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Evening star., 1935-05-14
Keep Muscles Supple
Reducing Exercises and Ways to
Improve Complexion.

backward, Arching the chest well with
head thrown back. Exhale when arms
reach your sides. Do the exercise
slowly. Rest while taking few or
dinary breaths, then repeat.
You are about eight pounds below
the average weight for your age and
height, but if you are of naturally
small build you are not really under
weight. Yes, sedentary work encour-
ages flabbiness at the thighs. Take
a brisk two or three-mile walk daily
and a longer one once a week, or go
swimming several times week. You
need daily exercise to keep your
muscles supple.
Lie on your back on the floor. Raise
legs and hips up OF the floor. Your
weight Is now on shoulders and head,
with arms outstretched for balance.
Try to swing your legs over your head
and touch the floor with your toes.
Try to grasp your toes with your
hands. LOIS LEEDS.
Red, Oily Nose.
Dear Miss Leeds: The tip of my
nose is very large. 1t becomes very
oily and red. When I powder it the
powder cakes and the skin peels. How
can I cure this? How can I fix my
eyebrows 50 that my nose will look
smaller? How can I make my skin
have q white, velvety appearance?
DISCOURAGED v.
Answer--I could perhaps help you
t4Il a
and something about your general
physical condition. If your nose seems
swollen you may be suffering from
acne rosacea. Digestive troubles, poor
circulation and possibly other dis
orders Of the system may underlie
your beauty problem. The first thing
is to see a doctor and build up robust
health. Redness of the nose cannot
be corrected by local treatments alone.
After washing your face, give your
nose rinse in clean water to which
a few drops of spirits of camphor have
been added. Be careful of your diet,
avoiding rich, highly seasoned foods
and stimulating beverages. Before
powdering your nose, wipe it with an
astringent and use powder base. As
to your eyebrows, have them fairly
thick. Avoid the narrow plucked eye
brow. If your eyebrows grow rather
close together in the middle, pluck
out a few hairs so that there will be
a good distance between the inner
ends. Avoid odd effects.
Send q stamped (3-cent), self
addressed envelope and ask for my
leaflets, Daily Care Of the Skin" and
"Sallow Compilations" OF course, If
your complexion Is not naturally Of
a very fair type you cannot make it
white. A medium or an olive skin
can be very attractive. however, If it
is healthy. Remember that good
health, correct diet and right hygienic
habits underlie clear. beautiful com
plexon. LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star., 1935-05-14
HOWI KEEP
MY FIGURE
BY MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN.

Correct combinations of foods are
more important than anything else
in keeping ones weight under con-
Evening star., 1935-05-14
Cooks Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.
MEALS TJSTNG I,EFTOVERS.

BREAKFAST.
Chilled Fruit Juices
(Lett from canned truits)
Brot0ned Cereal Cakes, Suup
Toasted Mu6fns
Orange Mdrmalade
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Vegetable Salad
Bread Rhubdrd Sauce
Sugar Cookies
Tea
DINNER.
Beet Hash
Hasted BroUned Sweet Potatoes
Buttered Green Beans
Bread Butter
Head Lettuce Variety Dressing
Cake Supreme
Coffee
VEGETABLE SALAD
" cup cooked radishes.
" eSp diced ssSissp9o. .,o,
cabbase. I teaspoon
2 tablespoons pepper.
chopped green X cup salad
peppers. dressing.
Mix and chill ingredients. Serve
on crisp cabbage leaves. .
VARIETY DRESSING
y cup French 2 tablespoons
Dressing. catsup.
4 ripe olives tablespoon chill
chopped sauce
rnxF srTppEnxr
4 pieces cake cream.
(any kind). 3 tablespoons
Ia cups straw sugar.
berries. u teaspoon
\ cup whipped vanilla.
Mix vanilla and sugar with cream,
spread over berries arranged on cake.
Other fruits can be used in place
of berries,
Evening star., 1935-05-14
Mind Finds
True Force
In Behavior
BY ANGELO PATRI.

