Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1932, Page 48

"MAGAZ Initiative for Young People BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. is one of the things plishment. What- his [ won't take but a minute.” Tealized, consciously or subconsciously, E c WALKER' PRACTICE OF INITIATIVE IN KITCHEN AND ELSEWHERE IS ELEMENT OF SUCCESS. by every mother who has children to rear. The little childreri are full of it at first. Their determination to walk end talk gives evidence of this truth. And all through the first stages of de- velopment each instance of initiative is applauded by parents who delight in watching the growing efforts of their little folk and their insistence on succ in developing their physiques that par- ents frequently put obstacles in the way. Unless parents are careful, they may quench this marvelous force of initiative. A few examples will bring this home to every one. A child wants to help do something that is easy for mother or father to do better and quicker than the child. Im- eeding. It is when the children get old enough | to want to do more than exert initiative INE - PAGE. mediately the wish to do the thing is mentioned, one or the other of the parents says: “Oh! I will do that. It If this pro- ceeding continues the child feels he need do nothing but express a wish and it is gratified. His initiative is| quenched. | A little girl comes to the age when | she wants to make a cake. She has| plenty of initiative until mother says she will make it, knowing full well that it will be less bother to make the cake than to have the clutter of the work during the prolonged time which the little girl would take. Very soon she will not want to cook cake or anything else, but if she had been allowed to, | she would soon have become quick and | expert in making the good things. ‘When a household consists of adults, | one often quells another’s initiative This is a grave mistake. When one feels like beginning and accomplishing any task, then is the time for her (or | him) to do it. The labor of the under- | | taking is lost in the desire to get the | thing done. Either it does not seem hard then, or the joy of geiting the thing done outweighs the consideration of the labor. The person who objects, and often stops the work of the other, probably feels that just to know the | work is going on is tiresome, and the | confusion (if any would result) is an- | noying. It would be far better if she welcomed the accomplishment of the | tesk and realized the value of the other’s initiative. What if she be dis- turbed a little, the other person fis| doing the work, and just then she | chooses and wants to 'do it. If the worker is hindered, the initiative may | go, and the accomplishment of that | special task may never happen. (Copyright, 1932.) Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Lie Detectors. Psychology in recent years has made important finds concerning the rela-| tion between temporary physiological | states and mental states. For example, delicate instruments have been devised for measuring the heart-beat rate and the breathing rate under various states | of emotional excitement. These instru- | ments can detect emotional disturbances | very accurately. On the basis of these discoveries some | have assumed that one’s emotions are more disturbed when telling a lie than they are when one is telling the truth; that a person guilty of a crime is meas- urably more disorganized emotionally than is an innocent person. Hence the | hope of perfecting a lie detector that might eventually be used in the deter- mination of innocence or guilt. i Unfortunately, popular imagination | has again outdistanced the slow, plod- | ding progress of science. Publicity gen- ‘rally exaggerates the quality and sig- nificance of actual facts. You will find this to be the case in practically every human consideration that finds a lodg- ment in the minds of those who are unused to work along scientific lines. There is a rather settled opinion among psychologists that the lie detec- tor may one day be perfected. All agree | thné much careful research must yet be made. Jellied Eggs. Cut three hard-boiled eggs length- | wise, mash the yolks with one table-| | spoonful of chili sauce, season with salt and pepper and pile into the egg| whites. Place in individual molds| rinsed out in cold water. Cover with one cup! of aspic and chill. Un- mold and serve in a nest of chopped cooked beets on & bed of lettuce with a thin sandwich. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1932. WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. .3 When Martin 8. Sheridan gave un exhibition of his athletic power at the Hibernlan games, Benning race track? Good Taste Toda); BY EMILY POST, Famous Authority on Etiquette, Furnishings. 6« EAR MRS. POST: In a young girl’s bed room, hav- ing an ivory bed room suite with rose and green color scheme using taffeta as the material, what type of floor rugs would you suggest, Oriental or hooked rugs?” Answer: In a Colonial house, hooked: otherwise, I would prefer a plain rose or green or neutral dust-color Tug or carpet, “My _dear Mrs. Post: Is it proper to have lavender- colored, ruffled curtains of medium weight net hung in the living room? I have been told that this type of curtain is not prop- er to hang in any thing but a bed room?”" Answer: They would be lovely in a cottage living room or in any Emily Podl. room of cottage type. “Dear Mrs. Post: What kinds of china, silver, glass and linen are appropriate with ‘early American maple furniture Answer: Anything that is not ove ornate or flamboyant. Reproductions of wedgewood of spode or any sprigged or banded or monochrome design of china, early American