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Your Initials Add a Decorative as Well as Personal Touch to Possessions
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Letters on Bags Available
In Any Number of Styles;
New Brooches Popular
Tiny Monograms Prove Bright
Addition to Gloves, Belts
Or Milady’s Billfolds
By HELEN VOGT.
Remember when you were a little girl and your most cherished
possessions were carefully guarded, kept neatly tucked away and pulled
out often to be admired? Those bits of velvet or lace, the handkerchief
that .Johnny Brown gave you on your 10th birthday—all were personally
and positively yours, and you gloried in the fact^ that they belonged to
no one else. . . .
Well, it seems that there's still a lot of the “little girl” left In most of
ns We like our personal possessions to be exclusively ours, and. not
through selfishness, we like to see that they stay that way. Maybe that's
one of the reasons that most women are so fond of initialing their
possessions, for the monograms proudly announce that here is something
distinctly a part of the owner.
In recent years the practice of using initials has grown bv leaps and
bounds. Lingerie is monogramined, so are handkerchiefs and socks and
sweaters, but most of all, women have found that initialing handbags
with gold or silver plated letters adds distinction and charm, as well as a
"this is mine” appearance. 1
It doesn't matter whether you are seeking letters lor your alligator
or calf street hair nr if von want to*---•— -
initial ihat very lovely suede afler
noon purse—the styles are there.
In gold or silver tones, they range
from the tiniest letters, far less than
hRlf an inch high, to those that are
easily 4 or 5 inches in height—and
the price range is just as wide and
varied.
Separate letters may be purchased,
or you can get an elaborately worked
monogram In round, square, oblong
or almost anv shape—and all of
these are perfect for your purses.
Whether you like the beautiful
simplicity of low. square-cut letters
on a bag. or whether you prefer an
elaborate, old English type of initial,
your demands may easily be satisfied.
One of the smartest ideas we’ve
seen has just been presented by a
firm famous for its enormous se
lection of initials. They have now
brought out a tiny, tiny monogram
which is suitable for billfolds, belts,
or even the wide cuff of your gloves.
They're made just like the larger
styles, but they're so diminutive
rbat you can use them in countless
ways . . . You might even put
them on a key-case or think of a
great, many different ways to make
your possessions definitely yours.
Priced very low, they're hard to
resist.
There’s only one warning we'd
like to give in regard to using
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My Neighbor Says:
Plants drink through their
leaves, nence an occasional bath
or spraying helps keep house
plants healthy by freeing the
leaves of dust.
Rub equal parts of linseed
oil and vinegar, well shaken,
into leather chairs, occasionally.
It keeps them in good condition.
"w -■
Tie a cheese cloth or paper
bag over the mouth of food
chopper when cutting bread,
nuts, etc., through it. Every
bit will then be saved.
To dice or cut marshmallows
easily, dip a dry scissors into
powered sugar.
] Initials on purses. Be sure that
i the type of bag you select can
I accommodate them and, if you can,
be sure that the type of lettering
I is suitable to the purse. Very elab
orate bags, of which there are
plenty this season, often don't take
well to initials, for it makes them
look ornate and overdone. This is
not always true, but watch it. For
another thing, you w'ant plain let
ters for a casual bag; more elab
orate monograms for your after
noon styles . . . Consult with the
salesgirl in the leather goods de
partment—for she's an expert.
Initials are also highly favored in
brooches this season. With every
one using a mass of costume jew
elry, women have found this idea
a great help in decorating their
simple frocks. Some of the styles
are simple round or square types
in silver or gold color, done with
plain letters. Others are wrorked
in an intricate manner and com
bine your initials in a smart-looking
monogram. In one shop recently
we saw a bow-knot effect with
round initials for the center, which
was most attractive. Pins made of
marcasite are very dressy and some
brooches have marcasite intials on
simulated mother-of-pearl back
grounds ... If you prefer your
name w'ritten in longhand, that’s
possible, too, both in brooches and
bracelets . . .
As a matter of fact, there's no
end to the possibilities that initials
present, so trot downtown and look
them over . . . And don’t neglect
them when It comes to possible
suggestions for a Christmas list—
it's one gift that is certainly meant
for the receiver!
An Elastic Dough
When wheat flour and liquid are
combined, gluten is formed. The
dough is kneaded to develop the
gluten into a meshwork which will
stretch when the dough rises. The
kneading time required to make a
smooth, elastic dough which will
hold the leavening gas efficiently is
from 8 to 10 minutes.
