Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1931, Page 27

WOMAN’S PAGE Scarf Becomes BY MARY Cooler days are here again, the north wind doth blow and whether we shall have snow or not you will need a scarf or two or three to give your neck and . broat the protection that they should fave. Scarfs are not simply a smart accessory. This season they are really necessary if you have a coat with a wide outstanding ‘fur collar and follow the fashion of wearing it open. To be sure Shere are other coats that button right Real Necessity MARSHALL. ‘ |'up the front with narrow fur-trimmed collars. They are decidedly smart and may indicate later developments. But | right now they are in the minority and | with the wide stand-offish coat collar | | & scarf of some sort is & real necessity. |~ Today's sketch shows a scarf that | strikes us as_particularly attractive And the best thing about it is that you can make it yourself. It is made of heavy silk crepe in two tones. Brown and Spanish tile for instance, or brown and green, black and gray or black and beige or biack and red. The center sec- tion consists of a flat strip of the darker color faced with the lighter or brighter color. This section is about nine by sixteen inches. At either end there are pleated ex- | tensions of single width, one color at one end with the other color at the other. These extensions are about ten or twelve inches long and they should be knife pleated as finely as possible. (Copyright, 1931.) My Neighbor Says: To give house ferns a rich, green color, add a teaspoonful of h-usehold ammonia to one quart of water and pour over the ferns once or twice a _month. Apples will not break when baking if pricked with a fork before fhey are put into the oven. | | Colored handkerchiefs should | | be soaked for 10 minutes in a basin of cold water to which a tablespoonful of turpentine has been added before they are washed the first time, This will set_the colors . | The cut surface of a lemon will remove marks made on painted walls when matches have | | been scratched on them. | (Copyright, 1931.) A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERI 'HOSE men who look after Uncle Sam’s stamp business are watching the approach of New Year's day, 1932, with anything but happiness in their hearts. What is expected to be the biggest job they have ever tackled will get un- der way on that LY day. »” Twelve George 7). ‘Washington stamps * 3/ are to go on sale— # the Bicentennial 7/ series authorized by Congress. It's a tough job supplying the de- mand for special stamps like these. hasn't the slightest conception of what @ tremendous task 1t s The Post Office Department esti- mates, for example, that at least 20,- 000,000,000 George Washington stamps of all denominations will be sold dur- ing_the Bicentennial year. That's 200 each for those who Send and receive letters. Demands of stamp collectors are re- sponsible for the hugeness of the job. A good illustration is found in what happened during the recent special issue commemorating the surrender of Corn- wallis at_Yorktown. Uncle Sam issued 25,000,000 of these Yorktown stamps. Four days after the WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. 2. | DONT For- GET!PLL When E. and E. Baltzley built the #Potowmeck Cafe,” at a cost of $75,000 Glen Ech ran a line of tall from the BERT PLUMMER. day of the surrender probably fewer Y than 2,000,000 were on sale at the post offices. One million of the stamps were as- signed to Yorktown. A corps of as- | sistants was sent down from Washing- | ton to help the local postmaster, but iorders came so0 thick and fast that they | were soon deluged. Sacks full of the | orders were brought back to the Capital and filled from here at the rate of | 3,000 a day. | The stamps are mailed out on “spe- cial covers” averaging around 10 cents each—twice the rate for airmail. The little town of Wethersfield, Conn., where the Yorktown military campaign was planned, received 260,000 stamps. | All were sold on the first day. Hono- | lulu reported that the entire consign- | | ment for Hawaii was sold in two hours. | | It is estimated that there are a mil- | lion philatelists and just ordinary stamp | collectors in the country. The P Office Department thinks now that the estimate is entirely too low. But Uncle Sam can’t kick. It means | money to him. The Yorktown issue, | | for example, had a valuation of $500. 