Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1935, Page 32

'B—-12 *» Comments on Wedding Gifts Disclose WOMEN’ S FEATURES. Attention Donors Give To Needs of Recipients ‘Anything Goes if Young Couple Expects to Live on Big Scale, but Not Under Other Circumstances. BY BETSY CASWELL. N PLANNING the bestowal of wed- ding gifts, the wise donor gives serious thought to the needs and requirements of the couple for whom the present is destined. If they are financially well off and will have a large house or apartment, with plenty of servants and storage space—then the sky is the limit as far as choice iS g concerned. For such a household, which may rea- sonably be ex- pected to enter- tain a great deal, there is an almost bewildering array of articles which would be appro- priate. Usually, in a case like this, the bride’s family & gives the linen and the flat sil- ver—and the couple themselves acquire their own furniture. Thus, the friend or rela- tive may choose an occasional odd . piece of furniture, a bit of lovely od silver or exquisite linen of the more luxurious type, and know that it will fit into the general scheme of things perfectly. Betsy Caswell * x ok x N THE other hand, if the prospec- tive bride and bridegroom are go- ing to have to keep a firm eye on the ‘budget, and the bride will have to do most of her own housework—there is no sense in contributing fripperies. If she will live in a tiny apartment, there will be no space to store extra knick-knacks—and to overload her with elaborate silver is cruelty an ani- mals when it comes to keeping it cle: A lace tablecloth large enough for a banquet is of very little use in a din- ing alcove! ‘Therefore, as I said before, pick your gift with care, keeping the couple’s style of living firmly in mind. It is often a good idea to ask the bride herself what she really wants—she usually has a pretty good idea—and such a guide is a great help to the shopper. I have been looking the gift situa- tion over lately and find many de- lightful things that will appeal to both brides who plan love in a cot- tage and brides who will live in a mansion. The latter type I am not going to consider, because in their case the possibilities are endless. * %k Ok x FOR the “cottage bride” a few pieces of well-chosen, simple sil- ver are always welcome and in good taste. These are especially good if they are of the practical variety, and can offset the cleaning “bogey-man” by being really useful. Platters are of prime importance, for a medium-sized meat platter is practically & necessity in any house- hold. In entertaining, if the platter is large enough to hold both the roast and the vegetables in neat little mounds around its rim it simplifies the service tremendously for the bride or for the general maid. Thus all of one course appears together, hot and appetizing, without the long waits between dishes occasioned by running back to the kitchen after each round of the table. The platters with the well and tree grooves are particularly good—be- cause they even carry the juice gravy, too. Serving trays, like the one in the accompanying photograph, are also an excellent choice. In this size and shape they may be used for sand- wiches or cake, at teas, or to hold molded desserts. A whole after-dinner coffeer service could be ‘carried on one, and tall glasses with a pitcher. of iced tea would not overcrowd it. * koK % 'ANDLESTICKS are beloved of every bride—they really do so much to “make” a table. Two pairs of tall, single sticks, or a pair of candelabra are equally good. For a small dining room, or dining alcove, however, low, small candelabra are best of all, as the others appear too topheavy and pretentious in & small space. In buying flat silver be sure to choose a standard pattern that may be added to as time goes on. A serv- ice adequate for eight people, with the accompanying service spoons, forks, etc., is ample for a start, as & meal for more than eight is not usually undertaken by the very inex- perienced housekeeper. Silver shells, to hold candies, nuts or cigarettes on the dining room table, ‘| may also be used in the living room as ash-trays de luxe. A covered sauceboat, copied from an old English model, is fine for ap- plesauce, or cranberry sauce—or any of the fruit sauces used with desserts. It could also be used for soup in a very tiny establishment. There is a place in the cover for a ladle handle. * Xk Xk X SILVER butter plates are & bit more of a luxury, but they are so charming, and give such an air of