Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1935, Page 52

r c-s8 Shopping Season Means Even Great Fun To Fashion Own Gifts| Young Enjoy Secrecy in Making Presents for Elders. BY ANGELO PATRL CHILDEEN like to make gifts for those they love. They get more fun out of making the things them- selves than they ever get in buying them. Christmas will be more of & day for them if they can present the work of their own hands. They cannot make masterpieces. Nobody expects them to turn out a perfect piece of work. Don't make them rip and do it over and over. They will lose the joy of working and along with it any desire to make the gift. First help them to select things that they can make without too much effort. There must be no tears shed on a Christmas gift. That | would be out of the question alto- | gether. What simple things can children make? Bookmarks, decorated blotters, a set of polishing tissues for granny’s spectacles, cut to size and neatly tied in a gay cover. Little children can make such things with direction and help. Those that can saw, cut, paste and sew can make a host of pleasing things, such as boxes, baskets of card- board and paper dolls, to decorate tables and such things, special boxes for sweets, to be used later for other things. Knitting baskets are easy to make. Children who can knit have a wide choice. Don't let them get into the | habit of making just one thing. Specialists, who make slippers and keep on making slippers for a lifetime, leave behind them a memory that is not all gratitude. The thing is to encourage children to make their own | gifts and so make them ‘an expression of personal affection. } It is great fun to make cookies and | candies. The children ought to have | & share in that fun. Maybe they can- not do as good a job as the expert grown-up, but they can begin. And they are willing to do the drudgery. They cheerfully crack and pick nuts, stone raisins and prunes, chop when chopping is needed, if they are re- warded with the high position of Cookie Cutter to Santa Claus. ‘We are too likely to keep Christmas to ourselves and crowd out the chil- dren. We are thoughtlessly selfish about it. ZWe will admit that the preparations are great fun, but we forget that the children would enjoy | that fun as much as we do if they | were allowed to share it. The prepa- ration, the secret gifts prepared so | slyly, the doing of the little things, like tying packages and hanging wreaths, | are the best part of the festivity. Let | the children have their little share of it. Giving ourselves to each other is what puts the thrilis into Christmas. | Giving presents is only this idea sym- bolized. It would make Christmas happier for children if they were allowed to have more of the giving than is usual. They can give their time, their labor, their co-operation in many ways if they are given the opportunity. ‘True, this sharing of the preparation with the children makes it harder on the adults, if they feel that way about it. But couldn't we set aside some part of the process of preparation for the children? There would still be | plenty for grown-ups to do and the | children might learn the true mean- | ing of Christmas, which is loving service. (Copyright, 1935.) My Neighbor Says: Save all soot that accumulates in fireplaces and chimneys. Ap- plied dry as a dressing on lawns or in liquid form to plants it makes an excellent fertilizer. After mixing soot with water, let stand until water is clear. Twice a week is often enough to use it on plants. Place & hot water bottle in the clothes basket when hanging out and taking in clothes in cold weather, It will keep the hands warm, If woolen stockings shrink while washing, put them through the water again and while still wet put them on a stocking stretcher. ‘Twine will tie bundles much tighter and will not slip when knots are made if it is dampened | sleeves before using. Here's & new needle ‘m match the sash. The jackets of 4OLD ARTS k pattern that will stand both before and after Christmas. Right now, one square knitted in~ WOMEN’S FEATURES. ‘THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Shopping in Washington Choose Your Gift Lingerie Early—It Is Very Popular. Left: Satin gown with ecru lace yoke. Center: Smart shirtmaker pajamas. Right: Deep-toned lace dresses up these satin pajamas in a festive manner. BY MARGARET WARNER. OU will never go wrong if you select a beautiful piece of lingerie for your best friend’s Christmas gift. She will love it, and love you for giving it to her, and everybody will be happy. Those | departments where the tables are piled high with dainty pink and blue and frothy lace are receiving an immense amount of attention from early shop- pers and I am told that “nighties” are in great demand as gifts. (A special effort is always made to ‘bring together particularly lovely de- signs as to cut, trimming and color for the holiday shoppers, so you will