Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1933, Page 18

MAGAZ INE PAGE. Benefits From Party Plans. BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. T is a_good thing for a house when the homemaker entertains. This | aspect is entirely apart from per- | sonal enjoyment, the pleasure of having one’s friends about one, and of helping them to pass hours of pleasure under your roof tree. It is solely from the viewpoint of the bene- fits which accrue to the house itself. When a woman is going to entertain, times this goes into more important matters than the little deiails named. What better time to get the rug so needed for the dining room, tHan when it will lend more interest to the room? So the dining room may get the benefit of the entertainment. Or if it is de- cided that the rug cannot be acquired just then, the next best thing is done, and the rug gets a_thorough cleaning, or a beating and shampoo, o that it looks its best. All flocrs are thoroughly cleaned with mcps or vacuum cleaners or brooms. Silverware comes in for its due share of attention. Pieces seldom used are brought out and polished until they shine like mirrors, or have the refur- nishing suited to their siyle of finish. It does them good to be so cared for. Mirrors ere washed until no speck or suggestion of dust or film mars their beauty of reflections. napery get special loundering. The homemaker finds herself enjoy- ing the results of her labors many a day after the party is a thing of the past. The hcuse has benefited, and it repays for the effort in its improved ap- pearance. A Sermon for Today BY REV. JCHN R, GUNN. Religicn Brightens Life. “Her ways are way of pleasantness.” —Proverbs {il.17. Soloman was spezking of wisdom, whose “ways are ways of pleasantness.” But in his thought., wisdom meant something far more than being wise in the worldly sense; it meant being wise in the religious sense. He warns us against being “wise iy our own eyes,” and adds the exhgrtation: “Trust in the Lord with zll thin heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding: in He shall direct thy paths.” It is, therefore, the ways of religion that he sees to be “ways of pleasantness.” Some think of religion as a way of | THE _ MIRRORS _GAVE BACK| BRIGHTER REFLECTIONS AFTER | THE CAREFUL WASHING. her eyes become very critical toward things which are not quite right in the house. They notice little details which pass unobserved during the usual routine. This is because she is seeing things in a new light, that is, as they would appear if she were entering the home of some one else. It is probably Just what the rooms need. Since che has the outsider’s observ: tion, discrepencles are plain. The light- ing fixtures need dusting and globas | ooliching. Rugs sre not arranged to be: dvantage and must b2 placed dif- ferenily. Chair-back end arm pleces can stand laundering &gain. Dust is discovered on baseboards which have been overlooked. Volumes in book:zases do not stand erect. There are a thousand and one little things which pass unnoticed until com- ny is invited. ‘Then the little house its innings in restoration. Some- MORE TRUTH BY JAMES J. Better Part of Valor. A Bolivian army recently refused to fight in the rain. Bolivia, Bolivia, Where forests wave thelr fronds, And where one buys, If he's unwice, Non-interest_bearing bonds, . I learn that when you stage a war, Your far-flung battle line Wwill not invite Or wage a fight Unless the weather's fine. How many, many savage Wars Would still unfought remain If. in the past When storm clouds massed, And threatened snow or rain, The generals had cried, “Hark, men, moroseness, melancholy and unhappi- | ness. Their idea is that religion is a em of cuffering to which people are | wiling to submit here that they may | not suffer hereafter. It is true that re- |ligion does promise glorious rewards | hereafter, but at the same time it is a | thing of present joy and blessecness. | 1t is the gladdest, happiest thing in the | world. “Her ways are ways of pleasant- | ness, and all her paths are peace.” | As nothing that man has ever dis- covered, religion gives us the' bright things of life. It frees us from the guilt and power of sin, and removes from us the shadow of the dark things that sin brings into our li It brings us into right relationship with God, and makes us conscious of His love and loving care. It takes the sting out of the past, the worry out of the present and fear out of the future. Religion makes us love everybody. And how our lives brighten when we begin to love people and to do for them the things that love bids us do. The happlest