Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1932, Page 37

MAGAZ Price and Purse in Shopping BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. HE knowledge of how to buy is as essential for the homemaker if the family purse is to be con- served as it is for the business man if his business is to pros- . Both the woman and the man realize that there are times when com- modities can be bought advantageously for their special needs, and there arc THE WISE PURCHASER TAKES AD- VANTAGE OF BARGAINS, BUT DOES NOT ALLOW BARGAINS TO INE PAGE. | ment in business concerns. Often wh seems like a splendid cpportunity is al- lowed to slide by because to put the money into that thing would prevent its being used in other more important and immediate channels. Buying bargains in household wares, | foodstuffs and clothing is valuable, pro- | vided too much money does not go in any one channel to the detriment cf others or to the disadvantage of im- | mediate monetary requirements. The | wise purchaser takes advantage of bar- gains, but does not permit the bargains | to take advantage of her. It is only| when money is not wisely spent in bar- gains that this occurs. To allow op- portunities to go by when the home- maker can purchase at low figures shows poor judgment, just as much as to overstock when the purse will suffer. To buy what is not wanted because the article is being away” and because it is beaut! is a fault laid at the door of the woman who has little | knowledge of how to buy. I remember | reading a story once of a woman who | bought a purple belt because she could nct resist its beauty and its greatly re- hing to wear bought a She had no 1, therefore dress and that meant a hat, 50 in the end she paid dearly for the low-priced belt. If, on the other hand, the woman | had needed the purple belt she would have been fortunate indeed to ha | found just what she needed at the small | sum asked for the article. The woman who refuses to buy what | she actually needs, when she finds it | cheaply priced, is foolish. This is as- | suming that the low price does not be- speak poor quality, but reduction in | price of a high-grade article. There are women, and men, too, who gauge the worth of articles by the asking price | There are shopkeepers who realize this | and cater to such customers. | 1t is when persons know values, when | they lay in supplies as much as possible when things are low-priced, who refuse | to buy when they know their funds do not warrent a present expenditure, but Wwho stock up well when they do and prices are low, who have a fine founda- tion knowledge of how to buy. (Copyright, 1932.) | duced price. | the belt w sk Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Feeling of Inferiority. The much talked of feeling of in- feriority is not a complex, not a thing in itself. It's a mental symptom symptom of being at odds with your | | surroundings. Every time you fail to accomplish something you set out to do, a certain tension is aroused. You are confronted with the question, “Why did I fail?” Feelings of inferiority always origi- nate in unanswered questicns. Many a grammar school pupil gets the feeling when he can't find the answers to prob- | lems in arithmetic. Many a huma career has been ruined by the unsolv puzzles of mathematics. All of which | means that the individual did not ac- quire the habit of trying to reason out the answers. He acquired the habit of trying to “hit” upon the answers. How does it come that those who worry most about their inferiority are the very ones who regard life and all its mean- ing as a matter of “luck?” They have | simply acquired the habit of making the external world over in terms of pri- vate n ‘They are not looking for the “why' ings. They are inter- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1932. Star Patterns Quaint Charm. Simplified illustrated instructions for cutting and sewing are included with each pattern. They give complete di- rections for making these es. To be up-to-date in the twentieth century means several steps backward into a preceding day. Modernity in | style today is closely allied with the| charm of the old-fashioned. Evenings | especially prove it. This frock is a good | example of the 1932 trend in style. No. | 147 is vaguely reminiscent of crinoline | days. The natural waistline is accented | by a contrasting sash that ties at one 147 side. Tiny shoulder puffs are demure | and soft lines mold the figure gracious- | ly. It is a gown destined for quick | popularity. Designed in sizes 14, 16, 18, | 20, 34, 36, 38 and 40, Size 36 requires 4% yards 'of 36-inch fabric or 4% yards | of 39-inch fabric. To get a pattern of this model send 15 cents in coins. Please write very plainly your name and address, style number and