Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1931, Page 43

WOMA Increasing Variety in Buttons BY MARY MARSHALL. 1t you wanted to take the trouble, you could easily get together statistics to show that buttons are very much more popular now than they were a year or more ago. And you might able to show that the use of interesting buttons is increasing steadily every day. ‘There is certainly no doubt about the fact that the dresses we buy ready made are much more ornamented with buttons of some sort than they were during the decade following the war. You may buy metal buttons to match EVERYDAY be | covered with the material of your dress .| expensive bone buttons of the sort that N'S PAGE or to contrast with your dress, or you may use fabric-covered buttons to | match the dress or the contrasting trim- | ming material. You may have buttons at no very great cost at dressmaker you may cover them yourself. | best to use wooden button molds, but’ on a pinch you can use those very in: are used on children’s underwear. If your material is very sheer, you should first pad the buttons with a course cotton or sheer wool material of somewhat the same shade. Cut the padding and the outside covering in the form of a circle with a diameter nearly twice the diameter of the but- ton. Gather first around the edge of flat foundation. Gather up the button cover with | matching thread, insert the padded but- | ton. and draw up the drawstrings, over- | | cast, trimming off any rough edges, | and the button is ready to sew into position. Buttons may be used on cuffs, | | belts, collars, or they may follow the | | diagonal line of the bodice of the dress as shown in the sketch. (Copyright, 1931.) - Minced Oysters. Drain and cut up one quart of oysters fine. Beat four eg: and add to the oysters with two tablespoonfuls of but- service places, or with a little dllu.e"nc‘a* THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tllustrations by Mary Foley. HOUSE ANTS. (Formicidae Family.) HAM bone has been the death of | many an ant. Not that a meat diet is fatal to them, but the housewife who finds her meat covered with these tiny in- vaders not only throws the meat away but she does all in her power to kill all of the little thieves. Once ants have made a beaten track into the house they become a great source of annoyance. Ants are most persistent sweet hunters, and will go to | their death to get into a jar containing the desired tid-bit. It is one way to | cgtch them. A jar of the already sam- pled sirup may be left in their path and millions of ants will try to get into it. One colony had established headquar- ters just outside of the kitchen door. Thousands had begun the trek toward the jar of apple butter, which had been | left “open. The children had spread their bread with—the spicy sweet and sat on the kitchen steps to enjoy it. A few crumbs had been dropped. Within a short time many little ants appeared and were hastily engaged in hauling the food home. Word was passed to the workers that much more was there waiting for them. It was a ter, salt and pepper to taste and two tablespoonfuls of minced onion. Beat | | all together. Roll four or five slices of | | toast very fine and add enough oysters to make thick. Cook in & double boiler for 10 minutes. Put into oyster shells |and sprinkle with buttered bread | crumbs, put in the oven and warm. PSYCHOLOGY BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Contractiveness. If something of the nature of every animal is found among human beings, the hermit crab has left his mark on many persons. This mark takes & va- riety of forms. ‘There is such a thing as a contrac- tive, clinging type of human being. Or rather there are many types. Timidity doesn't explain all of it. Hatred has a place in the ensemble of contractive- ness. And then there are those who distrust, everything and everybody. An- other form of contractiveness is known as the propensity to become easily dis- couraged. Those who are easily dis- couraged readily begin to pity them- selves, which means & contracting of one's sense of self. Still another form is known as the inability ‘to arrive at decisions. Those who so contract them- selves get no farther than-mrere specu- lation about what might happen, if end if. Just to enumerate some other forms, we have the egoistic, the complacent. the stand-patters, the self-righteous, the snobs, the family fanatics, those MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Baked Pears. Dry Cereal with Cream. Plain Omelet. Bran Muffins, Honey. Coftee. LUNCHEON. Tomato Rabbit on Toast. Pickles Olives. Crabapple Sauce. Silver Cake. Tea. DINNER. ‘Tomato Soup. Broiled Mackerel. Baked Potatoes. Brussels Sprouts. Cucumber and Lettuce Salad. Steamed Applse- Pudding, Lemon uce. Coffee. PLAIN OMELET. Six eggs, half tablespoonful salt, three tablespoonfuls milk, tablespoonful butter. Beat eggs very light, add the salt and milk. Have the pan very hot, put in the butter and pour in the mixture. Tilt the pan to allow omelet to run to the lower side and scrape from the upper half perfectly clean. Pushing all to the lower half. when set turn over back on clean