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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18

You will put rainbow round your
table If you are inviting chic to
dine with you this year. For china
| is playing the color game in exactly
the same way that hats and gowns and
| slippers are doing.
The road to a mans heart still has
| stomach detour, but it has improved
| wonderfully since Eve stirred up the
first batch of apple-sauce. as you will
| learn II you pay attention to your
| cups and SaucerS and plates.
The stunt now is to be as original
as you can in setting a table. This
originality must have artistic guidance,
! however, If you want to avoid hodge
podge china group.
Glassware of a different color for
every course Is proving attractive for
luncheons. Imagine fruit cocktail in
| cherry red crystal; salad on dusk blue
plates; coffee and dessert with an am
Der background. The inexpenSiveneSs
of colored glassware makes it possible
for a hostess to have several sets of
it. Even If you can't change your
menus you can give them different
setting now and then.
The old white china, which sat in
virginia. purity on a white table cloth,
depending on the orange of the carrots
| and the green of the lettuce to strike
up color symphony, is no longer de-
sirable. Luncheo.- and breakfast sets
are choosing a cream background
sprinkled with flowers, either old
fashioned nosegays or futuriStic bios
SONS that never bloomed in any ones
garden; or else they are showing a
preference for a plain, bright color
Green is very popular, as it harmonizes
with flowers and silver a little more
quietly than other colors.
If you have a flair for colors it is
quite possible to use golden soup bowls
If you want them, black dinner plates,
and mint green salad plates. AS each
course is removed before the next one
appears the colors won't clash.
Wedgewood, with its raised decora-
tons, is unusually lovely for a dinner
| service.
Spodes rate high in the table-setting
game, also. The warm orange and
browns and pinks often follow a de-
! sign that covers the whole dish, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18

The new house IN the telegraph pole
beside the road in front of Farmer
Browns house was completed and Vel
low Wing the Flicker and Mrs. Yellow
Wing felt that they might now rest a
bit. 1t was a good house. It was in
some way the best they ever had had.
They were very proud of it, for it was
wholly the result Of their own hard
work. You know they are members of
the Woodpecker family and they had
made that house by cutting a hole in
then cutting down until they had
fine deep hollow. 1t had been made
chip by chip and each chip represented
a hard blow and often several blows
with their stout, sharp bills.
How does your neck feel. my dear?"
inquired yellow Wing as they few of
to hunt for good dinner.
Tired and little lame" replied Mrs
Yellow Wing. I'm glad that job is
DONE"
IT feel the same way" replied yell
low Wing. Il guess q little rest and
time to eat properly will do us good
Mrs. Yellow Wing nodded. Wen
visit around bit and pick up the news
in the Old Orchard and the Green For
est" said she. II heard this morning
that the Bluebirds already have four
eggs. They have good start, but then
they didn't have to work for a house as
We did. All they had to do was to move
into one of those houses Farmer
Browns Boy put up for them. They
need an early start, for they nearly al
ways raise two families. One family is
enough for me. Well stop long enough
to congratulate them
So the Yellow Wings paid their re-
spectS to Wlnsome and MRS. Bluebird.
They found that Welcome and Mrs.
Robin also had an early start and Mrs.
Welcome had been sitting on five eggs
fer four days. They discovered that
their small cousin, Downey the Wood
pecker, and his industrious little mate
were just finishing a neat little house
in the stub of a dead limb of a tree in
the Green Forest, and that Tommy Tit
the Chickadee and Mrs. Tommy were
occupying Downy'S last years house.
But Mrs. Yellow Wing couldn't stay
away from her new home very long, so
after a while she left Yellow Wing to
gossip with some CT the neighbcrs and
flew back. ut is the best home in all
the Great World" though she as she
alighted at the entrance, land it Is all
our own"
Then she entered and made a discov-
cry that gave her a shock. On that
bed of nice, clean chips were several
pieces OF dead grass Yes. sir, there
they were. Mrs. Yellow Wing thrust
her head out Of her doorway and looked
this way and that way. No one was to
be seen. Then she sent forth a long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18
THERE ARE WAYS or CLEANING WALLPAPER.

