Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1930, Page 35

BY MARY ‘The prototype of real buttons, we may assume, was a knot tied in leather or reugh woven fabric pulled through corresponding slits in the leather or fabric to hold the cloak or girdle in place. Some primitive races have had nothing to do with buttons, preferring to tie their clothes in place or to use some sort of metal pin. And quite re- cently buttons went out of fashion. We think of this temporary passing ©of the button as being somehow inci- BE APPLIED TO A DRESS, SCARF OR HAT. dental to the war, and the general sim- plification of all fashions. Men, of course, went right on wearing their full quota of buttons, but the less conserva- tive sex went almost entirely buttonless, and even now buttons are practically never used for women's underthings. But for ornamental purpows buttons have returned with a flourish.and we shall see thousands of them this | Autumn. The sketch shows a dress made of a t shade of green silk crepe with but of & darker shade of n& the color contrast on col- TSNS Carming Sut e Heine N s out by ul tons on a dark dres small silver or all and black combinations are to be decidedly smart this Autumn. ‘The small sketch shows a small bou- Quet made of buttons, and embroidery DAILY PATTERN SERVICE scar buttons are used, ‘whits pearl button t stead. (Copyright, 1930.) Your Baby ancd Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDR! The following letters would indicate that both slapping and biting are fairly universal habits in the child from 18 months on. It remains for the mother to treat them as experiments in conduct rather than efforts of the child to be “mean.” “At 18 months," says Mrs. C. P, “my girl has acquired the habit of biting and scratching and slapping. My two sisters who idelize her lauzh when she does it. What can I do sbout biting? I have slapped and bitten and actually spanked her but two minutes later she is doing it again.” A leaflet offered by this department, “What to Do When Baby Slaps,” should help you clear up that situation. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for “‘lg]e“hin bab; ughing at y for slapping will never discourage it. If you :?e to teach this child that slapping, biting and 8! are wrong, yey raust first of all cyrd your own dispositisn to do the same to her. Restrain yourself. Re- venge is not an educstional process. Put the child in & room by herself and ignore her when she does this. If she enjoys your companionship and atten- tions, this s a real punishment to her and shows her that her actions have been unpleasant and anti-social Mrs. A. N. writes in the same vein. “My daughter of 2!, plays with 1 friend's daughter of 3. My bahy always slaps and bites, and my friend thinks I should punish her. I'do, but it does no good and makes her so stubborn. She stands on the street and cries and wants to slap every child she sees. My friend and I will be satisfied with your solution,” g Both slapping and biting appear naturally in every child merely as a trial. If the mother treats them as such and does not retaliate in kind, the child stops. Your child may have a dozen reasons for irritable conduct. Slapping and biting are just evidences of them. How about the child's diet and her weight? How about her sleeping hours, both day and night? How much has she in the house to run and and climb and act as children of this age want to act? If she is scolded and punished and nagged. and is tired and underfed, the would be cross enough to bite and strike every one she sees (just as you say she does). You need to treat the cause of this conduct, not the conduct ftself. I know this is always the hardest U.Ez of advice to take. Every one wants & solution to the problem, and not the cause of the problem. But well cared for children, who are treased kindly and have plenty of normal freedom around eir own homes, do not continue to act e time ng, separate the children and de not le‘! lhelr’n. play to- gether. Center your attention on get- ting the child's disposition sweetened by eliminating every sort of frietion and improving her physical self and seeing that she gets more sleep. I imagine if you do this the slapping and biting will disappear. Send for our leaflets on diet, sleep and obedience and punish- ment (which indicates the best ways to teach a child obedience without iful punishment). A self-addressed, stamped envelope should accompany your request for them. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. EPROWLS. or a | chasten us THE EVENING A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. T “For ] verily for &' few days Mlher their own pleasure, but He for our profit. that we might be partakers of His holiness."