Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1931, Page 25

WOMAN’S PAGE Variety in Smocking Stitches BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ‘THE TINY DIAMONDS IN SMOCKING ARE INDENTED. Bmocking is the method of fastening pathers together with ornamental stitchery to hold the fullness evenly in position. The term comes from the work smock, which is a peasant gar- ment on_which the stitchery is em- ployed. This garment has been adopt- ed by artists and craftsmen because of its adaptability to the needs of the work and because it has a style that is sttractive chiefly on account of the needlework. The long smock supplies an entire outer garment, equally well adapted to man and woman workers, ‘The short smock can be worn as & blouse-ccat by either sex. Great varlety in stitches is found in Bmocking, and the work is diversified in designs tormed by the grouping and arrangement of the stitches. In every instance the spaces between the stitch- e form tiny diamonds. This is char- tic. Gathers must be taken in such a way that they present only a line of the goods on top where the stitchery is taken, To insure absolute evenness, the int, of stitchery are indicated by dots parallel horizontal rows. Gathering threads are run with very short stitch- es under dots and longer ones between them. When all the rows of dots have been run in horizontal lines, the gath- ering threads are pulled tight and fas- tened off securely. Smocking stitchery dots do not have THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Sports Costume. It's full of dash and chic. It's slender, too, for the hips are snugly fitted with a shaped yoke. The curved seaming of the circular gored skirt emfll-llu the fact. Isn't the basque effect of the bodice thful? The neckline is charming, , with its boyish collar ‘and pert tie. A red and black tweed mixture made the original Paris dress. collar and cuffs were of white pique. chose black _grosgrain _ribbon black repeated in the suede belt. It is so thoroughly wearable it will prove an economical choice. It's easy to make! It's an oppor- tunity! Style No. 976 may be had in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. The 36-inch size requires 51 yards of 39-inch material with % yard of 39-inch contrasting Black wool jersey with white pique is ultra-smart. Crepy plain or patterned woolens, canton crepe, crepe marocain and ray- on novelties also appropriate. For a patiern of this style. cents in stamps or coin directly Washington Star’s New York Fasl Bureau, Fifth Avenue and Twenty- ninth street, New York. We suggest that when you send for your pattern, you order a copy of our e Winter Fashion Magazine should be in every home, for, of course, every woman wants to look her best without great expense and this book points the way. Price of book, 10 cents. ‘The tie with .Pen and Onions. Boil eight tiny white onions for 12 minutes, then put into a casserole with four cupfuls of canned peas, half a cupful of water, two tabléspoonfuls of butter, half a teaspoonful of powdered mint, a small bunch of parsley and to be stamped. They can be made by the worker, who uses a soft pencil for marking and a ruler to gauge distances. The dots can be one-fourth inch apart in parallel horizontal rows, the dots in each succeeding row coming exactly beneath those in the row above. There must be as many rows of dots as the depth of the smocking requires and one extra row for fastening the gathers to a yoke, a cuff or to wherever the smocked portion is to be positioned on the goods. The distance between dots can be more or less than the one-fourth inch mentioned to suit the desired full- ness of the gathers. Each row of smocking requires two rows of gathers. Work from right to left always. Run the needle under two gathers and take a backstitch. Bring the needle to the row above and catch two gathers, one of which is the last gather in the row below. Take a back- stitch, Bring the needle to the row below and catch two gathers,-one of which is_the last gather in the row above. Repeat this backstitching of gathers (coupling two rows) to the end of the line. The thread always remains on top of the work, Start the second line of smocking two rows of gathers below the line just completed and with the second gather. Each alternate line of smocking begins with the first gather and every other one with the second gather. ~When each row of gathers has peen worked as directed, pull out the gathering threads. An interesting bit of stitchery will be revealed whereby indented dia- monds appear punctuated by back- stitches with zigzag traceries of the embroidery medium between rows, It looks complicated, but in reality is ex- the thread which the embroidery is done contfsts with that of the textile, the smocking is especially decorative. ‘Tuesday—Interesting facts about white potatoes, native to America. (Copyright, 1931.) [T Pictures. 