Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1937, Page 30

C—10 WOMEN Healthy Fear Is Tonic-to Caution and the Spirit of Teach Your The Facts As Their Fearlessness May Be That Will Bring Tragedy and Sorrow. RY BETSY HERE has been for years s strong movement fo eradicate the “fear” I element 1n the bringing up of children. to express themselves freely, to other children, of doctors and dentists, and very proper. But there is another side to the advisable? Is it not within the bounds of pos- | ®ibility that: through this very fearlassness will come their de- struction? A child who is not afraid of fire will be in far greater danger of being burmt than the youngster who has been taught to have a healthy fear of § the flames. Any wensible parent knows that—and impresses the child with the risks incurred when | playing with matches. A baby will put its hand on a hot stove, or into & “pretty fire"—until it has learned to | fear the heat it will not be cautious n approaching it. The same fact holds true in many. many other phases of children’s upbringing. * ok X X }“\'NDAM‘ENTALLY, fear has made the survival of mankind possible. Without it, none would have learned eaution, and the tricks of self-preser- vation that enabled the superior mind to outwit the less intelligent. With- | out fear, man would have blundered | blindly into every form of destruction, Aand the race would have been ended | 8lmost as soon as it began. Fear, | therefore, is an essential of survival. It ic also closely related to prog- | ress. As fast as one danger was under- | #tood, and overcome, another pre- | sented itself. Man learned to increase his brain power, and to meet each new foe as it appeared. Without the sense of danger, this mental expansion would not have been possible. There wouldn't have been any progress because the very first enemy of all would have pol- tihed off the incautious cave man in the proverbial jiffy. Tt s nice to have children friendly and congenial between themselves and with grown-ups. It is excellent when they are not shy, and show plenty of eharm and personality. Dogs and rhildren should be faithful compan- | Jons. and doctors, dentists and nurses | =hould be trusted implicitly. I once dismissed an otherwise splendid nurse that T had, because she told the voung- | ext. child that the policeman on the beat would “get him” if he woke up! ton early in the morning. Policemen Betay Caswell ThefiS‘outhern Belle If You Are the Scarlett O’'Hara Type, Wear This Charming N NN e -y —— Lo o e BY BARBARA BE! EV‘ITR since “Gone With the Wind" brought the Southern belle into the limelight again, fashion has fav- ored frocks with frou-frou and a quaint, youthful eharm, Such a dress BARBARA BELL, The Washington Star. Inelose 25 ocente in eoins for Pattern No. 1203-B. 8ire ...... Addrems €Wrep eoins securely in paper.) Is it wise to teach children to be so fearless that rense of caution and self-protection?«: * | babyhood. | tended bonbon, than to be so unafraid | | offer you candy, not even if they tell W A oy 'S FEATURES. Children of Danger Protection Carried to Extremes CASW] They have been encouraged not be afraid of the dark. of dogs, of All of which is entirely right question. Is the removal of all fear they lose all are children's best friends, and the youngsters should be taught so from * ok *x % UT what about the fear of strang- ers? 1 don't mean people that | you welcome in your house, as your acquaintances, who are still strangers to your children—but real strangers, persons met on the streets, in stores, | railway stations, and so on? Should your child be encouraged to confide in them, to go with them when they | are asked, to treat them as they would | & fond relative, just on a chance word | or meeting? No. The hideous stories of kidnap- ings and abductions that fill our papers show that very definitely this is a mistaken idea. Of course, many of these crimes are committed by force—against which no child can avail—but what of the poor innocents | whe follow a stranger or very casual | acquaintance to their death, on the | promise of candy, or some other treat? | Their trust and their fearlessness are made the springboard for their plunge into torment and oblivion. It would be far better for the child to run | screaming from an innocently ex- that he accepts the offer of a flend with unthinking alacrity. Xk x % "EARS and years ago, just the word “kidnapers” was enough to cause chills of terror up and down our child- ish spines. We clung to our mother's hands when we were on the street and we remembered ever the parental injunction, “Never go with any one that you don't know—not even if they you some member of your family is waiting for you around the corner— no matter whether it is a man or a woman.” We weren't shy or fright- ened in the least—but any one strange approaching us with & persuasive story would have found us as easily startled as a fawn. For their own protection, children must be afraid: And before some high authority on child upbringing