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WOMAN’S PAGE. THE EVENING NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Tlustrations by Mary Foley. CLVL GARDEN SLUGS. Linacidae Family. ILVERY trails along your walk, on the side of your house and over the garden wall give notice | to a gardener that the slug has been prowling about his flowers #nd plants. It is time to inspect your snapdragon leaves, marigolds, geraniums | nd coleuses. If you do not have large holes eaten out of the leaves of these plants, then it may be some of your | g'll'den vegetables have attracted him. 'ou find his silver thread on the broad | leaves everywhere and you know it is here that-he spent the night. Garden slugs, the great slimy, worm- Mlke creatures, are troublesome pests. They are brownish gray and they leave | this glistening tracery wherever they go. | &t is impossible for them to hide their | tracks, and why they insist upon climb- | up the sides of your house is more | than we can find out. They are legless and unsegmented. They cling to ob- ects by a suctionlike movement and this sticky substance that oozes from | their body and leaves a mark holds | them to the object | They live for a year or more and at- tain the length of 3 inches. They | have very small heads and a pair of horns. When they are disturbed, the | horns are extended to a great length and make the slug appear very ag-| gressive. In the daytime they hide be- | meath piles of leaves or trash, under | fower pots or boards. | The eggs are laid in masses and are | held together with the same sticky fluid | wou find on your wall. Just before the eggs hatch, the silver turns a dingy yellow. Sometimes you find the eggs under boards, flower pots and even in the ground. One month after they are | laid the baby slugs, resembling their parents, are making their own little sil- | wer tracks. It takes all of a year, often more, for them to grow up. [ Where this slug is very numerous, reat damage is done to the plants. hey frequent damp, moist places and | are lovers of heat but not sunshine. | This is why greenhouses are the slugs’ heaven. Every condition is present for & happy existence until the man with | & spray of that awful hydrated lime | gomes into their Garden of Eden. | Handpicking is also recommended to | femove them from your plants. Of | ourse, gloves should be worn. The idea ©f pouring salt on them to dissolve them is not very successful. A very un- | sightly spot is jeft on your walk or in | your garden. Besides, you attract other | ©bjectionable visitors. Take a tip from | the greenhouse expert and use the lime | hydrate on every one you see. Do not Jet the lime touch your plants. | (Copyright, 1931.) Alec the Great ! What is so sad as last year's hat? I always want to weep For seasons gone when I see one Gives Certain Signs That Point The Way How to Choose @ Domestic- Minded Husband DorothyDix| WOMAN wants to know how she can tell on the safe side of the aitar whether & man is domestic-minded, as the psychologists would say, or not. She says that she adored her home and did everything to make it beautiful and comfortable and attractive, but her husband took no in- Tesest in it. Never bought anything for it or noticed the rugs cr chairs or anything. And she couldn’t keep him in it. He used it merely as a parking place in between his philanderings. Consequently, she gave him The air and shut the door gently but firmly behind him. INOW she wants to marry sgain, mainly in order to have a home, and that necessitates having a husband, for a home without a man in it is flat and tasteless. But this time she wants to be sure of getting a house-broken husband who will be a fireside companion and regard his home as something more than & place in which to change his clothes and to come back to after the night clubs have shut up. She wants to know how she can tell whether a bachelor belongs to the species that can be tamed and taught to eat out of his wife's hand or whether he is one of the kind that will always revert to the wild as soon as the honeymoon is over and that no matrimonial bars will hold. ALAS. dear lady, this is a hard question to answer, for when it comes to prophesying beforehand what sort of husband a man will make, all signs fail. There are no infallible earmarks that show whether a man will be a roamer or a stay-at-home; whether he will be faithful or a skirt-chaser; whether he will be generous or a tightwad; whether he will be gallant and tender, or make one of the husbands who will consider that it is not worth while to show even common courtesy and politeness to a mere wife. A woman cannot, for