The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, July 23, 1932, ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION, Page 4, Image 12
TONSORIAL PARLOR AT CAMP MARX.— Vets of the Bonus Expeditionary Forces en camped at Anacostia, D.C., keep freshly bar bered while they wait for government aid in the form of a bonus. Household Hints Cover the oil spots on the carpet with a paste made of fuller’s earth and water, and let it remain 24 hours. If it is oil from oiled streets, scrub with benzine. * * ♦ In Older to cure feathers, dissolve equal pounds of quicklime to the same number of gallons of water. Let it settle well and pour off the liquid. Soak feathers In this solu tion for 4 or 5 davs and then rinse in several changes of water and dry. * # * To keep your cut flowers a long time, dissolve a small quantity ol camphor or charcoal in the vase or receptacle. Easy Methods Rid Lawns of the Ant Pest Of the many difficulties encoun tered by the average home garden er. perhaps the weeds and pests which infest the lawn cause the most concern. They supply the topic of many a neighborly dis cussion over the fence. and remedies offered match in variety those to bring about business re covery. For instance, earthworms or ants in limited quantities are more benefit than harm to a lawn. Yet when they bring piles of earth to the surface and riddle the sod into veritable volcano craters, the time for action is at hand. Earthworms may be controlled by applying a solution of about 2 ounces of corrosive sublimate ob tained from the druggist or seeds man, in 50 gallons of water, for large lawns. A home lawn of 500 square feet will take iust half this quantity. After applying with a sprinkler, a thorough hose applica tion is desired to soak it into the ground. Some gardeners apply the sub limate by mixing one or two ounces of it in 2 or 3 cubic feet of dry! sand, scattering over an area of j 800 to 1,000 square feet and water ing liberally. Others report success on established lawns by mixing 10 to 15 pounds of lead arsenate with sifted dirt, applied as a top dress ing and water immediately. Paris green, mixed in eaual pro portions with brown sugar, often destroys a colony of ants, while powdered sugar and borax is some times effective in the same equal ized mixture. More extreme and certain in kill ing ants is the use of such fumi gants as carbon bisulpnide or cal -1 cium, cyanide, obtained from the druggist. Stakes are driven to a j depth of 10 or 12 inches at several | points in the ant mound. About one-fourth of a pint of the bisul phide is poured into each and the mound covered with a piece of car ipet or heavy sacking for 24 hours. KEEP YOUR COMPLEXION 1 FRESH anT^^ LOVELY^ ION EVEN THE WARMEST DAYS Here is a face powder that helps your complexion laugh at the sun. It’s Genu ine Black and White and it’s made by an exclusive process that results in the smoothest, softest, finest powder yet developed. 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It was second performance of the series oi eight, of Cleveland's annual sum mer festival at the Stadium. In the audience was Mary Garden, Elsa Alsen, Alida Vane. Gina Pinnera, Eleanor Cisneros, Ed wina Eustis, Isabella Guarnieri, Pearl Besuner. Carabelle Johnson. Josephine Milayec, Gladys Burns. Rena Titus, Paul Althouse. Pasqualej Ferrara, Amund Sjovik, Foster Mil ler, George Fassnacht, Jr., and others principals who ap’-eared in “Carmen,” “Aida,” and “Valky rie.” Ask About “Tom-Tom” As fast as they arrive, from various parts of the United States.; and from Europe, the singers first1 asked \bout "Tom-Tom,” and the! enthusiasm of their inquiries evin ces genuine interest in the revolu tionary project. The production of "Tom-Tom” is regarded as the greatest opportunity that members of the African race have had to demonstrate their cul tural ability. These who attended came away with glowing reports ot the opera and its singers. The composer is Mary Shirley1 Graham, who is doing post-graduate work at Oberlin University. “‘Tom-Tom' represents the tra-! gic destiny of a race,” said Dr. Ernst Lert. with Laurence A. Hig-| gins co-director of Laurence Pro-1 ductions, incorporated, producers oL the summer festival. Such princioals a Jules Bledsoe, Charlotte Murray, Mary Branch. Luther King. Augustus Griss, and Lillian Cowan, who are making their own <uts in opera, are par ticularly well suited to their parts. The entire cast of 200 is highly en thused over its opportunity. The Story The action of the opera tracet the race from its source in Africa through its first appearance in America, to modern times. The four principal symbolic characters qre the Boy.' the Girl, the Mother and the Witch Doctor. Bledsoe whose splendid singing in “Show Boat” and other Broadway musical productions is recalled, sings the Boy. Only the percussion instruments of the opera are employed to ac company the uniso chants of the opening primitive scenes of the African jungle. Other instruments are added as the opera progresses. In the final scenes in New York, the entire orchestra, spirituals and jazz bands are used simultaneously, in various keys. As in the earlier scenes, the tom-tom continues to weave its weird spell through to the end. Concurrently, there appears an exhibition of Negro literature and art at the Museum of Art. This includes the work of children of the Playhouse Settlement. Some of the drawings manifest an almost startling genius. The State Asso ciation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is taking an active part in support of the production. People came to Cleveland fo the for the premiere, from New York, premiere, from New York, Chicago and other cities. 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