Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1937, Page 26

WOMEN 'S FEATURES. ) Nurse Maid || Shopping in Washington For Your Children One Who Has Raisedi Youngsters of Her | Own Is the Best. BY ANGELO PATRI HAD to have somebody to look after the children. nice person, healthy, and seems to like the children. I do hope they get along with her, for I'm about at my wits' end what with mother sick and the business what it is, and the housework Bomebody got to look after the children.” Yes, but who What are her qualifications for look- ing after the children beside her health and her general good-natured appearance? The substitue for the mother. A mother is a very influential teacher, and she carries other weighty responsibilities | associated with the children. To what extent will the nurse maid take the mother's place? And how able is she to do s0? I can understand that a degree in education might be a handicap to good nursing of infants and children. | It is mothering they need, and that means motherly intelligence, motherly | affection, motherly understanding flf: the whimsies of childhood as well as | of its more practical needs. The | temperament and character of the | nurse maid is as important as hcr" - She’s a rather this somebody? is nurse maid is a educational equipment A nurse maid ought to have a clean bill of heal oth mental and physi- | cal. She ouzht to like children. She needs to understand the signals that little children show to their elders | when language fails them, a very | common situation. A mother knows &t a glance when a child is on the | verge of a tantrum, rebellion, tears, | collapse. A nurse maid needs such an | eve. A tone of voice will reach her ear and warn her of illness, fatigue/ | overstrain, A nurse maid needs to | have just such an ear. A mother | tnstinctively guesses thal a child wants food, or rest, or companionship, | or complete letting alone. A good | nurse maid needs to cultivate that | instinet. When children are intrusted to a Mmaid the mother needs to have good | ground for the faith that she has in | the maid's loyalty to the child. That means that she will not put her own feelings foremost, but consider the | welfare of her charges before her own Children need to play with as much freedom as space will allow. This need is fundamental to the healthy | growth of children, and uniess the nurse understands and provides for | It generously the children will suffer. | Nurse maids have to understand how | to stimulate a child to play; how to | amuse and rest a tired child; how to | forestall fatigue brought on by too much or too abandoned play. All this | means a drain on the nurse maid’s | energy, but if she is loyally devoted | to her children, she will be able to endure. Every young girl in need of work is not a fit nurse maid. Some are and | many are not. More thought should be given to the qualifications of the person to whom this great trust is given. She is a person entitled to respect, consideration, affection. She is one to whom the family can look for loyal, selfless service, one that no amount of money can ever pay, but to | whom the hightest possible amount ahould be paid. One who has reared a few children of her own, on whose face are set the lines of care and tenderness, on whose head there are a few grains of time’s | dusty silver, promises well. Mr. Patrl will give personal atten- gion to inquires from parents and | school teachers on the care and de- velopment of children. Write him in pare of this paper, inclosing a 3-cent stamped, self-addressed envelope for ceply. (Copyright. 1837.) | and charming as {of the water from the faucet. | packet Hair Curlers for the esting Summier Iterms. To keep her curls intact, this Summer girl tucks her hair-curling equipme uses it after her dip. BY MARGARET WARNER. F ALL annoying things that happen on vacations, one of the most irritating is the | problem of damp, stringy | hair after the daily swim. The best of bathing caps never keep all the water out, and permanent waves have a way of looking pretty fuzzy if left to their own free will after being wet They have to be coaxed back into position by some means or other The Summer girl above has solved the difficulty in a clever way. She takes her hair curling equipment along in her beach bag, and once out of the water for the day, she sits herself right down and winds her hair into| neat looking little tight curls. It is quickly done and furthermore *hes is no trace of an ugly metal curler visible, for this method roli; the hair on a bobby pi for each curl, and leaves it securely fastened. Even the bobby pins don't show, and our Sum- mer girl may take a sun bath or play a game of handball looking as neat as a pin. By the time she is ready to dress for the evening, her hair is in perfect condition and with the pins removed she looks as sleekly groomed if she had just stepped from the hairdressers! These | little gadgets take up so little room in one’s baggage that they can be tucked in almost anywhere, and they will give no end of satisfaction. * ox * x O\IE of the chief indoor sports for stay-at-homes, during