Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1935, Page 32

EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1935. WOMEN’S FEATURES. he Up-to-the B—12 WOMEN’S FEATURES. THE e Reader Fads, Facts and Fancies Rehearsal | Of Wedding | Sets Pace Ceremony in Church’ Must Be Made Impressive. BY EMILY POST. [E event of greatest importance on the day before the wedding is the rehearsal at the church. At every completely perfect wedding not only must each person in the bridal party know exactly where to stand but the pace and the timing must be as per- fect as that of a company of soldiers at drill. At the rehearsal the bride herself never takes part. Some one is always deputy for her and the bride directs the procedure instead. The rehearsal of a very small house wedding is very | simple, since it is more than likely the procession consists of the bride and her father, and possibly a maid of honor walking into the room ahead of them, and that is all. But at every church wedding, whether the proces- sion includes only two ushers and a maid of honor, or whether the pro- cession includes every attendant that has ever been heard of, every detail of the ceremony must be carefully re- hearsed. The order of the procession 1s as follows: At the first sound of the wedding | march the clergyman enters and takes | his place facing the assembled guests. | The bridegroom stands in front of and | «from the point of view of the guests), to the right of the clergyman. The best man stands beside him and still | further to the right. | The bride’s procession starts from the foot of the aisle (or from up-| stairs in a house, or from the hall in | an apartment). The ushers first, two by two, then the bridesmaids, two by two. (No dis- tinction is made between maids or ma- trons; they always walk according to height, the shortest two first.) Then maid (or matron of honor), alone. Last of all comes the bride on the right arm of her father or nearest | male relative. 1 Junior ushers (boys between 10 and | 14), if included, follow the ushers, but | Jjunior bridesmaids (girls between 9 and 13), lead the other bridesmaids. Flower girls or ring bearer, or flower girl and ring bearer together (if any of these are included) walk between the maid of honor and the bride. 1t is not practical to have both a maid | and matron of honor, but if the bride | insists upon managing this, then they | will have to walk together. One would hold her bouquet and the other straighten out her train. At the re- ception, I suppose they would take turns standing next to the bride and sitting next to the groom at the bridal | table—or else they would have to draw | lots for these honors. ‘The bride walks up the aisle on her father’s right because, apart from correctness, the bridegroom joins her on her own right and the result would | be a tangle were father and bride- | groom to collide on the same side, and father have to jump her train to reach his place on her left in order to place her hand in that of the clergyman. If she has no relative, she chooses a friend of her family, or if she pre- fers, she walks alone. Recessional is the reverse: Bride and groom, then maid of honor, then bridesmaids and, last, ushers. Correctly, the best man has no part in the recessional. He goes back into | the vestry room and gives the clergy- man his fee, intrusted to him before- hand by the groom. At occasional, badly rehearsed weddings, ushers walk with bridesmaids and best man with maid of honor, which gives the recessional the effect of the chorus in * musical comedy (or at an evening wedding, of the grand march at a ball), in any case detracting from the central figures of the bride and groom. But now let us say that it is the day of the wedding; the ushers must be at the church an hour ahead of time. Their boutonnieres have been sent to the church by the groom. Their ties and gloves (when they wear gloves), as well as the groom’s presents to them, are always given at the bachelor dinner. If the bride has a lunch for her bridesmaids, she gives her presents to them at this time. If there is neither a dinner nor a lunch- eon, both bride and groom present their gifts at whatever time is con- venient. (To be continued tomorrow.) Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. DINNER SERVING FOUR. Spinach Ring Creamy Filling Butter Lima Beans Bread Currant Jelly Head Lettuce Russian Dressing Spice Cake with Boiled Frosting Coffee SPINACH RING. 8 cups cooked Y4 teaspoon salt. spinach. % teaspoon celery s exg o tabiespoons but- 15 teaspoon finely ter chopped onion. Mix ingredients and pour into but- tered round or ring mold. Set in pan hot water and bake 20 minutes in moderately slow oven. Let stand 5 minutes in warm place. Carefully unmold and add creamy filling. CREAMY FILLING | i % cup grated cheese. eese. % teaspoon salt. teaspoon paprika. 