Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1931, Page 19

WOMAN'S PAGE. »i"onivpons for Rejuvenating Hats poaipons “'nuol m. to use ‘Winter felt hats. les the | is done. make a center of each cir- h across. Lay Now. wind the wool pompon around around the dboard circles, last | sweet potatoes in half and remove the MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. my how to gain weight if you will for them. Inclose s self-ad- dressed, stamped envelope so, that I them, however. LOIS LEEDS. ‘Esther.—There is n to worry about unless the growth of on the child’s legs and arms is an abnormal E’om If so, consult your physician; may be able to help you. Some s have a heavier and darker where they cover Sy | vies, When it i cut all floss or chenille, which is threaded into the needle. It is a bit tedious at first, the whole Inegth of the thread i, but it a:- easier as you along and use up thread. en the circles are covered slip the points of the scissors in between the cardboard circles and clip the the of the cir- round pull the two cardboard circles a little apart and tle the threads firmly between the card- boards. Tie them tight. Then pull off the cardboard circles, and the pompon FOOD PROBLEMS . BY SALLY MONROE. Company Meals. It is not & very difficult matter to turn regular, everyday meals into those that are a little more elaborate and quite good enough for the most attrac- | tive company meals. If you will keep on your pantry shelves some few food accessories, you can always do this. For instance, keep there always some- thing that would do for a first course. This mey be fresh fruit, which can always be turned into a most delicious and appetizing fruit cup; or it may be canned fruit—pineapple, grapefruit, pears, cherries—or it may be some good canned soups that can be opened at demand for the first course of luncheon or dinner, or for the second course if you wish to have a fruit cup and then soup. ‘There should always be some condi- ments on this reserve shelf, olives, sweet pickled cucumbers, mixed mustard pickles, chopped pickle. And some sort of jelly. You can buy almost anything in tins or glass nowadays, so you can have a can of chicken, a can or two of extra peas, & can of corned beef. You| can have macaroni or spaghetti that| can quickly be prepared for a potato substitute. You can have canned cran- berry jelly and apple sauce. And have plenty of crackers of the plain sorts and some’ sweet crackers or cookies, and some cheese. Suppose, now, that you have a din- ner consisting of beef balls, baked po- tatoes, turnips, canned corn and jam tarts; company comes and you want something more elaborate; the refrig- erator is practically without resources. Open a can of soup. Make a fruit cup. Add some good mustard pickles to the main course, and you have a much more interesting meal. Or suj the main course just isn't generous enough to go around. There are baked swret toes, but not enough of them with the veal cutlets. Make a tomato sauce for the cutlets and they will go farther. Cut the baked centers. Mix with bread crumbs and butter and return to the shells. Bake until brown. Then cook some spha- to serve with the veal cutlets and tomato sauce. And that meal will be more interesting and more beautiful. every time you wash your hands press the cuticle gently back the nails with the towel. This gives the desired half moon and pre- vents hangnails. LOIS LEEDS. Winter Belongings. Winter brings out the extra wraps, rubbers, galoshes, umbrellas, scarfs, mittens, sweaters and caps, The school army is in heavy marching order. This '-lke!l more time and atten*ion than people imagine. School periods are short. If 40 or 50 children have to go to the wardrobe and stow away a host of personal belongings, much time will be spent in the process. And no addi- tional time is added to the program. If each child is given a hook low enough for him to reach easily, a stout coat hanger and a clothespin clip, he will have a better chance to attend to his belongings without waste of time. Nothing is so annoying to class or teacher as the confusion that arises when clothes are thrown into the ward- robe, hit or miss; rubbers scrambled about the floor, mittens divided and be- loved possessions lost in the heap. Time spent in training children to hang w their coats, slip their caps into their sieeves, fasten rubbers together with a clip and hang them on a small hook under the coat. and with mittens sewed to sleeves, will make this diffi- culty much lighter and cut down the waste of time the confusion makes necessary. Then cut down the number of things the child wears or carries. Umbrellas ought not to be carrled to school by little children. If they are to be car- ried, a grown person ought to accom- pany the ohild and carry the umbrella, sure to take it home again. Umbrellas are unhandy things to have about. Children shield themselves from DAILY DIET RECIPE MINT PARFAIT. Vanilla ice cream, one pint. Whipping cream, three-quarters cup. Green vegetable coloring, few it le, three-quarters cup. Green cherries, four or five. SERVES 4 OR 5 PORTIONS. In the bottom of & parfait glass put s little fresh or canned crushed pineapple or [isescnie jam, then & spoonful of ice cream, then whipped cream which has been colored delicate green and flavored with a little spearmint essence (from the drug store), then repeat with the pineapple, ice cream, topping with vh'med cream and gar- nishing the green cherry. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes some protein, much fat, and, if preserved fruit is used, much sugar. r | cut velvet in a dot. ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1931 MODES= OF THE MOMENT LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Ma was looking at the paper and all of a sudden she sed, Well of all things. Whats a matter? pop sed. Whose ded? Whose married? Whose born? he sed. o Nobody, ma sed. My name is rite here in the paper staring at me in so much black and white, she sed. ‘The dooce it is, pop sed, and ma sed, It certeny is, lissen to this. And she started to reedit, saying, a bridge part; and dance were given last nite in the gold room of the Stitz Hotel by Mrs. D. Lawrents Pepper in honor of her guest Mrs. Willyum P. Potts, and so on and so on, all about the decorations and P8 e e that part, pop sed, and ma .Spare me part, pop , an sed, The name Iis sgelt exackly like mine as similar as 2 P's, I wonder who she is. It certeny was a remarkable sensation seeing my name in the social collums like that, it gave me all the sensations of being a grate social lite. Well well, I wonder who she is? ma sed. She’s proberly a 2 legged woman with a nose on her face, pop sed, and ma sed, O, youre just jelliss because you werent mentioned. And pritty soon the telefone rang and a ansered it and it was Mrs. Hews to tell her she had saw her name in the paper, ma saying, Yes, izzent that a remarkable coincidents, it dis- cribes my gown as a plum colored georgette trimmed with point lace, I must of looked perfeckly stunning, heehee. And she tawked a lot more about it and hung up and sat down again, saying, Well, I just cant get over it, all in my honor. For Peet sake is that bridge and dance still going oR? pop sed, and ma sed, I think Ill go downtown tomorrow and have some pictures taken, I havent a single fotograph of myself that duz- zent look as if it was taken before the Ark. Yee gods Im going around to the bowling alley where men are men, pop Wich he did. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Covering for Love Seats. Dear Miss Hiland: In my small apart- ment-living room I have a love seat instead of @ sofa, as I thought a sofa would take up too much space. When I purchased it it was in plain sateen; now I wish to have it recovered but do not know what kind of material to select. I shall appreciate your assistance in this matter. (Miss) A. L. H. You have to be a little more care- ful in selecting a cover for the love seat than for the sofa, for it must not have a large pattern. In the iliustration is shown an excellent choice. This is small lattice and polka ‘With it may design. be used a l%.Lr of striped or plain taffeta pil- WE. SARA HILAND. Dear Miss Hiland: Shall I hang my pictures with a single cord looped over on the molding, or with a pair MRS. F. L. V. much more ngular effect (Copyright, 1931.) I hate t' eat by a feller that holds his arms like & snare drummer. It's nice t' live in a little town where ou don’t have t' give somebuddy a ' hold your overcoat. (Copyright, 1931.) OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL the storm with them and cannot see where they are going. They poke each other in tender cannot get downstairs easily. Um- brellas are for holidays and parades, not wet days at school. A sweater, a topcoat and & raincoat with & muffler thrown in are too much. A sweater and a raincoat, a topcoat, & raincoat and a muffler, accor to the weather, but never all of them at once. A child s0 bundled in clothes as to be awkward in getting about is not only uncomfortable, but he is in danger of getting a tumble. Each bit of clothing ought to have a label that sets forth clearly the name and address of the owner, his class room number or his grade. If an article is mislaid, it is easy to return it to the owner if the label is on duty. The number of gloves, mittens, rubbers, sweaters, mufflers that are lost at school each season is astonishing. Time and money and nerves can be saved with a little thought and a good label. Pencil boxes are a nuisance. The child ought to have a m&gly of such material at home and another at school and so make carrying these boxes un- necessary. The number of books car- ried should be carefully kept down to the minimum; bulk and weight should be reduced as far as possible. The lighter the marching order for school children of all ages, the better. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JOS. J. FRISCH. A SUENTIST WRITES OF WEEDS THAT, WHEN BURNT, CAN SCENT A WHOLE HOUSE. MOTHER GAVE DAD A BOX OF THEM FOR CHRISTMAS 3 wishes to ke , she takes the initiative. If & hand is offered, the woman takes it. No well-bred ever embar- Tasses another by fered in to laces with the ends, | they trip eaoh other, they have to take | such thought of the umbrella that they | { | OARIS S t&ede and, coflzf Uhite wool darts are blue silR Rritted dress wWith az#”fisw embroidered or the L/u R DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX DEAR MISS DIX—Would you take a chance on marrying a man who tells you frankly that his mother will always be first with him and that no girl can ever take her place in his affections? Although I love him dearly, I would rather give him up now than marry him and play second fiddle to his mother, do you think? ‘What B.E. Answer.—TI think any other man in the world makes a better husband than the one with a mother-fixation. I think there is more chance of a wife winning out against any other rival than a mother. ‘There are men who are so firmly tied to their mothers’ apron strings that they never even think of cutting loose as long as they live. They are always little boys without any minds of their own, who run to mother to ask what they must do. They always go to mother for advice and sympathy. They always tell mother their troubles. They always think mother the fountain of wisdom, and the wives are just &.\dw:yl strange women whom they have married, but who never have any part in real lives or any influence with them, They always think that their wives should let mother run their houses and rear their children, no matter how silly and incompetent mother may be, nor how many thousand years behind the times. criticisms of their wives. They always listen to mother's ‘They are always throwing mother in their wives’ teeth and telling them that mother never has but one hat a year, or mother never needs any amusement out- side of taking care of her family, and if there is anything more aggravating snd calculated to get on a wife's nerves more than that, I don’t know what it is. 8o I think, B, E., that you will be a very sensible young woman if you let your young man stay married to his mother while you look about for some real man without a mother complex, who will be willing to be all-in-all to you as you DORQTHY DIX. are to him. DEAB MISS DIX—I have a friend who is forever teasing his wife and trying to do to make her jealous of other women. Do you think him' very intelligent this? ANXIOUS FRIEND, Answer.—Goodness, no. It looks as if he were an idiot. Any man who deliber- ately tries to rouse his wife's jealousy shows lack not only of ordinary plain com- mon sense, but of the mort elementary idea of self-preservation. For a suspicious wife is & thorn in the flesh, and a Jjealous one will torment her husband to death. Rousing a wife's jealousy is playing with fire, and the man who does it deserves DOROTHY DIX. to get burned. Fashions in Room Arrangements BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. INDIVIDUALITY IS SEEN IN Fashions change in W vogue of ar- rangement of furniture as well as in the furniture itself. There was a veritable orgy of arrangement of davenports drawn up before fireplaces with daven- | bacl port tables behind these luxurious couches, and a reading lamp on each table. This was followed by the fash- ion for placing the davenport at right angles to the fireplace, with end tables substituted for davenport tables, and standard reading lamps supplying the {llumination. On these end tables smokers’ accessories were in evidence, or else tables were left bare, thus supply- ing the occasional type. Without in the least disparaging these two pronounced styles of living room decorative arrangement, there came in each instance such monotony that va- riety and change were essential, and a new fashion in arrangement had to come. This being the case, the daven- port with its accompanying table of one sort or another has again become an individual problem for decorators to solve to the best advantage, considering the shape of the room and the archi- tectural features. For example, in a large room the davenport can be drawn out in the room far h for pleces of wall furniture THIS COSY ARRANGEMENT. should face the davenport so that the conventional grouping is resented. They do not have to be very close. The suggestions about the openwork or low of these chairs 1s made for deco- rative reasons. They do not hide the couch nor look- forbidding with their backs toward the rest of the room. It is bad form to have the back of a chair stare one in the face when enter- ing a room. It is inhospitable. If a room is small push the daven- port back against the wall between two windows or before one is excellent, with an occasional table before it, or end S . reading lamp have to be at one end unless one of end tables was high enough for it to hold a reading lamp. Caramelled Nuts. Boil one cupful of sugar until it drops hard in water. Add a few drops of lemon juice. Blanch a few almonds and dry them well. Drop one at a time into d