3 Evi 's house has pictures on the walls, and most of them have been there ever since you was born, unless your ed to win a cupple of y world than there’s sippose to be. Landscapes are scenes in the country with portraits of cows all having about the same expression. Lots of pictures have gilt frames much prettier than what they are them- selfs, making the whole effect look more valuable. This proves why ladies look as if they feel better when they have a pritty dress on. Dining room pictures are genrelly pic- tures of froot falling out of baskits an ded fish looking serprised, but there is no such a thing as bath room pictures of spunges being dived for and peeple with soap in their eyt Hot Tamale Pie. Boil a chicken until tender and only four cupfuls of stock is left. Re- move the chicken from the stock and chop it, then add one finely cut small onion. Season with salt, chill powder and pepper. Place three cupfuls of the stock over the fire and slowly add enough corn meal to make a thick mush, being careful to have it smooth and free from lumps. Place layers of chicken and mush in the top of a greased double boiler and steam for three hours. When done turn out onto a plate and serve hot. Use one cupful of rich stock to make & sauce or gravy to serve with the ple. Use at least one pound of the chopped chicken. This is an excellent way in which to use left- over chicken. A Good Nurse. What makes a good nurse? Obvi- ously she needs a good pair of feet to stand on, because she’s going to spend ding. And good health. But none of this will be much to her if she hasn't & great pity for the human race. If she’s irritated by people’s faults or by their little ways, better not to be a nurse, If she’s an- noyed when a woman is irritable, if it gets on her nerves when a man sucks his teeth or keeps clearing his throat, she had better pick another job. Because she’ll be facing that kind of thing every minute. ‘There are in the world people 80 con- stituted that they are a little sorry for everybody's weaknesses. Such people make good nurses, Once when I was in, T a very conscientious nurse. She did everything with great exact- ness, She was never a minute late with any dose or treatment. {m in & country hospital and the Helen Woodward. of medicine in a day. But I knew that didn't like her work; that she was im- in | patient with my weakness and m{ -hm“{ notions. Like all sick people, plenty. After awhile she confessed to me t what she really wanted to do was to grow fine flowers. I have noticed that often ‘who love gardening do not like people He thought: of wish one of the fallows would cut in 02 % Yet, to be polite He said? «The music is greals - local doctor was giving me seven kinds | n't 1t?” under her calm maenner that n“m_rallmem.s get more than others. STAR, WASHINGTON« BEDTIME STORIES Jumper Has Adventure. Bep'nd.oR one tebts hasy ™o ¢ —Jumper ‘the Hare. Jumper the Hare had seen Mrs. Grouse ve the narrowest of narrow escapes from Terror the Goshawk. His heart had seemed to be right up in his throat as he watched the swift pursult of Mrs. Grouse and then had seen her plunge head first into the snowbank just as ‘Terror was about to strike her down. He had chuckled as he had watched Terror fly away in a rage of disappoint- ment. “There is one good thing about Terror, and that is that he can be seen if one his eyes open,” thought Jumper. “Now, if he were dressed wholly in white as I am, some of us wouldn't stand much of a chance. It is lucky for d | some of us that the dark blue gray of his coat shows ug against the white snow, and even the light gray of his walstcoat can be seen. Well, now that I know he is about here in the Green Forest he’ll be smarter than I think