Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1930, Page 24

WOM Various New Uses for Old Buttons BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. N’S PAGE. A = THE BUTTONS WERE LIKE TINY PADS FOR THE SHARP NAIL POINTS. Buttons are out of style, so now is the time to put those that you have to unusual uses. In their new guises they may be ornamental or eminently prac- tical. fancy and have shanks. Some must be molds, covered or uncovered. Some must be flat and be pierced with two or four holes. ‘The most novel purpose to which but- tons recently have been put, to my knowledge, was to protect the tips of nails that protruded below a shelf. The board was so loose a fit for its sup- porting cleats, that nails were driven through each side close enough to the end to insure the shelf fitting right. To protect the tips, velvet-covered button molds were hammered onto the points, | giving a neat finish ‘also. This same | idea can be used to protect any nail point. The advantage of using a button mold instead cf a bit of wood, is that the mold is smooth and well finished, while it would require fine cabinet work to put the same finish on the bit of | wood. Small nails require very small button_molds. Almost_every woman has a few of these one-time necessities | in a button box. Buckles and Ornaments. Large, fancy buttons make excellent ghoe buckles, hat and dress ornaments. | For shoes, cut-steel buttons and those | set with rhinestones are good counter- arts of buckles themselves. Enormom; gutwns of such types were once the vogue. It takes but two of them for a | set of shoe ornaments. A single large | fancy button makes a dress or hat orna- | ment. ‘BEDTIME STORIE The Little Muskrat Who Was Slow. Be ot too quick, though a8 you know L en s =0 Old Mother Nature. One must think quickly in times of danger. The one who is slow in his thinking is likely to be too late. That is why these slow thinkers seldom live to grow old. To live long in the world of feathers and fur is to think quickly and to act as quickly. Now, in Jerry Muskrat's big family %“OH, I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT HIM." there was one ywnJ Muskrat who was always just a little bit behind the others. If a danger signal was given this young Muskrat was the last one to heed it. This wasn't because he was careless or heedless. It was because his ‘wits were a little slow. He didn't sense at once what the signal meant. But when he would see his brothers and cisters plunging under water, he would Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. What one can do with sateen, plain or Towered, is really quite marvelous; for rooms may be decorated with these and when finished look as though they had been treated with taffetas, satins Some of the buttons must be | Standards. Button molds make fine standards for individual table favors and place cards. The molds can be painted any color, or be given a coat of metal paint, gold or silver preferably. Smart Summer-time place cards can be made by cutting out gay flowers from magazines or florists’ catalogues, advertisements, etc., and backing them with white paper. Be- tween the two layers of paper thrust a short length of green wire for a stem. Gather the stems together, twisting them into a coll. Put the tips into the hole in a button mold, and secure with a bit of glue, paste, sealing wax or paraffin. Place Cards. Arrange the flowers as a little nose- gay, or else have them all face one way, spreading out a little in a fan shape. Tie a small name card of pasteboard on each. A set of these makes an attrac- tive brldge prize. These sets are recom- mended for donations to fairs and sales. They cost almost nothing to make, and | take little time to do. They should sell | fast if not priced too high. If the | flowers are nicely handpainted instead | of being cut-outs, they can be beautiful, and then would command much higher prices. Buttons for Eyes. Buttons make eyes for rag dolls. The shoe button eye is one of the old-time inventions of ingenious mothers. - Today the buttons frequently are black bone buttons that ile snugly against dolly’s face. Sometimes pearl buttons are used, the stout black thread sewing them in place giving an appearance of a pupil. (Copyright, 1930.) BY THORNTON W. BURGESS do likewise, for it would come to him then what that signaling meant. Mrs. Muskrat worried over this little fellow more than she did over some of the others. “I am afrald,” she said to Jerry, “that some day he’ll just be too late. You will notice that he never does anything in & hurry. His wits seem to work slowly and his movements are just as slow. It takes him twice as long to get under water as it does some of the others.” “Oh, I wouldn’t worry about him, replied Jerry. “He'll be all right.” For a while the young Muskrat was all right. Nothing happened to him, and his mother, becoming accustomed to his slowness, gradually forgot about it. Of course, she warned him that he must. think more quickly and move more quickly. But the little Muskrat went his way unconcerned. As nothing hap- pened to him, he made up his mind that nothing could happen to-him; and this was, of course, a very foolish thing to think. You know something can al- ways happen. Now, there were others who had noticed the slowness of this little Muskrat. One of those was