Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1935, Page 43

MAGAZINE FEATURES. quantity of milk or water. EveEryBoDY will praise you when you serve Kellogg’s Rice Krispies. Their crispness and flavor is something to talk about. Children Iove to hear Rice Krispies crackle in milk or cream. Let them have all they want —those toasted rice THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1935. Pretty and Feminine Wrap-Around Housedress of Other ‘Years to Be Revived. Children and Gardens New Interest in Life and Beauty Developed at School. BY JOHN BLAKE. HAVE attended many schools and tried to gain education in them. Beyond the three R's I remember very little of what I learned. Not long &go I visited a school in which the children were taken out of the room for & few days and, if the frost was out of the ground, taught by actual work in gardens how things grow, as far as any person, child or adult, can be made to understand that miracle. A small plot was allotted to each child. He was supplied with seeds and a small hoe. Then he was told what couid be made to happen through his own intelligent efforts. The resuit, I learned, was aston- ishing. The children at once devel- oped an interest in the sprouting of the seeds. They were still more ex- cited when they discovered that the shoots that burst upward were exact- ly like the pictures on the seed packe ets. The children arrived at the garden school yard, sometimes an hour before lesson time, and turned over the soil with their trowels. They filled the space with plant food. If the weather was dry, they carried water. If it was hot, they sheltered the tender shoots with paper cones, 5o that they could not wither. During recess time they importuned their teachers to come and see how things were progressing, and told them of the progress that everything was making. I do not suppose that many of these urchins will turn out to be farmers or florists, but they will, as they grow up, have an interest in beauty and life that they could not have had had they never been shown how to find out about such things themselves. ‘When go into the woods and the fields they will observe the flowers more closely. And through all their lives they will have an interest in growing things that will never be lost. - Quake Felt in Scotland. A slight earthquake shock was felt retently in Comrie, Scotland, an al- most unknown thing in that country. Nature’s Children Virginia Bluebells—Mertensia Virginica. BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. 8 YOU seek the arbutus, blood- root and other lovely flowers this Spring, keep a watchful eye on the spots where you see the dainty bluebells of Virginis in bud. From April until late May, you will find these exquisite flow- ers in bloom, and as we have 50 few blue flowers, you must try to find their haunts, Seek the bluebells in the woodlands, along stream borders, in Jow meadows and even in the forest. Wherever allu- vial soil is available the plant flour- ishes. ‘The range is from Canada to South Carolina and Kansas. Because there are buds at present in the clus- ter, as well as fully opened flowers, you will have the pleasure of seetng the showy pink buds that later turn to purplish-blue as they unfold. You will not wonder why its color has been so highly praised once you have seen it against its natural background. ‘The smooth stem is often 4 feet ‘Though * the drooping bells would indicate modesty, the color and ability to show itself contradict it. The leaves are very large at the base of the stem, gradually getting smaller near the clustered flowers. When the seeds-are ripe, they re- semble four little nuts. They are very wrinkled and leathery in appearance. Birds love them. You may have blue- bells in your own garden if the soil is right for them, by planting a few of the seeds. After this, unless your little bird neighbors are greedy, you will have many little plants springing up beside thejr mother. ‘When the bluebell sounds her gong that her bowl is overflowing with de- licious nectar and pollen, to be had in great abundance, insects from far snd near answer the invitation, Now is the the time to see many insects you have read about and identify the early butterfifes. The latter stand on the rim of the flower’s bell and sip to their heart's content, for thby are long-tongued and can reach the overflowing goblet. Not 30 the insects that have short tongues. They must be satisfied with pollen and please take note how they pile their polisn as high as they can. They almost stagger as they try to take off. Along comes Mme. Bumble Bee, the most welcome of all guests. She has a long tongue and a furry body. She reaches down into the cup and drains it dry, but she goes away powdered thickly with pollen grains, which she leaves with the next hostess. Now watch her as she tries to satisfy her thirst without being a willing as- sistant. This she accomplishes by plercing the thin wall of the nectary well, helping herself and going away without one grain of pollen. Is she too lazy to make the effort to reach the cup or is she unwilling to pay for her banquet? Try to solve this riddle, (Copyright. 1935.) Chemical Output Jumps. Production of chemicals in Japan is MAGAZINE FEATURES. Coming Out | Of His Shell | BY JEAN NEWTON. o IME out of your shell and look alive” we frequently hear, the injunction oftener than not being a friendly admonition to perk up. To come out of one’s shell is to broaden, to expand one’s activities, to—in a general sense—live, as con- tradistinguished from merely exist- | ing. About the loftiest reference to this | figure of speech is in “The Cham- | bered Nautilus,” by Oliver Wendell Holmes, the verse reading: “Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the Shut these from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length are free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!" (Copyright. 1935.) ST Push Chinese Products. China’s Bureau of Foreign Trade and about 90 Chinese factories have organized to push Chinese products | and are sending salesmen and 175 lines of samples into Southern Asiatic markets. LVES 0% GOOD COoOKS Bake better looking Cakes‘ that taste better, too! Dn:ss up your cakes. Tint your Pure Food Colors. And dress up the flavor with pure, genuine flavoring ex- tracts. For example, McCormick’s Bee Brand Vanilla. Made from the finest Mezican Vanilla Beans, and with 207, more beans than the Government Standard—to give finer flavor to ail your cakes, candies and desserts. Buy wisely. Buy McCormick’s Bee Brand — world’s largest selling brand of spices and extracts. bubbles are nourishing and easy to digest. Just the thing for the nursery supper. They promote sound sleep. ; Grocers everywhere sell Kellogg’s Rice Krispies in the Mother Goose story package. ‘The more you buy the more stories you get. Made by H Kellogg in Battle Creek. HOW “FACT-FINDERS” WON BY BARBARA RELL. 34, 36, 38 and 40. Size 16 (34) re- Quality guaranteed. Listen!— get hungry HE trend toward pretty, feminine fashions in all de- partments of a woman’s wardrobe has caused the wrap-around house dress of other years to be revived The one pictured puts up a splen- did front, in direct contrast to the wrapped back, which is plain and to the point. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1623-B is designed in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. 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