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B—8 All Articles for th [ 3 WOMEN'S FEATURES. Save Time and Energy By Shopping Under One Purchase Quantity of Each Item to Take Care of the Loss and Breakage Dur- ing the Season. BY FRANCESCA McKENNEY. B already descended upon us. VERY one who can possibly manage to take a cottage by the seashore is planning to do so, to escape the heat of Washington, that has If you have settled on your cottage and when you are going to leave, your next thought should be about details, \for you must make sure that it is not only furnished, but that there are plenty of cooking utensils, china, glass, and all the knicknacks that make for comfort. One of the first things to remember is that the articles to buy for the cottage should be gay and cool and inexpensive, 50 that there will be no worry about loss or breakage. During these hot days try to plan to do as much of your shopping as possible in one store; it will save your nerves and your time. There are any number of shops in town where you can go with s~ur list and pick out everything for your Summer home and garden at a minimum expense and loss of hours. In these stores you can buy all types of cooking utensils for kitchen. One set of pots and pans are of cream-colored enamel with apple-green trimming. Although these utensils are not of the heavy metal, they will last very well during the season. Many of these will not have as much use as the others during the Summer and these may be left at the cottage for the next year or returned | to the city to supplement the Winter kitchen supply. * % ok X THE “slverware” is very nice look- ing, with just a simple design, and inexpensive enough so that you may purchase several dozen of each thing, both for the kitchen and dining room, giving you plenty for buffet suppers. sufficient flat silver if you are planning on using it in your picnic baskets, as invariably a spoon or fork will be lost in the sand. While on the sub- fect of knives and forks, don't forget those for the kitchen, such as the long-handled forks and paring knives, that may be purchased with green handles to match the utensils. If you are planning on green in the kitchen, you may get all the glass jars and bottles for the refrigerator in green. Be sure to buy enough to last, as they are breakable and also in the Summer so much has to be &tored in the refrigerator. The large salt and pepper jars with perforated tops for the kitchen shelf come in green glass, as do jars for the various kinds of spices. There are any number of fancy salt and pepper shakers for the dining room, as well as fruit dishes and salad bowls. There are all types of glass ash trays to match any color kcheme that you may pick for the various rooms in the cottage. There thould be plenty of ash trays every- where so that cigarettes will not be placed on the edge of tables, as Summer cottages can quickly “go up in smoke” if fire hazards are not eliminated as much as possible. The next thing to consider is the amount of china necessary and then on the color that you prefer as a daily diet, as I am going to sug-|essary for the comfort of the family, | 3ssumed anger and its pose faded gest that you buy it all of the same | Why not buy enough wire to screen in | far the most | your porch, or at least a corner of it, | practical way of doing it regardless |if this has not already been done, so | design. This is by of whether you buy inexpensive china or not. If you purchase several sets to take to the beach, each a different design and color, you will find that for the large parties you will have | to mix your china in order to care for the number of guests. Also if the kets are of the dozen or half dozen of each size plate, you will soon find | teries, baskets for fruits, vegetables | that with the breakage you will be forced to mix your china even for 8 small party. However, if it is all the same you need never worry. One very attractive set, if all the members of the family like red and white, is a whole set, including meat and vegetable platters of white | with you, for there is a large counter | | with all the necessary fishing equip- | 8 tiny gold edging. Another is of blue, | ment, such as rods, reels and tackle, | patterned after the famous “old blue as well as lovely looking flies, made | with a wide border of clear red and India,” that is always good, as it may be added to at any time. If you prefer to have all glass, there 18 a lovely set of sea blue. A very attractive combination of china and |[I am sure they would delight any| glass may be worked out for the NIEEDLEWDRI E3 the | It is advisable to buy | | table if you select the glassware to go with the color of your china. Water glasses and tumblers may be bought to match. When buying the china don't forget to buy some of the very colorful plates with animals on them for the children, * % ok x THE glassware for refreshments in these stores are really charming | and you can get any type glass that | you like. A great many come in sets of six tall glasses and a large pitcher to match. Many of them are made of colored glass, others of white with col- ored designs. The ones that caught my eye as I passed the counter were | several sets of clear white with gay | Spanish fiesta figures done in black |and red, another with Dutch