Becoming Skating Outfit
Very Easily Tailored
By BARBARA BELL.
A skating outfit as smart and be
coming as this one is sure to im
prove your form—take that any way
you like! And even if you never don
a skate, either the ice or roller
variety, you’ll enjoy having it for
hiking and country week ends. The
skirt is short and so full and flaring
that it swirls extravagantly with
your motions. The jacket is belted
in, lumberjack fashion, tucked on
the shoulders and bloused at the
waistline. Everything about the suit
assures freedom of action.
Best of all, it’s easy to tailor.
Tweed, velveteen, wool plaid and
blanket cloth are smart for this de
sign; it looks exceptionally smart in
a combination of plaid wool and
suede or velveteen.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1810-B
ts designed for sizes 12,14,16, 18 and
20. Corresponding bust, measure
ments 30, 32, 34. 36 and 38 Size 14
fcquires I'* yards of M-incfc
i material lor jacket with long sleeves,
yards to line; 3 yards lor skirt i
with nap and 2t± yards without nap
to line.
What to give—what to wear? Our
Pall and Winter Pattern Book gives
more than 100 lascinating answers
to these important questions? Send
15 cents lor it today! You’ll be en
chanted to see how easy and eco
nomical it is to make the smart gilts
and clothes by using these simple,
accurately cut, beautilully styled
patterns! Sew chart with each one.
BARBARA BELL,
WASHINGTON STAR.
Inclose 35 cents in coins lor
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Name
Address____
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Family Must
Share All
Burdens
Sacrifice of One
Member Most
Unfair Plan
By ANGELO PATRI.
In many families there Is a sister
who takes motherly interest in her
brothers and sisters, protects them
from their mistakes, helps them
when they get into trouble, and
waits on them in a thousand little
wavs that only such sisters know
how to do.
I have seen many such sisters.
And I have heard parents and
relatives say, “Sister is like a mother
to those children. They wouldn't
know what to do or where to turn
without her. She's a blessing to her
mother.”
That is all very fine. But what
happens in sister s life?”
By and by the family grows up.
marry and go to homes of their
own. Sister stays at home to look
after mother or father or both. By
and by they no longer need her.
She is old. empty handed; has no
children to sustain and comfort her.
Of course, her brothers and sisters
are fond of her, but there are the
in-laws and a crop of children who
do not know sister, their aunt. To
them she is just another old woman.
The family hold a council and the
gist of it is. "Well, somebody has to
take her. She just can t be left on
the doorstep.”
aucn a question arose concern
ing a little girl of 10 who had been
mother to her little brother whose !
birth cost his mother’s life. Bister j
had done about everything a mother j
could do, at her age—®nd more—for
this little boy. There came an offer
of a fine education for sister. But
she would have to go from home and
brother to accept it.
Yes, is my vote. Father married
again, aunts and uncles visiting ;
regularly, a good family background
for brother. Why should sister be
further sacrificed? When brother
grows a bit older he will go his way,
but sister will find it rather difficult
to go any way except the old way.
Let each child have the chance to
work out his own road to fulfillment.
Surely he is entitled to that much
consideration.*
Brothers and sisters should help ;
each other. That is the essence of J
family life. They should support j
each other in time of need, sustain
each other in sorrow and sickness, j
But when it cames to sacrificing one
member of the family for the rest,
T vntp r\n
Brothers have been sacrificed for
other brothers before now. They
have devoted their lives to rearing
younger brothers, or supporting
widowed mothers and sisters. Often
it would have done the supported
dries a much greater service had
they been allowed, or forced, to yo
out and support themselves, and
help, in their turn, to care for their
mother.
Service is one thing, and a lovely
thing. But sacrifice Is quite an
other, and of dubious value, in my
eyes. It is not possible for any one
to give any one else happiness or
success. Each must create his own
out of the strength of his own soul.
When a sister is sacrificed for her
brothers and sisters, or a brother
forced to give up his way of life
that his brothers and sisters may
live more comfortably, little good
comes of It. Share the burdens;
work together to carry them, and
life is brighter for all concerned.
Delicious Appetizer
Clever "appetite teasers’ to serve
with tomato Juice or cocktails be
fore holiday dinners are chutney
biscuits. Stick tiny rounds of bis
cuit dough three times with a fork.
After baking, and while still hot,
break the biscuits apart and put a
teaspoonful of chutney between the
layers. Serve at once.
