Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1931, Page 25

WOMAN'’S PAGE. Cross-Stite h Design on Carry-All BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. . Duaévam j:n- .Carr/-e“‘ (messorements {iven = no seams a Qwed.) A- container. Brends C handles. o~ o E T e s So s ww e CARRY-ALL OR CATCH-ALL, EMBROIDERED IN CROSS-STITCH DE- SIGN, IS A SMART PIECE OF LUGGAGE OF THE LIGHT-WEIGHT TYPE IN VOGUE TODAY. DIAGRAM SHOWS SHAPES AND SIZES OF THE EASY-TO-MAKE-BAG. Tubular traveling bags of natural- ieolored linen, known as catch-alls or | carry-alls, were popular in past years, | snd today they are again returning to | favor. Following mention ot these | bags in a previous article, numerous equests for directions for making them have come in, and in response ihese | mre given today, together with a set of | amotifs for cross-stitch embroidery to go | on_bags. ! The bags acquired their descriptive | names through their use, which was to | carry all, or catch all, the 5 | found in othe t are the in a class with airplane luggage, is the present outstanding vogue traveling equipments. A favorite old-time use for these con- | tainers was to hold shoes and rubbe: and it was not infrequently that they | are so employed today, especially for | European trips. The use as catch-alls | which gave them their name continues | popular. And many a traveler when | Jeaving home tucks cne of these “light- | as-a-feather” bags in other luggage | where they take up almost no room and | are in readiness for extras collected in | Journeyings. The materials required for a carry-all | arc natural-colored linen sufficient to | make two 7-inch circular end pieces, | one 18-inch by 23-inch bag portion and | two 11-inch by 3-inch strips for handles. | Braid or tape is needed for binding and Yarn of the same color with which to | embroider cross-stitch motifs, burders and _initials. Zippers, which can be| purchased at notion counters, are need- | ed for fastening the opening along the | top. Or buttons and buttonholes or | snaps may be used Seam handle strips, turn and press | in | BEDTIME STORIES King Eagle Interested. Always profit_when you can By what your neighbors do and plan ¥ EA KING EAGLE. = | High on a cliff on the great moun- tain overlooking the broad prairie and the foothills between sat King Eagle, known as the Golden Eagle. There are no keener eyes in all tre great world | than these of King Eagle. From m.s“ Jofty perch he could see a very great distance, and when he left it to soar | high, so high that from the earth below | he seemed a mere speck in' the sky, he | rould see even farther. | Far beyond the foothills out on the broad prairie he caught a flash now and then. At first these flashes were of | N0 special interest to him. There were | few days when he did not see similar | Mlashes. “Antelope,” said he, and then | thought no moye about it. Grown An- | telope were of no interest to him un- | 3css something should happen to one, | end this didn’t happen often. He was | beginning to be hungry. He knew, too, that he should be hunting for food Sor the two eaglets in the big mest of Bticks on another cliff not far distant above which he could see Mrs, Eagle now circling. ‘Those youngsters did take a lot of food and the bigger they got the more they required. It wouldn't be long now before they would be try- ing their own wings and then_they Would soon be able to do some hunt- ing for themselves. Meanwhile he must «io_his share in feeding them. He spread his broad wings and sailed | out over the lower hills toward the | broad Prairie, his keen eyes scanning everything below. Again he noticed the and this time he discov- e forms darting about, rush- ing at each other and then scparating. | King Eagle's interest quickened. In | 2 few minutes he was near enough to sce clearly “Coyotes trying to pull down an An- tclope.” he muttered. “They must be dreadfully hungry to be so silly as to try a thing like that.” He circled until he was high above ered th THERE ARE NO KEENER EYES IN ALL THE GREAT WORLD THAN THOSE OF KING EAGLE. them, looking straight down on them, and then he at once saw that those Coyotes were not trying to pull down that Antelope, but that she was attack- ing them and they were trying to keep out of her way and at the same time get into a patch of brush close by. A fierce gleam of understanding crept into the keen eyes of King Eagle. Not for nothing had he watched his neigh- pors through many years. He under- stood them and what their actions meant. Now it was as plain to him what those !?odyclklsd erll;:l trying to do s if they had tol 3 i “Young Antelope!” he exclaimed. *That is what that performance means. Those Coyotes have «iscovered that Mrs. Fleetfoot has bables hidden in that brush and they are trying to get ia-m. Young Antelope! I wouldn't saind a dinner of that myself. I won- them so that the seam extends down the center length of each. Seam all ends. Stitch one handle near the mid- dle of each 18-inch end of the largest portion. Bring the strip ends close enough together to allow them to loop approximately two inches to form han- dles. Sccure these handles in position with two rows of machine stitching. Sew the zipper fastenings on each side of the opening. Sew each 2 side of the large bag portion about cne of the circular end portions, making seams on the right side. Bind the seams with tape or braid. This com- | pletes the bag itself, but it should be ornamented. It is the embroidery that supplies the needed smartness to carry-alls, It is advisable to do these touches of