Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1930, Page 29

WOM AN’S PAGE. Important Details of Blouses BY MARY ‘The sugcess of your n°w Spring suit will depend to a great extent on the blouses with which it 1s worn, and the adequacy of the blouse will depend on the sort of front it presents. The tai- lored blouse of men's suit material may be worn with a mannish shirt with high, soft turn-down collar and a conven- tional four-in-hand tle, in which case a very narrow margin of shirt cuff should appear below the edge of the jacket sleeves. ‘The same tailored suit may be worn with a more feminire biouse of silk with FLESH-COLORED CREPE DE CHINE BLOUSE HAS WIDE JABOT. THE SLEEVELESS BLUE LINGERIE| BLOUSE HAS FRONT TRIMMING OF RUFFLES AND TUCKS. & deep, full jabot, or if you like with | & blouse or vestee showing rows of tucks and ruffies at the front. By changing the type of the blouse the same suit may be made to suit many occasions. The dressmaker type of suit, made of silk or woolen material, should never sports type of suit is at its best with a sweater blouse or a short blouse of sports sillk or cotton. A suit of medium weight woolen ma- terial may be made appropriate for al- most any sort of Spring day, simply by the sort of blouse with which it is worn. For coolest days a long-sleeved tuck-in sweater blouse may be s-lected with a fur scarf to add warmth to neck and shoulders. A sleeveless light-weight woolen sweater or a long-sleeved silk Blouse is comfortabl: on a milder day, BEAUTY CHATS Thick Eyelashes. The best way I can think of to make eyelashes seem longer and thicker than they are is to rub them with a thiek, black cold cream. Any sort of cream will make thém seem a little longer and thicker and more prominent gen- erally. because it will make them glossy. Remove the face powder that always is spread over them, and use the cream because oil darkens hair, sometimes us!"‘gleleltuan,mneumeslotn But a cold cream made as I make mine, by collecting a little soot on a caras or forms of eye make-up on the market, I know, and the good ones are harmless. But any thick, waxy stuff, hard to put on and take off, makes the eyes look theatrical. And ren mber that mno make-up should be used on the lower lashes, ex- | cept this black cold cream, Mascara makes the lower lashes look like black wires, which is very ugly. It does not matter so much about the upper ones— in fact, does not show so much—but wiry lower lashes are really awful. Use MARSHALL. while on the warmest days in Spring a mt‘-::igm sleeveless vestee or blouse If you want to make a new frock with one of the new long skirts, or if you want to lengthen an old frock, your stamped, self-addressed envelope to Mary Marshall, care of this paper and this week’s Pattern Diagram will be for- warded to you. (Copyright, 1930.) OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL Binding Children. Grown people are inclined to bind children by laws, by labels, by other | unworthy means, in order to set them on the road to success. It is a very | poor method for such a result. The | 8iccessful child is the free child, free |of , of fear, of inhibitions of | healthy expression of personality. “There you go again, John. My word, if you ever did anything without spill- | ing whatever was in your path I'm sure | I don't know what I'd do. Is there | anything you haven't knocked over | yet? All T can think of is the grand piano.” An adolescent boy is very awkward. He is conscious of it to his detriment. The more he dwells on the matter the more trouble he will find in it. When somebody tells him that he is expected | to be a bull in a china shop he sinks in | his spirit. Discouragement never watered a thirsty soul yet. “Pig. I might have known you would eat all there was in sight. The more 1 give you the more you eat. And, of course, you had to take Betty's pencils. Hadn't enough of your own. You're a born grabber. A pig, if ever there was one. you.” That won't do either. Call a dog & thief and he’ll steal is as true today as when it was said in the beginning. Names are a great force. Give the chil @ good name. Call him by that name, emphasiz= its obligatioris and drag the child up to its level. ‘Teach him to call upon his ancestry, his father and his grandfather who bore their names well, | in time of trouble, and he will surprise | you with his effort to rise. But call him below his name and you drag him down. And