2 %lbleavoonl but- lespoong flour. cups m! zli-m tooked exss, 1 tasleaponn " oha diced. " ¥ ped pimentos. Melt butter, add flour and when blended, add milk and cook until creamy sauce forms. Add rest of ingredients and cook 2 minutes. . Pour over and around mold. SPICE CAKE. (Using Buttermitk.) 1 teaspoon vanilla. 1 cup buttermilk. ergs. 2y ps flour. $; cup fat. 1%: cups sugar. 2 teaspoons oinna- 2 1 feaspoon cloves. - 1 teaspoon soda. 34 ‘teaspoon nutmeg. 1 teaspoon baking 3% teasooon salt. powder. Cream fat and sugar. Add rest of ingredients and beat 2 minutes. Pour into two layer-cake pans lined with waxed papers. Bake 25 minutes in moderate oven. BOILED FROSTING. . 1.%aIRosn, niona extract. Mix sugar, vinegar and water. Boil gently and without stirring until fine thread forms when portion hot sirup is poured from spoon. Slowly pour into beaten egg whites. Beat steadily A Shopping in Washington April Showers Bring Out Beautiful Modern Rain Clothes. R, ] I-" SUSLVEL T by 050850 « ©@* 6 e 0%6 Gay plard and striped u - Aprertons Z] GISWRAOIW, mbre”as brv‘g’zten (lle ra;ny days, and a rubber cape will keep your clothes spotless. BY MARGARET WARNER. PRIL showers are fine for the lawns and flower gardens, but not so good for Spring clothes. The sudden shower that lasts but a few minutes may ruin your new hat and spot your frock, Jjust because you weren’t forehanded with all the rainy-day accessories that are a positive necessity in Washington at this time. Maybe somebody borrowed your um- | brella and forgot to return it, or you | have been depending on the use of from 85 cents to $2,65. one that belongs to another member of the family. Now is the time to get yourself another one, and if you are 8 business girl or woman you really need two, so that you can have one later on. Then, too, an umbrella makes an ideal Easter gift. Happily we have progressed a long vay beyond the plain black umbrella that every one used to carry, so that nowadays one hardly sees two of & kind, either as to the pattern of the silk or the kind of handle. Your fancy may be entirely satisfied in both of these directions. As to handles, you may have straight-lined modernistic designs, round balls, all sorts of in- teresting heads of dogs and birds, and bright color effects run through all of them. A NOVEL display of umbrellas fea- tured in one shop is a group of gay plaid seersucker umbrellas that are expected to brighten up the rainy days this Summer. They come in a number of color combinations, such as peach and brown, white, green and black; yellow, brown and green, and others, with blue predominating. In every instance the handle carries out the colors in the plaids, and sometimes the handles are detachable, making them easy to pack in a suit case. These are priced at $3.95. = Sketched in Washington Shops. | And new as today itself is a white | | gloria umbrella with patterned bands | and a white carved ring handle, look- |ing toward Summer. Just the thing |to use with an all-white rain cape | and white rubber sandals. to its casual nature, easy to put on over any coat or dress and easy to hang on the arm when the shower is over. These come in a variety of lengths and styles ranging in price Quite the | nicest and most practical is the mili- | tary cape, 46 inches in length and | ample in width, made with large arm | openings and covered by a second cape |of finger-tip length. It is lovely in 1 | on each end of the line and not be | white, but may be secured in colors. | caught in one of those late afternoon | Some capes have slashes for the arms, | showers that are so frequent a little but the less expensive ones do not. New variations of color and design are now being shown. There is a com- bination of rubber skirt that snaps around the waist, a cape to go over it and a beret to match, that all fits into a square rubber bag that | very useful. ON 24 k% E of the nicest things for this time of year is the thin rubber | sandal set that fits compactly into a These come in navy, | | small-sized case. black with a line | of red outlining the | top, brown with 3 tan, all white, and | white with black trim. One dollar will |bring you this little rainy day re- "qumte. These also come for men in |a case just a little larger than the others and are splendid for tucking | into the suitcase on business trips. To go back to the umbrella ques- | tion, we forgot to mention those clever folding ones that can be made to fit into a waterproof