Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1933, Page 24

MAGAZINE PAGE. Filet Embroidery for Initials BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ©OLD ENGLISH INITIALS IN FILET CROCHET, EMBRODERED IN COLOR, ARE USED FOR MARKING SHEETS. ILET crochet embroidery is a |of these buttonhole stitches between ! smart new style of initialing |bars of the work. The linen back of the ! household linens, The method of | crochet can be cut away after the em- £ doing this work is extremely |broidery is done, or before. The former simple. The filet crochet con- | way is recommended since the filet is of plain square mesh made in |held firmly fn position by the backing, size and shape wanted for the |as the needle is run .over and under a to be lettered. On this the ini- | the bars. Also the working medium will tials are run in a weaving or darning stitch pattern. Each square in the de- sigh occupies onc square of the filet. ‘The work progresses by counted stitches. ‘The crocheted plece is positioned and on the linen, care being taken naturally lie smooth and flat. However, | if the worker prefers, the material can be cut away first. Start the working medium with a buttonhole stitch over the bar marking the outside limit of the weaving stitch. NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. GREAT BARRACUDA. Sphyraena Barracuda. LLING for the “tiger of the sea” is great sport. The land- ing of your prize is the test of your skill and endurance. The expert angler knows this fish is very temperamental and handles him accordingly. The barracuda is known as one of the flercest and most vora- cious fish of tropical waters. From Brazil northward through the West Indies, to Pensacola, Charleston and the Bermudas, this swift swimmer i5 dreaded by all bathers. He is con- sidered fiercer than the shark and his sharp teeth make short work of nets. ‘To the angler he is a never-ceasing source of joy. The barracuda is partiai to squids and for this reason this fish is used for bait. When a boat is an- chored where they are plentiful, the bait must be kept close to the surface and no sinker used. In a short time the barracuda will be sizing up the squid. When he succumbs to the temp- tation let him run a few feet and strike, Play him until he surrenders. This, of course, depends upon the strength and size of the fish, as well as the endurance and skill of the fish- erman. A strong, 6-foot barracuda resents being detained and he can splash about considerably, often upsetting the boat or towing it for long distances. Many anglers prefer trolling from a sailboat. The landing procedure is the same. The barracuda is as determined | not to be caught as his foe is deter- mined he is to be. In the West Indies this is considered one of the most important food fishes, while in Cuba it is considered poison and by Cuban law tobooed. In Florida the fish is very much esteemed, as the flesh is delicate, firm and delicious. In California the barracuda is not so large a fish, but is prized as an excellent food fish. There are about 20 species. Six or seven of them are found in the United to have the squares exactly even. But- hole along all edges, taking stitches through the linen and over the outside Tow of crochet stitches. Put two or three Leave a short length of the medium and work over it in the running stitches, thus further securing the thread end. Finish off the medium in the same way, with a buttonhole stitch running the thread through the weaving previously done, before cutting it off. The embroidery is done by counted squares following the pattern. The |charm of this filet embroidery consists | not alone in the even flow mesh, but in the color work permissible. For example, on a towel the filet can be in the color ; of the border and the working medium be mercerized white cotton, making the initialing and background carry out the scheme of towel and border. Or the filet |can be in white and the embroidery medium match the hue of the border. On colored linens, an interesting scheme consists of white filet crochet, em- broidered in a medium the color of the textile. To get the full decorative value of filet embroidery, the working medium for the embroidery should be in contrast to the color of the filet. Old English initials for lettering lin- ens can be had with a self-addressed and stamped envelope for 5 cents cach. These initials are printed on a background of square filet mesh. They can be used for cross-stitch embroid- ery by counted squares as well as for the weaving embroidery described. The letters are distinctive and are obtainable cnly through this paper. Direct requests to Lydia Le Baron Walker, care of this paper, and accompany requests with stamped and self-addressed envelope. Tears Kill Germs. ‘Tears have been found an exceedingly powerful destroyer of bacteria. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Tm a-comin’, baby! (I been pickin’| up on a adage ob ever’ fibe min- utes ever since we come out; her ain't bullt for heavy goin'.) H (Copyright, 1933.) States and two of them are valued as food. They are a beautiful bright sil- jver below and slightly darker above. The body is elongate and covered with cycloid scales. The head is very long, pointed and pikelike. The mouth is large and vicious-looking, with its lower projecting jaw and sharp, uneven teeth. The young have about 10 black blotches on the sides, which soon dis- appear as they grow older. There are inky spots on the posterior part of the body on both old and young. If you want a “thrill that comes once in a lifetime,” try landing a barracuda, but, above all else, be calm and let nothing excite you during the experi- ence. (Copyright, 1933.) NANCY PAGE ‘What Should I Spend for Clothing. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. How Consilders to Help Love More Your Valuable Husband Than Thrift \DorothyDix| Good Food and Good Cheer, Love and Faith in His Power to Accomplish Enable Man to Succeed. Every worth-while woman wants to be & real helpmate to the man to whom she is married. Strange to say, however, when a woman thinks of helping her husband she thinks of it only in terms of thrift. Saving his money. Penny pinching. Wearing last season’s hats. Mutton stews. Hashing up the cold potatoes. Counting the price of a movie and then staying at home. Cutting off all the fat and skinning the household budget down to the bone, Now, without doubt, an economical wife is one of heaven's best gifts to a poor young man and a first aid to getting rich that is not to be de- spised, for it is true that a woman can throw more out of the back door with a teaspoon than her husband can put in the front door with a scoop. But for all that, the wives who help their husbands most are not the dime nursers. IN‘DE!:D, very often the women who help their husbands most are not savers, but spenders. Many a man who would have taken things easily and never bcen more than moderately well off if he had been married to & woman who could make one dollar do the work of two has had to hustle 80 to pay the bills of an extravagant wife that he has become a millinaire. EmY bride dreams of being an inspiration in her husband's life. ‘How, then, can a woman help her husband? First, by mlklnf him a comfortable home and feeding him properly. It is curious how little stress women put on this as a factor in their husbands’ success in the world. ‘They seem to think it is just a matter between them and their bridge games whether they are home in time to have the house lighted up and cheerful and a good dinner prepared for their husbands, or whether he comes home to a dark house and to eat a meal that has been brought home in paper bags from the delicatessen, and if their husbands com- plain they think they are fussy and unreasonable. YET when their husbands break down with nervous- prostration at 45 it is nearly always because the poor things never had a comfortable place to rest after their hard day’s labor so that they could go back re- freshed and restored to their work. Nor do they realize that a man’s irritability that makes him disagreeable to get along with and that shuts the door of opportunity in his face, or the bad judgment that makes him take the wrong slant on the trade, is, nine times out of ten, the result of dyspepsia brought on by bad cooking and an improper diet. Many a man insults his best customer, or quarrels with his partner, or throws up a good job, or goes bzar on the market, or turns down a business propesition that would have made him a fortune simply because he has had a breakfast of mean coffee and soggy bread and fried eggs so that he looks at everything through green spectacles and feels that the whole world is going to the dogs. A ‘WIFE can help her husband by keeping his fur smoothed down the right way and making him happy. Women don't realize it, but the most expensive luxury in which a wife can indulge herself is a spat with her husband. So far as the cost in actual dollars and cents is concerned, it would be cheaper for her to go out and buy herself an imported hat or chiffon lingerie than it is to tell her John just exactly what she thinks of him and remind him of all his faults and shortcomings. For nothing slows a man down like a bawling out. Nothing takes his mind off his work like