pounces on me, I hasten to add “—but not with a silly, unreasoning fear.” In- telligent fear breeds caution, and caution is necessary to survival. The facts of danger should replace the old-fashioned “bogey man” and care should be taken that our children do not destroy themselves through their very fearlessness. Model. \ AMHNaN _ % %, _ % 7 4/ W _ _ N N I l \ is the one shown in the design above— A young dress to wear for luncheons, bridge and restaurant dining. Its lifted bodice accents the midriff, though the lines of the whole dress are simple and easy to sew. If frou- frou isn’t your style, you can eliminate the ruffie down the front and finish your frock with tajlored trimness by buttons from neck to hem. Make it up in sheer cotton and trim it in old- fashioned embroidery if you're the Scarlett O’Hara type. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1203-B is designed for aimes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. OCorresponding bust measurements 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38. Size 14 (32) requires 3% yards of 35-inch material and 2% yards of embroidery or Iace. Every Barbara Beil pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. (Coprright, 108Y.) |B THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1937. A Triumph of Feminine Guile When Mistress Granger and her maid went a-visiting Mistress Ogil T K Dunnottar Castle, they took their spinning along. YL i o Children Who Are Spoiled Often Improve While Mother Is on Her Vacation. RY ANGELO PATRIL OBBIE, aged 4, had been making his mother's life a martyrdom, He would not eat without spoon-feed- ing and not then without dramatic accompaniments. He said, “No, I won't do anything,” when his mother asked or ordered. The more she fought with him the stouter became his determination to oppose her. One morning Bobbie awoke, turned over and leoked about, expecting his | mother to come at once and say, “Up now, and take your bath s0 I can | get on with my work.” and he was all | ready to say “No, I don't want to.”| Mother did not come. He lay there for a few seconds, and | then he called. Nobody answered. Astonished he scrambled out of bed | and went looking for her. In his mother’s chair by the sitting room window sat Aunt Prissy, reading the newspaper. ‘“Where's mother? Tell her I want her,” said Bobbie loudly. Aunt Prissy read the paragraph | through, slowly lowered the paper | and sald in a far-away voice, “What's | that? O, your mother? She left for a vacation this morning,” raised her paper again, and let the silence speak in her stead. For a few minutes Bobbie stood there, gazing at the folded news- paper, then he sighed and said, “Well, if that's the case—I'll dress and have my breakfast. Am I to have a bath or mot?” “A bath? O, of course, if you like. Need any heip?” “No. 'Scept maybe drying my back,” “Call hoo-hoo when you're ready,” said Aunt Prissy, returning to her reading. Soon she heard the water running and went to see how things were getiing on. A very thoughttul- looking Bobbie stood by the tub, his washrag in his hand, wondering just what to do next. “I'll lend you a hand this morning,” 3aid Aunt Prissy briskly.- “How warm do you like it?” “0, just so it won't freeze me, I don't care,” said Bobbie. Bathed and dressed, Bobbie looked around for breakfast. Aunt Prissy said nothing. “Is my breakfast ready?” “I think so. I think Mollie was getting it ready while you had your bath. You might ask her and see.” It took Bobbie only a few minutes o decide that the old-style behavior would not do. He gave very little trouble. He ate his meals when they ‘were offered him, he went 10 bed with- out & tantrum. He asked for his mother repeatedly, but made no dem- onstration when he was told she had gone away for a rest and would eome back when she feit able to take care of him again. “‘8he might come sooner if she knew you were not going to be a lot of trouble to her,” said Aunt Prissy in her eool and casual tone. Bobbie seemed to think that over. About four hours afterward he an- nounced as one having made a grave decision, “You tell mother that when ahe comes back I won't make her tired. TIl help myself once in & ‘while.” “Once in & while? What's the idea? You've grown wp, young man, and you are going to help yourself after this” He really was much better. Try absenting yourself a while when the spoiled child of the family be- gins taking too much out of you. It does work wonders 1887 D | moderate, | atrangers, why can’t I please people Dorothy Dix Says It Takes More Than Success to a Woman in Business. FAR MISS DIX—During the last four years I have tried | several business ventures, all of which have failed, yet the general consensus of opinion is that | I am liked, admired for my spunk in | trying to raise my children as I was raised and that, taking all in all, “Mrs. | | 80-and-So is & darned good sport and | a fine person.” However, these same | people will not give me their patron- | [ | age. despite the fact that my work is good, my