Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1924, Page 26

WOMAN’S PAGE. Bodice High at Neck, Low Under Arm BY MARY An evening gown was once known by its neckline. Its degree of for- mality was in direct ratio to its decolletage. What would have been regarded as in rather bad taste for the theater was quite appropriate for the opera; what would have been much too low for a quiet dinmer at home would have been decorou enough for a formal dinner or re ception. Necklines cannot e so easil by-holed nowada: A really evening gown may be hig to touch the collar bLone in front, and an afternoon frock may be pro- vided with a fairly low-cut square neck in front. Moreover, certain evening gowns are provided with detachable collars that fasten up at the side or back or front of the neck Of the new evening gowns it may be said that the tendency is to make them lower in back than in front. Berthe of Paris—and others—con- tinue the tradition of extending the decollet to the waistline in back There is nothing especially new in that, hence it does not shock. There is something of novelty, however, in the fashion for making evening gowns quite low cut under the arms. Sometimes they are lower under the arm than they are at the neck—a fashion that suggests nothing quite s0 much man's sleeveless bath- mg suit. The sketch shows a new evening frock of this persuasion. It is kreen crepe severely simple, accompanied by a long, narrow scarf of the same material. Can it be that we are coming back to a period of separate high collars? Jenny favors this fashion, providing afternoon and with them. Drecoll likewise higa col uttoned at the al has the fashion for col- »me in Paris that ing ornamental ins made to fasten and there are some- to cub- formal enough evening gowns makes laring t the shc double collar or times match aded ear: the Our Cllildl‘en—By Angelo Patri mountain road foot in he high- border and t the we rear or not she k 1 Now i then. ax o ment, [ t somebody road, be- cause s nultiplies it acce Judith had a thday. a sev dled one 1 her th of a w road. ¥ we inv ther accepted it scratch stones -can- reat Do you think hear us they go e two and red squ bird fa ily, if we and very “Oh, mother | e s a dirt dintive thank & road, isn't dness, that walk over it,” s YOUR HOME AND YOU BY HELEN KENDALL. Bring in the Window Box. The pretty window boxes on a cer- tain suburban house had been all Summer lo ¥ with p B raniums, blu um and fringed petunias, with long sprays of deco- rative v hanging down over each box, they had the cottage a festive air that attracted evel pass- er-by that Autumn was com- housew ghed a bi them up. have the boxes varf{ evergreens,” will make the outside of the house almost as pretty in Winter as in Summer; but I shall #o miss the bright bloom at each window.” “Why not bring the boxes inside &nd secure them just below the win- dow sill in the living room?" queried the guest who was spending Septem- ber with her. not expect these same plants to go on blooming throughout the Winter, but you can have the boxes filled with some fresh stock, and have blo: in your windows all through year. There are all sorts of house plants that will thrive in a sunny window, and with the help and ad- vice of a florist, I think you could keep your boxes in bloom continu- ously.” Certainly you can have them green with vines., anyway. English ivy, Wandering Jew and other vines all do well in a window. “Then, as Spring comes along, can_have the boxe: of bulbs, which will bloom in the window, These can bg started in the cellar in pots of uniform height, and when they begin to show an inch or so of green they can be put into the window box. Jonquils, daffo- dils, tulips and crocuses may all be ‘blooming indoors early in the year, if handled properly. Hyacinths, too, make a beautiful show. “If you wish, you can plant these bulbs in metal boxes which will fit down inside your wooden window boxes. When they are ready, your inner box of plants and vines may be lifted out and the boxes of bulbs substituted. “Even if your window box is filled only with a mass of English ivy, you whether | | Neither | telling you | results? pop sed, and I sed, No sir, | bergler { him running. “Of course, you can- | filled with pots | MARSHALL, O S &] ¥ NING GOWN WITH _HIGH NECK, BUT CUT LOW UNDER THE | ARMHOLES. THERE 1S A SCARF THAT IS WOUND COLLARWISE ABOUT THE THROAT. “H'm.” said mother distantly. Then | brightening up as she remembered | her mission in life, she said, “Judith dear, if one man can build a road e this in three days, how many days would it take si men?” Judith puckered her brows and {tried to pull her mind away from a baby rabbit that was sitting bolt up- right, staring thoug its eyes would jump out a turn somersaults over its ears. But I answered for her “One man couldn't road like this. Not any time. could six