Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1936, Page 32

B—12 WOMEN'S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.: C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1936. WOMEN’S FEATURES. Women and Elephants Are Supposed to Have Two Traits in Common < However, Facts Indicate That Question Is Open To Gre Contradictory Evidence Would Seem to Show That Resemblance in Characteristics Is Slight. BY BETSY CASWELL. OMEN and elephants are said to have two characteristics in com- mon, they never forget an affront and they are afraid of mice. I don't presume to say whether that statement is correct or not. I don't know enough about the actual facts in either case o speak authoritatively now. But I do know that the mouse is the tradi- tional enemy of woman and can get her up in the air, both literally and figuratively, quicker than almost any-g thing else. | There have, of course, been in- stances where women have tamed | families of mice and kept them forl pets. An old “news” story in a Lon- i don paper, years ago, recounts the ‘;::e'f"“"np:’“u;“épm'{:‘r it '&eb'boz:n tragedy of one such case. It 8DDEATS | oo it i far safer for the other Housekeepers attack with traps, brooms, cats and poisoned baits. In town, as a rule, a few well-baited traps will do the job, if placed at that a certain lady had become friends with Father Mouse, Mother Mouse and all the junior Mice (or would it be Mouses?) who inhabited @ nest in the rotted casing of a win- dow in her country house. She gave & name to each of the “children” and trained them to come at her call and eat from her hand. One sprightly young fellow named Jim was a par- ticular favorite. He always came running the fastest, and was even in- clined to follow his benefactor about like a dog. One day a tennis game was in full swing on the court located just be- neath the window where Jim and his family had their domicile. One of the players had a brother called Jim, who was sent to look for a lost ball. In the meantime another player had discovered the ball in another cor- ner of the court, and the brother called loudly, “Jim! Jim!” to bring the searcher back to the game. A few moments later something small and dark darted across the court and one of the players threw his racket at it—killing it instantly. It was found to be a young mouse. Next morning the lady of the house went to the window and called the junior mice in turn. All responded except Jim. He never answered at roll call again. * ok ok ¥ T 1S said that a Scotsman, named David Huttcn, in the nineteenth century, first conceived the idea of putting mice to work commercially. By experiments he ascertained that| ., “.ng "grown it”; the children | the ordinary mouse could average & yun of 107, miles per day. He bought and sold mice until he found two-that could do 18 miles in that time. He con- structed a miniature mill wherein a mouse could twist, twine and reel over 100 threads a day. In five weeks, or 35 days. a mouse could make 3,350 threads 25 inches long. A womaa, in those days. was paid one penny for every hank made in the ordinary manner: a mouse, therefore, was worth 18 cents a week to its owner. Allowing for board and machinery, each mouse brought in a yearly profit of $1.50. Satisfied with the results of his ex- periments, David Hutton was about to launch into business in a big way by setting up 10,000 of these mouse smills. Unfortunately for him, but per- haps fortunately for the mice, he was suddenly taken ill, and died without becoming the great mouse-power mag- nate he had hoped to be. * % x % I\IOST of us nowadays are only in- terested in mice to get rid of them. Toward the Fall they appear more frequently in our houses, lured in | by the warm air from the chill outside, 1 inmates of the household and the | mice can be disposed of easily. Traps !should always be baited with fresh bait—bacon is really a better lure than the time-honored cheese. Rolled oats may be lightly sprinkled over the traps as an added attraction. Elimination of rubbish and litter in closets or unused rooms will do much to discourage Mister Mouse. Mothballs and naphthalene flakes will help to keep them from damaging stored articles of clothing. When a cat is to be depended upon for keep- ing mice under control, remember it should not be overfed. Cats only hunt seriously when they are hungry | and if Kitty has just had a dinner a la Delmonico, she won't be any too eager for the chase. * ok ox X NE thing I do like about traps is that they usually do the job | when 1 can't see what is going on. I dislike seeing & mouse killed—I have | always been too fond of the lovely ;ule of “The Two Bad Mice” by | Beatrix Potter, about Hunca Munca and Tom Thumb and their awful | depredations in the dolls’ house. In | fact, this little story will show you just what a softie I really am on | the subject: Several vears ago. in the country, | the children woke me by howling that | there was a mouse in their bathtub. | There was—the cutest, brightest-eyed | baby mouse I had ever seen. The | maid said, “Hit it with a broom”; the | nurse said, “Turn the water into the " danced up and down and yelled, “Do something. do something!” The maid went for the broom; the | nurse put the stopper in the tub drain The mouse looked at me and twitched & baby whisker. I couldn't take