Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1931, Page 27

Standards of Ornamentation BY MARY No two women of your acquaintance what constitutes just of ornamentation for costume. If you wear enough satisfy one of your friends, much to please an- If you wear bows or flowers on associates may call if you wear a hat will MARSHALL. sonal point of view, preferences and prejudices to take into consideration. You cannot please every one, yourself included. But if your friends won't or cannot be broadminx and generous in their attitude toward clothes at least can make a brave attempt to be so yourself. Possibly you yourself are inclined to favor clothes of extreme simplicity. Such a point of view has advantages. It at least saves you from the danger of dressing .in an overfussy manner. But do remémber that the charm and advantage of changes of fashion lie in the effect of variety they produce, and right now fashion favors rather more ornate clothes than she has for many seasons. Dcn't be too sure that you sannot wear frills and flounces and furbelows and jabots until you have tried. They may prove becoming and flattering. ‘The or:ament shown in today's sketch would have been considered very much too ornate a few years ago, but it lends a softening effect that may to be your advantage. It is gmde of double pleces of silk, of two colors, cut oval like the pattern and seamed up baglike and then turned right side out. The opening is over- | handed and each oval is gathered along he top and fastened to ribbon or a :":‘:p % ‘the material, as the sketch shows. Everyday Pmsychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Materials of Mind. When the human mind is regarded as an object of study in the same sense as other natural things, the question of materials is raised. What are the raw materials out of which the finer mind- stuff is woven?. ‘This raw material has been accumu- lating for ages. In the order of their appearance, they seem to be: 1. The self-preservative impulse and its companion emotion called fear. 2. The instinct to repel the un- | pleasant, and & companion emotion | called_disgust. 3. The tendency to show curiosity, and its emotional companion called wonder. 4. The impulse to fight, and its emotional companion called anger. 5. An awareness of the sense of self, and a feeling of either inferiority or superiority. 6. An impulse to perpefuate the race, and its companion emotion called tenderness. 7. The tendency. to form groups, and its emotional companion known as a | feeling of safety. 8. The tendency to collect and hoard, with the companion sense of pride. 9. The impulse to construct, and its companion emotion called the will to D BOW e opyrisnt, 1031 A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. STEEMED among his colleagues for his rare wit, his merry manner and his kindness is the “gentleman in the wheel chair” — Judge Joe Mansfield, member o(_recan- gress from Texas. Fourteen years in Congress have 1 8 famil- has been this subject his He represents the famous district centering around Christl. His advice is often when the question of rivers harbors legislation is before Con- he ex- L s JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. river, his mount stepped on a block of ice. ‘The horse's feet shot out from under him. Horse, corn and rider slipped over a 6-foot embankment into the river. When they came to surface all were widely separated. The horse swam out on one side, Mansiield on the other, and the sack of corn floated downstream. “Since that day,” says the Judge, “anything for the improvement of wa- terways has been always met by me a_ hearty response.” Rarely does Mansfleld speak on the floor of the House. He would rather sit and listen, then express his opin- fons in private where he believes they are more effective. He occupies a reg- ular his An illness years ago deprived him of the use of his lower limbs. His favorite trick is to wheel him- self up a door, pull out a nickel, ; and say to his colleagues: “Who wants to make a nickel today? the door, then, so I can get through.” ‘They all scramble for the door. He has played this little. game for years. My Neighbor Says: ‘When t brushes have been laid mmvr some time they become very hard and dry. To remedy this, heat vinegar to the bofling point and immerse the brushes. Then allow them to simmer for about 15 minutes or in strong soapsuds, and they will be as good as new. ‘When using walnuts in cook- ing, crush them with a rolling- pin. It saves much time and is as satisfactory as cutting with a e. ‘To keep parsley fresh put the stems in a glass of water, to which a slice of lemon or one