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NUTS AND SWEETMEATS ARE A BOON TO THE LATE CHRISTMAS SHOPPER
Table Delicacies Are Appropriate
As Casual Presents and
Hostess Gifts
By WILMA LA VILLE
For the person you don’t want to give too big a gift, and
for the person who doesn’t necessarily want a permanent
gift, something in the way of a table delicacy is an excellent
suggestion.
Because it isn’t permanent or lasting, it seems like a casual
gift, and one they needn’t feel they must return, so that it
solves many a problem of the person you don’t know very
well.
Dainties Go Fast
Holiday time is also a time
when most diets are forgotten.
Many families have children
home, or are doing much en
tertaining, so that supplies of
nuts, raisins, cookies and fruits
seem to fairly melt away. So
daintily done up boxes of any
of these things are sure to be
welcome
Holiday Fruit Cake
First on the list of good
things to eat are fruit cakes.
Try to find a brand that has a
really home cooked flavor, and
there are many of them.
Wrap the cake in cellophane,
tie it with a big ribbon bow,
and it will rank with the favor
ite gifts under the tree.
Plum Pudding Fine
Plum puddings are excellent
gifts too, whether they are
home made or from your gro
cery store. Fig puddings make
an excellent change, and are
delicious.
Preserved mincemeat is an
other welcome delicacy, and all
sorts of canned and preserved
fruits, particularly if they are
a “home made’’ brand, make
nice casual gifts.
In Attractive Jars
Crystalized ginger, jam, honey
and other sweets can be found
in beautiful containers, and
make attractive gifts. Baskets
of fruit are decorative as well
as a delight to receive, and a
crate of oranges is a gift
supreme, to my way of think
ing.
Boxes of cookies make nice
presents, especially if there are
children in the family. If you
don’t want to make them your
self, the large biscuit companies
put up nice assortments, in at
tractive gift boxes.
Nuts Always Needed
Nuts come in pretty boxes,
and of course candies do too,
but I’d leave candy as the last
choice, for so many more people
give candy than they do other
sweetmeats, that it’s sure to be
there in greater profusion.
Then a final suggestion in the
way of food, but a good one, I
think, is a mold of ice cream in
some pretty Christmas figure,
such as a Santa Claus. The
creameries or ice cream houses
make them, and you can have
one delivered anywhere in town,
for Christmas dinner.
Don’t Forget Flowers
And don’t forget flowers. The
person you don’t know very well
will love a beautiful bouquet,
and it need not be expensive.
Or a potted flower will last a
long time, and remind someone
of you for many weeks.
Clever Electrical Devices Make
Many Changes in Beauty
By LISA DUMONT
Soon there won’t be any need for operators in the beauty
shops, so quickly are electrical appliances appearing on
the market.
Eventually robots will probably be used to operate all
the electrical machinery.
At any rate, several weeks
ago we wrote about the little
electric machine for “tweezing”
eyebrows and now an appara
tus for almost completely man
icuring the nails by electricity
has made its appearance.
Here Soon
Although this new instrument
has not yet made its debut in
Washington, New York shops
have it and we will see it here
before very long.
This machine, it is said, man-
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leures your nails safely and sat
isfactorily.
Everything but the removal of
the old polish and the putting
on of the new can be accom
plished by It, and in just about
one-half the time that you are
accustomed to devote to a man
icure.
The operator guides the little
pencil-like stick with its various
attachments for filing and
cuticle loosening and buff
ing.and there you are, possessed
of well manicured nails with
out any discomfort or danger
of infection, so gentle and safe
•re the workings .of this ma
chine.
For tach manicure the oper-
Beauty Queries
and Answers
Dark Circles
Question: I have dark circles
under my eyes. How can I cor
rect them?—M. S.
Answer: They may be caused
by lack of proper sleep or rest,
eye strain, or some physical con
dition which needs the attention
of your physician. Find out the
cause... and correct it. Local
applications won’t help.
Bust Reducing
Question: I have a very large
bust, although I am only 16
years old. Yon have helped so
many other people, perhaps you
could tell me what to do.
Thank you. I. F.
Answer: If you are over
weight, a sane diet under your
doctor’s supervision, together
with regular special exercises,
should reduce your chest meas
ure. If you are normal weight,
exercise alone will do the trick
—if you are persistent.