tubular bag less than 12 inches long. When you take one out of the case it looks rather hopeless at first, but with a few gentle pushes in the right direction you have | & full-fledged umbrella and you just | wonder how it all happened so easily. Easy Way In Cleaning LEANOR went to see her doctor. “I am feeling fine now,” said she; “is there any reason why I can’t do! some of my housecleaning? I hate | to spend all that money for cleaning women. I need it for other things.” The doctor looked at her thought- fully. “Yes, I know you need it for other things,” he said, “but has it occurred to you that you may have to spend much more than a cleaning woman would cost you if you get overtired, exert yourself unduly and find yourself flat on your back?” As Eleanor began to demur he said, “Now, mind you, I am not saying that you should go home and sit with your hands folded. Heaven forbid my suggesting such a stupid thing. I do want you to get exercise. But there are certain types you must avoid. “For instance, I don’t want you reaching and stretching. I don't want you climbing on stepladders or stools. “And don't step up on a bench or chair. So many times the insecure support slips out from under and you receive a bad fall. Get a firm-footed object and step squarely in the middle of it if you must do some reaching. “I should think you could clean out all your closets. * And may I suggest that you empty all the medicine bottles, all the almost empty cold cream jars, the partially filled eye- wash bottles. Medicines deteriorate on standing. Cold cream will get rancid. Eyewash, unless kept in tightly corked bottles, will get dusty and germ-laden. It is poor economy to use any of those things. Throw them away.” Eleanor did that. She found quite a few empty suit and shoe boxes, too, that went the way of all Child’s Help In Dressing _— BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. THE active 2-year-old is a handful at dressing time, because the whole ceremony bores him excessively, To hold him with one hand and insin- uate him into his diminutive clothes with the other is enough to leave a mother limp. One device is to offer the child some part in the dressing process. This almost always | proves of absorbing interest, and may be the solution to part of Mrs. E's problem. She writes: “Your column is such a help to me, but I need further assistance. My 22-month-old boy sleeps from 6:30 until 7:30, and then from 12:30 until 2 o'clock. For the last few nights he has been geiting up at 3 or 4 in the morning and appears wide awake. He wants the light on and demands play. How can I revise his sleeping sched- ule? He eats at 7:30, 11:30 and 5:30. “He is never still a moment and the greatest problem is to dress him. After half an hour of struggling, I am simply exhausted. I think, be- cause he plays alone so much, in his room or on the porch, that at dress- ing time he asserts his authority. “I cannot let him have large toys on the porch, as he climbs up on them and over the railing. He plays with toys only in the house. The small ones he drops over the rail. My work makes it imperative that he must be where he is safe without watching.” A few nights of wakefulness should not lead you to revise what looks like an excellent schedule. Better to ignore the wakefulness and not worry about it. Many children have these wakeful periods and get over them without much being done. If they continue and become chronic, then alter the daytime nap period. Change it from 12:30 to 12 and end it at 1. This offers a longer lapse between nap and bedtime, and more chance for the child to sleep soundly at night. Let him put on his socks, help with buttons, comb his hair, wipe his face, any activity of which he is personally capable, even though he does it slowly and awkwardly. Eventually, he will trash. Her cupboards and closets until cool, Add extracts and frost seemed much more roomy when she finished. be independent of your help, and meanwhile he may be interested enough to stand still, -~ for t The rain cape seems to be a definite | | favorite with everybody, due, no doubt, | BY BETSY CASWELL. NCE upon a time, a young and ambitious couple set up housekeeping in a cushion. They were very handsome and modern, being built exactly on the plan of the newest and most exaggerated stream-lined automobiles. made their living mainly in the wool business. ‘They were Mr. and Mrs. Buffalo Moth. As T me.don before, they were ambitious. They brought up their innumerable sons and daughters in the tradition of wresting & living | from wool with | the most gratify- ing results (for them, of course. | The producer never felt their