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Evening star., 1937-05-19
Manners
of the
Moment

SOME girls never seem to learn how
TO handle cigarette ashes. They
get their cigarettes into such state
that even . whisper in the next room
wN knock the ashes over a best dress
q best rug.
Sometimes. Of course, It is UNDER
standable. There simply aren't any
ash trays In sight, and a girl doesn't
have time to figure out what to do
about 1t before the ash has become
pretty unstable The only girl we
ever knew who handled that pre-
dicament well was one who carried
the top OF mayonnaise jar in her
pocketbook. and used it for an ash
tray whenever none was provided.
But sometimes this ash disposal
problem Is due to sheer procrasti-
nation. The smoker just forgets to
dunk until it's too late. But she's
the type Of girl who burns her fingers
when boiling eggs, and she never
wears rubbers. And the only way to
handle her, once you have her spotted,
Is to spread a great big paper towel
across her lap before you offer her
cigarette. (And perhaps you'd better
spread couple around her chair,
too, just in case she gets to gesticu-
iatingD It's the only way to protect
your furniture. You'll never be able
to do anything with her. JEAN.
copyright. 1877
Evening star., 1937-05-19

For Over
T h irty
Good Health Is the
First Requisite
of Beauty.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.


A MOTHER challenges this column.
She says, Il like to read your
column each day, but there's one thing
am puzzled about. You tell US so
much Of the sweet young things in
Hollywood. in their teens and tuenties,
and how they manage to look their
best. 1t ought to be easy to look we'll
enough at that tender age. What
happens when one has turned 80. or
40? Does Hollywood turn one out as
page 80 Of the birthday calendar is
reached?"
With this letter in mind, I am
particularly happy to give you flashes
OF my recent interview with Miss
Helen Broderick. At the time she
was working l8 hours a day, felt
wonderful, and confessed that II it
weren't for the good care she gives
her body. she could never endure the
strain Of making moving pictures and
appearing before the microphone once
a week. "A woman my age" she
said, has to give herself the proper
beauty treatment or else she will begin
to break down, and once her beauty
IS gone 1t is lost forever"
Miss Broderick finds that through
her own prescribed exercise, she Is
stronger and more agile than she was
20 years ago. She feels that good
health is first requisite to beauty. and
fresh air first requisite to good health.
Horseback riding is her favorite
hobby. And she says she is very con-
scientious about rope jumping. She
takes only is minutes each time and
finds it very stimulating, bringing
every muscle into play, and not the
least bit firing.
Miss Broderick thinks that most
mature women make two mistakes
about makeup. They either use too
little, or too heavy makeup. She
particularly disapproves OF the latter.
Her own skin is cleansed carefully and
thoroughly with lukewarm water and
soap first. Then she never fails to
use an ice pack which she feels is
the most invigorating of all facial
treatments.
In applying her powder, Miss
Broderick uses soft, downy puff and
pats 1t on gently, then uses a brush
to smooth out the surface. She
touches her cheeks lightly with
rouge bIt indil|ooe in hrill}or+ ehedne
OF lipstick But" she adds, II am
exceptionally careful in making up
my lips. You know how ugly
mouth can look when lines are drawn
TOO literally. never paint my lower
lip; just apply the lipstick to upper
one and then press lips together. The
cosor then follows the natural line
OF the mouth and is more becoming"
copyright. 1877
Evening star., 1937-05-19