Acne
Question: My face is breaking
out very badly, I am just disgust
ed with it. The spots linger on
for weeks and never come to a
Lead. This condition has gone
on for some time. What in the
world can I do? J. M.
Answer: See your physician.
That is the wisest thing to do for
such a skin condition ~s you de
scribe, instead of trying to rem
edy it at home.
Clipping Lashes
Question: Someone told me
to clip my lashes to make them
grow. Do you advise that?
H. F.
Answer: No, it won’t help
nake them grow longer, but
is apt to make them stubby.
There are several good eye
lash growers on the market
I’ll be glad to tell you about if
you’ll send in a stamped, self
addressed envelope. Please re
peat your question.
Send Your Queries
If you have any beauty prob
lems to be solved, write io Lisa
Dumont, The Washington Times,
1317 H St. N. W., enclosing
self-addressed, stamped enve
lope, and your questions will
be answered PERSONALLY.
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ator uses fresh new pads and
disks, and the metal parts of
the machine are automatically
sterilized, so that the entire
procedure is sanitary and hy
gienic.
Always “snooping” for new
things in the beauty world,
■ we also have discovered what a
brand new tooth paste can
accomplish—if you use it on
your fingers to remove cigar
ette stains.
Tobacco Stains
All you do is take a tube of
this paste and put some on a
little brush and scrub your
fingers, and presto, the ugly
color vanishes. If the stain is
very bad, it will take several
applications of the tooth paste
to remove it.
If you are in search of a
pure cake of facial soap, an
other good one has just been
put out by a highly reputable
firm. This soap has as its
base lanolin which as you all
probably know, is an impor
tant ingredient in many oint
ments, salves, and face creams.
Any further information you
want about these articles we
will be glad to furnish in a
letter, if you enclose a stamped
envelope.
Fan Returning
Tis said that the feather fan
of the Prince of Wales feather
type is coming in again. One
shop shows such a plumed fan
In dark purple shading to pale
violet at the top. This is
mounted on dark shell sticks.
Exotic Nightgown
The exotic note is sustained in
a delightful new nightgown of
black sheer done on fitted lines
with a train to its slim skirt. Its
yoke and ruffle are of black Chan
tilly type lace, and it has long
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FASHION LEADERS
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MISS MONA BARRIE, screen star, is photographed wearing a mink cape and muff
and moss green evening gown, which she herself describes.
When Manners
Are Correct
By MRS. CORNELIUS
BEECKMAN
Quiet Wedding
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I am to be married in a few
weeks and owing to a recent
death in my immediate family,
the wedding is to be a quiet one.
We are to be married at the
preacher’s '.iome with only a
maid of honor and best man at
tending. Since the wedding is
to be a very quiet one and there
is to be no reception for our
friends after the ceremony, the
question of sending out wed
ding announcements arose. Is
it proper to send out these an
nouncements before or after the
wedding takes place, or would
it be better form in this par
ticular instance to forego send
ing announcements altogether?
It is our intention to have -
bridal supper for the bridal
party and parents of the bride
and groom. It is my opinion
that the expenses are taken
care of by the bride’s parents.
' m I correct in this thought?
, L.
1. By all means, if you can, do
send out marriage announce
ments. As a matter of fact
they are especially appropriate
for just such a wedding, and
they are thoroughly correct.
But be mailed after
the ceremony has been per
formed. Have them all ready
.. .engraved, addressed, stamped
.. - and let it be someone’s duty
to mail them after the cere
mony. Then your relatives and
friends in town will receive
them the morning following the
ceremony.
2. Yes, you are right. The
bride’s parents plan and pay for
the reception or dinner or sup
per after the ceremony.
Golden Wedding
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I received a golden wedding
announcement and will you
please let me know if it is
proper or improper to send a
gift? This announcement is
made up in a beautiful book
form and very expensive. I
have always been of the opin
ion that an announcemnet
means a gift. M.
If you know these people
very well, and if you really wish
to send a gift, it is proper and
gracious to send a gift. But it
isn’t necessary to make this
gesture just because you re
ceived an announcement of the
anniversary, no matter how
elaborate this announcement is.
