Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1930, Page 31

WOMAN'’S PAGE. Making Flower Pincushions BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. FLOWER PINCUSHION WITH BLACK-HEADED PINS FOR STAMENS. Flower pincushions make attractive articles for Fall bazaars and for Christ- mas gifts. Small pleces of left-over textiles can be utilized. Washable ma- terials are excellent. They make sim- ple cushions, Silks, velvets, etc., are richer and supply a texture more sug- gestive of petals. Canton flannel, for cushions that launder, is just the thing for centers, while velvet is recommended for non-washable cushions. ‘The color supplies & hint as to the kind of flower that is represented. For example, a cushion with a brown cen- ter and yellow pel:la is lmmedhully recognized as a sunflower or a magni- fled ox-eyed daisy. A vellow center with white petals implies a field daisy. A yellow center with rose-colored petals indicates a rose. This flower is well adapted to floral cushions, as it can be made in any colors that are found in roses. The petals can be flat (see illustra- tion) or they can be cut wide at the base and be turned over toward the front slightly, making modeled petals. ‘The back portion can be of green with the edge petal-shaped to suggest foli- age or it can be one of the flower por- t is cut large enough for the foliage to petals and a background of foliage. center has stamens made of colored ~headed pins. ‘There are three parts to the flower % SR N 5 cushion, namely, the small round cushion, stuffed with any preferred fill- ing through which pins can be thrust easily; the top, with a circular center cut large enough for ome or two rows of petals to be stitched around it, and an under portion circular with indented edge. The seam, where the petals join the circular center, can be covered with & narrow bias fold or narrow ribbon, or the petals can be seamed to the cen- ter on the wrong side. ‘The cushion is put together invisibly with snaps sewed to top and bottom portions around the circular section in which the cushion is put and so held in position. Or the top and bottom portions may be positioned together and holes pierced through each about the circular center. Two pieces of nar- row ribbon are run through these holes after the cushion is put between the portions, and two bows tied directly opposite each other when the ribbon has been s0 threaded about the cushion. Circujar cushions can be made from handsome wash or non-washable mn- terials. The edges of the circular por- tions may be roll hemmed, bound or plain hemmed, with tiny turnings, or they may be blanket stitched. Some one of these finishes is used for the edges of petals in flower cushions un- less the petals are of organdy and slightly rolled about the edges, when they are left without any finish of stitchery, (Copyright, 1930.) NANCY PAGE Starts Off for Her Solitary Vacation. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. The train was carrying Nancy city- ward on her solitary vacation. She had not' realized how tired she was. ‘The relaxation of being able to sit back and remain silent was most grateful. She had not sensed that just talking and being agreeable had been such a drain upon her. When she went into the dining car, properly hatted, she ordered her dinner and then looked over the newspaper. She picked out the theaters to which she wanted to go, the pictures she | wanted to shop advantageously. When | the advertisements of the shops. She | intended to get her Fall wardrobe while she was away and she knew she | wanted to shop advantageeously. When she finished her dinner she tipped the | waiter, giving him a quarter. Her | dinner was less than that, but on a dining car it is better to tip more than the usual 10 per cent of a bill, at least 1f the amount is under $2. Bright and early the next morning she arrived at the city. She took a | cab to the hotel where she had made a | reservation before leaving home. Then | she asked the girl at the theater desk | to make reservations for the shows she | had picked. This done, she went to li well known beauty shop and started | out her vacation with a shampoo, facial massage, manicure. By this time she felt like a new woman and was ready to start her buying. But wisely she did some ex- tensive window shopping before she | t in to do the real purchasing. At | the end of her first day she was Mred: paysically, but rested mentally. That | % ‘what & well planned vacation, no matter the type, will do. Naney tried new salads. So may you Write to her, care of this paper, inclosing & stam sed_envelope. asking for that satisty, ht, 1930.) Jellied Crab Salad. Soak one tablespoonful of granulated tin in one-fourth cupful of cold ater for 5 minutes. Add this to three-fourths