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Evening star., 1935-03-26
Dorothy Dix Says
Grandmas Can Be Kept From Spelling
Children, Asserts Reader.

let it strike them, and when the
mother and father tried to discipline
it and punish it, grandma would
snatch the little demon to her breast
and defy the father and mother to
give it the spanking it deserved. be-
cause grandma stuck to the cheerful
theory that it would outgrow its bad
ness after a while.
No. grandmothers can't change the
theories they have held for 40 or so
years about child-rearing. If they
rocked their babies to sleep. they are
going to rock their grandchildren In
spite Of all their daughters say about
putting baby to sleep by itself in a
dark room.
A ND II daughter tries to talk TO
mother about child psychology
and behaviorism and about the pat
tern Of the child's life being set by
the time it is 3. mother simply shifts
at such fooliShneSs, and goes on spoil
ing the children and trusting to luck
about how they will turn out. And
talking to her isn't going to do any
good So there you are, and the
problem remains unsolved.
DOROTHY DIX.
-
NEAR MISS DIX-My husband and
~ have been married six months
and are quite happy except for one
thing. My husband has two younger
brothers. both grown, who make our
home theirs They come and 60
whenever they please, and especially
at mealtime. They even come when
We are not at home and sit by the
fire and play the radio. I don't think
this is right, as my husband makes
very small salary. 1 tried to freeze
| them out by being very cool, but it
made my husband mad and he said I
was selfish and should be ashamed,
but I feel I married him, not them.
What should I do? MRS. w. H.
Answer: Feeding two extra men
does put a strain upon your budget
when you have to count every penny.
So think it is nothing but fair that
you should tell the brothers that you
cannot afford company, and that If
they want TO come to your home, they
must compensate you in some way,
either by paying for their meal or by
bringing the food There is no doubt
that grating relatives who find it
cheaper to drop in for a meal on any,
body who happens to be kin to them,
rather than go to hotel or restau-
/ rant, are one of the great pests of life
and one that is difficult to deal with
But they will eat you out Of house
and home if you give them the run
of their teeth. and so you have to
deal with them firmly.
Copyright 1889
Evening star., 1935-03-26
Diet, Rest, Exercise
Auburn Hair and Hazel Eyes Suggest
Color Selection.

young girl. A little Of your favorite
perfume in the last rinse water after
your shampoo will impart a delicate
odor to your hair. LOIS LEEDS.
Superfiuous Hair.
Mrs. F. G. and Mrs. ]. B.-For the
Temporary removal of superhuous
hairs there are various depilatories In
liquid, cream, powder and wax form;
emery papers and razors are also
used for the purpose There are
women who find each of these methods
satisfactory in their own cases.
There is a popular belief that all
temporary methods such as these tend
to increase the growth; this has not
been proved The new growth Of
course seems coarser because the ends
are not tapered. The growth also tends
to increase at certain periods regard
leSSof what has or has not been used
on it. Bleaching is often the most
practical method of handling the
problem. Hairs can be removed per-
manently, but it is important to
choose the right method and intrust
the work to a really skilled operator.
Consult your family physician on these
points before arranging TO have the
work done,
Evening star., 1935-03-26
Planning May Evolve
Supper for Children
From Regular Dinner
Saving of Time and Energy Made Possible by
Proper Selection and Simple Additions
to Available Menu.