a family row. The man who has to make an effort to put out of his thoughts the memory of the mean things his wife said to him and the meaner things he said to her at a breakfast-table fight before he can fflneenu‘lu on his daily task has his ability diminished at least 50 per cent. OR is this mere theory. Not long ago one of the big railroads had a survey made of the home life of its thousands of employes, and it ascertained that not only was the efficiency of the men almost in exact ration to the way they got along with their wives, but that most of the wrecks occurred after the men had had some domestic squabble. And only the other day at a convention of traffic policemen it was stated that at the bottom of most automobile accidents was some disagreement between a husband and a wife. So the woman who wants to speed up her husband does s0 by keep- ing him happy, keeping his mind clear of worries so that he can give all the power he hes to his work. For hzppiness is the big medicine that quick- ens our faculties, that spurs on our ambition, that gives us fresh strength and courage and makes us feel that we can achieve things. When we are miserable and discouraged we are beaten. A ‘WOMAN can help her husband by being his press agent. Uncon- sciously we take our estimate of a man from his wife and if she ad- mires him and respects his opinion and thinks he is about the best ever, why, we are mighty apt to give him the glad hand ourselves. But if she is always bemoaning her fate, that she can't have this or that because John doesn’t get along very well in business, or if she weeps on our breast and confides to us that he drank a little too much, or stayed out until all hours of the morning the night of some convention, or that she is jealous of his pretty flapper stenographer, why, we turn our thumbs down on the poor chap, though half the time it isn’t true and his wife is Just e‘x;mmtln: his weakness because she has a morbid craving for sympathy., FINALLY and most of all, a wife can help her husband by just believing in him end pepping him up when his courage falters. There come times of discouragement to every man; times when business is bad; when investments turn out disastrcusly; times when the results of years of work are swept away in an instant, and then whether he goes down to defeat = g:ricfis himself up and fights on to victory depends almost altogether on e. If she loses faith in him, and especially if she reproaches him with his failure, he is done for, but if she still believes in him and encours; him and backs him up, nothing can keep him down. He is bound to fy her faith in him. “Love,” said Mr. Kipling in one of his poems, “hath made this thing a man.” And it is the women who love their husbands and believe in them who m!‘kcz m’erll“m’%cfil)u. DOROTHY- DIX. pyright, 5 Star Patteras Trim Little Suit. Here is & smart little suit that will appeal to Junior because it is mannish, and to Mother because it is 50 easy to make, The trousers that are attached by 948 buttons to the blouse allow him enough freedom to hop, skip and jump to his heart’s content. He will find the little inside pocket on the blouse a safe place for his marbles. A tie of contrasting color will give him just the right “grown-up” effect. In a simple washable material this outfit will stand any amount of wear and tear. It is No. 948. The pattern is designed in sizes 2 to 39-inch fabric. Simplified illustrated in- structions for cutting and sewing are ccmplete directions for making these dresses. 8. Size 6 requires 2 yards of 36-inch or | included with each pattern. They give | WOMEN'S FEATURES. Safety in the Home. “WATCH YOUR STEP.” HERE is & song about “Home, Sweet Home,” and the joys of home have been told in many other ways. Home is really a great place, if the poeple in it are kind to one another. ‘Today I have set out to tell about the dangers of home. almest as many serious accidents take Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Examinitis. ‘This js the season for “examiniti There will be another epidemic in Ma: or June, depending on the time the local school closes for the Summer. The January-February epidemic is gen- erally more severe, because of its be: ing on the second half of the school year. If I may t.lke‘ the word ‘olm: ent college professor, examini m: this year, because of the added | weight of the depression. High school and colloge students are most susceptible to this psychopatho- logical disturbance, which is by no means a trifing disorder. There have been cases that have turned out fatally for the school pupil. For that reason, each case should be carefully diagnosed and