Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1933, Page 27

MAGAZINE PAGE. Gestures Which Reveal Age BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. NE thing which a woman who wishes to look young must avoid is putting her hand to her face. It is an old gesture, this caressing the face. Children never do it. Young folk seldom do it. Old folk often do it. Just why remains for a psychologist to determine. It is not in the province of this ar- ticle to do more than advise women who are past the meridian of life to sefrain from the gesture. Otherwise they must expect to be classed with | feck, she said, | an. | sippet said. 7z A MARY ¢ E_ o WALKER. A e E———BN | AN OLD ATTITUDE WHICH SHOULD BE AVOIDED. | | those who are acquiring the habits of | old folk. While advancing years do not. in themselves, detract from a wom- an’s charm, the foibles and eccentrici- ties of age tend to mar the attractive- | ness. One of these ways is smoothing the skin of face or neck with the hands. | The attitude of a thinker was sup-| poszed to be one in which the face rested in the crotch of finger and thumb, or in which the check was supported by the curved digits. The arm was propped Conquering Contract | the ony committy member we haven't utmgemv-ogl?{na%mm or other support. Here one won- de Was p?.he brain considered so heavy that when in action of thinking the entire head required to be held up, or what was the idea in associating th! attitude with thinking? In any event the classic attitude was supposedly taken by those of mature years. Children and young folk in such a posture would be simply amusing. Yet they are among the keen thinkers, not with harried brains, but with clear per- ceptions. To keep thid clear mental vision ito old age is & joy. It is wise, with it, to retain youthful gestures, for they bespeak a young spirit. Shading the ‘eyes with the "cupped hand is another old attitude. Young persons do this only when sunlight is so strong that it is dazzling, and the shade which the hand affords is wel- come. Aged persons frequently assume the posture when they are trying to concentrate. It shuts out distracting sights which disturb the mind, as too strong sunlight dims the physical vision. As a matter of fact, merely closing the eyes has the same advantage. So let this gesture of shading the eyes with the hand be scrapped for the sake of youthfulness. There are so many delightful things | which maturity alone can supply that adults should give themselves the bene- | fit of them, without letting gestures of age betray their advancing years. (Copyright, 1933.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Some lady came to see ma today on | account of them both being on the En- | tertaynment Committy of the Dawters | of Cleopattera, being a small lady with big front teeth named Mrs. Sippet, and her and ma started to tawk about buy- , ma saying, I'm in vor of calling a meeting of the com- itty as a whole. I think we're very| lucky in our committy members, I think we have some of the nicest mem- bers of the intire organization on our committy, she said. That's a way I feel, T wouldn't ask to be on a nicer committy, Mrs. Sippet | said. Take Mrs. Harker, for instants, | she's just as lovely as she can be. Of course I've heard she's a bit of a back biter, in fact I've found it out for my- self, but then I sippose nobody’s per: Yes, we have a lovely committy. she said. I feel that way, ma said. Now take | Mrs. Ribble, I never met a sweeter wom- In fact if anything she's too sweet. I always have a lerking sispiclon in the back of my head that she never means half the nice things she says to you, do you feel that way’? ma said. Yes I do, now isn't that strange? Mrs. I was just remarking to my husband 13st nite that nobody could possibly be as pleasant as Mrs. Ribble without something being behind it. I| consider Mrs. Garber quite an ornament to the committy, too, she lends a real tone, she's always so extremely well dressed. But what does she do it on, that's the question? she said, and ma | said, I'd like to know, I'm sure, every- body is well awere that her husband is on the narrow verge of a financial fail- ure, and yet she trots out a new gown or a new fur or new shoes at every meeting, it's a scandle. Mrs. Frisby is | mentioned, I admire her, dont you? ma | said. Well 'ves I do, T admire her without | respecting her, if you know what I mean, Mrs. Sippet said, and ma said, Well naturally no wom2an can use that much make up and still be quite ultra | respectable, if you know what I mean, and Mrs. Sippet said. I know perfeckly. Yes, all in all I dont think we could ask for a better committy, she said, and ma | said, Yes indeed we're unusuaily fortu- nate. 3 | Wich just then I heard the fellows yelling and argewing and I went out to change the subjeck. By P. HAL SIMS P. Hal Sims. Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the greatest living contract and auction “Four Horsemen” team and has won 24 national championships since 1924. The Immediate Jump Raise in No HAVE explained that the imme- diate response of three no trumps over an opening bid of one no trump is a rather mild slam try however, to speci that this applies only when the opening bidder wa$ dealer or second hand. I stated clearly that this jump raise was used for two depending on the position of the opening bidder. Its uses as a slam try, ing hand has not had the oppor- tunity to bid or pass, have, I hope, explained in the last few articles. I will now deal with the much which exists when you have passed, but your partner proceeds to open one no trump in either third or fourth hand position. Circumstances Are Different When You Have Passed. partner is informed of the limitation of your hand. He does not know how weak you are, but he does know that you have decided that your hand did not | bid. Nevertheless, if your hand is de- fensive in t you may have passed | hree primary tricks—or two and a half ! primary tricks with considerable sec- | tion. { you have passed as strong a hand | as this I believe you should immediately relieve your partner from guesswork by | response. He will know better than to | construe this as a slam try and will | read it as showing a hand just short | of a Sims bid. If there are slam hopes | view of his own holdings, and he must bid the slam immedliately in his next | bid if he considers | chance in the light of what he knows (a) Your hand presumably does not contain a five-card suit headed by the quecn, at any rate, he may not count | on a five-card holding to work with. | in iype, and contains as a_minimum Cane Sugars Standard of Quality player. He was captain of the te- Trumpsz. I in the Sims system. I was careful, distinct purposes, when the respond- been sufficiently simpler situation the bidding with When you have already passed your call for an opening first or second hand ondary or protective elements in addi- bidding three no trumps on your first | they will be apparent only to him. in about your hand, namel. (b) Your hand is therefore defensive | “Sweeten it with Domino” | rebid. | Be very careful, however, to remember two and a half primary tricks plus some secondary or protective holdings. Let these be your minimum requirements for a jump ralse in no trumps after having passed. (c) Its maximum primary trick hold- ings are three primary tricks, possibly with & queen or jack and a ten or two, but anvhow not enough to cause you to bid a no trump originally. He has, therefore, a certain amount of guess about your hand. and should assume that it is a minimum as de- scribed. He should not slam unless two and a half primary tricks plue, say. a queen or jack-ten will reasonably satisfy his needs for slam. ® With ro long suit to work with, it is advisable to _have something in reserve in slam bids. The probable margin between (b) and (c) will supply this safety. Protecting Third-Hand Bid. Although I am very strict about re- fusing to shade original no trump bids materially, it is at times necessary to shade them slightly, as already ex- plained, in third-hand position. Failing any rossible suit bid, you may open third hand on three primary tricks if they are not just three bare aces. If the responding hand, having pessed, now bids only two no trumns, you may pass, as the game is very unlikely unless he could jump it to three in accordance with the requirements set forth above. This procedure is an important protec- tion for the third-hand opening bid when a shaded one no trump is the only possible declaration. It relieves the opener from much guesswork on his It is a constructive safeguard. whether or not your partner has already passed whenever he raises your one no trump to three mo trumps, since the message conveyed is so very differcnt in the two cases. Mr 8ims will answer all inquiries .n contract that are addressed to this news- paper with self-addressed stamped envelope. (Copyright. 1933.) o Pot Roast. Cover or dredge four pounds of pot roast or beef with flour and sear in s heavy pan in four tablespoonfuls of hot fat. When the meat is a deep brown on all sides add one cupful of washed dried apricots, one cupful of chopped celery, one cupful of sliced carrots and six small peeled potatoes. Season well with salt, pepper and minced parsley. Add two cupfuls of water. Cover and cook for about two hours, or until the meat is tender. it a reasonable | f 100 NEW SPRING COATS 798 FORMERLY 9.93 to 14.73 The best sellers of the season reduced, because sises are not complete in all styles. All wool, all silk lined, in sport and dress types, plain and fur trimmed. Marvelous values. Womens Stouts SIGMUNDS 7th&H st Misses THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, MODES OF THE MOMENT Uncommon Sense The Big Job BY JOHN BLAKE. OR a good many now, law- abiding people have been more or less at the mercy of crim- inals. ‘The law-abiding people have other things to do besides fighting gangsters and racketeers, The gang- sters and racketeers have nothing whatever to do but their own criminal business. They work at it dll; and night. The law-abiders work only now and then, when some particular out- n&:flexv:lwl them. sequently things are getting worse instead of better, although when the control of intoxicants is taken out of the hands of crooks there may be some improvement. But even then enough of them will go into the nar- cotic trade, which is more easily han- dled, to be & continuing menace. PR ‘Why do criminals prosper? Because, as yet, people are not sufficiently afraid of them. Probably nine-tenths of the people in every country never saw & gang- ster or a racketeer. The actlvities of gangsters and racketeers do not much disturb the average citizen. But, sooner or later, somethlni must _be done about them, and it will be the big job of the time. I don’t know how soon that big job will be attended to, but it will