Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1935, Page 42

C+4 WOMEN'S FEATURES, THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1T, 1935. WOMEN’S FEATURES, Discussion and Comment on Subjects Interesting Washington Women Party Frock for Child Feminine Detailé Are Reflected From Adult Fashions. Child’s Goal Is Factor in Class Work Many Things Needed | in Addition to Study Course. BY ANGELO PATRIL IT 1S very easy to teach a healghy. intelligent child of 3 or 4 to memorize verses, then to read, and count and write a little. The mother is delighted with the child’s quick- ness, She thinks he must be un- usually clever. “I wouldn't think of pushing him. But he begs to be taught.” Very good. But there are many things the child can be taught beside the course of study. First and fore- most, to be useful in the household. Many a child who can read “Mother Goose” from cover to cover cannot put away his toys, button his coat, go to the next room and bring back what is wanted or co-operate with other people to the extent of not getting in their way. Simple as these things may be, they are important enough to be considered the founda- tion of the child's education. All children love stories and they are interested in the picture books that hold the stories. They begin to read. I have nothing to say against that natural growth. What I want | to point out is that when a child of 4 is systematically taught to read and | write and count with a view of en- | tering him in school as soon as pos- sible, forcing him into the first grade because “he can read and count up to a hundred and write his name and spell Mississippi and Susque- | hanna,” trouble and plenty of it is in | store for him. | As T said, it is easy enough to teach & bright child to read and write. By | and by he goes to school. He is| now a member of a big group, any- | where from 35 to 55, according to | the location of the school. This | group moves as & group, not as in- dividals. This little child of 4 or 5 must now sit still, listen to the teacher, speak in his turn, move the‘[ same way and for the rest of the | time remain fixed and silent in his | His body cannot stand such a | soon indicates it. e behaves so that the teacher | m o and says he is not | developed for school work, | It is right to teach a child what he wants to learn at the time he wants t. Only the excep- tional y study lessons. His mother's insistence and | praise often make a healthy. normal child feel that he wants to learn to read. Unconsciousl pressure on him. It wo ‘When one teaches a ch T have regard for what the inst leads to, where the child is going, and how he will succeed when he gets there. If this bright child is go to a private school, and from t to a private prep school and then to college, he may have & chance to | succeed. But if he is to enter public school, and follow through on that | course, he has little chance. He is worn out before he starts. He has no interest in the subject matter that he has already learned at home. By all means teach the children all they want to know when they want to learn, but he careful of your motive and of his future. (Copyright, 1935.) The Old Gardener Says: Apparently there are some na- tive plants which are commonly overlooked by gardeners, among them Amorpha canescens, which comes from the Middle West and is sometimes spoken of as the leadplant. It has very interest- ing gray-green flowers which come in June. This is not a plant to be used in quantities, but its color makes it valuable as an accent in the gardens, and it has the merit of thriving in spots where moisture is some- what lacking. The brillient Xanthoceras sorbifolia is not un- known in gardens, by any means, yet is not common. It is said to have the habit of dying out after a few years, but while it lasts it makes a gorgeous dis- play, having innumerable flow- ers, creamy white with maroon centers. Then there is the fringe- tree, which, although called a tree, is little more than a shrub, as usually grown, and is an ornament to any garden in June. (Copyright. 1935.) N Shopping in Washington Clothes Suitable for Nearby Race Meets and Horse Shows. Left, wood violet three-piece frock, with a hand- knitted look; pongee scarf. pastel flannel. BY MARGARET WARNER. lovers of horses to hie them to the country to watch the shows and the races and to do their own bit along the nearby bridle paths. The Virginia Gold Cup is scheduled for May 4, the same day as the Kentucky Derby, and do you have the proper outfit ready for this sort of thing? course the weather is a big fac- consideration, but it to be warm in the mid- May day. and cool driving in so take along your top- and wesr good. comfortable low- field giasses and a seat stick if Fou can beg. borrow or steal one. ey sre hard to find. The casual t hat is, of course, about the only solution of a correct topper, and bright, tartan or striped scarfs add the correct dash of color at the neck. R IN LOOKING about for some clothes suitable for these outings we dis- covered a three-piece knit jacket suit in wood-violet, a soft mauve pastel tone, that is lovely to look at, and comfortable to wear, either with, or