Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1930, Page 27

WOMAN'S PAGE. ‘Makes Acceptable Gift for Baby BY MARY MARSHALL. A dainty little bonnet, made of fine Bwiss or batiste trimmed with a strip of dainty lace--real Irish or Valenciennes —and finished with strings of ribbon to be tied ih a bow under the chin. Noth- ing could make a more acceptable gift for the baby. ‘The actual cost of material for the bonnet shown in the sketch is not great FEMININE TOUCH IS REVEALED IN BABY GIRL'S BONNET OF WHITE ORGANDIE TRIMMED WITH @ven if you finish it with real lace. The dlagram shows how to cut it out. You will need a plece of material, EFGH, 15 inches square. The back of the cap is formed by one straight line, marked GH. Mark X five inches from G and Y five inches from H and make a curved line from X to ¥, as shown in the sketch. The cap along GXYH is gath- ered into a straight band. To make this band you will need a strip of material eut lengthwise of the' goods, marked ABCD, 16 inches long and two inches BEAUTY CHATS Physical Examinations. T think it would be & very good thing for any one suffering from too much Besh to go to a doctor or & medical in- stitute for a general physical examina- tion. In nine cases out of ten, the usual reducing diet is quite all right, but in the tenth case it will be too full of bn.nd merely bring on a fresh lot of les. ‘There ‘are various medical institutes fwhich claim to give you & thorough ral physical examination with an laborate report and plenty of instruc- ns as to what to do about yourself. e idea is ingenious, since during your sppointment hour you are supposed to room to room, in each room l:nmlned ;y a speclll:st !orh:I'h specialty—lungs, heart, throat or what- ever it 1s. It frequently works out that you are sent tily from one to an- other, rather like going through a mill, or down a chain-belt system in a fac- tory. And things are overlooked. It is better, in my opinion, to find a good general doctor, specializing in Rothing, but good at all things, a man It for diagnosing. All the wmsual things are easily checked up: irt, blood pressure, urine, blood and s tests, tonsils, lungs, nerve reac- ns. I think if you are too thin or too Stout that & metabolism test is also ealled for. You take this before you've had breakfast, and the first thing they do is put you to bed for the best part of an ir. ‘Then you're taken over to & complicated-looking instrument, a SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Drandpa an’ Baby is mad at each ®ther on account Baby cut holes in all the cant'loupes to see if they was ripe. (Copyright, 1930.) Mother . .. wide. These dimensions are right for the baby about a year old. It is easy to make the bonnet smaller for younger child or for a child with a small head. The band should always be about an inch longer than the square used for the cap. Make a hem a third of an inch wide along the straight edge GH. A narrow elastic tape is to be run through this, Gather the sides and curving portion of the cap along GXYH and arrange fullness in the band. Fold this band back so that it forms a cuff an inch wide on the front of the cap and finish mw:l“eflwig;l ll?:h ubahovm in the sketch. inish with ribbon as shown in the sketch. (Copyright, 1930.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Us fellows was playing hop skotch, and all of a sudden there W:spl fearse | bang, being a man on a motor cycle having & punkure, and he stopped and 2ot out to fix it, and us fellows stopped playing and started to watch him, on account of being able to play hop skotch any time, but men with punksures dont happen very often. Being a short man with a black swet- ter and a red complexion. and he put & | patch on the tire, making faces at it | as if he thawt the tire had did it on perpose, saying, Blast this confounded machine, it holds me back insted of getting me places, Id sell the blooming reck for 39 cents, I sware I would. Sounding like a reel bargain, and he couldent change his mird on account of having swore it, ard us fellows | started to look at each other and wisper, me saying, Gosh, if we ony had 39 cents between us we could buy it. And we quick all took out what we had in our pockits, me having 2 cents and Puds Simkins having 3 and Sam | Cross having one and_ Shorty Judge having 4 and Lucky Leroy Shooster having 18, part of it belnLch.nl'e be- longing to his mother, Toy saying that would give her a share in it. Mak- ing 28 cents altogether, and Puds sed to the man, Hay mister, would you reely sell it for 39 cents? Show me the 39 cents and watch me jump at