Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1931, Page 39

WOMAN’S PAGR,’ Buttons Come Back Into Fashion BY MARY Buttons, especially metal buttons, suggest military uniforms, and yet dur- ing the war and the years immediately thereafter buttons were at a low ebb of popularity. They were seldom used for trimming and ways and means were de- vised 50 that they didn’t have to be used for practical purposes either. One might have thought that button making was a lost art. We tied our blous together with tabs or strings of material and often our coats were made so that they had to be held closed for the lack of a few well placed buttons. But now that the war is nearly 13 years past—buttons have come back into fashion. And they are useful as well as ornamental. Coats are actually but- toned up £o that our hands are free. And that's fortunate since muffs are sure to become popular and it would be BEDTIME STORIES What a Coat Is Good For. For each gome And thus by Kid Surefoot, whose father was Billy Burefoot the Mountain Goat, and whose mother was Nanny Surefoot, was lying down with his parents on the top of the Great World. That is the way it seemed to him anyway. And in truth it wasn't far from being a fact, for they were on the snow cap of a great mountain. Never before had he been so high There was only snow, with here and there a great rock. in the shelter of one of which they were then lying, the sky above, and the wind. He wondered if *I THOUGHT A COAT WAS JUST ‘TO KEEP ME WARM,” SAID KID BUREFOOT. the wind was never still. And there ‘was peace there, a wonderful peace that banished all fear. It had been a dreadful day. The Kid felt, oh, so much older than he had felt that morning. He had for the first time known great fear, for he had been shot at by a hunter with a terrible gun, and o had his father and mother. So he had learned that the two-legged creature called Man was to be feared even when a long way off, and the lesson would never be forgotten. Always now he would fear Man, end fearing . him, would hate him. “Are you sure we are safe here?” he asked timidly, “Quite sure,” replied Billy Surefoot gravely. “No Man can follow use here, nor any other enemy. tect us.” “Why didn't they protect us down below?” asked the Kid with sudden in- terest. “Because,” replied Billy, “there was no snow down there.” The Kid thought this over for a few minutes and was puzzled. snow to do with his coat? While he was thinking about it his mother got up and moved off a little way. He paid no attention to her. He didn't even notice which way she went. “Where is your mother?” Billy asked suddenly. ‘The Kid looked all about. see her enywhere. confessed. “She must be behind a rock.” “Wrong,” replied Billy. “She is right tn plain_sight, but you don't see her because her coat is white and the snow on which she is lying is white. See those two little black marks out there? Those are her horns.” MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Apples Dry Cereal with Cream Corned Beef Hash t Coffee LUNCHEON. Bofled Spinach on Buttered Toast Pear and Cheese Salad Mayonnaise Dressing Cup Cakes Tea DINNER. Cream of Potato Soup Porterhouse Steak French Fried Potatoes Brussels Sprouts Lettuce, Russian Dressing Pumpkin Pie, Cheese Coffee CORNED BEEF HASH. Remove the skin and gristle and most of the fat from cooked corned beef. Chop meat and add equal quantity cold boiled chopped potatoes. ~ Season with salt and pepper. put into hot buttered frying pan, moisten with milk or cream, stir until well mixed, spread evenly, then place on part of the range where it may slowly brown underneath. Turn and fold on hot platter. Garnish with sprigs of parsley. PEAR-CHEESE SALAD. Mix equal parts of soft cheese, celery chopped fine, and chopped walnut kernels. Moisten with cream and season to taste. Roll into small balls. Place a canned pear on lettuce arranged on salad plates and garnish with three of the cheese balls. Mask with mayonnaise dressing. PUMPKIN PIE. Mix 2 cups pumpkin (stewed until drv and pressed through a colander) with 3 well beaten gS, %2 cup molasses, 1 teaspoon er, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and Turn_into a tin lined with paste and bake of cayenne, E’n moderate oven. Even if Man | ocould get here, our coats would pro- | What had | He couldn't | “I don't know,” he | MARSHALL. awkward to keep one's hands in 8 muff and still cmu:’;pme sides of one’s coat wg_euun here are buttons of all sorts. Jewel- ed buttons for your afternoon or eve- ning velvet dress. Small cloth-covered buttons appear in rows on dresses or separate blouses. But right now shiny | metal buttons have taken first rank. There are shiny gilt buttons and shiny | sitver._buttons and_oceasionally shiny bronze colored buttens. ‘The sketch shows one way of using them to add to I the appeal of your new dress. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Measure of Intelligence. A 17-year-cld girl, graduate of one of the best high schoo's in the United Slates, s: that “a person of 80 years is called an_antiquarian.” The young lady stands 10 points above the average on a well known psychological exam- ination. So we rate her 10 plus. An 18-year-old boy, graduate from the same high school, says that “a per- son of 80 years is called a conva- lescent.” On the same psychological examination the young man scores 5 points below the average. We rate him 5 minus. Other members of the same fresh- man class say that a person of 80 years is called an “old man” (27 minus), an “old person” (13 plus), an “invalid” (25 plus), a “patriarch” “octoventarian” (38 plus), (10 plus), an “ancient” (8 plus), an | “adult” (4 minus). The numbers in perentheses indicate the ratings of the | persons giving the answers. | Perhaps these answers sbould not be | taken seriously, even if they were seri- | fously given. What would you expect | youth to know about old age? What | use would they have for the word oc- ‘2(\¢Pnnrmn? ‘What is intelligence any- how but a working knowledge of things | with which you come in contact? {Copyright, 1931.) By Thornton W. Burgess. ‘The Kid looked closely and presently made out the form of his mother. His father was still grave, for he always is, but in his eves was & faint twinkle. “Now,” said he, “you have learned how your coat can protect you from more | than cold up here, but not down there | where there is no snow. There it is & source of danger instead of a protec- | tion, for against the background of the rocks it can be seen from a long dis- tance. That is one reason we seldom | go far below the snow line unless we | have to to get enough to eat. An enemy might pass very near you here and not see you unless you should Then he would be almost cer- tain to see you.” “I thought a coat was just to keep me warm.” said Kid Surefoot. “That is one thing it is for, and we Mountain Goats have wonderfully warm coats,” replied his father. “We never have to fear the weather. But your coat is also to keep you from the eyes of enemies, 50 always remember that you are safest when there is snow all about you, and in times of danger try to get to it.” “T'll remember,” promised the Kid. And he would, for fear is a great aid to memory, and he had had a terrible | fright that day. “There is only one trouble with the snow,” continued Billy, “and that is that ‘where there is snow there is mo food. So we have to go down below the snow to get food. However, it is quite safe to do this early in the morn- ing and just before dark, so long as we use our eyes and never forget to keep watch. What any one wants to live way down below among the trees for I cannot understand.” “No more can 1" said Nanny, who had joined them just in time to heer this remark. | THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN | SERVICE | The wide hemline of this black gheer velvet is so attractive when in motion. The fullness is gained in & low placed flounce, so as to keep the silhouette slender. | The deep V-cut of the front bodice ‘lcrminatmg in a softly tied treatment | contributes further to its slimness. 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C, WEDNESDAY, Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. sl S %q. i S HIS writer probably appears open-hearted and carefree to her friends. The vertical lines of her writing lead us to be- lieve, however, that she hides her true self, presenting an acquired front to those around her. No mat- ter what her worries or disappointments may be, she invariably would seem the same. In a like manner she re- strains a full and complete enjoyment of the pleasant happenings of life. Could she overcome this reserve and restraint, she would take more pleasure in_her more fortunate associations. The semi-print capitals suggest an intelligent, possibly original type. Unique, different things would fascinate her. She possibly spends much time searching for the unusual, both in places and possessions. Little-visited towns which retain an unspoiled native atmosphere would attract her. Al- though she might not complain, the absence of modern conveniences would Mrmcullrly hard for her. 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It ioill be either inter- Dreted in this column or you will receive a handwriting analysis chart which vou will find an interesting study. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. VEN now, months before political convention time, one hears gossip in the Capital as to what two men will be chosen by the parties to sound the keynote in the 1932 campaign. That it will be a superman’s Job is admitted by both Democrats and Republicans. A keynoter should be an Adonis in appear- ance and silver- tongued in voice. He should deliver a masterpiece of diction which em- bodies the acme of achievement and promise, sounding phrases which are pleasing to the “extremes.” And he must praise party performances as_well as defend its delinquencies. It is a large order, but before the steam rollers of the conventions start to move, a man to meet these require- ments must be found. The hunt now is on. Among the Democrats the names of Joe Robinson of Arkansas and Jack Garner of Texas are mentioned. Both are their party's leaders in Congress and have fought where the battle was the hardest When geographic equation comes into the selection, the name of Senator Bulkley of Ohio is heard as well as that of Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois. There is also Senator Wag- ner of New York, author of unemploy- ment relief legislation. There are other potential keynoters for the Democrats. Senator Barkley of Kentucky, Gov. George White of Ohio, former Gov. Byrd of Virginia, former Secretary of War Baker and Senator Walsh of Montana are among them. N Tydings of Maryland, chairman of the party’s Senatorial Campaign Com- mittee, in the last two campaigns, is a possibility, and then there are the two party whips in Congress—Sheppard of Texas and McDuffie of Alabama. Among the Republicans Senator James Watson of Indiana stands out. He has fought the battles of the ad- ministration in dogged fashion. If party loyalty and service be the con- trolling factor in the selection, then Watson must be