Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1925, Page 27

FEATURES. Lace BY MARY Black taffeta heavy white or look so very ©ombination trimmed with rather ecru lace—it doesn’t mmery, but it 1s a that has been used in BLACK TAFFETA DINNER AFTERNOON FROCK MED WITH WHITE LAC AND TRIM the making of soma very smart little dinner and afternoon frocks lately. The little frock of this description shown in the sketch has very little about it that might be called m torian, but it lends itself extremely well to the charm of those mid-Vic- Bites and Stings. racation d n quite regu- ing b somethin, tive no « get out tra What to do when one is stung 1. Resort lite trip for next 2. Dog—It tor treat the w is available wound with tinctu as any other wou question of rab be fmmed fron. or (followed by confined for s who ature. bitten or Plan a walking ken have doc no doctor swab the nd treat < any 1d should hot phenol anims und re the clean bill of of that period, for- can give health at ti 3. skin whi ing the o sharp pocket to insure wound for (or if possib! with hypode tion of the em few five-grain tab ate for thi arm above t the mak- or a » enough suck the hen apply d the wound ) a weak solu- nate, and con incise sium 1 ney kit should be con- stricted with a bandage or tourniquet ich should be loosened foram e minutes. Stout shoes 1 or legei and hikers snake bites treatment as for snake I compresses . the poir monia water tion) more or less ne tant. Bee sti hydrogen sting relief, or the end of or hornet like. Weak ing with tir Flea, | the same Hot, wet in at ak am- line solu- s the irri- —TImmed pplication of peroxide, 1 of the es afford mud Wa busine: of vine or any s old dc Mosquitoes e spe with w ) he with spoontul ¢ hold ammon cupful of the same amount touch the wheal with r with peroxide or with i Ants—The ypodermic in- jection of which is ex- ceedingly 1 The remedy is any alkali ammonia wi lime wat magnesiz soa mmonia water, uch as the cy kit. gently ible- 1 in a itatin such a saleratus Otherwise known Vie- | | may | caterpillar | solution Collars and Black Taffeta MARSHALL. torian gold chains and lockets and bracelets which have quite recently heen revived by many well-dressed women. In this frock the only thing that might remotely be considered of that period is the lace bertha that droops slightly at the shoulders. One of the smartest shops recently showed quite a number of these black taffeta frocks trimmed with lace. As a matter of varlety the lace was sometimes white and sometimes very faintly cream and again as brown as though it had been dipped in coffee. Always the taffeta was soft and pliant and as black as ebony. An inferior grade of black taffeta ha: a treacherous way of looking un- pleasantly greenish, or purplish or rusty brown, like the plumage of a stariing in Winter. There is some- thing really gorgeous about the blackness of good quality black taffeta. Here is a really excellent oppor- tunity to make use of those pleces of lace that you have been treasuring, sometimes doubting whether there would ever be a turn of fashion to give you a chance to use them to ad- { vantage. Recently there have been so few chances to use prized pleces of lace. A frock of the sort shown in the sketch may quite properly be used elther for afternoon or evening. My Neighbor Says: Perspiration stains may be re- moved from white clothes by dampening the article with lemon juice and salt before the clothes” are put into soap and water. Todine should be kept out of the reach of children, but in an emergency it is well to know that the antidotes for lodine taken internally by mistake are mixtures of flour or starch er followed by large emetics and treatment for shock, which is external heat, rest and fresh r. A clothesline that is left out in all kinds of weather is very difficult to wipe clean enough so that no bl s are left on the clothes. An excellent plan to tear an old sheet into about 8 inches wide, pin se along the line, then hang up the washing. There will then be no dirty streaks on the clothes when dr; To stiffen organdies starch them in clear thick gum arabic water. If you will keep the oven door | | of vour gas range open until it is ‘cool after you are through with vour baking, Instead of keeping it open after you light it, your oven will not rust. Closing the door after you turn out the flame causes the oven to sweat and consequently rust. flea | fau skin and Pulex penetrans, tropical the female penetrating the 1 producing severe inflamm: and swelling, perhaps suppur: The insect must be dug out by - a heated needle and the wound treated ny infected wound. Various other fleas and ticks