Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1923, Page 20

Undoubtedly by this time you have decided what you are going to do about the large printed figure. It comes or has come as a personal prob- Jem to every woman. That it is smart in -pite of increasing popularity gannot deny. The throngs at one Paim Beach show no disposition to ahan- | don it, and hence it s a safe deduc- tlon that it will remain in the mode through the spring and summer. The amazing interest that has spread around the world in the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen has given & further impetus to the fashion for figures. and already the shops are showing fabrics with printed and em- broidered designs of Egyptian origin. Make no apologies If you decide in favor of these figured fabrics. You have good precedent. There are Women, however, who make it a car- dinaldoctrine of thelr dress creed not to indulge in any outstanding design on the fahric of their clothes. Name any aclress with a reputation for &ood dressing at random and you may be sure that she is included in the list. She has learned the trick from her knowledge of stage costumery. And ftis a trick that she carries with her into the selection of most of her non-professional clothes as well. Per- hiaps she overemphasizes the impor- tance of not interfering with the lines of the figure. You may have noticed aiso that in costumes designed for the screen figured material plays very little part save for the costumes de- slgned especially to cause a smile. To be sure, such delicate tracery as would be reproduced from brocades or very softly printed chiffon would not be taboo. But fashion seems to have turned from these more subtle designs to glaring configurations. ‘There are printed georgettes and fou- lards and velvets, and now the effect of striking deslgn is sinting_on silk Jjersey. the aiready pronounced design on a diaphanous material is accentuated by_application of beads. The wise dressmaker deters her »ore matronly eustomer from making lection of these vivid prints. The A and white printed georgette | own in the frock in the sketch . ould make a caricature of the over- weight matron of forty, though it would be & charming addition to her daughter of twenty, providing, of course, she had the slenderness that we ascribe to her youth. (Copyright, 1023.) About the Barthelmess Baby—and Lesser Things. vou have all heard by this time of the Barthelmess baby. ‘Of course, you kKnow that the baby is a “she,” and that her name is Mary- Hay Barthelmess. It is'very particu- ar that you hyphenate the Mary-Hay, for that in full is what she s to be 0f course. called. The night she was born, or, | rather, the night of the day she was MARY HAY BARTHELMESS, “SENIOR. born, for she came at 9:30 a.m., Jan- uary 381, Grandmother Barthelmess, Dick’s mother, called me up and told me all about it, and said that Dick was 8o excited he couldn't work, FEATURES Large Printed Figure as Problem BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE. produced by | Sometimes | PRINTED |RED AND WHITE RED RIB- GEORGETTE, WITH BON LOOPS AT SIDE. which he has been cultivating for his work in “The Bright Shawl, plus his white face and wide eye over the baby's coming, he was weird and wonderful to behold. She said that he simply trembled when they |first let him hold his six-and-a-half- |pound daughter. Mary-Hay Barthel- mess, sr. (do they ever call mothers “senlor”?) really wanted a boy—for riany reasons, one of which is the fact that Richard Barthelmess is the last of his line, and it is a long, proud |line. But Grandmother Barthelmess says that tiny, new Mary-Hay is so dear and sweet, black haired, like her father. and blue eyed, like her mother, that her sex is & negligible matter. Dick has realized a life-long am- bition. From tiniest boyhood he is on record as saying that when he grew up he wanted to “be a father.” Other matters are comparatively trifling. The thrill of a new arrival blurs “other happenings. Still, the world must go one none the less. Queer world, which in the past month has brought such joy to the Barthel- mess family and such sorrow to the family of Wallace Reed. On to_lighter thoughts' Mae Busch is letting her bobbed hair grow. ~For the matter of that, “the girls” are running a race to see which one can grow halr the fastest, | “The girls'™ in this instance consist | n‘necmc.uy of fae, Helene Windsor. Speaking of Claire, she told me re- cently that she had an opportunity to €0 into pictures ten years ago, and her mother wouldn't let her. And now look at her! It all goes to show that obeying