Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1930, Page 42

Selling the Th In my mail comes the following let- ter in ‘connection with the series of articles on how & woman can sell the things she makes: Dear Mrs. Walker—Perhaps you could @ive me some ideas how to dispose of MRS BLANK MUST LEARN TO SHOW OFF A HAND-PAINTED SCARF SO THAT . ITS FULL BEAUTY IS GLIMPSED. EACH ARTICLE MUST BE SO DIS- PLAYED IF SHE GETS SALES. fancy articles, such as hand-painted scarfs, handkerchiefs and shawls, sten- ciled bridge sets and hand-painted china. How can I obtain customers for dge prizes or gifts of any kind, or to organize clubs for such articles? I THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE ings You Make BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. would appreciate it so much if you could give me some suggestions. Thank- ing you in advance, I am, yours truly, . BLANK. Mrs. Blank (as I am calli the writer of the letter) has a definite kind of work. She does decorative hand-painting of accessories and of china. She is for- tunate in knowing precisely what she had ability to do to bring in money. Some homemakers are puzzled to know which of several things that she can |make will be most easily saleable. It is important to centralize on some one kind of work. I do not quite under- stand the reference to clubs, as I know alfln no clubs organized to buy such gS. What Mrs. Blank should do is to find out what bridge clubs there are among the persons of her acquaintance. From some of these women she will be able to learn of clubs of those outside her own circle. The next step in the sales process is to communicate with the club members and tell them that she has bridge prizes she would like to show them whenever they would like to have something in her line of work. She should offer to take a selection of articles to be in- spected by any prospective purchaser. She could mention the fact that she would show them at her home if that would suit the purchaser better. She must mention that there is no obligation incurred to buy unless the person finds what she wishes. Business men who send out such let- ters have what is called “a form let- (ter,” a copy of which is sent to every | one. ‘This saves the trouble of writing a different letter each time. A form letter takes time and thought to con- struct. It shouf tell in as few words as possible the sort of things offered and why they are rticularly well suited to the needs of the person ad- dressed. Do not be surprised if it takes two or three days to write such a let< ter. Large business firms hire persons to wrile them, as they know the value of h.vinf them worded adroitly and yet accurately. The person who writes one herself must give time ‘to it. If Mrs. Blank prefers to talk with prospective purchasers she can call each person up on the phone and very tact- fully say she wondered if Mrs, —— would be interested in seeing various articles (naming them) that she had made ‘especially for bridge prizes, and if so, could she come and show them to_her? In either of these ways Mrs. Blank must expect todsend out a number of letters or make a number of phone calls without getting any results. If she gets one in ten she should consider herself fortinate at first. One trouble with women who are unaccustomed to busi- ness is that they expect to make a sale every . No firms have such suc- cess, 80 be content with less. (Copyright, 1930.) FORBIDDEN THINGS ‘We hanker for forbidden things the gods will not provide us, we can't be happy as three kingle:hlle such things are denied us. W] I was young I hated prunes, they used to gri bore me; and wearily I plied my spoons when they were set before me. T often voiced my keen distress, in language It's simple for the woman of mature figure to appear slender. ‘The French couturiers are spending much time and effort creating models ‘with slenderizing lines, The charming street dress illustrated is a charming example. It molds the figure beautifully about the waist and hips, shirred sides give a soft pretty effect to the front of the bodice. The surplice closing contributes length- ened line, The vestee has becoming Vionnet neckline. The fashionable curved line of hips is emphasized by circular godets that create a panel at back which is one of the best means of givfln{ height to the ngl’e. It is light navy blue t_.ilk crepe with, white crepe vestee. The shawl collar and cuffs are embroidered batiste. Style No: 575 comes in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 54 _inch bust. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps, or coin directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, P‘m!;.\vkenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. You will have an attractive frock when you see this pattern. In our New Spring Fashion Magazine are any number of equally charming models. I know you will be pleased with them. T hope you will get & copy. Just enclose 10 cents additional for the book when you order your pattern Particular People— prevent objectionable underarm perspiration_odor through the use of DAB-ON, the antisep- tic deodorant. It is necessary to apply DAB-ON only two or three ck. chaste and polished, and urged, ih pul- pit and in press, that prunes should be abolished. But everywhere I chanced to go they fed me prunes in dishes, re- gardless of rising woe, regardless of my wishes. fed me es in such ise as well might fool a wizard, gave me prunes in cakes and ples. and 50 upset my gizzard. Then I fell ill upon a day, by dread diseases ridden: and I could hear the doctor say, “Stewed prunes must be forbidden.” And ever since that afternoon I have been long- ing, yearning; I'd give my birthright for the-prune that once m) ‘saw-me spurn- ing. And when at n t!&fiobed.on lining, 1 dream that I am being fed stewed prunes by angels . A lot of men are sipping rye in joints securely hidden, vile booze that & kicle like lye, because the stufl’s forbidden. They do not like the ghastly taste, offensive fo all critters, they know it is a sinful waste of coin to buy such bitters; but they're informed they must'nt drink, and so they breathe de- flance, and call for stoups of crimson ink pronounced a crime by science. Alas, it is the way we're bullt; you warn us of a danger, and we go for it, plaid and kilt, and prudence is & mu WALT . « (Copyright, 1930.) French Fried Potatoes. Pare the potatoes, cut them in halves lengthwise and then in pieces like the section of an orange. Let stand in cold water for an hour or longer, then dry on a soft cloth and fry in hot fat to a rich straw color and until tender throughout. Drain on a skimmer and then on soft paper, kle with salt and serve at once. fat is at the right heat when it browns a crumb of bread in 20 seconds. BY THE WAY, CLARE... WANT TO GO TO THE HILLS' TONIGHT? Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. July 17, 1865.—The Executive Man- sion was crowded today by applicants— both men-and women—for interviews with President Andrew Johnson. The crowd extended from the door of the President’s apartments to the stairway. The health of the President, which has been poor for several weeks, is now quite restored. Mrs. Johnson, however, is seriously, ill, authough her condition is not such today as to be alarming to her friends, and her recovery is confi- dently expected. The regiments of the 1st Army Corps are being distributed among the various | states, it was announced at the War Department today. There they will re- main for the present, but the corps will continue to maintain its organization as a single military unit. The 1st Regiment has already gone to Baltimore. The 2d will be divided between Elmira and Albany, N. Y.; the 3d between Springfield, Iil, and Mil- waukee, Wis.; the 4th will proceed to Columbus, Ohio; the 5th will be as- signed to stations in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont; the 6th will 20 to Harrisburg, Pa., and the Tth Regi- ment of the corps left today for Phila- delphia. The 8th Regiment will be sta- tioned at Trenton, N. J., and the 9th Regiment at Indianapolis, Ind. Thus the entire 1st Corps of the Army will be stationed in various Northern States indefinitely. ‘There is no let-up in the daily in- crease of applicants for pardons from persons residing in the States that for- merly were a part of the Southern Con- federacy. The Attorney General's office, to which they are being referred for re- port and recommendation to President Johnson, is taxed to its utmost capacity. It was stated there today that the in- completeness of many of the applica- tions for amnesty is causing much delay and difficulty. Many of them, espe- clally. do not contain the proper recom- mendations, and these are beina filed away in the Attorney General’s office to await further proof of the renewed loy- alty of the applicants. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN Disciplining Baby. I have found the “little baby age” the most difficult as well as the most im- portant one in which to discipline my children. If a baby is made to mind when it is little, the chances are it will be & well behaved child when it is older. I always try to remove as quickly as pos- sible the source of annoyance from which my tiny one suffers. Perhaps he is “mad” at a toy, and “throws a fit.” I either take him away from the toy or take it away from him and quickly sub- stitute something else, trying to get his mind off of that which has vexed him. I always try to remain calm and cheer- ful and talk to him in an even tone of volce, for I find that scoldin~ and talk- ing crossly to him only aceentuates his bad humor. Free pamphlet on meeting physical needs of your children, their games and play. Send stamped, self-addressed en- velope to Mothers' Bureau, care of this newspaper. Ask for Pamphlet No. 4. (Copyrisht, 1930.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Now then, all together— (Copyright, 1930.) DON'T BE SILLY! THIS 18 WASHDAY AND YOU KNOW I'LL BE TIRED OUT BY EVENING AND THAT EVENING LET'S GO TO THE HILLS', DEAR. I'M NOT A BIT TIRED. | USED A WONDERFUL LAUNDRY SOAP TODAY...RINSO. IT WASHES CLOTHES WHITER WITHOUT SCRUBBING i E GRANULATED SOAP TH for whiter w shes WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX DEAR Miss Dix—I have a sister and a mother who have different plans of life and I would like your opinion of which one to imitate. My sister is a good housekeeper, good cook, sews, drives a car, plays bridge, is a good dancer, reads a lot, goes to movies and lectures. Her house is a home, not a jail. Mother is a slave to her house. Scrubs her kitchen every day whether it needs it or not, never has time to read or go anywhere or take a ride. Sister keeps herself immaculate, wears rubber gloves to save her hands. Mother says it is silly for a married woman to bother about her looks or hands. Go to sister’s house in the evening and you find them sitting comfortably in the living room reading or listening to the radio or talking, everything so peaceful and pleasant. But if you sit down to read in mother’s home she thinks it is a waste of time and we should be dusting or scrubbing or doing some sort of work, and she makes you so nervous that you cannot rest in quiet. After seven years of marriage my brother-in-law adores my sister and loves to stay at home, but while we love our mother all of us like %o get away from her. Now I am going to be married. Shall I follow my mother or my sister's example in making a home? ‘ MARION. Answer: Follow your sister's. She belongs to the new school of house- keepers who use their heads as well as their hands in solving the domestic problem, while your mother belongs to the old school that believes that there is some peculiar virtue in making drudgery of work. These are thnse who mournfully quote the old poem about man working from sun to sun, but woman's work being never done, Well, all I can say is, that if & woman's work is never done in the house in days of gas ranges and vacuum cleaners and electrical appliances and fireless cookers and so on, it is because she is lacking in intelligence and is a darn poor manager. Any able- bodied woman of fair intelligence who knows how to plan her work and who has enough force of character to control her children and make them behave themselves and go to sleep when they should, can run her home properly and nave plenty of time to rest and relax and amuse herself. It is this old-fashioned idea that housework is never-ending and that a ‘woman has to be eternally scrubbing and cooking and sweeping that makes so many women have a horror of housework and dread giving up their jobs as stenographers or saleswomen or bookkeepers to go into the kitchen. ‘But, ulmnmdm‘-flflqfir{‘m\m to bear on their work they find that when they are working in their own homes the work is not 50 exacting nor so incessant as it was in store or office, nor do they work under such a strain as they did when a critical boss’ eye was upon them. Further- more, there are plenty of times when they can lie down for a nap or drop into a matinee or run offifor an early-morning bargain sale as they could not have done when they had to stand behind a counter or pound a typewriter all day. Gone, also, is the idea that in order to be a good housekeeper a woman not only had to sacrifice herself, but everybody else to some fantastical ideal of cleanliness and order. All of us have been in homes in which the best rooms were never used. They were kept swept and garnished for guests who never came or who were s0 uncomfortable in them that they never stayed if did come. All of us have been in homes where there were parlors that were never opened exoept for funerals and weddings and that were as cold and forbidding as tombs. We have also been in homes where to move a chair from its appointed place was & misdemeanor, where to open a window was & th crime and where to have lain down upon & couch would have been a sacri and where