White- tail the Marsh Hawk. It is the business of Whitetail to note such things as this. Many times he had flown where he could watch the Muskrats around the Smiling Pool without appearing to watch them. He was studying them; he was getting acquainted with their ways. SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. The coolest sound in all the Summer woods, growing rarer, it is true, as the dead of Summer approaches, is the note of the mourning dove. I had rather call him the morning dove, but that is not his title, and the popular mind has connected him with sorrow. I think this must have happened in the eighteenth century, which was a senti- mental century, afraid of nature; the sound of an owl's song in those days was terrifying: the dove, contentedly cooing, was like sobbing; a smail mountain was “flerce” or “desolate,” and a river “solemn” or “awful.” I can never hear the mourning dove without remembering the passenger pigeon and the lesson that it taught—or I might say that it ought to uave taught. It was fresh in the mind: of people who can remember back gs far as, say, the Spanish-American War, but since it is now considered almost aged to be able to remember the armistice, I will assume that my dear little readers have hardly heard the name of the passenger pigeon, or sup- pose that it is the same as the mes- senger pigeons. There is, alas! this difference be- tween the cousin species, the passenger pigeons and the homing or messenger pigeons, that the homing pigeons (humble slaves of man and of their instinct for getting home as fast as possible) have been protected by man; the passenger pigeon, undoubtedly the most beautiful and marvelous bird in the dove family, and one of the most valuable and splendid birds in the world, was deliberately slaughtered into complete extinction. Although ornithologists & hundred years ago began warning the public that just this would happen, the hunt- ers, who always know all about every- thing and allow no_scientists to tell them anything, scoffed at the idea. The passenger pigeon could never be exterminated: the statistics of science were all wrong. Now they wall in vain, the old fellows, for the days when gunning was gunning. They are busy telling us that quail and prairie chick- ens and moor hens can never be ex- terminated. They know. Nobody else does. The passenger pigeons, when the Middle West was being settled a cen- tury ago, were so numerous that (upon the authority of the best ornithologists) they often darkened the sky. Miilions sometimes passed in an hour. A solid army 10 or 15 miles long was not unusual. Their average speed was a mile a minute (faster than any express train except one or two on short runs). They could, and apparently did, have breakfast on the banks of the Ohio and dinner in Canada. The settlers regarded these birds so highly that after slaughtering thou- sands they turned in their pigs to feast on the fat meat of these beautiful creatures, “Sportsmen” caught them with decoys in nets and then choked them to death with pincers. These sportsmen bitterly opposed any legis- lation proposed to protect the birds. Some of the same men are still per- sistent lawbreakers against protection extended to duck and quail. The last passenger pigeon was seen about 1899 in American territory and about 1906 in Canada. Requiescat. Beet and Cabbage Salad. Shred one small head of cabbage and place in salt water to crisp for an hour, then drain. Turn onto & cloth to dry. Place in a bowl and add two green pep- pers chopped fine, one cupful of may- onnaise dressing, one and one-half tea- spoonfuls of salt, and one teaspoonful of paprika. Toss to mix thoroughly and serve on individual salad plates. Garn- ish with finely chopped pickled beets in | binations made rfom egg. And there Face Packs. ' There are any number of face packs | which will make your skin clearer and better. For a dry skin, something with & lot of heavy cold cream is good, and for an oily skin, I know nothing better than egg white, or one of the com- are others. A cold cream pack is difficult, because the grease gets over the clothing or over the bed clothes if it is used at night. One way of getting around this trouble is to buy those face masks, made of rubber or some non-absorbent material, to put over the cream. Even these are a nuisance, so I generally advise my Teaders to wash the skin first with quite hot water, so as to open the porss and make the skin more than ordinarily absorbent, then to use a thick layer of cream, to rub this in and to let it stay on the skin as long as possible. If you tle your hair back, it will not make it greasy, and you can arrange your work or your reading so you can go ahead, the cream on your face, without wast- ing any time. I think that half an hour is enough for the skin to absorb cream. After that, if it is night and your skin is dry, wipe off all the sur- face cream with a soft cloth or tissue paper; if it is day time, wash off the the form of & border around each service. MODEST 8 ‘There is one of those young Musk- A ing to have for my din- ner,” thought Whitetail. “He doesn't know it and I'm not Tol.n. to tell him, but I'm going to get him just the same. Were he as quick as his brothers and sisters I wouldn't be quite so sure of him. But he is slow, and one of these days he is going to be too slow