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WOMEN’ S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1935. Delightful Article Found in Old Book Yields Many Magazine Dated 1843 Contains Historical Sketch About Gloves Accessory Has Been the Symbol of Honor, Degradation, Possession and Sym- pathy for BY BETSY CASWELL. N AN old volume of The Penny l Magazine, dated 1843, there ap- pears a rather delightful article on “Gloves and Glovers,” which struck me as being of possible interest to modern readers. The phraseology is formal and stilted, in the tashion of that bygone era, and the ob- servations have an atmosphere of smugness that is truly amusing. ¢ For instance, the opening par- agraph remarks that “the manu- facture of gloves is one of those few which areso far removed from the class of fac- tory operations as to afford em- Slegmat tocsn: Betsy Caswell try people and cottagers at their own homes, and, trom the nature of the work is likely so to continue.” If the author of this work could only see the great glove factories running full blast at present, in all parts of | the world, he would, to say the least, feel a bit abashed. ‘The history of the glove is fascinat- | ing in itself. The magazine points | out that it has been, in various coun- tries, the symbol of hatred and de- flance; the pledge of friendship, love | and safety; the token of loyalty, the | tenure by which estates have been and are held, and a customary offering on occasions of either sorrow or joy. * ok x X ‘HE first law on record relating to | this subject is dated in the year 790, when the Emperor Charlemagne granted a right of hunting to the ab- bot and monks. of Sithin for the pur- pose of procuring skins to make gloves and girdles. The abbots and monks had generally adopted the custom of | wearing gloves at this time, and later | the bishops interfered, claiming the right to wear the garments should be entirely theirs. As a matter of fact, during the reign of Louis the Debo- | nair, in about 820, the inferior clergy | were ordered by the Council of Alx to refrain from wearing deerskin gloves, and to don only those made of sheep- skin, which were considered to be of lesser quality. ‘The first commercial notice of the | glove trade in England is dated 1452, although, of ocourse, the people had been wearing gloves for centuries be- | fore. The edict of this date prohibits the importation of gloves into Eng- land, to protect the home industry. | Two years later armorial bearing: were granted (o the glovers by Ed- ward IV. | b ! ALTHOUGH usually the glove and the gauntlet are referred to as| one and the same, the Penny Maga- | gine points out that they are not.! ‘The gauntlet introduced into England | by William the Conqueror was a mailed glove—that is, made of heavy | leather, with metal plates sewn to it. This had nothing to do with the gauntleted gloves of leather which | later appeared on soldiers of the Com- monwealth, which had no metal plates or studs of any kind. * To illustrate the ceremonial use of the glove in investiture the magazine uses the following example: | “. . . the investment of the family of Dymocke of the manor of Secriv- elsby under the condition of the heud | of the family acting as ‘champion’ at | 3 the coronation of the English sover- eign, in which the glove plays a con- spicuous part in the ceremony. The sovereign being seated in Westminster Hall ., . the champion enters, capari- soned as an ancient knight and the herald at arms proclaims the chal- lenge; the champion then throws down his gauntlet or glove, which is allowed to remain on the ground for a short time and is then taken up and re- turned to the champion; this is re- peated a second time, after which the sovereign drinks to the champion’s health and presents him tha: cup; lastly the champion takes up his gauntlet and retires.” * ok ¥ % vazs have long been a symbol of firm possession. Former Kings of France used at their coronation to Tecelve from the bishop a pair of gloves, previously blessed, as an em- blem of secure possession. During the days when persons were liable to ar- rest for debt a quaint custom pre- vailed during the annual fair at Ports- mouth, in England, when a golden or gllt glove was hung outside of the jail in the High street as a pledge that all persons attending the fair were secure from arrest for debt during its con- Centuries. nnunnce,.whlch was about a.fort- dropped. It was given to him as mark of high esteem, and he it with jewels and wore it on his on special occasions. In the o treme, when the Earl of: C: condemned to death as a trai among the marks of his degradation were the hacking off of his spurs and the removal of his gloves. * x X ¥ GDOV!.'S have expressed both defi- ance and challenge by being thrown at the feet of the person challenged or by striking him across the face with the glove withdrawn from the hand. “Swearing by the glove” is mentioned in Shakespeare, as is also the curious custom of pre- senting gloves at weddings and fu- nerals. In the latter case the matter has been traced back to very early times, when Pope Leo I granted per- mission to bishops and abbots to wear gloves at such solemn ceremonies. Noble personages were often buried with their gloves on as a mark of honor and respect. This is known due to the fact that when their coffins have been opened at a later date the gloves usually were there, mostly in- tact. It was considered a most pe- culiar circumstance that when the tomb of King Edward I was opened, no gloves were found on his hands. Another curious custom is that which has been found from time to time in history of presenting gloves with money inside them as a cere- monial or personal gift. It is interest- ing to feel, when you next purchase a pair of gloves, that they have played their part to a remarkable degree in the development of the world and civilization that we know today. Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. DINNER SERVING FIVE. Chilled Diced Watermelon. Hamburg Ring Filled With Rice. Broiled Tomatoes, Bread. Butter. Radishes. Peach Cobbler. Coffee. HAMBURG RING. Cream. 1 pound beef round 1 tablespoon chop- 2 pound veal round green peppers | Dound pork teaspoon salt tablespoons chovped onions Chop meats and add to rest of in- gredients. Press into buttered ring| mold. Bake 40 minutes in pan of hot | water in moderate oven. Unmold onto large serving platter, fill center with boiled rice seasoned with salt, pepper and melted butter. Garnish with parsley and arrange tomatoes around edge of platter. Serve immediately. BROILED TOMATOES, 4 firm tomatoes Y4 teaspoon paprika i cup flour 3 tablespoons fat 1 teaspoon salt Peel tomatoes, cut each in three | crossway slices and sprinkle with flour, salt and paprika. Arrange in shallow pan, well greased. Top with fat and broil 10 minutes. Carefully remove to the meat platter. PEACH COBBLER. (A Favorite.) 1 teaspoon cinnamon cup’ water i 1" tablesooon lemon 4 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter Blend peaches with sugar and flour. Add rest of ingredients and pour into | buttered shallow baking pan. Cover with crust. CRUST. 1 tablespoon sugar king 4 tablespoons fat powder 1 cup milk Y teaspoon salt Mix dry ingredients. Cut in fat and add milk, mixing with knife. Pat out soft dough and fit on top peaches. Make four holes in top. Bake 35 min- utes in moderate oven. Serve warm. 2 cups_sliced 1% cups flour 1 teaspoon bl Daytime Silhouette. ‘The daytime silhouette is still slim. In general Chanel sponsors & sculp-! tured asymmetric line, with greater bodice fullness. Some skirts are slight- 1y shorter, but the radical skirt change which was forecast failed to ma- terialize. Big sleeves are very im- portant as a means of widening the shoulder line. Fabric Note. Silk velvet is notable for afternoon | a hundred percenter, be content with and evening, in glamorous evening gowns and wraps. As cute an asortsment of cuddle toys as ever gladdened “They're ridiculously easy to make, too, for each animal identical pieces of material, which you sew together Of course, the chicken's wing and scrap of contrasting material. Editor of The Evening Star, bear’s jacket are extra, The Old Gardener Says: itself this season. It really seems to be free from insect pests or fungus diseases, at least to,a much greater extent than most other varieties. It is stronger in growth than some of the other pink kinds and its only rival seems to be the more widely dis- tributed E. I. Parrington phlox. Garden makers who like phlox should plan for & long season next year by setting out a few of the Arendsi hybrids, which start to bloom by the end of June, and severa! plants of Miss Lingard, which bloom & little later and much in advance of the more common kinds. Miss Lingard, which has handsome shining foliage, is one of the best of the hardy garden perennials. The necessity of keeping phlox from going to seed must be stressed. Otherwise many seed- lings of uncertain origin and un- destrable quality will certainly appear. (Copyrisht. 1035.) Friendship Is Assured by One Method Pathetic Complaint Comes From Those | Who Are Lonely. BY ANGELO PATRL PATHETIC note reached me re- | cently. I get that note many,| many times, written on various kinds | of paper, in all sorts of penmanship, | signed with different names, but al- | ways the same pathetic note. Why don't people like me? Why am I not popular? Sometimes an anxious mother writes the note. Her daughter | or son has no friends. What can be | done about it? | Everybody needs friends, no doubt | about that. A person who is isolated, left out and forgotten, is in a bad way. But there is just one recipe for friendship and that is: Be a friend. It works every time. Anybody can | be friendly unless he is ailing in mind | or body, and even then I have known | invalid men and women and children to have many friends. Just be friendly. | I find between the lines of these notes a few of the reasons for this | friendless condition. Selfishness is the first. A girl wants to be first in | everything. She admits that she is | the best all-around student, athlete, | dancer, but the rest of the girls hate | her for it and leave her out. Nobody likes to be overshadowed by greatness like that. The air about such a per- son is too rarified for ordinary folk. It will have to be changed with com- mon average ability before it can be friendly. Giants must remain aloof. If you feel yourself a giant, & winner, that, for you will have no friends. Humanity is ordinary, a little