Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1930, Page 28

WOM AN'S PAGE Study of Flowers and Birds BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Parents can encourage their children, this plan if it were essential that they to- study birds and flowers during the Summer, and do it in such an inter- esting way, that they will find it ‘a delight. Incidentally the parents, ‘Shemselves, will find they are leaming | week, so that there is no discrimina- become teachers. The whole may be students er. If parents are not familiar with birds and plants, they ean find = wide rai of books and with pletures of ‘each , both In bookstores ‘and libraries. Encourage the children to discover flowers and show them to you. It _is unwise to tell them to gather the flowers, for they may ‘despoil flower ‘®Beds and eneroach on property in their zeal to get new kinds. Children will discover wild flowers when they are off on walks or drives with their parents, who ‘will know when to give permission to pluck them, and who also will be on hand to see at the ame time the blossoms that attract the |eves of the little folk. Cultivated | flowers in nearby gardens and in flower | beds at home are bettsr known to | homemakers, than are the wild flowers. Tell the children that you will giv® | a prize to the one who discovers the | greatest variety of flowers during the ‘week, and that & ‘bigger prize will b | given to the one who has found the | most during the entire Summer, or | sonte set timte, which may be before school begins, or by the end of Sep- | tember. Let them get ‘encouragement as they go along. This is supplied by the weekly prize, which may be vari- able and suited to the wants of the | 'espectal child who wins it, or it may be a nickel or a dime. It must be a | trifling thing, and of similar value eaclr amily usually, tion. The prize at the 'end of the Summer may be anything the parents | want to give th> child. A book telling | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY. NANCY PAGE Felice Is Well Groomed Though Married. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE: One of the newest brides, Felice, MBS | had always been most ‘eareful of Mer appearance. Her hands looked like the traditional “lily white” hands of romance. Her halr was brushed until it was shining. Never a shine was on her nose, nor a wisp of hair out of pace. Perchance she should have married & rich young man, who could have af- forded her a maid, service galore, and the cushion and fine seam of romance, not to mention the strawberries and eream. But Felice’'s husband was a strug- gling lawyer, who was bound to reach the top some day, but just nmow the Com; o With Breadwinner's Work. If Husbands and Wives Could Change Jobs for a Day, They Would Never Again Belittle Each Other’s Achievements. WOMAN writés ms ‘My husband and I are always quarreling o work. He says: ‘Gosh, haven't you got those trousers mended for me Gee, what do_you do with your time? whole d in 30 minutes and have the bals Why, you've got a regular snap, with not children and do the housework. Wish I couid I could do all the work yoi ce of the time left to to do but to take ve it easy like that.’ I respond with heat: ‘I have a snap, have I, and you are Mr. Efficiency could do all of my work in 30 minutes and be able to play boy thie balance of the time could you? How do you get that way? ‘Don’t you ever notice me getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning to get the breakfast while you and the kids are still sleeping? Did you ever watch me doing a marathon between the kitchen and the bathroom, trying to céok the cereal with one hand and wash behind the children’s ears with the other? when I try to soothe a teething baby and find ever watch me double-timin; Did you a clean shirt and get the children dresSed for school? “ ‘AND how do you think the hou_se gets cleaned up and three meals a day | cocked and the laundry work done and the food bought and the stock- ings darned if I don't do it? Let me tell you, my good man, that homes are still run by woman-power, and in this particular one I'm it, and I am about the nearest thing to a perpetual-motion machine you ever saw. “e ‘ORK! T wish I had a part-time job like yours, that only lasts from 9 to | 5, with an hour for lunch, and I had nothing to do but stand around and gab with a lot of men and preity stenographers.” “Then friend husband jams on his hat and bangs the front door behind him and I go and scrub out the bathtub for the seven-millionth time and pick up the papers that he has scattered around for the billionth time and start on my 759836th round of the domestic treadmill And we are no nearer settling the question of which one of us works the harder than we were the first time we ever debated it. And it is still good for a fight every time it comes up.” IN thousands of other homes husbands and wives are snarling at each other over the same bone of contention, because each one thinks that he or she has JULY 30, 1930. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Baby's holletin’ murder an' runnin’ in to Muvver 'caiise her swallowed a chunk of ice. I 'member When I was a little feller it used to scare me (oo, Man Quick at Bigamy. Within five months after his weddin 2 !l;ies first wife, dAmolfl !mue‘l B-l'l o von, England, miarried aghin. is believed to be the quickt est_case bigamy known in England. Ball plead- to ed guilty and is mow serving three | months’ imprisonment. FEATURES. BEDTIME STORIES Finds the Clothespins. The one who does a thing forbidden 1 wisest When e Keeps. well hidden —JIM CRO! Farmer Brown's boy looked first all | about the house outside. Then all| around the yard and finally out in| the barn. But Jim Crow was not to| be found. “The black rascal!” mut- | tered Farmer Brown's Boy. “He knows well enocugh that in stealing those clothespins he was getting in mischief. Now, he's keeping out of sight. I sup- pose he has hidden those clothespins in his treasure house. I guess it's a good thing I know where that treasure ouse is.” Now, what Farmer Brown’s Boy called Jim Crow’s “treasure house” was merely Jim Crow's hiding place for various | things that he might pick up from | time to time. Jim Crow, like most other | Crows, had a fondness for picking up | and hiding all sorts of small articles, especially such as were shiny. These things he hid up in a corner of the haymow. He was always very secretive when hiding things. He would watch to see that no ore was looking. He| never took anything there openly. | Farmer Brown’s Boy had discovered Jim Crow's house quite by accident. He didn’t let Jim Crow know that he had discovered it. When some small object that was wanted proved to be missing, Farmer Brown’s Boy would visit that treasure house when Jim Crow was not about. Usually he found the missing article. So now, Farmer Brown's Boy had no doubt at all that he would find By Thornton W. Burgess. anemme i) the missing Clothespins in that tresure; ouse. H “I'l have those cldthéspins for you: inside of five minutes,” he Mother Brown, and at once went up in the haymow to Jim Orow's treasure” o “CAW!” REP] JIM CROW, FAR! 'N'S _BOY JUST AS WISE AS BEFORE. house, There he found just one ~lothes- pin and that an old one that had been there some time. “Well, what do you know about this!” led Farmer Brown'’s Boy. “If that black rascal really did take those clothespins, he must have put them in a new hiding place, and I haven't the remotest idea where such a place may be.” Farmer Brown's Boy went out into | of flowers, and profusely illustrated, is recommended. The study of birds is handled in | much the same way. A bird may be discovered by its plumage, or by iis song. It has to be seen, however, in | order to classify it, unless the parents are familiar with bird lore. the worse end of the matrimonial bargain. This is natural and inevitable, be- | cause each of us knows the difficulties and the hardships of his own lot and we | do not know what others have to suffer. It is not surprising that husband and wife should each underrate the work | that the other does, and I often wish that it were possible for them to swap places for a day or a week and thus have an opportunity to find out from actual | experience how heavy is the burden the party of the other part has to bear. rung on which he stood was quite close to_the ground. That meant that Felice had to do her own work, get the meals, clean the kitchen and afford a cleaning woman |only twice a week. ‘The young married crowd watched the yard and whistled a peculiar call. It was one he always used to call Jim Crow A moment later Jim Crow ap- peared on the ridgepole of the barn. Then he flew down to the shoulder of Farmer Brown's Boy. “So were out behind the barn, AT e e e i B CHILD SOON LEARNS TO LOVE ‘THE BIRDS. with their children, and they, too, will discover a wide field of interest open- ing_up. Neither parent nor child need know about the birds or flowers at first. This may mean much to parents, who never were versed in the lore of nature, and who might hesitate to venture on BEAUTY CHATS Overweight Children. There is a popular idea that a fat child must be healthy. They are usual- 1y nerveless, good-tempered, ready to laugh, and they have good digestions. And weight charts, both for children and grown people, give a surprising number of pounds as & health weight. But these charts are not meant to be taken very literally; one can _come within 15 per cent of what the tables say. Fat is a comfortable padding, and in cold weather & very warm one to carry around; but the ng of this weight _involves more trouble for the stomach, to provide food for it; for the heart, to supply blood to it; for the lungs, to provide oxygen. So beyond a certain point even & child might be- gin reducing. Besides, for all their nt placid- ity, physicians have not! that at children (and fat grown-ups) are sub- ject to fear, to emotional states, to wor- Yy. Perhaps this is primarily due % self-consciousness, because they are & little different from other children, or have been teased about their size. Sometimes, but not in many cases, this overweight is due to a disturbance