Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1935, Page 22

WOMEN’S FEATURES. B8 Diet for Child Between Two and Six May B < Certain Food Values Essential for Healthy Physical Development Careful ‘.Planning of Menus Should Tend to Decrease the Strain on the Family Pocketbook. - BY BETSY CASWELL. sert for your own evening meal by HAVE many letters from mothers | adding some of the household milk who ask despairingly, “How can!to swell the recipe. I feed my little children properly, | LA | and still be economical?” | QUPPER for any child between the It is indeed a problem. The grow- ages of 2 and even 8 should be #ng child, to get the best possible start | light—he will sleep better, and his | in life, must have certain food | gigestive system will not be over- | elements, no matter what else 15 taxed. The best supper of all is| dropped from the one that revolves around a g family budget. nourishing soup. This may be of With high meat the canned variety, or may be made prices, and some at home, depending upon your cook- other foods becom- ing facilities. It should be rich and ing more or less full of meats and vegetables—a little unobtainable with of the child's milk may be added the changing sea- to it to enhance its food value. #ons, the conscien- Following the soup, one green vege- tious mother is | table, plenty of whole wheat bread, sorely beset by butter and a little honey, perhaps, worries and the tor jelly. Dessert should be a simply nightmare of stewed fruit. such as apples, dried mounting bills. | peaches, apricots, figs, etc. Cf course, However, for the | a glass of milk goes with each meal, ehild from 2 ;unleas you, . for particular reasons, to 6 years, a diet feel that the midda lass ma; may be evolved that will give him his eljminated. via® ke required food values and at the same | In between meals s glass of to- v Betsy Caswell | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Life’s Duties ‘Must Be Met Pleasantly Time Should Be Given to Prompt Action When Needed. BY ANGELO PATRI ACERTAIN acceptance of life is healthy for all of us. The man who gets into a temper because it is| raining and the woman who rages be- cause the water is turned off on the very day she had set for canning the | corn waste precious time and energy | | that might better go into something | worth while. There is no sense in fretting about things that cannot be helped. | Another wasteful habit we indulge in is fussing because we have to do | | something we hate to do, like rising | in the morning and brushing our teeth | or peeling the potatoes. These things | have to be done and we may as well | | be cheerful about doing them. Making | 8 fuss, grinding the teeth and stamp- |ing the feet never prevent the final | doing. After tiring ourselves out in| nervous irritation we do the distasteful | thing. If we had accepted it in the | first place we would have saved energy | and done a much better job and been | happier. | Children are undisciplined creatures time not place too heavy a strain on the family purse. He does not need luxuries—far from it, for too elaborate foods upset his digestion and thus defeat their own purpose. Prunes and oranges supply certain necessary vitamins at breakfast time— the former are very inexpensive, and the latter, although a bit more costly, are vitally important in every child's diet. To vary the menu, and accord- ing to the age of the child, serve the mato or pineapple juice, a plain |And they dislike doing many things cookie, or a slice of bread and by~ ter, is advisable. By careful planning, and without attempting too much fancy variety, a simple, wholesome diet may be ioutllned for the average young child that will not prove unduly expensive, 1 do not, however, advocate cutting | down in the least on the necessities, | for in the end that is poor economy they must do. They hate to wash their hands, hate to go to bed, hate to go to the store, hate to dress and appear in the living room to greet guests. hate to do lessons. In short] they dislike doing anything that puts a restraint | upon them or that is not their pleas- |lure, just as grown-ups do. They must be disciplined to accept life’s duties, its | unexpectedness, its burdens. The sooner the better. —doctors’ and dentists’ bills will more | fruit either whole or in the form of " b than absorb the few pennies thus juice. Prune juice may also be bought ISaved: To grow big and strong yoiir already strained, in bottles, or may be | 0" o Have lcertam T v made and bottled at home. One| ... him'of them, and ill health orange may be made to provide Julce | uny i rerior development is the re- for two days, for the very young child, | oo “gyimp on clothes, on toys. on by cutting the orange in half, squeez- |\ comanie but not on his food! ing one half for juice and placing | 3 : lown, on a | the other half. cut side down [ ent witk 3d5ioe ot yenr e plate in the refrigerator. to be kept | unfil the next installment of juice is | 9ividual household problems. write to wanted, | Betsy Caswell, in care of The Star, i | inclosing stamped, self-addressed en- OST little children do not need | velope for reply. 