half of the pan, brown and serve. BILVER CAKE. One cupful sugar, half cupful butter, whites of three eggs, half cupful cornstarch dissolved in nearly half cupful milk; one and one-quarter cupfuls sifted flour half teaspoonful cream tartar, one- quarter teaspoonful soda, vanilla or almond flavor. Beat butter toa cream, add sugar gradually, then d cornstarch and milk, next add egg whites, well beaten; then the flour, in which has been sifted the cream tartar and soda. Prost with yellow frosting. APPLE PUDDING. Two cupfuls flour, four tea- spoonfuls baking powder, half teaspoonful salt, two tablespoon- fuls butter, three-quarters cupful milk, four apples cut in eighths. Mix and sift ingredients, work in butter with tips of fin- gers, add milk gradually, mixing with a knife; toss on floured board, pat and roll out. Place apples on middle of dough and sprinkle with one tablespoonful sugar mixed with one-quarter Iefluno%nflul edlch g{ salt and nut- ng. ring dough around apples and carefully lift into buttpe‘;ed mold of five-pound lard pail, or apples may be sprinkled over dough and dough rolled like a Jelly roll. Cover closely and steam 1 hour and 11 minutes. Serve with lemon sauce. (Copyrisht. 1931} LookYears Younger Beautifies your skin in the same easy way that Milk of Magnesia purifies the stomach Many women do not realize that acid skin excre- tions are the cAuse of most poor com- plexions. To look your loveliest, you must_first. neutral- ize harmful skin acids. Doctors treat acid inside the body with milk of magnesia. And now dermatologists are securing amazing results in banishing eonlxplexion faults with cremed mag- Desia. All you do is anoint your skin with it, massage and rinse with water. It’s as simple as washing your face. It reduces enlarged pores to the finest, smoothest texture. Being astringent. it drives away the tell tale lines of Sallow skin and facial blemishes clear t up. i regularly and you will be amazed at the fine youthful texture of your skin. To et genuine cremed magnesi: druggist for Denton's Pacial May dolla~ size contains twice as muc sixty cent size. 4 DENTON'S CREMED Fcclcl Magnesia k your the who imagine they are persecuted, and all those who find & new iliness when the last one has been reasoned away. Next time you go to the Zoo, take & good look at the hermit crab, (Copyright, 1931.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Glue makes a pretty good ponka- dour, all right, but I'se in bad shape uvver places. I got my eytbrows glued up an’ my eyes won't close, an’ one hand is stuck to 'iss brush an' the uvver one to my pants—— “When I look back just a few short weeks and think how much John and I were missing at table time because I didn’t know how to bake those de- licious things that make sack ever since we have just a failure. have a batch of piping want them, Cook Book, I am trying enjoyable! Then, ‘presto,” the magic of Self-rising Washington Flour came into our pantry — and ing in goodies which I can make with such perfect ease and without “You fhave no idea what a feeling' of mastery it is to know that you can in a jiffy, or walfles whenever you And now, since I have this new Washingt all the delicious recipes which are so plainly ‘set out—some.for plain Washington Flour, others for Self- new land flowing with bread and honev. That night thousands of ants crawled through cracks in the porch and around the window sills to reach that jar which had been left open and on the table in the pantry. The inside of the jar was a seething mass of ants. Thou- sands had been crushed and were used by the successful ones as stepping stones to enable them to make thelir escape. A little army was marching home with stolen sweet. This food was | not the regular diet of the infant ants, but they can eat almost any kind of | food and thrive on it. | These ants are found all over the world. In warmer climates they are great pests. They vary in size from the very tiny reddish or brown ant, | called Pharaoh’s ants, to the larger wood-burrowing ant. These often es- | tablish themselves right in the center | of & beautiful lawn and sometimes right | near your prize flower bed. They build in old houses, but never touch the new | 0od for burrowing. The kings and queens leave the nest | | with wings. These are needed for the marriage flight. After the mating takes place the queens seek the assistance of other queens to remove r wings, | or they remove them against some rough | The king is of no use to the <0 birds, lizards and insects gobble them up. The queen gets busy | searching for a shelter under a stone | or a slight depression in the ground. | She gets ready a small room in which to place her eggs. After her first chil- | ‘dren come she is most busy feeding' them and bathing them daily in formic acid. These baths prevent a mold at- tacking them. After these children are coming along nicely the second group appears. and from now on the daugh- care of all the housework and nursing. The family grows rapidly | The queen never leaves home. ~The drones are few and do not assist in the labors at all. | | No self-respecting ant fights with a sister ant. If one of them