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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Gardening Is Smart New Sport

that We who were once criticized by
Europeans for being indifferent to the
beauties of nature are taking our place
among the flower lovers of the world.
A distinguished French dressmaker
in this country commented recently on
the interest that smart Americans take
in the cultivation of their own gardens.
He was surprised to learn that mem
bership in certain garden clubs carried
with it considerable social distinction,
and that in order to receive full men,
bership in some of these clubs one had
actually to tend the flowers with ones
own hands.
Gardening has in truth become a
really fashionable diversion and here
perhaps more than anywhere else the
feeling prevails that at least a super
fetal knowledge of gardening is a neces-
sary part of every woman's social edu-
cation. Most of us do our bit of anna
teur gardening for the sake of the Joy
We get out of it, mingled with the reali-
cation that gardening helps to keep
down ones weight. And we are able to
talk with some experiences about varie-
ties of roses, chrysanthemums, dahlias
tulips and narcissus largely because we
are really interested in them.
A. the same time most women realize
that the patter of flower gardening is
quite as helpful socially as the ability
to talk about new books or new plays,
and that to be able to distinguish by
name two varieties of garden roses Is
quite likely to give one more prestige
among well bred people than the ability
to name at sight two different makes Of
expensive motor cars.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

For baby's sake we would that every
parent owned a motor car in which to
do his Summer travelling. Undoubt-
edly, the easiest way to travel is by
automobile Ones journey can end at
any time, nights can be spent in. quiet
hotels instead of on noisy trains, and,
with a bed hung from the ceiling of
the car fresh milk from farmhouSes
and fresh supplies each day from the
grocer, the trip can be as devoid of
unpleasant incidents as an evenings
ride. .,.
Train trips are unavoidable for most
Of us, and one should make up ones
mind to suffer them with as little dis
comfort as good planning can make
them. The mother must gather her
wits, think the whole journey through,
and jot down all the supplies she is
certain to need then check them off
as packed. The food supplies for the.
baby in one suit case, the toilet adj
juncts and clothing in another and
the games and toys and books in an
other.
The nursing baby is the best traveller.
The bottle baby's formula can be
handled in several ways. Milk may
be we'll boiled at home, mixed, put in
a sterilized container, sealed and cool
ed and kept on ice until the moment
of leaving. It can be kept on ice in
the diner, if one is carried during
the whole trip, so look that up be
fore starting, to be sure.
Milk laboratories will prepare baby's
usual formula in as many bottles as
will be needed and deliver them to
the train in an iced container. This
Is safe, bulky, but expensive. Such
bottles can be used for the entire trip,
Dried and evaporated milks in small
cans are ideal for travelling If baby
is taking lactic-acid milk, even that
is possible by the use of dried lactic-
acid milk or a simple method of pre-
pairing IL with evaporated milk. If
any Of these milks are strange to him,
he should receive them one week in
advance of the journey, for the ex-
element of so many new experiences
is enough to rob baby of his appetite
without the added insult of per-
fectly new food
Small cans of sieved vegetables or
of vegetable soups can be purchased
now just for the baby's own use. With
a vacuum bottle of boiled water, an
orange or two a small saucepan and
heating apparatus. and cup, dish, a
spoon and package of Zweiback, the
baby of six to eighteen months can
have almost his regulation diet car
ried right along with him. Cereal is
easily procurable on the diner, or one
may use, for the time being, a crushed
graham or oatmeal cracker moistened
with milk, or any Of the prepared
cereals.
There might be fewer cross and
sick older children If mothers were less
prone TO prepare a generous basket
of food and then give the children free
access to it from the moment they
step on the train. This all-day picnic
gradually sours the disposition as we'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Beauty Sleep

