Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1931, Page 37

WOMAN'’S PAGE. Essential Repose in Family BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ‘There must be a certain spirit of re- ?ou about & house for it to be trans- jormed into a home. This does not mean that quietness prevails, that ex- DISPUTES ARE_ORDINARY OCCURRENCES, NOT EXCEPTION- AL, REPOSE FORSAKES A HOME. eltement is constantly quelled, that dis- putes never occur, that harmony is never disrupted. Find a house where | these things are entirely obliterated f and you also will find a home without | mest.” The calm will be from lack of A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. EATH has removed another familiar | figure from the Hill—Frank Lester Greene, senfor Senator from Vermont— and this mild-mannered, kindly, modest man will be missed. Not s0 much, perhaps, because of spectacular activity in the Senate. For Tarely did he stray //zi3 far from the path /8 of routire while he was a member of that body. The least thing he desired was to e in the limelight. For _some 18 years he served in Congress — six terms in the House B in the Senate. But at that he was probably one of the least known men on the Hill. 2 It was @ rare thing for him to make 8 speech on the floor. In the present Congress not more than a half doren times at the outside did he raise his voice in the Senate chamber. All of the time that the tariff bill was under discussion—the greatest | verbal battle of recent times—he had | ® few words to say about sugar when | THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE ¥ Gives the Figure Slimness. Don't you adore this attractive dress of plain and printed flat crepe? ‘The neckline has a prettily arranged collar. It s crossed and caught with bows, that give & subtle indication of the natural waistline, Curved lines lend a flat slimness to the gracefully flaring skirt. Panel effect &t the front and at the back, contribute charming length Style No. 151 comes in sizes 16, 18, 220 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust It's easily made! It’s an opportunity to have s stun- | rent disturbance that the illuminating | light | glimosed. |in the midst of an argument indicate | viewpoint. Such silences are more elo- overlooked and disregarded. |and calm is restored again, there must interest:in the concerns of one another. ‘When this is the case, common interest, mutual hlz;)m and_real family life are at a low ebb. Discussions, even those that verge on disputes, show a lively concern that all- shall, to some degree, have & common viewpoint. And 80 there are times when it is worth while to thresh matters out to see if nou;‘l:a meeting points cannot be estab- lis] It is when discussions are the ordi- nary events, not the unusual, that re- pose forsakes a house. But even when these are seldom, there must be a virile harmony at the root of home life in order for peace to be restored after heated discussions—the peace that rests on_forgetting the unkindly words of a quick tongue or the sudden silences that entire inabllity to agree with another's quent than words. These have to be i Both the quick words end the elo- quent silences can be erased from the memory if an understanding affection lies deep in the hearts of members of a family. Thus when the air gets cleared by cessation from the disturbing fracas be an inner repose to coincide with the outer one. Should resentment con- tinue to lurk in the byways of the heart, there is one sure method of driv- ing it away. Just for a few moments make yoursel thir of the loving side of the nature that is in opposition to yours. Consider the nice things the person has done for you. Don't allow your mind to be 0 clouded by the re- be of such kindnesses cannot When once thev are, it is amazing | how their sunnv glow will rekindle the | warmth of affectien. It is this glow at burns awav the memory of dis- agreements. The matter is past and gone, and when this time comes, which can be soon if you permit it to be, then there comes again that inner repose that is the strength of family life and home happiness. | Marshmallow Cream. Cut 20 marshmallows into small pieces. Add one cupful of hot cocoa and dissolve. Add a pinch of salt, and when cool fold in half a pint of cream, whipped. Freeze for about four hours. Whipping the cream makes a smoother product than adding it unbeaten. that schedule came up. But that was all. He was one of the most regular at- tendants at sessions of the Senate. In his seat on the back row on the Repub- lican side, between his two friends, Senator Gould of Maine and Senator Gillett of Massachusetts, he was con- tent to listen. He always took a keen interest in what went on in the chamber. But for taking part himself—that was another thing 8. It was a familiar sight to see him limp into the chamber, shaking hands with each of his colleagues as he made his way to his desk. His circle of friends around the Capitol was wide. His limp was the result of a serious wound he received on a street near the Capitol several years ago when the police and a rum-runner engaged in a running gun fight. Senator