Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1932, Page 37

WOMAN'’S PAGE, Stitchery for Infants’ Garments BY LYDIA JE BARON WALKER, AND embroidery is a distinctive feature of the handsomest lay- ettes. Simple decorative stitch- ery is most appropriate. Dur- ing the months prior to the arrival of the infant prospective moth- ers take pleasure in setting the stitches which lend so much beauty to the wee garments. Today I am giving chain stitch in a novel combination with cross THE STITCHERY IN YOKE E size white embimidery cotton. Do not introduce color cn the little dreases. Save the pink or blue embroidery for the wee sacks and for blankets. For the latter, use a coarse embroidery silk vknumnuku: is _excellent—and bor- der the bl t with satin of the same color as the stitchery. No pattern is required for this nov- elty chain stitch, as it is employed for parallel rows around the hems of skirts or to simulate yokes or for trimming for siceve bands. All that is required is & 3\‘: which follows the hemline or some thread in the textile which is worked over. Or a faint pencil line can be ruled on the frock wherever the lines of the stitchery are to {:' When circles of the chain stitches are formed, use a half dollar as a gauge, or the bottom of a round bottle if larger circles are wanted. Position \he coin or the bottle on the garment and run a pencil around it to make the circles for the stitchery. Be careful to measure distances accurately between circles so that these motifs are evenly spaced and in straight rows. Follow the lines carefully when making the chains. Cretan stitch is another excellent one for trimming infants’ garments. It 15 & novel adaptation of feather stitch, which is itself & popular one for fine and dainty garments. A d -pattern, with full directions for making Cretan stitch, can be had by sending 10 cents and a self-addressed and stamped en- velope with & request directed fo Lydia Le Baron Walker, care of this paper. (Capyright, 1932.) Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED, Pans Interest Baby. Parents are prone to irritation be- cause of the child’s Jack of concentra- tion. In their eyes there is something woefully wrong with the child who dashes from one amusement to the next, who drops blocks for a doll, and the doll for a string of beads, all in & short space of time. Such play is natural to childhood. The child’s memory is short and his attention span limited. If he is sur- rounded by toys, their fascinations lead | him astray. He is easily distracted. | At this stage, the parent thinks it is | her duty to sit down on the floor and | teaoh the child how to play. If she | will_show him how to build up the blocks into a satisfying solid structure, she thinks, he'll know what blocks are for, and will imitate her. She insists that baby sit beside her while she shows him how to use blocks. Baby watches. The blocks go up into an intricate tower. 8Six blocks, then four, then two and then a neat one on top.” Baby looks at_it, then with one swoop he knocks them all over and laughs gleefully at the crash. Mother tells father about it after- ward. “I showed him how to build up | the blocks, but he pays no attention. I |don't know what is the matter with that child. He's just destructive. He | doesn't know how to play.” N Children learn how to play by being | given toys that interest them at each | stage of their growth. My leaflet, | “Tovs for Various Ages' suggests the AHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. T has been sald that once there was a king called Midas, whose touch everything _to gold. He must have been a Chinese, because they have learned the magic of se- lecting and breeding this famous little occupant of private pools and aquari- ums. Should these gold-clad ones be placed in a brook, they will turn to an olive-green and resemble their an- cestors. In the waters of the Delaware, Potomac and other eastern rivers, many dull-gold fish may be seen sporting about. It is most likely that should the goldfish get into the waters filled with other fish they would be gobbled up as & delectable morsel. The goldfish of the aquarium is 8 dazaling creature. It is brilliant orange above and pale lemon-yellowish below. There are many specimens with patches of black, and there are some fish that have threads of silver, reminding one of oxidized silver above with polished silver abdomens. Would you believe these effulgent creatures were related to the carp and can even live in stale water? They dle of acute indigestion rather than star- vation, and they live to the ripe old age of nine years. They are built for speed in the water, their body is broader near the front end, it is pointed and cuts the water eaglly. The hind portion of the body is a narrow oval. e tail acts as a pro- peller. The fish has seven fins, with one along the back called the dorsal fin. It i5 usually higher in front than behind, and can be lifted up or closed down like a fan. When this fin is erect in the water, the fish appears much higher than it really is. The owner can twist this fin from one side to the other and use it for steering. One fin is the propeller. The tail fins are shaped like a fan and are deeply notched. A pair just behind the gill ouenings is called the pectorals and the pair on | the lower side the ventrals. Each pair of fins has & function most important to the fish. The apired fins are used somewhat like arms and legs. Fins are made up of rays or hony rods which support the ‘membr? The flexible rays are jointed, the bony ones are stiff spines. In looking a fish in the eye, we can easily imagine it is getting friendly and winking at us. This is merely because | the eyeball moves and there are mo| eyelids. They are nearsighted creatures, because the lens of the eyes must be| spherical that the owner may see in| the water. Their sense of smell is in a wee sac to which the nostril leads.