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WOMAN’S PAGE.
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Silence Has Its Curative Powers
lt\ I.VUIA 1.0 HAUON WALKOK.
“Silence is a healing fur all ail
ments." So runs an old Jewish
proverb. It is In line with the other
more familiar adage, "Silence is
golden.” The first is more specific,
however. It defines silence as a cura
tive remedy rather than a precious
substance which may or may not he
put to the wisest use. It Is tin adage
that home-makers may well dwell
upon. It contains one of the great
solutions to domestic happiness.
There is no limit set upon the
power of silence. it is said to cure
all ailments. So both physical and
mental troubles come under its benifi
cent influent* We all know that
persons who are continually tolling
over their ailments drain our sympa
thies and finally become boros in con
versation. The complaining member
of a family is ncv. 1 the favorite
I‘hysieians endeavor to get the minds
of patients off tlicir ailments, because
dwelling <
hold on physique-. Silence would
prove curative, as the old pwv -rh
asserts.
Silence ni*«l Happiness.
T know of one husband who de
clares if no one would talk before 10
o'clock in the morning happim s
would prevail in homes. This idea is
in line with the significance of both
proverbs. It certainly is true that
much of the misunderstanding that
arises in families starts with some
chance expression of an opinion in
the morning before the minds hav.
become keenly alert or the cravings
of ati empty stomach satisfied. It
may be that a. statement is calcu
lated to cause controversy, or titer,
may be no ulterior motive or any
lack of kindly feeling back of the re
mark. Sometimes the fault lies with
the hearers. Their lack of perception
may be responsible for a misinterpre
tation of a really harmless remark.
Silence would prove a cure-all in
cither case.
Avert Dissension.
There is no doubt but the wife for
the husband) who introduces a diffi
cult subject of conversation before a
meal, whether it is breakfast, dinner
or supper, docs a hazardous thing.
Serves are apt to be a bit edgy at
such times, and discretion than is
the better part of valor. The wife
who waits, even though she lias to
exercise patience because a subject
is uppermost in iter thoughts, is tiie
tactful wife. At such times silence
Is indeed the cure for imminent fric
tion and trouble.
hinil Thougts.
Do not enter into a discussion when
« remark that rankles has been made.
Silence may clear the atmosphere.
J'ut the kindliest meaning possible on
the remark until the intent of the
■ one making it is fully understood
Probably there Avas no sting back ot
the unfortunate expression. How
much smoother homo life would bo it
only this method were followed! It.
WHEN WE GO SHOPPING
ItY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN.
Pillowcase Perfection.
If you are a careful housewife, you
will guard against ill-fitting pillow
cases as against the plague, for it
tneans restless slumber at night and
an untidy, mussy-looking bed in day
time. Every nurse knows how im
portant is the comfort of a deep, bil
lowy pillow in soothing her patient
and inducing quiet sleep; but only
the person who actually has lain
awake through the wide-eyed hours
of a sleepless night is conversant
with all the forms of torture that a
badly chosen pillow can inflict.
A tight pillowcase makes the pil
low too hard.
A loose pillowcase means an al
most total lack of shape, and, in ad
dition, the wrinkles and folds which
result from too much cloth give the
appearance of an ill-kept bed, and
are equally uncomfortable to lie on.
Ready-made pillowcases can be
purchased in stock sizes to fit all
the standard sized pillows. It is
very easy to figure that a pillow
which is given as 20 inches wide is
really 40 inches around, and should
therefore have a 42-inch case. A
large size pillow, one 26 inches wide,
requires a 54-inch slip.
You can buy pillow-cases already
made up, or in tubing, w-here no seam
ing ia required, or in the flat piece.
The tubing comes only in 42 and 45
inch widths, so that if neither of
these sizes fits the width of your pil
BEDTIME STORIES
Foolish Young 1 Otter.
Tonth too often ni-oms nilvirr.
And in tie end must pay the price
LITTLE JOE OTTER.
Little Jo© Otter took the two young
Otters over to the log where he had
found tho trap and showed it to them.
