Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1931, Page 12

t of applique pieces used on one of new tunic blouses. We are showing because it may be just the sort of you need to add a new touch last season's dress or blouse and it be used on any sort of V-neckline. The decoration consists of six appli- ques, three of one tone and three of "BEDTIME STORIES Varmint Treed. coward runs nor doth he pause lly cause. fnd 1 TR siother ‘Nature. The arrival of Cousin Tom with two of the dogs from the ranch at the ‘cabin where Farmer Brown's Boy was camping with Stumpy, the old pros- pector, was hailed with joy, especially | by the latter. | “I was just wishin' we had these dogs,” said he. “Fow come you hap- | pened to bring 'em along?” | ol e S, ey I bered that when I AR MMERPTY L OG0T . T ] g ¥ B 3 ¥ F;i 5k b nxious) 3 ly. he ought to MENU FOR A DAY. SRS BREAKFAST. Cantaloupe. Oatmeal with Cream. Baked Beans. Fish Cakes. S8rIBTET Roast Veal, Brown Grayy. ‘Watermelon. Pickle. Here is a prize doughnut mme It is not original with this de- ent, but the party who gave it to us was paid 60 cents a dozen and bad all the orders she could attend to Place in your bowl 1 cur of sugar and 1 tablespoon of fresh butter,- 1 tablespoon of boiling ‘water. Beat this to a cream then 1 whole egg well beaten, 1 salt (m“n;). 3% tea- | first pin, then bas ition. My Neighbor Says: A slice of apple kept in the bread or cooky box will aid in keeping foods fresh and soft. Of course the apple must be changed frequently. To clean parchment or paper lamp shades use wallpaper clean- er. In case one has the'plaited shades, remove the string and lay flat on table. The lamp shades ‘will clean beautifully and look like new. Keep rubber bands in a tightly closed tin box. They Reep very than if exposed to the'alr. ‘When you wish to make gravy or soup with the water in which meat has been cooked, wring a cloth out in cold water and strain the liquor through it. No grease will go through. (Copyright, 1931 By Thornton W. Burgess. be more than a match for a couple of _dogs. Stumpy grinned. “He could but he ‘won't,” he - big cats cowards. Won't fight . Reckon the Besides the critters know that where | there are dogs there are likely to be] humans, and that is plumb upsettin’ to one of these cat critters.” | 1t was rough country and hard rid- ing and several times the dogs were 80 ahead that they could hardly be | heard. Once they passed out of hear- . But Stumpy knew the | country and knew the ways of the mountain X‘h’m Bohehdm"zm; and presently they could on the dogs. Stumpy held up others to stop and | ten. “They've got him!” he exclaimed. “No to hurry now. ‘We can take our | time. “What do you mean by saying that have got him?” asked Farmer fi'fl got the Stumpy. “Don't their < i;fi THE .EVENING NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tllustrations by Mary Foley. the world, except in colder countries. Her name is Egyptian. Phareoh’s rat which was supposed to devour the eggs of the crocodile, was held sacred on this account. The Ichneumon fly is well and | named. She lays her eggs in the hose young would hnm terpillars. of wi into devouring ca ‘We do mot. ENEUMON C. sacred for this act of kindness, iate her services. hold her but we do a Mrs. Pimpla, inquisitor, our enemy the tussock moth caterpillar, a very well known destro; of our trees. When she is ready to lay her eggs she selects the cocoon of the young caterpillar and lays them just inside the case. In a few hours her, babies are busy applying their sucking mouth parts to the sleeping occupant. Then they spin a dainty little cocoon of silk for themselves and in a few days have changed into purn or the chndhood stage in insect life. In six days or 80 she has grown into an adult Ichneumon fly and is ready to gnaw her way to the world and start her war on the slow but sure supply of shelters for the coming generation of little flles. Some of the mother lfi.iru ;v‘ioll size up a very plump cal e ver over her and deliberately stab her with the long . Of course, the vietim from her cruel enemy. do. Ina time she only the shell but the food for the family within and is a mere shadow of her former plump self. Mrs. Thalessa has the most wonder- ful flexible drill in the world. It is 6 nt her body with her systematic pound- ing, this drill through hard wood and bark for several inches. The owner has located the burrow of a plump grub, the offspring of Tremex, and she knows to a nicety where to place her eges. they hatch they go down the hall to where the grub is sure to be and dine upon h?n;wm one then goes -up stage and finally walks out of a_ hole the bark and enters the world of 2 & s Copyright, 1931.) August ‘ Dessert. Eight slices angel food cake. two cup- Suiting the Clock to the Room BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. | ~Ever since clocks were first made they have been considered in the light of or- naments as well as timepieces, until to- | | day, with the multiplicity of styles, it | can be sald of them, as of books, “of i ks L i. i A E E ! 