Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1931, Page 27

"WOMAN'S PAGE.’ Applique for Children’s Clothes BY MARY The interest in lrplique trimmings and all sorts of fabric ornamentations, which still play an important role in fashions for women as well as children, many be traced back to war days. Before the war dress tri were usually designed and sold as such. If made a dress at home you bought material firsc and perhaps made thebdr::s and th‘en"decldnd o; the lace or brald or specially designed applique to use to trim it. e s In war days all the processes of dress- makng were of necessity greatly sim- plified. Men and women. who had made the trimmings were called to arms or to do necessary war work and dress- makers had to use their ingenuity to make use of the material at hand to provide the necessary ornaments for OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL Healthy Children. We are all concerned about the health of the children, and rightly so. Health is the essential element in living a suc- cessful and, therefore, a happy life. All MARSHALL. women's dresses. So it happened even in the important Paris dressmaking houses that bits of fabric that would under ordinary circumstances have been thrown away were snipped and cut and otherwise manipulated to make the most ingenious sort of trimmings. For children’s clothes and sports clothes material was cleverly cut into animal-shaped designs and used as ap- pliques—and these amusing animal ap- pliques are as much in vogue now as they were when they were a real nov- elty. The sketch today shows some of the newest designs that vou can easily copy to use to trim children’s clothes or sports blouses and jackets. First cut out a pattern of the desired sime from stiff paper and then rse this in cutting the material, zllowing one- quarter inch on all sides for turning in. Baste the material in so tha: the fin- ished shape is like the pattern, press, blind stitch down. A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GU When Earthly Supports Fail. “Unto Thee lift I up mine eye: Thou that dwellest in the heaven: baste in position on the dress and then THE EVENING STAR, TVASF[I.I‘«GTOI\'Y D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1931 NANCY PAGE When It Is a Sash, Glass, or Casement Curtain. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. New lamp shades do much to give a room a new look, but for complete transformation there is nothing like a set of new hangings. These may be made at home if care is exercised in every step from measuring to hanging. A group of women took a course in window curtaining and learned things like this: A glass curtain hangs from a rod fastened to the frame of the window. The curtains should come to the sill. Some decorations have them hang to Psalm, cxxiii.l Through some experience that had shaken from beneath him the earthly support on which he rested, David had come to realize that there was nothing stable on earth or in human affairs. It was out of this realization that he cried, “Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the | heavens.” Baron Humbolt, the great traveler, tells of an experience he had when journeying through South America. One day there came a sudden stillness | in the air which seemed lke a hush | over all nature. Following this period | of stillness there was a fearful con- | vulsion of the earth which greatly | startled him and his companions. And | Humbolt tells us that he experienced | |an earthquake within his soul that was | as great as that in thy world without. | All his old views of the safety of the | earth were destroyed in a_moment. | Should he fly to the hills for heln? The | mountains were reeling like drunken men. The houses were no refuge, for they were crumbling and falling. The forest offered noshelter, for the treeswere | uprooted and overthrown. His thoughts turned to the sea, but there was no | prospect of safety there. for the ships which just before wer> floating securely | on its surface were now left rocking in | the sands. Pinding himself thus at his | wits' end, he tells us that “he looked up and observed that the heavens alone were caim and unshaken.” | In other ways most of us have had | experiences similar to that. There have been times when, as in a great convul- sion of nature, all the foundations upon which we have rested were shaken; cor or help to be found anywhere on earth: when there was nothing we could do but look away from earth to heaven. Such times come to us all. And whe these times come, these imes of dis tress and perplexity, when, so far as earthly support and human help are concerned, we know not whitner to turn, what a relief and sat sfaction it is, as many of us have found from ex- perience, just to look up to the heavens and put our trust in Him who abideth forever. 