The walls of a room should be kept
clean and attractive, II any pretense
to interior decoration is preserved. 1t
may not always be convenient to have
, walls repapered as often as the home
maker could wish, but they can be
"doctored" to keep them in the best
condition possible.
Walls can be cleaned by using COM
mercial wall paper cleansing agent, Of
which there are several available. If
you cannot get any just when you
want it, a good substitute is dough. 1t
must be Of the smooth consistency
found in raised bread dough when it
is ready to be formed into loaves. The
commercial cleansing agents have much
the same consistency. Both are used
In the same way.
Take a small portion Of either clean
er. about as much as small biscuit,
and roll 1t gently downward on the
wall, using the palm of the hand.
Never let the hand touch the wall.
There is sufficient oil in the hand to
make the dust cling to the wall sur
face. and refuse to be removed by
either the commercial cleanser or the
dough. Every fingerprint will leave
q mark. small to DO sure. but readily
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some way so you won't have to bother
about 1t again all day long.
4. Try to take little walk at lunch
time. You can take long walk before
lunch, but don't take long walk aft
er lunch.
S. Try not to do too much shopping
during your lunch hour. Don't try to
make lunch of an ice cream soda.
Eat something substantial cream
soup or crackers and milk-nothing
else.
6. Eat a few crackers or a bit of
chocolate about 4 o'clock in the after
noon.
Z. Get about 10 minutes rest at that
time if you can manage it. At least try
to get to an open window to breathe a
little fresh air for a minute or two, once
during the morning and once during
the afternoon.
In some big Offices all work is stopped
at IL O'Clock in the morning for min
utes while all windows are opened, even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.a

We was eating supper and ma 'sed to
pop Willyum do you know that grand
child of ours has a RELY exceptional
set of lungs for baby scarcely q year
old? When he RELY sets his little Will
power to werk and starts to yell serl-
Cusly, he would strike envy to the hart
of q pack of wolves, she sed.
wonder If we could get him on the
radio, pop Sed.
Well I'm sure I've herd much verse
coming from every quarter of the air,
m. sed. 1t does my hart gocd to hear
such an immense volume OF sound
coming from such a tiny little face.
And the cuteSt part is, he seems to
know his own powers and appreciates
them as much as anybody eltS. de-
clare he gets real plezzure out CT a
good lusty crying At He INDUCED in
{. bewtiful one, just from sheer excess
good spirits, while was around there
this afternoon minding him for Glad
dis, she Sed.
1T must be a real treet for the nay
bors, pop Sed, and ma sed, That re-
minds me, there's a woman next door
to Gladdis who seems to aXually deteSt
children, not that blame her in a
way because she's got OF her own who
are RELY detestable. EeT name is Mrs.
Herple and she called up on the tele-
fcne this afternoon after the baby had
been crying scarcely minnitS, or 10
at the outside utmost. Anyway she
called up and inquired if anything was
wrong with the baby. I happened to
Oh ansered the fone and sed, Why
MRS Herple, sed, what could be wrong
with baby with such helthy lungs as
that? She dident seem 70 be prepared
Tor such a redoy anser, and went rite
on and sed to her, Children take their
sudden 1ancieS just like the rest Of US,
and we should respect their little whims
just as we expect ours to be respected,
and naturally little Willie is still very
young and his little scope Is very linn
tied, and all he can think OF at the mo-
ment is to indulge In a good frank cry,
1 Sed to her, and she axually had the
sarcasm to reply, Well Id like to get a
little sleep, that's my sudden fancy ana
I wish you'd respect it. And she hung
up the fone without so mucn as by your
leeve, and promptly reciproe ated with
my own receiver and calmly let the
child have his cry out, ma sed.
And we kep9 on eating supper, be-
ing liver and onions in pops honor.
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discernible. Do not go over a surface
more than once or unevenness will re-
suit. Keep folding the cleanser or
dough as you work, to have the fresh
est part always against the paper, and
change wads when they are very dirty
It is wise to clean all four walls from
ceiling to Dashboard, as thus only will
an even cleanliness result. To clean
one part, even though it be the worst,
will not be successful. After this one
part is cleaned, all the rest of the wall
will look dirty by comparison.
II paper is unfaded behind pictures,
be careful to hang the pictures exactly
where they were before the wall was
cleaned. If, near some sunny window,
the colors are faded, use water colors
and retint the design to conform to the
rest of the paper. This is quickly done,
and well repays, If the faded place Is
not too large.
When the finash-surface Is worn of
paper, very little, If anything, can be
done to restore it, but the work Of
cleansing and retinting good paper that
is soiled and faded in spots is well worth
while. It can put of the day OF re-
papering for scaacn, perhaps for o
year.
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FOOD PROBLEMS
BY sALLIE MONROE.
Rhubarb Jam,