of this and a dash of that, perfect nowhere. | “I always get left. At home my | brothers and sisters always get the | best of things. In school,the teacher | always passes me up and gives the medal to some fellow who needs it | when she knows it is mine by rights. | ‘The fellows never let me be captain. | They pass me up and make some- | body who doesn't know his knees from | his elbows the captain. Then they expect me to run my fool head off. And I don't. What I want is a square | deal” | You are getting it, son. You are! getting it. You give nothing and you | get nothing. Isn't that square enough? | What you want is to give nothing and | get all, and that is not the way things | work out. You give a lot and you get | back a little. And if you learn to stop counting and measuring what you | = give you will find yourself drowned in | the generosity of your friends. That is the way things work out. Grudging | gets you nowhere. I don’t know just what shape life | comes in. I do not believe it is square. | I think it is & most irregular affair, a | cloud of shining star dust that, if you | try to ciutch it, evades you and leaves you with dust in your eyes and an itch | in your palms. I think it is some sort | of intangible thing that, if accepted | without questioning, wraps you in light and carries you to enchanted places where you live happily with the crowd of friends and neighbors who acepted things the same as you | did. Jt does strange things to you, as | star dust must, but you keep on trust- ing and living and doing and find it does very well. About being popular. Just be friendly, trust, live, go along with the | others, knowing you have much in common with them, and you won't be thinking about being popular at all. You'll be “in” instead of “out.” (Copyright. 1935.) Obligations In Cases of Many Kinds . BY EMILY POST. “T)EAR MRS. POST: I am a new expected ished minister, but my wife is worried ebout not doing the right thing.” Answer.—The clergyman and his wife are never expected to send a present unless the bride or bridegroom is & member of their own families. | that we drew in with our mothers’ ‘| us that they almost never have a the younq idea Johnny can't help but look nice on that first day of school if hes wear- -ing a suit dark blue flannel “and the coat plus a pait of shorts (washable) or a wash suit will make an i1deal outfit for school or general wear. Dorothy Dix Says Home and Family Life Two Most Important Things. EAR MISS DIX—What is your opinion of home and family life? MARTHA. . Answer—They are the two most important things in the world. They are the foundation upon which all civilization rests. They form the | character and set the life pattern of every one of us. Every man and woman of us are stamped indelibly with the print of the homes out of which we have come. ‘We are what our family life has made us. No matter how far we go, no matter what culture we take on, no matter how much we believe we have changed and how much we think we | have gotten away from the teachings | of our childhood, they still subcon- sciously color our every thought and * ox x % UR mothers and fathers shaped the | clay and fired it in the oven of home, and we are what they made us. In the great crises of our lives we do not calmly reason things out. We are actuated by the principles milk. We stand or fall. We are weak or strong according to the habits that our parents bred in us. That is why the making of a home and the rearing of a family are the biggest jobs that any man and woman ever undertake, because the children that they send out into the world are going to be a blessing or a curse to it according to the way they have done their work. If the parents have made a home that was filled with love, peace, kind- ness, helpfulness and fair dealing, it is a practical certainty that the chil- dren who grow up in it will be healthy, sane and free from all neu- rotic tendencies. Psychoanalysts tell case of nervous breakdown in people who have been reared in a happy and cheerful home, but that, on the con- trary, they can trace innumerable nervous disorders, even in middle- aged people, to their having been reared in stormy households where the husband and wife were at odds with each other and indulged in per- petual quarrels. And if children are brought up with high ideals of honor and honesty; they are taught to control their tem- pers and their passions; if they have habits of industry and thrift bred into them, the chances are a hundred to one that they will develop into the men and women who are the back- bone of every community. * ok * % T IS out of the slovenly and sloppy homes, with never a decent meal or a comfort in them, that children flee to the street. It is the fretful and nagging mothers and the grouchy years my junior. We have been married 13 years and have one child. For the | last year I have been a wife in name | only and one who is never spoken to except to be found fault with. If I seek a little affection from my hus- | band I am rudely pushed from him and told to act my age. My hair has turned white under the strain and I| have artificial teeth, and he says, | “Who the devil wants a woman with gray hair and false teeth?” He treats our child kindly and is a good pro-| vider, but