Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1931, Page 48

WOMAN'’S PAGE. Late Victorian Touches in Clothes BY MARY MARSHALL. It's fashionable to be late Victorian #nd to wear clothes that suggest the Ppleturesque fashions of the 80s and 90s. And it's decidedly late Victorian to wear frills and ruches. One does not of gourse indulge in this fashion in one’s street clothes and probably one should not appear in one's office or the class yoom with a frill-trimmed dress. But for the picturesque at-home dress or the extra formal evening dress frills and ruchings are decidedly smart. - To be sure the modern woman does not take her {rills and flounces quite seriously. She is slightly amused about them even though she may know that they are vastly becoming. She wears them as it were with her tongue in her cheek, realizing that this season it is very up to date to be just a trifie old- fashioned. I've been told that the dressmakers expect to use frills and ruches profusely for evening dresses this Winter. They appeal to the young girl who goes in for a picturesque pose at college dances. You may buy ruchings by the yard at the department stores and if you like you may buy three ruchings of match- ing materials of different widths. Per- haps you would like to make your own ruchings. They may be of taffeta or net and in either case are usually left With the edges raw. A bias taffeta ruche is frayed just & trifle at the edges and net frills are also best cut on the bias. NANCY PAGE Dice Golf Is Easy to Learn and Fun to Play. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. “Heigh ho for a new game, and an exciting one at that” Such an an- nouncement was sufficient to bring s group over to Nancy's any evening. She called this game “dice golf.” Here are the rules: Get five dice. Make & score card six lengthwise divisions and as many crosswise ones as there are players. Six divisions ate needed since there are | six_spots on a die. | Each player shakes all five dice. The | object of each player is to see in how | few plays or throws he can fill all six holes. If he starts with hole “three” let us say, he keeps on throwing until | all his dice have fallen with “three” up- } permost. Just so soon as a die does | show “three” he removes it and throws | the remaining dice until each of them |in_turn has come up a “three.” |" In Jean's case it took 10 throws to get all her dice to fall “three” up. Tom required seven throws to get his five dice falling with “two” up. The first throw determines which hole is to be filled first. Suppose that Jean threw her five dice at the start and | they fell “one,” “four,” “six” and two “threes.” The fact there were two “threes” made her decide she would start with her “three hole. Had there been a majority of “fours” she would have started with that hole. The one spots are “wild"—that is, they may be called the equivalent of whatever hole is being filled. This does not ap- ply, of course, when the one spot hole is the one being filled. Then the die must lie with “one” up. Each player continues to throw until he has completed any given hole. He must, like all the rest, have all six holes filled before the game is ended. The lowest score, or total number of throws required to fill all holes wins the game. Be sure to remove & dice just as soon as it has fallen with the required number upon its face. Remember “one” spots are wild. And remember that holes do not need to be filled in order, but once a hole is started 1t must be completed. Cabbage and Apples. Grate one head of red cabbage. Add four large apples cut up, the juice of two lemons, one cupful of brown sugar and three tablespoonfuls of Cook or steam until soft. butter. OUR CHILDREN BY ANGE! Stopping Time. We often have trouble in stopping the | ehildren once they are well into their game. The longer they play the more in earnest they become until every bone and nerve and muscle is going full speed ahead. Just about then, when they think they have but begun, some- body calls, “Time to come in for lunch.” The usual child looks up, then goes right ahead. That annoys the grown- up who is walting. The work must be done. The meal will be spoiled. “Do you hear me calling you? Come in this minute.” Maybe, if he is a hardened sinner, he doesn't even look up this time. ‘There is nothing left but to go after him. lmmed}b:l;l& Q:;efl:;e‘ l;lu captor coming he beg! t. He has to be dragged into the house, yell- ing, kicking, fighting with all his might. That is hard on the child and harder on his mother. What can we do to pre- vent the scene? First, think of its cause. The whole child, every last atom of him, was racing ahead. You checked it in full speed. If you do that to any machine you will have trouble, and you will spoil the smooth working of the thing. A human creature has its ma- chine-like