Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1932, Page 29

WOMAN'S PAGE Aprons Coming Back Into Favor BY MARY MARSHALL. HE old-fashioned housewife looked upon a good sized supply of aprons as a real necessity, and a definite amount of time was devoted every Spring or Autumn to replenishing the supply of these useful accessories. There were good sized gingham aprons for kitchen work, dainty aprons for sewing and lighter household tasks, chafing dish aprons, and aprons to have on hand for | | | 13 guests who might want to help make a | salad or beat the cream for Sunday night supper. Even where there were | lenty of servants the old-fashioned ousewife felt that she must have, eprons for herself and her daughters. Aprons rather went out of fashion a few years ago. If you really had to take a hand in the housework you donned a smock which seemed more up to date. There is still something to be | said in favor of smocks for housework but a smock is a lot more trouble to make than an apron and ever so much more trouble to wash and iron: and when a simple little apron will answer the purpose in protecting your frock it does scem absurd to wear a smock. | And now for a number of good rea- sons aprons have come back into favor. | There is an unusually large demand | Alec the Great Musicians cannot play a piece Unless their instruments are there, But vocalists, it's sad to say, Cen sing at all times anywhere. ‘Weren't | pocket as indicated. for them in the stores and women are making aprons at home as they haven't made them for many years. Several readers recently have asked for help in making a simple child’s apron, so here you are. The diagram shows how to_make it. The dimensions are: AB—2!;, BC— i%, CD—5, DX—6, CE—20 and (XY—8. Cut with C, D, X, E on a fold of the material. Attach straps to go around the neck and tie or button at B, and at Y attach straps or wider st to tie| or button around the waist. tona; (Copyright. 1932.) Us fellows was standing around the lam post tawking and argewing, and some strange fat kid started to go passed, me saying to Puds Simkins, Look at that guy, Puds, I bet he’s fatter than you are. O yeh, well put up or shut up, Puds said. And he took a cent out of his pockit and I took a cent out of mine, and we all ran after the strange fat kid, me saying, Hay, fellow, how much do you way? I dont know, I havent been wayed lately, the kid said, and I said, Well would you mind setteling a bet by coming around to the drug store and seeing if you way more than this guy | here.” He wunts to say he ways more | than you do, I said. | Jd'bet he don't, he's skinny alongside of me, the kid said, and Puds Simkins | said. O yeh, well youre a living skel- lington alongside of me. And we all went around to Wites | drug store so they could both get| wayed on the patten scale where you put a cent in and then slide diffrent | size waits across till you come to your rite wait, and we all went in and stood | around the scale and Puds got on it, saying, Hay, whose going to put the cent in? Being the ony thing I hadent thawt | of. and I said, You are, youre the one’s getting wayed, aint you? and Puds said, Well then you'll 'haff to put your cent in for this guy. | Meening the other fat kid, and I| said. Well then there wont be any | cents left to pay the bet no matter who loses. so what's the sents to that? Thats what I was thinking, Puds said, and Mr. Wite came up, saying Whats all this going on around m: scale, youre obstructing the doorway and keeping customers out other fat kid said, Aw heck, I came here for a way, not a argewment. And he wawked out and kepp on going wherever he was going, and us fellows all went back to the lam post again, Mr. Wite looking after us shak- ing his head to himself. ‘ Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. | Can Husband Rob You? | If a wife does not commit robbery when she goes through her husband's pockets, can a husband be termed a “robber” when he steals from his wife? It is a much mooted point, and one beset with many knotty problems. Be- fore one can answer at all, it must be determined what the husband’s prop- erty is and what the wife's. The wife who rifles her husband's ket may claim that the money is rightfully hers, because her husband short-changed her on her allowance. Of course, her method of collection may not be legal, but she has the money in her possession and most courts would not permit her husband to testify against her. In that case, what could he do? One woman sug- gests, “Like it or lump it!” On the other hand. a husband might give his wife a diamond brooch. She might wear it for a time, and then have it taken from her in order that cash might be realized. Can his action be called criminal? Was the brooch ever hers? Could she prove her own- ership of it? If she could. would her hsuband have any “equity” or share in the brooch? The case would hinge chiefly on the question, “To whom did the brooch actually belong, and what proof has that party?” you shocked at - Dorothy?” | have arrived too late. HO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Pateut Office. ‘When Jules Levy, world-famous cor- netist, attracted the crowds to old Lin- coln Hall? Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Civilization. Is civilization an attainment or a pretense> We are now_talking philos- | ophy—nothing more. In raising this | question I am not unaware of certain misunderstandings. These who imagine that civilization | represents some sort of predestination They misunder- stand life. They are the contemporary | progeny of Cotfon Mather of old New England. The idea that human beings | are constructed first of all out of mind- | stuff and only secondarily out of body. stuff is a sheer pretense. It is civil- izations’s attempt to clothe the body to deny the impulses wrapped up in what is called mind. But, after all, it is not quite fair to say that attainment and pretense are different things. Pretense may, for all we know, be the evolutionary force which makes civilization possible. Modesty is pretense, not always, but more than half the time. Because of pretense frankness often smacks of rudeness. Self-righteousness is a pre- | tense. Shame, not conscience, is the | guide to laudable conduct. And the | r of shame is all too often the begin- | 1g of neuroses Life is replete with paradoxes. wise psychology could not have ap- peared as a science of the meaning of life, civilized or otherwise. But why worry about phflnwph,\'?‘ It's nothing other than civilization's attempt to understand how and why it arrived. n: Other- 1 One knotty question for the Solo- | mons to settle is: “To whom do house- | hold goods belong when they are paid for by the wife? In most States women may only hold real property in com- munity with their husbands. House- | hold effects might be either real prop- erty or personal property. depending on the nature of the various effects It might take months before a satis; factory division of goods alone could be_arrived at ‘Women sometimes get into the habit | of drawing checks on their husbands’ bank accounts; in some cases husbands acquire the same habit. It is doubtful | whether a court would sanction such an action. Of course, the bank is re- sponsible to its depositor for all funds that have been illegally withdrawn from her account. However. unless | the woman wished to send her husband to jail for defrauding her, she would not press the charges. Our own laws recognize, in almost | every State, the right of a woman to own personal property. If a husband should appropriate the personal prop- | erty of his wife, it is hard to conceive | of a court considering his act in any light other than theft. Most cases are settled out of court, because the no-| toriety attaching to such incidents is | unpleasant and detrimental to both. | Still, some answers would be welcome. | The girl they talked about was charming, but— DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX EAR MISS DIX—We are a and girl, 19 and 18 years very much in love with each 03100’! Wenhrlve come to the e(:lgi‘dalm that we are too young to marry, and our plan is to stop seeing each other for a month. However, if at the end of this time we find that we are still in love, what would you advise us to do? Marry at once, try a long engagement or what? AL AND KAY. Answer—The only way a month's separation would do you any good would be for one or the other of you to go where you would meet another attractive girl or boy, which would almost certainly turn your love thoughts into & new channel. Like eures like in incipient heart cases such as you are suffering from and the best remedy for it is & good-looking stranger. WISE are the parents who, instead of forbidding youthful love affairs, part the youn% lovers by sending them off to school or on a trip, for they almost invariably come back thoroughly cured. You two youngsters seem so sensible I wonder if you can't be a little bit more intelligent still and realize how foolish you will be if you either get married or enter into a long engagement. to rationalize the situa- tion, as the psychologists say. i T You do not need any one to tell you that at your age your characters and your tastes are still unformed, because you have only to think back a year or two to realize how much you have changed and how the things and people that you were crazy about then bore you to tears now. That being true, you are bound to know that you will change even more radically h the next three or four years, and that the things that appeal to you now will be distasteful. YOU