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Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-13

The harvest festival al the ma
tional grange convention in Sacra-
mento, November 1921, will be at
tended by 1000 persons.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-13

e. using 2 hay loader that han
dies shoc.s s.. j. BianChi Point
REYES. Marin county, accomplish
twice as much as before.
Evening star., 1935-05-27

better they be"-and undoubtedly this
theory was turned into a practically
at the first sign of temperament or
balkiness in the lady of the house.
THERE was no breakfasting In bed
among our pioneering great great
grandmothers. Their beds, in them
selves, were not conducive to lingering
in slCthful ease. The very earliest
beds were simply low platforms of
wood placed along the side of wall.
Hemlock boughs were used as mat
tresses. Later came the "turn-up"
bed-direct ancestor of the beds which
nowadays do the disappearing act
into the walls of small apartments.
The original model was a strong
frame, laced with rope, and fastened
at the head by hooks screwed into
the wall. BY night. the foot rested on
two rough legs. and by day. the whole
frame, complete with bedclothes was
hooked up onto the wall. Homespun
curtains were used in the richer
homes to camoufiage the bed during
the davtime
Bedding was far cry from the
pastel sheets and lace bedSpreads of
today. The sheets were of flannel, very
closely woven-So heavy that they
sometimes appeared in the inventories
as rugs! HomeSpun blankets. made
Of strong soft wool with borders. were
dyed with crude. homemade dyes.
Later, when law was put into
effect ordering the raising of fax by
every one. linen sheets and pillowslips
became common, and checked linen.
with bars Of red or blue, was used for
ped ticking.
QUILTS. of course, formed the ar
" tistic bed covering, and were made
with painstaking care. in strange and
wonderful designs. from bits OF worm
out materials. Moth-eaten uniforms
tyes, they had moths then, too, y
dyed bits Of old flannel sheets. old
coats and coat Innings, weary pieces of
calico and scraps Of olo petticoats,
all went into the making of this mas
terpiece Of housewifely art. The
most popular patterns at the time
we're said to be the Rising Sun. Long
Cabin and Jobs Trouble. Many geo.
metrical designs were used, and the
work was difficult and tedious. Usu-
ally groups Of women would gather
in one house and while away some
of the wintry afternoons in a COM
munal quilting bee.
In the colder parts OF the Colonies,
feather beds were in great favor, pro-
viding. as they did, warmth As well
as comfort. The good housewife
owned many feather beds, OF varying
Evening star., 1935-05-27
Apple Pudding.

Prepare four cupfuls of sliced sp-
piles and arrange half of them in a
creased deep baking dish. Pour over
them the juice of half an orange and
a teaspoonful of lemon Juice, sprinkle
with grated orange peel and brown
sugar and dot with bits Of butter
Add the remainder of the apples and
repeat the process. Bake in a moder-
ate oven until tender. Cover with q
thin layer of stale cake crumbs and
brown slightly in the oven. Serve
hot with novelty sauce. made as fol-
lows: Cream four tablespoonfuls Of
butter and add one cupful of brown
sugar gradually. Add two tablespoon
fuls OF cream or evaporated milk q
little at time and mix thoroughly
Add one-fourth cupful of chopped
pecans and one-fourth teaspoonful Of
vanilla.
Evening star., 1935-05-27
Dorothy Dix Says
Why Rail at Fate Because It Has Not
Brought What You Desire?

together they sacrificed the excite
ment of outside affairs, They delib-
erately set themselves to find con-
tentment in their home.
THE other couple expected miracle
to happen that would make their
marriage a success without any help
from them. The man resented hav-
ing to spend his money on house
hold bills instead of his own pleasure.
The woman wasn't willing to be tied
down to a house and make comfort
able home. The man thought he had
| right to indulge in little fiirtationS
on the side. The wife wanted to step
out with other men. And when sell
hshness clashed with Selfishness the
marriage went into the discard.
And there are children, who are
little angels or brats according to the
way you take them. All children are
just the same-noisy, troublesome,
mischievous. requiring endless work
and care, always having to have their
adenoids out and their teeth straight
ened-and are about as expensive to
maintain as yacht.
THERE are parents to whom they
are nothing but nuisance. You
hear fathers and mothers who are
always complaining about their cost
and about how they upset things and
how they are tied down at home by
the babies, and who never get any,
thing but worry out of their young
Sters.
But there are other parents to whom
their children make the whole mean
ing of life. There are mothers who
get more of kick out of their babies
arms around their necks than they do
out of astring of matched pearls.
Fathers who would rather be met of
an evening by toddling kid than by
brass band.
FATHERS and mothers who think
that nothing else in the world is
so interesting as watching a little
child's mind unfold Fathers and
mothers who live their lives over in
their children and who are. far prouder
of their sons and daughters success
than they ever we're of their own.
And there is work, which is either
a curse or blessing, according to the
way you take it. Millions of women
rail at the monotony of housework.
Millions of men pity themselves for
being slaves to their jobs. Other mil
lions of women think that making
home is the finest career on earth and
their daily labor Is labor of love.
Other millions of men find excitement.
adventure. romance. everything that
makes life worth living in their work.
So life is just how you make 1t. You
write your own price tag.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1935-05-27

