Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1936, Page 32

WOMLEN £l B=—12 Armistice Day Should Brin Generally Reason for Rebellion Misunderstanding Of- ten Cause of Child’s Attitude. BY ANGELO PATRL 'HAT'S the worst spoiled child in the country. I wouldn't take care of him another time if my life depended upon it.” “Why, Susan! What happened?” “He thew himself on the floor, and he howled and he kicked. I thought the neighbors would come in. Next time get somebody else to stay with him.” “He never behaved like that before, Jeastwise, not that I know of.” “Well, he did it with me and I wouldn't go through what I've been through with that child today for a thousand dollars. After Susan had gone her way, still declaiming her determination to “Never, never, as long as she lived——" mother asked T7-year-old Simon what had happened between him and Susan that afternoon. “She wanted me to take a nap after lunch. I told her that I never took & nap after lunch, and she said, Yes I did. I said, No, I didn't. She could ask anybody; and she said she wasn't asking anybody; she was telling me. “I told her that I would lie down on the couch and keep quiet a half an hour if she let me watch the clock, and she said that would not be taking a nap, and wouldn't let me. Then we had a fight.” | “I wonder what made Susan think you took a nap after lunch? I wrote your schedule on a card for her.” “She said it was on the card. That's why she wanted to make me go to bed. She said you said so.” Mother got the card and there, | after “lunch” was written “take” but what was to be taken was illegible. It might be taken for “nap,” or any- thing else. But certainly the first letter looked like an “n.” “Oh, dear. I just jotted down ‘take your medicine.” I meant to tell Susan. I scribbled it. And that is what made all this trouble?” “She wanted to make me go to bed at half past 1 and I wouldn't. That's all. And I hope she never comes here sgain.” It was all a mistake. Susan had done her best to follow instructions. Simon has done his best to maintain his rights. Susan, however, was per- suaded that Simon was a thoroughly That I wouldn't.” | S FLALURES. Shopping in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1936. Washington | | | 1. Black satin and fa | rhinestone eyelets. 2. | shimmer of gold make this ensemble. Glamour From Head to Foot—Shoe Shop- ping for Party Dates. ille cocktail oxford with Glowing colors with a 3. Classic bad boy and wanted none of him from | Grecian sandal, in woven metallic gold. 4. Cloth that day forward, although the scrib- bled words had been explained. “Even if he didn't want to take a nap he should have done what I bid him.” Many a child goes into a tantrum in despair of maintaining his rights in the face of mistaken judgment. The grown person does mnot under- stand why the child is behaving so badly. They both think they are right. It is for the grown persons to stop and ask, “What did I do to bring this child to this state of mind?” A cautious probing of the rebel’s mind | may disclose the secret. Maybe it will disclose nothing. In any case, wait. Rebellion never breaks out without @ reason, which, to the child, is a sound and a just cause for fighting. Wait until you can get some hint of the cause before you try to squelch the rebellion. It is usually a mistaken attitude on one side or the other and can be adjusted. Wait a little. Mr. Patri has prepared a special booklet (No. 301) entitled, “Obe- dience,” in which he tells parents how to cope with the difficult problems of disobedience. Send for it, inclosing 10 cents and a 3-cent stamp. dress your request to Mr. Angelo Patri, The Bell Library, 247 West Forty- third Street, New York, N. Y. (Copyright, 1936,) Cooking Hint. Leftover cooked potatoes must not be piled together, as they sour quick- ly. Spread them out on a large dish. Ad- | BY MARGARET WARNER. SUMMARY of the Paris mid- A ceived - tells us that skirt | lengths for evening are | show the feet by a slit or uneven | hemline, or a short foundation under length dinner dress is becoming more generally accepted. All of which | feet. Directoire sandals with their nar- about the feet in some intriguing manner .and ribbon tied, are essen- the other current directoire details of high waists, hair ornaments, fans In soft dark colors to contrast with pale costumes—wine against yellow | pink, or the bold contrast of gold | | against the black gown. satin they may be dyed to suit your | | peal to the younger crowd who always | want something new and different. | now they like a higher heel and odd, unusual colors. open toe to make a sandal that is held | closely around the ankle with a nar- season showings just re- | slightly shorter, many evening dresses | & transparent skirt. Also the ankle | means more emphasis on well-dressed row stripping, often plaited or bound | tially youthful, and keep step with and other essentially feminine touches. | green, purple against pale blue or | In white | fancy and make an immediate ap- | They were the first to take to “flats”; The open heel is now added to the | | row strap, and this is one of the most If this luncheon set were a person, we'd call it a “good mixer,” but