I am growing weary of being | an unwanted wife. Of course, there is & woman in the case. His secretary, a pretty young girl of 22. What shall I do? MRS. E. J.E. Answer—What can you do about it that won't make your situation worse? To break up your home because of | your hurt pride and your wounded heart will not better matters. It will simply be jumping out of the frying pan into the fire, es the homey old proverb puts it. Certainly it is a humiliating thing for & wife to realize that her husband is tired of her and | would be glad to be rid of her, but it would be an even more humbling thing to wish yourself on other peo- ple for support on whom you have not the claim that you have upon your husband. *x * % O TAKE counsel with prudenge and common sense rather tha® with your anger before you take any dras- tic steps. What would you do if you | left your husband? Have you any | trade or profession by which you could support yourself and your child? You are middle aged. Do you think you could compete with the bright, quick- witted young girls? Have you parents who are willing and able to provide for you and your child? Don't you think your husband's temper and grouches and even his philandering would seem a small thing to worry over when you wecre agoniz- ing over where the next meal was coming from? Why not use some philosophy in dealing with your problem? If your husband doesn’t want to be kissed and petted, for Heaven's sake, let him alone. If he doesn’t want to talk with you, leave him to sit up in silence of an evening while you step out and if | amuse yourself. There are lots of other people in the world besides husbands and plenty of agreeable things to do besides trying My Neighbor Says: brambles i Ex 58 s gaflf 3 (Copyrisht. 1985.) Vegetables Have Place In Summer Methods of Cooking Help to Make Them Fit Into Season. BY EDITH M. BARBER. SUMMERTM is vegetable time. With our markets supplied every month 1t 1s, of course, possible to get | good fresh vegetables at any time. In Summer, however, prices are generally lower, and we are able to satisfy at a lower cost the great appetites for vege- | tables. N | 1f vegetables are to be served as an | accessory to a course, they may be | dressed with melted butter, plain or | with lemon juice or minced parsley or mint, or they may be dressed with a little cream. Occasionally white sauce is used. Brown butter 1s used with some vegetables. A thickened sour sauce flavored with lemon or vinegar is used with turnips or beets. Onions, carrots and beets are some times glazed (cooked with sugar and butter a few minutes) after they are tender. Tomatoes are often sliced or halved, brushed with butter or salad ofl and brofled. Small whole or halved | large tomatoes are delicious when they | are sprinkled with minced onion, | sugar, salt and pepper, and dotted with | butter before baking in a& hot oven about 15 minutes.: Stuffed tomatoes, green peppers, onions and eggplant are all popular. The stuffing may be made from a foundation of bread, cracker crumbs or cooked rice mixed with the vege- table pulp and a little minced ham or chicken, if you like. The stuffing should be seasoned rather highly with onion juice, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, horseradish and one of the other piquant sauces. Plate combinations are served for lunch and occasionally for dinner on a warm night. Strips of broiled bacon | may be arranged on the plate berorel serving. Vegetables should be dressed in various ways. One of them may be raw to give a contrast of texture. A few suggested combinations are: | A poached egg may be served with | any of these plate dishes and the Hollandaise or special sauce may dress it as well as & vegetable. STUFFED ONIONS. Peel six medium sized onions, par- boll them for five minutes, throw them into cold water and drain. Scoop out the center of each onion and fiil the cavity with a stuffing of sausage meat and bre-1 crumbs. Arrange the onions | side by side in a pan, dredge with a little sugar, lay & slice of bacon over gach and bake in & moderate oven (375 degrees F.) until the onions are | tender and browned about 20 minutes | and the bacon is crisp. | NEW PEAS. Shell the peas just before cooking them and cook covered in just as lt- tle water as possible over a low flame. | With a heavy saucepan not more than | one-fourth cup of water will be needed | for any quantity. When tender, in about 15 to 25 minutes, add two table- ' spoons of butter and salt and pepper to taste. Little salt is needed when peas are ‘cooked this way. SPECIAL SAUCE. 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons fiour. 1 cup milk. 2 teaspoons salt. Pepper. 2 egg yolks. 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Melt the butter, add the flour and stir until well blended; then add the milk, salt and pepper and bring to the boiling point. Stir a little of the hot mixture into the egg yolks and add. Stir well and add the rest of the but- ter bit by bit and the lemon juice. (Copyright. 