Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1932, Page 15

N velty Features in Decorations BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. A TRIO OF TREE . EACH WITH ORN ENTAL CHRISTMAS PACKAGES AND WEE CANDLES, ARE INCLUDED IN THE DECORATIONS. for the | or sim- ple, but 1 event some sort of a plan should be made whereby the amount of m v allowed for the festive appearance of the place can be best expended. There is nothing that quite takes the place of evergreens with splashes of red, holly berries being a first preference, or poinsettias where they are obta HoHy berries and poinsettias can artificial, of cloth or paper. Crisp red gatin ribbon is chosen b; when the genuine berr.es and blossoms are not obtainable. For the light color of mistletoe, there is a grow to_have bavberries substitu calities where these sturdy and orna- mental be d twigs are native soil. » three colors. ¢ gray and green, such an appe: Christmas chee Two good places to center decor: are the living and dining rooms. novelty ideas presented today for these | decorations require a minimum quanti- ty of Christmas greens, etc. For the mantelpiece in the living room use three flower pots, (fancy ones or cover- ed with red crepe paper), four tall red candles in_candlesticks, 'preferably polished brass, and enough_sprays of any kind of evergreens to form three little Christmas trees, and some tiny MILADY of | cake candles which cost but a few cents a box If possible have one of the flower pots a bit larger than the others. In any case one of the trees should be larger. This stands in center of mantelpiece, between two of the candlesticks. . Next to these candlesticks come the smaller potted trees. At ends of mantelpiece position the other candlesticks. Make ENING STAR, WASHINGTON. NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. O crag to crag. Their favorite fiatnts. are” high sbove the timber line, near the great snow fields, where their enemies cannot follow them. For hours you may see & great ram standing like a statue on a pedes- tal, more like a stone image than a live animal, watching the scene below. Well he knows by past experiences he is safe here. It is believed that his ancestors came from Sibera to Alaska thousands of years ago and their descendants have gradually worked ther way down to Ncrthern Mexico. At one time they | lived_in the mountainous country of | the West, and in order to escape wolves, | mountain lions, wild cats and other enemies, they have gone farther and farther away. The head of the ram resembles that of the ibex. Rams’ horns cften measure 40 inches along the curvature, and an old ram’s horns will complete a circle. Within _the curve of the horns are the | ears. The head is broad, the eyes are large and kindly. The bighorn has neither beard nor mane. Seeing a ram or ewe leap, you are not conscious of | their great weight, and when two rams | meet face to face on a narrow ledge and the right of way is disputed one | ram is left in possession. Man has | | been so eager to hunt these splendid animals in order to possess a great head as a trophy that thousands and thou- sands have met their death in this way. | The Indian sees only a pair of soup | | ladles in these herns, and the use to which he can put the hide. At least his is an economic need and is ex- cusakle. 3 Having lived for so many years just | out of reach of their enemies, ‘the | mountain_sheep are suspicious of ll | comers. It is most difficult to get near | them. The young have been captured | | and placed with domestic flocks. Here | | they have been happy and later mated. | | The offspring from this union is very | | superior. The body of one of these sheep is | very heavy, the legs are slender and | the hair is short. gravish brown and darker on the back. There is a patch | of white on the rump and around the base of the tail. The ewes have smaller | | horns. The bighorns are polygamous, and | !'an cld leader will have many wives and | young over which he stands guard. Should a young ram ceme near the | harem. there is a fight that usually | lasts but a short time, and the patriach | BIGHORN. Ovis cervina. N the plains and peaks of the Rocky Mountains the bighorns wee Christmas packages, wrap in red | and in fancy papers with one or two in | white. and with gilt, red, or fancy cord or twine, or very narrow ribbon. Tie | these package ornaments to the trees. | Fasten tle candles here and there | on_branches. with soil. sand, or whatever will hold the Christmas twig trees upright. Use ground pine, or rcpes of laurel leaves to festoon from the mantlepiece. o festoons down from picture mold- ing, using picture hooks to hold festoon in place. A bow of red r.bbon in center top of molding festoon adds further decoration. One of these trees can be put in cen- ter of dining table for dinner. OF another cne can be