one's parents and watchful waiting often pay. _Barbara Le Marr is another fore- sighted Young person who doean’t be- lieve in putting all of her eggs into one basket. I am told by a friend of hers that she is writing a story for the screen based upon psychoanaly- sis. What is more, she is going to play the heroine role herself, so that she may be sure it is played on the screen as she has conceived it in the fountain pen. She is working on it between the scemes of “Souls for the aforementioned Chadwick and Claire think or speak coherently. She said that with his long hair and “side Sale.” (Copyright, 1923.) PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE . BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D., Noted Physician and Author. The Germless Theory. These extremely plausible new- fangled healers who disappear from the barber shop or the shoe store in January and bob up in April full- fledged and ready to punch your treatment ticket thrice weekly, at $1.69 the punch, get off some telling remarks in the appeal to the prospect about the “germ theory.” It seems that Mrs. Shut Inn must have any line of treatment fully ex- plained to her before she will take & ticket, just as the eminent chemist explains to the luckless housekeeper, with one foot thrust into the front door, precisely why she should use baking powder packed only in a vio. Jet box instead of the ordinary red or yellow x stuff. So the “germ theory” has to stand some furious assauit Isn't it ridiculous that the poor, de- luded doctor, with his “pills and po- tions"—not a pill nor a potion in the Jist that will seriously disturb an alleged disease germ at work—should harbar such a theory in these days of short-cut learniug? And, worse still, how inconsistent it is of modern scientists that when they wish to study a disease they simply admin- ister some of the germs of the di ease to & susceptible animal and de- velop a case to order? Students of history will recall that Gen. Braddock took no stock in the “Indian theory” of young George ‘Washington and other advisers on tl occasfon of the expedition from th colony of Virginia against the French at Fort Duquesne. Poor Braddock and most of his “disciplined troop: paid with their lives for their ignor- ance of Indian warfare. I have never known any one to attack the “germ theory” or to at- tempt to cast doubt on the impor- tance of bacteria in the causation of infectious disease who did not urge or suggest some other theory to ac- count for disease, and as long as the favored theory is plausible to the untutored layman and not loudly ac- claimed by regular physicians, any- thing a shrewd man can hatch for the occasion will do. There is nothing like an appeal to the layman's “com- seeing he hasn’t the un- common sense which comes with a knowledge of sclence. To one with uncommon berculo: for instance, is p: be caused by the tubercle bacillus when (1) the tubercle b found at th mals inocculated with culture of the tubercle bacillus isolated from the seat of disease develop tubercu-| losis, and (3) the tuberole bacillus is recovered from the tuberculous le- slons in the {nocculated animals. That is just as positive proof, to one with common senge, as would be the nl:‘\t- ing and harvesting of potatoes that potato seed produces potatoes. Im agine any one discusaing the “potato tasery” of the growth of vemetables. illus is | A Germs are smaller than potatoes, but it takes a microscope to discover some of the greatest truth QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. WIIl Albert 8. K. Please Notice. Albert S. K. wrote a detailed de- scription of his “case.” and included a ponderous report of an examina- tion which had been made by a rep- resentative of the Life Extentign In- stitute. From a cursory inspaction of the minutes 1 gathered that Albert S. K. had a “trace of albumin” and a moderate anemia and one or two other trifling conditions, and my ad- vice by return mail was that Albert 8. K. consult a physician to find out what ailed him and what should be done for ft. That was the only ad- vice I could give Albert 8. K. and still honestly sign “Yours sincerely.” ‘Whereupon Albert 8. K. sent a sar~ castic rejoinder, the brevity of which was startling after the prolixity of his earller letter. “Pardon my mis- take,” he wrot “I supposed I was consulting one. Not a very uncommon mistake, I regret to say. .However, it can't be done. Of course, you may communi- cate with a physician by letter, but you can’t consult him that way—not in my judgment, anyway. That is why I do not give medical advice, but refer all correspondents seeking such advice to a physiclan. This is a health column, absolutely, Mr. Shean. No disease treated here, positively, Mr. Gallagher, Sulphur and Cream of Tartar. Your opinion sulphur and cream of tartar for skin trouble, itching and burning and creepy sensation under skin.