included. Then there's Patrick Hurley, Secre- tary of War, sometimes described as “the fair-haired boy of the administra- tion's inner circle.”” Ambassador Dawes might be called on and Young * dy’ Roosevelt, regarded by some as a com- ing fixture of the Republican party, is talked of. Senator McNary of Oregon, assistant leader of the Senate, is another. Sen- ator Vandenberg of Michigan, Yho never tires of leading young “Turks” in the Senate, also figures in the conver- sations, The name of Calvin Coolidge is men- tioned. Certainly if the ex-President could be persuaded his presence as a keynoter might bring to the Republican convention a harmonious note. DAILY DIET.RECIPE CAULIFLOWER. Caulifiower cubes, 2 cups; pep- per, s teaspoon: paprika, 1 tea- spoon; lemon juice, 15 cup; olive oil, 3 cup; stuffed olives, halved, 32 ‘tablespoons; capers, 1 table- spoon; salt, 33 teaspoon. SERVES 4 PORTIONS. Save stem and stalks from & head of caulifower. Strip off the toughest fiber. Cut into 4-inch cubes. Cook until tender in boiling salted water at time of cooking caulifiower head. Drain and chill. Soak two hours or longer in a dressing made of the oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and paprika. Add olives and capers. Sefve on individual salad plate: on a lettuce leaf dressing Wit the mixture in which the cubes soaked. DIET NOTE. Reci) contains fiber, lime, iron lged ;dtnflmhu A B lm If mineral oil were be eaten by one wishing to re- duce. There is a FRANKLIN Cane Sugar for every use 'MODES OF THE MOMENT €.ar . 4 orlensilt Light = Llruse.. Ll MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Changing Hair Color. In other days a woman who colored her hair artificlally kept that fact a deadly secret, even from her husband, but now we are franker and conse- quently better informed ebout the whole subject of hair dyeing. Some women apparently do not mind making a radi- cal change in the shade of their hair, avail themselves of modern facilities for changing hair color try to keep the original shade. Many problems arise in dealing with dyed heads of hair. Sometimes a given dye is satisfactory for a period ef years, then a skin irritation may develop and A special coiffure or even a transforma- tion must then be resorted to in order to make milady presentable while her hair is turning back to gray. Nowadays so much has been written about the harmful effects of metallic dyes and “hair restorers” that many women who have been using them are turning to the newer penetrating dyes with peroxide base. The transition from one method of coloring to the other is not always easy, is is why it is so very important to intrust hair- dyeing work to those who are thoroughly experienced in all its branches. When & woman experiments at home with different types of hair dyes she is almost certain to ruin her hair. Perhaps the commonest problem re- lating to dyed hair arises when milady ‘Wants a permanent wave. ngl? sys- tems in which ammonia is used tend to make the dyed hair lighter, som times much lighter. Ammonia has a particularly bad effect on hair dyed with compound “henna” dye, making it weak and spongy so that it cannot hold the wave and is hard to redye to the original color. before it is safe to put a permanent into such hair. After that it may be redyed by an expert. Hair dyed black with a metallic dye will often turn a deep ernu.sn shade when permanently waved. Hair that has been bleached with peroxide or by the Summer sun pre- Alec the Great I'd like to go South with the birds When I see signs of frost— If I could travel as they do, Without a cent of cost. Namms way % GOOD HEALTH F OR sbounding energy and sparkling good health...serve SunsweeT California Prunes on your breakfast table at least three times s week. They have the vitamins and mineral salts of other good fruits with a gentle laxative of- felt of their own. Rich in natural fruit cellulose, they promotes regularhabitsand preventslug- gish elimination. Buy them in cartonsand you are sure they are SUNSWEETS, Medium, Large and Extra, Large size fruit. ‘Tree-ripened’ SUNSWEET California _PRUNES A series of spectal | reconditioning treatments are required | even going so far as to dye gray tresses | black or brown hair red, but most who | the dyeing must be stopped at once. | Freena - Jet a}zfi.{c&. Wiy ke vl . sents difficulties when milady decides to dye it. A dye several shades lighter then the desired color must be used, since bleached hair absorbs dye more | quickly than normal hair. It is often very desirable to give & series of recon- | ditioning treatments to such hair before | attempting to wave or dye it. I have mentioned today a few of the | of the stimulus school offers. there ‘ difficulties of hair dyeing. es seems to be a fairly large group of my readers who have tinted their hair or are contemplating doing so. What I wish to emphasize is that hair that has been artificially colored or bleached re- | obtaining the right sort of care should refrain from changing their hair color. ! OCTOBER 14, 1931. OUR CHILDREN BY ANGELO PATRL Promote Him. “My son is failing in school. The teacher says he is not interested in his work; that he could do better if he wanted to try. I have done everything in my power to make him study, but each week the same report comes home. No progress. He is a year behind his le. He was sick and lost his pro- motion on that account. When he was left back he seemed to lose all interest in school work. Then we moved and the new school seems harder. What can we do? He is an intelligent boy and this backwardness is dreadful for