Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1931, Page 10

= ! de chine the admirable abric picd Slips and BY MARY Petticoats and slips are both in the cture. ‘Which is a good state of affairs. With cne-piece dresses, with trans- rnm dresses, slips are hy far better han petticoats. . With jacket suits and ‘with many opaque dresses petticoats are more convenient. So now we take our choice. There are taffeta petticoats. Some- Pl ‘times ‘hese are attachea parts of the dresses they are wcrn with. They are trimmed with scallops and with em- broidery and sometimes with tiny frills and pleatings. But the newer silhouette maly or pet- ticoats. It is so soft ana supple and elinging, it . washes so well, it comes in A WASHINGTON was of the death of Mrs. John B. the Wational Gapital, st hi pital, must have stirred the mfemory of mn old statesman now pl. Williams, | States Senator, now old and derson’s fo dreams whi Sixteenth fare stretching Mrs. past and then ti erest of the he was in the Senate., street—thal 's “purple castle,” embassy row at the —had, largely through Mrs. Henderson's efforts, been wamed | “Avenue of the Presidents.” She had developed upper Sixteenth | stceet and mada of it a spct of swank. She constructed most of the eifbassies and legations located there. k, in the same section, was her idea. “John Sharp Williams, too, lived on Sixteenth street. But, unlike Mrs, Henderson, ‘he resented its having the name “Avenue of the Presidents.’ Famous for his sarcasm and wit, the crepe | BY HERBEFT PLUMMER. “grand dame” of Hen- dest Jobn Sharp ‘illiams. | t wide thorough- from the White House, Petticoats Easily Made MARSHALL. such lovely colors, that it combines many of the best qualifications for pet- ticoats. These new wash petticoats can be just as elaborate as you please, and quite as formal as petticoats of taffeta | They are edged with lace, s-metimes, with Iace insets for trimming. For more tailored wear they are finished with a scalloped, double hem. The petticoat in the sketch is an easy one to make for yourselr, It is made of four lengths of matersal. The front length—as long as you wish the petti coat—is 10 inches wide. lengths are 8 inches at the bottom, and are slanted in at both seams so that they are 4 inches at the tcp. The back section is 30 inches wide at th bottom, 22 at the t-p. The four piec are PreYch-seamed together, and th top is turned under in a half-inch hem. A 4-inch length of quarter- inch elastic is fastened m this top hem at the seams joining front and sides, exténding about 6 inches into the back. This brings the fullness at the sides and leaves front and back smcoth. Household Methods BY BETSY CALLISTER. Perfect Health not Everybody's' Right. 1 read an article on good health for the housewife the other day that began with the statement that “we are all meant to be perfectly healthy.” I don’t know precisely what a state- ment like that means. But I do think it ds rather misleading. It is far bet- ter to accept to start with the fact that not one adult in one hundred is |ev.® with the best of care and most favorablg surroundings capable of really porfect health. Let’s some minor discomforts as, humanely speaking, perfectly natural. — Let's realize that it is normal to edged appetite all the time, that 2 trifling headache now and then does not mean t you are an invaiid 1 know a grumbling old woman of eighty. She grumbles not so much be- cause of the actual bodily pain she suffers but because of the resentment she feels against the doctors and high heaven because she doesn't always feel perfectly well. She passes a rather wakeful night—and then grumbles ail day about it. She sits down to a hearty kleberry ple—and then worries every- one because she can find %o appetite fore the huckieberry ple after she has done justice to some half dozen other ldishes. She would be a lot pleasantes |to associate with if somehows some | way, someone could persuade her that | old ladies of eighty really aren’t meant |to enjoy the unbroken slaep of 'child- | hood and that it would be rather ab- | 3ormal for anyone of four-score years |to be able to eat a dinner designed for hard working young adults. s DAYBOOK jand he, chose to “spe® the “g-a-5-5-i-e-t-y " “It is snobbishness with which I have no patience,” he shouted one day in the Senate when the subject wae up for consideration. ks His Senate speech, which is generally cwediteg restoring ‘he strewt to its origine! name, still is remembered in Washington. It was John Sharp at his best. Y “For a while they suggested ‘Execu- ‘nve avenue,’ " he said, “but that lookegd | as g the gahabitants and residents upon it :hight pe executed. “Then they thought of ‘Avenus of the Allics’ - because #t 1an from Jackson Square, wherc stand the monuments of and Andy Jacksors I suppose.” . | Why, he asked, if there were to be |an “Avenue of the Presidents” should | there not be an “Avenue of Vice Puesi- | dents,” an “Avenue of the Cabinet” !and an “Avenue of Senators” | means? ¢ . | Senator Thomas of Colorado agre=d with Williams. In fect, Thomas put in a resolution proyiding th:&% Fifteenth street “hereafter Be known as the ‘Allew of Vice Presidents.’” 