Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1924, Page 14

WOMAN’S PAGE Starting the New Year Record BY The coming of a new vear the opening of a new book. volume to add to those already library of the past “hat we closed and laid on the remembrance. We- know that this new book will be of absorhing i It will be fascinating, sing, alluring, full of incidents nd action. We know just how many ages there will be, for each of the 65 days leaf in our autobiog- raphy Strange it ous as ally year b e have as it may seem, and cur these fascinat written b ours well d by us, page by page. Much of what is recorded is legible to our friends and acquaintances, and fairly well understood by our mil and intimates. No quite under- 1s 1d we will not until the pa the final volume closed and th vidence is all in. We can read much that is written in the of others also. We read re- in per faces and in their eyes as well as by their actions. * last Pagcs Offer Chances. pres the nt those pages are important. They opportunities to help or hin- with who: come 1n This ad; note of ful and clear anothe powe out contact interest dominant and true one that rings A Good Fashion. Once upon a time it was the fash- fon to start the first page of a fresh volume with New Year resolutions. It bad idea, this. Just bé- cause w )t always succeed in resolutions perfectly, any more tedly when do things, m from ot dis- make the keeping should we Mistakes a the ref se to make ade repe ng to teter 1 recipe failing t Sewing is A d after one perfectly. ot -aban- boned rely beca do not make our garments or do our dainty needlework or embroidery correctly when we start. % Recipes for Living. it up to each one of us to ur lives as fine and as perfect as lies within our ability? Good res- olutions and worthy decisions’ are like recipes for living or patterns for our guidance. We should be paragons, indeed (and who likes such persons?) if we never made mis- never failed to keep up to th standards we set for ourselves. But this does not prevent the recipes nd the patterns being valuable. ey are like crystallized ideas to the new year more worthwhile book better reading not strange that we Tsn't make takes, should Tastes Change. who house d on his radio and tHe room was oded usic. Such had the a hundred n rhythm roy lives in our fl musie! to the bar, of a it was pierced by stabbed through by sharp sounds that ecstasy or paln—as reted it. Now and then a slithered through the maze of nc ind you thought that perhaps it might have been music if all these other things hadn’t risen to Then it merged into a jangling, smashing cres- ade me turn and scowl Iy to be met with another nd louder wave of noises that could have come only from a skyful of tin and iron pots and nutmes graters and broken crockery. 1 was to protest indignantly when I looked at the boy's face. He sat relaxed in the big chair close by the brown box, his head against the back cushions in an attitude of peace and rest, and the smile on his face was of pure delight. To him the aw- ful din was musi music that touched the savage of him and soothed it to sweet re So [ let him be and turned to again. But between pages kept coming the bra ind that used ur windows and pls the Gold,” and the with it, not even as remembered hoard- ing my pennies secure as many cores possible from the three musicians who made the hideous with their grunts and squawks and oompah-oompahs until sometody would go to a window with best ¢ t and the ou inte weird melody =oul my me and memory to come Silver worl h ng others that came zood as that. 1 ved BEDTIME STORIE Clever Trapper. The trapper knows his wits must mat The wits of those whom he would catch. _Little Joe Otter. The trapper, who had tried to run down Little Joe Otter and his family and kill them with a club, was not one to give up easily. Of course he was disappointed at his failure to get one of those Otter coats. But he W not at all discouraged. As soon as Little Joe Otter and his family had disappeared in the open water at one end of that pond the trapper stopped running He was glad to stop, for he was quite out of breath. hose Otters won't stay in this LR 4 HE COULD SEE THAT THE TRAIL LED STRAIGHT TO THE WATER. pond long,” said he tg himself. “They know that 1 know they are here, 5o they will move on as soon as they think they safely can. I know just where they are bound for. They are bound for the big brook where there is & lot of swift water that doesn't freeze and where they will be sure of good fishing. They will stay there for some time. That will be the place to set some traps. The thing for me to do is to leave them nlone for a while so that they will not be at all suspicious. Then I'll foL mime oz Their fur is in the hest of condition now, and if 1 can Ket two or three of their skins they Wvill pay me several times over for 2l the trouble 1 may be put to to get them.” So