Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1937, Page 28

B—10 WOMEN'S FEATURES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1937. WOMEN'S FEATURES. Several Points to Be Considered When Selecting Melons of Any Kind i Long-Waisted Silhouette = This Simulated Two-Piece Daytime Frock Is Very Smart. Playmates Necessary For Child| Nothing Can Take the Place of a Living Companion. BY ANGELO PATRI. "BmY ANNE, come right back and stay in your own yard. You | allow Stay in | know well that I never you to play anywhere else. your own yard. Then I'll know you are safe.” Sure about that? What en in vour own back yard? If it is & solitary place of confinement for the child or children, you are flatter- ing yourself to call it safe. Prisoners wait and watch for a chance of escape. They dwell upon {ie outside the walls and long with bitter longing to enjoy them. {onging colors the delights very is going beyond what truth can ever justify but the | soul sees only beauty | liberty-starved beyond its jail. Lonely children are not safeguarded. They are bedevilled | by their own longings. What is in the yard to make it safe for a child. or children? Just the earth and sky? Just a fenced-in hideaway for the discarded rubbish? A place of hardened ground, tin cans, weeds? Or perhaps a clean swept tidy area for good clean play? It won't do. Happy children are safer than any other sort. I cannot say they are completely safe for there is no such safety in this world, but I do say that they have all the chance there is for safety. Safety of mind, for a happy child is mentally immune from unhealthy thoughts, and from pressions of such thoughts passed along by oth Happy children are healthy in body and so enjoy greater immunity from contagious and fectious diseases. Sunshine, fresh air, freedom in reason, among com- panions of their own kind goodness in all its varieties There ought to be playthings suit- able to the age of the children age I mean the whole age, physical, mental, social. experienced age. These ought to be simple and allow for the | personal experience that attracts and holds children of all ages. Sand piles that are kept sanitary; pools that | are Kkept pure; building materials, a few toys to supplement the self- activity materi: are what is needed. But the greatest need of all is eompanionship. Be sure that no- body, and no thing, the place of a boy or girl, e child in question. You can make the vard a veritable treasure trove of children’s playthings but if it is a solitary place, no other child to share it, it is a prison and effects the child fust that way. But he has brothers and sisters. They won't play well ean’t have them all over the neighbor- hood. They have their own yard and why can't they stay in? living companion, tastes and abilities. gome common ground of likes and dislikes, too. Often there is too wide & span of interest between children of a family to make them good com- panions at this early age, the play ege. It is better, if it can be managed, to have neighbors group the children in varifous yards, with various em- the beauties that | The | im- | make for | By | can ever take | of the same group as| together. I Be- cause what they want and what they must have, is not in that yard. Each ehild wants a child playmate of like There must be Shopping in Washington in- | BY MARGARET WARNER. HE fisherman carries & gunny sack to bring home his catch, but the fishermaid, wise in the wavs of the world, takes just the things she needs to keep her looking her Summer best. In fact, | this lovely lof both “wets" and ‘‘dr | as Summer. | Gay South American colors suedette have fashioned these bags | clothing. lined with | Jars at 50 cents. which, of course, are | New Finds for Both Vacationists and Stay-at-Homes. A sun-sack will solve all your beach beauty problems. Below is a quartet of Summer powder shades to match varying degrees of tan. From Washington shops. mer on the way to the beach, going through the low, marshy lands the | mosquitos came into the train every- | time it stopped and the door was opened. They were large with black very vicious. The first thing I had to | do upon arrival was to dash to the | Citronella oil is the old | and smells | We have just learned | easier to use, so much more pleasant | in|to smell and will not stain hose and It comes in both tubes and It would be wiser | white rubber. Fitted into the generous | to invest in such a cream before you | | compartments are the making of a |Start away and play safe. | complete Summer beauty routine, | some of which are shown above. | There is a splendid sun cream that |allows you to tan without a blister. iOx'. if you smooth