these Mid- | summer days, is taking bubble baths. | We have mentioned before in this | column a number of bath preparations | that produce a lively foam in the tub. When you get used to them, a plain, ordinary bath seems quite tame in | comparison. Children simply love | these baths and think it is great | sport to play with the billowy foam | that makes a blanket of bubbles vary ing in depth according to the pressure The more power, the more bubbles. come in individual each one enough for one bath You may already be an ardent user of these little packets. and if so, you will surely be interested to know that these baths are now produced in a concen- trated liquid form—a *““de luxe edition.” One is scented with pine essence and piney green, the other with eau de cologne, in a lovely red amber. The bottles have a pleasing design in a frosted finish that makes them “skid- proof,” which is another point in their favor. The liquid, being more con- centrated than the crystals, goes fur- Now crystals “Treat” is really a mild way of expressing how much you'll like the cloth that this charming motif can produce. want to save it for important occasions, but being made of No. 30 cotton, it will wear s0 well that you won't hesitate to use it all the time. that's especially adaptable to lunche« spreads, too. The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand, illustrated directions, also what crochet hook and what material and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 450 and inclose 15 cents in stamps Address orders to the Needlework Editor or coin to cover service and postage. of The Evening Star. (Coprright, 1937.) . It's so delicate and lacy that you'll It's a design on and buffet sets, as well as bed- | luster | right | the newest and the daintiest of all. | This ! for the bon " THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Iy Beach Prove Inter- nt in her beach bag and ther, as it takes only three or four shakes to a tub. It softens the water, as it refreshes the skin, with a plus value of a delicate fragrance. The liquid may also be used to give to your hair. A teaspoonful added to the rinsing water will turn the trick. Try this one sometime. x * % (QNE of the nicest little surprises | that we discovered this week, 1s | a delightful guest-size box containing | six beautifully designed miniature squares of hand soap—soap that is definitely in the luxury class. Silken to the touch and delicate in fragrance, this suggests a gift for the woman who Likes the very best. These attractive white and gold boxes make just the gift for the week-end visitor to take to a hostess, or you may use them yourself in your own guest room Soap of the same kind but in regular hand size is no doubt familiar to you— four in a box. It also comes in a larger bath size, but the guest size is | ok % x ANOTHER luxury that any woman | “* can enjoy and appreciate is a | complete set of lipsticks—a color to harmonize with every ensemble. Es- pecially in Summer when we wear so many different colors, is the relation- ship between the complexion and the color of the costume most important | and conspicuous. It is essential to| choose a lipstick that blends with the costume and suits your particular shade of tan or lack of it. So if you are a very perticular person, a set of six lipsticks chosen to blend correctly with everything, will surely appeal to you. The colors are *“Mat Victoire” for the sun-beige complexion, “Print- emps” for printed frocks with a variety of colors, “Blush Rose" for pastels, “Copper” for deep tan, “Royal” for black and “Nasturtium” for white. makes a convenient travel- ing accessory and is a splendid idea voyage gift. Then of | course, you may get any of these | colors separately if you find that one of them is just exactly what you need to round out your Summer color scheme. * F YOU tire of * % et fragrances as the thermometer mounts, try a spice scent instead! Spices may be hot to the palate, but to the spirits they are refreshingly cool! We know of one perfume that is particularly keen and pungent in its spiciness—brisk as a peppermint stick. Try it, to brighten | your mood at the end of a tedious | train trip. Use a dash of it after the | shower, or mix it with your final shampoo rinse to give a lingering freshness to your hair. And there are three versions of this nice spicy odor. There is the perfume | itself, then the eau de cologne, and | if you want a lighter scent try the | carnation toilet water which is 8o suit- able for daytime use and less expen- sive, too. The perfume may be ob- tained in quarter onces or more: the toilet water comes in 4-ounce bottles, and the eau de cologne which is the lest expensive of all, comes in 2-ounce bottles at $1.50. My Neighbor Says: To slip geraniums, cut a branch 3 to 6 inches long, care- fully remove the lower leaves and put in water, having the water come half way up on the slip. Do not change water but add just enough daily to keep water at same level. Set on the window sill and have patience. The roots will come, then the plant. They may also be rooted in ‘“clean” dirt kept moist, but