inroads in the least, and they were the con- sumers, so it was only the middle man that suffered—which he did, most | horribly). | However, as the descendants of this | hard-working couple increased, the | younger generations found that in | some cases the wool business was too difficult, whereupon they set up shop | in various other enterprises, such as | linen closets, draperies—and even in | the paper business, into which some of them were lured by wiles of a type- | writer-eraser brush which had an in- | terest in the same desk. | In any event, their businesses be- | came varied and widespread, in almost | no time at all. And, after a while, | they all got together again, simply retaining their control over the vari- ous branches, and merged into one great movement, Which was known as | the “Eat Them Out of House and Home" campalgn. AT o S HAS always happened in such cases of despotism, the victims finally rose in revolt and enlisted gas- | equipped armies to fight the tyrants. | And now there is hope! Seriously, however, now that that little story is told, this is a very im- portant moment in the buffao moth cycle, and the vigilant housewife would do well to be on the look out for a new outbreak of the pests at this time. Eggs which have been dormant | for the past cold months suddenly come to life, and hatch, with dire re- ! sults. Brought to Washington from the | East some years ago, the insects have made great strides in population, and wrought havoc throughout certain sec- | tions of the city. The female, which | resembles an under-sized lady bug in | shape, is a chocolate brown with | cream-colored spots—very smart in- deed—and it is so small that she can squeeze through window screens. A good place to look for her is on the | side of heavy draperies next to the | window. | bonus for catching her, but she is so Betsy Caswell % tiny that that is very difficult. The eggs are like fine, sandy dust— and that is why daily use of the carpet Dorothy N TEXAS they have been cele- brating a unique festival. They have been glorifying the mother- in-law and they had processions in her honor, and banquets and speeches and all, and paid public | tribute to one of the most useful and indispensable women in the world and one of the least appreciated. This is belated justice, but the re- markable thing is that it comes at all, for no other character has been so traduced and misrepresented as that of the mother-in-law. So long have we regarded her from the joke- smith’s point of view, or seen her as the moralist pictures her as the shadow that hangs over the home of the newly-weds, that we have lost sight of the fact that, in reality, she is a special providence upop whom those who have married her children never call in vain in time of need. WH!'N all is well and prosperous, wife may have to give husband an unusually good dinner and seek the psychological minute when he is well fed and so amiable a child could handle him, to break to him the news that mother is coming for a nice long visit. Or husband may have to pro- pitiate wife with floral offerings and candy before telling her that mother wants to know if it would be con- venient for her to come for a month. But far otherwise is it, when old man trouble has descended upon a household; when there is a new baby coming and Johnny has the measles and Tommy has broken his arm and the cook has left and there is not a clean place in the house to sit down, nor a bite of food that is fit fo eat, and the’bills are running wild# Then the wire saying that mother-in-law has answered the S O S call and will be in on the evening train is tidings of great joy. Oh, believe me, mother-in-law may be the forgotten always remembered in a domestic crisis, and as her competent hands bring order out of chaos and as her strong shoulder slips itself under his or her burden, she looks like a guardian angel to many a distraught young in-law. N ESPECIAL has mother-in-law proved her worth during the de- pression. No matter how little her income, she has shared it with her in-laws. No matter how tiny her They both wore fur coats, and they | (5 Constant Vigil Needed When Housewife Deals With Buffalo Moth Evil Pests Will Eat Practically Anything but| There Is Hope to Be Offered by Gas-Equipped Armies. sweeper or the vaccum cleaner is the only possible protection for rugs. A small hand vaccum cleaner for up- holstered furniture is also a great help, but not many houses have them, and a good brisk attack with a whisk broom must suffice. * * ok ¥ O OVER the clothes in all closets, even those in daily use, examine each garment carefully, out in the sun and air, if possible, brushing