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WINDOW BOX SEASON BRINGS TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS _ A A.__ -- Select Plants According To Location in Which They Are to Be Placed Colors May Be Chosen to Harmonize With Surroundings, But Keep to Type Best Suited to Your Needs. BY BETSY CASWELL. IOHT now is the height of the1 window-box season. Seed and plant stores are doing a rush ing business, being crowded with customers caught window boxless by the sudden Summer Weather. Anxious faced women dis c u s s feverishly the merits of geraniums versus petunias, and the struggle to ob tain an original and ‘'different" floral arrange ment that will grow properly in a box is adding to the silver threads found on the heads of many Washing ton matrons. The worries begin when last year's Window boxes are unearthed from the dark corner where they have lain since the blooms withered and died in the Fall. Usually it is discovered that friend husband or the handy man neglected to remove all the old dirt and plants as they were particu larly told to do—this job now de volves—as they knew it would—upon the lady of the house, who Is in a frenzy to get the boxes washed, paint ed and filled before the Joneses arrive to call on Sunday. After the soil and debris has been dumped the boxes present a weather beaten appearance that one hopes fervently can be remedied by a good coat of paint. They were dark green last year—this year they should be white, to match the new porch furni ture. Due to the pressure of time, no sandpapering is done; the white paint Is slapped on and the boxes put in the *un to dry. While this is being ac complished. madame betakes herself to the nearest nurseryman or seed store to select the “filler.” * * * * T>Y the time she has battled through dozens of other women, intent on doing just the same thing, argued back and forth with the salesman, changed her mind 15 times and lost her pocketbook and temper, she re turns to the scene of her labors, her loot proudly parked in the rumble seat. She takes one look at the window boxes and sends out an SOS call for a painter, a gardener and a doctor. The green paint has come through the one coat of white, the neighbor's dog has gone to sleep in one box and the rest have become as bumpy and blistered as if they had been exposed to poison ivy. By the time the experts have got through working on the boxes (the gardener thoughtfully neglects to use those flowers purchased by madame and substitutes some especially fancy models of his own) and the doctor has attended to madame’s exhausted nerves, the boxes have probably cost a sum that would keep the household In food for several months. So, to avoid such a calamity, take your window-box gardening with due deliberation and care. If you are purchasing new boxes you may take your choice of cement, wood or metal ones. If you are using the old ones, and have to paint them, don't try to build Rome in a day, and do a good Job while you're at it. * * * * “pOR successful flowers, be sure that there is plenty of drainage of some type in the boxes. Soil in win dow-gardens tends to bake and there fore the drainage problem is a very important one. Before filling the box wnth soil, put a layer of small, loose stones or bits of broken flower pot along the bottom. Soil should be carefully chosen, both for its richness and for Its abil ity to hold large quantities of water. A good potting soil may be obtained from the florist or you can make one yourself out of one part peat moss or leaf mold, three parts loam and one part sand or sifted coal ashes. It is also a good idea to mix some bal anced plant food in with the soil when filling the box. Allow 2 inches without soil at the top of the box to facUltate watering. Now plant your flowers, give them a feeding of plant food once every six weeks and remember to water them generously. If they are to have much sun it is better to water them at night and take care that the earth never becomes hard or baked. Cul tivate often with a small fork and watch them carefully for insects. a * a * AS FOR choosing the flowers, one should bear in mind that location will have a great deal to do with their success and that plants should be se lected that are best suited to the place where they are to grow. For instance, for a very sunny location one might choose a combination of purple and white petunias with gold en dwarf French marigolds; dracena with blue and pink petunias are pretty, while nasturtiums and white geraniums make a colorful picture. Of course, you have to take into consideration the color scheme of your room, your house or the terrace furniture and choose plants that will bloom harmoniously, but stick to the type that the dealer tells you will do best in a sunny spot. Fuchsias and begonias do well in a shaded location and the combination of begonias and English ivy is always delicate and pretty. Some boxes