Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1931, Page 24

WOMAN’S PAGE Cross-Stitch and Embroidery BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. . S S THE DESIGN CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO ANY WEAVE OF MATERIAL BY THE METHOD DESCRIBED. Cross-stitch patterns embroidered on canvas can have the background filled in with the stitchery or the background can be left unworked. It all depends upon what the foundation textile is. If it is regulation cross-stitch canvas, both design and background must be covered with embroidery. There are varieties of canvas, however, which are ‘woven in such a manner that they are good looking and sufficiently close woven to be left visible without detri- ment. There are also. heavy weaves of textiles, such as monk’s cloth, in which warp and weft cross at right angles with the precision of canves, but with- out the holes, and these require no filled-in background. The stitches are taken over squares of crossing threads exactly as through cross-stitch capvas. One of the quaint old ways of trans- ferring canvas cross-stitch designs to any kind of textile is again in vogue. The canvas is positioned on the textile and basted to it so that the design when worked through both canvas and textile will be in the desired place. After the design is embroidered the canvas threads are withdrawn or the canvas is deftly cut away along the outlines of the design so that no ends show. This method will be remembered as a tavorite one for ornamenting chair seats and footstool tops. The back- ground textile often was heavy satin or broadcloth with its satin finish. This method is recommended for the same purposes today. It was in connection with the em- broidering of the tandem coach pattern that various ways of doing cross-stitch were promised. Today I am glad to notify readers that the reprint of this pattern is ready for any who inclose 10 cents (preferably a coin) and a self- addressed and stamped envelope with a request directed to Lydia Le Baron Walker, care of this paper. The de- mand was so great that the first print- ing of the patterns was exhausted long | before all requests could be filled. . All these patterns have now been sent, and other orders can be filled. I ap- preciate the kindly patience of those who had to have delayed replies. This tandem coach pattern is pri- marily a needlework silhouette picture jfor a wall decoration. It is designed to be worked in cross-stitch in one color against a contrasting background of the same stitchery. Today I have shown (how it can be used with equal success |on any kind of background textile, worked or unworked. Its uses are many. | It can form the lining for a glass- | topped tray or table. It is delightful to use for ornamenting |linen (or other textile) *“catch-alls” used by travelers. These “catch-alls” are a revival of old-time traveling bags popular in the days of coach traveling, hence the appropriateness of the de- sign to this use or on any textile trav- eling accessory. I shall be glad to give {dn‘ecuum for making “catch-alls” if | enough _readers express the wish for |them. The bags are just the things to | take on vacation trips. . | (Copyright, 1031) What Golf Does to Figure BY CHARLOTTE C. WEST, M. D. THE girl of today is not satisfied with the feeble games to which she was relegated in former years. She is defi- nitely committed to sports for all there | is in it to her by way of apausement, enjoyment, social contacts, health and ® more beautiful development. Golf makes its appeal as a delightful form of physical and mental recreation and as a general beautifier to the novice or recruit in sports because there are no stipulated requirements. Any one capa- ble of walking can engage in golf. One of the advantageous features of the game is that one can play mildly, using little effort, or one can be as strenuous and as vigorous as one’s strength per- mits. Golf is a marvelous sport for those of sedentary habits. After being con- fined to the desk, the office, or any occupation which keeps one indoors for NANCY PAGE Wash Dresses Are Expensive in Upkeep. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Grace and Joan worked side by side in the same office, took the same car home and ate at the same tea room or cafeteria day after day. They were known as the inseparable. They did have the sense, though, not to dress alike. That foolish custom al- ways makes the two girls look juvenile. Twins may wear the same kind of clothes, but two office or play mates need to keop their individualities dis- tinct. Clothes to fit the wearer are smarter than clothes just alike because the “girl friend” has them. But the two girls were agreed on this —that wash clothes are an expensive luxury for the girl who boards 6r who does not have a laundress always at hand. During the noon hour they looked over fashion magazines. They decided that a two-time outfit was & good investment. For instance, they could start with a jacket, made, let us say, of black flat crepe. Using the same pattern they could have ‘both a black flat crepe dress made and one of a black