Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1936, Page 24

B8 FOOT BALL ON Feminine Spectators Are More Intelligent About ther They Have Also Learned Not to Try to| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, LOOKERS APPROACHING PLEASANTER ERA . Ladies Nowadays Know What It’s All About! < Gjtrr_le Itself Make Personal Conversation During Touchdown. BY BETSY CASWELL. ONCE upon a time foot ball may have been considered a man's game— certainly today the stadiums are crowded with feminine onlookers who almost outdo the masculine rooters in expressed enthusiasm and interest. The grandstands are gay with saucy, bright-colored hats and scarfs, standing out in sharp contrast of the gentlemen's grays and browns and dark blues. Gone—or so the young tell me—is the day when the majority of girls attended foot ball games because it was “the thing” to do in a college group, or because they were enamoured of one of the players. The empty- headed miss - 2 ‘whose only pleas- ure in watching the elusive ball, struggled for throughout the ehill hours of a late Autumn aft- ernoon, lay in the thought of her own sartorial glory or the tea- dance to come, has disappeared No longer does the harried and embarrassed es- cort have to take his attention from some crucial point in the game to explain matters in answer to her loudly spoken question, such as “Why do they like to roll in the mud all the time?” or “Why doesn't he just tap him on the shoulder and tell him to stop running, instead of Jjumping on him and knocking him down?" \’ Betsy Caswell * ok ¥ X I REMEMBER distinctly during my prom-trotting years sitting behind necessarily demands a lengthy or in- volved reply. * ok % w F COURSE, there are the show- offs, who, like the poor, “are always with us.” These pests of the | foot ball season emerge from their | hiding places and render the dfter- | noons hideous for all those in their | immediate vicinity. They arrive late | and leave early; they go out at every possibly opportunity, and their seats are always in the very middle of the row. They scream and shout their approval and disapproval; they always | call the players by their first, or nick- | names; they employ weird and un- | pleasant epithets, and they only de- | sist from their labors at intervals to | see if they are being accorded proper | notice and attention. | There are both male and female | members of this order. Of the two, however, the female seems to be the | most obnoxious. Usually the mascu= | line side of the picture gets hit over | the head by a friend sooner or later | and sleeps sweetly for the last quarter of the game—nobody ever hits the | lady in question. I have often won- | dered at the almost superhuman re- straint displayed in this respect by | foot ball crowds. | * ok ¥ x D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1936. & peaches-and-cream kind of girl, | who was so exquisitely dressed and 5 coifed and groomed that she already | members of the fair sex that an old was & thorn in the flesh of all femi- | sport be revived again. Until the nine beholders. At a moment when | Dineteenth century in Inverness, Scot- her escort was velling his lungs out |land, it was an annual custom for the over the touchdown that turned the jspinsters to meet the matrons in a& tide she tugged wistfully at his sleeve | game of foot ball. All available women and as the shouting subsided was!took part—I suppose several games WOULD suggest for these annoying at the foot ball classics. Here is a group that knows how to yell—and what to yell for! Judge Fay Bentley Odd Custom and Ritual Accompanied Drinking Of Tea_ in Bygone Days At Coronation of One Emperor of Japan Leaves Were Picked by Girls Especially Chosen for BY ISABEL this little plant has played in the affairs of the world. the Honor. TAVENNER. It has raised Flw of us, sipping our afternoon eup of tea, realize the important part revenue for vast kingdoms; pressed into bricks it has been, and possibly still is, used in place of currency; it has been the cause of perhaps the greatest concerted smuggling game ever known, at least until the advent of our own prohibition and bootlegging days; it has even made wars. The facts about the beginning of the use of tea, the cup which “cheers, but does not inebriate,” like so much else that belongs to China, are lost in antiquity. We do have authentic evidence, however, that it has been used there for many centuries, and has occupied a position, both there and | in Japan, in the daily lives of the | people which it will never attain in | the Western World. The Oriental, | with his inborn love of symbolism, | has made of the simple fact of drink- | ing tea s charming, and to Western minds, inexplicable ceremony. Each amall act of the function of serving and drinking becomes symbolic of some higher thing, even the tea house itself representing an escape from the sordidness of every-day existence. From the selection of the leaves until the last drop is consumed each step