mace. _Around base arrange gaily wrapped Christmas favors. Encircle them with pine or laurel rope. These wrapped favors are ected by guests or given around by the hest at the end of the meal. When there are cld family servants in the house, it is nice to have one favor for ! each about the tree also. BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Oily and Dry Complexion. FAR MISS LEEDS—We are two young girls and both_ha types of s friend's skin is while mine is oily around the nose, but dry elsewhere. How can we correct these? (2) What colors would look best on us? My chum has a dark com- plexion, dark brown hair and brown eyes. I have very light brown hair, blue eves and a very white skin. (3) How can I correct very oily hair? (4) What can we do to correct thick ankles? K. C. and V. D. Answer: (1) You are both young to be troubled with dry skin. I su: it is due to using too much pow: not counteracting its drying effect by using facial creams. If you two don't use powder the ness may be due to failure to wash off every particle of soap after washing the skin and to mot drying the skin thoroughly. Wrong | green, bright red, tile, rust, orange,| MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit. Oatmeal with Cream. Broiled Lamb Chops. 2 Orange Marmalade. Cofree. DINNER. Cream of Celery Soup. Roast_Beef, Brown Gravy. Celery, Piccalilli. Glazed Sweet Potatoes. Baked Squash Fruit Salad, Mayonnaise Dressing. Crackers. Cheese. Coflee. SUPPER. English Monkey. Toast<d Crackers. Preserved Peaches. Lady Baltimore Cake. ORANGE MARMALADE. Six_oranges, cne lemon, seven cupfuls sugar, eleven cupfuls water. Peel oranges, removing white skins; wash Jemon and slice thin, Let them stand over- night. Next day boil them three ho: add sugar, boil one hour, put in jars or glasses, let cool and seal. Use little raspberry jam jars. The recipe is supposed to make nine glasses. FRUIT SALAD. Prepare two cupfuls sceded white grapes, two cupfuls chopped apple, one cupful chopped cel- ery, one cupful chopped nuts, one cupful marshmallows, cut in pieces, and one-half ~cupful candied cherries. Mix all together lightly. Whip one pint cream, sweeten slightly and add the juice of one lemon. Pour the dressing over the salad just be- fore serving. LADY BALTIMORE CAKE. Two cupfuls bread flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder level) sifted four times. Beat | the whites of six eggs until a froth, then add slowly one cupful sugar, add one-half cupful butter to the flour, working it in good, then slowly add thé eges, then cupful sweet milk, working all in good, and one-half teaspoonful Jemon or rose water. Bake in three layers. The yolks of this can be used for johnnycake and salad dressing. Filling—Dissolve in cupful hot water eight cupfuls sugar. Boil until it strings, then gradually pour over whites of three eges which have been beaten to a standing froth, adding dozen chopped maraschino cherries, three figs cut in thin strips, one- half cupful chopped raisins, cup- ful chopped pecan meats, Place between layers and on top and sides. Tea. (Copsright, 1932.) |diet may also play a part. If you are underweight and not in the very best of health that may also account for your complexion troubles. You must find and cure the underlying cause of your skin problem. The external -care of your complexions you will find described in my leaflets on care of dry com- plexions and on the daily care of the skin. _These leaflets are free to any | one who sends a request for them, ac- | companied bya_ stamped, self-addressed envelope, and they will give you more detailed help than I have space for her>. When you write again, ask also for my leaflet, “Beautiful Features, that tells how to correct an oily nose. In the meantime, cleanse your skin with cold cream, wipe it off, wash with arm water and soap, rinse well and finish with a cold rinse. Dry well. Do this every night. If your skin feels dry after washing, pat in a little tissue cream and leave it overnight. Use an astringent lotion on the oily nose. (2) Your chum will look well in dark dark brown, tan, beige, navy and coral. Your best colors are shades of blue that bring out the blue of your eyes. ey You may wear medium blues, bright navy, wine, dark brown, tan, black, orange-yellow, blue-violet, cream, white and pastel shades. (3) Wash your hair once a week. If this does not reduce the oiliness, use an astringent scalp tonic. At your age the oil glands are sometimes overactive, but the condition is outgrown soon. (4) Naturally large ankle bones can fleshy ankles can be made thinner by exercise. Sit down, cross your legs and rotate the upper foot at the ankle 10 to 20 times. Change position of legs and rotate the other foot. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY ¥. CORY. was , baby—maybe we better I finkin’, bab; b bettes paste a sign on our package fer | muvver, sayin’ “dishtowels!” * (Copyright. 