Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1931, Page 28

\ . Jumper Type, of Skirt Advised BY MARY MARSHALL. “I have a last season's dress that I would like to make over. ‘rhe skirt is a little too short, but I have washed the material and find that it is long enough if I could bind it off with-ut turning it up. But the waist of the M- AN N dress is slightly discolored around the shoulders and back. I thought I might make a suspender or jumper type of dress to wear with little blouses. Can you give me any suggestions?” This is & reader’s question. A clever little French dressmaker of our acquaintance has a suggestion to offer. She says that there is room in every woman's wardrobe for a jumper type of skirt—that is, one made with a suspender arrangement to hold it over the shoulders. It is just the thing to put on in place of one’s suit skirit when one has a few hours to pass in- doors or to wear under a long coat for shopping or travel. You may face the edge of the skirt DAILY DIET RECIPE SERVES EIGHT PORTIONS. Dissolve gelatin in hot water, then add the cold water. When cool divide this gelatin into serv- ing glasses. When almost hard glass & peach half, At time of serv- DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes s little tein, some fat.and sugar. 3 iron, vitamins A and B present. Can be given to children 8 years and over. Can be eaten by nor- mal adults of average or under weight. . or if you like bind it with a bias band of contrasting material. From what re- msins of the old bodice you can make the jumper portion. binding it off with the ‘same contrasting material. Then to give a clever touch make the tab and slit device shown in the detailed sketch. At the right side the slit with the buttoned tab should be sewed to- gether. At the left side it should be left open so that the tab really passes through the slit and buttons on the button. A shcrt placket in the skirt may be arranged just below the side opening in the bodice section. A jumper skirt of this sort made of p'ain light- weight wool or silk crepe would be at- tractive worn with polka cot swiss or Iawn blouse. Your Baby and Mine BY \l!vl'l'l.! MEYER ELDRED. The child’s only pattern of conduct is supplied by his family. When a mother slaps a child for doing some- thing which annoys her, she cannot but expects that under the same circumstances the child will slap back. “Bad mother, won't let Sally stay up.” This act always infuriates the mother whose dignity receives an awful wrench, and she doesn’t mind saying so. “How dare you slap me, you naughty child. You can't slap your mother.” Personally, I see no difference Be- tween the acts. If a mother in her greater dignity, wisdom and supposed- ly greater control cannot find better ways of teaching the child the things he is expected to know, then she can- not expect the child to have any super- for dignity, wisdom or control. If he slaps her, it is because she taught him the trick. “My boy is 19 months off and I don't believe a healthier child could be found,” Mrs. W. M. H. writes. “He is normal in every way. He has a bad temper, thought, and slaps at me when I pick him up to pat him on the tollet, or go to bed, or other things, He only does this when he is & little tired. He sleeps fiom 7 to 7:30 and has a two-hour nap. I don't slap him except when he gets his fingers into things, and explain- ing doesn't help. “He is slow in talking, has about four or five words in his vocabulary, but does not say them plainly at ail. He chatters a lot in his own language, but no one can understand ihat. Thank you for any information. P!rhlgfl two leaflets we have, “Deal- ing With the Small Child’s Curiosity” and “Why Children Slap,” would be in- teresting for you to read. One or both may bé obtained by any reader who sends a self-addressed, stamped en- velope to this department with each request for them. If you deal with the child's curiosity in & way to satisfy it and show him how to properly handle the things in the home, then you avold having to punish him for getting his fingers into things. If he slaps at you, ignore it. He'll soon forget it if you do not keep it in mind by your own slapping. Go ahead doing whatever you set out to do. You have achieved victory when you get the thing done. You n easily af- ford to overlook the child’s animosity and thus give him no incentive to con- tinue acting that way. Try it. 1 think your most serious problem is discovering why a 19-month-old child has only four or five not very intel ligible words in his vocabulary. Com- pared to that the slapping is of the most trivial importance. By the iime a child is 1 year old he should talk as plainly at this, and at 18 months should say hundreds of words which he uses singly and in short sentences. We have a leaflet on “Normal Speech De- velopment” — above requirements for obtaining it—which may suggest to you some of the reasons for this backward- ness and point the course it might be advisable to follow. Nearly half the revenue of England last year was derived from 2 per cent of the tion. SHOES { FREE FROM SPOTS | Tan aad all light colored leather or fabric shoes are instantly made spotless h Energine. Clean before