| The nostril is very small, partitioned. | located on either side of the snout, and has no connection with breathing. The | tongue is immovable, bony, and has little sense of taste. The teeth are| fine, sharp and short. and arranged in MODE D, -Q, = S E=———=OF THE MOMENT PLEASING THE MAN BY CHLOE JAMISON. JFROM all indications the period just at hand will require continued thrift in order to remain on the safe side of the budget and fear no evil. Praise yourself without stinting while you are being thrifty, but remember that it is still a faux pas to make food prices and penny-pinching a topic of daily conversation. Especially does the man dislike to have his attention called to the cost of food served at his table. To know per- haps once a week that the budget is not only holding out, but actually shows a surplus is indeed sweet music. But to serve price quotations with each course of the daily dinner quite spoils his appetite. Many a wife has found it advisable to keep to herself the cost of & bargain frock or a hat, in order that her hus- band may respect its evident smartness. The same thing applies to shrewd shop- ping for the table, for instinctively men distrust their own taste when given an inkling of “low price” following & com- pliment they've passed on some object of food or fashion. ‘The other argument in favor of com- perative silence on the guestion of price one which is wholly in our own favor. Necessarily, dally savings are small. Therefore, if each day registers a slight good mark, will not one end- of-the-week or month report sound much more imposing than a dozen little Tumors dropped casually day by day? LOTS OF FOOD FOR THE MONEY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. in’ to gib teacher a comic aren’t takin’ no chances. (Copyrisnt, 1932)) — Beefsteak Flavor. Beefsteak may be cooked with sliced green peppers instead of onions or mushrooms for & change. The flavor of the peppers seems to transform an Afi}m steak into an entirely different ‘Tommy's valentine. FEATURES. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Treatment of Tonsils. In the past few years there has been a pronounced change in medical prac- tice in respect to the method of deal- ing with tonsiis. The reform has been brought about largely by the studies of Kaiser of Rochester, N. Y., and Welch of Kansas City, Mo, I believe. The former tabulated the results of ton- sillectomy in several thousand school children, using as a control an equal number of school children who had not had tonsils removed. The latter made a pathological examination of a thou- sand tonsils after they had been re- the child “brighter” or more capable, are almost invariably destined to be disappointed. That sort of thing hap- pens only in ancient doctor books. Good doctors today are not advising the removal of merely large tonsils and adenoids, unless the patient has defi- nite ill consequences, such as deafness, earaches, bronchitis, and even when the | doctor believes the large tonsil harbors moved in a dispensary by good throat specialists. No physiclan who is fa-| miliar with these studies can con- scientiously advise the removal of ton- a focus or nidus of infection he decides on removal of the tonsils only reluc- tar‘;&ly.m ‘e have learned in the t few years that children's tonsils E:: norr’:xally large, that they vary greatly in size from’ time to time, perhaps according to the child’s general condition, Perhaps the best way to prevent and cure overenlargement of tonsils and a ids is to see to it that the child denof sils in the radical way we all believed | receives sufficient sunlight on naked right 10 or 15 years ago. Before the physician can decide that a given tonsil is abnormal, pathological, infected or diseased or that it requires any kind of radical treatment, he makes a proper examination of the tonsil, and that does not mean a mere inspection. It means the doctor must feel of the | tonsil either with his finger or by means of instruments which will tell him its consistence and character, The practice of rounding up bus loads of school children or other help- less dependents and taking them into the ‘“clinic” to have all their tonsils and adenoids removed can no longer be tolerated in intelligent communities. Parents who consent to the removal of merely en! tonsils and more or less hypothetical “adenoids” in the hope that somehow the operation will make | skin, or ultraviolet light from artificial source, and an adequate diet to provide plenty of vitamin A and vitamin D, or these vitamins from artificial sources. (Copyright, 1932 Wife Premier's Best Help. In his political career the best help received by Joseph Lyons, “Honest Joe,” the new premier of Australia, has come from his wife. Like her husband, she was a school teacher. In the recent election campaign she took the plat- form for him and spoke in all parts of the country, despite the claims of a young family of four sons and five daughters, the youngest being only a few months old at the time. BEAUTIFUL 'NEW MODELS AT New Low Prices Kelvinator now presents to you the most complete line models —you’ll marvel at so much quality for so little SHREDDED CT | types of toys suitable to the child at - pads. The hearing of the fish is nothing See the Standard of electrio refrigerators on money. T AND FOR BANDING AROUND | each stage of his THE HEM. Btitch. and suggest Cretan stitch as ually interesting for the simple | embroidery. | To make the chain, bring the needle | up through the material, put it back in the same hole and take a small stitch, thus bringing the needle up a little way ahead of where it was first inserted, and throvgh the loop the thread forms on the top of the textile. Always start| each