wood and spotless linen. A gay
checked or printed cloth, which will
not show immediate spots with such
appalling clarity is a considerate
thought for the very young. Per-
sonally, I do not like oilcloth on a
child's tablet is q little bit too
obvious that you expect him to spill
his food. The other type Of cloth
gives him more ambition to be neat
and to keep his table in proper con-
dition.
A low centerpiece of some sort
either dwarf plant, or an amusing
china animal or group, helps train
his eye to balanced table, as will
also the careful placing of his own
baby-sized knife, fork and spoon, and
the neatly folded bib with its gay
appliqued picture.
A hot-Water plate is very helpful
innovation for the slow eater, for then
the mother does not have to stand by
to force mouthful after mouthful for
fear that the food will become cold
and indigestible. She may attend to
her other duties while Junior strug-
giles with his mashed spinach-a pro-
ceeding which, by the way, is far bet
ter left to its own natural course, as
undue interest in making child eat
is sure to defeat its own end. The
child makes a mimic warfare Of the
occasion and fights the battle over
every ensuing meal, thoroughly en-
joying his parents utter rout and dis
comfiture.
The small, separate table also al
lows the child the pleasure of enter
tanning his friends in a more con-
genial way. If he and his pal of the
moment are at the large table with
the family they are restrained from
gossiping about all the important lit
tie matters so dear to their hearts.
Left to their own devices, with only
remote control exercised by the
parental eye, they will enjoy their
supper to such an extent that the
most disliked vegetable will slip down
practically unnoticed.
If you wish advice on your indi-
vidual household problems, write
Betsy Caswell. In care Of The Star,
inclosing q stamped, self-addressed
envelope for reply.
Evening star., 1935-03-26
BY BARBARA BELL.

r r IS safe to say that the best de-
signers believe that slim waists
and hiplines are essential to the
feminine mode, for we find the
smartest graduation and party
frocks enhancing their slenderness OF
silhouette by giving importance 10
dropped shoulders, with attached
ruffles frou-frouing over the arms.
A picturesque example is seen in
the model illustrated. This beautl-
fully simple gown expresses the fem
mime theme perfectly. The lines fol-
low the figure to just above the knees
where the spreading flounce is at
tached in shaped outline, giving the
hemline the new wide-at-the-bottom
silhouette.
Grosgrain ribbon is revived for belt
and bow ornamentation on fine nov
city cottons. It shares its popularity
equally with velvet, another victorian
favorite, with an affinity for stiffened
nets, crisp embroideries, all-over lace
organdies and taffetas.
High necklines are important. In1s
one is cut slightly below the normal
line, and has broad bow across tne
front, and q buttoned slash at the
back. The yoke dips prettily from
every angle. and over the arms mas
boufant ua1,es instead of lssVess
Evening star., 1935-03-26
Child Must
Get Change
If Wakeful
Cure to Start With
General Survey of
State of Nutrition.
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

CLEEPLESSNESS is often an ac-
compartment of undernourish-
ment. The fat, well-fed baby sleeps
through the day with only infrequent
awakenings for food and attention.
1t is the thin, wiry, jumpy baby who
is so persistently wakeful.
The causes of the initial sleepless-
ness can in most cases be laid to the
diet. But when the child has learned
the habit Of wakefulness, even though
the diet improves, the habit of sleep
lessness may continue. The older
child is so enormously interested in
all that Is going on around him that
his interest may keep him awake.
Just as with the small baby, though,
the attack upon sleeplessneSs should
start with a critical survey of the diet
and the general state of nutrition
and be followed by some change in
the child's routine.
Mrs. S. L. writes: my boy is 61a
years old and is a nervous, under
weight child. The doctor has ordered
a special diet and lots of rest. Most
If the food he doesn't like-but mainly
I need some advice about his sleeping.
I put him to bed at 8 O'Clock, when
his daddy comes in from his work.
We are in the next room, but he keeps
talking and talking, and though we
ignore him, 1t is 1890 before he falls
asleep Scolding him doesn't help"
When the improved diet has had q
chance to show its influence the child
may tend to be sleepier. But it would
seem that, since he does not see his
father at all, If you allowed him to
stay up one-half hour to talk to
him he would then be contented to 60
to bed and sleep.
As it is, he loses two and one-half
hours sleep.
Sometimes in our effort to be so
Evening star., 1935-03-26