men It wasn't u know. It grew this way.” look at that Oh n isn't beautiful? Isn't it too beauti- Oh mother, see. It's grander 1 a wedding, isn't it?” Judith was standi before a mas- terpiece A crabbed old thornapple | tree. loaded with its stunted wee a - brist with cloquent held on one arm a clematis in full bridal array. The creamy nd blossoms her veil fell her he to her feet. On arm leaned a manly honey- | dressed in silver and green coral red jewels for buttons. once 1 her life could Judith that C ¥ once would that bit beauty bloom for her. “Yes, d r. But try to figure that xample now. If one man—-" “Oh mother. you do make a walk uninteresting,” said Judith. I | at this tree.” vears from now? ever build a built, ¥ tha vine buds from other suckl with On must look Twenty ght. 1924.) ittle Benn)7§ Note Book smoking and thinking and I was t thinking, and I sed, Hay pop. 11l see if I can locate him for you, op sed. Meening wat, and I sed, I saw a dandy avvertizement today in the Boys All Erround Magazine, it was a avvertisement for a swell book and all you haff to do is send 10 cents in stamps or dim They make it for you, dont they? pop sed I sed, Yes sir, can I have 10 cents to send for its a awfill usefill book, pop. You dont meen to say its a book how to study your les- sins in half the time with twice the i a book teetching you how to be a ventrilloquist by teetching you ven- trilloquizm. I deny theres enything useffill about that, pop sed, and I sed, Cer- teny there is, G wizz pop. sippose berglers ever broke in the house and you dident have a revolver but you knew ventrilloquizm. ‘Wat would you do, teetch it to the and win his respect and frendship? pop sed, and I sed, No sir, vou'd make noises like guns going off ail over the house and the berg- ler would be so scared he would be glad to ixcape as quick as he could, and then you could look out the win- dow and make noises like guns going off way up the street jest to keep S0 you could, I sippose, well well, pop sed, and I sed, And G wizz pop, jest sippose you was in a forrest som- wares and a wild beest was running after you and catching up to you. All you'd haff to do would be to make a sound like somebody elts velling in back of him and wen he terned erround to see wat it was all you'd haff to do would be to quick clime up a tree. I must admit I never thawt of that either, you win, heers the dime, pop sed. And he gave it to me and I sent for the book and Im still waiting for it anxious, Oven Sconnes. Rub two tablespoonfuis of butter finely into one pound of sifted flour, add one tablespoonful of sugar, one- fourth teaspoonful of salt, one tea- spoonful of baking soda and two tea- spoonfuls of crear: of tartar. Heat up one egg, put half of it into a cup, jthen with the other balf and some milk make the other ingredients into a soft dough. Knead it a little on a ”h)urml baking board, divide it into | five pieces, make them smooth and {roll out not too thin, then cut them into four small cakes. Lay them on a greased baking tin, brush them over with egg and bake in a hot oven for ten minutes. Two ounces of raisins or currants may be added. The dough should always be handled lightly. with its sprays trailing up each side of the window, it will give your room a feeling of Summer charm. In some houses, blooming plants do not do well on account of the heated air and the gas from the furnace; but vines will nearly always grow, and an occasional growing plant, such as the primrose, may be bought at the florist’s and placed among the vines, where it will live its little life quite contentedly. It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are obtained through them., o THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924.. Shoind Weddings Wait on Mere Salary? DorothyDix Advises Monoy Before Matrimony Man Who Postpones Wedding Day Until He Can Afford to Marry Not Only Shows Good Sense but Real Devotion to Girl. NICE young man and a nice young woman are in love with each other, but, unfortunately, the young man is not making a salary that seems to him to justify matrimony and he wants to put off the wedding day until he is in a better financial position. He tells the girl that his sense of what is fair to her will not let him take her out of a good home and dump her in a poor one. Also that it has been his observation that love airplanes out of the window in those cases where harried b he wolf camps on the doorstep, and the man is always anxious and debt, and the woman is too hard worked and tired to care how she looks, and sheer nerves keep both of them snapping at each other. The young woman does not agree with this view of the subject. She says she thinks that if the young man wants to be married at once. She is really in love with her, he would grab her up and rush with her to the altar without were to live. stopping to consider such a paltry thing as how they And they both ask me to referee their little sparring match. 