elegance to the table that I couldn’t resist including them. Severely plain, with a monogram on the upper edge, they are a most welcome addition to household equipment. In @ few days there will be another article on bridal gifts—this time deal- ing with the more practical ones that still come under the heading of being beautiful and in good taste. If you wish advice en your in- dividual household problems, write Betsy Caswell in eare of The Star, inclosing stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply. Eyes Must Be Healthy Care of Them and of Lashes for Good Results. BY LOIS LEEDS. EAR MISS LEEDS—In & re- cent article you mentioned care of the eyes as being most essential to the girl of teen age. Have you anything to recommend? Also, what can I do for short eyelashes other than vaseline? It is so slow & process. (2) Is there any exercise for the development of the bust? Iam 15. B.A.F. Answer—The care of the eyes in- volves protecting them from misuse and strain. Do not read in a poor light or in a cramped position with shoulders rounded and head bent over. Do not read in bed or when riding in & trolley or bus. When writing, place yourself so that the light comes over your left shoulder. Notice the distance from your eyes at which you hold a book for reading; if this distance is less than-12 inches you should have your eyes examined. If you suffer from headaches or have premature eye wrinkles, you should have an eye examination. If you need glasses, wear them. When doing close work or studying, look up at intervals and rest your eyes on objects at least 20 feet away. Protect your eyes from the glare of the sun at the seashore or on sparkling snow or from excessive re- flected light from other sources by wearing tinted glasses, Maintain good general health. The eyes soon reflect a lowered state of physical fitness. Do not read for hours at & stretch. If your eyes feel tired or dusty, bathe them with boric acid solution or other eye wash. Keep up the applications of vaseline, but do not expect that you can make naturally short lashes long and curling by any method what- soever. The vaseline is as quick and effective as anything you might use. (2) Yes. Send me & stamped (3-cent), self-addressed envelope with a request for my leaflet, “Beauty Exercises.” LOIS LEEDS. Superfiuous Hair. Dear Miss Leeds—I am bothered with hair about one-half inch long on my arms and it is rather thick. It appears to be getting darker. Would 2 make them grow in darker and thicker? (2) My eyelashes are too thin and come out easily. How can I make them thick and long? V. B. Answer—The hairs have a tendency to grow thicker and darker whether you use a depilatory or mot, so you might as well use one if you admire hairless arms. Another alternative is to bleach the hairs with a mixture of one-half tablespoonful ammonia to six tablespoonfuls peroxide. (3) Scanty, falling lashes suggest poor general health or eye strain. Check up on these two points. If you have in- plication of some 1 per cent yellow oxide of mercury. In & month’s time you should notice 'm}.lgis flabby instead of firm. (2) I think it would be necessary for you to build up your weight. One cannot make fat grow in certain spots at will. . LOIS LEEDS. Send Stamped Envelope. Dear Miss Leeds—Pleas send me your leaflet, “Corrective Treatments for Blackheads and Pimples.” I read your article on improving complex- ions; it was just what I wanted .to know. CELESTE. Answer—Please write again for tI leaflet, rems to inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. I am glad the article helped you. LOIS LEEDS. Oxygen Loss Has Effect On Senses BY JAMES W. BARTON, M. D. A’r THE Olympic games, held at Los Angeles, there was consider- able interest and active discussion about the methods of the Japanese athletes, whose efforts were said to be reinforced by the use of oxygen. There isn't any question, of course, but that we all do better work if we are outdoors or in a well-ventilated room where we are getting a good supply of oxygen. If we are very tired, the blood is likely to be a little short of oxygen; if we rest for a while, thus not using so much oxygen, the blood gradually gets back its usual amount of oxygen. pleted by Dr. Ernst Irwin G. Spiesman of the University of Illinois, a slight decrease in the oxygen supply of the body, such as aviators experience, profoundly in- fluences hearing, seeing and the sense of balance, “Persons who breathe air contain- ing only half as much oxygen as exists in the ordinary