Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1930, Page 36

wWOoM AN’S PAGE, First Aids to the Complexion BY MARY Cheap jewelry, was looked upon with disfavor so long as it pretended to be genuine. It came into favor and has remained in good standing because it is frankly worn for what it is worth with- out any intent to deceive. You are | perfectly willing to wear a rhinestone | or crystal bracelet if it happens to go MARSHALL. with your costume because no one thinks that you are trying to make them think that it is made of dia- monds. Much the same thing might be said of make-up. We are perfectly willing to use powder, rouge and a little lip- stick if we need it, because almost every ‘woman does use it and few women pre- tend that they do not. It may be a foolish custom, but at least it is per- fectly honest. Pussibly women do not apply make- up in public quite so much as they did a few years ago, but they make no | bones of the fact that they carry various first aids to the complexion about with them. Every season come new fashions in vanity cases and compacts and there are special designs for various occasions —daytime, evening, afternoon and sports. A new and clever sort of vanity case that you can easily manufacture | yourself is made from heavy silk rib- |bon or tapestry with a rubber lining and a patent slide fastening. You will like it because it may be slipped so | eastly into your coat pocket, and is large enough to carry compact, lipstick, handkerchief and even a little case of hand cream. To make it you should cut the ma- terial 4'2 or 5 inches wide and 5 or 6 inches long. Buy a little than rubber lining and cut a piece of the same size. Fold the pieces over so that you have a small pouch 4!, or 5 inches wide and 2'» or 6 inches deep—one from the outside material and one from the lining. Seam them up on the two short sides, making the lining just a trifle smaller than the outside. Slip the lin- ing inside the outside piece with wrong sides facing. Then sew in a strip of patent slide fastening to the open side 5o that the tape on the fastening is | hidden between the outside and the | lining In figuring the size of the little pouch, which looks for all the world like a | small tobacco pouch, you should con- sider the length of the slide fastening that you buy, so it is better to begin by buying this, which may be obtained at the notion counter of many good sized stores. NOTED CATS AND CAT-LOVERS The Hunting Ca t of King Hana. GLASS. THE SUPPLY OF MEAT MIGHT RUN OUT, BUT THAT OF THE CATS NEVER DID. It is true that the dog and horse, | particularly the horse, have been more | intimately connected with great e\'enu‘ of history than the cat, yet the feline family has had no mean share of par- ticipation in the lives and careers of great men and women. Historically, the cat seems to have| made its first appearance in Egypt about 17 centuries B.C. The cats of‘ ancient Egypt had employment long since surrendered to dogs; that is to| say, they were us2d in hunting. Murals | show them pointirg and retrieving, pur- poses for which they were trained by | their skil!ful masters. - | Apparently the first cat so important | that its name suraved it was Boukaki, the cat of King hana, who probably | was of the eleventh dynasty. The tomb of Hana in the necropolis of Thebes has | a statue showing him standing erect, with Boukaki between his feet. Prob- ably Boukaki was a hunting cat and his master's favorite. It was among the Egyptians that the custom probably originated of leaving | bequests for the maintenance of cats. | Every once in a while today we hear of some cat lover remembering his or her pets in a will | The most rotable example of this| practice was provided by the Sultan Ed-Daher-Deybars, who was the reign- ing sovereign in Egypt.about 1260 A.D. ‘Though otherwise a vefy wicked person, the sultan had a soft spot in his heart for all felines; and so, when he died, he left a garden, called since “The Cat's Orchardy” the income of which was to be devoted to the care of all the feline vagrants of Cairo. As the years passed, the orchard be- ecame badly run down, with & resulting loss in income. However, other cat- 1o left- bequests that supplemented that of El-Daher-Beybars. Officials who superintended the dis- bursement of charitable bequests estab- lished the rule that the daily feast of Cairo’s cats should take place in the outer court of the tribunal. The food provided was to consist of refuse meat | purchased from the butchers’ stalls and chopped into fine pieces. | Century after century this feast was spread. The dinner hour corresponded to the hour of afternoon prayer. At the first signal, cats already waiting around would come leaping from every direc- tion, to be early and get their full share. The old cats were exeeptionally expert. