Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1930, Page 26

WOM B—10 AN’S PAGE THE EVENIN Lace Table Cloths and Spreads BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. THE SHEER LINEN IS SILHOUETTED FAINST THE NET IN GRACEFUL FORMS OF FLOWE.t AND LEAF. The homemaker who wants a hand-) Bome lace dinner or luncheon cloth m‘i bedspread can make one herself at| &mall cost and in a short time. The ar- | ticle will be exquisite if carefully execut- ed. The ornamentation is of delicate applique. ‘The materials required are fine hand- kerchief linen and a high grade of net. The latter may be hexagonal, oc- | tagonal or square (filet) mesh. The weave should be fine, not coarse as in much of the filet embroidered lace. The quantity needed will vary according to the size of the table and whether the cover is a luncheon or dinner cloth or the spread is for a double or single tead. The amount of applique will also gauge the gauntity of linen needed. ‘The more delicate the appliqued mo- tifs are the more beautiful the finished article will be. Some of the pieces of this sort that are found in shops are marvelous in their delicacy, picturing deer with spreading antlers and trees with branches and leaves of slender traceries. Others have bolder designs, and it is wise for the worker to use the latter style at first. A wide border of the handkerchief linen surrounds the center of the cover read which is of the net. Inside inen hem-border is another border composed of motifs. This border is in reality part of the linen hem. By cut- ting the material on a fold' wide enough to allow for the hem and the orna- mental border, and by positioning this hem about the net foundation so that design portions come exactly below and above each other, a reversible cloth is made. This is the choicest kind. It is e U e 6—~2.~30 precisely alike on both sides. There really is no right or wrong side. If the design is not too fine, this is recom- mended. If but one side is to have the decora- tive applique, allow double the width of the hem for this portion and enough more for the design to be cut in one with the hem. Position on the net so that the turned-in under portion of this hem comes a little below the line where the pajtern starts on the right side. In each instance the stitches holding the applique in place are run with very fine cotton or linen thread close to the edges. If preferrea the edges can be whipped. that i, felled down. If the design Is double the stitohes, whether running or whipping. should go through both linen portions. The sutches should be as nearly invisible as the worker can make them. It is not, like buttonhole stitch, to form part of the ornamenta~ on. The pattern pictured has been de- signed especially for rumaers of this! paper. It can be had in correct size for the applique by inclosing 5 cents stamps in a self-addressed and stamped envelope with a request di- rected to Mrs. Lydia Le Baron Walker, care of this paper. The design is ef- fective. It is easy to applique to_the G STAR, WASHINGTON, JUNE SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. One of the first of the Summer flow- ers to bloom is one of the last flowers to appear with that fresh, enchanting charm of Spring flowers. The rhodo- dendron is really a Spring flower in the South. which explans its April-like beauty. Here. on the border between North and South. it has to wait for June weather. It will continue to bloom into July. To find it, as & native plant, in this region, you must have stout legs and & sharp eye, and go exploring the rocky ravines of the upper Potomac valley, | where the beech trees mow spread its | delectable pale green, but cool shade, | | and the hemlock overhangs the rushing | | stream. There, in damp, cool places, | ery rarely, this beautiful little tree| catches the filtered sunlight on ifs ever- | green and shining leaves, and th~ great | balls of flowers. pure white or pink or| roseate. burst their scalv buds. The flower of a rhcdodendron is a bit enchanting perfection, with just that suggestion of the unsymmetrical which gives charm. One petal is a bit longer, and spotted with tiny points of green. Though one grows thoroughly accus- tomed to the rhododendron in the Southern mountains, its presence in our flora is always a bit mysterious and romantic to me. Here it has the charm of great rarity. But in the Southern mountains a rhododendron thicket is a formidable jungle, and it may cover many miles in extent. While trying to crash through a rhododendron thicket of two miles in extent on Mount Mitchell, I lost three hours, two gold cuff links, a gold foun- tain pen, a gold watch, several linear feet of cuticle, a compass, and my tem- per for the rest of the day. That year I saw posters up. advertising for a lost hunter, who had not been seen for many months since entering a wild part of the North Carolina mountains, in the rhododendron thickets. A mountain preacher, who was a long- legged giant and great walker, told me that once he had been challengeg by an old mountaineer and inverteraté ex- plorer, to tackle the rhododendron country around Bryson City, in order to see who could outtire the other.” My friend accepted the challeneg reluc- tantly, and, when 