Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1935, Page 43

WOMEN’S FEATURES. THE EVE - NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1935. WOMEN'’S FEATURES. Pointers for Washington Women on Playing the Game of Do Meet Test of Weather When Home Is Occupied And Comfort Is Elusive Discard Heavy Furniture, Make’ House| Gardens, and F ind Best Way to Banish Daytime Heat. BY BETSY CASWELL. NCE again Washington's streets assume a slightly deserted air—houses remain tightly closed and shuttered, except toward sundown, when caretakers spring mushroomlike from nowhere to water grass and sidewalks out in front. Rapidly the voices of the neighbor- hood children g vanish as their small owners are whisked off to camp or the sea- shore and the clop-clop of the milkman's horse less frequently for deliveries. Those lucky ones who have houses in the mountains or at the beach have departed, with all their Summer Leres and Penates, in search of cool breezes and a healthy life. They will get beautifully lithe and tanned, their nerves will be calmed and rested, and they will re- turn to town in the Fall rejuvenated both physically and mentally. When we stayers-on are feeling wilted and limp beyond repair they will breeze in full of “wim, wigor and witality,” 85 Sam Weller would put it. For those of us who cannot get away it is important that our Summer existence here should be made as pleasant and comfortable as is humanly possible. We cannot con- trol the weather, of course, but we can control some of its effects, and it is greatly to our advantage to do so. * % X% ¥ I THE first place, make your house as cool in fact and appesrance as you can. Do away with the heavy pieces of furniture where possible and substitute something lighter in type, such as that in the illustration. If you cannot afford to buy new pieces, cover the old ones with inexpensive Cook’sCorner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. WARM-WEATHER MEALS. BREAKFAST MENU. Chilled Orange Juice. French Toast. Maple Sugar, Coffee. Milk for Children LUNCHEON MENU. Banana and Apple Salad. Bread. Butter. Sponge Cake. Iced -Chocolate. DINNER MENU. Tuna Salad. Creamed Asparagus. Graham Mufins. Rice Pruit Ring. Cream. Coffee. Milk for Children. ‘TUNA BALAD. 1 tablespoon chcrnad pimento 1 tablespoon lemon {uice Betsy Caswell. oup tuna fard cooked s, diced Y, teaspoon salt % tesspoon paprika % cup salad dressing Mix and chill ingredients. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves. GRAHAM MUFFINS. Quickly Made. 1 cup Graham 1 teasnoonsalt lou cup flour & SSabiespoons chopped sweet pickles L cup sour milk tablespoons fat. melted Mix ingredients. Beat one minute. Half fill greased muffin pans and bake 15 minutes in moderate oven. Serve warm with butter. RICE FRUIT RING. 1 tablespoon Y, teaspoon salt sranula 13 cup suga selatin mixture 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 tablespoons 2 cups berries or cold water peaches cup hot milk % cup confection- Y2 eups boiled rice er's sugar Soak gelatin in cold water 5 min- utes. Add hot milk and stir until gelatin has dissolved. Add salt and sugar. Cool and add vanilla. Pour into ring mold which has been rinsed out of cold water. Chill until stiff. 1 3 Unmold and fill center with berries | sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar. Berve plain or with cream. ‘To “frost” mint leaves, used for top- ping chilled beverages, dip fresh mint into a thick stgar and water sirup, Jet dry and the leaves will have a “frosty” appearance. it 1 g s tuelL |slip covers in “slippery” materials, in ! plaids, pale colors or pastel stripes. { Choose something that really appeals | to you as suggesting chill breezes. If you have fireplaces, clean them out and place & vase of bushy green leaves in front of the opening. One clever woman I know banked her fireplace with green branches, set a row of window boxes full of geraniums in front of them and on the mantel as The effect was charming and turned the living room into a simu- lated garden. I am assuming, of course, that you have already done away with heavy draperies and thick carpets Bare floors are always cool in Summer, but many people object to them because | of the noise. The sisal and hemp rugs | now found in so many of the shops | solve the problem perfectly and give |added color and life to the room. Thin, crisp curtains may be used to |lessen the desolate look of the bare | windows and, if tied back and of very | sheer material, will not keep out any air that may be stirring. * % X X NLESS your walls have faded badly, it is a good idea to take down .all pictures for the