Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1935, Page 26

B—10 MAGAZINE PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Small Child's Summer Frock | Litle Bcnny BY BARBARA BELL. HILDREN'S clothes for Sum-| ( mer are full of ideas this year. They are refresuingly new in character, and most of them reflect themes pre- vailing in adult fashions. Emphasis, for instance, is placed on dropped shoulder seams, puffed sleeves, high necklines and skirts with feminine flares. A charming illustration of the pres- ent trend is seen in the frock pic-| tured. If you have little girls to sew for, it is an excellent design, besides | being a very simple one to make, The entire outfit—which includes panties —is made from nine pattern pieces. Mothers preferring a long sleeve will find one inclosed in the pattern. For immediate wear, before warm weather sets in, a puffed, wrist-length version is greatly liked. Most frocks for little children have matching panties. The ones that go with this dress are cut bias, and made in one piece, with an elastic run through a casing at the waist. Cottons for little people are en- chanting this season. Dimity pflnul are strewn with tiny sprigs and flowers. Lawns are as gay as a blos- soming countryside, and polka dots > bright colors on dark backgrounds— navy—wine—black and green. Dark contrast to match the predomi- nating motif is a new feature which introduces an element of change into youthful wardrobes. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1538-B is designed in sizes 2, 4 and 6 years. Size 4 requires (short sleeves, con- trasting collar and panties, bias) 233 yards of 36-inch material, !4 yard contrast. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide, which is easy to follow. This pattern appeared once before in this column. Because of its popu- larity, we are repeating it for the benefit of readers who did not see it. Babara Bell, Washington Star: Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1538-B. Size...es00 Name ....coovevnrencnnnnnances Address .eoeiiiiniinnenns . (Wrap coins securely in paper.) scamper over everything. Practical wash materials are printed with Nature's (Copyright. 1935.) Children BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY, Florida Box Turtle. ROVIDED with a house which has hinged doors, the box turtle enjoys an advantage over his foes. This coming Spring and Summer you will have many opportunities to renew your friendship with some of the outdoor folk you met last year, and also a chance to meet new ones. Box turtles usually are found where swamps and moist places are plentiful. You have learned, long ago, what fun it is to read the tracks of the wood folks, and the turtle leaves his message in the mud end sand. Though his tail is very abbre- viated, it makes its characteristic mark. Maybe you will see a fine old fellow with a “date” on his back. It is sort of like banding a bird, to get accurate data on its traveling possibilities. ‘The Florida box turtle has a very high-keeled carapace, which is the MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit Juice Rolled Oats with Cream Bacon and Fried Apple Rings Hot Corn Bread Coffee LUNCHEON. Cheese Omelet Lettuce, Russian Dressing Baking Powder Biscuits Banberry Tarts Tea DINNER. Vegetable Soup Meat Loaf, Brown Gravy Escalloped Potatoes Creamed Turnips Stuffed Celery Salad Apricot Pie Cheese Coffee HOT CORN BREAD. Beat 1 egg and add 1 teaspoon sugar and 1'; cups sweet milk. Mix, sift 113 cups white flour, 1, cup yellow cornmeal, 2 tea- spoons baking powder and 1 tea- spoon salt; stir in the liquid grad- ually, add 2 tablespoons melted butter, beat thoroughly, turn into & buttered shallow pan and bake half an hour in a quick oven. BANBURY TARTS. Stone and chop enough raisins to make 1 cup, add 1 cup of sugar, 1 cracker, rolled to a powder; 1 beaten egg, the juice and grated rind of 1 lemon and % teaspoon of vanilla. Make a good paste, roll very thin, cut into rounds, put & spoonful of the mixture in the center, press the edges of the pastry firmly together over the fruit, roll two or three times until flattened, brush with milk, sprinkle with granulated sugar and bake. APRICOT PIE. Two pounds of evaporated apricots stewed in enough water to cover them and more; add 2 cups of sugar and proceed as with any other ple; bake with 2 crusts. This makes 3 pies. (Copyright. 