Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1935, Page 24

~B-8 =« WOMEN’S FEATURES. Generil Summer Living Should Follow Logical Course .Established in Tropics Morning, Noon and Night Have Their Own Way of Giving Cool Comfort. BY BETSY CASWELL. OME day Washingtonians are | going to wake up and treat Summer living here in the | proper manner — patterned after the system used in the tropics. The sooner we stop trying to make believe that we can arrange our | linens are popular, and the new cork plate mats and coasters with a mod- ernistic monogram in brown are durable and easily washed. Plates, bowls, cups, saucers—nearly every- thing, in fact—can be found now con- structed of wood which has been | especially treated to stand hot liquids, | days and our clothes and houses just |OllS, acids, etc. The ones in the as Boston and New York do theirs in | @ccompanying illustration happen to the hot months, the more comfort and | be blue, but the sets also come in red relief we will find. and in yellow, and some are made of ¥ | natural-finish bird's-eye maple. These thzogok:}:r“éagilt]; | are heavy enough not to blow away to the effect that in a strong breeze and yet won't break only “mad dogs § | if they should fall on the tile flooring. and Englishmen Some one suggested that such a set go out in the would be splendid for small yachts or | mid-day sun.” | cabin cruisers—and the stars do look This might well pretty nautical, at that! apply to many of ¥ood us here, for the 'OR the floor. if you want a cover- noon-hour heat ing, the hemp and sisal rugs are can be pretty se- o |good They have never been put out vere, yet even the 4 m prettier patterns than this year. people who could 2 However, if your floor itself is of tile, stay home at that | stone or concrete, a rug is not really | time don’t seem | a necessity. If you will give the floor | to avail them- |a good hosing just as the sun begins | selves otf the op- |to do down you will fl;d that your ortunity. 9 | porch will be several degrees cooler x Very early morning is the best time }:ml_ it has dried. | for shopping and marketing—and also | " piant stands, floor flower boxes and | for any strenuous exercise, SUCN S |y.pging yine holders will do much to | Tiding or tennis. Also, before 9 0'clock | 44t the decoration and cool effect close and shutter your windows, SO |, vour gutside room. Choose your that any cool air may be kept inside | fogers to harmonize or contrast | and the blazing sun kept out. | sharply with the general color scheme, | & ok Lk i i ‘anfi do plck”the km?] of f:g}x'ers lk}la; URING the noon period, and un- | will grow well in small containers wi til about 4 o'clock, stay indoors, if | a minimum amount of care and atten- | you can, and keep quiet. As I have tion. | mentioned in former articles, try to| One terrace I have just seen com- arrange the daily meals so that no pleted was furnished all in white, with prolonged cooking is necessary after | white flower boxes foaming with ‘vhite 11 or so in the morning. When the |and deep purple petunias. Cushions sun begins to lose some of its ferocity, | and odd bric-a-brac were in the same and an evening breeze, perhaps, | purple and the effect was really de-: springs up (I think that is just a |lightful. Dusty pink combined with | Pretty idea, myself!) then open up |pale yellow flowers and the turquoise your house, and emerge onto your | blue with orange for contrast would porch, terrace or balcony and prepare | also be interesting and a bit “differ- to enjoy your outdoor living room | ent. A terrace done in gray—_the for the rest of the day and evening. dull gray of old pewter. with high-| We are exceedingly fortunate, here |lights of bright red or chartreuse | in this city. that so many of the houses green—could feature only white flowers have little gardens, or some space that | as a relieving note. may be put to real use in the hot | * ok ok weather. No matter how tiny, if you | "THE main points to bear in mind can squeeze a chair or ‘“°‘d“"dma are: All outdoor equipment must table into a little corner under the|, " " \id and non-breakable as trees and sky, you will find it one of possible. It must be rain and dust the greatest comforts and aids in the | o ggeant and easily cleaned; materials world to a pleasant existence. must be non-fading. Nothing looks so porch e tired and sad as faded cushions and | F there is an infinite variety of lovely Betsy Caswell THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1935. Unusual Beauty in Wood for the Summer Table Specially treated birch plates and bowls, enameled in blue and studded with brass stars, set an outdoor table of novel charm. The steel flatware has blue handles, and the candlesticks and salt and pepper