Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1931, Page 36

WOMAN’S PAGE. Belts and Artificial Flowers BY MARY MARSHALL. “American girls never wear the same dress two days in succession,” was the observation of a visiting French woman who had occasion to spend a good deal of her time in a large city office where she had ample opportunity to observe BEDTIME - STORIE two as frightened young Prairie-dogs | Black-Footed Stranger. 'henllhlnll seem wrong, to thought of s 1 earnestly commend you: may be that unknown to you Good fortune doth attend you. —Old Mother Nature. This is happening all the time. None of us ever fully realizes how often we are fortunate. The very thing that seems hard to bear may be our good fortune. It was so with Peekaboo and Popup, the young runaway Prairie- dogs, as presently you will see. That first night they spent curled up together in an unfinished house that some Prairie-dog had started and then given up. It went down into the e THEY HAD NOT SUPPOSED THAT ANY ONE IN ALL THE GREAT ‘WORLD HAD SUCH A LONG, SLENDER BODY. ground only a little way, but it gave them shelter for the night. In the morning they started out once more to look for their own home, but having no idea where it was they went in the wrong direction. Of food there was glenty, 80 they did not have to go ungry, but when their little legs grew tired and they wanted to rest, there ‘was no house cpen to them. Time and again they approached a house, only 10 be driven away by the owners. How they did wish they badn't left their own comfortable home! Finally they wandered out some dis- tance from the edge of the town. There they found some particularly good grass, and as they stuffed them- selves they felt in better spirits. “I suppose father and mother would say that we have no business to be so far from the nearest house,” said Peek- aboo. “Of course they would,” replied her brother. “Just between ourselves I think they were very timid people. As for me, I'm not afraid. Why, what is there to be afraid of?” Just then over in the town an alarm was given, and there was the usual excited scrambling to get into houses. Forgetting that he was not afraid, Pop- up led the way straight for the nearest house. What a long way it seemed then! Suddenly he stopped and flat- teped himself down in the grass. He had caught sight of a member of the Hawk family and knew now the cause of the alarm. He knew, too, that that was too near for them to reach that house in safety. So he did the wise thing, flattened himself in the grass and kept perfectly still. Peekaboo did the same th\n‘. There they 9ay hidden in the grass, MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Melcns. ‘Whole-Wheat Cooked Cereal with Cream. Creamed Beef ‘on Toast. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Corn Chowder, Crackers. Lettuce, French g. Chocolate 1}]:100; Pudding. ‘ea. DINNER. Asparagus Soup. Shepherd's Ple. Buttered Beets. Fresh Vegetable Salad, Mayon- naise Dressing. Cottage Pudding, Strawberry Sauce. Coffee. BEEF ON TOAST. Half pound dried beef, two cupfuls medium white sauce. Pour bolling water over beef to remove some of the salt. Drain. Add beef to white sauce made with one tablespoonful butter, two tablespoonfuls flour, one teaspoonful salt, shake of pep- per and one cupful milk. Heat thoroughly and serve on toast. TAPIOCA. Three-quarters cupful granu- lated taploca, three-quarters cupful sugar, speck salt, one quart milk, two squares choco- late; add tapioca, sugar and salt to milk and cook until granules are clear and milk is absorbed. Melt chocolate and add to mix- ture as soon as it is hot. Chill; add vanilla to taste. Serves six people. SHEPHERD'S PIE. Two cupfuls cold cooked meat (leftovers), one and one-half cupfuls gravy or brown sauce, four cupfuls hot mashed pota- toes, three tablespoonfuls hot milk, salt and pepper to taste. Cut the meat into small pieces, mix with the gravy and add A very small piece gives a nice flavor. Beat the po- tatoes to make them light and add the milk. Place the pre- pared meat in & ple dish and cover evenly with the hot mashed potatoes. Place bits of butter over the potatoes and brown in a quick oven.e (Copyright, 1931). ~ the young girls. “Your girls here buy four or five times as many dresses as girls of the same position would in my | country. It seems to us foolish and! extravagant, but, after all, it makes life | interesting—this constant change and ! | variety.” H That, of course, is all quite true—- American girls do insist on change and varjety in dress—especially girls who work in offices; and v does make-life more interesting. The only disadvan- tage comes to the girl who cannot af- ford to keep up the pace and who feels herself somehow out of it because she must wear the same dress until she has grown tired of it. Sometimes the effect of variety and change can be achievex without a suc- icession of new dresses, however.. A {dark dress of good cut may bs varied | greatly by the use of different sorts of collars and cuffs, and a light dress may {be varled by the use of different scarfs 1and collars. ! Today's sketch offers a suggestion that may help you to glve variety to your own wardrobe. A simple Summer dress of silk crepe may be made to look entirely different by tne addition of a belt and artificial