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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
It's Made by Your Own Clever Fingers Y
Local Shops Feature
Wide Range in Designs
And COlOrS for Work
Lasting Beauty and Practicability May Be
Combined With Personal Hobbies and
Decoration of Room.

delighted with plump nursery cush-
ion or footstool. portraying the most
loved of Mother Goose or fairy tale
characters. Here, too. animal designs
are appropriate, and many youngster
would be thrilled on Christmas morn
ing to see the portrait Of an adored
family pet emerge in all its bright
colors from the tissue paper and
ribbons.
IN THE more elaborate field there
are wonderfully lovely stencils for
the backs and seats of high antique
chairs, as well as for f1re-screens and
bell-pulls. In many homes the broad,
ribbon-like bell-pulls of fine needle
work are returning to favor. and al
though they may only be for show"
and the hidden electric push-buttons
really do the work, the artistry of
the woven band lends a definitely
decorative note to the formal draw
ing room or library.
Along the same lines, but requiring
an infinite amount of pains and time,
Is the large square or rectangular
piece of tapestry made to hang above
the sideboard in the dining room, or
over the head of modern bed that
boasts no headboard. These are really
elaborate and will take you into the
realm of tapestry work at its most
intricate. If you enjoy fine and pre-
else needlework and have plenty of
time on your hands, you will get a
tremendous amount of pleasure and
satisfaction out of such large under
taking. Panels for screens are also
a big job. but when finished are truly
thing of beauty that will be a JOY
forever.
THE shops are full of designs of all
kinds-pieces of all shapes and
sizes-wools and thread in a color
range that would put the rainbow to
shame. Some pieces may be bought
with the center design entirely worked
in the most delicate of petit point
all you have to do Is to fill up the
background with larger stitches and
coarser yarn. On the other hand,
there are stencils that are just that
simply the design stamped on the
canvas, and the whole working in
Of the pattern left to your own
clever fingers.
Whichever you choose, be sure be-
fore your purchase Is finally made
that the finished result is going to
harmonic perfectly with the room
in which you intend to place it. Be
sure about shape and size and do
not be carried away by too bright
colors in the woods Soft, faded colors
are much more appropriate to this
type of work-thus carrying out the
Old World, mellowed feeling that is
always associated with tapestry and
needlepoint in our minds. Too vivid
hues will, of course, fade in time,
but during the process they are apt
to prove garish and crude, detracting
from the really exquisite handwork
and tasteful choice of pattern.
The labor involved is more than
compensated for by the lasting beauty
and usefulness of the completed piece.
If you wish advice on your indi-
vidual household problems write to
Betsy Caswell, In care Of The Star,
inclosing stamped, self addressed en-
velope for reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
Dorothy Dix Says
Few Lapses in Table Manners and
Grammar Not Grounds for Divorce.

breaks up a marriage so quickly as
fault finding.
My advice to you is to go of on
a trip somewhere away from where
you can hear him split an infinitive
and see him tuck his napkin under
his chin. In little while you'll for
get that he is a rough diamond and
realize how valuable a gem he is, and
you'll be glad enough to come back
to him, no matter what he does to
an egg or the English language.
DEAR MISS DIX: I am a boy Of
~ II. My problem is this: My
mother will not let me think for my
self and I'm going nuts. She will not
allow me to go to show unless she
takes me, but all the boys in my crowd
can 60 alone to a night movie once
in a while, and even take a girl now
and then, but not me. Mother says
that have plenty of time for that
when I get to be 81, but I'd like to
go a little now. Can it be that my
mother is right and a million other
mothers wrong who allow their nearly
grown children some liberty? I know
that mother is thinking of me only"
as she says, but would enjoy think
ing for myself some time now, not
when I'm 81.
HEN-PECKED SEVENTEEN.
Answer-You have my sympathy,
poor little overmothered lad. Your
mother doesn't realize it, hut she is
doing you as deadly wrong in not
letting you think for yourself, or de-
eide things for yourself, even when
you are II years old as she would have
done if she had kept you from learn
ing how to walk until are that age.
~ X X
MO MOTHER would be cruel
enough to handicap her child
physically by preventing it from using
its body. On the contrary, she teaches
her babe to stand on its own feet. She
teaches it how to walk, she encourages
1t to develop its muscles by playing
and leaping and jumping even though
she knows that it is bound to get
bumps and bruises and is in danger
Of breaking its arms and legs.
But she does all in her power to keep
her child dependent upon her and
from using its mental muscles. She
will decide every question for her child
instead Of letting it exercise its own
judgment. She won't let the child do
its own thinking or develop its own
character and the excuse that she
makes for this Is that she is afraid
that the child will make mistakes.
that he may get to know the wrong
people or make injudicious decisions.
X \ \ n
or COURSE it would, just as a lit
tie child learning to walk falls
and bumps its nose, but it learns by
mistakes. It learns how to stand on
its own feet and take care Of itself as
the child never does whose mother
always holds II by the hand.
III child who had slfays had to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
Fresh Start
Helps Atone
For Offense|
Confession Is Found
to Lead Naturally to
Forgiveness
BY ANGELO PATRI.