mistress of the house looked so worn and weary that one was filled with self- reproach for having added to her burden by giving her one more to clean up after. vt ‘But the new-fashioned housekeeper lets her house keep her instead of her keeping it. She keeps it clean and orderly, but within reason. Ever: is for use and comfort, not show. Gone is the sepulchral parlor and in its place a cheerful living room where all may do as they please and enjoy their home instead of making of it & place of torture. I don't know of any modern improvement $hat is & greater ment than the modern home. AR ""” Dolm'm LATER THAT DAY JIM WANTED TOVISIT THE HILLS' TONIGHT, BUT LOOK AT ALL THIS WASH | HAVE TO DO YOU COULD GO IF YOU USED RINSO INSTEAD OF THAT BAR SOAP. RINSO SAVES ALL HARD WORK o iummbbin‘“d boiling, :loml::uth'm?"'l’mnudumhdw 4, T #0aps, chips, powders, = Its suds are thick, lvely, lasting — mary, 5. » dishpan, nical; gives twice a " for cup, as lightweighe, pufl'ed-:z;n » So safe, the makers chines recommend active in tub, washer and elously Very economi ical, uch suds, cup Soaps. of % it. 38 fomons washing ma. TUNE IN Tues, & Thre, g Telkies, urs., 10:30 A.M, (§ Millions use it in tub, washer and dishpan JULY 17, 1930. BY LEE PAPE. After supper ma sed, O deer I haff to attend a meeting of the Dawters of Cleopattera tomorrow and I havent & single thing to wear that the other la- dies havent seen on me at leest a duz- zen times, O deer I just bleeve Ill make up some trifling excuse and not attend the meeting. Yee gods how can you be such a slave to convention, pop sed. Thank - ness I rule my clothes insted of allow- ing them to rule me, What do I care it Tom, Dick and H: see the same hat on me every day for 2 years, as long as I remember to brush the dust off every 2 months or so? In fact Id feel embarrassed if I had a diffrent hat on my hed at a different angle every time they saw me, and thats just the ambition” of your life. By gollies I wouldent blush to wear a pair of pants with a red patch on the seet as long as I payed my taxes and dident.owe a cent to any man except pernaps my docter d one or 2 other slite exceptions, he O yes, no doubt youre grate, n.a sed, and I sed, Well G, pop, would you wear one black shoe and one brown one? Do you think peeple would laff? I sed. Let them, pop sed. If I knew both shoes were my personal property Id snap my fingers at publick opinion with ihe grace of a Spanish dancer m-ppml her castanets, he sed, and I sed, Wel then G, pop, maybe youll have a chance to. I been meeing to tell you, The other day Sid Hunt and me had a private message sistem, and 1 was pulling on one.of your old brown shoes up and down on a string out the 2nd floor wincow to take the private messages Ian and down, and the string broke and Sids dog got a hold of the shoe and went and hid with it, and by the time we found him G wizz he had one side of it all chewed useless. I been meening to tell you, I sed. Yee gods, the ony comfortable shoes I own, pop sed, and ma sed, Now Will- yum, those old things were terrible, youve had them since'the beginning of the Ark and I been intending to throw t{:iem out for years, hee hee, and be- sides now youve got your te chance to laff at public opinion gmm the way you were bragging about, hee hee. m’l'nl;l: result being nuthing happened JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY josEPm J. FRIscH. THE FAMOUS MR. OOMLAUDER, WHO HAD LUNCH WITH DAD YESTERDAY, IS FAMOUS BECAUSE HE HAS NEVER WRITTEN T. B.—“Luncheon” is regarded by some as more elegant than “lunch,” especially in the sense of a formal re- past. One authotity, who would re- strict “lunch” to a verb, says, “Gents wear pants and eat lunch; gentlemen o1ty “Poly Wil Gladiy amew olly [ answer your questions by mail. 7 i " Lemon Filling. ‘One-half cupful sugar, three table- spoonfuls flour, three tablespoonfuls lemon juice, one-eighth teaspoonful salt, two tablespoonfuls grated one-half cupful water, one y Blend sugar and flour. Add other in- gredients and cook slow! tirring stantly, until filling mes very thick. Cool and use as filling between layers of cake after they have 'n baked. Cover top and sides of cake with white boiled frosting. FEATURES BEDTIME STORIE | The kitter nas a neart of steel; No pity does he ever feel. ~—Farmer Brown's Boy. Farmer Brown's Boy had had a great thrill. When Egret the Great White Heron and the three white Little Blue Herons to their wings and flew away from the Smiling Pool over to| the Big River, Farmer Brown's Boy had | been near enough to see them." He had rul is eyes. In fact, he rubbed them twice. “Did I, or didn't I?” said he to no one at all, for