THE same complaints are poured
into the specialists ear day after
day. Jimmy could be head of his class
II he would only concentrate, but he
Just will not concentrate. Helen could
be the leader of the orchestra if she
would practice. Her teacher says she
has real talent, but she will not prac-
tice. Rudy has the highest I. @. in
the school but he doesn't get pass
ing mark because he does not pay at
tention.
A child can have high 1. O. and
be a failure in school work. He can
have a taste for music, a quick, true
ear, and not be a musician in the
practical sense of the term. A child
can be bright, intelligent in his rela-
tions with people and fail in lessons.
This is because a child is a comph-
Gated being, complicated beyond the
understanding of the wisest wizard
of the world.
One mark one talent. one aspect
of a child's body or mind cannot be
taken as the measure Of the child.
Parents and teachers often fasten on
a favorable sign and call 1t the whole
child. It is not the whole child. No
body ever saw, felt or understood the
whole of any child. Mind is the
child and mind is something come out
;YE to iS
we use for the vast mystery OF the
universe, the realm that lies beyond
all human understanding. A child
belongs in that sphere.
The child who fails to learn to
read lacks reading power for some
reason He is not failing because
he wants to fail. The child who re-
fuses to practice is not a musician.
The musician does not refuse to prac-
tice. habitually. The girl who cuts
school and goes to the movies likes
movies better than school, even though
her mother says that she loves school.
She does not: neither does the truant.
The child who turns his back on work
of a certain kind, on situations Of
definite sort, Is saying with all his
mind. n do not want this, / do
not like this, cannot do this" 1t
is better to listen to that still ex-
preston of his mind and act upon
it than to keep insisting that he
does like it. that he can do it, and
that he must do it.
When child fails habitually, when
he balkS consistently, don't force him
ahead on your chosen course. at least
not until you have examined the child
to see what manner of mind he is.
Give him q chance to be himself even
though that Is not what you hoped
he was to become. You have no more
choice in the matter than the child
has and the best way out is to find
his strong points and develop them.
Search out the causes of his weakness
and remove them, if you can. The
true measurement Of any child. of
any age, is his behavior.
Copyright. 1936)
Evening star., 1935-05-14
Godparent
Duties and
Selections
BY EMILY POST.

NEAR MRS. POST: Is there any
reason why we, the parents.
cannot act as our child's godparents?
My husband and I think this should
be our privilege and our duty rather
than to ask friends. to whom it is
usually nothing more than a gesture
Of meaningless form anyway"
Answer.-The prayer book Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the
U. S. A. states plainly: There shall
be for every male child to be baptized
two godfathers and one godmother
and for every female one godfather
and two godmothers, and parents
shall be admitted as sponsors if it
be desired" This answers your ques-
ton as to privilege. But the real
benefit to a child Of having godpar-
ents is their pledge of responsibility
for the child's spiritual upbringing
should their godchild be left with
out the proper guidance Of its own
parents or perhaps other loving rela-
tives. Like all other human ties,
those which bind individual god
parents and godchildren can be un-
breakably strong or can. on the other
hand, mean very little-depending
upon the sincerity with which each
godparent accepts his Cor herr re-
sponsibility. But I would say that
godparents, when chosen from among
really devoted friends (as they should
be-, are apt to be devoted to their
godchildren. Personally. can easily
name several dozen godmothers, and
more than few godfathers, who are
as doting as the proverbial grand
parents. But just how much this
really means as an indication of good
parents as whole, have no idea.
Dear Mrs. Post: My son is to be
confirmed and We are not sure what
we ought to do about asking his god
parents to the church service and
perhaps to dinner at our house after
ward. The situation is a little awk-
ward because in the late years we
have drifted apart from each other
and they have become well-to-do
and have no time for us any more"
Answer The question, of course,
resolves itself into whether their at
titude toward you has really changed
or whether they have-without
meaning to-let themselves drift be-
cause you yourself let hurt feelings
put a strain on old sympathies which
once held you together. Remember
that hurt feelings have parted more
friends than changed fortunes have
done. But if they really have turned
from you, then 1 would not suggest
that you invite them now or ever.
Evening star., 1935-05-14
Helpful Suggestions the Busy Lives of Modern Washington Women
Dorothy Dix Says
If Mothers Aren't Wanted by Children,
Whose Fault Is 1t?