1935.) name of the upper shell. It is the roof of his home, and this gypsy can draw in his legs and bit of tail and close his doors so tight it is almost impossible to pry them open, re- maining thus until he decides to come out. ‘This turtle has a dark brown roof, with numerous greenish-yellow radi- ating lines. Most of the members of the family have plain plastrons— another name for the floor of his home, which is a beautiful clear green, with a yellow tinge. As you can see, he is alert, his sharp maendibles are yellowish, and % 5\13/ .m[fi{%: &5 il there is a pale strip from behind his eye to his neck. The young are brightly colored, and are small edi- tions of their parents—queer-looking little beasts and interesting pets. No reptile has such perfect pro- tection as the box turtle. Once with- in his fortress, he cares little how you try to intrude upon his privacy. See if you can insert a piece of paper between the upper end lower shell. The box turtle is strictly a land lover, and this proves his close re- lationship with the true tortoises. He does not build permanent burrows, as they do, because he has the wan- derlust habit. But he is a great hunter in grassy, open spots, where he has found the insects, grubs, and earthworms abound. A blackberry patch offers banquets most enticing, and it is a place you rarely fail to find one or more turtles with faces covered with blackberry juice. In m:&ml want you to make a point of see how much they look- as if they had been caught in the jam pot. It will be a feather in your cap to find the nest of eggs or young. The nursery is the soft ground under leaves. As Winter approaches, the box turtle burrows into the soft ground 2 feet deep, where the frost cannot reach him, and stays there until Spring, with its promise and fulfil- ment, arrives. (Copyright. 1935.) Crullers. Mix four egg yolks with four tea- BY LEE PAPE. ]POP was trying to make his new cigar lighter werk and ma said, I tried out your theory today, Willyum, I mean your theory about pertending to offer a beggar some werk just to prove 9 tents of them beg from choice and not necessitty. This particular man looked strong enough to werk, goodness knows, in fact he seemed just the tipe that can and wont. I mean the moment he ap- proached me with the usual tale of not being able to find anything to do I noticed his broad shoulders and un- willing expression, so I said to him in a brisk, assumed tone, Well, you're the very man I been looking for, I have a celler full of werk for a man like you. + So imagine my serprise when he took me up like a flash in the pan by reply- ing, G, lady, that’s grate, I'll go rite home with you. By gollies I said 9 out of 10 men and with your usual luck you must of lighted on the 10th, pop said, and ma said, Whatever his number was I didn't relish the ideer of being escorted home by his 3 day growth of beard and gen- relly sispicious appeerance, so I paint- Ied a glowing fictitious picture of the gassly state of our celler and warned him he would haff to have the werking ability of 3 ordnerry men to make any order of all that kayos, but all he said was, That's fine, lady, that sounds like severel day's werk and I'll sleep any- where, I'll sleep rite on your kitchen floor on a old rug. Yee gods, pop said, and ma said, Well, I weakly told him to give me his name and address and I'd think it over, and with that I thawt he'd berst into unemployed tears rite out there in the street. He insisted that it's agenst the law to promise a man werk and then not give it to him, and he threttened to call a poleeceman, and I was really afraid he really would, Willyum, so at his suggestion I gave him a doller for his good will, as he called it, and got away from him without more ado or ferther trouble. My goodness Willyum do you think he could of been bluffing me? ma said. Rest assured you weren't bluffing him anyway, pop said. Wich she proberly wasn't. — o Contract BY P. HAL SIMS. Mr. Sims is universally aeclaimed 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-one principle, | Which the Sims group of players was the first to employ and develop. Four-Four Trump Suit. AJ-6-5-4 VK. #Q-10-8-3 AA-K vJ-8-6 N €10-6-4 WiE &A-J-6-4-2 S #10-9-7-3 ¥A-10-9-5-3-2 $A-Q-5 %None 4Q-8-2 Q-4 €J-7-3-2 #K-9-7-5 OUTH opens the bidding with one heart. There can be no difference of opinion about that bid, West, being vulner- able, presumably passes. North responds with one no trump. It is true that he might give a construc- tive one-over-one of one spade, but what happens then? What is he go- ing to say over two hearts, two dia- monds or two clubs? The no trump response makes provision for all pos- sible secondary bids by South. Over two hearts, two diamonds or two clubs North will quietly bid two no trumps. Should South happen to bid xtwu spades, North will bid four spades. If South finds a two no trumps bid, North will merrily go on to three, and redouble the contract if he is doubled. When this hand was played in a | not-so-recent duplicate tournament, the bidding at almost everw table fol- lowed those lines. One heart, one no trump, two hearts, two