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Evening star., 1935-04-20
What to Do
WhenROOnl
Turns Dull
Materials Which Are
Suitable for New
Spring Polish.
BY EMILY POST.

UnEAR MRS. POST: Why is it that
the Spring sun makes even the
room that was so cheerful and shelf
ering from the coldest Winter even.
ings. when our family gathered to-
gether to read and sew and play. look
as shabby as an old Winter coat on
the first warm days?
we feel very kindly toward our
living room and want 1t always to be
inviting to our children and their
friends. and if We can afford to re-
dress it now, with a thought, too. for
its usefulness In the warmer weather,
we'd like to.
The room is 23 by Is and has four
windows. which have the sun all day
The walls are q warm cream color
and the furniture is something Of a
mixture Of walnut and mahogany. but
all Of 1t Colonial in design. There
are q large over-stuffed sofa and four
upholstered chairs. as well as few
other straight ones with set-in up
holstered seats.
Cali the upholstery is very worn
and the rust color that still asserts
itself will soon be too warm-looking
"I know 1t Is difficult to suggest
Summer dress, when you must keep
in mind that the colors may not be
spoilable and the material perishable.
because this Is truly q living room.
And tell me, II you can with so bare
description, what can I do with
faded silk shades on both table lamps
and floor lamps. and what about our
floor, which now has one large taupe
colored rug on it?"
Answer: There are dozens Of varie-
ties of cotton materials on the market
both thick and thin. fine and coarse,
and In both plain and fancy weayes;
some in plain colors and some with
colored patterns. Most of these wash
and those that are not too thin and
sleazy or so loosely woven as to ravel
in the seams wear splendidly and
wash perfectly when made into slip
covers.
Cretonnes are very durable. but
most of the tempting designs are to
be found in glazed chintzes only. Thin
glazed chintzes wrinkle a good deal
but are surprisingly durable for all
that. especially If the pattern is rather
large and covering. One with a great
deal of foliage would be decorating
and useful and cool.
Or If you want to avoid color, a
whole room in creamish sand-with
o pattern made only In the weaving
is very attractive, especially If you
have . picking garden, so that color
In supplied by flowers. ....
Old lampshades are hard TO reno.
vate because the heat Of the lights is
apt, in time, to scorch the material
80 that It won't stand cleaning You
didn't tell me what is wrong with the
rug. Plain taupe ought to be excel
lent. But scatter rugs, Of course, look
cooler La Summer.
Evening star., 1935-04-20

to provide board and lodging for them.
At first. of course, it wasn't SO difficult
a large cardboard dressbox top served
very nicely. But in a few days trouble
developed.
Sam was the jumpingest duck that
was ever Matched. He could have taken
Beecher's Brook in the Grand National
with no difficulty at all. The box top
was no barrier for Sam-and he
Jumped out with dogged determination,
lust as promptly as he was put back IN.
The children's play room, where the
ducks were housed, was on the top
floor of the house, but it was no sur
prise to the family when Sam was
encountered in the coal bin in the
cellar. Stairs and slippery floors meant
nothing in his young life, ano his
desire to see the world got him into
strange and far places.
X X
DELILAH was more the stay-at-
IL home type-but she was no sport
about it, and yelled numerically when
Sam left her to 60 on his travels. In
fact. that was always the signal that
some member of the family had to 60
and look for the wanderer-those
shrill pipings from Delilah alone in her
box top.
AS time went on, a pen was con-
trived for the ducklings. by fencing
off a small sunny bay window space
with 12-inch wire. That stopped Sam,
momentarily, but he took his revenge
by eating me out of house and home,
and by waking up the family at S am.
with his baby quackings.
In spite Of that, things were pretty
peaceful for a time, until suddenly
the voices Of both ducks changed.
and the gentle "peeping" turned into
good lusty quacks that could be heard
all up and down the block.
Feeding those ducks at 5 am. did
40 good-it only kept them quiet while
they bolted pound or so OF raw
spinach about two minutes-then
they started off again. Finally, I got
the bright idea that water might have
Evening star., 1935-04-20
SullenM Mood
Banished in
New Spirit
Nancy Page Reveals
Cause of Susan's
Peevishness.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

SUSAN was catching the peevish
look of her brother. Nancy was
appalled, when she realized how irri-
tation had been allowed to affect
each member of her family.
With Susan it was a case Of grow
ing too fast. getting too tired. Any
one grows irritable when tired. and
that seemed to be the best explans-
tion for Susan's irritability.
The light mornings and the eve
nings which stayed twilight for a
long time made it difficult for Susan
to sleep the required number Of hours
She was best natured when she had
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Cook S Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDEk GEORGE.
DINNER SERVING THREE
/MpnfIessg -
Cheese SouMe Buttered Kdls
Bread Curydnt Jam
Ginger Ale Salad
=. Nut Drop Cakes
Tea
CHEESE SOUFFLE

