Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1930, Page 39

WOMAN'S PAGE. Blouse for Midwinter Holiday BY MARY MARSHALL. It is not too soon to announce that wear after Christmas— the blouse, especially the pastel important. wbl-hnl e de?‘%teld" e see many of them designed for those fortunate enougn to i i Midwinter holiday, and will want to have a few, even though we stay at home to wear under the Winter suit costume or with a light-weight jersey jacket suit to wear indoors. The girl who makes her own have a d ‘PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM Radium and Cancer. Dr. H. 8. Souttar reported in the British Medical Journal August 23 the excellent results obtained from treat- ment of cancer with radium emana- tion, in the form of ‘“radon” seeds— small glass tubes containing measured amounts of the emanation, not the radium itself—which are implanted in the affected tissues and allowed to re- main for a few days. The implantation of radon seeds is as simple as the in- Jection of medicine with a syringe. A fine silk cord is left attached to the *geed,” s0 that it is easily withdrawn JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JosEPH J. FRISCH. YESTERDAY | HEARD A FEMALE SAY, “AN EXAMPLE OF IMPLICIT FAITH 1S THE SHORN WALL STREET LAMB ‘WHO BELIEVES IN SANTA CLAUS” Y to human beings except in scientific and medical works, and in _statistics, nnouncement ords girl, lady, woman, etc. | kerchief may be cut in two pleces di- ! until a period of five years has | But even if the cancer recurs in every | worth while for the temporary relief it blouses will doubtless be glad to know that sleevelessness still prevalls for such blouses. They are made of deli- cately toned handkerchief linen, organ- die, batiste or lJawn and are frequently finished with drawnwork, fine hand tucks or real lace edging. ‘There is apparently little danger now of a revival of the so-called shirtwaist type of blouse—that was talked about a good deal last year at this time. For | these new blouses are very feminine and dainty, usually made with the Vv ficklme t is so universally becom- 5. The blouse shown in the sketch was made of handkerchief linen with tabs = cut at uprr right side and lower left | side, finished with narrow piping. A | small lace-edged frill is tucked under each tab, which is decorated with a| button. And dainty lace-edged hand- ;;nm.\ly and used to make the little (Copyright, 1930.) Date Pudding. ‘Two cupfuls flour, one sods, two-thirds cupful fourth teaspoonsful one cupful | chopped dates, two eggs, one cupful sour milk, four tablespoonfuls fat, melted, and one teaspoonful vanilla. Mix all ingredients and beat three min- | utes. Pour into shallow, greased pan and bake 25 minutes in moderately slow oven. Serve warm or cold, cut in squares. Whipped cream or lemon sauce can be served with this pudding, if desired. one- | BRADY, M. D. after the expiration of the necessary time. In 11 cases of skin cancer the cancer has disappeared and there has been no | ¢ recurrence in periods up to 17 months. In three out of five cases of cancer of the lip, the patients treated have re- mained well 6, 13 and 15 months. One case was advanced beyond hope when first seen. . In several cases of cancer of the tongue, all advanced too far for treat- ment by surgery, there was a rapid improvement and in all but one case total disappearance of the cancer, but recurrence followed in all but one case. In this one case there has been no re- currence in a period of two years. ‘Twenty-four cases of cancer of the breast were treated by implantation of the radon seeds, and 11 of these were taken early, and in all but one case which was lost sight of, these patients remain free from recurrence in periods of 6 to 12 months. In 26 cases of cancer of the esoph- agus (gullet) the treatment showed it is possible to bring about enough improvement {o enable the patient to swallow, and to keep him comparatively comfortable for many months. We cannot regard cancer as “cured” passed without recurring or secondary cancer. one of these patients, the treatment is gives the patient. It is reasonable to think that a few of these cures will prove permanent five-year cures. ‘These radon seeds are not too ex- pensive for routine use by doctors every- where in cancer cases. They are even used with considerable satisfaction for the removal of tonsils—the tonsils graduelly shrink or atrophy during & period of several months after implan- tation of the radon seeds for a few days. Any good doctor can apply radium emanation treatment in any case where the cancer is get-at-able. Such treat- ment need not cost more than an oper- a w X m&n:ffl ;. -it) means trust- % the word or authority