Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1930, Page 43

WOMAN’S PAGE. Substitute for Machine Methods BY MARY To the woman who makes dresses at home the nearby hemstitching and picot expert is a friend in need and in- deed. In every small town there is at least one little shop where this sort of ‘work is done and usually done very well, and in larger cities these operators are POWDER BLUE DRESS OF CANTON CREPE SHOWS THE FINE WORK- MANSHIP SO HIGHLY PRIZED IN PARIS. to be found in every neighborhood. All the home dressmaker has to do is to mark her material where she wants the picot or hemstitching to appear and the operator of the hemstitching machine does the rest. It is such a convenient way to finish frills and flounces, capes, collars, tabs and drapery. But sometimes, often in fact, it is in- convenient to have this work done. How then shall one finish the dainty scarf or collar of the dress of chiffon, crepe or other fine material? - Even the narrowest sort of hem would look bulky. Why not follow the French MARSHALL. trick of finishing the edge with a very fine row of saw teeth done with a pair of sharp scissors and then turning it under just an eighth of an inch and fastening with a very fine hem? The dress of crepe de chine shown in the sketch has the collar finished in this way and the skirt has a deeper hem, the top of which insgtead of being turned under is finely snipped and fine- ly hemmed down. A little patience is required to make the snipping as fine and even as it is on expensive imported dresses, but it is by no means difficult. And a dress finished in this way has | that smart dressmaker appearance that we all admire. (Copyright, 1930.) SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. ‘The name of Jimson week—and you may see it, blooming darkly, down any alley now—inevitably raises a smile. The contempt in the expression is clear to | every one, and I used to wonder who | Jimson was. He sounds like a tramp, | Johnny Appleseed, or a hayseed, the butt of all the cracker-box wits. Be- fore I know it I shall be writing his biography, filling in the sketchy places, as biographers are wont to do, with phrases like, “We can only suppose that in the interval between August and December Jimson must have been off again on one of his adventurous rambles through the frontier settle- ments.” But Jimson turns out to be & cor- raption of Jamestown. And thus we learn that in that first Virginian set- | tlement the weed that botanists call Datura and druggists call Stramonium came in 1609 as a stowaway and swiftly spread over the first fields. Undeniably there is something tropic in the sultry blue of the flowers, with their elegant tubular corolias ending in a beautiful sort of salver. I used as a child to be fascinated by bringing the plant to my lips and nose. Having been told that it was deadly poisono.s, I delighted in the thrill of danger that touching it to my mouth entalled. I wondered if its suffocating odor might not subtly overcome me. It is sometimes said that the world- ‘wide distribution of the Jimson weed is due to the gypsies, among whom it has for ages been a favorite medicine. But a dangerous medicine surely; its poisonous properties in all parts of the plant are not exaggerated. To chil- dren it is fatal. In India it is one of the commonest poisons used by crim- inals. Hundreds of cases of death by Stramonium occur each year, perhaps because religious mystics eat it. In small doses it has the property of in- ducing a toxic excitation of the brain; religious trances or trances far more ridiculous result. A marvelous great white species has to appear in a few gardens around Washington. It is told of this flower, which looks like living moonlight, that an orchid col- lector for the United States Nursery Co. found it in South America. ROYAL HE-MEN OF HISTORY Dying at Assassin’s Hands, Prince of Orange Thought Only of His People. BY J. P. [ = SO BEARD AFLAME. Under Charles V of Spain and Ger- y, the Netherlands had fared well, since he understood them and they understood him. But Philip II, succes- 80 of Charles, was a fantic. Tolera~ tion of the Calvinists was impossible to one of his nature. On his knees hefore a crucifix, he de- clared: “I would rather not reign at all then to reign over men who deny their Lord and Master!” He meant it. ‘William, Prince of Orange, was & Catholic. However, he had a strong | feeling for his country's liberties. The | Ezflclnmlflnn of the Inquisition in the w Countries resulted in his_offering to head national resistance to