on a lot of it, you { Will hardly burn at all. Smooth on just & film and you'll have the clear golden hue of a true sun worshiper. ployments, than to keep each in his The capless tube for this sun cream | own solitary 18 as good as isn't he as good as you can get in this imperfect scheme of living? Your child is the neighbor child to some one, you know. Mr. Patri has prepared a leaflet entitled, “Convalescent Children,” fn which he tells parents how to help such children to entertain them- selves without fatigue. Send for it, addressing your request to Mr. Angelo Patri, Child Psychology Department of this paper. Inclose a self-addressed, stamped (3-cent) envelope. (Copyright, 1937.) Pinning-Up Laundry. Use plenty of clothespins in hang- Ing the laundry on the line. Careful pinning will save much ironing and pressing. | lost one of those little tops in the | sand or dropped it overboard. There is an excellent cleansing cream that comes in one of those nice lightweight bakelite jars. A | skin tonic to freshen and remove | gether with a can of talcum powder tinted to a luscious hue. Face powder also comes in a bakelite jar for con- pair of specially made Azurine goggles vision. see the gorgeous green one lined with Wwhite you will surely want just that one to take along with you. * ok ok x \,IOST resorts have their quota of ¥ mosquitos. I remember one Sum- Do your most comfortable chairs attract your guests, or drive them away? If habitual use has worn out the chair arms or back, give them a new lease on life with a charming new chair set. ‘This simple pattern in filet crochet is worked in heavy cotton, so can be completed in a jiffy. ‘The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand illustrated directions, with two block and space diagrams to aid you; also what crochet hook and what material and how much you will need. ‘To obtain this pattern, send for No. 355 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or eoin to cover service and postage. Editor of The Evening Star. Address orders to the Needlework (Copyright, 1037.) | all traces of cream is included, to- | venience. And added to all these is a | | which shut out glare, but give clear | This is really a worthwhile | Summer beauty bag and when you vard. No neighbor child |is a great advantage which you will | one's own, of course, but | readily appreciate if you have ever | In town.or out, shiny noses nndl foreheads are strickly taboo. No one | wants to have a shiny nose and no | one wants to look at one. Sometimes | it gets so hot that powder is not | enough to cover up the shine. That is | the time to try a colorless liquid that | magically banishes that embarrassing | high light from the face. Simply ap- ply & few drops with the tips of the fingers and smooth into the skin. Before it is quite dry, press powder over it to give a flattering, smooth mat finish that should last for hours. Very convenient during the Sum- | mer months is a bog containing four shades of powder of the darker values. It is hard to keep up with the changes of skin tone at this season. Week-end outings paint the cheeks brighter and leave it darker when the first burn has worn off. Extended vacations have a still more darkening effect, and there are all the in-between stages of a sunburn coming and going. With these small boxes of powder you can match your skin tones as the changes take place. They are also suggested as excellent for the guest room or to use as a Summer bridge party prize. * ok Xk X NTERESTING to all of us is the| recent discovery made concerning | & well-known soapless, oil-less sham- poo that you have probably used many times and liked for the lovely luster that it gives the hair. Now it has been found that this same shampoo doubles most successfully as a delight- ful bath accessory. In its new capacity it performs its same trick of making a billowy suds in the tub. Just pour in about a tablespoonful and you'll see the water begin to bubble up. Bubbling the water seems to be the fad of the moment, and if you can do it with the same liquid that you use for your shampoo, there will be one bottle less on the bath room shelf. This soapless shampoo is especially active where perspiration is concerned, so it _adds to your persom; daintiness. too. And then there's the fragrance which is always acceptable. You may use your own favorite soap with this bubble maker and then when you are ready to step out of the tub there is that extra advantage of no film or ring being left, as is often the case With some crystals and many bath ofls. Floral dusting powders are pleasant to use at this season. One firm is offering these in a new “stepped up” fragrance with more lasting effect to match their tenfold floral eau de cologne. There is lilac, narcisse, gar- denia and lily-of-the-valley, each one in & design and color suggestive of the natural flower. Try a new dusting powder for bath variety on a hot day. It breaks mid-season monotony! B Blue and White Wedding. PARIS (#).