Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1931, Page 29

WOMAN’S PAGE Beads in Warm Weather Styles BY MARY B H beads to string prepare now! rough your boxes of knick- ks and your bureau drawers and e & _collection of all the strings of short or long, necklace or choker, let's see what can be done about them useful in your £ gé g warm-weather wardrobe. To begin with you will need some silk to string them on or if you like you may use| dental floss, and for the shorter neck- laces you will need a few clasps, which can be bought for a very small price. Many of the new necklaces show in- teresting combinations of different sorts of beads, so the chances are that you will be able to combine some of your beads to advantage. Possibly you wvill want to buy a string of inexpensive 'BEDTIME STORIES Battle for a Home. ere comes & time when fight we must, ause we know ou~ cause is just. Yellow Wing the Flicker. Speckles the Starling has sald that he wanted to fight. He was having it now. Yellow Wing the Flicker has a Jong, sharp bill, & stout bill with which he cuts holes in trees and poles and posts. That bill is not only a tool, but also a weapon and Yellow Wing can strike quite as hard with it in fighting a8 in working. Speckies scon found | this out, and after he had felt that bill once or twice he became more careful. Yellow Wing clung to the telegraph Just below the doorway of his new with claws and points of his FILLED THE DOORWAY WITH HER LONG, | SHARP BILL NEITHER OF THOSE STARLINGS COULD GET IN. $n a stiff point. He was fighting a de- fensive battle and his head, with its beautiful red band across the back, Junged this way and that way as Speckles and Mrs. Speckles flew at| him. The Starlings were a little smaller | Yellow Wing, but they more than | de up for this by the quickness of | their movements. Yellow Wing is nat- urally a little slow and clumsy. Besides, | Shey were two to one. | Mrs. Yellow Wing could take no part| the fight because she did not dare ve the house unoccupied, As long as| she filled the doorway, or protected it from within with her long sharp bill, meither of those Starlings could get in. .~ Poor Yellow Wing was @oing his best, but he was in a. poor position for fighting; he was getting much the worst of it. While he was | striking at Speckles there would be a chance for Mrs. Speckles to dash in and | strike him from the other side. | the “This is our house; we built it!”| Mhrieked Mrs. Yellow Wing. “Go away | and leave us alone you house-stealing | foreigners!” Now it wasn't true that Speckles and Mrs. Speckles were foreigners, for they | had been hatched from eggs laid in the | Ol Orchard. Speckles from a nest in| & hollow in an old apple tree and Mrs. | Bpeckles from & nest in a box put up for some one else by Farmer Brown 3 Yellow Wing meant ‘was that they were not natives. The Starling family is not an American family and has no business here. So the Starlings are regarded as foreigners | by the other feathered folk, and no one | will have anything to do with them if | it can be helped. They are looked on with much the same feeling as Bully the English Sparrow and his family are Fegarded. “That house was empty when we found it, so we had a perfect right to take it,” retorted Mrs. Speckles, making & sudden dash at Mrs. Yellow Wing. ‘No such thing!” retorted Mrs. Yel- low Wing, striking back. “My nest was | ‘There afe for every human being | the classification of perfumes, if by | gent emanation from the small |ers on the roof of the forest and the MARSHALL. chalk-white beads to break up and use in connection with some of your colored beads. The sketch shows some of the new necklaces that may help you in making over old ones. A new trick is to string the beads in single strand arrangement at the back with a three-strand ar- rangement at the front. Another new type of necklace con- sists of two or three strands of graded lengths. You may have a number of chokers that may be made use of in this way. One of the newest necklaces of this sort consists of a strand of | chalk-white beads, then one of red and then one of black, the white c\rclmz; the neck, with the red a little larger | and the black largest of all. Red coral is combined with black beads or turquoise and white coral is combined with metal or colored beads of all sorts. Large beads and square plaques are used to give weight to neck- laces at the front and rondels are placed between beads for the sake of variety. Household Methods BY BETSY CALLISTER. “I do hope you can help me to restore | the old finish to some fine old family furniture that has just come into my ossession, Some members of the fam- y foolishly varnished it and to begin With I suppose I will have to remove the varnish, which gives it a shiny ap- pearance that I do not like. I do not want to use varnish remover if it will injure the finish of the wood in any way. What would you suggest?”