no trumps. After North’s fine chance-giving bid of two no trumps, however, 70 per cent of the South players faltered not. In loud, confident tones, they braved a four-heart bid, coupled with a silent prayer that all of Norih's strength did not lie in the club suit. Unfortunately, even a lead out of turn would not have helped the de- clarer. Three spades and a heart had to be lost, though the heavens fall. A few of the declarers were wiser. Double dummy, South’s best response over one no trump is two spadss. North will bid four spades, thus end- ing the whole matter. But even the firmest advocate of weak four-cara suit bidding will not show a ten-spot high suit in preference to rebidding a six-card suit on such a hand as South’s, particularly when North's first response advertises a pitiful lack of strength. No, two hearts is the correct bid, but when North bids two no trumps, South should not bid four hearts, or three hearts, for that matter. He should bid three spades. It must be admitted that North has done a powerful lot of bidding on two kings and a queen. Therefore, know- ing that his partner’s spade suit is probably little better than his own, he might hesitate at raising to four. Nevertheless, three spades, making four, is far better than four hearts, making three, in match point dupli- cate. The hands happen to fit nicely. Change South’s small diamond to tae blank king of clubs and the bidding will follow the same lines, but four spades can’t be made. The important thing, however, is for South to show his spade suit—and we don't want to hear any foolish remarks about its not being biddable. Tomorrow’s Hand. AK-x-X VA-K-3-2 49-x-x SA-x-x 4#Q-10-9-x-x ¥x-x ¢K-J ax vQ-J-10 410-x-X-X &J-x-x W+E he nearly did go down, himself at the last moment by a sui- cide squeeze. (Copyright. 1935 TR S Dorothy Dix Says NE OF the effects of parents more popular with their children. old-age pensions would be to make aged For nothing pro- motes filial devotion so much as for father and mother to pos- sess fat pocketbooks, Between papa and mamma who are dependents and papa and mamma with checks and furs and jewels and automobiles to bestow is the difference between warm hands and the cold shoulder. ‘This is speaking in general terms. There are many exceptions to the rule. who have foregone having ho fathers’ and mothers’ heads. spent 20 or 30 years nursin Nct all children are mercenary. There are plenty of men mes of their own to keep a roof over their There are plenty of women who have g and tending and putting up with the whims and taprices of a poor, helpless old father or mother, and felt thems=lves privileged to do it. BUT ‘WE have also known plenty of cases where men and women repaid all of their parents’ love and sacrifice with ingratitude. We have known fathers and mothers to toil like slaves, to deny themselves every comfort of life, and to keep t! and daughters college educati hemselves impoverished, to give their sons ions and beter advantages than they ever had. And, later on, when the old hands were too feeble to work any more, and they turned to their children for support, we have beheld it given so grudgingly that every mouthful of bread must have stuck in the old people’s throats. Worse still, we have kn wait for their parents to die own greedy children who could not even to get their grasping hands on their pos- sessions and who persuaded father and mother to make over all their property to them on the pormise that they would take care of them. Then we have seen mother and father routed out of their own room because the children needed ‘was too dark and dismal for a guest chamber. it and relegated to some cubbyhole that We have seen them last served at the table and afraid to warm themselves at the fire that they had pestowed upon a son or daughter. AND even when the children would have been kind, we have seen sons- in-law and daughters-in-law who insulted and reviled them and who made the old people’s last days full of humiliation and tears, by making them feel that they were a burden and despised and unwelcome guests in their houses. It is for these unwanted parents, who must buy kindness and toler= ance from their children, that the old-age pension will prove a god- send. Mother and father whe who can help out the family 0 had to be helped and mother and father budget are two entirely different person- alities and occupy different places in the family. They are no longer despised mendicants. They are entitled to the best room in the house and to the liver wing of the chicken and to be treated with courtesy and consideration even by their in-laws. AND perhaps no relief of mind and no physical comfort that their pen- sion will bring them will give the old people so much happiness