she Is accepting, or whether she Is
trouble maker who Is destroying all
of its peace and harmony.
We all recognize that 1t Is hard
thing for a woman who has been at
the head of her own house for 80 or
40 years to have to give it up and live
in another woman's house, even If
that house is her daughters. But the
calamity occurs. The womans hus-
band dies. Her means of livelihood
ceases. There is no money. And If
her children did not offer her q home
she would have no alternative but to
go into some sort of institution. This
being the case, 1t does seem that COM
mon gratitude would impel the mother
to try to make herself as agreeable
as she could and to refrain from criti-
cizing her hosts and their ways OF
doing things.
HOW seldom this occurs we can al
bear witness. All of us know a
few sweet and lovely old women who
are like q benediction in their chill
dren's home. Their in-laws adore
them. Their grandchildren worship
them. Every one who comes to the
house pays them tribute because theI
are an ideal Of age, gracious and wise
and tolerant and cheerful. They make
a sort of happy background for a
family life.
But, in contradistinction to these,
we know dozens of tyrannical and
selfish and bitter old women who in
suit the in-laws whose bread they eat,
who are hostile to youth and criticize
everything the children do and who
take out their spleen at fate upon
every member OF the household. The
reason children dread having their old
parents come to live with them is that
SO often the parents make themselves
so disagreeable. Old age, no less than
youth, must earn its welcome.
DEAR MISS DIx-What are the
~ advantages Of marriage? am
contemplating the step. but find only
discouragement from almost every one.
Should a girl Of 26 marry man a
few months younger? I don't want
to be considered a cradle-snatcher.
The young man in question is very
considerate and thoughtful. and has
every indication of making a good
husband. WORRIED.
Answer: The fact that the young
man is a few months younger than
you are certainly wouldn't put you in
the cradle-snatcher class. If he
were 20 or 80 years younger, that
would be something else again.
THE principal advantage for
woman in marriage is that unless
she tries it once, at least, she is never
satisfied and she goes through life
thinking that she has missed the best
thing in it. Men can rejoice in being
old bachelors and thank heaven for
their single blesSedness, but I doubt
if there ever was really happy and
contented old maid.
A woman may reconcile herself to
spinsterhood. She may even reach
a philosophic viewpoint in which she
can see that she is better of than
nine-tenths Of her married friends.
but she always has a little lurking
sense Of having been passed over
when the prizes were distributed.
Evening star., 1935-05-14
BY BARBARA BELL.

~ UTTONS are fun this season.
Made of all kinds Of mate
rials, there are elegant little
IL affairs of glass or rhinestones
for more formal frocks, and
pearl or wood for sports things. Even
the lowly nut has been pressed into
service and marches in military pre-
cision I'D and down the smart
Woman's dress.
Buttons and o sophisticated cut are
the high lights Of the design illustrated
TODAY. Use wooden ones. three huge
ones on the blouse. with its clever
side fastening, and three on the skirt,
make the frock of dusty pink, or pale
blue or yellow and be sure that you
will be very smart. Or cover the but
tons in a contrasting color, they are
equally good. If your dress is to be
white, get bright colored buttons made
of a composition known only to the
man who makes them.
The square neckline and matching
armholes are interesting details of this
design. They are q welcome change
from the usual round or V-shaped
lines. and are most becoming. The
simple row Of stitching gives a nice
finish. and O tailored effect.
1t is very easy to adapt this pat
tern to a stunning dress for the street.
Long sleeves, and scarf filling in
the neckline do the trick. Thin wool
or heavy crepe would be splendid for
this version
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1868 Is
made in sizes IL, IA, 16, 18 and 20.
Corresponding bust Measurements 30,
81. "a. SO and 3S. Size 16 (34). with
out sleeves. requires 3 yards of SO or
80 inch material; with sleeves, 334
wards of SO or 80 inch material.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
Evening star., 1935-05-14

protein at meal. I never combine
starches with 1t. II have a steak,
I never eat potatoes with it-prob-
ably a green vegetable or two, and
that Is all. Then, Of course, no des-
serts. I eat only one sort of thing
at O meal, and not too much Of
that. I have also found that feel
much better and never have stuffed
feeling II follow this diet exactly.
Then, of course, exercise Is neces-
sary--not so much to keep the figure
as to keep one in good condition
Every one needs exercise. do not
think that it is so important in keep
ing the figure as is diet, but it def
nitely Is necessary in keeping ones
health. But when girl overexercises.
in my opinion, she is apt to becss1e
TOO muscular.
Evening star., 1935-05-14

~ EAR MISS LEEDS: What is
the best exercise to reduce
fiabby. feshy thighs? Also,
~ what is the best exercise to
develop the chest? I am
very small person, except for my
thighs. I am % years old, feet tall
and weigh los pounds. Is it too much
sitting that causes fleshy thighs? 1t
is necessary for me to sit a good
part of the day at my work. D. M.
Answer-One of the best exercises
for the thighs is walking about the
floor in a crouching position. knees
deeply bent, hands on knees. The arm
movements of the breaststroke in
swimming are excellent for the chest.
A good exercise you may do at home
is as follows: Stand erect outdoors or
before an open window. Raise both
arms up above your head, inhaling
deeply. Stretch up. Now, holding
the breath, lower arms downward and
Evening star., 1935-05-14