thor- oughly. Washing the floor and the walls of the closet is a good precau- tion, paying special attention to all cracks and crannies where an egg de- posit might be. Good strong soap and ammonia water is recommended, and then a careful spraying with an in- secticide made on purpose for buffalo moths. Spray the clothes, too, as added insurance against invasion, And then, a month from now, do it all over again. Watch the underside of all rugs, and 80 over the linen closet with an eagle eye, a good scrubbing and spraying. Clean and spray all books—the bugs have a special love for the glue in the bindings—and clean and spray all drawers containing papers and cloth- ing. This should suffice to keep down trouble if you don’t find any, or even one or two—but if the moths are found in any real number, your only | recourse is to a reputable firm of ex- perts, who will guarantee to put them, and you, out of your misery. Inci- dentally, it is wise to have your box springs and mattresses examined by a bedding expert, as the underside of a box spring is Mecca to most buffalo moths, and once there, they make general havoc of the inside, - where you can't locate them. % K MMIOST insecticides and sprays are useless against a real invasion. The only infallible remedy is to gas them with hydrocyanic acid gas, which, of course, has to be done by a regular concern. They will gas your house, with everything in it but the family, or they will take the furniture down to their own gas chamber, and do the job there, depending, of course, on the degree of the infestation. Just & word about their appearance, to help you to identify them. As I said before, they—in the dangerous stage, and when they are most likely to be seen—look very much like a stream-lined automobile, having a sloping radiator, and a tapered stern. ‘They move like an armored car—hav- ing no visible method of locomotion. and they are covered with black stiff whiskers like a Scottie pup. If you are in doubt after this de- scription—as you probably are, don't hesitate, but place your little captive in a box or bottle, and hasten with him to the Bureau of Entomology of the United States Department of Agri- culture, to get an official verdict on his nationality. T hope that you will be pleasantly | There really should be a | State Jubilee for Mothers-in-Law Cele- brated—Ever-Present Help in Trouble. woman most of the time, but she is T disappointed! ¥ you with advice on your own | individual household problems, write | Betsy Caswell, in care of The Star, inclosing stamped, self-addressed en- | velope for reply. Dix Says | home, she has somehow made room | [in it for the men and women her | | children married. She has kept them out of the breadline. She has cheer- fully cooked and scrubbed and taken care of the children so that Mary could take & job. Many a man who would have gone under has kept going because mother-in-law lifted from his heart the devastating fear of what | would become of his little children if | he cowld find no work. So let us hope that out of this ex- perience, sons and daughters-in-law have come to a finer appreciation of | mother-in-law’s real qualities and a realization that even the finger she sticks in their pies belongs to a help- ing hand that never fails them, | M OTHERS-IN-LAW, being human, have, of course, their faults. They have their peculiarities; so have Qe all. Some are meddlesome. A few are 50 possessive that they cannot bear to give their children up to mere wives and husbands. Now and then there is one who is a homewrecker. But the great majority of them are good, kind, normal women, who are glad to have their children marry and whose greatest desire is to see them get along in peace and happiness with their mates. Unfortunately, young people are so steeped in the tradition that their mothers-in-law are their hereditary foes that they frequently fail to give them a chance to be friends. They go into marriage with a chip on their shoulders and the settled determina- tion that they are not going to let mother-in-law put anything over on them. They are willing enough to listen to counsel from their own mothers and take advice from any stranger, but let mother-in-law make the slightest suggestion and they are up in arms at once. 