1 think the man is dead right in taking a good, long look ahead before he leaps into the sea of matrimony. I think he not only shows good, hard horse sense in wanting to wait until he can afford to marry, but that he prov poverty. his devotion to the girl in not being willing to drag her down into It's all very well for a girl who has had three square meals every day of her 1i romantic attitude, and a charge account at the best stores to assume a high and and scorn mere mone and declare that she is willing to live on bread and cheese and kisses with the man she loves. She has never tried it, pall upon the appetite of thos Newbureg. is the sordid truth. . . She doesn't know that bread and cheese soon accustomed to filet mignon and lobster Still less is she aware that those who are doomed to live just on bread and cheese and kisscs soon drop the kisses off of the menu. Yet such T is a pity that there is a price tag on love, but, alas and alack, there is. Matrimony must pay the luxury tax, and only those can hope to enjoy it who can afford it. No matter how much a young couple may be in love with each other, they have got to come down out of the clouds when they get married and live in a hard and practical world, in which they must reckon with the landlord and settle with the butcher and baker. And their ability to keep on being in love with each other depends to a large extent on their being able to do this. No ideal home has the bill collector perpetually battering on the door. No man who cannot make a living remains a godling long in his wife's eyes. No woman who is slatternly and overworked, and who lacks the time and the strength to take any pains with her personal appearance, No one who is worried make ends meet on an insufficient income wastes any time temperature of the affections of the partner of his angel of his dreams to her husband. to the Before we can we can love we hav, made our stomachs This is why marrying on The glamour of romance that asked nothing else of fate to be well fed be romantic we have got to be comfortable. . looks like the over trying to speculating as or her bosom. Before Nature settled that business when it irce or four times as big as our hearts, a shoestring made a youth and maiden feel that they but just the is such a hazardous venture. privilege of being together soon fades away, and then their happiness depends upon their being able to have the things and doing all their lives. and do the things they have been accustomed to having If this is impossible; if they and artistic surroundings, must have always dressed we to theaters and concerts an then they who have been used to living in beautiful ve In cheap and ugly lodgings; if they, who st go shabby; if the artics. are too poor to afford any amusement, would be more than human if each did not blame the other for Wwho have always gone having dragged him or ber into the wretched folly of an unsuitable marriage. JOR a man to marry before he can afford it nearly always means that he dooms himself to stay At the bottom of the ladder. with the weight of a family on his back. living takes every cent that he can possibly earn He cannot climb He cannot save when the daily He dare not risk his wife's and his children’s bread by trying to better his fortunes. A man is a fool who marries before he has got securely on his feet, and a woman shows that her selfishness is greater than her love if she urges him to She also bring crifice his future to her d upon herself the misery of knowing that she is a handicap sire to possess him a little sooner. to her husband, as well as having to endure all the hardships of a poor | man's wife There is nothin and repenting in le taking a chance on re. truer than the old proverb about marrying in haste There are plenty of chances in matrimony without starving to death. e under them a good, strong financial plank. The successful homes are those that They are founded on sense and reason, and in them no haggard man lies awake wondering how he is to find the money for the rent, and no pale mother weeps because she cannot give her child So my « plan are almost aiway pawned in the divorce court. en the advantages she had. rnest advice to every young couple is not to marry until they have the price of 4 wedding ring. The 5 thiey e that are bought on the installment DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1924.