are dubbed “chiggers” in the United State s the wood tick, which leave its proboscis in the skin it forcibly removed. It is better to ampen the wood tick’s ardor with a D of turpentine or peppermint oil tobacco juice, when he will let Another popular “jigger” in | Canada and the United States is the harvest mite, almost microscopic in size and red in color, abounding in | the late Summer in harvest field, berry patch, weeds and grass. The mite does not burrow in the skin like a true chigger, but lodges in the open- £ of hair foilicle or sebaceous duct. | A warm salt bath is a relief, or a; plications of benzin or sulphur oint- ment will Kill the mites. It is a good plan to wear armor against the straw mites, or leggins, gaiters or high boots outside of breeches, and to sprinkle some powdered sulphur in the stockings before entering infested terpillars—They don’t bite, but, oh boy, they can set up a furious der- matitis m the nettling hairs stic the skin. If I were a com- mittee of one » confer awards for intense itching I should unhesitatingly give the gold medal to ivy poisoning, the silver medal to orthoform erythema and honorable mention to h, having given each a thorough trial. The irritant princi- ple is unaffected by water, alcohol or even weak acids, but is soluble, in weak alkali solutions; so the affected skin should be washed first with a of 20 grains of sodium h drate to a pint of water, or a tea- spoonful of washing soda'to the pint of water, and afterward bathed with any soothing lotion. The standard soothing lotion which is probably best for the relief of itch- ing and burning in most emergencies is known as calamin lotion and con- sists o Oxid of zinc Calamin . Glycerin drams drams 2 drams ounces Plain water or rose- ..4 ounces This mixture should be shaken up and applied by dabbing on the skin with the fingers as often as desired. When itching is very intense a little phenol (carbolic acid) may be used in the formula, say two ounces of the 5 per cent solution of phenol (which the druggist may sell without prescription), instead of two ounces of the water. This calamin lotion is suitable for relief of itching or burn- ing in hives, erythema, sunburn and numerous other conditions firstthinginthe morning Inner cleanliness is necessary to the mainte- nance of good health. To keep your intestines clear of the waste matter which poisons your system is important to all who cherish health- tul living. ENO will assist your body to throw off its waste matter, gently, harmlessly, natu- rally. You will enjoy its refreshing, sparkling effervescence. ENG Thace was THE WORLD FAMED _ @[fervescentfialt START THE DAY RIGHT #—> Sales Agents : flAROLDF.RlTCHlE&CO;kIna fi 171 Madison Ave., New Yo b N Toronte Syiney Wellimsson @ 4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1925, The parrit pop gave ma for her berthday hasent started to tawk vet, and ma is the only one that can go enywhere neer it without it trying to bite them, making ma think its a grate berd but making everybody elts think jest the opposite, and last nite after suppir ma was holding a crack- er for the parrit to take bites out of and pop came in the setting room with the evening paper and the parrit started to jump up and down on its stick and make a fearse noise. Thats gratitude for you, I go ahed and pay out my good money for a parrit and then it terns erround and dont ltke my looks, pop sed. Now Willyum this berd has a per- feckly lovely nature if you only get on its rite side, ma sed. Its rite side is outsidle as far as Im concerned and thats ware its go- ing to go if it keeps on insulting me in my own house, bleeve me, pop sed. Thats because he duzzent think you trust him, ma sed. Then he has the rite ideer, pop sed, and ma sed, Look at me, Im put- ting my finger rite inside the cage and he's jest pecking at it playfully. Thats because he sees 1 trust him. Come over heer and act friendly tords him, Willyum, and he'll think jest as much of you as he does of me, ma sed. Well, I beleeve in giving every liv- ing creature a chance, pop sed. And he went over to the cage say- ing, Pritty polly, nice polly, I trust you like a brother and heers one of my favorite fingers to play with. ‘And he stuck one finger inside the bars, only sticking it ina little ways but jest enuff for the parrit to grab a hold of it and give it a fearse bite. Wich it did, and pop threw a cush- ion at the cage and ma got mad at pop insted of at the parrit, making pop still madder and he went over to the bowling alley sucking his finger all the ways down the street. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Play Apparatus. One mother says: We have an arrangement back yard for children's play appa ratus ‘which is comparatively cheap and serves the purpose unusually well. Two uprights 6x6 are set in the ground four feet apart. They are 81y feet high. Across the top of them is laid another 6x6, long enough so that it extends out at each end 3 feet. In the middle, then, is space for a swing, and on the free ends may be hung a parallel bar and a ladder, or “‘what vou will” The supports may be stained brown, and the general effect is not at all disfiguring to a well kept yard. in the HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. Calling Them ‘“Dragoons.” The word “dragoon” is now famil- far in military parlance in this coun- try as the name of a soldier, usually a cavalryman, heavily equipped. And our dictionary sanctions its use as a common noun. Yet it comes to us directly from an English regiment, the Dragoons. The origin of the term in its first application to Eng- lish _troops holds a colortul tale. “Dragoon” is a corruption of “drag- on"—the dragon on the standard of the regiment. It was applied origi- nally because of the short gun which these soldiers carried in earlier times, the sending forth of whose fire was compared by the populace to fire- belching dragons! While it is true that dragons have appeared on the standards of armies since anclent times, the naming of the regiment which has popularized the word ‘“dragoon” was inspired by the fire of its principal weapon, which, by the way, can be seen in museums tod ONE REFILL AND PUFF REFILLS FOR POUDRE COMPACTE et T Y GOTY Refills economy for the woman who uses the COTY Compacte. Ineachpack- age there is a dainty new puff. The Refills should be of the same shade and odeur as the original Poudre Compacte. or just a fraction over WOMAN’S PAGE. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1825.) 1. Jet black. 5. Rascals. 10. Anger. 11. Above (abbreviation). 13. Unusual. 14. Epoch. 15. Middle of a cask. 16. Relation. 18, Writing table. 19. Dwarf. . A metal. 24, Carpenter's tools. 26. Verbal quibble. 28, Gold (heraldry). 29. Personal pronoun 30. Beyond the boundary. 32. Rip. 33. At present. . Kind of bird. . Expect. . Clear profit. . Sink deeply. . Quality. . Prophet. . And 8o on (abbreviation). gnify approval Pistory of Bour Name BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN, ELLWOOD VARIATION—EIwood. RACIAL ORIGIN—English. SOURCE—A locality. This family name, of English or- igin and development, is one of those which have been derived from place names. There are many places to- day in England named Ellwood. All of them do not trace their history back to the medieval times, but, on the other hand, it is fair to assume that there were also places called | Ellwood in the medieval ages which | since have been called by other| mes. 7 So. unless you can follow the indi- vidual family history definitely back to the first use of the name, you have little certainty from which par- ticular Ellwood it has been derived. Ellwood was the sort of a place name which might be applied lo- cally. Tt ‘meant simply “EI: wood,” “Ellis,” “Elice” and “Helya being the medieval English spelling the biblical name of “Elijah” or “Elias.” This, of course, was a He- brew given name, popular with the medieval populations mnot only of England, but of other Christian untries, through its biblical asso- cations. The name means “the Lord God,” op “the Strong Lord.” The average cash fare of the elec- tric street rallways in the cities of the United States now is 7.5147 cents, 7l cents. This 1s based upon the fares charged by the street car lines in 272 cities of the country having a population of 25,000 or over on March 1 of this year. . Minstrel performer (two words) . Mixed drinks, Down. fore mature. s . City in Venetia . Sheltered corner. Austrian coin (abbreviation). . Dry. . Valleys. . Units of work . One who hunts, 2. Revise. . Sharp pinch. . United States ship (abbreviation). . A number. Compleme: Heaven Original. . Native metal . Il considere: . Unit of weight. . Surrounding. . Scoffed. . Proceeded. Istressed. t of a bolt. body. riptivé expression. erpment. 