skillfully treated. I have often wondered why parents and teachers, especially, have not taken the trouble to. study examinitis more carefully than they do. What are the symptoms of examinitis? The first, I would sy, is an unrecognized fear of some sort. The student is nervous and doesn't know why. Some one suggests failure and the disturbance is on. Imaginary failure is very contagious, following strictly the psychclogical laws f association and suggestion. The next thing you-hear is rumor. Sometimes the rumor goes so far as to specify who has already ‘“flunked” or “failed”—all this as early as six weeks before the final examination. ‘While the coming examination is the exciting cause of examinitis, there are deep-lying causes that should be re- membered in all attempts to assuage the ravages. Thote who develop the worst cases have a feeling of inade- quacy due to their neglect of studies. They know this, but cannot normally {we their own consciences in the mat- er. (Copyright. 1933.) Carefully gathered facts show that | UNCLE RAY’S CORNER place in the home as on the streets and highways. When we remember that autos make the streets more dangerous than the jungles of Africa, we see that the dan- gers in our own homes may be com- pared with the dangers of the jungles. In the deep jungle shadows crouch beasts which may spring forth and kill. In the shadows of the home & man may slip and fall. Every stairway (includ- by all means, the cellar stairway) LITTLE THING MAY CAUSE A %AADY ACCIDENT ON A STAIR- should be well lighted. Falling takes the highest toll of lives among all types of accidents in the home. Children’s toys may be fun to play with, but they should be kept where they will not cause any one to trip and fall. A little thing like a block or s ball left on a stairway might cause a person to stymbl¢ and hurt himself badly. 3 Sometimes housewives place dust- pans or other objects at the head of a stairway, meaning to take them down- stairs “right away”; then, alas, an- other member of the family may come to_grief. It is bad for a baby to fall down- stairs, and it is even worse for an older person. e longer we live, the more “brittle” our bones become. An aged person crippled by a fall is likely to become vietim to such a disease as pncumonia. His power to resist sickness is made less by his injury. Small rugs may well be taped to the floor to prevent them from “slipping out from under.” In bath rooms, close to the tub, there should be handgrips well fastened in the walls. UNCLE RAY. (Copyright. 1933.) The lowest priced To get a pattern of this model send 15 cents in coins or stamps. Please | write your name and address very plainly; also style number and size of each pattern ordered and mail to The |Evening Star Pattern Department, ‘Washington, D. C. Several days are re- quired to fill orders and patterns will be mailed as quickly as possible. fine tea you can buy | SALADA BROWN LABEL . . . A Revelation in Tea Value SALADA RED LABEL « + « America’s Finest Tea ‘THE EVENING STAR PATTERN DEPARTMENT. 15° tate 23 % Inclosed is 15 cents for pattern. No. 948. Size...... Name (Please print)........es Street and Number weee City and State. Icebergs Are Fresh Water. Icebergs always are composed of fresh water ice. "SALADA’ TEA e GOGGLES $122 THE WORDS AND LETTERS ON THE GOGGLES CAN BE USED TO SPELL A CAR. . The puzzle illustrated above involves the name of one make of automobile that will be exhibited at the annual show, to be held January 28 to February 5, inclusive, at the Washington Auditorium, under the auspices of the Washington | Automotive Trade Ascoclation. This association, through the co-operation of The Star, is conducting a contest, for which the winners will receive $100 and 108 free tickets as prizes. To enter the contest simply solve each puzzle that appears, daily and Sun- day, keep them until the last one is published, and then mail them to the Wash- ington Automotive Trade Association, room 1002, 1427 I street northwest, with a slogan—not to exceed 20 words—on “Why the automobile show should be held here every vear.” Remember, do not send the answers in until you have them all. There be 27. It is not necessary to send in the puzzles themselves. Only the answers and the slogan are necessary. The puzzles may be studied in The Star files in the business office. MY BEAUTY CARE £ When the members of the budget class knew that the lecture was going to be on clothing expenditure it was noticeable that they all up be- fore coming to class. been low—too low for good business and economics. But cheap clothes usually means cheap materials. If mother is at home and has time |on her