—White and cornflower blue made the color scheme for one of the smartest weddings performed here recently. The bridesmaids wore White organdy frocks and hats of the same fabric trimmed with the vivid blue flowers. The little white-robed flower girls wore cornflower head wreaths and cornflower moire sashes. Beware of Mildew. Do not dampen clothes too far in advance for Summer ironing. They mildew much more readily in warm weather than fh Winter. If the iron- ing has to be postponed, carefully shake out all damp articles to cry. They may essily be resprinkied. Watermelons Harder To Judge Than Other Members of the Family HE watermelon season is in full lent fruit are rejoicing. All th Just now, and the pale, pearl of honeydews, and the dusty golden of cantaloupes, vie with the emerald or striped mounds piled high in all the markets. The Bureau of Home Economics of the United States Department of Agriculture says that crop estimators from the early and second-early States this year than last year. In carlot terms, only two other foods—lettuce and potatoes—surpass the beloved watermelon in popularity in the - United States! Melons are tricky things to buy, as one can- not be really pos- itive about the state of affairs inside the rind until the fruit is cut open. How- ever, there are certain indica- tions that guide , the alert mar- keter to the best, and the bureau discusses them as follows: “As inspectors are reporting very uneven quality in this Summe: watermelons, some buying tips may prove helpful to shoppers. the melon family is easy for the in- experienced to shop for, but a water- melon is harder to judge than is the Betsy Caswell | other melon group. “That old test, when you thump it and it goes ‘pink’ it's green; when it sounds out a dull ‘punk’ it's ripe, isn't conclusive. All the punk re- veals is that the melon thus saluted is not immature. It may be over- ripe, however, and it may also have white heart, that streak of tasteless hard white, lengthwise through the flesh. “Another favorable indication is & vellowish color on the lower side. Ripe melons of good quality are usually firm, symmetrical in shape, fresh looking, e of the Most dealers will obligingly cut & plug out of a melon for a prospec- tive buyer. and that plug, if big enough will reveal anv lurking defects except white heart. Buying half a melon is, of course, safest of all. Only eating will reveal the degree of sweetness, for that quality is dependent on variety— and variation within a given variety is almost irfinite. Farmers tend to A “sun-sack” because it is filled with'and white stripes on their backs, and 8row their melons from their own seed. 5o that they often develop special strains. A Tom Watson type of melon beauty bag is the favorite | drug store and find something to repel | in one locality may not taste much like for you | these pests. will find it in the mountains, as well | standby, but it is mes on the beaches and everywhere [ hone too good | that smart women are spending the of a mosquito cream that is much that of another section. L u\/lUSKMELONS‘ or cantaloupes as they are widely called, are eas- ier to shop for. For one thing the stem scar is rather significant. If the sunken scar is well calloused the melon was vine ripened and hence is likely to be well flavored—that is, if it isn't overripe. rind, beneath the surface netting is of A strong yellow color, the melon is likely to be overripe. “If half of the scar is rough, and perhaps there is some of the stem still on, the muskmelon was not ripe when it was picked and hence may not be quite as fell flavored “Some shoppers test for ripeness by pressing a muskmellon on the blossom end. But if too many other shoppers have previously so tested this same meion, it will have become soft there regardless of its stage of maturity. “In & high quality muskmelon, the outer netting stands out in rather bold relief, course and grayish in color, Wwhereas the ground color has lost its dark green hue and has changed to a Dorothy None of | If the ground color of the | | Old-Fashioned “Thumping” Test Cannot‘ Be Relied Upon as Really Con- clusive. BY BETSY CASWELL. swing, and the devotees of the succu- e other melons are “going strong,” too, expect seven million more watermelons lighter shade of green, with a grayish or a yellowish tinge. * X X % DOR is one of the surest