find long sleeves, short sleeves, no sleeves; high necks and low necks, dainty crepes and flowered satins all vying for first place, with pajamas coming in for their share of the gift limelight. ‘We have found that $3.95 is quite a | popular price for Christmas lingerie such as the gown sketched above, with $6 and $8 following along for the more expensive gift. The gown above in| tearose satin with deep yoke of ecru | lace uses a turnover collar and tiny | frog fastenings done in blue ribbon with little rosette ends. The slashed | back and tle belt add further interest. T 'HE shirtmaker idea has invaded the realm of “so-to-bed"” garments | and it is being expressed in a flowered satin gown with shirt collar, long and regulation shirt-front closing, used as the upper part of a| bias-cut gown. In pajamas you will find the tuck- in shirt top with pleated bosom, wide trousers that have an adjustable belt. Pale pink satin makes these especially attractive at $4. In the lace- trimmed variety, one shop has just re- ceived quite a number of new de- signs at $6 and $8 that are really lovely. One of these in tearose satin has lace set into the upper portion through the shoulders with appliques extehding onto a satin collar-band high in front and sloping down into & v which ties in back. The over-blouse is quite long and has a little scalloped edge. It's new and it's awfully smart looking at $5.95. Glove silk, so easy to launder, takes to the Russian style with rather man- nish up-standing collar and side clos- ing bound in a dark contrasting color ] —S8ketched in Washington Shops. these pajamas are light and the trous- ers dark. * ¥ ok X [EN there are slips—perfectly mar- velous for gifts—in white, tea rose and the dark colors for dark frocks. The “cocktail slip” is nice for a pres- ent, for it has an extra lace inset in the front of the skirt. at the hem, to match the yoke at the top. This slip comes | in satin at $3. Some people like to wear petticoats, | and of course they are just the thing | for a low-cut evening dress. In day- time colors we found some changeable | taffetas at $1.95 and for evening white satin at $2.95. % ok 'HEN, while we are on the subject of lingerie, don't forget boudoir slippers for another Christmas item to jot down on your list. All the shops are showing lots of them, and we found one shop with a whole row of tables devoted to attractive and comfy slip- pers to patter around in. To make them warm for Winter they are using lots of fur and soft wooly materials around the tops and over the insteps, | and when you look at them you feel | that you just must have a pair to slip | into on cold mornings. The prices of these slippers range from $1.39 and $1.59 to $5 in some shops, and really it is surprising what nice ones you can get for $1.39 in bright velveteen with bands of soft white woolly material across the in- step. The colors are royal blue, red | and black. These have a lowish heel covered with the same velveteen. Mules somewhat on the same order, with warm, furry material around the heels, are good, too. Another good style that will har- monize with any pastel color has small flowers embroidered over its entire surface in pale tints, is lined with pink satin and has the wide white, furry band across the front. Lovely to wear with the tailored flannel robes are flannel mules in rose or French blue banded in black fur tipped with white. information For items eoncerning mentioned in this column, call Na- | tional 5000, extension 396, between 10 and 12 am. 7 Exact Time To Wait for TardyGuest BY EMILY ‘POST. DIAR MRS, POST—A friend feels that I have been very rude to a tardy guest who arrived almost an hour late at a dinner that I gave re- cently in a club. I waited about a half hour and then decided that I could not ask the club to hold dinner any longer, and so we sat down with- out her. Don’t you think I was justis fled in doing this? Answer: Yes, but more particularly because it would have been discourte- ous to ask all your other friends, who were on time, to wait for one friend who was either thoughtlessly late or unavoidably detained. In the latter case ‘| she ought to have telephoned if pos- stead string would make a lovely insertion for a pillow or.scarf, Two, joined together,: make a doille. An edging is given to finish the pieces. Then after Christmas, plen to make & bedspread or dinner cloth—you'll find the squares make fine pick-up work. The lacy openwork sets off very effectively an attractive star ¥ pattern. - .