Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1932, Page 37

WOMAN'S PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. 1932. FEATURES.’ Management of the Income BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. OME subjects are peculiarly in the mind when a new year dawns. One of them is how to make the family income do more without pending more, or how to make it 1M the same requirements in a more acceptable way, or how to manipu- Jate the income so that better con tions result with or without a saving TO GET WHAT YOU WA QUIRES INGENUITY TO PURSE AND ACCOUNTS BALANCE but minus any increase of costs. Dif ferent aspects of this subject have been enumerated, but the identical idea of bettering conditions without increased cost is the underlying plan always. It is often a mistake to consider that having what you want is beyond your | means. To add the wanted thing, which may be a purchase or may be more service, to the already full budget is not in the present scheme. But to secure the desired result, by good man- agement, so that your wish is granted and the budget expenditure not en-| croached upon, is the matter under con- sideration. | An {fllustration will point the argu- ment. One homemaker felt a decided need of more help in her housework. She also realized she should not in-| crease the cost of living. She put on | her thinking cap and found this solu- tion: Instead of sending her flatwork to the laundry she had it done at home on the regular wash day This increased the work of the wash- erwoman so that she could not do quite as much ironing in the dav, although the extra time re ired for the flatwork was not more than an h The next bit of man 1 was engaging a few hours' work during the | middle of the week. The woman at this time finished such ironing as was| Jeft and did the extra work which the homemaker wanted accomplished. | 8o carefully did the homemaker plan that what was actually paid out was no more and sometimes even a trifle less than the previous costs of one day's work at home plus the outside laundry work aker has the opportunity to ndling of funds to increase and comfort and add pleasure NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Niustrations by Mary Foley. DANDELION. Jawn splashed with gold ou wanted only greenbacks? delion wishes you to know < of every greenback must be a gold reserve. The & determined squatter, and driven from pillar to post with- success on your part, for her chil- re blown by the winds on their ry-like balloons and land in your neighbor’s yard, and perchance a play- ful gust will drop the next-door dan- delion children in yours.. Being a clever dandelion mother, she yws it is wise to make as little fuss en you are not welcome as possible. , she grows close to the ground, with a very sort stem when in the front lawn, r head when the lawn r it, while out in the t fear the sharp grows tall and flaunts her s 1 who pass by. Her children gadabouts and are found almost all ver the world. They are great hands for going to sleep early, and if the next day is gloomy and cloudy, they don't take the trouble to wake up at all. They wait until the sun is well up before they DANDELION open their eyes and offer their nectar | to their guests. After the golder for several days ssom has bloomed | ses its house and | wonderful things go on in secret. ‘The | little seeds are matu and getting | ready a little balloon on which to take | ght. Then one nignt a fairylike, | filmy ball is opened and the next day a | friendly breeze, in league with all flow- ers, passes that way. In the corolla tube there is nectar to | spare and much rich pollen. Many in- | sects drink deep at the oxgrflowing cup, | but the bee knows where the golden goblet is and drains it of its sweet. Going about from floret to floret, Yhe SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Santy Claus painted a new face on! Rag-Anna fer Baby's Christmas. It looks bery pretty to me, but Baby aren’t played wif her since an’ I'se | beginnin’ to fink the old feller pulled | a boner! (Copyright, 1932.) i Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. | e s = HERE is a suggested lack of muscular co-ordination in this handwriting. For that reason we should expect close or deli- cate work done by hand to be very difficult and trying for the writer. Though her will may be great enough to force her to do many such things, it would apparently be a great strain on her nervous system. If possible, she ghould refrain from this type of work, as it would surely eventually be a tax on her entire body, perhaps endanger- ing her health In the definitely tied “f” and very open “o” there is a queer