2 Williams added: - “I should like to suggest | Senator from Colorado brevity he might emend tion by striking out the word ‘Presi- dents’ and let it go et that.” So Mrs. Henderson's dream laughed away. It again became Six- to the jpian characterized the change| teenth street,~and Sixteenth street it #s due to theeinfluence of “society” BY LOI Dear Miss Leeds: 1s this about right? 12) 1am very light complexioned, but have brown hair and eyes. What colors should I wear? (3) What shades of powder, and lipstick should I use? A Answer.—(1) The average weight for one of your age and height is 120 pounds. Try to build yourself up. You {'have perhaps spent i “upward,” and now gin to grow outward. i2) and brown, pure yellow, orang {lwith ecru or \ning orchid, fuchs trimming ilany one with your coloring (3) Dear me! {/16-year-olds what shudes of make-up tc 1 wear! Why don's you plexion be that natural, lovely glow Which belongs to normal, healthy girl- e Later on, when the skin tough- so that the ugh, Is ample 00d? tens and thickens a jeolor will not show ti #4ime to assist nature by using cosmetics , if yoy must e i tishade of lipstick and an ivory powder My Neighbor Says: (1) T am 16 years old, 65 inches tall and weigh 108 pounds. rouge x, your time growing ou had better be- You may wear all shades of tan y bright wblue and medium blue and dark blues For eve- , bright red, rust or #pink would be especially becoming to How I hate to tell you let your com- 1 would suggest ht rose shade of rouge, the same remains. S LEEDS, the open air a little more and eat more you will gain the extra 10 pounds, and with it some natural rouge in your cheeks. LOIS LEEDS. J. J—The following bleach will help to erase those freckles which you say “gprinkle your nose so generously” afte you have enjoyed a round of tennis Three tablespoonfuls of peroxide, two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, six drops of simple tincture of benzoin, three tablespoonfuls of almond meal or fine oatmeal. Cover the meal with witch- hazel and let stand for a few minutes then strain and add the other liquids To use the bleach most effectively prepare as for a facial massag: covering hair with a towel first, then cleansing face with cream, remove, ap- ply hot towels, massage with skin food, wipe this off, and then cover face with a thin towel or absorbent cotton which has been dipped in the bleach. Allow it to remain on the skin for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove, apply another { towel, then dry the skin. apply skin tonic and make-up as usual. Protect your eyelashes and evebrows with pads of absorbent cotton before app the bleach mask. LOIS LEEDS FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLY MONROE. Gelatin salads are among the reall delicious new food dishes. Not 50 new as fce box cake, of course, but still full of surprices to most of us They are so casy to make t we can all have them all the tin And they certainly add a delicious note to y | any meal at which they are served. They can be made {rom® the plain or prepared gelatins and they can be as simple or ¢s elaborate as vou want them. Some diced raw vegetab! to package of lime or lemon gelatin just as it is about to harden and h 0 into bloc! served with h one conteining several flavors of gela- { $in, hardened in layers in fency molds, | with vegetables cut in fancy shapes Here is & recipe for jetlied pe |Run the contents of a can of Deas | { through a vegetable press. Seas® well fwith salt, pepper® and a little oniof . Bring, with the liquid in the to the boil teaspoontui a with a of w dressing. Cherry Bavarian. accept | feel fa- | tigued, that no 8ne can expect 2 keen- dinner—roast beef, corre fritters, huc- | Lafayette, Rochambeau, Von Sbcubtn—-l by all was | Perbaps, if you sleep more, exercise in | that is, | hot | added | poured into a pan to chill, then cut | 2 | THE EVENING LITTLE BENNY | | BY LEE PAPE. The Weakly News. Weather: Bum. Sissiety Page. Mr. Sid Hunts big brother Fred is | not werking just at presen on acceint | of being too bizzy, but his picture was |in the paper iast’ week on account of | being the ferst person to wawk over i the new bridge across the river, stand- {ing outside the gates all nite' 50 no- {body would be shed of him in the { morning. 