tests for ripeness. When a muskmelon's full flavor is developed, the aroma advertises it most energetically! Ca- sabas, honeyballs, honeydews may be successfully ripened off the vine, so stem scar here is a less reliable guide to quality. The following are clews to their ripeness and quality: “Casaba—No aroma, yellow cast to rind, softening of blossom end. “Honeyball — Distinct yet fine aroma, color varying from whitish green or gray to a light yellow; no hardness. “Honeydew—Yellowish, not whitish green, blossom end yielding to pres- sure, “As to ways of serving the various types of muskmelons, the most satis- factory form is “in the raw.” If you have an eye to color and Tine try this | combination for your fruit course: A pretty plate, & quarter slice of yellow- fleshed melon, and gracefully draped across one end of the melon a small spray of seedless green grapes. Of course watermelon and muskmelon balls with & sprig of mint topping them | is a dish often seen and is always | | pretty as well as palatable. | “Putting chopped ice into a half | | melon so as to chill it is a practice | | shuddered at by gourmets. The ice | | melts, fills the cavity with water and | { adversely affects the flavor of the | melon. If it is too odorous to be | chilled in the refrigerator, the next | best practice is to set the melon half | | 1nto a bowl of chipped ice. * oo ox | “VWWATERMELON, too, is best eaten ‘ raw. The rind, however, does make good pickles. Watermelon. once | cooked, loses its characteristic flavor, 50 that whatever palatability preserves and pickles have must be contributed by added ingredients. For the pre- serves, lemon and sugar; for pickles, vinegar, sugar and spices. Immature muskmelons are sometimes made into pickles. The results are not particu- | larly interesting, however, though a farmer's wife might consider using Part of an unmarketable surplus thus “By the first of August the inter- mediate cantaloupe shipping States— Maryland, Indiana, Delaware, Wash- |ington and New Mexico—have begun | to harvest their crop. Colorado and | New Jersey melons will swell the tide | by the middle of the month, followed | | by Michigan. “The weather will determine the | quality of the muskmelons we get. If | there are heavy rains just before pick- ing time the quality is inevitably lowered, for muskmelons need dry days at the last to develop the best flavor. | There are literally hundreds of va- rieties of cantaloupes, each with its characteristic texture, color, sugar | content and flavor. | “Honeydew melons should be on the | | market for two months yet | “Watermelons are now past the peak | of their shipping period, the second- early group of States having about | | finished off their crop. The earliest of | |the late State shippers will have started their shipments by the first of | August. And mid-August will sce the i first of the local supplies in the North- ern States. Watermelon addicts can | count upon available supplies until [ 1ate Fan.” Dix Says Let Your Children Their Own Lives. F YOU should tell parents of some devilish scientific discovery where. by they could stunt a child's growth mentally and physically and keep it in a perpetual babyhood, they would regard the very suggestion with horror. They would say that no one but a fiend would so enfeeble | a child that it would never be able to stand upon its own feet, but would always have to be held by the hand. and that cruelty could go no further than to dwarf a child's brain and turn it into a moron. Yet that, in effect. is what the parents do to their children when they refuse to realize that children grow up and become men and women, with men's and women's ambitions and desires, and are entitled to men's and women's rights and privileges. That these devoted fathers and mothers who try to keep their sons and daughters from ever crawling out of the cradle sin through love, and not through intent, does not prevent the disaster it brings about. It is responsible, for one thing, for half of the failures in life. The world is full of men who have plenty of intelligence, plenty of industry, plenty of desire to succeed, but who get nowhere because they have been kept in leading strings so long that they do not know which way to turn unless they have a driver to guide them. They have never been on their own and they are helpless without some one to direct them. * oK ok X ND it is all father's fault because he never saw John as anything but little Johnny in rompers who would fall and bump his nose if he tried to walk alone. So father held him up as a babe and continued to hold him up until Johnny's legs atrophied so they were never able to support