TODAY'S design is one Of those
agreeable little suits so well
adapted to Summertime. The
L dress may be worn without the
jacket. of course. But there
are always women who feel they are
not quite well dressed on the street
with an expanse Of bare arm showing.
So the brief Eton has been included
to make everybody happy.
Etons have acquired a great vogue
since Schiapsrelli launched them in
her Spring collection They have a
gay ano spirited feeling that women
love when the long, all-enveloping
coats of Winter have been put aside.
This one is especially nice, collarless,
buttoned at the base Of the throat
and opening slightly to show the but
tons on the frock beneath. Elbow
sleeves, with widely f1aring cuffs are
chic and very practical for warm days.
The dress is quite simple. A panel
in the back of the skirt adds interest
and the requisite fullness. Blouses
buttoned up the front seem to be the
order of the day in dresses of this
type, and belts must be trim and
tailored.
The combination Of materials shown
in the illustration is a particularly
enchanting one. Plain material, either
silk or cotton, or thin wool crepe,
makes the dress and jacket. The col
lar and cuffs achieve great impor-
tance by taking to themse.Ies huge
polka dots. Another version employs
rows and rows of stitching, or mar
row braid. both of which are becom-
ing very popular, for trimming.
Wear with this costume wide
brimmed sailor, and very short gloves,
as shown in the picture. Details like
these take you long way on the road
to chic.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 16l5-B is
designed in sizes II. IA. Is, l8 and 90
Corresponding bust measurements 80.
80. "a, So and 38. Size Is t34l re-
quires As yards of 36-inch material.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to understand.
Send for the Barbara Bell Pattern
Evening star., 1935-05-27
Relaxation,
Like Sleep
Is Valuable
BY JAMES W. BARTON. MD.


60 MUCH has been written about
the value of sleep that many nerv-
Gus individuals worry themselves into
sleeplessneSs. They fear dire ailments
or even insanity If they don't get a
certain number of hours Of sleep each
night.
Now sleep is valuable because Il
gives rest to all the organs and It's
sues of the body. Sleep does not give
complete" rest because during sleep
all the processes of the body keep
working just the same, except that
they are working at a slower rate
Thus some hours after the evening
meal and digestion is completed. the
heart rate is slower, the blood pressure
lower, the temperature lower and
breathing slower. In other words
although all these processes are work
ing the slow rate at which they are
working allows all the tissues to
gather energy just as battery can
be recharged overnight when removed
from your car"
This, then, is why sleep is so valu-
able: it means no energy is being
given out. but energy is being taken
in or stored
Now. while nothing can take the
place of real sleep, with every mus
Gle relaxed. it has been found that
If an individual is unable to sleep
but can relax body and mind to q
point almost approaching sleep he can
attain as high as 80 per cent of the
value of sleep. 1t is estimated that
two hours sleep in the "a will keep
any one alive, so that with complete
relaxation for four hours. and say
four hours sleep, you might be fully
capable of doing your work.
However, the first thought should
be to find out why you don't sleep
Is the bed room noisy, i'll ventilated
too hot or too cold? Are you hungry
or do you drink tea, coffee, alcohol
before going to bed? Are you wor-
ried. anxious. overtired from work
or not tired enough to sleep?
Is there any physical condition
such as cough, pain. gas in stomach
or intestine that may prevent sleep?
Enough outdoor exercise, without
OVERRIDING it. brings on "nalura
need for sleep that is better thai
any other method of inducing sleep.
Evening star., 1935-05-27
Psychology
BY DR.. JESSE W. sPRoWLs.
Types.