and white print. The upper part of this one would be .of white, or of the new fashionable “ice green,” which is really a sort of dirty white. The jacket goes with either dress, making two separate and differ- ent appearing outfits. The girls were in favor of cap sleeves for office wear. Incidentally they are exceedingly “smart” this year. chose white fabric gloves, another eco- nomical touch which is “smart.” With en outfit such as this the girls debided Mack best. 1 shoes would go hours at & stretch, one is imbued with new life, new energy on being trans- | planted to the green, there to enter into | the many-sided activities required by | this game. Tor golf embraces several forms of | exercise in one—the various postures of the body assumed in playing the game, walking and enforced breathing. As a panacea for indigestion and con- | stipation this particular form of sports | has no equal. Indigestion was until | recent years regarded as a national af- fliction, but I have no doubt it will be lorgely eliminated through universal golfing, which brings into play the di- gestive organs, and exercises especially the diaphragm, that powerful muscle of respiration. Formerly physicians sent their ner- vous patients for the rest cure, or, this not being possible, advised massage and passive exercise at home. Today such patients are sent to the links, golf being recognized as the remedy par excellence for the overwrought victims of nervous conditions. And it is plain to be seen why golf is so beneficial a health measure. Be- ginners forget themselves in the neces- sary concentration on the ball. Mean- while, raising and lowering the body from the hips, turning and twisting for The tiring of the muscles with the oxy- genation of the blood induces profound sleep and the nervous system. is gradu- ally regenerated. The aeration of the blodd and the general purification of the entire sys- tem improve the complexion. A nat ural glow is imparted to the skin, the eyes become clear and bright, and the use of cosmetics is found to be superfiu- ous. Indeed, the girl who is devoting more time to outdoor recreation finds to her great joy that she has little need for the hitherto ubiquitous powder puff and lipstick. Nobody is 100 per cent physically fit, but to those who are decidedly below par and to those past middle life a word of warning must be said on un- dertaking golf. At first, do not attempt to play the game. Simply walk in the fresh air, ?l:ndlmg the clubs to get the “feel” of em. Practice putting a little and rest. Do this consistently at every opportunity, gradually increasing your efforts. Even though walking on the green is done in leisurely fashion, the constant breathing of fresh air, together with the postures assumed in golfing, reveals the secret of golf as a health and beauty measure. Golf is a wonderful game as a form of physical culture for overcoming lo- calized imperlections. The turning and twisting called for in driving reduce the waist and hips, while the same action develops the shoulders and arms. Indeed, strenuous woman golfers are very apt to over- develop the shoulders and upper arms. Any game which is fun increases its health value. A sport which is endured; rather than enjoyed, fails in its mission. Golf owes much of its success to the Tact that it has a habit of taking such a hold on the people who play it that they become more interested in going around in par than in the pounds they have lost or gaired. Apple Muffins. ‘These are excellent. To make & dozen sift together two cupfuls of flour, five teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoonful of salt and one tablespoon- ful of sugar. Add one cupful of milk and one beaten egg and mix well. To this add four tablespoonfuls of melted fat. Drop spoonfuls of this mixture {nto greased muffin tins, add a tablespoonful of apple sauce to each muffin, and then cover the sauce with more of the muffin mixture. Bgke about 25 minutes in a moderately hot oven. Ki o8, ¢ Mosquitoes, most House~ holdPests” the drive, all tend to stabilize the nerves., I bave a soclological relative who decided to make a study of American holidays, just in the same spirit with which one might make a collection of Rumanian harvest customs and festivals. After a lapse of some years she has very little on paper, and I am wondering it is because there are so few Americ: holidays. Midsummer comes upon us, and, so far as I know, it goes unmarked by any celebrations, except the spontaneous d’e? of youngsters for whom school is ended. Little girls on roller skates, or crossing Mall to the swimming 1, their bathing suits rolled under their arms, are expressing themselves freely and joyfully and naturally. Only the ladles in art smocks suppose that they are freely and naturally expressing them- selves while doing one-two-an heel- and-toe in wooden shoes. An appreciation of nature in this day and age begins in an intelligent child who 'is intelligently educated through science. On Midsummer’s day I takea globe in a dark room with a candle in it and explain to my son why Midsum- mer is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere, when