don't, if vou really want to help | & child make fund of him before oth_r people by describing him as a booby. If you paint him as a clown, as a ne’er do well, as a misfit, you make him feel a fallure. No child willingly ac- cepts that status. He will fight it with might and main, and because his powers, and his weapons are so feeble, he must resort to demoralizing s onstrations. He will strut, he will swagger, he will pretend, he will com- mit offenses in order to justify himself in the eyes of those before whom ‘he ‘was de-manned. Sarcasm is unfair and dangerous. Chl.ldren‘ gvnl;)t uan‘im‘md it lnm sent it 3 at a angers it and rouses deep and dan-~ ness, encouragement, a gentle toleration, a fixed faith in goodness and sincerity his error than all the unlovely gestures mistaken people make. ‘Whatever you do or say to a child should have this idea shadowed within : I do this, to lift a load from this child’s spirit. (Copyrisht, 1930.) BY EDNA KENT FORBES naycoldcre‘moreh:phlncmmu EIGHTEEN-DAY DIET. :rn;fls&.fi usual. i, ey unch—} a grape one lam| chop, lettuce, tea. Dinner—Half a grapefruit, one lamb chopil lettuce, tea. Sounds ? lettuce and one mashed for lunch, for dinner instead of the grapefruit. Don't forget to drink lots of water each day. You | must keep the stomach flushed ote. Hot water midmorning is a good idea. L. M.—Mucous in the eyes could come from any cause of irritation. Getting powder in the eyes might contribute to the trouble. Try bathing them night and morning, using an eye cup so you | can do a thorough job. Healing eye wash is made by dis- solving a teaspoonful of boracic acid powder in a pint of water that has passed the boiling point and is then allowed to partially cool before the powder is added. Stir until powder is dissolved and keep the wash covered 80 no dust gets into it, or bottle it for use, If you need to use the eye wash for an; h of time make it fresh every few days. water also Is & cleansing ‘Weak salt eye wash. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM How to Hold Calories. Chittenden, famous nutrtiion physi- ologist, found that his normal welght and condition were maintained on 1,600 calories a day. Underhill, another au- thority, though three inches above aver- age height, maintained himself on 2,000 calories a day. Mendel, still another authority, also three inches above-aver- age height, maintained his weight on | , 2,450 calories a day. Physicians and physiologists generally agree that a sedentary adult requires from 2,000 to 2500 caiories & day. A calory is the amount of heat or energy it requires to increase the tem- perature of a gram of water one degree Centigrade. A gram is approximately one-fourth teaspoonful and one degree Centigrade is 18 degrees Fahrenheit. (Some day we'll junk our ridiculous jumble of weights and measures and adopt the decimal or metric system with the rest of the world.) The human machine is more efficient than any invented by man. A body in fair conditions develops 45 per cent BRADY, M. D. 22 per cent of the energy in the fuel consumed. Fuel for the body comes in the form of fat or ofl, protein or nitrogenous material, and carbohydrate or starch and sugar. Mineral matter does not | yleld any ‘energy, though essential for | | the functioning of the organs. Fiber, | cellulose, packing, wrappers, , bones, connective tissue, trellis work, do not yield """fi' but are ! desirable as admixture with the fuel. A gram of protein, such as white of €gg, lean meat, gluten- of wheat, cot- tage cheese, yields four calories. There being approximately 28 grams in | an ounce, you see an ounce of pure pro- |tein would yleld 112 calrries. A gram {of pure starch or sugar yields exactly | the same amount of heat or energy as a gram of protein. But a gram of pure fat or oil, such as suet, butter, olive ofl, | - | yields 9.4 calories, | The proportions of the three food | materials which seem best adapted for man are as follows: { | ,.From protein, 65 grams (2 ounces), 250 calories. Piggy is a perfectly good name for | gerous determination to get back. Kind- | of effort will do more to free a child of | Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. March 5, 1857.