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WOMA Quilting Stitches in N’S PAGE. Variety BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. THE SMART BLACK AND WHITE BAG AT THE RIGHT IS WORKED IN UNBROKEN OUTLINE OF CHAIN LEFT IS IN CORDED QUILTING WITH COLOR INSERTED. ‘The stitch known as “running” is| the one used today in quilting. In its perfection the strands taken up are| Adentical in number with those between stitches, making the line of stitchery geometrically precise. But in this age| and generation no quilter would consider | such perfection, nor is it necessary. The | stitches should be approximately the| same on both sides of the work. As) every woman who would make a quilt is | familiar with this stitch, it is futile to | g0 _more into detail. If a woman makes a baby carriage robe or a spread for a crib and wants | to make it particularly fine, she can| follow the stitchery sometimes employed | by the ancients, and embroider in chain | stitch, taken on the wrong side. In a succeeding stitch the needle is always put through the same final| hole made by the preceding stitch. In| this way there is an unbroken outline of stitchery on the right side of the| work. 8o particular were the old-time embroiderers that this chain stitch| quilt stands as the most exquisite lone, It is beautiful on both| Another old ‘method of quilting fol- Sowed by the Persians is known as eorded quilting. It is not applicable to the sturdy coverlets of early colonial days or to modern quilts, but lends it- self delightfully to quilted bags, cushion tops and delicate needlecraft. In this| ‘work two lines of running stitches are| along the contour of a design. ‘There must be sufficient space left be- tween these double parallel lines to run & threaded bodkin through the narrow tubing they form. When the design is 80 run use a brilliant colored worsted to thread the bodkin, insert the needle through the goods on the wrong side and run it through the tubing. Follow the line started to its finish. Leave a short end of the worsted pro- truding at start and finish, and catch each with a few stitches on the wrong side without letting them show on the right. Then cut the ends close to the THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE College and Travel. ports or tra; ‘worn with a matching or harmonizing tweed voat to carry out the ensemble idea. Don' you love the skirt with pressed in, all-around box plait effect? The nted outline minimizes the hip line. | wide plaits are easy to keep pressed. The open neck line is comfortable Bnd generally becoming. Style No. 849 is designed in sizes 16, | 8, 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches| ust. Wool jersey, flat crepe silk, crepy woolen, tweed printed silk, canton crepe and rayon novelties will lend themselves splendidly to this model. | worth_the struggle! STITCH, WHILE THE ONE AT THE work and poke any tip ends into the tubing to make them invisible. The idea of this corded quilting may be to supply a heavy corded effect to the stitchery, or it may be to combine this effect with color work. The latter is the vogue today. A sheer textile is used for 'he foundation, which may be white or some delicate tint. Unless the worsted run through the tubing is bril. liant, it does not show enough to a cent the outline. Yellow has the pres- tige of antiquity in this quilting, and is excellent to us today. However, any color that conforms to the decorative scheme of a room in which a pillow so quilted is to go, or any color preferred for a bag can be correctly employed. If a tinted textile is used, it must be re- membered that its tone, though faint, will influence the hue of the worsted run under it. ‘The “trailing vine” quilting pattern is as well adapted to corded quilting as to plain. For a bold outline run the second line of stitchery outside the lines of the design as given, For small articles requiring delicate work run the second line inside the pattern outline. (Copyright, 1930.) Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. September 8, 1789.