TYPES.
HUMAN beings differ among them
selves in thousands Of WAYS. In
other words. there are thousands of
personality traits by means of which
we come to know human beings in
general and some persons in partic-
ular.
Some personality traits are pos
sessed by large numbers of people
Take vanity. for example. Practically
every one possesses this trait in some
degree. A large portion of the gen.
eral population possesses vanity in
large measure Whenever we notice
this common trait in its exaggerated
form, we speak of a type called the
vain type. And so on for all the
hundreds of traits whereby we de-
scribe personality.
Any statement of types is a proph-
ecy. Whenever we have in our own
minds assigned some acquaintance to a
particular type, we have prepared our
selves for future social contacts. The
curious thing about types is that our
knowledge is defective. We arrive at
knowledge largely from mere hear
say. Science so far has produced very
little reliable knowledge This lack
of scientific knowledge is no doubt due
in part to the popular ideas which
vitiate the work of investigators.
Copyright 1935J
Evening star., 1935-05-27
Timely Observations Subjects Important Washington Wome
Good Taste
For Public
Occasions
BY EMILY POST.

"DEAR MRS. POST: The other
evening the lady with whom ]
was dining in restaurant had to
merely stood up until she had left
the table. Afterward a remark she
made was pointed enough to tell me
that she would have expected a gen.
tleman to walk out Of the dining room
with her"
Answer-What you did was quite
right. To have gone out with her
and then back again with her would
have been unavoidably conspicuous.
Dear Mrs. Post: What is the cor
rect procedure in escorting my wife
up the aisle in church,"
Answer-She walks by your side.
or, If other people are in the aisle,
ahead of you. Or at a wedding she
probably takes the arm Of an usher
and you follow. Naturally you would
never go ahead of her in church. At
the theater you would, on the other
hand, go first to give the tickets to
an usher and then stand aside and
let her go first.
Dear Mrs. Post: I often pass the
apartment house where 1 used to
live. and the same doorman stands in
side the door and always bows q
greeting. My voice couldn't be heard
and 1 never know just what to do
in recognition. Should I tip my
hat?"
Answer-You would not tip your
hat, but you should nod your head.
If you are smiling person, you
would also smile.
Dear Mrs. Post: My nose is always
shiny and itSwould be awkward to
go to dressing room every time it
needs powder; also, sometimes there
is no dressing room to go to. Mother
insists that it is very bad manners
for me to powder in public and keeps
on protesting, even though such man
ners seem to be fragrant"
Answer-Why don't you use liquid
powder that sticks. Every cosmetic
manufacturer makes one. 1t is no
longer considered bad manners to
powder ones nose briefly, il one must
but one should even so try to choose
lnconSplcuouS moments.
Dear Mrs. Post: You have written
that you do not advocate the use Of
respectfully by lady in closing
letter to gentleman. Could you
give me a reason for this statement?"
Answer-A letter signed Respect
fully would mean that she is in his
or his family employ, and
If this Is true the signature would
be proper. II he were the President
OF the United States, or If he were a
high dignitary of the church this
signature would also be proper, but
otherwise the announcement that his
position is in class above her own
is unsuitabl
Copyright. la35)
Evening star., 1935-05-27

thPcl OH tiiC NkSo oiiN
4 a not long ago that she was
glad not to have missed any
thing in life. She mad known riches
and poverty, good health and sick
ness, love and the betrayal of love.
She had joyed over the babe on her
breast and agoniZed over her dead.
and out of all the turmoil, out Of all
the laughing and the weeping she
had got some knowledge, some thrill
that had made it worthwhile.
1t seems to me that this woman is
very wise and wish that she could
pass her philosophy on to the multi
tude of discontented and peevish peo-
pie who are railing at fate because
it has not given them every good
thing they desire, and so are missing
all the fun of the great adventure
through which they are passing.
EOR life is how we take it. We get
L out of 1t just what we put into
1t and it is drab or gay, dull or excit-
ing, interesting or boring. sweet or
bitter, as we make it. The outward
circumstances have almost nothing to
do with our happiness in life, since
no one can be born so high as to be
above the reach of sorrow. No palace
walls can be built so thick that they
shut out misfortune. No money can
buy the things that every heart Graves
most. love and sympathy and under
standing. Nor can all the wealth
of the Indies bribe disease and death
to keep away from our doors.
When you come down to the essen
tials. life gives us all pretty much
the same materials to work with and
it Is I'D to us to make out of it what
we will. The average human being
is born, gets married, begets children,
works and out of this common expert
ence some get tragedy and others
bliss.
TAKE marriage, for instance, which
l. either makes or mars the happi-
ness of all who enter into it. The
husband and wife who love each
other. who find their highest delight
in being together and who make a
peaceful home, live in the nearest
approach to paradise that earth gives,
while the disgruntled husband and
wife who hate each other and whose
home is a place of quarreling and
strife live in an earthly Hades. Yet
marriage imposes the same burdens
and restrictions and ,alls for the same
sacrifices from both.
1t was the way they took 1t. One
couple took marriage on the chin. so
to speak. They put their hearts and
their brains into making marriage q
success. They adjusted themselves to
each other. For the privilege Of being
Evening star., 1935-05-27