general character Of the skin are among
the most noticeable effects of lack Of
sufaeient sleep.
AL girls and women should 50 plan
their activities. business and social, as
to be sure Of having eight hours sleep
nightly, But what about the beauty
naps Did you ever stop to think how
well that afternoon slumber period Is
named?
The beauty nap has done wonders In
maintaining many o woInan's reputa.
ton for loneliness, Tired, nervous, fret.
full. with pale face and tired lines
around eyes and mouth, she has lain
down after the luncheon work was done
to catch her 20 winks, And has awak.
ened new woman, full of pep and vi.
vacity. ready for party, theater or what
not, The tired lines have been erased
as though by magic, her eyes sparkle.
and her carriage expresses life and vim
In every attitude.
No beauty treatment In all the world
Is equal to natures own great reStora.
tive. If we had to pay for our hours
Of sleep at beauty-shop rates, we would
know better how TO value its almost
miraculous effects,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Season of Slip Covers

Slip covers for furniture and Summer
drapery have been made so attractive
that some houses and apartments pre-
sent a more attractive and inviting ap-
pearance in warm weather than in cool
weather.
In place of the unattractive cotton
and linen materials of neutral shade
that once were used for furniture COW
ers, attractive, but none the less prac-
tical, chintZes have been used that keep
velour and fine upholstery lounge and
chair covers safe from sun and dust
for five or six months.
Sometimes appliques of attractively
figured material are used to give dis
tinctive touch to the plain-toned covers
and sometimes a square of piecework
done in hright-colored cotton materials
is applied on the back and seat of a
chair.
There is no longer need of the mos
quito-netting shrouds that used to make
drawing rooms and living rooms for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
BY BETSY CALLISTER.

ITO say that the people of any one
country more than those of any
other love flowers is rather I'M
i just. The love of flowers Is so
deeply implanted in the human
heart that it depends on no special sort
Of civilization or culture. And so when
you go globe trotting, instead of trying
to decide whether the French really love
flowers more than the English, or
whether the Germans are or are not
the greatest flower lovers in the world
better thing to do is to notice how
this love of flowers that is common to
us all differs in different countries and
different sections.
Thus when you are In France and see
little working girls stopping to buy a
tiny nosegay for few francs from a
corner flower vendor you may conclude
that there are no people in the world
who like so well to have bouquets of
cut flowers before them. When you
see colorful, well cultivated flower gar
dens before the doors of the poorest
German working folk you may come to
the conclusion that the Germans are
the most indefatigable gardeners in the
world, and when you hear an English
man or an Englishwoman talking of the
poisoning hawthornes and primroses
in the Sprtngtime you must realize that
there are no people anywhere who have
a fonder sentiment toward their native
wild flowers in their native settings than
the English.
In different sections of our own coun-
try 1t is possible, too. that the love of
flowers Is expressed in different ways
But more and more we must realize
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Ensembles for Europe?

The woman who Is going abroad never
had an easier time selecting and collect
ing her travelling wardrobe. For never
before were clothes designed and made
so that few could be made to answer
many purposes.
The ensemble idea makes it possible
to have one travelling costume that can
be kept In good order for weeks. There
is. for instance, the wool skirt and fairly
long coat idea. The wool should be of
a not too heavy weight. For, although
for general European travel one Is
likely to run into more cool days than
at home, still. a really heavy wool suit
Is burdensome, unless you have plenty
Of thinner things to alternate with it.
With this coat suit there should be a
blouse of crepe de chine in matching
color or in figures; a couple of white
tuck-ip sleeveless blcuses in silk. linen
or some other washable fabric, and one
or two thin sweaters to wear under the
coat for the cooler days. With such an
assortment of blouses you can adapt the
costume to any temperature. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Headstrong Children