—A petition from tle citizens of Georgetown to Congress for the location of the Capital City of the new Nation on the Potomac River at_or near Georgetown was presented y. At the time the petition was pre- sented a question of removing the tem- porary Capital from New York City to Baltimore was before Congress. The House had adopted a resolution to ad- journ, to meet next time in Baltimore, but the Senate had postponed action on this resolution. ‘The petition from the citizens of Georgetown was signed by Robert Peter on behalf of himself and other inhabi- tants of that place, which was begin- ning t;; lose in its contest with Balti- more or land and ave been presented, from to Richmond, and each has develope considerable backing for a time. After listening to the Georgetown petition and considerable debate, the Senate will lay aside the House amend- proceed to consider a bill ment and & naming a Potomac River site between the mouths of the Conocochegue Creek, Md., and the Eastein Branch (or Ana- 1l be difficult for President Wash- ington to decide upon the best location. It is understood that he already has l}l]l‘ h-"lcllnlliun in favor of the site at tl Easte prac tically at the head of tidewater, and vessels from the ocean can and do reach it with ease. But President Washi; 's close as- sociates say that he not reach a decision without & personal trip over the whole area, even though most of it is already familiar to him and ‘has been since early manhood. THE CORN BELT Much toil is needed if we'd raise a bumper crop of golden maize. Through long, long days the farmer plants, as- sisted by his wife and aunts; he has to leave his couch at dawn and work and work till day is gone. And when the somall green plants arrive it takes more work to make them thrive. The culti- vator has to go day after day along the row, and this is toil that makes one feel too tired at night to eat a meal. The young corn must be coaxed alo till it is vigorous and strong, and this calls for ceaseless toil, for endless stirring of the soll. The farmer wears & hopeful grin; he thinks his toil this' year will win; the corn is looking bright and green, & better show was never seen; and so the farmer dreams a dream as he plugs on behind his team. He can endure the work and sweat— this year will see him out of debt. He'll have a package, large and fine, of rubles to put down in brine. He looks across his bright green fleld, and he forecasts a bumper yleld. But, lo! the sun begins to break all records and the cornfields bake. The hot winds blow up from tI South as from an oven's red-hot mouth; J. Pluvius, the poor old sap, forgets | about the water tap; the heat increases | day by day, the corn is turning brown and gray. The days of toil that so ex- haust, the tireless efforts, all are lost; Size 36 requires 31 yards 54-inch with % yard 39-inch contrasting. For a ‘pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star’s New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. The new fashion magazine is just X the press, It shows all the atiractive models for Fall and early Winter. The edition is limited, so we suggest that you order your copy today. Write your neme and address clearly, inclose 10 finu in stamps or coin, and mail your to fashion de=avtment, the golden dream has lost its place and | ruin stares him in the face, and so we | hear the farmer weep, his misery is | broad and deep. Talk not of grief, nor | feel forlorn, till you have grown = fleld |of corn, and seen it shrivel in = day, | with all your labor thrown away. WALT MASON. (Copyright, 1930.) |, Frices realized on Swift & Company | sales of carcass beet in Washington, D. C.. for week ‘ending Saturda: 1930 on_shipments sold out 1 cents to 19.00 cents 16.08 cents per pound. SUB ROSA Salesmanship. I went into & shop a few days ago to buy a hat—a blue hat, I explained carefully. The saleswoman promptly bn!vugl}::n;‘z a dark mr;lhlt aasiihe oped against hope would take me at my word and believe that I did want a blue hat. But, as frequently happens, she sized me up as a moron that didn’t know its own mind. I explained to the saleswoman with patience born of long suffering that I had said blue and meant biue, and added unwisely that it was to go with & blue suit. “This goes perfectly well with a blue suit,” was her brisk response, Perhaps it did, but it was not going with my blue suit, and I let her know Iit. “Every one is wearing brown this year,” was her next contribution. “You won't find what you want in blue. This is just your style.” 1s ‘this salesmanship? It must be. It is so prevalent. The idea seems to be, first, to assume that the customer does not mean what she says; then, if she insists that she does mean exactly what she says, to prove to her that her idea is all wrong. If, even after that, the customer persists in being obstinate and clinging to her own notion, let her go. She is not It happens again and again, this curious sort of coercion that is applied in shops. I wonder with what type of woman it is suc ssful. I have known women who through sheer ‘inertia or fatigue have bought things thrust upon them. But I have never known one who was satisfled with anything acquired in that fashion or who returned to the same saleswoman. ‘The small shops are much more apt to be offenders in this line than the Iarge department stores. In the large shops 1t is often possible to obtain the