CHEESE SOUFFLE
2 TABLESPOONS butter. " teaspoon dry
tesspoS tsssDSSn ss:prk. 81: esu suDs Dshsss. @s cut
salt. egg yolks.
3 egg whites. beaten.
Melt butter, add flour and seasoning.
When blended add milk and cook until
thick sauce forms. Stir constantly.
Add cheese and yolks. Beat two min
utes. Fold in whites. Pour into
buttered baking dish. Set in pan hot
water and bake 30 minutes in mod
erately slow oven. Unmold carefully
or serve in dish in which baked.
If ring mold is available use 1t and
bake 25 minutes In pan hot water
GINGER ALE FRUIT SALAD.
s:s::s :T:a :s:sls cup sas:sa ss:a ali Zine.
= sap qsoilins water. y sSs diced pears, s;,.
tasis'Do0n' tis: lemon eSsPr,.s f.P seeded "n''e
Pour water over gelatin mixture and
stir until dissolved. Cool. Add rest
of ingredients and mix well. Pour
into mold. Chill until stiff. Serve on
lettuce and top with salad dressing.
NUT DROP CAKES.
n cup fat. 3 cup broken nuts.
l VI cups sugar. a cup milk.
;::;ssss vanilla ri. ss:s:s s.l'''
Cream fat and sugar. Add rest Of
ingredients and beat three minutes.
Half flll creased mufin pans or paper
baking cups. Hake 10 minutes IN
moderate oveA
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Dorothy Dix Says
Girls Whim to Have Man Propose
on Bonded Knee.

matte background than the average
man does. In word, give the girl
something to gloat over in memory
and tell to her granddaughters.
Don't, for instance, propose To a girl
in as business-like way as If you
were asking for an option on a town
lot. Don't pop the question to her
across beefsteak and onions at
restaurant table and with six walters
in earshot. Don't tell her, as a man
once knew did to a girl he wanted
to marry, that you don't think she
Is pretty, but she looks healthy and
strong. and that you think you would
make a good working team together.
Above all, don't propose by telegraph
or telephone. No girl wants a man to
pop the question to her with his mouth
thousand miles of. OF course, any
sort Of proposal is better than none
at all to girl. But have a heart
and give your sweetheart the one she
wants. wreathed in roses.
DOROTHY DIX.
Il . =
DEAR MISS DIX: A lot of us girls
~ have been arguing about the wore
"sophistication." Will you please tell
US just what 1t means? CUTIE.
Answer-A dictionary definition of
sophistication Is Arguing cleverly but
fallaciously about things" In other
words, making a thing seem true or
right that isn't true or right. But the
modern definition of the word, as you
hear it used, is knowing all the
answers. We apply it to a person
who is worldly wise, who has been
about and seen a lot and heard about
all there is to tell. The sophisticated
individual is one who Is at home In
any situation and who knows Just
what to do under any circumstances:
who always says the right thing at
the right time and In the right place:
who always has on just the proper
clothes for the occasion; who has poise
and tact; who is always at ease him
self or herself and makes every one
else feel at ease.
MANY young people have Q very
erroneous idea of what sophisti-
cation consists in. They think they
are being sophisticated when they
break all the laws of God and man
Many think that they are sophisticated
because they know head walters BY
their first names, go to night club
and use language that needs to b'
sent to the laundry. But these are no
real sophisticates.
Young people think they are sophis.
ticated because they believe nothing
but the only really sophisticated peopl
are old people who have lived so Ion
and seen the impossible happen
often that they believe everything.
DOROTHY DIX
DEAR MISS DIX: What do Y
consider the obligations that
engaged couple owe to each other?
ENGAGED.
Answer-I should say politeness an
consideration of each others feeling
and such attentions as their heart
prompt. I think an engagement should
be trying-out process in which each
tries earnestly and sincerely to find
out everything possible about the
others disposition, temper and tenn
perament, in order to see how well
they will get along together II they
are married. and what congeniality
there is really between them. I do
not think that an engaged couple has
right to enslave each other or police
each other. An engagement should
be an option rather than a closed
contract. DOROTHY DIX,
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Children's Easter Pets
Should Be Brought Up
With Useful Equipment
Sightseeing Tendencies and All Other Marks
. of Temperament Must Be Kept
Under Wise Control