It looked so harmless that It was
difficult for the young- Otter's to be
lieve that It was such a terrible thing
as their father said it was. Then
he took them over to the foot of the
slippery slide, and while they swam
about at a safe distance he looked
carefully until lie found a trap right
HU CLIMBED OUT ON THE TOE i
AND TRAVELED OVER T1IIS :
UNTIL TIE CAME To ANOTHER '
STRETCH OF OPEN WATER.
st the bottom of the slippery slide.
lTe showed it to them.
“Now you see why 1 said you
mustn’t go down the slippery slide
even once,” said he. -j didn't know
that this trap was here, but T suspect
ed it. I suspect that there are traps
in the other places I have warned
you to keep away from. If you want
to live long and be happy don’t once
forget the warnings your mother and
T have given yon.''
The young Otters promised they
wouldn’t forget, and then the whole
family went fishing. «»f course they
didn't go fishing together. They
separated, each one fishing in a dif
ferent place. All the time the small
est Otter was looking for a trout she
kept thinking about those traps. She
made up her mind that nothing would
tempt her to be heedless of the warn
ings she had been given. You s<•«.
shn had not forgotten the lesson she
had learned when Yowler the Rob
Cat had caught lief because of her !
heedless wilfulness.
Rut her brother had had no such
lesson, and as he hunted for trout
lie smiled to himself at what he
thought were the foolish fears of his
parents. “Father anil mother are jr. -t
trying to scare tis.'' said he. “I don't
believe there is anything to he afraid
pf as long as that dreadful two-leg
a family love is deep rooted, and should
not be lightly disturbed.
Perhaps some of you have heard of
the young couple who had such a
terrible quarrel over the simple mat
ter of whether it was a rat or a
mouse that was seen in the dining
room that they finally separated. One
remark led to another until the ques
tion at stake was lost in the denun
-IVIIKX A 11K AT Alt K THAT RANKLES
HAS KEEN' MADE. THE ONE
CHEAT PREVENTIVE TO UN
KIND WORDS IS SILENCE.
. iations of one another, their lack of
understanding, perception, etc.
After a while Iheir real love for
tell other made tiiem appreciate the
blunder they were making. So they
were reunited. When they were eat
ing their first meal in the re-estab
ished home the wife said;
“Wasn’t it foolish of us to have
such a horrid quarrel over that rat?"
"It certainly was.” responded the
husband. “Only it wasn’t a rat, my
iear. It was nothing but a mouse.”
Whereupon the whole idea was
ought out again, and this time the
'■paration that followed was never
cade up. Foolish? of course, it was.
tut, alter all. most quarrels are fool
.sh; that is, they have absurd begin
nings. Silence would heal the ailment. I
lows, it would be better to make the
slips from ordinary casing. Those al
ready made up are the most conven
ient, and when you figure in your
time and the trouble of selecting ma
terials, the economy in the original
cost is negligible.
Pillowcases come either hemmed,
hemstitched. or embroidered and
scalloped. These are very attractive,
but for hard, everyday wear those
with the plain hem are more service
able. To preserve the handsome ap
pearance of the bed during the dav,
many women use "day slips.” which
are a trifle larger than the pillow
cases and are open at both ends.
These may be as handsome as de
sired, as service is not the main
consideration, and should be trimmed
or embroidered to be in harmony
with the room.
Some good housekeepers find it a
great convenience to put buttons and
buttonholes on pillow and bolster
covers, or to sew short tape straps
inside the cases, to hold the pillows
in place. In making the bed, pillows
should always be fluffed by shaking
and patting until they are full and
billowy. Pillowcases should not be
so loose that the pillows slip around
inside, nor so tight that the pillow
is hard. A happy medium, with the
case to fit the pillow, should be main
tained.
Three pillowcases to each pillow is
a sensible number to allow.
ged creature isn't about. Those traps
look perfectly harmless to me. I'm
not afraid of them. I guess if I use
my eyes and my nose I can find them
without getting into one of them.
T wonder where all the fish have gone
to. My, I’m hungry! I believe I'll
go farther up the brook. There is
some swift, open water up there. It
hasn’t been fished much."