Summer, This further accents the cool, unclut- tered effect and also gives your walls a chance to fade evenly, if fade they must. Then if you decide to change the location of some of the pictures when redoing the house for the Fall |you will have no discolored patches iwxlh which to cope. After many tests and experiments I have definitely decided that clos- irg the house or apartment during the day and opening up all the win- cows after sunset is the best way to | keep the premises cool. With elec- | tric fans going in the various rooms, the air is stirred sufficiently and the heat from the street is, for the most | part, kent out. and Venetian blinds all play an im- portant part in this form of insula- | treated in this way will remain several | cegrees cooler than those left open to the air and sun. If you are blessed | with an air-cooling system of some sort, all these suggestions do not ap- | ply to you, of course, but for those of us who still survive with the old- fashioned Summer atmosphere in the | home, they will, I am sure, prove helpful. * ox o % HE problem of the “top floor” is one which I have still to solve. Much has been accomplished by ven- tilators, which draw out the hot air during the day, and pump in cold air | 2t night—but their work is hampered by the intensity of the sun on the roof during the daylight hours, and the fact that, in Washington, the night eir is not always so very cool. One bright young man here in town has rigged up a sprinkler system on his roof, which does much to counterac the sun's heat, and tends to hasten the cooling process after dark. “No cooking after 11 am.” is a sermon which I have been preaching for some time—and with a little care and planning it can easily be done. It saves the cook's disposition, and also benefits the rest of the family, by not adding to the heat of the home. For very amall children, nat- urally, some food must be served | warm, but it is usually possible to do the real cooking early in the day, and then reheat the special dish on a small, inexpensive electric one-burner grill. ciently, and not add to the general | warmth in any way. | * X ¥ ¥ HAVE lots of cooling drinks on hand | in the reffigerator, and be lavish with the ice at all times. Cold food must be really cold to be good, and plenty of ice is needed to chill things properly. Thermos ice buckets are invaluable for preventing waste and keeping the ice from melting while standing. Salads, jell'es, cold meats and fish are all excellent for the Summer diet and chilled fruit is one of the best desserts in"the world. The impression of coolness is almost as good as the fact, and such an at- mosphere in your home will do much toward making the coming hot months livable. | X you wish advice on your individ- |ual household problems write to | Betsy Caswell in care of The Star, enclosing stamped, self-addressed en- | velope for reply. v Shutters, dark blinds | tion and you will find that rooms | This will do the job very effi- | L 'Curls Mass At Back for Good Style \If Face_Is a Bit Thin, Should Wear Hair Off Forehead. BY LOIS LEEDS. DEAR MISS LEEDS-I am & regular reader of your column and would | like your advice. My face is rather | Flowers Enhance Charm Afternoon Dress Has Cape as Substitute for Sleeves. thin and I wear a center-part coif- | fure with a wave that nearly reaches | | my eyebrows and there are tiny ring- | let ends. Is this style all right? | | (2) T am considerably bothered with pimples. How can I cure them? | MISS J. | Answer—Keep your center-part, but comb the hair off your brow and be- | hind your ears. Have the ends in a | | mass of loose eurls behind. If your | forehead is too high you might add | bangs to this coiffure. (2) Please send me & stamped (3- | cent), self-addressed envelope with & request for my leaflet, “Corrective Treatment for Blackheads and Pimp- |1es 1f the stmple local treatments suggested in the leaflet do not clear your skin you should have medical treatment. Stubborn cases of pimples often are cured by X-ray or autogen- ous vaccine treatments. LOIS LEEDS. Deveeloping Thighs. Dear Miss Leeds—I am 23 years old and 5 feet 1% inches tall. What | | should T weigh and how can I develop | my thin thighs? How can I get rid of | lines on my forehead?