teaspoon of vinegar has been added. A teaspoon of vinegar mixed into frosting will keep it from breaking when cut. (Copyright, 1931.) } HAVE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT TOM AND MARY, WHO WERE RAISED IN THE SOUTH, WERE QUIETLY MARRIED LAST WEEK. THE FIGHTING, M. A—The verb “rear” is preferred in connection with human beings, and “raise” with plants and animals. Thus “Tom and Mary were reared " “They raised tobacco “He raised pigs as & Many good speakers and writers, however, use “raise” to the ex- clusion of “rear.” SPOTS VANISH Lllxoanic 3 GENTLE RUB OR an Epergine-moi o tantly removes g i’: So’cuyudcunnhmm keep bats, gloves, etc. -‘fi:.dusfinouln- dries in- fl;— ives no odor and no re- grets. Large can 35c—atall Millions of Cans Sold Yearly TWO with | d cloth Cream-Top Bottle is so convenient... IT 18 such a comfort to have whipping-cream always on hand! When guests drop in unexpectedly . . . or for your desserts, salads, and tea or coffee every day. Chevy Chase cream-top bottle makes it pos- sible. Just put in the separator and pour off the cream. . . . TELEPHONE WEST 0183 Wise Brothers CHEVY CHASE DAIRY& THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1931 SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Arbutus. Somebody 1s always taking the joy out of life, and 0, when we come home with the first trailing arbutus in our hands, we are either reproved by the conservationists for pulling it up the roots (it is impossible to do any- thing else, since the trailing stem sends out roots all along its length), or some- body who knows too much tells us that it is not a real arbutus (which is, tech- nically, true) and that its other name of mayflower is also & misnomer, since it doesn’t bloom in May, and, anyway, the real mayflower is a species of Eng- lish hawthorn. This also is true, if you wish to give old English names prece- dence on our side of the Atlantic. 1In short, between the strict bontanists and the strict conservationists, we are allowed to do nothing except to go out in the woods, adjust our spectacles to the ends of our noses, keep our hands behind our backs and, leaning as far over as our waistlines permit, exclaim in well-bred tones, “Ah-ha, ladies and gentlemen, the first specimen of Epigaea Tepens.” What are the ethics, for the law- abiding possessor of a hair-shirt con- science, when a brown-faced, ragged country child approaches you with a fistful of trailing arbutus and asks you to buy: it, please, because the family needs the money, since the drought, and, “if you please, sir, these flowers came off our own land, and who has more right to sell them?” What to do, when the flowers are already pcked and are, indeed, smiling up temptingly at you? And when the child with the honest face is probably not the dupe of grafting parents, but in all probability is telling the sad and simple truth about the flowers? I, for one, am too happy on ths soft Spring day to attempt answers to that metaphysical question. One group of thinkers or the other would ve me tried for heresy, and my character would be burned at the stake, whatever I concluded. I will only say that I am out of sym- pathy with those earnest folk who dig up the trailing arbutus under the im- pression that it is going to grow in their wild flower garden. The country folk who pick arbutus and sell it may or may not be selling their own property. No law protects the arbutus as yet, and there is no amendment forbdding its purchase. But there ought to be somebody to stop those who uproot the dear plant and remove it to a lingering death in a garden. For the trailing arbutus is dependent both on a highly acid soil (and no general garden loam can afford to be that), and upon certain soil bacteria, without which its roots slowly die. This is true of orchids and many other plants. Unfortunately, the proper bacterial culture for arbutus is not usually found in garden solls. Most gardens are not shady enough, and the plant does not like rockeries, though invnmblf' the wise wild flower gardeners drape it on rocks, having dis- covered that, in a garden bed, it merely sprawls in an unsightly way. Despite all their care, the leaves of the plant slowly brown and die. Inch by inch the plant loses ground. The exuberant gardeners now deluge it with water, as it has symptoms like those of drought. This is generally the death blow .for the plant. It loathes swampy conditions around its roots, as cats loathe water on their paws. Is this wild flower conservation? l PUFFY | the condition of their hair corresponds Within the far-off Indian wilds does 'y stand today, While beasts that live there cock their