the trapper turned back and tramped home. He didn't go back to that pond for two days. When he did go back he found just what he expected to find, and he chuckled when he.found it. It was a trail in the snow leading away from” that pond in the direction of the big brook. He followed it. As he ap- proached the big brook he was care- ful to keep out of sight. -He-could LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. is like) feel a touch another in our elves of our elves | isg It | of exhilaration and ex- citement when we Start a new vear. It is a day thai marks a division of time m_every one's life. It presents wonderful opportunities to do what we decide will promote our happi- ness and pleasure during the coming days. It is gomething to look for- ward to with keen anticipation, with an eyes quick to see possibilities, an ear alert to hear all the good things, | 1 | i | | 1 was looking at the paper on the setting room floor and ma was In the rocking chair darning holes out of stockings, and 1 sed, G, ma, gosh, G roozalem Wats the ixcitement now? ma sed. The paper says rain for tomorrow, 1 sed Jest because the paper says so that dont prove it, at leest It never has vet, and besides I dont see thats eny- thing to get ixcited -about, ma sed. Sippose it does rain, wat of it? she | sed. Well sippose it rains hard as eny- thing, sippose it rains cats and dogs and buckits, then 1 wont haff to go to skool, will 17 I sed, ‘Well for goodness sakes sutch an ideer, of corse you'll haff to go to skool. ma sed. Well G wizz, ma, holey smokes, sip- vosing it comes down all mixed up with grate big hail stones that mite nock your eye out iIf one hit you, I \l\'uuld(-m haff to go then, would I, ma? sed . You haff to go to skool, argewing, ma sed, Ony sippose it rains so hard it causes a big flood, you wouldent malke me go to skeol in a flood, would you, ma? T sed. The subjeck is exhausted, ma sed. Meening she was, and jest then pop called out from the bathroom, Yee £ods, this confounded spikkot wont tern off and theres 2 inches of water on the bathroom floor. O my lands, ma sed. There, now thats wat comes of tawking so muteh of fluods and cioudbrakes and 1 dont know wat all, she sed, and 1 sed, Well G_wizz, gosh, how does it? Dont tawk to me, ma sed and she quick ran out to see how the bath so stop EACH CALENDAR DAY IN THE NEW YEAR IS A FRESH PAGE IN OUR YEAR BOOK. and every nefve delightfully a-tingle to make the most of our opportuni- ties. As we tread the paths before us, our record is indelibly written The fascinating Year Book is ours to make of it what we will. So we welcome the greeting and pass it along to all the friends we meet. Happy New Year to you and yours. and shout: “Get out of that! | hire this block, or what?" I remembered the day when T rose and closed the window so that I should not hear them and lose the memory of the great church organ thundering grand strains in There was no music like | that in the world for me then. I was | sorry for those who could not hear it with me. Ah, well, some day I would build an organ in each neigh- borhood and fill the city with elevat- ing chords! And then Did you came the memory of <tanding in line before the opera house to get a ticket to hear Caruso. the angel singer whose soul was pure musie, the golden music that was scarcely of this earth. That memory will last me as long as I last. Ah, well, I had come a long way; from jew's harp, harmonica, banjo, brass band, piano and quartet, church organ and grand opera, and en- thralled in each one! iastes change. The boy will change, too. The noise that he loves, the color he de- lights in, the joke that tickles him, the girl that pleases him. the story that thrills him will not be the same when he sits like me, grayed and tem- pered by time. If he will be happy all the wa what else is there to worry about? Steadily he will grow Into the man he was intended to be. His tastes will change, but in the| meantime they are his tastes and must be respected. I can sit in an- other room while the jazz band plays and go on with my work Mr. Patri will give personal atten- tion to inquiries from parents or school teachers on the care and de- velopment of children. Write him in care of this paper, inclosing self- addressed stamped envelope for reply. (Copyright, 1924.) NY THOKRNTON W. BURGESS See that the trail led straight to the water. For a long time he remained hidden, patiently watching. At last he saw a brown head out in the water. A moment later one of the oung Otter, with a fish in his mouth limbed out on a big, flat rock and ate the fish. “They are the for there,” chuckled trapper, “and they will stay, there are plenty of fish there. I won't worry them for a while, but I will study their habits and find out where they are in the habit of going and what' their fayvorite places are. They'll be sure to have a slide. That will be one place for