1 Mr. Shorty Judges famlily expects to |stay home all Summer this Summer { just for a change ‘and on account of | {the cost of travelling, Exter! | _ saves Brother from Drowning! | | Wensday nite SId Hunt was woke up | !by thunder and lightning and his kid | brother Bert was still esleep and rain was coming Tite in on him on account his bed beig next to the wildow, and Sid quick jumped up and closed |it, saying Bert would proberly of |drownded in his sleep on account of being the hardest kid to wake up he | ever saw. | Pomes by Skinny Martin. | & i A Hard D Some ants carried bred crums all day ] long, Running in and out of their nest, | Till 1 got exhawsted watching them | And had to lay down and rest. 2. A Hard Thinker. Most guys branes need 8 hours sleep, | But they must be smaller than mine, Because mine still feel kind of dopey Unless theyve had at least 9. * NANCY PAGE Ann and Peter Profit by Their Mother's Shopping. | BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. | Nancy and Lois were on a shopping | tour. They had heard that one of the | downtown shops had installed a new | nursery and was showing in addition | new 1deas for toys and out-of-door play- | things. Because of Baby Ann, young | Peter and his possible sister or brother, | bath women were interested. | The nursery in the shops had a floor {of lincleum im an indistinct, striped pattern. Above this was a rounded base | of linoleum, known as a cover-base, and | | | | | | | | then above that was a dado or wains- | ng of & heavy, plain linoleum in a | vory color. | his extended up on the wall about | the height reached by a young toddler. 1t kept dirty hands from reaching the | wall paper. Spots on the linoleum are | | easily washed off. | But the most interesting part of ft| { all was the way in which insets of lino- {leum were put into the plain dado. | | Here were words, letters, figures and | stylized trees and houses. Nancy could | | sce Peter having a gorgeous time learn- ing his A B C's and his numbers. | Another device which appealed to| | | | {both Nanny and Lols was a play pen. | Tt was built out in the yard. The di- | | mensions were about four times that of | the usual house folding play pen. Be- | cause the sides were high, it was im- | possible for an adventurous youngster {to climb over, The large floor space | { gave plenty of room for wandering | |about.” A canvas floor could or could | not_be put down. In one corner was |a large triangular piece of canvas which afforded shelter from the hot sun. Both Lois and Nancy could see the possibilities of this Summer out- of-door play pen i Copyright. Mint Julep. | Crush a few sprigs of fresh mint and add three tablespocnfuls of lemon juice | and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Add one pint of ginger ale and strain. Pour the mixture over half a glassful of | | cracked ice. Add a fresh spring of mint | { to the glass | Leg of Lamb. Salt_and pepper four pounds of leg of lamb, then sprinkle on tcp and in each end one teaspoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Stick a clove of garlic on top. Sear in a hot oven for 20 minutes, then roast for three hours in & moderately hot oven. DAILY DIET RECIPE RHUBARB DESSERTS. Rhubarb, 4 «cups; grated ge peel, ' teaspoon; sugar. D; water D egg whites, whipped gream, 1 cup. SERVES 4 PORTIONS. Cut rhubarb in small pieces ut peeling. but cut off root d do mot use the leaves are poisonous. Cook uoarb in water with the grated ang> peel and sugar until it be mashed. ~ Cool. Then | | the stiffly beaten egg | | es 1 cup of whipped m®-this will require about ream, Chill thorough- | | Serve in sherbet glasses. I DIET NQTE. | ot lirses, a little | | A. 