- 7 In pattern 5494 you will find square and joining it to make a variety of of all stitches needed; maierial To obtain this patiern send 15 cents instructions for making the :u«:!u:muhmuuu( hmcuflnb‘h"’&n‘n address, mummmaaw. Please print name and sible. Etiquette has never exacted that 8 hostess wait more than 15 minutes after the time set—unless the person who is late is the guest of honor and an important one at that. One would wait half an hour for the wife of the Answer: Round-bowl spoons belong to & certain few early pre-seventeenth designs L Emergency Food Shelf - Becomes Real Necessity After Long, Hectic Day Opportunity BY BETSY CASWELL. ITH the approach of Christ- mas hurly-burly—especially for the woman who works all day in an office, house- keeping becomes more and more of a chore. Dashing from the job into the melee of a crowded store in search of gifts, paper, ribbon, cards and all the rest of the para- - phernalia leaves one pretty ex- hausted and ir- ritable. To face the preparation of the evening meal & after all this is a little too much to be borne calmly. More than ever the kitchenette housekeeper needs quickly and easily concocted meals. And, as a matter of fact, during this trying sea- Deley Oaswell son I would seriously suggest that the corner grocery and neighborhood delicatessen be called into play almost entirely to help solve her problem. Delicious sandwiches can be quickly made up for you to take home—ready fried chicken will be delivered hot to your very door if ordered a little ahead of time by telephone . . . tasty salads come neatly packed in paper cartons, ready to turn out into a bowl and serve. The emergency shelf ylelds tins of tuns fish, which may be creamed and heated, or used cold in | & salad if you prefer. There is chicken a la king in tins and in jars—if you stop by the bakery and take home a few patty shells in | | which the heated chicken mixture | may be served, you will have almost s “party” dinner with practically no effort on your part! * % x * FOR & cold evening a slightly new version of that old standby, the club sandwich, is easily put together by even the most harried housekeeper. This is & “triple decker” in the ap- proved tradition, but the toast is made from whole wheat bread and the fllling includes thin slices of Ameri- can cheese, strips of crisp bacon, sliced, peeled tomatoes, lettuce and mayonnaise, A little prepared mus- tard spread on the cheese gives added | fiavor, and the whole sandwich should Dorothy do our families feel it to be their sacred duty to defiate our egos? They do, you know. Here and there is & household that is & mutual ad- miration society, but they are scarce as hen’s teeth. The average family is a steamroller that runs over all of its members’ self-esteem and flat- tens it out like a pancake. Why this is thus is a mystery. Per- haps it is & law of nature. Perhaps it is one of the inscrutable designs of Providence to keep us humble, but it is a fact that if it were not for our fathers and our mothers, and our sis- ters and our brothers, and especially our husbands and wives, we would never know what \poor, miserable | worms of the dust we are. It is they who keep us. reminded of our limita- tions, and who heave a brickbat at any little conceit that dares perk up and lift its head. No doubt this 1s good for our souls. It keeps us from becoming puffed up with self-importance and prevents us from thinking more highly of our- selves than We should do. But it causes one to wonder why it should be the task of those who are nearest and dearest to us to perform the painful operation of reducing our swelled heads not only to normal, but shrink- ing them to the size of pigmies. * % ¥ X FOH our families love us despite our being the imperfect creatures they clearly perceive us to be, and when they keep our faults ever before us they are not actuated by malice. They do it for our own good, as they impress upon us, and in order that we may not be misled by the fulsome flattery of outsiders who find some- thing in us to admire. Parents, in particular, feel that they must destroy every particle of a child’s self-confidence, root and branch, by forever reminding it of its defects. If a little girl is homely, mother tells her that she can’t wear the pretty fluffy things some other little girl does, or remarks to strangers that Sally has the Brown nose or , which the child i gee Why Should Families Be So Critical of Their Own Members? For the Business Woman, Who Must Shop After Office Hours, There Is Little for Cooking. be run into the oven just long enough to heat all the “decks” thoroughly. Garnisied with ripe olives and midget gherkins, the finished product will form an appetizing, nourishing main dish for the after-shopping meal. A good tuna fish recipe is the fol- lowing: TUNA PUFF (Serves 4). 1 7-ounce can tuna fish. 2 cups crumbs made by crushing one 6-ounce package potato chips with a rolling pin. -3, cup thin white sauce (canned mushroom soup will also do). 1 teaspoon onion juice. Salt and pepper to taste, Combine ingredients in the order given, pile lightly in a buttered bak- ing dish and bake in a moderate oven for 20 minutes. Serve hot with grilled sliced tomatoes. * ok k% 'GGS are always welcome as 8 change from the usual meat and fish, and here is a simple but de- licious recipe for their use: EGGS LUCULLUS. 