Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1925, Page 29

New Silhouette Making Progress BY MARY M When some of us were voung the “Hormal” place for fullness in a skirt | was at the back. Just as the “nor- mal” place tor a belt or girdle was at the slenderest line between hips | and ribs. With many women there | stlll survives a stified sort of con- vietion thal fullness of skirt belongs st the back. But to a vounger gen- eration there is something rather samusing, a_trifle axtreme, about sueh W thinz. The logical place, from the | | TALE GREEN CHIFFON EVENING FROCK WITH FULLNESS AT BACK AND YOKE FORMED OF GREEN LACE. THERE ARE YELLOW FLOWERS ON THE SHOULDER. present point of view hox pleat in a skirt is right in the middle of the front. The frocks in our wardrobes for the most part show skirts as flat and smooth ar the back | ullness is introduced at ihe sides and at the front. but never 2t the back No wonder. then. that some of the rities speak of the new rendency for vaek fullness recently launched in IN THE GARDEN for an inverted | with this new sflhouette. MARSHALIL. Paris as rather too extreme to meet | with success at present. And perhaps they are righi. However, the pend lum I8 undoubredly swinging gradually but distinctly in that direction, or rather gradually but surely the full.| ness of the skirt is being shoved fa ther and farther away from the front. In many new evening frocks the fash- ion is set forth more boldly, and there is an insel gathered panel or apron effect at the back Martial et Armand spoken of most often of Paris s in connectidn From this house have come interesting little trocks, short of skirt and quite wear- | able, that maintain the straight, slen- der silhouette in spite of the gatherings at the back. Coats, too. from Martial t Armand show fullness at the back that is managed by means of an in verted box pleat or skillfully arranged goring. In every case the straight. slender line at the back continues from the shoulder to the line of the hips, or lower. before the fullness or gathering appears. Copyright. 1925.) MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Stewed Prunes with I.emon Cereal with Cream Dried Beef Omelet Corn Bread Coffee. LUNCHEON Shrimp Salad Cheese Balls with Paprika Rolls Silver Cake, Tea. Potato Soup Roast Beef Baked Potatoes Brussels Sprouts with Cheese Waldorf Salad Fig Pudding Coffee. BEEF OMELET. Beat four eggs. add one table- spoonful of milk to each egg, then add just a little cornstarch, which will prevent it from sepa- rating if cooked a little too long. Have butter hot in the spider, furn in the omelet and. when nearly done, sprinkle the top with small pieces of dried beef and fold one half over the other. If the beef is very salty it will need to be freshened a little. CHEESE BALLS. One cup of grated cheese. one- half cup of fine breadcrumbs, five drops of pepper sauce, one egg well beaten. Mix together, rol! into small balls and just be. fore time to serve plunge into Fry a delicate brown. To ed hot with salad. FIG PUDDIN One-half pound figs chopped fine, one cup suet chopped fine one cup breadcrumbs, one table. spoonful sugar, three eggs, one cup milk, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. Steam 3 hours. Serve with cream or sauce. WITH BURBA A« Reported by Elizabeth Urqubart and Edited by Luther Barhank. Roses for All Climes. What of- the question of climate [and latitude?” 1 asked. This surely complicates the ques tion.” admitted Mr. Burbank, “‘for certain roses do their best only in certain climates and others are adapt- ~d to particular locations. A complete llst of these selections | for special sections may he found in several of the good books on gar dening, and information may be had from well known rose growers and | rose socleties in different localities. | “It would be well to settle these | questions first and then make a cholce from the various lsts. As one’s ex- perience grows, the list may be added to and the garden increased by home- zrown cuttings of special favorites and successful plants. At first_it is best to buy young two.vear old plants from a relfable nursery and so make a safe begin- ring and save time “To most people a rose and they ca not to knpow its name or its pedigree or whether it be a climber or a bush rose, but such peo- | ple are not growing them. and miss Pal the jov in this Clittie five is a rose |little exclusive, perhaps, and are very dainty and particular about standing in wet “soil ses do not like wet “They love the early morning sun, 8o if possible the rose gardén shouid be on & southern or southeastern slope sheltered from harsh winds by trees, hedges or buildings. ““They seem to be exclusive only in relation to other flowers and if given precedence and undisputed territory they will bloom as thankfully on a cottage wall as on a terraced garden. “The assentials of rose-growing are, after all, a little bit of good ground & little dally loving care—perhaps a | little cost. but they bear « harvest that