WHAT is troubling you. Harry
w You'd better tell me and get 1t
OF your mind. Seeing you like this
worries me to death. Tell me-"
20. mother, I did something awful,
and don't know what to do"
1T can't be so terrible. Out with 1t
and get it over"
But it is terrible and nobody can
do anything about it. You don't know.
I'm awfully sorry, but can't do any,
thing"
Maybe I can do something. Tell
me what you have done. Quick now"
st took Aunt Helen's watch of her
table. I had it in my pocket. just to
look at. And lost It."
Lost it,"
"Yes. I told you it was terrible"
"Well, we must tell Aunt Helen.
You must tell her all about it and beg
her to forgive you. You know you
should not have touched it. That is
what comes of breaking the command
ments. I'm terribly sorry about it.
All you can do is tell her and then
perhaps you can find way of doing
something about it."
20, I can't face Aunt Helen. just
can't" he sobbed.
you must. Go now and wash your
face and hands. Put on fresh blouse
and all the time you are doing that
pray for forgiveness. Go now. Crying
inends nothing"
Aunt Helen came home from busi-
ness as cheerful as usual. After a
CHEEKY greeting to Harry, she paid no
more attention to him until she passed
him the bread plate. Her watch
cleaned on her wrist, the same old
watch with the pretty stones about its
face. Harry's eyes grew big and wide
and a flash of Joy lighted his face.
He took a slice of bread and began to
eat 1t ravenously.
He could hardly wait until the meal
was over. Did you see, mother? Did
you see? She has it. Isn't it great?
I'll never touch anything again as
long as I live without asking"
Fine But Harry, you will tell
Aunt Helen and ask her forgiveness,
won't you?"
%, no! Why should I tell her?
She needn't know"
You owe that to her. You took
her watch. That is the only way such
q mistake can be cleared up"
A forlorn little boy sobbed out his
story to Aunt Helen. He tried not to
cry, but the big tears rolled down his
cheeks and he could scarcely speak.
Eyes, I know" said Aunt Helen.
81 hoped you would tell me and we
could start all over again with a clean
slate. It dropped out of your pocket
when you were on the couch last
night and picked it up. Now every
thing Is all right. 1t was bad to take
It. but confessing. and asking for for
giveness sets it right again. Just
start over"
Confession and forgiveness are a
tonic to the distressed and burdened
soul Of child. Help him at such a
time to unburden himself and win for
giveneSs and fresh start.
PLAYWRIGHT 1Q25
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
BY BARBARA BELL.