~ EAR MISS DIX-A woman
wrote you recently that her
mother was running her little
- son, that the grandmother
spoiled the child and ne
gated all of the mothers efforts to
control him. The woman said she
had tried to reason with her mother
about it without avail, and as the
mother had no other place to live she
did not know what to do about it..
You also seemed to think the case
hopeless, but if knew that woman
I would suggest a remedy that would
work. I would tell her to 60 to her
mother and say:
Mother, you know how I love you
and how glad am to have you with
us, but we must have an understand
ing. I will have no interference in
training this boy. 1t is my business
and l shall do it in my own way.
There can be only one head in any
house and in this house I am it."
Harsh words, perhaps, but it would
work H. w. E.
A NSWER: Probably the woman has
\ said this in effect to her mother a
hundred times, and it hasn't worked
for the simple reason that there are
no persons in the world SO determined
to do exactly as they please and so
stubbornly set in their ways as old
people. Once they make up their
minds to do a thing nothing can
change them. Arguments, reasons,
even tears and prayers make no more
impression upon them than a gentle
rain does on granite.
Especially is this true when it
comes to dealing with their own
children, because no matter how old
their sons and daughters are, they
still feel that they have authority
over them; they still feel that they
know best about everything, and they
sweep aside their children's opinions
and theories as the irresponsible va
porings of infancy.
HAVE known a grandmother sur
reptitiously to give forbidden food
to a sick child who had been put
upon a strict diet and whose very life
depended upon its being followed. be-
cause she didn't believe in all these
new-fangled notions about not letting
children have what they wanted TO
eat. Hadn't she raised seven strong,
stalwart sons and daughters, and
hadn't she always given them ham
and pie for supper? And was she
going to listen to daughter who was
raising a child out of a book? Not
much.
And I have seen doting grand
mothers spoil a child, encourage ii
In selfishness and impudence, even
Evening star., 1935-03-26
Quilt Form
Is Modern
Pattern May Be Used
Particularly in Boys
Room.
BY NANCY PAGE.

THE quilt pattern I have today Is
an old one and yet in feeling II
is quite modern. There is success
sion Of squares which are so placed
that they make a pattern Of lights
and darks over the quilt top.
II am calling this pattern Brock
House. although you might think I
should name 1t block house because
of the angularity OF the blocks.
For the big, plain block, which is
white in the picture, I would use
white, or, better still, a white with a
Evening star., 1935-03-26
/G2/-R

The skirt fiounce follows similar lines,
and may be shortened to a street
length for Midsummer wash dresses.
Many different materials may be
chosen for this sdress-depending upon
its ultimate use. Figured taffeta is
a material greatly liked for party
wear. For graduation the inclination
Is toward the sheer, elaborate cottons
and all-overs. Summer frocks for
seni-dress may be developed in gay
voiles, glazed cottons, crisp organdies,
or demure dimity.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1621-B is
designed in sizes IL, IA, Is, 18, 20 and
40. Corresponding bust measure
ments, 80, 80, "a, SO. SO and 40. Size
16 (3D requires four yards OF 39-
inch material.
Evening star., 1935-03-26
Glazed Onions.

one tablespoonful Of butter, three
tablespoonfuls Of sugar and one tea
spoonful of water. Heat the mixture
in a frying pan over low heat, stirring
until well blended. Reheat small white
onions (Which have been boiled until
almost tender) In the mixture. Stir
occasionally until the onions become
slightly brown and glazed.
Evening star., 1935-03-26
The Old Gardener Says:

Garden makers who want an
abundance of flowers In the
Autumn will make a point of
setting out some of the new
Korean chrysanthemums, which
are on the market this season.
These low-growing NUNS have
been developed from plants
originally introduced from Korea,
and appear in a variety of colors.
They start to bloom earlier than
many of the so-called hardy
chrysanthemums, and will stand
frost uncommonly well. They are
particularly useful for planting
in masses. and are among the
best additions to hardy peren-
mails in recent years. The
Korean chrysanthemum itself
has been mentioned before, but
these hybrids are new.
CCopyrisht 1935)
Evening star., 1935-03-26

after lunch, or after he comes from
school, and IS minutes rest period
before each meal. Then give him one
half hour of his fathers undivided
attention when he comes home. and
he should be ready TO 60 TO bed peace
fully,
Evening star., 1935-03-26

