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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1919)
Kiddies' 1 Korner ■ ■ By MA DREE PEJN n FAIRY RLE® 6ymm GRAHAM BONNER • ^ X €>4r /*•AUTHOR > MR AND MRS MOLE. “Good summer," said Mrs. Mole to Mr. Mole, ns they met in n field. “Ha, hn," laugh ed Mr. Ground Mole in his funny little voice, “that is a good joke. You’ve been reading newspa pers or history books or story books or some thing.” "I haven't at all,” said Mrs. Mole. “Then how did you ever hear of such an expres sion or saying?” inquired Mr. Mole. “I heard some ed Mr. Ground of the creatures ^°'e- last autumn when they were going to bed say—" “You heard them say good summer when they were going to sleep for the autumn?” asked Mr. Mole. “Dear Mr. Mole, wait until 1 finish what I have to say. When the crea tures were going to bed they wished each other a good winter, because, they said, they were going to sleep for the winter. “I heard them explain the saying to those who didn’t understand. They said that when people went to bed they wished each other a good night, they hoped they would sleep well for night. “So when the creatures went to bed for the winter they wished each other a good winter. That would be the length of time they would sleep for. you see. “And It sounded to me like some thing very sensible. Why should creatures who want to have a good, sound winter's sleep wish each other only a good night. Why. that, to my mind, would be most Insulting. “Don't you think it would he Insult ing and rude to say to a creature who was going to sleep for the winter. ‘Good night!' It would appear as though we only wanted him to rest for a night and then wake up and then sleep for another night perhaps, and have a generally restless time. “Don’t you think that would he rude? Don’t you also think that the snying is a good one, Mr. Mole, saying good winter to creatures who go to sleep for that length of time?” “To be sure I think It Is a wise and sensible thing to say.” replied Mr. Mole. “Still." he added after a moment's thought. “! didn't understand why you said they had said good summer.” “T will explain." said Mrs Mole. “Pray do." sniil Mr. Mole. “I said that 1 was wishing you > good summer, just ns creatures wh were going to sleep for the whole win ter wished each other a good winter It was the same Idea, only another sea son of the year: so I said good suinme> to be In the season. “You see.” Mrs. Mole continued, “w< must keept up with the season and tin time and all of that. "When people get up in the morn ing they wish each other a good-mom ing and not a good night. That is per fectly true, isn't It. my dear?” “Perfectly true,” said Mr. Mole. "I now know that you just ph i: up knowl edge all the time and you don't have to study at all.” Mrs. Mole grinned, a funny little grin, for It Is nice to be wise without any trouble, and it's very nice to ap pear wise to someone who doesn’t know quite so much as you may know. “Yes,” said Mr. Mole, 'T have a wise and learned little companion. I am glad you wished me a good summer; it is so much nicer to be wished that than a mere good-morning. Ah. we creatures who sleep all winter are very fine and generous. “We don’t wish each other a short good-morn ing, hut a long gooil summer. I thunk you for teaching me that.” “You’re wel come,” said Mrs. Mole, making a mole courtesy Hnd telling Mr. Mole at the same time that she was making him a courtesy. Making Him a “I think,” Mr. Courteay. Mole said, "that In order to start off our good summer we had better have a little lilt*- tn eat. h little 'linner; eu, my love?” “I agree,” suid Mrs. Mole. “How about a first course of clover and a dessert of juicy worms?” he asked. “Oh. delicious." said Mrs. Mole; ‘perfectly delicious." “We’ll have it at once then." said Mr. Mole. And they had what they considered a most delicious meal! Just So. “Why have words roots, pa?" “To make the language grow, my child." Ike KITCHEN The ethics of gastronomy are as marked as those of society, and the arrangement of a bill of fare calls for as much finesse as do the functions of a chaperon.—Elwanger. SEASONABLE DISHES. During the early summer months .i,„ nPe,js a little urging and especial ly attractive fishes to appeal to the appetite. Mutton With Peas.— Hut mutton in serving sized pieces, brown In a little boiling water and cook at a low tempera ture until vu-li done. I’our around the mutton a pint of cooked peas and serve when well heated. Grilled Chicken and Mushrooms._ Sprinkle pieces of cold cooked chick en with red pepper and salt, brush with melti-d butter and toss In fine crumbs. Place in a hot oven. Cut the stalks from a half pint of mushrooms, place them with two tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan, dust with mace and cook gently for Ave minutes, then add salt, pepper, a tablespounftil of flour and u quarter of a cupful of Mock. Cook until well done, then pout over pieces of toast. Prepare the chicken and serve around the toast. Unusual Sponge Cake. Separate tlie yolks and whites of four eggs and beat the whites very stiff; add a cup ful of sugar, a little at a time, not tn lose the air in the beaten egg. then add the yolks one at a time, cutting and folding them in, not to mix. lint leave the whites streaked with yellow Cut in cupful of flour sifted with a quarter of a teaspoonful of tile ci-eatn of tar'ar. and bake in a greased pan in a slow oven. The cream of tartai may be divided and half of it put Into the egg whites while heating. Sour Meat.