is pell'formed with a care that becomes ritual. One Chinese writer of the eighteenth century, describing the leaves to be | gathered to brew a worthy cup says they must have ‘“creases like the leather boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, unfold like s mist arising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by the zephyr, and be wet and soft like fine earth newly swept by rain.” At the coronation of a recent Emperor of Japan the tea leaves were picked | by young women students who had | earned the honor by outstanding | scholarship. resent the tax and, consequently, tn wink at the smuggler. As one ladv naively put it, “You may get me a couple of pounds of good smuggled tea at Margate and send it to Lon- don. After I have paid you for it, I shall drink it with a safe conscience.” At the end of the seventeenth century, tea that came into England through legitimate channels sold at 30 to 50 | shillings a pound. Perhaps this fact had something to do with the tiny size of early teapots and teacups. * x x % Oh! of the strange customs preva- lent about this time was the fact that when a lady finished her cup of tea, she gave the cup a tap with the spoon, which was a sign for the ace companying gentleman to take it from her. If she desired more, sha left the cup in its usual position; if no more, the cup was turned upside down in its saucer. “Dear Mrs. Higgins, what? cup ‘Turned in your saucer, bottom up! Dear me, how soon you've had your A" Then to come down to the years of our own early struggle, every school- boy knows the story of the Boston Tea Party and the part it played in bringing on the Revolution. Our fore- Your Privilege heard to remark plaintively: “I thought you asked me to this game because you liked to talk to me I didn't know you were going to watch | the stupid thing!” None of us worried | much after that, even if we didn't | have a gorgeous complexion and Paris | clothes! No, things are different now The average girl can talk foot hall to and from the game intelligently, if tot al- ways brilliantly. And the great thing that she has learned especially well is not to talk to her escort at the game about anything else. Also, that she must not ask questions, and that were going on at once—encouraged by their masculine friends and relatives. It is said that the matrons usually | won—probably because they had more training in battle and endurance than the maidens. It would really be great fun to see | some of those grandstand players stage a fray of their own and let their abused stadium neighbors do the yell- ing and first-naming for a change! Aside from these pests, however, I | believe that the feminine attitude to- | ward foot ball is definitely much im- | proved since I started sitting in sta- | diums. Every new season brings more And Duty Of Father Acquainted With Family. BY ANGELO PATRIL ATHER and his responsibilities if she doesn't always know what is |intelligent fair onlookers to beathe | should be brought more prom- Dorothy Dix Says of the Juvenile Court may be seen to right, center, lending her support during a tense moment! —8tar Btaff Photo. 'Right That Host Bear | fathers had brought with them from | the mother country the taste for tea and objected seriously to its heavy taxation. 7 in tea all that the Oriental does, still | o(x;:;fi,[::,“:: ‘,';,s’:‘?ffif,’f,,,'fl"'f: it .fl:’;‘: Dllltye:“m:hl:le::d p:‘"'m‘: :;“‘: | As a substitute, they drank brews made faritli) centiry. Bafoes Birone hearq | from several kinds of dried leaves, cat- | nip. sage, raspberry and a drink called * ok ox % WHIL: we of the West, with our less romantic minds, fail to see of tea. at which time some travelers | from Holland to the Orient returned | with the news that a very delicious | yaupon as made by the Indians of North Carolina was much used. |Should Become Better Don't Pity Yourself too Much if You Have a Go-Getter Husband. EAR MISS DIX—TI have been little children crying for bread they married a year and a haif to | could not give them; who know the a young man who has no 5 ’ vice except his devotion to humiliation of living on the dole, | business. He is in business with his | Would think that a woman who was | | father, owning a part interest him- | married to & man who had his own until 7 or 8 pm. He takes a million | foTtable and safe should be dowri on | steps & day. His work is in the hot | her knees thanking God for her bless- | sun and is plenty hard. However, he | ings instead of complaining because is healthy and strong, nice-looking | her husband works so hard he is too drink was much used in the East which was somehow concocted from the leaves of & bush. Expenses| When Guest Is Asked | | To Drive Car on Trip. BY EMILY POST. EAR MRS. POST: There is elderly couple living in our neigh- | About the year 1610 the first tea | was actually taken into Europe by the | East India Co., which for many years | thereafter enjoyed a monopoly on the | importation and sale of the beverage. | This company