flower or figured silk. | You will need just a strip of silk for the belt. To make the flower simply cut four or five circles of the silk and then indent them to form petals. Then SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I'se gettin’ together a few things I kin make a noise wif on the Fourth ob July—but nothin’ kin take the place ob good ol firecrackers. (Copyright, 1931). | put the circles of silk together and you will have a flower-like ornament to match your belt. By Thornton W. Burgess. as ever lived. No matter how safe they might be there in the open, they couldn't feel safe. They had been taught that the only safe place was deep down in the ground. ®h, how they did wish that they hadn't wan- dered so far from the nearest house! For some time, even after the Hawk had disappeared, they lay there, not daring to move. Finally Popup did pop up for a look around. Over in the town he could see Prairie-dogs | coming out of their houses and sitting up on their doorsteps, to make sure | that the danger was over. The owner of that nearest house came out. But he had been out only a minute when he turned and dived headlong inside again. He didn't even take time enough to sound an alarm. It was plain to see that he wgs badly {right- ened. Peekaboo, who was also sitting up, looked at her brother. “What do you suppose is the matter with him?” she whispered. Popup made no reply. He had caught sight of a stranger who seemed to appear from nowhere and paused to sit up on around. Peekaboo saw him too. Never would they forget his appearance. His coat was much the color of their own coats and his tail was short and round and black at the tip. Otherwise he was as unlike them as possible. His body was long and slender. They hadn’'t supposed that any one in ail the Great World had such a long, slender body. His neck was long, too. ‘There was a black patch across his eyes like a mask. His legs were short and his feet were black. All this they saw before he disappeared in that house. ‘When they had seen that Hawk they had thought themselves unlucky not to be able to reach that house. In re- ality it was their good fortune that they had not bcen able to get there. ‘This_stranger who had just entered was Blackfoot the Ferret, a relative of Shadow the Weasel. (Copyright, 1931). THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Never were informal evening and formal afternoon rocks so versatile as this season. And today's model is a beauty. Don't you love the neckline? It's so dif- ferent, smert and generally becoming. A youthful sash belts the waistline and gives prominence to the moulded bodice and_hipline. seeming of the circular skirt tends further to give the figure charming height. This model is enchantingly lovely in a chiffon print, cowwebby lace, shadow patterned organdie, eyelet ba- that doorstep for a_look | The deep pointed | NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tllustrations by Mary Foley. XLV, THE HOUSE CENTIPEDE, Seutigera Forceps. A centipede was happy quite, Until the toad in fun which?" Which raised her doubts to such a pitch, She fell exhausted in the ditch, Not knowing how to run. 'GH! And you reach for some- thing handy in order to kill this weird, scurrying creature with its many thread-like legs. She rushes madly about, extremely anxious to get away from you, and she usually does. Really, she is a friend and not a foe. She does not destroy our food or cloth- ing. Her diet consists of moths, flies, roaches and other small insects whick inhabit the dark and damp spotsin dwellings. They do appear on our walls and along the floors, but they are seek- ing our pests and should be left undis- turbed. In very rare instances has it ever been known that a centipede has | frightened and in self-defense. The | bite s not dangerous, as %s that of the | centipede found in Brazil. These fragile, rapidly moving crea- tures have been mistakenly called thou- sand-legged worms. The baby centi- pedes are small editions of their par- ents. The number of legs is the only difference. The young have nine pairs of legs, while the adults have 45 pairs The worm-like body is a grayish tan, with three dark stripes running the full length. At each end of the body is a At the back of the head is a pair of leg-like poison fangs on the first seg- ment. The jaws are very strong and used for biting into the food material. Each segment carries, a pair of legs outlined with tiny spines. When erushed or stepped upon the insect resembles a skein of threads. Some centipedes have such a sheen in in the dark. Should an enemy appear the racing centipede throws a few legs at him as she flees.. The legs jump about and the pursuer stops to investigate. The centipede gets away and in a dark place grows new legs. She captures her prey by pouncing upon it as does the spider. Her many | legs form a cage about the insect while evident enjoyment of her meal are ex- pressed in the rapid vibration of her legs, making her appear like a bit of dust stirred by a breeze. A centipede, caught and placed in a glass jar, received a piece of rich chicken skin and a bit of lettuce as a relish. She ate the skin with great satisfaction and was noticeably stouter. She grew very buxom and then began shedding her legs. This, however, was disease. of the fact