polishing and they always | look new and fresh. Energine leaves no odor and no regrets —gives more service from shoes. | Large can 35c—all druggists. Millions of Cans Sold Yearly | GINE FANING FLUID ENER ARE YOU confused BY SO MANY DENTAL THEORIES? Do You sometimes wonder if you really are taking the most effective care of your teeth and gums — §f you actually are using the proper type of denti- frice, of all the different kinds on the market? A leading research institution made an investi- gation among 50,000 practicing dentists in order to get an authoritative Read the summary of th: opinion on this subject. e replies received: 95% of the answers stated that germ acids most frequently cause tooth decay and 98% agreed that the most place where teeth and gum irritation; serious trouble occurs at the sums meet; 88% stated that the best product to prevent these acids from causing decay and irritating the gums is Milk of Magnesia. What stronger assurance could there be \that Squibb Dental Cream will effectively protect your teeth and gums? For it is made with more than 50% Squibb Milk of Magnesia. Squibb’s cleans beautifully — and “with the utmost safety. It contains no grit, no astringent, nothing which might injure. And you'll be delighted at how refreshed and clean it makes your mouth feel, Copyright 1931 by E. R. Squibb & Soss SQUIB GUARDS DENTAL CREAM B THE PDPANGER LINE Flower Garden Quilt Pattern Border Design. Now that you have your 20 blocks in safe keeping, here is the border de- sign to complete your lovely flower gar- den quilt. All success to your enter- prise. Directions—The designs should be appliqued on fine-white muslin or broad- cloth. Cut each block 9 by 12 inches, I1f the white fabric used as a back- ground s fine enough it may be placed over paper and the.block traced in | the middle of the block in pencil. | Otherwise, use carbon paper for tracing. First, trace the pattern in the center of the white block. 3econd, trace the floral design on the C!fferent colored | materials, allowing for seams for each petal, leaf and stem. Third, turn nar- row hems and applique, following traced patterns on white biock. Bowls may be appliqued in any color desired. The narrow stems may be embroidered |in six-strand embroidery thread, Ap- { plique the heavier ones. Join com- | pleted block by 4-inch strips of green material. 7 These designs may be done in col- ored_embroidery threads, using outline stitch. Designs also may be used for pillows, cushions, lampshades, waste paper baskets, corners of curtains, bed- spreads and paneled on doors pf chil- | dren’s cupboards. You may obtain the full sized pattern of the border design free if you will write_for it. Address your request to the Magazine Editor of The Star and inclose a stamped, addressed envelops. (Copyright, 1831.) Grapefruit-Shrimp Salad. One cup grapefruit, fctions free from membrane gnd cut in pleces; one cup | schrimp, flaked; one-third cup cucum- ber, diced; three-fourths cup celery, finély cut, end one-half cup mayon- naise, Toss ingredients lightly together. Chill. Serve on crisp lettuce. Garnish with additional mayonnaise. Serves six. Vary this salad by substituting for shrimp one cup crab meat, flaked. Cheese-Spinach Roll. Cook two quarts of spinach with very little water for 10 minutes after wash- ing very thoroughly. Chop and add some salt and one tablespoonful of but- ter. Add one cupful of grated cheese and then bread crumbs enough to make | a mixture stiff enough to form into a| roll, or lezve more moist, and cook in| & baking dish. —_— Salt in Hot Water. Are you frequently refilling the hot water bottle for the sick one in your home? If so, you can save this trouble many times if you will add a little salt to the water before boiling it. This raises the bolling point of the water by increasing its density. A hot water bottle filled with such water will re-! main hot much longer. Use Kleenex HE importance of Kleenex to health during colds cannot be overestimated. That is the conclu- sion of latest scientific tests. Scientists have proved that hand- kerchiefs used for colds are filled with millions of disease germs —as many as 240,000 when used only once. Think of carry- ing these dangerous germs in your pocket or handbag—of actu- ally carrying them back to your face. No ‘wonder ordinary colds often develop into more serious diseases! Now by using Kleenex only once and discarding, you avoid danger of self-infection. That is one reason doctors advise Kleenex. Absolutely sanitary Kleenex is a seft, super-absorbent tissue, handkerchief size, You buy it in Cellophane-sealed packages. It is as completely sanitary as it looks, So gentle and soothing that COLDS contaminate handkerchiefs Avoid Self-infection! DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Why Do Husbands Object to Answering Wives’ Questions? IDEAR MISS DIX—I have been married 26 years and am very happy, but cannot understand my husband. Why do men hate to confide in their wives? Why do they keep all of their business and financial affairs to them- selves? When a wife asks her husband a few questions about his business he will not answer directly, or give her any satisfaction. Treats