~ OR all occasions that present
l. themselves in June-the we'd
dings. graduatlons and various
l. parties connected with them
the 7attering, wide -brimmed
picture hat in straw, linen or crepe
is best solution of the hat prob
lem. Trimmed with velvet ribbon and
small flower clusters, or more tai
]ored, with simple landings Of gros-
grain ribbon, they all have shallow
crowns and many Of them have half
of the crown under the brim in the
form Of bandeau to insure a better
fit as we'll as to give added profile in
terest.
Although these hats are picture
hats, they are not fussy. for the trim
charm of the hat lies in the material
and the wide, swinging lines about
the face. Both white and natural
straw are popular choices: the white
hat confining itself to white or navy
trim and the natural straw adding a
touch of color in small sprays of
roses In odd shades. combina tions of
field flowers, or you might even
choose your flowers to suit a par
ticular frock.
STITCHED linen hats are very
smart. They come in pastel COL
ors and white. A combination of a
white stitched linen faced on the
under side with brown or Dubonnet
red is something different. and in
many instances might be more becom-
ing than all white. The stitching in
these hats is sometimes circular and
more often in design. Eyelet en-
broidery is used for dressy hats with
wide bands of brown or navy at the
edge of the brim. and polka dotted
yelling in small or large dots is very
effective over fine white straw or felt
When the veil extends beyond the
brim it gives softer edge and f1atters
the eyes by half shading them.
White crepe is used in the same
manner as linen, but perhaps Is
little more dressy for the afternoon
white crepe jacket dress. It is very
lovely when the crown and brim are
stitched in brown, and there is
band of brown crepe at the edge of
the brim, and three little white flow-
ers at the left front.
y X
A MONG the dark hats are navy
blue taffeta and few black
straws with lacy straw edges. A fine
weave brown straw covered with q
yelling of brown with small aqua dots
Evening star., 1935-05-27

and q patent leather bow at the front
is among the unusual hats. as is one
of transparent brown net with woven
in larger dots and roses at the front.
But white does seem to be the IA
vorite. The one shown at the top
Of the sketch above is very distinctive
with its pressed pleat at the front and
crisp starched organdy bow matching
the fold around the brim The hat
itself is of pure white okinwa, a very
close weave straw rather like a piece
Of palm beach cloth the hat with
the daisies at the bottom of the sketch
is Leghorn. and here we wish to men,
tion that this type of hat comes in
three different sizes Of brim, so you
will be pretty apt to find one that
will suit you, for even half inch
makes a tremendous difference when
1t is added to or subtracted from the
circumference of hat.
THEN there are other attractive
starched organdies with varicol-
ored chiffon bands. and a white baku
that turns down with a trimming
band around the crown of folds of
crepe in green, yellow and blue, max
ing two discs at the front.
And the felts still continue in pop
ularity even in these wider brimmed
hats, though the majority keep to
more strictly sport size. And do keep
in mind those heavenly shades of
lavender when you are looking for
sport felts. They look wonderful with
lavender linen suits. combination
that We saw the other day on the
street in spite Of the cold weather.
For information concerning items
mentioned in this column. call Ma
tional 5000 extension 396, between
10 and IL am.
Evening star., 1935-05-27
MY Neiehbor Says:

Hellebore will kill cabbage
worms. Use it dry or mix with
water, an ounce of powder to
three gallons of water.
Daphne blossoms in May and
again in September 1t grows to
a height of IL to Is inches and
spreads to twice that in width.
Thrives best in good soil and a
sunny location.
Soap improves with keeping, SO
when the stores offer sales of
soap it is economy to buy
quantity of it if you are able
to store it in cool, dry place.
,Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1935-05-27
Cook Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.