without the coat, and easily covered by a sturdy, casual topcoat, if need be. The laced-up raglan shoulder seams, as shown in the sketch above, are attractive features, and this lac- ing happens to be dusty pink, just the color of a felt hat shown with the suit. A soft pink scarf may be worn with the jacket, and a suggested hand bag is of gray and white rep- tile, making a charming ensemble. If you are not too sure of the weather it might be advisable to substitute a beige felt hat to match your casual coat, and wear a rich purple scarf instead of the pink, reserving the dainter color for the country club. Very much in the spirit of the day would be a cheery color novelty checked weave knit two-piece frock. This color is really coral, but they call it cherry, just for a change. ‘The jacket has a notched collar and revers with surplice closing, most of which may be covered and filled in by the use of a white pongee tri- angle scarf. This is just the kind of frock that looks smart under al- most any sort of casual topcoat, be it beige, brown or blue, plain or plaid. The felt hat might be self color or contrasting brown or beige. A swagger coat of soft grayish brown spongy material, with large plaid of tan is a marvelous sport coat to take 3 PATTERN 5304 A knitted two-piece dress is certainly the smart note for warmer weather. Get out your needles and let this lacy blouse grow—you'll have so much pleasure in wearing it, for it is a piece of knitting you can show with pride. skirt sets it off most effectively. Plain and lacy stripes alternate to make this biouse. The plain In pattern 5304 you will find complete instruction for making the blouse and skirt shown; an illustration of it and of the stitches needed; material requirements. OW IS the time for all good | | flannel right, cherry novelty knit with white Inset, the new short swagger coat in —.lelched in Washington Shops. along on any trip: and a smart coat that comes in pastels and white is fashioned of aqua-sec, meaning that it resists rain spots. It has a small herringbone weave and is silk lined. * ok ok % FDR general casual wear the very newest thing in town is a soft swagger jacket, fingertip length, with reglan sleeve and center back seam slashed up for about 10 inches, as sketched. These extremely smart coats come in powder blue, | pink, yellow and white and are dis- | played for wear with contrasting sports dresses. ‘The powder blue jacket is shown with matching blue hat anq frock of yellow knit, and there's a bouquet of tiny daisies on | the coat lapel. White is shown with a coral shirtwaist and skirt of silk, and the pink is worn over a deep | turquoise blue chenille knit with pink hat. They are the nicest splashes of color you could ask for, and you won't be able to resist having one of them, and will probably want two. For information concerning items mentioned in this column, call Na- tional 5000, Extension 396, between 10 and 12 am. Hats, Veils, Flowers at Weddings Advice Sought When Uncertainty Has Developed. BY EMILY POST. “DEAR MRS. POST: I am going to have a late afternoon church wedding in Midsummer. There will be no engraved invitations and only a maid of honor, two bridesmaids, & best man and two ushers. With all this simplicity, may my attendants carry their large picture hats, whigh will be filled with lovely garden flow- ers, and go bareheaded?” Answer — Baskets made of big, floppy hats which swing from rib- bons tied over their arms are always lovely at & Summer wedding, but in a wedding procession bare heads al- ways look unfinished. Moreover, the difference in color of hair and style of hair-dressing of even three differ- ent heads utterly spoils the unity of the picture, unless the arrangement of each girl's hair is purposely made to match, exactly. Usually, when hats are carried, a small flat hair ornament is chosen of a type that can be supposed to belong under the hats. For suggestions, go to the public li- brary and look at the ribbons and flowers (worn under hats) in pictures by Greuse and Nattier, or in the por- traits by Gainsborough, Romney, or others. Or, if pictures are not avail- able and you don’t know what I mean, then merely choose very small flat artificial flowers and arrange them in tiny mats or coronets, or else ring- shaped wreaths worn on one side of the head. Or whatever is most be- coming. ~Avoid anything of any size or raggedness of outline—as too sug- gestive of Ophelia in her mad scene. “Dear Mrs. Post: I am 27 years old and, as this is much too old for me to wear a bridal veil, may I wear a plain white dress with a slight train and a very soft sheer white turban on my head? Of perhaps, because the wedding is in the evening, I shall need nothing on my head? And without & veil, may I carry an all-white bridal bouquet?” Answer—Twenty-seven too old to wear a bridal veil? I never heard such nonsense, my dear! If you were 37, then I think it might be true that a vell would exaggerate whatever flaws & woman of maturer years must mi Toohmnthhp&mnndmmummvlwmhflnWm'l &ditor of The Evening Star, - 4 Proper Food for Child Puts Building Material Into Body When Needed Minerals and Vitamins Provide Valued