air at sea level suffer so great a loss in the power of critical judgment that adults—unusually in- telligent ones, too—will argue whether four times four is 16, and will become most annoyed with one an- other because of their inability to agree. A professor in a university, under the influence of air deprived of some of its oxygen, insisted that four times four is 12. Thus also an individual usually mild mannered and of gentle dispo- sition may fly into a rage on the * Useful Beauty in Gif i THE EVENING Matters of STAR, - WASHINGTO D. C, TUESDAY, 'APRIL 23, 1935. or the mansion. Anger Bars [ Ensemble for Summer All Caution From Mind Battles of Children for Defense May Be Justified. BY ANGELO PATRI. FIGHT‘!NG is a boyish sport. Boys like to fight. We frown on the sport and do our best to discourage it because we know that it is not the right sort of thing for children. Pighting, if not stimulated by anger in the beginning, is certain to be fired by it soon after the first couple of passes. Anger is a dangerous emotion to arouse in anybody but especially in children. Anger wipes out all caution, all reason, and the fighters are more than likely to do each other harm. Little boys of 7 and 8 and 9 are not s0 likely to harm each other. Their fights are usually exhibitions of strength, & showoff stunt. But the fights staged by older boys are differ- ent. They are usually the result of bitter rivalry, jealousy, grudging and ill feeling generally. These fights are likely to leave scars on the mind as well as on the body and ought to be frowned down altogether. Older boys can talk out their differences and at least agree to disagree. It is a back- ward step for them to fight. { ‘While I frown on the fights I would | not tell a child he must not fight. There are times when a boy must fight. It would be too bad to handi- cap him with feelings of guilt when he battles for a righteous cause. ‘Teach the boy to get along as peace- fully as he can, to strike no blow that is not justified by standards of right- eousness and honor. But, if he must fight, fight with all his might to the finish. Children in the first fighting stage are often called to defend themselves. ‘They must show a readiness to do so if necessary. Many times the mere show of readiness is enough. Should one of them retreat or show fear in the face of a challenge he at once ‘becomes the object of all the bullies in the neighborhood and his life is made miserable. Children of this age are cruel. they find one of their number help- less, they descend upon him like a flock of vultures and proceed to pick him bare. Not that they are know- ingly cruel. They are ignorantly, thoughtlessly cruel because they have not developed the finer human qual- ities as yet. They come in time, with experiences to foster them. They are not to be counted on until that stage of growth has arrived and passed into the next. Don’t force the timid child to fight. His masculine qualities have not de- veloped sufficiently to carry him through such an experience. If they had nobody would have to urge him to fight. Quite the other way. Nor ought one to encourage a boy to fight. He will do enough of that without en- T couragement. Teach all boys to be wary of battle and never to engage in it unless duty and honor demand it. To the one who comes in weeping and complaining about the treatment he receives from his companions the first thing to say is, “What did you do to him? You punched him? And he punched you in return? What do you want me to do about it? Fight your out of their way.” ort that helpless child and him from the birds of prey that to sweep down upon him. t#le must be fought for him. As others, be neutral as you can patiently against the day their reason takes conirol of impulses. (Copyright. 1935.) —Style Trends. Mitts and parasols—we are rapidly becoming more feminine than ever! W-tchttormem%knlwmvlg;;; at garden parties in ruffles, flo hat and mitts of black lace, carrying a frilly black parasol. The “Merry Widow” motif with a vengeance. | £ e Star Dress and Jacket to Please | Busy Woma { A\ BY BARBARA BELL. 