The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1924, Page 22

PAGE 3 MAY 9, 1924 ———— Letters and THE SEATTLE STAR FRIDAY « 7 Leaves for Memories Spices for Excitement » HE ROSE JA R —_—_— A Mother—The Crown||TheTangle||Amateur Kodakers ‘Snapped’ These Jewel of the Home Seattle Man Contributes Mother’s Day Essay to the Rose Jar ; CHRISTIAN mother is the morning and evening star t of the home. The light of her eyes is the first to be seen in the morning and the last to shine in the evening ‘A mother’s love and tenderness of heart is the path from the front gate to the church door. Light from the rnal world is reflected from a Christian mother’s face. Heaven's angels and the mothers of earth are the constant guardians of little feet. God, only, can substitute a mother’s love. A mother’s tears and the sparkling dew drops can be disting iguished only by omnipotence. A mother’s good-night kiss has box of candy. Music tha lullaby song when rocking is her ba Sprayer in “groanings that cannot Sou! value with Jesus than a presid u Only two persons in all the universe 1 see coming man in a little boy. One is God, the other the boy’s mother. | A mother’s kiss and coo can cure a boy’s pounded finger jor stubbed toe quicker than going for a doctor. and but as she Mothers in the year loving words Ie Father's work {fs from sun to sun, but Mtther’s work ts never do WWhen the whistle blows, father quits with you Work; but I've never yet beard the one day but ¢ Whistle blow for mother to quit/sacred to her. My prayer t& work. make mo worthy of my Mother, | All of the beautiful things tn life| What is home without a Mother?| come in two and threes, sixes and)Let a Mother die first and the Ewelves. Myriads of roses, sunsets, |first thing the Father will think ts s not, a very day God NOTE LEFT FOR MRS, MARY ALDEN PRESCOTT BY MKS LESLIE PRESCOTT DEAR MOTHER I hope you won't think I am im running away from you tn ms way, but you know I haven't seen my mother for months, and it ts ver @ Year « I laid eyes on my o clater—tite r who ts now up and ts ng home to be ed only be gone a few days 1 then we will have the time of ou: s going around to the an tiq ps and looking about on the lovely odd pleces of mahogany that I have pieked up, in my own homie I have left little Jack to comfott 1 entertain y and I am sure| 4 will enjoy him every minute, but 4 of him, you'll have your little apar 0 to, where I know Miss A on will make you perfectly comfortable. have told Jack to take you to the F Presbyterian h on ta he Revere: You n tell want todo while Iam gona I know that he will put the car at your dis-| posal or take you himself for a drive every day. He ts very busy, how ever, because you know he has been uple of weeks, him, dear, if you at see as much of him as you erwive. T am all ecurtosity and at the thought of seeing people, but I'l try and take » mother dear, to write note while I am with them Stars, rainbows, aunts, uncles,) brother, sister and cousins, but only One Mother in all this wide world. Eyery Mother ts a Madonna; every} Mother ‘s a creator and has given! fomething to society. If her sons/ and daughters are honorable, useful | and noble men and women, she has} fendered humanity a great and ever-| Wasting service. A Mother's love is @yerlasting—is the same always, A/ Mother's love is the perfume ot} the heart. It ts the real love that Sub@ues all the carth and gives us Sweet music all of the way from| the cradle song to the grand closing | symphony that bears the sou! away | on wings of fire—a love that ts) Greater than power, sweeter than| Mife and stronger than death. | Lincoin once said, “All that I am, | I owe to my Mother.” Many of| Us could give our Mothers the Same beautiful tribute. Oh, that children would only saysome the beautiful words to her wher She fs here and enjoy them. Some few do, but the most wait until! She has passed away, and then give) Ter flowers that cast no fragrance upon her at all. i wish my Mother were back, that I might give her flowers of My friend, Ruth Ellington, will be back tomorrow, and she has prom- ised me to come over and see you. Tam sure you will ike her, mother “I am planning to put the children out.” But, let the Father go first, | and before one could think she; wit say, “I want to keep the chii- dren together.” Blessed ts the home where the; Mother, in the Father's absence, says grace at the table. Thrice blessed is the home where & Mother's knee ts a family altar jdear, She ts one of the best women I have ever known. She has had rather a sorrowful