000. However, it is expected that only half of the stamps will ever be stuck on letters. Thus there’s a profit of | about $250,000. For the George Washington issue the | | Post Office Department has warned stamp collectors that first-day service | | will be impossible. The stamps are to {g0 on sale New Year day in Wash- | ington only. For three hours the City | Post Office will be open. | Incidentally, 30 towns and cities sought the honor of having this New Year day sale. All claimed to be | named for George Washington. But | | the Post Office Department ruled there | was only one real Washington—the Na- | tional Capital. | DAILY DIET RECIPE GREEN TOMATO RELISH. Green tomatoes, 15 pounds; large onions, 6; large green pep- pers, 6; cider vinegar, 3 quarts; salt, 1 cup. Brown sugar, 2 pounds; mus- tard seed, Y4 pound; cloves, pow- dered, 2 ‘tablespoons; allspice. powdered, 2 tablespoons: cinn: mond, powdered, 2 tablespoons powdered ginger, 2 tablespoons. MAKES ABOUT 7 QUARTS. Remove stems and any bad spots from tomatoes, but do not peel. Remove seeds from green peppers. Peel onions. Grind vegetables with the largest knife of the grinder. Put these in a crock and add one cup salt. Let stand over night. In morning pour off liquid. Boil together vinegar and sugar, then add spices. Cook together about one minute. Add vegetables, heat, remove from fire and store in unsealed jars or crocks with just| an ordinary cover. i DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes fiber, some sugar. Lime, iron, sulphur, vita- mins A, B and C present. Can be eaten by normal adults of average, over or under weight. (Copyright, 1931.) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, NATURE"’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Illustrations by Mary Foley. CLVIIL AGRICULTURAL ANTS. Pogonomyrmex Barbatus. ¢ we have mushroom growers, honey storers and cattle raisers. Why not agriculturists? In Texas we have an_expert har- vester. Dr. il. C. McCook has made sore very interesting observations on this ant and recorded them. This ant is large and strong, and the most unusual thing about the family is that all members have reddish goatees! Of course, such facial adornment gives the ladies a mannish appearance, but N the ant fam as they 3 may as well have the chin whiskers, These do not interfere with their labors, and secretly they may get a little satis- faction out of them Around the entrance to the cfty gates is a clearing of ground, and from this circle roads lead in many directions. A marching army is coming and going day and night. At harvest time the busy laborers rest neither day mnor night. There are workers-major and workers- minor. The majors go out into the har- vest fields to gather the grain and the minors stay at home and do the thresh- ng "he paths leading to the fields of grain have been worn smooth by the many thousands of busy harvesters. They seek the seeds of the buffalo grass 2d needle grass. The latter is known This plant is the only one to stand in their front ard After reaching the field the ant goes about testing the seeds. She is very careful about her selection. Once the seed is selected, the harvester lifts it with her strong jaws. She lifts her head and stiffens her body, while the grain is nicely balanced in her mouth. She is carrying an object larger and longer than she is, and she must bal- ance the weight and width in order to make the long journey home with the least trouble Upon reaching the city gates she en- ters them and hands her load over to the threshers. She makes the long trip again. If you try to take her grain from her she puts up a stiff ficht. After the grain is husked and piled safely in the granary, the outer shucks are brought outside and placed in a neat pile. Down in the ant city vou will find many large storerooms. ‘There are tun- nels and galleries leading from one great seed bin to another. They re- mind you of catacombs. The egg incu- bator Toom is next to the first nursery From this nursery you pass to the kin- dergarten. There is a great assembly | hall, where the winged princesses and princes are awaiting the word to be given that the city gates will be opened and they may go on their nuptial flight. Queens are in this room, too. Store- Fooms may be seen everywhere and no idleness is apparent. The anti-rice is in its bin. The oily seeds and tiny| nuts are over in another ome. Truly | the ants are a wise little people. | (Copyright, 1931.) | Parsnip Soup. i Boil two parsnips and when they | are tender put them through a potato ricer. Add three cupfuls of milk to the | pulp and season with salt, pepper and | butter. Put some whipped cream and paprika on each serving. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English. BY JOSEPN J. FRISCH. DAD SORT OF CHUCKLED WHEN HE SAID)| “NOTHING BRIGHTENS A HOME LIKE (A BABY. IN FACT, THE LIGHTS, & OFTEN BURN AW st B. M—"Dad chuckled slightly,” is a better construction than “Dad sart of chuckled.” The phrases “sort of” and “kind of,” in this sense, are not stand- ard English, although they are often used. We properly say, “This pleased him somewhat,” not “This sorta pleased him. he is Don’t be fooled! Yellow Teeth MONDAY, NOVEMBER MODES OF THE MOMENT Tl b e wide shruleler Versur the ,oéz“n}l shrnl & Dy S der The pineked effect \cond (lft) by a bordered ¥ cape drawn across upper arm. md/u&zué 4 ellher side at the back - Darcel secures s wile ruldered effect by wsing L . tur sleeves of nutrie on Worrl. MILADY BEAUTIFU BY LOIS LEEDS, 0Oily Hair. From the number of readers who write complaining of excessively oily hair, it would seem that most women and girls have this beauty problem. Such hair, which persists in becoming lank and oily even a day or two after shampooing, is indeed annoying. But it may be encou ing for those so af- flicted to know that it is the woman whose hair is too dry and fluffly who is forced to write in and ask what to do about hair which s turning gray prematurely In the first place, those with ex- oily hair should avoid oo fre- quent shampooing, as this only stimu- lates the oil glands to greater activity. Never wash the hair more than once a week, and it the period between soap and water shampoos can be increased to 10 days or two weeks, so much the the rule as expressed by one careful | better. Between-times, give the hair dry shampoos to keep it fluffy and at- tractive in appearance. For this shampoo, mix together one ounce each of powdered orris root and cornmeal or bran. For extremely oily hair, add half an ounce of powdered camphor. This will be sufficient for several dry sham- poos perforated top. Those with auburn hair will find that a little powdered cinnamon_ added to the cornmeal and orris root prevents | a white, flaky look on this type of hair. It also gives the hair an attractive gloss and removes any odor from oily, | damp he For ojly hair which loses its fluffi- ness almost immediately after a_wash, the following shampoo may also be used between soap and water shampoos. 1t is quickly and easily given and will make the hair attractive. Take three ounces of cologne water, one-half ounce of tollet alcohol and 10’ drops of spirits of rosemary. Shake well together. Apply to the hair with a sponge or plece of absorbent cotton. Leave on the hair five minutes or more, then polish with a clean plece of siik and finish with a brush of fairly long Put the mixture in a box with a | \:ni:ues that will penetrate through the air. Sometimes those with oily hair neglect massage and brushing altogether, | thinking that brushing causes more | oil. But these treatments are necessary at least before each wet shampoo to get the scalp and hair back into normal condition. | ., The following tonic may be applied to the scalp two or three times a week | without massage: Sixty grains sulphate of quinine, 35 grains powdered borax, one dram tincture of cantharides, two | ounces alcohol, 10 ounces bay rum, one | dram tincture of cinchona. Dissolve | the quinine in the alcohol and add the borax. Mix with other ingredients. Shake well before using. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Family Fame. Famous fathers are more apt to have their fame perpetuated .through their daughters than through their sons. If a man is famous it is taken for granted | that his son is a “chip off the old | block”; that as a matter of course the | son will achieve fame. Such expecta- | tions on the part of society place a | heavy burden upon the son. | _He grows up with his ambitions ready made. There is a good reason to sup- pose that many a son would stand a better chance of beccming famous if this fictitious father-goal were not con- #inually confronting him. At any rate. ‘s(udent of the question is this: “The | danger that children of important par- ents will make a failure of their lives is greater than in the case of ordinary children In the case of daughters nothing out of the ordinary is expected, regardless of the fact that they may have famous fathers. Therefore, whatever the daugh- | ters may accomplish goes for more than its face value. The unfortunate sons of famous fathers try, of course, to live up to the family tradition. Anything short of a striking success is appraised as less than what it really is. Ordinary achievement is termed failure. Repu- tation, like prosperity, is a burden to the average person. One may extend this rule to include immigrants, who, having no particular reputatlon to support, g0 to work in eir own rigl and make thetr o a success of (Copyright, 1991.) . Ouly two-fifths of United States ex- ports to Panama go to the Repubiig the Canal Zone getting 35 per cent and ihe other Latin American countries the ancy A COMPLETE SET OF “HIGH-VACUUM” ATTACHMENTS WITH EACH Grand Prize BRAND NEW i+ $ 50 9, 1931. Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. F the letters of these words were observed separately it would in some cases be difficult to recognize them. The “'s” in particular, are very indistinctly a person who cares little for the per- fection of detail. Seemingly she is the made, suggesting | FEATUR Molly Tells Her Story. Molly, the pretty young Rabbit with soft eyes who was livi in the Old Pasture, was in love and it wasn't with Peter. She had just said so. at is more, she had said it in a half shy way that made litle Mrs. Peter cer- tain that she was telling the truth. At once any lurking jeolousy that little | Mr.:. lPeber may have had left her com- pletely. “Tell me about it, my dear,” said she. “How does it happen that you are liv- | ingup_here in the Old Pasture alone? Isn't he in love with you?” “Oh, yes! Yes, indeed! He couldn be more in love with me,” cried Molly. “Then where is he?” demanded Mrs. type who likes and enjoys nice things, but finds it irksome to arrange for these niceties. She, perhaps, Las a tendency to daydream, planning in her mind things of great desirability. | In real life, however, she may become | discouraged because these desires are so_hard to fulfill. It is unfortunate if she is satisfied | with the imperfect or second best. for | she should rave the ability to accom- plish really noteworthy things. It may be that her will power. needs strength- ening, to aid her in overcoming the obstacle of quick discouragement. ‘The manner in which the word “best” is divided is interesting. Note that_the division is at the end of the word with the final letter distinctly apart. We may, from this, judge her to be a detached type of individual. She probably enjoys standing aside and | watching others. ~Life itself would be intensely interesting to her, not only as a participant, but as an observer. This would tend to develop a rather amused tolerance of the people around her. Realizing the frailities of human | nature, it would be easy for her to forgive the shortcomings of others. It would possibly be hard to excite | her to anger. She seems eventem- | pered and calm. Apparently she is friendly, but not _overdemonstrative. | We should expect her to have many frieds but few intimates. This trait should make her valuable in a position where meeting numbers of people might be necessary. It would be easy for her to be friendly with all, but partial to none. Note— Analysis of handwriting is mot an exact science, ‘according to world in- vesfigators, but all_aoree it is interesting and lofs of fun. The Star presents the above feature in that spirit vou wish to have your writing gnatyzed send g sampie ‘to Miss Mocka- bee. care of The Star, alomg with a 2-cent stamp. It will be either inter- preted in this column or you will receive a handwriting analysis chart which you will Aind an interesting study. Cocoanut Cream Pie. tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two cupfuls of milk, one cupful of grated cocoanut, six level tablespoonfuls of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of corn- starch dissolved in four tablespoonfuls of cold water. Cook in a double boiler until thick. Place in a pie shell which has_been baked and cooled. Beat the whites of the three eggs, adding two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Spread over the cream filling, sprinkle with cocoa- nut and brown in pie crust. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. How kin I get up if I don't hear 'em call? (Copyright, 1931.) Mix three beaten egg yolks with two | ot Y Peter. “He's taking a nap in another bram- | ble-tangle. N The por dear was all tired \[= V&R Xy \ \ out,” replied Molly. “It is & good thing he 'didn't come before that other old fellow left,” she added with a mis- chievous chuckle. o Mrs. Peter nad her own opinion about that. It might have been a good thing, a very good thing for Peter to have found out, how silly he had been. But she didn’t say this. “How does it hap- pen that he did’'nt come with you in the first place?” she asked instead. “I ran, away,” confessed Molly. “We LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop was smoking to himself and ma was pushing crooked things strate and strate things crooked, saying Glad- dis called me up this afternoon ‘and wunted me to go to the movies with her, so of corse I went although I had | a million things to do, and my