—Take a niee piece of round steak, lay it in vinegar with one onion, a teaspoonful of whole all spice, salt and pepper mixed, one bay leaf and allow it to stand for three days. Brown the meat in a hot oven or frying pan, pour over the vlnegat and sufficient water to cover the meat and simmer until tend i. Strain the gravy, then thicken It and pour around the meat when served. From May until late In October If the season is warm, we will find a crop of delicious food just for the gather ing. The field mushroom may easily be learned and it will quickly be rec ognized so that there need be no dan ger in eating it. It is not wise to ever pick any mushrooms before learning the ordinary kinds. WHY DEAR MOTHER, WHY? A WEE, young lad at his mother’s knee, Looked lovingly up in her face. “Why do all the boys poke fun at me, And talk of a difference in race? And why do they all quit playing their games, When I come out to play? ‘ And call me “nigger" and other names Just like they did today. \ Just what is a “darky,” a “nigger,” a “coon?” And is there a difference in race ? And did God make me by the light of the moon, And forget to whiten my face? And was grandpapa ever a slave, And did Lincoln set him free? And what do they mean by “A maryr’s grave ? O mother, pxplain it to me. I>et not these taunts rob you of your joy, Some day mother will explain. Now run out to play like a good lit tle boy, And don’t ask her again. With a smile on his face he ran out the door, To play with the chickens and swine, But these words recurred to him o’er and o’er, A “darky,” a “nigger,” a “shine.” —E. S. POSIES FPU HATS Summer Headgear Trimmed With Flowers and Fruits, Lilacs, Wistaria, Lilies and Green House Products Are Used Feathers Popular. The old-fashioned flower-laden hat In leghorn and in horsehair straw has come back to us from out of the past, and, true to type. It Is trimmed with collections of flowers in striking com binations of vivid colors. White and purple lilacs are used with sprays of wistaria, and large flowers, such as tiger lilies, pond lilies and even callas are used on the larger shapes, says Vogue. The flower-covered crown Is particularly adapted to the young girl. For instance, a hat of a delicate laven der horsehair straw which shines like sliver In the sunlight, Inis a crown of old-fashioned pinks. For the older woman, black lace Is shown for mid summer—not, as one might think, In an all-lace hat, but as a softening for the harshness of white leghorn. It also is used to veil the colored flow ers of the large summer hat that Is stiff in line, rather than the floppy one for the young girl. Odd materials are making their ap pearance in the midsummer hats. Corn husks that have been dried In the sun and hand painted make an Ideal turban. They are light anti when woven together, are fashioned Into a most durable hat. Softly draped turbans and Itrlin hats, either mushroom In shape or with turned brims, are shown in shaggy felts 'or In long-haired silk duvetyn. Feather huts will undoubtedly be seen throughout the summer. The uncurled ostrich feathers are, per haps, most frequently used. Glycerine ostrich and ostrich tips are used on the large summer hats. For Instance. In a large shape of thin straw In lemon yellow, four tips in different colors entirely, cover the crown, while the spines of these feathers tire paint ed in a vivid color. An orchid colored tip may have a vivid green spine, while a French bine tip may have a cerise spine. Tappe, as another nov elty, Is making a number of smart hats with wreathes of fruit—lemons, oranges, cherries, grapes and other hothouse products. One of the smart ‘fA Broad Brimmed Leghorn Hat. pat and most striking examples of new trimming is the use of Scot eh thistle on a lace straw of large dimension*. And for the welcome of the Uainlimv division, one designer especially cre ated a lovely hut in llcsh color trimmed all over the brim with clu«-, ters of heads of wheat in all the deli cate shades of the rainbow. blouse Slips over head Late Paris Arrival Has Round Neck Opening and Fastens Along One Shoulder. Something very new and quite the latest thing in Purls is a blouse that has a round neck opening and slips over the head, fastening along on* shoulder. The sleeves are cut kimonc style, in one with the garment, and reach midway between shoulder and elbow. There is no fit to the blouse which bangs in straight, soft lines from neck to hip, a knotted silk cord or narrow sash holding In Ihe materia) at a low- waistline. A most artistl* and picturesque blouse is “la easuque’ and ideally comfortable for lounging about tile house, but it rutlier lacks the formality us an uwuy-froin homt garment, although in Paris the** loose blouses, almost without sleeves are seen everywhere—in the street, at the restaurants and on the tennil courts. Sometimes