1935.) Psycholdgy BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. ,Failures. WHY do people fail? This is an important question. If you can . | find out why some people fail you may be able to say why others suc- WOMEN’S FEATURES. A—9 Interesting Facts Defective Features May Be Cleverly Obscured Observer Can Be Turned Away From Weak Point of Personality by Drawing Attention to Other Qualities. BY LOIS LEEDS. Dm MISS LEEDS—I am In my early teens and have nice, attrac- tive features, except for a rather large nose. I now wear my hair parted on the left, ears showing, and s wave sbove each ear. When my hair is curled it comes & little below my ear lobe. I have a few little curls in front of each ear and on my fore- head. Does this sort of coiffure make my nose look smaller? I plan to get a permanent wave and would like the kind thai makes a littie curl all over the head. Would this be be- coming? What would you suggest? (2) How can I get rid of blackheads and pimples on nose, chin and fore- head? H. F. R. Answer—The girl with a large nose should try to attract attention away from it by having a soft waved effect on top of her coiffure. The hair is kept off forehead and temples, with the exception of a single wave on| the left, so that the beauty of the eyes will be emphasized. If ypu like curls on your forehead I suggest hav- ing them turn up like puff curls. The more of your face you show the less large yqur nose will seem in propor- tion. might be becoming if you are careful to keep it well groomed all the time. A narrow ribbon bandeau a la Shirley | Temple would make it very girlish. (2) To clear your skin of these blem- ishes you must cleane it more thor- brush and plenty of warm water and soap to wash your face twice a day. down the center of the face, including the middle of the forehead, nose and | chin. The oiliness invites blackheads ; and pimples. powder on this section, without re- The frequent use of | moving previous applications thor- ' oughly, makes conditions worse. Send a stamped (3-cent), self-addressed en- velope for my leaflet ‘“Corrective Treatments for Blackheads and Pim- ples.” LOIS LEEDS. Bowlegs. Dear Miss Leeds—I am 21 years old | and ever since I was 16 my chances |lax and repeat, e coiffure with curls all over | UE®0n- to have a good time have been ruined by the fact that I have bowlegs. Oan any one help me get rid of my ugly legs? This deformity has made me very self-conscious and I am evea ashamed to go out on the beach in a bathing suit because people laugh and whisper about me. MADELINE. Answer—Your beauty problem should have been corrected years ago before your bones hardened. You can, even now, however, do something to im- prove your legs. Here is an exercise that you may do 50 times a day (mot all at once): Stand erect with heels an inch apart and toes pointed out- ward. Tense leg muscles and try to force your knees together; hold the tense position a moment and then re- Your knees camnot touch, of course, but you must try to make them do so. Keep up the exer- cise regularly for a year or more. There are many ways to make bow- legs inconspicuous in these days of long evening frocks and slacks for sports and the beach. In cases of ex- treme deformity it may be advisable to have a surgical operation t) straighten the legs. Of course, the work should be done by a first-class LOIS LEEDS. Complexion Care. Dear Miss Leeds—I have an oily skin with many pimples and blaek- heads. Is cleansing cream good -or | harmful for my skin? When I wash | my 1 “ oughly every day. Use a complexion 1Y fhoe with siep s 1 Deltar coowes my hands or a washcloth? A, B. Answer—The cleansing cream - is hiire 15 often ‘an olly section of ik, | 7ot harmful if used merely for cleans- ing the surface grime and make-up before the soap and water washing. Use a soft complexion brush or Turk- ish face cloth to rub up the lather on your face. Rinse well. Follow by cold rinses for several minutes and LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright. 1935.) Grecian Modes. The Grecian influence is still ap- parent in the widespread use of drap- | ing. Both Patou and Paray work their draperies like those of Tanagra fig- urines, in the purely classic tradition. Suitable for Mature Figur Wide Collar and Pleated Jabot Very Becoming. BY BARBARA BELL. ITH all the fuss and to-do about getting the children ready for school poor mother fares rather badly. But she still wears clothes and likes to be smartly dressed. Today's design jabot and caught with & bow at tne low V, is one that is becoming to most women. It is soft and youthful in & §s IEH it 173D a sort of tradition that the first Fall dress should be black, but traditions have a way of going by the board snd this season color is just as important, even more so, than black. Soft, dull greens, almost every known shade of blue, copper, russet and the family of . | purples, including plura and raisin bur- gundy, all are very much in the fashion picture as the coming season puts out its feelers for the new mode. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1739-B is designed in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 requires about 5 yards of 39-inch material. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an {illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Barbara Bell pattern book available at 15 cents. Address orders to The Evening Star. Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1739-B. Size. Name ...... Address (Wrapgoins securely in paper.)