Did You Know That—?
If hot dishes have left their mark
on your dining room table it may
help to rub the unsightly white
rings with spirits of niter, then pol
ish immediately with a glycerin
dipped cloth.
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Dorothy Dix Says—
Better Be Happy Old Maid Than
, Miserable Wife or Divorcee
Dear Dorothy Dlx—I am ap
proaching my 30th birthday and all
my friends and acquaintances ask
me the embarrassing question of
wh?n I am going to be married. I
still have a chance to marry if I
don't pass it up too long and. though
it will not mean happiness to me
if I take it, I still might be able to
make a go of it. If I didn't, I could
get a divorce. You know the old
saying: "Nothing ventured, nothing
gained.” Is it better to be a divorced
woman than an old maid? Is it
better to have an unhappy marriage
than no marriage at all?
MARGARET.
Answer—The most unhappy peo
ple in the world are the unhappily
married. All other troubles we can
lay by and forget at times, but ah
unhappy marriage is a sorrow that
gnaws at our hearts, day in and
day out, night in and night out. It
is never still. It never leaves us at
peace for a moment. The Inquisi
tion never devised so many instru
ments of torture as every mean
husband or wife invents to make
miserable the life of the woman or
man who is married to him or her.
So do not marry any man unless
you love him and unless you know
him to be what you want In a
husband. And. above all. do not
marry to keep from being an old
maid. The lot of the single woman
in these days is happier, more care
free. and has more money and
leisure in it than that of three
fourths of her married sisters. No
woman need be dependent now.
Every able-bodied, intelligent wom
an can make a good living for her
self. So all of the causes that drove
the woman of the past into marry
ing just to be a-marrying have been
wiped off of her slate. She is the
freest of all free women.
Whether It is better to be a
divorced woman than an old maid
depends upon what value you put
upon being able to write Mrs. before
your name. The divorced women
have had to pay for that privilege
by going through a lot of trouble
and a mess of scandal.
To these inquisitive women who
ask you when you are going to be
married Just say that you don't
know, you are waiting to find some
one who will come ut> to your ideal,
that you are choosy, but that if you
had been as easy to please as they
are you would have been married
long ago. That will stop their in
quiries. DOROTHY DIX.
Bright Containers
bj ouvnnss riANium.
How can a box be more than a box? When it La decorated to be a
lovely container. Make your boxes worthy of the gifts they hold by cover
ing them and appllqueing a gay floral design. Even the boxes kept in
closets and elsewhere about the house can stand brightening up.
To obtain this pattern, send for No. 1378 and inclose 15 cents in
stamps or coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needle
work Editor of The Evening star. ^
Learn How to
Emphasize
Beauty
Men Admire Girls
Who Are Careful
Of Appearance
By PATRICIA LINDSAY.
If you are not getting the admira
tion and attention you desire from j
the men you know, it is about time
you had a frank session with your
self.
Why sulk because you are not
the current ‘oomph” girl or as
talented as Bette Davis? Doing:
so only makes you morbid and
turns down your mouth unattrac
tively. Par better to concentrate
on making yourself over into the
beauty type you want to be, and
can be, and put an end to the
defeatist attitude.
Por it stands to reason if you
find yourself sitting alone at home
unloved, when other young girls
are out having fun, the trouble is
with your attitude. Do you honest- j
Iv make the effort necessary to at
tain attractiveness?
Do you dress as smartly as your
budget allows? If your clothes are j
“all wrong" seek the advice of a
department store stylist whose
services are free and who is will
ing to select colors and cuts to
flatter you.
your sain ana nair ana figure
get only infrequent attention it is
no wonder that Romeos do not cast
loving glances your way. Men like
beauty, and will always like beauty,
so why not live up to their expecta
tions? Your skin should be as flaw
less as beauty aids and time can
make it; your hair must shine from
daily brushings and be worn as a
lovely frame. Make-up must * be
meticulously chosen and very care- |
fully applied to enhance the latent
beauty of you. It takes effort, too,
to watch menus and to exercise
enough to keep your figure trim
and attractive, but the dividends
such effort pays will include admir
ing glances from those you want th
impress.
Bear in mind one more thing—
you can be the mast gorgeous crea
ture in town to look at, and still
be unpopular, if your mannerisms
are reproachful. What you do and
say, and how you do it, and say it.
are very important if you desire
people to like you.