life, but I hope pher future will be more pleasant, I remember very well that when T was at your home you expressed a desire for a new cap, and remarked The most sacred spot on earth i¢ | tnat was almost impossible to get Mother's grave. T can still heari such 2 old-fashioned thing nowa my Mother's prayer across her{days, when grandmothers wear ene grave, by heavenly wireless. No| piece bathing sults instead. I told man can duplicate a Mother's smile/my friend, Ruth Ellington, who has over the cradle, or her tears over/a delightful lingerie shop, what you A grave. There is nothing that will | sald, and {t struck her funny-bone, retain the memory of a Mother's ¢ determined that you should love lke her prayers, her smiles, | have not only one, but two or three her te her kisses and flowers./caps, and she has made you some The highest mountain peak does|lovely ones—one with black lace not reach as high towards heaven (vith flat silver roses, which will look as a Mother's grass-grown grave in| Cxauisite on your noft, white hair; the lowest valley. Tho sacredness |“d one of white lace with cunning of a Mother's. plety will outlive a/littlc black velvet descorations, and churel’ service. Tho my Mother in|/#st, but not least, a perfectly beau- dead, her love still lives. Love is i one . — thread lace with stronger than death. God ts love.|‘y pink rosebud. Ana ee to the love of God is the} 41 neo, I remembered your lovely love of a loving Mother. fee sg oe bgcoe yee in hw 2 Such was the love of my precious, |i sss eop that scheol-elrl com eainted Mother. plexion from youth to age” in one of CHAS. A. MORSE, his advertisements. He made an Seattle, Wash. andes sulce, 3 green oliv: cracke: 1, tablespoon oyster stalks fresh asparagus on toast, 1 cup macedoine of fruit, 4 ounces Dolled chicken, 1 fresh tomato on 1| cup shredded lettuce with % cucum- ery, i cut in slices and 1 t. spoon | 2 alt reah 1 gluten roll, 1 pint| ed milk. ‘Total calories, 1,242. Protein, 277; fat. 312; carbohydrate, 653. Iron, . gram. ‘This menu {s planned for the per- son who chooses to drink hot water} for breakfast. Or sho may have one/ of her cups of skimmed milk with) her morning paper. ‘The liquor in which the asparagus ig cooked 1s to soften the toast. This takes use of mineral salts which | otherwise might be lost. Oysters, olives, celery, crackers, asparagus and macedoine of fruit are suggested for luncheon. Sauce Vinaigrette ‘Two tablespoons +’ . % teaspoon minced parsley, 1 teaspoon catsup, dash papriks. m “4 Combine dry ingredients, Stir in parsley, chives, vinegar and catsup. ‘Total calories, 8. Carbohydrate, 8. The latest period type of furni- ture, which may be identified from all others, is the mission type, that suggested by work found in the old Spanish missions of the Southwest. Straight, austere lines characterize it almost entirely. It looks heavy _ and clumsy, altho efforts have been made to lighten it. Fumed oak is used principally. Similar work in England, Austria and Germany go " under the names of New Art, Crafts man and Arts and Crafts. REDUCING GIRDLE There is a new type of reducing girdle that is said to reduce the hips multe perceptibly. It is of rubber, and laces in the back so that it can be adjusted to fit the figure a* one SISTER MARY’S KITCHEN (A Daily Menu for the Stout and Thin) KAT AND— _ | Lose Weight — ‘Twelve raw ques Se lemon | 9 | tee, 4 jeat jcont that veal stock takes the place awful lot of money from that con- t mother dear, and you should make him pay you a commission of a beautiful lace wrap with some ele- gant furs, I'll seo that you have them when I return. Regards to Miss Anderson. Lovingly, LESLIE. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc) Gain Weight—— | TOMORROW: Letter from Lantlc Prescott to John Alden Prescott. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Four ounces Spanish grapes, 1 cup | cooked wheat cereal with 3° large} tablespoons creamed finan | haddie, 1 cup diced bake tat with 1 tablespoon butter, raw oysters with 1 tablespoon tomat . 1 tablespoon oyster c 6r olives, 6 blades stalks fresh asparagus on with 1 tablespoon melted butter, 1] cup fruit salad with 4 tablespoons whipped cream dressing, 1-6 carame cream pie, 1 cup cream of tomato | and veal’ soup, 4 ounces boiled | chicken, 1 dumpling, 44 cup gravy, | CLEANING RUGS Rugs with very light grounds may be cleaned by sprinkling with corn- 4 tablespoons mashed potato, 1 corn |*t™Fch mixed with one-sixth its bulk of prepared chalk. Let the starch remain several hours, then brush off, and, if possible, hang the rug in the sun before putting !t down fritter, 2 tablespoons maplo strup | 1 fresh tomato on 1 cup shredded lettuce with 12 wlices cucumber and 2 tablespoons oll mayonnaine, | 2| slices fresh pineapple, 2 slices whole wheat toast, 2 cheese cups with |again. rust aalad, 1 pint whole milk, one cup cream, % tabiespoons butter, 1 tablespoon’ sugar. BEETS Total calories, 4.821. Protein, 633;| Any leftover beets that have fat, 1,743; carbohydrate, 2,045. 