the sun never sets at the North Pole, and why it is the short- est day and the longest night in the Southern Hemisphere. His eyes sparkle; he understands perfectly; he tells it back to his mother. Next year he may have forgotten it, but I'll repeat the illustrated lecture. By the time he gets to school it will he stored under his " Siroe, G060 n n Europe, 10,000 years ago perhaps, | they lighted bonfires on Midsummer’s Eve in honor of the sun god, Belen, at the height of his power. To this day i Provence the custom is kept up, an lovers jump over the fire together in a symbol of old lovers' rites. The chil- ;jrer:! also do it, a boy and a girl holding hands. THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE A printed crepe silk all-day dress— ever so youthful, with its tiny vest of white eyelet mousseline. It adds such refreshing newness. The bodice ,is given a slight cowl effect caught With a knotted trimming plece of -self-fabric at the front. Simi- lar trim appears on the short banded slezves. to_the snugness through the hips. Style No. 3021 is designed for sizes 16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Size 36 requires 3! yards of 39- inch material with % yard of 35-inch contresting. For resort pastel flat washable crepes 'silk i stunning, particularly in yellow, pink, green and blue. Cotton- mesh may also be used for this model and is a favorite sports fabric. Linen, novelty pique, chiffon prints and eyel°t batiste are attractive. For a pattern of this style, send 15 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star's New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, New York. Vacation days are here again! So nearly here, at least, that it's time fonyou to b2 thinking about your Sum- mer wardrobe. & We've prepared a book to help you plan for the most colorful fashion period of the year—a book that offers the best selection of styles for the season for the adult, miss, stout and child, and helps the reader to economize. You can save $10 cents for this book. e edition is limited, so we suggest that you send 10 cents in stamps or coin today for your copy to. Fashion Department. Price of | book, 10 cents. ANITARY protection is closely related to your health.: You need absolute assurance of cleanli- ness, through and through. This assurance you have with Kotex. But how abour the dozens of nameless substitutes? How are they made? Where? By whom? How do you know they're fit for this intimate use? o Take no chances! Refuse ques- tionable substitutes, of whose mak- ers you know nothing. You &now Kotex is safe. It’sthe world’s stand- Y 2 Deep scallops give emphasis | spending 10 |- Marriage Jfor._ Love or Riches? A money?” Love, becatise if you money, and then if you have mal and money. Love is a gift of the matter how hard you try. No efl at the touch that is repulsive to you, and ashes on your Ups. Bo, if \DorothyDix| +. YOUNG woman asks: “What should s girl marry for, love are willing to work led for love you will . _You canno of the will can make you thrill or give flayor to kisses that are dust marry for money and lose it, you you marry for love you have something of which thing that keeps your heart alive, memlnih:h.t ‘Something in life fresh and vivid and alert, precious as the years go by. F 'you I marry for money you will find that its joys soon pall upon You will find that one dinner is like gnother, one frock like Anuyl.‘t’:er and that there is not much difference between automobiles or count houses or town houses and that you can be just as much ‘bored m‘rzne place as another. The very knowledge that you can have everything you want will keep you from wanting anything. Love satisfles a woman. the women who have married for love, how soft and ten they are, then look at the faces of the But money never does. N?’sie the faces of ) nd beautiful women who have married for itter havi wn, money, and see how hard and bi and cynical they e gro' YOU will find many happy women who married for love and who have never had much élse. They have always had to live in poor houses and wear shabby clothes and do their own housework, but love has turned their renteg-rooms into palaces. It has made their hand- me-downs. royal robes, and every dinner they have ever cooked has been done with sacred joy. You never see a woman who has marrled for money who is happy. Invariably she is peevish and fretful house that has cost a fortune and and discontented, She may live in a that is furnished with the belong- ing of kings, but it is no home, no place where her soul can rest and be at_peace, use there is no love in it. She may be clothed in silks and velvets and diamonds and furs, but they cannot put warmth into her cold heart. She may have a_checking account that will enable her to buy everything she wants in the world except the things she wants most of all —love, the comradeship of two hearts that really beat as one. YOV see, some. my dear girl, marriage is & very queer business. And then It isn’t just & trade In which one gives so much and gets ! s0 much and in which one is justified in making the best bargain one can for