must also realize that if you get married now when you are 18 and 19 years old you are not only cutting yourself out of all the playtime of life. but you are handicaping your future so that you can never accom- plish the things that you are ambitious to do. If you are married you can not run around to parties and dances and have the good times you are entitled to at your age. ‘When other girls are out joyriding and twostepping, Kay will have to be at home cooking dinner and nursing a crying baby. When other boys are playing games and going to college and thinking about studying some profession, Al will have to be toiling early and late at whatever poor job he can get, because he has a family on his back that he has to support. AND Al will be worried about bills and will know that he will have no chance to rise in the world because he hasn't had the opportunity to prepare himself for doing better work, and because he will not be able to save up any money to go into business for himself and because he will not dare even to ask for a raise for fear he may be turned off and not be able to provide bread for Kay and the children. Then here is another thought: Don’t you think that when a boy and girl in their teens get married they are handing their families an awfully rotten deal, because they are forcing their parents to support them? For fathers and mothers can't let their children starve, no matter how selfish and inconsiderate they are. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1932.) SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAUCETT. ELISSA LANDI 1S THE AUTHOR OF TUREE BV LISHED NOVELS --"NEILSON" STHE HELMERS" ANO “HOUSE FOR SALE®. DEBUT AT THE f AGE OF 1l IN L] THE ROLE OF A ] MAN OF 60 ONCE WAS AN USHERETTE IV ' GRAUMAN’S CHINEST TUEATRE IOLLY WOOO. &2 JOAN CRAWFORD IS BILLIE CASSIN “mf:?fliuu VIDOR IS FLORENCE ARTO by The Bell Syndicase, Ine.) 2-9 Fish Croquettes. Curried Vegetables. Hard cook two eggs and cool. Chop| Saute until a light brown one sliced onion in three tablespoonfuls of butter. and add them to one cupful of minced fat, or oil, then add one teaspoonful tuna fish. Add half & cupful of|of ‘curry powder and cook until well bread crumbs and one teaspoonful of | blended. Stir in one tablespoonful each salt and then combine these with half | 0f lemon juice and flour. Then add a cupful of thick white sauce. Form |one cupful of vegetable stock. Cook into croquettes, roll in one raw beaten | until it thickens and add one cupful egg and some cracker crumbs. Fry| of diced cooked turnips and two-thirds until brown in shallow cooking fat or | cupful of sliced. cooked carrots. Heat in deep f = thoroughly and serve. '%@dmnfv sMW@mmwfi believe it” Underthings absorb perspiration. Avoid offending . . . Protect daintiness this way: Wash this 4-minute “fi’ contain harmful alkali 1 tablespoon of oes 1 which weakens threads, day’s undies—stockings, fades color. Lux has 8o too! Squeeze suds through ful alkali. fabric, rinse twice, shake. VTR Avoid ordinary soaps—cakes, m__"tmg s to_streal ‘powders, cEr;ps. fhuofun colors, weaken fabrics. A HOUSE PARTY —charming girls, Dorothy especially. And yet... *‘Weren't you shocked at Doro- thy?"” they whispered . . . “Why does she wear her underthings a second day? Everybody perspires a little and it's so casy to offend.” HOW can she take such chances with personal daintiness? Under- things constantly absorb perspira- tion acids'and odors. These become noticeable so soon. Fresh lingerie ¢ " day is actuaily more important tian the daily bath. It is so easy to wear fresh things every day! For Lux is made to re- move perspiration acids and odors completely, yet saves colors and fabrics, keeps them like new. And it takes only four minutes or less. Follow this dainty habit—Lux your underthings and stockings after every wearing. Anything safe in water is safe in Lux. UX for underthings keeps them like new in spite of frequent washing NANCY PAGE ° Modernizing Inventory for the Home. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. During the early days of the year Peter kept referring to the business in- ventory. Nancy heard the words “in- ventory” and “budget” over and over. Pinally she began to think of her busi- ness—that of being a homemaker—in something of the same terms. She was | tis committed to a budget, and a workable one at that. But this idea of inventory was something rather new. It is true she had lists of the contents of all her belongings. The inside iid of each trunk held a list of the contents. Her silver drawer was “listed,” as well as her linen closet and fancy linen supply. One day 2 man came to ask for any sort of work, another day she was called twice by neighbors who asked her whether she could not find some work for needy men. That night she and