Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1931, Page 28

WOMAN’S PAGE . Children and Beauties of Nature BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. children in a family to the ouf birds as they any other information about it. I know of one family whose young children were about plants because they had been so encouraged to make collec- tlons of flowers in their season. They | would spot new or different blossoms as quick as a flash. I remember when one of these little folk was not yet in her teens and went | motoring in & country new to her, she counted 50 familiar flowers in an after- noon’s drive. The country was begin- to be an open book of wonders and pleasures to her. A knowledge of trees both by their barks and by their foliage is more dif- ficult. It is not so hard to learn leaves as bark and so it is wise not to puzzle | little children with the latter. When foliage is known, some of the trees with | pronounced types of bark such as locust {and white birch will probably already be recognizable by both traits. The shapes of trees is also revealing, apple trees by their gnarled branches, elms by their graceful sweeping curves, willows by their trailing leafy fronds, etc. To really enjoy the out-of-doors means more than just to revel in the fresh air and sunshine, and landscape and sea views. These are some of the pleasures which can be immensely in- creased by an intimacy with living and growing things. (Copyright, 1531) Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Thinking. Every one is thinking all the time, | day and night, year in and year out. Thinking is really continuous picture- making, outlined in various degrees of | clearness. It is also colored in various hues, tints and saturations by those | universal psychological paints called | pleasure and lpnlm | It is possible for descriptive purposes | to draw a distinction between night- | thinking and day-thinking. Night- | thinking is called dreaming; day-think- | ing, what is it, merely “thinking.” In making this distinction, you must not insist upon strict demarcations. Do you not les mistake your dreams for reality? Do you not, while wide awake, often fall into reveries (day- iM)? If so, you will agree that | night-thoughts and day-thoughts are lonly arbitrary names. They merely | designate the time of day, and_state | the facts of our dominant mental habits during different periods of time. However, night-thinking is on the whole more pictorial than day-thinking. Your dreams are pictures. There is com- paratively little exchange of conversa- tion between people in your dreams. advertising in a dream. Practically everything is direct action between and among individuals. If you turn to a characterization of day- you find that your and all PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM NANCY PAGE Simple Curtains Are Always Effective. i i Eg Rains that were wearing out she drew small sketches of the curtain and filed the sketch and the idea for later use. In & bed room which was papered ith cream wall paper studded with lue stars the windows were hung with unbleached musiin curtains. The quality was only medium, since the extra good is too dense and thick to look pretty when hung. But curtains were glorified with & trimming of blue—bright blue—ball fringe. And the bed was an old one &elnud a skipper blue. The effect of room was simple and charming. T BRADY, M. D. the doctor in attendance seems in doubt about the diagnosis; that is, unless he gives the child the benefit of the doubt immediately a full dose of , which can_do no harm if it happens the child has not itheria. Simple croup is a_spasm of some of uscles in the throat, muscies that the vocal cords, from the frri- of an otherwise trifling coryza, or laryngitis. Such local spasm is more likely to occur in in children who inherit a spas- . Such children may ve general convulsions with the on- acute ilinesses which in adults less susceptible children would M HLH L EE i ip suffocation or lack of sufficient air), the inevitable consequence is faintness or which relaxes the spasm and relief. Nature’s way of curing ), crude and painful for a loving , but a sure cure never- further assurance of par- t to assert emphatically that such thing as “membraneous ‘There is only crowing, labored bre d barl an king The attack les in an hour a smile." Late next after- noon the little rascal begins to prepare {;f some more fun, and sure enough in down, and quits carrying on like that the third night, the parents, if conventionally dumb, credit it to the dope or nostrum they have chosen. But the truth is it makes little difference whether the child receives any treat- a one or two | and seldom indecd is a | third performance given in ar case | Owing to unpon{nt things we must | print today, this story will be continued {in a forthcoming issue, if still more important things do not preclude. | s : Peanut Crisps. | Mix one cupful of finely chopped peanuts with one cupful of sugar, haif | & cupful of sifted flour and half a tea- | spoonful of sali. Beat three egg whites {until stiff, add half a teaspoonful of al- |mond exract and fold into the first mixture, DAILY DIET RECIPE SPINACH WITH MAYONNAISE. Spinach, 2 pounds, Salt, 2 tcaspoons. Water, 2 cups. Lemon