Sunday school, tell her quietly that
you are sorry but she has no new dress,
and leave her at home. =
Some difficult day, when she is I'M
reasonable, put on your hat and say,
I must go where 1 can be happier,
daughter. Mother can't stay here to-
day. See that she is safe but very
lonely that day
"She may realize that if she wants
you she must behave herself and treat
you as one human being should treat
another. And one such quiet scene
will do more than hours and hours of
talk
Keep her very very busy, too, out
doors and in. Activity is a good cure
for all sorts of abnormal conduct. Keep
her pretty tired most of the time.
These are only suggestions that may
not work out to the letter, but they
may give you ideas"
What the specialist told Mrs. Brown
may be help to other mothers with
hayward children at that age. both
boys and girls. One thing is particu-
larry true; The best way to manage
headstrong child is to appeal to him
through that very head. If you can
get him thinking, that's the thing you
want. Throw him on his own re-
sponsibility.
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sleeveless blouses are worn when the
coat Is not TO be removed: the crepe de
chine blouse when IL may be too warm
to keep the coat on al the time; the
sweaters when the Jacket alone Is not
heavy enough,
Such q costume can very wen see one
through long days Of travelling. The
blouses can be kept fresh. and an occa-
sional overnight pressing of the coat
and skirt keeps those garments Ia con.
dition. With such an ensemble II "a
well to have q frock in the same gen
eral color scheme that can be worn for
daytimes with the same coat-perhaps
a figured crepe de Chinese that there
will be q suitable alternative to give the
suit an occasional rest.
For dress-up wear q sleeveless eve
ming frock Of black lace or georgette,
with little sleeved jacket ora newer
idea-cape of the same material. which
converts the sleeveless frock into o suit
able dress.up afternoon costume, might
ne chosen.
Really, one could travel far and nicely
on such q simple wardrobe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

There's no other treatment that can
compare with sleep as a beautifer
Fatigue is drastic in its effect on beauty
of face and body. Slow steps, slumping
shoulders, sagsing muscles, dropping
eyelids and drawn lines of the face are
all signs of prolonged fatigue.
A very pronounced and very common
symptom Of fatigue Is headache. Doc
tors and pharmacists will tell you of
people who come to them with COM
plants about lack Of pep and pains in
the head. from which they seek relief
via the prescription or headache tablet
route, when what they really need is
good nights sleep.
Indigestion is another cause of the
CHASTITY countenance that no paint or
powder can cover. Sickness has a hor-
rible way of leering out from behind the
cosmetic mask, And lack Of rest, dane
ing till way into the morning. eating
sweets and drinking cocktails work
havoc with the modern girls health
and complexion.
If the health Is impaired there can
be no beauty. The symptoms spell ugli-
ness. Ugliness Of color, texture and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
There's Endless
Salad Variety

A good individual combination salad
consists of three stalks of asparagus,
two slices of tomato, and French dress
ing TO which little tomato catsup has
been added.
Another special from a tearoom is
this Molds of boiled rice to which
minced green pepper, pimento and
celery have been added, served with
mayonnaise on lettuce.
And here are some others:
Raisins. apples, celery and walnuts,
all coarsely chopped, and served on let
tuce with mayonnaise.
Diced grapefruit, orange, pineapple.
marshmallows and shredded. blanched
almond.
Molds of iellied egetables-shred-
ded tender cabbage, canned peas, and
pinento, in tomato jelly.
One big sardine on lettuce, with
lemon juice sprinkled over it, with two
stuffed olives, three toasted saltines,
and a stalk of celery stuffed with
cream cheese
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Covering for Floors

Here is way to secure a most eff
fective and attractive floor covering at
very small cost. If you have a Summer
cottage you may find 1t useful for COW
ering rough wooden floor in bed
room closet, bathroom or other place
where you want to keep out dust and
draughts that might seep through the
usual cottage floor. AS 1t is quite water
proof. 1t would also be good sort OF
flooring for the Summer house or gar
den shelter where close floor covering
is desired.
The covering is made from heavy
canvas or fine burlap. II you have any
old boat sails at your Summer cottage
you may use the good portions to ad-
measure the space to cover exactly and
then cut the material so that when I'm
ished round the edge with fiat ma
chine hem 1t will At In precisely. Ma
terial may be pieced by tapping the
selvedges over an inch and stitching
along the edges of the Tapped selvedges.
Such piecings should 80 with the grain
of the floor.
After the rough foSc las bees
scrubbed thoroughly and allowed to dry,
holes should be filled with putty and 1t
SIloulu DC pdllteu over WIFI INEXPENSIVE
outside paint, and while 1t is still wet
with the paint the canvas or burlap
should be laid down over the wet paint
and securely tackled along the edges
into position. The material should be
cut so that IL may be stretched across
the floor without wrinkle. After this
1t must be left to dry for several days,
because the underpaint must be per-
fectly dry before you go on with the
work.
After this the idea is to cover 1t with
two or three coats of floor paint of the
sort used on boat decks. Each coat
must be thoroughly dry before adding
the next. A gray paint Is usually at
tractive, though you may prefer some
other color. The first coat Of paint put
on over the canvas or burlap may not
give a very smooth effect but second
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Tie.and.Dye Spread
Lovely for Summer