1Is gives us a sense of security and permanence to know that we can | always look to Him who dwelleth in the calm and unshaken heavens—when | earthly supports fail. ter of b 3 One point many of us overlook. Un less the mothers of the children are safeguarded and protected and helped 80 that their health is as nearly per- fect as may be, it is difficult for the children to acquire that health which | s their birthright. The mother's health comes first, and the health of the household is added unto it. A sick | mother, an overworked, nervous, weary mother cannot establish health in her household. Rather the contrary. The demands made upon ‘mother are =o great that no humag endurance could hold out unless stimulated by the spirit of devotion and selflessness of motherhood. But even that has fits physical basis, and unless the mother can have rest and spiritual stimulation she breaks under the strain. No worker will work the hours that & mother works as & matter of course. For her there is no time limit, no water-tight compartments of your work and mine. All work within the house- hold is hers; nursing, cooking, sewing, disciplining, training, cleaning, market- ing, making social ends meet. All and more come in the one day's stint. Un- less some relief is afforded the mother, health flies out of the window—for the household Bome of the situations are in the mother’s hands. By programming the | day s0 as to allow a period of rest, she | can help herself to some degree. She | can train the children, at least some of them, to carry their share of the work and responsibility. By becoming an ad- ministrator as well as a worker, she can save some of her energy. But always| she must have a period of relief daily | and an annual, or, if possible, a semi nual vacation. ‘There are some mothers who themselves upon their selfishness, “I never leave my children to any one. | Never since they were born have I left| them for a longer time than it takes to do the marketing, and that I usually do | by telephone.” That is not good sense. ‘The children need to learn how to get along by themselves, to adjust them- selves to others, and to lean less and less on their mothers for help. Mother- | ing children overmuch makes for weak- ness body and mind. There is no health in it. The better way is to mix | administration with mothering Allow a child to help itself as soon as 1t shows any willingness to do s0, which is usually in infancy. It takes time to help a child to help itself in the begin- | ning, but that time is repaid with in- terest later on when the child is sturdily self-helpful. Allow a child to carry re- sponsibility for certain household mat- ters as soon as he or she is able to shoulder it. Work, responsibllity, & share in the household life stimulates intelligence and fosters love for home. Health is in activity. Fathers need to look into the house- | hold routine to make sure that all that | 15 possible to do is being done to aid | the mother. Grandmothers and aunts can help by relieving the mother once & week. Older children can help by their sharé of gu 'work and sponsibility for them- A" by Suarding. the health of the mother. (Copyrisht. i einias To Remove a Plaster. Mustard plasters will not blister the il the first affected rru are &mnouthly rubbed with vaseline and 1931) when it scemed that there was no suc- | Two-Color Crochet Designs BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. the apron, but that length is better for a casement curtain. A casement curtain is used in place of the combi- nation of glass curtain with overdra- pery. It is usually called a draw cur- tain since it is hung on a draw or tranverse rod which is strung with rings and a cord. By pulling the cord the curtains are opened or closed An overdrapery is lined and hangs to the floor or to the top of the base board. Th- women were given a diagram which showed the parts of the window . in addition, by means of num- bers—1, 2, 3, 4—indicated the places where the curtain rods may be fas- tened. Number 1 shows the rod fas- | tened into the jamb of the window | | frame, while the other numbers show | the placement of the rod upon the | | frame itself. | " The narrow space in the diagram | betwzen the sash and the apron repre- |sents the sill. A sash curtain never | hangs below the sill under any circum- stances. By a sash curtain the women |learned a curtain coyering the lower |sash of the window enly was meant. | After pondering these facts and | studying their windows at home the group felt they had started on the way to curtain knowledge. Pauline Gower, youngest daughter of Sir Robert Gower, member of Parlia- ment from Tunbridge Wells, England, has been granted a license as an avia- tion