very conscientious we defeat our own
ends. The child is getting no real rest
during these hours when he is making
so much effort to attract your atten-
ton.
Try an hours nap or rest period
Evening star., 1935-03-26
MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Apricots.
: Dry Cereal With Cream.
y Shirred Eggs.
Z Popovers. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Tomato Soup.
Lettuce and Peanut Butter
Sandwiches.
Apple Cobbler. Tea.
DINNER.
Noodle and Chicken Soup.
Baked Pork Chops With Onions.
Hash Drowned Potatoes.
Broccoli. Chive Sauce.
Lettuce and Beet Salad.
Mayonnaise Dressing.
Il Lemon Meringue Pie.
~ Coffee.
poPovERs.
One beaten egg, one cup milk
(sweet), ane cup bread -four,
pinch salt and pinch soda, no
shortening. Mix thoroughly and
put in well-greased cup cake tins,
muffin or gem pans. Bake in
moderately hot oven about Is
minutes or test by wetting fingers
and touching bottom of tin. If
1t sizzles, they are done.
APPLE COBBLER.
Pare and core three or four
Juicy apples, slice into a shallow
baking dish. Sprinkle one-fourth
cup sugar over and little CHINA
mon. Make a batter of one
beaten egg, one-fourth cup sugar,
one-half cup milk, one and one
fourth cups -four, sifted with one
teaspoon baking powder, and a
pinch OF salt. Lastly, add two
tablespoons melted butter, beat
well and pour over the apples.
Bake one-half hour in q moder-
ate oven. Serve hot with your
favorite sauce.
BROCCOLI WITH CHIVE.
One bunch broccoli boiled 20
minutes.
Sauce-Two tablespoons but
ter, two tablespoons flour, one cup
meat stock or water, one table
spoon lemon juice or vinegar,
three tablespoons chopped chives,
three-fourths teaspoon salt, one
eighth teaspoon pepper. Cook
broccoli uncovered in boiling salt
water. Melt butter, blend with
flour, add liquid and seasoningS.
Cook until thickened. Drain
broccoli and serve with the sauce.
Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-03-26

derived therefron
If you have
children whose
ages are widely
varied, it is real
ly impossible to
prepare for them
m e ais to suit
their individual
re equir e ments,
and so a happy
medium must be
res C h e d. OF
course, food
which is suitable
Ea th4 uarn nn
Evening star., 1935-03-26
Cotton to Be Planted.

Cotton will be planted along the
Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in
Turkey.
Evening star., 1935-03-26
BY BETSY CASWELL.

A GREAT saving of time and
~ energy for the woman who
n does her own housework. and
also for the one who tries
to run a large and demanding
family with just one general maid. is
the planning Of the evening meal so
that the children's supper may be
Evening star., 1935-03-26
Magazine Features

The regular magazine
features may be found on
opposite page, in this
issue of The Evening
Star.
Evening star., 1935-03-26
Manifold Interests Enlven and Vary the Modern Womans

EAR MISS DIX-A woman
l wrote you recently that her
mother was running her little
- son, that the grandmother
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Two estiVaI
Programs