feeds the soul.” “‘How ix one to make & selection from so many”" I asked. “It is best to begin with only a few, perhaps two or three dozen, and these may be decided on by looking over one’s neighbors' fences. or by stroll- ing through nursery gardens and by long brooding over catalogues and asking questions of one’s rose friends. “The grower must first dtvide his needs into classes, and make a lisi of roses suitable for different places and THE. EVE (Copyright, { Across, Signifies assent. Posscssed. Line unmoved hy Cheer. Morning (abbr). Very thin. Plural of Channel. Large body of water. Greek letter, Amazement. Pellet. Damage. Strong current. A metal American humorist. Derlvative of coal. Line cutting a circle, Playground State Saflor's meas tub. Competent. Supposing that. Throw, In the direction of. Present. Buffoon. Personal pronoun. Bacame larger. More bulky. Down. revelution thou." Converse. Run into. Man’s nickname, A toilet powder. Departure. Poorly lighted. Gold (heraldry). Integral part of a week. That_ which clips, Total. What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. i Gemini. | | The unfavorahle planetary aspacts {that prevail at the close of today | con- |tinue wntil afternoon. and conditions are so adverse that careful absention from all that savors of forceful effort or radical enterprise | is recommended. Obligations of the [customary character must, of course, | |receive attention. hut even in the dis. | charge of these. it will be necessary llo avoid all impulsive action or speech, misunderstandings and disagree. ments are to be eliminated. Later on | {the aspects assume an exceedingly be- | nign nature. but will he found more {active in an emotional than in a prae- |tical sense. and they will exercise a potent effect on your social and home | life. | Excellent late tomorrow physical conditions are | foretold for the child horn tomorrow It will be practically immune to the | |allments that are generally peculiar t infants, and develop, in later life, ab- | normal strength and exceptionally ro-| bust health. Tt promises to be one of those that will never grow old, as, in | spite of longevity, it will maintain & | youthful spirit and mien. Its dispo- | sitlon will always be cheerful and op- | |timistfc. and radiate happiness and {joviality wherever it may be found. 1t will not be gifted with any degree {of abnormal intelligence, but its lov. able characteristics, combined with jts | petalled word,’ as it has been charm- | purposes. For instance, there mist be |charm of manner, will more than com. ingly called. They miss tones and the underiones thai are| audible only to those who have heard | something besides the middle notes. “The planting, growing «nd daily care of flowers is the practical part but It need noi take'away from the | poetry of the blossoms, and to the | true rose lover it is all one, just us the care and joy of children are one to the parent, and both a rose and ja child heve a beauty all their own that makes a deep appeal.” ell me something, please. of the different classes of roses,” 1 asked. The main divisions,” said Mr. Bur- hank. “are the hybrid perpetuals, the hybrid teas. the iea the hybrid briars. or pernetianas. the polyanthas ! wichurajanas or memorial roses. | yamblers, rugosas, and for milder climates, the noisette. cherokee and hanksia, as well as the climbing roses of nearly all varieties | “While the hybrid perpetuals are | 1he most hardy and the most vigorous of all roses, the largest and most | fmportant class are hybrid teas, and | to this ciass belong nearly all of ihe new and beautiful roses produced in recent years “There are some new things under “the sun, in spite of the old sayving and the new roses are wonderfully beautiful. The gardeners of today experimenting with variations, may | alko sing with the poet roses, basutiful. fresh roses e o o noraing and totored Jike the | " aawn Littls tents of color Swooning inwweetness of the npon The Season of Roses. “Here wé ars in rose-time.’ said Mr. Rurbank, “and nothing has been s about roses! And roses ave praised by poats. and set to music und have been woven into every art.” “1 was fraid to begin.” I said. “for I knew we would talk of nothing else. | 'his queen of fowers would eclipse | £l otiars und banides her court ladies | the over where the hee reposes hed he dreams | had 1o be grouped first in the gar den The scene is well set. I think,” said | Mr. Burbank, “and although this is a | hetter month 1o enjoy roses than to plant them. vet it is the bast time in | which to plan a rose garden. For only now that they are in bleem can the grower be sure just what he wants| he wants to plant them.” | the orthodox planting daten?” T asked | “In the North, early in March and Jate in October and November, b in the South they are planted as early | == as February, and in California any | time from December to March when | «they are dormant. The rose beds might now and the lists made out. with the names of the different varieties: this | is & language by itself. “And roses are happiest by them- | selués. They are aristocrats by nature.