it, the man sed. And he started to pump the tire up with a little pump, and I sed, Well G, we ony got 28 cents between us but if you wait a little Ill ;L:nkhome and get the rest out of my D] Nuthing doing, I run a strickly cash bizness, the man sed. And L« put the pump away and got on, sayi=-g: Next time try to have the whole 39 cents. And he quick drove away making & fearse noise, and us fellows are still wondering if he ment it, and even if he did he’ll proberly feel different the next time he comes pass because he proberly wont have a punksure, and even if he does us fellows proberly mite not even have 28 cents. BY EDNA KENT FORBES nozzle is put into your mouth and your nose is held so you must breathe into the machine. A pen point jumps up and down and makes red lines, and out of all this doctors can tell whether your thyrold is overactive and what special sort of diet you need. I think 1t is always best to see a doc- tor and be examined before beginning any drastic sort of diet. Mrs. D.—Try a cold bath over chest| ¢ and ribs every morning to get the blood to circulating. It will help tone a flabby condition. For the ankles, massage or exercise will help develop them. M. R.—Some people grow hair on their bodies very slowly, and when it is removed no new hair will appear for many months, especially if the method has been like that of the wax or tweez- ing, as these go below the skin. Using the tweezers for separate hairs will not increase their growth. If you grow hair quickly and use either a rasor or :fldxwu. , f.hz‘n v::uld growth again in & few days. visable to aim at weakening by constant bleaching with peroxide, while you do the best you can to keep it from showing in the meantime. A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. God's Victory Robe. “The wrath of man shall praise thee; the remainder of wrath shalt thou re- strain.”—Ps, Ixxvi. The latter clgise may be rendered, “The remainder & wrath shalt thou gird upon thee”® ®r “With the re- ider of wrath shalt thou robe thy- self”—a kind of victory robe, We see all about us the havoc and chaos wrought by the wrath of man. Into what tattered remnants man's wrath tears our laws, our religious creeds and teachings, our ideals of commercial and social life, and all else that we hold dear and preclous. Ii , as we look upon the spectacle of de- struction and ruin going on around us, it seems as though man ultimately will be destroyed from face of the earth by the madness of his own sin and wrath. But let us not despair; for God lives and reigns. He lays & restraining hand upon the world’s madness. More that, He makes the wrath of man to raise Him. Out of the remnants torn y man's sin, God weaves Himsell a robe of victory. Sin's ruin becomes its remedy: its destructiveness, its defeat; its poison, its anti-toxin. ‘The sight of infidelity’s despair will turn men from it, The sight of lust’s debauched and bedraggled victims will make men sick of it. The knowledge of greed's cruelty, of hate's tortures, of sin’s earthly hells will drive men from in. And when men turn from sin, to whom do they turn? To whom can they turn but to God? Children's Dresses Now Have “9 Lives” NOW your daughter can wear new, fresh-looking dresses to school. Simply take out old, faded colors with ‘WHITE RIT and then re-tint or dye them with lovely New INSTANT RIT shades. WHITE RIT removes color from THE EVENING THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Slender Foundation. A slender step-in foundation for your new frockof molded waist and hipline, that will add to the effect of slender- ness. A fitted brassiere has the important scalloped outline to wear with frocks of deep V-neckline or with the chiffon frock with deep yoked sheerness, It can also be made with straight upper edge for sports wear. It just hugs the figure, shaped with deep point at front to keep the flat hipline. It opens at right side. ‘The knickers have elastic inserted through casing at knees forming ruffied edge and are opened at side from waist- line to knees. They are stitched to the brassiere, fitted with darts at either side of front with soft gathers at back. Peach flat crepe with deep shade ecru lace is very effective. ‘They are easily made and at a worth- while saving. Style No. 222 1s designed in sizes 16, lbo, ‘20 years; 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches ust. Crepe de chine, ninon, georgette, rayon novelty crepes, batiste, sheer linen, volle and satin crepe suitable. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion Buresu, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. ‘We suggest that when you send for his pattern you inclose 10 cents addi- tional for & copy of our large Fashion Magazine. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. “Has-Been-Before.” Hardly & week passes but some one asks me to explain why it is that upon going some place for the first time, he v | felt a8 if he had been there before. This s & common memory fllusion. It is known among chologists as “the has-been-before” uylum." Young lence this illusion more “pcoplc. have ot hed a0 oung people have not 50 many d{nfl!\ukm about their experi- ences. get at the why of this “has-been- before” illusion. one need only consider what is likely to happen in the case of any new experience. The detalls of almost any new experience are observed inaccurately. Who hasn’t bought a hat or a pair of shoes “on the spur of the moment,” only to discover the next day that he was entirely dissatisfied with the purchase? Such things happen because we have a tendency to read our wishes or recol- lections of previous experiences into resent experiences. If the shoes or at happened to appeal to you on the ?ur of the moment, this appeal was lue to past satisfactory memories. It all amounts to buying in the past rather than in the present; acting on ;nfl':ory images raher than on observed acts. Now suj you have gone some lace for the first time, You have done at before many times. The experi- ence has usually been the same—satis- factory. What you actually do is read your “feelings” left over from past sim- ilar visits to new places into the the present new place. Your emotional tone is the same. You therefore con- cludes “has-been-before.” (Conyrizht, 1030.) ABE MARTIN SAYS Mrs. Leghorn Tharp's brother, worth upwards o' $300,000, is still as erazy ut _a complimentary ticket as he ‘wuz when he wuz a boy. (Covyriaht, 1930 DAY, NATURE IN SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE Final Burst of Glory. Il' Spring and early Summer all the families of flowers make their ap- pearance—all that you could expect to see outside the tropics, at any rate. No one of them can claim a leading role. Not till the last of Summer does one family king it over all the rest, but there is no disputing its rule in meadow and marsh. ‘The composite family, called also daisy, thistle, aster and dandelion family, is 5o easy to recognize that even children, once its features have been ted out, can never fail to greet it its name. A composite flower is really a head of flowers, a sort of community or social organization of small flowers. In a big composite head like sunflower or artichoke flower, a mere glance will prove this to anybody; in an aster or & dandelion, you must pick the head apart. ‘There is something strange in the|j.q coincidence that the last of the families to get under way, in the year's schedule of blooms, was probably the last to evolve, in the obscure history of flower- ing_plants. The Compositae are the peak of plant evolution. No one species is pre-emi- nent, as men are pre-eminent among animals, but as & family they hold the lead. Though so new, they have spread all over the earth, from the Arctic Circle to the Equator. There are more kinds of flowers of the daisy family than are found in any other family, though they have some powerful rivals such as the orchids, the legumes, the grasses and the sedges. And their biologic success is probably due to their city like organization. A single_ bee, alighting on a thistle flower, will _systematically pollinate every one of the individual florets. Every floret is thus likely to set seed. Not every seed will succeed in producing a mature plant; the infant mortality is high among seedlings as among humans—fortunately, in fact, since the world would be overrun with' composite flowers if it were not. But a_single dandelion head has over 200 florets; and its seeds are winged with down, which enables them to spread far and wide and swiftly. Small wonder that the dandelion has wormed its way into & sure chance of future success! The composite flowers, indeed, are the flowers of today and of the future. f it is true that they have brought us & lot of mischievous weeds—daisies, thistles, dandelion, hawkweed, dog- fennel, burdock and the like—yet with what & blaze of glory our native com- posites fill the woods and flelds! Purple blazing stars, mauve joe-pye-weed, goldenrod, Jilac and white asters, purple ironweed, ‘golden sunflowers and coreop- sis, black-eyed susans—they are the royal, reigning family, the final burst of glory in the pageantry of the year. Wild Rice on Potomae. Etched against the