" VERYBODY has his own pet
l. economy. One woman can't
bear to have people use her
IL telephone, thinking of excess
calls. Another boards cream as If it
were molten gold. But when you can
get nice house dress and a tailored
robe out of the same design-that is
real economy. And, as you see in the
illustration, it is all a very simple
matter. The lines are equally good
for both garments, smart and prac-
tical, and easy to achieve.
The dress is a one-piece wrap
around model. than which there is
no more comfortable garment for
busy hours of home making There
is a bow at one side to hold it in
place, long revers, and simple COL
lar. It has short sleeves, the easier
to work in. And if it is anything to
you that it lies fiat while on the IRON
ing board, and does up in a jiffy-
then this is your dress
Have it in percale, or chambray or
calico. P1que is good. too. and the
novelty cottons that are continually
being shown. Wash sill, of the shirt
ing variety, is nice for this sort of
frock. Choose a becoming color, for
you are sure to wear it lot.
As for the other version, which is
a robe for your leisure moments, for
'draughty dormitory halls, or cold
nights and the windows are all open
and you are afraid Junior has kicked
all his covers off, there are lots of
comfortable materials from which to
select. The robe has little round
collar, and the upper part of the gar
ment is double breasted, buttoning
close to the neck. There is a belt in
back and the same sort Of bow which
fastens the dress. But here sleeves
are three quarter, with a turned-back
cuff, and there are enormous patch
pockets. Now, Of course, there is fan
mel, than which there Is no better fab
ric for thoroughly practical gar
ment. Then there are padded rayor
fabrics, which may be purchased by
the yard and are as cozy as anything
could be. Quilted taffeta, without the
padding, is nice, too. And velveteen,
so pretty and soft. Heavy satin may
be used for a lovely robe, ,or the alba
tross, which our grandmothers used
for their negligees, and which still is
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shopping early" slogans begin brist-
ling at us from strategically placed
posters, and life takes on swift
and hectic tempo.
So while you are still calm and
leisured Of mind and body, HE your
self to the art department of any one
Of the larger department stores, and
select the designs and materials best
suited to your varied purposes.
Perhaps there is an old, mellowed
footstoci in the family, on which
Father has been accustomed to rest
his slippered feet, evening after eve
ming, for many years. Undoubtedly
the covering looks pretty tired and
wan. What could be more thought
full gift than an exquisitely worked
piece of needlepoint? Take the
measurements of the stool, study the
general appearance of the room III
which it sits, and then decide whether
the cover should be formal. or per-
haps express Fathers own personality
in featuring one of his pet hobbies.
Tor instance-Should he like boats
= and bemoan the Winter days
when his darling has to be denied
him. then offer him a measure of
comfort with woven picture of white
sails. blue skies and turbulent waves.
Maybe he likes fshing-hunt for a
scene depicting the denizens OF the
deep at play. If he rides. or hunts,
something horsy or foxy should ap-
peal. A design of golf sticks and
balls might quicken his interest in
the game. If he should be collector
in some special field. perhaps diligent
searching will disclose tapestry bit
that would exactly fill the bill.
If Mother has a lovely old chair
that has been relegated to the attic,
because of tattered and shabby cover
ing, what a great surprise it would
be to sneak it from its hiding place,
have a cabinetmaker put the wood
in good condition, and cover it for you
with a piece of beautifully executed
needlepoint made by you to blend with
the decoration of the drawing room
at home Such gift would be doubly
appreciated-both for the actual labor
of love it demonstrates, as well as for
its real value and beauty.
Some child would be more than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
Market Tips
BY LUCE EBERLY.

FRIGHT orange bittersweet; tall,
colorful cosmos, deep pink, vivid
red and pure white; gigantic chrysan-
themums and quaint old-fashioned
button dahlias; deep green laurel
branches of blazing leaves-bronze,
yellow, red - Natures crescendo-a
silent symphony! That is what greets
you when. these Autumn days, you
go to market!
VEGETABLE and fruit stalls, too,
are contributing to the gay pic
ture. Red peppers. twice the usual
size. are so plentiful that stalls have
used them for decoration! Strung
on branches of laurel and hung in
festoons! We say. why not follow suite
Red peppers that are not used in
salads or tossed into the soup kettle
may be attractively arranged in a
white or wooden bowl with sprigs
of green laurel for the table center
piece!
Il NdbbdSOs NiAANOAyS OySSSA
plant and artichokes are among
the new vegetables received this week.
Egg tomatoes, generally used for sweet
pickles, have appeared too, and they
are very reasonable. BruSsel sprouts
are one of this weeks best buys. They
are much cheaper than last week, and
are far superior to any received so
far. Crisp, fresh green peas were seen
at some of the stalls, but we under
stand that this is the "off" season for
them. The crops in the West and
South are not ready for market as yet
and it is said that they will be I'M
usually late this year. Baking pota-
toes, mealy Idahos, are coming In
large lots and some merchants claim
the crops are the finest had in years.
White sugar corn is still available and
surprisingly good. Limas are larger.
but still tender.
AEATS-beef, lamb, veal and some
A'A cuts of pork-continue to stay
high. Strangely enough, the house
wife is turning to items once consid-
cred in the luxury class to solve the
meat problem. Frog legs! They are
being received in large shipments and
are actually cheap. One of the stalls
at the market has the jumbo frog
legs and we were amazed to see the
low figure at which these were priced.
Fresh salmon, halibut, filet of sole as
well as swordfish is exceptionally good
this week. It is unfortunate that fish
does not have a bigger play in the
American cuisine. Bountiful the year
round-a constantly changing selec-
tion-from the coast, rivers and lakes.
Pompano. the Southern Florida fish,
is in the height Of its season now, by
the way, and is being received at all
the local markets. 1t is most delicious
broiled.
CTTRUS fruit is coming in larger
and better lots. Oranges from
California "a few from Florida) are
of fair size, but not quite as juicy as
they should be. Grapefruit are COM
ing only from Florida and are con-
siderably better than week ago. We
were surprised to see peaches still IN
the market-Albertas from Pennsyl-
vania-they are not plentiful, but
nearly every stall had bushel or two.
Seckel pears, too, are still available
and they seem superior to those seen
earlier in the season. eve are begin
ming to think that farmers and
merchants are playing game of hold
ing back the best of the crops until
the bulk has disappearedD Persian
lines are being received in good lots
and are large and juicy, no higher In
price than lemons.
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exceedingly effective for this purpose.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. l762-B is
designed in sizes IA. 16, 10, 20, 40, AZ
and A. Corresponding bust measure
ments 80, "a, SO. 38. 40, AZ and A.
Size Is requires about 37s yards of
39-inch material for the dress and
about 3 yards Of 54-inch material for
the robe.
Every Barbara Bell Pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
Is easy to understand.
Barbara Bell Fall Pattern Book
available at Is cents. Address orders
to The Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
Cooks Corner