hands and can sew, she has | reason to be proud of herself. | Under the clothing budget should come trips to beauty shops, barber shops, drv cleaning bills, resoling of teacher smiled when she saw | sh them. “You look,” she said, you spent more than your budget al- lowance for clothes. In the pattern budget, 15 per cent, or about one-seventh, of the income is allowed for clothing. That includes clothing for man, woman and child. Usually the mother gets the least. This is true if the budget is small, if the man has a “white collar” job and if the children are in school. Appearances must be Kkept up, so mother’s clothing allowance suffers. A great help in keeping the clothing budget down is the ability to make clothes, True, within the last few years the price of ready-made clothing has new outfit? “as if | | shoes. In any large item, such as a coat which will be worn for more than one year, the budget should be charged with one-hallh(: one-third of mxal cnstf of course, that 1s & paper saving only, at the time, since the garment §1u to be paid for when purchased. But it helps in blhnclng your yearly budget. And don't forget the slogan an automobile company used some years ago, “What comes after the purchase price?” Is a dress cheap if it has to 80 _to_cleaners, to have pleats put back in? - Is a coat or hat cheap if it-is so distinctive in color that it needs a whole Cannelon of Beef. -Mix one and one-half pounds of beef | from the round that been put | through the meat chopper, half a cup- {t‘l‘l,ko( br‘ug cru( mmi‘l.k soaked in two spoonfuls of ., two teaspoon- | fuls of poultry seasoning, salt and | pepper to taste and one egg slightly beaten. Make the mass into a roll and bake in a hot oven, in a dry pan. Baste with one cupful of hot water into :lFitceh you have put a small plece of tter. R g Sweet Potatoes. Butter a baking dish well. Cut some | sweet potatoes into slices or cubes and put them into the dish in layers, sprinkled slightly with brown sugar and alternated with layers of sliced apples. ‘When l&he J&ah is u:'\lpll m:it mur, pep- per an on an enough water to keep the contents from burn- It pays to read advertisements— It will pay you to read this one . THE other day a friend gave my wife a recipe for a new Frozen ing. Bake in a moderate oven. TOMORROW! GRAND OPENING! 2-Way Cooking School 2to4 PM. Tues., Wed., “I've found a way to save on beau- ty care! A friend told me to use Lux in the dishpan, to keep my hands smooth and white. This beauty care costs me less than 1¢ a day! The big box of Lux does a month’s dishes.” EATHERINE FREEMAN (Mrs. Frederic Freeman) Thurs., Fri. The Borden Company H. J. Heinz Co. Leonard Refrigerator Co. Southern Wholesalers, Inc. Fruit Dispatch Co. FREE ADMISSION PLACE Masonic Temple 1300 New York Ave. Washington, D. C. ON THE AIR Can’t come? Then tune in Station WOL Same time. Same program. L] RADIO COOKING CLUB OF AMERICA, Inc. Sponsored by Planters Edible Oil Co. McCormick & Co., Inc. C. F. Mueller Co. G. Washington Coffee Refining Co. The Hills Bros. Co. My-T-Fine Corporation National Sugar Refining Co. of N. J. Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. Orange Pudding. We had it last night for dessert. “This is something new,” I said. “Where did you get it?” “Mae gave me the recipe yesterday. She clipped it from an advertisement.” 4 My wife didn’t read that advertisement. If her friend hadn’t read it what a treat we would have missed. Do you read the advertisements? It will pay you many times over to do so. From them you may learn about all sorts of new things. New foods, new ways to use them, new recipes that will add variety to the My menu. Right in the advertisements in this paper there are countless things to interest you, to save you money, to bring you the most value for what you spend. And now as a reward‘for reading this advertisement here is the recipe that inspired it. Recipe for Frozen Orange Pudding. Ingredients. 2 egg yolks (beat- juice and cream. Put in double en); 1 cup orange juice: 1 cup cream (light cream or top milk will do); 4 teaspoonfuls flour; % teaspoonful salt; 4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoonful grated orange rind. Blend thoroughly egg yolks, sugar, flour, salt and add orange boiler until thick. Add orange rind, cool and pour into freez- ing tray of refrigerator—or three or four hours on ice. When ready to serve, top each dish with meringue made by beating two ogg whites stiff and adding Y cup sugar. Garnish with orange segments. It pays to read all the advertisements in this paper. Estate and Magic Chef Gas Ranges Furnished Through the Courtesy of the Washington Gas Light Company