the water way s safer for an amateur. Root most begonias the same way. White felt hats may be easily cleaned with a paste made of arrowroot and magnesia. Allow it to stand until dry, then brush off. Fresh vegetables of all kinds are valuable to the growing child because of their rich mineral- salts content. Of these, spinach, chard, carrots, beets, boiled onions or lima beans are good. Lima beans require a great deal of cooking. Starchy vegetables, too, such as potatoes may be given, boiled, baked or mashed, but never fried. Macaroni and spaghetti may be given some- times, but hot, highly seasoned sauces should not be served with them to a child. If you would reduce gas bills, see that all gas-burning appli- ances are kept perfectly clean. Don't light a gas burner until you are ready to use it. (Copyright, 1937.) | which North Central Peppers Are Well Named; Their Vitamin Content Really Gives One “Pep” D. C. * Home Economics Bureau of Department of| Agriculture Suggests Many Ways of Serving BY BETSY CASWELL. OU MAY not realize it, but that spoonful or s0 of chopped raw green pepper mixed in your Summer salad or 1ts dressing, does your health a great deal of good. In fact, peppers, according to the Bureau of Home Economics of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, are exceptionally rich in both vitamins A and C, and, because of this, will tone up your system remarkably. Eaten raw, they are bound still possess an outstanding nutritive #- value. ‘This should be good news, for pep- pers are cheaper than ever, just now, and very fine and plentiful. They are delicious when used as cases for other foods, either cooked or raw, and add a crisp texture and spicy flavor to salads and similar dishes. “A large per- centage of the American people are not getting enough vitamin A and C foods,” re- ports the Bureau of Home Economics, ! after a careful study of data collected in 1936. *“And it is village families that are faring the worst. Families of wage earners in the large cities and those on farms are not so badly off. | “Villagers in the North Central States present the sorriest picture of | all, as far as vitamin A is concerned, | for more than half of the diets are below this dietary standard. Those in the West were the least badly off, but even here almost a fifth were getting too little. | “As for vitamin C deficiency in the ® s Betsy Caswell | diets of village families, the Pacific Coast, region presented the least un- favorable picture (about a fifth of the families) and the Southeast, both | whites and Negroes, the worat— | (around two-fifths and three-fourths respectively.) | “Foods that are excellent sources of both these vitamins are peppers, spin- ach, parsley, red tomatoes, peas, col- | lards, turnip greens, watercress. And most of these 2-in-1 foods are, of course, available in abundance at this time of year and for a low price. | “One nice thing about eating vita- min A foods is that the human body | can store any surplus of it, for future use. Like the camel with his hump! “But vitamin C, it appears, isn't stored in any such large amounts, so it's a pretty good idea for people to get their fair share of vitamin C every day. * ok x X 'ON THE heels of this rather pessi- mistic report of American food | consumption comes a cheerful story from the Bureau of Agricultural Eco- | nomics about one of these vitamin-rich foods, green peppers. | “Production of green peppers this year is not only above last year's, but is also higher than that of the five-year average In North Carolina, from and Eastern States are now getting much of their shipped-in supplies, the crop has been estimated at 35 per cent above last year's, 50 per cent above the average for 1928 to 19; “As for ways of eating peppers, raw is the best for getting the full benefit of | the vitamins. Some people are fond | of chopped peppers eaten with nothing but salt, but most Americans prefer them combined with other vegetables and with some sort of salad dressing added | Carrots, peppers and cabbage—all of | them shredded or chopped—make & good salad combination. So do pine- | apple. peppers and cabbage. And chopped peppers are an excellent in- gredient for Rusisan salad dressing. “Raw stuffed peppers are delicious. Cream or cottage cheese with perhaps some chopped celery or sweet red pep- | Dorothy Dix Says If You Have a Wandering Husband, It Is Better to Suff ITUATIONS arise in life in which we cannot possibly have the | thing we desire, nor do as we | wish to do. As the old phrase puts it: “We are between the devil and the deep blue sea.” Trouble and disaster on every side of us. The wise thing, then, in charting our course is to choose the lesser of the two evils and make the best of that. ‘The necessity of making this un- happy decision is forced upon many women who have unfaithful husbands and who do not know which way to turn when their houses of happiness come tumbling down about their ears. Over and over and over, through harried days and sleepless nights, they thresh their problem: Shall they make a public scandal and bring shame on their husbands and their children? Shall