one’s self. It is an affair in which' it is literally more blessed to give than to receive, where one must give without counting the cost and in which those who put in the most get out the most. Nor is there any way by which & woman, however astute she may be, can protect herself against the hazards of matrimopy. Money will not do it. ‘There are sacrifices of personal tastes and inclinations that have to be made alike by the millionairess and the pauper. Rich husbands are just as cantankerous and hard to get'along with as poor husbands are. THE only thing that makes marriage worth while is love. It takes love, and lots of it, to sweeten the inevitable sacrifices that mar- riage demands of every woman. Half the prosperous men and women you know will tell you that they married on a shoestring and that they scrimped and saved and worked together and lived on bread and cheese and kisses to get a start in the world. ‘They had love, and that gilded their hardships, and they look back with joy to the battle flcy fought shoulder to shoulder. of the women you know Nine-tenths ho marry for money have lost even that by the time they are middle-agsd, and they are poor indeed, because they have nothing. They have not even the mem So, my dear girl, don't be afraid to (Copyright, 1931.) of love to comfort them. for love. DOROTHY DIX. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM Granulated Eyelids. In the North people sometimes call simple chronic inflammation of the eyelids “granulated eyelids,” but in the South this name is more commonly ap- plied to trachoma, which is a con- tagious and dangerous inflammation of the lining of the eyelids. Another com- mon name for trachoma is “red sore eyes” ‘Trachoma begins with watering, itch- ing and burning, and & feeling as if there were something i the eye. Most victims of trachoma believe their trcuble was started by “something in the eye” such as dust, sand, pollen. ‘The sufferer presantly finds that sun- shine causes pain and he avolds it or begins wearing dark goggles. Presently the eyeballs become inflamed. The transparent cornea becomes clouded and vision becomes poor. Scars form on the lid lining and when the scar contracts, as all scars do, the edge of the lid is pulled inward. This causes the lashes to rub and scratch the eye- ball, which is not only painful but it tends to make the transparent cornea cloudier and so partial blindness de- velops. Ninety per cent of native Egyptians suffer with trachoma. Twenty-five per cent of Chinese have it. There is mych trachoma in Brazil, Syria, Ireland and Russia. Our quarantine officers are very watchful and admit no one to this country if his eyes look suspicious, until they jare satisfied the trouble is not trachbma. ‘Trachoma is a serious economic prob- lem. The partial blindness attending it renders victims incapable of working in many skilled trades. choma probably causes greater eco- nomic loss than floods or famines. In Missouri 21.7 per cent cf 3,200 persons drawing State pension because of blindness are blind from trachoma. Poverty, overcrowding, insanitary liv- ing conditions, and malnutrition are factors which seem to favor the disease. Perhaps the disease brings absut these very conditions in many instances. Trachoma is very prevalent among the Indian tribes. ¥ The contagion sprealis directly from person to person, or by using the same towel, wash basin, handkerchief, and some doctors believe even by shaking hands with a trachoma sufferer. If you guspect you have trachoma DAILY DIET RECIPE STRING BEANS ROUGE. String beans, one pound; but- ter, two tablespoonfuls; canned témato soup, two tablespoonfuls, and catsup, one tablespoonful. SERVES 4 OR 6 PORTIONS. ‘Wash and prepare string beans and steam until tender. Dress “with the butter, catsup and to- mato soup. Serve hot. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes fiber, lime, iron, vitamins A, B and C. Can be given to children 6 years and over. Can be eaten by normal adults of average or under weight, and by those wishing to reduce if amount of butter were lessened. At such times Take Care Beware the doubiful bygiene of nameless substitutes for Kotex ard in sanitary protection. Pure, immaculate, safe. Ten million pads . were bought by hospitals last year. Insist on Ketex. Kotex is soft and comfortable. It is treated to de- odorize. Shaped to fit. Disposable. OTEX ' Sanitary Napkins Try the New Kotex S:niury/ Belt In China tm-| BRADY, M. D. place yourself under medical treatment at once. It requires two or three years of treatment to conquer the trouble and save your sight. Keep your face clean fally about the eyes. Burn or boil handkerchiefs or cloths used about the eyes. Have your own towel, wash basin, soap and other tollet articles, and permit no one els; to usemlile{:. e care! cleaning baby's eyes, to use only cloths that hnEre bfizl boiled. Avoid exposure to dust. If your work | 3crviusty, wear goggles only while at If you wear dark glasses, wear them only when in the sunlight. Glasses cannot cure trachoma. Only prolonged, faithful medical treatment can cure it. (Copyright, '1931.) | My boy friends won't play ball witl» me. “You spoil the fun,” they say. They're jealous just because I make A home run every day. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Don't be scared, baby. It's just drandpa_takin’ his nap an’ snorin’, I fi\k::. But you kin sit closser if you (Copyright, 1931.) OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL The Smart Child. “Old Mother Kleary told me to get Off her grass this noon,” said Baxter between mouthfuls at dinner. “I'll bet you had your answer ready,” sald father, proudly. “I sure did. I said to her, ‘You're the only goose I see here, so maybe you do need all the grass for yourself.” That fetched her. Old goose! That's what we call her now when we pass her house.” “That's right, sonny. Hold your own. Nobody else'll do it.” “I don't think that Baxter should talk back that way,” said grane T, gently. “Old Mrs. Kleary takes great pride in that bit of grass, and it hurts her feelings to have a child talk brcl like that.” “Old Mother Klery! Who's she? No- body cares about her.” “Better have a dog's good will than his bite, you know,” said. grandmother. “Baxter won't have many friends if his tongue runs a: with him.” Children are quick enough with their tongues without our helping them. They need to be taught control rather than freedom there. In the first place, older people are entitled to respect because they are old. Life means something when one has spent 50 or 60 years at it. A word let loose is loose forever, end it is remarkable how long a hard word lasts and works its mischief. Smart sayings are not half as smart as their creator thinks they are. They are rather cheap compared to the words of courtesy that might have Yaken their place. A pleasant word, a courteous | reply, take far more intelligence, far more contro), far more breeding, than the smart retort. { |- Nowadays children are beginnin, ! think that a “wisecrack” makes tl lem | appear smart. Most of their sayings | - | are copied from the cheap talkies. | High-grade performers do not use them. The children store the phrases that bring laughs and use them when a good | opportunity offers. They lose their orig- | nal flavor when lifted from their pecu- | lier setting and the result is anything | but good. Still the children, encour- aged by their mistaken elders, use them triumphantly. ‘The only th! to do is to start an opposing idea. Instead of praising the smart, sharp word, praise the retort courteous. Gather all the polite words, the neat replies, the fitting fnswers, that you can find and present ghem to the children as worthy their fise. Of course, you will have to like the cour- teous words yourself or the children will never use them. They use what you admire. In any case, the sharp retort is not to be favored. I have never known anybody that was very sorry for some- thing he did not say, but I know many who are very, very sorry for something they have said. When you can- not speak gently, with courtesy, keep still. Silence always has fin: dignity, (Copyright, 1931.) All new houses constructed in the restricted area of Budapest, Hungary, ere exempt from taxes for 30 years. | FEATURES The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD. Who started her career as a frightened typist and who became one of the highest of Ahmwaiofl'l%m authors. In the Films, Suppose you do get into the films. It wmmuulufitmn. ‘There's an for instance, w] to go into pictures—s: ] less than half what she had been g on the stage. But there were itions. she was idle helf the in Hollywood, films. thing else turned out wrong. It's true that she's working that she has siderable pay while she was in bed with a fever. She gets no vacation except at expense and the studio’s con- venlence. She's on the lot sometimes at 7.in the morning, and sometimes she stays there 10 or 12 hours. She doesn't live more cheaply than in New York. She has been told over and over again that to make a career she must get about, she must see peo- ple, she must dress smartly. All that costs money—more than the money she saves on her rent. “But,” you say, “what of all that? She's making a success, so she must be | making a lot of money, isn't she?” “No, she isn't.” ‘® Some one's making a lot of money out of ‘her success; shes not. It is the mo- tion picture producer who signed her contract. This is the way it works: Except in the case of the biggest stars, no one company keeps an actor or actress busy all the time. No one company makes enough pictures with parts that fit any individual performer. So when our actress isn't busy with her own com- pany she is “borrowed” by other com- . Often the other company pays $500 to $1,000 a week for her services, but she gets only the original $200. Her employers get the rest. She gets the engagements because she does good better for children How Kellogg’s PEP Bran Flakes delight the young- sters. They love the famous peppy flavor. The whole wheat nourishes them. The ~extra bran is mildly laxative. Pep—energy—and health! ‘They get all three from these better bran flakes. In the red-and-green package. 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