needle- work on the bag portions before seam- ing the bag together. Each end should have a motif in cross-stitch on it. The bag portion should have a border at each end and initials centered with tops toward the right-hand opening and a few inches below it. A set of motifs consisting of a design for ends and a border to match has been especially made for readers of this paper who wish to make a carry-all for themselves or as a gift to some one who is making a trip. The set is pic- tured. Both motifs, together with three old English_initials, can be had for 25 cents. Be sure to state what letters are wanted. The set of motifs can be had for 10 cents. Since, for identifica~ tion. all up-to-date luggage is 1nitialed, the letters are offered as well as the cross-stitch patterns. Inclose a self- addressed and stamped envelope and the coin, with a request directed to Lydia Le Baron Walker, care of this paper. (Copyright, 1931.) By Thornton 7. Burgess. self. Those others are too busy to notice me.” Now as I have already said, King | Look | Eagle has very wonderful eyes. ing down from directly over that patch of brush he could see every stone and pebble in it. Back and forth he sailed, his eyes fitted on the ground. He saw nothing that looked like a baby Ante- lope. Yet when he saw how Mrs. Fleet- fcot was fighting those Coyotes away from that brush he saw but one mean- ing to her behavior. She didn’t want those Coyotes to get in that brush, so, of course, the babies must be in there. He circled lower over the brush with no better result than before. He hated to give up, but he was positive that he had seen all that was hidden there and there was nothing that looked like a baby Antelope. “I'll watch and see if those Coyotes succeed and if they do I'll take it away from them,” said he, as he circled higher and higher that his presence might not be noticed. But he watched in vain. Far off to one side he saw two stones. At least they looked like stones. One was a stone, but the other was Kid Antelope lying motionless, as he had been told to do. (Copyright, 1931.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop was smoking to himself and ma sed, I was awake half the nite last nite, Willyum, thinking what to get little Willie for his berthday next week. Is it as serious as all that? pop sed, and ma sed, Certeny it is, its not just an ordneery munth to munth berthday, its the 2nd anniversity of his little berth, in other werds he’ll be exackly 2 years old to the day the minnit and the hour, so the gift awt to be more or less simbolical of the occasion. How about one of these hour glasses that tern upside down and downside up for the sand to run back and forth? pop sed. The top of it would repre- sent his ferst year and the bottom would simbolize his 2nd year, he sed. He mite brake it and cause it to sim- bolize a short life or something, ma sed. Thats just it, I dont wunt to get him anything either too serious or too frivolous, because a child of that age is like a weed swaying in a forrest, he's so easily influenced for better or for werse. In other werds, if I get him a doll or a stuffed animal of some kind he mite get to think that the whole werld is stuffed with sawdust and not werthy of serious consideration, while on the other hand if I desend to the other end of the scale and give him a serious book without even pictures in it, it would proberly puzzle his little comprehension to such an extent that all the rest of his life he could never sed. Cant you think of something sig- sed. Cant you think if something sig- nificant and at the same time amus- ing? she sed. Yes, 5 thousand dollers, pop sed, and ma sed, Do you know, Willyum, come to think if it, I bleeve you hour glass ideer izzent so bad. Watching the sand flow may give him an ideer of the flightiness of time, and yet at the same time Gladdis can use it to time his little eggs by, and that will give him a lasting impression that no mat- ter how rapidly time flies, an observ- ant person can always manage to do something practical with it, she sed. I think Il get him the hour glass, she sed. Wich she proberly will. Salmon Chops. Cook three cupfuls of salmon, flake it and mix with a rich cream sauce into which a raw egg has been beaten. This should be stiff enough to shape into cutlets. Roll in cracker crumbs and egg and fry in deep fat. Garnish with chopped parsley and rings of lemon. Serve with Hollandaise sauce or tartar sauce. Put a toothpick with er T had not thought of them before, ‘l"fl look that patch of brush over my- L& a frill in one end to make it look like a chop, b THE EVENING SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE Irritable Leaves. The first flowers of the partridge pea have begun to bloom in the dried road- side ditches near my home and as I pass them I can never resist the im- pulse to stoop down and touch their leaves just for the sake of enjoying that Olympian sensation of performing a miracle. For after a moment's delay the leaves begin to droop and fold up, or more exactly, all the tiny leaflets of the compound leaf do so. ‘The flower of mwmau pea is pretty enough In its right to claim attention, having five handsome yellow petals, two or three slightly larger and marked with a purple spot at the base, while four of the ten anthers are purple instead of gold like the rest, and shorter. Nature, more changeable and incon- sistent than any woman, bas in passing touched th's flower with the stamp of unsymmetrical charm, and with a fin- ger dyed in purple. But the etcrnal in- terest attaching to the partridge