Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1932, Page 21

WOMA N'SERAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY. JANUARY 30 o BEPATURES: Restoring Damaged Wall Paper BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. U A Co B ALl e PLAIN OR FIGURED PAPE| BE ERE are t aker has tore wa nes when every v be that ar attentic and the pat ping away that stick to prevent rom showing mplished by ur; i o that th scarcely OUR CHILDREN ‘ JAN. 30 . CLEANED IN THE WAY DESCRIBED. | a line when pasted down carefully. Sometimes the edges that show can be lightly touched with water color to match the paper so that no line of long them is visible. he paper in an entire room is the homemaker can clean the by getting regulation paper from a paint shop. This is ething like dough and something e a kneaded eraser. To use 1t take t would be an amount approximat- » a biscuit and rub the paper down {rom the molding a little way. Then | fold in the used and soiled part and,| from the place cleaned, continue to rub | down a little farther The dirt will| come off like magic i There are certain things, however, | that are absolutely imperative if the| walls are to look well. Keep the fingers | off the paper. Never forget this rule. NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Illustrations by Mary Foley. CROC “When first the crocus thrusts point of gold Up through the still garden mold, And folded green things in dim woods unclose Their crinkled spears, a sudden tremor goes Into my veins and makes me kith and kin To every wild-born thing that thrills and blows.” T. B. ALDRICH. its snow-drifted URRY, hurry, they seem to say to each other as they push | and crowd to get their blos- soms up through the snow. The crocuses are cheery look- ing in the early Spring and in sheltered places are lovely, blooming away as snowdrifts are melting in exposed places. From a solid, thickened stem the roots ccme off. In five white pa- ! pery coats the corm is wrapped, and decides to grow, the these thin coats 11 know, are grass- like and sometimes there are two and sometimes eight, depending on the va- riety of the crocus Have you ever noticed how the leaf is folded? The bases of the leaves in the corm ccats are yellpw, and this is because they get no sunshine to start their little starch factories and the green within their little cells. The blossoms are first small buds at the center of the leaves, and each 1is wrapped about in its swaddling clothes. There are three sepals on the out- side and three petals which are pro- tected. They are the same color. The sepals and petals jo make a long tube at the base The seed box is down in the ground, and from its tip the style rea: ip through the co- when the plant leaves push throu The leaves, as you | off with stigma nished three-lobed of the corolla tub tamens. The anthers mature first and shed their pollen into the cup of the blossom, and when a vis- iting insect comes along. seeking nectar refreshment in the corolla tube, she can not help b some of the golden dust on her furry coat. Should the stigma lobes not be visited by insects rolla tube and a sort of ruffl At the thr there are three There is an oil in the skin which will leave it mprint even though the| cleaner goes over the places and these | marks will not come off. When woi ing do not steady oneself by touching wall anywhere | Ore r thing, do not go over the cleaned part more than once. Rub downward and go over the entire wall t BY ANGELO PATRL | The Washrag mud e grimy THE STAR DAILY PATTE SERVIC this Sun lish frill Bl made the. has the minute mi 1 be up- night dres sleeves and L canton faille crepe the model dress, Another exce da W te effective scheme is wine-red velvet with lace Again, you might prefer bphire blue crepe silk for the entire dress. Style Nc 624 come 18, 20 years’ 36 a ze 16 requires 3 ya 1 35-inch col resort h plain 16, s inch with we: sheer printed crepe w crepe is a soft d pretty scheme. For a pattern of this style send 15 | | soul | \ i the heat of baking day on her front, rubs a muddy hand 10 end of her nose, steps in a pud- of muddy water and splashes her- f well from head to foot What? _What's this? After all I ld you. Susan Caldwell, shame your- f for a dirty child. Come right into house and I'll wash you again, and ne you stay in the ho stand with a washrag she wipes can't hand " You don't need to. Too much wash- | ing is bad for the tender skin day’s dirt never hurt a child. A w p-and-water bath before going 1l keep the messiest child clean h for the day. At meal time 2 with a soft washrag will he If it becomes imperative to an a child's face in between times, > a_wipe of cold cream and a soft rag. So much soap and water is likely to cause chafing these cold days, whil cold cream will remove the dirt with- out irritating the skin. But wash the | child only when it is necessary, not | every time he smears his face and hands | Ma, can I bring Tom and Harry into our yard today?” | “It's your turn to go over there, son. | Maybe their mother wouldn't like it.” | “No, I guess she wouldn't. But they would. Can I, Ma?’ | Tell me why i She is such'a cleaning mother. She es us come in and get washed if we | little dirty, even. We have to stopping and going in t hed and we can't get anything done, | that's why. Can I Ma Children do not like to be interrupted | by the washrag. Neither do 1t | somebody came along every once in a while and said, “Oh, my goodness me, you're dirty as a pig. Here's a_wash- rag. T'll scrub you,” you wouldn't have cordial feelings toward that helpful To be sure, children have to have help in keeping clean, but their work | need not be interrupted for the pur- | pose. Play is their most serious busi- | ness | If the children start clean, a little | dirt will not matter. Dress them for hard service and turn them loose with- out a care about their cleanliness. If you find your washrag wearing out t0o | soon just spare it. The children won't | mind and you will not only save the | a my bed o | washrags, you'll save a lot of precious | 2624 cents in stamps or coin directly to The Washington Star’s New York Fashion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty- ninth street, New York Don't envy the woman who dresses well and keeps her children well dress- ed. Just send for your copy of our Winter Fashion Magazine. It shows the best styles of the season; also charming suggestions in lingerie, pa- jamas and modern embroidery for the home. You will save $10 by spending a few cents for this book. So it would pay you to send for your copy now. Price of book, 10 cents. Price of pattern, 26 cents. energy. And you won't be sowing the | seeds for nervous irritability in yaur‘ children. (Copyright, 1932.) Humorous Titbits From chool Papers. HARD WATER IS BAD FOR HOUSE- HOLD USE BECAUSE IT | SCRATCHES THE | FURNITURE. | i ) The beefeaters live in the tower of | London and cooked for Mary Queen of Scots. our party was lovely. Eeverybody was so happy and full of animosity. Soda-water is written as two separate words, joined together by a syphon. Utterance means not saying anything. Brutus was in charge of the fleet in the Alps. The bottom of the sea is composed of clay and fine sentiments. (Copyright, 1932.) and get pollen from other flowers, they and curl over until me of the pollen from ny glorious shades of white and vellow, > and other soft shades slightly feathered y have seeds like which are developed in ti capsule. Yet the crocus family mostly by small 1 develop from the mother following year the baby mother corm. It takes two years for the young crocus to be pushed above ground by the mothe corm, and crocus must be planted about every third year. In October and until the ground freezes it to plant the corms. When nting them in the lawn, a sharp-pointed garden tool should be used fo n the hole in which to place the corm. Press the dirt back in place and the grass will net be disturbed or the lawn be made | to look unsightly. As the flowers come so early and mature, the plant itself Il not be injured when the lawn- | mowing time rol (Copy crocus orange Some are ong tiny pe: oblong soe spreads corms w corm corm i ght, 1932.) Scalloped Onions. Boil five medium sized onions until | tender in salted water. Place a layer of cooked onions in a buttered baking dish and sprinkle over this_some chopped blanched almonds. Repeat until the dish is almost full. Pour over all enough white sauce to fill the dish or about a pint Cover with buttered bread crumbs and brown in a hot oven DAILY DIET RECIPE EDEN SALAD. Eight red apple slices, teaspoons finely minced one cup tomatoed Frenct ing +and eight lettuce lea SERVES 4 OR 8 PORTIONS. Wash rosy red apples. Dry well and core. Cut each apple in crosswise slices about half an inch thick ange apple rings on tender, crisp lettuce leaves on individual salad es. Fill cen- ters with very fi inced onion and dress with French. dressing seasoned with tomato catsup or chili sauce. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes fiber. Lime, iron, sulphur, vi s A, B and C present. Good in laxative diet. Could be given children 8 years and over. Can be eaten by normal adulis of average or under weight. Could be eaten by those wishing to reduce' if non-fattening French dressing were used as a base for the to- mato seasoning (Copy eight onion, dress- DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX How Can a Girl Get a Man to Propose? EAR MISS DIX—We are just a puzzled crowd of girls asking you a very urgent question: How do you get men to pop the question? ‘We are good looking and have plenty of boy friends who take us everywhere, but none of them ever ask us to marry them. How is it that other girls get husbands? Do they do the proposing themselves? We were all Girl Scouts when we were younger and our motto has always been, “Be Prepared.” Therefore, we have our hope chests rerdy, but no use for them. How come? AN INQUIRING GROUP. Answer—1In these days men seem less and less inclined to matrimony. So you see you are not alone in your complaint that men seem to be get- ting more and more bridal shy. Of course, there are many reasons for this. The first and most obvious is that the great majority of young men simply lack the price. They find it hard enough to support themselves and can no more think of setting up @ wife than they could of setting up a yacht or indulging themselves in any other luxury. And just now, in this time of depression, when no man feels secure in his job, it takes a courage amounting to foolhardiness even to think of getting married. In fact, you may almost say that.a man who gets married under present circumstances deserves to have a hero's medal pinned on his breast. ‘There are so many delightful men's clubs at reasonable prices and efficiency apartments with valet service, and so on, that a man doesn't need a wife to look after him. All he has to do is to press a button and he is loved and cherished and waited on hand and foot more efficiently than any wife would be able to do the job. All men crave feminine society, and in former times when the only way a man could get a pretty girl to talk to and to go about with was by making her his wife, he marricd early and often, if the occasion de- manded. But now, when men work side by side with pretty girls all day and spend their evenings playing about with them, they get all the fem- inine society they desire without burdening themselves with wives. Whether it is going to be left up to the girls to do the proposing or not is a mystery of the future, and I am no fortune teller, but I am sure of this—that there would be a lot more marriages and a lot happier ones if girls did pop the question and convince the men they wanted of how much happier and better off they would be married than single. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1932.) YOUR BABY AND MINE MRYTLE MEYER ELDRED. that must be considered. have a sore mouth which makes it painful for her to e The rubber nipple may have such a small hole that she is worn out after taking two or three our eve igh her appetite is still not satis She may _have some glandular wce. Babies enough sec e notorously poor interest in food You can see is to stop guess what s children do not di tent that th an ar Baby Spurns Milk. She When a mother has tried to right a situation without success, it scems to me her one course is to consult some one who can discover what is wrong with the child. Mothers are unaware of the many serious ailments which may underlie what looks like mere stubborness to her. The following case is plainly not mere distaste for food but something more serious, and I hope Mrs, H will waste no time in taking the baby to a doctor “I have been a reader of your de- partment for some time and find many interesting things in it, but nothing B that helps me with my problem,” says R Mrs. H. “My baby weighed 8 pounds e et i at birth, is four months old and now i he ane weighs 12 pounds. _She simply does baby iracts of tos it not like her milk. She gets five feed- simply st o ings a day of five ounces, one ounce of i orange juice, and cod liver oil twice a . 1 ta every afternoon Kidney Bacon Roll. just chews her fists like she is| 3 hungry, but takes only about two and Spread six strips of one-half to three ounces of her milk. smoked li Sometimes she refuses to eat for eight pound of hours. She has terrible screaming | spells. T have tried various kinds of ‘amb kidi -y the centers soned flo of kidney on th disturb: thyroid e ai bacon with some slice them, and remo milks”’ each piece and dip Without would be son why the child refu is underweight and sk too often, or as much as child this age should consu relish. There are three possibl a physical examination it npossible to tell you any s to eat the aver ne with reasons around. |- may SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. I don’t know what's become of them there dogs, old feller; they ain't actin’ berry hospital! (Copyright, 1932.) Handwriting What It May Reveal. BY MILDRED MOCKABEE. HER a deliberate riting for the apparent in th writer to preser best side of her natu fear adverse critici though she person would find gr n from oth- ears to be a cess in it. ytical tter would She of with m: sonin ent the g into e to idgmentof her scope decorat 1 to sell empty | By it find BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Settled Questions. att time be ads of action ay to go. er a wh at le becomes little while be- epends on have | ou may be e que her you these rejected will not stay °y crop out now Suppose your 16d to be Wrong. i out in favor native. You are ely to believe that the future. . 