low price tag and get suit that has no
fit, or is made of such sleazy material
that it shows the figure to distinct
disadvantage Also steer clear of the
skirt or culottes that are too wide so
that they keep blowing up and annoy
ing you beyond words. Just as bad
is the culotte with too short skirt
that is tight and hampers free move
ment Of the legs. Stacks are not good
for riding. as they are apt to get
caught in the chain as they flap
about the ankles.
Culottes with a few pleats at the
front are most desirable, and another
skirt with gored circular fullness worn
with a sleeveless chamois jacket over
little white sweater. 1t is topped by
black calot, or round cap. These
little affairs are fine to keep the hair
out of the eyes The one shown above
is made Of string with a nice plump
pompon on top You would probably
want to wear sun glasses also to keep
the squirting lines away from your
eyes.
\ IL the stores are opening their
Summer sports shops now. and
the racks of clothes that are made for
good times are fascinating. One shop
shows some nice cotton shantung
flower printed culottes. Paisley prints
in washable acetate are very smart
looking and have better fit and hang
Wrinkle-resistant linen in dark
natural color with jacket instead OF
shirt is very good. In this suit the
culottes have small stitched tuck
down the center of each leg to give
well-presSed, spic and span look.
There are lots of plain colored linens
also
New in sports wear this season is
the collegiate beer jacket" This
inexpensive coat of unbleached white
drill has many uses. It's fine for the
campus over any sort Of sports outfit,
with its brass beer barrel buttons
down the front and plenty Of pockets.
1t is grand for camp, boating. picnick-
ing rs a cover-all for a backless and
sleeveless dress. Home gardeners find
it useful, too. The price of $l50 is
going to make these coats 50 popular
that you had better hurry and get
yours right away.
Stacks are in for big season again
and so are shorts. There is a new
sort of shorts outfit or rather the
material is new. 1t comes from
California and is a beige twill back
ground with a tiger lily pattern in
dull reds, deep beige and brown that
Is quite arresting. Shirt, shorts, bras
and skirt come in the same material
and may be purchased separately if
desired.
There are some good-looking shorts
OF dark colored cotton gabardine with
widely spaced diagonal tucking back
and front and instead of the side
closing there are front slashes that
lace up. These are extremely well
tailored and have real fit to them
The sharkskin sports clothes are
smartest of all, both in white and
colors. They have such an immaculate
look that you feel that they are more
for looks than for action but of course
that is not the case. Light blue denim
play clothes are newer than dark blue
denim, and new things keep coming
in every day. We shall talk about
sports clothes for tennis, badminton
and swimming in forthcoming
columns.
For information concerning items
mentioned in this column call
National 5000 extension 395 between
10 and II a. m.
Evening star., 1937-05-19


And we suppose few amateur
cyclists realize what wonderful eXer-
cise they are getting when they go
out for these pleasure jaunts. But
Merle A. Wilson, writing recently in
Natures Path" says that there are
few exercises 50 excellent for health
as bicycling. The forceful contrac-
ton of the thigh muscles automat-
ically causes deep breathing and
pumps lot of fresh air into the
lungs whether you are aware of it
or not. He also says that bicycling
SO thoroughly stimulates the brain
that he believes that it has no equal
In this respect.
Mr.. Wilson has exhausted half a
dozen bicycles IN the u years that
he has been riding and concludes his
remarks on this sport with the state~
ment that if you want to experience
health, get a bicycle and take at
least five-nile spin every day!
A ND what will you wear when you
60 cycling? Well, they do wear
almost everything, but some togs are
considered better than others, and
II you would be we'll dressed for this
sport we suggest culottes. A report
on the costumes. worn on the first
Spring bicycle train which ran out
OF Grand Central Station in New
York, headed for Connecticut by
ways, stated that culottes predom-
mated in this well-dressed crowd, but
even among culottes there are pref
erences and features to be considered.
A navy blue and white cotton two
piece suit, such as is shown in the
photograph above, is most practical,
entirely comfortable and correct A
dark suit is not as apt to show signs
Of a dusty, hot ride as a light one,
but, of course, the color is an indi-
vidual matter, and the light colored
suits are very attractive.
Do not be misled by an appealingly
Evening star., 1937-05-19

