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Readers’ Clearing House
KEEPING PLANT WATERED;
CLEANING SCATTER RUGS;
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS?
(From P. R. B., Washington.)
First, let me say how much I en
joy the RCH. It has so many won
derful suggestions and lots of in
formation.
Some time ago some one wrote in
and asked us how to keep plants
watered while away. Place a pail of
water on a stool or box about the
siae of bottom of pail; place plants
around it onthe floor. Take strips
of absorbent cloth about 1% inches
wide, put one end in dirt near plant,
bury them well so the moisture will
get to the roots and so the material
won’t slip out when it gets soaked
and heavy with water. Put the other
end down into the pail of water;
make sure they are long enough to
lie on bottom of pail. You could
put a stone or anything heavy on
K the ends to keep them from slipping
out.
I wonder if the lady who wrote in
about cleaning scatter rugs ever
tried using the little round brush
attachment that comes with cleaners
for dusting draperies, etc. It is very
satisfactory especially for hooked
or shag rugs.
I would like some information on
growing tuberous begonias. I planted
five bulbs in the spring. They all
lived, but are so small, only about
4 inches high. One of them bloomed
and it was a beautiful yellow camel
lialike flower about 3 inches across.
Another had buds but they rotted
at the stem and fell off. I have the
plants in a window box on the north
side of the house; they get sun early;
in the morning and late in the aft-1
ernoon. I want to pot them and;
bring them in the house for the
winter. Will appreciate any in- j
formation.
♦ * * *
LENGTHENING DRESSES.
(From Mrs. E. L„ Washington.)
For Mrs. F. P. P., requesting ideas
for lengthening button-down dress,
I solved a similar problem by in
serting two bands of gro6grain rib
bon in lower skirt and repeating
same in upper waist.
For her aqua dress, I would sug
gest navy and fuchsia bands 1%
inches wide, and measure 5 inches
from the hemline, cutting It off
Aunt Het
BY ROBERT QUILLEN
Big Jim may be brave, like
his wife says, but you can’t
tell. I ain’t scared o’ babies.
It’s easy to seem brave if no
body around is big enough
to lick you.
and Inserting ribbon. If dress needs
further lengthening repeat with
other color. Two bands should then j
be sewn on upper waist to cor
respond with skirt.
(From Mrs. I. W. S., Washington.)
Answering Mrs. F. P. P., Washing
ton. your problem is one confronting
all of us who cannot wholly ignore
the mode of the moment, yet are
economy minded. I suggest a fl
inch band of material of a contrast
ing shade inserted between waist
and skirt, with its present belt of
aqua placed slightly above the mld
die of the new material, thus giving
* you 4 inches extra skirt length.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Information and requests sent
in by the following have been
forwarded to those for whom
they were intended:
Mrs. M. L. K., Mrs. F. P. J.,
. Mrs. E., Chevy Chase; Mrs. A. F.
* B., Landover; Mrs. M. C. P„
Lorton; Mrs. O. J., Mrs. L. L. M.,
Hyattsville; Mrs. J. A. B., Mrs.
L. W., Warrenton; Mrs. J. A. M.,
a Jr., Piney Point; Mrs. M. S. B.,
~ Vienna; L. K. M., Clinton; Mrs.
D.P.H., Cheverly; Mrs. M., Capi
tol Heights; S. H. G., Friendship
i Heights; Mrs. M. C. T., Mrs.
S. F. S., Falls Church; Mrs. J. L.
C„ Jr., Fort Myer; Mrs. P. C. N.,
Laurel; Mrs. K. F. Y., Mrs. H. L.
Y.. Mrs. MacP. W„ Mrs. J. F. D„
Mr. W. A * P.. Mrs. T. M. L., Mrs.
J. L. AT, Mrs. L. F. M„ Mrs. A. K.
L., Mrs. B. H., Arlington; Miss
F. B., Mrs. A. C. S., Mrs. G. T. L.. \
Silver Spring; Mrs. C. F., Jr.. Mrs.
F. P. H„ Mrs. R. C., Mrs. R. R., |
Alexandria; Mrs. T. P. B., A. M. \
W., Jr., Takoma Park; Mrs. E. J. \
F„ Mrs. N. F„ Mrs. M. V., Mrs.
B. M. H., Mrs. C. B. S., Mrs. V. L.
S„ Mrs. P. B. S., Mrs. J. A. K.,
Mrs. J. H. F„ Mrs. G. L. W„ Mrs.