be done, partially, at least, inside of a few years. Some particular atrocity will get people excited. They will begin to think about their own safety. words, they will begin to get afrald of the criminals, and beware of a peo- ple that is frightened. Nobody is so dangerous as one <vho is scared. Fortunately, honest and law-abiding ppeople are in the vast majority. When that majority really realizes what is going on there will be a change. * kX ¥ Mr. Mussolini, in a few years, wiped out of existence a criminal organiza- tion which had terrorized a part of Italy for hundreds of years and whose members believed that they could con- tinue in the same old way to the end of time. . Not one of them is active today. Most of the old-time ringleaders are in prison. That can be done in every country, and it will be done. All tha is needed is united action. And there are indications that this will zoon be taken. The majority can rule whenever it desires to. And there is every indi- cation that the desire to free modern nations from thieves and murderers and highwaymen is increasing at a rate which would terrorize the objects of it, if they had the intelligence to under- stand what it means. Instead. with common criminal stu- pidity, they will continue their work | until they force law-abiding people to rid the country of them. — e The 01d Gardener Says: Two new strawberries, which seem likely to be especiaily val- uable for the home garden, bear the names of Fairfax and Dor- cett. Emphasis s placed on their high quality, especially their flavor. It must be remembered, though, that strawberries are pe- cullar in the fact that kinds whjch flourish in some sections are complete failures in others. One of the Fall-bearing straw- berries, however, Mastodon, seems less particular about location than most other kinds. It has the advantage of giving an ex- cellent crop in the Spring, with another large crop in the Autumn. The berries are larger than other Fall-bearing _kinds, and the flaver is good. It is & novel experience to pick quarts of strawberries in late Summer, but this experience ¢an be en- joyed by setting out a few dozen Mastodon plants this Spring. THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR. S 7/ TAMP-COLLECTING became a| wide-spread “hobby” in England | about the year 1880, less than 25 years after the first postage stamp was printed in Great | Britain. | Since that time, the hobby has| spread far and wide, and there are thousands of stamp collectors. One col lector had a curious idea—he made & | suit out of postage l!lmrs! Strange tales are told about old-{ time postmen. We read of a man who carried letters in Cornwall, England, | D. C. WEDNESDAY, (2 =3 Vis postal service. There were relay stations where a message was taken from one bird and placed on another. Since pigeons could not be loaded down very heavily, messages were writ- ten on the thinnest paper which c(ruldl be found. (For “General Interest” section of your scrapbook.) UNCLE RAY. . Pear Mallow. Eighteen marshmallows, 1 cup crushed APRIL NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. 19, 1933. Badger. Taxidea Taxus. HE badger believes in using dis- | cretion. In fact. he has prac- | ticed this art so long that he has been called a timid creature. He prefers safety and avoids dan- ger, but once in a fight he stays to the finish and proves that he has courage and- stubborness. He can whip his weight in wildcats, once he gets start- ed, and can do more things to worry his foes than one could imagine. expression, “to badger,” origin- ated with them, and means to harass and worry. Any one witnessing a bad- ger and dog settling their difficulties knows that it is the dog who gets the worst of it. Before the rolling prairies and barren sage bush countries were under culti- vation, the West had an oversupply of these industrious creatures. Their nu- merous burrows were a menace to cat- tle and many a horseback rider had a painful spill. However, they were hunt- ers of the mice, ground squirrels, goph- | ers and prairie dogs, and their assist- ance in keeping down these little thieves was worth while. The foxes and coyottes, for reasons purely selfish, kept on friendly terms with the badgers, and used their tunnels for their private hunting expeditions. A badger is rarely seen in the day- time and, if caught away from his | burrow, tries with might and main to | dig one in which to hide. Once fairly | within his doorway, it is almost im- | possible to dislodge him, so great is the strength of his front feet. If this way of escap is cut off, he tries mak- ing himself as inconspicuous as pos- | sible by lying flat upon the ground. His long hair blends in with the land- | scape and he gets away. If chased by dogs, his low-swung body prevenis thém from reaching vulnerable parts, i no | | | while he makes the most of his op- portunity and uses his sharp teeth. | The honey bees and their sweets are the one temptation the badzer family cannot resist and they suffer many | stings in order to get a treat. Birds’ WOMEN'’S FE MORE TRUTH ATURES. THAN POETRY BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE. Registering Dismay. It fills me with alarm to learn From scieitific men That when pursued a germ will turn ‘To something else again. The bug that spreads around the pip May wrench his form askew, And, thus disguised, may nimbly skip Inside of me or you. With mites like these how can we cope? They take another shape When hunted with a microscope And craftily escape. When, in a playful, sportive m-od, Thelr features they disguise And thus thereafter they elude ‘The keenest pair of eyes. | For years the creatures dashed about, As you, perhaps, recsll, Before a stricken world found out | Thst there were germs at all. | And when man isolated them, | _And had them licked—he thought— | By base device and strategem | They brought his chase to naught. | What chance has man with teeming swarms Of bugs with powers possessed To change themselves to other forms | And thus evade his quest? I find no thought in this that cheers; |~ 1 gloomily predict That, in another million years, The germs will have us licked. (Copyright, 16331 A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. 