Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1925, Page 25

FEATURES Length of Skirt Is Moot Question BY MARY MARSHALL. Some women seem to feel that there is alwa: a definite and irrefutable “correct length for skirts. The country woman writes to the fashion editor and asks her to give her in exact number of inches and fractions thereof the distance from the ground that her skirt should hang. She adds ONE OF THE EXTRE! Y SHORT OCKS, SHORT OUGH TO SHOW THE BANDS OF BUTTER- FLIES EMBROIDERED ON THE STOCKINGS JUST BELOW THE KNEES. THE FROCK IS OF BEIGE GEORGETTE WITH CREAM LACE JABOT. that she is five feet five and a quarter inches tall, if that makes any differ- ence. The suburban woman stops in at the office of a well known fashion maga- zine and asks to see one of the edi- tors. She asks this young woman ex actly the “correct length” for the skirts of an 1S-year-old girl. She wants her Mary Jane to be in fash- ion. Such cutand-dried rulings would be convenient. But who in the world shall be elected to make the deci- sions for us? The dressmakers, the tailors, the manufactyrers of women's clothes, women on the stage and in the films, the smartest women or the BEDTIME STORIES Holes in the Lawn. Hold judsment till you know you know The reason that & hing s 0. " L Mrs. Skunk was most polite during her call on Mrs. Brown in the latter’s kitchen. When at last she walked out she left a hostess with most mixed feelings. Mrs. Brown was tremendous- ly relleved. You would have known that could you have heard her sigh as Mrs. Skunk's big plumy tail disap- peared outside. At the same time she was greatly pleased at what had hap- pened, Mrs. Skunk had proved herself a real lady and Mrs. Brown recog- nized the fact 'Well, I mever!” she exclaimed. “That Skunk made herself at home here for all the world as if she “CONFOUND THO: EXCLAIMED FARMER JEFULLY. thought I was glad to this mu she well-mannered.” “Haven't T told you over and over again that if you treat a Skunk right the Skunk will treat you right?” asked Farmer Brown's Boy. “Jimmy Skunk and I are friends, and now I guess you and Mrs. Jimmy are friends.” She is living under the hen house and I have an idea you'll see her often.” Tarmer Brown's Boy was right. Mrs. Skunk formed the habit of mak- ing a morning call at the kitchen door every day, and though never again did she find the kitchen door left open she always found a good breakfast awaiting her in a_dish_beside the doorstep, and often Mrs. Brown stood and talked to her while she ate. Now in front of Farmer Brown's house was a lawn in which he took much pride. He kept the grass close- ly cut through the Summer so that it was smooth and velvety. One morn. ing he noticed some little mounds of earth scattered over it. With a frown on his face he went to.look at them. Each little mound of earth was from a small hole three or four inches deep. Some one had been digging on that lawn in the night and Farm- er Brown knew who that some one was. At least he was quite sure he did. That night the moon shone brightly, and Farmer Brown and his boy watched. By and by they saw Jimmy Skunk come out on the lawn and with his nose to the ground slowly walk about this way and that. Presently he stopped and began to dig. When he stopped digging he appeared to be busy about something for a mo- ment or two and then went on to do the same thing over again. A few minutes later Mrs. Skunk appeared and began doing the same thing. ‘‘Confound those Skunks!" exclaim- ed Farmer Brown ruefully. “They are digging the whole lawn up. I . wish I knew what they are getting. T hate to have the appearance of that lawn ruined, but there is the chance that they may actually be doing more zood than harm. Just see how calm- ly. and methodically they ge about ile BROWN have her. certainly e was most aristocratic? 1f we followed the example set by the Queen of England we should wear our skirts very long, and if we followed the advice of most of the French dressmakers and tailors we should wear them ver: 2 Just at present the question is dis- tinctly a moot one. The French dre makers have for some reason or other a decided leaning toward the very, very short skirt. The silhouette as it is at present, according to their opin- ion, demands the very s Meantime women in ¥ claim to fashion depends as short as the dr while some duche: bers of the old French aristocracy, wear their skirts amazingly long. There are actresses here who definite- ly abjure the very short skirt, while others show precious little skirt below the