'HIS dress and jacket ensemble I3 a real find for the busy woman who wants to look chic and well dressed when her day’s work is done. Midsummer clothes are always com- fortably cool when they are made from the minimum of yardage. For days, when thermometers are soaring, and not a gust of wind blowing, the sleeve- less dress without a collar wins. The model pictured puts up a pretty sophisticated front, despite its scant yardage and limited seamlines. The dress features a deep yoke which dips to the waistline in the back, and in the front follows a point- ed outline. Twin slashes a few inches below the neckline accommodate & ribbon bow of any color. you wish to use. Most women like several differ- ent ones to which they match their accessories. Attention is called to the fullness at the center front and back. This is an outstanding detail of the This ensemble is right in silk, shantung, linen, cotton or thin wool. The bow is always of ribbon. Barbare Bell Pattern No. 1641-B is designed in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 and | 40. Corresponding bust measurements +32, 34, 36, 38 and 40. Size 16 (34) | n of Taste. | requires 41, yards of 39-inch mate- rial; 3 yard of 7-inch ribbon for bow; 7ayard of 3-inch ribbon for belt. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Send for the Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, prac- tical and becoming clothes selecting designs from the 104 Barbara Bell well planned, easy-to-make patterns. Interesting and exclusive fashions for little children and the difficult junior age; slenderizing, well cut patterns for the mature figure, afterncon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons and other pat- terns for special occasions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Send 15¢ for your copy today. Address orders to The Evening Star. Washington Star. 8end 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1641-B. Size.. Address. ..oc.oneeeiiniiiiniaans (Wrap coins securely in paper.) ts of Silver for the Spring Bride Lovely reproductions of old English plate and modern sterling silver articles will prove welcome gifts to the bride-to-be. If carefully chosen for sts practical value, as well as for sts beauty, silver equally becomes the cottage Staff Photo. Courtesy Dulin & Martin Co. iEntertains - At Dessert ' And Coffee Hostess May Receive Small Group in Bridge Party. BY EDITH M. BARBER. ONE is the old-fashioned card party with its elaborate refresh- ments, served late in the afternoon, at the hour best suited to ruin appetites for dinner. After bridge you will now find tea with thin bread and butter or dainty sandwiches and—sometimes —lJittle cakes. Sometimes coffee as well as tea will be served. Sometimes hostesses offer highballs, cocktails or sherry, especially if the playing runs into the late afternoon. With these we serve olives, potato chips, savory canapes and salted nuts. ‘You may gracefully get by with merely a cup or glass of liquid, if you prefer to reserve the satisfaction of your appetite until dinner. These refresh- ments are always served nowadays from a central table. No longer are the bridge tables covered with “sets” which were made particularly for this purpose. Another plan which is popular just now is to ask your guests to come about 1:30, or even after dinner for dessert and coffee. This is a practical plan for small bridge groups which meet weekly. Each hostess vies with the others in providing an interesting and flavorful sweet. Now that straw- berries are so delicious, individual shortcakes, known as carnations, or strawberry cream pie, the receipe for which I gave you a few weeks ago, will be welcome. A meringue glace using vanilla ice cream and a garnish of strawberries with the meringue is an- other suggestion. And what could be better than strawberries and fresh pineapple, sugared and flavored with one of the cordials such as Benedictine or curacao? Waferlike cakes may be offered with this. You may also make your own baked alaska, which always intrigues guests to have not attempted to make it themselves. Lemon chiffon ple is another suggestion. Cheese and Anchovy Canape. Force American cheese through a strainer, season with table sauce and paprika. Mix with half as much but- ter. Spread on toast or crackers, put small pieces of anchovy fillets across them and broil them until the cheese melts. ® Lemon Chiffon Pie. One-half package lemon-flavored gelatin. ‘One-half cup boiling water. Four egg yolks. One-half cup sugar. One lemon, grated rind and juice. Dry, grated macaroons. Dissolve gelatin. Cook egg yolks with sugar, lemon rind and juice until like custard. Add gelatin mixture and cool. When thick and smooth, but not set, fold in egg whites whipped to 8 stiff meringue with the salt and sugar. Pour into a large baked pastry shell and chill. Cover top with un- sweetened whipped cream and sprinkle with grated macaroon crumbs. (Copyright. 