qualities. You can't check & child in his headlong play without ex- pecting toruble. You have to prepare him for the shock. Give him a signal to slow down. Put the breaks on gently. Then bring him to the full stop. He will come reluctantly enough, but with- out the fireworks. ‘What the code of signals is to be you must agree between you. If you prac- tice them in the house as & game he will take to them easily. Begin when he is little and continue on until he is cld enough to consult his watch and Kkeep his own schedule. This learning to stop on time is a matter of discipline. ‘We all must submit to it and the more gracefully the better. We are all acquainted with the grown-up person who never wants to stop once he has started. Meal times, engagements, health, all go by the board. “I'll come by and by,” is about all we can get out of him. Meantime tempers are tried, meals are spoiled, households are upset, habits are wrecked and health endangered because of this lack of self- control, or self-discipline. Knowing when to stop is quite as im- portant as knowing when to begin. Dr. Johnston of Vineland always says that the sign of the normal minded is the knowledge of when to start, how to hold MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST, Stewed Prunes, Corn Meal Mush with Cream. Baked Eggs, Bacon. ‘Toasted Raisin Bread. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Creamed Kidneys on Toast, Buttered Carrots. h Dressing. Rice Pudding. Coffee. RAISIN BREAD. ‘Three cupfuls milk (or half water will do), one-half cupful shortening, one level teaspoonful cinnamon, two quarts flour, two- thirds teaspoonful salt, two cup- fuls raisins, two-thirds cupful sugar, three-quarters yeast cake, two eggs. Scald the milk with the shortening and sugar and al- low the mixture to oool until lukewarm, then add the other in- gredients. GINGER SNAPS. One large cupful lard, one cup- ful sugar, cupful molasses, one- half eu ::lll cold ix:';nt“f dessert spoon of ginger, pinch of clove, a little salt, one &upoonul soda dissolved in s little hot water and flour enough to roll. Makes large quantity. RICE PUDDING. ‘Wash one teacupful rice, put it in a deep dish or baking pan with two tablespoonfuls ~sugar and a quart of milk. Stir these ingredients together, then add a plece butter cut in small Eees. Qrate nutmeg over it and in s moderate oven two hours. (Copyright, 1881.) Baked LO PATRL on and when to let go. That knowledge is trained into us by long practice or we don’t acquire it. Give the child a warning call. Teach him to reduce his speed and prepare to stop for the next thing. Then call him definitely and expect him to come. Most children respond to a reasonable de- mand. Try them and see. (Copyright, 1931.) Child’s Money Problems. Do you make the common mistake of most parents in imagining that your children_have no financial worries or cares? Your own Vvery §rown-up prob- lem of raising & sufficlent amount to belong to the “right” club, or to pur- chase the new Winter coat, is no less trying than the child’s problem of how to get together his part of the pool being made up to buy the new team'’s base ball suits, or a sufficlent sum to buy a needed pair of skates. ‘The difference is that you either have, or know of means of raising the \money needed. Your child has only you to turn to, if he or she is not permitted to_work. Recognizing a child’s financial prob- lems and glving sympathetic aid and advice will do much for & child. The common interest in the child’s affairs may be wielded as a powerful influence for m‘ood all through childhood and youth. A child’s financial problems is chiefly how to make ends meet, as it is in our grown-up cases. A child that will save and sacrifice to achieve some end, be-it roller skates or a_ foot ball, should be encoursged. In this way the training justifies the end, however childish and trivial the desire may seem to the adult burdened with weightier money matters. By showing & child what he may best do without, how he may increase his savings toward some much-desired bbjective, and if possible by giving him & chance to earn a few extra pennies each week, we help him with financial problems which, insignificant as they may seem to us, are in reality very fundamental to his training and future. Saving should never be called “cute” or_cunning. Nor should the good re- sults be discounted by rewarding the child with the prize as soon as he has saved & few pennies toward it. The child should be impressed with the idea that saving is essential to the acquisition of anything. For this rea- | the caterpillar close to the e THE NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY, Tllustrations by Mary Foley. CXXXYV. POTTER WASP. Eumenidae Species. N the stems of plants and twigs of trees dear little jugs, looking very much like early