4 hard-boiled eggs. 1 can ready-to-eat macaroni with tomato sauce. Y2 cup grated cheese. 1 cup white sauce. - Salt, paprika and omion juice to taste. Buttered crumbs. Cut the eggs in eighths, length- wise. Add the macaroni, cheese and white sauce—mix well together. Sea- son highly, turn into a buttered bak- ing dish and ‘cover with buttered crumbs. Place in a moderate oven just long enough to brown the crumbs. Serve hot with parsley garnish. And for that never-failing friend | to the housewife—canned salmon— try this one: SALMON TOAST. 1 can salmon. 2 tablespoonfuls butter. 3 teaspoonful salt. 3, cup cream. Pick the salmon over carefully and break the meat into small pieces. Place in a saucepan, with the butter, salt and cream, and let boil up just once. Serve hot on buttered toast, or on halves of toasted English muffins. If you wish advice on your indi- vidual household problems, write to Betsy Caswell, in care of The Star, inclosing stamped, self-addressed en- velope for reply. Dix Says pins in our little balloons they do not know what 'm they are doing, be- cause they do not realize that it is only our good opinion of ourselves that keeps us buoyed up and able to rise off the ground. We can only do what we believe ourselves capable of | doing, and when our self-confidence | is destroyed we are sunk. | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1935. WOMEN’S FEATURES, Wide Neckline Chic One-Piece Frock May Be Worn on Variety of BY BARBARA BELL. HE mid-season's openings all showed a tendency towards get- | ting back to a pencil-slim sil- | houette. And that indicates a mode which is simply modern and wearable. Of course, you love pic- turesque fashions, but not for the dey-dress, which is worn a lot. A daytime frock may have detalls of trimming, but they will be part of the design. They will be very colorful. but the colors will be those which fit | into the coats, the accessories which | ‘Thousands upon thousands of men | { and women are failures in the world | just because their parents put out the fires of genius on their altars when they were children by scoffing at their ambitions and ridiculing their dreams and making them believe that they | had not the ability to succeed. | * %k ‘Thousands of husbands stray away from wives, who never speak to them except to remind them of their weak- nesses and failures, to women who re- store their self-respect to them by theig - flattery. And thousands of wivdl lose interest in home-making | and get that what's-the-use attitude | toward their jobs, because they know | that no matter how good the dinner or how small the bills their husbands will criticize their, cooking and berate their extravagance. Yet, despite the disasters it brings about, deflating each other’s ego is still the favorite game in the home cirele. Perhaps it is because nobody else will stand for it. DOROTHY DIX. Boc_ly—l\./l_o_re Than Mere Machinery BY JAMES BARTON, M, D. IN THE past the living body has often been compared to a machine, usually to & steam engine. They are, of course, somewhat alike in that both burn fuel and give off energy in the form of heat and motion. How- ever, the fuel supplied a boiler never becomes a part of the boiler; in man the foods are absorbed into the blood, give energy, and also form a part of the body itself. This using up of the cells of the body and building them up again is called metabolism. “Instead of being. like a machine, the human body is fundamentally dif- It is regulated from within and its structure is injured if the things put into it (the diet) are too little or too much.” For instance, an adult man or woman, living an indoor life at the going to need just about one« quantity of food as one work- is the REEEELL gafigi“aéé g you have collected to wear with tal- | lored things. This dress illustrates so well what | about the wrists. seam down the front, and is straight is required of the garment which is worn during so many of the daylight hours. For the office, for shopping, for all the activities a busy woman is faced with during the day. You see it isn't the kind of dress you have to fuss much with. It takes a minimum emount of primping and preening. " ‘You put it on, you wear a little high- | crowned felt hat, a big, rough coat, & nice pair of doe-skin gloves, a good bag, and some low-heeled calf shoes, and there you are, ready for anything. ‘You may change your accessories, you may wear a velvet hat, and a dressier bag and suede shoes. Then you'll be adequately dressed for luncheon or tea. You may have a short fur jacket or cape, and this dress will look very smart with such changes. ‘The blouse is fastened in a slanting line, buttoned close to the throat. Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. MEALS FOR SUNDAY. BREAKAST. Grapefruit. DINNER. Head Lettuce, Relish Dressing. Roast Lamb. Browned Potatoes. Broccoli. Hollandaise Sauce. Cranberry Jelly. Celery. _Orange Pudding. Coffee. SUPPER. Fruit Salad. Date, Cinnamon Coffee Cuke. Coffee. BROCCOLI. 