she was becoming legless and died of acute indigestion. (Copyright, 1931). Tarts De Luxe. If you have grapefruit or oranges on hand you can make a delicious dessert as foliows: Roll out some pastry and cut it into squares. Fit the squares of pastry into the depressions of a muffin pan, with the corners lapping over the edges. Bake this. Remove the pulp from your orange or grapefruit and place it in the baked pastry shells. Just before you serve it make a plain sugar sirup by boiling down some sugar until it threads. Pour the hot sirup.over the tarts and then place them in the oven to become thoroughly heated before you serve them. Put a maraschino cherry on top of each. The brown cor- ners of the pastry and the cherry on top make this a pretty as well as a palatable dessert. = + tiste, pastel or white crepe silk and cotton net. Style No. 3119 may be had in sizes ;:I' t16. 18, 20 years, 36 and 38 inches st. Size 16 requires 4 yards 39-inch, with 2 yards 53-inch for tie-belt. 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 for you to be thinking about your Summer wardrobe. ‘We've prepared a book to help you lan for the most colorful fashion riod of the year. A book that offers the best selection of styles for the season for the adult, miss, stout and cm{:é and helps the reader to econ- omize. You can’ save $10 by spending 10 cents for this book. The 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. HOW [FX) American women know the answer. They are smart shoppers, keen judges of value. That’s why, instead of paying high prices for French names and fancy packages, they used more than three million boxes of Plough’s “Favorite Bouquet” Face Powder last year. One trial will convince you that this smooth, long-clinging, fra- grantly perfumed powder is as fine as money can buy. Always ask for Plough’s “Favorite Bouquet” in the square shaped red box, the largest selling face powder in the world for 25c. RPlowugl's 9, FAVORITE B VET FACE POWDER Said, “Pray, which leg moves after | | were welcome guests in their in-laws’ houses. bitten any one and then only when | pair of very long feelers or antennae. | the body that they mmy easily be seen | she dines upon him. Her delight and | due to the fact she had not had her | regular exercise and developed a molt | She kept on eating regardless | ' ————— 1 DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX |||WHO REMEMBERS? nnmwm. Shall the Wife Whose Husband Considers Her Only a Dear Friend Leave Home? EAR MISS DIX: My husband says that he cares for me only as he would a dear friend and that he has never loved me in other way. He also says that there is no other woman that he cares for any more’ than he does for me. I asked him if he wanted a separation and he said “No.” We have a two-year-old baby, to which we are both’de- voted. Would you leave him or stay and tough it out? A. B. “Ehmd Iwould}::;yd de)‘::nmloodlemnuhwlnwtto row down your and quit at stage of the game. Especial as you have that baby fighting on your side. Suppose ;mr h\mmndcdol:ly love you only as a dear friend? Why, that is what marriage settles dewn to with every couple by the time they have been married a few years. ‘The husband does not express his love for his wife by bringi; grchlld;. He Iew"l;ne;‘ hogn b'.:ledb;conh‘m ‘wife does ;nt'ylcek Ln‘m::: erself allurin, er husbang arts and wiles. eases getting him n'good dinner. i e sl (COURTSHIP is one thing. Married life is another. No couple could keep up the high-pressure sentimentalism of courtship year after year any more than they could live on an exclusive diet of chocolate eclairs. It would nauseate them and they would cry out for plain bread and butter and roast beef, medium rare. And that is what marriage is, where a man and woman just settle down to the business of life and being kind and good to each other and not talking much about their feelings. Happy, then, the wife whose husband still regards her as a dear friend. Who shows that he finds her companionable and sympathetic and understanding and trusiworthy. MAKEn yg:xrhhm:lné ‘l loodm hol’lne. Make ‘l:eim comfortable. - Drive with a ligl and. lve him plenty of liberty and don't nag. Don't even discuss with him the state of his -flecum’x’x or the poun‘:fllty of a separation. If you take this attitude you will find that the friendship between you will grow stronger and stronger year by year, for friendship is made up of common experiences. Perhaps your husband will never really fall in love with you in & romantic way. Most likely he is not of a romantic temperament. A DOROTHY DIX. EAR DOROTHY DIX: Should a mother-in-law live with her daugh- D ter-in-law whea she has daughters of her own? 3 z. . " Answer: A mother-in-law should never live with either a daughter- in-law or a son-in-law unless it is an absolute necessity or unlesll her in-laws are so anxious,to have her that they consider her presence under their roofs a benediction instead of e of a penance and urge her to make her Fortunately, therxre such instances, and I have known women whose in-laws loved theh as if they had been their own mothers and who Such_instances are, alas, rare. Few old women can avold making pests of themselves by trying to boss everything about them and tendering unsought advice and sug- gestions. Nor are there many old women who are tactful and diplomatic in dealing with their in-laws. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyrignt, 1931.) OUR CHILDRE BY ANGELO PATRI Do Something. “Billy, will you let your little sister alone? Now I've told you that for‘ the last time. Go and do something.” | “What'll I do? to do.” “Yes, you have. Go and find some- thing.” | and the bat enjoys himself. for trips for him. And picnics. to the shore with the class. I haven't anything by tne day. works easily once you start. .| Fourth and E streets northeast, at- on while the boy who owns the ball Arrange | Let him go on the Sunday school excursion, | Plan for | a busy Summer, first by the week, then | It sounds hard, but it The children who go to Summer camp have their days planned. The children at home are not in any better | to Jimmie's house?” “No, you can't. Jimmie's mother is busy. What with watching Jimmie and tending the baby she's as busy as she can be. You stay right home here and find something to do.” | _“There's nothing to do round here. |Nobody to play with. Nothing. I'm isick of living here. Can't find any- |thing to do. Won't let you go any |place. Wish school lasted all year, |that's what I wish.” “Billy Smithers, you just something to do. That's all.” We have to be more definite than that. When we tell a child to do something we say nothing at all to help. There must be a place to go. 2 specific job to be done. That means somebody must think out what is to be done every day and offer a choice of schemes for the consideration of | the active children home from school. go find | “I don't know what to do. I haven't | position to plan their own days than | anybody to play with. Can I go over |are these children whose days hlve‘ | been planned for them. While they | were in school their days-were mapped out for them. Home must do the same thing. An ordered day, a well planned Summer, will bring health and peace | ‘;nd happiness to the children and the | | home. The program is not to be ironclad, | %3 | There must always be room for change, riation, the unexpected. If Aunt Joy comes along with a car and says, “How about a ride to the hills?” the whole | program can go for the day and the |ride take its place. The idea is to| let the child feel that he is a part |of an ordered scheme of living and |not a loose end left dangling when | school cut the thread of routine. ! A child who has no definite idea of what he is to do during the day is unhappy. That means his tone is lowered and that means that his growth | is checked. A few hours of thoughtful Registered U. 8. Patent Office. 7| ‘When Jueneman’s Summer garden, at tracted Washingtonians to see the ex: hibition of the Rogers electric light? FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLY MONROE. Vegetables. ‘The housewife who markets in per-| | son has a perfect right, and something | of a duty, to select the vegetables she | buys. If she pays current market prices, | | that is her privilege. There is, of course, | | no reason why she should always in- | sist on getting the best of everything. | She is entitled to sound, fresh fruit, | but she isn't entitled to all the biggest | apples in the barrel ?r all the rosiest | peaches in the basket. In a high-class grocery there is a certain rich customer who always mi kets -in person. She punches tomatoes and prods lettuce and smells berries to her heart’s content. She always makes a big fuss about everything, and isn't satisfied until she gets t of everything. She probably thinks this pays. But I can assure you that the clerks in that i store dislike her thoroughly. And | whenever she telephones her order they give her inferior goods. As she prob- ably reasons, that is reason enough why she should, whenever she can, shop in person. But I know quite well— from experience—that if you have a reputation in that store for reasonable- ness you can get perfect vegetables by a telephone order. The salesman knows you are fair and he gives you a fair average—which there means good merchandise. You ‘wre always privileged to insist on fresh and eatable fruit and vege- tables. If your dozen oranges have one among them that is spoiled, return it and demand a new one. You are paying. in a dozen oranges, for 12 eat- able oranges. If the lettuce has a de- art, return it and get one with firm . It there are worms in the corn, don't accept it. You are privileged to get food in fit condition to eat, and you are 1;mvutted to re- turn anything unedible. There are many laws now to safe- guard the buyer of food. But they are difficult to enforce. It is almost im- possible to get enough men on the job to keep these laws enforced without | making them such expensive laws that | we should all be crying quits. So if you see any flagrant violation of any of the food laws you will be helping a | good work along by reporting it to the | proper authorities. FEATUR MILADY B BY LOIS Premature Graying. Dear Miss Leeds: Inmlflrlolzzi and recently discovered with horrow | that I have several gray hairs. It fs| not particularly noticeable as yet, .but I am filled with agony at the thought of getting gray so young. i Please, oh please, give me some ad- | vice. Teil me some steps to take to | g:evenc premature graying. It can't| hereditary, as neither of my parents | had