for his own good.” Bo every day Whitetall kept watch 80 as to learn the habits of Muskrats. He noticed that this par- ticular young Muskrat was fond of sit- ting on the end of a certain old log. Back of that log grew some bulrushes. All this Whitetail took note of. Then one morning when from a distance he had made sure that the young Musk- rat was sitting on his favorite log, Whitetail circled far around and then, | flying low, just above the grass tops, he headed straight for the Smiling Pool. He was flying so low that he knew the | young Muskrat sitting on the log would | not be able to see him because of the | bulrushes. Any young Muskrats who might be on the other side of the pond | would be likely to see him before he and brocades. Good workmanship is the first essen- tial, for if a drapery or chair covering is well made, even of inexpensive ma terial, it is better looking than an ex- | pensive fabric put together in a careless manner. In the illustration is an example of ‘ém o ) il & room which has nothing richer than sateen for its drapery material. This s the color scheme of the room and the way in which the furnishings have been ade. mThe woodwork and walls have been painted in a light shade of platinum gray. The glass curtains are of white marquisette finished with ruffles, and the overdraperies are of soft old rose sateen. These were made to hang to the radiator and put up with a valance which is shirred over a rod. top and bottom, the tiebacks being of the rose zateen and frilled on each edge. The covering for the window seat is of rose ground flowered sateen piped in jade green. e reached the Smiling Pool. However, they would not see him until he was almost there, and he counted on the slowness of this young Muskrat to take alarm. cream with a cloth soaked in warm water, then rinse with cold water and MAIDENS BEAUTY CHATS “WE'RE TAKING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO CLOTHE THE HEATHEN." Saturatec. with Filth : Oozing Sickening Germs THE It all came about just as he had planned. Jerry Muskrat, from the far- | ther side of the Smiling Pool, saw | Whitetail coming. Instantly Jerry gave the alarm. Instantly the “youn| Muskrats heeded the alarm; that is, al | but the slow one. By the time he had made up his mind to plunge into the water it was just too late, and White- tall the Marsh Hawk carried him away. So Jerry's big family was reduced to six. (Copyright, 1930.) —_— Fried Chicken With Puffs. Select a fat half grown chicken and disjoint it neatly. Season each piece with salt and pepper, roll in flour, and drop into enough boiling lard to cover it. Cover the skillet closely and set back where the chicken will cook slow- ly. Turn the pleces occasionally and keep in a warm place until ready to serve. To make the puffs, make a rich biscuit dough, roll it thin, then cut into diamond-shaped pieces. Fry quickly in the lard and use as a garnish for the chicken. To make the gravy, pour off all the lard, strain it, and put away for use again, later on. Put a tablespoonful of buter in the skillet with a tables- poonful of flour, stir until smooth and of a light brown color, and add & cup- ful of sweet milk and let boil up once. —_— Crab Meat Salad. Place a large crisp lettuce leaf on each ‘salad plate, then & slice of tomato, then a small portion of crab meat. Mix one-fourth teaspoonful of tabasco sauce with half a teaspoonful of salt and six tablespoonfuls of French mayonnaise dressing. Put one tablespoonful of this over the crab meat, then add one ring of pepper on top snd serve, Coprright, 19% B Rk Corporation FLY-TOX KILLS THEM ALL Campers are prey to millions of insects. BY EDNA KENT FORBES. rub with ice, and then use a lot of powder. For wrinkles, a combination of cream and egg Is good. Not together, of course. Cleanse the skin thoroughly with cream, soap and water, and then apply the egg. Let it stay on half an hour, or 20 minutes, if you are in a hurry. Lie down while it dries on, for the face should be relaxed. Then wash off with warm water, use a cream again, if you have time, a little ice, and your treatment is complete. Louise—It would be & long task to have the hair on the arms destroyed by using the electric needle. Such hair is not serious, as superfluous hair is when on the face, and you may easily bleach the very thin, scraggly hairs on the arms so they do not disfigure. A great deal of bleaching eventually dries out these hairs so they cease to grow. With red brown hair and eyes toward a greenish shade, your best colors will be all the browns and greens. Jade green will be very becoming to you. At 18 years of age, height 5 feet 1 inch, your welght should be about 110 pounds, A. P. J—There may have been some- thing in the cream you used that did not ‘agree with your skin and caused the rash on your neck, but that is merely a guess, because health con- ditions could cause it also. Better ask your doctor to care for it. Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. June 7, 1865.