Greene tried to shield his wife, who was walking down the street with him, when he got in the | Dl!h“e( a bullet which almost ended his life, For a long time his life was despaired of. And although he recovered, his body was badly erippled. Not only did he limp, but had little use of one arm. It was typical of the man that he made no attempt to exercise the influ- ence of his position as a United States Senator to punish those who made him a cripple. A veteran of the Spanish-American ‘War, as a captain in the Vermont Na- tional Guard he recruited a company of Infantry for this conflict. At the close of the war he was commissioned a colonel and aide-de-camp OR the staff of the Governor of Vermont. the Senate Senator Greene was among the staunchest members of the old guard Repubulicans—a conservative of Conservatives. No Republican Sena- THE EVENING “Emily is the kind that spends an hour doin' bendin' exercises an’ then fusses about pickin' up after John.” (Copyright. 1931.) NANCY PAGE North Wind Doth Blow and We Shall Have Snow. BY FLORENCE LA GANXE. The Lacey girls received skating out- | fits among their Christmas gifts. Clair had a dark velveteen skirt, compar- vely short and full. It was lined | with satin. It might have ben lined | with soft weight flannel. The beret, | scarf and gloves match:d and were & | vivid orange. Judith had much the same outfit, but her ears were kept warm as toast with a_knitt:d bonnet which tied under her chin. Pam wore a snow suit, a variation of the gzipper suit of yesterday. These sults come in sizes for children up to | 14 years of age. The material is a cotton suede. The trousers are long and baggy, almost Zouave in effect, Her socks, beret and gloves which she helped choose were as red as any plumage worn by a redbird. Winter sports for women have taken on new life since clothes for those sports have beeh planned. At least, is was one of Nancy's explanations as to why sports and out-of-door activities were increasingly popular, Take the old days when one coasted and one’s skirt dragged in the snow, caught in ths runners of the sled, and generally left one with a wet and heavy, bedraggied appearance. Nowadays a woman wears Nor- weglan sweater and trous:r suits in black or dark blue. The color of the costume comes in the bright gloves, socks, scarfs and caps. The sweaters worn with this outfit ars warmest when made with the old- fashioned turtle neck. Corduroy trousers in brilliant orange, red, green may be worn with Hudson Bay coats. Gabardine suits—rose being tor voted more regularly in support of party principles than did he. particularly attractive. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1931, i, DorothyDix} . Tflm is nothing that men are so fond of satirizing as the way women dress. ‘They never weary of gibing at feminine apparel and maki ‘wisecracks about skirts going up or down, and the unstable waistline which is sometimes l‘:::e‘d :ihft :‘r,mbi and sometimes around the knees, but seldom where Nature ndes L To them women’s clothes are just another vagary of an irrational and in- explicable sex and an additional proof that the nine brain is cut on the bias and frilled in the middle and tucked around the X \Apparently it never oceurs to men to attempt to interpret women in terms of dress, yet a woman's clothes are her instincfive effort at self-expression, Her politics she gets from her father. Her religion from her.mother. Her point of Vview from her teachers and her clubs and the movies and what she reads, but her clothes are her own. They represent her individual taste and aspirations and sophistication and judgment. ‘They give you & line on her as nothing else could. Indeed, it is not too much to say that from a woman’s hat you can construct her whole personality as Cuvier was able to reconstruct & whole animal from a single bone. That is why when strange women meet each always casts a lightning glance at the way the other is dressed. So when Mrs. A, says to Mrs. B., apropos of Mrs. C., who has just moved into their neighborhood: “I don't think we need call. I met her in the butcher shop at 9 o'clock in the morning in a beaded georgette frock.” Or when Mrs. D. asks Mrs. E: “Have you met that perfectly lovely Mrs. P.? She wears the simplest and the smartest things you ever saw and I think we had better ask her to join our bridge club,” it isn't so foolish as it sounds. It merely means that they have weighed the two strange women in the | balance against their clothes and have decided that the inappropriately dressed woman was crude and ignorant and without social experience, whereas the woman who knew exactly how to dress had poise and tact and intelligence and was & woman of the world and would be pleasant to know socially. And nine times out of ten this verdict is absolutely just. Certainly any young man who is contemplating matrimony does well to note and ponder well the way the girl he fancles dresses, for in no other way can he get such a tip about the sort of wife she will make. It will tell him a thousand things about her character and disposition, sbout her habits, about her inclinations