V. L. S.. Mrs. L. E. M„ Mrs. J. H.
F., E. K., Miss I. A. S.. Mrs. E. O.
Mrs. J. C. A., Mrs. E. J. M.,
Mrs. L. C., H. E. F., Washington.
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POEM.
(From Mrs. A. E. F., Arlington.)
Here is one of my favorites:
Into my heart'* treasury I dropped a coin
That time may not take nor thief purloin.
For better than the mintlns of a sold-,
crowned kina
Is the safe-kept memory of a lovely thin*.
WWW*
FRESH MINT SAUCE?
(From D. D., Washington.)
Please send in a recipe for fresh
mint sauce.
* * * *
CLEANING LAMPSHADES?
CLOTHS FROM TOWELS.
(From Mrs. S. S. R., Washington.)
If some cme has had success in
washing or cleaning silk lamp
shades, will you please let me in on
the secret?
Fine wash cloths and excellent
dish cloths can be made from the
border part of old turkish towels
worn thin in the center, by crochet
ing an edge around, or binding it
with colorful tape, even washable
materials. Cut size to suit yourself.
* * * *
PRINTING ON FLOUR SACKS? j
(From Mrs. J. M., Washington.) ;
Can any of the readers tell me
how to remove the printing from
cotton flour bags? I recently bought [
several with the hope of making j
some dish towels but am at a loss|
as to how I can bleach them.
* * * *
"THE LITTLEST ANGEL?”
'(From Miss C. J, Washington.)
I understand that through one of
your readers, I may be able to
secure a copy of “The Uttlest
Angel.” I do not know who wrote it,*
but I would like to use It on a
Christmas program.
BROILED ICING?
(From Mrs. H. Y. S„ Bethesda.) <
Can some one tell me'how to:
make BROILED Icing right on the
cake?
* * * *
CLEANING LAMBSKIN RUGS?
(From V. M., College Park.)
Will some one please help me? I
have two white fur lambskin rugs.
How can I clean them? Liquid
cleaners only curl up the fur and
don't get fur white.
* * * *
YELLOW VIOLET?
(From Mrs. K. O. B.. Hyattsville.)
Could any reader of the Clearing
House tell me where I may obtain
a yellow African viclet?
* * * *
CANNING RECIPES?
(From Mrs. W. J. T., Kensington.)
Would some one suggest canning
recipes for the use of crab apples
and persimmons?
* * * *
POEM WANTED?
(From Mrs. F. W. M., Washington.)
I would like it if some of the
readers of RCH could send the
words to “The Old Red Cradle
Rocked Us All.”
* * * *
FRIED RIPE TOMATOES.
(From Mrs. G. H. M.. Arlington.)
Here is one of my pet recipes.
Pried ripe tomatoes. Average tomato
will make 4 slices, and three toma
toes will fill a skillet. Dip in flour
and fry in 3 or 4 tablespoons of,
bacon fat. Salt and pepper top side,
turn when brown, place 1 teaspoon
ful sugar cm each slice. When done,
the slices are brown and soft and
the sugar almost melted. Take up
on platter and into the skillet pour
% cup milk. Heat and stir loose
what is left in skillet. Pour this
over the slices. My family almost
fights over this, and yours will, too!
* * * *
CHILD PROBLEM.
(From Mrs. B. F. S., Bethesda.)
To Mrs. J. L. M. I found my little
girl would not stay alone once she
started to toddle until she was nearly
2'i years. However, now she will
play for hours outside alone and in
her yard. Right now. you think of
things you’d like to do by yourself,
but all too soon she’ll be inde
pendent.
* * * *
“THE BIRDIES’ BALL.”
(From Mrs. H. B. H., Maryland
Park.)
To Mrs. N. L. H„ Washington. This
is "The Birdies’ Ball,” which I
learned from my mother, and which
I in turn sang to my seven children.
Spring once said to the Nightingale.
I mean to give all the birds a ball.
Pray, ma’am, ask the birdies all.
The birds and the birdlings, great and
small.'
_ , , , CHORUS.
Tra la la la la la!
Tra la la la la la!
Tra la la la la la—la la la!
Soon they came, from bush and tree,
Singing sweet their songs of glee.
Each one fresh from his cozy nest.
Each one dressed in his Sunday best.
CHORUS.
