Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1932, Page 36

C—6 «* A Traveling Case and Sewing Kit BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. HERE are certain little accesso- ries which are aids to travelers, and which any person can have who is willing to spend a little time in their preparation. These little things make delightful going- away gifts for friends who are taking extensive tours or are making ocean voyages. One of these accessories is a travel- ing case. Make it of linen, either dou- JUNL 13 1932 ble or single. Fit it with various pock- ets. Bind all edges and put a tie-tape at one end. Feather stitch around the case and along the top of each pocket. Embroider initials on the case, if you like. You will have, n completed, cne of the most accessories. Such a case is hung at the head of a berth on a steamer, where comb and brush, hairpins, handkerchiefs and the sssortment of needed accessories for the toilet can be reached with least trou- ble. If you are inclined to be seasick, i is & comfort to be able to get at these articles with least exertion and without gotting up. By he way, the Old Eng- Lsh initials are 5 cents each. Should v one want them, don't forget the addressed and stamped envelope also. Every one needs a sewing kit of some sort to slip into a suit case or perhaps into a handbag. A strip of bon 3 inches wide can be made into Make a small roll of ab- s. Use a quarter for a pat- for circles at each end, a straight ce of the cloth for the center. Seam rip and one circular end. Stuff the roll of wadding into it and seam the cther circle in place. Cover this with e ribbon in the same manner. Seam . length of the ribbon to the seam of % pincushion. for this is what the tibular part really is. Cut the strip ribbon 6 or 7 inches long. Put the t'wo sclvedges together at the unat- tached end and seam raw edges to- cother on the wrong side. Turn and point carefully. Cut a strip of flannel or soft white woolen material a trifle narrower than the ribbon and just long enough to ex- MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Cherries. _dry cereal ~with cream. soft boiled eggs, oatmeal, muffins, coffee. LUNCHEON. Chicken salad, mayonnaise, bread and butter sandwiches, strawberries with cream, maca- Toons, tea. DINNER. Clear soup, boiled ham, raisin sauce, French fried potatoes, asparague, butter sauce. lettuce, Russian dressing, Spanish cream, coffee. OATMEAL MUFFINS. One egg. well beaten, a little salt, very little sugar, 2 table- spoons shortening. Add to left- over oatmeal (cooked), 1z tea- spoon baking powder, stir well, and to this add flour and milk till of the right consistency to drop from a spoon. The mix- ture should be rather thin. Any cooked cereal can be used this way. Delicious for breakfast. CHICKEN SALAD. Boil a chicken until tender, re- move the meat from the bones, throwing out all skin and gristle. Cut in dice, and add to it 15 as much chopped celery as you have chicken meat. Mix wcll and cover with a salad dressing. Put slices of hard-boiled eggs on top. Garnish with celery leaves. SPANISH CREAM. One pint milk, 2 eggs. 12 cup sugar, !> envelope galatin. Soak gelatin in 1. scant cup cold water for 2 minutes, then add 1 pint milk and beaten egg yolks. Cook like soft custard, take from stove and flavor, cool slightly and then beat in whites of eggs, beat thoroughly. Turn into molds and cool, put on ice. Serve with cream. If made in morning will do for luncheon. (Copyright, 1932.) AND JAVA COFFEE 40c = The Tang of the Orient Try it—it Satisfies C.D.KENNY CO. 408 12th S.W. Branch Store, 3rd and Penna. Ave. S.E. National 0395 useful of travelers’ | MAGAZINE PAGE. tend from the pincushion to the end of the ribbon before it begins the angle to the point. Blanket stitch edges ex- cept at one end. Make a tiny hem at this end and seam to seam in the cushion. | _Sew a tie string of narrow ribbon to | the pointed end of the ribbon. Sew a | short bit of this narrow ribbon to the cushion near the seam on the inside, and another wee piece by one end of the cushion. Under the strip slip a pair of tiny scissors and have the bit ©of ribbon hold the tip of the scissors. Thread needles of different sizes with threads of different numbers, both in white and black cotton, and some in silk. Have threads double so that needlefuls will not be too short. Run the needle up from the lower c¢hd of the flannel and