Try being as nice as possible
in your own home as well as abroad \
—and don't think for a moment ■
that “nice girls’’ are outmoded. Men
today admire generosity, sympathy,
tolerance, kindness, thoughfulness
and truthfulness, just as much as
men did when the world began.
Those traits, expertly handled, are
winners every time, and if you meet
up with a swain who minimizes
these essentials to loveliness, don't
waste another moment in his com
pany! He is not worth your time!
Love and marriage are for you
as well as any other woman, pro
viding you seek them in the right
manner. Every woman who has
caught the man she adored, spent
a great deal of effort doing it, and
never forget that. Your charm is
a. decoy, to lure man’s attention
to you. Once you capture his at
tention hold onto it by keeping your
person attractively groomed and
nicely dressed, and by being the
sweetest, dearest, most lovely girl in
all the world. That’s the way it is
done!
miss liinamj will advise vnu
on figure problems. Write
her care of this paper and
inclose a self-addressed, stamped
(3-cent) envelope.
Fruited Holiday Cookies!
Vi cup shortening.
1% cups brown sugar.
1 egg.
2 cups sifted soft wheat flour.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
Vi teaspoon salt.
V4 teaspoon cinnamon.
V3 cup milk.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
1 cup raisins.
Vi cup chopped candied cherries.
Vi cup chopped nuts.
Cream shortening and sugar to
gether until fluffy. Add egg, mixing
well. Sift flour, baking powder, salt
and cinnamon together. Add alter
nately with milk to creamed mix
ture. Add flavoring. Add fruits
and nuts, and blend. Drop by tea
spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet
and bake in moderate oven (376
degrees F.l 12 to 15 minutes. Yield;
About 4 dosen small cookies.
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Two Letters Today Show
Contrasting Opinions
On Dating Question
Attractive Boys Undesirable,
Says a Disillusioned Miss;
Another Idea Expressed
By KAT CALDWELL and ALDEN HARRISON.
If there’s anything we like, It’s to receive a couple of letters which
contrast sharply with each other and bring out two sides of A problem
We have two such letters today. Both are from girls, both deal with
boys, and both are very heart-felt and sincere. But how they diffe*
otherwise!
The first is from “June,” who apparently is right in the most biting
stage of disillusionment following a romance that went phfft! We'rA
publishing it because of the strength of the feeling expressed and because
it may make other girls—and fellows—do a little thinking, even while B
makes them smile at Its intensity.
“Dear Kay and Alden:
“Sometimes we girls certainly do make saps of ourselves over boy*
don’t we? Well, I’m one of those girls who's been a sap, but I see now
how foolish I’ve been. I got so crazy about one of these conceited gkeikj
whom ail the girls adore that I couldn't see straight. I put him up on
a pedestal and thought he was the most wonderful boy on earth.
She Ignores All
Other Boys
“So I proceeded to ignore all other boys and have eves only for him.
All the while, all he did was hand me a very sweet line, which I fell for, and
/•oil nn nnpp in a whllp -Tilst. — --—— —— - -
was supposed to be enough to keep
me on his string, along with the
other 999 girls.
"But at last—thank goodness!—
I’ve come down to earth. I know
now that he isn’t wonderful, isn't
good-looking and isn’t the most de
sirable boy in the world!
“Girls, don't learn the hard way,
as I did. Don't like boys who are
just having a swell time stringing
you along. If you do, youH end up
holding the bag, as I did. If you
must, like some one, like an ordinary,
every-dav some one who is worthy
of your admiration. I learned that
just, a little too late, but better
iate than never.’’
We hope that, by the time this
letter is printed June will have
cooled off and be able to look at
her experience a little more calmly
and philosophically. She was hurt
and angry when she wrote this, and
we don't blame her. But her advice
is good, and we hope she takes it
herself. If she does, she will have
profited from a disheartening ex
perience.
Contrasting Note
Interesting.
And now for the contrasting note
of cheer from "A Modem Maid,”;
who thinks boys aren't so bad. after
all. She writes:
“I read your column regularly and
think it's grand. It helps out in
lots of ways. Some time ago I read
what those fellows thought of the
kissing situation.
"I am 16 and belong to a crowds
in high school which gets around—to
the right places. I’ve got a splendid
reputation, and I never lack dates, i
But that doesn't mean I've never
kissed a boy. Oh. no! I've ktssea
a number ol boys I’ve been out with
and who appealed to me. But I’ve
never been mauled and pawed.