seen on a shady Washington terrace re cently were filled with fuchsias, white sweet alyssum and “Heavenly Blue” morning glories, which clambered all over the trellis back of the white boxes. With the white garden fur niture and gay awning striped in the fuchsia red and purple, the effect was unusual and charming. If you sit out on your porch or terrace much in the evenings, do tuck a gardenia plant in a corner somewhere. The perfume is ac centuated in the darkness and the air becomes a veritable Paradise of scent. It seems a pity that there are so few flowers suitable for window boxes that have this same faculty of pour ing their sweetness onto the night breeze, but perhaps some clever hor ticulturist will discover one for us before we are too old to enjoy it. Cook’s Corner BY MBS ALEXANDER GEORGE. LIGHT SUPPER. Tutti-Fruiti Salad Cheese Circles Sugar Cookies Chocolate Frost TUTTI-FRUTTI SALAD. iServed in Bowl.) 1 cup sliced 2 tablespoons bananas chopped 1 tablespoon pimentos lemon juice Va cup French 4 teaspoon salt dressing Va cup sliced 4 cup salad oranges dressing 4 cup sliced pineapple Chill all ingredients, line shallow bowl with shredded lettuce and arrange layers fruit, sprinkle with lemon juice and pimentos. Add French dressing and top with salad dressing. Serve immediately. A glass dish will show the salad arranged in different colored layers. Here's a sweater you can live in, morning, noon and night. It Is simple enough to wear any time, any place. Best of all it's a jiffy knit and you can be wearing it In less than two days. It is made with only a suggestion of a sleeve and a boat-shaped neckline. The directions cover four sizes—12, 14,16 and 11 years, but you can easily and •imply make it larger merely by increases. The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand illustrated directions, with diagrams to aid you; also what needles and what material and how much you will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 2D1 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Woman's Editor of The Evening Star. {Conrlstrt, 1M&> A k ,-’ :— Successful in Various Fields of Endeavor Mrs. Campbell Prichett, who has invaded the mans world of selling automobiles, and chalked up an enviable sales record. She also writes, works for charities, entertains frequently, and does them all well. To go through life in high appears to be her motto! . —»ub Photo. Encourage More Pride In Honor Ideals Should Become Tangible in Character. BY ANGELO PATRI. “A BUNCH of us are going to cut class and go out to hear the game returns. Come along.” "You mean cut school?” ■•‘What else could I mean? Coming?” “Not me.” 'Think yourself too good, don't you?” "You said it." There was resentment In the first lad's voice and cool contempt in the other's. He not only would not cut class, but he Indicated that he had nothing but scorn for those who were doing so. I have no words of reproach for that scorn. I believe that the fellow who scorns wrong doing is right to show his scorn. ‘‘He’s such a conceited snip. Goes about as If nobody was good enough for him to associate with. He gives me a pain.” Usually this attitude means that the accused has shown his contempt for some dishonorable action and has gone his way^without regard to those who performed it. The accusation of aloofness was Justi fied only in the instance where it has shunted off dishonorable behavior. Those who fail to live up to their own ideals usually have a grudge against those who succeed In doing so. I believe boys and girls ought to take great pride in being honorable, trust worthy, upright people. I believe in the pride that makes discreditable conduct contemptible. I applaud the pride that forbids its possessor to stoop to unbe coming conduct, to lower his flag in the face of the enemy. We have be come too tender of the wrongdoer, made his way too easy. It is time to let him feel he Is beyond the pale, time to scorch him with scorn and smother him with contempt. uont nun- anyooays ieeungs is kindly, but there are time* when it U one’s duty to hurt somebody’s feelings lest he hurt others, himself among them, beyond remedy. If the wrong doer was promptly made to feel him self cut off from the association of those whose ideals he had wounded, made to feel his unfitness, he would repent. Or, if too hardened for re pentance, would go his lonely way to the bitter end. I am not forgetting that there is a pride obnoxious to all good people. The pride that places money, social position, rich possessions beyond all else Is unworthy pride and poisonous to the soul. The pride I mean is the pride in honor, the pride that places goodness, idealism, nobility of conduct above material things. Noble children have been reared In poverty-stricken homes. Ignoble ones have come out of richly endowed pal aces. Spiritual honor is not born of material forces, but of the spirit alone. That spirit thrives In every heart that