hours we ever experience are the hours in which we try to give others the very best that love cen give. Religion not only makes for our moral and spiritual well being; it makes for our physical well being. It makes for peace of mind, which in turn reduces very greatly the wear and tear on the human body. It helps men to cogtaol their fiery passions, thus prev:l?..lnx premature old age and decay. It teaches moderation, and thus helps men to avold the manifest evils of excess. All this adds to physical health and strength, as a result of which we are the better able to meet life's responsi- bilities and enjoy its blessings. From every viewpoint, religion brightens our whole outlook upon life, whether as to the here or the hereafter. It is true, as one said lcng eago, that | “Godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which ncw is and of that which Is to come.” — Nature certainly is grand in Paris this season, for among the fashionable shades are nightingale brown, lovebird green, redbreast red, wagtail gray, lilac blue and goldfish gold. THAN POETRY MONTAGUE. There's going to be a storm; Postpone this fray Until some day | When skies are bright and warm!” Greeks were widely The ancient praised— No storm their hearts could cow, Though torrents poured | And thunder roared, | But ah! where are they now? | Far wiser to remain serene In bivouac or redoubt, And think no mcre About a war Until the sun comes out! Note of Alarm. We trust all this reforestation busi- ness isn't preparatory to giving the country back to the Indians. | (Copyright, 1933.) SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. - s GLEASON, IN ADDITION TO BEING AN ACTOR, IS PART OWNER OF AN ATHLETIC CLUB AN APIARY , ADUDE RANCH AND A POLO PONY BREEDWNG FARM. DEVOTEE OF ROLLER- SKATING., USUALLY SKATES s _BETWEEN STAGES AT THE STUDIO SANDWICH ADDICT. “Tontet. o, . e 84 St s ‘Table covers and all thy ways acknowledge Him and | THE EV NANCY PAGE Weman Who Works .and Keeps Housc Well. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Lela was talking to Nancy one aft- ernoon and said something like this, “I do wish, Nancy. you could give those of us who are married and working outside the home some help on getting home work done easily, quickly and efficlently. We don’t want to spend what little time we have at home just grubbing and working. We do want to be companions to husband. But how can we manage everything?"” |""“Tnat's a large order. I'm not sure : it can be done. But I do know cer- tain helps along the way. “For instance your husband ought to realize that work at home must be- come a partnership. He can't expect you to work in a store or office all day and then come home and do all the housework. He must help and realize that nowadays there is no division be- tween man’s work and woman's work Xdl'l work, that's all, and has to be one. “When there were just the two ot us at home before Peter was born and before my niece Joan came to live with us, I used to keep a pile of dishes on the low pantry shelf where I could get it easily. I arranged it as I wiped the dishes—two dinner plates, two bread and butter plates, two saucers, two soups, two vegetable dishes and two cu I would carry that pile to the table and lo, one trip set the whole table. I didn't have to sort them out from different piles. Then I used to do a large amount of cooking on Sun- day. I had to be in the kitchen any- way, 50 I'd cook enough vegetables for three dinners, make two or three des- serts, mash enough potatoes to give me potato cakes, shepherd's pie crust as well as fresh mashed potatoes for Sunday dinner. I did not try to bake bread, nor many cakes and cookies. I bought those. I did a great deal of planning and saved many steps.” Bedtime Stories BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Peter Almost Pays a Price. Iost troubles that we Lave are ncedless, 3 Direct result of bei s ter Rabbit. I no denying that Peter is heed- less. Like a grest many other people whose intentions are good he forgets easily. “Out of sight out of mind” is an old saying with much of truth in it. It is so with Peter Rabbit. great storm, which was followed by bitter cold weather, brought much of hardship and suffering_to many LTER ought to know whereof he tpeaks for he has had plenty of opportunity to learn. There is but in reality he wasn’t. Some people are like that. They like to pity them- selves and to have other people pity: them. But none of his neighbors pitied Peter. Iiis true that he and Mrs. Peter were forced to live chiefly ca bark and tender twigs and buds of various kinds such as they could reach and that