The cuckoo and wren, they waltzed for life
The raven danced with the yeUow bird's
wife:
The awkward owl and the sassy Jay
wished each other a very good day.
CHORUS.
The woodpecker came from his home in
the tree
And brought his bill for the company,
cherries ripe and berries red.
Twas a very long bill," all the birdies said
CHORUS.
They danced all day, till the sun was low.
The mother birds then prepared to go;
One and all, both great and small.
Flew to their homes from the birdie's ball.
CHORUS.
* * * *
COMMENT.
(From Mrs. H. Y. S., Bethesda.)
I want to thank Mrs. P. A. who
is now in London and Mrs. M. G. B.,
a Britisher, now in Washington for
their thoroughly delightful and
friendly letters on London. If the
United Nations delegates could ac
cept differences as just differences,
world peace would become more than
just a dream.
* * * *
IDENTIFYING AUTHOR.
(From. Mrs. J. H. B„ Washington.)
For G. L„ Washington, who asked
about out-of-print books:
The author of “Mollv Bawn,” “The
Duchess.” “Phyllis,” “Portia,” etc.,
etc., is Margaret Wolfe Hungerford,
whose pen name is the Duchess,
the same as the title of one of the
books I mentioned.
* * * *
INK FROM RUG?
<From Mrs. E. F. C., Kensington.)
Washable ink has been spilled on
a new Axminster rug (all-wool). I
used a liquid cleaner while the ink
was wet, which spread it. Since this
is a new rug, I would rather not send
it to a professional cleaner. Prob
ably there is some one who has had
a similar experience and found some
thing that will clean the ink stains
and not necessitate sending the rug
to the cleaner.
* * * *
CUTTING CARPET?
LINOLEUM?
(From Mrs. W. G. W., Alexandria.)
In our new house, the broadloom
rug fits the living room except where
it covers the hearth. Can I cut this
out and bind the rug with rug bind
ing, or must that job be done by an
expert? Seems to me I could do it,
as I sew a lot, but has any one had
experience doing a similar bit of
work?
Also, the linoleum in my kitchen
shows soil so easily. Can I shellac
it, then wax it? Can the same
process be used on the matching
counters?
Many thanks for any help.
FLOOR WAXER;
SMOCKING?
(From Mrs. L. E. G., Washington.)
To Mrs. P. C. C., Washington. We
have waxed our floors throughout
the house every spring and fall for
years. We have always rented a
waxer to do so. It has been our
experience that it is more or less a
waste of time to use a small waxer.
You can do the job is nearly half
the time and get a much better
result with the larger, heavier waxer
that uses two brushes.
I, too, would like some informa
tion. I am anxious to have a child's
size six dress smocked. Would
some kind reader tell me how I
could get this done? I had thought
of a church sewing circle but do
not know how to get in touch with
one.
* * * *
GARDENIAS.
(From Mrs. J. D„ Chevy Chase.)
To Mrs. E. S., Gaithersburg. My
gardenia plants had a similar afflic
tion which was due to “mealy bugs."
These are similar to a bit of cotton
fluff which appears on various parts
of the plant. If you find a condi
tion of this kind on your plant I
would suggest that you spray with
nicotine sulphate and soap or one of j
the several solutions a reliable
florist could suggest.
Before I got the proper solution:
I used a toothpick dipped in oil, and:
picked each bug off daily. This is;
time-consuming, but it does assure j
a bloom on the gardenia.
—Star Staff Photo.
Usually fashion shows spotlight on* thing at a time. It may be hats, jewels, clothing or shoes. It might be
coiffures. Seldom are a variety of items presented together in such array as to please men, women and children
alike. However, this will be the case when the Connecticut Avenue Style Show is presented at the Mayflower Hotel on
October 2d and 3d—the second show in which the shops that are located on Connecticut avenue have participated.
The Smith College Club scholarship fund will benefit from the proceeds of this gigantic display.
Most fashion shows are rather dull processions of model after model slowly walking across a runway, turning this
way and that way. Gets a little tedious after a while. And all this with perhaps a long commentary and a little music.
The Connecticut Avenue Show is quite a different affair. First of all there is actually a plot and a rapid succession of
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Pictured is the "Runaway Bride," around whom this year's plot wiil center. With her is her little flower girl, Cathy
Carr, who will also appear in the show. The gown in which Gloria Grisso, the bride, is shown is NOT the one that she
will model in the fashion show. Since the bride's gown is usually a big surprise, we thought we'd tempt you with
something "like" the scene that will be presented on Thursday and Friday of next week. Miss Grisso wili be wearing
the traditional white satin, but we're going to keep the lines of the gown a big secret. That's only fair to the bride
groom, you know!