Rhubarb Jam.
If you like rhubarb jam, it Is well
worth making. And here are two good
recipes for making it:
First, wash the rhubarb and cut into
small pieces. Weigh it and to each
pound of fruit put one pound of sugar,
the grated rind of half lemon and a
quarter of an ounce of bitter almonds,
skinned and Chopped. Bring this slowly
to boil and let 1t boil more quickly
for about quarters of an hour, or
until ready to set. Then pour into Jars
or glasses, cool and seal in the usual
way.
Second, take three pounds of rhu-
barb (after the leaves have been re-
moved, wash well and cut into small
pieces. Place in large can and cover
with three pounds of granulated sugar.
Leave until the next day. In the morn
ing stone one-quarter pound of raisins,
scald and peel one-quarter pound of
sweet almonds, remove the skins, pits
and seeds from two lemons and wash
one-half pound of figs. Now put these
all through the mincer and mix with
the rhubarb. Bring slowly to a boil
and then cook moderately fast until 1t
is ready to set. This will be in about
80 or 40 minutes. Pour into glasses or
jars, cool and seal.
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grass which she ct once dropped. Her
eyes were swapping angrily. Never had
he seen her quite so angry.
What do you think has happened?"
she demanded
''What?" asked Yellow Wing anx-
iously.
Some one has tried to steal our
housed" declared Mrs. yellow Wing.
While we have been away some one
has started nest in here. Now what
do you think of that?"
IT think it is outrageousI" exclaimed
yellow Wing. And think we win put
a stop to it right here and now. VIII
is it, do you think?"
II don't know who it Is, but I'M
agine we won't have to wait long to
find out. Such nerve! can't think
Of any one who would dare do such
thing excepting Killy the Sparrow
Hawk, and he wouldn't bother to build
nest"
(Copyrisht, 1879
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of foods which s-year-olds should no

of foods which 3-year-olds should not
have.
Scratchy foods, like popped corn, nuts
and bran, were taboo. So were fresh
or cucumbers with salad dressing or
vinegar.
A child as old as that should not be
having gravies, fruit cakes, spice cook
les, ice cream, with sauces and chopped
nuts, pop or other soft drinks.
Canned foods come under that CLASH
fication, because they contain irritating
fiber, as in bran or popped corn, be-
cause they are too complex and rich.
For example, gravies and fruit cake,
and seasoned that children lose their
liking for the bland foods, such as milk
and cereal.
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Machine Stitching Requires Skill
BY MARY MARSHALL.

1t seems simple enough to sew seam
or a hem on the sewing machine, and
yet many dresses made at home fall
short of perfection all because the ma
chine work is done carelessly and un-
evenly.
There are several things that you
the tension and stitch for various types
of material and If you did not receive
such instruction at the time you bought
your machine you should not fail tc
get it now. In am store where your
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

copper-red and henna and all pastel
colors-even pink in a very, very deli
cate shade. LOIS LEEDS.
Mrs. F. G.: You are about 20 pounds
overweight, but as you are perfectly
well you should have no trouble In los
ing the extra pounds. Be sure to lose
it gradually, however, or you VIII not
only lose pounds, but also beauty, dis
position and possibly your health. If
you will send stamped, self-addreSsed
envelope with a request for my leaflet
on How to Lose Weight" shall be
very glad to send it to you at once. It
will give you detailed directions for los
ing weight gradually and safely.
LOIS LEEDS.
(Copyright, 193l)
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REnTVME CTnRIEC By Thornton
- AA'AA1 - - - r. Burgess.