there was no one there to talk to. He watched the four Herons until they had disappeared behind the trees “I HOPE HL WASN'T SHOOTING AT THOSFE _HERONS,” MUTTERED FARMER BROWN'S BOY. along the bank of the Big River. He guessed just where they were going. Then he started in that direction. When he got near to the bank of the Big River, opposit¢ the place where he thought he would find the Herons, he crawled, being almost flat on his stom- ach. You see, he didn’t want to be seen. At last he was where he could peep over the edge of the bank. At irst he experienced great disappoint- ment. He could not see those Herons. But, at Iast, farther down along the | shore, he saw something white. He just | crept back and then circled around so uln'tb reach the bank opposite that point. This time when he peeped over the bank his heart fairly leaped with joy. He could plainly see all four Herons standing out in the growing wild rice. “One of those is an Egret,” said Farmer Brown’s Boy to himself. “Yes, sir, the Neutralize acid skin excretions and look years younger tonight! Beauty experts now realize that an oily skin is an acid skin, and that enlarged pores, blemishes, sallow, off-color skin are due primarily to acid_ skin ‘excretions. hey have discovered that cremed magnesia neutralizes acid impurities on the skin and beau- tifies the complexion in the same easy way that milk of magnesia purifies the stomach. Cremed magnesia is as simple to use as washing your face. All you do is anoint your face, massage for a few minutes, and rinse with water. No other washing is nec- essary. Should your skin tingle at the first application, it is a sign that skin acids are at work, under- mining your complexion. You can look years younger to- DENTON'S CREMED Farmer Brown's Boy Hears a Gun., BY THORNTON W. BURGESS piggest one is an Egret! I can't be sure, but I think those others aré young Little Blue Herons. I've read shout these White Herons, but I neyer ex- pected to see any up here.” Farmer Brown's Boy remained watch- ing_those Herons just as long as “he | could. Then he had to get back home (ot do his chores. Such an excited boy | as he was when he told Farmer Brown and Mother Brown about those four big white birds. He could talk of nothing else. “It would be just like some killer with a terrible gun to try to one of those birds,” said he. “The more rare and the more beautiful a bird is the more some people want to kfll it. I don’t understand that at all. I oer- | tainly wouldn't for the world have any- | thing happen to those birds.” ‘The next morning Farmer Brown's Boy was at work down in the cornfield. He was thinking about those Herons and hoping that he would find time to slip over to the Smiling Pool, or the Big River, to look for them. Sud- denly he heard the bang of a terrible gun in the distance. The sound seemed to come from the Big River. Farmer Brown's Boy dropped his hoe and you should have seen him:run! Straight across the Green Meadows he ran. In the distance he saw a man with a gun Tunning up along the bank. Then he disappeared. When Farmer Brown's Boy reached the bank of the Big River he saw the man in a boat out i the mid- dle. It was too far for him o see who it was. “I hope he wasn't shoofing at those Herons,” muttered Farmer Browns Boy, | as he began to anxiously search’the shore with his keen eyes. At first he saw nothing out of, the way. Then he saw a white feati.er floating in the | water. Patiently and anxiously he then | searched through the growing wild rice | and so at last he discovered a Beautiful white bird with wondertul plumes that was trying to hide. At a glance Farmer | Brown's Boy saw that that bird had | been shot and that one wing had been badly hurt. | “You poor, poor thing!” said Farmer Brown’s Boy. “You poor, poor thing!" | (Copyright, 1930,) | | To Choose Lublte.r. Like all shellfish, lobster must be per- | fectly fresh and should be eaten soon | after they are bolled. A test for fresh- | ness is to pull out the tail straight and | see whether it returns with a spring. A good lobster is broad across the tail and heavy for its bulk. If light, the flesh is watery. A medium-sized lobster is bet- | ter than a large one, which is coarser, Serve simply in a salad or with a salad, Cold lobster dishes are liked in warm ‘weather, Oily Skin is Acid night, if you will try cremed mag- nesia just once. It turns old looking, poor-color skin to youth- ful clearness, reduces enlarged pores to' the finest texture and smooths sut the tell-talesigis of age. s [0 get genuine cremed mag- nesia, ask your druggist,for Den- ton’s Facial Magnesia. 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