any signs of gray hairs until after | 30. Do you believe it could be caus>d | by worry and unhappiness? I have had | much sorrow within the last two years, but I am trying desperately to over- come it. Is dyeing successful? It is not nec- essary yet, but I live in dread of the future§ I would be eve- =0 glad and | appreciative if you could tell me what to do. ’ MARGUERITE. Answer — Many a young woman is' filled with agony whe her first gray hairs. few may simply be dead hairs may take years before the 'y turns gray. But thcy are warnin3 signs and I am glad to do what I can to_help yau. Yes, worry and mental shock often cause gray hair. The reason for this is that they lower the vitality of the entire system and this lowered vitalit: is really the cause of hair turning gray t would be a good idea for you to physician and have a thorough ph examination to determine if there is some underlying cause for the con- | dition of your hair. Ancmia is one of | the most frequent causes for premature jgraying. Make sure that your diet in- cludes a daily supply of fresh, leafy vegetables (taking many of them raw) and also plenty of juicy fruits, such as oranges, lemons and grapefruit. Also take (as well as a well balanced supply | of protein. carbohydrates and fats) ex- ercise in the fresh air every day. As to local care, give your scalp a daily 10-minute massage and your hair a daily brushing. It would also bz a | good plan to give your scalp a thorough ES. EAUTIFUL LEEDS. ventiiation out of doors every day. If it can be brushed while out of doors. this can be accomplishcd. Have =& warm oil treatment before your shampoo. If there is dandruff or ex- ‘essive drynessgor ollness, use a suit- able scalp tonic to.combat this condi- tion. Yes, a great many people fird that dyeing their hair is successful, espe- clally when hair is just beginning to fade. There is also darkening rinses one may use that color the hair be- tween shampoos and are washed off when the hair §s washed. Colored pen- clis may also be bought for touching up a few gray hairs; this color matter is harmless and washes off. If there aie only two or three gray hairs, just pull them out. Try to cultivate a happy disposition and make sure that you give hair and scalp the best of care. Many giris younger than you are begin having a few gray hairs which are not noticed. If you will send stamped, self-addressed envelope with a request for my leaflet on care of the hair, I shall be very glad to send it to you at once. It gives vou more detailed information than space here will permit. LEEDS. Paris Approves Blouse N France separate blouses of sheer | " material are much worn with skirts of contrasting color, but they are not worn outdoors without some sort of wrap—a jacket, a bolero or for warm weather, a little shoulder cape short| enough to show the lower part of the | blouse. A short cape of this sort may | be worn over a sleeveless blouse, giving a glimpse of bare arms between the| cape and gloves. | Blouses of lace, eyelet embroidery or | fine cotton are much worn in France either matching or contrasting with | the skirt. Blouses made entirelv of | Valenciennes insertions are gaining favor. The practical Frenchwoman | chooses a blouse of plain or plaid taffeta for travel. When the blouse is worn | with a linéd jacket, the lining should match the blouse. Many of the eyelet embroidery blouses are trimmed with ribbcn—especially narrow black satin ribbon, which is passed through the eyelets and forms knots and ends at the front and is used to fasten the blouse. Organdie and fine linen evening dresses are worn for Summer dances. Many of the white organdie dresses are incrusted with appliques of white or colored organdie. Printed chiffon eve- ning dresses show flowers of very bright color on a white ground. Black satin slips are worn under many of the white colored and organdie dresses. Some of these evening dresses of print- ed chiffon and lace are worn over a pa- jama foundation instead of a slip. ‘The French evening dresses are very low at the back and are often finished with a bouquet of artificial flowers at Sometimes | | | the back of the decolletage. Alec the Great | the entire shoulder straps are made of SHort _boleros, o | flowers or of strass. entirelv cover with paillettes and with- out sleeves, are worn with evening dresses of finely pleated chiffon. Eve- ning wraps are made of velvet, with large slzeves. Usually the Frenchwoman chooses a black evening wrap, but this season there are many of these new velvet wraps made of red or rose velvet. White is as smart this Summer in | France as it is here, and one of the | smartest dresses for afternoon | tions, the races, etc., is made of white | georgette trimmed only with cording or | evelet work. Mattresses. Mattresses will last longer and be more comfortable if Y.hei' are turned | frequently, sunned and cleaned with a {brus{: or vacuttm cleaner brush attach- ment. Each cloud is lined with silver When it's turned 'round about, But we can't see the bright side Until they wring it out. Take a pencil and list the things your child can do in a day. List a couple of home chores. Arrange for a play space. Give him things to play with so he can really play, not look (Copyright. 1931). 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