soothing effect, 30 one morning, I
sleeplly filled the bathtub, dumped
the ducks in and went back to bed,
optimistically.
y y II
OUIEr? Peace9 sleep' Emphati-
~ cally no, to all Of these! Those
ducks had a Roman holiday-they
splashed, they dived, they quacked,
and they had the whole bath room
like swimming pool in three seconds.
I dragged them out, mopped up the
worst of the food and put them
back in the pen with an overdose of
spinach. But. tragically enough-I
had established precedent! Those
ducks yelled at me every morning
from then on for their regular swim,
and. unles they got it. kept on yelling
all day.
I'll never forget those weeks. The
ducks grew into great big birds, and
used to 60 walking with the children
in the street, on red ribbon leads.
sidewalk, Delilah just behind Sam.
in the approved pit pat paddle pat,
pit pat waddle pat" fashion. attract
ing endless attention, much to the
Joy of the children, who, of course,
adored them.
However, at last, Sam and Delilah
really got too much for town house
and were presented to a friend in the
country. where they are still living in
TO re bxy n hle off,
spring.
CHILDREN love any kind Of living
~ thing for a pet-and with proper
care and personal attention. almost
any animal or bird becomes endowed
with distinct character and per-
sonality of its own. They are really
very little trouble if you give little
thought to their location in the home
and to the right equipment for them
and don't, like me, try to treat a
Pekin duck with as little ceremony as
a canary in the beginning. Where
made my serious error with Sam and
Delilah was in not realizing that spe-
cial arrangements had to be made for
their bringing up: thus they got the
upper hand Of me before could pull
myself together!
II your children receive pets a.
presents this Easter, it will save you
a great deal of wear and tear if you
will 60 into the matter Of their in
dividual upkeep with the shop or
kennels whence they came. There
they can tell you exactly what and
when to feed a rabbit, how to control
a guinea pig and how to handle
ducks with sightseeing tendencies.
The result vii make for q happier
home and healthier pets-so il well
worth the effort!
II you wish advice on your own in
dividual household problems, write
Betsy Caswell, In care Of The Star,
inclosing stamped, self addressed en-
velope for reply.
Evening star., 1935-04-20
BY LOIS LEEDS.


~ ANCING is an exercise that.
in one form or another. ap-
j peals to practically all girls
and women. There are SO
many different kinds of
dancing, from the contortions of the
rhumba to the graceful and inspiring
poses of interpretive dancing, that
everyone can be suited.
Young girls do not usually need to
be urged 70 take up athletic types OF
dancing like those seen on the stage
There is a keen physical pleasure
for supple young muscles in caperiiig
to music 1t is the older girls and
women whose joints aren't so timber
as they were who gravitate toward
the less strenuous forms Of dancing
or give it up altogether. When wofIl-
en- realize that the tendency to avoid
brisk. lively movements is sign
Of aging, there will be more devotees
of dancing among the older set. II
isn't necessary, of course, to EXHIBIT
ones skill or awkwardness in public in
order to benefit by dancing. Dance
steps and poses used merely as exer-
cises for developing poise, suppleness
and health can be of enormous help
to those who do them regularly. They
are often more appealing tnan or.
dinary setting-up exercises and so hold
ones interest better.
Here are a few exercises adapted
from aesthetic dancing for the use
of the average girl or woman who
wants to keep a 1.-the, youthful flgure.
Exercise For making ankles.
knees and waist supple. Stand erect
with arms at sides. Step to the left
with the left foot distance Of about
"a inches. Raise the right foot and
cross 1t behind the left. Bend both
knees half way. Now step to right
with the right foot and cross the left
one behind it. Bend knees. This is
called a peasant curtsy. Now COM
bine arm and trunk movements with
the stepping. When you cross the
right foot behind the left. swing
arms and trunk to the left; when
YOU cross the left foot behind the
right, swing trunk and arms the same
way. Twist a little from the waist
following the direction of the arms.
Repeat 10 times to each side.
Exercise 2.-Improves posture and
helps correct sagging bust and alb
domen. Stand tall with arms al sides.
Slide the left foot sideways to the
left on the bali of the foot slightly
bending both knees while tranferring
your weight to that foot. Straighten
knees and at the same instant bring
right foot up to the left, heels touch
ing and toes out, rising on toes. Re-
neat this gliding movement around
the room several times. raising arms
uo. over head when the feet come
together and letting them swing down
In a graceful curve during the glide.
stretch the figure well as you rise on
toes with arms uplifted. Do the move
ments rhythmically and breathe
deeply.
:. Exercise 3.-Slenderizes the waist
and helps overcome intestinal slug
eishness. Stand erect with arms at
shoulder level. Raise the left leg and
point cbnquely forward with the toe.
Now bend left at the waist and sweep
the left hand down, brushing the
left toe with it. Carry the arm up
ward in q wide circle as you straight
en- trunk. Stretch upward. throw
head back and look up into the
curved palm of your left hand. Study
to have these circular movements Of
trunk and arm smooth and grace
Evening star., 1935-04-20
ations on the Varied Interests of Wash