and ideals that he will need to know, and that may save him from paying alimony later on. When a poor girl, for instance, dresses far in excess of her means and goes about, looking like the Queen of Sheba, even a blind man should be able to see that she is selfish and greedy and extravagant and one of the clothes-mad women who are willing to buy a Paris frock with the heart's blood of her father or husband. It shouldn't take any dressed poor girl is a luxury that only a millionaire can afford, and that if he marries her he will spend the balance of his life slaving to pay ber bills. On the other hand, the poor girl who is always just a step or two behind the latest fashions, who knows just what to wear that suits her best, nd who doesn't mind admitting that she is a bargain hound and. clever with her needle, is a splendid matrimonial bet. She will make the kind of wife who will know when to spend and when to save, and how to make one dollar do the work of five. She will make the sort of wife of whom a man will never be ashamed, and she It'UI lfl:: him to rise in the world because she knows how to make the best out of & e. The girl who is always inappropriately dressed, who comes to work looking as if she were diked out for an afternoon party, lacks judgment and a sense of fitness, She will make the kind of wife who fritters money away on foolishness, and who never has anything to show for what she spends, Taking it by and large, you will find that almost invariably the fluffy-ruffies girl is frivolous and shallow; the severe-looking girl who always wears tallor- made things that are as mannish as she can get them is severe in her 1deas and lacking in charm and adaptability; the girl who wears colors that swear at each other has no tact or iniuition, and the girl who looks as i her worst enemy had bought her hats for her is so vain she thinks she is beautiful in anything, while the girl who wears whatever is the fashion, regardless of her figure or color is nothing but a sheep. DOROTHY DIX. rophet to tell a poor man that the over- | “I would have brought my Dad on a vacation trip.” says Puff, “Except I felt his constitution wasn't good enough. He'd have to change his clothes as I do five times every day; It takes a strong man to enjoy a rest the modern way.” ABE MARTIN SAYS ‘Who remembers when we had to pass a laborer's home if we wanted to smell fried potatoes an' bacon? O' course our present depression is | purty bad, but we must not fergit some | o' the awful slumps o' the past, slumps | when we had to walk in search o’ work | or food an’ autos wuz unknown. (Copyright. 1931.) Baked Oyster Mushroom, For this you will need one quart of oysters, half & can of mushrooms, one cupful of rich milk, one well beaten egg and allow butter, pepper, salt and crack- er crumbs as desired. Place a layer of oysters in a baking dish, season with pepper and salt, sprinkle over this some chopped mushrooms, cover with cracker crumbs, moisten with milk and dot with butter. ' Proceed in this manner until the dish is filled. The last layer should be moistened with milk in which the egg is beaten. Bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes. FEATURES. The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD, A Drop of Perfume. Matilda is & girl like many others. She is energetic, she is eager to work, and she'd like to have a decent life with some fun in it. ‘When she was graduated at high school she a Job as a t al- most at once. She worked at that for three years. She [ faithtuily :yrled i everything that before her. At the end of three years came the slump and Matilda lost her job. For six months now she has been looking for another, But in all those three years she never | asked a single question about the busi- | ness of her office. She typed letters | bout things she did not understand and it never occurred to her to ask what it was all about. She sometimes thought of studying bookkeeping or stenography, but she never d! Now here she is just a good typist in a world full of good typists. And even in these lll; months she has not studied any- thing. Of course the reason she has not studied anything is because she thought she must have a job at once and could | not afford the time to learn anything. | But now the time is gone she has learned nothing and she still has no Helen Woodward. job. If there is one thing I'd like to tell you over and over again, it is this | learn something, and learn it well. And | when you've learned one thing, go on | and learn another. People who stand still grow old. Just because you have a | job as & stenographer doesn’t mean you | know all about it. Practice quicker dic- tation, study court reporting, study English, study the business you're in. If you're & bookkeeper, study cer- Who started her career as a frightened typist the highest paid business women in and who decame one of America. take anybody's word about the quality of the goods. For instance, suppose you are selling perfumes. Get a book from the library on perfumes. Learn how th? are m lectively by and how they can be used ef saying to & 3 your customers. customer, “This is & very smart ferfume,” whiech she has heard a thousand times, 3{! “In Paris they put a few drops of perfume on absorbent cotton and then tuck it inside the dress. It lasts that way and gives a more subtie ef fect.” The customer is likely to be so grateful to you for the hint that she will buy something. 