example. even tell whether she is getting a perfect lover when she marries. During the days of courtship the man will exhibit every indication of impassioned devotion. He will hang about her until he positively has to be thrown out of the house. He will load her down with gifts and inundate her with letters and telegrams if he has to be separated from her. INATURALLY. the poor girl thinks that here is a safe bet, if there ever was one, and she marries the man feeling sure that she is going to feast upon sugar plums the balance of her life. But, to her amazement, her ardent lover cools off after marriage and his teraperature goes down from fever heat to subnormal. Maybe he still loves her. Probably he does and still thinks her the greatest woman in the world, but she has to be a mind-reader to find it out Nor can & woman tell before marriage Whether a man will make & generous husband, or be such a tightwad that she has to use a jimmy to et even the housekecping money out of him. Neither can a woman put her faith in the old proverb that a good son makes a good husband, be- cause some of the best sons make the worst husbands on earth. QTILL and all, however, while for every rule for picking out the kind D " of husband yon want there are a hundred exceptions, there are cer- tain straws which show which way the winds of his temperament blow and, at least, give a woman some indication of what course he is likely to pursue after marriage. So my advige to the woman who wants a husband who will help her make a happy home is to notice these points in a man: First, Has he a sense of beauty? Does he love pretty things? Is he sensitive fo artistic surroundings? Plenty of good men would just as soon Yive in a shack as a palace. All they ask of a house is that it be weather- proof. They mever notice whether the curtains are clean or dirty and every time their wives buy & new piece of furniture they think it is an unwarranted extravagance. "HEN observe whether a man's idea of & pleasant evening is one spent in agreeable company or with a good book or in chasing around. If a man does not like to talk or to read and if he has no resources in him- self, he will always be a gadder. Pinally, if you want a domestic husband, marry one who likes to eat. A dinner of just the things he likes, cooked just the way he likes them, will do more to draw a man homeward of an evening than a sense of duty, and after he has partaken of a full meal it is not the bright lights that attract him, but a good, comfy chair and his slippers and the domestic duet in which he will not have to exert himself to be brilliant or witty Atop a rubbish heap. (Copyright, 1831.) or wise. (Copyright, DOROTHY DIX. 1931) A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. EXICO'S new Ambassador to Wash- | ington expects to get a big kick out of being a diplomat in the American | Capital, for he's going to have oppor- tunity to do a lot of things he likes. Jose Manuel Puig Casauranc, Who - has arrived to take the place of Manuel Tellez in the big stone embassy out Sixteenth street, has been a very busy man for sev- eral years. As minister of education in_the Mexican cabinet for seven years he found little time for the practice of surgery, which had been his profession for 11 years in Tampico before he went into politics. Now he considers his political career at an end. He says he will spend the rest of his life in diplomacy, surgery and literature. He already is making plans to study | advanced American methods in surgery. | He has made several trips to Europe for that purpose in the past. Stocky, almost bald, with clear brown eyes and an engaging smile, Dr. Puig displays many of the characteristics :Iohich made Tellez popular in Washing- n, His first meeting with newspaper men and photographers was highly success- ful. A newspaper man himself, he yleld- ed good-naturedly to their every de- | mand. With the photographers he was | especially patient, consenting to pose anyway to suit them. He was formerly connected with vari- ous daily papers in Mexico, and at pres- ent publishes a weekly in Mexico City. He will not permit his duties as Ambas- sador to interfere with that. because he plans to direct publication from Wash- ington. In addition to his love for surgery, writing appeals to Dr. Puig tremendous- ly. He gave assurance that he would continue his writings in Washington. He is the author of three books as well as four volumes of short stories and poems. One of his books, “Of Our ‘Times,” is a social ,study of Mexico. “The Harvest and the Sowing” is the title of another. The third is a novel which he says is the