it. I ordered everybody out, and to take baths in another tub, and I kept that mouse there, with crumbs to eat and | & little water to drink, until evening. | when my husband came home from town. | though he may have thought I defi- | nitely was one—but he and I put that | mouse in a little box, and carried him n the car for a mile or so down the road. We let him go near an old stone wall in a fleld bright with flowers and | tall grasses, watching him skip hap- pily into a cranny between two shel- | tering stones with a farewell flirt of his little tail. We drove home in silence, feeling pretty sheepish, but awfully pleased with life, just the same! Television Make-Up. Purveyors of cosmetics for theatrical make-up can anticipate new demand with the advent of television. Most He didn't call me a fool—al- | Literally “Putting on the Feed-Bag” | 'Discretion Needed in Judge Child’s Ability Before Assigning Special Work. BY ANGELO PATRIL ‘WHEN teaching children to do any | sort of work be sure to arrange | things so that the results will be acceptable to the working child. If | his finished work is not up to ex- | pectations he is discouraged and it itlk!s a lot of initiative to overcome | such discouragement. | Make the first steps easy. If there |is & difficult place for the beginner, | be on hand to help him get by. If | he gets into trouble with his material, or tools, go to his rescue, straighten him out, let him rest a while before | going on. The first steps in any new work are hard to master, the learner is timid, his hands are inexperienced in the movements, and so are clumsy. Don't act as though this surprised you, but smooth it over and help the child carry on. He will master the | difficulties sooner, and his desire to | continue the work will last longer. | The brighter the intelligence of and set up housekeeping in any con- | effective shades and tones have not | the worker the less help he will need. venient location that is shelured,’yet been determined, but the British | The duller the intelligence, the more From this vantage point they raid Broadcasting Co. in its experiments ' help, the simpler the task. the sooner our kitchens and larders, eat bird- | had found .the following color combi- completed job are indicated. ‘When seed from the cage containers right | nation will make at least some im- |the teacher is dealing with children under the bird's beak, as it were; they | provement on the countenance au of low intelligence she will find it best scamper nolsily through the walls, naturel: Light yellow for the cheeks, -to hand the child an almost com- and do a sailor'’s hornpipe in the|green for the eyelids, black eyebrows, | pleted task. He is shown how to waste paper baskets in the middle of | dark yellow nose, brown lips and full make the finishing stitches, or strokes, the night. | red inside nostrils. We spent the week-end with the professor’s wite. Whenever we go there we are sure to find something different in the way of a chair set, so, that is about the first thing we look for upon arrival. We found this very attractive set that we knew we just had to pass on to you. Instead of being crocheted in one piece, it is done in separate and he has the satisfaction of feeling he has completed a good job. It looks well, The finished job must look well to the worker or he will not want to own it. There is no pride of work- manship to be had in a poor job. This pride, however, is the stimulus that is needed to make a worker carry on over the difficulties to completion. If the child can have the satisfaction of feeling he has completed the job, and that it is good, he has a fine start for the next step. That holds good in every situation of learning, but it J crucial where children have difficulty in accomplishing their work. Assure a finished job that looks well. No, this will not teach him that he can claim work he did not do. He knows he did not do it all. By finishing it well, and getting the joy out of the doing, he is stimulated to want to do more. That is the way to keep him interested and at work. I saw a shop teacher practice this principle of teaching in a class of boys who were making boats. The boats were in all stages of construc- tion. One boy, plainly of lower power than the others, was painstakingly sandpapering a hull. He was taking great care in rubbing along the grain, changing his paper, dusting the wood. Plainly this sandpapering was of the utmost importance. I asked him about his boat. “This is the teacher’s boat, He made it, and he is letting me sand- paper it for him. It is coming on fine, with no scratches on it, it will take a good finish. I'm the only one that he can let sandpaper his boats.” This lad’s hands were clumsy and they trembled as they rubbed the dainty hull, but the lad was happy and he was doing a good job by the end of the school year, just 10 months of practicing 40 minutes a day, this boy made a boat that was the rival of the best in the shop. But remember, he began at the end of the job and ‘worked slowly backward. Didn't you eat a cookie before you ever made one? Mr. Patri will give personal atten- tion to inquiries from parents and school teachers on the care and development of children. Write him in care of this paper, inclos- ing a 3-cent stamped, self-ad- motifs that will really appeal to