20 miles from any help, the old man suddenly began to fail; it was obvious he was going to die. The young preacher had to carry him every inch of that 20 miles. When he got to help, he held a silver-haired corpse in his arms. Home in Good Taste BY SARA MILAND, ‘There seems to be quite a connection these days between the furnishing of the interior of the house and the manner in which the porch, garden or ter- race is treated. One seems to be de- pendent upon the other. Aside from the fact that out-of-door furniture is so attractive, there is some- thing very comfortable about it be- cause it can be left out in the rain without & mad rush being made by the net, as it is bold, not intricate. It is wise to baste the net on stiff paper as wide as the design is deep. Baste the linen to the net having the stitches close to the edges. The paper can be removed before the design is finally run or felled down. When the design is double the under portion must be bast- ed down after the paper is out. (Copyright, 1930.) OUR CHILDREN BY ANGEL Garden Child. City children lose a great deal, in fact all children who have not garden- ing experience, lose a great deai. In these days of city living, machines, sur- face skimmings of life, we are likely to lose a set of values that we ~an ill afford to miss. I mean thosé that we get from the soil. It is the fashion of city-brad chil- dren to smile in superiority at the coun- try-bred child. The country child’s open-eyed wonder at the way of the city makes the city child feel on the heights. Many times he should feel quite the other way for the conntry child that has been well reared has a host of advantages. THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE. | Spirit of Femininity. It's so unusual! It's so wearable! s the new smartly tiered frock that chic maidens are chosing for lovely summery days that will soon be here. It is sketched in saflor blue dimity with tiny white dots. The shoulder bow s blue grosgrain ribbon and may be omitted if you chobse. The scatlops are bound in blue bias lawn. It's a perfectly ‘charming "dress for class room that later will be just the thing for the beach. Style No. 680 can be had in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Sprigged dimity, printed handkerchief Jawn, tub silks, t ham in tiny checks, printed voile, shantung and pique prints are delightful ideas for its development. S For a pattern of this style send 15 cents in stamps or coin direct to The ‘Washington Star's New York PFashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York We suggest that when you send for 0 PATRIL Character is a matter of training. It requires self restraint, self discipline, self sacrifice. It infers a sense of duty. Duty is an old-fashioned word that will have to be taken out of the dictionary and well dusted for the use of the com- ing generation. When the original idea stands out once more it will be dis- covered to be that fine sense of propor- tion that makes character. Duty first— then all other things are added and character is set. ‘What is there in country child’s life that makes for charact.r as against that of the city child? I think it is the garden and all that belongs to it. The city child has no such chance. You see when you think about plant- ing something you first must prepare the ground. A few experiences teach you the utter futility of setting seed in barren soil. First you dig deep, then you fine your soil, and you feed your soil in accordance with the crop you wish to raise. Then you sow your seed, being careful how you do so, and then you tend the planting to the est time. If you don’t feel just like watering the when they need it, if you have something pleasanter to do when weed- ing time comes, if you neglect the thin- ning and the transplanting, you lose your labor. And if you lose your labor your conscience and your self respect ache and you feel very unhappy. The neighbors ‘are not pleased with your lack of achievement. No kind words uggle through, if you dig and delve and sow and water and weed and thin and transplant and bring to harvest your crop—what a well done job is yours. Immediately your whole being mounts a step higher. You feel like a person. You're somebody. who has wrestled with life and mastered it for once. ‘That is a great feeling for a child to have. Few city children get that chance. All they can do is their school lessons and many a time they have scant chance at them because so many people want to do them in their stead. The country is the place for children. Give them a good school and good garden and a chance at both and they will outstrip the city child. Personal, first-hand experiences with things, and with nature, are elements of character growth we must secure for our childen, So far the country child has the better opportunity. (Copyright, 1930.) .. Luncheon Dish. Cut some pieces of left-over chicken in small pleces. Roll a heaping table- spoonful of the cut meat in a slice of bacon, pinning the bacon together with a toothpick. Bake these on a pan in 2 hot oven for about 10 minutes, bast- ing and turning several times. Garnish and serve hot. These make an excellent luncheon dish or may be combined with broiled mushrooms for a dinner