1932.) \ \ never he reduced, but, of course, over- | The pots can be filled | Make | goes back to his watch tower on the | edge of a plateau | |~ The favorite hollows and green slopes | | yield tender grass in the Summer, and | in the Winter the moss and other vegetation hidden under the snow are found by clearing the heavy blanket | away. Where other sheep would per- ish, the bighorns become fat and sleek. | The meat is eaten by the white man | and the Indian. It has a peculiar sheep-like odor. The skin is soft and [ pliable and is in great demand among the Indians, who make fine leather | hunting shirts of it. | (Copyright, 1932) BY ANGELO PATRL The Runabout Child. MY child was a lovely baby and as good an an angel until the past few months Now it scoms that I can do nothing with him. He de- | lights in breaking things. He pulls the | table cover off and laughs to hear the | crash. He is as destructive as a plague. | T don’t know what to do with him any | more. I've tried everything, spanking him, putting him in bed. seating him | on a chair, all to no good.” Did_you give him something to do? Something of his own to be busy with? While a child lies in his crib he gathers me impressions of people and things bout him. Those impressions are im- | perfect. He has not touched and weighed and measured the things in the house. When he finds his feet he is off on a tour of inspection in this | perfectly new world. 1t is a very in- | teresting place. The table has thick- | ness, it _stands up and hits you back when you bump your head against it. He didn’t know that before. The chairs can be pushed and they can stand on | | their other parts as well as on their | | legs. Also they make a loud noise when they go over. That is all new to him. | As to their meaning to grown-up peo-| ple_he is blissfully ignorant. | _We can't have the place wrecked. Furniture and rugs and the little odds and ends that have beauty and mean- ing to their owners must be safeguard- ed from this raider. He really does not mean to destroy. He does not know. What he is trying to do is to find out all about these new things. No, he has was getting ready to see them. It is now when he touches and pushes and | pulls and bites into them that he is seeing them. He has to learr all this, but we can't afford to have him get his education out of the furniture. We provide other means and save the house. As soon as a child starts exploring take him on your shoulder and let him look, touch and learn what he can take and what he must let alone. If he has a few such excursions he will not have to go about on his own and he understands what you mean. Then keep supplying him with things that teach and satisfy. His senses are alert |is upon them he must depend for an important share of his working experi- | ence we take care to supply them with material. We take a drawer or a hox that the child can reach easily and fill it with odds and ends that interest and amuse him. Put into it balls of varying material, size and color and use; pieces of cloth, varied in texture and coior; blocks that fit into_each other, lids that can be taken off and put on boxes; metal odds and ends that give him the feeling of weight and temperature in opposition to those of the cloth; a doll in some attractive dress and that offers activ- ity; a toy animal. Keep sorting over the material and adding and subtract- ing things as his use of them indicates. Teach him to use his things for a half hour every morning, by himself. As he grows older and stronger length- en the time he spends with his things and make them more useful to him. If he is trained in this way he won't bother the household furnishings so much. And he will grow much faster and with a higher quality of intelli- gence than if you just keep after him all day saying, “No. Don't touch. Stop that. Leave that alone.” (Copyright, 193%) Tomatoes in Ramekins. Cut one large onion in small pieces and stew with one No. 215 can of toma- toes until the mixture is no longer watery. Add four tablespoonfuls of butter or substitute, and when it is| melted cool the mixture, beat in twn | eggs, add three-fourths cupful of bread crumbs, half a teaspoonful of sugar and half a teaspoonful of salt. Butter the ramekins, fill with the mixture, and bake until firm and brown on top. THE exigencies of politics and a bit worked House —— session of Congress o comes to a close on a— March 4 and he re- DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Divorced Wife Who Earns Own Living Now Looks Upon Ex-Husband’s Irritability With New Understanding. irritable. Believe me, if my husband would take me back, I would be willing to overlook a lot of his shortcomings that I made such a fuss about. I have had my lesson. Would you tell him so, and ask for another trial? JENNIE. Answer—TI certainly