Con- _tributions and Mother Must Give Quota for Growth. BY BETSY CASWELL. HE Bureau of Home Economics of the Department of Agricul- ture suggests that the old pro- verb, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” may be very aptly applied to the case of food versus the children’s teeth. Sclentists agree that, to have good teeth, we must have food that will furnish the ma- terials of which teeth are made. And not only must the child have foods that help make good teeth, but his mother should have those foods before he is born. Proper food is important for every living thing, but much more important for the little body which has to use so many of its reserves and vital elements for growth alone. Two of the minerals—calcium and phos- phorus—are the chief building ma- terials for bones and teeth. Two of the vitamins—C building operations If the bone-building materials are not on hand in plenty the bones that form will be weak and easily bent out of shape, resulting in bow legs, pigeon breasts, spinal deformities and | rickets. If the important vitamins are not on the job the bones may be- | come misshapen in the making. As| for teeth—they may be weak, poorly enamelled, crooked and easily in- clined to decay. * Kok ok RICKm and scurvy are now known to be due to the lack of those very vitamins which are so im- portant in building children’s teeth. The diseases were well known and dreaded in the old days, and because their resuitant ravages were so ob- vious, steps were taken scientifically to combat them. Mothers and die- ticians readily fell in with the medi- cal world’s findings and recommenda- tions on the subject, where the dis- eases themselves were concerned— but the laymen have not been quite 30 quick to adopt all these same prin- ciples in connection with keeping and building good teeth. As a matter of fact, scurvy affects the gums and teeth first of all, and once they have fallen victim to either this disease or to rickets it is hard to ever bring the children’s bodies back to true normal. Much can be done to repair the damage, but lost teeth cannot be replaced and severely mis- shapen bones cannot be entirely | straightened. If the child had always had the | Dorothy Betsy Caswell Dix Says Mothers Who Want Daughters to Avoid Being Old Maids. reason that a great many pretty and attractive young women never receive any at- tention from men and become old maids is because of their mothers. They have too much mother, or a mother who does the wrong thing, or & mother who is an awful warning, and each and every one is| a fatal handicap that prevents them | from winning out in the matrimonial sweepstakes. Indeed, it is not too much to say that & girl's popularity and her chances of marrying depend more upon her mother than they do upon her own personal attractions. For mother stages the show, so to speak. She makes the background against which her daughter struts her stuff. Mother can put out the doormat with the wel- come sign on it for the young people of her community and fill the house with girls and boys, especially with boys, or else she can nail the no trespassing sign on the door and keep every eligible man away. BOYS just naturally gravitate to a jolly house, where there are lots of other youngsters, where the girl's mother gives them the glad-hand and brings out the chocolate cake, and where they can roll up the rugs and dance and turn on the radio as loud as they like. And they just as natur- ally stay away from a house where the girl's mother gives them a sour howdy- do and treats them as if they were intruders, and warns them not to scratch the floor or make so much noise. Few girls are such knockouts that & boy is smitten down with love at first sight and is so determined to have her that he is willing to brave an ogre of & mother and & zero atmos- phere to get her. So the result is that the maidens with stand-off mammas are ditched. Men call once but never again. Whereas they hang around the houses where the girls’ mothers make things pleasant for them, and before they know it they have popped the question to Gertrude and taken mother on for & mother-in-law. A LOT of women keep their daugh- ters from marrying-by mothering them too much. They are always on the scene. They are always holding daughter’s hand, so that a young man would have to chloroform mother to - | building material, but what good is | inclosing stamped, self-addressed en- P food that he needed, the teeth and bones would probably have developed perfectly. * ok ok % DmAY in the teeth is largely due to wrong food. You can, of course, repair damage by going to the dentist and having the teeth put right mechanically, but, as your den- tist himself will tell you, if the food | had been right for the teeth from | birth on, you would probably have been spared all this later pain and | expense. By adopting the right food at once you can do much to check any further decay in the child's mouth. Fortunately the elements necessary for the making of good teeth are among the everyday foods at all farms and markets. First, and most im- portant is milk—fresh, dried, evapo- rated and buttermilk. Any and all of these will