of an- ; blind, unreserved; as implicit confidence. ation ordinarily does. (Capyright, 1930.) OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATEL Mother’s Helper. There is many & young mother who needs help occasionally. One of the best things a grandmother énes is to relieve her daughter for an afternoon or evening by.taking charge of the house and the baby. There are errands that only the mother herself can do. Maybe she needs a haircut, perhaps she has been vaiting for a chan the dentist. Doubtless she needs time off for a liftle recreation. But unless there is some trustworthy person, li:e grandmother, to take charge of the baby shé cannot go. Grandmother can kill two birds with one stone. She can achieve merit by helping her daughter, and she can make the acquaintance of her grandchildren. is a post of diplomacy. Grand- mother must never lose sight of the fact that she is a guest conductor. She her presence as gracious, as help- ful, as welcome as may be without ever it u the household. It will not do to try her own hand on ' > baby. No matter how much she would like to change his routine for the bet- ter, she must refrain and follow the directions of the mother. Otherwise her usefulness and c¥ntinued association :fl.h the grandchild are settled and one. ‘The servants, if therc are any, are not to be asked to do anything but what lies in their usual routine, which they ought to follow without any direction from anybody. They are best left to the discretion of their mistress. Nor is the guest conductor to tell any tales about unless the situation is ’e:.}lz serious, which is a rare occasion indeed. Mistresses know their servants very well, and the guest can tell her little she does not already know. Tales ahout the maids and the children are unwel- come and frritating. er can bring an atmo- sphere of e and repose into the househo!d by her very manner. ‘The gentle nsvements of her hands, the radiate, the assured strength of her it, bring courage and serenit; to WHO REMEMBERS? BY VICK MANSFIELD. Registered U 8. Patent Office. the household when she enters it. “Just tell me what is to I'll see to it. Have you written it down? That is always best. One ha to forget whether thi evening feeding at 5:30 or 6. k. goes . Just les in his crib, lights out. That's very easy. Ncw, run along and leave the rest to Have a good time and forget all re all in good load a gran when she does some such thing as that. Think of the strength she adds to the household by giving the young mother & chance for rest, a chance to go out with her husband for the evening. It is one of the things that helps hold h . It 18 not hard to do, £ave perhaps in the beginning, when the baby is getting rccustomed to the strange voice and hands. After that it 1s .l joy. Try it, grandmother; please ry it (Copyright, 1930.) My Neighbor Says: 1If boiled frosting has been re- moved from the fire before it is thoroughly cooked, add enough confectioner’s sugar to give it the consistency to spread easily. | about. Yee gods, what was the ideer A pair of rubber gloves will tect the hands from stein or rom absorbing odors while peel- ing vegetables, especially onions. They also help preserve a mani- cure while washing dishes. Seeds are easily removed from s’l‘;):el;ull if a strawberry huller ‘To remove from a sink sprinkle generously with a cleans- ing powder, then wipe off with & newspaper or soft paper. Grease will not then be washed down the drain pipe. lmu.dm of "'z"""'.&“&" beet gravy try puf on a small tin pie plate, place in steamer oyer boiling water and in about one-half hour you have a fresh, juicy roast. To mend a broken doll quickly bind tightly with strips of ad- hesive plaster. It will hold the broken parts firm for a while. (Copyright. 1930.) THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 g to be this week. This morning at brekfist ma sed, Willyum, what do you wunt me to get you for your berthday? You couldent of asked me & more appropriate question, pop sed. For a munth Ive been lying awake nites won. dering whether to buy myself a bi wooly bath rcbe or a big silky foun- tain pen, so if you get me a big wooly bath robe my nerve racking indecision will be transformed into triumfant ac- tion, because there wont be anything left for me to buy myself but the big silky fountain pen, he sed. But Willyum dont you think it would come more as @& serprise if I just got you something as a serprise? ma sed. Yes, I think it would, pop sed. The ony drawback is, it mite not be a plez- zant serprise, and I always had an old fashioned ideer that if a serprise izzent plezzant its not werth being serprised of asking me what I wunted if your intrist in the matter is purely acad- emick? he