—E. R. MThP best thing would be to send the furniture to an expert and have him do it. But if this is out of the question you can get good results in the follow- ing way without running the risk of injuring the wood: Apply the varnish remover and let it stay on about 15 minutes. Then rub off the remover and the varnish with soft cloths and wash off with wood alcohol. Then soak a clean cloth in lemon oil and sprinkle a little powdered pumice on the wood and rub with the lemon oil, working with the grain of the wood. After this rub with a good furniture wax, and leave a generous coat of wax on the fur- niture for an hour. Then rub gently | with the grain of the wood with a soft cloth. ' (Copyright, 1931) BY THORNTON W. BURGESS | the top of Mrs. Yellow Wing's head. But Speckles was very much en- gaged with Yellow Wing at that mo- | ment and by the time he could come to her aid it was too late. Some feathers |had come out and Mrs. Speckles had | lost her grip. By this time news of the | fight had reached the Old Orchard and | all the neighbors were hurrying over to | watch it. All were shrieking encourage- | ment and advice to the Yellow Wings, | but no cne offered to help. It really | wasn't their business, you know, and it |never is wise to mix in a neighbor- hood quarrel. Finally Speckles dashed in from one side and Mrs. Speckles dashed in from | the other sis the same time. They | struck Yellow Wing together. He lost his hold and all three tumbled to the ground. Such a mix-up as followed! | Pirst one was cn top, and then another. The feathers flew and none of the on- lockers could tell who was getting the best of it. They gathered in a circle around the fighters, all screaming_ex- | citedly. Speckles had wanted a fight and he certainly was getting it. Yes sir, he was getting it. Mrs. Yellow Wing was leaning so far out her doorway that it was a wonder she didn't tumble out. She was scream- ing encouragement to Yellow Wing and growing more and more excited every minute. Presently she saw that Yellow Wing was getting the worst of it, and quite forgetting the need of guarding that doorway, flew down to aid him. (Copyrizht, 1031, SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. odors that mean home and happiness, and they do not necessarily come under that is meant a honeyed and penetrat- ing sweetness, like the sort that comes out of a bottle. And every nature lover would rather be able to breathe the aroma of lichen and moss and fern than all the distillations of the Paris perfumers, Now in the woods a little flower begins to open its strange blossoms, and nobody, I suppose, would grant that it had a perfume, in the way that roses and jonquils have perfume. Nothing £0 elegant—a mere smell. But the pun- red trillium that holds up its petals, stiff as three little soldiers, is a fragrance pecullarly dear to me. It makes me think of the white-throat's song of farewell, of the cardinal's shout of Joy in the Spring, of the rush of show- smell of wood smoke in old country kitchens. There are trilllums that have ex- quisite perfumes and some that smell badly. There are great white ones and e species called painted trillilums. Here in the District we have only the small red species, with the leaves mot- tled in three shades of green. There are always three leaves, three sepals, three petals, three styles and twice three stamens. It has the perfect tri- symmetric ver design, hence its name, tri-lium. Country people call it wake Tobin, and John Burroughs named a book of nature essays after it Following the_color-blind writers of books, I have, I see, referred to the flower as red. But, in truth, the petals | are maroon, and the fragrance that arises from them is a little like that of crushed strawberries and lemon pleas- antly blended. The odd thing is that several other flowers, at opposite ends of the kingdom of the flowering plants, have the same odor end the same ma- roon-colored, fleshy petals. Among them are the strawberry-bush or sweet- | shrub” or calycanthus, which is