wind- mills, in blue or any color you desire, | and others with various breeds of dogs “frisking” around the glasses. Some | of the red and blue sets had sailboats on them, making them very appro- priate for the seashore cottage. There are also orange and tomato juice glasses, each with the painted fruit. Be sure to take along plenty of the glass straws or glass spoon-and- | straw combination for the long, cool | drinks. In Summer cottages there are never as many bath rooms to the number of rooms that one has in the city, which means that more racks for towels and other accessories are needed. Pur- chase either all metal fixtures or the opaque white glass for a neat appear- ance. The racks come in several sizes, depending on your needs, as do the soap and sponge dishes. Also buy enough bars and hooks for the closets 50 that clothes may be kept in order. X ok k% ‘ N THESE SHOPS you also can pur- chase all the lamps you will need, | from standing lamps, bedside ones and | all types of reading lamps as well as those just for ornamentation. They come with various type bases, with | either parchment, silk or dotted Swiss | shades. Some of the table lamps are | adorable, fashioned of china figures, | with little pleated shades. A great | many of the lamps and shades have | sailboat figures and designs, making them ideal for the seaside. A very at- ‘traclive one for a corner table is a frosted glass light house of either white or blue with a tall-masted sail- | boat of shining metal sailing by. | It would be a very wise thing if you | were to find out just what condition | the screens of the cottage are in, so that you may purchase new wire mesh, if they are not just as they should be; | possibly you will need a few new win- dow frames as well. This is very nec- | that you can enjoy it without being “bitten to death” by the various bug: that always seem to collect the minute | one steps onto the porch. It is difficult to mention all the | things that shouldn't be overlooked for the Summer cottage such as a flash- light for each room and plenty of bat- | and laundry; extra electric light sockets and extension wire, as well as fly swatters and a few garden tools so | as to keep the lawn or small garden locking well. If the men of the family are inter- ested in fishing take them shopping out of colored feathers, and many | other accessoMes which I know noth- |ing about, not being a fisherman. ;Hawe\'er. they looked fascinating and | man’s heart. AIRTTS) The very young need them, the very old like them, and every one in be- tween finds them useful, so we’ve designed a set of shoulderettes for mother ana child. They are crocheted of fine Saxony yarn, in an attractive shell stitch, eo that they are warm enough for comfort and nice enough to wear whenever you wish. The large size we made for mother, but grandmother would like 1t just as well. It will fit her whether she’s a “perfect 36” or can just remember when she was. Then we designed a tiny replica of it, that will just fit the new beby, or a not-so-new one. The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand directions; alsq what crochet hook and what material and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 478 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or ooln to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needlework Editor of The Evening Star. (Coprright, 1937.) THE EVENING My Neighbor Says: It is an excellent plan to cover the ground between the rows of strawberry plants with straw or some other litter after the soil has been given a good cultivation. The litter will keep the earth moist and will prevent the ber- ries which form from becoming covered with dirt. Plants which have been raised by -the frost during the Winter should be pressed back into place with the foot. Howard 17 is one of the best of the new strawberries, and is & good kind both for the home garden and shipping. Parsley may be kept fresh it the stalks are kept in cold water. Little potatoes that seem al- most useless can be used. Wash them thoroughly, boil with the skins on and put through the ricer. The potatoes will emerge fluffy and fine, while the skins obligingly stay behind. If beef ribs are to be roasted 50 that they are to be rare, allow about 10 minutes per pound of meat. Begin with a very hot oven, reducing it after 20 minutes or 50. If the beef ribs are to be well done, about 15 to 20 minutes per pound, following the same system as with rare beef above. (Copyright, 1937.) Ugly Child Suffers by ‘Comparison | Apt to Develop Hard- ness as Defense Against Tormentors. BY ANGELO PATRI 'OUGH TILLIE is three years old. Nature was not kind to her. Tillie has no beauty of line, no grace of movements, no charm of manner to make her road easy. Her stout httle‘ body is set on a pair of the stockiest, | and fattest little legs imaginable. | Her head is squared and set low | on her thick shoulders. She is pow- erful where her playmates are weak, | but that counts rather against her than for her just now. I saw Tough Tillie first one after- noon when she was sent to play a {while in her own yard, a yard sep- arated from the next one by a low | hedge that marked a line without | shutting out a view. Tillle was stand- img squarely on the line that marked the limits of her liberty, sticking out her tongue at two exquisitely