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. There is nothing unusual about a group of three windows in one casing, but here is an unusual treatment for windows of this type. A window seat has been built in front of and the length of the group of windows, each end being finished with a wing to give it the appearance of an old-time settle. The windows have roller shades of silk, scalloped across the bottom and edged in looped fringe and there are shirred curtains of the same material on the lower sash only. Instead of draperies and a valance, there is merely a decorative wooden cornice board, thus lending color to the window treatment without shuiting out any light, es would be the case with the draperies. For a country house where there i5 beautiful scenery 1o be viewed {rom every windov, every precaution should be = taken against Often, new and inexperienced ones, not dexterous enough to take care of their appetities, could do no more than lick the paving where meat had lain. The supply of meat might run out, but that of cats never did. People de- sirous of getting rid of kittens brought them to the outer court of the tribunal at the height of the feast and dumped them among the vagrants, where they quickly lost their identity. (Copyright, 1930.) BE MARTIN SAYS l ‘There’s no love like a mother's love, ‘but, my, how she perks up an5 steps out when a daughter marries an' she gits the field to herself agin. Why call it the underworld when it's | reathe | your colds away Wrrn No more time and trouble than it takes you to breathe you can relieve your cold by the easy Vapex way. Put a drop on your handkerehief. Breathe the vapor. Swiftly, surely—it breaks up your cold—stops stuffiness, dries up secretions, and refreshes you. Put Vapex at each end of your pillow and let it fight your cold while you sleep. Vapex is very inexpensive. The $1 bottle contains fifty applications—an av- erage of only ac apiece. Million of bot- tles are sold yearly. It is approved by Good Housekeeping because i is safe for every one—even little children. For safety's sake, always ask for V-A-P-E-X—the original inhalant—:nd do not accept an inferior product that claims to be “just as good.” A drop on your handkerchief 'VAPEX Breathe your cold away making the window curtains and dra- peries too heavy or dark. ‘The cornice board may be finished in a shade to harmonize with the glass curtains and decorated in a color to match the covering of the seat cushion. - . 4Copyrisht, 19304 THE EVENING SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Me an’ Daddy went out in the woods an’ got our Christmas tree an’ greens. My hair is a mash ob pine-pitch an’ Muvver say will her eber get it out her don't know. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Relativity. Dr. Einstein has received the title, “The Monarch of the Infinite Mind.” Dr. Nicholas Murray -Butler confer- ired it. Of course, very few persons under- stand the theory which has made Einstein famous. It is, however, entire- ly likely that the average man will one day be as familiar with relativity as he is with, say, evolution. Evolu- tion was once as incomprehensible to the masses as relativity is today. When great theories are commonly understood, great geniuses take their places among the minds of men. Every genius is an example of nature’s efforts to raise the standards of thinking. The newspaper you are reading has six sides. You may say, if you please, that it's a cube because it has six sides. That's everyday thinking about an_everyday object. Suppose you look at your cubical newspaper from another psychological point of view. Instead of thinking of it as a cube because it has six sides, try to think of it as having six sides because it is a cube. You are then approaching the ground of the mon- arch of ideas. ‘When you explain the parts of some- thing in terms of the whole, instead of explaining the whole in terms of the parts, you are raising your stand- ard of thinking. Pineapple Dressing. One-half cupful thick French dress- ing, one-third cupful finely chopped pineapple, two tablespoonfuls lemon juice and cne-eighth teaspoonful salt. Mix and chill ingredients. Serve on let- tuce or fruit salads. My Neighbor Says: ‘Take every precaution during the Christmas season against fires. Do not go away and leave Christmas trees lighted or can- dles burning. Watch them care- fully. If your milkman fails to arrive with cream in time for breakfast, whip an egg very light, place a little 1n each coffee cup, pour in coffee and then add milk and you will not miss the cream. ‘Wreaths hung on the outside of windows keep much longer than if hung on the inside. Heat dries them and causes leaves to curl. When blowing out a candle hold the light above you and then blow. If you do this the wick will not smolder, and there- fore the candle will be easily lighted again. The contrary will be the case if you blow down=- ward, If draperies are set afire, do not try to pull them down; re- move nearby objects and use wef broom to smother the burning pieces as they fall. (Copyright, 1920) Jormeddy sold at $53.50 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, Dbk DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Dm MISS DIX—I am 21, very much in love with & young man who wants me to marry him. Here is my problem: I have always loved pretty dresses, finery, etc. These he would be unable to give me, and as much as I care for him I might be unhappy if I had to do without them. I am studying singing and if I follow this career I could achieve success, but if when I have my diamond pend- ants I do not have the boy I love I might not be happy either. It is simply this: 1 want my frilly things which I can's possibly have if I marry this boy, and if I work for