a trap. I'll put it right at the foot of the slide. I'll find out where they are In the habit of climbing out on the bank to go up to the top of the slide and T'll put a trap there. Perhaps I can discover the den where they sleep. That will be another place for a trap. 1 suspect that those old Opters (he meant Little Joe and Mrs. Otter) have learned a lot about traps, and it will not be easy to catch them. But I ought to be able to catch those young Otters without much troubl So for a week that trapper spent most of his time watching the place where Little Joe and his family were living, and studying the signs to learn all he could about their habits. But all the time he took the greatest care that they shouldn't know that he was about. He knew that if he should be seen by one of them, Little Joe Otter would at once become sus- picious. When at last he felt that he had learned all he could he took a dozen cruel, steel traps and went over to set them. (Copyright, 1924, by T. W. Burgess.) o Ornamental Workbox. A workbox shaped like a long, deep tray on slender legs and made of wood painted in bright red, yel- low or Chinese blue, with quaint lit- tle designs and figures, is as much an object of decoration as it is ene of service. e Desk Accessory. A round silver box when opened shows a clever arrangement for hold- ing postage stamps. .There is a roll of 500 stamps, and one at a time they may be pulled off, just as one unrolls a piece of ribbon. " Embroidered Stockings. Stockings of chiffon weight in the fashionable shades have a large rose embroidered in front just below. the knee. Others even more striking in appearance have designs of - fish, flowers, trees and conventional pat- terns done in a manner which sug- gests a Chinese or Japanese design. room looked. Which so did 1, it being fearse. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN, Another Problem Solved. One mother says: The draw strings in my children's clothes used to have a very bad habit of slipping out, until I took to fasten ing them in the hem with a few stitches half way from each end. (Copyright, 1924.) COLOR CUT-OUT BEOWULF YELLOW BREECH CLOTH=~ RED BLOTCHES ON SKIN (A Viking Tale). Adapted for boys and girls from the great epic. Adaptation by Taves Max- well. VISITS HEOROT (Drawing: Grendel). The fiend, Grendel, dwelt in a dank marsh and hated all that human men found good, for this Grendel was a son of Satan and vile was his heart and countenance. And King Hroth- gar’s noble thanes feasted on into the night, and, finally, all slept in the feast hall, Heorot. 'Twas then that Grendel crept to this newly built place and entered through the thrice barred and bolted iron doors and looked upon the sleep- ing thanes. With cries most fright- ful to the ear he did seize 30 of them from their fellows, and, dashing out their lives, did carry them back to his dank lair to feast upon. Much was the sorrow and lamenta- tion in the morning when Hrothgar and his nobles woke. For traces of gore and the fiend, Crendel, were all too clearly shown. Then was there weeping in the kingdom of the War- Danes for the departed warriors, and fear for what might in future days be- fall from Grendel. (Copyright, 1924.) HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. Mare’s Nest. This phrase has long been com- monly used to express the idea of pursuing a bubble or a delusion, of putting one's belief and efforts into attaining something which, when one has it, evaporates into noth- ingness. The expression is very old and the reference is to the old-time belief in “mares,” evil spirits or vampires which were supposed to conceal treasure in their nests. Superstitious peasants would go in search of a mare’s nest, but would, of 'course, find nothing. Hence the allusion to finding a mare's nest for something that had been thought to be wonder- ful, but turns out to be imaginary or a hoax. In its derivation this word “mare” is not connécted with the “mare” which is the female horse, the latter going back to the Anglo-Saxon “mearh,” meaning horse, while the mare under discussion Comes from the Anlwa s " meaning an Incubus”or "evil -m" 2 T | Old Ties— and New |DorothyDix Says Marriage Ties Come First— Alwoys No Matter How Much You Want to Help Your Family After Marriage, It Is Unfair to Make Husband or Wife Pay for Generosity. HERE is nothing more difficult for a man and woman to do than to draw a just line between thelr duty to their families, and to their husbands and wives. people. Take the case of a man who has been the mainstay of his own Perhaps his father died when he was a small boy. Perhaps the father is just one of the weak, shiftless sort who can never make a living. At any rate, the burden of the family fell on the man's shoulders while he was still a mero lad, and he has taken care of his parents and educated his brothers and sisters. He has looked out for all the others