So the young Otter swam to the
upper end of the open water where
he then was, climbed out on the Ice
and traveled over this until he came
to another stretch of open water. He
swam along close to the bank on one
side and presently came to a sort of
little pen of sticks. He didn't remem
ber having seen it before, and he
looked at it suspiciously, lie swam
around it at a safe distance, and then
he smelled lish. It didn’t tako him
long to discover that inside at the
back of that little pen was a fat
trout. That trout wasn’t alive. It
seemed to he held by a stick at the
hack of that little pen.
The young Otter remembered the
I warning not to touch a dead fish.
Hut he was hungry, very hungry, and
here was a dinner he woudn't have
to take the trouble to catch. He
swam back and forth in front of that
little pen of sticks, and examined
them carefully. He went close to
them and smelled of them. They
were nothing but harmless sticks.
His mouth began to water at the
j smell of the fish.
“There isn’t a particle of danger.”
[said tiie foolish yourig Otter. “There
| wouldn't lie a trap way up here any
way I want that fish and I’m going
to have it.”
AUNT HET
v.«
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# i£ •>
“There ain't no pleasin' men. A
skinny woman’s husband praises
plump women and a fat woman's
husband praises skinny ones.”
((Copyright )
.Spaniards now favor American
autos.
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, I). (~ MONDAY, JANUARY 5. 1925.
little Benny's!
# Note Book
I was laying on the setting room
floor thinking about doing my home
work and pop was smoking to him
self and ma was darning holes out of
stockings, saying. Penny, 1 was up in
your room today and if youve got one
plckture of that, awful cross eyed
Squtdge Jones pinned up on your
wall, you must have 15.
Well (; wizz, ma, he’s the funniest
one in the Kut Up Komedies, l wish
1 was tliat funny, I sed.
W ell you'll he as funny locking if
you keep on draping his picktures er
-1 round your bed. I should think you’d
g- t cross eyed jest meerly looking at
them, ma sed. Jest because a man
is cross eyed does that make him fun
ny? she sed.
It makes it easier for him to act
finin'', dont it, pop? 1 sed, and pop
sed, From my experience with all
sorts and conditions of life" 1 should
say that it does.
Now Willyum dont incourage hitn,
do you wunt your ony son to have a
cross eyed ideal? My goodniss. Pen
ny. if you must put up movie pick
lures wv cant you put up picktures of
somebody thats a pleasure to look at,
sutch as Lorrence Byron? ma sed.
O gosh ma, wats funny about him?
1 sed.
For land sakes T dident say he was
funny, lie has a handsome wonderlill
face, duzzont that meeii enything to
you? ma sed.
i should say not, T sed, and pop sed,
Well now. mother, 1 shouldent be ser
prized if Benny had a deep flllosophy
behind this worship of Squidge Jones.
I leers a man corsed by nature from
his cradle witli eyes that disagree
with each other at every opportunity,
and wat does he do? He. makes a
ladder of his handycap and scales the
heights (>f fame, to say nuthing of
fortune, and thats proberbly the way
Benny feels about him, am I rite,
Benny?
I gess so, I sed. and pop sed, His
cross eyes, trying bravely to gaze at
you from a duzzen places on the wall,
are a constant reminder that no ob
stacle is grate enuff to daunt a man
of reel courage, izzent that so, Ben
ny?
Yes sir, I sed, and ma sed, O hush
up, the 2 of you, you'll have me cross
eyed myself in a ininnit. And as she
started to do a cross werd puzzle and
pop got behind the sporting page 1
cut another pickture of Squidge
Jones out of my sister Gladdises movie
magazine, being the most cross eyed
looking one yet.
Junior
Cross Word
Puzzle
i
How to Solve Pnzilt,
Start by filling in words you know.
One letter to each white square.
Words start in numbered squares go
ing either across (Horizontal) or up
and down (Vertical). Below are the
keys to the missing words. Remem
ber, letters when placed in the
squares should spell a word up and
down or across.
HORIZONTAL.
1. Where we all gather at meal
time.
3. Adv—ls you are a good boy you
can come with us.
4. Noun —An organ in our body
that never rests.
VERTICAL.