they keep their bitter knowledge to themselves and eat out their hearts in silence? Shall they humble themselves before the other woman and beg her to give their husbands back to them? Should they forgive, or get a divorce? In the first flush of anger, jealousy and outraged wifehood every woman's impulse is to rush to the divorce court. She wants to make her hus- band suffer. She wants to cry aloud to the world his disloyalty and her wrongs. Every primitive instinct in her calls for revenge, and thousands of passion-mad wives do murder their husbands who have betrayed them. Millions of other wives avenge them- selves upon flirtatious husbands by soaking them for alimony. * x X X ‘OW, I hold no brief for philander- ing husbands. They mostly deserve what they get, whether it is a stab in the breast or a wound in the pocketbook, but for all that, and with all his weaknesses thick upon his head, I think that a wife should con- sider long and carefully before she divorces a husband who has no other fault than a wandering foot. In saying thlrxAdo not minimize what she is called upon to endure. The shock of finding that her idol has Them. to do you the most good; cooked, they pers and seasonings make & good fill- ing. Chilled they can then be sliced and served on lettuce or other greens, with some kind of salad dressing. “A delicious raw pepper relish com- bines & cup each of finely chopped green peppers, sweet red peppers, and vinegar, a small onion, chopped, 4 tablespoons of sugar and a half tea- spoon of salt. Bring the vinegar to a boil, add the sugar and salt, and pour over the vegetables. Let stand several hours before serving. In 8| tightly covered jar in a cold place this | pretty relish will keep for around two weeks. oK K K | “"JHERE'S some vitamin loss through | cooking, of course, but even cooked peppers usually have a generous sup- | ply of vitamin A and some vitamin C. Stuffed peppers are favorites in most | households. After the cleaned pepper has been parboiled a few minutes, it is lifted from the boiling salted water and filled with whatever meats or vege- | tables—or mixture of the two—happen | to be available. Bread crumbs provide the ‘binding’ material. Macaroni and | cheese makes another good filling, cove ered with buttered crumbs and heated | in the oven until the crumbs are brown. | “A pretty, nutritious, and delicious cooked pepper dish is made as follows: Get an oiled baking dish good and hot, then cover the bottom of it with parboiled pepper rings about a half | inch thick. Then drop eggs onto the rings. The hot dish will make the | eggs keep their shape. Season them, and if you wish put a tablespoon of | cream on top of each egg. Then you may also sprinkle cheese and bread | crumbs over the top. Put into the | oven and leave until the eggs have set * x ok % “(CREOLE sauce and the various “ chutneys are other ways of using peppers. “Drying and brining are good ways | of taking care of any pepper surplus 1 “Brining is especially advocated by | the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, | United States Department of Agri- | culture, which has done considerable research on this process, in connection with one of the State college experi- ment stations, and some years ago printed a bulletin on it, Making Fermented Pickles—Farmers’ Bulletin | No. 1438, Another oldfashioned but still ap- | proved way of putting up large quan- tities of peppers is stuffed with cab- bage, and preserved with vinegar, either in big stone jars or in the | 2-quart cans, with the latter on the | preferred list. “This is the process being recom- mended by the Bureau of Home Eco- nomics. Remove the stems and seeds from 12 sweet peppers, either green or ripe. Soak them overnight in a brine made of 1 cup of salt to | gallon of water. Chop up separately | 2 quarts of cabbage and 4 sweet peppers, preferable red ones, to give color to the dish, if the green ones ! have been used for the casing. Add & tablespoon of salt to each of the | chopped vegetables and let stand over- | night. Drain. Mix with the chopped vegetables 4 tablespoons of white mustard seed, 3 tablespoons of celery | seed, 1 chopped hot pepper and 1, | 2 | cup sugar. Drain the 12 sweet peppers | and stuff with this mixture, pack into | fruit jars, cover them with hot vinegar, and seal.” er in Silence. feet of clay. The jealousy that tears her heart to tatters. The cruel dis- illusion of knowing the one she trusted has proven traitor to her. Thé broken faith, the lost illusions, the sweeping away of all that made their marriage beautiful and holy; the humiliation of knowing that another woman is preferred before her—the woman who has been through this has been through her Gethsemane, and nothing can ever heal her wounds or make her | world as it was again. But the thing has happened. The | tragedy has befallen her and the thing with her is not to make a bad matter worse, but to choose the lesser of two evils, and to do the thing that will bring her the most comfort and happiness. And this she does not| often find in breaking up her home. For one thing, divorce is a luxury for the rich