desired article without argument or explanation. If they haven't the article, you are allowed to depart in peace. Perhaps this is because they are too busy to try to reform or remake each customer. In many small shops, however, they usually have ample time to try to re- form one's tastes and desires. Thelr motto seems to be “The customer is always wrong.” The customer is re- garded as a weak-minded individual Wwhose tastes and ideas must be guided. If she wants a blue hat, show her a brown! Articles by experts on salesmanship state that the customer is always right. If she wants a street suit, don't sell her an evening gown. I wonder for whom these articles are written. It you wish help with your probl write to the suthor. G5 NANCY PAGE Kindergarten Children Social-Minded BY FLORENCE LA GANKR. ery school all the preceding Winter and had learned more lessons than she realized. Slarting in kindergarten with her was a new little girl, Polly, an only child who had indulgent parents. On the way to kindergarten Joan started to tell her about the good.times they would have. “‘We tell stories, and sing and make things with beads and clay. And some- ;fimed- ]'f:cher lets us play with a great ol s lly spoke up: “I want to play with the doll. I like dolls. At home I have seven dolls. Mother buys me nicer dolls than any one else has.” Had s kindergartner been there she w;‘)ullg have known that trouble was ahead. Polly was & selfish child—of course, most children are—but she boasted and bragged and had no conception of com- munity play. Perhaps it was the cunning dark blue cotton dress with blue socks to match and white collar and cuffs that made Anthony choose Joan as his part- was | projection of glory his To Husband Or Children? 8 I ‘woman's duty is husband. MONDAY, SEI A woman's duty greater to her husband or to her children? I think that a incomparably greater to her children than it is to her Her husband is the man with whom she entered into the matrimonial partnership, and her duties to him are specific and well defined; and dependent, more or less, on his conduct and how he fulfiills his part of the bargain with her. A Under certain conditions, it seems out. to me, her moral obligations are wiped It is certainly no part of a wife’s duty to love and honor an unfaithful husband, or to work and make a comfortable home for & drunkard who defiles her roof with his debauches. If & woman still continues to give affection to the man who has been dis- loyal to her and to cherish the one she has to fish out of the gutter, it is of | her grace, and not bzcause he has any right to expect or demand it of her. In & word, when a husband fails token he cancels her obligation to him; in his duty to his wife, by that same but no matter what a woman’s children | do, her duty to them never ends, because her responsibility never ceases. I see no reason why a childless woman should endure the martyrdom of arriage that is a hell on earth, nor why it is her duty to put up with insult and abuse from a brutal husband who misuses her. But if a woman has children and has no way to provide for them, I think that it is her duty to endure any misery that may be her portion in marrisge in order to secure for her children the food, the clothes, the can give them. education, the start in the world that their father I think, however, that most women overdo their duty to their children and underdo their duty to their husbands. ‘They sacrifice their husbands needlessly and causelessly to their children, which is one of the main reasons why, in the end, so many husbands default on their marriage obligations. Many a wife forgets that, while she can hire a reliable woman to take care of her children, there is no woman she can trust to take care of her husband. Furthermore, this process of making father a goat for the children does not end with the cradle. It continues. their houses and going away for two or ‘Women justify themselves in shutting up three months at a time in the summer and leaving their husbands alone in the city by saying that they do it for their dren. The children must have country air and coolness and room to play in, and S0 the mothers, calmly hugging this alibi to their breasts, go forth to summer hotels with their offspring and then feel themselves grievously ill-used because their husbands finally rebel. There are other mothers who enslave their husbands for their children, and who literally work their husbands to death to give their children fine clothes, fine cars and & thousand frills that they cannot afford. We all know households in which the husband is the shabbiest member of the family; & person pushed about from place to place, his happiness and pleasure never considered; nothing but a bill payer. 