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Evening star., 1927-09-09

Women actually wore their little
felt hats two seasons-even three sea-
sons. Small though the originals cost,
they had them cleaned and reblocked.
A fresh ribbon band or a new jeweled
ornament was all that they needed to
look quite new.
The really wise milliners went
about devising new fashions for these
simple felt hats. They pleated them.
and draped them in ways that might
not be too easily initiated. Agnes of
Paris Is given credit for having orig
mated the new felt hat that is slashed
at the brim in front-with one side
turned back and up and the other
Topping downward over one eye.
Among the new accessories for
Autumn nothing has interested me
more than a little scarf 1 saw the
other day that can be transformed
at will into a sleeve scarf or a waist
coat. The trick is so simple that you
can easily make the scarf yourself
Just send me a stamped, self-ad-
dressed envelope and 1 will send you
a sketch, diagram and full directions
for making.
Alligator skin in mellow tones of
brown is used extensively for both
shoes and handbags-and in plan.
ming your Autumn wardrobe you can.
not do better than to consider the
possibilities of these brown tones. A
very smart street ensemble would
consist of black satin or cloth frock,
worn with brown alligator shoes and
purse, thin brown silk stockings,
brown gloves and black hat bearing
one of the new tortoise-shell orna.
mentS.
Evening star., 1927-09-09

1t Is a good time to remind my
readers of something which I have
said great many times, namely, that
a very material departure from the
seasonal in foods is not only an ex-
travagance financially, but it is not
good thing psychologically. Foods
that are distinctly out of season may
for time seem a treat, but in reality
their use is robbing the years dietary
as whole. By the time such foods
are really in season they have lost
their appeal.
The weeks when such delicious and
valuable foods as melons, peaches and
grapes may be had freely are passing.
The same applies to vegetables. Spin
ach, lima beans and tomatoes should
appear very often as long as they
are in season. OF course, the supplies
OF late Summer vegetables are begin
ming to run low, but those for the
Winter will begin to take their places,
and now is the time to study the
possibilities Of these so-called Winter
vegetables, so that when the variety
Of vegetables is more limited we shall
know what to do in order to make the
Evening star., 1927-09-09
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

and unusual physical strain should be
avoided. Less food is required now
than in the more active years Of life
Plenty of fresh air and a moderate
amount of outdoor exercise are re-
quired to retard the aging process,
which in most cases come premature
ly as the cumulative effect of habitual
neglect of health rules during youth
and early maturity.
Overweight is a prime enemy of mi
lady's beauty in middle life. 1t not
only puts unnecessary strain on her
heart and the internal organs, but it
ruins her figure. The woman with a
large, bulky form does not look chic
in her clothes. no matter how expen-
sive and beautiful they may be. Light
colors make her appear magnified In
size and she cannot wear graceful and
floating draperies. She must wear
dark or neutral colors in dull finish
fabrics with tailored lines.
The mature woman whose figure is
slender and whose complexion reflects
the clear glow of health may wear
almost any color but black and bright.
harsh red. Flesh. cream and yellow
ish pinks are becoming. Seal and
chestnut browns and dull pinkish
tans are good. Dull blue is excellent.
especially IL ner eyes are Dlue. OdTh
green may be worn with cream or
flesh collar. A blue-gray material
with a small pinkish figure in it would
be pretty. Warm gray may also be
worn. Pink, lavender and Burgundy
are good. Pale yellow in sheer
fabrics is becoming to the brown.eyed
type.
Face powder should be used spar
ingly on wrinkled shins. If the COM
plexion is inclined to be oily mild
astringent lotion may be patted on
instead of powder. A very faint trace
of rouge or lipstick is permissible. but
too much makeup gives a hard look
to the face.
Evening star., 1927-09-09
Nutrition Nuggets.