1931) suppressed )y r dreams fo (Copyr is Wattl tralia, when every true * the national flower. day in Aus- e sports Auto Show Prize Puzzle Contest Ends e PUZZLE Remarkable though it may be, the lines and curves in the sign are actually letters forming the name of a make of automobile! ve been dissected. Some of thi rts are turned askew. e R O e thault, for the parts of each individual the assembly should not be overdiffici letter are all together. Name of Car. With the above two puzzles, The Star, closes. Surely they have not been difficult to solve 25 words or less, “Why the Automobile See that your replies get to the next Tuesday morning. The judges wish you al No. 24. The letters Nevertheless, Name of Car Show Should Be Held in Washington Every Year.” we! PUZZLE No, 25. The sign shows a line of figures and letters. evolve the name of a make of automobile. which can be translated into letters by the use of Roman numerals. That will help you solve the problem. Apply the Roman number idea wherever necessary and perhaps you will get results. out of the line you must There are certain numbers No. 24 and No. 25, the contest conducted by the Washington Automotive Trade Association, with the co-operation of 1 Now collect all your answers, properly numbered, and send them in with your slogan in shington Automotive Trade Association, Suite 1002, Chandler Building, 1497 I street northwest, before 10 o'clock 1l the best success and hope that each contestant will go to the show at the auditorium. It's worth while. itself » successful 'm‘ HERE is a very practical idea behind the fashion for initials on lingerie and handkerchiefs, which, when you come to think of it, are nothing more or less than glorified laundry marks. To be sure if your laundry work is done at home and your family js small you tion—and then the initials are simply a decoration that gives a personal touch to your bits of silk, lace and lingerie. On gift lingerie the addition of & neat initial is worth a good deal more than the time or money that it costs. At many of the specialty shops and have pieces of lingerie marked with finely done initials at the time you make your purchase, and In almost i every neighborhood there is some ex- pert needlewoman who will o, this fine work at a reasonable price. The latest fashion, however, calls for no very difficult needlecraft. step-ins, nightgowns and so on are simply marked with the name of the owner, preferably in her own individual handwriting. On_very fine pieces this may be done with fine openwork em- broidery, but a good effect may be gained simply by fine outline stitching On lingerie of pale pink or flesh color, the work should be done in a deeper pink or a French blue. Or, if you any pastel tone may be ma pure white. And, by (he way, the simplest way to do your marking is this SCREEN She may type | BEERY AuwAYs wiARs ATEN GALLON SOMBRERO EVEN WHEN IN FULL DRESS. AMOWPQy (Copyeight 1937 Practfical Idea in Use of .Initials BY MARY MARSHALL. may not need such marks of identifica- | department_stores you can arrange to | Slips, | name in ink or heavy pencil on & piece of paper. Then lay the terial over it on a flat board, pi securely and make a very } from the line that shows th The iailor’s chalk t the work is done tracing h the with hen Write "the | ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAUCETT. DietricH MIGHT STILL BE A CONCERT VIOLINIST - BUT SHE INJURED HER HAND. Iy Y « \ \ < > = : FREDRIC MARCH KEEPS WIS BABY SHOES ABOVE WIS ORESSING TABLE= / FOR GOOD LUCK. The Bel § 1) 1-30 JANET GAYNOR IS LAURA GAWNER T““‘ “!M "AM‘S JUNE COLLYER IS DOROTHEA HEERMANCE BEDTIME STORIES By W. Burgess. Thornton Peter Spies on Jimmy. been awake before this “Have v Rabbit asked Jimmy you Peter “I have.” spoke up Striped Chi munk. “I've poked my head out fi a look around two or three times to bed i F t do an; v for is beyond t the seven sleeper ble people when it g how to be truly com- seen all I want to of Win- p- le and disappeared e back to his snug ho ground beyond the reach of | vopped had “Where are you spending the Winter? Peter asked as he tyrned to Jimmy { Skunk Jimmy grinned. “That is not yours, Mr. Curiosity busi- e Te- m | ness, d. Excuse ust wo | business of as ever, Ji ain