as *will the altered attitude of their children toward them. For fathers and mothers can starve for lack of their children's love as much as they can for lack of food, and they can be killed by their children’s coldness Just as surely as they can by lack of physical warmth. The blessed part of it all is that parents are so anxious to believe that their children love them as they love the children that they will never suspect that a few dollars wrought the miracle that changed John and Mary from a surly, neglectful son and daughter to tender and con- _siderate ones. UT let us not be too hard on the children whose affection for their parents has a price tag on it. selfish and self-seeking for the most sands of cases the margin of living possible to crowd an old man or woman on it, and when it has to be done it works great hardships on all. A man earns a small salary. He and his wife and children live in a cramped little cottage or flat not half big enough for their needs. The cost of every mouthful of food must be computed. To have to buy a new pair of shoes or a coat is occasion for despair. should be taken out, Johnny's teeth straightened, but there is no money And just having another mouth to feed is a calamity. for it. Human nature is human nature, part, and in thousands upon thou- is s0 narrow that it is almost im- Mary's tonsils 'HERE is no place in such a household for old parents, no money to care for them and no matter how much their children love them nor how tenderly, under happier circumstances, they would nurture them, they cannot but regard the old people as a burden, as the final straw that breaks the camel’s back. ‘When grandpa and grandma can pay their way with their pension, it will be a different story and instead of regretting to see them come, children will put out the mat with welcome on it. DOROTHY DIX. Bedtime Stories BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. In Real Trouble. Por careledsness we oft must pay, And bitter lessons learn that way. —Gray Fox. S adventures and how he had| fooled the hunters and their | dogs. He considered himself smart. Yes, sir, he did so. All the time he hadn’t been really smart at all. He had been lucky rather than smart. His cousin, Reddy Fox, could have told him that. Truth to tell, Reddy con- sidered his cousin anything but smart. Indeed, he considered that Gray Fox AFE in the ledge, where no dog could get at him, Gray Fox grinned as he thought over his had been nothing less than stupid to kill a lot of hens instead of being| satisfled with just one, or at most two. It was this act that had brought all those hunters and dogs to the woods.i But now that he was safe in the ledge, Gray Fox forgot the hunters, forgot the dogs, forgot even the hens. He was tired and wanted to sleep, and to sleep he went. He believed his troubles were over, anyway. Now, while he slept the farmer | whose hens he had killed returned to | that ledge and set several traps. He | set them with care and cunning. He | took the greatest care that none of them should carry the man smell. He set one at the entrance to the hole by means of which Gray Fox had en- tered that ledge. Then he set an- other just to one side of this, where Gray Fox would be likely to step in it should he become suspicious and tempt to walk around the other trap. Both were artfully hidden so that no one would be likely to suspect there was & trap anywhere about. Traps were also set at other openings that led into that ledge—steel traps with cruel, wide-spread jaws. And all the time Gray Fox slept and dreamed of fat hens and the fun of killing them. Now, with the people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows trouble that is over is trouble forgotten, or very nearly forgotten, in most cases. A few of the smarest remember and profit by the memory. Reddy Fox is one of these. Gray Fox is not so smart as his cousin, perhaps because he has not been hunted as much; perhaps because he is slower to learn from experience. 8o the fact that he had been driven into that ledge by dogs and hunters caused him little more than a passing thought when at last he awoke. He had escaped them, and he could. es- cape them again in the same way, so why give them so much as a thought until they should get after him again? He yawned and stretched, and finally made his way toward the entrance by which he had entered. “I am beginning to be hungry again,” said he to himself. if any of those hens I killed are where I left them. I wouldn't mind having The Debunker BY JOHN HARVEY FURBAY, PH. D. one of them right now, er a little| ater, anyway. I believe I'll go have | & look at that hen yard. Of course, I | will have to be careful so as not to get those hunters and dogs after me again. Still, I