(Copyright. 1933. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
By MONA BARRIE
Luxuriance and sophistication
are subtly expressed in mink
cape and muff and green
evening gown I am wearing
here.
An introduction for spring,
the gown is of moss green,
striped crepe, with a series of
fan pleats set into the stripes
of the material from the knee
down, the skirt slit to just be
low the left knee. A modified
decollete is featured in the
rather high, square back and
front treatment, where interest
is pointed by the use of rhine
stone clips at the shoulder
straps and a rhinestone belt
buckle.
Interchangeable with the
mink cape and muff, I like to
wear an evening jacket in the
same moss-green striped crepe,
and elbow-length gloves and
muff in the same material.
An air of frivolity character
izes the palm-side of the gloves,
which is in lightweight brown
wool, and the muff is lined with
the same material.
Interesting to note is the name
of this creation: “Continental
Lady.”
My early spring wardrobe also
includes a cocktail dress of black
and white French bilitis crepe.
The front of the jacket is white,
and has cut rhinestones and
white crepe buttons; the back
of the jacket is black. With the
removal of the jacket, I step
forth in a dinner dress, short
sleeved, bringing a sports feel
ing into the cocktail and restau
rant gown for spring. A lower
waistline is introduced, and the
extremely long, sheath-like skirt
has a tiny train. The upper
portion of the dress, like the
coat, is white in front, with
black back.
Rhyming
Optimist
A Feather of Spray
I am a leaf, swayed with the
forest’s motion
And lifting to the sun;
I am a drop within the tides
of ocean
Whose song is never done!
O, vast and tall the ancient
forest reaches,
And I am but a leaf!
O, wide and deep the sea, yet
on the beaches
Each breaking wave is brief!
Yet I am part of all the forest’s
yearning,
Up, up to greet the sky;
And part of tides that, ebbing
and returning,
Weave songs that never die!
One instant is enough, a leaf, a
feather
Os spray tossed up from sea;
Ah, with creation’s heart to
beat together...
It is enough for me!
The National Daily
Try This
Recipe
Mexican Spaghetti
1 cup (or more) diced cooked
ham.
1 medium size green pepper.
1 medium »size onion.
1 21-oz. can cooked spaghetti.
Fresh cucumber pickles.
Brown chopped ham, green
pepper and onion in butter.
Place in one side of frying
pan, add spaghetti and allow
to heat throughly. Place spa
ghetti on platter, surround
with the browned meat. Add
sprigs of parsley to garnish.
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WOODEN “WALKIE” TOYS are all the rage this year. They have naany vir
tues, among them their price of only 49c.
They have feet that walk them right along when Junior pulls the leading string,
and they are gaily painted to resemble various animals, not too closely. For more
call Wilma Laville.
FRIDA Y—DECEMBER 22—1933
Children Grow Away z From Parent
Who Shirks His Share of
Home Training
By MARTHA WINSLOW
The relationship of father and child (girls as well as boys)
should be as beautiful as that of the mother and child.
Too often “daddy” leaves the job of training the young
sters entirely to mother. And then wonders why the little
boys are “mama’s boys” and the girls “sissies.”
The father has a definite
contribution to make to the
family other than merely pay
ing the rent and grocery bills.
All children, both boys and
girls, need contact with the
masculine viewpoint.
Mother Tired Too
Father has the excuse, of
course, that he is tired after a
hard day at the office. But
mother hasn’t had exactly an
easy time of it at home and
“being tired” is not a logical
excuse.
If he wanted undisturbed
peace after his working hours
he should have remained a
bachelor.
That also goes, incidently,
for mothers who complain too
much about being “tied down”
by their children.
The job of child raising does
tie you down, but it is one
you assume voluntarily and of
your own free choice. Having
made the choice you should
stick to it without too much
growling and lamenting.
Has Advantage
The child who is a “buddy”
of his father has a decided
advantage over the youngster
who is raised entirely by
mother. The father can teach
him (or her) dozens of things
impossible to mother. Even
mothers who have themselves
been workers and bucked the
big game of life.
The child whose two parents
share in his training has a
broader outlook. He (or she)
gets off to a better start.