1\1 eggs and bacon together on the | same morning. Economize by giving | 59 the child an egg one day, and two| COO]\ S Corner slices of crisp bacon the next—he may eat the bacon on his toast for | added enjoyment. On the days that | he has had eggs for breakfast. bacon may be substituted for anotner meat at lunch, thus saviog a little expense, occasionally. i Cooked cereals are best for the growing child in the Winter, and they | are far from expensive. Oatmeal— | cream of wheat, farina—any one pro- vides warm energy food to carry the active little one through the morning. If you cannot afford cream, the cereal * ok ok o BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. BANANA CAKE RECIPE. BREAKFAST MENU, Chilled Orange Juice Soft-Cooked Eggs Broiled Sausages Buttered Toast Cofee LUNCHEON MENU. Cream of Tomato Soup Wafers Chilled Pears When a little child says he does not want to wash his hands and go to lunch, don't be impatient about it. Take it calmly and tell him: “Nobody does. I don't myself, but I must.| | Everybody must. Come along fast, there's cream custard for dessert.” | Show him a good example by ac- ! cepting his fussing as a matter of course, accepting the interruptions of lunch and a fussy child with unruffied calm and he will soon learn to take things as they come. It won't hurt a lchnd to learn early that there are | many disagreeable duties in the day's | routine and he must accept them | cheerfully and attend to them without using time and energy that might be better spent in his play. | Fix a time for these duties and try | to have the child attend to them on schedule. I knew a little boy who had | just one chore—getting in a basket | of chips for the kitchen fire in the morning. He was supposed to do this [rlgm after breakfast and so be free for the day. But nobody made him | attend to his job. If it was mentioned |as he left the breakfast table he | would say: “Oh, I have lots of time.” | may be made more appetizing by using . heated top milk, rather than cold. In this case the cereal should be allowed Sugar Cookies | But as the hours passed he began fret- ting about that job, protesting that he jdidn't wans to do it, that somebody | else ought to do it, that he had a pain Tea DINNER MENU. to cool a little before it is served to | the child, as there: will be no cold | milk to help keep him from burning | his tongue! Don't forget that the best invest- ment you can make for vour child's welfare issthat daily quart of milk for his exclusive use. This does not mean that he has to drink it all— some of it should go into his puddings, milk desserts and other forms of cocked food. Just so he gets it all| inside, it doesn't matter in what form | 1t is consumed. | CE N | UNCHEON at this age should be really dinner, the heaviest meal of the day. But again, it does not have to be expensive. Beef juice. pressed from a quarter of a pound of | top of round supplies him with neces- rary food elements—poured warm over | hot, steamed rice, it forms a sus-| taining and appetizing dish. A green Buttered Green Beans Mashed Turnips Bread Apple Sauce Thick French Dressing on Raw Vegetable Salad Louise’s Banana Cake Coflee | THICK FRENCH DRESSING. | | (Stays thick if stored in refrigerator.) 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon celery seed onion juice 1 teaspoon dry 13 cup vinezar mustard 1 cup salad oil 1 teaspoon | paprika | Mix ingrediepts in deep bowl and | beat well. Chill and serve on any kind of salad. RAW VEGETABLE SALAD. (Sometimes called health salad.) 1 cup carrot *2 cup diced st celery Tips 1 cup shredded 2 tablespoons cabbage chopped green 'z cup grapefruit 13 cup sugar 1" teaspoon Browned Lamb Steak | in his foot or his head or his hand, until the whole household was upset about the basket of chips. When his mnther made him get it in imme- diately after he had eaten his break- fast he took on pounds of weight and the family knew peace. Teach children to accept their duties as a matter of course and they will be healthier and happier. (Copyright. 