contradiction The first would suggest a careful, frugal type of person, while the latter denotes generosity. It may be that she is more than willing to help any worthy cause, giving of both time and money. She probably manages and budgets her finances, however, in a very precise way. Although the capital “I" i5 not over- bee's handsome fur coat is showered with the golden dust, and on a trip to an- other liberal hostess she leaves much of the gold with her. Mme. Dandelion has a long tap root, | wich goes into the soil for almost a foot. 1t is well filled with milk, show- ing she has gathered a liberal supply of food for the coming Spring. Her leaves are 10 in numb>r and they spread out so far that the little clover cannot peep from under her skirts. Early in | the Spring her tender leaves are good | to eat, but in the Fall even the cattle avoid them. The leaves have deep dents in them &nd the French call them “dents-de-lion,” or teeth of the lion. This is how she got her name. The hollow stems make wonderful trembones, and with your tongue thrust into the stem you can make charming dandelion curls. The. flower has no | sense of being unwelcome. You cannot hurt her feelings by cutting off her head | r depriving her of her skirts. So long | s you do not reach down deep enough | to get her tap root, she takes your in- | sults mildly and flourishes the following | Spring. Any soil is acceptable, and with all the bees and insects feeling so | friendly, though she can get along with- out them, the cheerful lady goes right slong, knowing well you cannot get rid | of her. Being in league with the wind | and her children capable balloonists, | there will always be some of them to carry on the traditions of the happy | | golden family. (Copyright, 1932.) | A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. NHERE will be a lot written and heard about one of the probably least known Senators this Winter when a certain committee gets down to con- sideration of the proposal to legalize 4 per cent beer His name is Jesse Houghton Metcalf of Rhode Island, appointed chairman of the Subcommittee Manufactures study this p ular bill of group of pr tion bills duced by Bingham of Conr Metc 15t past his 71st birth- day, is known to Senate observers as the man who sits on next to the 1ast row on the Republican side of the chamber between the tall, whi and stately Bingham on his right the robust on * | system. armistice he and Mrs. Metcalf went abroad to visit the war scene. During their travels they visited a village wher: of the residents had been patients at Metcalf's hospital Immediately the village wanted to | give them & banquet. - Metealf, ob- | serving the ruins, said no—that he| wanted to banquet the village He did more. At his expense engin- | eers were brought from Paris and put |to work repairing the village'’s water He practically rehabilitated the place. | “Before leaving he gave a considerab [ sum of money to the village auth | ties with instructions that they |a fountain in memory of inhabita | who died in the war. Some time after he heard fror | grateful villagers. It was new the fountain had been completed it had not been named for the I war_dead The fountaln had been christened “Monsieur and Madame Metcalf,” in appreciation of their kindness' and generosity. large, the tall point of the “p” suggests a trace of egotism. She probably feels that her ideas and beliefs are the only ones and should be generally accepted. It may be that she lacks tolerance with people who conduct themselves con- trary to her viewpoint Society perhaps holds great appeal for her. She would seemingly enjoy the rounds of gayety and activity which it affords. Large groups of a rather formal nature would possibly attract her more than small, impromptu en- tertaiuments. As she appears to know how to be & very charming guest, she perhaps is in great demand. We should not expect her to be long content in a quiet or isolated location. She would want to live in the midst of crowds, where there was ‘always some happen- ing of interest, . “-~ Analysis of handgrifing is mot science, according to- world in- ors, but all_aoree if is interesting of fun. " The Star presents the analyzed. send a sa t bee, care of The Star. af cent stamp. It will e either int, Dreted in this column or you will reces a handwriting analysis chart which you will find an interesting study. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W, SPROWLS. Vocational Guidance. There are parents who imagine that they know what their sons are “cut out” for. The vast majority of these voca- tional predictions are mere wishes on the part of parents, who have a few pet ideas about what constitutes a good \ing like half of all the boys | and girls at the age of 10 can give no reason for what they talk about as & ational choice. The results of a siz- able number of scientific studies of vo- cational influences indicate that mere accidental circumstances dictate what is likely to happen. Vocational interests fluctuate a great deal even up to the age of 20. That's why many persons are never able to find their proper place in the work-a-day world. And that's why s0 many are always looking for some- thing better to “turn up.” The most prevalent of all human discontents is vocational dissatisfaction. Lately, it has become a popular prac- tice for colleges and schools to under- take to “place” or “guide” thelr stu- dents into the proper vocation. So far he idea is devoid of anything like a bstantial foundation e best vocational guidance you can offer any young person is & good, all- ind training in language, mathe- s and sclence. If one’ has the bility to master some worthwhile school subject he may safely be permitted to find his own vocation. (Copyright, 1932 DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX EAR MISS DIX—Most women, whether they are pretty or homely, brilliant or dull, get married. To just what do you attribute their success in winning husbands? THREE BUSINESS GIRLS. Answer—It has been said that there are two secrets that no woman ever tells. One is her age. Tre other is how she caught her hus- band. Why a woman never reveals the secret method by which she got her man, I do not know. Possibly it is a little feminine vanity that causes her to wish to appear as & vamp Wwhose charms no man could resist. Perhaps she likes to delude herself into believing that her marriage was made in heaven or perhaps she just likes to throw a romantic halo over the whole thing and let it go at that. AT any rate, it is true that no woman ever discloses the mystery of her technique or reveals by what subtle means and ways she in- veigled her husband to the altar. That valuable bit of information she keeps to herself and any tips you get on the subject have to come from some one else. Fortunately, however, this is possible, for in love the lookers-on see most of the game and so not infrequently we are able to observe these fishers of men at work and to note their tactics The first things that impress us are that the successful anglers who almost invariably land their fish use discrimination in the selection of their bait and in picking out the streams in which they fish and that, as a general thing, their catch is surest when they fish in strange waters. "THE girl who wants to catch a man dangles before him the cl which he prefers and at which he is most likely to bite. Of course, she makes herself as good looking as pature and the style shops permit. Then she proceeds to make hersel agreeable and to cultivate a line that will appeal to the particular man on whom she has an eye and she is bookish or golfish or musical or domestic, as the case demands. Then she goes where the fish are plentiful, for she knows that there is no use in throwing a line and praying for luck in waters that have been fished out or from which the fish have fled to other pools. That is why young girls are demanding to be sent to co-educational colleges and society girls are leaving their manless parlors and emigrat- ing to the business office, Where men abound. HEN the astute feminine angler knows that for some unfathomable reason the farther away she gets from home the more apt the fish are to rise to her fiy. Whether this is because the home fish are wise to her little ways and manners or are so used to her that they have ceased to notice her, nobody knows. But it is a fact that the girls who never have any dates at home are often a riot in strange tov nd that those who had been given up for old maids in Squedunk ar ried three months after they. have emigrated to Rabbit Center. And, of course, women sell themselves to men by feeding them and by flattering them and by listening to their talk about themselves Thousands of men marry to get an ear and thousands of others marry to get & claque. It all depends upon the man, but it is easy to turn the trick if you will just give a little thought to the individual man you want. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1932. THE Wilkins new package is triple-sealed . . . now with an outer wrapping of moisture-proof Cellophane. is the 1932 method of packing Coffee—hygienic and eco- The flavor is protected. The cost of nomical. “BONERS” Humorous ' Tid-Bits School Papers. From H. ASTING GIFTS INTO THE 'TREASURY AND A CERTAIN WIDOW CAST IN VO MITTS. A millenium is something like a con- y it has more legs. Macbeth proved hinmelf a coward when he said, “Hold on, Macduff. Damned if I ain’t got enough.” Work is the overcoming of existence. A calf is & calf until it has & calf and then it's & cow. Terror tried to get possession of the | French Empire. cemption is what the State pays 1 when you die strains it (Copyright, 1 o = Fthiopia will establish a gold-stand- par value as the pound sterling and be divided into 10 silver dolla This ct makes | ard currency known as the Ethioplan | gold pound, which is to have the same | with your various dresses and coats?. Are they as becoming and as up to date as they should be? Scarfs always are & Midwinter ne- cessity, and this year they are espe- clally needed since so many of the coats are made with wide stand-offish collars that need to be supplemented by a scarf to keep the neck and throat protected from wind and cold. The scarf shown in the sketch was made as an accessory to thé® dress with which it was worn, but it may be copied for a separate scarf to wear with any dress. In form it is a sim- ple triangle made by cutting a square in two from one corner to the opposite corner, One corner is left as it is, but the other corner is turned under about an inch and through the double thick- ness thus produced a slash is made | about an inch long. This is bound off | like a tailored buttonhole, so that when the scarf is worn the opposite end is | thrust through the slit as shown in| the sketch. You can make your scarf all in one color or you can combine two or three colors so as to give the scarf a banded effect. If you decide to make the scarf in two or more tones it is a good plan | to choose one tone to match your coat and the other tone or two to match your dress. In this way you will link OW about your supply of scarfs? | Have you plenty of them to go | | My Neighbor Says: Yellow cream cheese, spread on buttered wafers and browned in a moderate oven, makes a very good accompaniment to serve with appetizers, soups or salads Coarse fine salt, such as is used in making ice cream, if scattered over the bottom of & garbage can when it is empty will prevent garbage freezing to the can A tablespoonful of lemon juice added to the water in which eggs are poached will make them er. Scarfs With Dresses and Coats BY MARY MARSHALL. up the various colors in your ensemble, Thus if you Rave a biack coat and want to wear it with a brown dress combine brown, black and beige. If you have a gray dress and want ta wear it with a beige coat combine beige, gray and yellow. This color combination, by the way, has been used by several of the smart French dressmakers and is likely to be very good for Spring. WILKINS pckageor OHE Poyny ,‘i‘, WeiHr The swapk know him as arrives in W latial aboard his pa- anchor in the ot Rroups None but his closest friends, per knows of his extensive private ph thropies, which have endeared the hearts of people both he abroad By chance we heard of one of his “unknown" projects the other day. It concerns & French village and the days ates Sen- Our informant says that n y know ator. persons in the o« about 1t r g the war Metcalf virtually ported a hospital in France. Afte DAILY DIET RECIPE POINSTTIA SALAD Medium-size ripe tomatoes, 6 chopped green olives, 6 table- spoons; mayonnaise, 12 Cup; watercress, or lettuce SERVES 6 PORTIONS h tomatoes and dry well arp small knife ugh the ski and n in_the form of This will leave le. Now sC00p part of the peel skin d five or six petals 1 tomatoc place each tos watercress form a poin- Dot each toma- to_center with mayonnaise and serve cold. B g, o e SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAUCETT. ZASU PITTS WAS MAMED AFTER TWO AUNTS, ELIZA AND SUSAN, COMBINING THE MOST INSULTING. MAN IN HOLLYWOOO, 1S ALSO THE MOST DOPULAR! HE IS AN ENTERTAINER WHO DLAYS THE P A RUDE WAITER AT pamaes o ¥ 1S REALLY FIVE HORSES, AS TOM MIX USES A DIFFERENT ONE FOR TACH KIND OF STUNT RIDING/ THEIR REAL NAMES 2] DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS 1S RUDOLPH ULLMAN { EDDIE CANTOR 13 2Ty | | RICHARD C S ROY RaeasAvCw quality Coffee is held down. Vacuum and slip- covered tin cans have become obsolete and an un- necessary expense. Resolve now that you won’t be extravagant by buying Coffee in expensive tin cans any more than you would think of buying Coffee in paper bags. One wastes money. The other wastes flavor. And surely these are no times for extravagance. Tin cans, as Coffee packages, are as out of date as last year’s calendar. WILKINS ;5/fce WRC 7:45—MON., WED. & SAT. EVENINGS MARGUERITE 'CROMWELL and" the WILKINS COFFEE ORCHESTRA 3., Directed by HAROLD VEO . .. JOIN US!