cupful of hot cooked salad dressing. When ‘the gelatin_ has dissolved, add half a cupful of diced celery, two tablespoonfuls of chopped green olives, half a seeded green pepper minced, half a teaspoonful of salt, one | cupful of flaked crab meat or any| cooked fish, two tablespoonfuls of chopped pimentoes, one-fourth tea- spoonful of paprika and two teaspoon- fuls of vinegar. Mix thoroughly. Fill cold wet Individual molds d chill. MENU FOR A DAY, BREAKFAST. Sliced Peaches. Bran with Cream. Browned Corned Beef Hash. ‘Whole Wheat Toast. CofTee. LUNCHEON. Baked Kidney Beans, Baking Powder Biscults, Hot Gingerbread. ‘Whipped Cream. Tea. DINNER. ‘Thin Tomato Soup. Roasted Fresh Shoulder, Brown Gravy. Delmonico Potatoes. Lettuce. Russian Dressing. Hot. Peach Cobbler. Coffee. CORNED BEEF HASH. Chop cold cooked corned beef rather fine. Fry an onion in a little butter. When done add beef, salt and pepper to taste, moisten with left-over gravy if you have it. If not, add a little ‘water and a piece of butter. Let cook until one side is brown, turn over and brown other side, turn out on hot platter. Garnish with parsley. Serve with diced beets, BAKED KIDNEY BEANS. Boak one quart of the beans over night. Rub heated bean pot well with small piece of pork. This prevents beans from stick- ing to the bean pot. Place one- half pound of fat pork in bot- tom of bean pot, then turn in all the beans, putting one-half pound of lean pork on top. Mix together one teaspoonful mus- tard, one teaspoonful salt and four tabelspoonfuls molasses. Pour over beans and cover with hot water. Bake eight hours or more in a moderate oven, adding water every two or three hours, TOMATO SOUP. One can tomatoes, three pints milk, one teaspoonful soda mixed in tomatoes. Add this to milk and thicken with one tablespoon- ful flour. Strain and add salt, pepper and butter as for oyster stew. Crabapple Pickles. Pick over and wash seven pounds of crabapples. If the apples are hard,' steam them for a few minutes. If soft| and mellow, press two or three cloves | into each apple. Dissolve three and one-half pounds of sugar in three cup- fuls of vinegar and one cupful of water, | end add three ounces of stick cinnamon. | Bring to the boiling point and cook until of the consistency of sirup. Add the crabapples, a few at a time, and cook until tender, but whole. Remove the crabapples to jars as they become tender. When all’ are cooked, reduce the sirup and fill the jars to overflowing. SUB ROSA BY MIML Small Talk Making small talk is an art. It is one of the fine arts and an important art. It lubricates minds. It drapes the passing of time in pleasant colors. ‘The man who can come home at the end of a day and talk to his wife about an item in the newspaper or about something funny that happened down- town, or about, something that amused or interested her, or about the neigh- bors or the neighbors’ children, is much more effective as a husband than the man who sits around and is.unable to| say anything. Speech, of course, is silver and silence Is gold. But some of us are spolled by the excessive richness of silence. Such silence covers our minds with rust. The wheels of existence do not turn so smoothly, and sooner or later there will be 8 breakdown. A complete overhauling may help, but those who allow rust to accumulate in a delicate machine can scarcely be expected to be good mechanics, capa- ble of ridding the machine of the ac- cumulated rust and getting it to go again. In such a machine the bumps will be very severe and unpleasant. All the great minds of history and literature have a faculty of browsing about contentedly in the fields of con- versation and speculation. Doves coo and the sound of their cooing is very pleasant upon the ears. It even seems to act like a tonic on the hearts of the doves. We who listen do not know what the doves are saying, but that doesn't. make much’ difference. The fact that they coo is enough. Only happy doves coo. Only happy finp]e know how to make small talk. | arn how to make sm: have & very good cl lulpj)y. fe is dull and drab if we do not extract the sweets from it. Human nature is essentially sweet. If we do not extract the sweets from it, it is our own fault and not the fault of others. . There is a great deal of truth in the old bromide, “Life is what we make it." If you wish help with your problems, write to the author. (Copyright, 1930.) talk and you nce of being | Last Days of Great Statesmen Jefferson Wished to Serve t Anniver: BY J. P. o July 4, the Country’s 50th y, and Did. GLASS. “I AM LIKE AN OLD WATCH . .. THAT CAN GO NO LONGER," HE TOLD HIS GRANDSON. ll In the early part of 1826, being then advanced into the eighties, Thomas Jefferson made all arrangements for death and composed himself to meet it. He was very