would, Jennie. Perhaps he has had his lesson, too. And you both will have learned the folly of arguing over things and know how to make concessions, and you will put as much thought and work into trying to make your marriage a success as you would into trying to make a success of any other job you tackled. It can always be done, you know. There would be mighty few divorces if the husband would try to “sell” himself to his wife as he does to his best customer, and if the wife would handle her husband as tactfully and put up with as mfl\;ch nerves and crankiness in him as she does from her boss in an office or store. EAR MISS DIX—I was married to a good man and had a nice home and a car, but because we argued and quarreled I was fool enough to leave him. Since then I have had to earn my own living and I realize now what a man has to go through to keep up a home and I don't wonder that he is sometime and YOU say, now that you have tried making your own living, that you realize what a man has to go through, and how, when he comes home tired and nerve-racked at night, he has simply reached the limit of his endurance, and any chance word or little misadventure is the straw that breaks the camel's back. He is ready to fight at the drop and likely to drop it if you don't. y . “ AT I often think that the old proverb, “one-half of the world doesn't know how the other half lives,” is truer in matrimony than anywhere else. If husbands and wives could only change places now and then and know the trials and difficulties of each other’s lot, they would have much more sympathy and patience with each other and the exchange would correct so many of the abuses of matrimony. IF a woman had wrestled all day with unreasonable patrons; if her very soul had been torn with anxiety and she had seen ruin staring her in the face; if she was scared blue when she thought of what the future might hold not only for her but for those dependent upon her, she wouldn’t wonder if a man, similarly situated, wants to sit silent of an evening, nor would she mistake this silence for grouchiness and surliness. And if any man had ever had the experience of going the round of the domestic treadmill of cooking and sewing and washing and baby- tending day after day, he would never wonder that a woman needs a bit of gayety to cheer her up and take her tho@ghts into new channels. If only husbands and wives could swap places occasionally, it would bring about a domestic millennium. DOROTHY DIX. o . JDEAR DOROTHY DIX—We are two modern girls. We believe in petting parties and have plenty of beaux, but among them all we cannot find any man who comes up to our ideal, or whom we consider worthy of our love. Why is this? BROWN-EYED BEAUTIES. Answer—I should say that there is a very simple problem. It is this: That no worthwhile e S t:)xgil:;‘;‘yugnz:?l “Who pets and drinks and smokes. You can't imagine Sir Galahad being allured by a cheap little sport, can you? Nor can you think of any good reason why a clean-living man, who has fastidious ideals of feminine purity, would desire to kiss a girl whose li < counter. g ps had been a free-lunch NOR can you fancy any serious-minded man, the sort of man who . marries for keeps and who intends to love, honor and cherish his wife, deliberately picking out for a wife and the mother of his children an alcoholic whom he had seen disgustingly drunk. The girls who go the pace, who drink and smoke and pet, will always have plenty of beaux. They probably will always be able to find men of their own class who want to marry them. But when it comes to the mi v { marrying, it is a different story. crteio e warth For the men who have 1eal stamina, the men who have brains and heart and high purposes, the men who are going to be the big men 10 and 20 years from now, have also their ideas of what they want in a wife. They want their peaches still with the down on them, not the bruised fruit DOROTHY DIX. .. EAR DOROTHY DIX—I have been married 11 years, have a husband ve cdplove. a pretty home. two beautiful babies and my happiness would complete, except that my husband doesn't get along wit] 5 No real quarrel, they just can't agree. i ey oS I always go to my mother's once a week to spend the day always insists that I stay for supper. I call my hutband to come st ong there is always a row about it Don't you think that for my sake he ought to be willing tgecome? What shall I do? ELVIRA Answer—Of course, your husband should be willing to maki slight sacrifice of going to your mother’s and making himself nagr:eausfi if 1t pleases you and makes you happy. but if he won't, he won't, and it 1S up to you not to make too much of a mountain out of a very small mole hill. A woman of intelligence soon finds out that she has to take her husband as he is and not as he should be, and when she accepts him on this basis and makes the best