ringing call. A few minutes later yell
low Wing came hurrying over. He had
heard that call and had understood
that something was wrong. AS he came
in sight of his h-me he saw Mrs. yell
low Wing thrust something out and
drop it. Now what can that mean?"
thought he.
1t didn't take long to find out. The
moment he alighted on that pole, Mrs.
Yellow Wing appeared at the doorway
and in her bill was a piece of dead
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as her back was turned and started
gobbling 1t down. Joan knew that
popped corn was no food for 3-year-
olds, so she was trying to wrest the box
from Peter. But he had no intention of
giving it up. Fortunately, Nancy
reached there before an open battle
started.
quieted Peter by interesting him in
something else and sent Joan out of
doors with her playmates to finish the
popped corn.
As she sat quietly by when the storm
was over she began to make out a list
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My Neighbor Says:

When making pie dough, make
an extra amount and store it in
the ice box in a covered bowl.
Tarts or turnovers can be made
quickly with leftover bits of
fruits, jellies or jams.
To make putty stick to window
panes, use a small quantity of
white lead; mix thoroughly with
the putty.
You probably will not believe
1t until you have tried it, but the
usual egg sauce served with fish
can be made a new and interest
ing dish by adding some sliced,
blanched almonds and some
white malaga grapes to 1t.
To clean an oil painting, cut q
raw potato in half and rub over
painting. This will make it like
new.
tCopyrisht. ie3l1
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Becoming COIors.

Dear Miss Leeds: Will you please
help me? I have fair skin, hazel eyes,
light red hair. % What shades Of
powder, rouge and lipstick should
use? ~ What colorS would look well
on me? Thank you. CHIC.
Answer-CD You are the Titan
blonde type and will find the following
makeup becoming: Rouge, light coral
or orange; powder, ivory or creaemy;
lipStick, cardinal or cherry. (2) Colofs
which will help you make the most Of
your beauty are black, especially in
sheer fabrics; cream, dark browns,
bronze, greenish yellow for evening,
dark blue, medium and turquoise,
almond and reseda green's, blue-gray,
stone gray, taupe, very light orchid,
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NANCY PAGE
Three Year-Old's Menu
Should Remain Simple.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Nancy was coming back from her BIZ
weekly trip to the doctors Office, when
she heard loud screams coming from
her house. She hurried in to see what
the trouble was. Joan had spent her
weeks allowance for freshly buttered
popped corn. She had come home with
1t and had laid it down near her cousin
Peter. He made one dive for 1t as soon
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color to match one of the tones in the
print.
Fine tucking appears in some, Of the
new dresses, and there are new white
or pastel-toned blouses made of all-over
tucked net. This sort of tucking calls
for very careful machine stitching.
Sometimes crepe de chine or other sup
pie material is laid in crossing rows of
tucks an inch or two apart. Pieces OF
material tucked in this way may be
used for panels, sleeves or collars on the
plain untucked material.
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time If you follow
these rules:
/. Get up early
e ugh in the
morning so you
don't have to hurry
your breakfast.
2. Don't leave
the house until is
minutes after you
have finished eat
ing your break
fast.
3. Try to ar
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BEAUTY QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
Mature Woman's Measurements.

Dear Miss Leeds: Let me thank you
for the many helps I have received
through your beauty column. know OF
no other place where we can find such
expert advice given so freely.
/ would like to have you tell me
through the column about what
should weigh and what my measure
nents should be. I am 40 years old
and five feet tall. MRS. M. E. s.
Answer am very glad to know that
you have found this department helpful.
In regard to your qestions, you should
weigh from 124 to 127 pounds
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A smart rig is this coral-red and
white crepe silk print to wear with q
navy blue wooden coat.
It cuts its yoked bodice in diagonal
lines and finishes it with a bow at the
center-front, so entirely slimming Sim
liar diagonal skirt scanning diminishes
hip breadth
It's very smart in black wool crepe
with yellow crepe yoke, bow and sleeves.
Style No. 3077 comes in sizes IA, Is,
10, 20 years; So, SO and 40 inches bust.
Brown linen with yellow, pale blue
with hesh-colored fiat washable crepe
silk and opaline green fiat crepe silk
have much chic and charm.
Size 16 requires 3% yards 39-inch.
For q pattern of this style send Is
cents, In stamps or coin, directly to
The Washington Stars New York FASH
ion Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street, New York.
Our large Fashion Book shows the
latest Paris has to offer in clothes for
the matron. the stout, the miss and
the children. Also q series of dress
making articles. It is q book that viii
save you money. Price of book, 10
iCeutA
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MENU FOR A DAY.

BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit.
Oatmeal with Cream.
Broied Ham. Baked Eggs.
Hot Cross Buns. Coffee.
DINNER.
Fruit Cup.
Roast Turkey, Giblet Gravy.
Cranberry Sauce. Stuffed Celery.
Mashed Potatoes.
Baked Squash.
Tomato and Cucumber Salad,
French Dressing.
Orange Sherbet. Coffee,
SUPPER.
Cold Turkey.
Hot Rolls. Preserved Pears.
Fudge Cake. Tea.
BAKED EGGS.
Butter baking dish or individ-
ual ramekins, break each egg
into a cup, drop into the dish,
sprinkle with salt and pepper
and bake In a moderate oven; 5
minutes for soft cooked and 10
for hard cooked. Chopped red
or green peppers sprinkled over
the top Of baked eggs is delicious.
ORANGE SHERBET.
Whites OF two eggs, beaten;
one pint sugar, add TO this one
half pint cream, also one and
one-hah quarts milk, then add
Juice of one lemon TO three
oranges the last thing before
freezing.
FUDGE CAKE.
Two squares chocolate, one
half cupful butter, one-haf cup
full boiling water, cook in an I'M
covered basin on stove until
thick, add to this one cup sugar,
one and one-half cupfuls flour,
one-fourth cupful sour milk,
three-fourths teaspoonful soda
and after mixing all together,
add one egg last.
fCopyrigint i93i.)
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Glue Stains.

Glue that has been spilled on fabrics
can be removed If the cloth Is held over
boiling water. When the glue has been
thoroughly moistened by this process
plunge the fabric into hot water and
wash in the usual way.
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As to the measurements-it is foolish
TO say that all women of a certain
height and age should have definite
physical specifications. But. of course,
there are standards by which one must
judge and for you would say that the
bust measure should be from "a to SO
inches and the hips two or more inches
larger than that. The figure Of the
mature woman should naturally be
more developed than that Of a young
girl Of the same height.
LOIS LEEDS.
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Rules to Keep You Fresh.

If you are working hard, you arr
bound to get tired often. but you can
cut down that tired feeling. You car
keep yourself feeling fresh most of thu
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DAILY DIET RECIPE
SHRIMP CREOLE.

-Four tablespoons butter, four
tablespoons -four, one-half tea
spoon sage, cne-half teaspoon
thyme, one-half teaspoon salt,
one-half teaspoon paprika, one
sixteenth teaspoon cayenne, one
ana half cups milk, three table
spoons catsup, three tablespoons
cooking sherry, one and half
cups shrimp, two tablespoons
minced parsley, toast triangles or
patty shells.
SERVES SIX PORTIONS.
Melt butter, add -four, salt,
paprtka, cayenne. Gradually add
milk, stirring until smooth, then
add cooking sherry and catsup.
Then the shrimps. Simmer gently
over hot water about 10 minutes.
Serve on toast or in patty shells
and decorate with minced pars-
ley.
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make of machine is sold you will have
no trouble in getting such information.
Machine stitching should be done
very evenly, and If you are not blessed
with good eye for following straight
line always use a gauge when you sew.
Once having mastered the rudiments Of
nice machine sewing you will be able
to make use of machine stitching for
ornamental as well as purely practical
purposes.
The sketch shows a dress in which
machine stitching has been used for
trimming. On the band around the
peplum, on the belt and on the collar
there is a line of stitching done in
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The Woman Who Makes Good

WOODWARD
Who started frightened
highest paid business Amer =
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WELL such Is life," says Puffy, broke
one day and rich the next!
No matter what your luck Is, never let
yourself be vexed."
That's good advice" says Bunny,
when your wallets nice and
think you should remember 10 next
time you're up stump"
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Mrs. Yellow Wings Discovery.

Who knows that he IS in the right
Has double strength wherewith to fight.
yellow Wing the Flicker