Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1924, Page 77

Y Fashion BY MARY MARSHAL 0, that is not a grocery list or suggesticns for the title of a new magazine, and it isn't » words plcked at random from $3.000 of them listed in our desk dictionary. It is, indeed, a sort of rainbow list for the shionable woman of the year 1924, Such old- time words as violet. indigo, blue, green, vellow, orange and red are much too general. Your blue may be daphne, sistine, powder, diana, lupine, while your green may be aphrodite, tarragon, artichoke, reseda. Brown are leglon—combrero, terrapin, sepia, titlan, sand, prairie, mustang, bron- cho—all of which seem to be quite distinct and definite Not only do styles in colors change, but styles in the names by which we designate colo 1s0. The term jade green is as passee ag the color it indicated. The informed thing now t0 to aphrodite green, and the name is on the lips of milliners’ and dressmakers’ salesgirls who probably never before heard this scason of this Hellenic equivalent of the goddess Venus. Henna is no longer quite up to date. There have been numerous equiva- lents or near equivalents for this vopular shade, and perhaps the new est Is casserole, named from the rich, reddish brown of & well seasoned earthen casserole. But perhaps all thi unimportant hair-splitting. The thirg that in- terests most women i to know what | colors and what shudes ¢ going Le worn by other fashionahle women. As an initial bit of advice, be it known that very vivid colors are un- doubtedly going to be worn this sum- mer—have already been worn this spring, for that matter. Of course, there always has been—and alwa: ‘will be, no doubt—a certain conserva- tive number of women who look only with objective interest at the new vivid colors offered at any season. They seem to feel that they sacrifice something of smartness the-minute they wear any color more vibrant than navy blue H Their hats are tete de negre, black, possibly navy blue with white; thelr ®uits are navy, black or evening gowns of black all- white, silver or gold are their choice. Often they are ardent admirers of color. The sight of a bit of vivid gladiolus or ruby red gives them pos- sitive exhiluration. The vivid orange tones that we assoclate with Japan seem to warm the cockles their hearts. a flash of that light. bright emerald green called aphrodite thrills them, yet they would almost as soon eppear in acrobats’ tights gowns of these vivid hues is refer as in THE important thing, however, is that gradually, but surely, the| number of these conservatives, espe- cially among really smart women, diminishing. So you may recently have seen women who never would consent to before appear in Polka dotted neck scarfs of red, blue, white. Bright orange sport skirts and sport fuckets have been worn by some of these color conservatives at country clubs, Bright red hats no longer betoken crudeness of taste in dress, If, indeed, they ever did That red occupies an important place among colors the present Things Vacation Mo L “Money !t knew where 1 could make some this sighed Jack. “T wish T summer. It's all right to play around | all vacation, T guess, but you feel a 1ot better if you can slap your pocket and hear the dollars clink.” “Or if you n look in the pocket- book &nd see #omething that'll buy a 1ot.of new clothes in the fall you hate 10 ask the folks get you, what with books and everythin added his sister Anne. “Any boy or girl can edrn money," declared Uncle Bob, who was sitting on the porch steps beside them. “Last summer when I was in Larkinsville I noticed a lot of ways boys and girls there made money. Maybe some of those ideas would sult you. “Why, there are several early sum- mer jobs. Jack, that you could start on right now. If you are handy with the paint brush, o around to nelgh- horing houses and see if you can't vick up jobs painting radiktors, or painting over porch furniture which is being hauled out for the summer. Or if you know people who haven't yet put up screens, there is a job for you. Wall paper cleaning is another way of making money. Bread dough or even flour and water dough made into a roll works like a big eraser, taking away the dirt and leaving the vaper fresh and bright underneath. “There are several jobs for which you can work up regular customers during the summer — greasing and washing automobiles, waxing and polishing floors, sharpening knives for busy housewives, shining