suffers most, because. in addition to
having to do much Of the work and all
the planning herself, with the result
Ant fatigue, she also lives in turmoil
and disorder, the same as the others
and she has to listen to all their SnarlS
and complaints as we'll!
So do, if you can, give the lady a
break and a helping hand, by not
fusSing, and, as far as human
" possible, keep from underfoot
Your attempts to help, actively, will
most likely not be welcomed-the
housecleaning woman develops some
of the qualities of the tigress defend
ing its young-but, at least general
attitude of assistance and sympathy
will do much to keep peace in the
family.
T DON'T know just why it is, but few
women seem to be able TO take
housecleaning casually. 1t assumes
overwhelming proportions in their
minds, and thus has them beaten
down before they even start After
ALI, if taken in reasonably small doses,
of certain jobs each-it should not
prove such a Gargantuan task.
For instance. why turn everything
all over the house topsy-turvy at the
same time? Why not plan to thor
oughly clean two rooms and their
contents day, and no more? Leave
all halls and stairs for the very last
otherwise they will be just as dirty
when you finish as they were before,
from constant tracking back and
forth, and the dust and debris emerg-
ing from the cleaned rooms.
First of all, of course, all Winter
clothes and furS should be put away.
Anything that is soiled should be
cleaned or washed before retiring it
for the Summer. Regular moths dote
on spots, and will go for a soiled or
stained garment in big way. (ThiS,
of course, does not apply to Buffalo
moths. Nothing that applies to other
moths seems to effect them. They'll
eat clean things with just as much
relish as they do articles seasoned
with light sprinkling of dirt)
X
T ONG ago gave up struggling with
the storing of woolies and furs
at home. in camphor. tar paper, etc,
when discovered the hamper service
that can be had from storage con-
cern. Everything in the house goes
into the hampers, and they are re-
moved from my presence and respon-
sibility for the warm months. at a
Evening star., 1935-05-14

an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to understand.
Send for the Barbara Bell pattern
book. Make yourself attractive. prac-
tical and becoming clothes, selecting
designs from the 104 Barbara Bell
well planned, essy-to-make patterns.
Interesting and exclusive fashions for
little children and the difficult junior
age; slenderizing, well cut patterns
for the mature figure, afternoon
dresses for the most particular young
woman and matrons and other pat
terms for special occasions are all to
be found in the Barbara Bell pat
tern book. Send Is cents for your
copy today. Address orders to The
Evening Star.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1935-05-14

troll. AT least L
find this true in
my case.
For instance, 7
enjoy sweets and
starches occ a
sion ally, and
when I eat them
I have nothing
else. If I want
q piece of cake
or pie, I have it
but have nothing
else at the same
meal, with the
exception Of fresh
fruit or frui t
iuice. When I eat
Evening star., 1935-05-14

A NSWER-No more interesting or
significant letter has ever come
to this department than this one, and
l trust that every woman who lives
with her children will read it and do
some soul searching and ask herself
honestly whether she is a pleasant
guest in the home whose hospitality
Evening star., 1935-05-14

~ EAR MISS DIX: why DO not
mothers who are forced by
circumstances to live with
~ their children realize that If
they are not wanted, as they
so often complain, it is merely because
they do not make themselves agree
able? You cannot love any one who
is not lovable, no matter how great
your sense Of duty toward them, nor
can you want some one with you all
the time who makes no effort to be
pleasant, who finds fault, nags, COM
plains and uses no tact whatever. I've
never questioned that it is the duty
of every right-thinking child to make
home for its parents If they need it.
still think so, but did not realize
until my mother came to live with us
how it could disrupt family.
My husband and I have been mar
ried IL years and have always been
satisfied with our home, our friends,
our manner of living, but mother dis
approves Of everything We do and
have. She dislikes my husband and
shows it, though he tries in every pos
sible way to get along with her. If l
don't accede to her every wish / am
an ungrateful daughter. II my huS-
band and disagree, even in friendly
way, she overwhelms me with pity
for having to live with such brute.
If my husband and show each other
affection, she is disguised with our
Stiffness. My little economies are
stinginesS. My husbands business
difficulties the result Of laZness and
poor judgment. Our privacy is gone
Our light hearted foolishness is gone
The peace of our home is gone.
IF MINE were the only experience of
the kind 1 would think we were
just a couple of monsters who were
hard to get along with, but I have so
many friends who are suffering
through the same thing. One friend
cannot go out with her husband in
the evening because her mother has
such a trantrum If she is left alone
| that it Is not worth the effort. An
other grandmother l know makes such
a to-do every time the daughter Of the
house goes out, or brings friends in,
that thetg is begging her mother to
let her go and live with some girls in
| an apartment, where she can live the
normal life her mother would be glad
TO give her.
OF course. I realize that It IS hard
| for any woman to have to give up
her own home and go and live in her
children's home, but when this has
to be done, why should not the mothers
do their part in trying to ease the
situation for all concerned? Why
cannot these mothers realize that
their daughters have a right to their
homes, their friends and their hus-
bands, just as they had, and that If
life has taken the things they valued
| from them, they do not get them back
again by cheating their children out
of their happiness? They just make a
| bad matter worse. MRS. A.
| A NSWER-No more interesting or
significant letter has ever come
to this department than this one, and
l trust that every woman who lives
! with her children will read it and do
some soul searching and ask herself
honestly whether she is pleasant
| guest in the home whose hospitality
Evening star., 1935-05-14

