Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1934, Page 48

C—10 CommonSense MAGAZINE PAGE. DevelopsCharm Y - - N THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934 BY BARBARA BELL. OMEN with a conser\‘auvey respect for things wrap-| around will like the house- | dress we have worked up| for them in today's pat-| tern. From all angles this is a su-| perior design. For it balances the | domestic scales with charm on one side and on the other common sense. | Of its kind, this type of work-| frock remains the most satisfactory | on the market. The simple construc- | tion of the pattern is of particular interest to practical sewers. | The back is made in one piece.| Instead of ending in a shoulder seam, ' it extends over to the front, forming & yoke onto which the front s of the dress are attached with & few gathers. Seams at the waistline are eliminated, and form-fitting lines achieved by means of darts. ‘Two types of sleeves are given. The short one, shown in the sketch is slashed to give freedom. This is the preferred length with most women. The other one is long and comforta- bly loose, with a puff fitting into a wrist band. For Midwinter, these are regarded highly by those who wear underwear with sleeves. In a general survey of house- esting . material suggestions—tissue ginghams in combinations of gay col- ors—percales i1 tie-silk designs— bright, new broadcloths and poplins in strong, solid colors. New seer- suckers are notable for their authen- itc plaids,, their vivid checks and their subtle arrangement of fancy stripes. Most of these wash fabrics are anti- crease, pre-shrunk and guaranteed to keep their color. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1534-B is designed in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50. Size 36 requires about four yards of 36-inch material. (See dressmaking chart for other measure- ments.) Every Barbara Bell Pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to follow. BARBARA BELL, Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1534-B. Size..... Name ....ceeeeeeeccccsccnsnnes Address (Wrap coins securely in paper.) dress fashions, we have found inter- (Copyright. 1034.) Uncle Ray's Corner Guitar and Violin. MANY a Spaniard has sung & song | while he played a guitar beneath the window of his fair lady. The guitar is a stringed instrument, with a sounding box somewhat on the order of a violin, but not just the same. ‘There is a round opening below the strings. The player plucks the strings with the fingers of the right hand and manages the finger board with his left hand. Gultars have been made in many sizes and in different shapes. A large one, known as “the barp guitar,” was invented more than a century ago. The standard guitar of the present day has six strings, three of them made of gut and the other three of silk “spun over” with silvered wire, Spain and Italy appear to be coun- tries in Europe where the guitar was first known; and the Moors are given credit for teaching them to use it. Some form of the instrument was known to the East long before it came into use in Southern Europe. We seem to be in debt to Asia for & greater instrument, the violin. This is played when a bow is drawn over the strings, and it can be made to produce melody of the greatest sweet- ness. There is nothing in the world of music which I enjoy more than to hear such a master as Fritz Kreisler play on the violin. The history of the violin is not easy to trace; but we know that the Hindus had instruments played with bows in ancient times. At least two or three kinds of violin “ancestors” were used in India and Burma 2,000 years ago, or more. Our modern violin grew out of the “yiols” which became popular in Eu- rope about the year 1500. Viols were made in different sizes and gave rise to the viola and the cello, as well as to the violin. The art of violin-making reached its highest point during the lifetime of Antonio Stradivarius, whose home was | » in Cremona, Italy. He was a pupil of Nicolo Amati, a member of a famous violin-making family. Violins made in | Cremona won fame all over Europe; end at this day a genuine Stradivarius violin is worth a small fortune. One secret of the beautiful tone of the old Italian violins is believed to vest in the varnish. A violin needs varnish to keep its quality, but the e leLllPs DELICIOUS ED VEGETABLES PHILLIP varnish used at Cremona was of a spe- cial kind. After drying, it remained elastic. Knowledge of how to make the varnish was lost after the death of the sons of Stradivarius, Modern A HARP-GUITAR OF A CENTURY AGO. efforts to make exactly the same kind of varnish have failed. (For History Section of your scrap- book.) If you would like the new leaflet, “Fifty-five Riddles and Answers,” send a 3-cent stamped, return envelope to me in care of this newspaper. UNCLE RAY. (Copyright. 