they soon grew tired of this fare, but it was food and it always could be obtained. There was no danger of actual starva- tion for Peter and Mrs. Peter, whereas some of their neighbors were on the edge of starvation much of the time. At first Peter kept to the dear Old Briar-patch. But when the snow had settled and crusted so that it would bear his weight easily he began to look longingly over to the Green Forest and the Old Pasture. Mrs. Peter saw this. “Peter Rabbit,” said she severely, “if you have any sense at all you will stay right here in the Old Briar-patch where you are safe. Reddy Fox and Mrs. Reddy, not to mention some others, must be having hard work to get cnough to keep alive these days and must be desperate.” “That reminds me,” sald Peter, “that I haven't had a glimpse of Reddy or Mrs. Reddy since the great storm. I wonder why. You know, my dear, they usually come prowling around the Old Briar-patch after every bad storm on the chance that they may surprise one of us outside. I wonder if anything has happened to them.” He inquired of Blacky the Crow when the latter came around. “Oh,” replied Blacky, “I believe they have gone away to new hunting grounds. I saw them the other day a I way from here.” After that Peter kept a sharp watch for signs of Reddy and Mrs. Reddy, but there were no signs. Sammy Jay hadn’t seen them. Tommy Tit the Chickadee | hadn’t scen them. "No one who_visited ths Briar-patch had seen them. It must be true that they had moved away, for in such hard times as these they would have to hunt by day as well as night and couldn't possibly keep out of sight. So_Peter visited the Old Pasture and the Green Forest and found no trace of Reddy or Mrs. Reddy. At first he was as watchful as if he expected one of them to spring out from behind each tree and bush, for he had it in mind that they might return as unexpectedly as they had left. But as the days slipped into weeks Reddy and Mrs. Reddy slipped out of Peter’s mind. They had been gone so long that the idea that they might return sémed to him foolish. He simply forgot them. When near the end of the Winter Reddy and Mrs. Reddy did return to the Old Pasture they were so quiet about_it, and so successfully kept out of sight, that their neighbors were clow to learn that they werz back. Peter hadn't heard the news. He found it out for himself and in finding it out he elmost paid a heavy price. He had gone over to the edge of the Green Forest and was sitting under a bush when he heard sounds that caused him to prick up his ears. Some one was very busy pulling over chips and pieces of bark just a little way off and complaining | fretfully. “Jimmy Skunk,” thought Peter, “look- ing for bettles. I'll step over and in- quire after his health.” H2 didn’t look to see if any one else was around. He was careless and heedless. He was just on the point of hopping out from under that bush when some one stepped out from the skadows and sat down right in front of him. Peter froze, as they say, right where he was. This was & Fox sitting back to him. (Copyright, 1933.) ' Taking of identification heelprints of babies born in may be introe duced into Lon¢ &L ~ Says It Is Complicated Day Marriage Jor Wife \DorothyDix ARRIAGE,” said a young woman the other day, “is a much more camplicated business than it used to be. When grandpapa popped the question to grandmamma he offered her a Ehln, straple life job at loving and cherishing him and keeping house and rearing a family of children. He brought home the bacon and she fried it, and that was that. “Nowadays when a young man proposes to s girl she doesn't know which 1 of the 57 different kinds of modern marriage he is offering her. She doesn't know whether he is signing up a steel-clad contract with her or merely taking an option on her affections. She doesn't know ‘whether he is g her for better or worse until death do them part or merely until she loses her figure and complexion. “S}-m doesn’t know whether he expects to be the family provider or whether she has to keep on with her job and make the dough as well as bake it. She doesn't know whether he is going to treat her like a Lady Love or as a household convenience. She doesn't even know whether he regards children as little angels or as brats. . “That's what makes marriage so chancy for women. They don’t know which particular brand of marriage they are investing their all in, They may get & permanent marriage or a carcer marriage or any of several varieties of marriage, but there is no way for them to know beforehand what sort of a bargain they are letting themselves in for. $¢THAT is why it is nonsense to