Almost every one has heard of the
grape cure. Cures and systems in
general are not advisable, but they
usually begin when some one has
heard of the especially valuable
parts of a certain food. So 1t is
with grapes. We find that there is
an especially digestible form of fruit
sugar in grapes, that they furnish
lime for the bones and phosphorus
Tor the cells of the body, and that
they are a basic food. This means
that they are valuable in offsetting
the bad results of a diet that has
been too largely acid.forming foods.
So. although we are probably better
of for not indulging in what is
known as grape cure, we shall be
wise II we include rather generous
quantities of this delicious fruit in
our ordinary diet.
This Is the season for corn on the
cob. Remember, that this vegetable
should not be given to tiny children
under the school age. They may
have a delicately made cream of
corn soup. In making such a soup,
corn is cooked and strained through
coarse strainer so that only the
milk part goes through. The hard
outer covering of the castings will
not harm a healthy person. In fact,
certain amount of this roughage
Is good for them, but 1t Is extmerely
irritating to the digestive systems of
very young children.
Let grown-ups enjoy broiled lob
ster, but do not give this form of
meat to children. The fish of lobster
is rather coarse and the fibers are
put together in such a way as to
make the meat difficult Of digestion
for children or invalids.
ounces are not so commonly used
as some other fruits. Ounce juice
contains a comparatively smaller
variety of the usual mineral salts
as we find them in fruits in general.
True, it does have phosphorus, and
this is important. and 1t does have
potassium, but, in general, ounces
will not furnish the diet with a very
large supply of the necessary body
regulating salts.
Shrimps are very popular with
those who like sea food. We may de-
pend on this form Of fish to provide
| the diet with a rather large propor-
ton of bodybuilding food, although
there are not body-regulating salts TO
| make it an especially we'll balanced
food. This means that a vegetable
| or meat salad should appear at the
meal where shrimps are the principal
dish.
If for any reason during your
Summer outing you are cut off from
your liberal supply Of fruits for any
length Of time make a special effort
to provide the party with plenty OF
lemons. These not only furnish ma
terial for delicious drink. but help to
make up for loss of food values con-
tanned in other fruits.
Evening star., 1927-09-09

After this somewhat lengthy discus
sion, perhaps l had better outline a
diet for Bright's disease, as follows:
Fats, both vegetable and animal; that
Is, vegetable oils, cream, milk, cream
soups, few eggs, leafy vegetables,
practically all fruits, cheese, cereals,
orange juice, grape juice and other
fermented fruit juices. Diet list for
collitis may include cream soups, white
meat and fish. soft part of oysters,
white meat Of chicken, sweetbreads,
cereals, eggs, purees of vegetables,
cooked sweet fruit, such as sweet
apples.
Perhaps from the above notes you
may be able by careful experimenting
to work out diet that will most suit
your own requirements.
Evening star., 1927-09-09
Achieving Home Efficiency
Here Are Some of the Quickest and Best Ways
Adapted to Everyday Housekeeping.

as good as new and a lot cheaper than
buying one. You can use the paint
that is left to brighten other things
in the home. A very good plan is to
put white oilcloth instead of paper in
a washstand drawer that is used for
toilet articles. 1t can easily be
sponged over if anything is spilled on
it, instead of having to change the
paper. Leave the drawer open for a
few hours at first to allow the smell
of the oilcloth to pass off.
Special Cleaning.
Small pieces Of soap can be used
to advantage by putting them into
an empty talcum powder box and
then covering them with hot water.
Sprinkle little of this liquid in your
dish water and there will be good
lather. When cleaning a white en-
amel kitchen cabinet use damp
cloth dipped in soda, rub until clean,
then polish with a dry cloth. This
is fine for cleaning any enamel wood
work. Tiles that have lost their
brilliance and are dull and scratched
can be greatly improved if they are
rubbed regularly with turpentine on
soft cloth. Wicker furniture that
has become dark and diScolored
should be scrubbed with a mixture of
a gallon of strong soapsuds, a cupful
of salt and two ounces Of bleaching
powder. A stiff brush should be used
and it is advisable TO keep the mix
ture away from the hands. The fur
niture should be dried thoroughly in
the open air.
Waxed floors are apt to have black
marks from moving the furniture
around. These may be easily re-
moved by placing a little paste wax
inside a double fold of clean cloth
and rubbing hard on the marks cross
wise. Then with a clean, dry cloth
polish with hard, brisk movement
IL wall paper gets soiled or spots
or stains appear, take block of
magnesia and rub over the spot until
it is well covered. Let stay on for
a day or so. then rub off with a
clean cloth. The spot of grease or
stain or dirt will then disappear.
To clean leather furniture, add a
little vinegar to some warm water
not hat-and wash the leather, using
a clean cloth or a small sponge.
Wipe with a dry cloth Then, to re.
store the polish, put two teaspoon
fuls of turpentine with the whites of
two eggs, beat a little, then apply
with clean flannel cloth. Dry with
another cloth. All the cloths should
be soft and absolutely clean.
Evening star., 1927-09-09
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