her as if she were a 2-year-old without sense to understand anything. Why is this? And_why do husbands object to answering questions, anyway? BEWILDERED WIFE. Answer: If you had ‘been married to your husband 200 years instead of 26 you still couldn’t understand him, because no woman has ever yet understood a man, nor has any man ever understood a woman, - ‘There are many reasons why men do not confide their business affairs to thefr wives. Sometimes it is because a man is stingy and doesn't want his wife to know how much he is making for fear she will spend more money. Sometimes it_is because the wife is a blabber and tells everything she knows. When her*husband tells her a business secret she passes it on to mamma and her sisters, or to her best friend, and they tell their best friends and it is all over the place. Many a promising business deal is wrecked by a man having told it to his wife. Many a man has lost a good job because he told the firm's affairs to his wife, and she broadcast them all over the community, Sometimes a man-doesn't tell his wife about his business just because he is naturally secretive and can't bear to open up to any one. And some men never talk to their wives about their business because thelr wives are bored and yawn in their faces when they try to explain about how they are going to enlarge the store, or drop & department. sl Perhaps the reason most men don't tell their business affairs to their wives is because they feel the need of dropping the shop when they get away from it, and giving their minds a complete rest from it. ness man say that the reason he never mentioned his business to his wife was because he wanted to make an entire break in his life every day, and that when he locked his desk he locked his work up in it and never took it out until the next morning when he went back to it with a mind rested and refreshed, as it would not have been if he had been dwelling upon it all the time. “I cannot discuss my business with my wife,” he said, “without bringing up every problem and every anxiety with which I have beem wrestling all day and without being irritated over again at the mistakes and blunders my employes have made, and without being troubled apain about notes that are coming due, or competitors who are getting ahead of me, or something else that bothers me, and so I put it all away from me and we talk about what she and the children have been doing and our plahs for some pleasure, or books, or our friends, or whatnot. Anything and everything but business. “It isn’t that T don’t trust my wife and haven't respect for her opinion. It is just that I can’t bear the burden all the time. and forget about it, or else I could not go on with it.” So that is one man’s point of view and no doubt a lot of other men feel | the same way about it. It is natural, of. cour: know about her husband'’s affairs, inasmuch as her well being is bound up in them. And as & general thing, when the wife is sencible and reasonable it is & good thing for her husband to make her his confidante for both of their sakes. 1t enables her to know better how to manage her end, which is the spending end of the partnership, and it equips her better to take care of what he bequeaths her if he leaves her a widow. Also just talking things over with his wife often clarifies the situation in a man’s mind, and atop of that is the undisputable fact that many women have keen business brains and their advice is not to be scorned. —_— ] As to why husbands hate to be asked questions, that is because they are human and every mother’s son and daughter of us resents being put through the third degree more than anything else on earth Probably there is no other one thing that wives do that so irritates their husbends as being incarnate ques- tionnaires and catechising them about everything that they have dome and seen and thought during the day. I have never seen & person yet who didn't Tesent being asked: Where have you been? Where are you going? What are you going to do? Why are you going there? Whom did you see? What did he say? What did you pay for that? And so on, and on, and cn. If you want to find out anything from your husband, don’t prod him with questions. Wait and he will tell you in his own good time, but you will n-t corkscrew the information out of him, DO DIX. (Copyright, 1981.) that a wife should wish to I once heard a successful busi- | I bave to lay it down | ’ WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Putent Office. When the “Home Safety Ofl Man" delivered lamp oil at our doors in ‘Washington? Date-Pecan Pie. Beat two-thirds cupful of sugar with two egg yolks, add one cupful of dates and half a cupful of pecan meats, both then the two beaten egg whites and | cne cuptul ‘of sweet milk. Mix all to- | gether well and pour into an unbaked crust. Bake in a slow oven until the custard is firm. When cold serve with | whipped cream. These proportions are | enough to make two pies. Peas With Pork. Cut four ounces of pork into small bits. Put one tablespoonful of butter into a saucepan over the fire. When the butter is melted add the pork and cook gently until a light brown, then add half a cupful of water, one quart of peas, two small white onions and a pinch of pepper. This is a good way ;ln %.ook peas that are a little old and AT Cornmeal Puffs. Cook one-third cupful of cornmeal with one - int of milk, four tablespoon- fuls of sugar and half a teaspoonful of salt for 15 minutes. When cool add four eggs, well beaten. Bake in cups after add‘ .g a little grated nutmeg, if ;ieflred. Serve with stewed fruit or jam. cut fine; one teaspoonful of cinnamon, FEATURES. BY WILLIAM What, No Sleep? Please print ths cause of insomnia. T lie awake till all hours, then when time to get up I can sleep.