—Four of the prisoners convicted on conspiracy in connection with the assassination of the late Presi- dent Lincoln were executed this morn- ing in the prison yard at the Arsenal here in the presence of a small group of spectal Those who pald with their lives for their alleged crime were Payne, Herold, Atzerodt and Mrs. Surratt. ‘The execution came swiftly after the confirmation of their conviction two days ago. It was only yesterday that these four prisoners learned their fate. Death warrants for Payne, Herold, Mrs. Burratt and Atzerodt, convicted by the military court of conspiracy in con- nection with the assassination of the late President Lincoln, were handed yes- terday morning by Maj. Gen. Hancock, commanding the Middle Military Divi- sion, to Maj. Gen. Hartranft, who has charge of the prisoners. The sentences of the court were approved the ddy before by President Johnson. Gens. Hancock and Hartranft pro- ceeded at once to the prison and in- formed the prisoners of the sentences. Gen. Hartranft read the warrants in each case. The announcement apparently did not take Payne by surprise. He seemed to have expected no other sentence and he showed little emotion. Atzerodt tried hard to assume an indiffcvent air, but vainly, as shown by the telitale tremors | I, of his hands and legs and the ashy palor upon his face. he sentence seemed to come as a thunderbolt to Herold. He had expect- ed case nothing more serious than short imprisonment in the peni- tentiary. For once the smile that has been described as a “frivolous simper” deserted his face and he seemed to be wholly unmanned. - Mrs. Surratt was completely unstrung. She nearly collapsed when the dread news was announced to her. The military authorities announced that the execudlons would take place in the prison yard at the Arsenal here. This was not large enough to accom- modate very many spectators. There- fore, while the executions were in effect public, only those persons who had passes signed by Maj. Gen. Hancock Wwere permitted to enter the yard. These passes were given out sparingly—no more persons being admitted than could fiid_convenient standing room in the small space. The other prisoners were sentenced as_follows: Michael O'Laughlin, imprisonment_ at hard labor for life; Edward Spangler, confinement at hard labor for six years; Samuel Arnold, imprisonment at hard labor for life, and Samuel A. Mudd, im- prisonment at hard labor for life. Mrs. Surratt’s daughter had two | interviews with her this morning. The | parting of mother and daughter was an affecting scene that caused even some of the soldiers on guard to shed | tears. My Neighbor Says: To remove canned meats from cans without waste, let the cans set in hot water for a few mo- ments. If food burns to the bottom of an aluminum pan it can be re- moved by setting the pan on top *of an oven or over a hot-alr r:s- ister until it begins to crack 3 This never falls to save the pan and make it as good as new. A plece of inlald linoleum ce- mented to the kitchen work table is a good investment® Varnish with a hard, waterproof liquid and it will wear almost like tile. Cream may be made sour by adding one-fourth teaspoonful of cream of tartar to one and one- half cups of cream. FEATURES, Historic Wise-Crackers of the Table Samuel Johnson Took Dirty Digs at Irish and Scotch and Lambasted Chesterfield, Richardson and Boswell. BY J. P. GLASS. “BOSWELL URGED ALL HIS CARES. Much of the world’s best wisdom had béen expressed at the’ dinner table— spoken and not written. But fortu- nately a great portion of it has been preserved. In the table talk of the foremost wise-crackers of his day, the witty and instructive Samuel Johnson, compiler of a dictionary and poet and essayist, such scintillating off-hand remarks as the following occurred: “There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than getting money. “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. “The Irish are a fair (just) people; they never speak well of one another. “No man is & hypocrite in his pleas- ures. “Much may be made of & Scotch- man if he be caught young. “If a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him. “A woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs; it is not well done, but you are surprised to find it done at all. “It is commonly a weak man who fes for love. 0 man but a blockhead ever wrote except for mone{. “Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.” Johnson took mean cracks at some of his contemporaries while dining and jesting. the famous Lord Chesterfleld he ot SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY (8 i 2 / ¥. CORTY. ‘Whoo-hoo! ever’ tenth one? (Copyright, Muvver! 1930.) !N FAVOR OF WINE THAT IT MADE A MAN FORGET sald: “This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits; but I find he is only |a wit among lords.” Of the celebrated author of Pamela he remarked: “Richardson could not be content to sail quietly down the stream of reputation without longing to taste the froth from every stroke of the oar.” The worst jolt of all went to his greatest admirer, Boswell, biog- rapher. Boswell urged in favor of wine that it made a man forget all his cares. “That,” sald Johnson, “might be of use if a man sat by such a person as you.” 'hough abstemious as to wine, John- son was extremely fond of food. “He who does not mine his bell{ will hardly mind anything else,” he sald. It must have been a delight to sit at table and listen to his conversation, Definitions. 3 Scintillating: Sparkling, flashing. Claret: A red table wine, Port: class of wine containing from 14 to 32 per cent of alcohol by volume. 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