shop clean and my prices Now if I can please who are supposedly my friends and | who pretend to be my well-wishers? | I need their patronage. Can you sug- gest why I do not get it? PERPLEXED PERSON. | Answer—I would suggest that you' sit down, have a heart-to-heart ses- | sion with yourself and try to find out | what is the matter with yourself or | your methods of doing business that prevents your friends from patroniz- ing you. The difficulty must be with you, because ordinarily people like to deal with those they know, and get a kick out of helping an old friend, espe- | cially when they can do it without any cost to themselves. It is because of this that specialty shops, dress shops, hat shops, etc., like to employ as sales- women society girls whose friends will come to buy of them. 8o if your friends don't patronize you the chances are that there is something the matter with either your shop or your salesmanship. Perhaps you don’t carry the line of goods that is in demand in your community. Per- hape your stock is not fresh or smart. You can't expect any one to buy an old-fashioned hat or a last year's model dress even for the sake of friendship, you know. Perhaps you Are running your shop too much on the personal friendship basis and you make your customers feel that they have to buy for the sake of auld lang syne, whether or not they want an article. Perhaps you pose as a martyr , wife of the Governor of When they said good-by tha crown regalia of Scot- land was snugly hidden in the distaff and the fluffly bundles of flax! ! { WOMEN'S FEATURES. Scotland’s Crown Jewels Quick Wit Once Saved By a Woman’s An d Bravery iTreasured “Honours” Now Lie in State in a Glass Case in Edinburgh for All to See. BY GAEL RENFREW. Friendship to Bring who has had to work to support her children instead of acting like a| snappy saleswoman, and the women | you know don’t come because they are tired of sympathizing with you, After all, business is business and one can’t run it long on friendship or pity of having known you *when—." You have to have the goods customers | want and make it pleasant and easy | for them to deal With you if you want | buyers. Given these things, friendship | will help, but it won't substitute for them. My Neighbor Says: It is not too late to sow the seeds of various annuals to flower indoors in the early part of the Winter. Such annuals as pinks, petunias, verbenas, sweet alyssum, nasturtiums and candytuft are grown quickly from seeds, and the plants will be large enough 1o pot up by the time frost comes. To keep down the cost of op- erating & mechanical refrigera- tor, it is important to watch the frost on the cooling unit and defrost as often as it is necessary. Grapes that are underripe and not too sweet make the best jelly. Art muslin curtains should never be washed in warm water. Make & lather with hot water, and when it is nearly cold wash the curtains. If these are green add a little vinegar, if lilac or pink a little ammonia. Salt will set the color of black and white. Instead of baking custards in the oven, try cooking them in cups, placed in & kettle of water on top of stove. If water is kept boiling custard will be perfectly cooked. (Copyright, 1937.) Etiquette Problems Solved Chaperones for Hotel | Dinner Should Sit at Another Table. BY EMILY POST. IDEAR MRS. POST: My young son | would like me to arrange & party | of some kind and invite at least a| dozen of his young friends, boys and girls both, to whose houses he has been invited s0 often. We have an apartment in a hotel and not much | space to entertain at home, so my | husband and I thought that we would | take the young people to the roof gar- | den of this ‘hotel for dinner and | | dancing. We. of course, felt that we | | should sit with them at their tabie, | | since some of the girls are very young. | Son objects to our being at their table | and says that the idea of our presence | will spoil every one's good time. Per-z haps the fact that he lives in the hotel | will put a different light on their being “ alone, but I was just wondering what the mothers of the girls would think if they knew there was no chaperon. Answer—Your son is right in think- of his friends to have you and his father at the same table. Very young people as they ean sitting next to | those of their own age. The proper table, not necessarily immediately next to them, but within easy observation; and to mitigate any too great effect of surveillance on your part, you might invite a few of your own friends to dine with you. * ok ok % DEAR MRS. POST: When we lived in an apartment in town there were a great many acquaintances who never called on me. We are now sup- posed to have a very beautiful house in the suburbs and since we moved in any number of these people have come way out here to call. What else am I to think except that they came out of curiosity, because no sooner has one been here than a day or so later another one comes. Under the eir- cumstances explained, do you think it necessary for