—R. A. Answer—Not worth a hoot. Sul- phur, in a properly made ointment, thoroughly rubbed into the vigorous- ly scrubbed skin, is a specific, a cure, for scabl That anclent fact has led to strange conclusions, among them the notion that sulphur inter- nally has some effect upon the skin, Sulphur internally has but one effect cting as a mild laxative. You should be examined and treated by your doctor. Heart Murmur, Bgnlflunu. of a heart murmur?— significance. Heard in many persons who have. n physical trouble, in cass of anemia, and in some cases of valvular disease. & musical sound distinet or insufficlency murmur may be absent. In some cases of vular insufficiency the murmur is ab- t when the condition of the heart is worse, and the murmur again be- comes audible to the doctor when the heart recovers something of its nor- mal power. I mention these facts that you may know a murmur does: maean anything in particular, : = (Copyright, 1923.) THE EV. BHistory of Bour Name. BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN, FRASER. VARIATIONS—Frazer, Frasier, zler. RACIAL ORIGIN—Norman-French. SOURCE—A locality. This Is another of the few High- land clan names which, though borne by Celtic familles, trace back to an origin In Normandy. All of these clan names were formed in the same w: by knights and no- bles from the army of Willlam the Conqueror or the sons of such fol- lowers, who, either to strengthen the forelgn relations of the conqueror or because they were not satisfled with the spoils of war which fell to their 1ot in conquered England, sought their fortunes In the north at the court of the Scottish king. They were, as might be expected, men “with reputations as mighty fighters, and as they were indepen- dent of blood relationship with the factions around the throne. they were, of course, welcome additions always to the royal Scottish organization. But the Frasers, like the others, quickly formed alllances by marriage, and, adapting themselves to the cus toms of the Baels upon recelving grants of land in the Highlands, rap- idly assumed leadership of existing clans and gathered around them clan organizations which they strove to make more powerful. The Fraers are found first settled {in Tweedale during the reign of Mal- jcolm III. They got their foothold in the Highlands through marriages into familles of the Orkneys and Caithness chieftains. The original Norman form of the name was “de Frisell” or “Frasell,” and simply denoted overlordship of a place of that name in Normandy. be- ing a family name only in the sense that it was hereditary because the ifeudal power was hereditary and de- scriptive. Fra- 1 Your Home and You BY HELEN KENDALL. Long Life to the Broom. The crisp new broom, with its long, flexible strides over rug and floor, is |80 great & success that it has even ilnlplred one of our best known adages. ‘a new broom sweeps clean.” The housewife experiences real pleas- ure in her work when she has such jan implement as this, but her pleas- ure dwindles from day to day as the | | {broom slowly wears down. grows entirely. How to give broom H longer life is one of the points to in the the A housekeeper of ripe years and long jexperience once told me that by roper care and kind treatment room might be made to iast several months longer than {ts ordinary lease fof lire. | “We all know,” she said, “that we must stand or hang a broom with it straws up, 8o that they do not become broken or bent by bearing the weight of the broom. But how ma; young housewives know that when a broom is dampened for the purpose of fresh- ening rugs and arresting flying dust it must be promptly dried out be- fore it is put away? Broom straws lose all their crispness and become 80ggy and soft. “Another thing—a broom should be refully wielded from alternate ides. i you always sweep with the same side of the broom. it soon gets flat at one corner and worn to a sharp point at the other, and its |straws strike the floor not with the tips but with the flat of the broom. It wielded both ways, it keeps its |shape and sweeps straight {7 “When a broom really begins to wear down so that it has no flegi- bility I give it this treatment: With sharp scissors I cut the lowest row of stitching that holds the straws in place. This gives the straws more play. Then I take the shears