shakers repeat | the “Star Spangled Banner" effect of the blue-and-white cloth and napkins. Star Staff Photo—Courtesy Carole Stupell. | Successful Child Leads To Mistake Pride and Shame Too Likely to Be Made OR the larger terrace or spotted, stained furniture. With the wealth of really practical material at furnishings, and outdoor living equip- ment. Whole sets of chairs, sofas, tables in varying sizes and types may be found in the shops, beautiful and | practical for general use. The new color trend for porch fur- niture brings into play the pastel tints —dusty pink is a big favorite, and one sees even turquoise blue and pale yel- our command we should be able to achieve a porch or terrace of lasting durability and charm. Give as much care and thought to the arranging of your outdoor room | as you do to that of your indoor one, and the result will prove a comfort and pleasure throughout the warm | months for many Summers to come: low. White is still going strong. of course, either in wire, iron, or heavy ‘wooden pieces. | For the alfresco meal there are| tablecloths and napkins in bright colors and amusing patterns; peasant If you wish advice on your indi- vidual household problems, write Betsy Caswell, in care of The Star, inclosing stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply. Coiffure Suggestions | face. I have massaged it quite a bit, but don't seem to get rid of it. heart-shaped face and my CATHERINE. forehead is somewhat high, Answer—You must first get rid of so I wear bangs. I would |the habit of frowning, which caused like to know how to wear my | the wrinkle; no local treatment can hair at the sides and back. (2) I be effective until you have done this. have two little moles about the size | Perhaps your eyes need to be ex- of a pinhead on my shoulder. They amined for glasses, also. It is very have come recently. How can I re- | necessary to build up good health move them? (3) I have greenish- |and vitality at your period of life blue eyes, ivory skin and brown hair through correct mental and physical with red lights in it. What colors of | habits. Continue the massage every clothes should I wear? DIANA. [day. Hold the skin smooth between Answer—You might try this coif- | the spread thumb and index finger fure: A low side part, long curled |of one hand while massaging with bangs, hair brushed behind the ears | the index finger of the other hand and the ends a soft mass of ringlets. | With an upward rotary motion. Now (2) Have a doctor remove the place the index fingers of both hands moles for you. You cannot do it |at the bridge of your nose; massage safely at home. with an outward and upward stroking (3) Warm colors ranging from |movement, the right hand going yellow through orange to russet are|toward the right temple and the becoming to your type. You may’leh hand going toward the left. wear henna, rust, green with bluish [Pat a little muscle oil on the tinge, dark and medium blues, blue“"mkle at bedtinfe. I think you violet, plum color, wine, cream, black. | Would find my leaflet, “Facial LOIS LEEDS. | Wrinkles,” helpful. I shall be glad to mail you a copy if you Frown Wrinkles. will send a request for one to me in care of this paper, accompanied by Dear Miss Leeds: I am 40 years |a stamped (3-cent), self-addressed en- old and have had quite a bit or trou- | velope. Wear a hat with a shady ble, which left me with a deep brim in the sunshine. furrow or wrinkle between my eyes,' LOIS LEEDS. E certainly spoils the looks of my (Copyright. 1935.) BY LOIS LEEDS. EAR MISS LEEDS: I have a PATTERN 5358 Who of us hasn't yearned for a rich lace cover for our dining room? | You can fulfill your wishes if you'll just get out your crochet hook and some string and get to work on this choice square. It's an easy one to do—you'll know it by heart very quickly and what could be better pick-up work? The design, original with Alice Brooks, was inspired by some choice old Italian lace. You can be sure then that this bit of crochet is something lovely. Scarfs, pillows, luncheon, vanity and buffet sets can be made as well as a dinner cloth. In 5358 you will find complete instructions for making the square shown and for joining it to make a variety of articles; an illustration of it and of the stitches needed: material requirements. To obtain this pattern send 10 cents in stamps or coin to the Woman's Editor of The Evening Star, [2 3 Wrong Test. | | BY ANGELO PATRI. ATERNAL pride is proverbial and instinctive, which is probably | what has given it such power over | | parents and_children. A goodly share | of this pride is purely personal. “My child did that drawing.” “My boy | stood first in the test.” Something | of honor and dignity is added to the parent of the successful