dish. My Neighbor Say: To polish a black marble clock, clean it with cold water and S0ap, then' rub it dry with a flannel and polish with white wax ap- plied with a plece of flannel. Always add a little melted but- ter to uncooked frosting. It im- proves the flavor and also pre- vents cracking When sending choice cut flowers a long distance, cut slits in raw potatoes and fix the stems firmly in the openings. The flowers will keep from 10 to 14 days. ‘When a splinter has gone very deep into the flesh try extraction by steam. Heat a wide-mouthed bottle and fill it two-third full of very hot water and place under the injured spot. The suction draws the flesh down<when a little pressure is used, and the steam in a few minutes removes both splinter and inflammation. This method is particularly good when the splinter has been in for this pattern you inclose 10 cents addi- uomf for a copy of our new Spring o S e some time. entire family to rescue it from the cruelty of the elements—for, you see, it is waterproof. ‘The chair shown in the illustration is constructed of steel and cane, and the frame is welded, which does away with rivets and, incidentally, damage to fine clothes. Even the upholstery is weatherproof, imagine! In the lower part of the illustration is & bird bath made in the form of & toadstool. ~Aside from attracting the birds by day, it is one of those little articles which you may be sure lures the fairies at night, thus giving it a very mysterious air, Food Problems BY SALLY MONROE. Sandwiches. Sandwiches have always been more r less popular, but at the present time hey are decidedly in the “more” class. ‘The rapid growth of sandwich -shops and tea rooms, catering to the serving of afternoon tea and sandwiches, is & sure indication that the majority of people are greatly in favor of this type of food. Sandwich meals at home could be used more and would lighten the work of meal planning and serving for the busy housekeeper, children would not object to sandwich luncheons occasionally. Sunday night suppers or Saturday night dinners could certainly be attractively planned around a sub- stantial sandwich as the main course. Then in the matter of enterfaining, well made, dainty sandwiches are al- ways relished. Unfortunately there are & great many people who do not under- stand the rudiments of sandwich mak- ing. There are, generally speaking, three types of sandwiches—the sweet, the savory and the hearty ones. sandwiches are best served for afternoon teas or receptions where women are the chief attendants. The more hearty and savory type of sandwich makes a more definite appeal to the men. Some of these could be served at evening af- fairs, picnic luncheons, Sunday night suppers, etc. Bread for sandwiches should be at least a day old in order to slice evenly. Remove the crusts and cut the bread in thin slices with s sharp knife. It is usually easier to cut crusts from & whole loaf of bread before slicing it. Whole wheat, white or brown bread as well as nut bread and the popular cheese bread should all be used to give variety in sandwiches, SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. “Oh, say can you see—" Baby, I can't teach you the song they changes ‘at tune. Psychic Adventures of Noted Men and Women. Murder Simultaneously Dreamed by Three Persons. BY J. P. 0 & GLASS. > A i /i il “With ome hand this man held both his wrists, while with the other he sought to strangle his victim.” It was midnight of a blustery Novem- ber evening in New York City "hen‘ Henry Armitt Brown, then only a law | student, but later to be distinguished | as a lawyer and orator, sought his bed room and went to bed. | A fire smouldered in the grate. As| he snugly watched it from his pillow, he heard the clock strike 12. Then he | drowsed away. Almost immediately he had a dream experience as vivid as reality. It seemed that confused noises arose about him and a strong hand grasped his throat, choking him. He did not aken, but he dreamed that he awoke and found himself pros- trate in a narrow street, his back against rough cobblestones, while he struggled in the grip of a thick-set man, low-browed, with tangled hair and a grizzled beard. With one hand man held both his wrists, while with the other he sought to strangle his vic- tim, In his dream, Brown twisted in in- describable horror. With the despera- tion of one who is fighting for his life, he made a tremendous effort and half threw his assallant from him. They rolled over and over in the street. But Brown felt his strength leaving him. A smile of triumph appeared on the face of the other, Brown saw him reach out and grasp a hatchet—a bright, new hatchet, ap- parently unused. He made one more great effort to escape. It seemed to him that he saw friends rushing to his ald. He gripped the arm that held the menacing hatchet, seized with new hope. But the man tore loose. The weapon flashed above his head. In a moment he recelved a dull blow on his forehead, numbness spread over him, he dimly felt warm blood flowing down over his face and into his mouth. He could taste it. The dream was to take, however, even stranger aspects. Instead of con- sciousness following, he now perceived his inner self hovering a few feet in the