so long that they have ceased to notice that he does it, and have come to feel that it is his business in life to support them, They are so accustomed to dipping into his pocketbook that they have forgotten that it is not their own. And, somehow, they have established such a clalm upon tile man that he himself has come to feel that he is responsible for them, and must grant all thefr demands upon him. Then suddenly the man meets a girl with whom he falls in love. He gets married, and then he finds that the only way he can continue to play the role of Beneficent Providence to his family is by sacrificing his wife to them. two things. If he supplles mother with a flivver, wife must walk. boys.in college, wife must live in a cheap. the pretty bungalow upon which her heart is set. For it Is a certalnty that you cannot spend the same dollar for 1f he keeps the rented house, instead of buying 1f he continues the girls’ allowances so that they will not have to go to work, the wife must do all her cooking and washing and ironing and baby-tending to pay the bills. What shall the man do in such circumstances? Go on giving his money to his family, and force his wife to do without the things that she might have? Deny his children the advantages he might give them if his income went only to the upkeep of his own home? Or shall he realize that his own household has the first claim upon him, and withdraw his support from his parasitic family and leave it to shift for itself? 1TH a woman family affe and because family at a s Yet the money that earns by toil and sweat tie question Is even tion is generally stron needs tug more at a woman's heartstrings she gives to her family and she robs him when more difficult of de er in a woman tha sion. because it is in a man, n they do money that her husband she helps them. Take the cese of & woman who ix married to a man who loves her, who 18 generous to he- about anything he can help. and who cannot endure to see her troubled and worried The husband is hard-working and thrif.y, a man who would pile up a tidy little fortune that would make him comfortable and carefres in his old age if he could invest his saving: But there are no savings because his wife spends it all on her family. Father is always in debt and borrowing money that he never pays back. Mother is forever having to have a new Winter suit or a new set of teeth. A wild young brother gets into trouble and has to be pald out. have a commercial course to enable her to make a llving. A trousseau for another. operation for this one. things that call for money. Sally has to There's an Baby clothes. A thousand Many a man spends the balance of his life after he marries toiling to support his wife's family, just as many & woman is sold into slavery to her husband's people on her wedding day. And it fsn't falr. It isn't right. It isn't glving the poor vietim a square deal I" luxury when my family is beside the question for a man to say needs so many “How can I support my wife in things? When Johnny needs to have his teeth straightened, and Susie’s voice needs training, and Tom Is worried to death over business and needs some help so badly”" Or for a woman to sa want? How can I buy How can I live in plenty and see my family a new dress for myself, when, if Lilly had son clothes, she could make a good match? pretty How can I put money In the savings bank when Tom needs to have his tonslls taken out, and a Summer at the seashore would restore Jenny It is also beside the question sacrifice themselv, ne family to health?" that a altar. man and woman are willing to They have no right to offer up also their husbands and wives who have no desire whatever to be sacrificial goats for their in-laws, and who bleat most earnestly against it When people marry they binding than the old ones. take upon themselves that take precedence over the old ones. new responsibilities They other duty in the world, and their first obligation is to this new allegiance A man's wife and children should come before all else to him He should look out for their welfare first, just as a woman's duty to her husband and her new home comes before all else And no man has a right to deny his wife the things thateare rightfully hers for the s keep her husband pocr ke of giving to his famil by making him support her t as no woman has a family. right to The very thing that it may be generous and unselfish for a man and woman to do before marriage often becomes, after marriage, a cruel and bitter injustice to those who have a paramount claim upon them (Copyright, BEAUTY CHATS Finger Nails. If you take very good care of your nails you can neglect them for a week or so before they show it. But if you take only the casual, everyday care of them that most people do, 36 hours is enough to make them look badly. In that short time stains collect and the fine skin around all the edges grows unevenly