child. I am not decrying this in the slightest. | What I want to emphasize is the opposite side of the picture, the awful shame that covers a parent whose child falls. That feeling is overdone | and its effect on the children is far | out of proportion to their share in | the occasion. | Father and mother take a small boy, about 6 or 7. out for a visit. “Now show Aunt Ellen what a little gentleman you can be,” says mother, | her anxiety so evident that the child | wonders what is the matter with ! visiting Aunt Ellen and is at once on guard. Then he forgets. He chases the kitten until it is rescued. | | He spills some milk on the table- | cloth—the glass was of a size and | iweight unsuited to his hands and | | unfamiliar in his experience. He left | his dessert on his plate untouched, | |and when his hostess asked, as, of | course. she should not have done— | | “Don’t you like tapico pudding?” he | said, “No, I don’t,” without the sav- ing grace of as much as a smile. “1 never was so ashamed in all my life. I'll never take you out again. Never.” An older child fails in school. He could make no sense out of geometry and Latin was a dead sound in his ears. “He cannot go ahead. He must get & passing mark in these two subjects or he cannot be graduated and that means he must repeat them.” Do father and mother ask why the boy could not master these subjects? Do they try to get expert help for the boy who is drowning in a welter of despair? What they do is say to the teacher, “We do not understand | this at all. We have sent three chil- | dren through high school and this | is the first one that has ever failed. | There must be something wrong. Have you kept him in, given him anyi special instruction? Couldn’t he have been coached? Why did you not let | us know long ago so we could have prevented this disgrace?” To the boy they say, “This is dis- graceful. The only one of the family on either side who has ever failed in school. How do you suppose we feel? Your cousins are all doing splendidly. It must be you that shows us up to the neighborhood, disgraces us. We're ashamed to be seen for fear somebody says, ‘I hear Harold is being left back. What a shame.’” Pride and shame in relation to children are too likely to be personal. In dealing with children it is better to be as impersonal as possible about their doings. One can be happy in his success and sad in his failures without feeling personally elated or personally aggrieved. A child’s mis- take in etiquette at the age of 6 or 7, a pupil’s failure in a difficult subject, are not causes for shame. They are signals of distress and a call for help in the school child’s life, and an indication of a lack of maturity, nothing more. One would not expect a little child to have perfect man- ners. Nor would a sensible person expect a high school student to be equally proficient in all subjects. Shame is not a word to be used lightly in relationship to children. Save it for the occasion we hope will never come—spiritual catastrophe. | Even that can be mended. (Copyright. 1935.) i| My Neighbor Says: | To prevent the roots from your lilac hedge growing out into the garden, pound down pieces of old slate or tin where roots branch out and cover with earth. This will kill new shoots without in- juring the larger shrubes. Graceful Town Frock May Be Enlivened by Use of Jewelry and Flowers. T i BY BARBARA BELL. AVY sheer crepe goes into the making of this smart frock for the matron who spends her Summers within the city limits. Any amount of wear and satisfaction can be gotten from dresses of this conventional type. They are adaptable to a variety of back- grounds and can be enlivened by the addition of costume jewelry and flowers. The lines of this frock achieve their slimness by crafty planning and skill- ful cut. A long panel, narrow and with hemline flares, does miraculous things to the figure. The neckline is finished with a bow, just a little one from the same material. The collar does graceful things, too. Narrow in the back, it suddenly swings into a circular motive, giving the front of the dress a charmingly jaboted look. It is interesting to note that this design 1s developed without con- trast and therefore may be depended upon to appear smart when acces- sories are added. Navy and black always have their Midsummer followers among those who travel a great deal or spend their time in the eye of the public. These conservative colors take touches of white as other shades will not, and on the hottest day superimposed col- lars of white pique and accessories of the same will produce & really cool 8] . mmw pattern No. 1574-B is . 