air above his bodily seif. He saw him- self lying on his back upon the cobble- stones, with the hatchet sticking in his head and with the pallor of death pass- ing into his face. About him he heard the weeping of the friends who had ml%:lt to rescue him. ese sounds of grief finally faded gently away. He felt what he after- ward described as “a delightful sensa- tion of sweet repose.” Beautiful music this | d surrounded him, and the fragrance of perfumes. Suddenly he awoke. He was glad to be awake. The smouldering fire still half-lighted the room. He looked at his watch. Only 30 minutes had_passed since he had gone to sleep. For a time thoroughly shaken by his experience, he finally dozed off again—this time to dreamless slumber. The next morning, as was his daily custom, he walked to law school with an intimate friend. On the way, this friend said: “I had the strangest dream about you last night.” “What was it?” asked Brown. “I fell asleep at midnight,” replied the other. “At once I dreamed that I was passing through a narrow street when I heard noises and cries of mur- T ran toward the noise. Then I saw you lying on your back, fighting a rough laboring man, who held you down. rushed forward, but as I reached you he struck you on the head with a hatchet and killed you instantly. . “Many of our friends were there, We cried_bitterly. At this point I awoke. My dream had been so vivid that my cheeks were wet with tears.” “What sort of a man was he?” asked Brown. To which his friend replied: “A thick-set man, in a flannel shirt and rough trousers. His hair was uncombed and his beard was grizzly and of a few days’ growth.” 1t is easy to imagine Henry Armitt Brown's astonishment on hearing that | his dream had been thus duplicated by his friend, and the awe of the friend on hearing Brown's story. But there was to be an even more unusual develop- ment. A week later Brown called at the home of another friend in Burlington, N. J. This man’s wife said to him. “My husband had such a horrible dream about you the other night. He dreamed that & man killed you in @ street fight. He ran to help you, but before he reached the spot, your enemy had killed you with a great club.” “Oh, no,” interrupted the husband, “not with a club; he killed you with a hatchet.” An additional interesting _circum- stance of this triple-dream adventure, was- that Brown's two friends were not acquainted. The whole affair is one of the most unusual in the history of this sort of thing. (Copyright, 1930.) 1l Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. What a load the parent shifts to the child when, in considering a bad habit, she says to him, “You take after your father” Usually the habit he exhibits is one she wishes he did not possess, and with this assertion she excuses herself by blaming it on heredity. Instead, it | should be regarded as a temporary fault or one to be blamed upon the child’s environment and mismanagement. 1t is discouraging to be told that one's fault is inherited. The child feels pow- erless to combat a fault handed on to | him from some one else. And it is so untrue. Children may imitate behavior they see about them, but nearly al children at some time act in reprehensi- ble ways. Misbehavior is part of their growth, an evidence of their eternal hu- and not a burden passed on by chaving ancestor. In her fear of lying. Mrs. A. N. fails to realize that every child at some pe- riod or another experiments with un- truthfulness. He lies for numerous rea- sons, and the way to help the lying is to eliminate its cause. Mrs. A. N. thinks her child lies to escape punishment. So she punishes him in_every imaginable way to end his fault. That seems very fllogical, doesn't it? ~If the child found mother reasonable, understanding and slow to punish, he would cease to fear punishment and_would not hesitate to tell the truth. Children, timid children especially, do fear pain. Why shouldn’t they? This is the letter: “T have a child of 5 years. He is lovable and obedient and gives me very little trouble. He has begun a habit that is eating the heart out of me, and that is the nasty habit of lying. I have noticed he does this to avoid punish- ment and I have talked to him, spanked him and sent him to bed without food, but to no avail. His father was an in- veterate liar and I am afraid he has in- herited this trait. What can I do?” Shake yourself and get a normal per- spective. * The father is no longer an influence in the child's life, so he won't lie through imitation. All children, and especially such wee ones, have too little knowledge or experience to make abso- lute truth telling possible. This habit is not “nasty,” it is just a sign of im- maturity, an experiment in behavior. If your child hasn't learned the vaiue of truth telling 15 years from now, you may eat your heart out if that helps, but now ‘your child is an unfinished product and lacks all grown-up ethics. Will you write me for the leaflet on “How to Help the Child to. Tell the Truth” and handle this problem wisely? Telling a child that he has inherited this habit from his father ends all per- sonal efforts to help improve himself. You simply make a lar of him. DAILY DIET RECIPE ORANGE JUICE PIE CRUST. Flour, one cup. Salt, one teaspoon. Butter, two tablespoons. Solid _ vegetable shortening, tablespoons, Chilled orange juice, about four tablespoons. WILL SERVE FIVE OR SIX PORTIONS. Makes nine-and-one-half-inch crust; Sift flour and salt together. Work in shortening and butter. Use chilled orange juice instead of water. The kind of flour used makes a difference in amount of moisture needed. Do not have crust any wetter than a water ple crust should be. Roll out on floured board. Use with any de- sired filling—dates or mincemeat exceptionally delicious. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes starch, fat. Lime, iron, vitamins A, B and C present. Can be eaten in mod- eration by normal adults of average or under weight. 2 She wondered why he lost interest so quickly ...she never suspected Hfi'g‘, *until— HE HAD to fight hard to keep back the tears. What was the matter? He had been devotion itself when they started out. Why was he so different now? Their romance nearly went on the rocks. But fortunately her new sister- in-law gave her some helpful advice in time. Warned her about “B.0.”, the polite name for a condition people dis- like even to mention—body odor, a fault that will rob the prettiest girl of her charm. Told her the easy way to keep fresh and dainty even on the hottest, sultriest day. 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Adopt Lifebuoy today. . " ' LEVER BROTHERS CO., Cambridge, Mass, Lifebuo HEALTH SOAP ops body odor— BEDTIME STORIE How Nest Was Hidden. Opposing one who knows her mind Is wasted effort. you will fnd. I the Meadow Lark. Carol the Meadow Lark was very proud of the nest where Mrs. Meadow Lark was sitting on her eggs. It was a very clevely hidden nest. Mrs. Meadow Lark had seen to that. Of course, it was on the ground. “What anybody wants to build a nest in a tree or a bush for, I cannot under- |stand,” said Mrs. Meadow Lark, as she iand Carol were choosing a place for “WE'LL BEGIN BUILDING AT ONCE,” SAID SHE. their home. “No, sir, I cannot under- stand it at all. Give me the ground every time.” “I agree with you,” said Mrs. Bobo- link, who happened to be looking for a place for her nest and overheard Mrs. Meadow Lark. “Why, if I had a nest in a tree, I would worry myself to death. I wouldn't feel easy one minute. Of | course, I mean a nest in the branches of a tree. Drummer the Woodpecker {has a sensible home and Mrs. Blue- bird and Mrs. Swallow and some others | who make use of Drummer’s old houses are sensible. I wouldn't care for one | of them myself, because I want to be | where I can see all around. Sitting in- side a tiole in a tree, you can't see any- "That's true,” sald Mrs. Meadow Lark. “I want to be right out in the open. I don't want anything around me ex- cept grass. I want to look up and see the sky.” It was later in that very same day that Mrs. Meadow Lark chose the place for the new nest. As soon as she saw it, she "ew it was just the place she wanted. She called to Carol and he hurried over. Of course, he agreed with her. He knew that that was the wise thing to do. He knew that if she had made up her mind to have her nest in that particular place, she would have it there, whether he approved or not. Now, the place she had chosen was a slight hollow in the ground just big enough to comfortably hold a nest. It was beside a little tussock of grass. It was just such a spot as Mrs. Meadow Lark had in her mind all the time she had been looking. She examined the place very thoroughly. She flew up in the air, 50 as to see all over the Green Meadows from that particular spot. Then she dropped down on the grass again. “We'll begin building at once,” said ERE’'S THAT BY THORNTON W. BURGESS she. “Yes, sir, we'll begin building at She never did herself. that if any one should be watching from a distance he would not be able to locate the nest. So always Carol and Mrs. Meadow Lark would down in the grass some distance from where the nest was located and then walk to it. When the nest was completed, Mrs. Meadow Lark formed a dome: roof of grass over it. no enemy flying over and looking down would see that nest. Then she care- fully made a_little covered runway leading to it. Not until this was com- pleted was she satisfied. It was a won- derfully well hidden nest, and Carol was very, very proud of it. ~After the eggs were laid and Mrs. Meadow Lark was sitting on them, Carol took the greatest care never to do anything to give that secret away. If he caught an insect that he thought she would like, he would drop down in the grass quite & distance from the nest and then make his way through the grass to the nest. No wonder that Danny Meadow Mouse bad never been able to find that nest by Watching Carol. (Copyright, 1930.) JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. "I'M GETTING HEAVIER, AREN'T 12” SAID LOTTA WAITE: |F SHE KNEW WHAT MADE THE TOWER OF PISA LEAN, NO DOUBT SHE'D TAKE SOME_HERSELF, P. 8. and N. C—The correct form is “am I not.” One leading authority favors “aren’t I” as a contraction for “am I not,” on the ground that “am I not” sounds stilted and overdone. Pisa (pronounced Pee-za) is an Itale ian city In which is located the famous leaning tower. 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