—The Sun Fire Com- pany of Alexandria, Va., Was the vic- tim of a “villainous hoax? today. The members of the company arrived in this |- city, breathless and excited, with their fire apparatus this afternoon, prepared to ald in extinguishing & ‘“great fire” that was supposed to be raging some- where in Washington. No fire could be found. An inquiry was started at once to ascertain the cause of their sudden ar- rival, It appears that the vice presi- he Sun Fire Company received et o e ever the electric telegraph Wire today purporting to come from | Robert Doyle, €sq., president of the | Franklin Fire Company of Washing- | ton. Here is the message: “M. Dufey—Bring the Sun hose rite up. R. Doil, president Pranklin.” Believing_the occasion was urgent and that the fire apparatus of Alex- andria was needed to help put out a great_conflagration in this Federal me- | tropolis, the members of the Sun Co. made unusual exertions to get under way. Some of them even closed their places of business, so that they could devote the rest of the day to fire-fight- ing in this city. What the members of the Sun Co. |said when they discovered that some | practical joker had sent thaf message over the electric telegraph wire need not be repeated here. e words can | well be imagined. | The immense number of visitors who came to the city to see the inauguration of President Buchanan yesterday for the most part remained over until to- day. The hotels are still filled. Although it was generally known that important public business was certain to occupy the attention of the new President today, the Executive Mansion was eagerly besieged early in the fore- noon by crowds of visitors, who wanted to catch a close view of Mr. Buchanan and, if possible, to shake his hand be- fore departing for their homes. As usual, there was a great rush of business in the closing hours of Con- gress yesterday, and it was not until today that all the results ceuld be checked up. It was discovered today that, although both Houses in the last hours had passed the bill to extend the Capitol grounds, no money was appro- riated to carry out the project, so that it will have to await another session of Congress. | Stubby says if you don't think peanuts | is fattenin’, how do you explain an| elephant? Household Methods BY BETSY CALLISTER. Kitchen Sinks. If you are so fortunate 85 not to havé to wash your own dishes the chances are that you have no idea of how many hours a day the maid of all work or the cook or the cook’s helper or the housewife herself has to spend over the kitchen sink. She stands there | washing and pots and pans. She stands there lell‘.}lleyS IlheAnn ;llsh.ln‘ and preparing vegetal times & day besides she steps kitchen sink to fil! the tea kettle with water, to wash her own ds, to put refuse in the container at the side of the sink or for some other common- place duty. When you realize how much time is spent about the sink you understand how important it is to have it as convenient and efficient as possible. ‘What about the light at your sink? It may be that you are planning to have the electrician arrange a better light over your dressing table or beside the piano or by your husband’s desk in his study. Did it ever occur to you to notice what sort of light there is over your kitchen sink? ‘This is especially important during Winter months, when dishes have to be washed after fading of the light of It is very important, too, to have the height of - the sink right for the one who has to use it most often, (Copyright, 1930.) Hashed Brown Potatoes. Chop three cupfuls of cold boiled po- | tatoes into small cubes. Salt and pep- | per to taste. Heat one-fourth cupful of | fat in a small pan, add the toes and mix and stir until the fat and potatoes are hot and well blended. Press and smooth down with a knife over half of the bottom of the pan. Let stand until well browned under- neath, then loosen with a knife. Cover the pan and invert so that the potatoes Will rest on the cover without disturb- ing the shape. Add more butter to the pan, slip the potatoes from the cover to the pan with the uncooked side turned down, and let remain until| brown on this side. Turn out as you would an omelet. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN, MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. Special Dispatch to The Star. HOLLYWOOD, March 5 (N.AN.A.).