Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1931, Page 16

A—16 FOOD COST FOUND 9 GENTS PER DAY Class of Girls Start Out to Prove Research Diet Successful. ©On 29 cents a day you can either grow fat, or grow thin, or stay as you are, depending upon which condition is healthiest for you. At any rate, on 29 cents a day you can eat three healthy, well balanced meals and remain in the “pink of perfection.” | So claim food cxperts of the Home | | Economics Department of the Wash- ington Missicnary Callege, who are co- | operating with food eccnomists of the United States Department of Agricul- ture, the United States Health Service | K and the American Red Cross in ex- | perimenting with a low cost menu pro- gram, which will not only be economi- cal, but will supply the elemental needs of the body. Cheap Nourishment Sought. Due to the unproductiveness of farms during_the drought year, combined | with the business depression, hundreds of femilies have had difficulty in pro- viding adequate diet which will prove THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, BAR T0 OBSERVE - LINCOLN BIRTHDAY Chief Justice Hughes Will Bei Principal Speaker at Din- | ner February 12. The Federal Bar Association will ob- serve Lincoln's birthday by holding its eleventh annual reception and dinner at the Mayflower Hotel on February 12. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes will be the principal speaker. An ad- dress also will be made by Hugh Guth- rie, Canadian minister of justice and | attorney general. 1 Among thos: expected to be present | | General Charles D, | Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell, Secretary | of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur and | Mrs. Wilbur, Porter H. Dale, chairman |of ‘the S:cnate Committee’ on Civil | Service, and Mrs. Dale; George S. Gra- ham, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee; Representative Addison T. Smith and Mrs. Smith, Charles H. Robb, asseciate justice of the Court of Appeals, and Mrs. Robb; Walter I. Mc- Coy, former chief justice of the District Supreme Court, and Alfred A. Wheat, present chief justice of that_tribunal, and Mrs. Wheat. Charles A. Boston of New York, president of the American MARJORIE LUTTREL (left) and LOUISE BEATY. ~Star Staff Photo, || Four Reoms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration tions, r to work t th> right num starches, etc., which go to make up a well balanced meal. Using the foods recommended by th United States Bureau of Home Eco nomics, nine girl students of the home economics class of the Washington Mis- sionary College, under instruction of Miss Anna Roedel, are strictly following & low-cost food program for one month o prove that it is possible to live on | less than 30 cents a day and remain | henlthy. | ‘The experiment was started out at| the school at the Washington Sani- tarium last Monday. The girls, Misses | - Dorothy Simpson, Edith Starr, Jorie Luttrel, Louise Beaty, Anetfa Tru- | man, Mildred Griffen and Louise Por- | ter, report after several days of the diet that they never felt better in their lives. A typical menu for the day is as fol- lows: Breakfast. Prunes, oatmeal porridge with milk, | breaded fomatoes, bread and nucoa but ter and milk, Dinner. | Baked potatoes with gravy made from vegetable stock, carrot and nut roast, ginnch, cabbage slaw, bread 2nd but- T, Supper. { Popped corn, one raw apple and milk. | Desserts are permitted the young Iadies three times a week. Cow’s milk | is frequently replaced by soy bean milk, | a liquid looking very much like sweet | milk, and which after several hours | produces a rich cream. | The menu is so carefully planned by | Miss Roedel that there is little, if any, waste, and for the first week of the ex- periment it has been figured out that | ench girl will be fed for approximately | $2 for the week. | class is conducted on a strictly | rian die and numerous protein will be eats. L ubstituted f¢ DISPENSING OF LIQUOR | BY OKLAHOMA RECALLED | First and Only Official State Rum Seller Would Try Plan Over | Entire Nation. | | | By the Assoctated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, January 24. Oklahoma’s first and only official dis- | penser of liquors believes a similar scheme, inaugurated on a Nation-wide A State dispensary system, legalized by Oklahoma's first Legislature, was in augurated in 1908, with William Mur. s in charge. Two_ and one-half ycars later the ne: Peal~d the law. Murdock last week was appointed secretary of the Oklahoma Insurance | Board by Gov. William H. (“Alfalfa | Bill") Murray. Murray, as Speaker of | the first House of Representatives, was one of the authors of the dispensary | measure, Murdock recalled today. Under the old Oklahoma system, Legislature re- LANSBURGH'S PO dge mitted. The liquor w ~ts, who received 10 per c-nt THE ARGONNE ty pro- 16th and Columbia Road of the bill Reasonable Renta distributed through LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store Sale! Manufacturer’s Sample Line Children’s 515 to 5295 Silk Underwear * Tailored and lace trimmed princess slips in sizes 