you because they go so quickly. They are crocheted in mercerized knitting and crochet cotton which, of course, ac- counts for the speed. But speed isn't the only virtue of the set. Being done in separate motifs, the back can be as large as you like. If the chair is fairly small, the piece can be made accordingly; but, on the other hand, if you need a set for & love seat or couch, you can just add some more motifts and there you are. The pattern envelope containis complete, éasy-to-understand illustrated directions, with dirgrams to aid you; also what crochet hook and what ma- terial and how much you will need., To obtain this pattern, send for No. 365 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Women's Editor of The Evening Star. dressed envelope for reply. (Copyright, 1936,) Heel High Lights. Even Joseph's famous coat would have been put to shame by the multi- colored heels on the new Fall evening pumps. Many of the heels that click in the smartest night clubs and hotels are covered with exquisite brocaded fabrics and shimmering bits of silver and gold. P Teaching If I get it good and smooth, | . This intrepid young mouse was caught in the act of raiding the paper bag containing the lunch of the telegraph operator, who had stepped out for a cup of coffee. “First come, first served” is his motto. It is a —Star Staff Photo. “Two-Timing” Frock Smart and Cleverly Designed Garment Will Prove Really Useful. BY BARBARA BELL. T LAST s “two-timer” desired by all, for it will serve you day and night with appropri- ate chic, and as a stand-by for immediate and coming gayeties. Its smart simplicity recommends it for the college or business girl, smart young matron and busy socialite. You'll sdore the lovely cascade jabot that graces the smooth bodice, and long slim sleeves, while a gore sets into the skirt in a novel manner. The roomy skirt with its graceful sway gives easy stepping and compe- tition to the current swing rhythm. Fashioned in satin—inky black of course—and for a touch of color, con- trast your girdle and jabot, or merely dress up its subtle glamour with a rhinestone brooch or pin. There isn't an easier dress to make that requires 50 little time, money and effort. Start right now and send for this pattern. Your frock will be finished ig & jiffy and ready to don before day is done, BARBARA BELL, ‘WASHINGTON STAR. Inclose 25 cents in coins for pat- AdAress ..o ooeeeeoeeceeacmamnean (Wrap coins securely in paper.) Barbara Bell pattern. No. 1954-B is available for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42. Size 36 requires 413 yards of 39- inch material plus 3 yard to face the jabot. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Send 15 cents for the Fall Barbara Bell pattern book. Make yourself at- tractive, practical and becommg clothes, selecting designs from the Barbara Bell, well-planned, easy-to- make patterns. Interesting and ex- clusive fashions for little children and the difficult junior age; slenderizing, well-cut patterns for the mature fig- ure, afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons and other patterns for special occa- sions are all to be found in the Bar- bara Bell pattern book. Peanut Ring Mold. 1 cup peanuts, chopped. 4 cups bread cubes. 8 tablespoons melted butier. 1 tablespoon grated onion. 13 cup chopped celery. 2 eggs. 1 cup milk Salt and pepper. Dice bread into very small cubes. Beat eggs and add milk and season- ing. Toss all ingredients together and pour into a ring mold which has been well greased. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) 40 minutes or until set. Turn out on warm platter and flll with creamed vegeiables, meat or fish. Any “lefte :‘v::-" can be used whose flavors com- harmoniously. » | skin and entire body. | to go hatless if you could avoid the Effects of Sun on Hair And Scalp Should Be Checked and Corrective Treat- ment Started. BY ELSIE PIERCE. WE PROMISE not to s you so.” But don't say we didn't warn you. Don't say we didn't tell you that sunshine and air in mod- eration have a very vitalizing and healthful effect on scalp, as well as We urged you direct rays of the sun. But empha- sized that a hat is better than scorch- | ing the hair by too much exposure. And didn't we say that if a hat is worn the band should not be too tight else it will constrict the natural circulation—that the air should be allowed to circulate freely through scalp and hair? I've seen more evidence of loose beach hats and those clever hair kerchiefs and visor kerchiefs than ever before. In spite of which any number of women allowed Summer to leave its souvenirs. If you are one of these, check on the effect Summer has had on your hair. Just what has it done? Know- ing these facts you will be better able to rout these souvenirs. Has your hair become sticky, gummy, brittle and harsh by too fre- quent salt water baths? Salt water, you know, should not be allowed to dry on the hair, but should be brushed out and shampooed out just as soon after a swim as possible. Did sand get into your hair? And did you fail to brush it out? You may find your scalp pores clogged and the scalp itchy and irritated. Perspiration is another matter to deal with in Summer since the perspi- ration glands are more active. This perspiration consists of waste mate- | tial. toxins and acids which the