| and/de nob show their hest side if obliged te erflelv with other garden e % be planned | old. has returned to Li list of climbing roses. trafling roses, bush or bedding ro: standard or tree roses, hedge roses, border Toses or roses grown in pots “This list need not bewilder the be- ginner: rather should he rejoice that there is a rose for every need und for every place in his garden. He may have roses for cutting. climbing roses, to cover his arbors, trailing roses for his walls and rock eries, stately little standard roses for his walks, border roses for his rose beds. and when Winter comes there are roses quite readv and willing to live in pots within doors, while the resi of the family are snugly coverad up outside.” (Convright. 1825.) Parking With Peggy /3 $ Sgpgeman e st e bathing queens who g0 near the water probably that beauty is only skin deep.” — After sailing 12,000 milea in her father’'s ship round South Amer ports, little Muriel Lockyer. 12 pool. father is the captain of the vessel: and to comply with the regulations little Muriel was signed up as & mem- ber of the ship's crew. never realize Guaranteed pure impeorted POMPEIAN | pensate ability. | It tomorrow is your birthday, vou |are conservative without being resc [tionary. You cherish traditions and precedent, and resent Innovations or ' {ehange, although vou are not so ex- treme in vour views as to merit the {term “old-fashioned.” You have al ways been fond of study, and have read, and still read, a great deal. One of vour chief pleasures is 1o revel in| Bood literature. Your judgment, for- tifled. as it is, by a background of ex-| perience, is invariably sound. and vou | never go off at “half-cock.” but care.| fully weigh and consider every propo- | sition that is submitted to vou. | | You are proud. but not vain: very careful of appearances, and » devotee of convention, and all that it implies. | Although not prona to make friends {indiscriminately, von secure the re-| spect and loyalty of those vou have. | Your home life is exceptionaily happy, | as. although meticniously careful of | |all that relates to vou as an indi.| ! vidual, you are tolerant of others that {do_not live by your standard | Well _known persons born on this date: Eli Thayer. educator and in.| ventor; Alexander B. Latta, inventor; Orson D. Munn, pubdlisher: Augustus and Senator; H. Garland, Governor Fliphalet F. Andrews, artist; Arthur | | for absence of exceptional Brooks, New York clergyman. (Copyright, 1825.) ey o = Butter Scotch. One cup of sugar, one cup of but- ter, one tablespoon of vinegar and | one cup of maple situp. Bofl until | it will harden when dropped in cold | water. Take from stove and pour | | in buttered tn in circles and | | then put in cold place to harden. Use | round er to cul the circle: | i Orange Pekoe Tea Makes good toa a cortainty The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle EE A T l ' etBe fair to your thirst NGTON 1926.) Confined. Hence i Entrance to a mine. i Passage money. | Contorted | | Kind of cheese, Desiring. Wharf. { Kind of insect t Metal fastenor. Tindevelaped | Initials of a State. 1 Measure of cloth. Mother’s sister South African of Dutch descent Because. Owns. Articie. Ourselyex Nutrition Nuggets. A litile care will make it possibie to estimate the comparative nutritive value of foods accordinz to original | cost. If vou map out a dallv ration for vour family with the foods based | on a minimum cost. it is very easy in practice making additions. When making these additions vou should keep in mind that there is often a | difference bhetween the ap ent cost | and the actual cost. Learn to dis-| tinguish between these two. | Remember that growing boys and girls between the ages of 12 and ma turity need more food in proportion | than do their parents. For this rea-| son it s not safe to estimate the| needs of this adolescent group by a| | percentage of the aduit requirementa. | If cost must be carefully curtailed, | we must - stick 1o the old-fashioned homie-cooked cereals: we must depend | Jargely on dried frnits for at least nine months of the vear: we must make frequent use of skimmed milk in cook- | ing; we must use margarin instead of | butter for averv one except- voung children and invalids: we musi con- sider dried vege:ables. such as peus. -eans and lentils. ax one of our most important food groups: we must learn to make new and interesting chaese dishes by wayv of meat substitut These are a few of the most impor tant considerations. 