—P. B. R. | Answer—The average weight for| vour age and height is about 120 : pounds. You must put on more weight | before you can have well-developed | thighs. The premature wrinkles on | your brow are probably connected with | | your underweight condition. Build up robust health. Try to find, then cor- rects the cause of the lines. LOIS LEEDS. Round Shoulders. Dear Miss Leeds—What exercise do you recommend for round shoulders? (2) My hair is dry, full of dandruff and beginning to turn gray. Iamonly 23 years old and ‘would like to know what causes this condition. (3) What do you recommend for biackheads on the nose? (4) My face is very oily on forehead, nose and chin, but it is dry on the cheeks. I have dark brown eyes and nair, sallow complexion and an aqui- line nose. My face is round and my nose seems too . What colffure and colors are becoming to mys‘g_y!pe? Answer—Constant practice of cor- rect posture is important. Stand tall, abdomen in, chest out, shoulders back, chin level—but avoid stiffness. Do deep breathing exercises dally. A good exercise for you is done lying face down on the floor. Fold your arms across the small of your back and keep legs together. Raise head and shoul- ders up off the floor, look up at the ceiling. Hold the position a moment, then relax and repeat slowly several times daily. The arm movements of the breaststroke in swimming are espe- cially good for your purpose also. (2) I would have to know more de- tails about you and your habits of living before I could suggest a cause for yeur hair troubles. It looks to me as though you have been neglecting the daily care of your hair and scalp. (3) Plenty of soap and water, as well as conscientious removal of the blemishes with a small instrument called a blackhead remover. (4) The oily parts of your face may be washed with soap and water twice BY BARBARA BELL. UMMER is upon us, and it is well to meet it blithely in thin, fluttery frocks like the one pictured today. You have no R idea what a difference it will make in your mental state if you look cool, and this dress was designed with that purpose in view. for sleeves. Especially nice is the wide band of net which finishes the bottom of the cape, and the bunch of posies is an effective touch. Flowers do much to enhance the charm of Sum« % H i g 3 1R7ESRAEEEE é%ggfiigfigg ] i Washington Star. Inclose 35 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1682-B. Size...... Name ioessssescsasssssnscencs (Wrap coins securely in paper.) |struction guide that is easy to under- m:‘ for the Barbara Bell Pattern Cutleura @imtmeat, but do not rub, Wash it off in five minutes with Cool as the Proverbial Cucumber Is This Room Chrome tub;ng and leatherette couen‘ngs mn soft colors furm's’t a Summer room of great charm. Venetian blinds keef out the hot rays of the sun and the hemp rug suggests the coolness of medieval rush-strewn floors. Courtesy The Hecht Oo. Handy Sobs Win Unwise Concessions {Real Grief Is Lacking When Greed Stirs Demonstration. BY ANGELO PATRI. "’I‘HE poor little fellow begs 5o hard for it I just can't bring myself to deny him.” “But, Mary, a child his age ought not to have rich candy. that. You know he upsets his stom- | ach and that he cannot eat for days | afterward.” “Yes, I know, but when he cries and begs I can't keep it from him. Why he cries as though he were heartbrok- en. I've never heard a child sob with such feeling. It means so much | to him, Caroline. Really. If he was | just like other children, you know— cry and forget it—that would be one thing. But tkis is different.” “Now Mary. Don't tell me. You know very well that he loves his stomach. 1If there is so much feeling in his crying, lay it to his greed instead of to his soul and you will come nearer the truth. If you give him whatever he wants because he can cry soulfully you are going to be a sorry woman. He will turn on the sobs whenever they come handy.” “You don't understand him, Caro- line. He is not a bit like other chil- dren that way. Really. I'm afraid |of giving him a complex or some- thing." “Yes? So you give him the candy, upset his stomach, teach him to howl for his greed’s sake, all to save him a complex. If you are not setting a complex in him I miss my guess. But I'm only an aunt. throw the candy into the garbage can and tell him there is no more, today, tomorrow, never. No more. And let him howl it cut. After a few days his appetite will improve and he will like bread and milk.” It is hard for mothers to hear their children cry, to see grief fill their eyes and pour down in streams of tears. It is agony for them to listen to the deep sobs that shake the bodies of their little ones. They think how they will be suffering to cry like that. The more they think about it the harder they grieve and the infant, seeing the impression he is making, cries better. Grown people often make the mistake of identifying a child’s feelings with their own. They ascribe their own feelings to the chil- dren. If a mother is in fear