Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1925, Page 79

SPRING COAT OF BEIGE SERGE, WITH BANDS EMBROIDERED IN BRIGHT COLORS FORMING COLLAR AND CUFFS. THE COL- LAR TIES AT THE FRONT. BY MARY MARSHALL. HE thrifty young Parisian ma- tron buys two or three yards of material and makes frocks for her three children. If you do your own sewing, dressing your children costs very little nowa- days, she says. For the less material You use the smarter they look. But one must be clever to do that sort of thing. For many years the tendency of French fashions has been to use less and less material in children's frocks, with the result that skirts on chil- dren’s frocks have always been a lit- tle shorter there than here. By the time we have shortened ours to match theirs they have shortened theirs a trifle more. Bare legs seem as ap- propriate in Paris in Winter as in Summer, and so do bare arms, for the short-sleeved or sleeveless frock is as usual in cold weather as in the warmer months. It you are solicitous now to know the fashions that will prevail this Spring for the little girl of 2 or 3 or 4 you may be interested to know that frooks are so short that it really seems as if skirts had Eone out entirely and as if little girls wore only little loose blouses extending about to the hips. If bloomers to matech o with these short little frocks they, too, must be short—very short. Don't for worlds think of letting them come below the knees or even to the knees. They must terminate far enough above to show the curve of the little leg above the knee. Quite frequently the frocks are made without bloomers to match, and then they are worn over dainty little Things : Bandits of the “There’s nothing in the world a fish- erman hates worse than a dogfish,” declared old Cap'n White, Ted's grand- father, whose tales of his fishing davs Ted never tired of listening to. “Why, fishermen just naturally hate dogfish’ so much that even if they could get paid for catching dogfish they'd rather cut off their talls and throw them overboard than take them i n their boats with other fish. ‘Ever since fishing vessels went sail- % out from seaports to the fishing banks their worst enemy has been the dogfish. Great schools of them sweep up and down the New England coast in June, Ju and August, forc- ing many fishermen to give up trawl The Fox Hunters. A Story That's Queer in More Ways Than One. Burt was working for the Summer on his uncle's farm. His uncle didn't think much of Burt, because he was “only a city boy,” so_when Burt said that he'd like to learn to ride, all his uncle would give him was an old plow-horse he had recently got on a trade and which dldn't seem to be much good for anything. He told Edrt he could use the horse all Sum- mer. One day Burt was plodding down a‘country road on his horse when he heard a great commotion in the dis- tance. Not far down, at a cross road, he saw a fox, iis tall waving, dash stralght down the road. Then in & short while there came a pack of dogs in full cry, followed by some ladies and gentlemen on horseback. Burt had never seen a foxhunt be- fore, but he had heard his uncle say that some of the richer folks in the neighborhood had a fox-hunting club. Then he noticed that his old horse was acting queerly. He was quiver- ing nervously. Suddenly he gave & sort of snort, laid back his ears and set off at a run. It was all Burt could do to hang on. They caught up with the last of the fox hunters and passed them. The fox had turned into a field and the horses jumped the fence, Burt's horse among them. They tore along & wooded path. They came to a pond and Burt held his breath, but the ice held and soon they were on the other side, Burt's old hunter, who had felt the call of the hunt, up with the best of them. Just when Burt thought he couldn’t hold on a minute longer the party slowed up, then stopped. The fox was caught. The old horse’s head droopsd. He stood there, quivering and rathetic the old plow-horse once moré, Phew!” gasped Burt. “My uncle said he was giving me ‘an easy old nag’ I wonder whether the joe's on him or on me. Did you notice anything queer about tie above story when you rwad it through? If you didn’t, read it through again and see if you don't find a statement that's out of place. Try it on one of your friends and see 1 he “calls you on it” when you're telling it. lace-trimmed drawers and wee lin- gerle underslips or petticoats. Now, as for months past, the very littls girl's frock is made to hang loose from the shoulder. It is so very short that anything like yoke or belt would be out of place. However, some exX- perts on this matter of dressing very little girls say that there is a tend- ency back to yokes and belt lines, and that even very little girls may be wearing ribbon sashes before the year is out. Something that strikes the Amer- ican in Paris, who is Interested in matters of dress, is that children of all ages are dressed in bright, strik- ing colors. You see four or five little gIrls out together in the park—there will be a charming flash of rose, of pink, of scarlet and of green. In our own shops you may find frocks for little folks that gladden the eye, and fill the