'HE decision of Eugene Meyer to re- sign as governor of the Federal Reserve board and return to private business may have at least one imme- diate effect in the Capital. Huey Long of Louisiana, the self- styled “Kingfish™ will be robbed of one of his favorite topics on which to make speeches in | the Senate. Almost since Long's coming to the Senate, many of his bitterest attacks have had Eugene Meyer as & central theme. He could never get more worked up or storm more vehemently than on these occasions. He accused Meyer but was very slow in making deliveries. | canned pears, 4 tablespoons pear juloe, €ggs are hunted on every occasion and of being responsible for financial ills. Complaints led officials to try to find | what was the matter. They learned that the postman was in the habit of | ger, 3 teaspoons lemon juice, }z pint| pausing along his way to shave cus- tomers or to cut their hair! In an Irish village about the year 1855, a 10-year-old boy who did not know how to read was a letter-carrier! | | He showed letters to pecple along the | iy qened, combine with the stiffy beaten street, and let them pick out i own mail. i Before the days of the railroad, let- | ters were carried in stage coaches. | Roads were not kept in good condition, | and letters were much delayed when | coaches were stuck in the mud. The| usual custom was to collect money for postage from the person who received | the letter. If that custom were still in | force, we might hesitate to write to a | friend because our letter would cost| him money. | We think of the swift trains and | airplanes which transport modern | mail: but even today there are places where mail is taken from place to place by pack-horses. This is true in moun-‘, tainous parts of Peru, and it is also true of Iceland. In Iceland “trains”| of ponies, one behind the other, carry wooden boxes on their backs, each box filled with letters and packages. ‘The air mail of olden times was taken by carrier pigeons. It is stated that a sultan who ruled Egypt 800 years ago had 2,000 of these birds for his 3 tablespoons sirup from preserved gin- whipping cream. Heat the marshmal- lows in pear juice over hot water until marshmallows are melted. crushed fruit, ginger sirup and lemon juice: cool. When guite cold and slightly cream. Pour into trays of automatic ;Iemxenwr and freeze about three ours. . MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Sliced Oranges and Bananas. Dry Cereal With Cream. Eggs Scrambled With Tomato. ‘Toast. Marmalade. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Chicken Croquettes. Green Peas. Clover Rolls. ‘Taploca Pudding. DINNER. Cream of Spinach Soup. Broiled Lamb Chops, Mashed Potatoes. Cauliflower au Gratin Radish and Qucumber Salad, French Dressing. Apple Roll. Coftee. Tea. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS (Copyright, 1933, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 8] °| least thirty years old? ON THE ONE OCCASION WHEN YoUu FORGOT TO BRING A HANDKERCHIEF SOMEONE OSTENTATIOUSLY ASKS TO BORROW IT FOR A CARD TRICK Casserole of Chicken. Cut up an old chicken and dip in flour and brown in olive oil with a clove in a casserole and pour/over it & me- dium-sized can of tomatoes or & pound | of fresh tomatoes shiced. Beason well | with salt and pepper and put a few slices of bacon over the top. Cover and cook in & slow oven for at least two hours, or until very tender. Long, slow cooking develops the flavor. Important i IT IS very important that the young lady who was seen hanging the family wash in her small apartment should sit down and figure out what it costs her to do that wash. She will find that soap, blueing, starch, gas, electricity, labor, ete., cost her more than good laundry service would have cost.. We suggest that she phone Decatur 1120 and find [J | out how little the Manhattan Laundry charges for its pop- | ular Thrift Service. Delicious with full natural flavor GET KRAFT AMERICAN at your groces’s. Any size cut you want . . . from the five. S | wee nestlings are mere appetizers to | them. | The mother badger has all the re-* | sponsibilities of homemaking, as well !as guarding her children. A roomy | the main burrow in which she hunts, 'and here fresh leaves and soft grasses |are placed for her twins and some- ! times triplets. In April. when the| | babies are born, they are at first blind and helpless, but at 1 month old they are capable little creatures and resem- ble therr parents. In a very short time they are digging their own small | burrows and chasing the grubiet and | scampering_mouse. When fully grown, the badger is the size of a spaniel. The long hair is| silvery gray and yellowish-white at! the base. The blackish hairs are tipped | with white. Their crown, neck and muzzle are brown, and their cheeks, | chins and the backs of the ears have black bars on them. A stripe of white | runs from the tip of the nose to the | tip of the tafl. The feet are built for digging and a new burrow is con- structed every 24 hours. Wisconsin is known as the Badger State because of the great number of these animals there at one time. Of course, today the badger is being pushed farther and farther away and in a short time will be an object of curiosity in some zoological park. (Copyright, 1833.) Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Is It True? 1. That mest human beings do not | know_their own rights? 2. That the habit of exaggerating de- feats one’s attempts to be exact? 3. That you may think so much that you may lose your emotional life? 4. That obedience to law is liberty? 5. That position means inactivity? Can it be that the higher you climb in gout organization, the less you have to 0? 6. That activity is the basic want of | all men? 7. That emotional stirrings are caused by unorganized activities? 8. That the use of profanity indicates & limited vocabulary? 9. That some persons allow their heredity to control them? 10. That your personality is your po- tential emotional strivings? 11. That no one really wants wealth? 13. That your intelligence may be by your willingness to dis- cuss serious questions? 13. That worth-while opinions are at 14. That the person who struggles to | keep up with the times has nothing else to do? (Copyrig'4, 1 Tuudes. One-half cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 13} cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 egg white, blanched almonds, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 4 tablespoons | sugar. Cream the butter, add the sugar | gradually and the egg well beaten. Then | add the flour mixed and sifted with the baking powder. Chill, roll one-eighth inch thick. Cut in rounds or stars and brush over with the white of an egg and sprinkle with sugar mixed with cin- namon. Split the almonds and arrange three halves on each tart at equal ¢is- tance and bake 10 to 12 minutes in a slow oven, 300 degrees Fahrenheit. He kept it up to the very last. The day before Meyer's resignation was offi- cially announced, he took the floor to ‘Add the | nursery is constructed. leading from | attack him. Whether Meyer himself ever com- mented on these attacks by Long or what he thought about them, outsiders never knew. He is not the kind of man who could say. Actually, although Meyer, since as far back as 1917, has been an impor- tant figure in the official life of the Capital. few men have occupied the positions he has in those years who have had as little known about them personally. Those familiar with the official haunts of Washington are sble to rec- ognize the broad-shouldered, bald, be- spectacled man when he visits Capitol Hill to appear before & congressional | committee or when he is sighted around the Treasury. But that's about all. His many positions in the Govern- | ment during the last 15 or more years | have earned for him the reputation as | “the Government's handy man.” In almost every major project pro- viding emergency financial aid for agrie culture and other industries he has | been called upon either for counsel in | setting up the relief agency or for active supervision He was managing director of the War Finance Corporation, the Government organization which for several vears | conducted an industry and agricultural | Joan business ai the rate of several | million dollars a day. He was a mem= | ber of the Federal Farm Loan Board for two years, and has besn governof of the Federal Reserve Board since 1930, His first Government t was on the advisory commission of the war-time Council of National Defense. My Neighbor Says: A good sauce for stewed fruit is made by boiling one-half ounce of very fine sago in one-pint of milk till so tender that the grains almost disappear. To remove marks on paint which have been made with matches, rub them with lemon, then with whiting, and finally wash with soap and water. At least once a year take down shades, stretch them out on a flat surface, and after dusting them thoroughly, go over them with a wet (not dripping) cloth, rubbed lightly with white soap. Clean a portion of the shade at a time, rinsing off the soap with a cloth squeezed out of clear water. Dry thoroughly. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY IF HE HAD NOT KNOWN JUST WHAT TO DO FOR A SPLITTING HEADACHE @ Twenty-minutes ago, a ragin, headache. Two tablets o Bayer Aspirin, and complete relief. That's service! That's what you can count on when you see the Bayer cross on aspirin tablets. The way the; are made gives them speed. Quick to dissolve means quick to relieve. You cannot get the same resulls from a slower tablet. Time a Bayer Aspirin tablet anynewlingerie this year!” Luxremoves, iration, saves delicate colors and con! Hi.‘m mfih colors, weaken silk. Anything safe in water is safe in Lux. LUX # in a glass of water; in your stomach; in the time it takes to feel the actual relief. And don’t hesitate to use Bayer Aspirin because of this s[\)eedy action. You_ could_take it every day without ill effects; it does not depress the heart. Insure your comfort—in and out of business hours—by carrying Bayer Aspirin in the convenient pocket tin.