sed. Well, I thawt perhaps you mite not know what you reely did wunt, as so many men genrally dont, and if that wes the case I lhlwtulfld serprise yclu tling you something you reely :y\lnt':d‘ ma sed, and pop sed, But its not the case for Peet sake. I wunt a big wooly bathrobe and if I get it that vll{l be serprise enough for me, bleeve me, he sed. Bus Willyum, Ive alreddy got a ser- | rise for you, that what complicates t, ma sed. ‘What is it, an Armenian pin cushion made by the veterans of the war of 1870? pop sed, and ma sed, Dont be silly Im not going to tell you till your berthday. Me knowing alreddy, being 3 small size towels with pops private initial in the corner so nobody wont use them except him unless they forget to look e initial ferst. THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE It's a Bit Audacious. A darling little rig is this old-fash- foned, mother hubbard yoked dress. And it butions at the center-back, too. ‘The rather full skirt joined to the yoke with gathers is quaint and preity. The square neckline gives it indivi- duality with decorative scallops. Style No. 994 designed for playtime, of course, has accompanying bloomers. It may be had in sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. A yellow and white shadow plaid gingham mad: the original model as ictured. The white pique trim has rown bias pique. In each scallop, a tiny brown solid dot is embroidered to give it French accent. Pale blue wool jersey with navy blue trim, nile green cotton broadcloth with yellow pin dots and yellow trim rose-pink sprigged dimity with rose organdie are combinations that woul make any wee tot happy. Size 4 requires 273 yards 32-inch with yard 32-inch contrasting. For a pattern of this siyle, 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. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “Amy’s girl aint got a lick o' sense. I knowed she was goin’ to lose that Jones boy the minute she beat him playin’ tennis. (Copyrisht. 1930 OF THE MOMENT .DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Man Who Falls Out of Love With a Girl After an Eight-Year Engagement. EAR Miss Dix—T am a young man and have been engaged to a young woman for the last eight years. I went to college wih the understanding that we would be married when I returned. Now I am back with a spléndid career ahead of me and I find I do not love the girl and have a_ horror of marrying her. She still loves me and insists that I must marry her. Should I marry her when I positively have no affection for her?—C. 8. R. Answer—On no account marry the girl. This is the kindest thing you can do for her as well as for yourself. You will ruin her life as well as your own if you let her drag you into a union in which there is no affection. No doubt the girl loves you and her heart breaks at the thought of losing you. No doubt about the bitterness of her disappointment, for it is a terrible 'Erhl“nglw see the dreams and hopes one has nourished through el'hweln <come ng to earth and crumble into dust and ashes. Her case is pitiful enough, but it is not so pathetic as it would be if she were an unloved wife who had d | thrust herself upon an unwilling bridegroom. Many men feel that it is the part of honor to marry girls to whom they have been engaged, no matter how tired they are of them, nor how combletely they have ceased to care for them, but this is a false sense of honesty and duty. The square thing is for the man to have the courage to break off the engagement and 'g”l:-ve the girl to find happiness with some other man as she never can with For no man who marries a woman from & sense of duty ever treats her kindly. He can make the grand gesture of sacrificing himself at the altar, but he cannot keep up the daily and hourly practice of the gacrifice of every inclination and impulse. No task 50 hopeless as to to win the heart of a husband who looks upon his wife as & female Shylock who has exacted her pound of flesh in payment of a rash bargain made in his foolish youth. A thousand times in this column I have warned boys starting off to college and young men faring forth to seek their fortunes not to hamper mselves entering into ments with the girls they were leaving behind them. temptation to do so is well nigh irresistible. The youth is filled.with soft sentimentality at the thought of leaving home and just because he is going away from it all it seems more attractive and nearer and dearer than ever before. And there is Jane or Sally or Mary, who is so pretty and sweet and 50 clinging and tearful at saying good-by that before he knows it he has up and popped the question and she says “yes.” The boy enters & new world when he leaves home and if there is