pea and elso the wild sensitive plant which is similar, but much smaller and less beautiful, is in the irritable leaves. The old belief about sensitive plants was that they had nerves and possibly an intelligence or some center of feeling. For centuries many mentalities have been unable to keep away from the idea that plants “felt” like animals, and the cleverness of the devices of many plants | for their protection or mating or repro- duction has continually given rise to the idea of some internal, cunning “in- telligence”—as well as to the much grander and more static and final theory, that of an all-wise Intelligence having at & single act created all for the best of worlds. In short, people want to animate, or I might invent a word and sce animal- ize plants, &s we try to humanize ani- mals. The case of the sensitive plant part of the mechanism, at least, can be eas'ly explained. When the leaves are touched the water in them seems to lose its heavy but precarious balance in the thin, distended cells, and to run down into the leaf-stalc and stem, as would happen if an ice cube-making refrigerator drawer full of water were tipped over. With the water gone the leaves collapse, because nothing is hold- ing most leaves distended except the pressure of water in the cells. But why should some very few plants do this and not other plants? What is the advantage to the plant? Any one can guess answers, but are the answers correct, persuasive though they may sound? A Hindu botonist, Bose, has been making studies of the sensitive plants by means of photographs of their movements; presently he passed on to other sorts and found that almost all plants show distinct reactions indicative of injured feelings when they are touched or harmed, only the reactions are so minute and often so delayed that the human eye perceives them not. This was exciting news to the scientific world, lef that all lfe is the same thing in manifold forms, or that plants have nerves and suffer; above ali it does not prove that they have intelligence. Strawberry Squares. Whip together two cupfuls of hot { cooked rice, two eggs well beaten, two | tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar, one teaspoonful of cornstarch diluted in a little water, one and one-half tea- spoonfuls of melted butter and one tea- spoonful each of vanilla and straw- berry extract until thick enough to form into one and one-fourth-inch squares. Crush one cupful of straw- berries and sprinkle well with granu- lated sugar. Dip the squares in beaten egg, then in fine bread crumbs and fry in hot lard or butter. Make a sauce with the crushed berries, one-fourth cupful of powdered sugar and half a pint of rich cream, and pour this sauce over the squares. THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Cottons! And more cot- tons! Isn't it snappy? It's yellow of course —and eyelet batiste to be certain. A brown patent leather belt and match- ing brown plain batiste rufing on the edge of the cape gollar offers smart contrast. Diagonal seaming gives lovely sim- ness to the hips of the fitted gored skirt. Inset circular godets at each seam provide graceful flare to the hem It's mighty smart and so individual, and very easily fashioned. Style No. 3182 e designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36 and 38 inches bust. Size 16 requires four yards 35- inch. Should you desire something more sportive, eyelet cotton mesh is quite the newest idea. You'll like it especially in Cottons! white. Omit the narrow rufiing from collar and bind edge in bias binding in skipper blue. Repeat binding in diag- onal hip seaming. A plain matching blue crepe silk tie and matching blue p.t‘efl'c" leather belt complete this faunty outfit. Printed and plain crepe silk are salso very chic. 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. Qur large Summer Fashion Book offers a wide choice for your Summer ‘wardrobe in darling styles for the chil- dren as well as the adults, Price of book, 10 cents. . but it does not prove the cid Hindu be- | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 20, 1931. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. ON the fifth floor of the State, War and Navy Building, surrounded by dictionaries of all descriptions and notes in all sorts of languages, sits & rather frail, schol- arly man. His name is Wilfred Stevens. His title is princi- pal translator for the State Depart- ment. To Stevens’ desk come those count- less notes, docu- ments and ‘letters from foreign gov- ernments for trans- lation before thev are communicated to the various offi- cials in the De- partment of State. He is reputed to have a working knowledge of some 30 languages, although he denies spirit- edly that he is master of them. He is recognized as the outstanding linguist in the service of the Government. Stevens never attended a university and is virtually self-educated. A native of Minnesota, he lived where many languages were spoken. This caused curiosity about various tongues and made languages his hobby. At the age of 10 he had acquired khowledge of the first—German. For more than 20 years he worked Household Methods BY BETSEY CALLISTER. Elizabeth wants to know how to make her canary take a bath. I don't know what to tell Elizabeth.' Some birds just won't take baths. Some* like them so much that they need no coaxing. Others respond to tricks and coaxing. | Sometimes a bird that will not bathe | in a little china tub in the bottom of | his cage will bathe with delight in a | glass bath room fastened on the side | of the cage. Sometimes a