silver and glass. “My dear Mrs. Post: Are there ‘prop- er'’ bed room Rictures? Should many pictures be used in any room?” Answer: Colored prints, rather than | oil paintings or steel engravings— | otherwise, hang as many or as few pic- | tures and of whatever subjects, as you | happen to like, and as in your opinion | look well. I should say few, rather than many, but this is not a fixed rule. “Dear Mrs, Post: What sort of table | is properly a coffee table? When it is not in use, what does one do with it? How to Tell the Kind of Girl 1 Listen, Boys Like Watchi” |DorothyDix] HE world’s most devoted wife has been discovered. This paragon of virtue is a California woman whose beauty was so great that it attracted the admiration of every one who saw her and caused men to follow her just for the joy of feasting their eyes on such her husband, and so that she this heroic lady deliberately on her face and burning up pulchritude. This greatly ann might no longer find favor with other disfigured herself by smearing a strong every vestige of her good looks. Certainly this is love’s final test, for while many a woman has died for a man, sacrificing a peaches-and-cream complexion for one is some- thing else yet again. And the pity of it is that like so many other sacrifices it was probably made in vain. OR, just as a sporting proposition, 1t is & hundred-to-one bet that when the woman lost her beauty she lost her husband also, and that when she ceased to be attractive to other men she likewise ceased to be attractive to him and that he will turn from her scarred face to some doll who will cause men to rubber as men, acid poor, maimy she passes As all wise women know, it is never safe to be guided by what a man says about women, but only to keep your eye on the ball and watch what he does, Experience and®observation have taught them that when a man comes to dealing with women his theories and his performances are as ‘wide apast as the poles. And this is why no woman ever makes a greater mistake than the one who tries to live up to & man’s ideal, J _ISTEN to any group of men talking about women and they will exalt tke old-fashioned woman to the skies and bat the modern woman for everything she does and leaves undone. They will assure you in no uncertain terms that what they admire is the modest, domestic girl who knows how to cook and, sew, and who makes her own dresses and hats, and who never uses anything but soap and water on her face, and who never smoked a cigarette or drank a cocktail or saw the inside of a night club h\iu her life, and who regards lipstick and rouge as an artifice of the dewil. They are strong for the domestic woman! Especially after marriage. The model wife, according to them, is the woman whose whole life s bounded by the four walls of her home and who never has a thought or an interest after her wedding day except about her husband and children and the price of butcher’s meat. She doesn’t waste her husband's money on good clothes and beauty parlors. She doesn't belong to clubs or gxay a mean game of contract. She is just as much a part of the household equipment as the gas range, and just as stationary. WHEN & woman tries to understudy man’s ideal of the perfect woman, how does she come out? The answer is she doesn’t come out at all. She is sunk. Who are the girls that have the most dates? Who are the girls that men like to step out with? The girls who look like Cinderella, or the ones who look like a daily hint from Paris? Is Goldilocks, whose gold came out of a bottle and whose curls were put in by art instead of nature, and whose complexion comes from the drug store, more likely to catch a husband than plain Maria? You tell me. Evefy community is full of girls who fit men’s ideal to a T. Girls who are good and modest and intelligent and domestic and wear flat-heeded shoes, and eschew cosmetics and who would make the best sort of wives and mothers, but who sit at home with mother and father in the evenings and never have a date because the men are all off playing around with the girls of whom they theoretically disapprove. W) OMEN are equally foolish to try to be the kind of wives their husbands say they want, because nine times out of ten the man really doesn't want that kind of wife at all. Men make a fetish, for instance, of the self-sacrificing woman who subordinates her life entirely to her husband and children, who eats the back of the chicken and wears old clothes and stays at home and keeps the home fires burning while the balance of the farcily go off on a picnic. But did you ever know a doormat wife whose husband kept in love with her? Never. The wives who keep their husbands lovers are invariably the ones who demand things and who keep their men on their tiptoes buying them pretty frocks and taking them places, and who keep themselves young and attractive and well dggssed. 'URTHERMORE, to hear men tell it, you would think that their ideal woman was the one who emulated the snail and who carried her house on her hack all the time, yet there is no way in which a wife can lose her husband more quickly than being house-bound and refusing to step out with him when he wants to go, and having no conversational range that reaches farther than the kitchen and the nursery. It is the Alices-who-sit-by-the-fire who bore their husbands to death. Not the lively ladies who are always on the go and who are full of sprightly gossip. All of which boils down into this tip for wives: Listen with your tongue in your cheek while your husband tells you about what a woman should be and do, but remember, the more other people admire you, the more he will. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1982.) As this type of table is a novelty to NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. BITTERSWEET (Celastrus scandens.) LOWERS know the value of effec- tive color schemes to attract the attention of customers. Watch how cleverly they drape them- selves ifi groups, over fenses and walls or along the ground. Their life work is to perfect methods which will insure the continuance of their off- spring. In return for the service ren- dered food is supplied in abundance. Little bees and insects come to the small, greenish-white, five-parted flow- ers of the bittersweet. They creep over the staminate flower and carry the pollen gathered there to the thick, erect pistil of the fertile flower. That is the price they pay for nectar and & bit of | pollen. A service rendered for food, both parties satisfied. Later, if all goes well, the yellow- orange capsule which covers the matur- ing seed will open and display to_the bittersweet’s next assistants a ood especially desired by migrating birds. WOMEN’'S FEATURES. queer-looking tree-hopper. They gather in flocks to siphon the sap of the plant. Resembling at this stage wee thorns, they escape detection—at least by the passerby. Later on the mothers will begin to house their future children. At the tip of the body each has a sharp knife, which she uses to cut a neat pocket in the stem of the plant, and in this small nursery she places her eggs. This is to keep the eggs warm during the Winter and also to discour- age inquisitive insects. All this complicated work is accom- MODES== E=——O0F THE MOMENT ", me, T am puzzled to know its proper | place in the living room.” | Answer: A “coffee table” is a modern | furniture manufacturer's term for any | small, convenient table or bench upon | which a tray of almost any sort of re- | freshment may be set down. If a bench, | leave it empty; if a table or a stand. | put books or ciragettes, ash trays and matches on it. (Copyright, 19! plished without the mother ever seeing the result of her labor., Having finished her task, she is not interested in the flowing sap of the bit! any more. But the plant has been deprived of its rightful nutriment, and has not been strong enough to support itself and the sucking hordes, too. The result will be fewer seeds developed and leaves that are mottled. In this marvelous world of lving things you may learn to read the signs placed before you and thereby become the richer. (Copyright, 1932.) My Neighbor Says: For cleansing baby’s nursing bottles nothing equals potatoes cut in small dice and shaken with a little water in the bottle. Hot oyster stew, celery, crack= ers and pickles are suggested for serving after snow rides, skating or other parties in cold weather. As soon as eggs are hard cooked the shells should be cracked and the eggs dropped in cold water. This will prevent the shells from sticking when they are removed. All traces of mud may be re- moved from black clothes by rub- bing the spots with a raw potato cut in halves. Potatoes should be baked in & moderate oven. 1If the oven is too hot, they will burn and the skins become hard. If the oven is too slow, the potatoes will be To clean zinc wet & cloth with kerosene and wipe it off. This is an easy way, as it removes all the grease and spots. Cane-bottomed chairs should be brushed to remove all dust and then washed with salt and water and placed in the open air to dry. When frying fish or other foods don't forget to drain all the pieces carefully after lifting them out of the fat. (Copyright, 1032.) No"messy rubbing Int:1 drawn out treatments: From the first instantyou use it, a new beauty Is yours. A soft::: Alluring::: lvery toned complexion - that : reflects Beauty and Dignity: Begin to-day: 4 Flesh and Rachel Shades SANICO ANGEL FOOD IVORCED Tasteless “bargain” bread played her " false, but she discovered truth in time. THAT'S TERRIBLE ! HAVE A LAME EXCUSE | YOU ANYTHING TO SAY FO ANYTHING ELSE ? YOURSELF, MADAME ? ' ] '« Made by the Famous THERE WAS SO MUCH DIFFERENCE IN BREAD ! ’ 13-EGG RECIPE* As Advertised in This Week’s Saturday Eve. Post YOU SAY SKE MADE YOU EAT TASTELESS BREAD EVERY DAY ? MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT, YOUR HONOR! 1 DIDNT KNOW NONSENSE! EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GET JUST WHAT YOU PAY FOR THESE DAYS. g 0-0-0-OH! { THANK GOODNESS IT WAS ONLY § A DREAM! GROCERY ? SEND ME THE BEST BREAD IN YOUR STORE, AND GET IT HERE IN TIME FOR DINNER PLEASE! [ Formerly 25c] Only the economies of large-scale buying at today’s low costs could make possible such a low price for real Angel Cake. And by “real” we mean the fluffy-light, moist, delicious kind that you used to bake at home. You could still bake it, of course, using the same high quality ingredienis the Sanico Bakers use. But why bother when you can buy it for actually less than it would cost you to make it at home? Treat the family to a Sanico Angel Cake this week-end . . . for only 19¢ . . . a price that makes this luxury one of the most economical, wholesome foods you can buy. % Note: This is the cake you have heard Betty Crocker tell about over the radio. We do not bake the :3-egg size, as it’s too large for most Washington families. This is our regular size Angel Food, which rly sold for 25c. A HOME RUN INDEED! formerly sold for 25 Most husbands are “choosy” about bread! That's why they welcome Wonder Bread every time! It's such a change from ordinary, tasteless bread. Slo-Baked. Delicious! Give your husband Wonder Bread this very night —then watch his appetite perk up! TAINLY MADE A HIT | with You'!t GOOD? WHY,LADY, IT'S SO GOOD THAT SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAKE SANDWICHES OF IT BY PUTTING ONE SLICE BE- TWEEN TWO OTHERS ! BREAD... IS 1T REALLY GOOD?