had been formed during | the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and had | been granted a charter by that worthy | | sovereign “for the honor of the na- | tion, the wealth of the people, the | encouragement of enterprise, the in- going on out there in the middle, that it is better to stay in ignorance than pester the gentleman who brought her. If she really knows what she is talk- ing about, she can venture a technical observation from time to time—but not couched in such language that it the crisp air, wave the beloved pen- | inently before the children. Because ! nants and pin chrysanthemums on | he is away all day and their contacts | sleek fur coats. If we can only do | with him are limited accordingly, the |away with the “show-offs” and with | children do not see him as clearly as the men who smoke cheap cigars like | and only 22 years old. I spend my | days entirely by myself or talking to | elderly people. I get lonesome and look forward to every minute with | | factory chimneys—then foot ball will indeed be “tops” for the spectator! Youth_f};l Mprnipg_ Dress Slenderizing Model Has Smart Con- trasting Collar and Cufi"s. BY BARBARA BELL. HIS gracefully simple house or street frock offers a new styl- ing of a type of design which - never loses its softly charming appeal. No trick at all to make and as easy to wear as to look at. Start the day right with this slenderizing model that has enough youthful contrast in the collar and cuffs for a neat 'n’ trim appearance. The delicate inward curve and in- serts are particularly good for larger figures, giving a smooth, slim hipline. 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Whatever goes wrong in the family ultimately touches father, and he has to pay the bill in money, worry, health and happiness. | It is to him that mother must tell the | story of the children’s misfortunes and misbehavior. Father himself should try to make himself better known to the family cultivating a closer acquaint- | ance with them. He could, if he would, take a little time of an evening | to listen to what the children would | like to tell him. By being a good listener, dropping a word of advice now and then, he would get a little closer to them and they to him. | Children make mistakes because | | they do not know the truth about con- | ditions. Nobody ever told them. | Father believed in keeping his busi- ness to himself. He would never con- | sent to tell the children how much | it was spent, but gave them a little | now and then as his spirit moved. This | attitude alone accounts for plenty of children’s mistakes. If they knew there was no money they would not spend recklessly and leave the bills for father. They do wrong because they do pot understand the condi- tions. her should have been close enough to them to be able to keep them informed and sympathetic. “How will your father feel if he | hears that you are failing in school? Surely for his sake you want to suc- ceed. Think how bad he will feel. He wants to be proud of you, and he can’t be proud of a boy who does not do his best. You could get passing marks if you wanted to.” “My father doesn’t know I go to school, even. He never saw a report from school in all his life. I could leave him tomorrow and the only one ‘who. would know it would be mother. My father doesn't care.” Father did care, but he had left the boy to mother, and mother, although she is almost omniscient, cannot oe father to a growing boy. That is father’s peculiar duty and privilege. Unless, however, he lets the boy know that he is interested in him, unless he shares something of his thoughts, his interests, his responsibilities with his boy, he remains a stranger, a resented presence in the house. It might be well for father to speak for himself in the family. Growing along with the children insures a close relationship. Father won't have to pay for childish mistakes, extrava- gances, thoughtless behavior if he allows his children to know how he carries such responsibilities for them, how they help him when they prove themselves thoughtful and responsible chuldren in home and in school Father pays, but the kind of paying and its effect on father and the family sre largely in his own keeping. (Copyright, 1936, Fashion Note. A between-season daytime ‘costume that provoked considerable head-turn- ing on a smart terrace-cafe in New and brown suede shoes with high aqua-colored heels. Apples. Apples in the pink of condition are avallable everywhere the year ‘round. = my husband. but when he gets home he is dead tired and all he wants to | do is to crawl into bed. He is so wrapped up in his business that his whole life is centered in it. His idea of home is a place just to eat and | sleep. I know that everything he | does he is doing for me, but I don't | | think money is the only thing in the world. What can one do with a man | tired at nights to be a gay and in- teresting companion. Still, of course, there is something to be said for your side of the