good- | ness such a picture, if I couldent write a better picture than that I wouldent write any. Ah, now I know why you have so public_spiridedly kept out of the mo- tion picture bizzness, pop said. I would of been much better off if | I had stayed at home and taken a nap | and had an entertaining dreem, cause no matter how impossible the dreem mite of been, at least thats what you expect of a dreem, and I would of saved 50 cents in the bar- gain, ma said. G, ma, G, pop, I had a dreem that awt to make a swell moving picture, do you wunt to hear it, Ill tell it to you, I said. It was about a sick king with no name so they just called him King the Ferst, and every time he took medecine he got werse instead of bet- ter, and his temperature was down to nuthing and his pults was away up fearse, so he avvertised in the papers that any doctor that cured him could have the hand of his youngest dawter in_marriage and half 'his kingdom to help him support her, but any doctor that made him werse instead of better would have his hed behedded for a re- ward. And diffrent doctors came from all over and all got behedded, till there | was ony one doctor left and his name was Doctor Benny Potts. ony instead of writing out a perscription for King the Ferst he said to him, Get up out cf that, you big lazy stiff. And King the Ferst was so mad he got out of bed for the ferst time in 10 years and chased Doctor Benny Potts out of the cassle. and the kings youngest dawter stayed a old maid from embarrissment. How w?afld that do for a mpving picture? I said. I saw today, Il discribe the story of it. ma said, and pop said, Signing off, Sta- tion P, O, dubble T, S. And he got in back page and stayed thert “of the sporting Well I declare its better than the one | ES. BEDTIME STORIE By Thornton W. Burgess. quarrel, a foolisn quarrel, and n away. ‘All quarrels are foolish,” interrupted little Mrs. Peter. r “I thought he would follow me at ce, and he didn't,” continued Molly ‘Then a horrid dog chased me and 1 ran and ran until by the time I got | rid of him I was completely lost. That is how I happened to come to the Old Pasture. It seemed such a nice place | that I stayed. There really wasn't any- thing else to do. You see I was lost |and didn't know the way back. Then. | too, T had a feeling_that soner or later | he ‘'would find me here. Sometimes 1 almost lost hope. If it hadn't been for that funny old fellow who has been coming to see me every night I guess | T should have died of lonesomeness.” Mrs. Peter had it on the tip of her | tongue to say that Peter wasn't a funny {old fellow at all, but wisely kept still | and Molly continued. | “Last night he came just as I had { known all along he would!"” she criec | triumphantly. “Of course he did,” replied little Mrs ! Peter knowingly. “I mever was so glad to see anybody in all my life,” confessed Molly, “but | I pretended I wasn't.” “‘Of course,” said Mrs. Peter, nodding approvingly. “But I guess he knew all the timc that I was” continued Molly. “He scolded me. “He would,” said little Mrs. Peter. “And then he announced that h- never would allow me out of his sight agam as long as he lived,” added Molly “He would do that, too,” said Mrs. Peter understandingly. “But the poor dear had to have a | nap this afternoon and here I am out of his sight already,” chuckled Molly, her eyes shining with mischief. “And what are you going to do when he wakes up and finds you are not with him?" asked Mrs. Peter. “Let him hunt for me a little, just a little, just to pay him for that scold- ing last night,” replied Molly. \ “Then I suppose vou will go back where you came from,” said Mrs. Peter. Molly shook her pretty head. “No.® | said she. “That’s where you are wrong! | We are going to live here in the Ol Pasture. I've found the loveliest place | for a home, and there are no other {mm in the Old Pasture excepting | Old Jed Thumper, and he doesn't count.” { _“Just you tell him that,” said Mrs. | Peter, and they both chuckled. | “If you live near, you come and seé us when we are settled,” Molly prats | tled on. | _“I'd love to,” replied Mrs. Peter, and | she really meant it. . | (Copyright, 193! . Syrilp of Finer. Flavor ina Pretty Glass Jug VIRGINIA SWEET and Cane SYRUP' PANCAKE FLOUR BUCKWHEAT FLOUR . es... You can SLEEP LO’S Of S’CCP tears down your vitality. It soon wrecks your health. When you can’t go to sleep . . . it’s your nerves that keep you awake. Jumpy, jangled, weary “NERVES”. .. they rob you of your rest . . . what hectic days and nights they cause. Rest and sleep come only when your nerves are quiet and relaxed. 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