feeble, and when Browere, an artist, came from New York to Monticello to take a plaster cast of his (head his family objected strongly. Mr. Jefferson did not like the idea either. “But,” he said, “I have not the heart to refuse so trifiing a favor to a man who has come so far.” He nearly paid for his kindness with his life. Browere did not make proper arrangements for breathing and he al- most suffocated. With the advent of Midsummer, the former President rallied all his strength and determination to survive until July 4, when the fiftieth anniversary of in- dependence, and the adoption of the immortal Declaration, which he had written, would be celebrated. Meantime he was very cheerful. He remarked that he felt no solicitude re- garding death. “I am like an old watch . . . that can go no longer,” he told his grandson, Col. T. J. Ran- dolph. At a parting interview with whole family, Col. Randolph’s brother, only 8 years of age, did not, of course, comprehend what was going on. Mr. Jefferson turned toward the colonel. o does not understand what all this means,” Monday, July 3, it was apparent death was near. He slept all day. Awakening at evening, he thought it was the next day. “This is the Fourth said, smiling. Weekly Manicure. To keep your nails looking very nice, you must give them a really thorough manicure once a week. To do this quickly and efficiently, get all your im- plements together first, and have & manicure system, which you must fol- low accurately each time. Have a bowl of quite warm water, with a littlé soap in it; a bottle of bleach and cuticle softener (the two are usually combined together and come in convenient little bottles), a long, flexible, fine steel file, an emery board, an orange wood stick, one end wrapped with absorbent cotton; a jar of cold cream or cuticle cream (they are really 80 much the same that I see no reason for the extra expense, use your face cream). Then your padded chamois- covered buffer, curved nall scissors and perhaps some powdered pumice, with a paste of a powder polish (the powder kind s best) or, if you use tinted nail enamel, the two bottles of this. If you use enamel, of course the first thing is to remove all trace of the old tinted polish. Wash the nails in the bowl of water, at least soak them a minute and dry on an old towel, which you must keep handy. Now file each nail on one hand quickly to shape, clean under each, and smooth the edges HE Face Powders a known the world round Ready Corned At All Chain and Serve on lettuce with some of the ww-ked salad dr Other Good Groce: their supreme, luxurio liness, and for their lll the | BEAUTY CHATS Perfumes of Coty are quality, their artistic love- luxury< perfection at necessity prices. of July,” he said. Learning his mis- take, he sat himself to wait. There was no hope of survival, so now the whole family joined in & Frlyer that his death might be hal- owed by the great anniversary. The night of July 3 found them all watch- ing the clock anxiously. An hour before midnight, he turned feebly to Mr. Trist, his !nmuon by marriage, and whispered feebly, “This is the Fourth?” Mr. Trist could not bear to say no, and evaded the inquiry. But the dying man repeated, “This is the Fourth?” and the other, unwilling to disappoint | him, nodded assent. It was a forgivable untruth, but as it turned out it was unnecessary. The clock struck 12 and 1 and 2 and 3 and still Mr. Jefferson lived. At 4 am. he called, in a strong, clear voice, that his servants should be pres- ent. Hours passed. He spoke no more. At 10 o'clock he fixed his eyes on Col. Randolph, who did not understand what he wanted. Jefferson’s faithful Negro, Burwell, did. He raised his master in his bed. At 50 minutes past noon Jefferson ceased to breathe. In the hour of mourning, his daugh- ter, Mrs, Randolph, remembered words that her father had spoken to her as death drew near. His last pang in life, he said, was in leaving her. But he added that “two seraphs” (his wife and younger daughter, long dead) awaited him and he would ‘“bear them your love.” (Copyright, 1930.) BY EDNA KENT FORBES. with the emery board. Use the hleach and cuticle remover, for stains and those ugly odds and ends of skin, wash this off, dry the nails, and clip off any | bits of cuticle that remain, especially at the corners of each nail. Rub cream into each nall, and soak the other hand a few minutes and repeat the process. The cream is washed off, after the orange wood stick has been used to push back the cuticle around each nail. | And then the polishing stuff is used, or | else the tinted enamel is used. If it is a tint. C. J. K—As your hair is dark brown nothing would be gained by using a sage tea on it ot darken the gray hairs. Sage and sulphur change such hairs to a light tan, and when