for a woman to lift. Smaller ones are
intended for meal cooking rather than
for canning, and hold only few jars
at a time. Worse yet, it is almost
impossible to operate such small ones
to prevent fluctuatlon in pressure
during the processing period.
"As to the material of these steam.
pressure Gamers, either aluminium or
steel is satisfactory. It's immaterial
whether the top is held on by lugs.
clamps, or strong band The chief
concern Of the purchaser should be
to get strongly built piece of equip
ment, with the top held on tightly
enough that there can be no leakage
OF steam The top must of course be
fitted with an air outlet or petcock, a
safety valve, and a pressure gauge.
The petcock and safety valve are
sometimes combined.
X X X
IF YOU already own pressure can.
ner it would be a good idea to in.
spect it carefully to see that it is in
good condition. The safety valve must
be clean and in working order. AS
valve construction varies with the diff.
ferent makes, you'll need to follow tho
manufacturers cleaning instructions.
Openings to the petcock and the
pressure gauge also must be clean.
The pressure gauge itself ought to be
checked against a reliable master
gauge to see that it is registering &C.
curately, for 80 long as the gauge
works properly the pound pressure in
dlcates the temperature inside the
kettle.
Satisfied that safety valve and
pressure gauge are above reproach. you
might examine the surfaces which
form the closure between the pot and
the cover to see that they are clean
and smooth. You can't expect the
cover to stick tightly to the pot if
edges are dirty or surfaces rough.
Apraslves should never be used to
clean these edges, for fear of making
them rough. Use care. too, not to
dent them.
CANNING containers are the next
group to mobilize for those ap.
preaching canning operations. If YOU
use glass jars, you'll want to take a
census OF your empty ones, to find
out how many are available, how
many new ones you'll need to buy.
IF they are the lightnng-type
modified mason jars. you'll need to
test each wire clamp to see that it is
tight. You can easily slip the wire
out and tighten it by pressing down
the middle with your thumbs, then
snap it back into place.
If you have the automatic, self. or
vacuum-sealing type of jar, that may
mean new rubber rings, or caps with
new gaskets"
Evening star., 1937-05-19

ing. They know that all work is hard
and tiresome and monotonous; that no
job is always to our liking; that every
job at times gets upon our nerves and
makes us want to throw up our hands
and quit. But mighty few of us,
except housewives, feel that we have a
right to do it.
1t is to be granted. Of course. that
not all women have talent for do
mesticlty any more than all women
have talent for singing or writing
or acting in the movies. There are
women who are born cooks who have
only to pass their hands over a pot to
turn out a dish that would delight
the soul of an epicure. And there are
other women who have a gift for
order and cleanliness so that their
houses are always spic- -and-span. And
there are other women who have to
learn to cook and clean as they would
any other profession.
But, fortunately, domesticitv is an
art that may be acquired. One does
not have to be endowed with it by
Nature as one does with a contralto
voice or the genius of Bernhard.
Any woman who can read can learn
to cook as we'll as chef Any woman
who can drive a car can learn to
manipulate a vacuum cleaner. And
any woman who can count up to ten
can keep up with the butcher bill
If woman Is too lazy and trif1ing
to make good on the job she undertook
when she married, that's her affair.
but she hasn't a right to expect her
husband not to resent her doing so.
DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyrisht. 1877
Evening star., 1937-05-19

can't blame me for thinking!
All this was prompted by a recent
release from the Bureau OF Home
Economics Of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture, which had
me pretty well going around In circles
after reading it, It sounds awfully
impressive, however, and for those
really clever people who know what
1t Is all about, am passing 1t on
verbatim:
The steam pressure Gamer is the
apparatus which first needs to be con-
sidered. 1t Is an absolutely essential
piece OF equipment for safe canning
of nonacid foods And nonacid foods
include all the vegetables except
tomatoes, rhubarb, ripe pimientos and
picked beets. and all the meats.
1T may take six hours or more at
boiling temperature t212o) to kill
certain dangerous bacteria reads
Bulletin 1852 on Home Canning of
Fruits, Vegetables, and Meats. written
by specialists in the Bureau Of Home
Economics in Washington, and pub
steam pressure Gamer, they may be
destroyed in 80 minutes. Under home
canning conditions, without this steam
pressure Gamer. many stubborn and
dangerous bacteria may never be
killed
r EcENT research on canning costs
have shown that il fairly large
quantities Of food are canned, special
equipment such as the pressure cooker
add very little to the cost per con-
tainer, over the period OF time during
which it is used.
so the woman who intends to can
vegetables or meats but has no pres
sure equipment would do we'll to con-
slider getting it before the canning
season is upon her.
Home economists consider l8 to 80
quart capacity Gamers the most
economical sizes for home use. Those
for more than 80 quarts are too heavy
Evening star., 1937-05-19
The Old Gardener Saws:

Tubers Of many of the newer
varieties OF dahlias are not yet
available in the trade. However,
some OF these varieties can be pur-
chased as green plants growing In
pots. AZ these plants have been
grown IN the greenhouse, it is
important that they be carefully
tended and not set In the garden
until all danger Of frost is past.
When the plants arrive from the
grower, they should be carefully
unpacked and watered thorough
ly. They should then be allowed
to rest for several hours, or sew
eral days. away from the sun and
wind. The best time to set them
in the ground Is just before sun
down. Dig q hole, cup-like, is
inches In diameter and 8 inches
deep at the center.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
BY BARARA BELL,