me to return these visits? Answer—If you like them certalnly g0 to see them! But. if you don't like them enough to care particularly The finish to this linen runner eonsisis of a number of amall motifs Joined by a few lacy stitches. Bince the motifs are all alike, there's no trick at all to making the pieces, and our accurate diagrams will show you how to join them. The resulting piece will furnishings. deserve a place of honor among your The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand illustrated directions, with diagrams to aid you : also what crochet hook and what material and how much you will need. ‘To obtain this pattern, send for No. 495 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needlework Editor of The Bvening Star. Goprriest. 2007, A would be justified in feeling that they were a little late in coming to see you. | ok ok % DEAR MRS. POST: Our junior section of the Woman's Club is giving s garden party and we would like to have the president of the senior club and our senior sdviser pour tea at the tea table. Must we send invitations to these two ladies beforehand? Answer—They should be invited very particularly ahead of time and asked if they will do you the honor of pouring. In inviting them you should appreciate that pouring tea for 80 many is an arduous task and there- fore a good deal of a favor to ask. (Copyrizht, 1937.) Dandelion Stains Removed. To remove dandelion stains from washable garmeqpts rub the stained area with Iard and roll the gar- ments up for 30 minutes or longer. Then wash them in warm water and s0ap suds. It is best to remove stains a3 300n as possible. Bleaching White Linens. To bleach white linens, cover with lemon juice and lay in sun for s day. Wash out in wsrm water and soap | met with the reply that | perhaps, ing that it would spoil the good time | people cannot be expected to find as| much pleasure sitting next to older | thing for you to do is to have a small | about their acquaintance I think you | with & large bundle of flax. La T HERE wax nothing unusual in the eircumstance that Mistress Grangey should carry a distaff, or that her maid servant &hould be jnemmbered dies Who went, a-visiting in ths Bpring of 1652 frequently took their spinning along—only in thix instance these emblems of feminine industry were employed to achieve one of the most daring smuggling exploits in history. Mistress Granger, who was the wife of the Minister of Kinneff Parish Church, had been granted permission < ——— to pass the afternoon with her friend, Mistress Ogilvy, wife of the Governor of Dunnottar Castle. Standing on an almost sea-girt rock on the Kincar- dineshire coast Dunnottar was consid- ered the strongest of all Scottish for- tresses, and at that moment it was un- der seige by Cromwell's troops. After some hours’ gossip Mistress Granger and her maid left the castle | and passed through the blockade with- | out incident—but that same night after | darkness had fallen their hazardous | mission had its sequel. Mistress Gran- | ger's husband stole into his little par- | ish kirk and worked feverishly until | he loosed a large stone from before | the pulpit. Then, scooping out a deep | hole he deposited a bundle—containing the roval crown and scepter of Scot- land. And once the stone had been re- | placed he dug at the opposite end of the church until the 5-foot-long sword of state was also stowed underground. Mr. Granger's ingenius wife had car- ried her country's regalia out of Dunn- | ottar Castle that afternoon—right | through the English lines. The crown was concealed in some clothes which she had in the folds of her voluminous | | apron, and she was to tell years later | of the terrifying moment when it al- most fell out—while the English gen- | eral was gallantly assisting her to mount her horse! The threads of her distaff were wound round and round the sword of state, while the scepter was enmeshed in the fluffy bundles of flax that the maid had brought. * x x x "I’ODAY Scotland’s regalia lies, well guarded but for all to see, in the erown room at Edinburgh Castle. For eight years, however, following Mrs. Granger's daring escapade it lay buried beneath her husband's church, some five miles from Dunnottar. Cromwell, who knew that the Earl Marischal of Scotland had had the | crown jewels removed to Dunnottar, was particularly keen to get them into his possession. The year before (1651) | the Scots had had Charles II brought back from exile and crowned with | the ancient symbols. Such an act, of course, was in outright defiance of the Protector who sent an expedition into Scotland. One of their objectives was the capture of the Scottish regalia. When Dunnottar Castle fin- ally surrendered, great was the dis- | appointment of the English that the | jewels were not to be found. De- mands that they be produced were they had been removed to Paris. A receipt to this effect was even furnished—and since this perjury was for national purposes, it triumphed for once over Scots’ conscience. | but | nottar