juice, 8 teaspoons. Olive ofl, 4 teaspoons. Pepper, ¥ teaspoon. Mayonnaise, 3 or 4 tablespoons. SERVES SIX PORTIONS. ‘Wash spinach free from “,;‘;,- Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. we usually give it little though. Yet, in the his- | tory of man, our present style of writing |is new indeed. Signs and pictures were used for centurics, Gradual develop- ment led to the present ajphabet. ‘We combine Jet- ters to make words, and then sentences, in order to send messages. Every time we write, how- ever, we are telling more about our- selves than we stop to think. A thoughtful observer can learn if we are ineat and careful, or just the reverse. Our writing need not be in itself a thing of beauty, but its arrangement on the page will in- dicate an appreciation, or disregard, of attractive arrangement and form. Un- consclously when seeing a well planned written page we realize that here is an attractive, beauty-loving personality. ‘Wide, even margins and good spacing show good taste, just as well arranged rooms do. The person who has a clear, uneluttered brain will have the same type of home and write a clear, well arranged page. Individual letter forms need not be beautiful in order to show*an apprecia- tion of beauty and good taste. Many artists are very poor scribes, but not ugly ones. Perfection is not always beauty. Thus writing may derive beauty from individual letters which are not in themselves beautiful, but which lend | character to otherwise commonplace | writing. Do not try to fit your writing to a copybook form. Write as your own fancy dictates and in that way express your personality to its fullest. Your friends will enjoy .your letters more, because they will see the real you shin- ing from the pages. Note—Anajysis of handwriting is mot an ezact science, according to world in- vestigdtors, but all_agree it is interesting and lots of fun. The Star presents the 1 If° vou wish vour writing gnalyzed send a sample to Miss Mocka- bee. care of The Star, along with a self- addressed, lope. It will column_ or ng_analysis interesting E are so accustomed to seeing our own handwriting or that of a friend or associate that Miss Mockabee. you_ will receive a_handwr: chart which you will find an study. FOOD PROBLEMS BY SALLY MONROE. Salmi of Game. Remains of cooked game, ai onion | cut in slices, one ounce butter, one | ounce flour, half pint stock, rind of one | orange; also one bunch of herbs, salt, | pepper, toast and lemon juice. | Any cooked game may be used for | |salmi, or two kinds together. Cut up | into neat pieces, removing skin. Melt | the butter in small pan, add the flour | and cook until & nice brown. Add the Dy Shall Parents Plan Children’s Marriages? JUST bow far parents are justified in interfering in their children's marriages is & matter of controversy between the two generations that will never be settled. Of course, it is perfectly natural for fathers and mothers to believe that they can make a far better choice of a hus- bank or & wife than the son or daughter can. They feel that their wis- dom, their experience, their knowledge of life fits them to make a better selection. In particular, they feel that they can bring a calm, cool judgment to bear cn the matter, for they will not be carried away by any glamour of fleeting attraction. They will not be influenced by the fact that a chap is tall and slim and has a way with him. Nor will a girl's com- plexion and her cuteness convince them that she is the heaven-destined mate for their John. \HE lure of beauty, the ability to do the latest dance step and a keen conversational line would cut no ice with them. They would get right down to fundamentals, and in picking out Mary's husband they would select a man because of his high moral character, his ability to make a good living and his generally quiet, staid demeanor. John and Mary reply that, much as it is ordained that they, and not father and mother, are going to have to live with the ones they marry, they are the ones to be pleesed. Furthermore, that tastes differ and that they do not care any more for mother’s and father's taste in husbands and wives than they do for their taste in clothes and amuse- ment. ALL of which is undeniably true on both sides of the question. Doubt- less, parents could select for their children better husbands and wives than they often select for themselves, but the ratio of successful marriages would not be increased thereby, nor would divorces decrease, for so contrary is human nature that we cannot love to order those w{hogl Il'e :hould love, nor find inspiring companionship in the soclety of the elect. The old bugaboos of parents, that of having their children marry out of their class or marry a poor man or a frivolous girl, mean absolutely nothing to the young, who have seen the turn of the wheel that carried aristocrats to the bottom and brought profiteers to the top of the ladder; who know how to make their own living and do not have to marry for it, and who know that the flapperest flapper often turns into the most domestic of wives., WE HAVE all seen the rich old man that mother forced on Mamie lose his money and have beheld her bankrupt in heart as well as in purse, and we have known many Johns who solaced themselves with ghilandenng as a recompense for the dull, homely heiresses that fathers ad foisted upon them. So, since nobody can tell beforehand how any marriage will turn out, Es,ren!.t had best keep their hands off and let their children at least ave the fun of making their own mistakes DOROTHY DIX. DorothyDix| 5. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 193 “BONERS” Humorous Tid-Bits From School Papers. CATHERINE THE GREAT'S HUSBAND ‘WAS HUNG BY HER SUPPORTERS. As well as real actors and actresses there are those who we go to see for charity. These are called immature. ‘The Great Flood was sent down be- cause of the great number of dirty people. The sun never sets on the British Empire because the British Empire is in the East and the sun sets in the ‘West. The Rhine is boarded by wooden mountains. The cow gives us milk. A young cow is called a calf and gives up jelly. Quinine is the bark of a tree; canine is the bark of a dog. The people didn't like King James II and after thfee years they decomposed him. (Copyright, 1931) stock and stir until boiling. Now add the onion, any bones from the birds, | the thinly peeled rind of the orange | and a bunch of herbs (sprigs of parsley | and of thyme, one bay leaf) tied in| musiin and any skin from the game. | Simmer gently for an hour if possible, | then strain, return the sauce to pan, | 2dd a little lemon juice, salt and pepper | to taste. Add a wineglassful of grape | juice. This recips originally cailed for | ‘wine, but the grape juice does very well. Bring to a boil and lay in the pieces of game, cover the pan and stand it at lside of fire or in a double boiler for 15 | |or 25 minutes to get well impregnated | |with the sauce, and quite hot, but it | must on no account boil. Lay four | pieces of toast on a hot dish, arrange the game neatly on top, pour the sauce | over. THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN SERVICE ‘There are so many points about this | stunning dress that matrons will find 50 slimming. It has that smart wrap-over closure that detracts so splendidly from | breadth. | | plain white, 38, 38, 40, 42, Size 36 requires 4% A printed crepe silk was used for it| Feeding the first year is not a com- in an indefinite stripe pattern in black 'plicated matter if the mother fixes a |and white. The cross-over vestee was few elementary facts in her mind. The | additional foods up to 7 months of age | | _ Style No. 2708 may be had in sizes |are cereals, orange juice and vegetables. 44, 46 and 48 inches bust. | Egg yolk is usually added some time be- | ards of 39-inch |tween 7 and 12 months and cod liver | [ of mon! | ment, which makes for sturdy | tooth development. i |months and 1 year. | outline of the facts for which Mrs. K. | MODES OF THE MOMENT i of white rabbit with e collar and euffs f;é&_né/ox- orn with a Black satin Fown iy YOUR BABY AND MINE MRYTLE MEYER ELDRED. naturallv. You may find he through the night. If not, one is ‘enough, and if he hours, give only water. First-Year Feeding. will sleep better and so will you. year. is @ constant food during _the ths from September to June. Dur- | ing the other months sunlight furnishes baby with the necessary vitamin D ele- | Reis ana | are not ready for it. cible to force him to o The breast-fed baby is weaned at 9 | months. The bottle-fed baby gets an | increasingly stronger milk formula until | he is of an age and weight to get un- | diluted whole milk, any time between 9 ‘This is a_hasty tables. In broths alone, if ishment is negligible. baby is not getting sleep feeding wakens at odd By all means, let him sleep in a room alone. He' Six teeth is the average number at 1 He isn't too young for any ac-| fty which e Iniics g carrieson | BAEFSE TP i L ST e is in forcing a child to sit up or walk | middle. about supported by an adult when they It's hardly pos- Teep. Both chicken broth and beef broth are mediums in which to serve vege- cleared of fat and served without cereal, the nour- It is possible the sufficient solids. Cereal at 10 am. and 6 p.m., orange juice at 9 am, sieved vegetables at 2 | M. and many of my readers are wrlt-“ | ing. | material with % yard of 32-inch con- trasting. Black crepe satin with white crepe satin is exceedingly voguish and may be | worn all through the Fall. resort, choose washable crepe Fa For a pattern of this style, send 15 Hi ts in stamps or coin directly to the ashington Star's New York Fashion H , New York. g g eau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth | {Mrs. K. M. | weight? | milk? |for his age? | | | and do not waken Here are the problems confronting | .. “My baby is 7 months old | and weighs 191, pounds. Is he over- When does he get undiluted | He has two teeth. Is that right He's on the three-hour | schedule and I feed him when I go to bed, about 11 or 11:30 p.m. He usually wakens about 3:30 am. for ancther{ feeding. Shouldn’t he sleep through | the night? What shall I do about that? | “He gets cereal, milk desserts, some strained vegetables, tomato juice and | chicken or beef broth. I think that | ought to be enough solids. He sleeps in the room with us. Would it be better to let him sleep in & room alone? Does he need cod liver oil? He is nice and brown from sun baths. He's beginning to creep all over. Is he too young for this activity?” He is larger than the average 7- month-old baby who started life with a weight of 7 pounds. He may have weighed more at birth, so it is difficult to comment on his “overweight.” He is fed far too often, though, for his age and weight. 