— Hollywood film stars are pleading guilty right merrily to tax evasions these days —Eleanor Boardman with a little bill of $15,000 and Marjorie Berger snugly tucked away behind bars for a bit in the interests of justice! A long list of players and directors are mentioned in this connection. Billy Haines and Dorothy Mackalll were two of the first players to be called in the big clean-up. Public relations counsels of the vari- ous studios have been keeping the| wires hot between the cinema center and Washington. It has been a nervous time for all. The P. R. C. is called into play whenever a gelatin lad or lassie goes astray. It is his duty to put on the soft pedal. He works hand in hand with the “suppress” agent. The best work in this line done in Hollywood is all of the s-hhh! variety. ‘The village may be the world’s au- thority on make-up, on face revamp- ing, on lace pieces which defy detec- tion and render the bald spot nil per- fectly. We were the first to bare the leg. Aviation was taken over whole- heartedly by screen players when civil- ians kept to the ground assiduously. ‘We scoop the future and bury the past. But along our Main street are neat little glass cages with the latest in false teeth temptingly displayed. Yom can have your choice of gums, running from pale pink to a gay cherry color— this last for parties, perhaps. Holly- wood is so gay! i Sharon Lynn, looking like a Dresden cinema figurine in a floor-sweeping frock of sunburn lace, proved that some movie ladies can do more than fill the WHO REMEMBERS ? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Resistered 7. 8. Patent Oftice. ‘When coal oil and sugar mixed to- gether was a sure cure for croup. eye when she sang charmingly at Car- mel Myers' party a few evenings ago, playing her own accompaniments adeptly. most effective of any beauty of the day —white skin and Titian hair; jade ear- rings and a_rope of apple-green jade about her slim, white throat; eyelids artfully shaded green to emphasize the green lights in her eyes; sweeping white satin gown, bare of trimming, and jade- green velvet sandals. She takes your breath away. She sings also. Is a fin- ished hostess, entertaining in a sophis- ticated, smooth f 3 Hollywood has put the foot down on the village party. When the colony en- | tertains these days they know right well | | whom they wish to have. And the | beaux have been taught to come with- {out a galaxy of ladies in their train. Hitherto no hostess had the faintest idea of how many would attend a sup- per. She'd invite 20, and perhaps 60 would gather around the festive board. Ladies would drop in with a fringe of admirers, and genties got to the point where they lugged along a few mem- bers ‘of the frail sex to show they were |in demand. Carmel Myers' color scheme is the | A girl who came with two escorts found herself eclipsed by a lass who had a quartet of slick men to elbow. It was great fun for guests. But, oh, the hostess! One could always Ph‘m‘ a desperate call to the gentleman n the pin-c suit, who would arrive ronto with first aid to the thirsty. ut 60 hungry young things at a party planned for 20 got to be too thick. Lewis Stone once entertained, and {found himself surrounded by strange fa ‘Rum said one young man with a wisp of golden hair al his long upper lip. “Who's giving this mix-up, !” staccatoed Stone. And the young man melted away. (Copyright, 1930.) FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLIE MONROE. If you really have to set as good & table and as nourishing a table as pos- sible on the lowest possible amount of money, you should certainly have soup at least once a day. To be sure, it takes time and means trouble, but it is worth while. Housekeepers of ing schools ::d = lmhwu keepers, m have make a little money go a way, have discovered that there is nof ll.ke“l;up to take the edge off the -a) § any family good soup once or twice a day can be made from what is ordi- narily thrown away, plus a very little in the way.of soup bones and occa- sionally a bit of soup green. The refuse and left over from vegetables in most families, however, will make even this unnecessary. The cost of soup bones and soup meat may be almost elimi- nated if the soup meat is turned to account in the making of croquettes or some other sort of minced meat dish, An English cook says that the secrets of good soup making are slow simmer- ing, careful skimming and judicious flavoring. The first and the last most of us know, but many cooks never think of skimming the soup pot. ness - BY LEE PAPE. Us fellows was standing in frunt of my house tawking and argewing, and our cook Nora opened the frunt win- dow, saying, Dont let those scallywag friends of yours tramp on my nice cleen