don't kncw that l‘ should worry about that. All I would| have to do would be te come straight here, and the distance isn't so great | but that I could do it without the possibility that any of them would ge: | near enough to be dangerous.” Just before he reached the trap that had been set for him just in | | AND ALL THE TIME GRAY FOX| SLEPT AND DREAMED OF FAT| HENS AND THE FUN OF KILL- ING THEM. front of the entrance something caused him to stop. He couldn’t have said what it was. He heard nothing, saw nothing and smelled nothing out of the way, yet all the time he had a feeling that he was in danger of some kind. He sat down to study the situa- tion. He could look out, and he was certain that there was no dog or hunter waiting for him out there. At last he started on, but for no reason that he could have explained he did not walk straight out; he turned aside, his eyes fixed on the place where that trap was hidden. He had a feeling that something was wrong right there. His whole attention was fixed on that spot. And so he did just what the trapper had thought he might do—stepped in the second trap that had been set at one side. Gray Fox was in trouble, real trouble. (Copyright. 1935.) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1935. Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS Small Worries. MOST persons worry at times over small things. Some do so all the time. To the person who worries only about big things, this small worry habit seems the silliest mental occu- pation on earth. But is it silly? Is it useless? Is it insignificant? Think twice. There are pretty likely to be good and suffi- cient reasons for every mental fact. One of the most useful of all the mental mechanisms is that by which the psychological being covers up his troubles. When you worry over trifles, you are pretty likely to be worrying over a lot of things that are by no means small and insignificant. You don't like to face the big worries, so you pick out the least important. By worrying over the small ones, you keep the big ones from taking up your time and temper. ° The big worries, for which the small are substituted, not only deceive your neighbors, but they often deceive your- self. You may put the real reasons for worry so far in the background that you forget all about them. This method of forgetting big worries may make you hysterical, but still you have invented an escape. . Sonnysayings BY F. Y. CORY. i I does things in a hurry, that takes me hours an’ hours t’ get ober—what with repentin’ an’ eberthing. (Copyright. 1935.) How It Started BY JEAN NEWTON. “Volcano.” 'OLCANO, popularly known as a burning mountain, comes to us di- rectly from the Italian, which in turn is derived from the Latin vulcanus, this root source containing the clue| to our story. For volcano is so called after Ro- man mythological god Vulcan, who| was the son of Jupiter and Juno. Vulcan was born lame, which fact, according to one version, made Juno 50 ashamed that she threw him out of heaven. Another version has ni that Jupiter, his father, would ha\‘e| none of him, because he took his! mother’s part in a quarrel. | At any rate, out of heaven traveled Vulcan, falling for an entire day and finally landing on the island, Lemnos here he carried on blacksmithing op- erations underground, the sparks from his anvil being clearly visible through the peaks of the Aegean's hills. Naturally enough, Vulcan became known as the god of fire, and after| him we have our English word vol- cano. i | | (Copyright. 1935.) My Neighbor Says: When making fruit cake, after mixing all ingredients together, put the mixture into the refrig- erator for 24 hours. During this time the fruit will swell and the dough becomes much lighter. To prevent rusting of the pan used under the refrigerator, coat the bottom and sides with par- affin. If window sills are waxed after they have been varnished or painted it will be much easier to keep them clean. Every housekeeper should know :e‘ere the water in the house can shut off. Ceilings may be ruined while you are waiting for & plumber to mend a leaking pipe. Never allow soup to boil. Let it simmer slowly. Much of the liquid is wasted in evaporation and the best of the flavor is lost if the soup boils or is heated too quickly. When meking cup cakes fill the cup cake tins only two-thirds full. It is not desirable to keep fish in the refrigerator, owing to the strong odor, but if neces- sary to do so, keep it covered closely. If a stove has become rusty or the blacking has burned off, try Tubbing the surface with a cloth dipped in vinegar and ap- plying the blacking immediately. 1t will take a better polish which will last much longer than if the vinegar were not used. (Copyright. 