BY MRS ALEXANDER GEORGE
LUNCHEON MENU.
,-~1etable Soup. Sailed Waters.
Sliced Bananas. Cookies.
Tea.
DINNER MENU.
liked Fish. Tartar Sauce.
Escnlloped Potatoes.
Buttered Green Beans.
Bread. Butter.
Trife.
Coffee.
Mir for Children Daily.
TARTAR SAUCE.
J.. cup mayon- l teaspoon
naise chopped parsley
/ tablespoon Il teaspoon
chopped pickle chopped green q
l pimiento olive, pepper
chopped teaspoon lemon
teaspoon juice
chopped onion
or chives
Mix and serve in small dish.
TRIFLE.
THAT Popular English DESERT
IL cups sliced cups milk
peaches teaspoon
l cup sliced vanilla
sponge cake y teaspoon
y cup sugar lemon extract
tablespoon u cup whipped
flour cream
Il teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons
eggs currant jelly
Blend sugar, flour and salt. Add
eggs and milk. Cook in double boiler
until little thick. Stir constantly and
be careful not to overlook. Add
vanilla and lemon, cool and chill.
Place peaches in glass serving dish,
cover with sponge cake and cooked
mixture. Garnish with whipped
cream and jelly cut into cubes. Serve
Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
Skin Blenish
Out of Step
AT Present
New Day of Glamour
Permits No Failure
in Beauty Rules.
BY ELSIE PIERCE,

ECONOMIC strife or stress not.
withstanding Fashion claims
that she is guided pretty closely by
business ups and downs. She points
to the fact that during depression
years styles went haywire, couturiers
were affected by the general confusion
and permitted that confusion to creep
into their creations - just as they
have permitted war rumors and
rumblings to add the military infiu-
ence in coats and dresses this Fall.
During the leaner years, too, tha
somber blacks and blues held the color
scheme almost exclusively. Now the
riot of colors; the green's and brown,
the fuchsiaS, violetS, blues, the rich
metallic shades for evening: they tal
of prosperity. The sumptuous draper
les stick to the same story.
II we are to judge by the beauty
industry, prosperity has actually turned
the corner; she has arrived. Never did
women spend more money on them
selves. Never did they call for such
unusual effects in coiffures-effect5
which mean bi-weekly visits to TIL
hairdresser Only year ago women
called for 1.-THE practical. please" To-
day they say, Something strikingly
different, even II just for tonight"
Nail polish bars are popping up in
beauty salons everywhere. Not be-
cause women merely come to the salon
for the change Of polish, but because
they have the polish changed several
times between manicures. They know
how fashion-right it Is to wear the
more subdued shades for daily rounds
of shopping. housework, Office work:
but for cocktails, parties, evening
functions. gay occasions, the high
shades have their glamour.
Permanent waves are no longer
confined to Summer. The modern
woman has one when she needs it
and as often as she needs it.
All sorts of beauty accessories have
been born in the last year (the last
year Of the depression, we hope.
Jewels and flowers in the hair (even
live fiowers). More signs Of pros
perity.
But amid all these one thing re-
mains a prerequisite to beauty, and
particularly important because Of all
the added glamour. A beautiful, flaw
less complexion. You can add to it
with makeup; you can embelhsh it.
But if it is f1awed, makeup fails
sadly. Amid all these elegant, 70
mantle feminine foibles a blemished
skin is sadly out Of step. Alabaster
beauty, preferably a bit pale. but
healthy looking nevertheless, velvety-
smooth, flne-textured and Natures
color artistically Observation-Disclosures the
call today-still woman's greatest
beauty asset.
(Copyrizht. 1887
@1s IT..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17