stitch in the same place that the | previous stitch ended, for thus the loop is formed through which the thread is | drawn to form the links of the chain. With the thumb of the left hand hold the loop down under the needle as each stitch is being taken, and do not pull the thread so tight that the textile has any tendency to draw up. After the chain stitches have been taken, either in rows or in circles, make little cross stitches in the spaces of the chain stitchery. Use a finc or medium “BONERS” Humorous Tid-Bits From School Papers. IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TRAVELING WAS VERY ROMANTIC; MOST OF THE HIGHROADS WERE ONLY BRIDAL PATHS. Caviar is a tropical disease, some- times red, sometimes black, and usually fatal. | Three fur-bearing animals are the baboon, the racoon, and the buffoon. Paul Revere was the massage man of the Revolution. Marble is cement with stones in it. Cooties are Chinese who draw jin- rickashaws. Realism deals with life as it is; ro- mance is sometimes possible but not often profitable. Illiteracy is one of the most common figures of speech. (Copyright, 1932.) —eeeeeeee e DEERFOOT FARM SAUSAGE Delicious, Economical— “Fresh from the farm in New England” NO SAUSAGE is finer in qual- ity. Choice roasting cuts of pork are used. The meat is chopped instead of ground, to preserve the flavor. De- liciously seasoned. Econom- ical to serve frequently. / 4 DIVISION OF NATIONAL DAIRY | over. | he'll walk up and down stairs. as in- . A self- dressed, stamped envelope should ac: company your request. The small baby likes nothing better than a rattle to replace the joys of his fingers and toes, with which he has heretofore been fascinated. He looks at the bright color, gives the rattle an experimental shake. He listens intently to that lovely noise. Then he puts the rattle to his lips and licks its smooth surface. He's playing with the rattle. From then until he is 2 years of age he’ll be busy all day playing with whatever comes to' his hand. He'll want big blocks that he can put to- gether easily with a lot of puffing and happy straining. He'll want big balls that he can throw. He'll want pots and pans and beads. He'll want ob- jects to pull and carry out, and he'll run from one to the other busily. When he's tired of lugging blocks, he’ll sit and put pans one inside of the other, then dump them out and start Ca: g & toy in one hand, tent on this climbing as on the most fascinating game. Children learn to play by being al- lowed to amuse themselves with toys as they wish. The adult should seldom or never enter in. If children tried to imitate the uses to which adults can put their toys, they would become so discouraged that playing would be work instead of fun. ‘The concentration with which chil- dren can pull out the pans from a cup- board, and stack them in, and pull them out again with a bang seldom brings any real satisfaction to the par- ent who yearns for quiet, concentrated and tidy play. If a mother can stifie these yearnings. she will accept the child's play as his method of learning. and, therefore, untidy, _experimentai and easily interrupted. The irritation will disappear, supplanted by helpful desire to furnish the material and the play place and let nature do the rest. | ‘Woman Hunts Fossils. ‘m.nmflf olfn whales and & race older e Incas are bein Miss McKinnon Wood, 'h?) i'sa‘i!ohzrg the Andes with Prof. J. W. Gregory of England and travel down the Amaron. | The whales are to be sought in the des- ert coast regions of Peru that were once under water. The geological ex- | pedition is also seeking traces of a pre- |Inca race, whose homes were built of ! solid_blocks of stone. RESEARCH REVEALS | ALLBRAN RICH IN Helps Correct Constipation with “Bulk” and Vitamin B; | Also Has Iron | Recent sclentific research lhows! that Kellogg's ALL-BRAN contains | | two things needed to overcome tem- |perary and reeurring constipation. It has “bulk” to exercise the intes- | tines, and Vitamin B to tone the | intestinal tract. | | These two important food-elements | | promote regular habits, and help do | |away with the headaches, loss of appetite and energy, so often the result of constipation. . | | The “bulk” in ALL-BRAN is mild | in action—much like that of lettuce. | Inside the body it forms a soft mass, | ., Special cooking processes | make ALL-BRAN finer, softer, more | palatable. this pleasant “cereal way”| far more healthful than using pills| and drugs—so often habit-forming? | Just eat two tablespoonfuls of | Kellogg’s daily—enough for most types of constipation. If your intes- | tinal trouble is not relieved this way, | see your doctor. Besides, ArL-Bran brings your body twice &s much blood-building | | the thin iron as an equal amount by weight of beef liver. | Equally tasty as & cereal with milk | or cream, or used in cooking. Recipes | | on the red-and-green package. Sold by all grocers. de by Kellogg in ‘mm- grnk,—Mvmmnmt. ——— to brag about, with neither outside form nor opening. Along the sides of the! body, from head to tail, is a line of modified scales which are connected with nerves. These are supposed to aid | in hearing. | The fish breathes through its gills They have bony arches handsomely trimmed with two rows of dainty pink fringe and they keep out the objects that would pass through were they not there. The impurities pass out through | skin, while the life-giving | oxygen passes in. Alr must be dis-| solved before the fish can use it, and this must not be forgotten, for your | pets must have the water replenished | often in the aguarium . ‘ Watch your little fish opening and | closing the mouth. It is drawing the water into the throat, forcing it out | over the gills and through the gill| openings. This is the way of breathing. 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