not found nearer than the Blue Ridge, and the pawpaw flower, which is in bloom | in_marshy woods of the District now. I have asked many botanists to ex plain to me why the color maroon in it.” “Nest!” sghrieked Mrs. Speckles. Do you call a lot of chips a ? Help me pull her out of there, Speckles! Help me pull her out. Mrs. Speckles had managed by a sud- den dash to get hold of the feathers on of brillian should be accompanied in flowers by this strawberry-lemon odor, but without | recelving a satisfactory answer. | | e { | More than 17,000,000,000 postage stamps are issued annually in the | United States. H | dotted in blue is so effective. jar Daint your q wish hot ind tea Sweeten it with Domino’’ Listen to the Domino Suger Orchestra every WIZ, WBZA, WBZ, WHAM, WBAL, KDKA, WGAR, WIR, WL\ evening ot 9.30 KYW, KWK, WREN MJ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. If you an’ puppy wants me to butter you a slice, why don't you say so? 'Stead ob standin' there lookin’ wis'ful at me. (Copyright, 1931.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Rain. Sailers and firemen often have colds in the hed but they never carry a um- brella no matter how hard its raining, while men with rubbers and old ladies always carry a umbrella even if it ony looks part ways cloudy and catch cold the same as everybody elts. This proves life is short and the ony thing to do is act naturel and take a chancs. Ducks think the weather is perfeck on a rainy day and are never absilutely comfortable unless their feet are wet, while on the other hand human beans think wet feet are one of the werst sines they can have, especially if they get sneezy at the same time. This proves your ideers depend on the | way you are brawt up. | Soine people are sure its going to| rain just because theres one cloud in the sky looking for more, while others wunt to bet its not going to rain even | if its been thundering all day and a drop comes down and hits them on the nose. But no matter what they bleeve, | if they get cawt out In it the taller charges them the same price to press their clothes. This proves we are all born equal. No matter how good of a argewer & fellow is, he generally has to stay in the house when it rains even if he .has a raincot, gunr boots and a umbrella as a result of different presents. This proves riches are useless with- out independents. THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Here's a darling bolero dress that| wins instant approval with the little mademoiselle. | It is a printed wool challis in a /| fascinating mixture of soft yellow and | blue. The cute tuck-in blouse shows | striking contrast in yellow batiste ac-| cented by blue buttons. | The all-around box-plaited skirt| sways so prettily and affords such per- fect freedom. It is smart not only for immediate wear but may be worn all through the Summer for cool mornings, for resort. Btyle No. 2987 is designed for the miss of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. The 8-year size requires 2'% yards of 39-inch material for bolero and skirt and 1% yards of 39-inch material for blouse. Sports weight linen in “guardsman” blue with white handkerchief linen Wool jersey, wool crepe, pique, ging- ham plaids, cotton bro-dcm dflnl'.y lprinlu and rayon novelties make up ovely. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star'’s New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avénue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. Our large fashion book shows the latest Paris has to offer in clothes for the matron, the stout, the miss and the children. _Also a series of dressmaking articles. It is a book that will save you money. Price of book 10 cents. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Shall the Boy in Love With a Crippled Girl Marry Her Despite His Friends’” Warnings? DEAR MISS DIX—I am in love with a girl whose misfortune it is to be htly crippled. She wouldn't take a beauty prize, but she is very talent and she has a knack of holding her tongue and tem have never had a quarrel in all our courtship, and she is the on! . We 19 girl T have ever been able to get along with. But we are pretty miserable be- cause of what our friends say. Mine say that I am a fool to tie myself down to her, and that I could capture some beauty who was fond of dancing; sports, etc., and her friends say she will be lucky if she lands me. Are our friends right? If I go tinue to cause trouble? Answer—Who is marrying the going