in the ductless glands, and some physi- cians treat this with glandular medi- cines, to the great benefit of the child. But u.sulllyl Chud!::l are &:t lefl::';lo wn e are—because they mch. perX?d reduction comes through diet. But one important thing must be re- membered here—though they should be made to eat less, the foods most nec- essary for growth and health must be kept in the diet. Those which can be most easily eliminated are sugars—can- dies, rich puddings, znd cakes (alas. poor children, they’ll hate it so!), and 8 moderate reduction in bread, pota- toes, rice, rich sauces and gravies. L. M—If your gray hairs are just scattered ones, a_henna shampoo will give them enough color so they will not_show when brushed into the mass of hair. You will need to practice a bit before you know exactly how long to retain the henna lather on the hair to effect this. Give it 15 minutes the first time, so there need be no regrets following the experiment; after that will know how much longer it your hair to color. Separate patches may be dyed to match the natural color of the whole MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. , Farina With Cream ran Muffins Coffee LUNCHEON. Baked Stuffed Peppers on Toast ‘With Mustard Sauce Currant Jelly Rolled Cheese Sandwiches Fruit Gelatin ‘Wafers Iced Tea Cantalou Date DINNER. Baked Ham Raisin Sauce Hashed Browned Potatoes Boiled Swiss Chard Tomato Salad Mayonnaise Dressing Blackberry Pie Cheese Coffee DATE BRAN MUFFINS. One cupful flour, three tea- spoonfuls baking powder, one teaspoonful salt, one tablespoon- ful sugar. two cupfuls bran, one egg, one and one-half cupfuls milk, one-half cupful dates. Sift wder, salt and sugar. Mix with bran into which the beaten egg has been stirred. Add milk and beat thoroughly, then add dates eut into small Bake in moderate oven HAM, RAISIN SAUCE. Pour one cupful of vinegar and one cupful brown sugar over the butt end of a ham and add enough cold water to just cover it. Simmer until tender, allow- ing 20 minutes to each pound. Place ham in baking pan with two cupfuls of the liquid "in Then they can tell the child what the bird looks like, and get him to watch for it when- ever hie hears the special call again. ‘The weekly prize is again advised, and the final larger one at the end of the season. i DAILY DIET RECIPE GRAPEFRUIT.! Grapefruit, 1. Lettuce leaves, 4. Mineral oil French dressing of mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons. SERVES TWO PORTIONS. On a salad plate arrange crisp, tender lettuce leaves. On this Iay five or six sections of grape- fruit. Chill this in ice box an hour or so. At time of serving dress with mineral oil dressing and garnish if desired with finely c ‘green pepper or minced parsley. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes some fiber. Lime, iron and vitamins A. B. and C t. Can be eaten by a diabetic, Can those wishing to useful in Iaxative diet. BY EDNA KENT FORBES head, but only an ‘expert should handle ich an rtant piece of work. I ‘shall be to mail you a tonic form- ‘that will help the sealp, if you send self-afidressed, stamped envelope to see what would happen. ‘They rather thought that she would begin to look slovenly and rather work- worn. But not Felice. One day she took Nancy out into the kitchen. There on the ledge near the window was a kitchen make-up 5 Nancy looked at it in amusement but respect with Felice had taken one of the two compartment wooden cutlery boxes. She had given this a coat of lacquer. In one side she had a small box of powder, a small container for rouge, a comb, powder puff, some hair clasps and small hairpins. Above the sink on the side of the dish cupboard, where it recelved good light, was a small mirror, And on the ledge above the sink was a small bottle of hand lotion and a salt shaker filled with coarse corn meal. Felice put the lotion on her hands after dishwashing, rubbed it in, added a sprinkling of corn meal, then rubbed her hands dry. it. (Copyright, 1930.) SUMMERTIME One flower, above all others, is to me the flower of Summer, at least [or city and suburban Summers. The clover, exhaling the sweet yet never cloying odor of honey, may be nothing but & wayside weed, a lawn flower, and yet how brave a show it makes—golden and white and purple and crimson. How valiantly it resists the Summer drought, the dust of roadsides, the trampling of our heavy, unthinking feet. When other blossoms faint under the heat, it goes about its blooming. ‘There are Itallan crimson clover, and sweet-clover, whose pungent odor is one of the loveliest in all the fragrant Summer, and Japanese hop clover—and then, just flln clover, the best of all, whether or white. The gqueen of honey flowers, it works for us with Easy Ice Cx:n:: So crisp every delicious bubble crackles when milk or cream is poured on it! Rice Krispies are toasted rice—filled with flavor and crispness—whatabreakfast! Rice Krispies fascinate children. They are ideal for early suppers. Order a red- and-green package from your grocer to- day. Made by Kellogg in Bat- tle *| was added to the Believe me, it