1" ,vl i 1574-6 | designed in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50. Size 36 requires 3% yards of 39-inch material. Every Barbara Bell pattern in- cludes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Send for the Barbara Bell Pattern 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, Send 15 cents for your Address orders to The Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1574-B. Size.... Name Address . (Wrap coins securely in paper.) Birth Data Valued for | Future Use 'Legal Requirements' Treat Record as | Indispensable. | | BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. | THERE is only one way in which a | person can prove legally to be the | person he says he is—and that is by | possession of a certificate of birth. Within a day or two of baby’s birth the child's father, nurse or doctor should send to the Bureau of Vital Statistics—which is concerned with riage—a notification of the baby’s | birth. There are regular forms to be | filled out and these will be mailed upon request. Many doctors carry these with them and insert the proper information immediately after baby's birth. But there are still such large num- bers of unregistered births that it is apparent that there are many slips between the intention and the com- mission of the father's or doctor’s | duty. | Birth registration may seem to the parent comparatively unimportant at the moment. But upon his legal | ability to prove his name, parentage and birth date may depend for John | Jones, let us say, his right to go to | school, his citizenship. his right to go to work, to inherit property, to marry, | to hold office, to obtain passports for foreign travel or to prove his mother’s right to a pension, if she is a widow. In fact one is without a firm hold upon reality unless he is able to pre- sent proof that he is the child of cer- tain parents, born in such a place on such and such a day and year. This is no trivial matter. It should be the immediate concern of any parent. Usually parents find it no hardship to send out ribboned cards, heralding the birth of a child, yet they put off doing the one thing which will make that birth officially authenticated. Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER BREAKFAST. Chilled Orange Juice. Ready Cooked Cereal. Soft Cooked Eggs. Buttered Toast. Coflee. LUNCHEON. Fruit Salad. Corn Bread. Butter. Tea. DINNER. Broiled Lamb Chops. Creamed Potatoes. Buttered Beets. Bread. Grape Jam. Celery. Chocolate Cake with Peppermint. Frosting. Coffee. CHOPPED BACON ON CORN BREAD. * cup chopped raw % teaspoon salt. 1, cup_cornmeal. s CUP_SURAT. 4 teaspoons baking wder. Dot Sprinkle bacon over top rest of in- gredients which have been mixed to- gether and poured into greased shal- low pan. Bake 20 minutes in mod- erate oven. Cut in bars and serve warm with butter. CHOCOLATE CAKE. cup fat. o ‘s cups sufar. exss. GEORGE. cup milk. tablespoons fat. ted. ited . . 2 cups flour. (up buttermill, 1 teaspoon sods. Cream fat and sugar. Add rest of ingredients and beat two minutes. Pour into two layer cake pans lined with waxed papers. o Bake 25 minutes in moderately slow oven. Cool and cover with peppermint frosting. PEPPERMINT FROSTING. % bl i 1 2 ess_whites. extract Boil gently, without stirring, sugar, vinegar and water. When fine thread forms when portion is slowly poured from spoon carefully and slowly pour into beaten egg whites, Beat steadily until frosting is thick and cool. Add rest of ingredients and frost cake. | making money because they did not | en block their husbands’ | ment by refusing to go with them to WOMEN’S FEATURES. Observations in Keeping With the Tide of Feminine Activities Dorothy Dix Says Don’t Neglect Business to Please Whining Wife. EAR MISS DIX—I am a, human industry but & man's desire young man of 26, married | to make life soft and easy for his wife to the most wonderful girl|and children that drives him to his in the world, and we have daily task. 4 lmmu children. The | epression us into arrears nn':nchuy. but with conditions pick- | is a wife who bucks him up to do the ing up that is not my worry. Just | 'Y best that is in him, and who now is the season in which my com- imnkes him feel that she appreciates pany does the most business, and my | the sacrifices he is making for her. wo brothers and myself are working | And I am sorry for any husband who almost day and night to make ouri“ 50 unfortunate as to business a success and bring it back |t0 8 woman who holds him back by to where it was before the depression. | 25SUMing the martyr attitude and ac- I am working nights as well as days | CUsses him of neglecting her for his at this time and this peeves my wite | business. " DOROTHY DIX. very much. She feels neglect and | EAR MISS DIX: : My husband o e tells me that he does not love to do 15 to get out of debt and provide z& bHe 5;}.'8 that }R]\e