Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1930, Page 23

WOMA Waved Hair an BY MARY Boudoir caps are no longer so gen- erally worn as they were once because the woman with short hair usually has less need of them. The housewife, you may recall, very often used to don & Boudoir cap on arising, postponing the THE BOUDOIR CAP OF ROSE SATIN AND CREAM LACE, AS WELL AS ‘THE DUST CAP OF CHECKED BLUE AND WHITE LAWN COM- BINED WaI'H WHITE LAWN, WERE BOTH MADE FROM THE SAME SIMPLE PA’ . ent of her hair for the day arrangem until after she had prepared breakfast. | With short hair, however, there is no excuse for that sort of postponement. And the majority of busy housewives mow are short haired in spite of the tendency of the younger women to let their’s grow again. N’S PAGE. d Boudoir Caps MARSHALL. | shauld have & boudolr cap of some sort to wear after she has had her hair | waved to induce it to lie smooth and flat. | 'Several readers have asked us for a diagram for a cap they may make at home and the one given here is simple that any one who knows any thing about sewing ought to be able to copy it. It consists of a circle eight inches fn diameter and a band inches long and five inches wide. Seam | the ends of the strip together. Finish | one side with narrow lace and seam the | other side to the edge of the circular | plece, fulling the band slightly as you | g0 0 it is evenly distributed. | " Cut a length of narrow elastic tape about 17 inches in length. Sew the | ends together and sew this on the | wrong side of the cap about one inch | from the edge. You can run the elas- | tic_tape into a slot made from narrow | ribbon sewed the length of the cap or | you may simply machine stitch it to | the cap, stretching out the rubber as | you do 'so that it will be evenly dis- | tributed. ~ The same pattern may be used for making a practical housecap from any light weight washable cotton material. Excellent Lemon Pie. Cook the grated rind of a lemon and some sugar in one and one-half cup- | fuls of water until a good amber color. | Beat the yolks of two eggs, add the juice of a”lemon, a little less than a cupful of sugar and one heaping table- | spoontul of cornstarch. Mix well and add a little more water if needed. Stir | into the liquid, first removing from the fire, It may seem to be a little thin, {but it will be all right when cool. Oranges may be used in place of lemons, but always use a little lemon juice. | Pour into & baked ple crust, whip the | whites of the eggs for the top, and | brown in & moderate oven. | | My Neighbor Says: ‘To restore faded upholstery, beat the dust out, then brush. Apply a strong lather of castile soap with a hard brush, wash off with clear water, then wash off with alum water. On becoming dry, the colors will look as well as ever. When the colors are faded beyond recovery they may be touched up with a pencil dipped in water colors of suitable shade mixed with gum water. Instead of squeezing lemons whenever a drink of lemonade is wanted, squeeze several lemons at a time, strain the juice and keep it in a bottle for future use. Save all lamb fat. It makes excellent shortening for ginger- br:td b:?lg 'ecooklem sul ute for buttermilk ma; be made by beating sour mll{ very rapidly for two minutes. Copyright. 1930.) Still even the short-haired woman BEDTIME STORIE 01d Orchard Is Upset. Tpore's trouble brewing, all can see. n neighbors can't of won't agree. 2Bl Mother Natufe: " The Ol4 Orchard was quite upset. quite upset. You see, @ great deal of disagreement. said one thing and some said another. It was all because Peter Rabbit had boldest of the people ld Orchard went looking Because of their llol.k felt quite hat, during most *IT DECLARED BAMMY JAY. ®f the hours of daylight, one or more of the bird folk sat where they could watch the old stone wall. Most of them saw nothing unusual. Two or three, however caught glimpses of some one | or something as black as night, pop- ing in and out between the stones of old wall. “It was Striped Chipmunk,” declared y Jsy. “He has fallen into and become all black.” “No such thing!” declared Welcome , Who never can agree with Sammy Jay. “I saw Striped Chip- munk this ‘morring myself and there was black about him. He was gwearing his striped coat just as usu Do you mean to tell me that I don't what I see?” demanded Sammy angrily. “I tell you I saw Striped munk early this morning and he as black as the blackest of Black “Did you speak with him?" demanded breast the Grosbeak #No,” replied Sammy. “I didn't have ce. He dodged out of sight as as he saw me.” hen how do you know it was d Chipmunk?” persisted Rose- MOTHERS AND THFIR CHILDREN. & ' | seems that a visitor is a signal for all BY THORNTON W. BURGESS “I guess I know & Chipmunk when I see one!” retorted Sammy Jay. Just then the voice of Striped Chip- munk was heard and instantly there was a rush to see him, for they wanted to settle this dispute once for all. But when they reached the place from which Striped Chipmunk's voice had come he wasn't there, 80 the feathered folk were no wiser than before and they at once began arguing again. This went on for two or three days and there was a great deal of ill feeling among the feathered folk in the Old Orchard. Some declared that they had seen Striped Chipmunk and that he wore his usual striped coat. Some de- clared that they had had glirpses of him and that he was all black But, somehow, no one had