Indian tery, may be seen. They are hid- den from view when the busy little maker is modeling them. It is after the leaves have fallen that they are exposed. The maker of these little vases is a trim little lady, dressed in black and yellow, with a body shaped like a pendant. She belongs to the family of solitary wasps and has the unusual habit of folding her front wings lengthwise. The social wasps, her cousins, the yellow jackets, and hornets do likewise. Her family follow the trade of mining, excavat and plastering. Fastened securely to the stem of s low-growing bush, the little brown jug stands through the wind and rain. It is slightly smaller than a hazelnut. No vasemaker can form a more beautiful one than this little worker whose tools are her mouth, tongue and feet. Her sole reason for making the dainty jug is to shelter her baby and its food. Sand and mud are the material used, well mixed with a cement saliva she manufactures in her mouth. Her jaws are used as & mixing machine and her mouth as a hod to carry the plaster to her building site. She locates her base of supplies as near to her selected site as possible. She lays & firm foun- dation along the upper edge of the | stem and then molds her little dwelling. | Many trips must be taken before the { jug is completed. The sand pellets are never larger than a pea. Finally the home is ready. The outside is brown and waterproof, the inside smooth and varnished. The wee egg is laid in the tiny vase and the mother flles away to the market place. |, Tiny green caterpillars must be | found. ‘They are the right consistency | for the baby potter. The mother hovers over them, they are so0 busy filling their tummles with leaves that they do not know what is going to happen to them. Suddenly one feels a sharp stab, he squirms a trifie and knows no more. ‘The master surgeon has put him to sleep. | Reaching home, the mother places and | goes back for more meat. The jug is filled to the brim with paralyzed caterpillars. Then she makes a cork of clay and closes the jug. Each baby wasp ha8 its own little jug. After her whole family are provided for she disappears. In a few days the :?g hatches and the brublet consumes 1 the caterplllars. Then he takes a nap and later wakes up a young, hand- some potter wasp. Walking to the door, he uses his sharp, knife-like jaws to cut s mneat round hole through the cork. He squeezes through the opening and steps out into the air. Soon is flying about, search- | ing for his mate. Later his spouse will be building little brown jugs for his children. (Copyright, 1931) Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. son, too, children should not be per- mitted to_ contract debts, or, having done 50, should be made to discharge them immediately. Contrary to some mothers' opinions, it 1s better to give a child an allow- which it is expected to cover, rather than to give her or him a niggardly allowance, planning to supplement it with sums sufficient to satisfy any un- usual wants or destres. A child’s financial problems are miniatures of our own, and we should respect them accordingly. | Picture in Kitchen | “DON‘T 89 too far” * ¢ * your first thought may be when the sugges- tion of a lovely picture for the kitchen fanatic. For ages kitchens have harbored pic- tures. Bhyly, to justify their invasion of that most practical department of the home, they have hid their identity as mere pictures, and tacked themselves to calendars, that they might slip in as & daily need instead of a decoration. Like ships that pass in the night, those chromos have come and gone from our walls. We cheerfully put them up as they came along * * * Indian maids with perky feathers in their hair * * * rollicking kittens * * * barnyard scenes —what not * * * all the while overlook- ing & chance for real and permanent en- Joyment. Why not & pleture of true artistic master- Summer worth, a good print of such plece as Inness' “After & Shower,” with its magic freshness and rainbow promise to whisk us out of the kitchen, into the coolest of green mead- ows * * * while biscuits are baking? ‘Why not & framed picture? IT'S CRANBERRY JELLY TIME M‘, Eatmor Cranberries now on the market make a per- fect jelly. Here's an excellent recipe: Cook cranberries until soft . . . with 3 cu through berries. Strain the juice heat to boiling point. Add one stir until sugar is dissolved; boil water for each 8 a jelly Mnm'.’uh.m Glupm each 2 cups juices briskly for 5 minutes. Pour into glass tumblers, porcelain or molds and cover with paraffin. 