an) g in him when he returns in three or four years he is a new man, no more like the who left than if he were another individual. He has had advantages of culture and social contacts. He has met new people with different habits who spoke another language. He has seen different things. He has sharpened his wits against cleverer minds than his own. He has broadened. He has another &:I.nt of view. Different tastes, a different outlook on life, Above all, he is used different women. Long engagements are always a mistake, though if the engaged couple live in the same community they at least keep in touch. But when they are l'eptnkd they inevitably grow apart and nearly always the man outgrows the oman, ‘Therefore they are a cruel thing, cruelest of all to the woman who waits for an unwilling bridegroom and who is kept from marrying some man she knows with whom she would probably have been happy. But for & man to marry a girl of whom he has already tired before mar- riage does not help the situation. It merely puts the final w%- o the tragedy. TH Y DI (Copyright, 1930.) . minutes, then spread on the top and sides o"["l:‘l: il}(e wh:l: ’wln:dfml? the e ately, is ing bowl and make & hollow in the | ot ot Rk center, Dissolve one. teaspoonful _of | 105 and tastes like cream candy. Fiavor baking soda in one cupful of sweet milk. | Melt one cupful of butter and stir the milk, soda and butter into the flour, beating it down from the sides gradually and stirring one tablespconful of flnle Beat well and thoroughly. Bake layer pans, greased and papered, in & quick, t oven. This is & soft cake. ‘To make icing, stir into two table- spoonfuls of rich, sweet cream, enough powdered sugar to thicken it to the consistency to spread evenly, Beat the d briskly for a few NO NEED TO BE " TIRED OUT IN .~ MID-AFTERNOON By Eating or Drinking Some- thing Sweet This Zero Hour Can Be Avoided Economy Ginger Cake. 8ift four cupfuls of flour into & mix- | —— | | | | Millions of people engaged in business have the common problem | |of fighting fatigue in mid-after- noon. This condition is due, not only to the fact that energy has been expended during the early part of the day, but that business| invariably speeds up in the after-| noon and makes its greatest de- mands on the worker. Sclentific tests have proved that| this mid-afternoon fatigue can be 1930 BRIDGE TALKS BY MRS. JONN MUNCE. JR. Continuing the discussion of contract scoring, when it comes to scoring slam bids, if you are not vulnerable, you score a bonus of 500 for the small slam; and when you are vulnerable, or game in, and bid a small slam and make it, you score 750 in the honor WOAI':. to grand slams, the one reads for the bonus for .ucm are quite large. You score in your honor score 1,000 for a grand slam when you are not vulnerable and 1,500 for the grand slam when you are game in. The most interesting part of the scoring is the scoring of the penalties for what are known as under-tricks or set-tricks, and here is where your losses come if you ar: not a dependable player. For the tricks you are set when not doubled and not vulnerable, your opponents score 50 for each trick In their honor score. If you are vulner- able and not doubled, they score 100 points in their honor score for the first trick and 200 for each subsequent trick. Should you be unfortunate enough to be doubled when you are unable to make your contract, and are not vul- narable, your opponents score 100 each for the first two tricks, 200 each for the next two tricks and 400 for each trick over the above-mentloned set of four tricks. Should you be vulnerable and doubled, your opponents, if they are abl: to set you, score 200 points in their honor scorz for the first trick and for each subsequent trick they score 400. ‘When redoubling, realize that a re- double doubles the doubled premiums and penalties, If the readers of these articles will take a deck of cards, sort it into suits and each day arrange the hands as given in these talks, the combinations of cards on which bids are made will become so firmly fixed in their minds that there will be little difficulty in re- membering them. The bidding in contract calls for more accuracy than in auction. In auction it was only necessary for the dealer to bid one no trump. although he had strength enough in high cards to make game. If this one bid suits the bidder's partner, all the partner has to do is pass. In contract it is quite different—the bidder must meas- ure his stren with greater accuracy when determining to bid one, two or three, and his partner has to deter- mine whether to raise him, and if so, how far. When the contract player gussses as to the size of the bid to be made, what the bid should be, when he follows hunches or follows the auction be fatal. In bidding any hand, it is important that you be able to value your hand properly, and I belisve that the method of arriving at the value of your high cards or high card combinations that I am to give you is the simplest to learn, easiest to use, and yet will pro- duce the most satisfactory results. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. A nice, comfortable, lazy-looking easy | chair takes the sting out of working| hard, for you know that a few hours or | even a few minutes in it are going to do wonders to muscles and disposition. In the {llustration is shown & chair that would soothe the nerves of the most irritated. Its tufted back and softly padded cushion seat make it per- fect for relaxation, and the foot stool which belongs with it just adds to its comfort. For the living room, no better chair | could be chosen to place beside the, fireplace, and the stool need not be used | |In fiont except when desired. !nstcnd‘] | it may occupy the space in front of the fireplace, where it may be drawn over to the chair or to the sofa. With this chair might be grouped a low table with books, magazines or smoking , and, of course, there should be a reading lamp, very plain in design and equipped with a parchment shade having colored band decorations. For having the longest service witl one family, A. Towner, who has been with one employer 533, years, was h conventions, the results will generally hom | Representatives. | when he became Scecretary. awarded & prize at the recent agricul- how at Chiddingstone, England. this good!? FEATUR BEDTIME STORIE A Tense Moment. Helpless, hopeless. clutched by fear, A'minute sometimes seems a year, —Young Muskrat, ‘What was to be done? The you:s tlluskfll, cl\l(':'lt in nerel';‘r-;{:ha 0 a log on the bank of the Laughing Brook, wisned that he knew. So did his father, Jerry Muskrat, who had found bim Jerry looked things over very carefully. He examined the trap where it gripped the left leg of the young Muskrat and shook his head. “Bad. Very bad,” he sald. He took nold of the chain that fas- tened the trap to the log and tried his teeth on it. Again he shook his head. “Bad. Very bad,” said he. The heart of the young Muskrat be- gan to sink again, Somehow he had had great faith that his father would be able to do something for him. As soon as he had seen Jerry coming he had begun to hope. His father was very wise. His father would know what to do. Now to’see him shake his head 3 REDDY M. veD FORWARD SWIFTLY, that way was very discouraging. No wonder his heart sank It was bad enough to be obliged to suffer the awful pain that was in that imprisoned leg. Yes, sir, that was bad enough. But to cee the one whose help he had been sure of shake his head in such a hopeless manner was too much to endure. The young Muskrat began to vhlmg:r. “8h-h-h-h,” warned Jerry Muskrat. “Keep still. You don't know what sharp ears may be listening unseen in f.he] Black Shadows.” “I can’t help it,” whimpered the young Muskrat. “My leg aches dread- fully and I'm afraid and I want to go “Sh-h-h-h,” warned Jerry again, ES. B8Y THORNTON “some one is coming. W. BURGESS e still if you value your e Whateres life. happens, do not move. Jerry slipped silently into the wa and began to swim down the - Brook, keeping close to the bank. ently he began to splash a little and once or twice he squeaked in a content- ed tone as if he had found something good to eat and was enjoying it. Then the young Muskrat heard the soft pate ter of feet on leaf-covered ground, and his heart almost stopped beating as he saw a trim form step out from the Black Shadows only a jump distant and stand with a look of eagerness on & sharp, crafty face. It was Reddy Fox. His ears were cocked forward and he was looking in the direction from which came the sounds of faint splashing contented squeaks, 4 ‘Thdt was a tense moment. that was a tense moment. The young Muskrat held his breath. It seemed to him that his heart thumped so that Reddy Fox must hear it. Would Reddy turn his head and look at that old log, or would he go on? It seemed as if he never would move. Once he started to turn his head as if to look toward the place where the young Muskrat crouched in terror, but just then Jerry Muskrat squeaked again from farther down the Laughing Brook and close to the bank. Reddy moved f swiftly, eagerly, soundiessly, a picture’ of craft, alertness and stealth, He passed close to the upper end of the very log to which that terrible trap was holding that helpless young Musk« The scent of Reddy filled the Muskrat's nose. Yes, indeed, that was a tense moment. It was a terrible moment. Then it was over. Reddy had passed