would make them wondrous kind and appreciative. their estimate of each other’s work is based on ignorance and lack of ‘The man comes home to a house that is clean and orderly, a well-cooked meal and children who are all tidied up. And, never hav- ing swept a floor or cooked a meal or washed and dressed a baby in his life, he has a vague general idea that these things happen automatically and he hasn't the thousands of steps his wife has taken and the hours of labor AS it is, personal_experience. an idea of she has given to achieve this result. It is the same way with women. When a woman goes downtown it is a She gets a thrill out of seeing new faces. activity of people moving about amuse her. sort of lark to her. light her. BUT if (Copyright, 1930.) A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. ON Pennsylvania avenue, dfagonally across from the White House, stands a large brick and stucco man- sion which one doesn't pass without at least & brief pause for a look of ad- miration. Bullt more than 100 years ago, be- fore Andrew Jack- son broke the Ave- nue into two parts by thrusting his walking stick into the ground and commanding that the Treasury be built on that spot, and even before the south portico Ul White House, “A seems to stand J there @s a chal- A challenge to modern archiectural development which is making such P along the Avenue. Sturdy and ified, this olda man- sion, which is known in the Capital as the 6ld Blair House, has assumed & graclousness of aspect, amid its ‘mod- ern surroundings, which sets it apart. Standing in the very center of na- tional affairs, tne old Blair House for more than a century has literally and figuratively watched the march of events that have attended the growth of not only the National Capital, but the nation as well. . Within its walls affairs vitally af- fecting the country have been discussed. It was here that Robert E. Lee, @ colonel in the United States Army, rode one day for an interview with Francis P. Blair, at which time Blair, in behalf of President Lincoln, sought to ascer- tain Lee's sentiments in regard to es- suming command of the Union Armies in the field for the Civil War. The small reception room to the right of the entrance hall, which was in old days the office of Francis P. Blair, and the room in which the fa- mous conversation with Lee took place, still there. 15'I'l’le walls are lined with old prints, including a series of the political car- toons of the Polk-Clay campaign over the admission of Texas to the Union. It was in this house that Secretary of the Navy Bancroft in the Polk ad- piiolisin il e BEAUTY CREAM REMOVES WRINKLES An amazing new cleansing cream has been discovered called Marinello Tissue Cream. It is already the fa- vorite among leading beauties of the stage and society, as well as cos- meticians everywhere. Doesn’t look nor work like any cream you ever used. Melts the pores, lightens the skin slightly, cannot enlarge the pores, cannot grow hair on your face, overcomes dryness, removes and prevents lines, flaking and wrinkles and wipes away beautifully, leaving the skin as soft and clear in color as a rose petal. Get a jar of Marinello Tissue Cream from the stores named be- low. Cleanse your face with it twice a day for 10 days using no soap or water. If you are not overjoyed at the way it removes wrinkles and gives new softness and beauty to our skin, send us the lid of your arinello jar and we will refund your money. ‘The Marinello Com- pany, 72 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Sold at these beauty shops: Cathedral Mansions Beauty Shop 3000 Corkery Beauty Li00,CORREgticut Avenve orkery Beauty 8hop 819 18th Street N.W. Vanity Beaut 1348 Conmecticut Avenue N.W. Eleanor Snyder Beauty 8 o Natlonal Press Building Helen Powers Beau! % 5 10th Street N.W. 7! Florastelle Beauty 8hoj 7 51 1 street N.E. Mrs. Malone's m"l;!,“o 8hop aty Snop 203 Colmdle Road Ames Bea 0} 202 dth_Street N.E. Marinello Daylight Beauty Shop 705 12th Street N.W. Anne Campbell Beauty Shop, 727 12th Street N.W. Colony Beauty Shop 911 Georgia Avenue N.W. Marinello Approved Shoj 1203 F Street N.W. The Cosmetique Beauty Shop Pleasant Street 1_Mount. Sax See Beauty Shoppe Homer Building Marguerite Beauty Shop No. 1 Penna. Avenue S.E. Lady Jane Beauty Shop 1304 F St. N.W. Marti-Nit e R R Road, Baitimore Dorothen g P SO Thnt Ratnier It is a treat to her to have lunch in a restaurant and not have to eat her own cooking. And, for the life of her, she can't help picturing her ‘husband’s going to work as going to a sort of party because he goes downtown and works among other people, so she doesn’t see what he has to complain about nor why he should be so tired when he comes home at night. she could exchange places with him for a day; if she could know the nerve-racking strain under which he works and the fierce competition he has to meet; if she could know the anxiety that tears at his soul when he won- ders how he is to meet a note in the bank; if she could know the despair that fills him as he sees his life work and all that he has built up tumbling down