0261 gram. Left-over baked potatoes arp de- Metous diced and browned in butter. Freshly baked potatoes take too long to prepare for breakfast, Grapes are a friend to the thin person as they are gich Jn fats and carbohydrates, Tho tomato and veal soup is made like any cream of tomato soup ex- Iron, |been served with butter and no vin- egar, may be creamed for the next meal by chopping them Into coarse cubes and serving with white sauce, alowing a cup of beets to a cup of sauce. cee AND HASH 53 Any left-over fried eggs or por- tions of omelet may be added to a meat hash to Sts decided advantage, . of milk and heavy cream is added Just before serving. Rice is used for | thiekening: ¢ | (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)| . LAUNDERING DIMITIES NATL HEADS Bright red, green or blue leather belts, tooled, or perforated or deco- rated with nail heads are smart ac- white silk sport outfit. Water in which bran has beon r boiled is excellent for colored lawns | BLACK CREPE and dimities since it makes them A Diack crepe gown has elreular | look like new, ruffies of white crepe around the ‘sided waistline and tiny white buttons » SCRATCHES from collar to hem in the back. A scratch in furniture that goes - no deeper than the varnish may be helped by holding a red-hot poker NING SCARF A new ecarf for evening wear ts made of two yards of chiffon edged with ostrich fringe. TASSELS The single tassel that extends from the belt to the hemline, at- tached from a Jeweled or braided or- nament, is one of the most effective trimmings for the evening grown, an inch above it for the about half a minute, and rubbing well as soon as it cool with a mix. ture of alchohol, olive ofl and vingar in equal quantities, fectively with a long coat of black ee. © space of White georgette pleated Into a sort of scarf-Jabot is worn most ef. rep. USE BREAD When cooking cabbage or gault- flower, drop a plece of hard, stale bread {nto the water Just ag it starts equipment to boil, and let it stay In for about hot and cold water faucet which |10 minutes before you skim it out. swings out over the sink and folds!Much of the objectionable odor will out of sight at one side, have been absorbed by it, Some of the nowest Inciudes a combination plumbing | ee Salt for Preserving | ied td Star’s snapshot contest? We AST week wo asked the ama- teur kodak fans for variety, and Jone glance at the group of snap- |shots printed today will show you |that we got what woe asked for.| | Already the judges have started to! | wade thru the hundreds of pictures, — just have to tell you who contributed the pictures. Wash.; 2—Mrs. C. L. Phillip, Friday Harbor; 8—Mrs. Brin Minnie A. Tutt, Route 5, Box 482; 5—R. W. Emerson, Chehalis; 6—Mrs. A. M. An- derson, Orillia; 7—Mrs. J. L. Graves, Puyallup; 10—James Swanson, Lake Stevens, Wash. don’t know the names of a!! the kiddies, pups, etc., so we'll 1—Mrs, F. E. Lawrence, Renton, 6048 Sist N. E.; Parker, City; 8—Peggy Smith, 8818 10th N. E.; 9—Rita and {t in going to be BOME JOB to make the final selections. |noon as the judges, Mr. G A. During the first of next week! Clay of The Star, and Mr BE. R. the winners will be selected and| . the names and pictures wil! be|lbeck of the Northwest Photo Supply, make the final selections printed on this page when {t ap-| pears next Friduy. the snapshots will be returned. The contest closes today, and as She’s Champ Commuter Miss May Brown, of Catrus, North Queensland, England, {s the champ commuter, Her affections are so equally divided between her native land and America that she makes a trip from one place to the other cvery half year, COLORED SHOES There are many colored shoes seen thin season—not in the brililant tones Of lust season, but in dull greens, reds and blues. They usually match the frock with which they are worn and there 1s nothing conspicuous about them. SHORTER SKIRTS Skirts get shorter as the days lengthen, From 10 to 12 Inches from tho floor is now the correct length for tailored and sports things and from elght to 10 for formal gowns, TRICK HANDLES ‘There's @ reason for many of the short, stubby-looking handles you seo on the smart umbrellas, Frequently they contain lipstick, powder box, and ———-— FASHION HINTS SUMMER FROCKS On some of the most chic summer| An interesting trimming is noticed frocks the ribbons about the neck tie}on a frock of cream colored lace, It in the back instead of ‘the front and |has inserts of black lace in diamond have long ends reaching below the|shapes, and tho whole {s accordion waistline. pleated. P) eee PEASANT FROCKS Sleveless peasant frocks finely pleated are very smart for sport wear, LACE TRIMMING YELLOW POPULAR The use of yellow in millinery ts the most prevalent influence now. Hats of yellow folt are trimmed with flowers in the gold, yellow and char- byte treuse tones. WALKING STICKS eee Tho walking stick, very high, and LEATE BOWS brilliantly colored, is seen in num. bers on Fifth ave. these days car. Small leather bows of patent leather or seude are used instead of /Tii,,0% ‘he miss, In her smart buckles on the new plain pumps. : eee * mee PURSES ENVELOPE BAGS Gloves and purses to match are Envelope bags como in practically | interesting developments in acces- every sizo and some of them man-|sories. age to contain many compartments Damen and accessories and still retain the Skirts are extremely short In Paris, Noat flat outline that is most dis-'hoth for street and evening, and hosi. AT YO! HERE really is pleasure in yery full measure in watching cute things Kiddies do. A tot has much, fun, keeping dad on the run, in the home game, “Just peekin’ at you.” A youngster will stand in the window at night ‘cause he knows he will soon have a treat. Ho's peekin’, his face on tho pane is pressed ght. ‘Till daddykins comes down tho streot, And then daddy comes and he opens the door and a little voice sharply says “boo.” Of course he is certain that out from a curtain a tot's playin’ “peekin’ at you.” ‘Then, all evening long there's a patter of feot as sonnyboy runs here and there. He gently goes sneakin’, while playin’ at Peekin’; he hides to give daddy a scare, This ‘‘peekin’ at you" is a wonderful game and it lasts till the evening is through. Then sonny's in bed, covered to his head, so ho still can pley “peekin’ at you,” (Copyright, 1924, N, B. A, Service, Ino.) all the vanity equipment that used to Uve in tho handbag, | | How's this for a “snappy” bunch of photos submitted by amateur kodakers in The| Naval i jly advised is | Answers that I congratulate you on thi hope you will find many bec Jar.” . I opened my jar and min which I offer for your pa Fox River valley in Illinois -te With best wishes, reminder. THE ROSE JAR RAISED the lid of my quaint rose Jar Its fragrance filled alr My thoughts harked back to scenes afar And loved ones dwelling there. My father’s house, on the wind.swept bill Beneath the old oak tree, Fox river rac to turn the mill, Its roar came back to me. We walked the path up the river bank, To the eerie Indian's cave~ Read ancient names carved rank on om rank, But met no warrior brave Down by the track, in the star's faint beam While doves mourned hauntingly, Little we thought to follow their gleam To a home by the Western sea. Oh, more than perfume of petaled | rose Of varied forms and shade, The richest thoughts, of a mind that grows, / With the salt and spices, are laid—} } | | ‘There come, when I pause to lift the Ma In some still, tender hour, Mingled the fragrant odors amid Memories of wondrous power. —M. HL. May 15, 1924. I am glad you think well) of our new page. Thanks for the little poem, too, which is very appropriate. CYNTHIA GREY. Confederate Currency | of No Money Value Dear Miss Grey: Is there any premium or money value in a $20 confederate states paper bill? This) bill wag mado in February, 1864, at} Richmond. LH. | Confederate currency has no value except as a souvenir, Bobbed Hair Taboo, Why | Not Smooth Faces? Dear Mins Grey: I noted a letter) from “A Woman Who Thinks” and/ wish to say hurrah! | If women are not to be permitted | to wear their hair short, if they! choose, then the men should be for-| bidden to shave. How would they enjoy it? They | wouldn't of course, and if the weak- | er etx should put a ban on all/ “smooth-faced” males what a howl} there would be! Well, “what is sauce for the goose {s sauce for the gander.” | Another Woman Who Thinks. eee Reserve Dear Miss Grey: Is there a naval reserve in existence yet, or is it calied naval militia? Thanks, A. B, O. The naval reserve ia still in ex- fatence, The local branch is the| 13th Naval district, at Alki