a chance to talk to him. It was cnly limoses that they had. It seemed as if Striped Chipmunk ‘Was more retiring than usual. Peter Rabbit spent a great deal of time sitting around among the bushes that grow along the old stone wall Somehow, he always sat in the wrong place. If he was at one end of the wall he would hear Striped Chipmunk at the other end. When he hurried down there Striped Chipmunk had always disappeared. It was just as if Striped Chipmunk was trying to keep out of sight, and yet there was no reason in the world why he should. (Copyrignt, i:33) OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL Before Visitors. “What can I do to make my little 3-year-old daughter behave before peo- ple? She makes me fesl terrible. She is as good as can be with me, but it sorts of misbehavior. “She races round and round yelling at the top of her voice. Or she gets hold of something and pounds the fur- | niture. The more I say “stop” the | more she goes ahead. If another child comes to visit she is sure to whack him with something—a wooden spoon or her doll or even, as today, with a train of iron cars. What is the trouble?” ‘The trouble is the mother’'s great anxiety to have her child appear a model of perfection in the eyes of the neighbors. Every mother wants her children to be at their best in the pres- ence of strangers, There is nothing to say against t idea provided always that the mother’s idea of conduct is such as to allow the child to be child- ish. We set up adult standards of man- ners and conduct for the children. We know that their demonstrations annoy | their elders so we perspire at the | thought of their activity in the pres- | ence of strangers. We want them to | be quiet, self-effacing, polite, thought~ ful, sweet-mannered. In short, we want them to behave as children never did behave. Our anxiety, our attitude of repression brings on the child’s re- action—noise and forwardaess and hysteria. Let the child behave as usual. Pro- vide pleasant occupation for it and the little guest, if there is one. Never ask a child to do something that he never Right and Left Shoes. fPatsy took great pride in dressing gfself, and I liked to encourage this, did so by always having her clean es spread out in the order of put- on on the floor in her room. But she could not always mnanage the shoes, she would get them on 1 marked each shoe large black arrow on the inside inting out- seemed o for the wrong feet. 8o of the tongue, each arrow , and this little tricl the difficulty, | has been or never has done before. | And keep faith with your child, and !'in your child, visitor or no visitor. If | the child cannot be sure of you be Is | likely to be nervous and that brings on a tram of trouble. 3 Go your accustomed way with the children. Let them wear familiar things. New dresses, new shoes, new | coats, are exciting. They stimulate the | children into doing new things and be- | having new ways. Always try out new ‘ THE EVENING Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Sometimes we like to pause long | enough to acquaint new readers with the aims of this department and the | possibilities for making use of its vari- ous_services. This is not & medical department for either children or adults. It is not a department for solving the problems of adults, except as they Telate to_the be- | havior toward their children. It is, we hope, & column to help the parent to a 0 | hetter knowledge of his children and of how best to manage their feeding, care and behavior problems. Even healthy children present prob- jems. They misbehave, they won't eat, they refuse to obey, their formulas dis- |l're¢‘ they quarrel. In fact, in most | cases, they refuse to act like the model children each mother was sure her children would be. It is our endeavor | to help the mother handle these situa- i tions when they arise, to warn her | what to expect and not’ expect of chil- | dren of any age, and also what attitude will encourage the best behavior. We have been keeping up to date with the new methods of feeding in- fants and children, with knowledge of all kinds of formulas, what to give the child in addition to the milk formula and when to give it, and we are glad to share this specific information with every mother. Knowledge of food and baby care i the privilege of every mother, as well as her duty. Even if the mother con- sults a pediatrist monthly (and this is the ideal course for every mother to follow, it is impossible to ask him every question which puszzles her. Keep in mind, too, that a pediatrist can best help a well informed mother. ‘We have hundreds of leaflets going into detail on each subject. Any of these will be sent to any mother who tells us her problem in sufficient detail 80 that we can select the ones most helpful to her. ‘We cannot help any mother without having some important facts about her child. The important details are baby's ‘weight at birth, present weight and ex- actly and when he or she is fed. With- out this knowledge one merely guesses at the reason for any unusual behavior or upset. To write “My baby cries every night, what is wrong?” is the sort of question that by its indefiniteness and lack of description of the infant leaves us_entirely in the dark, If the problem is one of behavior give age and weight of child as an in- dex of his general condition and wheth- er he is an only child or one of several and something about the home