8 1bs. ( 2% Ibs. sugar will 8 qts.) cranberries and 10glasses Recipe book mailed freeMddress Dept. N AMERICAN CRANBERRY EXCHANGE 90 West Broadway . Te=w W Xy New York Citv O W3RN P2 SA PO Eatmor Cranberrie ance ample to provide for the needs EVENING STAR, MODES OF THE MOMENT | meets your eye. But the idea isn't & bit | "5 WASHINGTON, —_—— D. C,. TUESDAY, “That Tired Feeling” BYDR.E. V. McCOLLUM. School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. If you have “that tired feeling,” don't be too sure it is caused by the strain of modern living conditions. No one will minimize the handicap of sedentary in- door life, long hours, wWorry over cares, working amid noises and overeating as measures contributing to il health. But | there is another important factor which works against physical well-being; this is an insufficient quantity of vitamins in_your daily diet. Poor physical conditions and general repression in the Spring and early Sum- mer who are by no means pstricted to recent years. Even “among our pioneer ancesters the idea was generally accepted that there was need for a Spring medicine of some kind. Those were the days when the unpalatable doses of sulphur and molasses and “bitters” and sassa- fras tea were our grandmothers’ annual Spring prescription. ‘This bellef rested on & common ex- perience. In the early settlements, and even as late as a half century ago, peo- ple suffered considerable hardship in maintaining their Winter food supply. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH. “WHO WINZ ASKED IMA DUDD ON MY RETURN FROM THE BENEFITGAME, M. T.—“Who won?” is the required form, not “Who win?” Similarly, we say “I won (not win) a& dollar yester- day,” “He finally won (not win) & " wte, Posterity person’s Ancestor tions. those from whom a person is forefathers. (an-ses-tor) ~means descended; © YOUR (pos-ter-it-te) means 8 |im; dants; future genera- ‘The Winter diet was necessarily very simple and monotonous. There is good reason to believe that it was chemically unsatisfactory for the maintenance of health even though it satisfied the ap- petite. After a period of several months of meals that were largely made up of bread, molasses, meat and potatoes, with pie to £l in the crevices, they felt “all run down.” Patent medicine con- cerns made capital of what they called “that tired feeling” and convinced peo- ple that they needed a ‘“tonic” or a “blood purifier.” ‘Today, In city or country, there is very little difference between the Winter and the Summer diet, because of the sabundance of canned fruits and vege- tables. More cabbage, turnips, apples, celd and the like are regularly pro- vided for the Winter season. ese changes have largely caused the dissp- pearance of the tired feeling in Spring and consequently the bellef the need for Spring medicines. ‘The old-time seller of patent medi- cines for “that tired feeling” had a strong ally in the diet changes which took place in his customers’ daily meals with the coming of warm weather. Various green vegetables were available and eagerly consumed. The cows became fresh and gave more milk. The hens began to lay eggs. The garden supplied fresh fruits and vegetables. The Sum- mer sunshine contributed its heaith- giving properties. The tired feeling be- #an to disappear, but the regular reme- dies had already been taken and the beneficial results of the better diet and the Summer sun were more or less :mn[ly attributed to the efficacy of rugs. Modern medical knowledge gives the credit to the better food supply rather than to drugs. The milk, eggs, fruits and green vegetables supplied all the vitamins except D. The Summer sun supplied that—not the full amount needed for perfect health, because the clothing people wear shuts off the su| ply to some extent—but enough to pro- duce a decided improvement over the conditions of the dark days of Winter. ) in An average person in the United | State gets & sufficlent supply of vita- min D only in the Summer time—and then only if he gets out in the sunshine for one or more hours a day between the hours of 10.in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. erwise, tfli et the proper amount, & person woul e to take about one teaspoonful of cod-liver oil a day. There was no other alternative until the latest contribution of science made possible the incorporation of this portant vitamin in a uniform and adequate amount in some ordinary food eaten dally in fairly constant amount. 