EAR DOROTHY DIX: When
young man proposes, should
he do 1t on bended knee? The
IL girl whom / hope to marry
thinks that should, but I
think IL Is absurd in these days Of
equality Of the sexes. Inasmuch as
she is q young business woman. I
should think she would wish me to
treat her more as an equal. Don't
you think that when women 90 modern
in business they should go modern in
love also? YOUNG MAN.
Answer-Your inquiry sounds like
something out of the hair trunk in
the attic. ! don't suppose a man has
proposed to a girl on bended knees
since Queen Victoria was girl, and
it fills me with amazement to learn
that any modern f1apper yearns to
revive the quaint custom.
RUT it just goes to show that the
- feminine heart Is eternally the
same. and that no matter how up-to-
date and sophisticated and worldly
wise and hard boiled Miss 1885 is, she
still has the same longing for the
romantic courtship that her grand
mother and great-grandmother had.
She may be competent business
woman, as hard as nails in business
hours, but when she is at home in
the parlor Of an evening she wants
to be q clinging vine and be wooed
in poetic and gallant fashion. She
may outwit g man in a trade in the
Office, but she wants him to pick up
her handkerchief in the ball room and
propose to her in high-hown phrases.
A man can't understand this, but
every woman does. Did you ever
notice that you can never get a
woman to tell you what her husband
said when he popped the question to
her? That is q secret wild horses
couldn't drag out of her, because it
is the black disappointment of her
life. Ever since she was a little girl
she has been dreaming of having
beautiful, poetic, romantic love affair
that would be climaxed by thrilling
proposal made on bended knee and
couched in beautiful language, and
when finally Tom. Dick or Harry asked
for her heart in as commonplace a
way as he would for sack Of potatoes.
1t dealt her a blow from which she
never recovered.
IT Is on record that most girls burst
into tears when the boy friend pro-
poses. He thinks she Is weeping with
joy over getting such a good thing,
but in reality they are tears of rage
because he has blundered the situa-
ton. because he has rubbed all the
gilt Oh the gingerbread, because he
has trodden all of her lovely, girlish
hopes into the dust. OF course, she
wants him. OF course. she is only too
glad to say yes" But she did want
her present all tied up with fancy
bows Of pink ribbon, instead of COM
ing in q brown paper container.
Why, the reason women flock to the
movies and make the fortunes Of the
Valentines and Navarros and Barry
moreS is that they are willing to pay
to see 4 man propose the way it should
be done. even in a picture.
60 THAT is why your sweetie wants
- you to 60 down on bended knee
when you ask for her heart and hand.
And while I doubt whether a modern
young man could do that without
feeling a fool, so that he would be
more likely to say. Don't give me the
laugh" than to murmur in impas-
stoned tones. Angel Of my heart, be
mine" Still and all. I do think you
might inject little bit more romance
and give your proposal a more dra-
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Dance Improves Figure
Suppleness of Youth May Be Achieved
by This Means.

full. Repeat bending and stretching
to right side.
Ballet dancing can be Of help in
correcting various posture defects,
lateral curvatures OF the spine, sway
back, bow-legs and knock-knees. This
corrective exercise, however. should
be taken under the supervision Of
well-trained teacher.
tCopyright, 1881
Evening star., 1935-04-20

liz hours sleep each night, with a.
nap of IA hours in the daytime. In
other words, 13 out of the "a hours
of the day were needed for rest and
sleep.
BY darkening the room. by substi-
tuting some heavy. dark green shades
at the window for the lighter ones.
Nancy found that daylight was kept
out of Susan's bed room, and then she
slept better
Nancy bought very pretty. but
inexpensive, mirror. She gave this to
Susan and had her look into 1t when
she was sullen or whining. Then she
told her to smile at the girl in the
glass. The little girls spirits kept
pace with her facial expressions,
Nancy found. 1t was harder for her
to be cranky when she had her face
all set for smile. Nancy had been
telling the children fairy stories for
years. They liked the idea of drag
ons. So Nancy took that fancy and
used it to advantage. Being bad
tempered was dragon that had to be
fought. Susan learned that irrita-
bility could be put to fight by smiles
and songs. She was learning. al
though she did not know 1t, how to
fight the dragons of bad temper and
peevishness.
Evening star., 1935-04-20
My Neighbor Says:

When laying out a garden plot
never plant q tree. a rosebush
or q shrub in the middle Of it.
Plot will be much more attractive
If shrubs are planted on corners
and on sides.
Orange juice mixed with con-
fectioner's sugar and q little
grated orange rind makes q very
soft and delicious cake frosting.
If lattices for rosebushes and
vines that grow on the house are
put on hinges 1t will be easy to
lay them on the ground when
painting your house.
Do not throw away the wicks
used In your kitchen oil burner
when they become blackened and
to al appearances useless. II
burned out they viii be as good
- new.
tCopyrisht. 1857
Evening star., 1935-04-20

party. The CENTER
piece at the party
was a miniature
barnyard running
the length of the
table. filled with
about 80 little
ducks, all making
q tremendous pro-
test. and doing
their bit to add
to the general din
of the occasion.
Sam and Delilah
we're brou 9 h t
home in triumph,
and the inme-
<3iafe rrnhler,a WAS
Evening star., 1935-04-20
BY BETSY CASWELL.

"HREE or four Springs ago, into
my life came Sam and Delilah.
They were two of the cutest,
L fiufhest yellow ducklings i'm
aginable. and had been pre-
sented to my two children as favors
at friends birthday anniversary
Evening star., 1935-04-20

Nancy has new ieafiet called ''Younr
Children and Their Ways" Send Q
stamped self-addressed envelope TO
Nancy Pare. care Of this paper. for your
COPY.
(CopyriEht. 1882
Evening star., 1935-04-20

II you wish advice on your own in
dividual household problems. write
Betsy Caswell, In care Of The Star,
inclosing stamped, self addressed en-
velope for reply.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
Dresses for Every Hour
Fashion Spotlight Details

Lingerie md satin trims. High necklnes ond
tldred skirts. S1ucY pepluns ond sophisti-
cdted tunics. Military effects nd sleeve and
skirt pleotings.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08

Overheard
at This Ora m q tic
Basement Fashion EUent
"Whqt marvellous buys! Whdt gldm'
orous fashions! Whdt interesting
trims!" No wonder the response wus
so enthusiastic! The up-to-the-min-
ute stYles-fine qudlitY fubrics-
expert workmanship - made these
dresses truly extraordinary values!
If you weren't here FriddY-don't fdl
to be here when the doors open
Saturday! New orrivdls make the Sc
lection as wide as everl
Evening star., 1935-12-14
Carnegie Exhibit.

The public appreciates the courtesy
which prompts the Carnegie Institution
of Washington to open the doors of its
administration building periodically for
an exhibition representing the results
obtained from the research activities
sponsored by its trustees. No require
ment was laid upon the establishment
by its founder in that regard. Indeed,
the officers might maintain unbroken
secrecy about the fruits of the founda-
tion if they chose, and they would have
ample precedent for such an attitude Of
reserve.
For centuries, as the history of West
ern civilization abundantly demonstrates,
men of science pursued in seclusion
their quest for elemental truth. Roger
Bacon, the admirable doctor, greatest
philosopher of the thirteenth century,
never would have dreamed Of inviting
the mob into his laboratory. He knew
about the chemistry of gunpowder and
the magic of the mariners compass, but
he scrupulously avoided communicating
his knowledge to his uncultivated con-
temporaries. It happened that he was
familiar with the dangers of his posi-
Evening star., 1935-12-14
Government Fire Hazards.

The fire of Thursday night in the new
Government building which houses the
Post ONCE Department and other
branches of the Executive administra-
ton has resulted in the disclosure to
high officials of the fact, long well known
locally, that none of the Federal property
in the District is subject to inspection
and regulation in respect to fire hazards.
Yesterday the President expressed him
self as shocked at this state of affairs
and suggested that there should be
closer supervision over the Government
property in this respect.
At no time since the establishment Of
the Government here, though immense
sums have been expended in construc-
ton for Federal occupancy, has there
been any degree of regulation in the
matter of designing and construction
or of administration of the structures
erected and used in the service of the
United States. The plans are drawn
and the construction work is executed
solely by Government agencies. The
rules of safe construction may or may
not be observed, and fire hazards, such
as the storage Of papers In wooden
boxes, without covers and with high
power electric lights. permitted to con-