shoes in people’s homes on Saturday for Sun- day churchgoing. You know quite a bit about machines, Jack. You could il and repalr sewing machines and other household machines.” “What about jobs for me?’ put in Anne. “If you're a good cook, why not make some big juicy fruit pies to sell, or fancy cookies? That was a fine salad we had for dinner—I'll bet you could get orders making salads for Sunday night suppers, picnics and parties if you garnish them up and make them look as attractive as they taste. I know a girl, by the way, who sold tafty apples. She made the tafty by melting together brown sugar, butter and water. The apples were put on the ends of smooth sticks, dipped in taffy and allowed to ary. leaning silver a job house- wives all dislike—here's a chance for vou. And you, Jack, did you ever think of getting mother to let you take the vacuum cleaner, if you're careful with it, and going around regularly to clean rugs where women don't have a cleaner? “Here's another idea, Jack. Make a list of vacant property or lots that are for rent or sale, call on the own- ers and explain that attractive lots bring purchasers, and persuade them to let you keep them in good condi- tion for them. Or did you ever think of working up a regular lawn-mowing route in the neighborhood? “The girl who likes to sew has money at her fingers' ends. She can get some attractive apron patterns and take orders for making them. Bhe can make attractive little play dresses for children, with gay little to | have been, | If you lived where people came from T SLEEVELESS SATIN JACKET, IN DAPHNE BLUE, WORN WITH WHITE CREPE FROCK. THERE IS A MATCHING HAT. be gainsaid. It would be more difficult to say whence has come this revived Interest’ In ‘this most ardent of all the colors. We might trace it to China, where little or much of red is part of every cos- tume or household decoration in or- der to frighten off troublesome de- mons, who, it would seem. have a marked distaste for the color. Rus- sia might be given credit for the re- vival of red, or Czechoslovakia, Spain or South America. time cannot The fame of powder blue has gone far and wide. If in any group of fairly well informed women the re- quest was made, “name a fashionable new color,” there would undoubtedly be more answers of ‘“powder blue" than any other. Similarly, there and still are, more dis- plays of powder blue frocks, fabrics and hats of powder blue than of any | other color this spring. | i To some fashlon critics, however. powder blue no longer seems a color | to be reckoned with. It, like the| name it bears seems a trifle passe There is a sistine blue—with a little | milliners, and it is sald that a shade called “lupine,” after the dainty mid- summer garden flower, {s going to be the successor of powder blue this midsummer. Undoubtedly the whole range of blues was given a renewed interest in Paris this spring as a result of the visit of the Queen of Rumania, with whom blue is and for long has been a favorite color. Even when the queen wore nothing of blue French women appeared in some shade of it out of compliment to the visiting roy- alty. One wonders whether all these queens and princesses really do feel so drawn toward this reposeful, se- date color, or whether the question of living up to the part they have to play doesn’t have something to do with it In England women who dote on rolayty are always wearing some shade or other of blue out of compliment of this princess, that queen or some duchess. Princess Mary of England is said to be partial to the shades, and her sister-in-law, the Duchess of York, at the time of her marriage was recorded an- —_— VIONET MODEL COPIED IN CANARY YELLOW CREPE, PRINTED WITH TINY PINK AND GREEN FLOWERS. pendence of the spirit of Princess to come bravely forward with the an- less pink in its make-up—that is the [ other admirer of soft blues and grays. | Patricia. who dared to refuse the|nouncement that she prefers red to present version of the color among | Which Are of TOMMY TORTLE ney Making embroidered or cross-stitched designs. She can embroider monograms on shirts. towels, and pillowcases. 