talk aboui a girl preparing herself for marriage until men’s ideas jell about marriage and what they want in a wife. Just now if a girl were conscientiously fitting herself to be a good wife she wouldn't know whether to take up cooking in a serious way. She wouldn't even know whether to buy bungalows aprons for her trousseau or dance frocks, because she wouldn't know whether her husband expected her to step out or stay in with him of an evening. “Perhaps that is the reason that so many young marriages go to . The poor bewildered little brides are all in & muddle and don't know which path their husbands really want them to take. And there are £0 many forks in the road it is no wonder they so often blunder into taking the wrong one. & “PmPLE are always talking about how much easier life is now for women than it used to be, and they point with pride to the gas range and the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine and all the electrical gadgets and labor-saving devices that lighten the work over which poor old grandma used to break her back. But there is one chore that is harder work with us than it was in grandma’s day, and that is marriage. Also, the job of keeping a husband, it you t him, is far more strenuous and nerve-racking than it was in grandma’s day, before husband stealing had develoj major rackets. Y S L sl s “MARR!AGE in those halcyon days was a sort of call to rest for a girl. When she got her husband she had accomplished her life work and she could sit down pretty and take things easy. She could lay off her diet and get fat if she wanted to and she could let out her corset strings and let her hair go back to normalcy, and what of it? She had her man and he couldn’t get away. “But dare the married woman slump in these days? I should say not. She has to be up and doing. She has to count her calories and haunt the beauty shops. She has to look like 2 daily hint from Paris to meel‘ the competition of the flappers and the Miss Americas in the offices. Getting married has always been easy enough, but staying married now- adays is a full sized woman's job. “Tm grandpa didn't expect as much of his wife as grandson does. He didn’t expect grandma to do her housework and put up with him and walk colicky babies of a night and still lock ltke a living picture. Nor did he expect her to remain perpetually young. Nor did he think that because she had got middle-aged and showed the signs of wear and tear he was justified in trading her off for a this year’s model bride. “Nor did grandpa expect grandma to be a vaudeville performer who would always be pulling off new and amusing stunts to entertain him nor did he think he had missed his affinity because she didn't practice upon him all the arts and wiles and coquetries of the vamp. He was satisfied if grandma was a reasonably good cook and manager and if she looked after the children and didn’t look after him too closely, and that made it easy for her to live up to his standard of a good wife. UIF ANY young man nowadays should get the kind of wife grandma was he would howl to heaven over combination beauty, wit, spellbinder, miracle worker who can run a house and dress smartly on air. And when she falls down on any of these modest requirements it is the divorce court for her. “Marriage has become the most to follow. But we do.” (Copyright, 1923.) GOOD TASTE TODAY BY EMILY POST. Famous Authority on Etiquette. EAR MRS. POST: What should I call my husband's | Names and Seating. brother’s ~ wife who, of | course, is my husband’s | i D sister-in-law? In speaking | of her once, I said ‘my sister-in-law," whereupon a friend of mind said, ‘She | isn't your sister-in-law, but your hus- band’s.’ It was in a large crowd of peo- ple, and I was so embarassed I could not.ask her as to the right thing for me to call her. Will you please tell me?” Answer: Even though she is ac- tually a sister-in- law of your hus- band, this is an oc- casion when & man and his wife are considered as one. “My sister-in-law’ is entirely 'prop Or you need not mention relation- ship. You merely Emily Post. call her Mrs. Ed- ward Jones. Emphasis on the Edwnrdi implies that she belongs to your hus- band’s family. “My dear Mrs. Post: I have just fin- ished reading what you say about ‘my RISKING MY JOB, SHE SAID, BECAUSE OF PER- SPIRATION ODOR IN UNDERTHINGS ! DIDN’T DREAM § W, GUILTY—HOW GLAD | It is a wonder any of us have nerve enough to tackle it. ROTHY DIX. being stung. What he wants 1s & vamp, cook, pénny-pincher and a difficult of all professions for s girl O wife’ being correct under all circum- stances. I agree with you, but would like to know what you advise about this circumstance: My employer dic- tated a letter and said, ‘If you should come to Chicago, Mrs. Jones and I would be glad to have you calf on us.’ Is it correct to use ‘Mrs. Jones' fn this case, which is not exactly a business letier, but a ‘thank you' letter to the | wifa of one of his business associates, in whose house he had spent the night? Mrs. Jones and his hostess were total strangers.” Answer: Your employer was right, especially in this case, where the stran . Do you see? “My wife” is the term of safety and would not have been incorrect, but in this instance “Mrs. Jones” was better. “My dear Mrs. Post: I am a profes- slonal secretary, and am at thé moment addressing invitations to & ball. I no- tice that many of the men to be invited have ‘jr’ and ‘2nd’ after their names. Wil you tell me how the envelopes should be addressed, and how the names | on the invitations should be written? At | the same time, will you include direc- | tions for addressing inside wedding en- | velopes.” Answer: Address all outside envelopes’ “Mr. John Henry Smith, jr, or Mr. John Henry Smith, junior"—as you pre- fer. Address inside envelopes and name on invitations, “Mr. Smith.” ‘write | times the amount of coffee shipped The girl chum says it's too bad his- tory does not record the name of the wise guy who stood on the other side | of the river and caught the dollar | which George Wi threw across | the Potomac. Copyright, 1933.) How It Started A “Stiver.” We have an inquiry for the origin and significance of the word “stiver,” | familiar in popular speech to indicate | an insignificant amount of money. “I wouldn't give a stiver for that” or “It’s not worth a stiver” are typi- cal uses of it which most of us at some time have heard. | We have the term from the Dutch “stuiver,” the name of a Dutch coin | worth about 2 cents. (Copyright. 1933.) PAPA KNOWS BY J. KENNETH BOLLES. WOMEN'’S FEATURES. Conquering Contract By P. HAL SIM! Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the greatest living contract and auc- tion player. He was captain of the renowned “Four Horsemen” team and has won 24 mational champion- ships since 1924. The Jump Raise. O FAR, we have considered the jump raise only in connection with the major suits, where it takes you immediately to one trick short of game, and is & force for game, while flirting innocu- ouns; with the possible slam develop- ment. Jump Raise in Minor Suit. The jump raise in & minor suit, though "two tricks short of game in that suit, is never- theless within less than a trick of game in no trumps. 1t is, in fact, with- in a takeout for the same number of tricks. It must lbeée th Fe orée on the open- ing bidder under exactly the same conditions as if made in a major sult — the opener may not pass it unless he opened on a psychic P. Hal Sims. or near psychic. When Responder’s Hopes Are Only for Game. The bidding subsequent to the jump | raise is somewhat different as compared | with the major suit procedure. We | have decided to bid for game, but in | the suit contract that will necessitate | taking 11 tricks. Consequently there is | much greater inducement to play the | hand in three no trumps, and one must | strive to remain within that range un- | pop til or unless it is clear that the hand | as a whole is unsuitable for no trumps, | and that the best chances for game are | in a contract for five-oddl in the suit. Both in giving and in responding to | the jump raise in a minor suit, regard | three no trumps as the preferable alter- native, and allow each cther wide scope for flexible bidding in feeling out the no trump protection. Slip In a sec-| the above instances, bid four spades for him. He can hardly lose more than a heart and a club. If he bids four diamonds, bid five and there should be at least a good play or finesse for it. If he bids three no trumps, you must trust him to stop the hearts and pass that bid. Should he (improbably) bid clubs, that will mark him with an ex- treme two-suiter, and slam appears likely. Raise the clubs for him and if he has the ace of hearts he can bid six in the shorter of his two suits. Why the shorter? Read tomorrow’s article which con- tains a hand from actual play filus- trating this point. answer all inquiries on con- addressed to_this newspaper sed, stamped envelope LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Mr. Sims tract’ that with' self- Ma was downtown this afternoon and brawt home a coller for Junior, being a all rite collar ony it had little bells on it making him sound like slay bells whenever he moved, and I said, Well G, ma, we cant leeve those