over the nail itself. The cheerful thing, however, is that in 36 minutes you can have them looking perfect once more. Only nails neglected for years take any time to make prett The following it a fairly drastic nail treatment, to be used only when you have neglected your hands and want to make them attractive in a short time. Have your druggist make vou up a very weak solution of oxalic acid Tell him it's to bleach stains from the skin, so he won't make it too strong. First file your nails with a long file, pointing them carefully and keeping the file bent slightly under the nail $o the rough part left from the filing will be on top. Cover the end of an orange-wood stick with a bit of cotton soaked in the acid and rub well around the cuticle DOROTHY DIX. 1924 BY EDNA KENT FORBES. and under especially in stains collect Take vour cuticle knife or the end of the poinied nail file, scrape off the softened, dead cuticle and clean under the nail. Wash the acid off at once with warm water, soap and a smail nail brush Smooth the nails with emery board and clip off any rough bits of cuticle. Rub in cold cream, petroleum jelly or any nail cream you fancy so long as it is thickly oily Push back the skin as you do s Wipe polish.* hands. each nail, working- the corners where the off the surplus You'll not cream and recognize your Inquisitive Constant shaving thickens the beard. Tweezing does not kill the hair, and it will continus to grow from the follicle. Take a daily full hot bath to clear the skin all over and thus relieve the pores of the complexion. You will find this method the best for ridding yourself of blackheads and pimples. Use witch hazel after shaving and when- ever you bathe the face with hot or very warm water always rinse in water that is very cold to close the pores and stimulate a healthy cir: culation under the skin. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1924.) 27 |28 %fi e dRE ACROSS. 1. Obstruction. 9. Piece of grooved metal. 10. University degree (abbr.). 11. Deface. 12. Theological degree (abbr.). 13. Baby's bed. 15. Father. 16. Loose slipper. 18. Part of the face. 20. Uncommon. 22. Soft mineral used in soap. 23. Biblical character (in Book of Ruth). 24. Rents. 27. Exclamation. 29. Tumult. 30. Ratio of circumference to diameter, 31. At the present time. 33. Preposition. 34, Assiap. . o 35. Monuments, 1. A written accusation. 2. Mire. 3. A liquid measure (abbr.). 4. Mend a rent. 5. In the same place (abbr.). 6. Printer's measure. 7. Light sleep. 8. Plane flgure (plural). 13. Malignant growth. 14. Variety of small poodle. 16. Timber.at the bottom of a door. 17. States of Siam and Indo-China. 19. Exclamation, 21. The sun god. 25. Small islands. 26. Finely divided carbon. with four sides ~{28. Cry of x night bird. 30. Kind of pastry. 32. Boy's name (abbr.). 34. Indefinite article, form new ties that are more | They assume duties that are paramount to every What Today Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Capricorn. During the forenoon the moon is parallel to Uranus, which is a vibra- tion day afternoon. With the majority of people it is a disturbing influence, and only those who possess great will power and self-restraint, enabling them to maintain polise and equilib- rium In the face of mixed emotions, can derive from the conditions that prevail the benefits and advantages of such aspects. One and all, how- ever, should combat the tendency to magnify difficulties and to act or speak on impulse. The rest of the day is, astrologically speaking, un® important, and the aspects are nega- tive, counsel ention from any- thing new or radical nature and advising the performance of duties in a customary and conservative manner. A child born today will be blessed with a good constitution and will outlive all the ever-present dangers of infancy, provided it be carefully nurtured and given wholesome envi- ronment. In disposition it will be studious, intellectual, very well in- formed, & good reasoner and a lucld talker., It will be scrupulously hon- est, very faithful to duty and will never say anvthing that it does not mean. It should not marry young, as it will judge people by different standards as it grows older, and this might cause unhappiness. If today is your birthday, you are musical and artistic, as well as a great reader. You are thorough, practical and very observing You have man friends and are bright, witty and entertaining. In affairs of the heart you are impulsive and emo- tional. You need much love and de- votion to make you happy and con- tented. Your material success will not be achieved along commercial lines your heart and soul can never be i drudgery. TFor the same reason household duties will never appeal to owing to their monotony. You ve a distinctly artistic tempera- ment, and although practicability and common - sense form a considerable part of your mental make-up, you can