size of each pattern dered and mail to The Evening Star. Pattern Department, Washington, D. C The new fashion magazine with color supplement and Paris style news is now available at 10 cents when ordered with a pattern and 15 cents when ordered separately. THE EVENING STAR PATTERN DEPARTMENT. OROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX EAR MISS DIX—My husband advised me to adopt a child. I went to an institution dreaming of the beautiful, golden-haired, blue- eved cherub that I would select for my own, but a little old boy, actually ugly, clung to me and wistfully asked, 3 kiss you?” And he slipped a confiding little hand in my hus- band's and said, “I'd like to be your little boy.” “Well, we forgot all about the beautiful dream child and adopted this lonely littie love-starved crea- ture, and he is the joy of our lives. He is o loving. so proud of his new parents. A dozen times a day he asks if he will always be “our boy.” Curiously enough, with the mimicry of small children. he has acquired nearly all of the characteristics of his adored daddy. When his father comes home from work they play foot ball and base ball and I read to him and talk to him and when he runs in from his play and throws his arms around me in a swift hug and kiss and says, “Movver, I love you,” I own the world. Peopie prate to us of the good we are doing and the unselfishness we showed in adopting a child. They can't seem to realize that the benefit is to us, t we have gotten & new source of happiness and a new object in life. Nor do they realize that if you adopt a child you never think of it as adopted. He or she is yours. NORA. NSWER—I have printed this letter in full because it answers better than I can the question that is put to me every day by some woman whose empty arms ache for a baby to cuddle and who wants to know whether it is wise to adopt a child or not. Here is the experience of a woman who has tried it and found nothing but happiness in it. Many people Tefrain from adopting children because they are un: ow they will “turn out,” or they fear they will be ungrateful is a natural apprehension, but every move we make in life is frau with uncertainty, and no parents know what sort of men and women their own children are going to develop into, nor are they sure of*their affection and appreciation. A LL ebout us we see the sons and daughters of our friends who are 4X wild and wayward and anything but a credit to their parents, and day we read in the papers about fathers and mothers who are trying the children for whom they toiled and sacrificed so much to sup- port them in their old age. So it would seem that the adopted child is just about as good a gamble as one’s own child, and certainly they can fill an empty void in any a lonely woman's life. and give her something to think about But one thing be sure to do. If you adopt a child tell it that it is adopted just as scon fs it can understand and before it can attach undue im portance to the fact. DOROTHY DIX. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. A\ MERICA'S open door policy toward | Chinese territory for the United States X China, first enunciated by John |in settlement of claims for damages in Hay and restated the other day by |the Boxer rebellion and was instru- Secretary Stimson in a letter to Senator | mental in having China’s indemnities Borah, can be trac- | to this country repaid to China for the ed back to a little | use of schools. known American| With Rockhill's assistance and in- diplomat of an- | Spiration, Hay stated what is now known other day. as the open door policy. Charles Evans William Wood- | Hughes restated it when he was Secre- ville Rockhill, now | tary of State. Secretary Stimson’s letter dead, was the real | to Senator Borah carries on the tradi- inspiration for this | tion. s policy. Old timers around the State Depart- ment still remem- ber Rockhill. | Early in his life | he had gone to China as a student 1 interpreter. His| ‘} travels throughout | the remote parts of the empire, his studies of conditions, gave him perhaps as complete an understanding of China's problems as that of any American. He was secretary of the American legation in Peking for a while and later wes appointed Minister to China. During the Boxer rebellion in 1900 he served as America’s special com- missioner, and the next year represented | the United States at the Peking con- | gress called to settle foreign claims | growing out of the rebellion. Rockhill’s experience was available to Hay, Sccretary of State, when the future of the Far East and its importance to WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. S. Patent Office. When goose grease was a favorite home remedy, together with tallow? Mil; Toast With Cheese. Melt two tablespoonfuls