1 8 L] ; £5é ] A E? g ! 29> w§ gt :;ig e ) i E | f it s 41 by ] s i i 3 g i H / H 8g i | £ : £ i ¥ € ~ < s i the hands should be distinct, so that | their direction is boidly silhouetted. | of zimflar type, which are known as grandmother clocks, are also good. Wall persons who are kept awake just by the mm-'noa.'mmm Cuckoo | they belong. c! are other persons who find the slow tick-tock of b.gflemhumhl. It is the b4 ticking that seems to ly hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry that is > 3 Te are enough _boudo! with gentle ticks that are a able for guest . For one's SHINGTON, D. C, OF THE MOMENT PARIS™ /u.n_ alowls qmbi/u.l with many small tucks yao&é and dress Kave Small cap rlecves. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX DOROTHY DIX®-Why do they put-so much stress on women keeping young and beautiful while nobody seems to care about a man's looks? e it from me, if you look aged people the wives are just as good looking and slim nndAv‘:'li)druud as the men. Answer: The white woman's burden around in any company of middle- has always been the obligatior to be beautiful though ugly. No matter what her virtues, no matter what her achievements, she has always hed to be a good looker or else the balance was dust and ashes. She cculdn’t offe: her fault and that peaches-and-cream, hair with a naturally curly wave were T as an alibi that, after all, it wasn't complexions and lissome s and gifts of the gods and that ‘wasn't to be blamed if she was passed over when the prize packages were handed out. ~ Non could she claim that if she was short on looks she was long on per-~ formances; that if her outside adornment was scanty she had a bril- liant mind, a beautiful heart and a lovely soul. as highly desirable English say, for most of us. These were esteemed possession, but we have felt these were not enough. should throw in beauty, too. And that" s humu!pd:motmx,nthe ‘There is no other one thing that women have envied men so much as the fii"llele they have had of being not viag to spend their lives camouflaging their personal aj living pictures when nature turned and vainly trying to be chromos. as homely as God made them and nce em out WHAnT this has cost women in money: in time, in suffering, in self-sacri- ce, no tongue can tell, but every plain faced sister of us could a a chapter of.personal confessions to the Book of Martyrs that 'mlld: wring tears from a stone. Why, the mm lished more in business and in their hair and putting on their ey got through counting their calories and having main reason that women have not the professions is because by the ;Jaemunant put complexions and ing sure their clothes were the latest style, they were so exhausted and worn it they had no energy to give to their jobs. i ‘This having to create an illusion of beauty where none existed has been bad enough, but & worse misfortune still last few years and that is having the them. No woman has dared grow ol came a cause of divorce and on every side we have seen men ing their wives because they were old, but actually being DOROTHY forsaki in it by public opinion. curse of x"t‘un wth lndh o e of perpef out ld or to act old. .I.e :mnnywb‘: not_only Justified DIX. (Copyright, 1931.) . A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK 'S at least one person in the | under Civil Service regulations must retire this month, As a matter of fact, his time was up one year ago, but when Secretary Stimson intervened with the commis- sion in his behalf, the man was granted a year of grace. 