the hair’s natural shade comes near to the lighter shades of brown this method would be advis- able, but I do not think it would be worth your trouble to try it out. A henna shampoo woulé give gray hairs 2 deeper tan than sage and it need not change the natural shade of your hair, Mrs. G. J. K—If you have any tend- ency to grow hair on the face, do not use cocoa butter for a massage. massage throat and face with any fine nourishing cream, and give the skin a | thorough toning daily with massage. nd for Face Powder . . . $1 us Perfumes, $1 to $a5 Twenty-three world famous fragrances, MODES OF THE MOMENT an enamel, you must not use too deep | While dieting for a big reduction, | PARIS Begonia red satin CU@w‘lq G’Ufl,'lé& ZUZZ L. it steeve wrap. designed nerusted, box ple released below knees. Flesh tulle front. Riata MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Fruit Dolls. Dorothy was having a little tea | party, so I wanted to fix up a little surprise for the children. I decided to | make “frult dolls” and the work was | well repaid, for the children were de- lighted with them and said they tasted as good as they looked. For the body I used & pulled fig, inserting a wire | through the top and bottom. I cov- | ered the wire with pitted dates for the | arms and legs and used raisins for the hands and feet, bending to shape. I attached a marshmallow head, using a | toothpick to hold it in place. Some | of the bables I made blondes, dipplngi the head into beaten egg white and then into toasted cocoanut. I made | the brunettes by dipping the heads | into meited chocolate and then into chocolate “shot.” | (Copyright, 1930.) Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. September 15, 1865.—A great auction sale of steamships and sailing vessels which are no longer needed by the Goverment since the termination of the war between the States, took place be- ginning at noon today at the Washing- ton Navy Yard. Messrs, Wall & Com- pany, auctioneers, had charge of the| sale. o The Navy Yard was crowded with | shipping merchants and steamboat men, | as well as a great throng of spectators. | The sale was the most successful that has taken place here since the end of the war. The first vessel put up was the side- | wheel steamer, John L. Lockwood, 114 | feet Jong. During most of the war this | steamer was on duty in Albermarle Sound. The bidding started at $2,000 and was quickly run up to $6,300. She was bought at that price by Mr. Crossett of New York. The Alpha, a propeller steamer used | on the James River in Virginia, mostly | in Admiral Porter's squadron, was | knocked off to Messrs. Brown and Malt- by of Baltimore at. $5,100. The fine side-wheel, sea-going steam- | ¢ ers were sold as low as $90. the blockade of Charleston, S, C., brought out spirited bidding and was finally sold to M. O. Roberts of New York for $54,000. This was the high point in the prices of ‘the day. Schoon- ers was sold as low as $90. As this was cabinet meeting day, President Johnson received no visitors. The only pardons granted by the Pres- Ident, under the provisions of the am- nesty proclamation, were to James L. Orr of South Cawolina and Henry C. Wagner of Georgia. Mr. Orr is well known in Washington, naving at one time been Speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives. Investigation at the Old Capitol Prison today disclosed the fact that there are now only about 70 prisoners there. Only 10 of these are prisoners of state—Wirz and Winder being the most important in this class. The oth- ers are enlisted men under sentence of, or awaiting trial by court-martial. A handsome gold pen and pencil case was presented to President Johnson to- day by Mr. Stokss of Philadelphia. A similar present was made by Mr. Stokes to the late President Lincoln. Broiled Tomatoes. ‘Wash and cut a thin slice from the top of six firm medium-sized tomatoes, then hollow them out slightly. Mean- while blend together cight tablespoon- fuls of olive oil, four teaspoonfuls of sugar, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt, two tablespoonfuls of minced onion, two teaspoonfuls of mustard and two teaspoonfuls of vinegar. Beat well and place one tablespoonful of the mix- ture in the hollow of each tomato. Combine two tablespoonfuls of cracker crumbs with two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and sprinkle a little on each tomato. Arrange in a baking pan and broil under a medium heat in the broiler oven for about 10 minutes, or untfl the tomatoes are tender but of good shape. Two or three times dur- ing the broiling baste them with some of the dressing. They may also be baked in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes, or until tender. WHOLE-WHEAT CHARLES SCHNEIDER BAKING COMPANY FEATUR BEDTIME STORIES