bird can be coaxed to bathe by putting a little plece of let- | tuce in his tub. He will go into the tub | for the lettuce and stay to bathe. | 1 knew one bird for several years who | would not bathe. He would thrust his head in his water cup as far as pos- sible, and when he withdrew it shake | the water on it and in his bill over his body. He would take a sort of | shower bath from the wet lettuce fast- | ened in his cag>. But he wouldn't take | a bath in a tub. | Sometimas it is possible to give a bird a bath in the hand of its owner. ‘The bird must be accustomed to handling for this, so that it will not terrify him to be caught and held. Then water is generously sprinkled over him, and he is returned to his cage. He shakes himself dry and seems to enjoy this kind of bath. | “What is a canape?” asks Edna R. | A canape is a first course of th2 ap- petizer sort made of toast or fried bread spread with some sort of tempt- ing tidbit. One good one is a round of hot buttered toast on which a slice of tomato is laid, and on the tomato a spoonful of mayonnaise to which chopped onion, celery and green pep- per are added. The toast may be spread with cream cheese before the tomato is put on. Or two halves of a slice of crisp bacon may be laid on top of the tomato. | Inexpensive Cake. | Pour half a cupful of cold water over one cupful of sugar and mix with three beaten egg volks. Slowly add one and | one-half cupfuls of flour sifted with one teaspoonful of baking powder three | times and beat until the batter is smooth and light. Add three beaten egg whites and one teaspoonful of al- mond extract, beating until thoroughly blended. Turn into a buitered cake tin and bake for about 40 minutes. Gar- nish the cake with whipped cream blended with a few drops of vanilla ex- tract during the beating and dot the cream with preserved strawberries. My Neighbor Says: Save all fruit juices, put into a jar, seal and put in refrigera- tor. A cup of this juice added to a pint of ginger ale and poured over chopped ice makes a deli- clous hot day drink. When preparing shrimp for salad put them in a bowl of wa- ter to which a tablespoonful of vinegar has been added; drop in a lump of ice and let stand in the refrigerator several hours be- fore putting the salad together. You will find them greatly im- proved. Spread peanut butter between crackers and place them in_the oven until crisp and a golden brown and you will have a deli- clous little “tidbit to serve with almost any kind of a salad. Appetizers should be the first course of any well planned din- ner. Very simple appetizers may be prepared by using bacon as a foundation. One of the most unusual is made of the large stoned queen olive wrapped in a slice of bacon and placed under the brofler until the bacon is nice and crisp, then served on rounds of hot toast. (Copyright, 1931.) FOR HEALTH Drink this cool, invigorating, delicious Chevy Chase Buttermilk! GET the habit of drinking it with your meals. A real health-builder, full of those “vital vitamins.” It’s good for ymls-—;md quenches hot-weather thirst. Have a glass of it whenever you want a really refreshing drink! Telephone West 0183 . Wise Brothers CHEVY CHASE DAIRY Division of NATIONAL DAIRY in the State Department as a translator, then retired in 1924 for study. Lasi year, however, when the department’s principal translator was retired on ac- count of age, Stevens' was persuaded to tT:e his post. He is not yet 60 years o Extremely modest about his ability as a linguist, he is, nevertheless, a ready talker on the subject of languages. He thinks Japanese perhaps was the most difficult for him to acquire, al- though Chinese was hard. French to him is the most begutiful of all. He has written a poem on the bgauty of this language. workers in the translators’ division say that he has a complete mastery of Jap- anese, Chinese, Polish, French and- sev- or::uotheumflc prefers to term his lin- guistic ~achievements as merely “a translator'’s knowledge.” % “Why, I don't know as much English as I should,” is the way he expresses it. All his spare time is spent in the study of languages. He has gone so far as to invent a language of his own which he believes would serve as a universal speech. He csn as easily chat with a visitor in Arabic as in French or English. His command of languages includes those of anclent as well as modern origin. But he insists that he is nothing of a | mental prodigy, that those who try to make him appear as one are all wrong. “There " are others,” he says, “but they have had the good fortune to escape publicity. FEATURES. DAILY DIET RECIPE CREAM FILLING FOR ECLAIRS OR CREAM PUFFS. ‘Two cups hot milk, one-quarter cup flour, one teaspoonful corn- starch, three-quarters cup sugar, one tablespoonful butter, one egg, one-quarter teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful vanilla. FILLING FOR 12 ECLAIRS. Mix flour, cornstarch, sugar and salt thoroughly. Stir in the hot milk. When well mixed cook in double boiler and stir until mixture thickens. Cnok 15 or 20 minutes. Add the butter. Remove from the fire and mix in the beaten egg gradually, stirring vigorously to avoid lumps. Cook again over hot water until egg is thickened. Cool. Add flayoring. A fence does not a prison make Nor locked gates a cage—— But they can make an hour Although he won't admit it, his co- Seem almost an Free Auto Parking for Customers—E Street Between 6th and 7th THE HECHT CO. F Street at Seventh NAtional 5100 Lace Tops! New “Adaptables”! Fine Gauge Chiffon! 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