'Can be 1 welgt agult or || to put on weight. i 1931) | them up. Lawns ave landscape 4 passers by and encourages friends to STAR, WASHINGTON, D. MODES OF THE MOMENT Dons &' Regroilic. }r{r plecvrelesr fmc‘: and. - eorgette collar and bl add eolor=. & C., SATURDAY, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX EAR MISS DIX—I have always done what was oh-oh-oh so exactly right. Now I long to be devilish. It is really my husband who in- spires this in me. He is so sure of me that it hurts. When I say, “What would you think of me if I flirted like Mrs. A.?"” he does not even feel alarmed, “Oh, but you wouldn't.” At parties I have tried to some man really in love with me just to see the effect on my husband. I want to see a flery look in his eye and to cause his heart to beat just a little faster on account of me. Should I continue until I make him jealous? TRUE BLUE. ANSWER' Well, I think any woman who sets out deliberately to arouse jealousy in her husband is such an idiot that she should not be per- mitted out alone. She should be incarcerated in an institution for the hopelessly feeble-minded. BECAUSE she is going out deliberately to hunt for trouble and, believe me, she will find it a-plenty. With her own hands she is laying the ax to the foundation of her house of happiness and before she knows it she will find herself crushed under its ruins. How any woman who has a husband who trusts her can have little enough inteliigence wilfully and with malice aforethought to destroy his faith in her is past comprehension. And it is still less understandable how she could take the risk for the sake of the thriil that she would get out of seeing him green-eyed. Does she think it a compliment he pays her by being suspicious of her? On the contrary, it is the deadliest insult that he can offer her, because the man who is jealous of his wife shows t! he has no faith in her honor and loyalty and no belief in her virtue. “HE woman who wants her husband to be jealous of her is blood sister to the one who complained that her husband no lovger loved her because he had quit beating her. I was told when I was in India that women in the harems looked with great contempt on foreign women, and thought that the foreign women's husbands put no value on them because they did not keep them locked up and guarded and veiled, but permitted them to go out where they could be seen by other men and speak with them. So perhaps it is all in the point of view, and perhaps there are women who can’'t be happy with the respect and trust of their husbands, but who want their husbands to believe the worst of them every time they speak to a man. BUT let me tell you, my dear lady, that while you may get a kick out of this, you will also get a lot of trouble. I have many letters from wives who tell me that their husbands are so jealous that they keep them virtually prisoners. They are not allowed even to visit their mothers without husband's consent and his telephoning two or three times in an afternoon to know if they are really there, and they can't even buy a pot roast without their husbands’ accusing them of having & love affair with the butcher. SO don't be peeved at your husband's taking your affection for him for granted. Get down on your knees and thank heaven for it. And when he tells you he knows you wouldn't flirt, don't take it as a knock. It is the finest compliment he could pay you. And, for goodness sake, don't try to rouse jealousy in him. you do you will start something you will never finish. dogs lie” is a good motto for husbands as well as animals. DOROTHY DIX. b4 “Let sleeping (Copyright. 1931 Attractive Settings for Homes BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ER-FILLED JARS MAY BE EACH SIDE OF THE FRONT DOORWAY. The outside of a house is decoratively high containers of stocky flowers. Thus tmportant in the Summertime above all | diversity is secured. Or if this is not other seasons. It is not only for| . the flowers may supplement preservative reasons, therefore, that| The front door itself should literally houses are painted in time for them to | shine with the ts. Al look thelr best during this season. |mMetal Awnings are put at windows for purely | plack decorative reasons oftentimes, although | they serve their proper furiction equally well, whatever the cause for putting dened | not alone for their own beautifying but | also that they may be the best settings | r the houses. | tie: Besides these major ways of creating | 35 aiso decorative effects to make a"house look its best in Summer, thete are many miner ways that a homemaker can ac- cotnplish Gesired results. The entrance to & home can be so well kept that it tmmediately invites the attention of | enter therein. Steps should never be allowed to collect oaves or the tinjest per. Woodwork about them be_drenched ly with and dust that cannot fall ta collect on rails and fences. Eosin=ne sul a gay n oug] Tower-filed jazs each of the door. g:m