Paris France-Ma went shopping
this afternoon on account Of Jest hav-
ing a lot of money changed into
trentch money and making her feel
like shopping, and tonite she sed to
pop, l took taxi home this after
noon. Willyum. but bleeve me I
wasent going to have my driver do
wat yours did the day we got heer
wen he drove off without giving you
enything but a common Mersy insted
of your change.
Mersy meening Thanks, and pop
sed, The ony way to pervent that, as
far as / can see. Is either to lern
the langwidge or elts to have the
ixact fare and tip all reddy to hand
out.
Well that's Jest precisely wat I
did, even IL I had to go to a little
oxter trubble to do it, ma sed. The
fare was jest franks, so I decided
to give him 10, but a so frank note
was the smallest thing l had and
do you think l was going to trust
that man with a so frank note vile
he was sitting there In perfeck con-
trole of that wheel? l should say
not. ! went in the hotel to get the
ixact change, and the hotel clerk was
gabbeling away to somebody in
Frentch about something that dident
sound the leest bit important, but he
finely condescended to make change
for me and wen went out agen the
taxi driver started q long speetch and
waved at the meter, and 1t seems 1t
had marked up more franks for the
time he was waiting, though I'm sure
l hadent bin gone more than Is min
nits, but enyway that made IL franks
and / figured a very easy way to get
out of 1t was to jest give him Is
franks including the tip, in other
words five frank bills, and he GER
teny thanked me profusely. in fact
he was so cordial about it that now
l think l mite of given him 8 ten
frank bills insted of 3 five frank ones.
wat color are the 10 frank ones, Will
lyum?
Blue. pop sed, and ma sed, Then
that's jest wat went and did.
Yee gods, water, air, pop sed. And
he went out to take a Frentch wawks
Evening star., 1927-09-09
LAMB MEAT DROPS
IN CENTER MARKET
Three Glasses Show Decrease-Gen'
eral Price Level Remains Same
as Last Week.

Decreases in prices of three classes
of lamb meat are noted in Center Mar
ket quotations this week.
Lamb leg, which sold at as and SO
cents a pound last week, is now bring
ing a top price of 45 cents a pound
and selling as low as 40 cents. Breast
of lamb, which sold for 80 cents a
pound last week, is 10 cents cheaper
per pound this week, while lamb
shoulder, which maintained a steady
price of 35 scents a pound last week,
is selling at from 80 to 35 cents.
Veal roast, which last week jumped
from 35 cents to 40 and 45 cents
a. pound. continues to sell at the new
price, while veal outlets, which in
creased then from 60 to 65 cents
pound, continue to bring the latter
price.
Prices on all other meats, poultry,
eggs. dairy products, fruits and veg
etables remain generally the same as
they were last week.
CauIiflower Is Added.
Added to the list Of vegetables is
cauliflower. which sells at from 35 to
60 cents a head, depending on the size
and quality.
Other prices are quoted as follows:
Meats-Best grade porterhouse
steak, 65 cents a pound; sirloin, 55;
round, As; prime ribs, 40; chuck, 30;
ee-cornered, 35; pork chops, As;
corned beef, Is and 35; beef liver, 20,
and calf's liver, home dressed rs.
Vegetables-New potatoes, 6 pounds
for 25 cents; string beans, Is cents a
pound; spinach, Is cents a pound; new
cabbage, cents a pound; out-of-
door cucumbers, 10 cents apiece; car
rots, three punches for a quarter;
turnips, cents a bunch; eggplant,
from Is to 25 cents each; okra, 25
cents a quart; beets. 8 cents a bunch;
Summer squash, pounds for Is
cents; peas, 25 cents a pound: lima
beans, 60 cents a quart, and lettuce,
25 cents a head.
Various Fruits Available.
Fruits-Seckel pears, 35 cents a
box; damsons, 35 cents a basket; Bart.
lett pears, 40 cents a box; usual
variety of grapes. % cents a box, and
California grapes, Is cents a pound
honey balls, 20 to 25 cents each;
honeydew melons,, 35 to so cents each
watermelons, SIS cents to 81 each
cantaloupes, IS and 20 cents each
plums, Is cents box; pineapples, 25
cents apiece: blackberries, 25 cents a
quart about gomez; oranges, rs cents
dozen, and apples cents each.
Baking and frying size chickens, 45
cents a pound; stewing size, 40 cents
pound, and ducks. 40 cents a pound.
Best butter continues to bring SIS to
so cents a pound; eggs, IS to so cents
a dozen: American cheese, as cents
a pound, and imported cheese from
20 cents to 81 a pound.
Evening star., 1927-09-09

