buttered Cabbage. Beet and Lettuce Salad. Squash Pie, Cheese. Coffee. VEGETABLE HASH. ‘This hash 14s very cheap to make, but is very delicious. Take four good-sized beets and carrots, one large turnip, five or six potatoes and a small onion, peel them, then wash and slice them quite thin and piace in a kettle with water about two inches above the vegetables. Add a plece of pork two inches square and a little cooking soda about as big a5 & pea. Boll three hours over & very low flame, for if it cooks too quickly i will burn on the bottom. ‘When nearly done add salt and pepper to taste. When done it have a thick gravy. BAVARIAN CREAM. ‘Two cups milk. two tablespoons sugar, four egg yolks, three fourths cup sugar, one-half cup bolling water, two cups cream, one tea- spoon vanilla, two tablespoons granulated gelatin, one-half cup cold water. Scald the milk and rour over egg yolks beaten slight- ly with the two tablespoons sugar. Caramelize the three-fourths cup of sugar and dissolve in the boil- water. Add to the custard. id the gelatin which has veer softened in the cold water. Strain into a bowl and set in :ce water. When' it begins to thicken add vanilla and two cups of cream beaten stiff. Mold and chill, If cream’ is not on hand the v hites of the eggs can be used. CELERY SOUP. Half pound celery, one-half cup rice, one quart cold water, tablespoons butter, drippings or other preferred fat, one table- spoon ¢l e rice and celery in the water uniil both Press them s, i the i, AN m and will make five or you, too, can have OULD you like to have lovely waxed lfoor-—juu like those in the most modern homes—in a few minutes—for a few ceats? It is now ible with this new magic polish— F.nfi{l Vax, Old floors look like new and new floors stay like new, whether they are waxed, varnished, shellaced or paint- ed. Because Old English Wax gives double wear as well as double lustre. Protects floors against scratches, worn s and children’s carelessness. Its ming polish lasts for weeks. rade prej waxes e blending of hard im- ported (Carnauba) waxand the softer, cheaper domestic waxes. Genuine Ol English Wax sells for the same price THE EVENING NANCY PAGE Eat Vegetables and Vary Their Appearance. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. The doctor had advised Lois to.eat plenty of fresh vegetables, especially those which had much cellulose in the makeup. Accordingly cabbage found a prominent place in her menu. She tried cooking it the new way. This meant that she shaved or sliced the amount needed, cooked it in a small amount of boiling salted water for ten or fifteen minutes only. At the {end of this time the cabbage was still |an attractive green color, it still re- tained a certain crispness and it had AW |a fresh, attractive taste far removed | from the old, boiled cabbage cooked | until it became brown and slippery and strong in flavor and odor. Lois discovered a number of ways of | making coleslaw, too. She used & | boiled " dressing, occasionally. There |was a special dressing that pleased | Roger. | _This was poured over cabbage while |the dressing was still hot, but the |slaw itself was served cold.’ To make | the dressing Lois mixed one teaspoonful salt, one-half teaspoonful mustard and one tablespoonful sugar with one egg. Over this she poured one-half cup hot milk and cooked this in double boiler until mixture thickened. Then she ad- ded one-quarter cupful vinegar and two tablespoonfuls butter. Another dressing which was Lols’ favorite called for one-half cupful sweet or sour cream, one tablespoonful sugar, one teaspoonful salt, dash of pegper. This was mixed into two cup- fuls finely chopped cabbage. Then one- quarter cupful vinegar was added. The slaw was stirred well and served, with or without the addition of one tea- spoonful celery or caraway seeds, (Copyright, 1930.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Their Own Toilet Articles. One mother says: My children had trouble in knowing their own towels, wash cloths and toothbrushes, until I decided upon a color for each one. Mary has green toothbrush, towels with green borders and washcloths to match. Virginia has blue for her color and Albert has yel- low, each child being given -his choice of colors. W if any one of these ar- ticles is odt of place or accidentally drops on the floor we know just whose it is and it can be put back in its proper place. Now that there is no longer any chance of these things becom! ‘mixed, the children take pride in ‘who can keep their towels and washrags the. cleanest, (Copyright, 1930 Admire as most prepared waxes, but it con- tains twice as much Carnauba wax. ‘That is why it polishes twice as beau- tiful — wears twice as Ibng —and is most economical.