turn until well covered Vithous stiering the migar, Lift out Wit e 25 ( Everyday Psychology e BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. An Absurd Idea. Out of the philosophies of the past ‘we sometimes get curious stories of curious men arriving at curious con- clusions. In ancient Greece there lived a sa- vant named Zeno, who went up fud down the country telling all-comers that there was no such thing as mo- tion. Specifically, he declared that an arrow didn’t fly through the air. Of up and walked out |, | of the room when some one tried to tell him was no such thing as motion. But after all Zeno's argument was, || to say the least, interesting enough to last some 24 centuries. Some’.lmu there’s sense even in nonsense. His argument is as follows: There is no motion: Things just appear to move. His reasons are as follows: Any so- The Woman Who hEe- Good BY HELEN WOODWARD. ¢ her the called moving thing must at some m- | N stant occupy gome point in space. But to be at ms’ ?olm at some time, it must beb?t {u ’slnce ge so-called moving object occupies an infinite num- berlgf points in the course of the supposed movement, it must necessarily be at rest an infinite number of times. And any one knows that it's impossible to add up perlods of rest and get mo- tion. , there is no motion. If you can figure out why Zeno was mistaken, {ou may be able to account for a lot of now and then. (Copyright. 1931.) NANCY PAGE Everything Is White at Elephant Party. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Nancy received a letter in mail which had the outlines of an elephant drawn in the upper left-hand corner. She opened it with expectation and cu- riosity. Inside was an invitation to a white elephant party. The card was a soft gray, about the color of an elephant’s hide, and the in- vitation itself was penned in white ink. The members of the Nancy Page Club were to their white elephant which had caused them the most worry or concern for the past five years. That meant that most of ‘the mem- bers would bring some gift they had re- ceived as & wedding present or a wed- ding anniversary gift, and since most of the members had not known ‘each other at the time of their weddings, it meant that the unwelcome and unwanted ele- phant which they each one brought would not by any chance be a gift re- ceived originally from some other mem- ber of the club. Nancy saw the canny and - tactful hand of her hostess in putting the date back as far as she did. The gifts were to be boxed in white, wrapped in white, tied in white—so ran OYJ/JTER JITEW the invitation—and the guests were to | dress in gray or white. Most of them chose white. On arrival each guest handed in hay package. She recelved a tag with a number. A duplicate of this was at- tached to the box. Then the auctioneer began to ask for bids. Each member was asked to keep her own number a deep secret. She was given a number only that she might be prevented from bidding on her own package. The bid- ding was done with large or elephant size white buttons. ‘The squeals which greeted the open- ing of the packages were heard half way down the block. For refreshments they had oyster stew with white crackers, | served in white bowls. The sandwiches were white bread with white meat of chicken, the cake was freshly grated coconut cake and—belleve it or not— the beverage was hot white malted milk. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Toy Box and Hassock. An ordinary cheese box may easily be converted into a combination toy box for baby’s playthings and an at- tractive hassock. This is especially nice for the living room, since one more hassock can always be used here to advantage as a footrest or as a seat for children. Remove the lid from a round cheese box and give the inside several coats of white paint. It is best to use a coat of flat white first, fol- lowed, when dry, with a coat of quick- drying white enamel. Pad the lid of the box and cover with gay cretonne harmonizing with the color scheme of the living room. n a layér or two of wadding around the outside of the box, holding the padding in place by means of thumb tacks. Cover the box with the cretonne and replace the upholstered Hd. (Copyright. 1931.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. the absurd ideas we all get | ing on commission instead of salary. He was shocked. He sald it was too risky for a woman to work on ccinmis- sion. She needed -the certainty of a salary. But I said, “T like risk.” After that I made more thap. the men who did the same work, and I never again worked for a salary. Another thing: As a woman 1 always had to prove in advance just what I could do. A man could walk into an office and make a lot of claims and be believed just ‘because he was a man. But because T was a woman everybody thought my claims a little amusing un- til I proved them. Against these disadvantages, which are very serious, any man and many What Blacky Saw. Who learns to always use his eyes ‘Will often see things that surprise. —Blacky