she feels over to the child and suffers for him. If the child shows fear she accepts that fear as her own and suffers out of proportion to the situation. She has her own fear, adds to it what she believes to be the child's suffering, and waste of precious time, peace, power. The children are not suffering to the degree their mothers feel. Emotions in another cannot be gauged accu- rately by emotion in one’s self. It is best noi tried. Children's tears are chased by rain- bows. Take them lightly as they come. Tears that are shed for candy, movies, willfulness, slight differences of opin- ion, have no great grief behind them. Qveg_30_Yoars_of_Qualiiy_Service YOUR RUGS —Woolen Garments and Furs will be safe from Moths and all other hazards when STORED in our— Moth-Proof Storage Vaults ® Why take a chance . . . when the cost for 100% You know | As an aunt I say, | worse because she projects the fear | in consequence suffers keenly. This is | G5 esticity Dorothy Dix Says What Characteristics Married Couple Should Have EAR MISS DIX: Our home economics class recently studied the question of mar- riage. Will you tell us the five most important charac- teristics a boy and girl should have in common in order to make marriage & success? STUDENT. Answer—Well, I think that the first and most important thing in mar- riage is love, not & passing fancy, nor & temporary infatuation that will last only so long as youth and beauty and & surface attraction do, but the kind of love that is all wool and a yard wide and that will stand the wear and tear of life and not shrink in the wash of time and sickness and hard work and privations. It is all-im- portant that there should be this mu- tual love between & man and a wom- an, for it is the only thing that turns marriage from a purgatory into a heaven on earth. Every marriage is bound to be full of disillusion and of | sacrifices and of labor, and it is only | love that keeps the glamour about it | and makes it seem worth while. IT IS only love that makes a man see his wife's old face as still | young and beautiful. It is only love that makes a woman glory in going' down to the gates of death to bring back his child to her husband. It is only love that makes a man and wom- an work and struggle and go shabby and endure hard times and still find it a glorious adventure because they are together. Second. Congeniality. To be happy together husband and wife must have the same tastes and the same inter- ests. They must think alike. They must enjoy the same things, or else they get upon each other’s nerves and | bore each other. It doesn’t make a bit of difference what sort of husband | or wife you pick out, provided he or she suits you. Two highbrows can | have a grand time together studying the Einstein theory. Two lowbrows can be perfectly happy listening to | drivel over the radio. Two athietes | can be a soul with a single thought when it comes to golf and holding Ppost-mortems over every play. Two tightwads can get a thrill out of | pinching nickels and watching the bank account grow. T IS only when the intellectual man | marries the Dumb Dora and the cultivated woman marries the man with the low comedy complex and one | | partner wants to step out and go places and do things and the other | one wants to sit at home that homes | are broken up. | Third. Both parties must go into marriage with the will to succeed, with the determination to make their marriage a success. Marriage is a two-handed game that no one can play alone. No man can make & suc- cess of marraige if his wife is a silly, frivolous woman, or an idle, lazy, ex- | travagant one who will not do her | part toward making a home. | NO WOMAN can make a happy | | home, though she cooks like a | chef and smiles like the Cheshire cat, if her husband is grouchy and sullen | and like & wet blanket over the house. | Probably there never was a mar- | | riage in the world that would not | have turned out in story-book fash- | ijon “and they lived happily ever | afterward” if both the husband and | the wife had made the same effort to make a go of it that they did of their | | business or their social climbing. | FOURTH, Both the husband and the wife must have sportsman- ship. They must be willing to play | fairly with each other and give each other a square deal. They must take matrimony on the chin, so to speak, and not turn whiners and quitters when it settles down to hard work and self-denial. | The woman must have enough grit {*to feel that marriage is her job that | | she undertook of her own free will and that it is up to her to carry on | instead of throwing up her hands and | | quitting because it isn’t the picnic she thought it was going to be. She must | | be wiling to stand by her husband | through thick and thin and help him | fight his battles instead of whining and complaining because she can’t wear diamonds and ride in limousines. ey | Tflz husband must be man enouxh’ to realize that when he took H woman's life in his hands he assumed | the obligation of making her happy, | and that he has no right to visit all | of his disappointments in life upon | her defenseless head. No married couple win out who Go not play hon- estly with each other. The two-tim- | ing wives and the philandering hus- | cereal field. Kellogg has at milk or cream! big economical packages. | ought in Common. bands invariably wreck their mar- riages. Pifth. Unselfishness. And in this is comprised all of the law and the prophets about how to be happy though married. Every marriage is a success in which the husband and wife put each other’s good before their own, DOROTHY DIX. * % * % DEAR MISS DIX: I am engaged to a girl whom I love very dearly and who loves me, and we are anxious to.get married, but her mother posi- tively refuses her consent because I do not live in the same town in which she does. She says that none of her children shall ever inarry and leave home. Now it is impossible for me to give up my business and go to a strange place, in which I might not even be able to get work, yet my sweetheart 1s 50 much under the domination of her mother that she hesitates to defy her and marry me in opposition to her mother’s decree. So what shall I do? | Give up my job, or give up my girl? LUCKLESS JIMMY. Answer—In my opinion, Jimmy. | you wouldn't be giving up much if you | gave up a girl who had so little spunk she wouldn't even make & wriggle to get out from under her mother's thumb. Ard think what a mother-in- law you would miss getting! There to be consolation in that thought, anyway. ANY girl who is worth having for & wife will get up and follow her man to the ends of ihe earth if his interests call him there. I wish you could have heard a tale that a big steel executive told me the other day about his wife. He said that she was a girl in her 'teens when he married her and he was a young chap just starting out to make his way in the world. His job took him to South America and he took his little bride with him, and for the last 25 years he has done big work and helped de- velop that great country But they have gone Lhrough all sorts of hardships. They have lived in tropic swamps and so high up in the mountains that they had to gasp for breath. They have lived in re- mote places where once for three | years the wife never saw a white woman. They have dared death and danger, and gone through loneliness and separation from all their family and old ascociations, but through it ail the wife has stood loyal at her hus- band’s side, making him & home, giv- ing him hepe and encouragement and comradeship, and never a whimper out of her about any of the priva- | tions she has had to endure. | THAT is the spirit of our pioneer grandmothers and. thank heaven. there is & lot of it still left in the world today. Hunt for a girl who has it in her and who is ready to say, “Whither thou goest I will go, and thy God shall be my God.” Don't marry any girl who is sc tied to her mother’s apron strings that she can't leave her even to go 0 the next town to live. And especially don’t marry any girl who has one of those possessive moth- ers and who feels that she has s right to manage her daughter and her hus- band, even after they are married. DOROTHY DIX. The Old Gardener Says: Dahlias are not very particu- lar about the soil in which they are planted, but they love an open, sunny situation. Ama- teurs are still found occasionally who think they must plant whole clumps of dahlias in order to get large plants. Far better results are obtained by dividing the plants into single tubers. One tuber, if it has a good eye on it, will make a fine, strong plant. Without an eye or sprout it will be worthless. If sprouts are found on the tubers be sure they are not broken off. It is rather a curious fact that white dahlias require a little longer time to develop than do the col- ored kinds. The dwarf varieties, which are sometimes called Peter Pan dahlias and sometimes Mig- non dahlias, can be planted only a foot apart. They are fine flowers for bedding, and in Eu- rope are being substituted for geraniums and begonias, even in the public parks. They bloom for a long season and the single flowers appear in a wide range of colors. 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