and {carefully clip the bottoms of the straws so that all the broken, bent ends are cut off and a straight square edge is secured. A broom so treated for many extra weeks of MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN, ‘When my little girl goes to bed at night she finds pinned on the nursery wall above her bed a white heart ‘when she has been good all day. If she is disobedient, she finds a red heart, but if she has been unusually good she finds a big heart cut out of &ilt paper. (Copyright, 1928.) —_— Prices realised on Swift & Company sales of carcass beef in Washington, D. O.. for week ending Saturday, March 3rd, on shipments sold out, ranged trom 11.00 cents tn 15.00 cents per pound and averaged 18.08 cents per pound.—Advertisement. —_— Aerial ambulances to carry four stretcher cases and two attendants have been built for the British royal air force. al that remain wet for several hours| ING STAR, WASHI i f | | | higher education of the housewife. |}, i ia great NGTO! WRITTEN AND How we hate to grow old! And how determined. we are that we, in- dividually, shall never grow old. We survey the rest of the gang with contempt and note how time is mark- ing its passage In thelr eyes. What & dowdy thing Esther is growng to be. with her wrinkling skin and &raying hair! And how Dick has changed since he married! Why, he's getting to be a dried-up little old man, fussy and peevish—done for at thirty-three. And so it goes. All of them get- ting old—all except we who watch. Never does it occur to us that we, too. are getting on. Isn't our halr BEDTIME STORIES - Blacky the Crow Is Upset. All in & minute things may change And all our plans may disarrange —Blacky the Crow. Blacky the Crow prides himself on knowing pretty much all that is go- ing on in the Green Forest and on ti Green Meadows. Those sharp eves of his miss v little. And because he travels back and forth over a con- siderable distance every day he more of what is going on than even his inquisitive cousin, Sammy J But even such sharp eves as those of Blacky sometimes miss things. No one can know everything, which. after all, is just as well. So happe that once in a while B something almost under his very bi When he finally discovers it he is al- ways quite upset. You see, his pride is alwayvs hurt. Blacky had spent the winter night fn a certain clump of hemlock trees where he was well protected, even during the worst storms. Late ever afternoon, Jjust before the Black Shadows came creeping through the Green Forest, Blacky away among the branches of one of those trees. Early every morning he would start out in search of food. ery day he visited the Big River, for he often found things to eat along the edge of the Big River when it was not frozen. Even when it was frozen there usually were one or two open places, and Blacky always v ited these, in the hope of finding something washed up on the ice that he could eat. Getting a living was hard work. and Blacky spent most of his time hunting for enough to keep him alive. He had little or no time for satis- fying idle curiosity or for visiting places where there was no chance of finding food. So it happened that for some time Blacky had not even been near his old home, the nest where he and Mrs. Blacky had raised their family the summer before. They had no use for that nest now. but still he sees \regarded it as thelr special property. hard and unyielding and finally balks | He and Mrs. Blacky had buslt it, and a very fine nest it had been. It was some distance from the place where Blacky roosted nights, and so to go er there was considerably out of his way But now the winter would soon be over Blacky found his thoughts turn- ing to_the coming of =pring and nest- ing. He and Mrs. Blacky were al- ready making plans. They had de cided that they would get an earl; start this year. They talked about it deal. They argued about whether they would nest in another part of the Green Forest or build a new nest near the old one or fix the old one up. 1t happened that one day they were unusually fortunate in finding plenty of food, and so returned to the Green Forest early in the afternoon. Having nothing in particular to do, Blacky suggested that they go over to their 0ld nest and see how it looked after all the winter storms. Mrs. Blacky was quite willing, and so with Blacky in_the lead they started. They kept their tongues still as they flew. Blacky and his relatives are naturally noisy. but when they are near their nesting place they are always silent. So Blacky and M Blacky kept their tongues still as they winged their way above the