1935.) WOMEN’S FEATURES. Daily Interest to the Progressive Woman Dorothy Dix Says " Why Pity Happy, Care-Free, Well Dressed Business Woman? EAR MIS8 DIX—I work for & large firm. Mosi of the men in it are married, and they are always pitying me, because I am drifting into oid maidenhood, and telling me that I haven't much time left in which to get & husband. I smile and com- pare my lot with that of their wives. I live in a pleasant boarding house, where I have delicious food that I do not have to prepare myself, a pretty room ihat I do not have to keep clean. My day’s work begins at 9 and ends at 4:30 o'clock, after which my time is my own. My salary provides me with good clothes, trips, amusements. I have no man to keep placated nor tied to me. Their wives, as a rule, look 10 years older than I do. Their work is never done. They have to cook and wash and sew and wrestle with children. They have to make every dollar do the work of five. They have to bear with men who drink and flirt and philander, and who are grouchy and hard to live with, and to save my life I can't see where their lot is better than mine. Do you? A FREE SOUL. ANSWER: 1 certainly do not, un- less they have such an over- whelming passion for their husbands that it takes the sting out of every sacrifice and makes them feel that every hardship is worth while, if only they can be with their adored Toms, Dicks and Harrys. Of course, there is that sort of ideal marriage, the predestined mating of two kindred souls, but few of us have ever seen it in real life and still fewer have ever experienced it. Yet this miracle is what every woman who marries expects to happen to her, and it is why she is never warned by the wrecks of marriages she sees all around her. EV‘ERY girl thinks that she is going to get a Prince Charming for a husband, who will remain a per- petual lover and spend the balance of his life telling her how beautiful and wonderful she is. She thinks that, just as a matter of course, he is going to be a go-getter, and be able to give her a fine house and a car and pretty clothes and all the luxuries she craves. She thinks that her chil- dren are going to be blue-eyed, golden-haired cherubs, with naturally curly hair, who will always be sweet and smiling and clean and kissable. Apparently it never enters her head that she could, by any possibility, MAarTy & man who drank too much, or one who was brutal, or one who was grumpy and cross and hard to get along with. Apparently she never considers the possibility of marrying & man who does not know how to get along and who drags her down into poverty. Apparently she never realizes that her children might be brats, and that assuredly they will be sick and dirty and bad and trouble- some, and that they may not even go; up to be anything but a sorrow er. Now. I'm not saying that a girl shouldn’t marry until she can take out a foolproof insurance on matrimonial bliss. If she did, she would never marry. Marriage is bound to be a dangerous venture, and the old proverb ‘“nothing venture, nothing have,” is good. But I do say that the girl with a good job, who marries, thinking that she is going to better her worldly position, generally finds out that she guessed wrong. ‘The only thing that makes mar- riage worth while is just being so much in love with her husband that nothing else matters. But when a man whose wife is wrestling with pots and pans and babies, and wear- HOW I KEEP MY FIGURE BY JEANETTE MACDONALD. BY JEANETTE MacDONALD. ‘ARIED athlétics probably do more than any other thing to help me keep my figure. I am very fond of swimming, tennis, ping-pong and walking. T also take setting-up exer- cises every morning. I probably play more tennis than ¢ and other sport . because I like it best. Every eve- ning I take long walks with my two dogs, Captain and Stormy ‘Weather. I never diet strenuously and do not go to ex- tremes in any- My diet conforms with the things that I . like, such as lots Jeanette MacDomald. of fresh fruits and vegetables. I never combine starches and meats and do not care for many sweets. I seldom eat candy or pastries. ‘When I am working in & picture, I never gain, as I am too active. When I am not working, my exercises take the place of working. Atheltics are my relaxation and fun. I enjoy bridge and such things, but greatly prefer outdoor sports. I think very little about my figure and think that a balanced way of living takes care of it. I happen to like healthful foods and things that are not fattening. Sometimes for days I eat nothing except fresh fruits. This is particularly true during the Sum- mer, when there is such a large assortment of fruits and it is too warm to be interested in food. I feel much better when I am on & light diet and never have formed the habit of exces- sive eating. 