lovely ! Jittle girls of her own age who chanted from the opposite side of the hedge, “Tough Tillie, Tough Tillie.” It was plain that Tillie was more hurt than angered by this treatment, | but she was doing the only thing she knew how to do—fight. She squared | her shoulders and shook her fist and made a threatening forward gesture. That amused her tormentors greatly and they renewed their chant. “Tough Tillie. Tough Tillie, she fights like |a boy.” | When the two attackers had had | | enough of this they linked arms | and disappeared behind the hedges in a gale of laughter. Tough Tillie stood on the line, looking after them. The quickly from her face and body and | a wistful saddened expression took | its place. Tillie felt pretty bad about | something that was not quite clear to | her. Those girls didn't like her and | they cailed her Tough, and being | tough was all she could do to pre- | serve her face. | I wondered what Tillie’s mother and father and friends were going | to do about it. Three years old is| very young to begin to suffer, but | that was exactly what had come to | Tillie. She was learning that she was | | not beautiful like these others, and | there was nothing she could do about it. She didn't like being teased and [ she didn't like being called “Tough | Tillie,” and she didn't like the way | she looked and felt. All she could do was suffer. Children are not born to toughness such as Tillie was cultivating for her | defense. They are conditioned to | toughness by their experiences. They are conditiomed to self-defensive at- titudes against their tormentors. If parents were watchful they could con- dition the children to meet these | unhappy experiences with fortitude and some degree of successful oppo- sition. Tillie should be called by her name, Matilda. It belongs to her sturdy strength. She should be taught to cherish and to like her health and strength, and to train it toward the usefulness that is plainly in store for it. Matilda's strength coupled with her keen intelligence offers great op- portunity, far greater than that of the slender beauty of her tormentors, but Tillie does not know that. Maybe somebody close to her, or to him who is her brother in distress, could make the matter a bit clearer. Manners of the Moment SOME women, especially when they hit the age of 30, have a way of looking upon any one who is & few months younger as positively childish. “But, my dear,” they'll say, “you're 50 delightfuily young.” Or, “Wait until you get a little older. Then you'll understand.” Really, this attitude is no help to any one. The 30-year-old will find it a boomerang, if she doesn't watch out. Her younger friends will start looking upon her as an ancient. And when she gets to the stage where she'd like people to believe she is 5 years younger than she is, every one will be convinced that she's a good 5 years older than she is . . . just be- cause of her own insistence upon an age superiority. As for the younger person, it's a pretty mean advantage to take of her. It's like being ducked in cold water to have some one insinuate that you are being very adolescent right after you have been telling about some new enthusiasm of yours. Probably the best way to handle the situation is to beat your older friend to it. Preface your remarks with something like this: “Of course, your generation probably doesn't feel this way about things, but . . .” Or, “This ‘was no doubt after your time in col- lege.” The 30-year-old will drop her pose without more ado. You just watch her, JEAN. 12 STAR, WASHI The Spirit of the Occasion This rakish clown, and his miniature gumdrop replicas, are easily and inexpensively made at homa. They will do much toward adding to the gala atmosphere of your child’ GTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 19317. e Summer Cottage Should Be Gay and Inexpensive s next party. ! —Photo by Dana B. Merrill. Counteract Strain of Shggping Brides Need Facials| Before Marching Downthe Aisle. BY ELSIE PIERCE. SHE who will march to the strains of “Lohengrin” cannot afford to have her face show strains of shop-| ping. A splendid pick-up after a! round of hectic shopping, dressmaker fitting, & conference with decorator, | etc., is a facial. | If the purse permits, plan to have a | series of facials before the day of the | wedding march. I can well remember when I myself felt so tired I walked into my favorite beauty salon and said, “I'm so tired I going to cry.” And the manager of that salon said, “No, you're going to have a facial in- stead.” Fortunately, she arranged one | right then and there, but on general principles it is better to have your ap=- pointment beforehand. The operator worked in semi-dark- ness and as her skilled fingers whisked over my face, as she molded with cream and tonic, pinched and mas- | saged, I slowly, surely felt myselt | sinking blissfully into deep sleep. Then | she applied a mask, went over the face and neck with ice, applied the tie-up to the chin and left the room entirely dark. All this seemed as if in a dream, for I was resting luxuriously. She may have been gone 10 minutes or an hour, I don’t know; but I do know that it seemed like a full night's sound rest to me and when she | finally applied the make-up I felt like | & new woman. If you cannot afford a few face treatments