pilot. ~ = = vaneE NG [C===e e —— ——————— EXAMPLES OF TWO - COLOR CROCHET. THE SHIP “GOOD FOR- TUNE.” IN UPPER RIGHT - HAND C PICTURE TO FRAME THE LOWER LEFT-HAND DIAGRAM SHOWS THE, CHECKERBOARD PATTERN. Crocheting in two colors s 50 easy that any one who can crochet at all can do it. There are endless interest- |ing patterns that can be developed. Cross-stitch designs can be faithfully | carried out in this stitchery and filet crochet designs also. In two-color cro- chet the background is worked in one color and the design in another. One| color is hidden when not in use by crocheting over it. When filet patterns are developed in two colors, work spaces | in one color and blacks in another, using plain crochet stitches. The one imperative thing to remem- ber is to change color on the final loop of the stitch just being finished. You will keep the precision of the stitches exact by so doing. and this precision is necessary to the beauty of the design It you have never done this type of crochet, try making a checkerboard | design in blocks of alternating solid color. Make & chain of 13 stitches Begin the first row with a stitch in the second one from the needle. Cro- chet four stitches, change color, crochet | four stitches, change color. These three blocks will complete the line. Crochet four rows in like manner, which will complete the three squares. Alternate | the color scheme in the next four rows | to form the checkerboard pattern as| shown in the diagram. By using heavy | or rags, and crocheting three | rows of b.k;c‘ks ye:n:u&’hne a h-n’d_v or pot s repay you for of the work. wol ttern to be 1 manufactured for chiropodists. How- care of this crochet stitch in worl which is well as the pattern. Ex- quisitely fine two-color crochet work coating of it is left on the skin before the plaster, and the plaster can removed without annoyance to can be done using this design. Ship wall w‘gfim are attractive. ~Also, in & medium of yarn or rags, a can be developed. The latter 'ORNER, MAKES AN INTERESTING just the thing for a boy's room, for a man’s study, or for a seashore cottage. There are numerous ways of using this design for rugs. If readers would be interested in hearing more about the pattern applied to rugcraft, drop me a line and if sufficient interest is shown I will write on it. will Quarreling Promote Domestic Bliss? Holds Only Peaceful Homes Endure \DorothyDix | A SAN FRANCISCO judge, who has been on the bench for 30 years and has heard 23,400 divorce cases, says that the remedy for domestic discontent is more and better family rows. And he gives this counsel to the newlyweds: “Quarrel. It not only puts a little spice into the scheme of things, but also paves the way for the kiss and the reconciliation.” It is safe to say that this is one piece of advice about how to be hap though married that the majority of young husbands and wives will follow wif enthusiasm. For it will jibe with their natural inclinations during that trying period that follows the honeymoon in which a man and woman discover to their amazement that they have conflicting tastes and habits and opinions, and that their instinctive attitude toward each other is that of cat and dog, instead of cooing doves. , It is undoubtedly true that a good fight does stir up the blood and infuse pep into what might otherwise be a dull and placid day in the domestic circle. No one who has ever witnessed a family spat can ever doubt that the reason husbands and wives quarrel is because they enjoy it and get a kick out of it. Otherwise they would not do it. for there is not one disagreement »s & thovsand that they could not easily avoid by the use of the slightest self-control, or a little tact, or giving the soft answer that turneth away wrath, 4 So when otherwise intelligent people scorn to with each other: when they bump headlong into e of temper instcad of gumshoeing around them; use any diplomacy in dealing ach other's little peculiarities when they deliberately drag . Also, they get ~pity at being married to & brate and still another thrill out of a final emotional let-down of tears and reconciliation and kisses. the family quarrel is the favor: is true that a great ike tiddlydewinks or pj ns the breakfast table Th v] —— at is why ite indoor amusement of so many many husbands and wives regard ing-pong which passes an evening and in which there is no danger. ‘mless sport, 1f stimulatingly or enltve, The homes that endure are peaceful hom are still lovers on their golden weddi: her amicably; who have considered eac , pleasant things to each other, not t} each other and made their whole married The husbands and day are those who have got h other's feelings, who have hose .who have snapped and life a perpetual battleground. Of course, the