Lovers of al fresco entertain
ment will enjoy the two sum-
mer fesitva l programs to be
given this week in the National
Sylvan Theater at the Washing
ton Monument. The Marian
Chase Dancers will offer a COL
orful dance pantomime this
evening at 8 o'clock; and
ShakeSpeare's "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" will be given on
Wednesday evening by the
Washington Community Players
preceded by a half hours mu-
steal program by the United
States Army Band.
Among those who will attend
the performance this evening
will be leaders in the art, music
and educational life of the Cap
ital City, among them Senator
and Mrs. William H. King,
Major and Mrs. George Oakley
Totten, Mr.. Hugo linden, DR..
and Mrs. Frank w. Ballou, DR..
and Mrs. Stephen E. Kramer,
Mr.. Robert A. Manager, Miss M.
Edith CoulSon, Miss Dorothy
Mayfield, Miss Alvina Carroll
and Mr.. Birch Bayh.
Others who have been invited
to be present are Commissioner
Melvin C. Hazen, Commissioner
George E. Allen, Mr.. Robert L.
Haycock, Mr.. Jere j. Crane, Miss
BERTHE Backus, Col. Daniel I.
Sultan, DR.. George Bowerman,
Mrs. Louisa Riberts, Rev. Russell
]. Clinchy and Col. Wallace
Craigie.
Mr.. William P. Kilgors, Mr..
George harrington, Mr.. Charles
M. Hunter, Sd, Mr.. Charles
Heider, Mr.. Chester Ring and
DR.. Luther Gray will be assisted
by the following group of ushers:
Miss Alice Louise Hunter, Miss
Ruth Shoemaker, Miss Evelyn
Schweizer, Miss Shirley Rowe,
and Miss Judy Lyeth.
The Misses Isobel and Helen
Hall are at the Chalfonte-Had-
don Hall in Atlantic City, N. j.
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U. S. Officials
Attend Tea

The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Cordell Hull and the Sec
rotary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Henry A. Wallace were among
the guests at the reception and
tea given Yesterday afternoon
at the Mayflower from S to Z
o'clock by the Assistant Attor"
ney General and Mrs. Harry w.
Blair. The function was given
in compliment to Mr.. Blair's Of
flee staff.
Among those assisting at the
tea table were Mrs. Harold M.
Stephens, Mrs. Stanley F. Reed,
Mrs. William Stanley, Mrs. An
gus Mclean, Mrs. Ralph Put
nam, Mrs. Anna Hamilton, and
Mrs. Blair's sisters, Mrs. P. w.
Chappell and Miss Margaretta
Newell.
Back For Visit
Mr.. Herbert B. PIERCE, presi-
dent of the United States
Chamber of Commerce at Ber-
lin, Germany, who arrived on
the Bremen, is at the AmbaS-
sador Hotel in New York city,
accompanied by Mrs. Peirce
and their daughter, Miss Helen
E. Peirce, who attended the
Brillantmont School in Lau-
same, Switzerland. Formerly of
this city, the PIERCE family will
visit here and will make a trip
to the West Coast during their
two-monthS' stay in America.
They will return to Europe in
the autumn. Miss Peirce will en-
ter a school in Florence, Italy,
late in September.
Miss Ruth Blake, daughter Of
Mrs. Ruth Maxwell Blake, of
Washington, and brownsville,
Ca, and j. M. Garland, of
Chevy Chase, Md, were married
Saturday in New York. They
will spend short time in New
Canaan, Conn, at the home Of
Mrs. Garland'S sister, Mrs. viii.
liam Wheelock Sheppard, before
returning to Washington.
The wedding party, stopping
at the Beekman Tower Hotel,
New YORK., includes Mrs. Gar
lands mother, Mrs. Ruth Max
we'll Blake, and Comtessa Emile
Bonnet of Paris.
Mrs. G. L. Harding announces
the engagement of her daugh-
ter, Marjorie Marie, to Donald
N. Evans, of San Francisco,
formerly of Washington, son of
Mrs. F. Evans, of Eugene, Ore.
Miss Harding is a graduate Of
Central High School in the class
of 1929, and Mr.. Evans received
his bachelors degree at Linfield
College, McMinnville, Ore, and
his masters degree at the Uni.
versity Of Oregon.
The marriage is to take place
in September in California.
X X
In New York
Mrs. Mahlon Ashford and Mr..
Beale Ashford are at the Wey-
lin Hotel in New York.
X X
DR.. Grafton Tyler Brown and
Mrs. A. G. Brown are in Allan
tic City, N. j., at the Chalfonte-
Haddon Hall.
*k
Mrs. ]. B. Hoffman, of Will
mington. Del, has Joined her
sister, Mrs. Herbert S. Larrick,
of Winchester, Va, at Ward
man Park Hotel, and will spend
few days here with her, visit
ing relatives. Mrs. Larrick was
accompanied to WASHINGTON by
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Dinner Host
AtCIub