—(Mrs. F. W.) Many causes may prevent sleep. L;l;:d stamped envelope bearing your ress and mention your trouble. If u do not say you have insomn: ice will be sent. (What I mean is t I cannot offer such advice except to the individual who has the trouble.) Some correspondents, forgetting that this is a health column, just name a disease or ailm*nt and then wonder why I fail to offer any advice about it. Others are evidently merely indulging a or abet such curiosity. Thyrodism. I am & woman 28 years old and have two children, I have had thyrodism for four years. Have taken the rest cure (six weeks in bed) and that helped me but didn't cure me. I am now taking X-ray treatments. Have had nine but can see no effect. Will X-ray treat- ments cure goiter?>—(Mrs. M. C. J.) A. General rest cure regime, just such as is so effective in the treatment of tuberculosis, is best. Even if you can't have bed rest there are a great many little elements in your daily life which may be adjusted to give what doctors know as physiological rest—and only your cector can do this. X-ray treatment is helpful in many cases, Do not seek a cure. Your trouble, like tuberculosis, is arrested, not cured. Asthma and Hay Fever. For many years I had a mild form of | 2sithma and hay fever, which did not | keep me from work, but made me most uncomfortable. I took your calcium morbid curlosity, and I decline to aid | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BRADY, M. D. lactate treatment and have | extraordinary relief. I would like to | your jodin ration for my general wel | being. MRS. J. 8. Answer.—Anyway, calcium lactate is | harmless to take, provided it doesn't up= {set the stomach. It is evidently |ficial in many cases of asthma, fever, migraine. recurring or giant hives. Ten ‘grains may be taken after food three times daily with a glassful of water for 60 days. (Copyright, 1931) Hot Chocolate. Melt two squares of checolate, add three tablespoonfuls of sugar and twd cupfuls of cold water and neat to the boiling point. Cook for 15 minutes #al a double boiler. Add two cupfuls of milk_and heat again. Remove fi the fire as soor: as the boiling point reached. Place for Dilhplnt To save reaching under the drain board to get th> dishpan from a nail, which is the usual place for putting one housewife has had a shelf b under the dra... board just low eno to hold the dishpan, rinsing pan drainer /here they may be reached. e Thrift Ide Do not throw away the small ends and bits of candles. They are excellent for helping to kindle a fire. Cut them into small pieces and distribute them among the kindling. They will cause the fire to burn up much quicker. RANULATED INDISPENSABLE fo baking rdy carton ““Sweeten it with D pre candy-making erving, In and 5 ong cotton ba mino American Sugar Refining Company FOOD PROBLEMS BY!SALLY MONROE. Testing Fat. When hot fat begins to smoke, drop in an inch cube of bread, from soft part of loat, and if in 40 seconds it is golden brown, the fat is then of right tem- perature for frying any cooked mixture. Use the same test for uncooked mix- tures, allowing one minute for bread to brown. To clarify fat, melt. add raw potato cut in_quarter-inch slices, and allow fat to heat gradually. When it ceases 10 bubble and potatoes are well browned, strain through double cheese-cloth, placed over wire strainer, into & pan. The potat collects some of the sedi- ment, the remainder settling te the bottom of the kettle. A handkerchief used during a cold carries infection back to nose and mouth each time it's used again and destroy irritation is impossible. So fnex- pensive that you use a fresh tissue each time, then discard. Each tis- sue that touches your face is clean and fresh. Kleenex will materially reduce your laundry bill. The ideal handkercief for chil- dren. Ask for Kleenex at any drug, dry goods or department store. In three sizes: 25 cents, 50 cents and $1.00. If you have not tried Kleenex, send for a free trial package to the Kleenex Company, Lake Michi- gan Bldg, Chicago, IlL Bacteriological tests show: 4. That handkerchiefs used by persons haviog colds may contain as many as 4,170,000 germs per handkerchi 2 Th i representative hen Ch of appreciably inhibited from gro These reports are based on tests performed in the laboratories of Dr. Bertram Feuer, Chicago bacteriologist, KLEENE)( Disposable TISSUES ] IN OLD FAVORITES Schneider’s | DAN-DEE LOAF Schneider’s MILK-MALT LOAF Schneider’s SPLIT-TOP LOAF Made in One of America’s Finest Bakeries Made Under Ideal Sanitary Conditions Made of the Purest and Costliest Ingredients arles Schneider Co. ON BAKERY