quarreling husbands and wives who taunt each other with their faults and weaknesses, who criminate and recriminate each other, who drag out the skeletons in each other's families, and who recklessly hurl insults at each other, excuse themselves by saying that they did not mean what they sald, and expect their offenses to be forgiven and forgotten, wives who along toget] said loving, snarled at, But we all know tha t in anger, as in wine, the t: things that husbands an Tuth comes out. d wives say to each other in a quarrel :llllkl:h!heylrcal]y 'tr;lnk. In their rage they let down the %lr& of e ugly suspiclons, the harsh judgments, about each other come forth. i S ‘The bitter are the things prudence, and they have had Any one who thinks that a kiss can wipe out the memory of words that have seared the very soul of a man or woman knows little of the human heart, and any one who advises a young married couple to indulge in quarrels is first | aid to the divorce court. After a knockdown and drag out fight they kiss and make up, but John will never forget that in the heat of the row Mary cried out that she was a fool to have married him, and that she wished that she had taken Tom Brown, who could have given her a fine house and a car and servants, instead of her having to live like a pauper and be so shabby she is ashamed to meet her old friends. Nor will Mary ever forget that John told her to take her things and g0 back home, that he was tired of her and he wondered how he ever married | anybody who looked like her, anyway. As long as they live, those insults will | fester in their minds, and not all the kisses in the world can ever draw the | sting from them. l Can any sane person = ought up in an atmosphere es torn to tatters by incessant ‘What about rearing children in a home of discord? think it anything but a curse for children to be br: of strife; for them to have their little nerve quarreling between their parents? No. The California judge is wrong. Fighting husbands and wives do not | stay lovers. They become enemies. War is hell just as much in the family circle as it is outside of it. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1931) Iurmn. You can't rely much on faces, | eyes. ears, jaws, or the shape of the’ head or body. And as for horoscopes, | Everyday Psychology BY DR. JE W. SPROWLS. | Personalities. | What is a personality anyway? And how do you tell one kind from another? How many kinds are there? If you can answer these questions | systematically and accurately, you may call yourself an ex| of human nature. Just to help some of you make a start on this most interesting of natural wonders, T will answer the first question as follows: A personality is a person who acts the same way so often that you may predict how he will act the next time he goes into action. | Now for the second question. The definition means that you can never ! pert, everyday student | know what sort of personality one has until you have had the opportunity to study this person under a variety of sit uations. The more, the better. Snap- Jjudgments are generally unreliable; if | correct, only by accident. One thing is Remove BACTERIAL- MOUTH Though you may brush teeth and gums faithfully, Bacterial - Mouth threat ens beauty and health so long as you breathe. It is caused by germs that sweep into the mouth. They attack teeth and gums and defy the ordi- nary dentifrice. To have sound, sparkling white teeth and firm, pink gums vou must guard against this offending condition that confronts all of us. One dental cream removes Bacterial-Mouth by kill- ing the germs that cause it That dental cream is KO Teeth 3 sha : in3 USE the Kolynos Dry-Brush Tech- nique for 3 days—a half-inch of Kolynos on a dry brush, morning and night. Then look at your teeth, fully 3 shades whiter. o Ingrown Nail Turns Right Out! 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When poison has been acci- dentally swallowed, no_emetic is better than mustard. Mix three teaspoonfuls with a cup of warm water and swallow. At once the stimulative action upon the stom- ach causes that organ to reject all its contents, the polsonous ingredients with the rest. It is one of the quickest of all emetics and the most harmless. Save small pieces of soap to make into jelly. A teacupful of small pieces makes about a pint of soap jelly. (Copyrignt. 