Philip. In the sixteenth century only danger confronted him who championed such & cause. Philip of Spain solemnly put a ban upon Willilam as a traitor. This legalized his death by any means and set a price upon his head. From then on the threat of assassination hung over the prince. ‘The Duke of Anjou brought a French army to Orange's ald. On March 18, 1582, the duke’s twenty-fourth birthday anniversary, ce Willlam gave a great dinner for him. Thewg:ny was just rising from the table when a young man handed a pe- tition to the prince, and, when he started to read it, fired a pistol so close to his face that its flame set his hair and beard afire. ‘The ball entered under William's right ear, knocked out two teeth, and passed out through the roof of his mouth. The shock was as though he had been dealt a terrible blow. He staggered, but remained standing, while his m'nd groped with the m.tter. “Has part of the house fallen down?"” he_asked. In a moment he realized what had happened and perceived the seriousness of his wound., But in this dilemma he acted nobly and generously. “Do not kill him,” he exclaimed, in | his assailant’s behalf. my death.” William's command was not obeyed. In a trice, the assassin fell, plerced by 32 rapler ‘thrusts. Nor did the prince die. The flame of the pistol is said to have cauterized the wound and checked the bleeding. He re- covered, after a heroic struggle. His suffering was terrible, for no bandage could be affixed to his wound. To prevent bleeding, a succession of at- tendants compressed the opening of the wound with their thumbs, day and night, until it healed. Slecpless over a long period, prince smiled patiently. He had, however, only a little more than two years of life left to him. Bal- thazar Gerard, a Burgundian, shot him “I forgive him the My Neighbor Says: The best oven temperature for baking ham is between 250 and 275 degrees Fahrenheit. This giyss a most deliclous ham, which slices well. If a glazed appearance is desired, use left- over, sweetened fruit juice for basting the ham. This also adds to the flavor. Soak mildewed linen in butter- milk; after an hour sprinkle it with ralt and lay in the sun. Repea’ unti] the spot is removed. ‘The most important requisite for ar efficient ice box is cleanli~ ness. Imstead of wrapping vege- tables in paper or towels, they should be kept in china or glass containers. ~ Strongly flavored foods, such as cheese, should be kept on the racks of the ice box. Add a slice of onion to toma- toes when they are first put on to stew. It may be removed later, but the flavor remains, GLASS. ‘WHEN HE STARTED TO READ IT, THE YOUNG MAN FIRED A PISTOL CLOSE TO HIS FACE THAT ITS FLAME SET HIS HAIR AND at Delft, as he was walking upstairs after dinner, on July 10, 1584. “Like David, I have slain Goliath,” shouted Gerard. < William, clutching his side, cried out: “O, God, have mercy on my soul—O, God, have mercy on this poor people,” and fell dead. He had not been brilliant, but he had been just, honest and brave. It was through him that the Dutch Republic was founded and he gave it a new con- stitution, which guaranteed the people’s liberties. (Copyright, 1930.) Home in Good Taste BY SARA MILAND, Furniture constructed of metal tubing is now the very smartest thing; but what do you suppose the man who is in the habit of tipping his chair back \1s going to think of it? He really won't mind, because the furniture is comfort- | | | able, and if his wife finds that it makes the house or garden much more attrac- | tive, what is there to do about it any- way? ‘The set shown in the illustration may be had with the metal frame in any | color or chromium plated: the seats and backs are of natural rattan. The top is of a composition which makes it waterproof and sunproof, and which keeps it always in con- dition. If the furniture is to be used out of doors it might be attractive to have the metal chromium plated; but if it is to be added to the sun room it might be more appropriate in a color such as Chinese red, green or bright blue. (Copyright, 1930.) Lemon Snow. Soak two tablespoonfuls of granu- lated gelatin in half a cupful of cold water for 10 minutes, add two cupfuls of bolling water, one cupful of sugar, the juice of three lemons and the grated rind of one lemon. Stir until dissolved, and chill. When cold and be- to set, beat with a whisk until p P00 onto a glass dish and sprinkle thickly with grated cocoanut. Chill and serve with custard sauce. Undeveloped - land, covering _ 50,000 acres, within 10 miles of Charing Cross, London s being