—Heb. x11.10. The reference in the first clause is to the chastening that earthly fathers administer to their children, as seen from the I:recedjn( verse: “We have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rn}her b“e m;ufl:g&lon unto the Father of spirits an ? ‘The “fflth(‘rspof our flesh chasten us after their own pleasure,” and often they may err in their judgment and chastise wrongly or too severely, but “the Father of spirits” makes no mis- takes and never strikes too hard. God | never willingly afficts us,.and when He does, it is always “for ofr profit, that | we should be holiness. word “chasten” t better be “discipline,” 'for* chastening simply implies the fact of pain, whereas discipline includes the whole purpose of pain. If we would think less of our | pains and sorrows and more of the lov- |ing purpose which lYpo\nt.s them all, we should find life less difficult, less toilsome. less mysterious. The single purpose of God in all His discipline 15 our good. That one thought taken to our hearts and plied to everything that befalls us—all our adversities, calamities, amictions—would untie many-a riddle, would wipe away many & tear, woul bring peace and patience into many s heughmd in ex;exa; way would make & bri T thing of lfe. gun wv%\‘n. this thought our lives are 2 meaningless maze. Life becomes but 8 “vanity and strife after wind," i we do not racognize God in it and do not accept its chastenings as the Father's discipline. NANCY PAGE New Use for Children’s Pictures BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Because Joan's mother had had to leave her little girl when Joan was enly two years old, Aunt Nancy had made a point of taking many pictures of the child. She was in all sorts of poses. Birthdays, holidays, new dress days, temperish days, smiling days.and whin- ing days were all recorded. Nancy had had a letter from her sister saying that the doctar advised a Winter in Arizona. That meant she could be stationary, instead of being always on the trail of the sun. Being located for three or four monts in cne home, it would be pos- sible for her to gather some of her be- longings about her. She wondered whether Nancy had any new pictures of Joan that she would send on to her. It was then that Naney conceived the idea of the screen. She covered a screen with a canvas that would take Then she painted clusters of leaves, stray twigs and leafy branches. Every so often she made the leaves a frame about a simu- lated ecircular opening.. The effect was almost that of a round or oriel window framed in leaves. And in the window or through the window was a picture Disagreement. It you look the world of human a tivities over in a you will notice a ways of maki ant ways of spen 3 In such c s activities belongs also the universal fact cf disagreement. A wrecked automobile means two very different things to the owner and to the junk dealer or the repairman. To the owner it's an actual loss; to the junk dealer or repai*man it’s - sible gain. But the wreck is fact, a psychological situation, so long as some one thinks about it. And some- thing is bound to be done about it. Disagreement, small or great, is bound to enter into the situation. So much for the “whats” of the case How about the “‘why” of disagree- ment? No two people see the world the same way. For that matter, no one One-Piece Frock. ‘What could be more effective, more simple or any cooler than this one-piece dimity frock? . It is gay in its sailor blue dots on white ground. The flared bordered hem and shoulder bows attract attention in plain sailor blue shade. Style No. 700 comes in sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. ‘To make it: The pattern has perfo- rations for use of contrast colored bordered hem. It may be J with seaming or titching this done the front and back are joined at sides and shoulders. It is now to finish armholes and neckline wif bias binding and tack bows at shoul- ers. " It is also very pretty made without the contrasting border. Dotted swiss, batiste, organdle, ging- ham checks, linen and pique prints suitable. For a pattern of this style send 15 cents, in mmr or coin, directly to The ‘Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth Avenue and Twenty- ninth streel, New York. ‘We suggest that when you send for person sees it quite the same from mo- ment to mofent. We all live in a world of changing experiences. We are all locking at what's golng on from a little different point of view. So we are always working our experiences over from the standpoint of somewhat different goals. If you take a still hroader view of the psychology of disagreement, you will find it enlarging. into social in- stitutions. Traffic lights came in when disagreements over rights-of-way be- came too frequent. The mos' impor- tant of the social institutions evolving from disagreement is tae law, with its interpretations and dispensations. Long befare psychology came along | to explain “why” we disagree, society recognized “what” was going on and| decided to reduce disagreements to the p:]!m where conditions would be liv- able. (Copyright. 1830.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CEILDREN | FOR REDUCING NEXT of a charming child—Joan. Nancy had snapshots enlarged and printed in soft gray. These wege the gictures in the simulated frames or win- lows. The leaves were painted in soft sage green and the canvas was a blend be- tween cream and putty. color. When finished the surface was brushed with colorless protective shel- lac. The effect was echarming and Nancy felt repaid for all her work when she received the letter of appreciation from Joan’s mother. ! ABE MARTIN SAYS l Next to a sick fat man nothin’ puts a home on the hummer quicker'n cheap plumbin’. Gittin' back from a vacation after a prolonged leave o' absence an’' findin' ever’-thing in fine runnin’ order must take the conceit out o’ lots o’ folks. (Copyright, 1930, * OPPORTUNITY NOW Making Paper Dolls. When confined to. the house after contagious disease, our little girls e joyed making paper dolls from paste- board. I cut the patterns for them, also painted the faces on them with water colors. Then clresses were cut from tissue paper por writing paper and of whatever colors could be found. From a fashion plate they found ma ideas for trimming them and an ex- tensive wardrobe was provided the dolls, new dresses being made daily, for the fascination was very great. (Copyright. 