1 know one girl with artistic taste who made light-colored silk and chintz lamp shades for many women in the neighborhood to give their homes a summery touch. Another girl knitted pretty, light slip-over sweaters, which older girls were glad to buy for white skirts, “If you're not going away, why not profit by other people's vacations? Offer to take care of household pets, potted plants, gardens and flowerbeds. their vacations and were handy with a camera, you could make money taking informal pictures of children at play. Fishermen go by here a great deal. Why not dig angleworms and sell them for bait?" “Ugh!" shuddered Anne. “You're not talking to me!” “No,” laughed Uncle here's an idea for you. Advertise in the papers that vou will Yake care of children. You might get another girl to go in with you and start a small kindergarten, taking care of children while mother gets an afternoon va tion once in a while. You could take children on trips to the woods, too. “Making summer connections with business firms during the summer works well. Address envelopes at home, by hand or typewrliter, collect accounts, soliclt ads for newspapers, take orders for merchants. “When cherry season comes, Jack, €6 around town and visit the plac where there are cherry trees. Try to get the Job of picking cherrles at 8o much per tree. And both of you, if you're not afraid of work, can get something to do in the canning sea- son, helping housewives pit cherries and pare peaches.” He stopped and 1it his pipe. “Berry picking,” continued Uncle Bob, “is another way to make money. 1 know a boy Who went out to & farm and made an agreement to furnish berry pickers for a lump sum. Then he gathered together a lot of boys and girls and managed things. They made money and had a lot of fun, too. “Making porch boxes to fit ex- actly the space the housewife wishes filled is a good idea for the boy who can use tools. “Collecting old paper and selling it is an easy way to make a little ex- tra money. No doubt there are plenty of friends and neighbors who would be glad to save paper for you if you made regular collections. The same is true of old iron. You may not get a very high price for it, but it soon counts up. “A standby for girls who.want to earn money is washing dishes for a couple of families each evening. Especlally in the summer, women like to be free of this task. And for boys, & standby is running errands on a bieycle. A boy could work up a regular business getting groceries Bob, “but for housewiv especially where the stores do not deliver, or where de- liveries are not made soon enough. “I remember a neighbor boy of ours who bought used bottles from housewlves, sorted them, bolled them, polished them and resold them at a profit te concerns that could use bot- tles, Still another hustler ran a It takes a princess with the inde- ‘Written and Illustrated by Edward McCandlisk. NE morning Brother Jack Rabbit came loping into Tommy Turtle's back yard, where he found Tommy busy sawing wood. “Hello, Snowball! Jack. Tommy Turtle stopped his sawing and regarded Brother Jack Rabbit with a baleful eye. ‘Snowball,’ is 1t?” says he. “May- be you been gettin' tired of livin' of late. Somebody goin’ to crown you wid a pick handle one of dese days! Some day you're goin' to wake up wid a Uly in yo' hand! You're goin’ to wake up in a wooden kimono! Does I make myself plain?” “You're talkin’ kind of ‘bad’ day, ain’t you?” said Brother Jack. “Listen, boy,” said Tommy. 80 bad today dat I hates myself.” “I just came to say—" began Brother Jack. But Tommy cut him short. “Listen to me, boy. An’' don't in- terrupt me. Maybe you don't know dat I got a private buryin' ground up on d’ hill, where I burles my dead. You come messin’ around here wid any mo' of dat ‘Snowball’ stuff and yo' folks'll be readin’ about yo' di mise in foteen papahs at one time “Honey,” said Brother Jack, “I just come down to tell you dat we all 'r plannin’ a little ‘spread’ up to ' house dis evenin. Some chicken fix- ins an’ maybe a 1i'l gingah ale on & side; an’ we would mighty like to have you "tend d' pahty—specially d' women folks. said Brother to- “I'm ‘hot dog’ stand at a tourlst camping grounds near the city. Another one made money by putting up radio aerials for people who bought new sets. He got their names from deal- ers. A boy who played the banjo earned several dollars giving les- sons. Playing a banjo is always an accomplishment for summer picnics. “And s clever-fingered girl ought to try making comforts out of scraps of cloth. She could take orders for this, as well as for making rag rugs of pretty colors. The girl with an ertistio frame of mind and very good taste could try making attractive col- proferred hand of the King of Spain, Like breath on a rasor, a