furnish the calcium and phosphorus that the teetd and bones need. A good many vegetables and fruits also contain these valuable com- pounds, as do eggs, meat and fish— but no food has such a good balance | of them as milk has, and, naturally, | for the young child, milk is its most important article of diet. But calcium and phosphorus are not the whole story. They do furnish the material without workers to put 1t together? This.is done by the vita- mins A, C. and D, all three of which may be found to a certain extent in milk. Milk, as a matter of fact, may | become a splendid source of vitamin | D if especially treated to enrich it | with this vitamin. Many dairies are now doing this, and thus the value of milk is going higher and higher. * X x ¥ MXLK contains only a little vitamin C, s0 for that particular one we must turn to the citrus fruits, toma- toes and raw vegetables. Cod liver oil, of course, supplies any deficiency of vitamin D, and milk holds enough vitamin A for the child’s needs. To round out the diet and fortify the child’s growing body in every pos- sible way, give him a variety of other | vegetables and fruits, along with plenty of bread and cereals, and some meats or fish. Some of these foods | will need special preparation for the | very small child, but he needs the | same variety that his elders do, and | more, for thus only can he get the complete list of body-building and | protective proteins, minerals and vita- | mins, and the energy-giving carbohy- drates and fats required for healthy growth and development. If you wish advice on your own in- dividual household problems, write to | Betsy Caswell, in care of The Star, velope for reply. result Maud and Flossie are dropped by the crowd because mother's rules make them spoilsports, ANOTHER mother who is bad luck to her daughters is the conver- sational mother, who is under the im- # 7 BY BARBARA BELL. ARTY frocks for small children are distinguished by the same feminine details that make adult fashions so interesting this season. The The puffed sleeves, square neck, gath- ered lace trimming and shirring in on & dress that has simple construc- tion lines. The vogue for slipover dresses with yokes is new and the trend is in high favor with mothers who recognize the advantages of the buttonless mode for little children. Accompanying this design is a pantie made of the same material. It is cut on the bias in one piece and | finished at the top with elastic. It, child is able to dress herself. pression that the young men who come to the house are calling upon her instead of upon Jane. When the boy friend arrives, she blows right in and proceeds to monopolize him. She | tells him how she loves young com- | popular for parties. pany, and that while her husband has got old, she is still a mere girl at heart. Then she regales him with the family chronicles for the last 30 years, and tells him all about her rheumatism, and when he says he really must go she tells him what a pleasant time she has had, and that he must come back again. But he never does. Many a poor girl who is earning| her own bread and butter would have been sitting pretty, feasting on cakes and ale provided by a husband if only she had been able to gag mother. And, of course, there are those tragic cases where a mother blights her daughter’s every opportunity of marrying by being so renowned for her temper, for her nagging, for her dis- agreeable traits of character that men shy off from the daughter as they would from a calamity, The girl may be all that is fine, but one look at her downtrodden father is enough for them. They dare not risk her. (Copyright. 1935.) tection of — make love to the girl, if he so desired. They are always telling how they have never been separated from Mamie or Sadie, and how Mamie or Sadie depends-upon them for every- thing, and how they dread the day when some man will take ml;tm- is & Other mothers queer their daugh- ters’ chances of marriage by over- ing the chaperon business. They will not let their girls wear the kind starts. They sit within earshot when- sver the girls have & date, and as & s 4 Children’s clothes for Summer |come in all the dainty fabrics of |long ago. Allover figured effects in | organdie, net, lace and taffeta are there are charming lawns and seer- suckers of chiffonlike quality. Cot- | ton voile in solid colors is being re- vived, and handkerchief linen in its present state of creaseless perfection | is new and smart. Color is important with children. Shades of every hue are popular this season. Among the loveliest are the elusive pinks, the purplish blues, clear yellow, rose geranium, mild green | and apricot. Lace for edgings is being dyed to match the material. This is a French touch that makes inex- pensive frocks look twice their price. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1647-B is | designed in sizes 2, 4 and 6 years. Size 4 years requires 2!, yards of 36-inch material, including panties; 13 yards of lace edging. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes | an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to use. Send for the Barbara Bell Pattern Book. 