trees straight toward their old nest. Mrs. Blacky stapped to investigate some- Listen, World! ILLUSTRATED " By E/sre Tobnsan would hide | Plenty of Golden Crown Syrup Makes the Cakes Pour it on top and let it trickie D.” C. MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1923. " WOMAN'S PAGE." : i dSh|On§ Love Lett ¥ AR unwrinkled? Are not our joints as limber as they ever were? ~ Yes, all s these things may be true, and yet old Slip-On Dress. ers That Made History BY JOSEPH KAYE. 15 courting as a wit? “1 am a fool, the weakest and most ductile, the most tender fool that ever woman tried the weakness Of. and the most unsettled in my pur- Rev. Laurence Sterne and Lady Percy. The author of “Tristram Shandy” still age may still have fastened its and “A Sentimental Journey” may be[pose and resolutions of recovering strangling clutch upon our youth. For imagined to have been a_n)'lhing butlmy right ming we have been 10oking for the wrong reserved in the affairs of the heart,| “Tt s but an hour.ago that T knelt signs. Old age is not an affair of despite the fact that he was a clergy- the hair or skin or the joints of the down and swore that man. And he was a rather gay lover. come near you, 1 never would and after saying my body, but rather of the joints of the He loved scveral women whose names |Lord's prayer for the sake of the mind. 4 are known today becsuse of their as-|close, of not being led into tempta- What makes us old? Fear. Yet, sociation with the classic humorist|tion, I sallied out like my Christian oddly enough, not the fears we an- and one of them he married—Eliza- | hero, ready to take the field against ticipate and fight. The fear of being beth Lumley. Amon; examples of |the world and doubting not that 1 laughed at—there is one of old age's his heart correspondence, however, |should finally tramp them all down most potent allies. How we dread one of the most characteristic letters | under my fect ridicule! We deny our hungers, stifle was written to the Lady Percy. It be-| “Aud now I am <o near vou, within our curio repress our rebellions gins: this vile stone cast of vour house. L forsake our adventures—all because “There s a strange mechanical ef- | feel myself drawn into a vortex that we fear we may make ourselves fect produced in writing a billet- |bas turned my brain upside down ridiculous. So, even while we regu- doux, written a stone cast of the lady | lLaurence Sterne lived in the eigh- late our diet against hardening of the who ‘engrosses the heart and soul of | teenth century and his works are arteries, a more dreadful affliction, an Inamorato. For this cure (but|celebrated examples of entertaining hardening of the imagination, over: mostly because I am to dine in this|8atire, written in a genial. witty, un- takes us. We become brittle and old neighbornood) have I. Tristram |Conventional style. Strangely enough and dry because we have denied our- Shandy, comes forth from my lodg. |the audacious passages with which selves the tonic of youthful jeering. ing to a coffce house, the nearest I|hi8 writings are liberally sprinkled The fear of being contradicte could find to my dear Lady ———g|did not react against him as a clergy there is another ogre lurking in our o, an ‘0 fer¥) Sheet|man and he enjoyed the privileges of Rl ONiE s cRel L the thinE s vhIch S S DTG DT the latter profession with the fame B ecomoiTi e tin gods to their pro. article of my creed. Now for it. of a bold wit and satirist geny. with all the mental attributes | |G my gear lady, what a dishéiout _— ot B why shouldn’t we be hast thou made of me I think, bye Plnea le Fflflm of tin. ,“,’fi shy ShouldnC e be the bye, this is a little too familiar PP . i A G L an introduction for so unfamillar a( Make some lemon gelatine accord deadly than that we should beoome Shtumtion: o As 1 ktana “with. vou— | ing teyeun reripalie S e e s T ke up et Tarelad where, heaven knows-—1 am kept at|gins to set well, but before it be a distance and despair of getting an Ve comes too hard, whisk it well with an BUout e nesditoiheveioumeeli nEs inch nearer to you. ¢ * egg-beater and add a cupful of pre 3 - ; “Why would you tell you would be|served pineapple and half a_pint of et J:‘fif;«-fi Ay glad to see me? Does it give you|cream whipped dry and stiff. Turn pleasure to make me more unhappy | it into a mold and set it on ice. Serve tinually being shoved about, mental = 1 ’, - or does it add to your triumph that|in a border of whipped cream with e ton 1 your eyes and 1ips have turned a man |a few candled cherries to add a dash we but Knew 1t. 1t's our only protec- into a