1If he gets enough milk by formula he does not need a milk des- sert also. 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NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tlustrations by Mary Foley. xciv ASSASSIN BUGS Conorhinus Sanguisuga (HIS family has the famous “kiss- ing bug” of 1898 in it. It is not with a kiss this little beast seeks to greet you. Far from it. It is your blood he is after. The bite is painful and often causes swelling and fainting. However, the “kisser” rarely ever enters a home, and does not hunt man or beast. Should one*be impeded in his journey by your body, he would likely give you a vicious stab and be on his way. Assassin bugs have been known to enter very dirty houses where there were bedbugs and cockroaches.{ They have no odor of their own, but they have a nose that can detect their prey afar off. Most of the bugs are three- fourths of an inch long and very da and is very strong. The eyes are like beads, set out on the side of the long, | narrow head. Holding his head with its |long beak in an inquisitive manner as he moves along, he is a most ferocious | looking enemy to other insects. His favorite form of diet is the juicy | potato bug and the loud singing lo- cust. His acts are those of kindness to man when destroying these pests. This | has nothing to do with his incessant seeking of these insects. Blood is what | he is atter. | The baby of the assassin bug throws {off & sticky fluid and then rolls about |in the dust. If this is his idea of fool- |ing his enemies he is badly mistaken. He has been called the “masked bed- bug. ‘The mother lays her eggs in sheltered places, beneath stones, logs or plants. There is one generation a year. The babies hatch from the eggs and begin | to stalk their prey at a very early, age. After sucking the blood from their vic- tim they toss it aside. Should warm ;7 | blooded animals come near them they | would not hesitate to attack them. In this particular species, the sides | marked with bars of pink and red. The The wings fold flat on the | back but do not cover the thin margin | plates. The head is very narrow and |is tipped with a long conical nose. Do not pick up these insects. Should one alight upon you, give him a_quick flip before he has a chance to stab you. There are about 2,000 species of these insects and 150 of them are in the United States. Assassin _bugs are looked upon as friends and not foes. They prey upon our most persistent enemies. They do Dot enter our homes and they do not destroy our crops. (Copyright, 1831 Liver Sausage Hash. Boil and cool ten medium-sized large potatoes, then cube them; also one | pound of liver sausage. Slice one large | onion thin. Put some shortening into | a skillet, add all the ingredients and | mix well over a hot fire, stitring occa- | sionally for about ten minutes. Serve with a salad of beets and lettuce with mayonnaise. SALAD-MAKERS attention 4 Here’s a Handy Helper « « « #t's our new family-size package . . . filled with refresh- ing Cottage Cheese. It just holds enough for one of those appe~ tizing supper-salads, that make life worth living, after a hot summer day. Order some from your milkman. 10c a package. Listen to the National Dairy Redio Program eeery Tuesday night from 7.30 0 8.00 (E. 8. T.) over WRC and associated N. B. C. stations. Chestnut Farms Dairy A ll\'lll)Q N OF NATIONAL PAIRY of the abdomen have thin plates| Finger-Waved Coiffure. ‘There are three types of hair which will take a finger wave beautifully— naturally curly hair, hair which is soft and pliable and will train easily and hair which has been given a permanent wave. It is a waste of time to attempt to finger wave very straight, coarse and unylelding hair. “Those with hair ef this kind will do well to stick to the marcel or have a permanent wave, if they feel they must have a wave, but duri the Summer months, when ¥ marcel is hard to keep, it is often best to try to find a becoming way of wear- ing the hair straight. Before arranging a finger wave the first thing to do is wxut a part in your hair where you wish it to be in the fin- ished coiffure. part, comb the hair straight back. To illustrate the finger waving proc- ess, the following coiffure, which would be suited to a young girl who is allow! Make two parts in the hair, beginning over the center of each eyebrow. Con- e the ends of the paste tn catvery back of the top of the head. ‘This will give you a roughly triangular section of hair, which we will call No, 1. Divide the 'remainder of the hair into three 3 the left side and No. 4 the back. Comb a short strand from No. 2 to make a flat curl on the right side of the forehead. the hair—No. 2. First dampen the hair and comb it out, thoroughly. Holding the hair firmly with the left hand, comb it a little to the left and downward to form the first wave. Hold this wave in place between your first and second fin- gers while you form the next wave by drawing the hair upward with the comb, then downward and up again. Place the third finger