I. Verb—What the school teacher
has to do every day.
2. Noun—A number.
(Answer will follow in tomorrow's
paper.)
MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
Quiet for Sickness.
One mother says:
'‘Even though a child 1s only slightly
sick, he should be kept quiet. Even small
children are sensitive to noise and bright
lights. Illness should not be com
plicated hy nervousness, when It is
so easy td let the child lie down in a
quiet room and keep the other chil
dren from exciting him."
(Copyright, 1825.)
Pork and Tomato Pic.
Lay in a pie dish a few thin slices
of onion, then a layer of cold cooked
pork cut very thin. Dredge with a
little (lour, pepper and salt, fill the
dish with these ingredients in alter
nate layers, then add any cold gravy
you may have on hand. Scald and
peel enough ripe tomatoes to cover
the top of the dish, have them of
uniform size, and place them close
together. Spread over them some
bread crumbs, some salt and pepper
and bits of butter. Place the dish in
the oven and cook until the tomatoes
are tender.
*' ' ‘ i
Walnut Roast.
Mix together six tahlespoonfuls of
finely chopped English walnut meats,
four tablespoonfuls of well rooked
rice, one tablespoonful of fine bread
crumbs or cracker crumbs, salt and
pepper to taste, one teaspoonful of
lemon juice, a pinch of grated nut
meg, a few drops of onion juice and
two well beaten eggs. Pack into a
well greased mold, cover with but
tered paper and steam steadily for
one and one-half hours. Turn out
and serve with white sauce.
Oil and Vinegar Set.
An oil and vinegar set consists of
two graceful bottles of shaded am
ber class jointed together so that
one may pour from each without re
leasing tone’s bold.
II g / T~\ * Haps Girla
\ Marriage da 1 M /§] / \* Plan to
a Graft # PM C/ L/ L V IvV Xponge on
%/ Husbands
The Girl Who Marries to Quit Work Will hind
That Working" a Husband Is a Poor Job,
\\ bile Housework-Js Hardest of All.
L'VERV now and then some optimistic young woman who has been earning
*■ J her bread and butter In tiie schoolroom, or store, or office, announces to
lier friends that she is “going to quit work and get married.”
Whereat all the married women smile a cynical smile. For they could
tell her, if thej eared to divulge the secrets of their lodge, that when a girl
gets married she doesn’t lay oft work. She undertakes hard labor.
They could toll her that to a few. a very few, women matrimony is.
indeed, a loafer's paradise, where a pampered queen has nothing to do but
to sit on a silk cushion and twiddle her thumbs; but that the number of
such women " ho find marriage a snap is very small.
To the vast majority of women, getting married means the beginning
of the strenuous life [t means tackling a job that makes stenography mere
child's play and clerking i:i a stoic, or keeping books, or working in a
factory a pleasant diversion.
For there is no other woman in the world who works so hard or tolls
such unmerciful hours sis does the wife and mother in a poor family. There
Is no union day fur her. She lias no hour off at lunch. Her day does not
start at !• o'clock and end sit a It begins at t> and runs around to tj again,
because there is no hour of tlie, day or night in which site is not on duty and
subject to call if needed.
can never knock off work and call it a day, because a. woman’s work
in tiie home is never done. She must be forever cooking meals, and
sweeping floors ami sewing and mending clothes, smd washing little faces
because these tilings have to be done over and over again every day, year
in and year out.
To make si home that is clean, and peaceful, and cheerful; to make a
husband happy and contented, stnd to raise uti a family of fine children is the
greatest work that any woman can do. But it is work, tiie most physically
exhausting, the most nerv<-wearing and soul-trying work In which any
woman ever engages, and the girl who marries under the delusion that she
can spend the balance of her life in idlenc!*> is due to have a cruel I
awakening.
She will find that marriage is no sinecure.
She will find that she has to work 10 times as hard sis site ever worked
before; that husbands are cantankerous, and harder to get along with than
any boss; that standing In hind a counter is not sis fatiguing as standing
over a cooking stove; that manipulating a washboard is far less agreeable
than performing on tiie Keyboard of a typewriter; that there are no holidays
anil vacations for the poor man's wife; that no pay envelope on Saturday
rewards lor services, and that whether the game is worth tiie candle
depends altogether on how much sin loves her husband.