w(fi‘:d not speak a bum the way he talks to me, and for her and the children. What yould l Natilie: Nk e canet fe ihe you advise me to do? @ ECIDED, | Women of the streets than he has for me. He seems to blame me for this, and think I should do something | about it. I do not know what causes | his disrespect, as I have been a good | wife to him. 1 am honest, moral, and | neither in my manner nor language |am I common or vulgar. I offered him a divorce. We have no children and I would not expect alimony, as |1 am young and healthy and able to take care of myself, but it appears he does not want to leave me. I am | completely disgusted with marri |and yet I don't want to quit, and I | love him in spite of everything. What In these times what a man needs NSWER—I advise you to pay no attention to your wife's com- plaints and not to let her keep you from pursuing what you see to be the wise and sensible course. Believe me, son, & man makes no greater mistake than when he lets a fool woman interfere in his career. You have a chance now to reha- bilitate your business and make good the lean years. You have an oppor- ;unng to get established on a sure oundation again and thus be able to frovxde MrI your family, and if youi“h‘u i SR let your wife’s whines keep you from | Answer.—Apparentl: marriage is doing so you will be as silly and weak | one of the zh‘:g‘gs th:v. your l:n‘abnnd as she is. | cv;]n neither do with nor without, | while you seem to be a glutton for I HAVE seen many women ruin their | punlshifln!_ So one’s en!ly conclu- husbands by interfering in their | sion in your case is that you are one business. I have seen wives nag their | of the couples who get a sort of sadis- husbands until they made them give | tic pleasure out of domestic fights. up a good trade in which they were —_ OU are like those strange people who enjoy poor health and who are never really so happy as when | they are miserable. Evidently your husband belongs to the torturer type cause they would not leave mother | of husband who delights in torment- and the girls. ing some one in his power who is too e — weak and cowardly to strike back, I know one doctor’s wife who killed | while you must be one of the doormat his practice by secretly muffing the | wives who enjoy having & man telephone at night becausc she didn't | trample over them. like to be waked up. I have seen| women ruin their husbands’ business | consider 1t elegant. I have seen wom- | advance- some place where fortune called. be- Otherwise you would jam on your | by dragging them away from it to|hat and leave the next time your husband began reviling and insulting you. No woman needs to take that, | especially one who is young and | healthy and can make her own liv- {ing. It is easy to see why your hus- band doesn't respect you. It is be- cause you have no self-respect. DOROTHY DIX. * o % x dance attendance upon them at teas and parties And I have seen plenty of women who killed all of their husbands’ ambition by being jealous of their husbands’ work UT I have never seen one of these women who was willing to abide by the consequences of her act, and who was willing to do with less money EAR DOROTHY DIX: I have a in order to have more of her hus- son who has been out of coll band’s soclety. On the contrary. they | o year. He is very anous to get s want to have their cake and eat it,| job and has one offered him, but too. They want their husbands to be | it wi)| take him out of town. How- at their beck and call and still be ever gs I am not vi | . ery well, I have go-getters. | talked him out of taking it. I would | certificates of birth, death and mar- | I would have more respect for these wives who are always complai that their husbands neglect them for | their business and that they can never | tear their husbands away from their “old offices,” and that all their hus- | bands think about is their work, if | they would say occasionally, “I would | rather have more of your time than a new car,” or “I would be content to live in a poor house instead of a fine one if you wouldn't go off on so many business trips,” or “I would rather have an evening with you than a new dress.” 