BANANA DLxk1s
T ERE'S pattern that does real
double-duty, presenting a
daytime frock that In q silk
4 Il or cotton print will shine at
Office or for street wear, and showing
how to make it also in the long
skirt version, perfect for garden
party or Summer dance! Or perhaps
in the new short" in-between length
for evening wear launched at Paris
this Spring. Pert pointed collar and
cuffs with q ribbon or velvet bow, big
puffed sleeves and . new waistline
with scallops and buttons make this
frock the essence Of youthful vivacity!
And no need to fear the sewing, its
as easy as the frock is charming.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1259-B Is
available for sizes IL. IA, 16, Is, 20 and
10. Corresponding bust measurements
30. 80, "a, 36. SO and 40. Size IA (32)
requires for the short length 5A
yards 39-inch material, plus A-yard
for contrast. Ribbon bow, 5s-yard.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
Is easy to understand.
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
oErtng md Summer pattern beok.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

WOMAN who says that she
n loves music, literature and art
~ and loathes cooking and dish
4 a washing asks me if I do not
think that her husband is unjust and
unreasonable in complaining because
she is poor housekeeper.
do not. I think that a man has
just as much right to demand that
his wife shall make him comforta BILE
home as he has to demand that his
bookkeepers shall be expert account
ants and his secretaries turn out
perfect letters. That's her end OF the
matrimonial partnership That is the
work she undertook to do. She is
defaulting on her contract If she lays
down on her Job just because she
knows that her husband can't dis
charge her as he would an incom-
petent clerk or stenographer.
II girls were sold down the river In
marriage and had no say-so about
their fates, or if they were too young
and ignorant to realize the duties
and obligations of matrimony or to
have taken cognizance Of their own
tastes, there might be some excuse
offered for sloppy and shiftless wives.
But such is not the case.
EVERY girl marries of her own free
will and accord and because she
wants to. Every girl knows that men
marry for homes and that the woman
who undertakes to make one for her
man let's herself in for a lifetime of
hard labor.
Every girl knows that upon the kind
OF homemaker she is depends her
husbands health. happiness and pros
perity. For no man can be happy and
contented in house that is slovenly
kept. No man can be healthy who Is
daily set down to food that would
poison an ostrich. No man can ac-
cumulate any money who has a wife
who. as the old proverb puts it, throws
more out of the back door with a
teaspoon than he can put in at the
front door with a shovel.
Knowing these things, no girl
should marry unless she has do
mestic urge and unless she has made
up her mind that she is going to play
fair with her husband and work as
hard to make comfortable home as
he does to support it. It is just as
much the woman's obligation in mar
riage to fry the bacon as it is the
mans to bring 1t in.
The aibi that the poor ho,lsekeepers
give for their slackness IS that they are
not domestic by nature, that they hate
the very sight Of q gas range, and it
Just bores them to death to keep q
budget, 20 they let things 60. And
they can't see for the life Of them
why their husbands complain about
the roast being burned, the potatoes
watery and the biscuit more fit
for ammunition than for human
consumption.
\
RUT these women, who think that
because cooking isn't their favo-
rite indoor sport 1t justifies them in
never giving their families anything At
to eat, would not expect TO get by with
such . dimsy excuse In any other call
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Paytme for Those Who Can Enjoy the Shining
My Neighbor Says:

Plants or rose bushes suffering
from Winter damage should be
fertilized less freely than usual.
They are in a weakened condi-
ton and too much fertilizer will
be injurious to them.
Time is saved when making
apple pies If the apples are first
cut in quarters. cored, and skins
removed. Then slice as thin as
desired.
When having picnic in the
woods build the fire where there
Is dirt and not where there Is
old wood or dry leaves. After pic
mic Is over burn all papers then
soak fire with water until embers
have been extinguished. Then
cover with dirt.
II the children have been Bit
ten by an insect such as a mos
quito, bee or yellow jacket apply
ammonia water and later on
bathe with cloths that have been
soaked in cold water. Rubbing
alcohol will help in poison ivy
cases and II you live near the
beach the salt water will aid more
than anything.
(Copyrlght. 1877
Evening star., 1937-05-19
1859 B
Star Stat, Photo from a Washington Shop