1935.) Guest I{Jes | If Best Man | 1 | Has Fiancee BY EMILY POST. “T)EAR MRS. POST: In your col-| ,, peppers vegetable, such as spinach, peas, a teaspoon salt string beans or canned asparagus, | may be alternated with carrots, squash, stewed celery or tomatoes to form a tice vitamim balance. None of these is usually expensive, with Prepare carrots and cabbage and soak in chilled water until crisp. Drain well and add rest of ingredi- ents which have been chilled. Serve, the possible exception of peas and | beans at certain times of the year. When this is the case a few extra courses of spinach won't do the youngster any harm! Cabbage and caulifiower are also good for chil- | dren, when properly cooked, and are | cheap and plentiful during the Win- | ter months. LOUISE'S BANANA CAKE. | 33 cup fat 13 cup sour milk 175 cups sugar 17 cup_ mashed 1 banaras 3% cup nut (black walnuts preferred) 2 cups flour teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon Jemon extract !4 teaspoon salt 2 ergs 1 teaspoon soda Cream fat and sugar. Add rest of | ingredients and beat 2 minutes. Pour Dessert may be junket, brown befty, | into shallow pan lined with waxed bread pudding, custards or jelly. | paper. Bake 30 minutes in moderate ‘Tapioca pudding with apples is always | oven. Serve topped with whipped ' welcomed, as is blanc mange. If cream or covered with a white icing. you manage carefully, you should be (To mash bananas, peel end press able to keep a portion of this des- | through coarse sieve.) Vows umn last week a young woman the you Tornmy’s wearing a coat that’s wam the coldedt snapp buckle: The little girl next door likes her coa{é of wool tweed with it’s velv collar. _ ar Doro_thy Infrequent Visits Make for More En- during Friendships. too often to visit a neighbor? I have had several friencs whom I used to stop in on every day and they always seemed glad to see me. but I do not want to overdo things and wear out the wel come on the doormat. Neither do I want to shut myself in like a hermi: and stay at home all the time. Some neighbors wash clothes together, can fruit, do ironing and baking. Do ycu think this tends to end friendship? MRS. FRED. EAR MISS DIX—Is every dl‘," | | Answer: T think any womar who went to see her neighbors every day would soon come to be regarded as a pest. Of course, when you zo to se” people politecness compels them t> pretend to be glad to see you, but vou can bank on it that they are not overcome with joy at having to swal- low a daily dose of your society. | ¥ x | UST consider the subject dispas- sionately and you will be bound to realize that you interfere with | their work or their plans, They are/ in the midst of some job that has to| D. C, as can be with its b, leathet button’s and belt 2 { ’ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1935. e Adequate and Economical ~and all t \ - iRepliesGiven To Readers’ Questions |Eyestrain and Other Handicaps Appear | as Problems. ! BY ELSIE PIERCE. Dark Circles and Puffiness Under Eyes. Mrs. N. 8.—So often I get a letter | just like your own complaintog of ll-{ most chronic puffiness and dark eir- | cles under the eyes—and the query, “Isn't there some preparation I can use to get rid of them?” Puffiness| and circles are not to be considered | there surface flaws. They are often | indications that there is a physical! disorder of some kind, though slight— | eyestrain, fatigue, something wrong with the digestive tract. The first thing to do is see your physician, Muke sure there is no physical ail-| ment such as kidney trouble. Ask | him if you need a special diet. Then make sure you don't need glasses. ng idea enouph for weather and ’ii) D Jay LN Both coats 8) 4 ~ oy AEAS Are you getting plenty of sleep and | rest, eating wholesome foods, drink- | ing plenty of water? I don't want | to alarm you, it may be something | very slight, but why not have a phy- | sician help you to correct the condi- tion immediately? * ok K % | 10 Pounds Overweight at 14. | Jeannie May—My dear girl, you e micely_lined. | | WOMEN’S FEATURES. ¢ BY LUCIE EBERLY. ) ingly, let son have plenty of it. Men ERHAPS, much to your amaze- | are generally fond of reds, hennas ment, your son has expressed a | and maroon. These colors are being desire to personally select the furniture for his room at col- Nowadays this tendency is not The young man considers lege. unusual. it a privilege and a lark and derives | great satisfaction from the idea that not one taint of the feminine has crept into his campus abode. ‘There are some men who have an unusual talent for interior decorat- ing; they possess an uncanny sense of balance and a keen appreciation of practicability combined with the artis- tic. Numerous rooms at Harvard, Yale and Princeton are astounding examples of what the young mascu- line mind has absorbed and uncon- sciously expressed along decorative lines. Some of the minutest