Tiie girl who marries to get out of work certainly makes the mistake of
her young life unless she gets a rich man for si husband. She jumps from
tiie frying pan into the (ire and gets what she richly deserves, for whv should
marriage be an asylum for the lazy woman smy more than it is for tiie
lazy man?
No man who has a spark of manhood in him dreams of slacking off in
ms work and taking things easy as soon as he gets married. On the contrarv
he girds himself up smd takes a fresh grip on his energy, and puts more
punch and pep into iiis work because he lias taken on new responsibilities
and has more incentive to try to succeed. His idea of being a good husband
is to work for his wife.
* * * *
\ WOMAN should bring the same spirit to marriage. She should not
" look upon matrimony as a graft, but as a career, and her desire should
not l.e to get as much as possible out of her husband without making any
return for it, but to play fair and pull ber Hull' of tiie load. The woman
who does not do this is a cheat.
The able-bodied woman who doesn't do her ow n housework and sewing
when her husband is struggling to get a start in business; the woman who
lies on her couch and reads novels all day. or who gads the streets and then
hurriedly throws together an unnutritioua and messv dinner that she
assembles out of paper bags and cans; the woman who is too ] a zv and
shiftless to keep herself tiu> and her house clean, is a quitter and a loafer
Hie has defaulted on her part of the matrimonial partnership, which is'a
working partnership. 0,1
In all justice and honor, a woman is just as much bound to work for
nar-.sHeTh <l r, af t l ° Y'*!* f " ‘ " S "° f ‘ aS r ‘° " ,ore r ‘^ ht to b *COme a
parasite than he has, and there can be no more degrading motive for a
n wor.d°'s e wo P r r k n,i “ r,,no,,y just. to get out of doing her part of
Working a husband is a poor job. And it never pays. For only these
marnages succeed in which the husbands and wives work side hv side and
put their hearts anu their backs into it. DOROTHY DIX
« Copyright, 1920.)
My Neighbor Says:
f'opper kettles become dis
colored when they have been
in use for any length of time.
Try cleaning them in the fol
lowing: way and you will pet a
beautiful polish: Dip a. piece
of lemon rind in a little salt
and rub well all over the sur
face of the kettle. Wipe it off
quickly and polish with dry
chamois.
When washing: greasy dishes
add a few drops of ammonia to
the water. The work will be
more quickly and thoroughly
done.
The rattling" of coal being
shoveled into a furnace is al
ways a source of annoyance to
a person who is seriously ill.
To prevent this get a number
of large paper bags, fill them
with coal, using a small shovel,
and pile them on the cellar
floor. When the furnace needs
replenishing lay one or more
bags on the fire and as the
bag burns the coal will fall
gently into place without noise.
Sew a strip of muslin about
four inSlies wide over the tops
of your quilts and blankets.
These will keep clean the parts
that become most quickly
soiled.
A shabby black leather music
roll or brief case will be very
much improved in appearance
by being rubbed with the well
beaten "white of an egg.
If the doors in your houso
squeak rub the hinges with a
petroleum ointment or drop a
little oil on them.
HOME NOTES
The existing furniture vogue for
unmatched pieces has brought ns
many delightful period reproductions
at prices within reach of the average
purse. Sketched is a particularly
faithful copy of a William and Mary
settee.
When William the Ktadtliolder and
his consort Mary ascended the Kng
lllsh throne in ItiSS they brought with
I them the Dutch conception of domes
tic beauty and comfort, and the fur
niture of that period reflects this new
tendency. This little settee, with its
double arched back, shaped stretcher,
scroll feet and nebdlepoint upholstery,
is typical.
While especially suitable to the
Knglish type of dwelling, its simple
dignity allows its use with perfect
good taste in any informal home and
in rooms of mixed periods.
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Amethyst Necklace.
Kvery frock has its accompanying !
necklace. A really exquisite neck- i
lace is of large amethyst heads cut. I
in cube form and strung with crystal i
rondures between each cube. It i» '
fairly long and very beautiful.