alone. If a woman has an independent fortune of her own, or if she has some talent by which she can make enough money to support herself and children in comfort, then | she may leave a flirtatious husband if she chooses. But, if she has no money and no ability to make even & dollar, and she has to go back and be dependent on her family, who resent the imposition, then, indeed, her last estate is worse than her first. She will wish many a time that she had stayed with the husband who gave her a good support, and shut her eyes to his little affairs. Divorce is not a cure-all for heart- hunger and loneliness. Nor does it automatically make a middle-aged woman a young and beautiful girl again, with a girl's gayety and charm and chances of getting married. The divorced woman with children has no opportunity of marrying again unless & miracle happens to her, but the wife who holds on to her job almost always gets her wandering husband back again. That is why, When a marriage goes MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 193 WOMEN’S FEATURES Back-to-School Frock | Wedding The New Fall Fashions Are Featuring Jackets Like This One. BY BARBARA BELL. HE new fashions for F: emphatis to jackets, so include something with a jack- et in your early Fall wardrobe. | This is particularly important for the girl returning to college. The dress of the ensemble featured today is a simple sport type which can be beau- tifully made in light flannel or sheer wool—the jacket is made of plaid to contrast and trimmed in the fabric | of the frock. This jacket frock, be- cause of its very simple lines, can be worn as casually as a suit Barbara Bell pattern No. 1320-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 39-inch material for the dress and 2'sx yards for the jacket. To line jacket 2 yards of 35 or 39 inch material is required. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Fall and Winter pattern book. Make yourself attractive, practical and be- | Problems - Solved Grandparents’ Name May Be Placed on Reception Card. BY EMILY POST. I)EAR MRS. POST: 1Is possible to include both my father’s name and that of my maternal grand- parents on my engraved wedding in- vitations? The reason I should like to have both names is that since mother died, several years ago, father and I have lived with her parents, who are very good to us at all times, and in this case are contributing & | generous amount to pay the wedding | be BARBARA BELL, The Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1320-B. Size Name well-planned, easy- to-make patterns. Interesting and ex- clusive fashions for little ch ] the difficult ju well-cut patte ure, afternoon dresses for the most icular women and matrons i in the Barbara a- sions are all to be f book. (Copyri An Instant Make-up Removeri BY ELSIE PIERCE. VERHEARD on the beach during one of those oppressive, sticky, | “dog days” (remember the recent hot | speli?): “How do you keep your face looking so clean and fresh?" Which made me think that it is| no mean problem. I myself have come | to depend upon a combination of soap | (or better, yet a soap substitute) and | cream for that thoroughly clean feel- | ing. But I confess that during the warm days this season I found cream just a bit heavy and sticky. Perhaps you've had the same experience. | What to do about it? You'll find that the skin thrives on a quick change to a liquid diet. I discovered & lotion that feels so delightfully cool and refreshing that this virtue alone should put it in every woman's cos- metic wardrobe. But that is only the half of it. As an instant remover of | make-up, dust, grime and sticky sand it is splendid. It is a boon to the business girl, who can keep it in her desk for year ‘round use; to the traveler, and to | every woman wishing to make a quick make-up change without going through two or more steps of a thorough cleansing-toning treatment. Keep a small perfume vial of it in your purse, together with a dab of cotton and a tissue or two. Most lotions of this type are slightly drying to the skin. But remember that in the Summer the skin secretes more oil and perspiration than at other seasons, because the sebaceous and sweat glands are stimulated in their action. Even the dry skin, there- fore, can use this lotion to advantage. Should it prove very drying, a bit of tissue cream applied before retiring will counteract this effect. If you haven't time for the applica- tion of a make-up base, it makes no matter, because an instant remover lotion of the type I have described will leave the skin so clean, so cool, %0 fresh and smooth that make-up may be applied immediately over it. blooey, it is'a wise woman who chooses the lesser of two evils, and sticks, DOROTHY DIX. 1t's literally a lotion for loveliness and & welcome change from cream. (Copyright, 1937.) To Add Flavor. r lemon quancy of cooked into the greens, over them before should not be PERFECT NOME DRY CLEANER 10¢,30¢,50¢ BorTLES . ALL DRUGGISTS MUFTI SHOE WHITE will ret rub off. Contains Ingredierts of Mutti Home Dry 75 CLEAN 55 1t Whitons. 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