Peter sat down and made an inventory of small repairs and modernizing jobs which needed to be done about their house. Their inventory grew out of a series of questions such as these Do outside doors fit tightly to exclude cold air and dust? Do they need weatherstripping? Do the locks work easily” Could we add a laundry chute that complied with fire hazard laws? Would a handrail down the cellar steps add to the safety? Is the basement adequately lighted? Is there a sanitary arrangement for disposal of garbage? Ls there a suitable space set aside for a man’s workshop? Are water and heat pipes insulated to shut out cold and keep in heat? Are there enough convenicnt outlets? Can_all lights be reached easily or should pull cords be -lengthened or placed in more accessible places? Does the house need more switches and more modern ones? Is the telephone located centrally, and are sufficient provisions made for privacy while using it? - - Asbestos Paper. Anything in the oven can be kept from burning by putting one or two sheets of asbestos paper over it, with-| out danger of burning as ordinary paper does. If the bottom of the oven is too hot some asbestos paper can be slipped under the pan. A piece of it can also be put under a pan on top of the stove. You can buy a book of asbestos sheets that will come in handy. good things taste better when sweet- ened with Powdered Sugar. When you use JACK FROST POWDERED SUGAR you know you are using PURE CANE SUGAR Made in modern refiner- ies, packed in distinctive sanitary carfons, and un- touched by human hands. There's a Jack Frost Sugar for every purpose. Ask for it by name. Don't miss “Melody Moments” this Wednesday Evening 8:30 E.S. T. over this N. B.C. Chain: WJZ, WHAM, WBAL, KDKA, WGAR, WIS, WIR, WIW. (‘o- 2, ja Refined by THE NATIONAL SUGAR REFINING €O. of N. J. | | FEATUR ES. The Woman Who Makes Good BY HELEN WOODWARD, successful career, les her to speak wit of Whose uniquely enabl She Wants to Fly. “Dear Helen Woodward: At the | age of 16, three months ago, I left school. It wasn't absolutely necessary | to leave, but I was ‘fed up’ I know thought of spend- ing two more years in a school inj € ' which T had no " | interest almost | drove me crazy. ISR am willing to Jearn k shings of interest i and want to gail gelen Woodward. more knowledge, but not by sitting in a class room, listening to uninteresting teachers who my head with useless knowledge. can only draw or write an interest- ing letter when I feel like writing or | tary. both in businets and ivate 'h authority on problems st o the modern woman. For the present, you had better give up the idea of being an aviatrix, unless you have a good deal of money. It's expensive. Here's a plan that may work out for you. Suppose you learn to be a secre- Take a thorough course, not a short one, but a long one. You may enjoy this more than regular school, because you'll be learning something in which you'll be able to see definite prac- tical value. After you get a job save your money until you have enough to learn to fi Then, instead of being a snail with broken leg. you ma: g bird with wings. But keep it clear in your mind that aviation will never be a source of income to you. You'll get a lot of fun out of it, but it will cost you money, not bring you money. If you really dislike office work, you might study nursing. drawing. Just what is that due to? Am | I without ambition or am I just plain | ? 2y “I'm looking for a job now. Anything will do. “My father wants me to be a secre- tary, but my secret ambition is to be an aviatrix. That's as distant to me as the most distant star is to a snail with a broken leg. I've only been ‘up’ once, but T love it. I'd like to get a transport | pilot’s license, but the expense! “What shall I do? Right now I've time on my hands, and hope in my heart. “ESTELLE." | You really will have to learn to do things, whether you like to do them or not. ¥ou have made a bad beginning by leaving school because you don't like it. | The most outstanding people in the | world, those whose careers you envy. | spend days and hours doing work they | hate to do. Its part of life, and the sooner you learn it the better off you will be. You say that you can only draw or write well when you fecl life it. Do you | think for a moment that any real artist or writer works that way? Many a great artist hates to pick up his brushes and many a greater writer has to drive himself to his typewriter. Each time you make yourself do things you don't want to do, you train your spiritual muscles and make them strong. My Neighbor Say ‘ [ If you are troubled by steam forming on your eyeglasses in Winter, Tub the glasses in the morning before starting out with petroleum ointment or glycerine. 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