1 also dance quite a bit for my own amusement. I studied it for years and to me it is a creative way to express feeling for music. Best for baking, cooking and candy making ““Sweeten it with Domino”’ ing hand-me-downs, pities the com- petent business girl because she isn't married, it certainly is a joke. DOROTHY DIX. * kK % DBAR MISS DIX—My husband and I have been married three months. He wishes to get a larger place this Spring, so that his mother can live with us for a while, but it seems s0 soon after being married to have any one live with us. My mother-in-law rents out her old home, and is living with one of her married daughters. My husband has been most generous about sending her money for the last 15 years, and I see no reason for the great rush until after we are more settled, which will probably be this Fall. 1 don’t want to hurt my husband’s feelings. Maybe Iam just selfish. MRS. BRIDE. Answer: I think you are being selfish and that if you wait to have your mother-in-law come to stay with you until you are pining for her society she will never come at all. You want to put it off now until Fall. When Fall comes you will want to put it off until Spring. Then you will think it will be more convenient in the Summer, and when that comes !you will defer it indefinitely. OP COURSE, every young couple would rather be by themselves. That is perfectly- natural and no re- flection whatever upon mother-in- law. You would feel the same way about your own mother. It is just that a husband and wife who love each other very much are sufficient unto themselves and any third party is in the way. But the more you indulge in this sweet, selfishness, the more it grows upon you, until it turns a virtue into a vice. For, after all, we cannot live to ourselves alone. We have obliga- tions to others, and especially we have family obligations that are debts of honor that we cannot shirk. il ONE of these is to your husband's mother. You cannot, without being cruel, shut her out of your house and separate her son from her. She loves him no less than you do. She desires to be with him, just to look at him, even as you do. If he is your beloved husband, he is still her baby and, no matter how willingly she has given him to you, his going has left a blank in her life. So don’t begrudge her & little visit now and then. And remember that nothing a wife ever does so endears her to her hus- band as for her to be sweet and gracious to his mother. When a man marries, his most fervent prayer is that his wife and mother will get along together and like each other, and when this happens and his wife tries to be a real daughter to his mother, he feels that Heaven has, in- deed, blessed him beyond his deserts in giving him a wife whose price is above rules. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright. 1935.) Cook’sCorner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. BREAKFAST. Chilled Orange Juice Scrambled Eggs Bacon Buttered Toast Coffee LUNCHEON. Pear_Salad Mayonnaise Popovers Tea DINNER. Broiled Steak and Onions Buttered Potatoes Creamed Peas . Bread Butter Pineapple Ice Bor Cake POPOVERS. (A Dozen). <ups flour teaspoon salt egis Coffee 2 1 E Mix ingredients and beat 3 minutes. Half fill hot greased iron muffin pans or baking dishes. Bake 20 minutes in hot oven. Lower fire and bake 15 r:i:l':wa Serve immediately with utter. PINEAPPLE ICE BOX CAKE. (Using Sponge Cake Slices). 2 tablespoons Ja cup sugar granulated %2 cup diced 12 Soak gelatin in cold water 5 min- utes. Heat pineapple juice until boil- ing, immediately pour over gelatin and stir until dissolved. Add lemon Jjuice, salt and sugar. Cool until lit- tle thick. Fold in pineapple, egg and cream. Line bottom and sides of mold with sponge cake. Add 1% inch layer pineapple mixture. Cover with sponge cake. Add remaining pineapple mix- ture and top with rest of cake. Chill 4 hours or longer. Unmold and garnish with red cherries and bits of pine- apple. Serve cut in slices. Have cake slices 3 inch thick. Fresh or stale cake can be used. A loaf or shallow pan is advisable to_use for mold. KEEP IN TRIM via Setting-Up Exercises A nd Instructions. Evening Classes, EMILE Health Institute 1221 Conn. Ave. District 3621 £NDS THAT POWDERY.100K