details have been thought of and carried out. Yet, these young amateurs are modest. in claiming credit or recognition and perhaps no more than one out of a thousand would ever dream of becom- ing a professional decorator. * ok % % F YOUR boy, however, is depending upon you to plan his room and purchase the furnishings, be sure to hold in mind the following: His room should be kept comfortably mas- culine, and comfort to a boy means ease in finding his belongings when cannot possibly look a fright with moving at top speed. Therefore, the | only 10 extra pounds. What shall you | furniture must be sturdy and the room do about 1t? Precisely nothing. Doctors | must not be overcrowded. There | want young girls your age to weigh must be a handy place to put books | 10 pounds more than normal—that and other objects that are used daily. | resistance is needed, you're growing. He will not want small rugs that scuff | Who knows but that a year from now | up under his feet. Draperies must be vou will have stretched out very tall | simple and hang straight, while cov- and thin. That's how young bodies erings for furniture should be leather are. You can give up some sweets if or of the heavy homespun variety you like, don't have many rich des- Some boys do not care for desks— b serts or pastries (wholesome, nourish- Dix Says ing foods will keep your skin clear). | But do not attempt to reduce. Yes. I have reducing instructions, but I | would much prefer to send you my | General Balanced Diet and my Young | Girls Beauty Rites if you will enclose | a self-addressed, stamped (3-cent) | envelope for these bulletins. * ox o o | Powder Cakes After Sunburn. | M. O. B.—Certainly powder cakes | when the skin is dry and burned and peeling. At night before reurlng: cleanse the skin thoroughly, then ap- | ply a lubricating cream generously. | | In the morning, cleanse with cleansing | | cream, wash with warm water to help | remove some of the skin that is shed- ‘ | ding and friction lightly with a towel. ! Apply a light finishing cream or some of your lubricating cream ever so | lightly, and then a light powder. It | would be best to leave the powder off entirely for a few days if you can. | 5% ‘ What Colors to Wear. | C. C.—Dark brown hair, dark brown | eyes and medium skin—you can wear | practically all colors. The colors to women break up in a row in which A 8V0id are those that have a sallow- ! some composition that each broadcasts all the secrets that the other has told her. And that is why it is not wise to either know ing effect on the skin like some green shades. Warm browns, rosy beiges | should be your forte. Send a self-ad- dressed, stamped (3-cent) envelope people too well or let them know you too well. The best friends and the best neighbors are these with whom we live on terms of cordiality and mutual esteem, but whom we treat with formality and whom we do not visit too often. for my color chart. | (Cooyright. 1035) g Be Prepared | As for the women who do ail of With Supply | their housework together, they are as | | For Pantry good to end up in & row as a nickel | is for a gingercake. DOROTHY DIX. * x x % EAR DOROTHY DIX: The girl | BY EDITH M. BARBER. to whom I am engaged is slowly 7 e 3 becoming bald. Should I go on and NE of the things which helps to marry her and buy her a bottle of make housekeeping easier is to hair tonic, or should I break off the | Keep up the stock of staples in the engagement? GEORGE. |bantry and refrigerator. It sets the + housekeeper’s mind at ease to feel Answer—If the girl is all that you sure of this supply when unexpected wish in other respects, you should not | emergencies interfere with her mar- let her falling hair come between | keting. And then if company comes you in these days when transforma- unheralded she will be prepared w‘ tions are so beautifully and artistically | supplement the meal she planned for | made that many women who have | the family in such a way that it will| asked you about going to a wedding at Pe done, but that they have to stop | which her fiance was to be best n?an in order to gab for an hour with yod, She wanted to know if she could invite and this disarranges their whole 5 : - a friend of her own to go with her, Schedule for the day. Or they were piled roughly on crisp cabbage leaves. jocq ot wedding was fa take plaec: S0CUL D g0 aowniownt=hooping ooito in a nearby town where she knew no one. and all the people going to the scads of hair of their &n wear them rather than go to the trouble and spend the time having their own hair hennaed or platinumed or perma- nently waved. stretch to the necessary extent. One clever woman keeps a special shelf stocked with canned products | which are particularly useful for this | purpose, and she does not forget to the movies and had looked forward to a pleasant and exciting nm-rnnon,f | replace what ske has used. There After all, while a baTd head is not | she has canned soup, fruits, fish, wedding would all be strangers to her, | Put When you drop in they have 0|, thing of beauty, it is no disgrace. | chicken, olives, pickles, catsup and “You said it was impossible to take Sacrifice the anticipated pleasure and | yy 45 no defect of character, such as other savories with which at the | an uninvited guest to the house of very intimate friend, and even then | it was necessary to be very certain Person can possibly think of a new! gymbness and stupidity. And so as | that your invitation would have the | approval of the hosts. “I agree with this, and with every- thing you said, excepting that you ' omitted the suggestion that seemed to me obvious, which was that the bride should ask the flancee to sit at the| bridal table. Surely she could not do | less than this, out of courtesy to the | best man? On rereading your answer, | I feel impelled to ask you whether this solution was an oversight an your | listen to you repeat for the thou: +|any one not a relative, or at least a Sandth time all about Sally's beaux mean and tyrannical disposition. or the baby’s new tooth. For no| and thrilling conversational line for every day of the year. Or they were going to read a new book they have been hungry to get/ at, or they were tired and were just | about to lie down for a little restful | nap, when in you come and they | have tq get up and thrash over th:| same gossip you have winnowed, over | a hundred times before. | Trere is no affliction worse '.hanl | very well that your sweetheart wouldn't | \a4e from the canned artichoke a high temper or selfishness, or a moment’s notice she can add an, It | extra course in the form of a canape, | wouldn't be so hard to live with as|a soup, a salad, or dessert. | One canape can be made easily by between golden-haired Spiteful Sally | spreading rounds of bread with cat- and Nagging Ann and Bald Dora with | sup. In the center of this, place a | a sweet, generous disposition, I'd take | slice of stuffed olive and around the | | Dora, even if she didn't have a spear | edge spread a thin line of anchovy | of hair on her head. For you could ; butter—an equal combination of but- | cover up Dora’s defect, but there is | ter and anchovy paste. One side of no way to hide meanness and littleness | the bread may be toasted if you and dullness in a woman. | like. o | A salad which is particularly use- And why not be just? You know | r; hon you are out of lettuce is| consider giving you the air just be- | hearts marinated with French dress- | part, or whether it is possible that you the everyday visitor. She wastes our discarded it intentionally.” |time. She interferes with our pleas- Answer—No. I thought of this solu- | ure. She knocks our plans galleywest. | tion, too. But I had to answer as I|She invades our privacy. And she | cause you were losing your halr. Every day you see women marry men who are as bald as parrots, and they are proud to flaunt them before the eyes of their friends, because they know ing and served with strips of pimento | and with mayonnaise for a garnish. | For a supper dish you may like to open a can of mushrooms and to serve them on toast, or you may like PATTERN 5368 Did you ever wish vou could have the various seasons of the year just when you want them? Well, here’s your chance! Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, worked out in colorful embroidery in a matching set of four guest towels that will win many a delighted comment! These motifs also look lovely on pillowcases, tea cloths end scarfs. They work up ever so quickly—most of the embroidery being in 10 to the inch crosses with just & sprinkling of lazy daisy and Prench knots. The latter add a touch of color, while the cross stitch is best done in black or some dark color. In pattern 5368 you will find a transfer pattern of four motifs averaging 614x102; inches; material requirements; color suggestions; illustrations of nll; stitches needed. 