my things and finally get them, in eight years he would be out of my reach and I might regret having pursued my career. On the other hand, if I marry him and we have to scrimp all of our lives I may be so unhappy that I would never forgive myself for not continuing with my singing. What shall I do? RUFFLED. Answer: The old saying about not being able to have d too, is never morz vividly illustrated than in a case of a woman and a career. | She practically always has to decide between the two, for somehow love and | careers seldom mix so far as women are concerned. | In your case you have to make up your mind which you want the most, love | and husband and home and children, or the struggle for success as a singer, and perhaps it may help you to decide, to reflect that one is a sure thing and the | other an uncertainty. | Of course, your vanity leads you to believe that there is no doubt that you | have a grand opera voice and that you cannot fail to win fame and fortune. Your teachers tell you this and urge you on, as they have done thousands of other aspirants as long as they had any money to spend, but as a matter of cold sta- tistics not one girl in 10,000, nor one girl in a hundred thousand who believes herself to be a Galli-Curci is one nor ever gets within telephoning distance of the Metropolitan stage. I ROTHY DIX. . | [)EAR MISS DIX—The 50-50 proposition in marriage is often right, but not | always. Suppose a clerk making $100 a month marries a school teacher making the same. Good. It should work. But suppose a woman who has an income of $100,000 a year marries a nice little clerk in a dry goods store who makes $100 & month. He 1s a first-class good fellow and does all he can to make life pleasant for the woman, but I have not the least idea in the world that she would give him $50,000 at the end of each year. Not a bit of it. A. P. Answer: Many rich women make large financial settlements on their husbands when they marry poor men, in order to make the man feel independent. In any | case, if the poor husband shared in the rich wife’s mode of living and enjoyed her fine houses, cars, travel and the other luxuries she supplied, he would share just as much in her wealth as the wife shares in that of a prosperous husband. However, in speaking of 50-50 marriages, I have no idea of either the man or the woman turning over half of what is earned. in cash, to the party of the other part. That is neither necessary nor practicable in many cases. Generally | it takes all trat the man can earn to support his family and the wife and hus- | band enjoy and sacrifice equally. | What I mean by a 50-50 marriage is one in which the husband gives the | wife her fair share of his income and where he assumes his half of the respon- | sibility for making a cheerful and happy home and helping to rear the children. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1930.) MODES OF THE MOMENT SPECIAL 1392 TS LR 22, 1930, WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Renistered U. 8. Patent Office. ol N LETS SEEC PLL CALLIT, “PIPETOWN \APPROPRIATE, e When John Philip Sousa, “the March | King,” gave up his music long enough | to_write his notable novel as a con- | tribution to the city of his birth and | {called it “Pipetown Sandy.” | AVID REED of Pennsylvania now| boasts of an average of .666 in this | game of seating United States Senators | from his State—two in, one out. It was ncthing new for Reed, this role he played n_get- ting James Davis over the Senate hurdle. He had tried it twice be- fore—the first time for Willilam Vare and the second time for “Uncle Joe” Grundy. And from all in- dications this 6- foot, slender, keen- eyed young man is improving with each attempt. Cer- tainly very little time was lost in seating Mr. Hoov- er's one-time cabinet member. Really, one of the best things about the fight in getting Davis in was watching Reed ‘Two or three times he had Davis on his feet ready to escort him down the | aisles. Each time, when it seemed that | they would start, there was delay. But when Vice President Curtis did give the order to march, so confident was Reed that he had Davis in line a full min- ute ahead of time. ‘That’s typical of Reed. The man | has practically everything about him | that denotes action. He speaks slowly, but his method of thought apparently is direct and definite. His tongue at times is unruly and on more than one occasion in the Senate has caused him grief. Ac- knowledged one of the leaders of that body, nevertheless he has made epi- grammatic lunges during periods of ir- ritation that have brought down on his head merciless panning at the hands of | broiler heat and broil for five minutes. his_colleagues.” He is a profound student as well Ever since brightness of FEATURES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Of the beauty blemishes that mar the loveliness of milady’s arms and hands, most can be remedied by the right lccal care, but others need constitution- al treatment as well. In the latter group are excessive scrawniness and redness, both of which are associated with poor circulation of the blood. Some | of my readers complain of a purplish | tinge on their hands. This color is, of | course, due to the stagnation of.the | blood. A thorough rhync-l examina- | tion by a