never exercise these qualities at the expense of what you deem to be your mission in life. You will not sacrifice comfort ease in order to obtain a business advantage, and are rather selfish and thoughtless in your demands on others who can contribute to your physical needs and requirements. Well known persons born on this date are: Joseph G. Swift, soldier; Pliny Earle, physician: Alexander Winchell, scientist; John F eney, composer; Gen. Tasker Blis oS- A (Copyright, 1924.) Junior Cross Word How to Solve Puzsle. Start by filling in words you know. {One letter to each white square. Words start in numbered squares go- ing either across (horizontal) or up and down (vertical). Below are the keys to the missing words. Remem- ber letters when placed in the squares should spell-a word up and down or across. (Horizontal.) Plank or piece of timber. 4. Opposite of right (an injustice). 5. What mother spreads over the mattress to sleep on. (Vertical,) 1. What baby does when spanks. 2. Opposite of below. 3. In mathematics a name for any of the first 10 numbers. (Answer will follow in tomorrow's paper.) mother Fruit Cake by Measure. Take 2 cupfuls of butter, 3 cup- fuls of brown sugar, 6 eggs, the whites and yolks beaten separately; 1 pound each of raisins and currants, 34 pound each of almonds and dates, 1§ cupful of molasses nd 3 cupful of sour milk. Stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add % grated nu! meg, 1 tablespoonful of cinnamon, 1 teaspoonful of cloves and the mo- lasses and sour milk. Stir all well. Add the beaten yolks of the eggs, 3 cupfuls of sifted flour and the beaten whites of the eggs. Dissolve 1 teaspoonful of soda and stir in thoroughly. Mix the fruit and stir into it 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of flour, then stir into the cake. Wrap in greased paper, and it will keep for a long time. Shoes of Blond Satin. Particularly lovely in color and simple in style are the new shoes of blond satin, intended for wear with afternoon or dinner dresses. ‘s PIAIRFAE L] (€ Ui very similar to that of yester- | | and | as | FEATURES Fashion Gives Approval to Ombre BY MARY Every season_ fashion imports or coins certain words that seem to be required by the new fashions. In the majority of cases these words are of French origin. Some lately have been Russian, China and Japan and other Oriental countries have added a few words to fashion's vocabulary re- cently. It would be interesting some time to go through a list of all the words that have been assumed by fashion within the past few years and CHIFFON SHADING PINK FROCK FROM FOR EVENING, FUCHSIA TO see where they came from. Some rainy day I think I shall do it. It would be almost as interesting as a cross-word puzzle. “Ombre” and “degrade” French words that are part common parlance of folk in women's clothes. are of two the Dressmakers My Neighbor Says: When making oyster stew first boil oyrsters one-half hour in salt water. When the oysters be plump and the thin edges begin to curl, you will know they are sufficiently cooked. That is the time to strain the hot oyster liquor into the hot cream sauwee and blend fit, stir- ring slowly. ometimes itl-fitting shoes will cause nerve disturbances which result in neur a. The point however, that almost eveery one who suffers from neuralgia of the head and face is run down. The blood is poor. The tissues are undernourished. The body is starved, in other words. The thing to do is to build up the general health, make the sufferer drink a lot of milk, eat fresh eggs and vege- tables and sufficient meat to produce the needed strength Then the pain will disappear. Applications of heat are always more soothing than cold for im- mediate relief of neuralgic pain. Keep your refrigerator free from unpleasant odors, such as those given off by onions, fish and cheese. Remember that milk absorbs unpleasant odors very quickly and becomes taint- ed. So does butter. Alwa keep milk and butter in the coldest part of your ice box or cellar and you will have no dif- ficulty. A steak intended for drilling, if suspected of being tough, should be well rubbed with olive oil an hour or so before using. Those who do not like oil may use melted butter; but oil is much more effective. To prevent the clamps of the food chopper working loose, place a piece of sandpaper, rough side up, around each clamp and screw the food chop- per up tight. Abe Martin Says: »me “I reckon I ought t’ be mighty glad I don’t look like a guinea pig,” said Farmer Newt Stiff, t'day, while kind neighbors an’ friends wuz pickin’ th’ shot out of him, Chicago is said t’ have th’ best policemen money kin buy, (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) interested | MARSHALL, who don't know the principal parts of a single French verb and who don't know “chat” from “chien,” know what an “ombre effect” is, and they usu- ally know what “degrade” silk