welcomes It. It is found among the richest and the poorest in the land. I want to encourage it, praise it. bring it to full power In the national char acter. I want children to be proud of their good name, so proud of it that they will fight to maintain it against all odds. I believe that it is right to teach a child to be too proud to do a dishon orable thing. (Copyright, 1936.) The Old Gardener Says: It seems strange that the fleece vine or silver lace vine, as it is also called, should not be more widely known. Perhaps garden makers are afraid of it because it belongs to the knotwreed family, some members of which spread so rapidly and are so hard to get rid of that they become downright pests. This vine—the catalogues list it as Polygonum aubertl—does not offend in this respect. On the contrary, it remains obediently just where it is placed, at least with Its roots. The vine spreads Itself over a trellis or a Summer house in a few years and produces great quantities of fleecy white flowers late in the Summer. The fact that it blooms late is one of its good points. (Copyright, 1936.) Dorothy Dix Says Learning to “Pop the Question” to a Man Is a Problem to Most Girls. Dear miss lux: ror a long time I have been in love with a man whom I have every reason to believe loves me, but for some reason he has never asked me to marry him. Maybe he is timid. Maybe he thinks I won’t be satisfied to live on what he could give me. Maybe he is one of those men who just let things rock along if they are going fairly well and who is content to let a pleasant relationship exist as it is. But, anyway, I want to know where I stand. I don’t want to waste my life in watting on a man whose attentions are without intentions, so I have made up my mind to pop the question to him. But how shall I do it? What does a girl say when she proposes? She can’t Just walk up and ask for a wedding ring, like she would a Job. Help me out. LEAP YEAR GIRL. Answer—I doubt that any one can give you advice about how to pop the question that will help any. because the idea of a girl asking a man to marry ^ier is so new that women have not had time to develop a technique in handling the situation. Any wom an can tell you how to lure a man to the altar by indirect methods, but when it comes to frankly asking one to assume your board bill and shopping ticket for life—well, that's got them guessing. About the only tip that I can give you is to tell you that when you pro pose to a man go after him hammer and tongs and make your meaning clear. After a girl has prettied her selif up for a man for years, listened to him talk about himself and gone to the places that he liked and she loathed; after she has towed him out into the moonlight on romantic nights and after she has gushed over little white bungalows and cute apart ments and he hasn't gathered from her conduct and conversation that she is in love with him and wants to marry him. there Is no use in wasting finesse upon him. You’ve got to come out flatfooted and ask him how about it. i jf uuukse. tne least emoarrass ^ lng way for a girl to propose Is by letter. It is lots easier to slop over on paper than it is when you are close together. That saves the girl’s face in case the man says ’’no,” but it also gives him a better chance to de cline. Also, it does away with the personal touch, which is about nine-tenths of the game in marriage. With the girl a thousand miles away It Is easy enough to weigh her good qualities and decide whether they are worth giving up one's bachelor freedom for them. But with a pretty girl within easy arm’s reach telling you how she loves you and how handsome and wonderful you are and how she will devote her whole life to making you happy, it is another proposition alto gether. And, of course, the girl who pops the question to a man has to have her little sales talk ready and be able to convince him not only that he wants to marry her. but also that he thought of it first. Of course, you can go as far as you like with the sentimental stuff, but you’ve got also to make him believe that you are the only one who understands him, that you can make better bread than his mother and that two can live cheaper than one. But, above all. be careful in choosing the psychological moment in which to pop the question. Never do it in busi ness hours when he is chasing dollars instead of dames. Or when he is hungry and is thinking of his stomach instead of his heart. Or when he has just had some piece of luck and is feeling so puffed up that he thinks he could marry Greta Garbo if he wanted to. Wait until some time when he is sitting across a table in your own apartment, replete with home-cooked food and filled with thoughts of do mesticity. Or wait until some time when he is down on his luck and wants some woman’s shoulder to cry on and some woman to baby him, and he will be yours for the taking. tke i^Qynge^p^^ra'tiorN You can’t expect