1931.) SONNYSAYING BY FANNY Y. CORY. Tommy's Daddy has got a job bein’ “night watchman ob a plant.” Well, if | you ast me, it’s harder 'an you'd fink. (Copyright, 1931.) FEATURES, Good Housekeeper. I know a girl wWho saved her small Job and climbed to a great big one just because she was a good housekeeper. Edith had been hired as a file clerk. You know most girls who are file clerks seldom ex- pect to be any- thing higher. She didn’t _expect it, | nor did her boss. It began badly. | She seemed not to get along at all. No one noticed her or gave her | much “to “do. 2 | Well, one day Helen Woodwar | the manager stay- | ed home sick. It was a bad time to be | sick because it Mappened that day that | the office was moved to a new build- ing. At 10 o'clock the girls arrived | to find the place in wild confusion. | People sat about in their hats and coats. Some sat on tops of desks, spreading newspapers to keep the dust from_their clothe: dn't know | whether to go home or stay. One girl | | had set her typewriter on a mass of | | packing boxes, and, standing up, was | pounding out a letter as though her life itself was depending on it. But | | most of them tossed and turned and | wandered about, waiting for some one | to tell them what to do. | our girl Edith had always loved to | dust and clean. She was an ardent | housekeeper. So she found this disor- | der in "the office unbearable. She | started to pull around chairs and sma! | things, and finally tried to push | desk about. One of the men, laughing | at the absurdity of this small person The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD. Who started her career as a frightened typist and who became one of the highest paid business women in America. doing these things. started to help her. Before the end of the morning she found herself on top of a pile mis- cellaneous ~furniture, and from this shaky post she was putting everybody to work. She said, “Now you put this there”— “Joe, you dust that chair and that flf‘“‘ " and “Mr. Grimes, are these your les?" As people playing an amusing game they took her orders, teasing her as they did so. In the meantime the manager, feel- ing a little better, hurried down towh. He told me that he stood in the door- and looked at this child sitting absurdly in the pile of furniture and running things so calmly,”and said to himself: “She looks like a peanut and she's running the whole show.” He decided not to interfere, but let her go ahead. She has gone ahead a good deal since then When a girl just beginning to work goes to Edith today and asks her ad- vice, Edith says that the best way for a girl to begin a business life is to be a file clerk. She ought to know. But it is my impression that if Edith really understood herself she would say, * s gn as a good housekeeper." ‘When I dictated this to my stenog- rapher she said that she thought it sounded untrue and impossible. I grant you it is improbable, but I give you my word of honor that every word of it is true, except that the girl's name was not Edith and she was a bookkeep- er instead of a file clerk. Girls having problems in connection Wit their work mav write to Miss Woodward. In cate of ‘this paver, for her personai advice. (Copyright, 1931.) Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. At End of Salary. If you found in today's pay envelope that “little “blue” slip informing you | that your services were no longer re- | quired, how would you manage finances | until you had secured another situation? | Would you begin by spending your store | while “resting” or “waiting a while"? | A great d-al more than one mignt sup- pose depends upon how you manage | your financss. i Pirst of all, “resting” or “waiting” are to be deplored as unemployment ractices. Both of them cause one to come “rusty,” inert and generally une prepared or dispirited. It is obvious, | also, that one might miss valuable op- | portunities for employment during s | period of voluntary unemployment. | Furthermore, one's finances may be | limited in extent, and it is urgent that one become located elsewhere as quickly as possible. A financial program should then be arranged that will tide one over a reasonable period of unemploy- | ment. This is best accomplished by budgeting that period. | One's * minimum living expenses should be estimated and provided for. In making the estimat> and budget one should eliminate all new or anticipated purchases or unnecessary expenses. | The final budget should be cleared of | all but indispensable essentials. Of | fully conserve her cash reserve. Bills that may be paid the following month, items of dress whose purchase may be postponed, and social expenditures that may be put off a while should be given future dates for action. ‘The reascn for this caution is that an unemployed woman, who is inde- pendent for the time being, can in- variably secure the most advantageous employment because of that fact. She is free to seek a job which is suitable and desirable. She is not in the least forced to accept any sort or type of employment to meet her needs. At the end of your salary, always plan ahead to your next pay envelope. 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