about him, she would never again disparage her husband’s work. ‘The stir and ‘The pretty things in the stores de- DOROTHY DIX. ministration lived during 1845 and 1846. His successor in the Navy Department, John Y. Mason, lived there from 1846 to 1849. Thomas Ewing, Secretary of Interior in the Fillmore cabinet, dwelt there, and it was in tha same house th: Ewing’s daughter, izabeth, was mar- ried to William Tecumseh Sherman, the general of Civil War fame. And there were others. The old house, still in possession of the Blair family, is & veritable museum. Andrew Jackson's walking stick is there. Furniture, family portraits and sflver, as well as a priceless collection of miscellaneous articles, are gathered in the stately old structure. DoroTHY DIX s “AND THERE'S MRS. GOTTROX AND COL. VAN DE VERE. DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THE RACES?” you were you?” said Farmer Brown's Boy. “Caw!” Treplied Jim Crow, which might have meant 5 “What have you e with those gzmpma?" demanded Farmer Brown's y. “‘Caw!” replied Jim Crow, and Farmer Brown's Boy was just as wise ‘as before. ““You ought to be shut up for punish- ment,” said Farmer Brown's Boy. “Caw!” said Jim Crow, and it sounded as if he chuckled at the same time. “I suppose I've got to trick you to find that new _hiding place,” sald Farmer Brown’s Boy. “Caw!” said Jim Crow, quite as if he approved. So Farmer Brown'’s Boy went into the house and got one of the few remain- ing clothespins. It was a nice new one. He pinned one of the sheets with it and then went back into the house, leaving Jim Crow outside. Then he peeped out the kitchen window. Jim Crow sat on a clohtespost. It was plain, to see that the black SCAMp Was Watche~ ing the house closely. Presently he flew ovér to the clothesline, pulled out the clothespin and away he went arount behind the barn, Farmer Brown's Boy.: lost no time. He raced acro.s to_ the barn and through the barn to where, he could peek through % little window. He was just in time to see Jim Crfow, fly away from the top of a straw stack” out in the barny: Farmer Bro . Boy grinned. He g)t a short Iadder and . climbed up to the top of the stra stack. There in a hollow in the straw’’ were all of Mother Brown's clothespins. A Good Idea. To thicken corn, add some left-ov: rice. This is good and does not in an; way detract from the original flavor of the corn. The quantity of the dish g’ not only increased, but left-over cooki rice can be used up this way instead of being thrown away, especially when there is only a small quantity of it. H Aot oot Lfve B SRR “If T could, I'd give Every Girl in America a box of Lux!” “Let me tell you Girls of WASHINGTON this” just why 1 say EMININE DAINTINESS! Itiss girl’s chief charm. Nothing 8o at- tracts people, MEN especially, as dainty femininity. Womanly daintiness stirs the emotions more than anything else. Sometimes girls are a little careless—a blouse is just a bit soiled at the cuff. Even more do some girls neglect the things that DON’T SHOW — a slip or & step-in is allowed to get shabby looking. My dears, I have known a soiled, faded looking #houlder ribbon peeping out to shatter a man’s IDEAL more quickly and completely than a nagging tongue or a display of temper. Moreover, when your lingerie isn’t dainty and colorful, you yourself don’t FEEL exquisite and truly charming. And, in order to charm others, you must feel sure of your own feminine appeal. Self- confidence is contagious. For your own sakes, I would like to urge every onme of you to follow two simple rules— 1. Buy the daintiest, prettiest lingerie you can. 2. Keep it color-fresh and exquisite in every way as long as you wear it. I'm sure girls often hesitate to wash underthings—stockings, too—as often as daintiness requires, lest they become faded and wear out too soon. You may rightly fear this, if you’ve been using just ordinary “good” soap. But if you'll keep a box of Luz on your bathroom shelf and just dip your lingerie s ““Dainty, ecolorfal fingerie makes you Feel charming — Paded, drad under- things cannot gioe you the same con- sciousness of utter feminine charm. Therefore — never be cartless ©sven about the things that don’t show.” and hosiery up and down in a bowlful of suds as often as needed, you will find they stay colorful and lovely—soft and shimmer- ing and beautiful—for an amazingly long time. Lux is especially made to keep delicate colors UNFADED, FRESH, and to pre- serve the beauty of fine textures. b 1 feel 8o strongly about this that if I could, I'D GIVE EVERY GIRL IN AMERICA A BOX OF LUX. In Your Home, Too Not only can dainty, colorful lingerie give you confidence of charm—but your very SURROUNDINGS can help! Pretty curtains, slip covers, cushions, eolorful table linens, all form pakel: of the magic spell whea they are t ever lovely with Luz. Dosoray Dix : 4 Perfect! Lingerie washed 18 times in Lux—silk and lace fibres in- tact, color intact, charming as new! If i's Safe in Water .. it’s Safe in Disappointing! Lingerie washed 15 times with ordinary ‘‘good”’ soap—silk and lacée darnaged, color faded. LUX