since #'s not, we have to confine our remarks to its adaptability and the like. What we're trying to get at is the fact that some things seem fussy and can be used only on special occasions. But this is the sort of table set-up that you can use all the time. - It's one of those quick ones, too, because it is crocheted of knit- ting and crochet cotton. What we like about it almost more than anything else is that it doesn't have to be ironed—just smoothed out fiat and left to dry. The pattern envelope, contains complete, easy-to-understand illustrated directions, with diagrams to aid you; also what crochet hook and what ma- terial and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 368 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needlework Editor of The Evening Star. & (Copyright, 1938, i\ of silver with high covered vamp. Sketched in Washington Shops. popular evening styles. Satin is, per- slippers at the moment, with velvet a | close runner-up. Gold and silver kid {or rxetallic cloth with stripping of | braid or metal-finished kid are an ex- | cellent choice, and often may be dyed | if desired. The black slipper with a with the black gown for one who does | not care for the contrast of a vivid a number of gowns. * kX % HXGH—CUT fabric shoes with metal kid pipings or embroideries, or with rhinestone detailings in eyelets or suggesting embroideries are shown for formal dinner wear. These are suggested to go with the jacketed din- ner frock, sleek and mannish, long skirted. They are best in black satin, faille or combinations of the two. One of the most attraciive evening sandals from the standpoint of smart- ness, range of materials in which it is presented, and interesting price is| an open heel and toe sandal with well- covered vamp section that may be worn with or without a ribbon bow at that point. In velvet it is shown in lovely shades of green, red, blue, brown and black; it comes in gold and silver kid and also white satin, to be dyed according to individual preference. A splendid last, with a name that you would be proud to mention anywhere and a price so reasonable you can treat yourself to more than one pair, any one with young ideas will love this sandal. The feeling for extreme elegance is exemplified in the exquisite sandal and matching bag, shown in the cen- ter of the sketch. Of handsome bro- cade in glowing colors with a shim- mer of gold through it and piped with narrow gold braid. These two are the season’s smartest accessories to wear with the gold lame gown, or against a background of rich vel- vet in one of the colors combined in the fabric; against a handsome whity brocade they will give the need touch of color. . The bag has an in- teresting jewel clasp of topazes under | which passes two gold-covered cords, and is lined with ivory satin and fitted. Another evening bag that looks like King Midas himself is entirely of blistered gold kid, which gives an unusually bumpy effect and “hand- some” is surely the word for this one! A black velvet bag with a cord in the top like an opera bag is stun- ning in black .velvet with an oval design worked out in pearls and tiny dull gold beads. This was shown in a recent exhibition of smart ac- cessories and received much ap- plause. * % X % T THE top of the sketch is shown & stunning cocktail oxford of black satin and faille, rising to high points over the instep with a satin ribbon passed through rhinestone eyelets. Very smart, very new, it em- phasizes every.style point for this type of shoe. Among the white dye- able slippers, just received in town, is one that carries out the new fan idea in an open toe and heel sandal with gold kid folded in fan shape pointing to the toe and opening out toward the instep, from the point where you might expect to see a buckle or bow. The classic Grecian sandal of cro- cheted gold metallic thread with gold kid heel, and lining of red satin is another bit of evening glamour that will do duty with a number of formal evening gowns. It is just different enough to attract attention, and glit- it to your favor in fort in dancing as the support while ai haps, the most used fabric for evening | | metallic sparkle is more conservative | color, and will often harmonize with | | cold November dawn. | through _which Ex-Soldier’s Heroism Deserves Recognition In His Own Household, Memory of His Greatest Sacrifice and Ex- perience Too Often Allowed to Fade Away. BY BETSY CASWELL. IGHTEEN years ago, at 11 o'clock in the morning, European time, firing ceased on all fronts. t In the cold gray November dawn an armistice had been signed between the warring nations. The ink hardly dry on the momentous signatures, couriers were sent hurtling through the dark to every command, to every isolated outpost, with the word $— that death’s hand was to be stayed at 11 o'clock. ‘To the men waiting, tired almost be- yond consciousness, for further orders to kill, with the ever-present, haunting realization that the next whining 3§ bullet or explod- ¥ ing shell might “have their num- ber,” the message of the cessation of hostilities mus t have come like a reprieve to a con- demned man al- ready on the scaffold. From the numbness of resignation