the material it soft silk crepe, sometime* chiffon it used, and outing blouses in la casuqu* style are of thin, white tub silk 01 satin, with hemstitching around. Calico an Aristocrat Now. Calico is now in the aristocrat clast of garment fabrics, being raised froir the plebeian ranks Just as glngbnn was two year's ago. Fabric that woulf huvg gone into work aprons for out grandmothers is now to lie combine* j with white organdie for smart sum mer dresses. rAiglish print Is hard t< | obtain this season. Short-Sleeved Summer Gown*. Youthful style dresses of gingham voile, organdie and calico have sleevet ending Just above the elbow, tnediun in width and finished with turn-bacl cuffs. These styles of course meal long gloves. I FEATHERS, HAT AND PARASOL Feathers are the really fashionable trimming this season. This hat and parasol are of the most handsome shade of robin’s egg blue; the feathers are blue, too, while a rosebud on the brim is a blushing pink rambler. THEY ARE SURE TO SHRINK When Buying Housedresses, or Mak ing Them, Allow for One Size Larger. . Always have enough housedresses. To be sure cottons are high priced, but if you make (hem yourself or buy them at a store where the prices are not exorbitant the cost should not be prohibitive. If you buy them ready made do make sure to get them a size larger thnn your regular size. They are sure to shrink and It Is almost never that the manufacturer shrinks the materials before the dresses are cut out. If you make your own then I you have the advantage in being able to shrink It well beforehand. Even then you must remember that the goods will probably shrink a little more In the third and fittrth washing; so do not make them a bit scrimpy, j but add a little for this Inter shrink age. There Is one great advantage In the | all-white-wash dress and that is that j It Can he boiled and dried In the sun without fear of losing color. How many dresses have you hud to discard or have you wished that you might 1 discard because they have fuded? You know what an unbecoming yellow I green becomes toward the end of the season, how brownish the most attrac tive violet, while blue turns gray and gray turns brown. White cotton mate rials dried In tlie son und air only become tin* showier for frequent ; washings. On tiie other hand white does show the least spot very soon, and to the housewife who has to pay for her laundry work by the piece there Is certainly a disadvantage in this, tften a white housedress may tie kepi i, r several days simply by removing n single spot or streak as It comes. vThJs can be done with a little warm wnter and soap applied with a cloth. KODAK PURSE IS NEW STYLE Contrivance Opens Like Picture-Mak ing Outfit; Contains Small Re ceptacle for Money. Tlie canteen vanity Img and purse will no longer have everything Its own way in tlie fashion field of faddish purses. It now has g rival—tills Is the kodak purse. People who design pocketbooks are becoming quite as ver atile as tlie makers of gowns in find ing sources of Inspiration for their pntterns, and now they have turned their thought to the kodak, which, uf ter all. is a likely idea to work out In a purse. These new vanity bags of colored ecrase leathers are made in the form of small cameras. Opening just like a kodak, the front piece drops down, re vealing a generous mirror. They are fitted with tlie accessories of beauty, such as lip stick, powder box, mirror and an eyebrow pencil, as well as a memorandum pad for cbvpplng. Of course, these are the important tilings in tlie present-day shopping hag. It might be mentioned casually that they nlso contain a small receptacle for the almighty dollar, which seems to be the last tiling considered when making present-day shopping bags. STYLES IN NEW YORK A blouse of bright printed silk Is Joined to a skirt of occordlon-plalted trlcollette in plain color. Straight-line, unbelted suits averag ing 40 inches In length were worn by many fashionable women at the Bel mont races. The talk of Irish luce as returning i lore and more to favor for the better grade of blouse Is persistent. Extremely long fringes are used on federal French Imports, bringing mod els that would otherwise end at the hips to knee length. Shades of brown and burnt orange are said to be good. Silk pongee summer suits, some lined with vivid shades of crepe de chine, favor oriental lines, Including the man darin coat. White trlcolette Is spoken of as one of the most popular materials for high priced sports overblouses. Check* Are the Thing. Checks are In for a good deal of at tention. They appear In many of the new ribbons, and some of the newest sweaters are knitted in checked de signs. Often, too, a sweater Is made • with a checked border, and with u • checked hand at the lower edge of the j full sleeves. Hard to Please. The attitude of certain of the clergy who are always protesting reminds j one of the mother In Pun"h who said to the nurse, "Go and see what baby ! Is doing and tell him not to.”—I’hllo- j jelphiii Ledger. eoana LI rill] F11111 III II L* ■ ■EEnSECyffilE^^ :|: ONE THOI SAND | l MEMBERS ? r WANTE D FOR THE N. A. A. c; P. 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