on, intent' on catching that Muskrat who, to judge by the sounds, must be on the very edge of the shore, As a matter of fact, that is just where Jerry Muskrat was. He was running along the very edge and taking pains to make a noise doing it. All the time he was watching and listening for Reddy Fox. It wouldn't do to allow Reddy to catch him on land. So he gradually led Reddy farther and far- ther down the Laughing Brook and away from the helpless young Muskrat. At last he slapped the water lhlr&lry with his tall and dived in deep water. He knew that Reddy would know that that wss an alarm signal and that every Muskrat within hearing would thereafter be on guard. Reddy stopped short and a look of dnnfi)oinunent replaced the eagerness in his expression. Then he turned and trotted away toward the Green Mead- ows. For the time being that you Muskrat was safe. Jerry swam ba swiftly. (Copyright, 1930.) BY HERBERT PLUMMER. Tfll great and near-great in Wash- ington come and go with the shift- ing political tide, but there is a con- siderable group in the Capital of those who somehow manage to weather _ all storms. Veterans in all things po'itical are these people and Msr recognized as oW vital parts of the ture. They hear the titles of secretaries, executive assistants = > and the like. One of Senators, in one- @ room quarteds of 7 == No one does more to aid the business of keeping the coun- try intelligently informed on Govern- ment affairs than these non-political attaches. ‘There is, for example, “Bill” Beck, assistant to Secretary of State Stimson. Beck is one of those rareties in near- cabinet circles. He first attracted the attention of Secretary Lansing while he was doing a job on the peace mis- sion in Paris. When Lansing resigned, Secretary Colby retained the efficient youngster as secretary. Under Hughes he was elevated to assistant to the Secretary, then passed on to Sec- retary Kellogg and finally handed to Secretary Stimso; ‘There is John Martyn, assistant to the Secretary of War. Martyn came to the War Department with Secretary Weeks. Dwight Davis retained him James Good announced at one of his first press conferences that he would keep him. And when Secretary Good died in office his successor, Secretary Hurley, made it known that Martyn was to continue at his post. At the Capitol there may be found illustrations just as striking. John Hayes was brought to the Capi- tol from Indiana by Senator Beverid who regarded him as a promising youth. He served as secretary to Beveridge and now is with Senator Watson, the re- publican leader. Jovial Bill Sault was with Senator McLean of Connecticut while he wi in the Senate. And when McLean re- tired from public life he told his suc- cessor, Walcott, abcut Sault. Bill is now on for Walcott. Rankin acted as secretary to Kenyon of Iowa when he was in the Senate. Now he is serving in the same - capacity with another Iowan—Senator ocretary and upon his death went automatically over to Senator Brock of Tennessee, 'S suCCessor. And Lona Wells, one of the first women to serve as secretary to & United §tates Senatcr, upon the death of Senator ‘Warren of Wyoming stepped in and did the same thing for Senator Pat Sulli- van. ‘There are others—many of them. All of which seoms to show that & good man—even be he in &flme-—hn not a great deal to frar in American public service. leN nothin, tastes right an eating seems an ordeal =you need Ori Show-You Sauce to brighten things up. It , and makes good loods taste better. Tryabottle~you will be delighted . W o There’s only one way to make WAFFLES and WHEAT CAKES « oo the batter must do two- thirds of its rising before it goes on the griddie or in the waffle iromn BA’I'I‘ER that rises two-thirds in the mixing goes on the griddle or in the waffle iron creamy—light and smooth. Thousands of tiny bubbles that keep it fluffed up enable it to bake thoroughly and evenly. The resulting cakes and waffles have a per- tecf.lon of texture and an appetizing lightness which cannot be achieved by any other propor- tion of leavening. Use Rumford, teed two-to-one leavenerinyour waffle and wheat cake recipes. Even if your recipes involve the use of an already-prepared flour, add at least a teaspoon of Rumford for every two cups. How out of place her old coffee pot would look among her fine linens, sheer crystal and lovely silver! But a Westing- house Electrical Percolator would add grace and charm and beauty to her tble —as well as convenience. Why not give her one this Christmas? Prices from $8.95 to $17.00. milk, “athlete’s water You'll be absolutely amazed at the difference. (It's the ris- ing in the mixing that does the ‘ trick as nothing else can do it!) RUMFORD ALL- PHOSPHATE the guaran-