him and for me.” Promote him. I used to think, when I was a young teacher, that only the children who could pass an examina- tlon in every subject of the grade work, with a high mark, should be promoted. I have learned better. If school were the only force at work in the child’s education that would be all right. He would need to pass high in all subjects: of the grade. But school is only one of thg Qd\lclflgnll fon:deu ofhmdly. ‘The otl are home and soclety and the; gent_child learns a great many things ds he lives each A‘l.ny...r He cannot help it. The streets, the mar- kets, the home people, the newspapers, the movies and the talkies, and the the- aters, the church and the socleties allied with it, all teach to some purpose. School builds on the intelligence that is developed by association with these other forces. School is dependent for its success on the success of these very forces. ‘The intelligent boy can catch up a grade without any great strain. Indeed most of them would be the better for making an effort now and then. It stretches their growth to further growth. It won't hurt this boy to work hard to catch up to_the pupils in the grade above him. It will help him. The ob- ject he has in view will spur him on. As it is now he has no object. He wishes he could get out of school and occupies his mind by wishing, watching the clock, listening for the dismis bell. In between he whispers, idles, lounges, says, “I don't know,” and im- plies. “I don't care.” ‘When a child is in good health, when he is intelligent and able, it does no good to keep him back. Promote him and grade his work so that he is called upon to make up the back work and keep even with his grade. This means, of course, a study of his needs, a pro- gram adjusted to them. an intelligent teacher and a school fluid enough to permit the growth of its pupils. All of this is possible in this day and generation. When we keep a child back like this we gain nothing. We clog the school. We spend twice as much money on the child for the term as we need to do, we retard the child's growth. This, of course, if he is healthy and intelligent. | Children of the intermediate grades, say from the fifth through the seventh ars of elementary school, are likely to slow down. School has lost its first in- terest and become a familiar and rather dull routine. Adolescence is coming on. Body and mind are uneasy and rather more than uncomfortable. We must 50 adjust school in these grades as to keep the children interested, at work, and growing. You can't do that by keeping & boy or a girl back. Send him along. Adjust his program. Give him a fresh point of view. Give him plenty of activity in nis day’s work. Make him grow whether he wants to or not by the sheer force Promote him and keep him going. (Copyright, 1931) Medicine Stains. Medicine stains can usually be re- moved from white linen by spread- ing over them a mixture of paste quires careful handling. Those who do | made with fuller's earth and ammonia. | materials. not want the trouble and expense of | Leave to dry thoroughly, then wash|cherry, always combined with white. in cold water before laundering in the usual way. individual | The Woman Who Makes Good i the highest Kicked Upstairs ‘There are still somse who think that the way to len Woodward Y enormous success as & buyer in a huge department store. She never would have gone to work in the department store if she hadn't made a mess of her own business—a little shop for expen- sive women's clothes. If it had suc- ceeded, she would have stayed right in that small business. But because it in her yea: 3 her very fallure helped her into her present job—one of the best in the United States. Contrast her with Beatrice, & splen- YOU can't get the hang of your room unless your draperies are co-operat- ing. Materials that use heavy, drab colors know exactly how to destroy the charm that a red lacquer coffee table or & lamp shade sprigged with rambler roses was trying to get acrcss. Glazed chintz, which is as colorful as it is inexpensive, is doing its best to give rooms & cheerful outlet on life. It comes in 'n, glum and yellow. Not startling shades, but those that are soft- ly alluring. Blue and rose are also on | | the color charts, but are a little more | difficult to work into a successful room ensemble. | If you want to add a different note, scallop the edges of the draperies. Use a contrasting color if you like. Fringe, which looks.for all the world as though it was cut with the same sort of instru- | ment that makes escalloped edges | around pie crust, is bought by the yard. | | Glazed chintz is washabld, which is | | another important factor to remember. Yellow net curtains, which know how to filter the proper degree of sunlight a little bit better than the white ones do, are used very often with the chintz hangings. If you are trying to be espe- cially gay and dressed up in your room, though, ruffied organdy curtains wili help you do it. They may be piped in the color of the draperies. | . It your living room or drawing room is a dignified sort of place, where for- mality sets the pace, lined drapes will | help 1t to keep its social poise. Wine shades are very good. Heavy satins or | silks, even velvets, are the most effective | materials. The satin drapes, lined in cream-colored satin, and decorated with | gold braid, are being shown for win- dows that are high and stately. Black and white, always considered “.’ery smart for women's clothing, are getting together for drapery pu | this vear, too. 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