'HEY are jealous of her with as as bitter and consuming a jeal- ousy as can tear the human soul. No bride would admit it, but she wouldn't be more green-eyed if she caught her husband in an affair with another woman than she is when she sees him with his arms around his mother and the two having a loving confab to- gether. And every time an artiess young wife says to a husband that mother thinks you should do thus and so, he sees red. | For gingerbread and baked [ == ham with a Southern accent, use S b, FRANKLIN Old Fashioned Brown “A Franklin Cane Sugar for every use” T -Minute Feminin Smart_Erock for Miss Dressy Fabric Combined With Soft Details in De: BY BARBARA BELL. HE 1935 shirtwaist frocks are wearer is very young or of the ageless type. For late Spring and Summer, floral prints in multicol- ored effects are a smart fashion inno- | vation for street and day time. To blend with the dressy character | |of the fabric. soft details enter the ! ‘The model | picture in puffed sleeves. sketched shows sleeves cut in one with & back and front yoke. Practical de- tails are seen in the action pleat down the center back and additional tucks over the bust in front. This youthful dress presents the silhouette smart women are going in for, in their subtle in-between clothes. Lovely effects are being accom- plished in materials of every variety. Never have silk prints been so smart, and their rival weaves, the synthetics, follow them closely in color, texture and design, so much so that we must study weights and textures to know which is which. Chic rivals of silk crepes are printed linens, glazed chintzes and gay cottons. All are alike smart and youthful. Accessories may be worn in different colors, matching the predominating designs in the print. When bags, hats, !pumps and modern jewelry are as-| sembled in sets, any number of shifts may be indulged in. The pattern for this dress is re- markable for its simplicity. Two sets of sleeves are given, long, straight ones, cut with the yoke, and the puffed ones illustrated. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1535-B is designed in sizes 12, 14. 16, 18 and 20. BARBARA BELL, Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1535-B. Size...... Name Address (Wrap coins securely in paper.) Keep Your Figure Where You Want It Helen Hayes Don't let the pounds get ahead of you—keep your curves within bounds! How do the stars of screen and stage maintain their supple lines? 1In the series, “How I Keep My Figure” Twenty-four different stars tell you the secret of their perfect proportions. Watch for the first one to appear in The Star Tuesday, April 9. not confined to colors of the | sportswear variety, when the sign. Corresponding bust measurements 30, 132, 34, 36 and 38. Size 16 (34) re- quires 4 yards of 36-inch material. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. (Copyright. 1335.) . = Canapes on Menu FISH canapes and fish hors d’oeuvres are the most popular prefaces to luncheons, dinners, teas, cock- tail parties and midnight suppers. They give a tang to the menu and whet the alert or jaded appetite. Here follow a few easily contrived canapes and hors d'oeuvres: FISH PASTE I. 2 cups cooked fish 5 dashes tobasco fiakes (left - over sauce fish that is brok- 1 teaspoon salt en up). tablespoons plain vinegar. cup mayonnaise. % ¥y paste. Combine fish flakes, vinegar, salt, tabasco sauce. Let these stand. Then thoroughly blend the mayonnaise and anchovy paste. Cream the butter, add it to the fish flakes and work it into a paste. Add the mayonnaise and mix it all until it is a smooth . [ | FISH PASTE II 1 cup cooked fish 3 egg volks, hard fakes. cooke: 1, teaspoon salt Tabasco sauce. teaspoon ground mustard. 2 tablespoons butter. 13 teaspoon sugar. Combine the vinegar, tabasco sauce, sugar, salt, pepper and pour this mix- ture over the fish flakes. Mash the egg yolks and work them into a paste. Cream the butter, add the fish flakes and work these into a paste, combine this thoroughly with the egg yolks. This is an excellent foundation receipe which may be more highly seasoned if desired. EGG AND FISH CANAPES. Spread piece of toast with Fish Paste II. Sprinkle with chopped parsley. DOCTOR SAID SHE NEEDED “‘BULK™ FOR HER CONSTIPATION" Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN Brings Relief to Mrs. Maneely | 3 | 4 tablespoons plain vinegar. | 2a teaspoon pepper. white 13 end of suffering caused by consti- pation.” 