opened for building purposes at thegyate acres & year, 3 |or a rogue adventurer, or a sort of | THE EVENING WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. ‘When we never heard of fly swatters and the fly catcher was a scientific way | of trapping the pests? OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL When vacations are planned remem- ber mother. She is so likely to be overlooked becausc she is so busy get- ting everybody else ready. She sews and buys and packs. She buys railroad tickets and telephones for the express man. She hunts up last year's sweater and racket and counts the usable balls. She worries about your first aid kit, and your bad tooth. She fairly shoves you on the train and waves you away. But she stays home. Home is a very good place. I know of none better. But the nature of people demands change. Even if you are a little uncomfortable the change will benefit you. You have worn tracks in your brain cells. Your muscles work in grooves. There is no interest in do- ing the same thing over and over all year round because there is nc fresh call made on the mind and body. A new environment demands new ad- justments and that freshens things all around. ‘The deadly routine of the home and family is hardest on mother. It is she who carries everybody's burden. She wakens you early the day you have an appointment with the dentist. She prods you to prepare that important composition. She looks over your ward- robe and gets it ready beforetime. She «~ats for you, sleeps for you, lives for you. And it gets very tiresome. So provide a vacation for mother. See that her wardrobe is ready, that her tickets are bought, that her chair is on the right side of the car—prepare the way for her. Even if you have to stay home yourself, do this. You see staying home will be a real change for you. It will call into play all sorts of nerve cells, all sorts of adjustments. It will do you a great deal of good to serve in your mother’s stead for a time. You see mother won't tell you she needs a vacation. She will tell you she does not. But you and I know better. Out she must go. Her health is the basis of the family'’s happiness. With mother ailing or disabled things are never right. Don’t wait until she goes to bed to take care of her. Guard her See that she gets change and rest. Another thing. Don't imagine that mother is getting any vacation when she goes to the country with the chil- dren. She isn't. She is working at the same old grind. Spinach for the baby, cocoo for Bob. No fat in Mary's diet. A rest time for Peter whether he likes it or not. Story telling at bedtime, ad- vice and commands and general super- vision are her daily stunt. In order to give mother a vacation she must be freed from the burden of the house and the family. So take it over yourself, oldest son and oldest daughter, and so save your precious mother for the years to come. STAR, WASHINGTON, D:. C., THURSDAY, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX What Are a Crippled Girl’s Chances of Marriage? D!:AR MISS DIX—I am a girl 21 years old. My mother died when I was 13 and I have not been happy since because I am crippled. My sisters call me an old maid and say no man will marry me because I am lame, although Iam prettier than they are. When any man tries to talk to me they say that he is just making a fool of me. Do you think a man could ever fall in love with a crippled girl? C.G. Answer—Why not? If a man is big and fine and noble, he will be looking at your mind and heart, which are straight and beautiful, and not at your poor, deformed foot. As a matter of fact, I know two or three lame women who are | married to splendid husbands. I think your sisters must be as ;ruel as the wicked sisters in the fairy tale and that you are far luckier than they because they are lame in their souls, while you are lame only in body. But facts are facts, C. G., and it see and the wise thing to do is to look them squarely in the face instead of shutting your eyes to them. It is foolish to deny that men require far more physical perfection from women than women do from men and that they are far more impressed by any bodily defect in & woman than a woman is in a man. The fact that a man is baldheaded or fat does not keep a girl from liking his attentions or falling in love wilth him, but any girl who was fat and bald- headed would never get an invitation from a man to go anywhere. Still less would she ever get a proposal of marriage. All of us know women who have married men who are hunchbacked or blind and deaf and dumb