him. Because father never realized that Johnny had got out of the kinder- garten and developed any more in- telligence than a 3-year-old, he kept on doing all of Johnny's thinking for him; solving all of his problems, telling him what to do so that John never acquired any initiative or judg- ment. When father died John was as helpless as a child to take care of himself. Father adored John, but if father had been John's worst enemy he could net have done him & greater ) Grow Up to Live injury than in not letting him grow 1 up. It is the same way about girls Half of the seifish, spoiled, pleasure- mad, dress-crazed young women who are failures in business and as wives and mothers persisted in regarding them as irresponsible infants of whom it was unreasonable to expect any- thing. Mother always intended to discipline Mabel and teach her not to stamp her feet, howl and have tantrums when any one crossed her. Mother always intended to teach her some consideration for the rights of other people. Mother always intended to teach her to cook and sew and put away her things. But she was wait- ing until Mabel wasn't such a mere babe to do it. And Mabel always remained a tiny tot in mother’s eyes; just a wee little thing with flaxen hair, dressed in white muslin and blue ribbons. She never could see how, when Mabel married, her husband could be so unjust as not to see that she was just & child who didn't realize what she was doing when she neglected her home and had affairs with other men. * ok X X VIRTUALLY all of the heart-break- ing conflicts between parents and children that disrupt so many homes, that fill the souls of parents with bitterness and sends the youngsters to ‘the four quarters of the globe, are the result of fathers and mothers refusing to see that their children have grown up and to treat them as adults, Parents think that they have a right to pick out their children's husbands and wives and careers as they used to pick out their clothes and their toys. As a result there are runaway marriages, or broken-up matches, and men and women in misfit occupations. Jenny is 18, but father thinks she is 8 and refuses to let her have dates, Jenny meets boys on the street cerners, Tom is 20 and wants to go away from home to follow his fortune. But father thinks he is a little boy in knickerbockers who will get lost in a city, and shuts the door of opportunity in his face. Pity, isn't it, that it is so hard for parents to realize that their children grow up like other peoples’. A BY BARBARA BELL. AISTLINES for Fall are lower. Be the first in your group to wear this new il- houette, and make {t your- self. This is & new daytime frock in simulated two-piece style with smart braid trimming and slide fastener at front of bodice. For those going to college it's a perfect back-to-school frock—can be made up for late Sum- mer in one of the sturdy cottons and may be worn through the Fall in sheer wool or heavy silk crepe. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1364-B is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 40 and | 42. Corresponding bust measurements, | 32, 34, 36, 38. 40 and 42. Size 16 (34) | requires 4 yards of 35 or 39 inch mate- rial and 31, yards of braid to trim as pictured. Zipper 3% yard long requirea for closing. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Make | yourself attractive, practical and be- | coming clothes, selecting designs from | the Barbara Bell well-plammed, easy- | BARBARA BELL, Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1364-B. Size Name Address (Wrap coins securely in paper.) to-make patterns. Interesting and ex- clusive fashions for little children and the difficult junior age: slenderizing | well-cut patterns for the mature figure, afternoon dresses for the most par- ticular young women and matrons and other patterns for special occasions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Wedding Problems Solved Urge Your Fiance to Go to the Private Ceremony. BY EMILY POST. DEAR MRS. POST: My fiance has‘ been asked to serve as best man | at a very private ceremony: so private, | in fact, that I have not been invited. | The plan is for the bride and groom | and their attendants to go to the minister's house and then afterward | to & restaurant to have dinner. I| must admit that I don't like this ar- | rangement and furthermore think it was unkind of these friends to ask my fiance to go out in public on a foursome that does not include me. Haven't you said that engaged people are always invited together, and don't you think my fiance would show more consideration if he refused? . Answer: It is true that under ordi- nary circumstances engaged people ! are asked everywhere together—but sometimes circumstances are not ordi- nary! In considering this especial case, let me put it this way: Suppose you yourself, for any one of many reasons, could be married merely as these people are to be, and that you therefore could invite only your best friend, who refuses to come without her fiance. Would it seem reasonable to you to have to choose another girl whom you care for less than your best | friend, because you can't include the stranger to whom she is engaged? You'd think very little of his taste in wanting to force himself into a place which your fiance would like to be able to fill with a dozen friends of his own. In the case you speak of, you as an extra girl would be much more out of place than the extra man I am sug- gesting in my attempt to show you the other people’s point of view. In short, I think you should not only con- sent, but urge your fiance to go with- out you. * ok Kk DEAR MRS. POST: Will there be any great irregularity in my add- ing the name of the church on our marriage announcement? These are being sent out several months after the ceremony, which has been kept a se- cret, and I would like my friends—and especially some of my doubting rela- tives—to know that we were married in church and not just at a civil cere- mony. Answer: It is entirely proper to add the name of the church. The only reason why it is ever omitted is that present fashion reduces sll forms to the giving of necessary informa- tion, and since those who receive an- nouncements need not know which church to go to, its name is usually omitted because unnecessary. x ok ox DEAR MRS. POST: My wedding | will be private, only immediate families and a few best friends in- vited. In consequence we are send- ing no engraved invitations but many announcements. Is it necessary, or even suitable, to send an announce- ment to each of my two employers when they know all about the arrange- ments, and I shall be back office almost before they would receive them? Answer: Since announcements prop- erly go to every one of your entire acquaintance—business as well as so- cial—there would be no impropriety in sending them to your emplovers. But {f I were you I would follow my impulse. (Copyright, 1037.) Boxof12,20¢ TWO0 BOXES | parativ | stimulates in the | Exercises To Beautify The Arms Most Active Sports Fine for Reducing * Any Flabbiness. BY ELSIE PIERCE. UMMER with its sleeveless dresses, bathing suits and similar garb (or lack of it) makes us decidedly arm conscious. There's nothing beautiful or fashionable about flabby or over= developed arms. Time was when such defects were excused and deemed very slight indeed. But since golf and ten= nis and rowing and similar sports have become so fashionable, and since we know that these sports are splendid normalizers, there seems little excuse or tolerance of lack of limb loveliness. The majority of women arm conscious the year 'round, be- cause even Winter has its evening functions and decollette gowns. Some women, hcwever, forget their arm troubles with the end of Summer, tuck them away just as they do their Summer raiment and for them real Work begins during the warm weather, Most active sports include fine exe ercise for the arms. Certainly swime ming gives the arms the necessary stretching, bending and circling that makes for beautiful contours. Tennis and golf, as I have already mentioned, are splendid to keep arms ir. trim. But enough remain for one who of active does sports, not get there are | exercises to be done in the privacy of one’s own bhoudoir that effective. Here's a very simple ona which will show results in a come short time if followed pere sistently or vigorously. are very Raise on toes. At the same time raise arms overhead, stretching as though you were making uch the celing Inhale as you raise on Exhale as you return to posie x and repeat six times The stretching is very important, as that helps to break down the fat, the circulation, tightens slack and flabbiness. Arm flinging and cir while making an stretch, will also h Here are oth exercises to Extend ar sides, shoulder level. Swing upward, making a complete circle, Extend arms forward and swing in circles, first . then larger and larger, and gradually smaller agatn, Relax, repeat 10 times Bend arms at shoulder level, palma downward, fingers so clase together that rtenter fingers of both hands almost meet. Fling arms outward, keeping at shoulder level with palms ling, all the honest effort to simple, effective | down. Center fingers will be pointing in opposite ction—right to exe treme right and left to extreme left. 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