to live with your wife, they or ou to be pleased in the kind of woman you expect to portant thing is for spend the balance of your life with, ahead and marry her, will they con- BOY FROM IOWA. girl, your friends or you? Who is you? It seems to me that the im- and that it is ncbody else’'s business. So my advice to you, is to tell your meddling friends this, and to go slong and marry the girl you love, and live happily ever afterward. ‘That she is slightly crippled is, of course, a misfortune, but you should be glad that it is only a physical blemish and not one in her character or disposition. You will have a million a success if your wife is lame in her in her temper. 1t 1s strange how much greater in women than women do in men. chances more of your marriage being leg than you would if she were lame stress men lay upon bodily perfection A woman would not raise the point that you do, nor would her friends think that she was sacrificing herself when she married a crippled ma: possessed of all the other good qualities, as is this girl friend of yours. if he was fine and intelligent and She would look at his soul and not at his warped body, and she would love him all the better and be all the tenderer to him because of his mis- fortune. No girl refuses to go out with a man because he is homely, or to dance with him because he has carroty hair and no eyebrows and a pug-nose. No wife falls out of love with her husband because he has grown fat and bald-headed, but a homely girl can sit at home and suck her thumbs for- ever before a boy will notice her and ask her for a date. No boy cuts in on the dances of a red-headed, freckle-faced maiden, and plenty of men think their wives' weight and gray halr sufficlent excuse for Yorsaking them for flappers. You say that your friends thin was a good dancer and swimmer and fond of sports. k you could marry some beauty who Probably you could. But beauty is the poorest thing in the world that a man can marry for, because that is something that a woman is bound to lose in a few years. Nor are a girl's ability to dance and her skill at sports attractions that come under the head of good investments, for there is a very short time when we care for dancing or for sprinting around a tennis court or chasing a golf ball. As a matter of fact, the first baby knocks all of these divers- fons for a goal, for the mothers who take proper care of their youngsters seldom figure much on either the ball room floor or the links. ‘The girl who is intelligent and talented, who is sympathetic and understanding, wro is sweet-tempered and knows how to hold her temper and her tongue, and who understands a man well enough to know how to handle him even before marriage, has the attractions that never fail. ‘They hold her husband long after the beauty's good looks are gone and the dancer has ceased to know the last step and the girl who was good at sport’s has forgotten her games. DOROTHY DIX. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. FROM musty files in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress there comes the story of a perhaps hitherto unchronicled incident of Ad- miral Perry's his- toric expedition in 1854 to open the isolated empire of Japan to western commerce. The document, written by John Glendy Sproston, was found by & woman engaged in preparations for the establishment of a Japanese division in the library. Spros- ton was an officer in the expedition. It was March 28. ‘The United States squadron lay at an- chor off Uraga, and negotiations were progressing toward a treaty. Four Japanese ships approach- ed. Japanese commissioners sought and received permission to visit the admiral’s | flagship. “Pive or six officers from this ship| (the Macedonian), I among them,” | wrote Sproston, “started in a boat for | the flag ship. * * * On the quarter deck were arranged tables, or I might say ! a table, for they were placed so as to, form one'co.ntlnuous array of deli- “Having walked 'round the ship, they | (the Japanese) descended into the cabin with the commander and the captain. “Their retainers remained on deck | MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Stewed Figs Wholewheat Cooked Cereal with C: Team French Toast, Maple Birup Coffee LUNCHEON. Creamed Eggs on Toast Celery Pickles Btuffed Prune Salad Sponge Drops Tea DINNER. Cream of Celery Soup Baked Beef Loaf, Brown Gravy Delmonico_Potatoes Green Beans Watercress and Tomato Salad French Dressing Spanish Cream