3 i course, not man: u_sell per- fumes, but 'you see what 1 mean. If you try to find out something about what you're doing, you'll have & better chance to make something good eut of it. Girls having Emhlcma in connection with their work may write to Miss Woodward, in care of this paper, for her personal advice. (Copyright, 1931.) JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. |"DO YOU PLAY ANYTHING ON RE- {QUEST?”ASKED DAD. THE SAXO- | PHONIST ANSWERED IN THE | AFFIRMATIVE . “GOOD!" EXCLAIMED | OAD.“PLAY DOMINOES A WHILE, S——— WILL YOU 1" tified " accounting, study the financial '8 of your newspaper. If 're a switchboard operator and have a little spare time, try to learn other things about the business you're in. it's more fun to listen in, but it won't | e & course get you as far. If you work at sewing, tak in dress designing. Most big cities have such courses frec. If youre & sales- | woman in the stores, learn something |a-tiv) expresses that which is so. about the merchandise you're sP)l(nR.‘ “He answered in the negative” 4 where it is made and how. Don't just |equivalent to “He answered ‘No.'” Nege hand things over the counter. Don't atitve (NEG-a-tiv) expresses denial. A. T..T.—“He answered in the af- firmative” is equivalent to * swered ‘Yes.'” Affirmative (a Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Female of the Species. We have a habit of blaming every- thing on “the war.” Rarely do we give that same “late disturbance” credit for what it has unearthed about human nature, particularly about “the female of the species.” No matter how you look at her, the female has finally achieved the essen- tials of that emancipation which she long deserved. This old world wags very, very slowly. The female makes new and deserving advances every time we have a social upheaval. But let the radical go into detalls. We turn to the findings of exact science, The female has always been indi- rectly a careerist. In every sense she is the origin of careers. Every indi- vidual career is an extension of some feminine influence. -The urge is always in the direction of perfection as “an ideal. That's why Freud keeps talking about the mother complex. What do women want? Beauty. In the last analysis, the female seeks a perpctuation of what the artist weuld call esthetic. In the early days of this feminie struggle only a few women were able to make outstanding records. The exact data on the wants of women in our day indicate the follow- ing, in order: Home, literature, arts, leisure, an opportunity to solve social problems. If you study these ambitions, you can get a pretty good picture of the mental make-up of the female. Femi- nine careers in prospect are about the |same today as they have always been. Women still seek beauty, individually and socially. The female of the species is more esthetic than the male. (Apol- ogles to Hall Caine.) (Copyright, 1931.) Good Decoration Demands a Note of Height have your Living Room ‘% really attractive, there should be at least some one piece that height. casts a note of Too many horizon- tal nieces cause monotony. THE S Casts a Ch Height to ECRETARY arming Note of Your Room SAMUEL GOLDWYN has again demonstrated his ability to create consistently entertaining motion pictures As in “Raffles,” where Ronald Colman’s charm was en- hanced by a thrilling story, and in “Whoopee,” where Eddie Cantor’s humor was utilized to its magic fullness, 80 in his new picture Samuel Goldwyn has skillfully used exceptional talent and notable writers to produce another screen entertainment of the first order. —beautiful, young star of Ziegfeld’s “Bitter Sweet” of whom the N. Y. Tribune says—*“The loveliest prima donna this side of heaven . . . fair beyond belief a serene manner.’ —whose skillful perform- ance in “Rio Rita,” “King of Jazz’’ and ““Golden Dawn" stamped him a glam- orous,romantic . i Heavenly by Louis Bromfield and Sidney Howard The Secretary most charm- ingly fills the need for the tall plenishing. Impressive- ly charming and ever so con- venient, it has a place in every home, ERROL of the limber legs and laughable lingo called the “stage’s most lovable clown.” Secretary Desks Priced from $45 to $600 The story is by: Louis Bromfield — brilliant, young Pulitzer Prize winner, author of “The Green Bay Tree,” “24 Hours,” and other novels. Sidney Howard — Pulitzer Prize dramatist, author of “They Knew What They Wanted” and many Broadway successes. Incidental Music by: Naeie Herb Brown — who composed “Singing in the Rain,” “Your Mother and Mine” and many other popular hits. BEGINS TOMORROW Parking Service (Enter Cars at Ott’s Garage, 621 D Street) MAYER & CO. Between D and E the cost of the fabric ur time. Plain crepe, chiffon prints and wool ereve are other fascinating ideas. 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