1935.) VICKS PLANor s CONTROL OF COLDS WOMEN’S FEATURES. Who Are You? The Romance of Your Name BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. THE arms here reproduced were found on the tomb of Capt. John Bonner, who was buried in the old Granary burying ground in Boston. He was the son of John Bonner of | London, who came to Boston in 1678 | and settled in Cambridge, Mass., about is: “Quarterly gules and sable, & cross pattee, quarterly ermine and or. Ona chief of the last a demi-rose stream- ing rays between two pelicans vulning themselves of the first. Crest—A talbot’s head argent, collared azure, studded, edged and ringed or. Motto— Semper Fidelis—Ever Faithful.’” The surname Bonner is derived from the French word “bonheur,” mean- ing time of happiness and prosperity. One of the most illustrious of the name was perhaps Rosa Bonheur, fa- mous French painter, noted for “The Horse Fair” and other great animal paintings. She was the first woman ever to receive the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. (Copyright, 1935.) —_ Pointed Paragraphs. It is easier for a girl to forgive a young man for kissing her than for not doing it. Even the prima donna finds it ad- visable to employ a press agent to sing 1697. Color description of the arms her praises. “Uncle Ray’s Corner Doctors of Days Gone By. | EAR the coast of Asia Minor, only a few miles from the southwest corner of Turkey, is the Island of Cos about 25 miles long an area of 110 square miles, population is about 10,000 Cos does not play an important part in present-day life, but 2,350 | years ago it was the home of a famous | medical school, and we are told that the greatest teacher in the school was Hippocrates. | Hippocrates is known as “the Father of Medicine.” There were doctors long before he was born. and in Egypt men had learned some of the secrets of the healing art; but it appears that he did a great deal to lead doctors to new and better methods in dealing with disease. Hippocrates was of Greek blood, and he traveled widely visiting Athens, Delos and other places. Even during his lifetime, he was known as “the Great.” After his death his fame grew by leaps and bounds, and he came to hold the highest place It is and has The {among doctors of ancient times, with the possible exception of Galen. At least 60 books are classed in the “Hippocratic collection.” but it is not likely that the master wrote more than six or seven of them, if that many. Others were written by his pupils, or by later teachers in the school at Cos. Still others may have been written by men who had no part in the school, but who tried to follow | the teachings of the great doctor. { In the books we learn about some of the remedies which were used by the Greeks. A herbal drink was made from “raisins, wheat, saffron, pome- granates and so forth.” Barley water and barley gruel were believed to be very healthful. A mixture of honey and water was supposed to be “sooth- ing,” and honey and vinegar served as a kind of cough sirup. In many modern schools where students are trained to be doctors, each must take the “Hippocratic oath.” The oath starts in this manner: “I swear by Appolo, Physician, by Asclepius, by Health, by Panacea, and by all the gods and godesses . . . to hold my teacher in this art equal to my paren 0 make him partner in my livelihood; when he 1s in need of money, to share mine with him .. " The words go back to the Greek, |and are not always given in English in just the same way, but they include a promise that the doctor will do no harm in any home he enters to cure the sick, and not to tell secrets he learns about his patients. Credit for the oath has been given to Hippocrates, but it is probable that other ancient doctors shared in composing it (For history section of your scrap- book). Seven Wonders of the World! Do you know what they are? Would you like to know more about them? If 50, write to Uncle Ray to ask for his “Seven Wonders” leaflet, and enclose 2 3-cent stamped envelope addressed to yourself. UNCLE RAY. (Copyright. 1935.) Modes of the Moment BARGAIN THRIFTY LAUNDRY SERVICE Eas/u'on sponsors the "boxy ! jacket for dressy suits. ana, G oun! HOME LAUNDRY’S 8¢ LB. Thurs., Fri.,, Sat.—Only 7¢ 1b. 5 EXTRA Features at No Extra Cost 1. Handkerchiefs are com- pletely finished. Special at- tention is given to monograms and initials. 2. Soft collars are complete- ly finished and returned in glassine envelopes. 3. Necessary pieces of wear- ing apparel are starched, re- turned damp, ready for iron- Shirts, Uniforms, House Dresses, etc. Hand-Finished for 4. Each piece of wearing apparel is shaken out and folded (no knots or tangles to straighten out) and returned damp, ready to iron. 5. 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