~ EAR MISS DIX: Can you
teach an old dog new tricks?
About four years ago I mar
- ried a man who is all right
in other respects, but his table man
ners and his English are atrocious.
The way he eats an egg in the morn
ing is positively nauseating, and
cannot go out with him any more
to parties or restaurants for the
embarrassment he causes me by the
way he devours his food. I would
not hurt his feelings for anything, but
I cannot stand it any longer. It
makes me miserable. Will it be
better for me to leave him? I can
not change him. He resents my
every effort to improve his manners
and his grammar. MAY BELLE.
Answer: Well, May Belle, if were
you, before I bought me a ticket for
Reno T would do high and fancy
balancing act and try to find out
if a good husband and a good home
and shopping ticket that is good
at the best shops do not offset a
few lapses in grammar and table
manners.
IT'S what is in a husbands heart
= and not what's on his tongue that
matters. It's the way he provides for
his wife, not his technique with forks
and spoons that counts. Many man
whose English is flawless never says
a kind and tender thing to his wife.
Many a man whose table manners
are impeccable lets his wife work to
support him, and his wife would
gladly exchange him for a husband
who provided the eggs, no matter
how he ate them. and who told her
that he loved her even if he murdered
the Kings English in doing so.
But how come, May Belle, that you
married man whose English and
table manners you find it impossible
to endure? They haven't changed
since the days Of courtship and surely
then you must have gone out to
dinner with him and listened to his
wooing in the same language that
he uses now.
\ \ X X
YOU were not deaf then nor blind
and If you could overlook his
lapses before marriage, why not shut
your eyes to them now when it is
so much more vital to you to be blind
and deaf to what you do not wish
to see nor hear. Your husband did
not misrepresent himself to you in
any way and so you are being a
very poor sport in WEIGHING on your
bargain because you find you do not
like certain qualities that your hus-
band had and that you knew he had
when you married him.
OF course, your husband doesn't
like to have you criticize him. Nor
would you like for him to criticize
you. Husbands and wives cannot
endure the thought that their mates
do not admire them al nothing
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cherished always
by the recipient,
are pieces OF
hand w Or k e d
n e e d ! e poi n t.
These take some
time to do, how
ever, and there
fore should be
got under way
as soon as pos
sible. Also, just
ow you will
have more time
to work on them
perhaps, t h a n
l a t er in the
season. when the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
BY BETSY CASWELL.

TT SEEMS a little far-fetched to
begin thinking about Christmas
presents, I know, but If you are
L planning to make some Of them
yourself, it is wise to allow plenty of
time for their completion.
Among the most beautiful and last
ing gifts, which will be welcomed and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
My Neighbor Says:

Don't be in a hurry to cover
your flower beds. Wait until
ground Is frozen and there will
be no danger of new growth
starting.
To clean. q brick fireplace use
a solution made of half muriatic
acid and half water. 1t cleans
brick so well they look like new.
Two-inch cubes of bread may
be followed out, toasted and filled
with creamed lobster or shrimp.
This makes a delicious luncheon
dish.
To clean glass in indicator on
oven door of kitchen stove, rub
first with vinegar, then wash
with ammonia and water.
Copyright. 1880
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depend upon himself could take care
of himself. For alas, our mothers can
not always 60 with us and hold us by
the hand and protect us against the
dangers and hardships we must meet,
and il they have not prepared US for
this, they have failed as mothers.
Twenty-one is too late to let boy
think for himself. He should have
begun that in his cradle.
DOROTHY DIX.
tcopyrish. 1880