case. A woman doesn't want a husband who has_become nothing but a machine. She doesn't want one who gives his every thought to his business. She doesn't want one who exhausts him- self so completely with his work that his home is merely a place for him to recuperate for his next day's labor. She wants her husband’s society. She like this? 1Is it fair for A man to wants to know that she is more im- borhood who have & car, but 10 One | cregce of navigation, and the advance- | to drive it, since their only son, who ' ment of lawful trafic.” It was ap- lived here with his family, moved | proximately 1650 before tea began to away on account of business. They |De imported in any quantity into Eng- R < land, at which time one tradesman de- have asked me to drive them on a trip, | scribed it as “that excellent and by which will take the whole week end |all physicians approved Chinese and necessitate staying in a hotel and | drink, called by the Chineans Tcha, buying many meals. They have said and by other nations Tay, alias Tee.” 5 E | 1Its adoption by the people seems to nathing about expenses, and I'm won- | ;,.ve heen instant and unanimous— | | dering about mine. I know they will | in fact so universal was its use that | pay the expenses of driving and ga- | the crown, looking upon it as a sure raging the car, but what about the Source of income, began taxing it other expenses. | heavily. This put to work every | Answer: I would go to them frankly | Smuggler in the land, and the amount be so much of a husband that he can't | be a good companion?—MRS. G. F. D. Answer—Evervthing goes by com- parison. The tens of thousands of women who are married to lazy and shiftless men who spend their time | lolling around the house, or in pool- | rooms, or swapping yarns and drinks | with other loafers around bars, would think that a woman who had a hus- | band who was as industrious and am- bitious as yours was a favorite daugh- ter of Lady Luck. * % ko TH.E TENS of thousands of. women who are married to men who have walked the streets until their feet were sore trying to find ’0“73 who have experienced the anxiety that eats the heart out wondering where have known hunger and heard their | Sometimes it is rather inconvenient when Especially when you're invited to some of the portant to him than anything else in the world. She wants him to enter- tain and amuse her. And perhaps the man who fails to feed his wife spiritually fails in his duty to her just as much as if he failed to provide her with food. * o x X OF COURSE, the ideal husband is the one who steers the middle course and who divides his time be- tween his work and companionship with his wife, who brings home the bacon with one hand and plays the | ukulele with the other, so to speak. But, unfortunately, the demands of busi- ness and of domestic life frequently clash. Any young wife who pities herself because she is married to a go-getter | the next meal was coming from; who | is certainly a trouble hound DOROTHY DIX. to ore and after, and suffer from the usual complaint of having nothing to wear. We have a cousin who suddenly decided to get married, and we were invited to spend the week preceding the ceremony with there was to be & round of activity, so what & blow. the family. we took stock of our Every tailored hat we had was more on the sports order and wouldn't o at all, 30 we decided to crochet one, and then got so enthusiastic that we purse to match. To obtain this pattern send for No. 371 and inclose 15 cents in stamps coin to cover service Evening Star. [ and postage. Address orders fo the Woman's Editor and ask, “What expenses would be | Of tea brought unlawfully into the perhaps anything else. mine on the trip?” . To put it this| way is much better than to ask, “Are | | you going to pay my expenses?” Un- | doubtedly they will answer (as they | should) that all of your expenses are | | theirs. But it is always best to make | certain beforehand rather than to run | into embarrassment afterward. | * x % x | DEAR MRS. POST: Is the owner of | | a hairdressing shop ever given a | | tip? I go to a large shop, which is! | run by a man and wife, who are also | operators. They do the phase of the | | work that runs up the big bills and | on which tips would be appreciable. Would it not be an insult to tip them, since the whole idea of tipping, as I | understand it, is to make up for sal- | aries that people don't get from those | who employ them? Answer: I think you are entirely | right, and the proprietor of any es- tablishment whatsoever is never tipped. * ox % % DEAR MRS. POST: I wish you| would explain what the difference is between widow’s collar and cuffs and ordinary ones. Is it in their shape, size or materials used? i Answer: The distinguishing ture of mourning collar and cuffs t.hu) the material is very sheer, usually or- gandy, although it may be Brussels net or georgette, with a perfectly plain m. * * % x EAR MRS. POST: Will you please explain the best form in the fol- lowing case: The person addressed did not understand what the speaker said. ‘What is the correct form in asking the speaker to repeat? { Answer: You would say, “I'm sorry, I didn’t hear,” or “I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you.” For a real fault, where you continue to ask some one to repeat what they said, you would probably be more apologetic and say, “I beg your pardon, but in all this noise I don’t seem able to hear.” Or by real fault might be meant your miscon- struing what was said. Upon having it explained, you would say, “Oh, I beg your pardon, I entirely misunderstood what you said.” (Copyright. 