childless woman with a desire to drive straight to the nearest orphan asylum and adopt no less than four of the inmates. The woman with one or two or thres or so voungsters of her own sighs to think that there is so little in the program of the normal American child of today for party frills and tfurbelows. * k% x ICTORIAL frocks still make strong appeal. That is frocks that are decorated with charming pictures of Ducky Daddles, Gray Goose, Piggy Wiggy, Dog Tray and other fabu- lous animals of the nursery. A tiny short-sleeved frock of white cotton voile is hard to resist when you see the row of pattering ducks around the hem. Which Are of Interest to Younger Fishing Banks. and gill net fishing because of the at- tacks of these hungry dogfish, the bandits of the seas. It's been figured out that one dogfish, full grown, de- stroys about one to five pounds of valuable fish every day. In addition, they ruin gear and bait. Last Sum- mer one Malne fisherman hauled a trawl baited with 300 hooks, and on nearly every one he found nothing but a cod or haddock head. The dog- fish had gobbled up their entire bod- ies. No wonder the fishermen can't say a good word for the dogfish!” “What does a dogfish look like?” asked Ted. “He's as mean looking as he acts,” declared the captain. “He has a slimy brown back and is a dirty white un- derneath. His eyes are small and wicked, sort of like a weasel's. Then he has dangerous, spiny fins, which cut just like a knife. The dogfish ‘pups’ are about six inches long when they're born, and they're scrappers from the very start.” “Aren’t dogfish good to eat?” Ted wanted to know. “Not very. The flesh becomes soft and reeks with ofl very soon after the fish are taken from the water. People have tried to can them, but haven't had much luck at it. If the dogfish is fixed like drled, salt codfish it's pretty falr food. However, its bad name and ugly looks work against it. so it isn't very likely that it will ever become very popular as a food fish. “In some foreign countries a lot of dogfish is sold for food. Maybe that's partly because they have a more pleas- ant name for it. “Dogfish make very good fertilizer, and valuable oil can be extracted from them, so while it may not pay to catch them for food, they can be made to pay in other ways. How- ever, nothing much has been done about it because it's so hard to get fishermen to catch them, for the rea- son T've told you.” “Being such bad actors keeps the dogfish from being caught like the other fish,” grinned Ted. “Mavbe they've found it pays.” ‘A lot of them get caught any- way,” returned his _grandfather. “They get the bait the fishermen cast for other fish. Of course, this makes the fishermen so mad that they kil the dogfish and throw them back in the water, so they're not so very well off, after all.” Answer to Yeslerday’s Puzzle. [EMMOIA! [PlaJllY[oG 11} iola]l JRIoIT]S] AISITIENIOTIA] My Neighbor Says: Hang woolens out on the line dripping wet, without wringing them at all. If dried in this way they will not shrink. To remove the odor of smoke put a basin of water in the room, leave overnight and keep a win- dow slightly open. The alr will be quite sweet by morning. Be sure the water is at bolling point before putting in vegeta- bles. It it is cold or lukewarm the freshnees and flavor will soak out into the water. Place the utensil they are to be cooked in over the hottest part of the stove, 0 that it will boil as quickly as possible, and be careful that the bolling does not cease until the contents are thoroughly cooked and ready to be served. When mixing mustard always use milk instead of water. The mustard will not dry up %o quickly. To spread butter easily on the thinnest bread in the coldest weather have & cup of boiling water handy, into which &ip the point of the knife cach time be- fore cutting & piece from the but- ter. This renders it just right for spreading evenly. New bread or cakes can be cut without jagged edges if the blade of the knife be heated for & second in a clear fire. AT RIGHT, BLUE GEORGETTE PARTY FROCK, WIT H ROSE-COLORED MARABOU BANDS OVER SHOUL- DER, HEM AND CHOU AT SIDE. IN CENTER, PLEATED MAUVE CREPE DE CHINE WITH LACE YOKE; AND AT RIGHT, BROWN CREPE DE CHINE, WITH CREAM LINEN BLOUSE. Sometimes the pocket only carries the pictorial motif. A short frock of blue-and-white-striped challls has collar and cuffs of white, a blue tie with long ends at the front, and a pocket at the right side that displays a tempting little figure embroldered in wool. Quaint figured materials of various sorts lend themselves to the making PUZZLE NO. 1. 1. A letter of the alphabet. . Mineral spring. Pertaining _to the doctrine Thomas Erastus, . Open (poet). . Tract of waste land. . Devoured. . The sun god. , . Glant King of Bashan. . Boy's nickname. . Finish. . A Western State. . Three thousand (Roman). . Instruments for moving boats. . A flat surface. . Travel. . Dry up. . Possesses. Girdle. Twenty-four hours. Mystic Hindoo ejaculation. Toward the top. Company (abbr.). Cry of a sheep. . In & row. . Japanese general of the Russo- Japanese War. . Gift. A worthless leaving. . Part of the foot. of small Down. . Sea; used in Dutch geographic names. Comparative suffix. An obstruction. l. Title of address. 