at a reputable beauty sa- lon, the next best thing is to recruit some one in the family to give you a facial in as comfortable a chair as you | have available. You can, in fact, give yourself a facial at home, combining the preliminary steps of cleansing while you take a warm bath, then apply nourishing cream, lie down in a darkened room with witch hazel pads over your eyes and let your entire body go limp. Think of abso- lutely nothing. Force your mind to be a blank. Breathe deeply. You may fall asleep if you try hard enough not to think of the many, many details you still have to do. And you'll be brighter eyed for it—no dark eircles or hollows or strained lines around the eyes. I have a bulletin outlining step by step the facial routine to be followed at home. It is available to brides— present, past and future—for a self- addressed, stamped (3-cent) envelope. “Shop-Wise” By B. D. Allen A LoAF OF BREAD LIGHT IN WEIGHT HAS LESS FOOD VALUE THAN A HEAVIER LOAF ALTHOUGH THEY MAY BE THE SAME= SiIZE. Smart Daytime Frock This Waistline Belittles the “Midriff” in a Manner That Is Very Chic. NN — BY BARBARA BELL. OU who want to look young and slim, this is your frock. The lifted at front waistline belit- tles the “midriff” in a manner that is very new and very chic. This youthful line is emphasized again by banding the hem of the skirt and the edge of the collar and puffing the elbow sleeves. A frock you'll delight to wear the Summer through for casual daytime hours, particularly if you make it up in a printed linen or pique. For afternoon and informal evenings try it in printed sheer crepe or a very fine sheer cotton. It's easy to make, for the pattern includes a step-by-step sew chart. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1307-B is designed in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40, Corresponding bust measurements 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38. Size 14 (32) requires 3% yards of 39-inch material and 7, yards of braid or ribbon for trimming. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Bend 15 cents for the Barbara Bell L +8 g Spring and Summer Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, practical and | becoming clothes selecting designs | from the Barbara Bell well-planned, | easy-to-make patterns. Interesting | and exclusive fashions for little chil- dren and the difficult junior age; slen- derizing well-cut patterns for the mature figure; afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons BARBARA BELL, The Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1307-B. Size_ Name ... o Address ... ---e (Wrap coins securely in paper). | whereas the realization that she looks | WOMEN'’S FEATURES. A Party to End _of ’ghg 'Give Your Youngster Celebrate _School Year ation for Goo examinations, yearly marks laughed over—many parents W decidedly-in order. eted entrance into the higher class | next fall—then they ought to have | a “pat on the back,” and a good one at that. All of us, I think, as parents, are a little too much inclined to blame more freely than we praise. We raise & lot of fuss about a low mark, but we don't equal it with joy over a high one. Now's the time to make the youngsters feel that we really do appre- 77 ciate the w they have stuck at their job all ‘Winter, and hand them a little fes- tivity as a token of that sentiment. | A luncheon or supper party is al- ways a treat—especially if it comes before or after some sort of an expe- dition, such as a trip to an amuse- ment park, or the zoo, or to some very special and interesting movie. | If the table is prettily decorated, and the food well-cooked and dainti- ly served, the actual ingredients need not be expensive to produce a satis- factorily festive air. * ok K % JOR instance, the clown and favors shown in the illustration may easily be constructed at home, of well, | cellulose film, and a few gumdrops, cardboard, wire, etc. For a girl, you might choose the pink and white color scheme suggested in the directions— or her school colors. The boy's table | would, naturally, look best in school colors, or in brilliant, dark tones, such as ruby red, blue, or green, combined with gold or silver. ‘The tablecloth may be covered with & layer of cellulose film, repeating the | color scheme if desired Snappers and other favors should be chosen to match. Paper napkins may also be bought in shades that will blend with the rest of the outfit . . . and there | will be no extra laundry to spoil the fun for mother afterwards. As for the food—that shouldn't be difficult, either. You might start with a fruit cocktail, for I find that & great many youngsters don't care much for jellied or cold soups. Have the fruit beautifully chilled, lightly dusted with powdered sugar, and sprinkled with chopped mint. Fresh pineapple cubes, strawberries, cherries and blueberries make a refreshing | combination. Almost every children’s party the world has in a main course of Dorothy A Woman Is Judged well-chosen wardrobe add | to & girl's chance of success in life?” CHARLOTTE. Answer—Well, my dear, next to [ having & noble character and being endowed with all the higher virtues. | the most valuable thing that a girl can possess is a well-chosen wardrobe. | It is a first aid to success, and a rod | and staff to lean upon in every emer- | gency of