smile spread over Tommy Turtle's face. “Little one,” sald he, “now you're talkin’ something! I ain't had a real, slap-up dinner since Rex was a pup. Come here an’ let me get dat ravelin’ d-cuff sets to order, or attrac- ve lingerie, buying material in quantities from a wholesale house. Making fancy coat hangers, which do for gifts, is another source of money-making. Painting fancy shoe trees is still another. “After all, if you have service to offer, it you can do well something people need to have done, you'll have no trouble making money.” “Well,” declared Jack, ‘I think you've hit on several things that Just suit me.” “Me, too,” agreed Anne. “Just watch me make money!” all other colors. Gaews /] off of yo' shouldah. Folks around here been sayin' dat you don’t amount to nothin’. I always tells 'em dat you may not amount to much, but you must amount to somethin’'! What time did you say 4’ pahty begins?” “Oh, maybe half-past eight!” re- plied Brother Jack. “Come up an’ bring yo old woman. Bring 4' chil- lins, too.” “Listen, boy,” said Tommy Turtle, “you got & head on you like a car- pet tack! I sllus did say you'd emount to somethin'. Half-p eight it Is, den. An’' tell Mammy Rab- bit to make me up & little bokay of d' wishbone an’ d’ chicken giblets! Bye-bye! See you latah.” Brother Jack Robbit went loping off down the Big Road, while Tommy returned to his wood sawing. “Nice boy!” said Tommy to himeelf, "Good-harted, too. Only,” he added, SAND-COLORED ALPACA FROCK AND JACKET AT LEFT. PLEAT- ED CHIFFON IN SAME SHADE FORMS JABOT AND LINES JACKET. SHRIMP PINK CREPE DE CHINE FROCK AT RIGHT, - TRIMMED WITH DRAWNWORK AND EMBROIDERED IN SAME SHADE; CHINTZ HAT AND UMBRELLA. INJEXT to powder blue and its allles the shades that seem to have gained the greatest amount of popu- lerity this spring are tho that range from a deep tomato to a light crabapple. For one shop window dlis- playing hats, or frocks in the soft range of blues you would find another displaying wearables of this yellow- ish rose. Lipstick s one of the va- riations of this color range. Orchid has been enjoying such a ‘he do get a bit contraptious now an’ den. Billy, bring pappy a saw dat'll cut somethin’. I can't saw wid dis thing!” Reason Enough. The Duck—Of course, Henry, this is none of my business, but does your daughter know that the fellow she is going with {s a bad egz? ‘The Rooster—Y That's why she's atraid to drop him. Read the Directions. Dootor—Just drop some of that medicine In your eye three times a day. Harry—Before or after meals? Easy to Get in. Catherine—I have finally got into the movies. Bert—How did you do 1t? Catherine——Pald them & quarter. | run of favor that one wonders whether it Is not nearly time for it to make its graceful exit for the time being from the stage of fashion. Perhaps not. Some of the most charming of summer eveming gowns make use of this shade, not alone but in combination with other pastel tones. Smoke blue—which ‘explains itself—is combined with orchid chif- fon, and scmetimes cameo 6r shrimp pink s used eftectively with orchid. How to Make | BRAID -/ cloTh Now Makes Daring Use of Bright Colors for Summer The prediction {s made that as weeks pass it will be the richer, mellower shades of red that will take the place of ruby, gladiolus, holly berry, and even lacquer. They will be deep wine reds that suggest rich velvets of the Reanalssance in Venice and Wlorence, rather than the gorgeous fabrics of China or Japan. There is, in sooth, something distinctly occidental about these wine and rosewood hues. Quite recently a smart woman wore a cos- tume consisting of a beaded wine- red net tunic over an orchid eatin slip. It was an experiment in color combination that had to be tried te be shown successful. Callot makes an interesting and au- daclous combining of colors in a frock that shows a light green crepe bodice embroidered in pink with a black skirt edged with mauve crepe. Mauve crepe also finishes the sleeves, being brought In direct contact with the green crepe. Another daringly colored gown of the season is a model copled from Vionet in canary crepe printed in green and pink flowers. PE— Potted Meat and Savories. Picnic time is approaching and wise housewives will do well to consider the lure of the savory. And even before the picnics are quite in order there is the Sunday night tea, the after-theater “bite. and other home occasions, when s: vory bits of potted meats and other delicacies