steps, that all I got to say to you. And she closed the window agen, Pudgs saying, G wizz, are you afraid of your cook? I should say not, I sed. You saw how quick she shut the window again, dident you, and you know why, dont you? Because she was scared of what I was going to say back to her, thats why, I sed, and Puds sed, Well I bet you our cook better watch out what ml;-{:kw lfle all rite. I bet you I coul e all you guys wawking rite through the kitchen and she w‘:\fldmt d.l:,l n'y“A werd,y{\e sed. s fellows saying, Aw on, your dreeming, prove it why d'o‘x’n you.’ g0 on and prove it. And we dared him and dubble dared him, and he took us around in the alley and we all went in his back gate, and his cook looked out lhehflwhlx;l door “llyhiin!g, ‘Whats going on here, wheres all this muddy lool tribe going? it Im going to take them rite through the kitchin, Puds sed, and the cook sed, Well of all the nervy impudents, wait till I get a broom and show you wich way yoir going. And she came running out waving a broom and we all started to run out backwerds through the gate again, Puds saying, Hay, look out what your doing, who do you think you are, you better be careful now, Im warning you, do you hear? . ‘Wich by that time we was all a ways out in the alley agen with the gate shut, including Puds, us fellows saying, O no, your not afraid of her, O yes, your the boss all rite, like fun. ‘Why whatts a matter, you herd what I sed to her dident you? Puds sed and we sed, O yes, and we say what you did, too. Proving actions speek louder than werds even if their both going on at the same time. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “All of our family was handsome, ex- cept Brother Ben's teeth stuck out too far, an’ he looked right well after a mule colt kicked him.” (Copyright, 1930.) FEATURES. Historic Feasts and Meals Cleopatra’s Dinners Made Antony’s Look Like a Piker's. BY J. P. GLASS. “HE SENT A COURIER W%‘l ‘It is related that a young Greek out of curiosity visited the kitchen of Mark Antony. Seeing eight wild boars roast- ing at the same time, he expressed great surprise. “What a great number of guests these must serve,” he said. “Nay,” replied an officer, laughing. “There will not be above a dozen in all. But supper must be served in per- fection, and perfection in food every moment geases and spoils.” He went on: “It often happens that Antony will order his supper and a moment after forbid it to be served, having entered into some conversation that diverts him. Hence, not one but many suj are provided, because it is hard to know at what time he will think fit to have it set on the table.” Antony seems to have taken consid- erable pride in the meals he served his guests until he ran into competition with the lavish Cleopatra. On the occasion of their first meet- ing she had no sooner disembarked from the vessel that brought her than he sent a courier with his compliments and an invitation to sup with him. “That is very delightful,” she told the deputy, “but I should like much better to play host to Antony. him come m"t:gr rather than that I sl go to The. Roman wasn't disposed to dis- pute the matter. He accepted Cleo- patra’s offer. She had caused & number of hand- some tents o be set.up on the banks of the Nile and in a brief had fur- nished them with Oriental magnifi- cence. But what amazed Antony was the brilliant and artistic illuminations that were provided. They made mid- 2uhv,—ha stayed late—seem like mid- ay. ‘The repast was wonderful. Return- ing to his own habitation, Antony de- termined that he must make an equally impressive showing in entertaining Cle- :DICH. He invgbgem for the‘n'lll;l lay. But thougl everythi e could contrive he felt that he had (llg‘d. He w:‘fulmed it to his .“fi o new endeavors. From then on she made greater and greater feasts for Antony. service was be; anything An- tony had dreamed of. He a par- ticularly the vast number of her gold wrought by skilled workmen and 3 tra. “They are but trifies. Accept them as a :m. please.” Her next banquet outdid all others.