ears to her him have his say. “Now unaccustomed as I am—" he starts. But cries of “Hey, | Don't give us that” come from the | crowd, which turns and walks| away. . Palm Sunday, March 29, marks the centenary of the birth of a famous American novelist, Amelia E. Barr. MODES OF THE MOMENT MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Health Affects Hair. Most people have noticed how closely to their general health. The hair roots depend for their nournishment on the oily secretion of the sebaceous glands, and these in their turn are dependent on lthe circulation of blood through the scalp. In conditions of lowered vitality this circulation becomes impaired and the sebaceous glands become either over- active or idle. The hair is then cor- respondingly too ofly or too dry. For both these conditions the constitutional treatment is the same. By means of adequate rest, sleep, fresh air, sunshine and exercise the body must be restored to_its normal tone. ‘The question has often been discussed as to why baldness is so much moreq prevalent among men than among women. The chief reason is heredity, but there are other factors.. Women usually take better care of their hair than men do. Dandruff and the daily use of water on the hair tend to make it scanty. Few men brush their hair | sufficiently, so that the scalp is not kept in flexible condition. To prevent baldness, regular massage of the scalp is of great value, as by this means the circulation at the roots is improved. Premature baldness sometimes comes as a result of nervous disorders or fevers and the hair reappears when the general health improves. Hair tonics are valu- able because their use necessitates rub- bing and massage of the scalp; also because they have a cleansing action and contain stimulating ingredients like capsicum. The scalp should receive special care in such cases. A daily massage with castor or olive ol and weekly warm ofl treatments will gently stimulate the new growth. For an oily scalp the scalp tonic shoyld be made with a small percentage of alcohol as a base, while for the over- Colds deserve no mercy, VAPEX shows them none This war-time discovery routs a cold with just a few deep breaths Every cold is treacherous. You never know. when it is going to tear down your resistance and leave you a prey to serious ills. No cold—even a slight one— should be neglected. For today it is both simple and pleasant to Breathe your cold away “*Res. U, 8. Pat. 08, TR Ay R 2 Jon AR relieve colds. All you have to do is put a drop of Vapex on your handkerchief or at each end of your pillow and breathe the pleas- ant vapor. Vapex swiftly relieves a cold. This delightful inhalant was discovered during a war-time epi- demic of influenza in England. Since then it has become the ac- cepted relief for colds everywhere. Vapex is very inexpensive. The $1 bottle contains fifty applica- tions—an average of only 2c apiece. Millions of bottles are sold yearly. It is approved by Good Housckeeping because it is safe for every one—even little- children, Ask your druggist for V-Ar P-E-X—the original inhalant dis covered during the war. E. Foucera & Co., Inc., Dis- tributors of Medicinal Products Since 1849, A drop on your handkerchief "VAPEX 'z vadio program ove LEEDS. dry scalp a tonic made with a basis of pure vegetable oil is excellent. Here is a scalp tonic that may be used for olly hair: One dram bicarbonate of soda, one dram powdered borax, one and a half ounces cologne water, one dram tincture of cantharides, eight | ounces bay rum. Mix well. For dry hair the following tonic may be used regularly: Three drams olive or castor ofl, one dram oil of eucalyptus, one dram tincture of cantharides, one ounce cologne water, six ounces bay rum | Shake well. Divide the hair into small | strands and apply the tonic to the scalp along_the partings and magsage for several minutes with the tips of the | fingers. A medicine dropper may be used to apply the tonic. Broiled Chickens. ‘When dressing brollers, split them | down the back, spread apart, and wipe | carefully with a damp cloth. Using | a brush, rub over with melted butter, other shortening, or a cooking oil. Olive oil may be used if you prefer. Sprinkle the flesh side with salt, pepper, a little paprika and celery sait. Also sprinkle on some minced parsley, and | over all squeeze the juice of lemon. Heat the boiling pan and arrange | the chicken, skin side down, on the greased rack, making sure that it is| well spread apart so that the parts| do not touch. Sear the surface for| five minutes, then turn and cook the | skin side thoroughly, or until the skin | is well browned. Turn and complete | the broiling. Thirty minutes is about | the right time for broiling a chicken, | although sometimes the cooking is | completed in 20 minutes. Prune-Olive Salad. Remove the stones from some prunes | and stuff prunes, each one with | a stuffed green olive. Serve on lettucc‘ with a French dressing. FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLY MONROE. When You Add Salt. Should you salt the water in which vegetables are cooked before cooking? Should you cook them in clear water and then salt the vegetables afterward? Or should you wait until the vegetable is half cooked and then salt the cook- ing water? Authorities differ in this matter, and if the matter makes any difference in the final tenderness of the vegetable it is s0 slight as to be difficult to agree upon. So it may be left to your own individual taste. Most persons agree that potatoes are more palatable cooked in unsalted water. That is, the flavor seems better when the salt is added after they are cooked. | Remember that less salt should be added to the quart of water if you wish to have the water boil down as I.he‘ vegetables cook. If well salted water has evaporated it is well to bring it back to its normal amount by adding more fresh water be- fore the cooking process has finished. This will clear up the too salty Slavor | that would otherwise result. Walnut Cake Candy. One cup light brown sugar, one cup dark brown sugar, one-half cup sifted flour, one-eighth teaspoon salt, one cup | raisins, one cup chopped walnuts, one teaspoon baking power and two eggs, Well beaten. Combine the sugar, flour, salt, raisins, walnuts, baking powder and eggs well beaten. Mix well. Line a cake pan with cooking paper; grease and flour it. Pour in the cake batter and bake in a slow oven (325 degrees F.). Remove from the oven and cut in 1x2-inch sticks. These may be eaten plain or covered with a milk chocolate coating. Any good recipe for dipping chocolates may be used. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Stewed Prunes. Cereal with Cream. Brolled Bacon. tmeal Gems. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Scalloped Potatoes with Onions. Beaten Biscuit. Coleslaw. Molasses Cookies. Tea. DINNER. Fried Ham and Eggs. Baked Brown Potatoes. Sliced Tomatoes. Asparagus Salad. Pineapple Bavarian Cream. Coffee. OATMEAL GEMS. Three-quarters cup scalded milk, one-fourth cup sugar, one- half teaspoon salt, one-fourth yeast cake dissolved in one-fourth cup lukewarm milk, one cup cold cooked oatmeal, two and one-half cups flour. Add sugar and salt to scalded milk. When lukewarm, add dissolved yeast cake. Work oatmeal into flour with tips of fingers and add to first mixture. Beat thoroughly, cover and let rise overnight. In the morning fill buttered iron gem pans two- thirds full, let rise on back of range that pan may gradually heat and mixture rise to fill pan. Bake in moderate oven 25 to 30 minutes. MOLASSES COOKIES. One cup molasses (one-half teaspoon soda dissolved in mo- lasses), one-half cup sugar, one- half cup melted lard, one-half teaspoon of ginger and cinnamon each, pinch of salt and three cups of flour. BAVARIAN CREAM. Dissolve a package of lemon gelatin in one-half pint bolling water and add one-half pint of juice from a can of pineapfllm When cold and still liquid, whip to consistency of whipped cream and add a cup of shredded pine- apple. Instead of pineapple juice berry or other fruit juices may used to m: similar Ba- varian cream. (Copyright, 1931.) FEATURES, The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD. Who started her career as a_ frightened typist and who became one of in America. the highest paid business women in Good Executive. rben!ummeomtmumzvm gifl ought to get special training it seemed to annoy & good many people— ll:tuti'rhwm’ surprise. Now comes this ‘My mother, without any training (she had to leave school in the seventh grade) did excel- lently as a sales- woman. After sev- eral years she be- came manager of a candy store. Then she entered a con- cern as a file clerk, and at the end of a year was head file clerk, in charge of six girls. “Incidenily, she ‘Woodward. Espiir s ; and brought me up while she was doing all this.” NANCY PAGE Erin’s Salad Is Green and, of Course, White. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Mrs. Lacey had been so busy plan- ning the entertainment for her daugh- ter's St. Patrick's day party that she almost forgot to put any thought onto the refreshments. She decided on a white and green salad with white and green sandwiches. She had a number o§ ideas for the nll‘-d. Fm‘tx‘shz ‘tnhfizgn of using cottage cheese, mixing - ly with heavy cream and then adding nnelyd chgpped chives to it. Bhf also considered green pepper or parsley as the green note with RBe cottepe chaese. Had the group been made up of older folks she would doubtless ive used that salad, but some way she feared that children would not care for cottage cheese. It would seem too of to them. Her next idea was to use a green pepper from which she had re- moved top, core and pepper seeds. Into this she would pack creamm or Phila- delphia cheese. After chilling for 12 | hours the pepper could be sliced thinly |and the shamrock-like green pepper rings encasing the cheese would be laid | carefully on a bed of shredded lettuce. Her next idea was a fruit salad which could really serve as a dessert as well. This would call for a fruit-flavored gelatin, probably a lime-colored one. Being pale green in color it would not be ssary to add coloring matter. Into this well flavored mixture of dis- solved gelatin she planned to imbed seeded Malaga grapes, s of grape fruit, quarters of canned pears and finely c) mold lightly with oil and then putting in just enough dissolved gelatin to make a thin llye'rnlyhe could eoolnzz uligklty. When partially congealed she laid in the fruit in & pattern. A little more gel ‘was poured in. Thi lowed is was al- to congeal. Then another layer of fruit was put in. The whole mixture | was_then covered with the remainder of the dissolved gelatin -and the was set away to harden. When un- molded the w] the pale green gel Y not put the mold onto lettuce leaves, but them around the . This prevented the mold from breaking be- cause of its uneven bed of lettuce. With this salad she passed mayonnaise into which whipped cream had been folded. took care of mel pped celery. By rubbing the | ‘That's remarkable career. The woman who did that has really tre- mendous ability. ‘The same is true of Alma B. At 35 she found that her elderly husband had lost all his money. She had no trafri- ing of any kind. The only thing she had was the ability to dress well. In the course of buying and planning her own clothes she had shown consider- able talent, and that talent she decided to use. She got a job on a fashion paper, and her sense of clothes was so remarkable that she made a brilliant success and was for years one of the outstanding l_Eeople in the fashion world of New York. It's very important for you to try to find out what special ability you have, if any; what you love to do most, if possible, and then, if you can, get work where your special talent will have a chance. It must be said, however, that this fashion woman didn't make any con- siderable money until she added train- ing to her talent. The real secret of both these women lay in executive ability. Good execu- | tives are rare, but they will always make their own place. The troubl: ‘c *hat it's hard to get a job as an executive until you have done something else. People are not likely to put you at the head of a department or business until you have worked in it awhile. If you take fesponsibility, you inay make a good executive; if you dan't, you won't. If you find it necessary to scream at people to make them do what you want, you are not a good executive. If you prefer to take orders, you will not be a good executive. ‘The good executive to show ner tendencies early. She’s usually leader in children’s games. If they play school she wants to be teacher. If you are a good executive, you needn’t worry about how you are going to get ahead. Just take the first job that appeals to you—if possible in & place where there are a number of people—and you will work your way to an important position inevitably, withe out any special effort on your part. Nobody have to tell you what to do. Girls having problems in connection wil their work may write to Miss Woodwas In care of this paper, for her person (Copyright, Welsh R Serve croutons in when next ygu serve wel a the bread into small dice and fry or toast it in the oven until dry and crisp. Sprinkle plenty of the croutons on each plate and serve the rarebit over them. Croutons give just the right crunchy background for the rarebit. LATWOOD GRAPEFRUIT Wholesale Distributor: W. Chas. Heitmuller Co. - 923 B St. NW. Washington, D. “Don’f read the STARS read the RAINB OW says Yellow and black printed silk washed 8 times in Lux —color fresh and sunshiny as new. No fading! “In color lies charm . . . Romance” OLOR can magnetize. It can attract. Chosen rightly, it can lift you to radiant beauty. Just re- member these rules: “Study your type—choose your colors—and then take care to keep them perfect! “Never let colors fade. 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