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Rainy Day Pantomime. One mother says: “What we would like to do seems very amusing when we can't go out of doors on account of the weather. One child performs and the rest guess what it is the actor would like to do. A bucket and spoon may suggest the seashore, or climbing on chairs may mean climbing trees, or a display of animal crackers may mean going to the z00.” (Copyright, 1924.) “JUST HATS” BY VYVYAN. The Shaded Hat. The shaded hat is the hat of the moment, of the season, of the year. It comes in the wood shades, shaded from dark brown to tan; it comes in shaded greens, shaded russets, shaded purples, shaded oranges. The felt it- self is ofttimes shaded, or just the trimming of a plain hat is shaded. Here is a sketch of a shaded felt in russet tones. felt goes around the back. Toward that almost, but don’t guite, meet. the front it narrows h;(o two points Stuffed Potato Cases. Boil four potatoes in their jackets, peel, and put them through a ricer. There should be two cupfuls. Add two tablespoonfuls of butter, one teaspoonful of salt, a little pepper, ang four tablespoonfuls of hot milk. Beat well, shape in large ovals, roll in bread crumbs, then coat with one egg beaten with two tablespoonfuls of cold water. Roll again in bread crumbs. Fry in deep fat. Remove the centers, leaving the cases with hinged covers. Fill | with cooked chicken and ham, ' . The band of darker What Today Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Libra. Today’s planetary aspects are of a negative character, and favor only customary efforts along usual lines. In the evening, the vibrations indi- cate a strong tendency to differences of opinion, arguments and dissension. It is well to make every effort to maintain an “even keel,” as the signs portend that if this is not done, an association held as very dear may be broken up, or a friendship of long standing shattered. A child born today will be subject to the ordinary ailments of infancy, but with proper care and supervision, will outgrow all its infantile weak- nesses, and develop into a healthy and vigorous maturity. Its charac- ter will not be very determined; its disposition more seifish than consid- erate; its mentality normal. This child will present the difficulties that are so common in this world, and so hard to remedy. The period of character building cannot begin too soon, and even in babyhood it must not be indulged and must be denjed those little things which are usually given so readily for quieting effect. The ability to say “no” must be inculeat- ed into its mind at a very early age, and it must be taught to practice habits of self denial. If today is your birthday, you are conscientiously courageous, and more than anxious to do the right thing at the right time. In your efforts, however, you are seriously handi- capped by an unreliable memory, and a forgetfulness which nullifies your most carefully thought-out-plans. You are fully conscious of the de- fect, but fail to take the necessary steps of a remedial nature. No human being was ever born with a good memory. Every strong, reliant, always responsive memory had to be developed. It is the re- sult of painstaking effort, and like most habits, both bad and good, grows and in time requires no con- scious effort. A good memory calls for a good forgelgery, You must concentrate upon important, essential informa- tion and keep all rubbish, all impedi- ments from your mind. Well known persons born on this date are: James Bowdoin, phjlan- thropist and statesman; Marshall P. Wilder; Joseph Seligman, banker: ‘Theodore Winthrop, author and sol- dier; William W. Belknap, soldier and Secretary of War; Stephen D. Lee, soldier. (Copyright, 1824.) AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. *“I was always kind o’ humble with Susan Brown until I smelled her kitchen one time.” (Copyright, 1924.) B — Prices realized on Swift BT, or, weer “cading Saturder, Beptems 20, 1024, on shipments sold out, ranged .50 cents to 18.00 cents per pound and a aged 13.22 cents- pez.) COLOR CUT-OUT £ A ) %{fi” : Y« 7 A Young Visitor. “Mother, what's that noise>” Betty Cut-out stopped in the door- way of the living room as she dashed Into the house after school. “It's a surprise for you, Betty,” smiled Mrs. Cut-out. Then Betty saw some one sitting over in the corner of the room. “Aunt Kitty!” cried Betty, and ran to throw her arms around her aunt's neck. “Now I know what I heard up- stairs. It's my new little cousin that I've never seen—the one that's named Nelda, after mother.” Her aunt smiled. “The new little cousin is a bit naughty now. She's crying a ‘mad’ cry because she doesn’t like being left alone. You may go up and look at her, though, if you wish, Betty.” Up the stairs Betty ho]&ped, think- ing how much fun it would be to have a baby to play with, for her aunt would stay a whole week. The baby has golden hair and a pale blue dress. Cut her. out and mount her on light-weight card- board. (Copyright, 1924.) P A ragpicker who appeared in a London court admitted that his earn- ings sometimes amounted to as much as $300 a week. BEDTIME STORIES Bowser Left to Watch. I've found that always in the past His laugh