Tickets for the show may be obtained from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily on the mezzanine floor of the Mayflower Hotel.
Four performances, two in the daytime and two in the evening, at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m., have been announced. For
further information concerning the Connecticut Avenue Style Show you may phone District 1343. —ELENI.
With Needle and Thread
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By Barbara Bell
This is a becoming, softly fash
ioned afternoon dress for the women
who admires uncluttered simplicity
The attractively shaped yoke is fin
ished with a bow tie, the neckline is
especially flattering. Have short or
three-quarter sleeves.
Barbara Bell Patem No. 1710 is
designed for sizes 32. 34, 36, 38, 40,
42, 44 and 46. Size 34, short sleeves,
requires 3% yards of 35 or 39-inch
fabric.
For this pattern, send 25 cents, in
coins, your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star, P. O.
Box 99, Station G, New York 19,
N. Y.
By Peggy Roberts
Here is the perfect complement
for your fall suit. This simple two
piece blouse has chevron-shaped
filet insertions. It is both crisply
tailored and feminine. Delicate cro
chet edging outlines the neck and
sleeves.
Pattern envelope No. R2603 con
tains tissue pattern, size 14, 16 and
i 18 included, 3 filet charts, stitch
illustrations and complete crochet
ing instructions for stitches used in
filet and edging. Finishing direc
tions.
Tc obtain this pattern, send 15c irt
COINS, giving pattern number,
your name, address and zone num
ber to Peggy Roberts, The Washing
ton Star, P. O. Box 100, Station G,
New York 19, N. Y.
Why Grow Old?
By Josephine Lowtnan
A recent letter came from a
mother who wanted to help herself
and her daughter. She said, "My
daughter and I read your column
in the paper and enjoy it. We
would like to know what is wrong
with our figures and what we can
do to correct faults. If you have
time please answer this letter be
cause we would like to correct de
fects this summer when we can
swim and have lots of fresh vege
tables from our garden.
‘‘First, I must tell you that I am;
considered very young looking fori
my age. My daughter and I often
pass for sisters. We both have
light brown hair and hazel eyes.
We also have small pug noses, full
lips and a very round face which'
makes people think we are fatter
than we really are.
“My daughter is 5 feet 7>* inches
tall and weighs 129 pounds. Her
bust measures 33 inches, waist 26
inches and hips 36 inches.
“I weigh 126 pounds and am 5
feet 2H inches tall. My bust meas
ures 35 inches, waist 26 inches and
hips 36 inches.
“We can wear the same clothes.
She is 18 and I am 35 years old.:
Please let us know as soon as pos
sible through your column what we
should do. I
That sounds like fun—a mother
and daughter working together for
their greatest individual attractive
ness. I am sorry that my answer
has been delayed but my question
Box letters are piled sky high and I
have to dig through as fast as I
can. Swimming may be over by
the time you read this, depending
on your part of the country, but
there is always the YWCA pool and
there are also special exercises.
You are doing beautifully! Your
measurements are fine. You should
watch a tendency to gain for you
may be slightly overweight — not
much. Watch your diet a little and
take a regular well-rounded set of
daily exercises.
Your daughter, on the other
hand, is a little underweight. She
should gain some. Have your
daughter take bust development
exercises, too.
As for the round faces and pug
noses—wear your hair high on top.
your rouge close to your nose, and
your hair close at the sides of your
head. Use powder which is a little
darker on top of your nose and re
member that pug noses are cute!
If you wish to have my hair styl
ing suggestions send a stamped,
self - addressed envelope to Jose
phine Lowman in care of The Eve
ning Star. Ask for the leaflet No.
51, "Framing Your Face Attrac
tively.”
What's Cookin'
MONDAY.
Creamed Chipped Beef Green Peas
Potatoes Boulangere
Fresh Fruit Cup Cookies
Potatoes Boulangere.
1 pound potatoes 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
1 medium onion in thin slices 2 tablespoons butter
Vt teaspoon salt % cup boiling water
A little pepper
Peel and slice potatoes and mix with onion, salt, pepper and
parsley. Spread about Vi inch deep in heatproof platter. Spread
butter over the top and add boiling water. Cook in a hot oven of
425 to 450 degrees about 30 to 40 minutes or until potatoes are soft
and brown and crusty on top. Serves 3 to 4. —By “Vi.”