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STORAGE—MOVING—PACKING—SHIPPING 920-922 E St. N.W.—Phone Nat. 6900 little frock pictured is an | adaptation from a French design. the skirt are optional ellbonuom‘ too, is without buttons, so that the | Beside these | L < /G47-8 Interesting and exclusive fashions for age; slenderizing, well-cut patterns for. the mature figure, afternoon 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 cents for your copy today. Address orders to The Eve- ning Star. BARBARA BELL ‘Washington Star. Send 25 cents in coins for Pat- tern No. 1647-B. 8izes.....es0 NaMe .cocesresrnecssrcsscnnss Address (Wrap coins securely in paper.) (Copyright, 1935.) Stylet Brenda: |of a perfect costume for immediate use. It is a printed tailored suit, with a short, straight skirt, a jacket cut on severely tailored lines, with man- nish collar and lapels, and is fastened by links at the waist. Marcel Rochas has it in a handsome cotton fabric in faille with a small geometrical pat- tern, and also in black crepe de chine, printed in red and green. For evening wear, a cape that is made of tulle is sometimes full length and of the same color as the dress. Patou has one, covered with large discs made of the same crinkly satin as the frock. little children and the difficult junior | From Paris comes the description ! with a floral design, Lanvin makes it | you’ Great in washers. Hash Needs Speed With Technique {Either Home Cooked}) or Canned Beef May Be Used. BY EDITH M. BARBER. “DEAR MISS BARBER: Please give me a recipe for corned beef hash. The kind that is dry and turned like an omelet. I should also like to know how much corned beef I should buy for our family of six for a boiled| dinner, with some left over for hash the next day.” The business woman housekeeper, will be interested in the first question because she can make very good hash| from canned corned beef, or perhaps,| she will like to use one of the good ready-to-use products nqw available. ‘The usual allowance for solid meat is one-quarter of a pound per person. You will probably buy three or four| pounds so that you will have some left over to serve cold or to make hash. Corned beef, either home cooked or canned, may be used in other special ways. It may be sliced, arranged in a baking dish, covered with canned| tomatoes and seasoned with onion.| salt and pepper. Or it may be served cold with sliced onions, mayonnaise, pickles and parsley. A savory canape may be made by sauteing rounds of| corned beef in butter, arranging them on rounds of French toast and topping| them with sliced tomato, garnished) with anchovy paste. For the quick meal tonight I am| suggesting: Browned Corned Beef Hash. Baked Tomatoes. Asparagus With Hollandaise. Cream Puffs. Coffee. Corned Beef Hash. One and one-half pounds corned beef. Seven large boiled potatoes. Onion to flavor. Cayenne pepper, salt. Put meat, potatoes and onion | through the food chopper. Add pepper and salt to taste. Grease a heavy skillet lightly and pat in the hash in an even layer and cook over a low heat until a golden brown crust ;is formed. When brown place a pan |or lid over the skillet and turn the | hash out so that the browned side {is on top. Slip the uncooked side into the skillet and allow to become | golden brown. Turn on plate; gar- | nish with parsley and serve at once. | Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. BREAKFAST MENU. Chilled Orange Juice. Ready Cooked Cereal. Cream. French Toast. Sirup, Coffee. LUNCHEON MENU. | Cream Cheese and Olive Sandwiches. Prunes Lenoz. Sugar Coolkies. Tea. DINNER MENU. Broiled Steak. Buttered Potatoes. Creamed Onions. Bread. Butter. Head Lettuce. 1,000 Island Dressing. Bavarian Cream with Strawberries. Coffee. PRUNES LENOX. !z pound dried prunes 3 cups water 2 lemon slices 3 cup susar Thoroughly wash prunes, add water and let soak overnight. Simmer one hour. Add rest of ingredients and simmer 15 minutes. Cool and chill. BAVARIAN CREAM WITH STRAWBERRIES. (Rather Festive Dessert.) 4 esw volks 1'2 tablespoons gran- 14 teaspoon salt ulated gelatin 13 cup sugar tablespoons cold 2 cups milk water 1 teaspoon vanilia cups berrles 2, cup heavy cream, 3 cup confectioner's whinped sugar Soak gelatin in water five minutes. Beat yolks, add sugar and salt. Add milk. Cook until a little thick in double boiler. Stir constantly and do | not overcook or mixture will curdle. Add gelatin and stir until dissolved. | Cool, allow to thicken a little. Add vanilla and cream. Mix berries with | confectioner's sugar and pour into bottom of glass mold. Cover with | cream mixture which has been chilled. Chill two hours or longer. Unmold | carefully and serve cut in slices. Whipped cream may be served with this dessert if desired, but, of course, extra calories are then added. During housecleaning week plan meals carefully and have plenty of cooked foods on hand. Nothing is more discouraging for all the family than to have “skimpy” meals and dis- order all at once. AND LOOK! MY HANDS DONT GET THAT RED, ROUGH LOOK ANYMORE Rinso—for the wash, for dishes, U for allcleaning. Gives lively, lasti suds—even in hvdat"w:.nv. Xnm Clothes last 2 or 3 times longer— 'Ilsave money.