Castle, resent their national entity, and when Scotland finally consented to a pare liamentary union with England in | 1707 one of the terms of the treaty was that the regalia should never leave the country, Underneath this stipulation in the treaty of union rankied an old sorm More than four centuries before, in 1297, Edward I of England had taker to Westminister Abbey, not only et~ land's crown, but also the xtone nf destiny, on which eight centuries of her kings had already been erowned It was placed in the coronation chair and is there still. Edward, the “hammer of the Scots,” evidently did not trouble much with the legend: “The Scots in place shall reign Where'er this stone is found,” the tradition yielded place fe truth in 1603, when James VI, son nf Mary, Queen of Scots, came to the throne of England upon the death of Elizabeth. The honours of Scotland, whick were rescued s0 daringly from Dun were to lie forgotter and unseen for over a century anc to be brought to light in a moment o. gripping national emotion. % ox x {OLLOWING the union of 1707, the regalia was placed in a treble locked chest and deposited in a barree room in Edinburgh Castle. A hundree | vears went by, then another ter. ane | & generation that ha never seen it: country’s crown jewels grew uneasy over the whispered report that the regalia was not in the locked eham- ber. In 1817 King George IV de. creed that the mysterious chambey was to be opened and the honours, if found. publicly displayed. Castle Hill was thronged witk anxious spectators, while 10 promi. nent citizens, including Sir Waltey Scott. went to the castle on their historic mission. The kevs of the chest had been lost long since ane a blacksmith forced its three locka Down &t the bottom of the deep box. - wrapped in some now ragged cloths lay the regalia! The Roval Standard was immedi- ately run up to show the waiting crowds that the search had been sur- cessful and suspense was relieved ip wild cheering. For the first time. within lving memory, the people of Scotland saw the crown—a plain circlet of golg vhich had been made for Robert the Bruce (after Edward helped himsel to the older one). Thereafter it hag been worn by every Scottish monarcd to Charles I1. Mary Stuart, who bacam Queen of Scots when only a few davi Not until after Charles II had been | 0ld, W&s 9 months old when she was restored to the throne of his fathers, in 1660, was the regalia removed from its hiding place. Strangely enough, it had been used ceremonially for the last time at the crowning of Charles, in 1651, the year before it was buried. * ok K % "T'REASURED s “the honours of Scotland.” this crown, scepter and | sword lie In & glass case, protected by | an jron-barred cage, in a small cham- | nected ber of one of Edinburgh Castle’s tur- rets. To the Scots the honours rep- |crowned and her son went througk the same solemn ceremony when he |was a baby of 13 months. He wm crowned on July 29, 1567, four daw after his unhappy mother had been | forced to sign an instrument of abdii- | cation in his favor. Scotland’s regalia ix no longer used for coronation purposes. but it presence in Edinburgh Castle is proud reminder that women were con- with national affairs lons before they crashed business, the pro- fessions and politics! Dog Tags Are Important BY MARY ALLEN HOOD. ND now Pups has s new tag. He worked up a lot of curiosity about the decoration ahead of time. Just couldn't wait to see what it was going to look like. ‘The canine decided to telephone. “What shape is the new tag?”| barked he. “Well,” said the gentleman support- ing the other 'phone, “I just eouldn't tell you.” “Is it & four-leaf clover like time before last?” “No; can't say.” Pups growled impatiently, “Well, ¢ the thing a triangle?” “No; it isn't a triangle. describe it.” “Leaping dog biscuits! Can't any one there tell a fellow what it looks like? Have I gotta to come down to find out?” “No,” replied the voice at the other end, “you don't have to come down.” “Then, how AM I gonna find out?" “I'm sure T don't know.” (Noise of T just can't suds. ice breaking.) “Grr-rr-r.” enaried Pups, redely and proceeded to diamantls the ‘phons by tooth. Time and researoch revealed the fael that the object under discussion ¥ shaped somewhat like a shield. It face bears the resemblance of & dng Possession of sume entitles one eanine to all District privileges as underlined under dog rights. He becomes & tax. protected piece of property. Tht amount of protection differs, depend. ing upon interpretation, weather ant the disposition of the cop on the beat On the face of the tag is & number as usual. And thereby hangs a tail often & whole dog. It puts the licens bureau in the position of & lost ane found department. Pups wanders tot far, loses himself. Some one sees hk plight, notes tag number and calls the license bureau. home ‘phone number and address ‘The dog ia restored to his rcaxtle, 4 very valuable servics. A dog tag 3§ sort of anti-lost-dog-insurance-policy She is told Pupa’ Self Preservation: .