to connect on your forehand drive if you have canine interference, no matter how perfect your grip or footwork. It’ll take Mary Lou a long time to explain that to Janice, who is all set to get the ones she misses. The young lady in front trying to receive the ball is attired in a brown and white knee-length culotte dress, which permits her to be as active as she likes and still preserve her lady-like appearance. Janice’s sport suit is made in a newspaper print of white and blue, with headline« screaming all over it. Pups thinks tennis is a better game than golf—the balls have more bounce in them! —Olrl’* Oram From a Washington Shop. P A More About Proprieties And Custom Introducing Profes sional Friends— Shaking Hands. BY EMILY POST. r\BAR MRS. POST: (X) We have ^ friends—a man and wife—who are both practicing physicians. Will you tell me, please, how they should be properly introduced when together, socially and professionally. <2i Also, how is an envelope addressed to both of them? Answer—(1) Professionally they are introduced as Dr. John Smith and Dr May Smith. Socially, this depends upon whether the wife is willing to give up her title and be known as Mrs., or whether she prefers being Dr. In the latter case you use the same form as above. (2) You must be guided ex actly as I have explained in (1). * * * * Dear Mrs. Post: When should a mac remove his glove to shake hands witt another man? Or is it necessary tc remove it only before shaking hand! with a woman? Answer—I have never heard of a man removing his glove to shake hands with another man. * * * * Dear Mrs. Post: (a) At a dance. 11 a man cuts in on a girl when she it dancing with some one she likes verj much and with whom she would prefei to keep on dancing, is there any wa; she can refuse the second man withou being rude? <b> Also, don’t you thin! It old-fashioned for a girl to say "Thank you, too,” after a man ha; thanked her for having danced witt him? Answer—(a) Not unless she am the whole group to which she belong; understands that a girl's dancing witt her eyes closed means do not cut in or us I (b) There is certainly nothin! old-fashioned about being polite. * * * * Dear Mrs. Post: What can I say to i man who persists in asking me to gi out with him? I don't want to be rude but I have no Intention of going any where with him—ever. Answer—There is nothing exceptlni to tell him frailkly. “No—never,” whicl is certainly not very polite. Or el» resign yourself to the fact that tellini him no is to be part of your dailj routine—at least until he grows dls couraged. * * * * Dear Mrs. Post: Is it necessary thai a gentleman hold an umbrella over i lady when they are walking in thi rain? Isn't it perfectly proper that hi let her hold it herself when the um brella Is, of course, just big enougl for her? Answer—I am afraid he must hold the umbrella over her. If this replj to this is that the corner drips down his neck. I can only suggest that h< avoid this as best he can, since the rule has always been that a gentleman never carries a lady’s parasol, but h« always holds the umbrella over hei head. (Coprrlsht. 1936.) My Neighbor Says: When cutting flowers in the garden do not keep them in the hand or lay in a dry receptacle, but place them as soon as cut into a pall of water; they will keep fresher hours longer. Scrubbing brushes will las* twice as long if they are given an occasional wash in a strong solu tion of salt and water and allowed to dry in the open air. If at all possible, vegetables should be cooked in their skins in order to avoid removing the valuable mineral matter directly under the skins. Sugar, used wisely, is an im portant source of energy to the body. Plain white sugar is used best with cereals and in the preparation of milk, eggs and fruit desserts. Used thus, it makes more palatable and deli cious the foods that have greater importance for body building, while also adding to their energy value. (Coprrlsht. 1938.) I Femininity and Social Grace Are No Handicaps In the Business World Mrs. Campbell Prichett Ably Demonstrates That Efficiency and Charm May Go Hand in Hand. i BY VESTA CUMMINGS. A CITY where Emily Poet's book on the correct way of doing things is a best seller year after year would naturally be the habitat of one of the first success ful automobile saleswoman in the country. Mrs. Campbell Prichett, who until five years ago had encountered the business world only through ordering her wardrobe from Chanel or Worth, now sells one of the higher-priced au tomobiles to all those of the Nation's Capital, foreign and local, who demand elegance in transportation at any lati tude, longitude or elevation. Mrs. Prichett, who is known as one of Washington's beauties, has distin guished herself as a hostess in many parts of the globe. She entertained in her homes in New York, Paris, Califor nia and the PhUlppines with the same charm she now brings to the workaday world. After growing