Happy Days. Some fall in love and do not know it While to the wor Impy was beside himself with hap- piness. It seemed to him that the | whole Great World had changed. ‘Whereas only such a short time before | it had been a gloomy old world, it now | was the brightest old world imagin- able. And it was all because a certain little Chipmunk, little Miss Frisky, had allowed him to touch noses. Such a thrill as ran all over Impy when he felt the touch of little Miss Frisl nose! Then little Miss Frisky jumped back and ran. Impy ran after her. “Don't run away!” he begged. “Don't way!” run away! Little Miss Frisky seemed not to hear. She dodged behind a big stone. Impy | hurried after her and almost ran into | her. There she sat behind that big | stone. Once more they touched noses. Once more little Miss Prisky ran and Impy ran after her. game. Presently, Impy noticed that | each time little Miss Frisky ran a shorter distance. At last there came | a time when after touching noses she didn't run. | “Did that big fellow with whom ht hurt you much' he asked. 3 o) “Of course he hurt me some, but I'm all right now.” “It was awful,” said little Miss Fris- N0 20N N 1] N =1 “I WAS FIGHTING FOR YOU,” SAID IMPY. | ky, and the way she said it made Impy tingle all over. “I was afraid he would kill you, because he was so big and strong.” “He—he did make me run” fessed Impy. “Of course he did!” said little Miss Frisky brightly. “I never was so glad in my life as when finally you ran away.” Such a funny look as crossed the face of Impy. “But running away meant that I was beaten,” he protested. “Do you mean that you were glad to see me beaten?” “Of course not! How silly!” ex- claimed little Miss Frisky. “I was glad to see you run, because I knew if you didn't you would be killed. And I didn't want you to be killed.” “Why not?” asked Impy. Little Miss Frisky pretended not to hear that question. “I ran away and hid from that big fellow,” said she. con~ It was like a|FT you | ES. By Thornton - W. Burgess. “He hunted and hunted for me but he couldnt find me. 1 made sure that he had gone away before I showed my- | self at all.” Little Miss Prisky reached over and gently licked one of Impy's wounds. Impy almost wished that he had a dozen wounds. ‘“You are so brave,” whispered little Miss Prisky. Impy did his best to_look the part. “Do you know what I was fighting for?” ‘he asked. “Tell me,” said little Miss Frisky. “I was fighting for you,” said Impy. “Not really,” replied little Miss Frisky. “Yes, really,” retorted Impy. “You see, I was afraid yoo would go with him, and I wanted to afive him away. I didn't want you to go away. You won't, will you?” “No,” said little Miss Prisy. *I won't go if you don't want me to. Are you_ happy?” “I never was so happy in all my life,” replied Impy. "l:enher was I” sald little Miss isky. (Copyright, 19305 |'| A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. | Uncrowned Kings. “When Jesus perceived that they would come and “take Him by force, to make Him a king, He departed again unto a mountain alone.”— John, vi.15. ‘What force could a little earthly crown add to the power of Him who, a few hours later, by a word stilled the storm of the sea? What if they had set Him on a throne and put & crown on His head. How much do you think it would have added to the power and influence He wields in the world today? When, in the temptation in the wilderness at the outset of His public ministry, the devil sought to allure Jesus from His spiritual Messiahship by offering Him the political kingdoms of this world and the glory of them, He spurned the offer with indignation. ‘To fulfill His divine mission of redem) tion, Christ did not ask of the world a throne and a crown of gold. The only thing He asked was a cross and a crown of thorns. Too often we imagine that our in- fluence must necessarily be circum- scribed and limited to a narrow sphere, unless the world elevates us to a posi- tion of eminence. We attach too much to thrones and high positions, to crowns and purple robes, to wealth and social station, as instruments of influence. Authority, dignity, honors, wealth and station may put it into the hands of men to be more exemplary and more useful than they could be in an ob- scure and private life. But indepen- dent of these, it is possible for one so to live and serve his fellow men as to let loose in the world helpful and re- deeming influences that will sweep through the ages. 2 Not all kingly souls wear crowns. And who can tell how much the world owes to these kingly but uncrowned souls? Never mind if Providence has placed you among the obscure and un- recognized. Get the spirit of Christ in your heart, and you can be one of the world’s uncrowned kings. 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