only Spanish book on Tampico during the oil boom. It is called “The Unholy Sister,” and an Eng- lish translation now is being prepared. | The others are all in Spanish. STAR, WASHINGTON, Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDR;;) MOCKABE] /e ™ izaffi oy T e pp“(/u/'/‘ HIS writer is probably not very precise. Notice that the ll‘tlrl“ forms are made with a minimum | of detail, and_though the writ- | ing is not difficult to read as a | whole, small sections are in some cases | almost impossible to decipher. ~From | this we may judge the writer to be the type who is interested in presenting a good general appearance rather than the perfection of small details. ‘Although she is undoubtedly an in- ! teiligent person, she is not an analytical | thinker, Many of her decisions are per- | haps the result of hunches, as she | would find it hard carefully to weigh | and balance each side of a question. | Her keen intellect, however, would fre- | uently lead her to see at a glance what the wisest line of behavior might be She possibly enjoys things of an artistic or literary nature. She would perhaps enjoy some type of art work, | particularly liking to work with bright colors. She probably is original and imaginative enough to plan and create new designs and ideas. With showy types of work she would enjoy carrying out these ideas, but where great exact- ness was necessary she would soon be- come nervous and tired The crossbar of the * stroke of her writing she may usually be easygoing, but oc- casfonally shows outbursts of determi- | nation or anger. Though she seems of | a pleasant disposition, she does not appear calm or placid. Instead, she is perhaps a nervous type who has had to cultivate a restful attitude, though it| does not _express her true self. It may be that her family has demanded this | for her own good. She should refrain, however, from holding herself in too carefully, for in the long run it would be harmful. is the heaviest | This indicates Analysis o ‘acc ote. cent " stam preted in this col a mandiriting an will Aind an intere: ting studv, Japan’s government steel works may discontinue exports. | D. FRIDAY, NOViEMBER g, 1 MODES OF THE MOMENT Perts On L5 green velied affter- novn. cortume., 77,’14?!_,@%// 7 uses & mass of coc /A / feathers Ao e coller — cnd tovs ) he velvet sKir¢ Wt a 0k satin doiblefobot Hopese. Ride Meat on Toast. Brown one pound of chopped lamb, beef or pork in its own fat in a skillet Add four cupfuls of chopped celery stalks and leaves, one small onlon chop- ped, two cupfuls of canned tomatoes one teaspoonful of salt, a little pepper cover and cook for 15 minutes, or untii the meat is tender. Add two table- | spoonfuls of butter or other fat with two tablespoonfuls of flour, and stir until the mixture has thickened. Serve on slices of thin, crisp toast Golden Salad. Dissolve one package of prepared lemon gelatin in one cupful of boiling water. Add one cupful of canned pine- apple juice, one tablespoonful of vine- gar. and half a teaspoonful of salt. Chill. When slightly thickened, add one cupful of canned pineapple diced and drained and one cupful of raw grated carrot. and turn into individual molds. Chill until firm. Unmold ‘place on crisp lettuce, and serve with mayonnaise. o false bread clam world™; the mind,” and so on, all to the gen- eral effect that ours is a fearful world, psychologically speaking. fear? | complete e one believes in some sort of immor- | tality. | News Comes With Development of a New Proudet; Rub introduced the modern external method of treating colds. colds. make better duction of the family “Cold-Tax” in time, money and health. colds— (crowded stuffy, poorly ventilated rool i fense against colds’— FEATURES. " posite of death—life. That's why there are so many pessimists in the world. You talk discouragingly about the things you fear. A good many people suffer from the {idea that others might be getting & | little more than their share of the joy What Do We Fear? |of living. That's at least one of the Tt has been sald that “fear rules the | Ioe nari” an, Tocidentane oy many that fear is “the taproot of wars. & Back of death and life is, of course, something that includes them both. That's your ego. And how fearful we are of having it deflated now and then! Incidentally, that's why we tenaclously hold on to our pet opinions. (Copyrisht. 1931 P Ancient castles in Ireland are being | thrown open for charity events. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. What do we It is pretty hard sible for you to imagine nction. That's why every First we fear death. not _im; In the second place, we f the op: Makers;f Vicks VVépoR ub Announce a New Plan for Home Control of Colds A Unique Companion to the Famous Treatment, Based on a New Idea for Prevention of Colds.