their minds must have crept painfully and slowly back to life—to the warm fullness of an existence that offered physical security. Where they had been thinking of home in terms of the past, worrying only about what would happen to those left .. Betsy Caswell | behind should the fatal shell find its | destined mark—they now had to ad- | just themselves to the vigorous pres- | ent—to loved ones soon to be seen and caressed in actuality, instead of in the fitful dreams of the off-duty sleep. | Once more they had to begin thinkin| in terms of the future; the family was once again their responsibility—and from the mud and noise, the terror and the glory, they had to fit themselves all over again into the pattern of the breadwinner and the hum-drum man | T | of the family. * x X x THEY had sailed away as heroes; in France they had been welcomed as saviors. They returned as heroes, for the moment—that is, the first ones to come home did; later, the sight of parading soldiers had lost its novelty, and few citizens bothered to turn out to give the boys a hand. That must | have been a bitter dtsappointment— | for what man would not rather be a “big shot” in his own little home town than a god in & foreign land? Tablets were erected in the central squares of towns, in parishes of large cities, bearing in bold relief the names of the boys who had gone and who had L returned, and many, many times, just the names of the boys who had gone. These, perhaps, were the lucky ones, | after all. They did not have to live to 3 Icherk or the lack of it. | all too soon the thrill of the bugles | faded and the drumbeats died. Army songs became boring, Army cronies a nuisance, stories of the fighting dreary —and tales of leave in Paris insuffer- able. The men were living over again the greatest period of their existence— the period when they became as one with the heroes of all history—and the women couldn't take it. Jobs were found—or were mnot found, which was a renewal of hor- ror. In either case, bit by bit, the war stories and reminiscences became more and more tabu, and the only | thing that counted with the women of the family was the weekly pay The music of victory grew fainter and fainter—| until its echoes could only be aroused by the sight of an old uniform or lmednl stuffed away in a trunk in | some forgottén corner. | Onme cannot ailtogether blame the women—they had had their own| struggle—and I do not say that all| | reacted in this way. Probably there were many who could keep the feath- | ery flame of pride and patriotism | | alight in their words and eyes when | their menfolk talked of the bitter days—possibly they still can, and| | their men are happy and content.| | But so often the situation is the re- | | verse, and the soldier has been lost in | the commonplace mold cast for him by the woman who is supposed to love him. | * ok x x HE men have rebelled. They have joined organizations that help widows and children and crippled buddies” to carry on, that represent | the gleaming past to them, that have meetings and gatherings where they may get together and slip back into the days when they were counted upon to save humanity. Sometimes | there are mixed “parties” to which the wives may go. These are pleas- ant social affairs and usually enjoyed | by all. But they are not the real| spirit of the organization, Underlying | all the obvious reasons for which the group has been formed is the real | one—the desperate effort to grasp for a fleeting instant the greatest moment of a lifetime. This moment usually comes to- | ward the end of the life of the aver- age man. To the majority of the men who fought in the Great War, it came |at the beginning. In all probability The Princess Smock New and Crisp Version of the Busy Woman’s BY BARBARA BELL. AVING triumphantly invaded the sphere of dresses and coats, the princess style today H shows what it can do with a | smock. Homemakers as well as office see the ingratitude and indifference of | there will never be another like it for | workers will be delighted to wear a the people they had gone to defend. | them. Certainly they will never face | protective smock that retains all the | Heady with victory, with relief, wim"m ordeal like that with the flmCichnrmmg features of & princess | the hangover resulting from the break- ing of a tension that had been past all believing, they came home to their womenfolk, asking only admiration, love, soothing and a period of adjust- ment in which to savor the sweetness of being snatched back to life in that ‘They wanted the appreciation and the understand- ing of those they loved best, and, while they longed to forget the horrors they had existed numbly, they also wanted to remember the glory and the honor that had been theirs, * % ok ok FOR a while, the women, in the hysterical joy of having their men return to them whole in mind and limb—or even partly so—played their role to perfection. But, in many cases, Dorothy youthful courage and dllusions and | laming sacrifice. | To me it seems a tragedy that in| most households the only symbol of that experience lies in a worn, too- tight uniform and a tattered, moth- |eaten service flag. It also seems as