OF the mousse
hold could be
farmed out at his
club or a hotel
for a few days
and the children
% a rk e d W it h
grandma - but
too often this So
luton is impoS-
sible and every
body in t h e
household must
Just take it and
like it. AS a
matter Of fact,
the housekeeper
IL
Evening star., 1935-05-14
BY BETSY CASWELL.

when husbands leave home,
VI children rush eagerly to school
4 and the housekeeping Juno
assumes Jove's prerogatives
and lets loose her thunderbolts of
death and destruction.
The solemn observance of the rite
known as Spring cleaning and getting
the house ready for the Summer Is
about to take place.
For the preservation of family love
and life, it would be ideal If the man
The Washington times., 1935-11-07
Invitations Out
For Holiday Dinner

Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean
has sent out invitations for a
dinner Sunday, December %,
for her two sons, "Joek" and
''Ned" Mclean, when tn e
guests will include a number of
their contemporaries. T h e
party will be given at Friend
ship, their suburban estate, and
will be followed by movies.
&&k
They just can't stay away
from Washington! These Sen
ators and Representatives, who
a few short months ago shook
The Washington times., 1935-11-07
Miss Gilbert
Presented

Mrs Lewis Daniel Gilbert pre-
sented her daughter, Miss Jean
Gilbert, to Washington society at
a luncheon given yesterday at the
Mayflower.
The debutante is the daughter
Of the late Mr.. Gilbert, Of Texar-
kama, Tex, arr the granddaughter
of the late Mr.. A. B. Grace, of
Arkansas. She attended school in
Switzerland and also Sweet Briar
College.
Guests at the luncheon included
Miss Anna Lee Stuart. Miss Marga-
ret McNeal, Miss Polly Wirgman,
Senorita Amelita Alfaro, Miss
Helen Lyon, Of Baltimore, Md,
Miss Lee Mccoy, Miss Jean Hell
berg, Miss Sally Mitchell LeFevre,
Miss Elizabeth Redeker, Miss
Alice Richardson, Miss Mary
Patterson, Miss Catherine Nc
Kane, Miss Vallette Sullivan,
Miss Yolanda de Mauduit and
Mrs Thomas j. Wacker, the for
mer MISS Mary bAanQOn STUART.
Guests at Mrs. Gilbert's table
were Mrs. George P. Tribe, Mrs.
Harold Young, Mrs. Wingrove
Bathon, Mrs. Norbonne Robinson
a n d Mrs. Margaret McChord
Boyle.
Mrs. Gordon Gibson, Mrs. F.
A. Delgado. Mrs. Auguste Boas.
Mrs. Estes Brand. Mrs. ]. D.
Laurence, of Edgemoor, Md:
Mrs. James B. LutteS and Mrs.
James Lippert were luncheon
guests yesterday at the Little
Tea House. After luncheon two
tables of bridge were played.
DR.. and Mrs. Browne Morgan
of Bloomfield, N. j., accom-
panied by their daughter, Miss
Alice Morgan, are at the Dodge
Mrs. Townsend M. McAlpin, OF
New York city, is at Wardman
Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1935-11-07
700o,1 T0bicy
Copyright. 1850

Pretty Marie-Anne Green
ough is a newcomer to the deb
utante ranks and an attractive
addition to the bevy of buds
who will make their bows be-
fore Christmas.
Her parents, Mr.. and M r s.
Carroll Greenough, will enter
tain at a tea dansant. for her
in their Georgetown residence
on Tuesday, December "a, from
5 to Z o'clock.
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Randy Richardson should be