or who have been terribly maimed. The women could see the splendid heart and soul and brain that was housed in the poor, battered body. But you seldom hear of a man marrying a woman who is greatly afflicted. So, while you are not predestined to be an old maid because of your lame- ness, it is undoubtedly true ithat you will have fewer chances to marry than if you had two good dancing feet. Therefore, I would advise you to think as little as possible about love and matrimony and to fit yourself to make a good independent living for yourself. | If you do that you will have something to interest you, money to be comfortable and independent on, and you can live a happy life whether you marry or mot. Then, if Mr. Right comes along, well and good, and if he doesn't, you will not have lost out. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1930.) ‘That which is expressly made for a special use is always the best for that purpose. As in everything else, so with flour. Flour that is made from the soft sun-kissed, June-ripened wheat is especially adapted for kitchen facilities and family recipes. And that is why Plain Washington Flour meets every family requirement better than any other. to me that the brave thing to do | PLAIN WASHINGTON FLOUR is one of the “Pantry Pals"—it and SELF-RISING WASHINGTON FLOUR for sale by grocers and delicatessens in a]] sizes from 2- Ib. sacks up. You can safely a!l:i‘&,i economically buy the 12 and 24 pound sizes, INGTON FLOUR IS USED. ERY SA F WASH- GUARANTEED Goob UNTIL Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co., Washington, D. C. JULY 31, 1930. FEATUR ES. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I wouldn't be here drinkin' pertend tea with Baby if I hadn't seed her savin' her sponge cake from dinner. Her's pretty sure to bring it on fer dessert. (Copyright, 1930.) Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Mental Hygiene. Dr. Freud, who, I am convinced, is deductions is this: Too many people suffer for and on account of their memories. ‘To put it another way, you may “repress” your emotions, but you have a hard time “forgetting” them. So the big idea is to learn how to for-| get as completely as you can, keeping in mind the fact that you can never completely forget everything. | It seems to me you may promote your own mental health by now and then doing the best you can to recall the things you apparently have forgotten. ‘This is a strange paradox. But, then, it's no stranger than that offered by Dr. Dunlap of Johns Hopkins University, who says that the way to remember is to_try to forget. Dr. Dunlap is right. So is the oppo- site process—try to remember and you| will forget. One way to go about this trying to forget through the process of recalling is to write your own autobiography, even if you can’t find a publisher for it. Let yourself be the author, publisher, agent and reader. are likely to get will mean more to you from the standpoint of mental hygiene than the best book in a decade has meant in money to the author. ‘Your memories make many volumes. Your unconscious self is your library. Leaf through this library. You may there attain knowledge whereby you may reconstruct your life. (Copyright, 1930, — To Keep Juice in Pie. ‘Before putting on the top crust of a pie moisten the edge of the lower crust for about half an inch and sprinkle with flour. Lay the top crust in two small folds. Prick the edge and cut off the surplus, then roll the double crust in a braidlike edge and press well at each turn. The folds in the crust allow for the expansion of the cooking fruit, and the flour and water at the edge paste the two crusts together so securely that all the delicious juice is retained in the ple. The royalties you | BY LOIS Exercise for Fat Knees. Dear Miss Leeds—Please describe an | exercise that will reduce the fat on | | the inside of the knees and also one to | fill out the legs above the knees. Mrs. A, | Answer—Hiking in the country, climb- | ing hills and swimming are fine exer- | | cises for wearing away excess fat and | | filling out hollows in the contour of the | | legs. " Here is an exercise that you may | do at home. Sit on the edge of a bed with knees together and feet separated as far as possible to each side. Swing | | the feet around in semicircles, always keeping knees together. Do this 25 to | 50 times. LOIS LEEDS. | Rinse for Blond Hair. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) My hair used to | be very light, but now ‘it is getting | darker, although it is not yet what one | would call a light brown. How can I brighten it> (2) I am 19 years old, 5 feet 41; inches tall. What should I weigh? (3) I have blue eyes and a fair skin. What colors are becoming to me? (4) I am thinking of training as a | nurse, but I have heard that one puts on weight during training. Is this true? (5) What exercises are good for reduc- | ing hips and waist? BRIGHT EYES. Answer—(1) Be careful to use on]y‘ pure white soaps in washing your hair. Lather and rinse several times. After all the soap has been washed out, rinse your hair in a mixture of two quarts of water, two tablespoonfuls strained lemon juice, two tablespoonfuls peroxide and one tablespoonful ammonia. Leave the rinse on for 19 minutes, then wash | it off in clear water. This will tend to | arrest the darkening process to some | extent, but, of course, nothing can re- | store your hair to a pure golden shade | but bleaching. (2) The average weight for your age and height is between 123 and 127 pounds. (3) Becoming shades for you include dark and medium blues, especially Copenhagen, Wedgwood and powder blue; blue-greens, reseda, peach, dull brick, rust, dark green, bronze, | pinkish tan, golden brown, pale yellow, | warm gray, shell pink, old rose, creamy | flesh, eggshell, plum, wine, blue- | violet, orchid. (4) There is no reason | why one should put on weight during | training unless one has been put.on a special diet on account of being under- weight to begin with. The nurse in training usually gets plenty of exercise, but if you feel you need more I advise swimming, since that is an all-around exercise that one may do without stand- ing on one's feet. (5) Lie on your back on the floor and raise both legs up vertically. Now swing them both to- | gether down to the right side; raise Double your knees up on your chest and then kick upward vigor- ously with each leg 10 times. Now swing your legs up and over your head until the toes touch the floor. Still lying on the floor, slowly raise yourself to a sit- ting posture, keeping your legs stretched DAILY DIET RECIPE ONIONS SAUTE. Sliced onions, two cupfuls; butter, two tablespoonfuls. Serves three or four portions. Put butter in heavy f-ying pan. ‘When it begins to melt well add onions, cover pan and cook over rather medium fire about 15 minutes until onions are tender and just golden brown. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes fat and fiber. Lime, sulphur, vitamins A and B present. Can be given to chil- dren 12 years and over. Can be eaten by normal adults of aver- age or under weight, Look for the Nume oty For Your Protection demand Auth’s Frankfurter Sausage Meat Products. Insi and All Other Auth st on Auth’s—Look for the Auth name—if you don’t see it you’re not getting Auth Quality. i S, GOVERNMENT INSPE MILADY BEAUTIFUL LEEDS. in front of you. Relax to starting posi- tion and repeat the exercise. LOIS LEEDS. , Gaining Weight. Dear Miss Leeds—I am underweight;~ but do not seem able to gain by dleting. Would it help me to gain if I took cod~ liver oil before each meal? - MISS JANE. ~ Answer—Underweight is not always™ due to lack of. sufficlent food. It is sometimes due to digestive troubles, de- | cayed teeth, diseased tonsils or some such condition within the body that may require medical treatment. My ad- vice is that you have a thorough phys- ical examination by a doctor to find out what is keeping you thin. Cod liver oil is useful in many cases of unders weight, but you should not dose yours self without a doctor’s orders. I shall be glad to send you menu suggestions if you care to have them; but send me a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request. LOIS L a (Copyright, 1930.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Much is taught the children now adays about saving money, and school clubs and banks are helping to forng the thrift habit. But few children ars ever given money to spend, except per+ haps an allowance for candy and the e movies. I began early with my chfldrené letting them buy their own clothes. I was x:,“sh long helor:u thez'ood becamme « cellent shoppers, getting ue for their money, and making sensible selec- tions. They are invariably better satn. isfied with clothes of their own choosw+ ing, and realizing how much clothes® cost, they take better care of thems Children who know something about the- purchasing power of a dollar, when they: go away to school or are otherwise “on their own,” are able to handle their’ allowances as those without experience cannot. = (Copyright, 1930.) 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