fool. whom the rest of the town | of color. tion against the r»»]ll‘:\x l):lhl:'_\)"s of age. As long ax you Keep mentally T on the jump you're never old. Your B k f th Tires may wear out, but your battery ac O © aim will still be going strong. (Copyrizht, 1923.) is the Perfect Product ALADA" IS APPRECIATED BY THOSE WHO ENJOY “THE BEST” By far the largest sale of any TEA in North America. By Thornton W. Burgess. The pattern for this pretty, easily made style cuts in sizes 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches, bust measure. I For a medium size you would need three and a half yards of thirty-six- inch material, with three-eights of a yard of contrasting material. This is a good model for the use of gingham, ratine or any of the new fancy cotton materials, and the com- pleted frock would cost you only about $1.50 Price of pattern, 153 cents, in post- age stamps only, O rn should be |addreaned to The Washington Star pattern bureau, 22 East 18th street, New York cit; Please write name and address cicarly. “Just Hats” By Vyvyan For Lent FISH meal that’s ready in a few minutes. Gorton’s famous “No Bones” Cod Fish mixed with boiled potato— nothingtodobutfry! And what delicious flavor! HE AND MRS. BLACKY WERE ALREADY MAKING PLANS Tied and Dyed Scarf for the Motor. {thing which interested her. and o it happened tha: Blacky d at the } place where their nest was quite a lit- tle ahead of her. He flew straight to the tree in which it was and alizhted. He leaned forward to look into the old nest, and right then and there he received a shock that upset him com- plete sir, Blacky was more upset than he ever had been in his | life before Copyright. 1923, by T. W. Burgess.) FREE BOOKLET: “Deep Sea Recipes™ Reaay— fo- I‘g Gorton-Pew Fisherics, Gloucester, Mass. Oigd ~ Cod Fish Cakes Things You’ll Like to Make Gaily Colored Silk Butterfly. Silks of gay colors and patterns are | very popular for spring wear. The hat sketched above pictures one of the season’s smartest trimmings. It is a butterfly made of one of the new vividly colored silks. A novel touch is given the hat by the treatment of the band. The silk-folded band is made to fit around the head under Take a tied and dyed scarf, place | the center design in it directly over | the top of the head. Turn up the front edge back across the brow and draw it toward the back of the head 80 that it binds the scarf in and fastens it there. Then it will fall gently over each side of the face, one long end to be allowed to hang and the other turned about the throat. And you have an evening head cover- ing_easily put on that protects the coiffure from the ravages of stray breezes that greet one passing from the motor door to the baliroom door. Cereal Chops With Apricots. Season some hot cereal. which can be either cracked or flaked, with but- ter, and if there is any left-over |cooked ham or beef chop it fine and stir it in. Form spoonfuls into shape and saute {n hot lard and butter, us- ting half and half. Cook until brown on both sides. Serve surrounded with stewed or preserved apricots. To stimulate the bone, a piece of un- cooked macaronl or a bit of citron may be inserted. ‘The HICKORY pin is made extra strong—it cannot break or bend. Every detail of HIC%?RY Gartcral s is super- ior. They're always higher in quality than in price. Ask for the genuine HICKORY by name the hat. 1t is then brought up through slits close to the crown and draped around the crown. The but- terfly is made by tying together two oblongs of the silk. The antennae of the butterfly are embroidered onto the hat with black silk. This silk butterfly trimming can be used on a felt sports hat or a straw dress hat. FLORA. (Copyright, 1923.) A cream cheese is a soft, white We do not aim to make all the Cream Cheesesold. But we dointend that none down the sides. Golden Crown Syrup, with its rich, mellow flavor, adds the real appetising touch to pancakes of all kinds, waffles, hot biscuits, ete. It's one of the cheapest foods you can buy— BUY A CAN TODAY— AT YOUR GROCER’S Stenart, Son & Co., of Baltimere This Golden Crown Crystal-Cut Glass SYRUP PITCHER This atiractive, neatly cut haaa patens picketed sop thet sen isfar below the usual price. Mail the Golden Crown money-order—and we will shall be made better. By making less we ' believe we can give you more. You may not find MacLaren’s Cream Cheese It the first place you call, but it will pay you to refuse a substitute. Be sure you get y 50° &= TpRenitna w g : ‘ tabel and 80o—check, atam the piteher by Prepald Parcel Boes t. STEUART, SON & CO., President Street, -ALTDIOF.I, MD. B