- There's only one wax that gives floors a double lustre with no extra work. That is Old English Wax. Demand it from your dealer. Tryit! At hard- ware, paint, drug, depart- ment stores. Made by The A. S. v oyle Co., Cin'ti, 0,U.5.A Old English Wax PASTE OR L IQUID POLISH STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, World Owes Debt of Gratitude to Old Maid for Disinterested Service in Behalf of Mankind. Stingy Husbands | ; JDEAR MISS DIX—I am one of the millions of girls who did not marry be- cause there were more women than men in the community in whi lived. What can soclety expect of us old maids?—OLD MAID, Answer<-Unless you are one of those who believe that adding to the - | lation in an already overcrowded world is the most important function of & | human being, there is no reason why you should not esteem an old maid’s life as useful to society as that of any one else, As a matter of fact, there are few people who have performed greater service to their day and generation than old maids. Queen Eil ruling | England wisely and well, and in whose reign literature flourished as it never | had before and commerce expanded and colonies were developed. Susan B. Anthony, leading the fight for women's freedom and right to the ballot. Florence Nightingale, coming like an angel to the wounded soldiers in war and blazing the way for the great Red Cross to follow, carrying succor to all the afflicted of the world. Jane Addams, establishing community centers and be- ginning the Americanization of aliens in our country. Dorothea Dix, the first person to bring about the humane treatment of the insane. Prances Willard, teaching umreuncm Thousands of oid maids who have been educators, who have been writers, who have been artists. The list is endless. Why, practically every female saint who has ever been canonized has been an old maid. And in every town and community in the land, in every family, there are old maids who are the backbone of every movement for civic and public good, and who do the work that other people are too busy and too occupied with their own affairs to do It is Miss Jane or Miss Kate who wakes le up to the need of a hospital or a tuberculosis clinic or a creche for the babies of working mothers. It is Miss Mary or Miss Emeline who organizes the public library and starts the play center for children, And it is Aunt Sally or Aunt Hattle, who hasn't any children of her own, who comes in to help out when mother is sick and the children have the flu and the cook leaves and everything is at sixes and sevens, and poor father doesn't know which way to turn, And there are millions of prosperous men and women who owe what they are to the sacrifices of old mald sisters who stayed at home with the old people 50 that they might be free io follow their own ambitions, who worked and denied themselves to put them through college and to give them the good clothes that enabled them to take their place in society. Somebody once said that God couldn’t be everywhere all the time, so He made mothers. You could amend this and say that mothers couldn’t do every- thing, so God made old maids to do the things that mothers left undone, Nothing is more pitiful than the way that old maids undervalue themselves and the lopsided and pessimistic view they take of their estate. They seem to feel that there is a kind of shame attached to being unmarried, that it indicates that-they were lacking in attractions and were passed over by men. All of which is utter nonsense. For a woman not to have married is no re- flection upon her charms. It merely shows that for some reason of her own she did not choose to ‘marry, and every intelligent person looks upon it that way nowadays. None but fools sneer at old maids any more than they do at old bachelors. In these times no one questions why a woman marries or remains unmarried. It is entirely a matter of personal preference and individual circum- stances. Nor need the old maid feel that she is barred from happiness and a full and useful life. Undoubtedly the highest pinnacle of human bliss is attained by the lucky woman who marries & man who loves her and is faithful to her and who has fine children, but how many woman are fortunate enough to draw the capital prize in the matrimonial lottery? And if the old maid misses the best fate has to give she also is safe from the worst fate than can befall a woman. She never goés through the agony of the woman who sees her husband cease to love her, who sees another woman put in her place, who listens to the drag of a drunken footstep coming home of a night. Sl}e never has her heart broken by wild and ungrateful children, So the old maid's lot is not one that calls for self-pity. It is one that