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Junior Is Graduating!
By Gladys Miller
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do they frighten and make you
mentally run to cover?
It is always a shock to read how
many babies are being born every
1 month and then read how hard it
is for the parents to find a place
to live. Yet, the world over, fam
ilies are outgrowing their quarters
and are moving into new houses or
old houses made over. Others are
moving from two-room apartments,
where the first baby has been crowd
ed into dad’s and mother's room,
and baby now will have a room of
his own for the first time.
Here is where grandmother and
grandfather come into the picture.
Often they put up the funds they
lacked when their youngster was
bom to have just the right kind of
furnishings for the boy—furnishings
built to his size and for his use until
he is in his teens. Sometimes he
outgrows the youth bed and has to
have another bed, but designers are
studying the reactions of children
all of the time. Each year sees new
furniture designs brought out to
meet their requirements.
Child psychologists agree, how
ever, that if appropriate furnish
ings are provided, the child must!
be given some responsibility for the
care of his room and the furnish
ings. He must learn to put his toys
away and hang up his clothes on the
low hangers provided for him. It
seems no time at all before he can
learn to even make his own bed.
Some of the most popular furni
ture is in enameled colors and deco
rated with motifs painted or sten
ciled on the panels. These arouse
the interest of a child. One that is
particularly attractive has a rabbit
maneuvering a parachute. This
motif is not overdone, being used
only once on the three main pieces.
If you desire, you can also use
an enlarged motif on a white mat
applied to the wall. The scalloped
paper that frames the mat also
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with striped chintz draw-curtains.
The floor is carpeted, as junto
will play on the floor a certaii
amount of the time. A large car
pet is warmer and also dulls thi
sound of his constant pitter-patte:
back and forth. If you are aroum
him long you sometimes will thin]
that he has discovered the secre
of perpetual motion.
Surroundings of this kind hell
develop a certain standard of livini
that will remain with him the res
of his life.
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KwV ITWTreR TO EH J W TK VEiT/
Dorothy Dix Says—
j_>ear miss lhx : one or the women
X work with is literally rearing her
baby by telephone. She is on the
phone hourly telling her maid just
what to do and what not to do, but
she never knows whether her in
structions are carried out or not.
Another of my fellow workers in the
office had to be called by her neigh
bor when her 6-year-old son set fire
to the house while the maid was on
the front porch reading a book.
Now the husbands of both of these
ladies are making good salaries and
can well afford to support their
families. These women say that the
reason they have jobs in factories
is because they prefer them to
housework. Surely there must have
been many young woman among our
foremothers who were not domestic
minded either, but when they mar
ried they fulfilled the terms of their
contracts and stayed at home and
reared their families.
And what’s the matter with the
nusoanas wno let their wives work
outside of their homes and neglect
their children, unless it is absolutely
necessary? A READER.
Answer—The parents who consider
children an unfortunate by-product
of marriage, instead of its chief glory
and meaning, are responsible for the
juvenile delinquency that is one of
the great and tragic problems of
this day, and they should be the ones
who should be punished, to the very
limit of the law, for the crimes that
their ignorant, undisciplined, un
trained youngsters commit.
When we hear, as we do every
day, of boys in their teens who are
thieves and murderers, and girl chil
dren who take the wrong road, it is
their fathers and mothers who are
to blame, for by their neglect they
were accessory to the crimes of their
youngsters.
No woman has a right to get mar
ried and bring children Into the
world unless she Intends to make a
real home and to give her children
her own personal care and attention.
It is not a job that she can turn
over to hirelings, or that she can do
in the intervals of running a shoppe
or working in an airplane factory.
It is a 24-hour-a-day shift and it
takes every bit of the Intelligence
and the energy and the strength that
she has.
No other woman in the world is
going to give to little children the
patience and the love and the under
standing that a mother does. No
other woman is going to watch over
them and guide them and start
them down the right road as a
mother does. No other woman's
hand is going to shape a child's life
as its mother’s does. There is no
substitute for a mother.
And whether a woman would
rather follow a career or nurse babies
has nothing to do with it. She
voluntarily undertook to be a mother
and God is going to hold her re
sponsible for the way she does her
job.
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