'UT I have never heard of one doing it yet. These women always as- sume the position that a man slaves at his job just for fun, and that it is some curious and perverted taste that makes him prefer to labor in a hot office all Summer instead of going off to a cool Summer resort, when they must know. if they have any intelli- gence whatever, that it isnt super- | turn my business over to him, but I don’t want him to be in it, as it has | very little money in it any more. I give him a good home, clothes and spending money, but he is very dis- satisfied. him a salary. He attends meetings, does my banking, etc. Of course, I do not give He is very much in love with a fine girl and | they have been engaged for a year, {but I think they are young enough | to wait, as he is only 24. I found | him crying one night. He said he wanted to go away and get a job. | What shall I do? He is an only child. | WORRIED FATHER. Answer —Either let him go and get a job with some one else, or else turn your business over to him. It | may be that his young energy would | put fresh vim into it and make it & success. Can‘t you see that you are ruining your boy and killing all the manhood in him by keeping him de- | pendent on you? DOROTHY DIX. | (Copyright. 1035.) :Who Are You? The Romance of Your Name. Grosurnor BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. THE meaning of this surname is “great huntsman” from the Prench “gros veneur.” The ancestor | who first assumed the name held the office of grand huntsman under the Duke of Normandy, which position remained a hereditary office in the family for a long time. The English family of Grosvenor is traced to Gil- bert le Grosvenor of Normandy, a rel- ative of William the Conqueror. The family descended from an uncle of Rollo, the founder of Normandy. The first of the Grosvenor family in America was John, the son of Sir Richard Grosvenor of the sixteenth from Gilbert le Grosvenor. He was born in England in 1641, and sailed from Cheshire in 1670 bound for the New World. He settled in Rod- bury, Mass., and immediately became an active citizen in his new com- munity. He was by trade a tanner and also served as town constable. He became the proprietor of “Masha uet Purchase” in the Connecticut colony, which remained the home of some of his descendants for many generations. Simple Fruit Cake. Cream together thoroughly half a cupful of softened butter and two of brown sugar, adding grad- the thickly beaten yolks of four Add two-thirds of a cupful leftover coffee infusion with spoonful each of cloves, nutmeg and baking . Beat well and stir in two-thirds of a cupful each of chopped nuts and dried currants carefully cleaned, a little beaten whites of the four eggs. The fruit and nuts should be mixed and tossed in & spoonful or two of extra | flour. ‘Pour into a large greased and | flioured angel-cake pan and bake in | a medium oven for about 12 hours. | Frost, If desired, with a plain vanilla- | flavored confectioner’s icing. ‘Give Paper Napkins No Regular Use BY EMILY POST. & AR MRS. POST: I am in charge of a club program that is to be turned into an ‘etiquette test’ similar to the spelling bees we all found so exciting in school (and help- ful, though we may not have realized | it then!). We are going to offer prises for the most informed members and have made up our list of questions, al- though the answers are lacking to & few of them. Will you piease supply them for us? “1. Is it proper to use paper napkins on any occasion?” A. In a formally appointed house | paper napkins are never proper. But | since comparatively few houses of to- | day belong in this category paper nap- kins are not only decorative on many | occasions, such as Halloween and | Valentine parties, as well as all sorts | of children’s parties—and, of course, at | picnics—but are often necessary when | the party is of a size out of keeping | with the linen supply of the average | hostess. | “2. Is it proper to invite & husband to a party without asking his wife, and | vice versa?” A. No: not unless it is well known | that they lead separate lives, but live under the same roof for the sake of | the children. But a hostess may very | well ask either a husband or a wife | (if both are very intimate friends) to | fill in at a dinner party for one who | has given out at the last minute. Re- | member, though, that it would not do to use this maneuver more than once to choose the more attractive one and mtentionally leave the other out. “3. What is the answer (o a guest who says, when leaving, ‘Thank you for a lovely party?'” A. “Thank you for coming.” “4. When salad is served with meat, what kind is usually chosen?” A. Salad should never be served with any meat except fowl and game. If there has been no other meat and vegetable course then a vegetable salad would be suitable. Otherwise celery salad with game and a green salad with chicken is usual “5. Is it ever proper that a lady to have her cards printed ‘Mrs. Mary Smith?" " A. No. Socially a lady always uses | her husband’s name. | (Copyright 1935.) My Neighbor Slys: Instead of putting the Winter things away in bags, why not in- vest in one of the new cedarised cabinets, which stand upright just like an extra closet? It holds six or eight separate garments, and there is practically no dan- ger of dust or moths getting at