of fat and add two tablespoonfuls of flour gradu- ally until the mixture is smooth. Add one pint of cold milk a little at a time, stirring constantly until thickened. Season to taste. Spread six slices of toast with a tablespoonful of Neufchatel cheese on each slice. Dip the toast in the white sauce. and ar- range in a serving dish. Pour the re- | maining sauce over all. Plain seasoned | hot milk may be poured over the toast pread with the cheese, if desired. = Lamb Stew. Put two tablespoonfuls of butter in a frying pan and brown one sliced onion in it. Add one tablespoonful of flour and two cupfuls of diced lamb and brown. Then pour in one and one-half cupfuls of stewed tomatoes and one cupful of stock or gravy. Season with one tablespoonful of chill sauce, one red pepper cut fine and two teaspoonfuls of salt. Cover and let simmer until the whole is well thickeped and done. A BETTER BREAKFAST FOR LESS MONEY! SHREDDED mutton | %) FEATURES. Light on Bridge Tables OOD light on the bridge table is a modern social necessity. One lamp comes in sets of two that are con- trolled by a single switch and socket They will flood the table with light without blinding the players. And to make themselves even more welcome at bridge parties. each lamp carries along with it & deep ash re- ceiver and two holders for glasses. Another type of lamp has a way of keeping to itself up on the wall in its solid brass socket, yet, when nicely asked, will come down off the socket and sit on an open desk. The shade comes in almost any color you want, and is decorated with friendly little flowers. Tan is probably the best color for especially a tan that your shades, Rose itself has a warm rose cast to it is annoying to some people. Whatever you do, avoid blue shades. They produce a cold, uncomfortable light that will make any guest trump his partner’s ace in sheer desperation Green, too. is uncomfortable. Light itself 'is yellow, and a shade that merely acts as a subduing agent is | your best bet. This lamp is perfect for the young- | sters' room—on the wall when they are romping about, on the table at night when they want to study. The extension cords needed for these lamps, like all other extension cords merit a little attention. Handle them carefully so as not to injure their pro- tective covering. If the cords become worn, replace them at once, because defective cords can never be depended on. Further- more, avold using very long cords. They are unsightly and unsafe, for obvious reasons. Have & number of outlets put in vour baseboards at convenient intervals, then most of your wire problems will be solved. Remember, a suddenly blown fuse at s party is not one of those things that make your guests want to come again. Some hostesses have the mistaken | idea that two or three centrally located lamps will furnish enough light for half a dozen tables. While they may provide sufficient illumination, they do not provide that intimacy that an ine dividual lamp will give Other hostesses trust in their regue- lar living room lamps to shed light on the cards. Such lamps may be per- fectly all right for one or two players, but the others will be left in the shadow THIS NEW WAY STOPS PAIN drop does it instantly —then corn lifts off On If you want to keep vour feet free from aching corns just get a bottle FREEZONE from druggist, E a drop ¢ the A ] t the corn ift it right off Iy and pain- charm! FR an EEZONE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER. other times when of necessity the high- est market prices must be paid out. It is the problems of home buying that are of special concern to us. o ested in the hats” of their private imagination. Study the feeling of in- feriority how you will, you can't help concluding that it is the direct outcome ‘of a misdirected attitude. Pattern No. 147. Size.... Name (Please Print) the United States as & market, was at stake. Secretary Hay felt as Rockhill did. ‘Bn'.h were impressed that the Pacific | was the ocean of the future for Amer- | icans and vigorously opposed plans to partition China among the foreign powers after the Boxer rebellion. NOURISHING A “Uneeda Bakers™ product 1 In the matter of buying When prices | symbtom of Sbrarmanty o meny aup are low, not all the balance is in favor | poca. 1t is well to remember. however of laying in a large supply of whatever |that a normal mind continually finds | is offered. The money Would be tied | something interesting in the external up and it may be imperative to With- | world, while the abnormal mind is in- hold s0 that other expenses can be met. | terested only in the self This phase of buying is of decided mo- | (Copyright, 1932.) SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAUCETT. 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