5 To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in stamps or coin to the Woman’s | 1 Editor of The Evening Star, A did, because it is the especial prlvt-{ lege of a bride to be absolutely free | to invite only those who are her own | or the bridegroom’s dearest friends to| sit at the bridal table. So definite is this privilege that it is not even con- sidered necessary to include the hus- | bands or wives of such attendants as are married—and a flancee is one de- | gree farther removed than a wife. An exception to this is when there is to be a very small breakfast or a wedding dinner at which all those in- vited are to be seated at one table. Then a flancee or fiance as well as the wife or husband of any member of the bridal party must be included. Otherwise, those seated at the bridal table include none but the bride and bridegroom, maid of honor and brides- maids, best man and ushers. There is also one other exception. When the bridesmaids outnumber the ushers, or the ushers outnumber the bridesmaids, it is customary to invite extra friends of the bridegroom or extra friends of the bride to make the number of young women and men even, If, for instante, at the wedding in question there are to be four ushers and two bridesmaids and the bride is therefore asking two young women to sit at the-table, she should certainly include the fiancee of the best man, and also the wife of any usher who is married. ‘There is no rule limiting the number or even the ages of those who may be seated at the bridal table. The only rule is that the bride shall be free to invite those few most intimate friends | —and those only—whom she and the care for most. (Copyright, 1835.) 3 bores us stiff. * x * X ND when the daily visitor adds to her iniquity being a back-door | neighbor, who runs in without knock- ing, who kmows what you ‘have for hreakfast, #hd how often you change your skirt, and what your new hat ,costs, and what time your daughter got in from the party, and what your husband said to you about your Auri Geraldine’s visit, why, then she is public enemy No. 1, and the Govern- ment sleuths should get on her trail with orders to shoot at sight. For the daily visitor and the back-door neigh- bor stir up more trouble, start more | scandals, wreck more homes and break more hearts than any other one set of people in the world. The old proverb that says that “short visits make long friends” should be amended to read “Infrequent visits make for enduring friendships.” For it is the essence of friendship that we should have enough of it to flavor life, but not so much of it that it sickens us. A FRIEND is one of whose affection we are assured, of whose interest we are certain, some one to whom we can turn for entertainment or sym- pathy or help in our time of need, but it is not some one who is forever on our backs, like the old weman of the sea, not some one of whom we can never get rid, not some one who is forever poking her nose into our affairs and who knows what is in our skeleton closet as well as we do ourselves. * % k% that women have enough sense to rate a man by what is inside of his head, not what is on the outside. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1935.) My Neighbor Says: Don't forget to cover your crocuses and tulips before the frost gets into the ground. Cover well with leaves and lay boards over the leaves so they will not blow away. If the bottoms of legs of furni- ture are waxed they will not scratch polished floors when moved around on them. Never serve food in a dish that is too large for amount of food served. It detracts from the ap- pearance of your table. To remove whitewash from 8 a ceiling, dissolve 1 pound of aluf in 1 gallon of strong vinegar. Apply with brush, let soak in well and scrape and wash as usual. When sandpapering surfaces that are to be painted, the work 1s made much easier if sandpaper is folded over a small block of wood. To prevent halibut falling to pieces while boiling, wrap in cheesecloth and simmer in boil- ing water. About 30 minutes time is required to boil two and another combination of pineapple with fish or shrimp or crab meat. A quick dessert can be made by combining whites of eggs with canned | cranberries or apple sauce. Three egg whites and a cup of fruit Is about the right proportion. For another dessert, needing a cake foundation, which you may have on hand or have time to get from the | baker’s or grocer’s, is made by put- | ting crushed pineapple between layers and covering the whole with whipped cream or with a meringue. SAUCE TARTARE. 1; cup mayonnaise. 1 tablespoon chopped pickle. 1 tablespoon chopped olives. 15 cup chopped parsley. ‘When ready to serve add the other ingredients to the mayonnaise. Serve with fish, soft-shelled crabs or cold meat. PREPARED BISCUIT FLOUR CHICKEN ROLL. 2 cups prepared biscuit flour. % cup cream. 2 cups cooked chicken, flaked. 2 cups gravy (leftover gravy in- creased by adding milk and thicken- ing). Stir cream into prepared flour and mix well. Turn out on lightly floured board and knead gently to smooth up. Roll out in oblong shape about 15-inch thick. Spread with the flaked chicken and just enough gravy to moisten, and roll as for jelly roll, making one long roll. Place in loaf pan or casserole and bake in hot oven (450 degrees Fahrenheit) from 8 half or three pounds of halibut. (Copyright. 