of him, her troubles are simplified, because then she stops battering herself agai Vi V] i Heimneisovein gowr.lg gainst a stone wall, which only bruises SO in your particular case, eliminate the very fruitful subject of argu- ment and quarrel by frankly telling your mother that your husband is tired after his day’s work and wants to come to his own home. Quit asking him to go to your mother’s to supper. Do your visiting in the daytime. Go twice a week if you want to, but don't stay don't coerce hubby into going against his will. %0 clpreriatd If you will do this and leave him free to come and go as h he will probably like to go now and then. One of the rcaiun?wheyl;:f:: bands have such a distaste for their wives' families is because their wives are always ramming them down their throats, DOROTHY DIX. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. That position was destine combined have | exceptiohal importance i the Sevoato: to give a veteran member of the | second Congress. The troublesome task his big opportunity belorrc ?e u;] balancing the budget, possible tariff moves out of the | changes and other thin, naticnal _limelight | dealt with. AU on next March 4. | Collier, however, had hard: He is James W.|up his gavel when iliness forcen Tom Collier of Missis- | out. It became necessary for Crisp of sippi, 60-year-old | Georgia, the next Democrat in rank, to chairman of the | carry on in his stead. In one session finuse }:"?\fm lx:nd Cl;ll.lsln "é”i,’,"e a national figure. Mean- eans Cor ee. | while. Collier wi intng Collier has_been | health. B e aints a member of the House since 1909. of good fortune &= Just prior to Z— He will have round- 2 thej conyening fo (e od out 24 years of | SHOTt session a Supreme Court decision service when this law was handed down. It forced Collier to run as a candidate at large to retain his seat in Congress. He declined and must retire on March 4. But he’s back “on the Hill” these days in his seat as tires again to private life. “—z |affecting the Mississippl redictricting | not seen them all these two years. He | his disastrous mistakes will be lessened. | Keep taking him about the house until | to find what they can gather and as it | Most of these years have been spent | quietly by the Mississippian on the | Ways and Means Committee. Last year, when the Democrats came | into control of the House, after a lapse |of so many years, Collier found him- self in one of the most powerful and coveted positions in the House. It was the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee. chairman of Ways and Means. His committee has had before it the question of beer, and before the session ends legislation of the most vital im- portance to the Nation will pass before him for review and disposition. The last three months of an un- broken congressional career extending over 24 years have been reserved for him to became a prominent figure. MODES ==———OF THE MOMENT ———— % D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1932. Everyday Psychology BY DE. JESSE W, SPROWLS. Prediction. Psychology is that sclence which af tempts to predict the behavior of hu- man beings. All sorts of people work at this game. The most assiduous workers in this field of investigation are children. That’s the reason for all the teasing that goes on on the play- ground. No one knows better than Ch“dr“:ndju‘l:l how ,::Aelr associates, young old, are gol to react to a given situation. 5 As we grow older, our curiosity about human nature tends to subside. But it never dies out completely. This curi- osity is largely replaced by moral codes, rofessional ethics, social customs and ws. We adjust our lives according to such conventions and expect others to do the same. Those who have to fight for a living cannot spare the time to experiment with prediction. Adults want to know in advance just how their associates are likely to behave. | To sum it all up, the art of predic- tion becomes the science of psychology. The more we find out about the ways of the mind, the better will we be able to control our human surroundings. (Copyright. 1932.) Star patterns Practical House Frock. The interesting cape sleeves are use- ful as well as decorative . . . affording freedom of arm movement which is 50 necessary when doing chores around | the house. 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Pattern No. 985. | Name (Please print)........ec0e Street and nuMbEr.......eeuee City and State. Good Taste Today BY EMILY POST, Famous Authority on Etliquette. “M who loves to go out, is re- belling about these last. But I am diet- ing, and always felt that it was insult- ing continually to refuse dishes. Is there any rule now which would make me less conspicuous or rude if I went to these parties?” Answer.