through it to near the cushion and then turn the needles and weave them through the flannel so that the needles will be parallel with the cushion. Slip a thimble into the point- ed pocket. Stick pins around the edge of each end of the circular portions of the cushion. Roll up the case and tie securely with the narrow ribbon tie string. Every traveler knows the con- venience of such a sewing kit. A pack- age of extra assorted size needles can be tucked into the thimble pocket, also some extra thread wound on flat card- board. Your Home and You BY BETSY CALLISTER. There are some women who can do | | all sorts of housework®and still keep | their hands smooth and shapely, while other women manage to ruin their | hands even with the lightest sort of work about the house. Well, if one woman can keep her hands attractive in spite of hard work, so can the rest | of us. | Here are some rules that will help. ! Use mild soap for dishwashing and ‘keep your hands out of scalding hot | water.» Use a wooden-handled dishmop or allow scalding hot water to run over | the dishes in the pan, cooling it off | somewhat before putting the hands into | the water. | After washing dishes or doing any other sort of cleaning take time to wash | the hands thoroughly, rinse well and | dry carefully. Use a little hand cream ‘I( the skin is inclined to be dry and | rough. | | Wear loose, washable cotton gloves | when you are shifting rugs or carpets or doing heavy dusting. Avoid staining hands with fruits and vegetables as much as possible. Pota- toes and other vegetables may be scrub- bed carefully and boiled with their skins on. If you insist on paring the pota- toes, wash them first and allow to dry. Then pare, dry and wash the hands at once in ccld water and soap. If stains appear remove with lemon juice. Fruit stains can usually be removed with lemon juice if it is applied at once. | DAILY DIET RECIPE ASPARAGUS NETHERLANDS. Fresh Asparagus, 1 Bunch. Melted Butter, 13 Cup. VEGETABLES. Hard Boiled Egg. 1 Ground Nutmeg, 'z Teaspoon. SERVES FOUR PORTIONS. If fresh asparagus is used it should be well washed, tied in a bunch and then steamed—or cooked in very little water until tender. Canned asparagus can be substituted. Put hard boiled egg thrcugh ricer. Melt butter Add riced egg and nutmeg to the butter and dress asparagus with this sauce at time of serving. e 23l G 1 99 Goldwyn player: 3 | tiny roots into the soil. be a bit worried about growing older.’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1932. MODES OF THE MOMENT NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. BUTTERCU®S. Ranuculus Acris, & IFT up your head and let me see if you like butter” and out in the meadow, knee-deep in clover, daisies and buttercups, many a child has held her glistening flower under her playmate’s chin. The golden wedge-shaped petals are so curved that they form a cup, at the base of each petal is a tiny scale which hides the nectar. Bees, wasps and beetles know well where to seek their drink and the dazzling colored Syr- phidae flles dance with glee over the shinny cups. Being a thrifty plant, the buttercup stores food in the Summer for the coming Winter. Her bulbs are her storehouse. From May until September the flower may be found in the sunny meadows, grassy places, in the fields and along the roadside. She is a naturalized flower from Europe, and so well does she like her adopted country her children are to be found pretty well over the United States; she does prefer the North. As the sun warms the earth, the buttercup sends up her stem. It often reaches 3 feet in height, is erect and branched, most of the time fuzzy. The varnished petals slowly unfold and in the center of the cup may be seen the cuddled anthers, like a golden basket of tiny balls. As the flower grows the filaments reach up, lifting the crouch- ing anthers into a loose rounded tuft, almost hiding the little bunch of pistils which are packed snugly under each stigma. Then the filaments lean back, the anthers are seen as a dainty fringe- like circle about the pale green pistils which are topped by a short, yellowish stigma. To prevent self-pollenation, | the anthers open away from the pistils and shed much of their pollen before | the stigmas are ready to receive it. | Most of the time the sepals and | petals fall the same day. Then you will see the little green bunch of pistils with a fringe of torn and