condi- tions. This gives some sort of picture o{blme child which makes advice pos- sible. NANCY -PAGE Nancy's Fish au Gratin Is Fish Acceptable BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Nancy had some left-over fish she wanted to use. The day was rather coolish for August, so she decided she would risk baked potatoes, fish au gratin and crisp bacon, ‘When she looked at the fish she found she did not have enough to serve two hungry people, let alone the Laceys who were coming over. Accord- ingly she ordered two pounds of fresh halibut fillets. That with what she had on hand would do nicely. Her left-over fish had been fried. But the new fish she in bolling salted water, simmering it for 20 min- utes. She picked fish from bones and combined it with the rather coarsely flaked cooked fish. She added two tablespoons inelted butter, one table- spoon lemon juice, a half teaspoon salt and a few drops onion juice. ‘Then she made a white sauce using four tablespoons each butter and flour for two cups milk, When this sauce was smooth, bubbling and seasoned to taste she added fish flakes. The mix- ture was put in casserole, covered with freshly crumbed bread lightly sauted in butter and then the uncovered dish was set in hot oven to brown crumbs snd bring whole mixture to bubbling. With this she had popped spuds-—baki potatoes cut crosswise alfter from oven, pressed until mealy white potato pops through opening. A dab of butter and dash of paprika went on each snowy potato crater. Crisp bacon, sliced tomato sal d blueberry ple made up the m Dethol Kills things in the privacy of your family circle. That makes for greater cer- tainty for both mother and children. When a mother has done all she can o keep her child on an even basis the newness of the visit will supply enough stimulus to start the child experiment- ing, showing off, unless some way has been provided to free the new ideas. If there is time beforehand, instruct the caild what to do and supply toys and other material needed for the oc- | cupation. Sometimes the unexpected without warning. Provide for that. It is good to have a drawer or a box in which are kept a few toys for special occasions. In emergency draw on that box and provide the child with some- thing of its own concern for the dura- tion of the visit. And don't worry about the children’s behavior so much, , | Remember they are children and bound o do as children do. As long as they are children they will annoy certain grown-up peopie who cannot remem- ber about childhood. Plan for the oc- casion and accept what eomes. It can- not be anything very serious. | happens and the visitors are upon you | Mosquitoes —QUICK! Don't let mosquitoes feed on you. Just spray Detheland their singing, stinging days are done. They're dead. Spray Dethel in bedrooms—its deadly mist destroys mosquitoes. Spray the porch whenever you hear a buzz. It drives them away outdoors. Kills flies, moths, roaches, ants, bedbugs the same way. You get your money back unless you' 100 per cent pleased with Dethel. At your store. Dethol Mfg. Co. Incs Baltimore, Md. Dethol STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, @ 10 The & P Brems e Mnis Roveras ND I GOT THE DUCKIEST ERMINE WRAP AT THE FUR SALES!" Cheese Straws. Cut one cupful of flour, half a tea- spoonful of salt, four tablespoonfuls of fat, a pinch of cayenne pepper and half a cupful of greated cheese together with a biscut cutter until the mass is well blended. Add three tablespoonfuls of water and mix well. Toss onto a slightly floured board and roll two or three times until the dough is smooth. Sprinkle on one-fourth cupful of grated cheese and roll again. Repeat this, using another one-fourth cupful of chieese: Roll all out until about one- fourth inch thick. Cut into strips half an inch wide and six inches long. Place the strips on a baking sheet and bake until a delicate brown in & mod- erately hot oven. Fruit Punch. Combine one can of grated pineapple with the juice of six lemons and the juice of 10 oranges, add one cupful of freshly made strong tes, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt and one quart of raspberry, grape or currant juice. Boil two pounds of sugar with one quart of water for 10 minutes and after it has cooled add to the fruit juice. It is better to make the punch a few hours ahead and let it stand, closely covered, on ice to chill and ripen. At serving time, add two pints of charged water or er ale and cracked ice and ice water to dilute to the strength desired. Garnish with thin slices of fruit and mint leaves. AUGUST 12, 1930. HIRING EXPERTS My woodshed needs two ocoats of paint, to make it bright and gay, and I conceived a notion quaint—I'd do the job today. But calm reflection made me think that plan would never do; all painting jobs were on the blink that I have carried through. “I better hire & man” I sald, “who's learned the painter's trade; and he Wil see the green and red are properly displayed. Last year I tried to paint the fence, how ardently I tried! The job offended every sense—the blamed paint never dried. And people cuss me even yet, &S they go drilling by, because that paint is always wet, it mever will be dry. They get it on their Sunday suits, they get 1t on their hats, and they greet me with angry hoots, and bricks and long-dead cats. Down street there is a painter man, whose family is large; T'll tell him of the job I plan, and ask him what hell charge.” 