he is if he catches me. I suspect he won't pay much attention to me as long as Thunderer the Grouse and Mrs. Grouse are about. Terror certainly is fond of Grouse, I hope Mrs. Grouse will be wise enough to stay down there under the snow. I wonder where Thunderer is?” He didn’t have to wonder long. Again he heard the whir of stout wings and again he watched a breath-taking race as the brown form of Thunderer came into view with Terror the Goshawk hard after him and gaining with every wing stroke. Apparently Thunderer knew just where Mrs. Grouse had gone, for as he reached that bank of snow he, too, plunged from sight, throwing up a little cloud of snow in the very face of Terror. The latter, having twice failed, was in a terribel rage, and Jumper shivered as he watched. He shivered, but he took The Woman Who Makes Good . BY HELEN WOODWARD. Who started her career as @ frightened typist and who became ome of the highest paid business women in America. very much. I know one man, for in- stance, with a passion for growing flow- ers, who had such a shocking experl- ence in the war and the Russian revo- lution that he turns away from people to flowers. So this girl really shrank from peo- ple. Later she had to leave me and nurse her own mother, I had a new nurse. The first thing she said was, Let’s get you home.” “But I'm too .” “No, you're not. We'l be very careful.” ey were, I picked up at once in my own house. The next day she said, “Let's throw away the medicines, Let's not take any more “But the doctor?” T asked feebly. “We won't tell him.” We_put the medicines away., And then I really began to get well. Of eourse, any doctor would say this nurse had 1o right to do thus and thus. But she did have the right. She had the right that came of understanding me, although I was & stranger to her. She was a marvelous nurse and she be- came a superior superintendent of nurses shortly afterward. She told me that she had always liked the work and had been a pretty good nurse, But two years before her only child had died, and since then she had loved the work and had been a much better nurse, Incidentally, if it's your aim to get a fair salary, you can do it with nursing. Nurses in childbirth cases and nervous But you won't get rich through nursing, un- less the patient leaves you a fortune or marries you and gives you one. That happens—nearly everything happens some time—but I wouldn't count on it. Girls having problems in connection with their work may write to Miss W rd, in care of this paper, for her personal advice. (Copyright, 1931.) Men danced with her just once ‘B.0O. (Body Odor) Of course, she didn some salt and pepper. Cover and sim- mer for about gl; minutes in & medium oven. Remove the parsley bel Berng. | HEIR first dance. But he vowed in- wardly it would be their last. For though she was pretty, though she danced beautifully, one thing spoiled it all. The last thing you would ever suspect in a girl who looked so dainty. “B.0.”, the polite name for a condition people dis- like even to mention—body odor. 't realize she wasa offending. She was horrified when—a few weeks later—another girl blurted out the truth. But she took the friendly warning—adopted a simple safeguard. . . Now she’s popular with everyone, a fa- wvorite partner at a dance. She knows the easy way to keep perspiration odorless. Play safe— always! Don’t take chances with “B.0.” Even though it is cool weather, we still per- spire. Pores are constantly giving off odor-causing waste—a quart daily. Lifebuo HEALTH SOAP body odor— SR purifies. today. stops > killed her popularity until . .. We may not notice it in ourselves— others do! But with Lifebuoy to safeguard us, we need never offend. Lifebuoy gives an abundance of rich, creamy, antiseptic lather —even in hardest water. It penetrates pores—re- moves all odor—keeps the body fresh and sweet. The favorite toilet soap of millions of particular men and women. Its pleasant, eztra-clean scent—that van~ ishes as you rinse—tells you Lifebuoy Complexions grow lovelier Regular cleansing with Lifebuoy—that’s the quick, easy way to a good complex~ ion, say women everywhere. Its bland, searching lather deep-cleanses pores— gently frees them of clogged impurities —freshens dull skins till they glow with healthy, radiant beauty. Adopt Lifebuoy Y