ragged old | stamens clinging to them. As the seeds | mature, the seed-box becomes globe- | shaped. The buttercup mother has a| wise plan for the distribution of her| children. Her seeds are flat with a incurved hook at one end. With the| aid of their fairy godmother, the wind, | the little seeds are lifted, carried far from home and often dropped down in a meadow. Some of the children hitch-hike, and clinging to the coat of an animal or the garment of a passerby, ). Z e~ GOOD TASTE TODAY BY EMILY POST. Famous Authority on Etiquette. LITTLE BENNY BY LE% PAPE. Me and Sid Hunt tock a wawk out to the park Sattidy afternoon, and Sid said, G, look at that, let's watch him. Meening some man sitting on a little stool painting the sceenery on a easel, and me and Sid stacd there a while watching him and wondering if it was as easy as it locked, and pritty soon we started to ask him different ques- | tions, me saying, Would it be harder to | paint a moving berd than what it would to paint a berd that was stand- ing_still? The most_difficult berds to paint are | the ones that fly upside down with their legs crossed, the man taid. Being a kind of a fat man with a| loose necktie to prove he was a artist, | and after a while 5id said, Well hay, | mister, if you'll wait till Winter time wouldent it be easier to paint the snow | because all you'd haff to do would be to spred it on instead of having to| paint it all so careful like you do the | grass and stuff? | In Winter I genrelly lay my canvas it, the man said. It saves me a lot of | money in white paint. he said. | And he kept on painting, and I said, Wich dries the quickest, mister, a little picture or a big picture? | That all depends, the man said. | And he took out a cigarette and litt | it with one hand with his cigarette his other hand, and I said, What's it | depend on? | It depends on weather I leave them out in the sun to dry or put them under a shower bath, the man said, and pritty soon Sid said, Well, G, mister, is it hard to be a painter? It's the easiest thing in the werld, | all you need is 10 times as much branes as you 2 kids have both together, multi- plied by 200, the man said. Proving he had proberly been making |fun of us all a time, and me and Sid | wawked away with a expression as if we was tired of watching him anyways. | Which he was, S SO | _The Prince of Wales has asked the | Stanley (England) district council to | give “sympathetic consideration” to the | 135 people ordered to leave their 60 | caravans which they have been occupy- ing in a nearby quarry. salve or white vaseline. WOMEN’S FE ATURES. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Changing Shape of Lips. HE question of how to alter the shipe and size of the lips bothers some of my readers. It is usually the girls in their teens and early twenties who want to make such a change, and I suspect that their desire is based upon an ambition to resemble their favorite movie stars or the be:utiful magazine pictures that appeal to their fancy. Of course, it is nice to have a dainty pair of lips, but if nature hes not pro- vided them one need not despair. The form or shape of the lips is only one of the three things that make them pretty. The other two factors are a smooth tex- ture and sweet disposition, which are | within reach of any girl or woman. Lips that are dry and cracked are not beautiful. And if there are fever blisters and cold sores at the corners continually or in the center, then they lose their appeal completely, no matter how perfectly they are curved. Lipstick and not blended smoothly spoils the ef- fect of the most charming Cupid’'s bow mouth, and, of course, when a girl's lips are a little¥too thick these defects become all the more noticeable when coloring is used. Excessively dry lips and sores on the lips indicate that something is wrong lighter while he kept on painting with i with one's internal machinery. Usually | it is the digestive system that is at fault. Chronic constipation and indi- | gestion rob the lips of their beauty and also taint the breath. These conditions | should be corrected as soon as they are recognized. Cold cream, olive oil or a | soothing lip lotion, such as glycerin and | rosewater, should be applied to the dry surfaces. ' The fever sores or blisters should be cleansed with peroxide of hydrogen and then moistened with spirits of camphor. A simple home- made soothing lotion