1934.) e Dresses Made of Straw. Evening dresses made of woven straw were shown recently in London. lnagine paying 3102 LESS FOR ALL 0ILCLOTH NEEDS NE housewife tells another—and women flock lokbug u}e amazin| n%; Fabray! It's a new kind of material wi an oilcyioth surface but a solid fibre back, instead of the “cheesecloth” backing so common in ordinary oilcloth. Twelve dis- tinctive patterns. And you save % or more! Buy FABRAY today—for all ocilcloth needs at these 5¢ and 10c stores: Woolworth’s, 1201 F St. N.W G. C. Murphy Co., F & G Sis. between “Store, 400 t, P E s i ferre o Nin & £ ‘B 8. 8. Kresge C MoCror: BY P. HAL SIMS. Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the greatest living contract and auction player. He was captain of the renowned “Four Horsemen” team, now disbanded, and has won 24 national champion=- ships since 1924. These articles are based on the Sims system, which includes the one-over-ome principle, which the Sims group of players was the first to employ and develop. Fourth Best Lead. (Continued.) N YESTERDAY'S column T dis- ] cussed the rule of eleven and ex- plained why I decided to give up its benefits because of its handi- caps. Upon occasion I still lead the fourth best of my suit, but under ordinary circumstances I lead the bot- tom of the suit. This theory of mine has been adopted by a great many other play- ers, so that it has lost some of its surprise value. The declarer is apt to be suspicious now, and hold up his aces, no matter how many innocuous- looking deuces are pushed at him. There is another angle to the mat- ter—so radical that I hardly dare to voice it. However, here goes! Did you ever try leading the third best? During the recent Asbury Park tournament two newcomers to na- tional competition were playing against Louis Watson. Mr. Watson is not a man who can be easily fooled, yet this happened: He held in his own hand the ace, eight and four of hearts. Dummy dis- closed the queen, nine, six and five The opening lead was the seven spot of hearts. Incidentally, Mr. Watson was playing the contract at four spades. What could the seven spot lead mean? It could hardly be the fourth best of the opener's longest and strongest suit, unless he was leading from the king, jack, ten, seven. If he was making that unusual lead, Mr. Watson's eight would win the trick in his own hand. The chances were that he was leading either a doubleton, or the top of nothing. If so, his partner held the king, jack, ten. Mr. Watson ducked the trick in dummy, and, sure enough, the ten went up. By merely ducking that trick Mr. Watson in- sured against the return of the suit Nevertheless, after winning the trick with the ten, the third hand returned the suit, with a complete disregard of the consequences. At this point there seemed to be a strong fishy smell about the whole hand. Mr. Watson hesitated, some guardian angel whis- pering that all was distinctly not well. Once committed to his course, how- ever, he was going to fight it out on that line if it took all Summer. He played low. The opener won the trick with the king and returned a third round of the suit, which the third hand trumped. ‘The player on lead had opened his | best suit—four hearts to the king, jack. He had merely happened to lead the third best instead of the fourth best. (Copyright. 1034.) Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on con- tract that are addressed to this newspaper with addressed. stamped envelope. How It Started BY JEAN NEWTON. To Be on a High Horse. 'HERE are many people on a high horse who conceivably have never touched this quadruped. The expres- sion is a figurative phrase implying arrogance and domination, lording it over the rank and file of us. And honestly does this metaphor come by its significance. For we have it from the bearing and the practice of the medieval knight on parade. It took considerable accouterment to turn out a knight completely equipped for his business of the day. With his armor and his hefty weapons, none but a strong, tall horse could carry such a formidable, awe-inspiring and splendidly heavy burden; but he did look grand and he surely was up! It is to this chapter in history that | we have the allusion, when we say of | a persons that he or she is on a high horse. (Copyright, 1034.) «+ . vegetables in their most tasty form. PHILLIP DELICIOUS DOCTOR SAID SHE NEEDED “BULK™ FOR HER CONSTIPATION® Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN Brings | Relief to Mrs. Maneely Read the following unsolicited letter: “Up to five years ago, I knew no end of suffering caused by consti- | pation.