's fate again rests in the | s hands. Civil Service au-| thorities have intimated that they can permit no further stay. If he retains his job, other provisions must be made. 1f this short, bow-legged old colored man were to pass from the State De- rtment, one of the most picturesq { n _house envoys resident in Wash- will be the same out him. This always has been the to forel . ! almost sweeps the ground behind him, adjusts the correct shade of cravat to a winged collar, and makes his way to the nook outside the Secretary's office, where he awaits the diplomats’ arrival. -4 Rules of precedence must be strictly abserved on these occasions. They are fixed by the diplomats themselves and ; their rank in the corps is inviolabl An must be shown in be- fore a minister. A minister goes ahead of a charge d'affaires, Eddie knows them all and just where “The moment a diplomat puts in his ce Eddie catalogues him. sharp ayes of his seldom stray from the tary's door while there . _And the minute that , Bddle knows that the Sec- ‘concluded his audience with diplomat, and he goes particular action. Swallow-tail coat comes dangero touching the are door retary that ito usly near he walks toward the e . xperience in itself u‘,'“'in. 's ce watch the w‘n a Eddie at work on Dip- lomatic day. i Nut Cookies. “Two-thirds cupful fat, one and a half S cupfuls light brown sugar, two eggs, one vanilla, teaspoonful .~ one-quarter tea- spoonful salt, two-thirds cupful broken 'HE man who listed the 64 men who “rule the United States” now comes forward with a ahn to restore pros- pefllx to the nation. Bef sailing the other day on a Mediterranean cruise James W. Gerard | Germany, , suggested to President Hoover the ambassador in Ber- lin during the .war days has ventured into the field of eco- nomies. His never-flagging interest in the re- turn of prosperity has brought him both praise and censure. “His recent indorse- ment of empire free trade and a high tariff for Great Britain prompted ment in England that he was “ thusiast in an unfamiliar fiele 'TEVER “Jimmie” Gerard's qual- ifications are as an economist, there seems practically no one whao dis- putes his ability to carry on as a vig- orous diplomat. Smooth-working and likable, & good mixer and an after- dinner speaker, he introduced new kind of diplomacy to Germany during the war. He gave blow for. blow. His retort to the German foreign minister who told him there were 500,000 German reservists in America who would be true to the Fatherland should the United States enter the war who would be true to the Fatherland is famous: “The United States has 500,000 lamp posts on which to hang the 500,000 German reservists.” At another time an attem; ‘Temperate in bis habits, he neither smokes, chews nor drinks. He speaks He more in favor of- the X is credited with hav] er volume of Liberty Loan than almost any man in thh:wwmvnn:rm sen! at the Mexican centennial in 1910 and hearers delivered ish better than English he uses the for- mer language. Chilled Fruit Juices. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1931 NANCY PAGE Rain in” Camp Makes New Games Good Fun. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. The girls were in camp and were moaning the rainy weather. True enough, it had rained for three days in succession. And rainy days in a house are bad enough, but days in & camp when out of doors is soppy and drippy and indoors is dull and gloomy—well, its the girls were all writing The camp director finally decided the wise thing to do was to capitalize the rain. And Ef with the following was given a cup. Then sedsciat ! (Copyright, 1981.) | Alec the Great | M I[I[””I c.'[_} I¢ Everyd.ly Psychology BY DR. fESSE W. SPROWLS. Sleep. ‘We spend about a third of ‘our time . Some think this is too great a of time. One investigator holds that an average of 5 hours out of the 24 is sufficient, and he even hints that this amount might be re- duced without inconvenience. The important supposed causes of sleep are: 1. A lessening of the normal blosd supply to the brain, This is a purely physiological process. 2. An accumulation of fatigue poi- sons, which lower the excitability of the = nerves. physiological from the of which is to avold y, sleep is & racial it. 4. A subtle habit of getting nervous :'ngu the companion habit of sleeping : “flight from is uncon- d again. 1 sense, reduction in sleep is possible. To do this one needs to acquire the habit of soundly. Same” dhing tention on something of 1 terest, except that you must concen- trate on non-concentrating. (Copyright, 1931.