has many consolation prizes in it, and that can be made of benefit to its fiwner and to society. e it DOI DIX. DEAR MISS DIX—My husband has a salary of $10,000 a year. We have no children and no dependents. He gives me $100 a month, Out of this I have to buy all of the food, all my clothes and any little extras required for the house, On no account does he ever give me an extra dollar. When we go on a vacation I have to pay my own board, and I have to save up for that, as I don’'t receive any money for that time. I am very self-conscious when I am out in company, as I am never well dressed. My husband is good to me in every other way, and he doesn’t spend any money on himself either or any one else. If we had to save every penny I would gladly do it, but as we don’t I think I should have a little more liberal allowance. I earned $50 a week before I married. ‘ * TROUBLED HOUSEWIFE. Answer—Well, if I had that sort of tightwad husband I would go back and get my old job, and let him see if he could get anybody else to do the cooking and scrubbing and washing and ironing and the marketing for board and clothes. ‘There is no one in the world who believes more in thrift than I do. I think that every married couple that lives up to every cent received, unless there is no possible margin of saving, presents examples of both fools and knaves. They are fools beeause the rainy day is bound to come to us all. There are bound to be times of bad business, times of sickness, the time of old age when one's earning capacity is over with. Idiots, thrice idiots, those who do not provide in the days of prosperity for these contingencies. And they are criminal because those who have not saved up anything to carry them through the lean years rob the thrifty who have worked and sacri- m to accumulate what they have. The parasite is just as much a thief as the -up man. But saving, like every other virtue, can become a vice is carried to an ex- treme, and it is just as foolish and wrong for & man to deny himself and his family every pleasure as he goes along through life as it is for him to waste everything in riotous living. For we pass this way but once, and if we do not stop to play a little and to have a little fun we have missed something that we can never have again. * ‘We can wait for things so long that we do not want them. We can atroph; our until we no longer have any. We can deny ourselves pleasures until we lose the capacity for enpoyment, and that is what the too-saving do. ‘They put off feasting until they have lost their appetite, They defer their Joy rides un- Ul they are o old and rheumatic to want to do anything but sit by the fire- side. They hoard and hoard until that gets to be such a passion with them that they cannot spend, and so in the end the only ones who enjoy thel fortunes are their heirs, 4 ‘There is no other husband in the world who is so hard to deal with as a miserly one, because he loves his money better than he ever does any woman, but sometimes such a man is ashamed to have it known that his wife has to work to get her pin money, and he will give her a decent allowance rather than have her take a job. DOROTHY D] (Copyright. 19%0.) KEEP THE DANGER LINE HEALTHY AND YOU NEEDN'T FEAR PYORRHEA\ Prorruza always begins with an infection of the gum - tissue, The Danger Line, where the gums meet the teeth, As long as this vital line stays healthy, pyorrhea hasn’t a chance. So never injure the delicate gum tissue wich too stiff a tooth brush or a gritty dentifrice. And stop acids from irritating it Acids which “fermenting food particles constantly produce. Squibb’s Dental Cream neutralizes these acids. It contains 50% Squibb’s Milk of Magnesia. Plenty of this safe, effective antacid to penetrate the crevices of the teeth and gums and render de- structive acids harmless. Squibb’s contains no grit, no astrin- gents or other irritants. It cleans safely and beautifully. Don’t be careless about selecting a dentifrice when the use of Squibb’s ean mean so much. A+ all reliable drug stores. Copyright 1930 by E. R. Squibb & Sons TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1939, FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLIE MONROE. Variety in Diet. If you would like to make the Dbest of your food , whatever uhh.ywmunworklornnetyinm diet. ke iy miadh oge need not take y m ly:‘:mlnt. Rice and dried fish would do for the mainstay. If you were among the humbler classes of France or Italy, you would not have to pay so much at- tention to variety as you do here. For the dally meals in those countries are far more monotonous than ours. Being in this country, you must see to it that your family’s appetites are not allowed to lag because of the monotony of the diet. And with Spring in ‘the air, at least, you must make special effort to me a lighter, brighter to meals n usual. lads help do this, and so does fruit, both cooked and raw. And fruit salads, of course, are a good solution of the difficulty. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I is goin’ t’ Hab. t' gib up teachin Baby her Jetters, ‘cause I can't 'sulain W to her. When I say, “Now, Baby, say double-you,” her allers say, “Double-me"! (Copyrisht, 1930, LITTLE SISTER BY RUBY HOLLAND, “I wish my daddy would forget again that muvver's dieti n' bring home a box ob chocolates 'cept I do hate to see my muvver c: (Copyright, 19%0.) Honey-Cream Dressing. Beat three egg yolks in & small saucepan. Heat half a cupful of strained honey to bol then :Illowly onto the eggs, beating constant- five minutes. salad oll, half dash of paprika and beat for two min- utes. Let cool. Just before serving add three tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, whip one cupful of cream and fold it into the salad dressing. Make & fruit salad of any preferred fruits und serve with this dressing. FEATURES," Famous Cinderellas—Good and Bad Prince of Hohenlohes Gave Up Reign to Marry Peasant Girl. BY S P. ‘The love story of Clars Braun, the Hohenlohe-Langenberg, ‘outdoes Grimm and all the other tellers of fairy tales. Charles was the oldest son of the reigning Hohenlohe prince, and heir to the prinef y, when he met Clara Braun, in the forest he found her standing by the gate of a cof 5 She was s0 pretty he stopped to ask for & cup of water. Recognizing him, she hastened to bring it. “What is your name, pretty maid?” he asked. “Clara Braun,” she said. “And what does. your father do?” “He is a game-keeper, ‘sir.” Charles asked a few more questions |and then went away. But he came back |8gain the next day; and the day after that. Clara’s brown hair-and eyes, her | pink cheeks and her graceful figure had set him dizay with love. Of course, there must be a villain in |an_episode 'like this, 'Charles’ brother | Herman, played the role in the most ap- | proved style. | Herman -bitterly resented being a | younger brother. He wanted to rule J;;:amhhe-un:enben ‘when his father Herman caught Charles and - Clara making love in the forest. - He was greatly pleased, for he knew. his brother was the sort of fellow who would want to marry the girl, even if she were peasant. If he did he would forfeit the succession, which would fall-to Herman. -SUB ROSA BY MIMI Self Styled. We speak of & person as a “self- styled artist” when his pie him away or refer to a man ‘self- styled doctor” when he's merely a chiropodist. It's & polite and i2"{Rat “there “shouid e S0 many’ oF 50 these self-stylists in the world. But you can be “self-styled” when you choose to dress, doll up and talk in your own way. The Just wha act. peasant girl, and Charles, Prince of | on! by | let GLASS. “WHAT 1§ YOUR NAME, PRETTY MAID?" HE ASKED, ‘The reigning prince even then lay sick. This had prevented Charles from breaking the news of his romance. Ine 'deed. his poor father became 50 ill thag he had to be constantly at his side. For | & time he had to give up seeing Clara, It was now that Herman essayed the role of villain, Unluckily, he too had succumbed to Clara’s charms. While Charles was detained at the palace he ht her a note ostensibly written by his brother. It gave her certain in- structions. Clara put on her gayest garb a few days later and prepared to set out on a journey. Luckily, Papa Hohenlohe suddenly improved in health. This released Charles. He mounted horse and set off for Clara's cottage. It was deserted. Charles, entering, found a note on the mantel. It was from Clara to her father, over my absence,” it said. to marry Prince Charles.” ‘There’s not much more to the story. Charles, who hadn’t known his wedding date had been set, remounted and dashed madly through the forest. He caught up with Clara, who had just left the cottage. A quarter of a mile further on, Prince Herman, in a car- riage, waited in vain to carry her off to a secret rendezvous, That night Charles threatened to shoot Herman if he tried any more funny stuff with Clara, Merman re- torted that Charles would have to give her up if he wished to succeed to the Xtdp.nw‘\w the big id was then ig idea came Charles, iy “I don't ‘want to reign” he said. “All' 1 want is Clara. Il marry her and, of course, that automatically en- titles you to the succession.” That is the way it was worked out. Herman permitted Clara to be made the Countess von Bronn. A fortune was settled on her and provision was made that her children should be counts and countesses, (Copyrighf Boiled Dinner. 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