1
COLOR CUT-OUT
BEOWULF.
( SHOES-BROWNTRCUSERSr
I BRPNZ.E SHIELP-GOCOSHIRT
(A Viking Tale)
Adapted for boys and girls from
tlfe great Knglixli epic. .Adaptation
by Tnvex Jiaxweil.
Beowulf Lands.
(Drawing: Beowulf Coxtuniel
In a goodly ship of oak Beowulf
and his thanes left the shores of
Geatland and took the ocean-paths
to come unto the land of Hrothgar.
Much costly war harness and many
sturdy swords they carried and a
mariner most skillful.
After a short and easy passage the
mariner headed in the ship until its
planking touched the sandy beach of
the country of King Hrothgar. 'Twas
there a coast warden of this sorrow
ful king did see them and, seeing
them, went forward to find their busi
ness.
Beowulf spoke to the coast war
den and told him that the Geatmen
came only on peaceful purpose to
good Hrothgar and wished to ob
tain leave of this king to fight the.
monster. Grendel.
Uight gladly did the warden pass
them by, instructing them whither
to go and assuring them he would
watch their fair ship. The Geatmen,
under Beowulf, then marched on to
ward the palace of the king.
((Copyright.)
Cheese-Potato Pudding.
Ttub through a sieve ten cooked po
tatoes, add to them three tablespoon
fuls of melted butter, the yolks of
two beaten eggs, four tablespoonfuls
of grated cheese, salt, pepper and
paprika to taste, and two tablespoon.
fuls of hot milk. Mix well together,
then fold in the stiffly beaten whites
of the eggs. Grease a pudding dish,
sprinkle w r ith browned bread crumbs,
pour in the mixture and bake in a
moderate oven for 30 minutes. Serve
at once.
Celery With Spaghetti.
Trim and wash four heads of celery,
boil until tender in boiling salted
milk and water, then drain and cut
the celery into three-inch lengths.
| 801 l likewise one-half a package of
: spaghetti for 30 minutes, then drain
land out in short pieces. Heat one
i cupful of white sauce, put in the
I spaghetti and the celery, season with
pepper and a grating of nutmeg, and
cook slowly for 30 minutes. Dish up
onto a hot dish and serve.
I
The Cheerful Chenih
In eJI tKe tkmgj? I
do m liPt.
TKe w*a.y tka.t otker.s 1
view tKerrv
sKould matter not 't.s
mt/ck to me
As reasons wky I
do tkem.
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What I oday Means to You
IIV MARY BLAKE.
Capricorn.
Today’s planetary aspects until
noon arc favorable for activity and.
execution, although they indicate
hasty or impulsive movements and
speech. Great care must be exer
cised in order to avoid unpleasant
consequences or sash ness, and. al
though aggressive effort is stimu
lated by the vibrations, only those
plans that have received your mature
deliberation should bo attempted.
After noon the aspects change, and,
1 although they arc not unfavorable,
the best that can be said for them is
that they are doubtful, neither pre
saging success nor inviting failure.
I’oise must bo established and no j
radieal departure from the accus
tomed and even tenor of your way
can be recommended. Above all.
risk, hazard, and speculation must
not be indulged in, if disastrous re
sults are to be avoided.
A child bom today will be normally
healthy and strong, and its physical
system can be easily built up by
proper nutrition and good environ
ment. This child will always recupe
rate very rapidly from any ailment
to which it may be subjected. In
character • will love deeply, work
energetically, and play enthusiasti
cally. In short, it will he intense
and put its whole energy into what
ever occupies its mind. It will be
proud, somewhat reserved, careful of
its associates, and strive to attain
high ideals. If its mate be born in
its own sign, it will be very happy.
If today is your birthday, you are
truthful to an extraordinary degree,
kindhearted, lovable, and fond of
children. Adaptability should be one
of your chief characteristics, but con
siderable care is necessary that you
do not allow a tendency to criticize
others to overcome it. Your home
ties play a very important part in
your life.