* I used all kinds of laxa- | tives but only found relief till I got | used to them. My physician told me to get some Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN, and instructed me how to use it. “T did just as I was told by my doctor, and today I send my high- est praise for what your ALL-BRAN has done for me.” — Mrs. Jas. Maneely, Jr., 9 Kilburn St., Valley | Falls, R. L. *Due to insufficient “bulk” in meals. ALL-BRAN provides gentle “bulk” to help overcome common constipa- | tion. It is also a good source of vitamin B and iron. The “bulk” of ALL-BRAN is often more effective than the “bulk” in | fruits and vegetables, as it does not | break down within the body. Two tablespoonfuls daily are usually sufficient. If not corrected this way, see your doctor. Isn't this food much pleasanter and safer than risking patent medicines? Get the red-and-green package at your grocer’s. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. Keep on the Sunny Side of Life A ») Dorothy Dix Says Here’s One Boy Who Stops to Think He May Be Breaking Girl’s Heart by His Casual Attentions. them. not hurting myself. EAR MISS DIX—Will it break a 22-year-old girl's heart if she falls in love with me and finds that I will never marry her? I am not in love with her. She doesn't have many boy friends nor many attentions from I don't begrude the hours spent with her, so am I am just being friendly to her. A YOUNG BIM GUMP., Answer—Well, son, remember the trouble that Uncle Bim had with the Widow Zander, and especially what happened when he flirted with Millie, and beware of playing around with lovely ladies. It is never a safe diversion for any man in these days of breach-of-promise suits, when so many women require that their wounded affections be healed by a poultice of greenbacks. B!IT I commend you for considering the girl's side of the matter as well as your own. Most of the men whose attentions are without intentions are concerned solely with their own get-away and never give a thought to the harm they have done to the girl whose love they have won and whose best years they may have wasted and whom they may have doomed to spinsterhood. Personally, I think there is no greater cad on earth than the man who deliberately sets himself to win a girl's heart without intending to marry her. He takes the most precious thing in the world and makes of it a plaything with which to amuse himself, and when he tires of it, he throws it away as a child does a toy of which it is wearied. And that is all there is to it so far as he is concerned. Selfishness and egotism can go no farther nor work any crueler wrong. OF COURSE, girls whose affections have been trifled with, as the old phrase goes, do not die of broken hearts. Sometimes it would be better for them if they did. For something in them has been killed that is more precious than life itself. Their faith in men has been slain. The fine flower of their youth, the glamour of romance, the joy, the thrills, the palpitations of love are gone from them forever. It is a terrible thing for 2 man to rob a girl of these and to All her heart so full of love for him that there will never be room in it for any other man. Plenty of girls who get over first loves marry, but they have only the cold ashes of affection to give their husbands. Their flame of love burned itself out at the feet of a man who did not want it. CONSIDER also how unfair a deal you are giving a girl when you blight her chances of making a good marriage when you do not mean to marry her yourself. You know very well that when a girl is young and pretty and fresh she is most attractive to men and that if she doesn’t catch a husband while she is at the peak of her charms she is not likely to get one at all. You also know that if you take up all of her time and attention, if you are seen out with her everywhere, that you are deliberately sacri- ficing her chances of marrying and settling herself in life to the pleas- ure you find in her society. You keep other men away from her because they naturally assume that you are engaged to her and are going to marry her. 