1 used to try, when I was ill, to take the doctor’s place; I'd go and buy a large brown pill, and feed it to my face. I sald “The doctors charge too much, their bills give me a pain; they shall not get me in their clutch while I'm con- sidered sane. Il dope myself with barks and herbs, I'll brew some magic tea, and kill the anguish that disturbs the balky works in me.” d so I soon became & wreck, I wailed in my abode. and it seemed likely I would trek along the boneyard road. And now when I am sick and sore, I call for old Doc Scott, and he comes whizzing to my door with pills that hit the spot. It doesn't seem & proper plan strange efforts to pursue; it's always wise to hire & man who knows just what to do. WALT MASON. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN “I reckon ever’ woman has times when she wishes she & man or else didn't have no sense. FEATUR ES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) Please tell me how to correct enlarged pores in a rough, sallow skin. I have to use plenty of rouge because my face looks so sallow and coarse. (2) I am 22 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall and weigh 135 pounds. Am I much overweight? (3) I work in an office and do not have much time in the morning for exercise. Please sug- gest some exercises and outdoor sports. Would tennis help me? (4) I have ashen blond hair which is turning darker and looks lifeless—in other words, the dishwater-blond type. What treatment would you suggest for my type of hair? (5) I have gray-blue eyes and used to have a very fair skin before I ruined it by using too much rcuge. What colors may I wear? MISS ETHEL 8. Answer—A rough, sallow skin with . enlarged facial pores has varlous causes. It is very often the outward and visible sign of wrong diet, lack of fresh air and sunshine, and unhygienic living. While a touch of rouge may be used with dis- cretion there are better and more scien- tific ways of obtaining a clear skin with & healthful hue than by merely apply- ing artificial color, which is in itself only supposed to be a temporary aid to beauty, not a permanent health aid. More than local treatments are neces- sary. (2) You are not much overweight, but you need to take more active exercises, both indoors and out-of-doors. Spend & few minutes every morning before breakfast for setting-up exercises com- bined with a tepid or cold shower and & brisk rub-down afterward. Exercise hard enough to bring a natural glow to your face. Take a brisk walk in the fresh air and sunshine every day. In addition, arrange your time so that you can spend an hour or two of your leis- ure time in pursuit of outdoor sport. (3) Tennis is & splendid exercise for an office worker whose work is seden- tary in nature. Try to play tennis and to swim two or three times a week. Swimming would be very helpful {n your case. I shall be glad to mail you my set of beauty exercises that yo\ may take regularly every morning Before breakfast. Inclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope and ask for them. Re- vise your diet so that you eat Bore fruit, salads and vegetables. Avoid éon- stipation and drink plenty of water during the day. Take a glass of orange Juice, grape juice or lemon water be- fore breakfast. Regarding local treat- ments, & good way to bring color to your cheeks is to cleanse i:mr face and neck with cleansing oil or cream. Wipe off surface grime and dust, which is softened the cleans- ing agent. Then wash the face and neck with warm water and & mild soap. Rinse well in tepid water. Next steam | your skin for a few seconds with hot | towels and bathe the face with hot and | cold water alternately, using plenty of | cold water to finish the treatment. The cleansing, steaming and cold applica- | tion bring the blood to the surface of the skin and 8o help to nourish, soften and refine the skin. Dry the skin and apply a little soothing cream and mas- sage the face with your finger tips for a few seconds. Remove the cream and pat on a mild astringent or skin lotion. A | Bathe alternately Blot the skin dry and apply your foundation cream, a touch of cream rouge, if necessary, and dust with face powder of the correct shade and texture. You will not need to use so much rouge when your skin is in better condition. (4) Massage your scalp and brush your hair for at least 10 minutes every | night and morning. Use a mild liquid shampoo such as Castile, olive oil or coconut oil. Rinse well in several waters and use a mild blond rinse or the juice of two lemons mixed with two quarts of water. Ask for my leaflet on care of the hair when you write me again, (5) You may wear creamy flesh, | peach, dull brick, rust. waim gray with | touches of coral, dark and medium | blues, bronze, warm tans and browns, dark and medium greens, eggshell, blue- green, pale yellow, mleup)llns and rose. CUT OUT THIS AD NOW {TONSILS Removed by treatmen e Wi}hot:t Sur(“e:‘y t or American Medical Appu:hu Co. 3816 Locust St.. Phila. Mzrs. B— is Convinced that Elite Laundered Clothes Look Better and Last Longer CONTROLLED-METHOD CARE IS THE REASON! OF course the details of Elite’s Controlled-Method Laundering don’t matter to her. She only cares about the way her clothes are returned—the finished results. And, like so many Washington women, she is convinced that Elite laundered clothes really do look better and wear longer—at no extra cost! 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