1 use: ds o tives but only found re}u_ef till T got used to them. My physician told me to get some 3 and instructed me how to use it. “T did just as I was told by my doctor, and today I send my est praise for what your ALL-BRAN has done for me.” — Mrs. Jas. Maneely, Jr., 9 Kilburn St., Valley Falls, K. I *Due to insufficient “bulk” meals. ALL-BRAN provides gentle “bulk” to help overcome common constipa- tion. It is also a good source of vitamin B and iron. fruits and vegetables, as it does not break down within the body. Two sufficient. If not corrected this way, see your doctor. Isn’t this food much pleasanter and safer than risking red-and-green package at ur groeer’s.p Mndg: by g g’ellogg in Battle Creek. patent medicines? Get the | Keep on the Sunny Side of Life 2 teaspoons butter. | teaspoons ancho- | all kinds of laxa- | Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN, | igh- ‘ n | The “bulk” of ALL-BRAN is often | more effective than the “bulk” in | tablespoonfuls daily are usually | Cycle Rides Made Safe By Caution Child’s Desire Should | Win Response From Good Parent. i | | i | | | BY ANGELO PATRI. ATHERINE wanted a wheel, she saved her money to buy it. Her mother knew she was saving for the wheel, but she said nothing about it, hoping that she would change her mind before the time came. Katherine did not change her mind. Every penny that came her way, that could be spared from necessities, went into the bank for the wheel. She counted the money almost daily, until the great day came when there was the exact amount on hand. “I can buy it now, mother. Will you come with me this afternoon? I want it for Saturday, please.” “Now, Katherine, you know that you can't have a wheel.” “What? Why, I've saved up the money for it. You surely wouldn't say I couldn’t have it now, mother.” “You'd be run over. There are too many accidents. How would I feel if you went out on a wheel and |got hurt? What would I have to say for myself then? I'd never have a minute’s peace if you had a wheel. Now don’t say anotier word about it I can't argue about it. I don't want you to ride a wheel.” Now what? It seems to me that when a child says he is saving to buy something, then is the time to say “yes” or “no” and not after the saving is complete and the child ready to make the purchase. And what about the wheel? It is a great pleasure for boys and girls. A fine exercise. It takes them into the air and gives them a chance to go places, something every healthy boy and girl must long to do. There are certain sections of cities and towns that are dangerous for wheels, even for pedestrians. There are other places where children may ride their wheels with a maximum of safety, if they are half-way careful | When this is so the wheel ought to | be allowed I do not relish the notion that |our healthy boys and girls cannot take care of themselves on a rea- sonably safe road. I dread to rear children who are in tear and trem- bling all their days. A dash of daring. an acquired skill in handling themselves in emergencies is right and greatly to be desired for them Let us not say “No” until we have carefully surveyed the possibilities and taken the character of the child imto consideration. Some children can never be trusted with a wheel. Either they are tem- peramentally unsuited for it. or they are heedless and unintelligent in handling it, or they have physical defects that make riding out of | Question. But that ought not to rule out those who can manage a wheel perfectly. Give them a chance. Main street on a Saturday morning | is out of the question. Certain streets | given over to heavy motor traffic | cannot be used by children on wheels. or roller skates. But I have passed | through lovely towns and villages | whose streets—tree-lined, smooth and | not congested—are ideal for bicyc | The sight of carefree children riding jalong such streets, the sounds of | their happy voices, the tinkling of their bells as they signal to each |other and to the other traffickers, |has a certain assuring quality that speaks of youth dominant and strong. The Old Gardener Says: Seeds, which have been kept over the Winter, ought to be tested before they are planted There is no harm, indeed, in testing new seeds, to make sure that they are to germinate well. This is easily done by counting out a certain number, 50 or 100, | | and putting them between two | | sheets of blotting paper in a ! | saucer. dampening them and set- | | ting them in a warm place. The blotting paper must be kept moist but not wet, and there must be | | no surplus water in the saucer. ‘The seeds should germinate in a few days, and the, number can then be counted. At least 80 per i cent of them ought to sprout in order to be satisfactory. (Copyright. 1935.) 50 | I'M THE SAME | \ AGE AS HELEN Read the following unsolicited letter: | “Up to five years ago, I knew no | —but nobody believed her “She’s older than Helen,” the other girls thought. “You can tell that by her hands.” People often judge a wom- an’sageby herhands—sodon’t let yours look old—you can keep them youthful with Lux. Ordinary soaps often contain harmful alkali that dries up the youth-preserving oils of the skin. Lux has no harmful alkali. Use it for dishes—it's ll thecheapestbeautycareknown! | ®