body is throwing off and unless the scalp is cleansed it robs the hair of its luster and color. Has your hair, usually normal, be- come unduly dry because of continued exposure, which, as you know, ex- tracts some of the natural oil from the scalp? Or has your usually slightly oily scalp become extremely oily because the oil glands do function more rap- idly when stimulated by exposure and heat? Is your hair dank and unmanage- able? % Are the ends very brittle? Is your hair so harsh you can hardly put a comb through it? Is your hair streaked, bleached by the sun until it looks artificial or does it lack life and color through-‘ out? ‘Whatever it is, take inventory, then take heart. There's a remedy! (Copyright, 1936.) Cook’s Corner BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. DINNER SERVING FOUR. Broiled Lamb Chops Creamed Peas Buttered Spinach Apple Butter Salad Dressing Glazed Doughnuts Coffee Milk for children daily APPLE BUTTER. 12 cups apple pulp % teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons % cup lemon cinnamon Juice 1 tablespoon 2 cups apple cloves juice 1 tablespoon 8 cups sugar nutmeg Mix ingredients and ecook slowly 114 hours or until mixture becomes thick. Stir frequently with long- handled wooden spoon. Usually the housewife makes but- ter from the pulp left over when mak- ing apple jelly. Some of the juice is required, however, to give & good flavor. " Replace Artificial -;‘,( Sweets - Ask for and serve Pure Bread Head Lettuce " Grapes & NG Dorothy Dix Says In Picking a Husband, Choose Cne Who Goes Under His Own Power. { EAR DOROTHY DIX: Iama | [)EAR MISS DIX: What do- you woman of 25; been making think of girls who give fellows | my own living for several ullul!m;,m:xre]lmn at all> There is 3 & girl who is always making me pres- _ years; very ambitious and | enis that I don't want and she Fielis energetic. I have been going with & | people that we are going “steady.” | man who is 28. He is attractive and | which isn't true. I have my career 1 suppose T am in love with him, but | $head of ml;‘r;d A paing -;:;‘-\:; he is not ambitious, kas never made | of this girl without hurting her feel- more than a mere living for himself. | ings? JACK. Considering my ambition and surplus | | Answer—She is trying to X3 energy, do you think that I can 1isk | purting you und,,“‘;‘bh"m::',:"‘;:'; depending on this type of man for If you don't want to get caught, send my living and happiness? He tells | her presents back to her. You will me continually that he could get have to be firm with that kind of somewhere in the world with me for girl and not consider her feelings. an inspiration, but I am inclined to | DOROTHY DIX. be doubtful. HAZEL. LA | T)EAR DOROTHY DIX: We hear & AiewerVon ace well 1o (be doubt- | lot about mothers-in-law and how ful, Hazel, for if & man hasn't enough | they break up homes. Why do fathers- energy and initiative to do things for | in-1aw escape? I have a perfectly himself, he will never do them for any woman. Every drunkard tells the woman he is in love with that if she will marry him he will never thirst for a high- bail again. Every gambler assures his sweetheart that if he had her little white hand in his it would never itch for cards again. Every lazy ne'er- do-well persuades the girl he wants him & go-getter. And the trouble is that because girls can believe any- thing that they want to believe they fall for this line of hooey amd marry their sots and gamblers and lazy bones, only to find out that marriage man who drank before marriage drinks afterward; that the gambler still gambles and the lazy man still sits down on the do-nothing stool. | | | I think no marriage is more un- fortunate than that between an en- ergetic, ambitious woman and that of & slothful, unambitious man because | the wife is always trying to prod the husband into action and the husband always balks and always regards his wife as a slave-driver and comes to hate her for it. If you want a hus- band who is going to get somewhere in the world, pick out one who has already started under his own mo- tive power, AS THE end of September rolls by | let us suggest that you look around in your neighborhood stores for current specials in the canned- soup line. Many of our local mer- chants will be featuring soups at attractive sale prices for & short time. and since one can hardly go through the Fall and Winter without a good supply why not stock up on a few old favorites, as well as new concoc- tions, at worthwhile savings? It is not a bad plan to have a gen- erous selection of consommes and bouillon on hand either. Many of these are also being specialed. Avail yourself of the opportunity to build up a nice reserve stock. Six or eight cans each, of consomme, bouillon, cream soups, chowder and vegetable broths should provide a nice larder | for the average family, or for the young matron who wants to be pre- pared for the last minute guest And here is a tip for the lone kitchenette housekeeper. If the regu- lar-size cans seem too large buy the midget-sized ones that some canners are putting out. These small cans insure freshness of each serving and eliminate the left-over problem. * x % x \‘VHEN you compile sure to include the cream of shrimp soup we mentioned in this column some time ago. It is truly delicious and quite different from