Your actions bespeak kindness of
thought. Your speech very often
forces others who do not know you
well to look upon you as sarcastic
and bitter. They do not know that
your bark is worse than your bite.
Your very candor and frankness
I make for you enemies, as lots of peo
ple like to hear the naked truth about
others, but when the same system is
applied to themselves they find it
unpalatable and disagreeable.
If you could only decide to control
your tongue a little more, and, with
out being untruthful, use a little
more tact and at times exercise a
watchful silence, your friends would
multiply and your other good and
unfailing traits would therefore be
accentuated.
Well known persons born on this
date are: Stephen Decatur, naval'of
ficer; William P. Johnston, educator;
Eugene W. Hilgard, scientist; John
C. Moss, inventor; David Bispham.
singer; Herbert Bayard Swope, edi
tor.
(Copyright, 1925.)
HOW IT STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Mourning.
So prone are we to disregard any
civilization but our own that we are
apt to consider peculiar and freakish
ideas and customs that do not con
form to our own national or racial
viewpoints. For some centuries
black has been the accepted mourn
ing color of Western peoples. And
the somber, gloomy color, symbolic
of darknesss in heart and soul, seems
to us to be the only one that could
possibly be appropriate for mourn
ing attire. '
That white, the symbol of hope,
should be the color affected by the
Chinese in time of mourning we in
differently relegate to the essential
antithesis of their cosmos to ours.
That the passing of a dear one
should be attended by no sentiment
but hope and joy to a people who
look upon life as of no portent, who
know no ego, whose viewpoint is so
thoroughly impersonal is not beyond
our understanding. But that our
own forefathers should have chosen
white to express bereavement gives
food for thought.
It is a fact that prior to the year
1498 widows in England. France and
Spain wore white during the mourn
ing period. For her extended mourn
ing for her husband, L«ord Darnley.
Mary. Queen of Scots, came to be
called “The White Queen." And it
was Anne of France who first went
contrary to established custom by
draping her eoat-of-arms and cloth
ing herself in black on the death cf
her husband. Charles VIII.
Almost every color in the rainbow
is somewhere recognized as the color
of mourning. Yellow was used by
the ancient Egyptians, from whom
we have the “sere and the yellow
leaf”; also by the Nurinese. who took
it from the color of their monastic
raiment. And in Brittany widows
still wear yellow caps.
Pale brown, symbolic of withered
leaves, is used by the Persians, and
grayish brown, like the earth to
which the dead return, is the mourn
ing color of the natives of Ethiopia.
In Syria and Armenia, to signify as
surance that the deceased has gone
to heaven, they wear pale blue.
What would seem to us. upon re
flection. symbolically the most logi
cal of all, has been adopted by the
natives of the South Sea Isles. For
to express the sorrow of bereave
ment and yet hope for the deceased
In the life to which he has gone they
wear the combination of black and
white.
Verily, it’s all in the point of view.
((Copyright.)
Salmon With Egg Sauce.
Put the salmon In enough boiling
water to cover, add one teaspoonful
of salt to each quart of water, boil
for one minute, then draw to one
side and simmer slowly until cooked,
allowing 10 minutes to the pound.
Drain thoroughly and serve on a
folded napkin. Decorate with pars
ley. Serve with egg sauce. To make
the sauce, melt one tablespoonful of
butter, being careful not to brown
it; add one tablespoonful of flour, stir
until smooth, then add one cupful of
milk gradually, stirring constantly
until it boils. Add two bard cooked
eggs, the whites finely chopped and
the yolks pressed through a sieve.
Season with salt and pepper and use
at once.
It is estimated that there are about
ill.uOj) factories and business establish
ments in this country subject to haxards
from dust explosions. „
FEATURES.
Square* and Heart-Shaped Diamonds
BV MAIIV MARSHALL.
We have no royalty on this side
of tiie Atlantic to set the fashion in
such matters as engagement rings.
In England, yon Know, emeralds be
came tho most fashionable stone for
this purpose when the Princess Mary
first became engaged. And Princess
Mary still seems to l>o the leader in
such matters, for the fashion for
NEW AND 1 N'TKKKSTTNO ENGAGE
MENT RINGS. AM, OF PLATINUM
AND DIAMONDS, EXCEPTING
THE BIG SINGLE PEARL.
emerald engagement rings still pre
vails in England.