—It used to be considered im- polite to refuse dishes at the table, because your refusal implies that you do not like what is offered you. your hostess is old-fashioned, you should be careful to take at least a little on your plate and make a pre- tense of eating some of it. But if you frankly say, when you are invited, that you are “on a diet,” and accept the in- vitation with that stipulation, your not eating is excusable, according to the manners of the modemns. In its last analysis it comes down to a consider- ation of the type of hostess you can dine with (or cannot). “My dear Mrs. Post: There is only one objection that I can see about your never serving the hostess first of tane women at the table, and that is: How do I know, when I, as guest of honor, am served first, how to attack a com- plicated dish which I have never seen prepared a certain way before?” Answer.—You can always point with the fork or spoon and ask the person serving, “Do I take this?” But perhaj the following instructions may help somewhat: Rings around are nearly always to be eaten; platforms under food seldom, if ever, are. Any- thing that looks like pastry is to be cut into and eaten, and anything di- vided into separate units should be taken on your plate complete. You should not try to cut a section from g that has already been di- vided into portions in the kitchen. Aspics and desserts are occasionally Chinese puzzles, but if, in taking what looks like something eatable, you do help yourself to part of the decoration, no great harm is done. (Copyright. 1932.) - Prune Bavarian. Two 4!,-ounce cans or two and one- quarter cupfuls strained prunes, one cupful cream, one and one-quarter tea- spoonfuls gelatin, one-half lemon, grated rind and juice; one-quarter cupful sugar, one-eighth teaspoonful salt. Soak gela- tin in one-quarter cupful water. Boil lemon rind in one-quarter cupful water for two minutes. Add lemon juice, sugar and strained prunes and let stand in refrigerator unti! nearly set. Then! fold in whipped cream. o v Table Manners. Y DEAR MRS. POST: I have repeatedly _refused invitations for lunches and dinners, and my husband, WOMEN'’S FEATURES. SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. MAD TO BE TAUGHT BY A CHINESE HOW TO USE CHOPSTICKS FOR HER ROLE IN “TWE MASK OF FU MANCHU. SAVED A TOTAL oF 22 UVES DURING HIS SERVICE AS A UFE-GUARD. An ACTOR CALLED *TUBBY® ISN'T FAT. THE EXPRESSION MEANS “THAT HIS VOICE SOUNDS AS THOUGH (T WERE- COMING OUT OF ATUB. [ BEDTIME STORIE Peter Has to Believe. Though doubts arise, you'll always find “Tis well 1o keep an open min —Old Mother Nature. 1D you say that Mrs. Eel has left the Smiling Pool?” ex- claimed Little Joe Otter. “That's what I said, and she won't return” replied Jerry Muskrat. self.” Little Joe nodded. “I know,” said he. “If she really has left she has gone for good. It always is that way with fully grown Eels. Once.they head down stream they keep right on going and they never return. Little Eels are al- ways headed up stream, and big Eels that are traveling are always headed down stream.” “Jerry says that they go down to the Great Ocean and when they get there keep on going for a long distance until they reach one particular place, the place from which they started when they were babies.” said Peter Rabbit. “Do you believe that?” Again Little Joe nodded. “Yes,” he replied. “I believe it. Anyway, I never have seen or heard anything to prove that it isn't so. I know for a fact that no one has ever seen the eggs of an Eel, or a spawning bed of an Eel, and that is something that cannot be said of any other fish that lives in the Smiling_Pool, or the Laughing Brook or the Big River. If Mrs. Eel ever had spawned here I would have known it. If she said that she is going to a cer- tain place way out in the Great Ocean to spawn I believe it. Hello, here is Quawk the Night-heron! He goes to the Great Ocean and he knows some- thing about Eels. We'll ask him.” Quawk alighted on the bank and lookedat Little Joe Otter in a none too 13 “YOU SAY YOU HAVE CAUGHT LITTLE EEL AT THE MOUTH OF “ THE BIG RIVER?” SAID PETER. | friendly manner. “I thought I might have some fishing here but I may as well move on. You probably have frightened all the fish into hiding,” said_he. “Nothing of the sort,” retorted Little Joe. “I got here only a few minutes ago and have done no fishing at all. We were talking about Eels. Jerry Muskrat says that Mrs. Eel has left the Smiling Pool.” “Then she must be on her way to the Great Ocean and we'll never see her again,” declared Quawk promptly. “Where do baby Eels come from?” ed Peter. “From the Great Ocean,” replied Quawk. “I thought everybody knew that.” . “How do you know that?” persisted ter. “Because I have seen them coming in at the mouth of the Big River and A Little Saturday Talk. READER who lives in Mary- land has sent me this letter: “Dear Uncle Ray: We have lots of guinea pigs and raboits. In the corner of our yard there