| { threatens—at that first stuffy, sneezy irritation of the nasal es—a | few drops up each nostril, and many | annoying colds will be avoided. | 2—AFTER a Cold Starts. At night, rub Vicks VapoRub well ver throat and ches’, and cover with | warm flannel. Leave bed-clothing loose around the neck so the medi-| cated vapors can be inhaled all night | long. During the day—any time or place—use convenient Vicks| Drops as often as needed. This mvu you full 24-hour treatment. (If is a cough, you will like the new| Vicks Cough Drops—medicated with ingredients of Vicks VapoRub). | Trial Offer to Vick Users. | The makers want every user of Vicks VapoRub to try Vicks Nose| Drops. Free trial samples of the Nose | Drops were sent every druggist in the | United States—but if you failed to| get yours, buy a bottle today and try out the Vicks Plan for better Home-| Control of Colds as directed. If you| are not delighted with results, your | druggist is authorized to refund mrr Further Family Winter Health. Makes Possible a Reduction the “Colds x” This In Time, Money, of A quarter century ago Vicks Vapo- Now, Vicks Nose and Throat Drops—latest de- veiopment by the Vicks chemists— introduces a new idea in preventing Together, these perfect allies ssible the new Vick Plan for ‘Control of Colds” and re- Here is the Vick Plan of Control: 1.—BEFORE a Cold Starts On exposure to colds or to any of the causes that ordinarily lead to indoor places— sud- den ~temperature changes—wet and cold, ectc., etc.)—that slow down the normal functioning of the nose, Nature's marvelous “first line of de- use Vicks Drops money without estion.—Adve: Or, if a cold actually 4 S promptly. ment. To The Mothers Whose Children Won’t Eat O good things go into the bread .you serve? Toast it and SEE. Is it carefully baked? Toast it and SEE. The truth will out every time you put bread to the toast test—the truth about Wonder-Cut which we want you to know. A Simple Way to correct Poor Appetite ATURE knows best. Never coax a child to eat! Remove the cause of a youngster's poor appetite. When appetite fails, tongue is coated white, eyes are a bilious yellow, don't give small children a constipating cathartic that drains the sys- tem and weakens twenty feet of tender bowels! California syrup of figs is all the “medi- cine" they require. then, soon have the appetite and energy of young animals! They keep well and avoid colds and sluggish spells. This famous bread test—used by experts—is telling wise house- wives everywhere what bread is best for their family. It's tell- ing them, truthfully, what bread offers the most for their money. It shows up bread “bargains” that cheat on quality. It shows up false claims and “secret” processes. It tells the TRUTH! And you can make the test yourself. Toast a YOUR TOASTER CAN'T LIE! Begin Tonight Nature never made a finer laxative for children; and they all love the wholesome, fruity flavor of the real Cali- forniasyrupof figs. It's purely vegetable, but every drug- gist has it all bottled, with directions. Begin with it at once. The very next day, your child will be eating bet- ter and feeling better. Keep on with thesyrup of figs afew days and you will see the most amazing improvement in appetite, color, weight, and spirits. slice of Wonder-Cut Bread, a slice of any other bread, the same length of time. Note the amazing difference. Only perfect bread makes perfect toast —and Wonder-Cut Bread is perfect. Your toaster can’t lie! False claims can’t fool it. Give it a chance and it will SHOW you why ‘Wonder-Cut Bread is the biggest bargain your grocer ever offered. The v‘/a/)/’yw”"é’w Bakers also of Hostess Cake oNDER-(/4/ BREAD IT°S SLO-BAKED AND SLICED The Child’s Appetite Will Always Respond Specialists will tell you that a sluggish appetite almost always means the child has a sluggish colon. Correct this condition called stasis, and see how quickly a listless, drooping boy or girl begins to eat—and gain! The only “medicine”” such children need is pure, unadulterated syrup of figs. A SINGLE II'FII The promises made by the bottlers of California Syrup of Figs are true—and it will do the same for you—IF it's gen- uine CALIFORNIA Syrup of Figs. Don't accept any bottle that does not plainly say CALIFORNIA. Every druggist has the genuine. California syrup of figs is doing wonderful things for ailing, sickly children all over the United States. Children who get syrup of figs,nowand

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