Silk and deliberately embroidered bed
spreads that have added to the charm
ing appearance of your bedrooms
through the cooler months should be
safely slowed away during June, July,
August and September. In their places
you should have spreads that are not
easily mussed or soiled and that can
easily be washed. And yet you should
have bedspreads of distinction.
India block prints are very attractive
for this purpose. with colors that har-
monte with the rest of the decorations.
If you want to make spreads that have
much of the charm of these prints and
that cost very much less, you should
make some tie-and-dye muslin spreads
yourself.
All you need is a piece of white or
unbleached muslin, package Of dye
and some small shot to make an inter
esting tie-and-1ye spread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON,

II don't know what has come over
Peggy" exclaimed Mrs. Brown to her
husband as she got supper. She's the
most headstrong child I've ever seen.
Juniors so different! He gives in to
her in every little thing, but she fights
him constantly Now he's learning to
fight back. They've nearly driven me
crazy today"
"Ill take a hand" said Mr.. Brown.
Let me handle her tonight"
1t Is better to pass over the scene
that took place in five-year-old Peggy's
bedroom at o'clock. 1t wound up
by her getting whipping, after which
she screamed and knicked and howled
for an hour and then finally sobbed
herself to sleep The next day she
was worse than ever.
Il don't like you" she said darkly
to her father at breakfast. And she
proceeded to make face at her broth
err. "Or you either" she added.
Peggy, Peggy" pleaded her mother.
why are you such a naughty girl?
Junior is such good boy and you
are so bad. never knew little girl
could be so bad as you are"
Peggy said nothing, but ate her hot
cakes with relish.
In desperation Mrs Brown went to
see a child specialist and asked for
advice. You see, she isn't really bad"
she exclaimed; Just headstrong and
unreasonable"
Few children are really bad" he
answered. But there is some real
reason for her being nasty and ill
natured as well as headstrong. It may
be because she hears you comparing
her brother to her I should stop that.
Moreover. never let her hear you say
she is naughty at all.
"As far as that goes, there are some
children who never really bow to the
yoke OF obedience. The best we can
do is to get their cooperation through
their intelligence. AS a rule, punish
ment Just makes such a child worse.
You say she is smart. Then I
should try to make her reason things
out. II she wears her best dress TO
play in, the first time she wants to go
to town with Gou. or to movie, or to
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Merineues.

Whites Of three eggs, one and one
quarter cups granulated sugar, three
teaspoonfuls baking powder. one-quar-
ter teaspoonful vanilla extract. Beat
whites Of eggs until stiff and dry; add
gradually 'two-thirds Of sugar and con-
tinue beating until mixture holds
shape; fold In remaining sugar sifted
with baking powder; add vanilla. Drop
by spoonfuls on unglazed paper and
bake in moderate oven IS to 80 min
dry out, after turning of heat. Use
two merineues FOR each serving and
put together with sweetened whipped
cream and crushed peaches. well sweet
ened.
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Washing New Gloves

gloves to become so grimy that they need
hard or prolonged rubbing, The water
should be lukewarm and the soap should
be dissolved before the gloves are put
into the water. Never should the soap
be rubbed directly on the gloves.
II gloves are really soiled they may be
soaked for three or four minutes in the
lukewarm soapy water. 1t is much better
to do this than to try to get the dirt
out by means of strenuous rubbing.
Rinsing should be thorough and for this
warm, slightly soapy water should be
used.
Finally the water should be pressed
out. If this pressing is done on a
towel you can get the gloves fairly well
drained without having to wiring them,
which would, of course, be injurious.
Then they should be pulled over the
frames and the frames hung up in the
air, but not in the direct sunshine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
SteWed Fish.