knee. The sketch ehows one of the ex- tremely short skirts as worn at the Paris races; it is short enough to show the bands of butterflies embroid- ered on the stockings just below the knees. The frock is of beige georgette with cream lace jabot and cuffs. (Copyright, 1925.) SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. makers suggest, and other mem- Horse Chestnuts. In the Capitol grounds, around the White House and in all the places of honor throughout Washington's parks the horse chestnut is in flower. Al- thoughthere are several native horse chestnuts with handsome roseate or vellowish flowers, the old-fashioned horse chestnut, which came to us from Europe, is the only one dignified by cultivation around Washington, and right to prominence is incontestable. As hardy as any tree ever brought over the water, with marvelous pro- fusion of blooms, it takes rank be- low nothing in the way of a flowering tree. The horsce chestnut has a short, sturdy trunk, with curious bark that cut into circular flasks, and its branch- es have a beautiful way of drooping and then curving up at the tips. When in flower the splendid amidal shape of the tree is apparent, and the whole mass looks like a lighted Christmas tree. In London there is a famous avenue of horse chestnuts laid out by Sir Christopher Wren, a mile long. ‘When they bloom, a holiday is cele- brated and every one goes to see them, corresponding to the cherry holiday of Japan. The horse chestnut is wild on the slopes of the mountains of northern Greece and eastward into Asia Minor. It first reached Europe in 1570, when the Austrian Ambassador at the court of Suliman sent it homs to the great botanist, Clusius. A great American botanist, Bartram of Phil- adelphia, was the first to plant it in America, in 1741. To smell the horse chestnut flowers is a bit of a disappointmenr, and to eat the beautiful, shiny n is stild more so, though some animals like them. During the Great War, or rather just before it closed, & method was devised in England for extract- ing from the nuts the acetone so much needed for the big guns and 80 coveted by the Germans for their artificial rubber. The Turks, it is said, discovered that horse chestnuts made & good medicine for horses, and from that circumstance came its curious name. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS It is _evident emough that they are not digging for nothing, for every time they stop digging they seem to have found something.” The next morning part of that lawn was pitted all over with little holes, the work of Jimmy and Mrs. Skunk the night before.” It looked worse than it really was, for Farmer Brown's Boy had only to take a rake and push the earth back into those little holes and the grass would soon spread over them. But for the time being that part of the lawn was a sorry-looking place. Yes, sir, it cer. tainly was a sorry-looking place. (Copsright, 1925, by T. W. Burgess.) HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. “Father Chronos.” Old Father Time is a character with whom we are all familiar. Frequently we meet him with the name “Father Chronos,” or “Kronos,” as we find the name in the pages of Greek mythol- ogy. In the mythological system of the ancients Kronos was the original and supreme deity, father of Zeus, who was himself the father of six of the superjor deities. Kronos, being the first of the line, was supposed to have been born of Uranus, the Heaven which embraced all things. The Greek name of Time was “‘Chronos,” and the inference is that from Uranus, the Infinite, was born Chronos, Time. Hence the inte: changeable spelling and the expre: sion which has survived in our mod- ern speech, “Father Kronos” for Father Time. (Copyright, 1 Spring calls for re-touches utthehouse. Silk drapes, cushion and bed covers be- come new in color, sheen and body with Glorient. No boil- ing. No staining hands. Glorient is & uumtel ; foffl underthings. It leaves snowy white. One package will &nn;x l.b$ ; clyuu gar- ments. We sbsolutely guaran- tee that & Glorient color Leaves Lace White 18 marvelous shades, all fade- less-to-light. Pop and ma was waiting for Mr: and Mrs. Hews to come and see them last nite, pop saying, Well, its get- ting kind of late, but I sippose its no use hoping theyve forgotten the ingagement. Willyum I think your terrible, but enyway Mr. Hews never forgets eny- thing, he has a_memory like a hawk, although Mrs. Hews is jest the other way erround, she’s allways tying notts in her hanKerchiff to remind her of things, ma_sed. I