was best whose laugh was last. Une' Billy Possum. Up the long lane from the cornfield Farmer Erown's boy trudged in the moonlight. He whistled merrily. In one hand he carried U Billy Possum by his tail. Now and then he held Unc' Billy up to inok at him. Every time h: did this he chuckled aloud. Now Unc' Billy appeared to be dead He was very dead looking. His eyes were closed, his mouth half open and his legs stiff. There are boys and men who love to hunt who would have chuckled just as Farmer Brown’s boy did over a dead Possum. But Farmer Brown's boy wasn't chuckling over a dead Possum. He was chuckling because he knew that Unc' Billy was just as much alive as ever he had been. Had Unc' Billy really been dead Farmer Brown's boy wouldn’t have chuckled at all. He would have been very sad. As it was, he was greatly tickled. It tickled him to see how cleverly Unc' Billy was pretending to be dead “The old rascal thinks he's fooling me, while all the time I'm fooling him,” chuckled Farmer Brown's Boy. “He thinks I think he's d d. I'll let him keep right on thinking so. When I get home I'll make some kind of a pen and put the old rascal in it I'll keep him there for a while to keep him out of mischi . But if Farmer Brown's Boy wasn't fooled, Bowser the Hound was Bowser trotted along at the heels o his master. Now and then he reach ed up and sniffed at Unc’ Billy. Jow ser was very well pleased. They had been on a successful hunt. He is al- ways pleased at the end of a suc ful hunt. He didn't yet understand what had happened to Unc Billy Possum. He had expected to cate him and kill him himself, b whe he had caught up with him, Un Billy appeared to have been killed already. Up the Long Lane to the barnyard went Farmer Brown's Boy and Bow- ser the Hound and Unc' Billy Pos- sum. When they reached the barn- yard Farmer Brown's Boy stretched Unc' Billy out on the ground in the moonlight and told Bowser to watch him “Watch him, Bowser! Watch him!" he commanded, pointing down to Unc' Billy. “I've got to get some- thing to put the old scamp £0 while I am doing it you watch him.” Bowser understood perfectly. He had been trained to watch things. Just why he should watch that dead Possum he didn't understand. But it was enough for him to be told to watch it. So he sat down close to Unc' Billy. He felt a wee bit im- portant. He always feels a wee bit important when he has been trusted to watch something. Now, had Bowser the least idea that Unc’ Billy wasn't as dead 3 he looked he wouldn't have taken his eyes from Unc' Bill But Bowser knew that no one who was dead BILLY could pe and th about Unc' Billy Po POSSU. 1 he pastry. For the tablespoonfuls of spoonful of baking pinch of salt, just enough SUff paste. fourth pound of salt, one teaspoonful been cooked tender and pre to the touch. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS IN ONE HAND HE CARRIE 1 BY sibly run away, and so now turned his head t So it was that he didn’t see ssum slyly open his e. Date Pie. Line a pie plate with short crust paste sift one-half a pound of flour into a dish, butter, dripping finely into it, add one powder and then gradually cold water Roll out and line a pie plate with it. Then fill with the fol- lowing: Beat up three eggs with one- sugar, of vanilla ex- tract, and two cupfuls of milk, then add two cupfuls of “dates which have in boiling water d through Bake in a moderate oven until firm FEATURES. THE GUIDE POST By Henry and Tertlus Van Dyke. Abuse of Imagination. “The eye is not satisfied with see- ing.—Ecc. iv. 8. The power of imagination is a great force in the discovery of truth. But, like all qualities of human nature, it must be reasonably employed. Imagination should invade the realm of physical , but it must not be allowed to set itself up on an equal- ity with established facts. Some of the bitterest controversies arise from the failure to observe a simple distinction—we con e the outreaching of imagination with plain facts and quarrel ferociously where we ought to inquire diligently. It is so easy to imagine that we have found what we want or expect to find The man lost in the desert always sees water—just over there. You and I are always finding justi- fication for our prejudices, not from the facts in the case, but from imagi- nation. Onc D ONE THE TAIL. Toul allow yourself to hate a man, and see how speedily you can amass evidence to justify your hate. As we struggled to the foot of the great wood and iron cross that tops the snowy summit of the Gross Glockner ‘in the Tyrolean Alps, I d to our guide with a question: n we see the Adriatic Sea from rub six 5 lard, or tea- a add form a smiled as at a familiar ques- and replied 1, many tourists have seen it— guide Indeed, the eve is not satisfied with seeing. Often insists on seeing what is not visible. 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