Make yourself attractive, practical and
becoming clothes, selecting designs
from the Barbara Bell well-planned
easy-to-make patterns. Interesting
and exclusive fashions for little chill
dren and the difficult junior age:
slenderizing well-cut patterns for the
mature figure, afternoon dresses for
the most particular young women and
matrons, and other patterns for
special occasions are all to be found In
the Barbara Bell pattern book.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

AANlANu CtcI Ildu
" as g. d X
skinned lady who
c oul d neither
read nor write
m u c h less do
stunts in physics.
I'm still not con-
vinced that the
preserves she put
up just "out Of
her haid' weren't
tastier and kept
just as long as
these m o d rn
steriliZed 10 b S.
Oh, I know I'm
wrong, but you
Evening star., 1937-05-19

A soft,
color
other several shades color
3
To obtain this pattern 4s ncose
OF The Evening
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Correct Clothes Always
Add to the Pleasure
OF Any Chosen Sport
Lots of Culottes and Calots Go Bicycling in
Washington Parks These Fine
Spring Days.
RY MARGARET WARNER.

1cYc1NG certainly becoming very popular sport Late after,
Sundays find paths Potomac Park
| \ jolly spinning along various degrees Of
- proficiency starting the John Monument
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Scientific Canning
Demands Attention
To Certain Details
Greatest of Care Should Be Taken in Select
ing and Testing All Equipment Used
in Preserving Foods.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

ORE and more the kitchen OF the modern becoming
intricate and highly
and chemstrys
sounding
bridge
At least that's Personally reconcile all
Scie eandc ruuithh
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Guard against
AGING HAIR

WEN though you may be young in
Z years. you must euord oeoinst
foded, oeine hair. There is no longer
any need to use Old fashioned hoir
dyes Or temorory shampoo eoIonnes!
The modern method is AP-l-DOL, the
omozine new permanent beoutifier thot
reeonditions hoir with eIomorous color,
leovine it full Of Iustrous hiehiiehts. II
your hoir is dull, IifeIess or e'oy. osk
your hoirdresser TO RAP-l-DOl it to.
day. 10 rodiontly glorious shodes-
ony beouty shop
'Gyoyinq-Foded -LifeIess HoiI
Evening star., 1937-05-19

ny childhood when
rulers our family
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Dorothy Dix Says
Comfort in Home Is Mans Right
and Wives Should Realize It,

4 WOMAN who says that she
n loves music, literature and art
~ and loathes cooking and dish
4 a washing asks me if I do not
think that her husband is unjust and
unreasonable in complaining because
she is a Door housekeeper.
Evening star., 1937-04-01
70 Club Honors
Mrs. Roosevelt at
Lunch Yesterday

F. ANY one was in doubt as TO the
time of the year, all doubts were
cleared up when they entered the din
ing room Of the Carlton Hotel for the
luncheon Of the 10 Club, given yester-
day in honor Of Mrs. Roosevelt. Every
table was decorated with a profuSion
OF Spring blossoms and every wom-
an-or so 1t seemed-sported the new
est Of Spring dresses and a hat
trimmed with flowers.
Mrs. Roosevelt was attired in a blue
and silver lame dress and on her
shoulder wore several beautiful
orchids. Her hat OF dark blue straw
was trimmed with a large gardenia
and she wore a silver fox cape. Mrs.
Richard Duncan, president of the 73
Club, chose for her costume a peri
winkle blue dress and a large straw
hat of the new thistle shade. Mrs.
Roosevelt was met in the lobby by
Mrs. Fred Biermann, attired in a
black dress with a collar and a black
hat, who escorted her to the receiving
line and into the dining room.
Mrs. Thomas Striker Of Kansas
City, Mo-, who has appeared with the
National Symphony Orchestra, sang
several songs and Mrs. Brooks Fletcher
OF Ohio, another club member. re-
cited several poems Of her own COM
position. Mrs. Roosevelt addressed the
guests, telling some very amusing
anecdotes OF her most recent trip
which were thoroughly enjoyed by one
and all
There were some $50 persons pres