great a tragedy that a man cannot |be a hero in his own home—to his | wife, to his children. Unless he tells | | them—and most men are too modest |to do this—his youngsters never hear | what deeds their father did—and they | should know every detail, no matter how insignificant. In memory of the Armistice that let these men come safely home, I | wish their womenfolk would tell them | just once more, after all these years, | how great they think they are. And 1every year, on the 11th of November, repeat the gesture! Dix Says Average Wife Today Has Far More Free- dom Than Did Her Grandmother. GIRL asks: “Does the mod- ern young man make as good & husband as the men of the A past did?” Far, far better, my child. One of the greatest modern improvements is in husbands. The present-day husband is just as much | superior to grandpa as a husband as s vacuum cleaner is to a broom or an electric light to an oil lamp. Perhaps the common, or garden, variety of husbands that you see all about you do not look much like the answer to a maiden’s prayer. There is Mary's husband, who is a self-cen- tered egotist. And Jane's husband, who is so selfish he will not let her drive the car even when he isn't using it himself. And Sally’s husband drinks too much. And Maud’s husband is a petticoat-chaser. And lots of other girls you know have got divorces. So it seems to you that husbands have deteriorated in quality and that they are far inferior to the faithful, dependable husbands of the past who had a high sense of the obligations they assumed when they married. zad spent the remainder of their lives in making their wives happy. But in this you guess wrong. * ok x % 'USBANDS have ever been cut off the same bolt of cloth and stamped with the same pattern. Grandpa had a wandering foot just as often as grandson has. He was & ray of sunshine in the house, or wet blanket, even as grandson is. He was stingy or liberal, according to his na- ‘This is suitable for every type of evening gown and will carry you through the season in grand style if you are limited to one pair of ture. Grandma was no oftener happy in her marriage and satisfied with her husband than i§ granddaughter, only grandma had to stick it be- cause grandpa was her meal ticket, whereas granddaughter can go out| and earn her own bread and butter and cake, Grandfather had many admirable virtues, but being & good husband was seldom one of them, for the very rea- son that in his day all that a wife rated was her board and clothes. Hus- bands didn't bother about trying to understand their wives, or such trivial matters as treating them with justice or granting them any personal liberty. Grandfather was a grinding tyrant who set his foot on grandmother's neck on their wedding day and kept it there as long as she lived. She had to obey him as implicitly as if she were & little child. She had to ask his per- | ments, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42. With mission to go to see her mothetr or buy a spool of thread. I know of one fam- ily in which a,rarely brilliant, intel- lectual woman was not permitted by her husband to read because he didn't like to read himself and thought it & waste of time. * ok ox % modern husband has his de- fects as & husband, but he doesn’t pull any of this Nero stuff Nor does he regard his wife as a slave to do his bidding. It never occurs to him to ex- pect his wife to obey him, or that he can tell her where to get on and where to get off. He respects her personal liberty to a degree that the husband of the past could not even have imagined. The modern husband is rarely un- just to his wife about money. He realizes that it is just as humiliating to & woman to have to ask for every dress—puffed sleeves, fitted waistline, | |and a flaring skirt that can be worn | long, or short like a tunic. Best of all, the princess smock is fust as easy to sew as its prototype. A few straight seams, and, presto—you are ready to put on the season’s smartest innova- tion. A tempting list of materials always | comes to mind when you want to sew a smock: Printed cottons, broadcloth, pique, percale, linen, acetates or seer- sucker. The pattern allows for short sleeves if you desire them, ample pockets and a chance to use novelty buttons. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1997-B | is available for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20; 40 | and 42. Corresponding bust measure- | short sleeves size 16 (34) requires 33 yards of 35-inch fabric. Every Barbara Bell pattern in- cludes 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 becoming | 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 | Manners of the Moment Whmmwofiuuulncw pan it’s awfuly hard on the other one. E DON'T get this current vogue for long faces. A dead-pan ex- pression seems to be the smart thing for a girl to wear on her face these days. But even if it is, we're against It's too hard on the other felloy. something that a girl wears—like bracelets. She will look as though she thought her escort were the world’s last and most unbearable bore, when she is actually having the time of her life. And it's just not fair. WOMEN’S FEATURES. enewal of Honor for