- Anf and the guests he had brought with , according to custom, ‘1‘1‘. dmll;mhhed officers, lapsed into i 3 eir hostess presented all the ves- HIS COMPLIMENTS AND AN INVITATION SUP WITH HIM.” sels and plates of gold and silver to the diners, who were astounded at such b~ e and said so. "Oh,” replied Cleopatra, disdainf' "ly, “Did I I could spend a milliow or3 myself!” ‘With'a motion of ennul, she dissolved in & cup a pearl worth a fortune and drank Jt. (Copyright, 1930.) JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. | AM AFRAID THAT THE SCIENTIST WHO 1S J. K—"T fear that the scientist, etc,” is the correct form, not “I am afraid that, etc.” “Marriage settle- ments are prosaic affairs.” For & prompl reply to English and eti- quette questions, inciose 2-cent stamp. Split Peas. Pick over and wash two cupfuls of split peas. Place in a keftle with one qungnot cold water, to bolling point and simmer for several hounu 1;::“1 soft, adding more bolling water if necessary. one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt. Make a brown sauce, using one cupful of the from Add to th mlufl the . e peas, let cook slowly for about 10 minutes, and serve hot. Cooking a piece of fat corned beef or smoked sausage with the peas improves the flavor. Mrs. FRANK BAKER Does - All Her Own Work- has hands lovely as those of a woman with maids “I use Lux in the Dishpan,” ske says IKE millions of retty young wives L all over the coEnny—Mn. Frank Baker has discovered such a marvelous way to keep her busy hands lovely! In spite of housework! “Nearly every woman uses Lux for her fine thin, said, “but I s,” this charmin| 50 use Lux for dishes and wife every soap and water task in my home. “That's why I find it easy to do my own work without spoiling the looks of my hands.” Women everywhel:e are so.enthusi- astic about the way Lux cherishes the smooth, white beauty of han cook and wash dishes. ds that energy or horsepower from tl fuel consumed. A Diesel engine develops 33 | From oil or fat, 75 grams (2%), 300 | per cent, and a good steam engine only | calories. From carbohydrates, 375 grams (15 ounces), 1,500 calaries. Of course, these are only approxi- |mate proportions. Note that carbohy- drate is the main source of energy, heat, warmth, functional energy, nervous or brain power, or muscular work. Carbohydrate, meaning any kind of edible starca or sugar, is not only the most important food for man but the most economical and the most guickly utilized. Protein and fat serve rather for repair material and_for storage; starch or sugar serves for immediate ::;rxy demand and is so utilized in the y. An adult burns up or uses 160 calories in walking 2.7 miles in an hour. If he can walk (or run) four miles in an hour he burns up 500 calories. Scotch Pancakes. Mix two cupfuls of flour with three ublz‘:?oon(uh of sugar, hall a tea- spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of :‘;:lnl l‘fi:t -ng :ne t"” hn(nl of 'm of ar. Rub in two = tuls e»t“-.‘mmend lbrél. Add ot cugfid lz of | sour milk and beat well, then add two ' give g | e88S that have been beaten light, Drop , 3 o'clock, I make u peanut butter ssnd. onfo a hot griddle as for griddie-cake | wich, using graham, crackers Instead batter. When well browned, turn and | bread. It 18 something a little differs cook on the other side. Only a small | nt than the children have been used amount should be used for each cake, |to and s really quite mourlshing l(themonhlwldmmtthlfiph down, batter will run onto the shape, So many soaps contain harmful alkali which dries up the helndfyi:s oils of the skin, leaving it roughen and reddened. Lux never dries these precious oils 3 : : the deli- cately sparkling Lux suds are so bland and gentle they fairly. caress your hands into love- liness! ; Yet Lux for all your dishes costs less than 1¢ a day! Wilkins Coffee is rich, with that rich smooth flavor that can only come from the high- quality coffees blended according to formula, WILKINS COFFEE 305 Beauty Shops advise Lux in doing house- work, because “Lux gives real beauty care, keeping your hands soft, smooth and whiteinspiteofhomeduties. In our experience, the hands of a housewife who uses Lux are as lovely as those of the woman of leisure.” MRS. FRANK BAXER'S hands are exquisite, yet she does all her own work in a pretty suburban home. ‘Why not follow her rule —use Lux for dishes and other soap and water tasks? Lux for all your dishes costs less than 1¢ aday! Millions.of Wives\ Keep Hands Lovely with Party. ther says: On'%rmgm lffieixlwnn party, which lit- tle girls love to have and which is not | harmful to them if the proper food is slven and if it is not given much after Officer Milt Plum never tasted in his life. He's an expert au- on varnish, an’ where ther' e uses a guinea sl Wil griddle, making s round, good