things on. Why cant we for goodness sakes, they're the cutest part of the coller, ma said, and I sald, But G winnickers, ma, good nite, I want to have him real, I dont want him cute. And gosh, sip- posing he wants to chase herds of something, they’ll hear him coming aJ- most before he gets started, and that wont be fair, I said. Now there’s no use looking a mile behind you to borrow trouble a mile in advants, I tell you those bells are cute, ma said. ‘Wich they was, being the very thing that was a matter with them, and when came home Junior started to run up to him to say hello, pop saying, Yee gods that gave me a start, I thawt Santa Claws was paying me another visit out of season and I was just going to clutch my pocketbook in horror. What's the ideer of all the useless racket? he said. ‘That’s what I told her, ‘'pop, they're sissey things on a dog, aint they, pop? I seid, and he sald, Sure they are, & | ondary bid in a weak off-suit if doubly | wire haired fox is a man's dog, not & “Pop, what is a spillway?” “Afternoon sewing circle.” | (Copyright, 1933.) Everyday Psychology »Y D‘l JESSE W. SPROWLS. Mental Focus. It seems that the human mind, indi- vidual or collective, is not able to focus upon more than one thing at a time. | ‘The queer thing is that this human mind prefers to focus upon the spec- tacular rather than upon the lasting. Back in 1866 a lonely Moravian monk discoversd the laws of heredity which | now stand as the bedrock of the life sciences. No one in 1866 cared to take a jJosk at this discovery, for every one Whs arguing -about some incidental gossip which grew out of Darwin's| “Origin of Species,” published in 1859. By 1900 they were tired of the inci- cidental and more or less spectacular. We will, gf course, keep on with such | subjects until some one finds a way to | focus our attention on men out of work. | The man who succeeds in focusing the public attention on this point will be calling us back to something funda- | mental. There are those who seem to thirk that discovery is soon to be made. SeEs e e Bolivia exported last year nearly 20 WELL, I.L NEVER TAKE A CHANCE ABAIN—IT'S SO EASY TO LUX UNDERTHINGS AM | OVERHEARD HER: EACH PD?‘I;"I)ON, Miss COLORS LIKE NEW, TOO | WANT YOU TO TAKE A MORE RESPONSIBLE stopped. Only when there is clearly an | open gap which neither of you can | span should you abandon & contract for nine tricks for one permitting the loss of only two tricks, in which more- | over there is far less hope of being helped by errors in the defensive play of your opponents. Nevertheless, since you are giving a | game-forcing Tesponse, you must be willing to go on to the contract of five- odd in the minor suit if a contract for | three no trumps is found to be hopeless. | There is no stopping at four if you have | given the jump raise—the bidding is| destined to end up in either three no trumps or five in the suit. Only rarely will you discover a four-focur fit in a major suit bid secondarily. Consequently. to make this response you need at least two clear primary tricks with some secondary value in addition, and an uneven distribution to make the hand attractive for suit play in a high contract. S—AJx S—A10xx | H—x x H—x | D-Qxxx D—KxxXx ‘ C—KQxx C—KQxx | ‘These are minimum typical hands | Justifying three diamonds over a one diamond opening bid. When diamonds | are bid, it is very satisfactory to have | the clubs well stopped and aiso one of | the majors; then, if your partner can | bid the other major, you can bid three no trumps with perfect serenity. Should the partner reply with three spades in SIGMUNDS combination lap poodle and Swiss bell ringer. Now Willyum, they're cute, and they're useful too because we can al- ways tell where he is, ma said. and pop said, If it's just a same to you I think I'd prefer to forget where he is for a few minnits at a time occasionally. ‘There, you see, ma, we're 2 against one, so that means we're rite, I said, and pop said, Absilutely, you're out- voted, mother, and I hope you'll take your defeat fillosophically ‘Well I'm sure I have no wish to be unreasonable and I'm a grate bleever in the greatest good for the greatest num- ber, ma said. In fact I have no respect for a person who always insists on own way through thick and ztter how manv other people if it’s pureh gine ring, so T'll give in. Sipposing W just leave the bells on for a few wesks to find out if we all get used to them, | she said Ye gods, its a wimmin's werld, pop said. Wich it is. PO P Raleigh Chairs Auctioned. At an auction of the furniture of the mansion of R. H. 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