may be made from the following simple ingredients: Half ounce honey, four ounces rosewater, one ounce glycerin, one scant teaspoonful boric acid (which should be dissolved in one tablespoonful of boiling water). Mix well and add the other ingredients in the order given. Shake well and apply to the lips every night and morning. If | well. Jou prefer a crdum use a pure ointmient | beauty |of rosewater, cold cream, boracic acid | them look loose and shapeless, and the: Use a white | lack expression. P 4 lipstick. Never apply colored Mpstick to an open sore on the lips. When lipstick is used and it is not sufficiently oily or soft it cakes on the lips. A goed way to remedy this trouble is to spread a thin film of the above lotion or cold cream on the lips before | applying the color. Then Eln the lips | slightly and spread on the red tint, | smoothing with the tip of the little finger, not forgetting the inner sur- faces,'which show when one speaks or | 1aughs. Of course, the young girl in good health does ‘not need artificial color on her lips, but she does need a | soothing lotion or cream to keep the skin of the lips soft and smooth. Lipe down flat and let the snow fail rite on | that is applied too heavily and crudely | [Touth breath ng coarsens ]\ps | stick if used artistically can be a real | asset to loveliness. On’the other hand, |1t is hardly necessary to emphasize the fact that when it is carelessly a plied it not only fails to add to mKldy'l beauty, but calls zttention to the shape and thickness of the lips. There are certain habits also that de- stroy whatever beauty milady’s lips may boast. The chief offender is lip-biting, which is usually accompanied by the disagreeable habit of moistening them with the tip of the tongue from time to time. Biting the lips to make them red or when due to nervousness not only causes them to become chapped. coarse | and thick, but it spoils their shape as Mouth-breathing also affects the of the lips, as it tends to make Miscellaneous. RS. A. B. writes: Dear Mrs. Post —Would you please come to my rescue and answer the fol- lowing questions: (1) When I serve peas in a side dish do I serve a teaspoon with them? Answer—According to etiquette side dishes are never used. And since there ' is no difficulty in eating peas with a fork. there is no excuse for a spoon at any time (2) When visiting or taking meals with friends or relatives where a maid is employed do I have to tip her? Answer—If you are staying in the house you give her a tip when you leave. But if you are merely going for a meal you do not goes along with him until he is brushed off by a weed or stem. When on the ground the wee seed gets busy and sends Many a farmer has viewed his pas- tures with wrath as he saw great patches of yellow buttercups. For well he knows that the stems and leaves have a caustic acrid which burns and stings. No self-respecting cow will touch the plant, thus the buttercup protects her family from extinction. Peas and Lettuce. Cut one medium-sized head of lettuce in six wedge-shaped pieces and place them on the bottom of a casseroll Pour over them two pounds of shelled peas, and season with salt, pepper, and a teaspoonful of sugar. Mix one egg yolk with half cupful of cream and pour over, adding enough milk to show between the peas. Sprinkle with a few dry bread crumbs and bits of butter. Bake until done. whom I don't know proper to comment on food that tastes delicious? 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For ex- ample, if a dish is unusual as well as delicious, you would be more apt to speak of it than if it were part of an excellent but average menu. Do you see? | (4) 1Is it a grave error not to ask a formal visitor to remove her coat and hat when she Is calling on me? Answer—You might ask her to take off her coat if it is a heavy one (al- though she is supposed to undo it or "SALADA" take it off if she wants to), but you do not ask her to take off her hat because according to etiquette a formal visitor should no more think of taking off her hat than she should think of taking off her dress. (Copyright. 1932)) - ¥CED TEA is satisfying Largest selling cane sugar “Sweeten it with Domino’ Is beauty a matter of BIRTHDAYS ? BARBARA WEEKS, featured Samuel “I'm glad I needn’t JUDITH ANDERSON, talented Broadway 99 star: “A lovely skin takes years off your age. 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