the Crow. Blacky is one of those who have learned to use their eyes. I know of no one who makes better use of his eyes than does Blacky the Crow. To begin with, he has wonderful eyes. They are sharp eyes, and there is little going on where Blacky is that he doesn't see. Once in a while he misses something, but it isn’t often. For in- stance, he missed seeing Whitey the Snowy Owl steal the first fish that Farmer Brown's Boy caught. That was because he was watching Farmer Brown's Boy catch a second fish. He was quite as much mystified as was Farmer Brown's Boy. Neither had Blacky seen the second fish disappear, and for the very same reason. No one can be looking in two directions at the same time. So for a long time Blacky was puzzled. When he saw Whitey fly, he knew what had become of the first fish, , e Farmer Brown’s Boy, loubted if Whitey had taken the Boy bad gone out to attend his lines Blacky had moved a little nearer to that fire on ink. He didn't fear Farmer Brown’s Boy and he was curious about . Truth to tell, he had for some time been wondering if he might not help himself to one of those- minnows in jthe pail. Blacky likes fish now and then, particularly when other food scarce_and hard to find. So the time Farmer Brown's Boy went the Big River to pull in a fish was quite near that bait 5 out caught his attention. He didn'i | down; he fixed his bright eye: |spot where he had seen that | ment. There might be a Mouse there, |and Blacky would just as soon | Mouse as & minnow. So he | There it was again! A slim, trim, dark |form came into view. Blacky’s eyes ,snapped. That slim, trim form moved { quickly. Indeed, it moved so quickly that it was hard to follow. It dodged | back of the log, and Blacky lost sight |of it for a minute. Then it reap- peared near the embers of the fire, where it paused. An instant later it was beside the bait pail, and almost before Blacky understood what was happening there was one less minnow |in that pafl, and the slim, trim brown | form had disappeared with it. Blacky didn’t know what to do. He wanted one of those minnows, but he |hld no desire to get into trouble with this slim, trim, brown visitor to the bait pail, and he had a feeling, just & feeling, that this visitor would return. He was right. He would” have had no more than time to down there be- fqre that slim, trim, brown visitor was back. Another minnow was taken. It wasn't eaten on the spot, but was car- ried away. A dozen were taken while Blacky watched. Then Farmer Brown's Boy returned. Blacky watched him bury two fine MENU FOR A DAY. Chilled Cereal with L Broiled Bacon. Fried Eggs. Hot Corn Gems. Coffee. DINNER. Fruit Cocktail. Curry of Chicken with Border of ‘Boiled Rice; Asparagus Butter Sauce. Sliced Tomatoes. Peach Surprise, Butterscotch Sauce. Coffee, SUPPER. Lettuce Salad Sandwiches. Stuffed Olives. Crackers and Cheese. Creole Cake. Hot Chocolate. CORN GEMS. One and one-half cups of flour, one-half cup of yellow cornmeai, one tablespoon baking powder, one egg, one cup sweet milk. Bake in gem pans. PEACH SURPRISE. One cup flour, dne teaspoon baking powder, one-eighth tea- spoon salt, one tablespoon sugar, one tablespoon melted butter, one ©g8, r:me- cup milk, es. Sift dry ingredients into bowl; add milk, well beaten egg and butter; mix well. Brush custard cups with butter and place one- half canned Pelch in bottom, then put a tablespoon of the bat- ter onztsap: in hot oven and One-half cup butter, two cups lks of three BEDTIME STORIES and who became ome of in America, All this a able, but it didn’t add a pen: e, and I was worl in for income and not for cl woman nots Tady Boomadn. Bogen b net; ly lis] strial. ist; Mme. Kolanhy‘?ll‘lflln Ambassa. dor. And that isn’t bocause American women haven't the same amount of ability; it's because men here don't trust us for responsible work. We're such nice bright girls, but when it comes to something big we're just too nice and amusing to be considered. Girls having problems in connection with fhelr work may write to Miss Woodward, in care of this paper, for her personal sd: (Copyright, 1831.) By Thornton W. Burgess. pickerel in the snow, and then look in his bait pail. Blacky chuckled inside at the expression on the face of* Farmer Brown's Boy when he discovered the disappearance of his minnows. Once he looked up at Blacky, and there was suspicion in that look. Blacky ached to tell him what had happened, but, W FLY, HE WHAT HAD BECOME OF THE FIRST FISH. of course, he couldn’t. Once more Farmer Brown's Boy looked with sus- picion at Blacky. Then the look of suspicion vanished. (Copyright, 1931.) THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE All-Day Frock. The pointed outline of the skirt nare rows the width through the h&p A corresponding pointed effect just above the waistline minimizes ~its breadth. Its slim straight linec make it very suitable to wear beneath the fur wrap. ‘The rolled neckline is generally be- coming. Style No. 152 may be had in sizes 16, ;l;.gfl years; 36, 38, 40 and 43 inches