is a pen where we keep terrapins (fresh water turtles). We have three big ones and one little one. Today when I ca home from school I found the littic one out of his pen and by the garage door. It was lucky he did not go any- ‘where else. “We gre studying about planets in school, and so I was very glad to know that all I had to do was to look in the first pages of my Corner scrap- book to fln&:wrlts about them. : - mot T gave, e e cover O her Yextra Jarge) - heckbook, and I cut it off to be even with my paper. I had some loose-leaf notebook paper, so I did not have to punch noles. Truly HELEN GREEN.” urs, 5 ’Dlt seems that I am always getting new ideas from readers about hew to make Corner scrapbooks. Some boys and girls paste the stories in old school books and-others make new scrapbooks from wrapping paper or drawing paper. The mother of three children wrote to tell me that in her family mail-order catalogues were used to save the Cor- ner. This is the first time I have heard of a checkbook cover beinz turned To Uncle Ray. Care of The Evening Star, ‘Washington, D. C. “She told me so her- By Thornton W. Burgess. 1have caught a lot of them there” re= | plied Quawk promptly. “Little Eels are | very good eating,” he added. | _ “Big ones are better,” said Little Joe | Otter. “Now o “Has left an rupted Jer; ot won't be back,” inter- uskrat with a grin. “I as too smart for you while “Oh, I never really tried to catch her,” replied Little Joe. “And you never will now,” retorted Jerry. “You say you have caught lit at the mouth of the Big Rive: Peter to Quawk. “How do } they hadn't come down the |~ “Because, Mr. Curiosit them coming-in and alw headed in one direction and up the Big River. I have up along bars of sand b River itself, where the w Eels ig was salt, 3 ed straight in,” replied Quawk seen them all the way up the Big Ri ways swimming up. Li | up and big Eels go down. “It must be true the | as if trying to convince him: is hard to believe baby Eels has made journey. I have more respect for an Eel than ever I had befor “Live and learn, Peter Joe, and slid into the that there was hardl, said Little so smoothly a ripple. My Neighbor Says: | Store oysters in the ice box Wooden kitchen utensils should be washed in warm water to | which just a small quantity of | | soap or soap flakes has been | added. Dry thoroughly, imme- diately they are washed. If al- lowed to soak or left to stand about while wet, the wood will discolor. To brighten gold braid, give it a thorough brushing. then sprin- kle powdered alum all over it and let it stay on for two or three days. Then brush it off. A lump of camphor kept near silver when not in use will pre- vent its tarnishi. (Copyri JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in Etiquette. | BY JOS. J. FRISCH. JUNIOR SALD, "WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS LESS SPINACH AND 2— MORE DESSERT 71 vou wiet To RUN OUT AND PLAY JUNIOR, YOU MAY HAVE YOUR DESSERT NOW._s— | | €. C. P—Children should not be | served thefr dessert before the adult members of the family are served, so | that they may run out and pla | must they be permitted to leave t | dinner table before the meal is com- pleted. UNCLE RAY’S CORNER into a scrapbook cover, but if it is of the very large kind, I should think it would serve very well. That is one of the things I like about readers making their own scrap= books—it_gives them a chance to show how original they can be Envelopes containing Christmas cards are sometimes kept around the hcuse, More than one reader has written to tell me how the pretty colore2 paper lining of these holiday envelcpes can be pasted on the cardboard covers of had “shellacked” after pasting it. Of course, the main thing is to save the Corner stories no matter in what way you do it. If you prefer to do |50, you can buy a ready-made scrap- book. Loose-leaf scrapbooks can be bought at a book store for 50 cants or more. At some 5-and-10 cent stores you may buy large, firmly bound scrap- for a dime. I have never seen a loose-leaf scrapbook at that price, however. And this reminds me—have you joined the new 1933 Scrapboox Club yet? If not, this is an excellent time to join. There is no charge, but each reader is expected to inclose a stamped return envelope. Be sure to give ycur full name and your full address, very plainly, and send your letter to me in care of this newspaper. UNCLE RAY. such colorea paper Use This Coupon to Join Our New 1933 Scrapbook Club! Dear Uncle Ray: I want to join the new 1933 Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club, and I inclose a stamped envelope carefully addressed to myself. Please send me a membership certificate, a leaflet telling how to make a Corner scrapbook 6f my own and a printed design to paste on the cover of my scrapbook. e Street of R. F. 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