2 to 14; dainty combinations with elastic knees, sizes 2 to 12, and prettily embroi- dered or lace trimmed gowns, sizes 6 to 14! All of fine quality crepe de chine—in white or flesh. Tots’ Dresses, $I Extraordinary values! Dainty little frocks of fine prints in Spring- like floral designs. Also sheer fabrics, with panties or bloomers. Sizes 2 to 6. TOTS’ WEAR—FOURTH FLOOR 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store D. C, JANUARY Bar Association, also has been invited. ‘The dinner, which is scheduled for 8 p.m., will be preceded by a reception in the Chinese room. Attorney General Mitchell will act as toastmaster, and music will be furnished by the Marine Band. 25, Awarded Silver Star. Les W. Kelly of Lincoln, Nebr., has been awarded a silver star citation by action at Soissons, France, July 18-20, 1918, while serving as a sergeant, 6th United States Marines, 2d Division, A. E. F. The citation shows that after all the officers of his company had be- come casualties, Sergt. Kelly assumed command and led the company into action until ‘severely wounded himself by shrapnel and machine gun fire. the War Department for gallantry in | 1931—PART ONT. ‘ALPINE PLANTS IS TOPIC Mrs. Edith Banghart Will Lecture Here Tomorrow Afternoon. An llustrated lecture on “Alpine | Plants” will be delivered by Mrs. Edith | Banghart of Medina, Wash., tomorrow afternoon at 4:45 o'clock in the audi- torfum of the Interior Department. | The lecturer is well known through- | out_the country for her fund of infor- | mation regarding Alpine and rock garden plants. She appears tomorrow under auspices of the American Horti- culture Soclety. Riga, Latvia, has raised the tax on theaters showing talkies, and will use the extra funds to aid musicians thrown out of work by the sound films. LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store with Picot 25% For 40-Inch Heavy 69 I YARD And Look at the Smart New Colors White Pink Orchid Nile Amulet Blue Chukker Green Gold Guardsman's Blue Rose Cedar Muscade Sky Grey Muscade Black Navy Printed Crepes $[29, New 1931 spaced designs on rich dark grounds! Very desirable for now and latter wear this Spring. 40 inches wide. SILKS—THIRD FLOOR ard Washable Flat Crepe Identical to Our Usual $2.45 Grade A firm beautifully textured quality flat crepe with the rich suede-like surface that dates it decidedly Spring 1931! It is not only color-fast, but retains its soft suede-like bloom throughout innumerable launderings! Choose it for your lpveliest evening gowns, afternoon frocks, daytime dresses for any occasion! 1931 Prints o Smart all over and spaced designs on black, navy, green and wine grounds. Very heavy quality crepe. Yard of Rengo An Extraordinary Sale! Chiffon Silk Stockings I/2 the Lot Fine Grenadine with French Lace Clocks I/4 Famous Run Checks with Turret Tops I/4 Sheer Dull Grenadines Tops $1.65 to 1.95 Values Every pair first qual- ity—and beautifully full fashioned! ally clear and sheer—all but a few of the Run Checks are silk from top to toe—those few have lisle-lined tops and soles. Sizes 81 to 1014, Exception- suntan, beachtan, beechnut, sable, tan nude, ala- mo, cocotan and woodie. OFF Regular Tag Prices on Hair Goods and Hair Nets BEAUTY SALON—FOURTH FLOOR Why _cope with Corset problems alone? Miss K. Hoban Belt fame is_here to _help you retain or attain grace thru correct corset- . Rengo Belt corsetlette with adjustable abdominal belt; flesh; sizes 36 to 46. : CORSETS— THIRD FLOOR. LANSBURGH'S' predict a blue Spring and you'llagree when you learn from this collection, what Blue can do for you—fea- tured in women's, and misses’ sizes Right: For the Miss, Navy blue is effectively trimmed with dead Left: A softly pleated frill trims this Navy frock for the DRESSES—SECOND FLOOR Mirrors 'Vanit Special 89C Already tilted to just the right angle for putting on make-up. You'll love it on your dressing table! Clear plate glass on a wooden base, ducoed in blue, pink, green, ivory or walnut. Other Toiletries Specials 10-pc. Toilet Set, col- ored pearlized overlay on simulated amber, $10. c. Pearlized Toilet $2.95. roll-ups, 85c. Lansburgh’s Tissue for removing cold cream, 3 pkgs., $1. Dji iss Face Pow- rfume and purse size atomizer, 85c. Coty Bath Powder, 89c. Houbigant Bath Pow- der, $1.35: ldorf Toilet 10 rolls, 59 Cutex 5-minute Mani- cure Se Cloths, 6 for S0c. Make-up Boxes, $1. 3-pc. Military = Sets, $2.50. Lux Flakes, small, § boxes, 45c. Lifebuoy cakes, 59c. Colgate’s Big Bath Soap, 3 cakes, 2lc. Soap, 10 2-qt. Hot Water Bot tle, 69c. 2-qt. Syringes, 69¢. Lifebuoy Shaving Cream, 29¢. - Combination Gillette Safety Palmolive or Shaving Cream, 29c. Wade & Butcher Razor Blades for old- style Gillettes, pkg. of 5, 19¢c. Melba Perfume, 114- oz, bottle, white rose, Lly of the valley and arbutus, 55¢c. Houbigant’s Ideal and Quelque Fleurs, 89c. Coty Cyclamen, or La Jacee, dram, 29¢c. Caron’s Sweet Pea Perfume, dram, $1.95. Caron’s Bellodgia, $1.25 dram. Caron's Tabaco Blonde, dram, 89c. Lubin’s Jasmin, dram, 38c. Caron's dram, 89c. Acaciosia, TOILET GOODS—STREET FLOOR. 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