the usual blends. The shrimps offer the same nutritional advantages as do oysters, yet have a more delicate flavor, which appeals to those who | desire a mild soup. The pink color of the shrimp meat gives a most appe- tizing appearance and provides addi- tional body. Cream of mushroom is highly nutritious too and always makes a good luncheon or dinner soup. no doubt be heading your list—but don't forget about the new cream of spinach, tasty asparagus, piquant celery, and old-fashioned pea soups that are equally desirable. | Then there's that new cream of | onion which will be sure to become | & favorite with the family once you've introduced it. Delicate in flavor and your list be to marry that he only needs her to | galvanize him into action and make | isn't & curative agent and that the | The old standby, tomato, will | lovely mother-in-law, but my fathers | in-law is the trial of my life. He is an | inflated old windbag, who does nothing but brag about himself and his family until he is driving all of our frienas away by boring them to death. My husband and I are a young couple why married on a shoestring and we have to economize severely, cutting out all luxuries and expensive entertainment. That would be all right, except that father-in-law boasts about how suce cessful his son is until he makes every- body think that we must be the stingiest people in the world. Shouid we move to a community where he is not known, or grin and bear it? BRIDE OF A YEAR. Answer—Perhaps less is said about fathers-in-law as home-wreckers than mothers-in-law because they are not 50 common Statistics show that there are far more widows than | widowers. Besides, widowers nearly | always remarry, so it leaves mothe- oftener than father to be taken into her children’s homes. But you are quite right when yeu say that when a father-in-law is a pest he is even more deadly than the most pestiferous mother-in-law, be- cause old men are nearly always untidv, and by the time they have read the morning paper and had their smoke they can leave a house looking as if & | cyclone had passed through it. DOROTHY DIX Gourmet’s Guide for the Hostess BY LUCIE EBERLY. ,color, it contrasts pleasingly for & change with the dark color and strong flavor of the more usual type of onion soup. And, by the way, don't forget about those little German soup rolls that are composed of a concentrated or evaporated powder. needing only to be dissolved in water to result in a luscious bowl of cream soup. Almost any blend you may want may be had | —split pea, pea and bacon, celery, etc. The rolls are divided into six sections —sufficient to make six bowls of soup. The flavor and blends are typical of German cuisine. L ’I‘HE mushroom consomme that made its debut this Summer is & good number to have on hand be- cause it is so versatile. Sarved jellied, or steaming hot, it provides a tasty first course. Jellied, with cut-up vegetables, it makes a “different” salad. Tomato and beef, or tomato and chicken consomme may b: used the same way Clear green turtle, the elegant dine ner party soup, should be listed by all means! And for a quickly-made bouillon you'll surely want some of that concentrated beef extract that is made with grade-A steer beef. It comes in a tube and merely needs ta be dissolved in boiling water to pro= duce a highly flavored bouillon. For something just a little out of the ordinary, try some of the new yellow tomato juice served hot with a few grains of boiled rice or barley. The color scheme in itself is interests ing. and the flavor of the juice heated, is truly delectable. * ox ox % ICH vegetable, and that new ovse ter soup that arrived on the gro= cery shelves only last Spring, are ideal for almost any occasion. And the substantial black bean soup, the gen- uine old-fashioned kind, now comes in cans too. In chowders, you will want a good clam, crab, and corn, to round out the emergency supply for those busy shopping days when vou come home too late and tired to do much in the culinary department! SUGAR SHELF RECIPES ‘ “Be angelic and make your husband this gor- geous devil's food cake! It's an easy recipe—the creaming job goes quickly because the light dissolving.' 1 cup butter or other shortening brown sugar called for is so fine and quid(-%t ‘2{& DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE 13 cups flour 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon 13 teaspoon salt 1 cup sour milk or butter ‘milk sods balang powder 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream shortening until soft. Measure Jack Frost Light Brown Sugar by packing firmly in cup. Add to shortening and cream until light and fluffy. You'll marvel at the ease and speed with which Jack Frost Light Brown Sugar blend: h your shortening! And—you'll be ‘even more delighted with the rich, fine texture and delicious flavor which it gives to your cake. When ‘mix well. Pour boiling then blend with sugar mixture. Sift fiour once—measure—add sods, baking powder and salt, and sift again. Add dry ingredients to sugar mixture, alternately with milk, beat well after each addition. Add vanilla. Pour into two greased 8-inch layer cake pans. in moderate oven (375° F.) 25 minutes or until done. There's & different JACK FROST SUGAR for every need. Granulated, Powdered, Confectioners XXXX, Brown, Tablets.