“I think its a shame the wav
some girls talk. You'd think there
wasn't a nice fellow left in the
country. To tell you the truth, I
think it's the girls’ fault. It de- I
pends more on the girl than on the
boy how a date is going to turn
out. I never had a date turn out
wrong, with a fight on my hands.
In the first place, I would not date
a boy if I didn't like him and the
way he acted.
"Well, I know loads of grand boys,
and I know they like and respect
me. Don't get the idea I kiss every
boy I go out with, or on every date,
either. Nor do I kiss any boy as
payment for the money he spends
on a date. If I kiss him. it s be
cause I really and truly like him.
I know there are lots of girls just
like me, who feel the same way. I
hope you'll print my letter, and I'd
like to hear what other girls and
fellows think of my viewpoint.”
We Feel This Is Most
Desirable Attitude.
We join you in that last sen
tence. Modern Maid—so would we.
Meanwhile, wed like to tell you
what we think of your viewpoint.
We look upon it as frank, realistic
and healthy. We realize that some ;
people, both old and young, will I
elevate their eyebrows a bit as they
read your letter. They may even
take time out for a suspicious sniff,
and a mental reflection on your
moral standards, simply because you
have a wholesome, normal attitude
toward boys, and express that at- 1
titude openly and honestly.
We don’t indorse broadcasting |
kisses hither and you. on any mote
ly collection of boys who happen
to be handy. We like a girl to pos
sess a certain delicacy which makes
her reluctant to become romantic
too easily.
But we do heartily indorse the
instinctive taste which you seem to
Possess, which makes you date only
boys whose conduct is irreproach
able. And as long as you go out
with fellows of that kind, we can't
worry atom the fact that you ex
press your healthy, natural liking
for them by kissing them occa
sionally.
The fad that your dales haw*
never turned out wrong, that you’ve
never had "a fight on your hands"
is the best evidence that your at
titude toward toys is safe, sane and
sound. And we hope that many
more of our readers, maids and men
alike, share it.
Good Answer
For Modern
Parents
Bv EMIT.T POST.
Dear Mr*. Post: What do ym
think of children calling their par
ents by their first names? Our son
is 5 years old. and he has the habit
now of doing this, but if you say it
is not right, it would still be easy to
change this habit.
Answer—It is not so much a ques
tion of "right" as of your own and
your husband's feelines. Personallv.
I think that the right to be called
mother and father, or mummy and
dad is too great a privilege to be
thrown away. But this has nothing
to do with what you prefer to be
called!
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Dear Mrs. Post: T have been mar
ried about six weeks but have put
off asking my mother-in-law to
dinner because I cannot cook very
well yet, and besides that, she la
used to perfect service. We have
no maid, and since you have often
written not to try to "put on" or do
things any better when you have
company, I wish you would tell me
how you think would be the best
way to serve this meal.
Answer: I never meant not to
try to have everything especially
nice for company, but merely that
you should not pretend to be very
grand and then perhaps bungle
things through not knowing how to
carry out your plans. To do every
thing as well as you ran is the first
and only rule. Choose a menu that
you know best how to prepare, and
ran most easily serve. Good food I*
that which is good of its kind. Good
hash Is delicious. A burned out
side and raw inside roast is bad.
Putting everything for each course
on the table and letting your hus
band serve is the best because it la
the simplest way to manage with
out Jumping up every minute. Re
member that the effect of doing
things smoothly, neatly and with
least apparent effort is always beat.
Tabic Arrangement ISo. 8
By MARGARET NOWELL.
Small sprays of bittersweet—the brilliant vermillion berries that fill
all the flower stalls this time of year—are beautiful when placed in a
shell of Lenox china or glass. Arrange them so that the steins follow
the lines of the container and attach two deep green leaves at the point
of the shell. • These will conceal the elastic band which holds the ar
rangement In place, as well as becoming the dark accent for the display.
These are lovely on pale yellow or pale green damask and most perfect
on white, especially if the porcelain is the all-white Lenox with candle
itlcks to match. ,
Modern Ladies Know Their Ai B. C.’s ...
And they use them to effectively personalize and enhance almost
ei'ery article of attire . . , Favorite uses for initials are as purse
adornments and brooches, and they are to be found in almost
every style. Simple letters are designed for casual purses,' elabo
rate ones for dressy afternoon bags—and the addition of initials
can make a last year’s purse look like new at very little cost.