1 A fireless cooker will make Ii pos. sible to use the inexpensive cuts of meat and the dried vegetables in Sum mertime. Each of these requires long | cooking to make it palatable and di gestible. Except for those of us who live on the coast. lobster ix a luxury for a good part of the vear While its meat is coarse fiber and difficult to digest for voung children. a little care in planning the meals will make it pos: | sible to get the benefit of the valu able parts of this shellfish. Older | children who ars sturdy and adults | will find valusble salts in the flesh of | the lobster. Diets that are planned for prevention of goiter ally in clude lobster. . Good Peppermints. Dissolve one-fourth m of tariar in a teacup of cold water, add to it one pound of white sugar, and place over the fire, and hoil until a sample cooled in water can be rolled into a ball with the fin gers. Then remove from ihe Are allow it to cool a little, and then be with a spoon until it turns white. Add three drops of oil of peppsrmint and mix it well Into the candy. If the candy hardens too quickly while beating, set the bowl in a tin of boil- ing water. Make infto balls with the hands teaspoon of A soft, white, magical powder that soothes and heals any kind of skin sorepess— Kora Konia ... for Sore Skin $7 D. C., WEDNESDAY. Sunday morning I Mary Watkinses frunt steps tawking to her, and Puds Simkins came up with & part of the Sundey paper, say ing. G wizz, wats vou think, I got my name in the paper. Yes you have, like fun, vour dreem- ing. 1 sed O for goodniss sakes, ware? Leeve me see, Mary Watkins sed all ixcited, and Puds pointed to ware it sed in big letters. Mrs. Charles Simkins Wins This Weeks Cross Werd Prize Well holey smokes, that aint you, smokes that your mother, keep vour shert on. holey smokes, | sed. Well heer I am ferther down. kaep your own shert on. Puds sed. And he pointed down at the bottom saving See this, it savs heer. Mrs. Simkinses husbind is a reel astate man and she has one small son. Charles Thats me, one small Puds sed. O issent that wonderfill, lei me reed ft. myself. arv Watkins sed sed, Tta all vite 10 have your name in the paper. but wait till>vou have vour pickture in. like me. and then you'll have something 1o tawk about Ware? I dare vou. Puds sed, and ] sed there thats ware. And I pointed 1o a pickture of some kid saving under- neeth of it. Ten Yeer Old Benjamin Strassberg the Boy Chess Wonder. hey got the last name rong but enybody can see its me, I sed, and Puds sed. Aw go on. it dont look eny more like vou than nuthing at all, and enyvways yvou dont know envthing about chess. Dont judge others by yourself. I sed, and Puds sed. Well anyvwavs this kid has got glasses on, and wen did vou son Charles, Rite iaver have glasses” T ony wear them for picktures, sed. And T quick wawked away try ing 1o look like somebody that jest 1 |won & argument. London has §09,00 women and girla emploved in business and the profes- ons. was setting on | Your crazy. show me ware, JUNE WOMAN'S Our Children—By Angelo Patri The Neighbors. John and Mary began life in a flat | tn the city en the children came |along they thought they must make an effort 1o get them inta the country, where they might grow up among the “They ought | green growing things. |to hear the birds singing when they | |waken in the morning and they should know and love the flowers and the trees.” sald Mary, wistfully. ! ~So they shall,” said John, and | manfully bent his back to the task | of digging up enough money to build a little house in the country. Every- thing that could be spared from ibe ‘hu'(“hél and baker und candlestick maker weni into that house—John's overcoat and Mary’s gown: candy and smokes: concerts and parties. Every thing went into the house in the | eou for the children | When the time came and the (hree voungsters and the famiiv goods were | established in the modest shingled cottage in A suburb of lawns and shade trees. John and Mary thought that a new heaven and a new sarth | were about to open to the children. | The neighbors did not like children. They did not eure for neighbors who |had them. either. They Iooked it | first and then they said it right o | You see. they were mosily elderly people, who had retired to live in this lovely place afier they had reared their families or, never having had any. had retired there 1o enfov the | gardens and the repose of the village | " The children knew nothing of 1 pose. They knew nothing of precious grass or sacred plantings. In wild Jovous abandon they raced over lawns and offered their friendly ad | vances 1o horrified adults, who mourned their trampled plots and threatened blossoms. They sat down lawns and gather hunches of dande. lions. and. finding that they had {changed into lifeless grav things in their hands. dropped them where the, were and helped themselves 1o stalk of iris or buds of tulips. It was a sad time for evervbodv. TUntil one day. John and Mary had axhausted them selves in trving to teach the children on the velveiy [ Then came the shock of their lives. ' and 1| at | not o neighhors 10 speak walk on their lawns. Not to touch. Not Not 1o throw sand. Nof to visit Not to do anything. Thoy had he moaned the day they were horn into the follv of belfeving that a home in the suburh was &« home for children. And then came u real neighbor. She lvad a street down. so she was sbout the last 1o receive the visiting Youngsters. She invited them into her lovely porch room. showed them her pets, escorted them about the garden. a real garden. and then walked home with them and called |on Mary, the first caller that hsd | crossed the threshold | “Yes. T know how it feel. own children had to be trained garden. I'm going 10 help veu these youngsters. Once they about these things they will he all right. Children are a community in | terest. 