of the left hand in the second wave to hold it in place. Business Boys. Is it possible that if girls were always called women they would get along bet- ter in business? Is it true that if men were called boys nobody would take them seriously? I have received an amusing letter about this. “Dear Miss Woodward: Just why a woman should be referred to until she is middle- aged is beyond my prm understanding. Yet f many people, par- K ticularly newspaper people, will refer to single women in | their twenties and leven thirties as | ‘girls’ Only yes- | terday in & news- paper I saw an item concerning a ‘gitl’ of 30. I have even seen women of Helen Woodward. | 35 referred to as ‘girls’ if they hap- pened to be single. Newspaper people, and fiction writers, too, seem to have he fixed idea that the female of the | species does not become & woman until | she marries, regardless of her age. I believe they are responsible for setting this idiotic idea into the minds of the public. | “Did you ever hear men referred to | as "Business Boys'? You think it sounds | ridiculous don’t you? But I certainly cannot see that it would be any more ! "[EE radio has introduced a new prob- lem fof the home manager—that of providing some place for informal dancing. The unkindest housekeeper could not be cruel enough to prohibit this de- lightful and healthful activity, but she has to think about her rugs. Scraping across the carpet every evening for half | an hour does not add to the uty of its appearance or the length of its life. During Summer the radio may be conveniently placed on the veran sunporch. Here nothing gets the wear WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. If you do not want any | her hair to grow long, has been selected: | es to a point about two inches | sections, No. 2 being the right side, No. | Now finger wave the right section of | Pinger hair (No. 3) in a similar fashion. Comb the middle section (No. 1) obliquely for- t in two finger waves and a at the ends. The back hair may be waved in & V shape with alter- nate waves on each side. The ends may be curled up or turned under. After the waves have been put in it is a good plan to wear a net cap to hold them in place until the hair is quite dry. In order to help the waves set better, & curling fluid may be used in place of water to moisten the hair. The follow~ ing ingredients make a good one: Quince seed, one tablespoonful; distilled water, one pint; boll gently until reduced to one-half. Strain and add one and one- half ounces toilet alcohol, two ounces of cologne water or rose water. If the lo- tion is too thick, more rose water may Make | be added to make the desired con- sistency. The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD. Who started her career as a frightened typist and who became one of the highest paid business women in America. She is now married to one of America’s famous authors. absurd than calling own ridiculous, don't you? én’n I mfi; ‘girls” It is my opinion that until we cease to be ‘girls,’ ‘bachelor girls’ and other silly nonentities, and become women, we shall bave nothing but & ‘theoretical equality.” “People would think it positive insan- ity if the newspapers referred to men in their twenties or thirties as ‘Doys’ because they happened to be single. Can you imagine something like the ‘29-year-old boy arrested ? ‘Hit-run driver kills 30- “Boy school teacher mur- The boy was 35. portant, You know I think there is something in it. I think there is & ‘more than just amusement to it. When call a woman a “girl” regardless of age, you'Te patting her on the head condescendingly. But why blame the newspapers or the novelist. for this? Why blame men at all? Women are called “girls" because | most of them prefer it. They like to be called “girls.” A lot of us to be considered just young and amusing, rather than able and suc- ce . When we stop wanting to be petted, when we stop wanting to be amusing, then such things as this will take care of themselves. We women ! have just not grown up yet. Radio and Care of Floor except the wood or tile floor. When the radio must stay in. the living room, & linoleum floor is the best possible solu= . It does not mean a slick, cold, | unattractive floor. It means this—a | linoleum of a dull, dark color—very dark green, brown, blue or gray—may be laid all over the living room floor. or | Over this the large rug or several small may be placed. linoleum is just the foundation. The rugs are the decorative floor treat- may easily be rolled up or to one side when the dance- music comes over the with all the wear and tear bei human frame and none of it on rugs. ) Corn Chowder. Boil .one quart of ciced raw potatoes in one pint of bolling water for 10 minutes. Fry four tablespconfuly of diced salt pork and one chopped onion for about five minutes, then adld these and two cupfuls of canned corn or fresh corn to the potatoes. Cook until the potatoes are done. Add one pint of milk and half a teaspoonful of salt and a pinch of pepper, bring the mixture to the bolling point, and add two tablespoons of chopped parsley or cei- ery leaves. Serve very hot in soup dishes and place two or three crackers i‘n the dish before pouring in the chow- er. 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