fs. The two words seemingly have to be translated by our word “shaded.” though “degrade” carries more the sense of “graded.” At all events “ombre effects” and “degrade effects” range from tho dark to the light tints and shades of a certain hue. With the ombre effect the shading is very gradual, so that the color goes from a pale lavender, let us say, to a deep violet without any sudden break in the color scale. With degrade effects at least as the word Is usually used a number of different definite shade or tints of the same hue are used- pale lavender, lavender, violet, deey violet and purple. Interestingly enough, some of the ombre effects used today are not merely shading from a lighter to a darker tint or shade, but in the shad- ing an entirely new hue may be in- troduced. Thus we have ostrich or chiffon shading from canary yellow to fuchsia. At a smart Winter wedding the six bridesmalds wore frocks of chiffon of that description. Nature is, of course, a past mistress of the art of ombre coloring, as vo may see for yourself in any ros garden. Milliners are reproducing these charmingly shaded blossoms for use on new hats for later Winter and Spring. The hat ftself, of felt crepe, is likewlse often shaded. (Copyright, 1924.) Bistory of Bour Name. BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN, MacARTHUR. VARIATIONS — Arthur, MacArtair, MacArter. RACIAL ORIGIN—Scottish, SOURCE—A given name. MacCarter, Though in later history the Mac- Arthurs became a separate and distinct clan, and a comparatively small one. they were more anciently the senior branch of the powerful and numerous Campbells, The origin of the name MacArthur is quite obvious. It is merely the prefixing of the Gaelic “mac” signifying “descend ants of” or “followers of,” to the given name of Arthur. There Is a curfous legend, however concerning the origin of the name, and | though there is no documentary ey dence today to prove conclusively the truth of it, yet it sounds plausible. The tradition of the Clan MacArth s that it was founded by no less a per | son that “Smervie Mor,” the son of the | famous King Arthur of British legend ! who ruled the Britons in the period he tween the evacuation of England by the Romans and the coming of the Angles and the Saxons. The same traditic exists among the Campbells, who their badge “Lus mhic righ Bhreatain (“plant of the son of the King of Br | atn”; that is, wild thyme) Tt is not impossible that | Campbell should have been driven nto Scotland by the advance | Saxons. There are other instances | the highlands, notably that of the Ga | braiths | _ Thus, if v MacCarter, or | or just plain | is Highland the Cla > iIs MacArthur. « MacArtair, or MacAr: rthur, and your ances cottish, there is just a t chance that you are descended from | famous K Artiur of pre-Saxon « or some of his followers | (Copyright.) - HOME:NOTES There is something luxurious about a chaise | cannot help feeling pams langorous when reclining along its cushioned length often deny ourselves this cause of limited sy The best way wonderfu (e an ea be red at vet boon chieve a chais longue in the small bedroom is to buy it in two pieces—a small boudoir chair and a bench that can be used at the dressing table when necessary The chair sketched is a common type which can be purchased in the inexpensive coverings for about $2. The bench was pa of bedroom suite, and fortunately of the same height as the chair seat. The slip covers for both were made of black grounded glazed chintz with piquar pink rosebuds bursting through (Copyright.) THE GUIDE POS’ By Henry and Tertius Van Dyke. Idlers and Loafers. Cume ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a while.—Mark vi.31 We feel instinctively that there is an essential difference between the word “4dler” and the word “loafer.” The first describes one who for the moment is not engaged in work. The second describes one who makes it a point never to do any work if he can possibly get out of it. To be idie sometimes is the part of wisdom. It is the needful rest and relaxation which Christ invited his disciples to share with Him when they were over- strained and worn out with labor. The best way to enjoy it is to get away from the crowd into some quiet place where the heart can be still with God in the open air. It is most sweet when it is shared by true friends. Such idleness may be very fruitful. It reaps The harvest of a quicr eve That broods and sleeps on his own heart. But the loafer Is & person-unprofitablé to himself as well as to others, He is a parasite, a thief of time, a cumberer of the ground. If he will not work, neither let him eat. Then he will soon pass away—unless he happens to inherit a fortune, (Copyright, 1924.) For Little Boy or @irl. Enormous rubber bails in different sizes are of a dull gray color and jare gayly painted in_fut signs in brilliant reds, and purples. The .anteed not to come