1930.) —————— g——— | A flavor all it’s own! Careful blending of choice peanuts—that's the secret of Schindler's popularity with children. ”, . sh roasted ttern, you inclose 10 cents addi- tional for a copy of our large Fashion Magazine. 4 Peanut B,utter WINTER'S FOOD BILL | Sugar and Fruit are so Low | in Price That Home Pre- serving is Most Profitable Every housewife has the chance to “get ahead” financially next | || Winter by putting up fruit now. | | Fruit is in abundance everywhere | and sugar is at @& “rock-bottom" price. . | A little concentrated effort will | result in a cupboard well stocked | with canned fruits, jellies, jams and | | relishes from which one may draw | freely throughout the Wintey months, Since fruit belongs in the diet, and should appear in some form | every meal, the ecemomy of & home ‘;puwly is readily apparent.- | Menu planning is mueh easter | when preserves, fellies, jams and relishes are’ within reach. ickle as an accompani 3 | there is nothing nicer than crackers, presetves and cheese for dessert. A bit of sweet makes the meal com- plete. The Sugar Institute, Enter the National Canning Con- test, Shenandoah, Iowa. Write for information and fres jar—Adver- tisement. STAR, WASHINGTON, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Why the Ability to Keep a Secret Is Essential to a Happy Marriage. DlAn MISS DIX: Should a wife have any secrets from her husband? Should she tell him everything or keep things that are strictly her own private affairs to herself? EDI' C. wer: Of course, & wife has a right to her own seevhts, just as a husband has nux".l‘!:tr mmhu. r’:"hn ald charge that women talk too much goes double for the home. Half of the trouble they get themselves into with their husbands is because they blab things they should have kept to themselves and it brings on an argument ends in recrimination and tears. Theré are plenty of things that & woman shouldn't tell her husband. Why, for instance, lhgllllfl : man who is overburdened with business cares and anxieties have superimposed upon him ail of his wife’s domestic worries? No reason at all. He can't prevent the pook from gi notice or the chambermalid from breaking a pet vase or the haby from bumping its nose or Johnny from tearing his trousers. Yet there are ds of women who feel that it is a sagyed obligation upon them to tell their husbands everything that has gone wrong in the household during the day. And there are thousands of men who to come home of an evening hecause they will have to listen to the Iliad of their wives' troubles. Every woman who has been married Jong enough to cut her wisdom teeth has found out that there are certain fllb]tfl“:hlt have the effect upon her husband that a red rag does upon a bull. It y be religion or polities or the length of skirts or the bobbing of hair or the lipstick. Often it is her family. Nearly always it is when she quotes mother, Here is another place where women talk too much when they do not main- | tain & masterly silence cn these topics. The fact that you do not insist upon g\‘-h’n( yl}ur opinions a casus belll does not mean that you give them up. r from it. ‘The only women in the world who do what they want to do are those who never discuss their plans beforehand. their wives do, within reason, but when they are consulted beforehand they feel to show their authority. But if wife just goes the subject they think it is all right. And, an; it’s done and there isn't any use in raising a Women talk too much when they tel they make. Virtually every man takes his wifs is always telling him what a to get as much out of her tcher shart-change bk'tlu pretty (fi“ & new tin saucepan and brags to him about how competent she is, she “sells” herself to him as a blue- ribbon prize winner and he boasts of her among his friends. Wise is the woman who chucks her biscuits that turn eut heawy into the garbage can and puts the lid down on them, who sticks her bad bargains into the back of the closet and says nothing about them and who lets her husband discover her first gray hair for himself. DOROTHY DIX, (Copyright, 1930.) THE HAND OF TIME . You can’t push it back, but you can prolong your days by eating foods that keep the arteries soft and pliant, the muscles strong and vibrant and the mind clear and active. Shredded Wheat with milk supplies the elements that keep the body strong and supple ——contains all the needed vitamins and mineral salts for insuring health and strength. It’s ready-cooked, ready-to- serve. Delicious for any meal, with * milk or fruits. SHREDDED HEAT WITH ALL THE BRAN . OF THE WHOLE WHEAT Most husbands don't really care what |, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 1930.' Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. &zzast 28, 1802.