The former Surgeon Gen.
eral of the Public Health
Service, DR.. Rupert Blue,
who is one of the most de-
lightful bachelors in Wash
ington, was host at a dinner
party Saturday evening at
the Chevy Chase Club, for
the new Assistant Secretary
of Commerce and Mrs. John
Monroe johnson, who are
old friends of his. The John
sons have an apartment at
the Mayflower.
Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley,
wife of the former Secre-
tary of War, who comes in
town frequently from their
Virginia home for parties,
shopping, and the like, was
at the Mayflower the other
day.
She was wearing a tai
lored dress of slate blue
satin, the material so much
in vogue this season, with a
dark blue hat with an un-
usually wide brim, and a
trimming Of ribbon of the
same shade. This matched
the handkerchief which
adorned the pocket on the
left side of her bodice.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock
pUiU haze as her guests at
her place at Bar HGrbOr
for the remainder of July
her som-in-laeO, Sigmor
Giuseppe Catalan, and his
daughter, Victoria, aOho are
on the ocean mO1O return
ing from Europe.
Signora Catdlani's recent
death aUas q great shock,
especially to her Washing
ton friends, for 1t Vas here
she made her debut at the
family residence on Scott
Circle, 10hick is one of the
most impressive houses of
its generation.
Two of the most popular
bachelor members of the
Diplomatic Corps will be
leaving soon for protracted
vacations in their own coun-
tries, from which they have
been absent for some years.
They are the Charge
d'Affaires of the Czecho-
slovakian Legation, DR..
Josef Nemecek, who will not
set sail until the Minister,
DR.. Veverka, and his family
return from their holiday
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X X X
Mrs. Walters
Is Hostess

Mrs. Jessie w. Walters, widow
of the late Representative from
Pennsylvania, entertained at a
luncheon followed by bridge to-
day at the Shoreham.
Her guests were Mrs. Clarence
F. Lea, Mrs. Frank Crowder,
Mrs. John N. Sandlin, Mrs.
John E. Rankin, Mrs. Roy o.
Woodruff, Mrs. Harry L. Engle-
bright, Mrs. Richard Elliott,
Mrs. Herbert j. Drane, Mrs.
Charles I. Stengle, Mrs. Ewing
Lamar Davis, Miss Harriet Nc
y AlliSter, Mrs. George Hart, Mrs.
Stuart Walker, Mrs. Charles j.
Williamson, Mrs. G. Lloyd Podd,
Mrs. William Rodenberg, Mrs.
Charles j. Happier, Mrs. Ed
ward Graves, Miss Mary Belle
Gore, Mrs. Nancy Leatherwood,
Mrs. James A. Frear, Mrs. Sam
uel L. Hoover, Mrs. Henry T.
Burgin, Miss Pearl Mccall, Miss
E. Louise Smith, Mrs. Oliver
Norman and Miss Emma Kath-
crime Norman.
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The Minister of Ell Salvador,
Senior DR.. Don Hector David
Castro, with his children, spent
last week at Virginia Beach.
They will return to the Capital
today. Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Woodward and Mr.. F. Moran
McConihe were also there last
week.
Those Washingtonians who
have to stay at home will be
interested to see how a group
of prominent Philadelphians in
the same fix solved the problem
this summer. They formed q
midsummer club with the mem
bership composed of congenial
people. A pro tenn committee,
which is to be dissolved as soon
as the membership is completed,
is operating it now, and a new
committee will be elected by the
members to take care of the
clubs activities.
The club is to meet In a re-
served section on the roof of one
of the smart hotels where the
members will find a cool, cen
trally located gathering place
during the months of July and
August. There they may find
cocktails - someone interesting
to talk to-a table of bridge
people to dine and dance with
or just lounge with-any hour
from luncheon til midnight.
Part of the proposed plan is
that any member - man or
woman-arriving alone may
join a group for any of these
activities. There will be dupli-
cate bridge every Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock for sweepstake
prizes. But if you perfer to play
rubber bridge, you may do so.