'OU may say that you have been honest and fair with the girl, that you have told her that your attention are merely platonic, and that you are not in love with her. when he tells her that when he also keeps on coming to see her, No woman will believe a man ‘The woman in love is the most optimistic fool in the world and she keeps on hoping against hope that she can work the miracle of turning liking into loving, and that she can make herself so necessary to a man that he will not be able to live without her. The only honorable thing for a man to do when he finds a girl is falling in love with him and he does not return her affection, is to keep away from her. of fuel Force her to realize that her case is hopeless. Let the fire of passion in her heart burn out for want Let her find some new boy friend and give her a chance to marry and be happy. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1934.) Chicken Eclairs, These call for the white meat of two good-sized stewing chickens which have been simmered until tender, al- lowed to cool in the liquid, then removed, drained and the breasts cut into dice. You should have four cup- fuls of chicken, to which add half a cupful of canned mushrooms sliced, three and a half cupfuls of well made white sauce, using half cream and half chicken stock, with seasoning to taste; a dash of mace is very good with creamed chicken. The eclairs may be bought, or you may make them after a recipe for cream puffs, pressing out the paste in lgng, narrow fingers, 5 inohes by 1!2 inches. When baked cut in halves lengthwise and fill with the hot chicken preparation. | Put together and serve on warmed | plates with the potato straws and a relish. If the eclairs are ordered from the confectioner or caterer, reheat them before filling. Family Serves 100 Years. H. Ransome has been appointed to succeed his uncle as parish clerk at Sherborne Church, Norfolk, England, a post held by the family for more than 100 years. Who Are You? BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. 'HE name Bertram, meaning “fair and pure,” was a well-known Saxon personal name. It was evidently a local name also, as there are several place names dating back to a very early period in England. Two baronies by tenure were held in the name of Ber- tram down to the thirteenth century. One William Bertram founded the Priory of Brinkburne in County North- umberland in the time of Henry I Some of the Bartrams and Ber- trams of America trace their ancestry to Richard Bertram of Derbyshire, whose son John came to Pennsyl- vania in 1682 and settled in Chester County. In 1689 he was a member of the Assembly. He died in 1697. His son Wiliam was also a member of the Assembly. John Bartram, the grandson of the settler John, was a celebrated botan- ist of Philadelphia. He was one of the founders of the American Philo- sophical Society in 1743, of which Benjamin Franklin was also a founder. John Bartram established in Philadelphia the first American botanical garden. This garden is now preserved as a park and is a noted show place of Philadelphia. John Bartram, son of the botanist, and James, his grandson, devoted much of their lives to the study of botany and to carrying on the work of their eminent predecessor. S Sonnysayings BY FANNY Y. CORY. | I got 10 cents t’ spend but by the time I make up my mind what I want I can't get nowhere near it——. (Copyright. 1934.) She likes her Montha We CAKE FLOUR —because it makes cake exactly to her notion of what a deliciously moist cake should be. You will like Martha Washington Cake Flour, too—and the 3-1b. package means MORE QUANTITY and BETTER QUALITY. ‘Adopt the “Pantry Pals” for the Christmas Baking PLAIN WASHINGTON FLOUR, the all-purpose flour. SELF-RISING WASHINGTON FLOUR—for biscuits, waffles, shortcake, etc. Made in a jiffy and without baking powder. MARTHA WASHINGTON CAKE FLOUR—the Perfect Cake Flour. For sale by grocers, delicatessens, markets, chain stores, etc. The “flour of the family.” WILKINS-ROGERS MILLING CO., W*inst All Guaranteed Tune in WRC and listen to drama- tization of “Little Women,” Mondays and Thursdays at 6:30. 