up in California and attending the National Cathedral School here, she made her debut on the West Coast. Six years ago she returned here to make her home with her aunt, Mrs. Sydney Cloman. The stock market crash had settled into the depression. She wanted a job and had no business training, but was not alarmed by the fact that she did not typewrite or take shorthand. At that time a foresighted automo bile manufacturer was forming a wom an’s sales guild in key cities of the United States, and the representative was referred to Mrs. Prichett when she came to Washington, by inquiring at the Junior League. Mrs. Prichett was made director of the local guild and selected about 20 debutantes to assist in arranging demonstrations. * * * * “IJVERY one in the world falls into one or the other of two cate gories," Mrs. Prichett says, "lone wolves or friendjy puppies. I am a friendly puppy. When thinking of work, the Job bringing me into daily contact with lots of people sounded most amusing. I have always loved people of all types and classes. Sit ting at a desk all day would have driven me mad. But I love selling motor cars.” When a new embassy or legation member arrives in Washington Mrs. Prichett places a car and chauffeur at his family's disposal for calling, just as one would do for a friend. In many cases they are friends, or friends of her many acquaintances in the diplomatic set. Nothing is too much trouble for Mrs. Prichett in displaying her cars. She regards it as fun. She may take a prospective buyer to a horse show, letting the husband drive one way and the wife the other, or Includes some of the loveliest spots in and around the city In demonstrating to a newcomer. “Most of my friends are diplomatic or Government people." Mrs. Prichett says. “They hear of people thinking of buying a new car and let me know. Each sale brings new prospects. It la a never-ending chain. I very seldom , do cold canvassing, but when I do I am always overcome by the kindliness of Individuals who might possibly be inconvenienced by my telephone calls or visits.” Automobile saleswomen are increas ing In number all over the United States, according to Mrs. Prichett. "The motor car world builds to please women and sells to their dic tates," she says. “As the purchasing agent of the Nation the woman plays a part In 70 per cent of all cars bought today, statistics show. * * * * "IT has been found that the same 1 courtesy one extends to a guest in one's home is of value in presenting automobiles. Women appreciate feel ing free to examine a possible pur chase without haste and without listening to explanations of mechani cal details they only pretend to under stand. "What is under the hood is no longer of primary importance to the demonstrator. The man knows that stalled motors are rare today in most well-cared-for cars. He decides whether to buy a *500 vehicle or a *3,000 one. His wife has the final decision. She is concerned with beauty of line and color and knowa if her younger children are likely to open rear doors of a four-door sedan while the car is in motion. She adores nick-nacks.” The company employing Natalie Prichett featured a "ladies' week" not long ago. If the locale had not been a show room discreetly embellished with sleek roadsters, town cars and limousines, It might have been late afternoon In any Washington draw ing room. Tea was served. A rose was presented to all callers. Mrs. Prichett presided with equal charm at tea table and steering wheel. Her customers moved about, exclaiming over new package compartments, trunk racks, upholstery and color com binations. "If I am asked about engines I call one of our motor experts,” Mrs. Prichett explains, "for engines are as mysterious to me as to other women.’* Natalie Prichett's business career does not interfere with her social life. She manages both with the same enthusiasm. Her Tuesday at homes, about which a great deal has been written in local society columns, are a rendezvous for smart Washington. She knows every one, goes every where, and sells automobile*. Nicely Molded Slip Seams are Carefully Gored and Fitted to Prevent Any Bulkiness. i—----w . BI* BARBARA BELL. THIS clever slip does a grand job of molding your figure. The gored seams and molded tops lit and flatter. You have a choice of the built-up shoulder strap or a narrow one, and the neckline Is cut low enough In back to be worn with your lowest cut frock. Seams are lock fitted to prevent any bulking beneath your dress. This slip is within every one’s reach at low cost, just send for the pattern and use It as many times as you wish. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1843-B Is available In sDes 33. 34, 38, 38, 40. 44 b 1843-B and 44. Size 34 requires 3 yards of 39-inch fabric. BARBARA BELL, T»Z WASHINGTON STAR. Inclose 35 cents in coins for ' Pattern No. 1843-B. Slae_ Name_ Addreas - . 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