! By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE. l
PICNIC MENU.
fSeruing 12.) -.
Ham Loaf, Cold.
Potato Salad.
Cucumber Sandwiches
Cream Cheese and Olipe Sandwiches.
Stuffed Celery. Pickles.
Pineapple Sherbet.
Prune Cake.
Coffee. Lemonade.
HAM LOAF.
cups cooked 8 tablespoons
IL neDPs0 eaPs soft nsm bread eDpeso peppefs
2 eggs or yolks chopped
t.psDOonng ,sasp0on paDrika II .s.sndons fHDs milk
chopped onions butter. melted
Mix ingredients. Pour into large
creased loaf pan. Bake 40 minutes in
moderate oven.
PRUNE CAKE.
u Gun fat "a teaspoon cloves
! cup sugar u teaspoon nutmeg
l cup cooked " teaspoon salt
y prunes chopped 1 cup sour milk nj,
] teaspoon cups flour
cinnamon / teaspoon soda
Cream fat and sugar. Add rest of
ingredients and beat 2 minutes. Pour
into shallow pan lined with waxed
paper. Bake 30 minutes in moderate
oven. Cool and frost.
CREAMY FROSTING.
3 tablespoons u teaspoon
hot leftover lemon extract
coffee 70 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons butter ia cups sifted
l teaspoon vanilla confectioners
sugar
Mix ingredients. Beat well. Let
stand minutes. Mix until creamy
and frost cake.
A sweetened jellied rice mold is a
good suggestion to use for holding fresh
berries or peaches. A ring or round
mold can be used.
Evening star., 1935-05-27

Book Make yourself attractive. prac-
teal and becoming clothes selecting
designs from the l04 Barbara Bell
well-planned. easy-to-make patterns.
Interesting and exclusive fashions for
little children and the difficult junior
age; slenderizing, vell-cut patterns
for the mature figure. afternoon
dresses for the most particular young
women and matrons and other pat
terms for special occasions are all 10
be found in the Barbara Bell Pattern
Book Send Is cents for your copy
today. Address orders to The Evening
Star.
Evening star., 1935-05-27
The Old Gardener Saws I:

1t is best to lift tulips every
three or four years. drying them
off and keeping them in a cool.
dry place until Autumn. when
they may be replanted. There Is
no reason for digging them every
year, although this advice is
sometimes giver. 1t is much
better to leave the bulbs in the
garden and to plant ANIMALS
among them. The ANIMALS do no
harm If care is taken not to
cultivate them too deeply. Zin-
Mas, asters. poppies, portulacas,
verbenas, petunias and Drum
mond's phlox will make the bulb
beds attractive for the rest Of
the season. The tulip tops must
not be removed until they have
turned yellow or have become
limp enough to be twined around
the finger. A little fertilizer
should be applied to the soil
around the tulip when the bloom
ing season is over,
tCopyriEht 1a36O
Evening star., 1935-05-27

There were no
S ! a c ers or
shirkers In the
home in tn os e
days - II there
ever were women
who showed ten
denotes along that
line they received
short Shrift from
their lords and
m u S tersi Y ou
may rem e m b e r
the old saying
a woman, a dog.
and q alnu I
ee, the more
u0n heat 'em the
Evening star., 1935-05-27

a
lovely
both and cuff You make
that evening rock will enhanced 100 cent them
instructions making
medium large size and long and
to the womans
O Evening
Evening star., 1935-05-27

TOPS the large hat of closely ,ooven p;te stra.
u'h orgnnd;e fold the b1m and oysand;e bo,D.
The ,Oh5te felt hat the center IS covered ,D;th
dotted navy blue yelling.
The 1egAorn. at the bottom only IN bos;t;on has
velvet band and cluster of DAISIES.
-sketehed in Washn
Evening star., 1935-05-27

TtVtIHUIUnS UI IIIe HdTu5IITpS
which our ancestors on the oistaff
side had to undergo. compared with
the ease of modern housekeeping
makes us realize just what women can
do when necessity demands.
Evening star., 1935-05-27
BY BETSY CASWELL.

TODAY We plan to take up the
description of early Colonial
household equipment where we
l. left it of last week. The
Evening star., 1935-05-27

N FDLERLY woman who had
experienced all the ups and
\ downs of fortune said to me
\ not long ago that she was
Evening star., 1935-05-27
RY MARGARET WARNER.

"OR all occasions that present
- themselves in June-the we'd
dings. graduatlons and various
oortioe r-ith fhoy,,