1 pound broccoli 1 teaspoon salt 2 quarts water ‘Thoroughly wash and clean broccoli, discard leaves and coarse stalk. Boil 10 minutes in water, add salt and boil 10 minutes. Drain thoroughly and serve with sauce. HOLLANDAISE SAUCE. 2 egg yolks 14 teaspoon paprika 1 tablespoon ¥ cup butter lemon juice 1 cup bolling water 1 teaspoon salt Beat yolks in upper part double boler, add juice and seasonings. Heat slowly, stirring constantly, add the butter in thirds, beating well each time, add water, little at a time. Cook one minute, stirring constantly. Serve immediately. . This is not hard to make, provided you follow instructions. DATE, CINNAMON COFFEE CAKE. 1% cups flour 2 tablespoons 3 teaspoons bak- sugar ing powder 1 egg Occasions. BARBARA BELL, Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1761-B. Size. Name Address (Wrap coins securely in paper and print name and address clearly.) | Steeves are simple and close fitting The skirt has a and plain. This is a grand dress in tweed. The soft, spongy fabrics that look as if they had been hand loomed, as many of them are. Some of them are high colored, some neutral, or with ogcasional threads of bright color woven into the surface. Black is smart, combined with ‘cerise or citron-yellow, or a mgtal cloth. Barbera Bell Pattern No. 1761-B is designed in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. Size 36 requires 2% yards of 54-inch material and 3 yard of 39- inch contrast. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes Less Time for Kitchenette Housekeeping Dramatizing Individuality With Colors Creating Surround- ings to Emphasize Type. BY ELSIE PIERCE. JZAN HARLOW'S Bel-Air home in California is called the platinum palace. It has been planned, of course, to serve as an enhancing setting for this exotic star. The living room, library and her boudoir are ivory white with accents in pastel shades. Always dramatic. More and more women are learning that the right backgrounds and the right color schemes are as important as the color combinations of their cos- tumes. Offhand, there might seem to be no relationship between the color of one’s favorite evening gown and the color of the curtains that drape her windows. But whata soothe ing and glamorous sight when there | is a perfect color blend of both. Indeed, there should be beauty value n a picture of you seated in your | favorite chair doing as prosaic a thing as reading your inorning newspaper. The fact that the chair is comfortable is not enough. Its color should flat- ter you, its general decorative scheme should be kin to your personality. Think of backgrounds and colors in your surroundings as part of you, just | as you think of your costume colors and your make-up as inseparable from you. Don't permit any clash there. Dramatize yourself as Jean Harlow does. Her favorite evening gowns are black, a striking contrast against the latinum of her hair. But I saw her wimming one day and she wore s | white bathing suit with a black skull | cap—the order reversed, but still dra- matic. To those who protest that few humans can boast the glory of Miss Harlow's tresses, let me tell you that there's beauty in every shade of hair, latent beauty which must be called | forth. And, by the way, in her next icture Miss Harlow's hair will be | tinted titian, but the dramatic quality will still be there, we predict. Her hair and her figure are her two best points. Her hair is kept light with frequent shampooing, three times & week, castile soap and castor oil shampoo being used. And her figure is kept in trim by swimming and goif. Sweets are taboo and her lunch is simply strained vegetable soup. Ice cubes rubbed over a film of tissue cream is the combination to vhich she accredits her clear, glow- | ing skin. Her eyebrows are arched to a thin pencil line (she's the type) and lengthened with black eyebrow pencil. Her eyeshadow and mascars |are blue. And you never see her | without her beauty spot, on her chin, near her mouth. Because that, too, i dramatic, exotic in keeping with her glamorous personality. (Copyright. 1935.) . Psfi%gy BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. A READER wants to knoy wnat sorts of persons are the most | emotonal. This is & question which | many think must be answered in terms | of racial disposition. For example, | it is often said that the French and the Italians are more emotional than | the Scandinavians or the British. All such comparisons are likely to lead to error. Race has little or nothing to do with emotional life as such. The way to answer this question is to consider it from the standpoint of emotion plus intelligence. These two capacities, relatively separate, actually function together. One's in- | sight into situations is the key to emotional reaction. 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