Coffee FRENCH TOAST. | Two eggs, half cup milk, half six large slices slightly, add salt and milk. bread in mixture until covered on both sides. Pry in a little hot melted butter on & hot greased griddle. Serve with sirup. PRUNE SALAD. ‘Wash large prunes and soak over night. Put on stove and simmer until tender. When cool, remove pits and stuff with cream cheese. Roll in chopped nuts and serve on lettuce leaves with French dressing. SPANISH CREAM. One pint milk, two eggs, half cup sugar, half envelope gelatin. Soak gelatin in half scant cup cold water for two minutes, then add one pint milk and beaten egg yolks. Cook like soft custard, take from stove and flavor, cool slightly and then beat in whites of eggs, beat thoroughly. Turn into molds and cool, put on ice. Serve with cream. If made in morning, will do for luncheon. (Copyright, 1931) and joined us in the onslaught on the numerous edibles there displayed. Champagne, sherry, port, whisky punch and, in fact, every kind and quality of wine or liquor that come first to hand satisfied their wants. “A rather tall and gaunt Japanese that sat next to me drank them all and was, of course, rather merry afterward. ‘The various toasts of the evening were ‘Japan and California, may th°y be united by steam and commerce’ and ‘The ladies of Japan, may be become better acquainted with them.’ “In the course of the afternoon the commodore made his appearance on deck with the commissioners and said: ‘Gentlemen, we will now adjourn to hear the minstrels.” “A profound silence followed by a shrill whistle from one of the Japanese followed this. “The commodore looked grave one appreciate a joke less than he does). However, all hands proceeded to the place of amusement. * * * I thought that the commissioners would have died with suppressed laughter (for they never laughed out, as we did) * * ¢ “I looked, and to my astonishment saw an arm placed affectionately around the commodore’s neck, the arm (no being that of the chief commissioner | (what will not champagne do?). “And thus closed a day's amuse- ment.” The next entry that Sproston made was the simple statement: “This day has the treaty of amity and friendship been signed.” JOLLY POLLY A Tosioiiin Waglishs BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. JUNIOR, WHO USUALLY DOES GOOO IN SCHOOL, WAS ASKED BY HIS TEACHER TO DEFINE “STABILITY.” HE ANSWERED, “STABILITY MEANS TAKING CARE OF - A STABLE M. E. Y.—“Junlor does well in school” (or “does good work in school”) is the required form, not “Junior does good e writes " not “He writes good.’ 'om did well In business,” not “Tom did good in business.” “I don't feel well” not “I don't feel gocd.” “She draws well for a beginner,” not “She draws good.” Fifteen areas of forest reserve, em- bracing about 1,750,000 acres, have been set aside in Californ: SPICK-AND-SPAN milk FROM A SPICK-AND-SPAN dairy THE .aristocratic, spick-and- span trimness of Chevy Chase Milk, when our salesman de-~ livers it to you in the famous cream-top bottle, is a natural outcome of the efficiency and cleanliness of the spick-and- span Chevy Chase Dairy. You can be absolutely certain of the high quality of our District of Columbia Health Depart- ment Inspected Milk. When you drink it, you know it’s as good as it looks—rich, whole- some, nourishing, pure. Telephone West 0183 Wise Brothers CHEVY CHASE DAJRY}QL 1931. «~n Into the port of old Manila steams a man-o'-war. The captain gives the order and the sallors come ashore. might as well retire,” says Puff; “no one will Jook at me When every way you turn a uniform is all you see.” d FEATURES Straight Talks to Wo What Wife Should Know. business affairs, they are often sub-| jected to hardships upon their bands’ deaths. corporation may swindle the widow. ‘There is no sensible reason why a wife should not know what to do when her husband dies. If she cannct understand verbal instructions, she should have her husband put in writing just where and how she will starld. Frequently there are family lawyers and friends to safe- guard the widow, but as frequently there are not. Wives talk these matters over with, their husbands every night. A wl(e{ owes it not only to herself, but to her | children as well, to know these vital| facts. In cases where the husband fis| a salaried worker, there is little to| know—simply that his insurance is paid up, that any benefits accruing | may be collected and that he is not owed any back pay or bonuses. Men in the service of