1935.) 20 to 25 minutes. Serve cut in thick slices with hot gravy over them. | Most intimate friendships between ’ they would much rather have a long table which provides more “elbow room” and books and papers can be scuffied around to the heart’s content One of the most urgent needs will be lamps—lamps with a solid base These lighting units should be placed advantageously and should be equip- | ped with bulbs of proper voltage. The shades should be of parchment or will stand abuse, as they are bound to be knocked about & bit. Since color is to be used more dar- | used more and more in floor cover- ings, drapery materials and uphol- stery. It will not bg hard to supply them in good measure * x *x ® 8§ FOR pictures—prints and etcn- ings or a good ol are to be pre- | ferred. Something unusual and unique, however, in wall decoration was seen last year in a room at an | Eastern college. The occupant had used two large, colorful travel posters as a striking change from the banal. |One was the popular French poster, “Les Aqueducts.” The colors in this were bright and harmonized beauri- fully with the cream walls. The background was orange and red of a late sunset—the brown stone ruins of some Roman aqueducts offered a re- lief, while the vivid ivy climbing over the ruins accented the coloration of the whole. Before hanging, the poster was rolled down from top and up from | the bottom like a scroll, covering the advertising and making the finished size about 24 by 30 inches. The bot- {tom roll was weighted to hold the picture flat against the wall. A cur- tain rod was run through the top roll and painted black, and the picture was hung from the wall molding by black silk cords fastened to the ends of the rod. We were told that to protect the poster from dust a coat of clear lacquer had been applied: this also brought out the coloring and acted as a preservative There should be at least two com- fortable chairs in the young man's room—one for himself, as he will sperid many hours reading and studv- ing, the othe: for his pals, who will undovbtedly spend many hours with him Millinery Note. LONDON (&) —Adaptability is a feature of some of the new Autumn felt hats. A plain ribbon band is the only trimming, the brim is sailor style, and the crown can be dented in several different ways to alter the appearance. They can be worn flat on the front of the head, or at a slight angle. the Mode Darling of The Inevitable Shirtwaist Frock in a Charming Version. BY BARBARA BELL. LL the fashion reports say “Emphasize the shirtwaist frock,” but the dear things need no particular emphasis. | For they have walked right into our wardrobes, and it looks as if they intend to make a long visit. Day- time dresses, for all ages and sizes, are made in some variation of the shirt-maker fashion, and developed in rich materials, velvet and lames, they are a part of the evening scene. ‘When a fashion comes along, so easy to wear, so youthful and becoming, | and so attuned to modern living, women don’t part with it in a hurry, 50 you need not be afraid of having too many. The college girl loves this type of thing. She wears it in flannel, both plain and checked or plaided in strik- ing colors. Jersey is one of her first loves, and this year there is a new jersey, almost unstretchable, which is excellent in a natural gray or black. ‘Wool challis is something that you'll hear inore about, and it is a perfectly grand material. Soft, light weight, it invariably is patterned in small, geo- metric patterns. One, dark blue with flecks of white, is the medium for a simple sports frock, worn with red leather belt, and Ascot scarf. Slightly off-shades are featured for dresses A 1522-6 tof woolen fabrics, yellow-green, or bronze-green, pumpkin-amber, all kinds of rust tones, tawny brown, and purplish wines—all are in demand. This is an exceptionally easy frock to make, as the chart indicates. But | it couldn't be more effective if there were 10 times the number of pleces included. Barbara Bell «Pattern, No. 1522-B is designed in sizes 14, 16, 18 and 20. Corresponding bust measurements, 32, 34, 36 and 38. Size 16 (34) requires 3% yards of 39-inch material, or 215 yards of 54-inch material. Every Barbara Bell Pattern in- cludes an {llustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Barbara Bell Pattern book available at 15 cents. Address orders to The Evening Star. BARBARA BELL, ‘Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1522-B Bize NAME ooeccccenccmaccccnnne Address ...cocoeee.. (Wrap coins securely in paper.)