6. A collection of facts. 8. A black substance, 5. Roman garment. 10. Native mineral rock. 11. A constantly passing scene. 14, The American larch. 15. A shade tree. 20. A raised platform. 21. Employs. 22, A mixture. 23. A soft drink 25. Road (abbr.). 27. Note of the diatonic scale. 30. Clumsy, awkward, rustic. 32. A gentie breese. 5 A particular place or loumy. Pronoun. Contusion. Industrious insect. Humor. A unit. Either; else. Beautiful bird of Hawaii. —_— Listening to Worms. BY connecting an ordinary wire- less headphone and .an unusually strong microphone to ah apple, & South American scientist has been able to detect the sounds worms made in gnawing at the fruit and in biting the leaves and twigs, says Popular Mechanics. Another experi- ment enabled him to detect the presence of weevils in corn in the same way. It is expected that this ‘will be the basis of a practical means of determining the condition of various crops, 35. 40. 43, ~ of children's frocks. Cretonne and hand-blocked prints make tempting beach frocks, with wide-brimmed hats to match. You can make an entire set with tiny bloomers to match.from . Fiend. Used as an antitoxin. One that pouts. State in Mexico. . Auditory organ. . Three times three. . Confusion. Vehicle on runners. Topographical engineers (abbr.). Baking place. Nor: Tall nn ses. A notable performance. A system of religious observances, Compare (abbr. of Latin “con- fer”). A dagger thrust. Printer's measures. Vehiocles. Measure of length. A luminous circle. A Western State. . Burn slightly. 39, Flaunted. Down. 1. Pigeons. *2. Hops (cockney). 3. Midday. 4. Withered, 6. A notable period. 6 Tndividint ot undeveloped intel- “legt. $. A single thing. 9. Characteristic style. 12. An alarming sound (poetic). 13. Carousals, ABOVE, THE BIG GIRL IS IN WHITE TIE AND BELT. THE LITTLE ONI PINK. THE HAT MATCHES, ; IN YELLOW CRETONNE SMOCK PRINTED IN GREE? AND THE BLOOMERS ARE OF YELLOW. . WITH APPLE GREEN AND as little as you'd need to recover a cushion! The hat plays an important part in the wardrobe of the little girl of today—important not because it need be expensive or ornate, but because In this day of the ensemble idea there must be a hat to go with every frock or wrap. At Southern resorts, where sun- worshiping americans have gone with their children to pass the resi- due, of the Winter, these little girls and boys are setting the Spring and Summer fashions for their neighbors who have remained at home and are still bundled up in galters and leg- gings, mittens and mufflers. There you may see charming lttle poke bonnets made to match gaily printed cretonne frocks for the beach. There are muslin beach hats, too, made like the old-time sunbonnet, that are becoming and practical Every little girl's Spring wardrobe must include a Spring coat, and this, like the frocks, is made very short for the very young girl. Here the fashion for so-called natural tones flll IIIH L Ill Operate a fiying machine. Pertaining to the teeth. Regulated course of eating. Poems. . Theological degree (abbr.). . Associated or connected with. . Grants. Attention. . Section of railroad track where rails diverge. . Lose blood. The center. . Minute crystals of ice. . Tooth projecting from a wheel. A collection of facts. e SRR G M Tides Foretell Quakes. WITH the discovery that the tides aré definitely affected by earth- quakes, says Popular Mechanics, sclentists declare that close study of. abnormal rises and falls may enable them to predict the occurrence of _|tremora in time to warn -people to seek safety before disaster overtakes them. Observers at a weather bureau near TMokio tested the theory, when it was noticed -that the tide had beew rising the day of 4 quake, when it had passed the danfer point. The morning after the water had receded four feet below. the tformer mark. Thres months before the great Jap- anese earthquake disaster of Sep- tember 1, 1923, it was later recalled, the tide had also risen to the danger will be seen to be as in adult wardrobes. Beige serge is used for several charming children's coats, and is frequently combined with trimming bands of bright color. e REPE DE CHINE is used for mak- ing of frocks for little girls and suits for little bovs. It doesn't seem quite the thing for a suit for a little boy of 4 or 5, does it? Yet expe- rience has proved that it is a good selection. It is thin enough to be deliciously cool in warm weather: it comes up very well after innumerable washings, and it has the advantage that all silks seem to have over co tons and linens of “staying clea quite a time. Even little boy re put into suits consisting of trousers| and coats. One charming suit is of brown crepe de chine for the trous- ers and little short jacket, with cream linen for the blouse, which has ruf- | fled collar and cuffs. Pleated crepe de chine frocks for little girls are very attractive and have the advantage over those of influential as| mull, batiste or other cotton frocks of needing less frequent laundering For the girl who is no longer con- sidered very little the suspender skirt which has recently been brought into the limelight