1936.) The Old Gardener Says: The Fall planting of roses is now accepted as good gardening for all sections of the country except those where the tempera- ture runs extremely low. Ama. teurs may be sure that the rose plants they buy at this season are freshly dug and that they hawi the surface, and be firmed around them colintry probably far exceeded the amount brought in paying customs. | The people as a whole seemed to | Reception | Typical of many of the poems which | found their way into print at about | this time is the following: Farewell the tea board with its gaudy equipage Of cups and saucers, cream bucket, sugar tongs The pretty tea chest also, lately stored With Hyson, Congo, and best double fine. Full many a joyous moment I've sat by ve, Hearing the girls tattle, maids talk scandal, And the spruce coxcomb laugh at—maybe—nothing. No more shall I dish out the once loved liquor, Though now detestable, Because I'm taught, and believe it true, It’s use will fashion slavish chains upon my country. For liberty’s the goddess I would choose To reign triumphant in America. And today, in our modern homes, the tea things come nearer to repr | senting the heart of that home than As the old Chinese saying tells us: “It is good for a man to get home to his own tea cup.” the old Committee Pups Should Be Trained to Be Hospitable at the Right Time. “@ bew/ndo /s for inanimate objects and buplars rot vests ! forget that he feels his duty as guard- | ian of the family threshold. Intro- duce him properly. If he accepts the visitor (and usually he will if his boss does) let him help entertain, provided of course that the company likes dogs. Even at that, he may be- come overenthusiastic in his recep- tion, so keep a weather eye open. ‘The main job is to estimate just how much dog company the guest enjoys and see that Pups doesn't overstep bounds. There are people who know dogs, love dogs and know how to handle them. If Pups has been brought up right, there's no reason for his owner to worry. The visitor probably came to see Pups anyway. Others like their dogs at a distance on account of the fact that their apparel shows hairs. They should be easy to understand. Some individuals are afraid of dogs. It is possible to do them a good turn by diplomatically wearing down their fright. As for those who just don’t like dogs, one must use one's best Jjudgment, try not to feel insulted and be sure to send Pups away lest he reciprocate. . Siuffed Frankfurters. Choose large frankfurters. Split them lengthwise and spread the cut surfaces with mustard. Place a slice of cheese in the center and wrap the stuffed frankfurter with a slice of uncooked bacon. Fasten with a . Broil until the bacon is crisp and the cheese melted. Serve BY MARY ALLEN HOOD. | [ Y DEAR, do come in. I'm the dog? He won't hurt you. He wouldi't hurt a 1 know he’s growling. He does that to every one. Doesn't mean a thing. people in his life. You don't want to be the third? Of course, but do You know, I was at a lecture the other day and the man said that if you or were afraid, the dog knew it. (Baby, stop that sniffing!) You know, wolf. Are you sure youre comfort- able? (Baby, go out in the kitchen!) you're afraid of? What do you mean— oh, sure, you're joking. He's awfully won'i do & thing we tell him unless he wants to. (Baby, the nice lady doesn’t a dog or cat at home. Why, just yes- terday—you don’t mean that you're member an engament that you'd for- gotten? Well, do come again. Baby Visiting in a home where there’s a dog requires a lot of tact and thought ‘The first job of the hostess is to make her guest feel at home, eliminating possible love dogs, have one of her own and be well versed in methods of making it difficult to be cordial to her hostess in the face of hostile sniffs. 50 glad to see you. Oh, flea. (Baby, stop scratching!) Sure, | Why, Baby's never bitten but two stop worrymg! (Baby, come here!) you thought a dog was going to bite his real name is Tarzan. He's part He seems to like you. That's what spoiled. We've humored him so he want you in her lap!) You must have going? You just came! Oh! you re- and I will be so glad to see you.” on the part of the visited and visitor. exceptions. A person may | friends with wary pups; and still find Keep Pups a bit to one side. Never at once. This is particularly good when served with hot German potato salad.