tries to shirk her duty, she is promptly chastised. They do love a battle now and then | with another colony, and the battle is a royal one ineed | | (Copyrizht, 1931) lall tempted to overeat, . C, MODES== OF THE MOMEN Listingulak Hhis frosted, Blie evering wriep. The s green velvet oo e B Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. begin to think things over, and often | they are too embarrassed to have too | long a list. | system when the house is crowded with | Summer or week end guests. It makes things easier for the cook, and it cuts duam, on your bills for victual Saving Health and Wealth. Recently I dined in a famous hotel and was surprised when the waitress handed me a pad and pencil for my order. Curious, I asked the manager of the hotel and he said that formerly people would overeat three or four des. T S I L avctem_ fo | HAd & family of heavy eaters, and one s B Caving morning she surprised them by asking ot oat™senr mounted 1o $50.000. |them- o write down on, a pad all the Because we are on a vacation we are | things thev'd like to eat for dinner in haall the | the evening. Above the space for their pad and pencil in another way. She e ng a more so when we are paying leaser e rice for a meal. Of course, & graat | ) P ot the TTood which we order is | bread. vegetables, meats, etc. “The next day she handed each a list of what was Haled, A our ot i aucstion | 1eft over from the previous evening's Tates were decrensed after the first year | Meal and asked for suggestions. Bretiy of the pad and pencil, simply because | 200 thev beg! ' ] side of feeding a family, end they began One gource of waste had been elimi- | ¢, take a practical interest in cutting By ordering your meals in a sensi- ble and thrifty way you not only bring about Summer hotel economy but you save wear and tear on your stomach. Formerly. if your husband was a travel- ing salesman he probably had dyspep- sia because table d’hote meals encour- aged him io order everything on the menu. Now that he eats a la carte and pays for each.item, he eats less and feels better. At home try the pad and pencil sys- tem. It's odd how people will order anything at all orally but when such as milk, eggs. butter. | sary ones. | have to write down each item, they B - & <F 3 oo T o the meal so been revel- the asking. tistng Washington Flour—and all, even the most elaborate, reduced to simplicity because of the dependa- bility of these flours. Washington Flour Cook Book is a perfect guide—and I follow it with- out fear or trembling any more. You can get one of the Cook Books for ils,"‘ i 1 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8§, It is particularly a good | ne woman I know made use of the | fixed | Order was a list of prices for all the ' | down expenses, especially the unneces- | IF the autum 1931. What It May Reveal. BY mmml, AIRLY large, wide-spaced writing of this type generally denotes a pleasant, friendly person. She probably has a firm belief in the good qualities of human nature and demonstrates many of these quali- ties herself. The open base to the “s” and “p” t generosity. She would seem- lnx!y lend any assistance to a friend in need. It may be that this very open-heartedness is detrimental to her. Bglcen may be so desirous of helping others that she forgets herself, fre- quently overtaxing her strength. The capital letters suggest she may have very definite opinions, which she would not hesitate to express. Her likes and dislikes are possibly very pro- nounced.” Apparently she is a very de- | termined character. Once decided upon | a course of action, it might be very hard to sway her from it. ‘The manner in which she makes “and” bespeaks haste, possibly impa- tience. She would want to do the job at hand immediately and would brook no delay. Apparen! she would enjoy doing things with her hands. Of the practical type, cooking might appeal to her. In artistic lines careful, precise work would seem to please her. Jewelry designing or a similar craft might be a means of | self-expression. She should refrain, however, from too exacting work, as it might prove too great a strain on her nerves. Rather she should try to learn to relax consciously in order to relieve an apparent tendency to tenseness. Little children and their have an especial attraction for her. She | would take pleasure in administering | to their wants and needs. gmblemk | Note—Analysis of handwriting {s mot an eract science. according to world tn- vestigators. but all aoree it is interesting and lois of fun. The Star vresents the above feature in that ipirit. & andwriting anaiysts chare which vou s chare “which vo Will “fnd an tnteresting studv. = DAILY DIET RECIPE HAMBURGER FRANCAISE. Sliced Bermuda onions, one cupful; sliced apples, two cup- fuls; hamburger, one pound; salt, one teaspoonful; table sauce, two teaspoonfuls; raw egg, one, and Treen pepper rings, four, Serves our portions. In the bottom of a very well olled shallow baking dish put sliced onions, then over these sliced apples. Mix steak with seasonings and egg. Form into four small flat cakes. Arrange meat cakes each with a pepper ring around it on the apples. Bake in