even for women is sure- Iy a blessing. It makes the separate washable walst or blouse a possibil- ity even on an awkward girl of 10 or 12. For practical purposes nothing could be a better number in the girl's Spring_wardrobe than a suspender skirt of blue serge with two or three white blouses with it. Good quality blue serge, you know, comes up smiling after careful laundering and this suspender skirt may be cleaned by the family laundress without the expense of having to be sent to the dry cleaner’s. The jumper costume is one of the adult fashions that have been taken over into the realm of juvenile fash- ions. Rather scant pleated skirts with close-fitting jumpers, worn with detachable white collars and cuffs, make attractive frocks for Spring. (Copyright.) to go eas Readers New Ball Game Furnishes Fun. I haven't a doubt that every boy who reads this page and is physical- ly able has played regular outdoor | base ball. Naturally enough, you usu- ally play it with a hard, round ball 5 ounces heavy and 9 inches in cir- | cumference. You also use a bat made of wood and various sorts of gloves. None of these facts is at all surpris- | ing. But, have vou ever played base ba with a basket ball or a volley Well, I'm here to state that it's game, about the size of an indoor base ball fleld will do first rate. (This makes a peach of a game to play in a gym- nasium, as well as outdoors.) Of course, a couple of the rules have to be fixed up a little. In the first place, no gloves aro allowed— they wouldn't do any good anyhow. Furthermore, you don’t use a bat that would wreck the basket ball if you hit hard enough, and the bat is also likely to bounce back and knock you on the head if the ball is blown up tight. Instead of a bat you use your arm and fist. The ball may be pitched with one or two hands, and the run- ner is out If a fielder gets his batted ball and hits the runner with it, as well as making the put-out in the ba some Use a reduced sized field—one | | | | | | usual way. Get yoyr gang togethcr and try this game. Write me what you think about it, care this paper. CAP'N ZYB. The Boomerang. “Peter, show coustn Alfred where his room is. And be sure to waken him so he can meet his sister It's the 8 o'clock train.” “All right, mother,” answered Peter, as he followed Alfred, carrying part of his cousin’s baggage. Peter's younger brother, Earl, trailed along Dbehind them. The house was crowded to the at- tic, for the Caine family reunion was being held in Warnerville, and many relatives were coming from other States. Warnerville was the original home of the Calne clan, and many of them would be there who had not seen the place since boyhood, as well as younger members who had never been there at all. Among the latter was Alfred. He and his father and mother had come from the South to ‘Warnerville, and Alfred's sister was to arrive from a boarding school in the East. When Alfred had been taken into his. room, Péter:and Earl met in the hall outside, and a long conversation, with much glggling, took place. Their mother Heard them and, knowing their habit of playing practical jokes, was a little worried. However, -they. sqon. went totheir voom down the Nall, and their mother went up to her room on the third floor. Alfred was awakened by the alarm clock which. the boys had set for him. “Sewen g'clock.” he said, look- ing-at the ciock. FII just have time to dress and make the train. 1 sup- pose ‘we're to have breakfast after I see sister.. My, but I'm tired. Feel llke I hadn’t slept at atl.” He stretch- ed sleeplly.” “It's awful-dark.. Won- ‘der if “that alarm clock could be wrong, or something.” ur “Séven o'clock!” said Earl. Wanted to be sure you were up. Everybody sleeps later here, so they'll be just ready for breakfast when you get back from the train.” Then, while Alfred was busily dressing, they gave him directions as to how to get there. “Gee, it's awful cold and dark up North here in the mornings,” shiv- ered Alfred, as he finished dressing. “Especlally at 5 o'clock in the morning,” sald a voice from the door- way, and Peter and Earl turned to see their mother standing there. She too, sleeping lightly, had he; alarm. She turned to Alfred. hop back to bed,” she smiled. “This is an old trick the boys are working. They’'d have had you going down to the station two hours early. Since they seem so fond of getting up, though, I'm going to let them stay up They can get dressed right now and shovel the snow off the walk.” S Finding New Power. LTHOUGH thelr progress is slow and unspectacular, scientists are making dogsed attempts to discover & way to make artificial fuels which will replace the diminishing supplies] of coal and oil. The process they seak to perform in thelr laboratories according to Popular Mechanics, the marvelous one that nature uses every day in storing up energy in leaves and plants by converting waste material_into wood, etc., under the action of sunlight. ~ Solution of the riddle i3 being sought in California by Dr. Herman A. Spochr and a staff of rescarch workers. A year's coil- sumption of coal at the present time represents the accumulation of 400 Just then Peter and Earl came In.' years, he says.