Faher should take over his
share of the job early in the
youngster’s life. The infant will
learn to coo and gurgle with
a special kind of joy over at
tentions paid him by this big
and charming creature he calls
“daddy.” The older child will
love his (or her) romps with
dad.
Whose Fault?
The father who cheerfully
assumes this duty will reap a
rich reward. Often we hear
them lament that they are
strangers to their children.
THIS DOC REALLY WALKS
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Child Health
Questions
Take Him Along
Question: My baby sleeps
very well. Do you think it is
safe for me to go out and
leave him while I market? We
live in an apartment house.
Mrs. R. E.
Answer: It is extremely dan
gerous to leave an infant (or
older child) alone. There are
dozens of things that might
happen. Take him with you
when you market. The air
will do him good.
Tries to Walk
Q. —At what age does a baby
begin to try to walk? Mine is
a year old and has not even
attempted it. Mrs. B. G. 11.
A.—Very few babies walk at
one year. Sometimes the small
wiry type attempts it success
fully but this is rare. It may be
a month or two before your
baby tries it. Or later than
that. If he is otherwise healthy
don’t worry.
Martha Winslow is prepared
to assist in solving your child’s
problems — physical or psycho
logical.
Send self-addressed, stamped
envelope to her, care of The
Washington Times, 1317 H St.
N. W.
Names of such correspondents
will be regarded as confidential.
Suggestions
For
Christmas
By Victoria Gaines
Special Correspondent of The Walk
Ington Times In New York,
America’s Style Center
NEW YORK. Dec. 23.—1 f
you’ve ever been unlucky
enough to be ill at Christmas
time, then you know that it
can be the dreariest, loneliest
time to spend in a sick-bed,
when the rest of the world is
rejoicing—or it can be a sea
son of genuine good cheer, made
so by the tender thoughtful
ness of family and friends.
One of the nicest things to
do for an invalid is to give
him a tiny trimmed Christmas
tree from the whole family,
with individual gifts hanging
from the branches. Another
is to fill a huge Christmas
stocking to the brim with gifts
and goodies, to greet him from
his bedpost on Christmas morn
ing.
Books and games are the
most welcome of gifts—for the
crying need of the convalescent
is to be entertained. One
I
especially hilarious volume
named “Fun in Bed’’ is a col
lection of articles by leading
humorists on the art of being
ill, and also contains bridge
problems, crossword puzzles
and a diary to rout boredom.
Will Rogers and Irvin Cobb
have also written amusingly of
their personal battles with
drugs and doctors.
If he’s able to sit up and take
notice again, cards, checkers or
any kind of game will be a great
help in whiling away the tedious
hours—and he can always in
veigle a few fellow-sufferers to
join the game.
Potted plants seem a simple
gift, but it’s surprising what
simple things will interest any
one who has nothing to do but
stare at the ceiling all day. To
any invalid, especially a child,
growing flowers give that in
valuable aid—something alive
to care for.
With a returning interest In
life, comes a renewed interest
in one’s personal appearance.
Beauty kits containing all the
necessaries—b rushes, combs,
shaving articles for a man, and
bottles and jars for favorite
lotions for a woman—will do
more than anything else to
maintain their morale. Bath
sets, too—bath salts, powder and
soap — make a refreshingly
dainty gift after the antiseptic
monotony of a hospital.
Extra pajamas, nightgowns
and bed jackets are always
good gifts, especially if the stay
at the hospitals has been for
any length of time. If they’re
at the ‘up and around’’ stage, a
warm bathrobe and fleecy Bed
room slippers for a man, and a
quilted satin robe and fur-lined
mules for a woman, would be
ideal gifts. For men, too, are
those new lounging suits—of
flannel—to be warm enough for
an invalid, but smartly styled
as to jacket and trousers to
avoid any suggestion of the
sick room.
And don’t forget to tuck in
a few goodies—candies, cakes
and fruit—for the hospital
nurses and internes whose at
tention means so much to the
patient’s well-being!
Household Hints
Old Powder Puffs
After old powder puffs are
washed they are splendid for
cleaning silverware.
Camphor for Mice
You can keep mice out of
trunks and drawers by putting
camphor in those placet.
Prolongs Life
Washcloths last much longer
if the edges are turned back and
stitched.
Removing Gum
Chewing gun can be removed
from a child’s hair with butter. -