D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY B, 1931, - By Thornton W. Burgess. care not to shiver so that it could be seen. He shivered inside, so to speak. You see, more than once Terror the Goshawk glared directly at Jumper, and the only reason he didn’t see Jumper was because the latter was all in white and didn’t move. Had he moved ever 80 little Terror would have seen him. After Terror had flown away Jumper waited for some time for Thunderer or Mrs. Grouse to come out of the snow, but he waited in vain. Finally he made up his mind that they were going to spend the night dowm there, which is IT WAS WHITEY THE SNOW OWL. exactly what they were planning to do. “I may as well move on” thought Jumper, and took just one jump. As he did so the top of what appeared to be a | to snow-covered stump moved, and as Jumper landed and instantly froze (be- came motionless) he found himself star- ing into a pair of round, flerce-looking eyes that glared at him so hungrily that Jumper had all he could do to keep those long_ legs of his from running away with him. 1 Jumper had shivered inside when Terror the Goshawk glared at him he fairly shook inside now. It was Whitey the Snowy Owl, come down from the Far North. Flying noiselessly, like other members of the Owl family, he had alighted there while Jumper’s head was turned. He had not seen Jumper, and when Jumper had jumped Whitey's head had been turned the other way. His wonderful ears had perhaps caught the tiny sound made when Jumper had landed in the snow and he had turned his head instantly to see if anything was moving. Well it was for Jumper that he froze in his tracks, and he knew it. Terror the Goshawk might prefer Grouse, but here was one who would choose a Hare or a Rabbit any time before he would a Grouse. Do you won- der that Jumper shivered and shook inside, but took the greatest care not to outside? . (Copyright. 1931.) Salad. Peel a grapefruit and remove the sec- tions of it without the skin or fiber. Canned grapefruit is convenient to use.| Arrange the sections of the fruit on | beds of lettuce or watercress. Crumble Roquefort cheese and sprinkle spar- ingly over each serving. Pour over the Roquefort cheese a French frult dress- ing, as follows: To half a cupful of powdered sugar add two teaspoonfuls of paprika, one teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth teaspoonful of mustard. Mix until blended. Add one teaspoon- ful of table sauce, one-fourth cupful of white vinegar, one-fourth cupful each of strained lemon juice and orange juice and ons cup%ul of salad oil Strain, pour into a bottle, add half a A Sermon for Today Open Doors and Adversaries. nn:: me, and th many adver- The ad 0 & standing open, inviting us to enter; but always there are adversaries at hand to dis- pute our enf . Shall we go in? Or shall we stay out? There's J?. test of the stuff that's in us. Many of us waste years waiting for life to open & door where there are no adversaries. But life never does that. Life never offers a worthwhile oppor- tunity that carries no risk, no incon- venience, no pain, no obstacles to be overcome. Always there are as many reasons against doing a thing as there are reasons for doing it. If life presents to you an open door, and you are afraid to enter it, you can find a thousand alibis. And these alibis will rationalize any or stu- pidity or cowardice. The fearful and cowardly can always make ‘“safe and sane” terms of surrender with the versaries tha door of opportunity. On the d, if you determine to go in that door in spite of the ad- versaries, your courage will support your action with plausible reasons. People may boo you and say your reasons are but & fool’s fa age temptible. Nevertheless, let your cour- age lead on, and presently you will see those adversaries beating a Tetreat. There is no opposition that can stand before a man armed with a cold, cour- ageous determination. Mere adversaries! What are they turn one back? What challenge would there be to undertake a thing that offered no obstacles? To a man who has the right stuff in him, obsta- cles become an incentive and stimulus to go ahead. He is not much of a man who allows himself to ‘be frightened back from a venture simply because he sees difficulties in the way. ‘You might as well count yourself out, it mur idea is to play safe and take no If you wait for an open door risks. P e o polntment to yourself and to the World. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JoSEPH J. FRISCR. B. M.—In short sentences, whom may often be omitted to advant , a8 in, “The man (whom) I spoke to is my uncle,” “The woman (whom) I wrote to is & widow,” “The man (whom) I THE MAN WHOM | SPOKE WITH IS MY work for is very pleasant,” “Is he the artist (whom) you refer to?” etc. Some authorities do not favor this omission. kernel of garlic and shake until well test mixed. serving. Chill and shake again before N FEATURE Psychic Adventures of Noted Men and Women. Sir Joseph Barnby and the Crystal Ball. BY J. P. GLASS. “DO YOU SEE THAT TALL, DARK WOMAN?” SHE ASKED. “SHE IS THE ONE I SAW IN THE CRYSTAL BALL AT LONGFORD CASTLE.” Sir Joseph Barnby enjoyed himself at the wedding of Lady Wilma Bouverie, daughter of Lord and Lady Radnor. The guests formed a brilliant gathering, the ceremony was beautiful and im- pressive, and the bride extremely cl . Yet when he left Longford Castle to rejoin Lady Barnby at East- bourne, where they were li time in a hotel, it was a curious in- cident that had occurred while he was at Longford Castle, rather than the wedding, that lingered in his memory. Lord and Lady Radnor had met him at the Salisbury Station to drive him to for a faculty of seeing visions and is other- wise connected with the spiritual world. She does the most marvelous things with a crystal ball!” The great musician—he succeeded Gounod as conductor of the Albert Hall Choral Bociety of London, holding the place for a quarter of a century; com- the ‘Rebekah”: wrote sev- r “Sweet and Low” snnouncement with ask how the lady of the vislom dressed. o - It was Miss A’s answer which - quently convinced him that hae to, see visions” was real. - o ‘woman,” she said, a dress of serge, with & good "':1‘5 braid on the bodice, and a of braid down one side of the skirt.' “Oh,” said Sir Joseph, “for & moment I thought you were describing Lady Barnby. But she has not a se: dress with her at Eastbourne. Just I left she expressed regret that she had not bro’uxh;vne.” Despite this ending to the incident, kept fresh in his mind du the nlx‘g day. Then he went back to tbourne. To his great surprise Lady Barnby was wearing a serge dress exac described to h']:n! By She had had it sent down feem lo_;l.gon . lere was a sequel some 16 months later. One evening Sir Joseph and Lady Barnby attended a performance given by a society of musical amateurs, the Magple Minstrels, at Princes’ Hall, Plcadilly. They went early and ently became separated as &e‘] J- friends and chatted with them. Soon Lady Radnor entered the seom. :’hl‘t:‘gder wlluMhI'A‘. Sir Joseph @x- greetings with them. As he addressed a remark to Lady iss | Miss A. touched him on the arm and anipulated L she, he thought, Teveal through it some- g pertinent to himself? He did WHOLE FAMILY DELIGHTED WITH REM “Wouldn’t use any- thing else for coughs” The Miller family of 3952 Lafay- ette Ave., St. Louis, knows exact- ly what to do when coughs and GERALDINE MILLER colds come their way. called his attention to a figure standing u% the room. ta “Do you see that tall, dark woman?” she asked. " “She is the one I saw in the crystal ball at Longfora Castle.” Sir Joseph almost gasped. “The lady is my wife,” he said. It should be stated that Lady Barnb; B i e SR S r of the musician. . (Copyright, 1981.) ABE MARTIN SAYS Guess what big city has arrested Felix Centracchi, Gene di Santo an’ Levio Paolicchi. ‘Tell Binkley got tired waitin’ fer the ‘Wickersham report an’ has rented his corner room fer a tire shop. (Oopyright, 1931, “We've ‘used REM for many years,” says Mrs. Charles H. Miller, “my hus- band, my daughter Geraldine, _and I. We wouldn’t use anything else for a cough. My husband’s out-of-doors a great deal, and Geraldine, too, is especially sub- ject to coughs in always relieved winter. REM'’s all of us right away and it doesn’t taste bad either. If there’s a tickling in the throat, REM stops that, too.” More than 10 million bottles of of REM have been sold under an absolute “money-back” guarantee --yet not one customer in a thousand ever wanted it back! There’s a record for you! REM quickly spreads a soothing, healing film over irritated throat,s* ;