flowers are not available potted 5 cap be substituted: These need mot be so that they i moved to give place NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tliustrations by Mary Foley. LXXVIIL THE ROBBER FLY. Asilidae Family. HE insects have their robbers, to0. And such cruel ones! They lurk near the ground for those who fly or crawl close to Jow-gr plants or grasses and go and sit near the flowers cr trees where the higher feeding places attract nectar seekers. “The robber fly is & ferocious-looking insect hawk. His head moves on a slender neck. His large, dark eyes have many facets, and his vision is very good. The great tapering beak, with jts sharp lance, tares the victlm, and the stiff hairs of his blond beard bold the prey while the robber sucks its blood. Strong wings, about three-fourths of an inch long, not only get him about very quickly, but are able to carry heavy insects. Most of the time the prey is eaten while the robber is flying. Some- times, however, he sits upon & plant or flower and consumes his catch. Then the remains are tossed aside, and the burly thief is again terrifying the in- sects. ‘The beekeeper dreads this fly. Thou- sands of nectar-laden bees are caught every year and eaten. He goes after moths, bitterfiies, grasshoppers, beetles and almost any insect 1sg easing to his appetite. True, many of his victims are our enemies, and, while he is the dreaded member of the insect family, he is a friend to us. Over three thou- sand species have been described, and 400 of them are found in the United States. The mother lays her eggs in groups in the soil of the meadow or pasture lands. She inserts them into cracks in ground or digs a shallow room in which to place them. They are whitish and el- liptical and the size of a pinhead. Later when the bables are born they are bristly creatures with sg\nu on their heads and stamachs. are great assets and aid them in getting about in the earth or in a rotten log if their home is there. They eat the eggs of other insects and consume many & little grub which is also an inhabitant of the same soil. They look like the baby of the gadfly, but the resemblance seems to stop there. When grown, he has a black tapering body so covered with white hair as to make him appear gray. He and his sister, too, have blond beards of very stiff bristies, and across the top of each segment of his abdomen is a black band. His'Six strong, spiny legs hold the caught prey in a vicelike grip, and his buzz is so loud he rushes through the air that insects have been seen to dart away from him or duck behind a protecting flower. So bold are they that a large insect, well armored, is at- tacked by them, and their strong lance | soon pierces the back of the protected |one. Smaller insects have no chance | against this robber. He toils not to build a home or to hunt food for his | children—his life is one of fierce attack upon those of his brethren. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Drandpa _say hard Winter is | comin.” so I'se takin' it pretty easy ‘iss | Summer. i Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Sanity and Insanity. ‘ | ‘The difference between physical | heaith and physical disease cannot be | determined accurately. . Health and ill | health shade off into each other by de- {grees so faint that the experienced | diagnostician cennot at times tell one from the other. Fhe same can be said for sanity and fnsanity. No alienist can draw a sharp line.of demarcation | between mental well being and mental | instability. { Melancholia s a form of insanity | during which the sufferer is continually sad. Nothing scems to give him pleas- ure. Every one has his little depressive attacks in normal life, corresponding to melancholia. Mania is a type of insanity during I'lhlch the patient is noted for his rav- ings and his abusive language. You sez | the same sort of behavior at ball games | and horse races. | “The paranoiac in the asylum - will ! hour after hour tell you of his greai inventions, his piles of wealth, and his philanthropic_deeds. The average man in everyday life will rate himself and his achievements a littie above their | actual worth. | Dementia praecox is a form of insan- ity characterized by slovenliness and re- fusal to talk. In everycay life we all pass through periods when we neglect our dress, and would rather not have so many social engagements. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. { | BY JOSEPH J FRISCA. IMA DUDD THINKS THAT *OLD IRONSIDES” 1S RESTAURANT FRIED CHICKEN. ) |\ A Happy Disposition. g truly happy find each day rience 1n » little . Old Mother Nature. Spots the Littie Spotted Skunk, small cousin of Jimmy Skunk, has & happy disposition. Yes, sir, he has so. Per- baps this is because he hus fewer wor- ries than some of his . Wor- ries and happiness somehow do not go together. Spots is happy most “Why shouldn't I be?” he demanded of Flip the Terrier, who was paying him a visit. “I am indepe; find plenty to is always something I like to be found, and e when that big robber, the Homlesd Owl, is about I have no special wixreonft ust what do you eat?” asked Flip. “That depends on what I can find™ replied Spots, turning over a stone and pouncing on a fat beetle, “Now, this beetle is very good eating.” He smacked his lips. re are always grubs to be found if you know where to look for them,” contin Spots. “Then there are crickets a: grasshappers. 1 do gka grasshoppers. I get fat on grass- TS m does your Cousin Jimmy,” inter- rupted Flip. A Mouse darted out from behind a ink] “Mice are excellent, excellent, and youn ‘Wood Rats are just as good. I ofg:"g over to the stables where you are stay- ing and I hardly ever fail to get Mice in season. I do like eggs. And you birds—did you ever try i just ready to leave the nest?” Flip shook his head. “I never did.” “Of course,” sald Spuis, “I don't have enough to find a nest on the ground. Lizards are good, too, but one has to be quick to catch them. Then in season there are mushrooms. rooms. Then, too, there are fruits of Ivlmnl kinds. One needs a little fruit continued Spots, “and over where you are staying they throw out a lot of scraps. I have had many feasts over there, Oh, there isn't '0OD and German kitchens are topics of conversation for all who visit that country; for the skill with 1 which cooking is conducted there, in- | deed, makes it worthy of praise. A little less sfrequently do we hear discussed the various other points of German hospitality, al- though to my mind they are interesting. It is quite diffi- cult to draw the generosity and con- ‘The two sideration, or three day visit or the week end, so popular with us and in England, is un- known there. If you receive an invita- tion to visit a German family it is— like as not—for the entire Summer or Winter. And as in Italy, it is most difficult to tell your hosts that you would like to be alone mow and then;.not even that it is the custom in England and America. That statement does not im- press them in the least, for on the whole they feel that both English and Americans are not truly hospitable! At least.once each year the feel that they must entertain their: friends at & lavish dinner; often—since times have been difficult—families will stint for months before, so that when the day of entertainment arrives it can be a grand affair. Friends are all in- vited together, and a wonderful time is had by al To go to dinner or supper in Ger- many may mean almost anything. You never know, unless you are fam! with the customs or know your hosts very well, for in the matter of dress you must be governed accordingly. Sel- dom is evening dress used exgept for the most formal affairs or to dinner before a dance. To some quite formal dinners even the men wear morning clothes and the women afternoon frocks. The meal is always beautifully served and not overlong. There are flowers on the table, but not so many as we have, a% most German louses are set in the center of gorgeous gardens and the windows opening upon them give vistas of bloom at its best. Adl down the table are slender bottles of mineral water and wine. When champagne comes (usually at a later stage than in most countries) toasts are drunk. After dinner all rise .together MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Melons, Oatmeal With Cream. Brolled Lamb Kidneys. Bacon, Toast. Blueberry Griddlecakes. Coffe DINNER. Melon Ball Cocktail. Roast Chicken, Brown Gravy. Riced Potatoes, Broccoli. Hollandaise Sauce. Chicken Salad Sandwiches. Sliced Peaches. Sponge Cake, Tea. BLUEBERRY GRIDDLECAKES. ps flour, % of well floured blueberries, PEACH MOUSSE. Cover -3 box gelatin with cold water, let stand or a Rat there. Then there are eggs | g birds just | “No,” said he, | those often, only when I am lucky | I like mush- | “THAT REMINDS ME.,” SAID FLIP. “ARE YOU FULLY GROWN?" | any trouble in getting enough to eat if find. and usually T am.” | He began to turn over some | stones and rattle them i e t | nn‘;lhere s i sl i ¥ i i iz i F 2 & | a good | digestion. I al 5&? i : éi?e | i