2 - WOMEN’S FEATURES The Hay Diet New Way to Vibrant Health BY WILLIAM HOWARD HAY, M. D. Pelvic Abscess. HIS condition is one that leads to very acute danger, and is| seldom allowed to take its course, for fear rupture of the abscess may occur into the free pelvic cavity, with fatal septic peritonitis. This would be a very real danger if it did do such a thing. In my rather long ex- perience, how - ever, this has not once occurred, the abscess al- ways finding vent, into the rectum or the vaginal vault. Even as in appendicitis, where the danger of a septic peri- tonitis is looked on as most acute, when perforation of the appendix with resulting abscess has oc- curred. In not one of these cases have I | ever observed such denouement, al- | ways the appendiceal abscess finding a vent in the colon, where the pus drained off harmlessly. Pelvic abscess is almost always due to a tubal infection. Whatever the origin of the pus, it | originates almost always within the | Wm. H. Hay, M. D. fallopian tube, and the inflammatory process involves the cellular tissues | adjacent, till in this condition we have | a real acute frozen pelvis ‘The usual surgical procedure is to | open the abdomen and drain, unless the fluctuation of the abscess cavity can be felt through the vaginal vault or the rectum, when drainage is| usually undertaken without resort to a section of the abdomen This drainage is not usually accom- panied by any danger, while the open operation is dangerous. BREAKFAST. ‘Tangerines. Milk or buttermilk. LUNCHEON. Cabbage, green pepper and pimiento shredded on lettuce, sour cream dressing. Candied sweet potatoes. Steamed green beans. Dessert: Dates and nuts cream. Today's Hay Diet Menu. ] | | in DINNER. Onion soup. Apple, grated and celery dressing. Broiled calf’s liver. Buttered steamed beets. Steamed kale Dessert: Pureed sun-dried peaches with whipped cream. raw carrot salad, mayonnaise Coffee with cream and sugar may be added to any starch meal. Coffee with cream and no sugar may be added to a protein or alkaline forming meal. Neither procedure is either proper or advisable, especially as nature takes care of internal abscess so beautifully, if left to her own devices. The ice bag over the pelvis, daily or twice daily enemata for the purpose of keeping the colon emptied, and no food of any kind till the patient de- sires this, with a cold vaginal douche and cold sitz bath, perhaps also a cold wet abdominal pack—these constitute the things necessary to assist the body in its fight against the condition. Every abscess is evidence on the part of the body of a desire to get rid of some material that is an encum- brance; material that cannot be gotten rid of through the usual four channels of elimination, the lungs, skin, kidneys and bowels. When pelvic abscess occurs it is the very same thing. If the body is left to its own methods of recovery the inflamed tissues will break down into pus and pass out through a channel devised by the body as the most convenient and safest at the time. In the 43 years since beginning practice, I can truthfully say that in all cases of pelvic abscess the inflam- mation has matured and evacuated as pus, with far better health after- ward than before ths occurrence of this house-cleaning process instituted by the body. Usually, when abscess is allowed to take its course, the causative trouble will have been fully removed. Con- trariwise, if the abscess is evacuated surgically, there is too apt to be re- currence, due to the fact that the entire cause was not yet broken down by the inflammation. ‘When the simple boil is allowed to mature and to evacuate naturally, it is quite apt to be the end of that particular boil. If opened surgically, it 1s too often but the beginning of a series of boils, each resulting from an extension of the infections process through the lymph channels opened in cutting across them. These would | be sealed by the inflammatory process, if left alone. 250,000 Visit England. Estimators declare that 250,000 peo- ple visited England this year, come pared with 191,830 in 1933. PHILLI » DELICIOUS PAY LESS for dinner ONIGHT Y This fine sea delicacy «eeo STILL AT #ROCK - BOTTOM PRICES! Cut the cost of your main course! Let ARGO Red Salmon take the place of more expensive dishes. Brings you the proteins of the best lean meats—yet it is still at almost the lowest price in 18 years! Don’t forget, too, a single can feeds five healthy appetites. It’s all f_oid_ And such food! Great, just creamed, on toast. And oh—for a steaming salmon chowder these colder days! To excite most appetites, though, it does take red salmon. The preferred va- riety! The only kind you ever find in an ARGO can! Richer, tastier, more inviting. Hardly any difference in price—but a world of difference in enjoyment. not S.l'l(')fgl( up atmadlw‘m For That Hungry Feeling 1 can ARGO Red Salmon, 1 can peas, 2 cups thin white sauce, 1 cup fine bread or cracker crumbs. Break salmon into bits. Butter casserole, put in layer of salmon, layer of peas, layer of erumbs. Covet with sauce. Repeat until all used. Cover well with but- tered crumbs and bake in hot oven until crumbs are . Serve hot. —serves 6) (Tested