doctor will reveal the cause | of this condition, for it cannot be cured | by beauty treatments. The right sort | of massage to stimulate the circulation may be taken at the doctor's orders, | however. The arms or any other part | of the body are likely to derive more benefit from the massage after the skin has been bathed in warm water or steamed with hot towels. If the heart | is weak and the circulation sluggish, it | is unsafe to take exercises without | medical advice. | External treatments may be depended | upon to relieve roughness cf the skin on the arms that is sometimes called gooseflesh. Every day the arms must | be washed with warm water and a mild soap. Scrub them with a luffa (a kind of vegetable sponge), which produces an agreeable friction when used in place of a wash cloth or brush, and removes the dead scales of skin very effectively. Rinse off all the scap after the skin has been thoroughly | scrubbed, dry and massage with olive A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. as a crack rifle shot. Using a mili- | tary rifle, he has scored 245 out of a possible 250, and 45 bull's-eyes out | of a possible 50. | Perhaps Reed's sympathy with a man who wants to come to the Capi- | tal is more deep-rooted than in mere | political ground. He once had some | difficulty himself. | It was back in 1897 when he was | a student at Princeton. McKinley | was to be inaugurated President.| Reed and a classmate wagered with | two other freshmen that they Couldi “hobo” their way to Washington in time for the inauguration. ‘The other two didn’t get very far.| But Reed and his friend pushed on by | freight and trolley to Baltimore. From there to the Capital they “rode the rods,” arriving in the cold dawn of March 4 in the freight yards of the | Pennsylvania Station, hungry, cold, | dirty and broke. | Failing to get a check cashed, the two were walking mournfully down | the street when they saw a friend. From him they borrowed $20 and pro- | ceeded to enjoy the inauguration. But they saw to it that enough wes saved for fare back to Princeton. Broiled Scallops. Arrange one quart of scallops close together on a shallow baking pan. Pour four tablespoonfuls of melted butter over them, place under a medium Then sprinkle the scallops with half a teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper and scatter over them eight slices of bacon which have been cut either in dice or in halves lengthwise. Return to the broiler heat and broil for about eight minutes longer. Oysters may be prepared in exactly the same way. vary, dip the scallops in seasoned, fine cracker crumbs, then in beaten and again in cracker crumbs before ar- ranging in the shallow pan for broiling. the night that the a star led the way, light has been the symbol of Christmas time. This year many homes will be tastefully decorated with illumin- ated wreaths, , electric candoliers and strings of twinkling colored lights. In this manner folks will wish their friends and passers-by a Merry Christmas. Why not join this happy group by decorating your own home? The necessary wreaths or strings of lights are quite inexpensive. .. and the cost of electricity in Wash- ington is so low that the entire ex- penditure will be less than most folks pay for Christmas cards. Your neighborhood electric dealer will gladly give you the benefit of his experience in decorating with light. no obligation. Ask him today...there is POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY “Matchless Service” egg | missionaries and has been LEEDS. ofl or a skin tonic of your choice. If the skin on the arms is extremely coarse through years of neglect it is often necessary to use something rough- er than a lufia, such as pumice stone. It 1s very important, however, to avold bruising the skin with the stone. Use it for only a short period each day and afterward bathe the skin with boric acid solution or witch-hazel. If the treatments are continued with regu- jarity and moderation the surface eir- culation will be stimulated end the; Rub the skin with pumice | skin will become scft to the touch. soothing tollet cream or skin lotion may be patted on the skin after the treatment. A very simple bleaching treatment for skin that has been allowed to grow sallow and coarse may be given by simply adding a few drops of simple tincture of benzoin to the rinsing water after the skin has been cleansec MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. I wanted to have a party for our children during the Christmas holidays and decided to have the favors con- cealed in a “plum pudding.” filled & common washtub with sawdust and / had ‘the little trinklets, which are so dear to the heart of all children, wrapped in brightly colored tissue ps- per, hidden in the sawdust. I had a la wooden spoon handy and each child took his turn in digging into the { pudding for his “plum.” They seemed to enjoy this way of getting their favors better than the usuel way of receiving them at the table when the refresh- ments were served. Ol.d Oldest i!mvenity. ‘The University of Santo.Thomas at Manila, P. I, is the oldest institution situated on territory under To | the jurisdiction of the American flag. It was established in 1611 by Dog(t’nlem operated con: tinuously ever since under Catholic sus- pices. '