skyline, over the marshes down the Potomac, the wild rice stands, like some fantastic design on an old Japanese screen. Indeed, the wild rice, or a specles of it, grows in Japan; but whoever knows the ways of the vanished red man will recall that, at this season, as the grains began to ripen, the Indians in their long cances followed the trail of the ducks and the herons into the stands of wild rice, where it was banked, mile upon mile, llonf the shallow waterways. ‘With long flails, the squaws beat the shivering culms of the wild rice plants, and, rattling and hissing, the grains tumbled into the floor of the canoe. It Wwas a harvest once, as regular as the harvest of the corn, and in some parts of the Northwest the Indians still go agathering the manna of the Manitou. Today, downrived, nobody, I suppose, ever gathers the sweet wild kernels, though waterbirds, and, above all, ducks and redwinged blackbirds, flock to these flelds in fall. The fat bodies of the huntsman's bag are as tasty with the rich, soft grain of the lovely water plant as if they had been stuffed on sweet corn. Wild rice, indeed, looks almost like corn growing in the water. So dense are its stands, so noble its panicles of flowers, so thick and tall the stems or culms, that one would suppose wild rice was as perennial as the water reed. Actually, however, the plants are an- nual; they grow from seed to seed in one brief deason, the grains wrou!-h? at the bottom of the water, in the mud, ice can ght In Wash- ington, ‘t fine grocery stores and in the big markets. The epicure is well aware that nothing else is suitable for with wild duck or goose. With q and pheasant, too, wild rice is practi- rfect vegetable. Like the birds themselves, it has a gamey, smoky, sweet taste. The polished rice of com- merce is & food reduced to starches, quite devold of vitamins; but wild rice is rich in vitamines and it has never been = denatured for super- civilized palates, Fern Time of Year. Late Summertime is fern time for me. After the first elfin uncoiling of their fronds, ferns lose interest for most plant lovers—proportionately at least. Too many sorts of wildflowers bioom in June and July to make ferns worth the work of hunting them. In the Aug lull ferns suddenly come into jeir own; under their delicate fronds the fruit dots are ripening, ready to burst with their mysterious cargo of spores which, like seeds, will scatter and, fall- ing upon favorable ground, start again the mystical cycle of the fern, and a strange, dryadlike, wood-loving, green- blooded life it is. Fern enthusiasts are not as objection- able and virulent as the orchido-mani- acs; I even prefer them to butterfly cranks, mossologists and mushroom en- thusiasts. Like the plants they study, they are a retiring lot, and they walk in humility, consclous that the subking- dom of the ferns is not, outside the 4 Do Confectioners Sugar [ ] for making smooth velvety cake-icings tropics, either large or important. Ferns are for the most part quite use- less. Being flowers, they take a modest place in gardens; but if they toil mot, neither do they spin—they are fair daughters of earth, and the sport of hunting them is gamey and delightful. In the District of Columbia there are only 56 kinds of ferns, distributed amon 8 families—an insignificant group of plants, compared with big families of flowers, and & modest showing com- pared with the ferns of, let us say, Jamaica. Here in the District we have no tree ferns, no perching ferns, none of the fascinating _tribe called filmy ferns. ‘The majority of our species are quite common ones, though some of the commonest are also the most beautiful, like the cinnamon fern, the sensitive fern (which isn’t sensitive), the fern, the shield ferns, Christmas ferns and the dainty ebony fern and maiden- 3 But there are some fine rarities— rare, that is, comparatively aking. It s & memorable day when first one finds the climbing fern, the only one of its kind in this country, the sole sen- tinel in our clime of a great tropical family. The little cliff-brake, found on old walls of Georgetown and Alexandria gardens and along the canal, is dis- tinctly a rarity here. The walking fern that roots at the tip and seems to walk over the ground in little strides is a tiny gem that you will look long for ere you find it, and the quillwort, grow- inp in pools along the Potomac, is one of the quaintest and most elusive little plants in our flora. My Neighbor Says: Save all fruit parings. Put on to boil with water to cover for 10 or 15 minutes and then strain. These julces made & foundation for