5. Unit. of length. See Asnouncement Tuesday’s and Saturday’s Star are an appealing AT ALL DRUG AND DEPARTMENT STORES R Tox cidedly noon inge = ay, acted rated, an u ri we urg nary tastic will, un ence, be In the exerci: enc cither or a pre giving The today ing inf which t dura Durin, ever, ¢ In dispc peculiar their at peal to be make what t d s Ju If resps which vour on, up.” it’s pressing to avoid OFf washing, dress;ng, work and meals My Frantic days consisE. T hardly live SUC}\ A labor to exist . < gany What TomorrowMeans to You BY /'s pla good vhen t and ¥ In ¥ ne pon, r an) although Lere nd th; rimy wder o evenin Aot to will enjoy and any ey, hey a the pe any ition the ctiv all t tr come in contact like their lives—clear They will be pe up in hey la ma; ne ibility ot a of s ma has never been pres You h are, howev in | vour { do for | do W ny | nds cc you w yourself will to do something ¢ any further The Two Brothers. there were two hrnlhnr;,i lie was alway a baby Char-| was slow. Tom | [tion for such a b schooling,” said his “What do you v and Tom going tc earn how p line,” He wer rone le was quick and spilled hi: while C| like a and th him, wh ) just to get Tom to say “thank you." When they went to school the story was the same. Ghar! 2 1t ke a term-end eXxamin t the head of his classes | was never any doubt in k 4 minds about his readiness for p {tion. “A very bright boy. It s t bad his brothe more him.” Tom aminations sidered him A on tria his own, at all — milk o 7 b ur year cour 1{to bad to ta en the t ubtful and ke retake acher con- | him |and carr He spelled in a way |them and his writing was im. le. Ah, yes, he is intellig 1 vouldn't like to say he was dull. He | simply not learn. I don't know why. He's such a nice boy. Every body likes him. The little children |and the dogs and the other boys his teachers and neighbors all like |dr him. But he does not get along well ¢ in_school By and by with a measure of grace |t pensation of mercy Tom was praduated from elementary school. | What now? There’s no use sending him to He had all he could do to mentary,” said the teachers. | jewelry zet b b and send him | the job is far better educa- ing to sp MAKY BLAKE. and He succ dictated Cancer. aspects are de- the after- decided | and de. of the netary until late in hey undergo a ecome rse part n be idea elabo: rise launch. savors of fresh enter that wh ion is dc be € achievemer stimulati both easy and poss self-restraint must FACTS ABOUT TEA SERIES—No. 1 o due pessimis foolish doubts and m iren horn normal health dur rilments frc suffer will be of brief of ht consequence. riod of ad nce, how- | uld be exercised in order und s or strain. thy hav } eir own, they eness and hose with Their cha Tea as a Beverage Tea first became known in China nearly 3000 years before Christ. In that country tea was greatly prized, both for its remark- able qualities as a beverage and for the almost religious ceremony attached to the drinking of it. Up to the sixth century, tea was used only for medicinal purposes. Even in the seventeenth century it cost $25.00 to $50.00 per pound. All tea caddies were constantly kept under lock and key. Today when even fine quality -like “SALADA "’ costs less than one-third of a cent per cup, it is not surprising that the consamption of tea is increasing tremen- dously. "SALADA" Now what’s the matter? ARY-Elizabeth was a girl who couldn’t mask her feelings. serv lodding q in brillianc b ck is your birthday is the character re best known whom you po lice or uncharita it in your ve very of any involved igh trout > When she returned from the party that night her face told clearly that the evening had been a dis- mal failure. And Mary-Elizabeth had always been so popu- lar. Her mother was sym- pathetic—but helpless. * * = You, yourself, rarely know when you have halitosis (unpleas ant breath). That's the insidious thing about it. And even your closest friends won't tell you. Sometimes, of course, halitosis comes from some deep-seated or« ganic disorder that requires pro- fessional advice. But usually and fortunately—halitosis s only a local condition that yields to the regular use of Listerine as a mouth wash and gargle. It is an interesting thing that this well- known antiseptic that has been in use for years for surgical dress- ings, possesses these unusual propertics as a breath deodorant. Test the remarkable deodoriz- ing effects of Listerine this way: Rub alittle onion on your fingers. Then apply Listerine and note how quickly the onion odor dis- appears. This safe and long-trusted an- tiseptic has dozens of different uses; note the little circular that comes with every bottle. Your druggist sells Listerine in the original brown package only— never in bulk. There are four sizes: 14 ounce, 7 ounce, 3 ounce and 13{ ounce. Buy the large size for economy.— Lambert Pharma- cal Company, Saint Louis,U. S. 4. LISTERINE Throat Tablets are now available. Please do not make the mistake of expecting them to correct bad breath. Rely on the liquid, Listerine. Containing all of the antisepeic csential oils of Listerine however, they are S very valuable as a relief for throat irritations—25 cents.