moderate oven (400 de- f‘fles Fahrenheit) about half an our. | high spike heels make the legs look | DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes protein. fiber. Lime, iron, vitamins A and B present. Can be eaten by nor- mal adults of average, over or under weight. . n morning is crisp and clear, serve Shredded Wheat Hot. It’s sim- ple enough. Just pour hot The new milk over the biscuits instead of cold. You can’t serve a better way. serving it— hot milk holds its warmth. If the day promises the warmth of Indian Summer, serve Shredded Wheat with cool milk. Just heat the biscuits to retain their crispness, and add bananas or other fruit, if you like, then serve with milk or cream. FEATURES MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS Eye Beauty—Curling Fluid. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) Please tell me how to make my attractive. I am 16 years old. (2) Please tell me a fluid to make my hair cuilg Answer—Dark, well groomed eye- brows and lashes increase the beauty of the eyes very much. If yours are light, brush ,them every day with a small eyebrow brush di in olive ofl or petroleum jelly. will help make them darker and more luxuriant. Encourage the natural arch of the brows. Brush the hairs upward, then downward so they meet in a neat line through the center of the eye- brows. If there are a few straggly hairs below the lower borders of the eyebrows, pluck them out. The eyes look larger and clearer when the eye- | brows are not allowed to grow down on the upper eyelids. Eyes can be attractive even if they are not large and beautiful provided their expression 1s happy and kind. (2) Curling flulds are used to help keep the bair in curl when it is finger- waved. They do not make the hair | curly. Here is a popular recipe: Boil | one tablespoonful of flaxseed in & pint of water until the liquid is reduced to | one cup. Strain through double cheese- | cloth. Slowly mix in one and one-half | ounces of aicohol (or bay rum) and | two ounces cologne water. If the mix- ture becomes too thick, thin it with | rose water. For perfume, five drops of | oil of bergamot may be used. Brush- ing the hair upward and outward from the scalp will tend to encourage fluffi- ness and any natural tendency to _curl. Lo1s 1 High Heels—Colors. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) What kind of | heels are best for heavy girls? Do My Neighbor Says: A paste made of starch and buttermilk spread over an ink spot on & rug will remove the spot. Let the paste remain on until 1t is dry, then rub off. 1If bread is too fresh to cut for sandwiches, put it in the re- frigerator for about an hour. It can then be easily cut. ‘To remove candle grease from clothing or furniture lay a plece of clean blotting paper over the spot and press the paper with a very heavy hot iron. The heat will melt the grease and the blot- ting paper will absorb it. (Cobyright, 1931.) Do Largest selling Cane Sugar On the a’r Monday nights at 9.30 “Sweeten it with Domino” LEED! fatter than Cuban' heels? I am 14 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall and weigh 131 pounds. (2) I have dark brown hair, green eyes and fair com= plexion. What colors are most be= coming? MARY. Answer—High heels are not at all suitable for a girl of your age, espe- cially if she is nearly 20 nds above the average weight for her age and height. The feet of overweight per= sons are subjected to a great strain and various troubles, including flat foot, are likely to result if shoes are worn that do not give adequate port to the feet. Of course, heeled slipper cannot give the right sort of l\?port. Wear a shoe with & low, broad heel now if you want to avold painful foot troubles later in life. The higher and more slender the heel you wear the clumsier will be you cannot balance your fully on them. I think the spike heel makes the legs look fatter by, contrast. (2) Brbwns, greens and rusty orange shades are ticularly becoming. Dark blue is always modish. A good real of black is being worn this Fall and it is slenderizing. Deep reds and bright navy are becoming. LOIS LEEDS. OFFEE flavor evaporates. Orienta’s fla- vor cannot evaporate It’s Vacuum Sealed! BROWNING & BAINES Orienta Totilec It doesn’t cool while you’re Which ever way you serve Shredded Wheat, the result is the same. A delicious, healthful breakfast, easily served and “I am going to give John another surprise tonight—a big, four-decker about it. hot biscuits on Flour not have to my hand at yet” Self-rising sale by grocers and delicatessens in all sizes from 2.lb. sacks up—with ed” _se Self - every sack Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co. Washington, D. G layer cake—and I know he'll be crazy “Isn’t it just lovely to be able to bake anything whenever you want it? —and, thanks to Washington Flour, worry as I used to hear mother do—whether what you were making was going to be a success or a flop? I have never made a failure Washington Flour is for WITH GUARANTEED. warmly appreciated by every member of the family. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY ‘“Unseda Balwrs’ SHREDDED "ALL THE BRAN OF THE WHOLE WHEAT WH EAT