delicious fruit drinks, Salt meats, such as ham, tongue and beef, which are to be boiled, should be put in eold water and allowed to heat slowly. ‘To remove the shell of an egg quickly after it has boiled the required time, place it in & basin of clod water for 2 seconds and the shell will come off without difficulty. Large sheets that have become worn in the middle should be torn in halves and what were the two outer edges joined together. ‘The shabby which is now the outside, 1d then be trim- med away and Taw edges neatly hemmed. AUuU WHO REMEMBERS? Y DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. BY ROBERT QUILLEN “Well, if Ben marries a girl that spends all her time keepin’ thin, he ain't got no kick comin’ if doctor bills keep pocketbook in the same fix.” (Copyrisht. 1930.) Apple Roll. Make & biscult dough of two cupfuls of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt, four level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, three table- spoonfuls of shortening, one egg and half a cupful of milk. Roll out the |dough half an inch in thickness. | Spread with four medium sized apples that have been peeled, cored and chop- ped. Roll into a long roll, cut into pleces about two inches long, put into the hot syrup, dot with butter, sprin- kle with cinnamon and sugar and bake Iin & hot oven. ~FEATUR ES MILADY BEAUTI BY LOIS LEEDS. Wants to Reduce. Dear Miss Leeds—Will you please tell me what my correct weight should b;.lnd how I can keep myself down to that weight? I am 22 years ol d 5 feet 1 inch tall and. wu‘}xf S40 pounds. I have rather large bones and most of my weight is from my waist and hips down. 1 manage a store, which means that T am on my feet the entire day. Although I take a brisk I ohting:™ T shoald ke 8. shoul e to lose about 10 pounds. What exercises should I take and is there any special diet that I should restrict myself to? MRS. A. F. J. Answer—The ideal weight for a girl of your age and height 18 between 116 and 136 pounds. But as you say that you have rather large bones, you may allow another 10 pounds and still not be considered overweight. You prob- ably need to watch you diet and eat :fi' ‘o! u"t ;;gtgrlm foods and more of e type of rovides 3 minerals - e vegetabls nd fruits. Eat a well bal- anced meal, of course. including soup, ment, fish, eggs or cheese, vegetables and a salad, but do not overeat of the | P! flesh-forming foods. Another point to remember is not to starve yourself nor try to reduce too quickly—it is very bad d vitamins, such as salads, | | as you can get your exercise while the body is in a prone position. I shall be ased to mail you my set of beaut ich you will find helptul. Please write and inclose a self-ad- dressed, stamped envelope for them. LOIS LEEDS. Mrs. D. H. S.—Evidently you forgot to inclose your name and self-addressed stamped envelope with your request for my leaflets on care of the hair and be: program. I shall be them if you will com- ply with the above rule. Ask for “Care of the Neck” at the same time; the bleaching treatment is given in_detail re. LOIS LEEDS. for the health in general and also gives | the: one a tired, haggard look instead of the youthful appearance which is expected with the new molded, curved silhous ette You may choose your menus from the following foods: Fruits—Oranges, grapefruit, stewed fruits, prunes, figs, pears, apples, thubarb or any fruit in season. Cereal those low in calories and high In cellulose, such as bran, bran muffins, whole wheat bread. toasted bread. Eggs boiled, poached or scrambled. Meats—Lean lamb, chops, chicken, lean roast beef. Pish— Avold olly fish. Relishes—Olives, cel- ery, pickles, onions, radishes. 1 consomme, chicken broth. olly soups and 5 and vegetables —Lettuce, spinach, sauerkraut, string beans, celery, asparagus, cucumbers, to- matoes, eggplant, caulifiower, cabbage, chard, endive, watercress, Brussels sprouts. Swiss chard, kohirabl. Des- serts—Ices. stewed fruits, raw fruits, baked apples. Beverages—Tea, coffee, frult drinks, buttermilk, skimmed milk. Take your morning walk as usual and a few special exercises for the hips, waist and legs every morning. If Ro«- sible, try to take a swim two or three times & week, as you are on your feet a great deal during the day. Swim- ming will prove & very helpful exercise, thermometers spurt— and appetites lag— ime for the wake-up fooq & k NCW ¢ Quick response to the dinner belll Right now, the family needs Post Toasties. So easy to digest. So quick to release its stored-up energy It’s the wake-up food ! 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