1If it comes to a showdown between the two, & woman's duty to her children is greater than it is to her husband, but it is not her duty to sacrifice her husband needlessly to her children. Generally speaking, the better she does her duty to her husband the better she does it to her childrn. For in that way she keeps her home together, as she does not do when she is so absorbed in her chil- dren that she forgets she has a husband at all and leaves him to grouch over being neglected. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1930.) Psychic Adventures of Noted Men and Women Dire Premonitions Preceded Assassination of Henry IV of France. BY J. P. GLASS. “AH, MY FRIEND,” HE SAID, “HOW THIS CORONATION DISPLEASES ME!" The premonitions of disaster that seized Henry IV of France as he pre- pared for the oronation of his wife, Marie de Medici, may have been, and could have been, due to observation of human circumstances. instance, assassinations of mon- archs were frequent iu that peric’, and indeed Henry already had been the sub- ject of a murderous attempt. Aobve all, he was quitting France— temporarily, it is true—and in his ab- sence he was leaving Marie de Medicl, an Italian, in charge. He had joined the coalition of nations which hoped to put an end to the ascendancy of the House of Austria in Europe, Before him lay the dazzling prospect of extending the territory of France to the banks of the Rhine, Nevertheless, amid all this heart must have filled ‘dm.h nhmvgtmt: the t.hau'.zm of surrendering any sov reignty over his beloved France—the France which : | he had recovered from her enemies and P8 |had set up as & great and powerful anew, as she had many times before, that parents would teach children to sbare, to ‘rhy. to live with one an- other, Life has to teach the anti- social child many things when parents pamper and spoil him. Write to Nancy Py inclosing a 1ope, (Copyright, 1930.) DAILY DIET RECIPE NEWBERRY EGGS, Sweet cream, one cupful. Eggs, four. Grated American cheese, one- fourth cupful, Parsley sprigs, four. EGGS. Balt, one-fourth teaspoontul. Paprika, one_ teaspoonful. ‘Toast, four slices. SERVES FOUR PORTIONS. Pour the cream into a skillet and heat to just boiling point. ‘Then fully break the eggs in & saucer and carefully put them gl the hot cream. Lower the eat and poach the eggs, spoon- ing the cream over the eggs until well set. Place eggs on the hot toast. Add the cheese to the cream in the pan, add salt, and when cheese is melted pour this sauce over the eggs. Sprinkle with paprika, garnish with pars- ley and send to the table at once. Good for luncheon or supper. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes much pro- tein, a little starch and some fat. Much lime, iron, vitamins A and B present. Can be given to children 8 years and over. Can be eaten by normal adults of average or under weight. R ——— state. He made Marie regent, but he so re- stricted her powers that she was much dissatisfied, hence his propitiary move to crown her Queen of France. He thought that the pomp and ceremony of such an event would appease her pride and vanity. It was now that his presentiments of evil developed in full force. Who shall say that in addition to the natural causes already named the King of France .was not affected by a& vague clairvoyant knowledge of the designs being formulated against him? It is true that his death was planned even as he set afoot the program which would bestow & crown upon Marie de Medici and signalize his departure for the wars. ‘The evidence of Henry's fears of dis- aster is too authoritative to be doubted. We have testimony of it from Sully, from I 'Estolle and from Bassomplerre, “It is only too certain,” wrote Sully, his great minister, in his memorirs, “that Henry IV had a presentiment of his cruel destiny. The more closely he saw the moment of the coronation ap- proaching the more he felt fright and horror redouble in his heart. He would come and unfold it a’l to me in that state of bitterness and despondency for which I used to blame him as for an unpardonable weakness. His own words will make quite a different impression from anything that I could say: “‘Ah, my friend,’ he said, ‘how this coronation displeases me! I do not know what it is, but my heart tells me that some misfortune will come to me.” “He would sit down as he said these words and give himself up to all the blackness of his thoughts, tapping his fingers on the case of his spectacles and musing profoundly.” On Priday, May 14, 1610, Henry heard mass at the Church of the Feuillants Monastery and then returned to the Louvre for dinner. The culmination of his forebodings was at hand. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. To Make Play Money. Dave saves the silver and gilt paper which comes around chocolate bars, candy and cigars to use in making play money, For the foundation of gold and silver money he traces around coins of different denominations which have been laid on stiff cardboard, then cuts out the various circlec and covers them smoothly with the gold or silver paper. A good way to do this is to cut circles from the silver paj somewhat larger than the cardboard circle that is to be covéred. Lay the cardboard circle in the center of the silver circle and turn the edges over, pressing them down He had almost been assasinated on his way back from mass. Francols Ravaillac, & legal agent, in his middle thirties, had muo:!::l m::“w 1"1;-11‘\:1&:!!. gl by mys A ucinations. %muwndw-mmxx as he drove into the Louvre, but he had to give up his attempt, as the Duc d’Epernon occupled the side of the coach where Henry usually sat. He waited to see if the King would come out after dinner. This Henry did, intending to drive to the arsenal to visit Sully, who was sick. As his coach slowly turned out of the Rue St. Honore into the narrow Rue de Ia Ferronndere Ravalllac spring out and through the unglazed window bbed Henry t “.ce, “I am wounded!” exclaimed the King. ‘The gentlemen attending him had the carriage turned and with all m"fl. speed directed back to the vre. Henry died before they could arrive. (Copyright, 1930.) Notx I'KMBER 8, 1930. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Well, it's too bad. I has called free times, ‘an’ Baby don’t answer—I guess us will have to eat wifout her. (Copyright, 1930.) Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. What parents expect of their chil- dren often appalls us. It is so natural for them to say, “Now be quiet,” and then become annoyed to the point of chastisement when the child can't carry out the command. Unless sick or asleep, children can- not be quiet—really motionless—for much more than two or three minutes at & time. They jump from one game to another, piling blocks at one mo- ment, pouring sand through a sieve at the next, and rushing down the street with their wagons piled high with junk at_another. ‘The concentration on any one ac- tivity which their mothers desire is impossible before school days, and sometimes after that. The wrigglings and scuffings of feet that one hears in every school room are the children’s means of getting the inactivity out of their legs. The wise teacher changes occupations and positions when it be- comes pronounced. Parents who understand children know that it is nothing short of cruelty to take a small child to church and expect him to sit still through the droning sermon, not one word of which is intelligible to him; or to & movie where he can neither move nor speak, since every word of the actors must be audible; to put & child in any penned- up place and say, “Now play and be & good girl,” unaware that to be good in any restricted place is as impossible for her as to grow wings and fly. A mother who reads this column sent in the following episode, illustra- tive of what children are punished for by thoughtless parents: “You are such a friend of children, Mrs. Eldred, that I wondered what you would think of the following. “My husband and I drove out to the golf links and I sat there ifl the car while he played. A man and his wife drove up with two small children, the boy about 3, the girl somewhat older, The father and mother took their golf sticks and went out on the links, leav~ ing the children to play in the car. It takes a long time to play a game of golf (this would have hung heavily on my hands had I not been supplied with plenty of reading material), and finally the small boy climbed out of the auto- mobile and played about as any normal child would. “When the mother came back she was furious and she hit his bare legs with a stick and took him in the car and spanked him hard. She also said to him, ‘When your father gets you home he’s going to spank you, too. Now how could children of this age sit still all during the afternoon, and why be punished because they couldn't and didn't?” ‘There is no answer to that question. Parents who understand children and their capabilities couldn’t do it, for they would never set an impossible task to a child too young to carry it through. Sitting stUl is on® thing which no adult has a right to expect of & young child. Moving about is as necessary as breathing. —_— Apple Cup Custard. Pare, core and steam four tart apples |of good size until tender, then press | through & sieve. While hot add one tablespoonful of butter, four tablespoon- fuls of sugar, the yolks of four eggs and half a pint of sweet milk. Turn this, thm'oufilfl! blended, into the