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The absence of ending strokes, as shown by the “d,” “t,” 8" uggests this trait. crossing leads us to think of an imaginative person. She may use this imagination in some type of artis- tic work or handicraft. Her home must reflect. her personality, showing un- usual, tasteful decoration. When en- tertaining she may charm her guests by her original and different ideas. These may be incorporated in both her enter- tainment and refreshments. Apparently she is a person of many moods. Not that she séems surly or sulky, but she may react to the people or conditions around her in a decl manner. She is possibly a sharp enough obeerver of herself to recognize these changes. They may, at times, cause her Worry, unless she realizes they are an external indication only. These little annoyances which disturb the surface will pass quickly away, leaving her once again her own placed self. LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Ma is still away at Ant Fanny's and last nite after supper pop was smoking and thinking and I was wishing I did- ent haff to do my homewerk, and pop said, Its not the same place without your mother around, is it, Benny? No sir, G, I sald. Wich it aint, and pop said, if T went around to the bowling alley end m: a record score it mite soothe and fi ter my nerves, but on the other hand I mite make the werst score of the year, wich would depress me beyond werds and cause me to look down up- on myself in & most unplezzant man- ner, and besides I dont feel like bowl- ing. I mite go to the movies, I hear theres a good comedy around the cor- ner, but I dont like the sensation of sitting in a dark movie house all alone among & lot of strangers. And yet the fact remains, Im restless, he said. Well G, pop, thats easy, take me to the movies with you, I said. Nothing doing, pop said. Your mothers parting injunction, or at least one of her many parting Injunctions, was to be sure that you went to bed at 9 sharp every nite, and anyway youve got to do your lessons, he said. But gosh, pop, jimminy, I can get up | exter erly and do my lessons when my | if ma finds out Ive went to bed at 9| every nite just a same as when she's| here, she’ll think we got along just as | good without her as what we did with | her, and think how that would make her feel, pop, I said. It would make her feel terrible, and | its a very good point, pop said. All| rite, Il take you to the movies with | me, but remember, its ony as a favor| to_your mother, he said. | Sure Dor, thats all, G, I sald. We wouldent wunt ‘to hert her pride, ( after all, would we? pop said, and I| said, Gosh, certeny not, we better get started, pop. did, being & exter Kut PO] Wich we good Up Komedy called “The Plasterers’ Ball With Squidge Jones.” Can Be Changed to Light Pastel Colors! | FirstUseTintexColor @ Remover To Take Out The Dark Color! Depressingdark fabrics are simply out of d:gu in home dec- orations and in the wardrobe! With Tintex Color Remover and “Tintex you can change all dark- icolored articles to fashionably light ones. Just follow these simple wdirections. First use Tintex Color Re- movwer to takeout the dark color. After that you can re-tint or re-dye the fabric with Tintex 1o suit yourself — either light or dark. There are 35 Tintex Colors from which to choose—from pale pastels to dark gem colors. Just ask for Tintex Color Remover and your choice of Tintex Colors at any Drug Store or Notion Counter . .. and the wost is easy! o+~THE TINTEX GROUP—. 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An improve- ment in your general health wflmlp matters greatl: In the meantime you may use o cover the redness. it & year ago I was in an accident and had my 'S LEEDS, at other times I can wear the same clothes and yet look ugly. Why is this? BLUE EYES. | . Answer—You have asked & very dif- 5flcult question, my dear, one that is hard to answer without seeing you. But I think the trouble is that you lack ise. When you feel self-confident and ppy, you look your best; but when you are self-conscious and depressed, you don’t carry yourself well and your move=~ ments are awkward. Some of this you will outgrow .as you gain more social experience. T that the very ite of a smart appearance is graceful ure,. Charm of person- | (2) There are non-greasy freckle bleach- | es that are applied and allowed to dry on the skin. For this purrou you may use the following: Two tablespoonfuls of peroxide, one scant teaspoonful one dram oxide of zinc and four ounces rosewater. Lemon juice diluted with an equal part of water or glycerin also makes & good bleach. (3) The yellow color of your teeth is due to internal conditions so that I doubt very much that you can ever make them gleaming white. It is natural for some people to have darker teeth than others have. Do not use bleaches on your teeth unless recommended by your dentist. They may injure the enamel. LOIS LEEDS. Acquiring Charm. Dear Miss Leeds—How can T achleve & charming personality? ~Sometimes when I dress up I look really pretty, but borax, | ality is & rather complex thing, but you can learn a lot sbout it by watching the charming women you know. Ask yourself what makes them such delight- ful companions and cultivate similar qualities. You will find that these wom- en are gracious and kind, never spiteful; they think of nice things to do and say to make others happy. They are sine cere, poised and courteous. 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