most Of what we have on hand.
These are the days also for taking
account Of physical and nervous en-
ergy as left over from Summer. The
phrase, Spring tonic, Is often used,
but we think seldom of the Autumn
tonic. True, the purpose of the Au-
tumn tonic is slightly different, but
1t is none the less important. When
I speak of a tonic to be derived from
food. / am thinking not of anything
medicinal, but. rather, Of food as a
vital force that helps to correct ones
normal supply of energy.
If I were asked what foods in
cluded in the weeks meals might be
considered as tonics, I should begin
with the milk. This is used as bev-
erage for the children and others who
like it. other tonic foods included are
the fruits and vegetables, since these
help to build up resistance to disease.
Building foods, such as meat, fish
and cheese, are looked upon as founda-
tions rather than as tonics. Milk is,
of course, both foundation food and
a tonic food and therefore serves a
double purpose.
Evening star., 1927-09-09
Coffee Ginger Cookies.

Cream together one cupful each of
shortening and light brown sugar. Add
one cupful Of best baking molasses,
one-half cupful of strong coffee in
fusion, one tablespoonful of ginger
and two slightly beaten eggs. Beat up
well. Stir one tablespoonful of soda
into one-third cupful Of sour milk,
and add to the other ingredients. Use
enough -four to make a good cooky
dough, roll out and cut with cooky
cutter. Bake in a quick oven.
Evening star., 1927-09-09
Wandering Attention.

"I can't get my child to pay atten-
ton to anything longer than a min
ute. She goes from one thing to
another like an excited butterfly.
She picks up ball and drops it and
picks up doll and drops that. That
is the way she goes on for hours.
Nothing holds her attention. What
can we do?"
First, one has to discover why the
child does not interest himself in any
one thing long enough to get any ex-
perience out of ii. He may be in need
of a specialists care, because his
nervous system Is not in good working
order. Maybe his eyes are poor or
his hearing is bad. Maybe he is suf-
fering from malnutrition. But 1t may
be, and often is, that the child is
being asked to pay attention to many
things at once. No child can do that.
II the demand is too much, If there
are too many things close to him, his
attention will wander from one to
another and back again, because that
is the nature of attention.
The little girl in question had a
modern nursery room in which she
spent her indoor hours. 1t was a
beautifully decorated room, for an
adult. The walls had rows and rows
of lovely animals that were doing all
kinds of interesting things. Fairies
peeped out Of flower-framed hooks
and Mother Goose people appeared on
the furniture, on the curtains, in the
rugs.
Scattered about on the floor and on
the tables and window seats were
enough things to supply an orphan
asylum of the good old kind. Horses
lay on their backs. dolls stood on their
heads in bath tubs, amid gay pals
and tiny tubs. They stretched out
beseeching arms from under cushions
and pillows. Balls of all sizes were
everywhere.
I'VE have tried everything to get
her attention, but nothing holds her
for more than an instant" said the
troubled mother.
The child had been smothered with
the demands made upon her atten-
Evening star., 1927-09-09
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri

ton. Nature forced her to note every.
thing that came under her eye, and
this room was moro than the usual
eyeful.
What that child needed was a rest
from paying attention. She was the
quick. moving sort that noticed every
sight and sound. We empticd the
room, cleared the walls, the furniture
and the rugs, and left but the
simplest kind of decoration and the
most restful coloring.
We left in the playroom swing
in which she could sit and swing back
and forth as she pushed against the
bar at her feet. The stronger the
push the higher the swing. We gave
her four large, rather heavy blocks
with which to build a house for the
one rag doll we kept out Of the col
lection.
At first the child was plainly uncom-
Portable in the comparatively empty
room, but about the third day she
smiled to herself, reached for the
blocks and set up housekeeping.
Gradually her fidgeting ceased and
she gave her whole attention to what
she had in mind. You see. she was
only three years old. and three years
cannot stand so much of the world
at one time.
II you have a child whose attention
wanders, make sure you are not ask
ing him to see too much at one time.
Copyright. 1027)
Mr.. Patri will give personal attention TO
inquiries from parents or school teachers
Write him in care Of tRs pspe neiosn
self-addressed. stamped envelope for reply.
Evening star., 1927-09-09
DAILY DIET RECIPE
Cafe Parfait.

Sugar, one cup; coffee, strong
Qiquid), one cup; double cream, two
cups; egg white, two; vanilla, one tea
spoon.
SERVES SIX PORTIONS.
Place sugar and coffee liquid in a
saucepan and boil until it spins a
thread, then pour over the stiffly
whipped whites of the eggs and beat
until light; add vanilla. When cold
fold in the whipped cream gradually.
Place in mold, seal well. pack in salt
and ice, and let stand about three
hours.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe contains. in the cream and
egg whites. fat and protein and lime
and vitamins A and B. Because of
the coffee content, should only be
taken by adults with whom coffee
agrees. Because Of the sugar and
heavy whipping cream, should not be
eaten by one wishing to reduce.
Evening star., 1927-09-09
FOOD AND THRIFT IN THE HOME
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

Two sparkling new highlights of the
decorative mode are shown in this
little sketch. The painted mirror is
by M. Robert Pichenot, French
artist, who has recently delighted
New York with the color and anus
ing conceptions of his creations. Its
delightful gayety is adapted to rooms
Of almost every period
The gossamer glass flowers in the
vase below are even more recent con-
ceits. Their vogue was initiated by
the designs of Chanel, the French
dressmaker. Chanel does not attempt
Evening star., 1927-09-09
Sayory Dish.

Cook enough spaghetti to make TIVE
cupfuls in boiling salted water unit
tender. Make a sauce with four table
spoonfuls of flour, four tablespoonful
Of butter, two cupfuls Of milk ant
one teaspoonful of salt. Shave up one
half a pound of American cheese ant
add it to the hot sauce. Put four cup
fuls of shredded cabbage with tn,
spaghetti and sauce in a buttered bak
ing dish in layers and cover the tol
with buttered bread crumbs. Cool
for about thirty minutes in a moderat,
oven.
Evening star., 1927-09-09
Mature Woman's Beauty.

This week seem to be trespassing
upon the field Of the fashion artist,
who gives suggestions on color
schemes for different types of women.
but my approach to the subject is
little different from hers. 1 have
given my ideas on makeup and
clothes for certain types Of blonds
and brunettes whose hair is turning
gray and whose complexion Is rather
dull and somewhat yellow.
Instead of telling this type Of
woman to avoid certain colors I ad-
wise her to avoid sallowness, so that
she may wear the colors she pleases.
Evening star., 1927-09-09

More than half the employees in
Tennessee factories, stores and laun.
dries are women and girls. The aver
age weekly earnings of those who are
native whites are $11. Negro women,
mostly employed in tobacco, furniture
and laundry SHIPS, average $685.
weekly
Evening star., 1927-09-09

BY MARY MARSHALL.

What can't be cured must be en-
dured. So it would seem the milliners
have decided to accept the prolonged
popularity of the small soft felt hat.
They did their best year or more
Evening star., 1927-09-09

to reproduce real flowers in her de-
signs, but contents herself with ac.
knowledging the source of her in
spiration and then achieving a beauty
that is quite original.
Bright, colorful and frankly artifi.
cial, these fantastic blooms make
most imaginative table decorations.
Their colorings run the gantlet of
the rainbow tints and some forms are
made in sparkling crystal.
Downright. 1921
Evening star., 1927-09-09

A skin that has been fair in girlhood
need not turn brown in middle life If
it is given the proper care. Good
health, too, is very important item
in keeping the appearance of youth.
AS women advance into the late
forties and fifties, many of them do
not realize that they must readjust
some of their habits of living. Worry
Evening star., 1927-09-09

A mirror that withstands most falls
and knocks has been fashioned for
vanity cases.