Those Who Fought Beautiful Hair May BeAchieved |Responds Quickly to Regular Care and Grooming. BY ELSIE PIERCE. NATUEE may dictate the color of your eyes, the shape of your nose, your height, and the best you can do about it is give the lie to Nature via clever tricks of illusion. But there’s no illusion in the matter of beautiful hair, That's yours to have. And it is within every woman's power to achieve “a crowning glory” that’s worthy of a poet’s rhapsody. What constitutes - hair beauty? ‘There’s texture, sheen or gloss as differentiated from color, and then there's color itself. To begin with, hair can only be as beautiful as it is healthy. And the health of the hair is dependent upon the entire system. There's a connection be- tween how you eat and how you look, between how you live and how your hair looks. Your diet habits, elim- ination, exercise, the amount of rest and fresh air you get are all reflected in the health of your hair. In fact, hair has oftern been referred to as the barometer of one’s health. Health, then, is a prerequisite. Cleanliness, too. Unless hair is kept scrupulously clean it cannot retain a sparkling sheen, and it'’s the sheen that reflects lights and shadows, em= phasizes the coiffure. By scrupulous cleanliness I mean merely keeping it free from dust, grime, automobile exhaust. The best cleariliness formula I know | is shampooing as frequently as necese | sary, backed by daily brushing. Scalp | massage is important, too, because it stimulates circulation and, after all, the hair depends upon healthy blood streams for its body and gloss. As surely as hair falls and thins and bacomes lifeless and limp after illness or when neglected, just so isurvly does it respond to regular care. | And if you don't believe it, all I say |is try it for a month and see for yourself. A 30-day loveliness test for | your hair will prove it to you. We see then, that beautiful hair is 1hflallhy hair, that well-groomed hair | must be clean in order to have sheen, | We come now to coiffure and to col | There’s no limit to the individuality | and fashionable “flair” that can be | achieved by the coiffure at the hands of a capable hairdresser. And as for | color, well, you can even change that; but it really takes the hand Lmd eye of an expert. More about hair color tomorrow. My bulletins on general halr care outline the shampoo to be made at | home; also brushing and massage di- rections. Please include self-addressed, stamped (3-cent) envelope with your request. 0 Standby. particular young women and matrons, and other patterns for special occa- sions are all to be found in the Bar- bara Bell Pattern Book. (Copyright, 1936,) . BARBARA BELL, Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Carrots in Die! If Junior won't eat his carrots as a vegetable you can sneak them over on him in pie—combined with one | of his favorite fruits, luscious datesl CARROT DATE PIE. ‘Wash, scrape, and cut four medium= sized carrots; cook until tender in boiling water to cover. Drain and force through sieve, using 1!z cups pulp. Scald 1 cup milk and ?; cup cream; beat 2 eggs; add milk grad- ually, then 2; cup brown sugar, 1 | teaspoon ginger, 1 teaspoon cinna- mon and 3 teaspoon allspice (mixed together). Add !; teaspoon salt and 1 cup dates (the dates should be the . clean, pasteurized variety, pitted and Hot Ham Sandwich. slicedl.p Mix all and pouf into une Spread slices of bread with butter | baked pastry shell. Bake in hot and deviled ham. Put slices t.ogethzr‘ oven (450 degrees Fahrenheit) 15 in twos and dip them into a mixture | minutes, reduce to moderate (350 de= of egg and milk (two eggs to one cup | grees Fahrenheit) and bake 30 min- milk) and then saute the slices in| utes longer, or until knife inserted in butter until brown on both sides. | center comes out clean. Pattern No. 1997-B. Size Name Address .ceeeeececemseemmenae (Wrap colns securely in paper.) (Copyright, 1936, How many Pennies Your Child’s Life? Don’t Try to“‘Save” on Home Remedies —Ask Your Doctor the world. Safe for children. Made by an original process in a laboratory devoted solely to makmq this remedy; there is no other “quite like it.” Keep this in mind, and sa “PHILLIPS’ MILK OF MA! NESIA” when you buy. Comes now, also in tablet form that .children take without argument; and that contain the equivalent of the liquid Phillips’ Milk of Ma%um. Get the form you pre- fer. But see that what you get i labeled “Genuine Phillips’ of Magnesia.” 25¢ for a big box of the tablets at drug stores. There is one point, on which practically all doctors, educators and writers on child welfare nfree. That is: Don't give your » child unknown remedies without asking your doctor first. All mothers know this. But not all practice it. For often the instinct to save a few pennies b buying “something just as good™ overcomes their usual caution. ‘When it comes to the widel used children’s remedy — “mil of magnesia” — many doctors for over half a century have said “PHILLIPS.” For Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia is the standard of ALSO IN TABLET FORM: Each tiny tabletis the equivalent of a teaspoonful of genuine Phillips’ Milk of Magnesi PHILLIPS " MIIRK OF