Perhaps if the Prince of Wales
were to become engaged Americans
might be more interested in the style
of engagement ring he chose for his
fiancee, for we have already shown
our ability to follow the princely
style even more devotedly than the
English do. But there seems to he
little immediate danger that we shall
have such a royal example, and we
may go right on choosing whatever
style of engagement ring we like.
We are singularly conservative in
such matters, however, and just be
cause the diamond solitaire was
deemed the most proper engagement
ring when our mothers plighted their
troths w>- seem to fee! that it has
some peculiar significance—and per
haps it has.
Platinum still seems to be the fa-
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17. Salutation.
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antee of its remaining in favor.
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erably In the cutting and shape of
diamond solitaires- The square dia
mond is looked upon with distinct
favor at present, though to the senti
mental girl the heart-shaped stone
makes strong appeal. Either shaped
stone is most admired when set on a
very narrow platinum band.
Large rubies, sometimes set with
diamonds. - have been chosen for a
few of the recent engagements, and
sometimes the single large pearl
takes precedence over other stones.
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Menu for a Day.
BREAKFAST.
Grapes
Ready Gooked Cereal Cream
French Toast Sirup
Coffee
BUNCH EON.
Baked Spaghetti with Cheese
Graham Bread
Sliced Pineapple Cake
DINNER.
Broiled Steak
French Fried Potatoes
Tomato Salad Olives
Banana Pie
Tea
SIRUP.
One cup granulated sugar. 2
cups brown sugar, 1 cup boiling
water. Stir over lire until it
begins to boil, then boil rapidly
5 minutes. When cool add 2 or
2 drops of vanilla.
SPAGHETTI—CHEESE.
Boil 2 quarts of water 1 hour
with 3 bay leaves, 3 cloves. 3
slices of onion, 4 slices of tur
nip, 4 slices of carrot and 1 tea
spoon of beef extract, then
strain. Boil half a package of
unbroken spaghetti in this
liquor until tender, put in a
buttered baking dish, cover
with grated cheese and bake in
a hot oven until the cheese
melts.
BANANA PIE.
One quart of sweet milk, the
yolks of 3 eggs 3 tablespoons
of cornstarch. 1 teaspoon of
vanilla. Sweeten to taste.
Cook until it thickens and then
add to this 3 sliced bananas.
Pour in a shell already baked
and beat up the whites with
’ sugar to frost.
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20. A seventeenth century noncon
formist.
21. Rodent.
23. Beverage.
24. Prefix meaning three.
26. Kind of wild goat.
29. Wing-shaped.
29. A line of sovereigns
32. Behold.
33. A diphthong.
34. Inferior in rank.
DOWN.
1. Busy; occupied.
2. Therefore.
3. Wooden pin.
4. By birth.
5. Quantity of medicine.
6. A coalition of three men in office
9. Made to correspond.
10. Famous European watering place.
11. Not abundantly.
13. Point of compass.
15. A New England State (abbr.).
17. Skill; cunning.
18. Greek letter.
22. Collegiate degree (abbr.).
25. The sun god.
27. Combining form, meaning wood.
28. The solar disc.
30. Negative conjunction.
31. Capuchin monkey.
Prices rcaHxed on Swift & Company
"iiles of .areas* beef in Washington. D. C .
for week ending Saturday. January 3.
on shipment!* sold out, ranged from P.OO cen's
to IS.(HI cents |ier pound and averaged 13 36
cents per pound.—Advertisement.
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Potato Rissoles.
Mix six tablespoonfuls of mashed
potatoes with two tablespoonfuls of
Hue bread crumbs or cracker crumbs,
one tablespoonful of chopped parsley,
one teaspoonful of chopped onion, two
yolks of eggs, one tablespoonful of
milk and salt and pepper to taste.
Form into round flat cakes, brush
over with the beaten whites of eggs,
toss in bread crumbs and fry In smok
ing hot fat. Serve hot.