—Today was fixed by the local court as the time of the first execytion of a death sentence in the new Federal District. James McGurk, wiho has been convicted of murde: hi. wite, is under sunte-ce to be ha op_this day. ‘The execution did not take place, however, as his lawyer, A. B. Wood- ward, managed to obtain a two-month reprieve from the President of the United States. Unless some new evi- dence turns up in that time, however, the sentence will be carried out at the expiration of that period. McGurk is held in the jail on C street. .According to the general cus- tom of the times, a gallows will be er.cted in the open air at some point where the public may have a full ylew of the hanging. It is understood that the spot will be on The Mall at First street northwest. ‘The newspapers have given very little space to the case, merely mentioning it in & few lines. jail on C street, where McGurk is confined, is one of the first public to be erected by the cif ernment, but it was not su for out of public Y ‘They are not panning out as expected, kowever, and even much of the money that has been raised. in this way has boen lost through an absconding treas- urer of the lottery fund. A school fund was the only one actually secured in this way. } For the jail and other buildings that are to be erected the city will probably plunge heavily in debt, until at last Congress is induced to aid the seat of the Federal Government by appropria- tions of money from the Federal Treasury. Up to this time Congress has been !P‘" upon the theory that the Capital ity of the Nation should not have any money from the Nation. It was even proposed that the city build the Fed- eral buildings here. been so enthusiastic about the future prospects of the new Federal City that they have felt confident enough money could be raised by the City Commis- signers through the sale of lots to for all these ax{cmel. Others take an entirely different view. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY, ‘They's times when a feller aren't got nuffin’ to look forward to but habin’ his hot-water bottle filled, (Copyrisht. 1980.) Bome persons have pay SN szemmuuum of the Post Office De- ent there was ited the other day an ancient valmhlch of- | ficials will guard closely. It is a confi- dential diary — the v daily record of one Hugh Finlay, sur- veyor of the posts in the year 1773 and successor to Benjamin Pranklin as a deputy post- { master general of | P the colonies. | < Finlay's diar¥, re- | ” cently | ) and given to the | Post Office Depart- | is considered | 9 > ble because of / :he graphie picture t postal America. | _Finlay, in 1773, made a journey from service the principal post offices of that day. His object was to blaze & post route through the wilds of Maine to Boston. That there is no road worthy of the pame along the route even to this day by post office officials as a ty | is trm his pioneer spirit. This yellowed volume of Finlay's 1| presents ‘s true picture of the service in America on the eve of the m%;len. mh:“‘ of revolt were sprouting everywhere. Anything resented the English government the colonies were ready to resist. Finlay, observing this tendency, made the following entry in his diary: “They are, they say, to be governed b{hh\“ of their own framing and no other.” Edward Norice, postmaster at Salem, Finlay confided to his dia *‘repor Killing" Breeding by the Millions discovered | gives of early j; in Quebec to Savannah, Ga, visiting all | FEATURES/ A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. | that every other day the stage coac! | for Boston. the drivers take mam: etters. so that but few are forwarde | by post to or from this office. .If & | information weir» lodged (but sn in | former weuld get tarred and feathered {no jury would find the fact; it 4 | deemed necessary to hinder all acts o | iFl fament from taking effect in Amer | iea y ‘These conditions distressed Finlay | but .as he observed: “It is next to impossible to stop thi practice. . . . Were any deputy post- | master to do his duty, and make a sti | in_such matter, he would draw on him. self the odium of his neighbors and b markedl as the friend of slavery anc onression and declared enemy tc Anierica.” » 18 filled with refrrence: here i one entry. for ex- . where it is vlaln to see that Fin. . the scrupulous postel “surveyor’ his majesty, was shocked. He writes: |~ “Many people asked me if T had mot met the post driving some oxen: i seems he had agreed to bring some along with him.” But the Post Office Department of today sees in the postal service of Fin- lay's time much similarity of spirit. | “It gives an inward glow of pleasure,” said one official, “to find posta’ ancestor yse our familiar phrase ‘for the good of the servics,’' and to declare: ‘The public good is the sole induee. | ment for taking so much trouble a: we do. e that sentiment the American | Postai service subscribes down to this /Y. | A shark 23 feet long was washed | ashore recently near Lossiemouth, Scotland. ,000-People Annually Hatched inUnspeakableFilth THE FEARFUL SUPER-STRENGTH Effective Once Used—Always Preferred It’s so saving of worry and work—fitting into your recipes perfectly; and meet- ing your methods and the facilities of your kitchen— so exactly that there is disappointment. never a Plain FLOU satisfaction. formula—of expressly to is made But always successful in re- sults—and giving complete Washington to an exact a growth of wheat rich in nutritive con- tent—and by nature suited kitchen use. 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