cus- tard cups which they are to be served. Bake for 20 minute: Beat the whites of four eggs until stiff, add four tablespoonfuls of sugar, beat, and h‘x over the of the cups, dusting thickly with lered sugar, and brown in the oven. BServe cold. L'AIMAm, the interna- tional triumph in perfume creation — reflecting the same genius which has made Coty's the world's loveliest, most luxurious Perfumes. ING LIKE POWDER TO REALLY GET RID OF ROACHES ROACHIS and bugs hide when you're around. Black Flag powder waits for them. It never evapor- ates. Stays on the job. Kills every bug. That’s why there'snothinglike powder to rid a house of bugs. Also kills ants, bedbugs, fieas, flies, mosquitoes and moths. Packed in glass to keep its strength. BLAC © 1930, 3. 7. co. K FLAG POWDER MADE BY THE MAKERS OF BLACK FLAG LIQUID FEATURES, MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. 0Oils for Dry Hair. » While sumand winds of Summer are health giving, overexposure during va- cation time should be avoided. While a moderate amount of sun is a splendid thing for both hair and scalp, spending hours in the scorching sun is pretty sure to give hair a dull, lifeless appear- ance and also make it very dry and brittle. As hair of this type not only unattractive, but also is very apt to turn gray prematurely, milady will around the head turban fashion. As soon as one towel is cool, -pgly ans= other leaving the oil on the hair for. at least an hour. Then shampoo the-- hair, using plenty of warm water and soap lather. Rinse in tepid water want to do something to restore its/ former luster and loveliness. One of the most effective means of bringing back a normal amount of oil to the hair is by daily brushing and | massage. And remember there is a right and a wrong way to brush the | hair. Use a brush which has long, fairly stiff bristles and brush the hair upward out to the very ends of the hair, brushing only a small strand at a time. This upward brushing will make it more fluffy. Daily massage will also stimulate the oil glands so that they will bring to the hair the lubrication required for its health. Massage gently but firmly with the cushions of the fin- gers, making sure that the scalp is not merely rubbed, but that it ac- tually moves, Twice a week the fol- lowing tonic, which is especially good for dry, brittle hair, may be applied before the massage: Olive oll or cas- tor oil, one ounce; cologne water, four drams; bdy rum, four ounces; tinc- ture of cinchona, one dram. Shake well before applying and after apply- ing massage the scalp thoroughly. Hot oil treatments are also very good for hair which is too dry. For this one may use olive oil or mineral oil. The following oily lotion is also very good: One ounce olive oil; one- half ounce almond oil; one-half dram oil of bergamot; one-half dram oil of rosemary. Mix well together and for each trealment use about two table- spoonfuls of the mixture. Warm be- fore using and apply evenly to the hair and scalp with a small tooth- brush or a piece of absorbent cotton. In order to make the oil penetrate well into the scalp wring out a&.turkish towel in hot water and bind this Rpp]q with a toothbrush 9 and dry by rubbing with towels. If the hair is excessively dry and lacking in natural oil, a tablespoonful of olive oll may be added to a water and used as a fin: —_— Good Cake Filling. A delicious filling for a cake is made | by mashing a cupful of peaches and & cupful of sugar together and adding the white of an egg. Whip to the con= sistency of whipped cream. ‘To make lemon cream filling mix two-thirds of a cupful of sugar with one tablespoonful of cornstarch; the grated rind of one lemon, three table- spoonfuls of lemon juice and half a cupful of water. Cook in a double boiler, stirring until thick. Add the mixture gradually to three well beaten egg yolks, Cook for two minutes. Banana foam filling is made as fol- lows: ;at two egg whites with one- fourth teaspoonful of salt until very thick. Add gradually three-fourths cupful of confectioner’'s sugar. Slice one banana in small slices and add to the egg-white mixture. Beat all to- gether until smooth. rinse. In the distinctive red checkerboard wrap- er. Made with Purina Whole Wheat lour and other Quality Ingredients. In- sist on Schneider's. More of Quality—More of Quanti your money. Because you want the for EST —mever accept a substitute for Schneider's Vienna Bread. {NAN-[)E 9 The Bread that became popular overni it in thousands of Washington homes. Makes Dan-Dee Toast and Sandwiches. Dan-Dee Slices. R \ Twenty \ N 4 \ 'U_ N i A Washington’s favorite Rye Bread for more than 50 years. Insist on Schneider’s Rye at all grocers, market stands and other dealers. THE CHARLES SCHNEIDER BAKI NG CO.