1 believe, and we'll all have 1o | help you and eurseives 1o live with | them i My o a with learn Since then it isn't so bad. | My, Pairi wil give oarsonal atieution o inquitien fram Darents or school Taschara an {the care and development of children Write . in cace of this Dapar incioaing ! ddrassed stamped envelope for reols Cherry Timbales. sirup with one cupful of and six heaping rablaspoonfuls of sugar bv boiling them together for 10 minutes. Stona three-quarters of & pound of ripe cherries and cook them in the boiling sirup for sight minutes, drain them. and put them aside. Meanwhile beat up four table spoonfuls of butter with the same quantity of sugar to a cream. When well beaten. add three wall beaien eggS. beating the mixture well. then sift in four heaping tablespoonfuls of Aour with half a teaspoonful of buk- Ing powder. Pour the paste into small timbale molds previously well buttered and floured. Bake them in a moderate aven for 20 minutes. Turn out on a sieve #nd leave them to get cold. Then scoap out the middle from sach to the depth of an inch {2nd a half. trim them neatly and | brush them over with any kind of jam that has heen dissolved over the Are with a little hot water Make a water PAGE |MODE MINIATURES l % Now blithely happy and abseni minded misses will ha able to return home from a dance with handker chiets still in their possession. For Fashion, the mother of invention has recently designed a cunning ker chief with a a tiny siit in the center through which the little finger in slipped. Thus It is whisked gaily alonz wherever its carefras wearer may trip. Mora sophisticated varsionx af handkerchiefs are painted in cubist designs—bizarre all over effects as well as borders on georgetts or crapa de chine. NARGETTE. Cucumber au Gratin. Take three very small young cu cumbers and peel them thin. Rub well with salt. and then wash them and boil quickly for twanty minutas in boiling slightly salted water, and placs on a napkin 1o drain. For the saure Put into a saucepan one tablespoonfnl of butter with one tablespoonful of flour, mix nntil smooth, then gradu- ally 244 one zill of milk and one gill of %00d cream. stir wntil bofling, then add one gill of milk and one gill of g00d cream. stir until boiling, then add a few drops of lemon juice. thres tablespoonfuls of grated cheese. a fust of paprika and cook for five minutes Arrange the cucumbers an a silver dish, pour the sauce guieckly nvar and erve Now For years you washed all your fine things in marvelous, bubbling Lux suds and you saw them bloom with a fresher, beauty. You saw how soft and smooth Lux left your hands._ Then one Monday—a new idea! Joy- fully you plunge o/l your clothes—the whole week’s laundry—into rich Lux suds. Such nice clothes, too—for which vou have to pay so much more now- adays than formerly—really, they do de- ‘M about her shoulders.’ “As they were pas: tiful Paisley. “Grandmother attempted to clean it, but such “soaps’ as she had were ineffectual. “The lictle boy who soiled the shawl was then known as lictle Al Edison, now known as Thomas ‘[HOMAS A. EDISON was known as Little Al” He accidentally splashed mud on a beautiful Paisley shawl~ attempts to clean it f;zilea/ ~.65 years later Lux restored this treasured heirloom to loveliness Y Mother was out walking one dayv with her Mother who wore a beautiful Paisley Shawl ng a warehous \ jumped from a wagon to the sidewalk, immediarely in front of them. The plank was loose and 2 big splash of muddy water literally covered the beau- , a little boy A. Edison. As near as Mother could remember, this incident occurred in 1855, Tn 1920 the Paisley was given a thorough Lux washing and restored to its original beauty—after 65 vears!” Mrs. Jean Pratt, Chicago, Il sweeter clothes look as beau active your hands. No more rough red i—iANDs from washing dishes just about one tea- spoonful —into your dishpan. See the dif- Lux leaves your hands soft and smooth —white. It treats them as kindly as ‘the finest toilet soap. Wash your dishes in Drop a few Lux flakes ference! Lux today! your .whole Monday’s Laundry goes into its sparkling suds Al your.clothes -~ your hands, too ~ repay this care servethecare yougive yoursitksand woolens. With what deep satisfaction vou fold away vour laundry! Not since the day you bought them have you seen your ul as they do after their Lux-washing—colored ginghams and prints so bright and fresh, house linens so snowy white! And Lux is such a relief to You'll be amazed to see how far a little Lux goes—it’s really an economy to use it. Get the Big Convenient Package -