lend themselves to the housewife’s need. Then, of course, there are the hot savorles, the canapes and other in- troductory bits which usher in a more or less elaborate dinner: and the tempting hot dishes so easily done in the chafing dish, these also call loudly for the potted and tinned dainties. Luckily the standard brands of these foods are numerous and absolutely r lable. The housewife may convert a tin of the old-time corned beet into hash that is superlatively good. Re- member that the foods we are mow considering are in one sense acces- sories; that is, they are not the main- stay of the dietary. The necessary body-bullding and hody-regulating foods are, let us say, already planned, and the housekeeper may look upon the savories to be concocted from the cholce potted and tinned products as a sort of topping off, an addition to the dietary, it is true, in that they are wholesome and nourishing, but mainly interesting because of the zest added to an unusual occasion. So to return to our savories. Vary the corned beef hash by pre- paring a salad of rosy tomatoes, .mince the beef fine and mix wlith salad dressing, scoop out the cent of the tomatoes and fill with the corned beef mixture. Quickly pre- pared, this salad is a sure-fire fa- ~vorite. Then there is the delicious potted meat Ioaf, veal or chicken, which ma. be made into tempting sandwiches or served as a chafing dish dainty or with crackers, and one of the snappy cheeses that come in fascinating lit- tle pots. As to dried beef, try it with an omelet Instead of ham, and msee if your bridge guests do not vote yoyr evening suppers on the chafing dish the best ever. Interest to Younger Readers Summer Hats CROWN AND A BRIM, THE FRAME (5 CUT~ROM A BUCKRAM CIRCLE. The Poke With Straw Braid Crown. You can almost make the straw braid poke by following the picture without further directions. The crown, you see, is made by sewing rows of brald together over an old crown of the proper shape, then tak- ing out the crown and leaving a flexible braid covering. This is ex- actly the process milliners use when they make the soft crown hats you find In the shops. This hat {s likely to cost & bit more than other hats you have learned to make In these lessons, for the braid is usually about ten cents a yard, and you will need ten yards. Perhaps you can get yours more cheaply. Fan to Match Party Frock Something to Make From Left-Overs. The old-fashioned party bags which 1tttle girls used to carry were never half e0 pretty as the fancy fans they ©arry now. Thé ones that match the party dress are most attractive of all. It takes so little material that you may use the pleces left from your dress for one. The stick for a handle is hard to out, so the easlest thing to do is to find an old handle off'a sample card- board fan such as druggists and grocers frequently give away. It should be pajnted a soft color. If your dress 1s pink and you Will use pink material for the covering of your fan, color the handle blue or green or use white enamel, which you Make your buckram frame as in the dlagram, following it for measure- ments. The brim is longer on the sides, so you want to cut it off a little in front and still more in back Cover the brim with cloth and bind the edge with braid. Sew your braid together, beginning at the bottom and whipping on suc- cessive rows until the top brings it to an end. Be sure not to sew to the crown, as it is to come out. A nlce way to finish the hat is to put yam flowers or pompons on each side of the crown. You may make them yourself. probably have right at home. Or you may buy a small can of enamel paint for ten cents. Cut the cardboard pieces, two of them in fancy shape, such as the dia- gram shows you, and cover each with cloth. Overcast the edges of the two pleces together and then sew on a ruffie of black or white lace all around the edge. Glue on your han- dle and if you wish a fancy decora- tion, sew a ribbon rose at the top. The handle may also be wound with narrow ribbon and a loop handle made at the end. Marble Crazy. Johnny’s marble crazy, He surely has the bug, Plays 'em in the backyard, Plays ‘em on the rug. Shooters, glassies, chalkies, Alleys and pewees, Mother's patience is worn out, So are Johnny's knees. A Bargain-Hunter. Clerk—Now, see here, little boy. T can't spend the whole day show- ing you penny toys. Do you want the earth with & little red femce around it for one cent? Little Boy—Let me see it.