hope she rémembers to go home before 18 G. M. midnite, thats my modest hope but I hope it from the bottom of my hart, pop sed. Wich jest then the Hewses came and them and pop and ma started to tawk about diffrent kinds of subjects sutch as who was the greatest man that ever lived and if theres going to be another Japaneez war, and after a wile Mrs. Hews dropped her hanker- chiff without knowing it and I had a ideer and snuck erround and tved a nott in it and after a wile she reetched down and picked it up, saying, O yes, now let me see, was it, v s it? Wat was wat? Mr. Hews sed, and she sed, I tyed a nott in my hanker- chiff 1o remind me of something, and bless if I can think wat it was, O deer now wat could it of bin? Well, dont worry, Mr. Hews sed, and she sed, I cant help it, Ill worry till 1 remember, perhaps it was to re- mind me to tern the gas off under the hot water heeter or something, O deer I think T better go home and look erround jest to make sure. Holey mackerel, this is jest a slite ixample of wat my life is like, Mr. Hews sed. And pop and ma coaxed her to stay but she went after abouta half a hour, Mr. Hews going with her on account of being her husbind and not on account of wunting to, and as soon as pop was alone and I told him wat I had went and did he sed it was very rong of me but he couldent stop laffing for about 5 minnits, MOTHERS To Preserve Pictures. One mother says: To save the pictures which the children cut from magazines and want to keep for a while 1 got a roll of the transparent tape such as libraries use for mending books. I cut this in short strips and paste a strip over each cor- ner of the picture and attach to the wall of their bedrooms. This leaves no bad mark and the pictures can be discarded and.new ones hung. (Copyright, 10° Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1925.) 1. Efaculation. 4. Reject with contempt. 8. Ballad. 11. Vehicles. 13. Kind of vessel. 14. Sparing portion. 15. Genealogy of a family. 16. What Is still owed (abbr.). 17. Ailments. 18. In an amazing manner. 22, Crowd. 23. High in the musical scale. 25. Casts. 28. Certain playing cards. 31. Make worthles: 32. Stratagem. 33. Machine. 36. One who crles convulsively. 38. Part of northeastern Syria. 39. Girl's name. 40. Foreordained. 45. County carnival. 46. Simple bed. 47. Famous murderer. 49. Charitable gifts. 50. Part of the foot. 51. Unbleached in appearance. 52. To turn to the right. 53, Kind of flower. 54. Sewn edge. Down. 1. Part of a drama. . Damage. 3. Surface measure. 5. Medicinal cigarettes. 6. Spoken. Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle. . Take goods from a vehicle. . Droop. 9. One who has agreed to help. . Affirmative. . Those who discourse didactically. . Commotion, 9. Promise solemnly. . Mexican tree. . Scatter around. . Those who avail themselves of. . Vandal. . Apparatus. . Young animal. . Point of the compass. . Incline the head. . Constructs. . Kind of sofa. . Combining form meaning “egg.” . Colorless. . White frost. . Deposit of fine carbon grains. . All taken separately. Calamitous. . Exhaust. . Book of the Bible (abbr.). Cold Asparagus. Boil a bunch of asparagus in un- salted water for 30 minutes, then add a teaspoon of salt and cook until ten- der, but not mushy, perhaps 10 or 15 minutes. Drain carefully, so as not to break the stalks. Arrange on a platter and set in the ice box to cool. Just before serving garnish the stalks just above the tips with a chopped relish, India or chutney. Cover the whole with French dressing and serve immegiately. @) Youthful Freshness Brings the viva- dous glow of youth to your skin, That elusive 2 charm which :fi-:u the years deal lightly i rance. LTy st ¢ : ‘Send. 106 for T rial Size Ford. 7. Hopkins & 8on, New York City OW thousands of Pairs éf %W% Full Fashioned Thread Sk HOSIERY More and more women are say- ing: *'I want Kayser hosiery." Superior quality is the chi reason for this preference. $1.50 and up *Marvel-Stripe It prevents *‘runs!" An ex- clusive feature. A patented circlet at the knee protects the sheerest hosicry from costly ‘‘runs.” *Slipper-Heel A slenderizing note in knit- ting that adds ce and beauty to ankle line. Itis to be found in many Kayser models from $1.50 up. Colors With colorings so _impor- tant, and many tints so common—you will find Kayser color originations delightfully desirable. They wear and wear and wearl Only pure silk and pure dyes arcused. Noweighting to give a false lmpraslonsh&ci pzsn' is knitted to exact size. CHIFFON WEIGHTS » LIGHT WEIGHTS - MEDIUM WEIGHTS » HEAVY WEIGHTS At all Leading Stores *Trade Marks Reg WOMAN’S PAGE PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Ultraviolet Ray. The medical chief in an institution where ultraviolet light or ray is used in. the treatment of various Yorms of tuberculosis purchased some dis- carded arc lamps which a street light- ing company gladly sold him at a dol- lar a lamp, and found that these gave the desired ultraviolet light in the most satisfactory form for use in the treatment of patients. The same in- stitution had de luxe editions of all the modern apparatus for giving ul- traviolet light treatment, but the med- ical chief considered the dollar arc lamps superior to any of the fancy outfits. ) To meet the demand for windows which will admit the ultraviolet rays of sunlight (ordinary glass does not permit the ultraviolet rays to pass through) certain firms now put out fused quartz panes 5 by 8 inches, %- inch thick, at a price of about $35 a pane. Quartz permits ultraviolet rays to pass through. From 26 to 40 panes of this fuzed quartz make a window large enough to be of use, and such windows are being installed in hos- pitals. Ultraviolet ray must be clearly dis- tinguished from the so-called “violet ray” machines sold to folk who like to monkey ~with mysterious cure-alls. Violet 1ight has no more remedial ac- tion than blue or red or yellow light has, but it is amusing to the chil- dren. Ultraviolet no_color. Thin mica permits the ultraviolet rays to pass through. Thin celluloid permits part of the ultraviolet light to pass through. Quartz crystal permits most of the ultraviolet light to pass through. But the greatest potency of the ultraviolet ray is obtained from direct sunlight without any interven- ing filter or screen. The sun is the source of all ultraviolet light energy. The carbon arc lamp is rich in ultra- violet rays. The mercury vapor lamp (invented by Arons, but patented by Cooper Hewitt) is rich in ultraviolet ray, o that it has no effect on the tube filters out all of the ultraviolet says, 80 that it jas no effect on the skin, though it he valuable for fllu- mination. Heraeus successfully fused quartz, and the manufacture of quartz vacuum tubes became possible. The mercury vapor quartz lamp is now widely employed for ultraviolet ray treatment. Ultraviolet light seems to have the ray is invisible; it has power to prevent rickets in voung animals and children, even when the feeding is at fault. . It is one of the most potent cures for rickets. Babies and older children should be given more sunlight, and on the naked skin, than they generaliy are-permitted to enjoy. An infant unaccustomed to exposure of the skin to sunlight should not be unreasonably exposed, but the exposure should be made by very gradual and easy stages, only a few minutes and perhaps ‘only part of the body uncovered the first day, and a few more minutes each succeeding day. About half the amount of ex- posure mother herself would find com fortable, is a good rule, The ultraviolet light is the part of the solar spectrum that tans the skin. Patients in hospitals where ultravio- let light treatment is used become mahogany brown after months of it. Thelr skin becomes remarkably fine and soft in texture at the same time. (Copyright, 1925.) Beauty business in the last decade has developed into a billion-dollar in- dustry. Ten years ago hair-dressing shops numbered ahout 8,000, while today there are probably 20,000 of them scattered throughout the United States. My Neighbor Says: If biscuits become stale, wet each one in cold water quickly, put them in a pay , twis the top of the bag tightiy and put in the oven. Wash all eggs thoroughly and save the shells for coee. If you wish to use the white and not the yolk of an egg, cover the voll with cold water and it will_not dry. Save all apple cores and par. ings, stew them down, put in a salt’ bag and hang up over night. The next morning meas- ure the juice, take half as much sugar as juice, boil the juice a minute, for each tumbler of jelly, put in the sugar, boil up once and put in tumbiers, When cooking peeled pota- toes add one tablespoonful of cold milk to the water in which they are bholled. After the po tatoes are boiled strain the wa ter and set it aw When you mix bread, warm this water and you will have white bread with ‘a delicious fiavor. It is always a good plan to place the piano a few inches from the wall of a room, es- pecially if it is against an out- side wall. 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