ave. and Georgia st, West Seattle. eee Cream Puffs Dear Miss Grey: Can you give me a good recipe for cream puffs? I will appreciate !t very much. EB J, One cupful boiling water, one cupful of flour and one-half oupful of butter, Mix together, first put- ting the butter in the water, then stirring in the flour and daking powder, Let coo}, stir in three eggs, drop into) buttered pans and bake in a moderate oven $0 minutes. Take a knife, raise top of puff, and fill with whipped cream. Dust top with potcdered sugar. were ax ee . To Keep Hair Curly Dear Miss Grey: Will you kindly tell me of some formula to put on the hair when doing !t up on rags that will make It stay curled three or four days without doing {t up every night? MARY, The following formula is very good: Quince seed, 2 dr.; water, 1 pt.; aloohol, 1 oz.; off of cloves, 6 drop: Cologne water, 1 oz. Gently boil the quince seed in the water until it is evaporated to} 12 oz.; strain thru muslin, and) twohen the mucilage is nearly cold,| add the alcohol, Cologne and oil. | Lorraine, Lenore, rh » prosaic and practical delightful digression, and wutiful things for “The Rose d with the There are 9 who tt following resul& s from thé y be a pleasani n MAY H. LOWELL, I] earned homes. The kitties weeks old, two female male. Two of them are pure| white and the others prettily | marked. If you want one of them call EA st01¢ j “ — - a ing savings, charity and pleasure, £5 per cent one Congressmen From Washington s Grey the U. 6 ston, niatives we b number of repre the legislature at Olympia oblige, MM The United Btates senators from Washington are ©. 0. Dill end Wesley L, Jones. The representa tiees are: IAndley H. Hadley, Als bert Johnson, John F. Miller, John W. Summers and J, Stanley Webs ster, There are 42 state senatore and 97 representatives in the Washiag- ton state legislature. eee Sent Dishes She Didn't Order Dear Miss Grey: I received a set of dishes C. O, D, express from an Eastern concern. The price wat unreasonably high. I did not order them. Can I do anything about the same? MRS.(A. C. Take the matter up with express as they may have been intended for someone else. If not, inform the firm that you did not order then and do not wish to take them, ant that you are awatting instructions from them at to what to do. si oe Names For ; Baby Girl Dear Miss Grey: Please print a Ust of pretty names for a baby girl A READER. How do you like these: Dena, Airdrie, Rosa- Téa, Mona, Marcia, mond, Roma, Mita, Neda, Norine. eee Meaning of “Washelli” Dear Mins Grey: I notice ther is a cemetery here called “Washes Gloria, Patricia, Echo, Verde, y ell.” I would like to know the meaning of the word, please G. F. M. “Washelli” {9 an Indian sword, meaning “place of rest.” DECORATIVE Then bdottle. eee To Remove Grass Stains Dear Miss Grey: How can I re- move grass stains from white stock- ings and cocoa stains from a white suit? ESTHER, For orass stains, rud in strong ammonta or kerosene; follow with warm tater and soap, For the chocolate stain, soak the spot in olycerin, then wash, first in tepid water and then in boiling water, eee Would Run Home on Budget System Dear Miss Grey: Wo have re- cently married, and as both my hus- band and T have worked in busi ness offices we believe that the home should be run on a business basis, We have read some of the books on the subject, but have de- elded to ask your advice on the percentage of the income each item of expense should have In our fam- fly “budget.” NEWLYWEDS, The apportionment most common- something like this. Food, 25 per cent; home, rent or ownership, 20 per cent; heat, light and repairs, 15 per cent; clothes, 15 per cent; intellectual life, includ~ The decorative quality of stripes, is hereby demonstrated. These go round part of the way, up and down tho rest, so there can be no objection on the part of the short or the tall, The monogrammed scarf with the deep fringe is a distinctive touch, Brown and gold satin striped crepe is the material employed, SERVE CRACKERS CRISP When crackers and cheese are Served as a last course be sure the crackers are very crisp. Many pre+ fer them slightly toasted. RICE STARCH Rice starch is excellent for fine French lingorle, It may be bought/yp in packages or be obtained in bulk. WASHING DISHES Scrape and stack your dishes In weed order before you attempt to wash them. You. will save time anid the task will seem less antuous, Hats show a tendency toward a white or flesh colored lining which Js very flattering to the face and gives @ certain note of springtime,