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. y &\ Pt/ I_wonder why it is uvver folkses’ those on our tree? % (Copyright, 1831.) i | skating on one skate till he is now the FEATURES. The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD. Who started her career a3 a frightened highest Frills on the Chops. Maxine had the most uncomfortable life I have ever known. But she chose it deliberately. She wanted to make & show, and she was willing to be un- comfortable to do it. She® worked hard ed in New York in a small job and f lived in an apart- ment that had a good address on ‘West Seventieth street. In that re- H glon _ there are some houses which are right over the tracks of the New York Ce'nntrll Rail- road. ey are ward. nice’ houses with o ool good apartments, but they are always filled with black smoke and noise, and they shake with the rumble of trains. Even with the windows closed the soot drifts in. Because of this the rents are low—the lowest you can get | for an address that sounds fine. that reason she lived there. She almost never asked any one to her house, but when she told any one where she lived she was able to say: “Three hundred and twenty West Seventieth street.” It sounded better than three hundred and twenty East Seventieth street. ‘When once in awhile she did invite any one, the dinner was meager. There | a u yas never enough to eat, but the chops | you want to be a 1ril typist and who paid business women in America. She is to one of America’s famous guthors. studied the fashion | very bad example. But it | what you want. became one of the now married g ? iE 5 % i you as depends I ought to show her If you would like to the world right now. all plenty of money and | she wants ‘To be sure, all this success | surface, just as everything al in when she was wornfi | marriage has been a failure, and restiess, unbappy woman. Testless, ls on them. They were | woman, but at the same small—they were tough—but they had | the mone; d luxuries an alr with their white paper caps. 'a good peyn-ann 'A‘)‘lflll‘fi!’.“‘ MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Body Pimples. ke Dear Miss Leeds—(1) I am 15 years old and have had blackieads and tiny ? 1 prefer raw spinach to . Will it hurt me? (2) My teeth are naturally quiet yellow, but I have found that I can make them white by putting a little iodine on them once a week., Is this harmful? RED. ANSWER—(1) A diet consisting largely of fresh fruit, salads and green vegetables is healthful, especially for Summer, but at your age you elso néed certain amount of starches, fats and d blackheads Dear Miss Leeds—(1) I have silky | light brown hair and put it up m curl- ers every second or third night. Is this ? My bair looks thinner than I am tall. What styles' of make me look shorter? HELENE. Answer—(1) You can make your hair become much fluffier and it will | . e | p:uhnu the under The Weakly News. ‘Weather: Partly sunny. SISSIETY PAGE. Mr. Benny Pottses cook Nora emter- tained a sailer from the navy last Sat. tiday nite and Mr. Benny Potts wawked | thy the kitchin severel times hoping *0 be shown how to tie some sailer knots, | wich he wasent, finely being invited to | nng:uhmm last time he went through | re! its was being served. ‘Miss Mary Watkins and Miss Mary Jonson attended a wedding in the cor- in the next block Wensday, up for the occasion on ac- having been reely invited, outside the house and giv- for the bride when she BIZZNESS AND FINANCIAL. Sid Hunts big brother Fred izzent werking at present but is often seen looking at financial in the paper on account of ha receeved 2 shares of stock for his berthday. SPORTING PAGE. Shorty Judge has been practicing cham one skate skater, being a conaorgn for having lost his other skate, . AVVERTIZING PAGE. Situations Wunted. ‘ Brite boy wishes to make himself use- | ful around a good candy store during vacation. See Puds Simkins. Browned Fish. ‘Two and a half pounds of fish, one- third cupful flour, one teaspoonful salt, rter _teaspoonful pap spoon! lemon juice and six tablespoon- ful fat. Wasi: fish and clean thoroughly. Sprinkle with ficur, salt and paprika. Pit into baking pan and add the fat. Brown well in oven or under broiler. tal . Sprinkle with S ban o Avaange-oh piatier and. gar: minutes. on platter and gar- nish with lemon quarters and parsley, JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. IMA DUDD THINKS THAT THE QUESTION OF THE Hou SWHAT TIME make white hair black? keep white hair from by curling with hot satisfactory than the to see how your hair takes not attempt the have an e eep the waves in place longer wire clips and a hair net L4 Dear Miss Leeds—Will warm olive ofl (2) What kind irons? AH. Answer—(1) No. (2) The penetrate dye is more ing, nonpoisonous type of sort that i ir with a aill L gELy