Jimmy * replied Peter. “I was Of course, it is no You seem to be as fat | nned. “I hope I haven't lost said he. “One needs to be fat to sleep in comfort. No fat, no sleep. Have you seen a of Johnny Chuck this Winter?" “No,” replied Peter, “and I don't ex- pect to. When Johnny goes to sleep he stays asleep.” MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefru Oatmeal with Eggs Goldenrod on Toast Bacon Curls Doughnuts DINNER Tomato Bisque Celery Pickled Watermelon Rind Roast Beef, Brown Gravy Mashed Potatoes Baked Squash Waldorf Salad, French Dressing Suet Pudding Coffee SUPPER. Escalloped Oysters Stuffed Celery Parker House Rolls Orange Custard Macaroons BAKED SQUASH. Cut open the squash, take out the seeds and, without pairing cut it up into large pieces. Put the pieces on tins in a dripping pan. Place in a moderately hot oven and bake about an hour When done, peel and mash like mashed potatoes or_serve the teces hot on a dish. To be eaten warm with butter like a sweet potato. ESCALLOPED OYSTERS. One quart oysters, 1 pint milk heated, a scant cup butter be- fore it is melted, 2 eggs, pepper and salt to suit your taste and 20 common crackers rolled fine. Stir milk, eggs, butter and crack- ers, also oyster liquor, together and then stir in the oysters light- 1 Butter your dish, turn in the mixture and bake a little brown. It will take about three-quar- ters of an hour. There will be no dry places. ORANGE CUSTARDS. Rub 1 tablespoon butter with 1 cup sugar, add beaten yolks of 3 eggs and beat until very light. Add juice and part of grated vellow rind of 1 large orange, the beaten white of 1 egg and 1% cups milk. Pour the mixture into buttered custard cups, stand them in a pan half filled with boiling water and bake until nearly set. Beat whites of 2 eggs until stiff, fold in 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, put large spoon- ful on each custard, brown slightly in oven and cool. (Copyright, 1932.) Coffee Tea returned I like to a while But I Hello, e glad “He Jimmy have is very wise,” s for me ound once going on this snow iend. He'll wise, a cannot here comes an old ne, I know turned to sce Re 1 opening i appeared. Jimmy climbed out of he stones wh Reddy Fox saw him. was most polite. He inquired mmy’s health and wished him all the time keeping at a respect- ance. When he had passed on | Jimmy yawned and then, without hur- rying in the least, waddled off. When at last Peter dared venture out gain neither Reddy nor Jimmy nor ; cne else was in sight. But if Reddy and Jimmy were not to be.seen their footprints were. Peter looked at Jim- it suddenly popped into his he would like to know where Skunk had gone. Probably he e back home to sleep was it was no business of his here Jimmy had gone, but he was curious to know where Jimmy was liv- | ing “T'il just follow his out where he has gone,” declared Peter, He knew that this was spying, but this didn't trouble him at all. He knew that it would do him no good to find out | where Jimmy was, but this cidn't trou- | ble him either. The only thing that | troubled him was his curiosity. and the only thing he wanted then was to | satisty it. So he began to follow Jim- my's tracks | "Along the old stone wall they led just outside the bushes, where fhe traveling was easiest. At the end of the old stone wall Peter stopped. Those tracks led on straight across Farmer Brown's door- vard, and Peter had no idea of ventur- ing out there in broad daylight. He was not so bold as all that. “Now where can Jimmy have gone?” muttered Peter, and his curiosity was greater than ever, “I believe I will just stay over here until night and then it | will be safer to follow those tracks. It can't be that Jimmy is staying at Farmer Brown's. I've just got o fiad | out. Yes, sir, T've got to. I won't be happy until I do.” |~ So Peter went back to a hiding place | in the old stone wall to walt for dark- | ness, and while he waited his curiosity | grew and grew, as curwosity has a way of doing. after well ful d | head t Jimmy racks and find (Copyright, Rice and Giblets. | 1 Chop one cupful of cooked giblets | fine, then mix them with two cupfuls | of cooked rice, two cupfuls of gravy, | one teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth teaspooniul of pepper. Pour the mixture into a greased baking dish and bake for 20 minutes, A little finely chopped celery or green pepper may be added |if desired. ~ This dish will make about | 10 ordinary servings. For Luncheon. | Make a rich. biscuit dough, richer 1than for baking powder biscuits. Add | to it a good flavoring of dry ginger and |a cupful of shaved maple sugar, or lumpy brown sugar. Put it into a deep pan, bake it, break it into chunks and serve hot with sweet butter. 1932