Federal, State or city governments are sometimes en- titled 'to some sort of a death benefit, and in a few cases their wives may be entitled to their pensions. Shares in cc- operative stores, loan associations and the like may o3 be liquidated by the — Fig Custard. Take one pound of best cooking figs, four eggs, two large cupfuls of milk, and one dessert spocnful of sugar. Wipe the figs with a damp cloth and split them. Butter a plain mold large enough to hold this quantity, and line it with the split figs. Arrange them with the seed sides up. Chop up any that are left. Pour the milk, wnich has been brought to a boll, cnto the beaten eggs and sugar, and some cornstarch, which has been previously mo'stened in'a little Add the’ chopped figs and pour very carefully into the mold. Cover with butter paper and steam gently until m. Hungarian Goulash. Cut 2 pounds of beef into pleces about an inch square and put them into a saucepan wiih three pints cf water, two chopped onions, two chop- ped carrots, a teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet and good seasonings. Simmer for an hour before thickening the gravy and adding two tablespoonfuls each of Chili sauce and tomato catsup. Let of paprika and serve with boiled rice and baked tomatoe Leather Furniture. Leather-covered furniture, screens. boxes or books can be kept in perfect condition during damp weather by rub- | bing the leather frequently with a dry, soft flannel sprinkled with ofl of cloves, which prevent®' the growth of those | minute vegetables that form mould. Corn Chowder. cold milk, just enough to thicken right. | simmer for another hour, add a dash| | widow. Membc¥hip in workmen's be- | nevolent socteties ‘may conter benefits also. Unless there has been & previous agreement in most States, a partner- ship is dissolved upon the death of one of ‘the partners. The business may | either be liquidated or the surviving | partner may buy out the interest of the | deceased one. Husbands should keep in thelr compartments of the safe an up-to-date statement of the condition |of their bustnesses. 1 Widows experience their greatest dif- | flculties in cases where their husbands are officers in closed corporations. Their stock usually has little market value, |and a corporation may wait indefinitely |to redeem the stock or eall it in. If others will not buy it, the widow may Brown bread spread with “Phil- adelphia” Cream Cheese and raisins. Whole wheat bread with this nourishing cream cheese and . Good with fruit or cook- Cut two slices.of salt pork into small | pleces, heat them and add a sliced | onion. Cook for five minutes. Add six | parboiled potatoes and a pint of boil- ing water and cook until the potatoes are soft. Then add a can of corn,| half a pint of hot milk, pepper and salt, | |and heat to the boiling point. Bervei with large, plain biscuits. THE fascinating thing, says Jack Mulhall. “Ieiie woman’s most en- ; dearing JACK MULHALL ‘one of Hollywood's most tal- on . cor- some esting things to eay about feminine charm. fifteen years ago! “I should think every woman would learn their complexion secret. Youthfu] The caress of dollar-a-cake French soap ““‘And nowadays birthdays don’t seem to matter at all! A woman keeps that glowing, youth- ful charm at almost any age! “Every day here in Hollywood I meet actresses famous for their charm—more alluring now than they were ten or even ies, too. Children love “Philadel- phia.” And it’s so pure . . so wholesome. Never sold in bulk. Fresh . . in the small foil package plainly marked *Philadelphia” Brand A KRAFT-PHEN YOU CAN ESCAPE MASK OF AGE be left temporaril whatsoever. For that reason more Because women are commonly Sup- | more men in such corporations have | posed to know or understand little about | standing agreements. men About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. without any funds and If one dies, the others must either buy up his stock or wind up the busie hus- | ness within a definite period of time. Unfamillar with their | The widow usually must give 30 days' business interests and holdings, it is|notice before trying to sell the easily seen that a dishonest partner or | — " Uplnolsiery EASE and dirt spots “grind R G o’ destroying the fabric. Remove spots with Energine— it's easy and sure. Works like magic—fabric looks new—wears longer. Energine dries instantly —leaves no odor or regrets. Large can 35c—all druggists. 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