A busy housewife says that the quick
est way and simplest way of cooking
fish is to stew it--so when you want
to get really delicious dish for dinner
and haven't much time order filleted
fish or some sort of fish that you can
cut into pieces without bones. just
cover the fish with water and let it
simmer gently in a covered pot. Let 1t
simmer for an hour and half or
longer let the water boil away as much
as possible and add little milk. Let
this simmer gently with the fish for a
few minutes over a low fame add salt
and pepper and then thicken slightly
with water and flour. Add little but
ter and serve the fish in this thickened
sauce This is very nice with new
potatoes served with parsley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

Slip-on gloves are the choice Of the
majority of smsrtly dressed women for
general wear this Spring-and they are
most practical if made of washable
suede or channels. Since suntan is the
accepted tone for stockings at present
the gloves should also be chosen in this
tone.
White gloves may be worn-though
never white stockings; but white gloves
are not good unless the white note Is
sounded elsewhere in the costume.
1t is possible to buy washable gloves
nowadays that are as fine and soft as
the non washable sort. Care must, how
ever be taken in the washing If you
wish the gloves to retain their fine quail
ity. BY all means buy pair of metal
glove frames to dry them on after wash
ing
A good rule is never to allow the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Old Quilts Used
For New Patterns

In collection OF lovely old patchwork
bed quilts one Of the most effective
proved on examination to be one Of the
simplest. The design was made entirely
from small squares cut from odds and
ends Of cambria and calico, worked on
o foundation of coarse muslin, following
the old-fashioned design known "a
double mines"
The making Of patchwork quilts haS
come back into favor, and II you cannot
boast Of q collection Of quaint old bed
quilts the best thing TO do Is to make
some new ones, following the old de-
signs.
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Match Bag to Slipper

The trick of matching SHOES and hand
bag is usually a good one. First leather
shoes were offered with handbags to
match and then as dressmaker fabrics
such as MORE, crepe de chine and heavy
linen-carne into fashion for shoes, fab
ric bags to match followed.
With the suit or ensemble Of light
weight tweed or other wooden materials
chosen for travel and town wear at
present leather bags with shoes of the
same leather are appropriate; for wear
with silk, cotton or linen dresses. bags
and shoes may be made OF some one Of
these lighter fabrics.
There are new slippers for Summer
wear made of crepe de chine and fine
straw-and these slippers may be spe-
cially dyed TO match the dresses with
which they are to be worn. AS the two
materials take the dyes in somewhat diff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

The smiles on the faces of other travel
ers would be less strained if children
were kept happily occupied in their
own berths, instead of running to the
first person who smiles at them and
sticking by him or her to the last
mile. Mothers have no right to make
nursemaids of other passengers, just
because of that initial friendly smile.
Travelling by compartment or section
Is real economy when there are sew
eral children, and an everlasting conf
fort for the mother. Here there are
toilet and wash basin adjacent, and
baby's food can be prepared, meals
eaten and children kept firmly in hand
away from the curious or disapprov-
ing eyes of less incumbered travellers.
Travelling for any distance Is tire
some at best, and mothers should be
understanding enough to pass over
small lapses of conduct, and strive to
keep children in an aniable mood, in
stead of being on the alert to correct,
that very moment any bit Of misbe-
havior. If ever one needs one hun
dred per cent patience, it is on a
journey.
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ferent tones the result is a two-toned
effect that is decidedly attractive.
Sometimes there are accessory en-
sembles which include a scarf or gloves
as well as slipper and bag. The scarf,
when the slipper and bag are of crepe de-
chine, is of the same material When
slipper and bag are Of leather, the scarf
matches only in color and design.