life. The ways in which it will help you are too numerous to mention, but here are a few of them: | * ox ok X A well-chosen wardrobe gives a | girl self-confidence and poise. The | knowledge that she is well dressed | sets a woman at her ease and| makes her put her best foot foremost, | like a dowd takes every spark of | | courage out of her and makes her act as dumb as she looks. An evening dress covered with spangles makes even a stupid woman seem scintillat- | ing, but the most brilliant wit could | not flash in a limp chiffon that| needed to go to the cleaners. A well-chosen wardrobe helps a girl by advertising her intelligence and judgment. A woman’s clothes | are what she is judged by to a large | extent. If she is given to fluffy rouge and powder. Before you 9 OUT OF 10 SCREEN STA | that age one has Excellent Way to Express Parental Appreci- d Work Well Done. BY BETSY CASWELL. ITH school days rapidly drawing to a close, and the results of fina} and so forth about to be wept or will feel that some sort of celebration to mark the promotion of the successful son or daughter is very And why not? When children have worked their hardest during the long school year, and have won their cov-% creamed chicken, peas and mashed potatoes, I think! Let's break away from this tradition, especlally if your children, are in the upper age brackets, and give them individual shepherd's pies—ground beef baked o0 & ramekin under a layer of mashed potato, well- seasoned, and served hot. Substituie string beans for the peas, and serve paper thin whole wheat bread and cream cheese sandwiches. * ok K X | DESSERT, of course, must stick to tradition, or else the party wouldn't be a party! Ice cream and cake— either in fancy shapes from the caterer’s, or made at home with loving care. You'll have to let your young one decide on the flavor of the ice cream, and the type of cake—for at ery decided ideas in such matters. And order plenty— | or make plenty—of both! Orange juice and pineapple juice combined make a good cooling drink, and the tall glasses may be attractively decorated with sprigs of mint. A mint leaf frozen into the ice cubes is a de- tail which will cause much excitement at the party—for children love some- thing “just a lttle different”—if it doesn't concern them personally! DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING CLOWN CENTERPIECE Using a 10-inch wire, make a hook at one end and wind it with cotton 5 inches wide to make the head. Cover head with clear cellulose film and make features and hair of cellulose film—hair and eyes of black, nose and mouth of red. The cap is a cone of deep pink or red film. 10 inches high, trimmed with a band and circles of | silver paper. The ruff is made from two double frills of the transparent wrapping— one pink, one clear. Cut each piece 18 inches wide, double, and gather along fold. Set the completed clown in a silver covered round box. DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING CLOWN GUM-DROPS Using thin candy stick. push one gum drop on one end to form the head and one gum drop on the other end to make it stand. Cover head gum-drop with cellulose film. For ruff, cut film 3!z x 16 inches. fold in cen- ter making 13 x 16 inches. Insert spool wire along fold, gather and tie around neck. Cut a 5-inch circle of clear film, stand gum drop in center, gather around candy stick and tfe with spool wire. For hat make a cone of the film 1% inches high. Add band of silver at lower edge of cap, a 3-inch silver circle at the peak, and another circle halfway down. Do B by Her Clothes to a Large Extent. | EAR MISS DIX: Our home ) | economic class is to debate | this subject: *“How does a ruffies, we set her down as frivolous. If she is tailor-made we size her up as being competent. If she wears soiled collars and gowns that need pressing and dirty gloves and shoes Wwith run-over heels, we know she is a careless sloven who would never do good work No girl who applied for a job would ever get it if she was diked out in inappropriate finery, or if she was plastered with phoney jewelry and rattled with bangles as she walked. The employer would think that he wanted somebody who looked like a good business woman, not some one | who had just dropped in from an all- night party and hadn't had time to change her clothes. Nor would a girl get the job who had a coat of one color, a blouse of another and a skirt of another and whose wardrobe seemed to be as- sembled from the scrap bag. An employer would say that such a girl would be slap-dashy in her work and would pay no heed to details. The girl who would get the job would be one who was clean and well groomed and whose dress was dark and simple and serviceable It has been said that clothes do not make the man, but they make about nine-tenths of a woman and she can’t be too particular in learning how to dress. Clever wives keep romance — they guard against Cosmetic Skin It comes so gradually—the loss of beauty called Cosmetic Skin! When cosmetics are not thoroughly removed, pores be- come choked—tiny blemishes appear—dullness, enlarged pores. ‘Wise women guard against this danger with Lux Toilet Soap. Its ACTIVE lather removed hidden traces of dust, dirt, stale renew make-up—ALWAYS be- fore you go to bed, use this fine white soap to protect your skin, RS USE LUX TOILET SOAP