Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1925, Page 75

SCARFS MUST BE GIVEN A GENER( DRESS BUDGET NOWADAYS DE CHINE SCARF APPLIQUEI HANDRERCHIEF TO MATCH. AND HANDKERCHIEF OF § F BY MARY MARSHALL. ASHIONABLE women of all ages have been chided by cer in would-be social reformers for the amount of money the have spent on their clothe: and prophets, preachers an: »mists have for centuries referred 10 the feminine dress budget as chisf- est 1dly vanities. Apparently women of all ages have been extrava &ant in this matter of dress, but each age and each period has had some special item of extravagance. At one period the amount money spent on women's hats and headdress is the source of amazement and consterna tion: at another time their jewelry bills seem appalling. In one period they are berated for spending so much on shawls, at another they are censored for the amount they pay the furriers. Just at present the women’s shoe bill and stocking causes most consternation. So from time to time modify: our dress budget. It may be that from year to vear the sum that we have to spend on our clothes re mains the same, but the relative amounts spent on the different sorts of things must change fashions change. When skirts are long and trailing _we can aside # small amount for shoes and stockings. When skirts are of moderate length and bill we have to set fashionable | YT/ (11w St v - M e )US APPORTIONMENT OF THE AT THE LEFT IS A SHORT CREPE D WITH BRIGHT COLORS, WITH AT THE RIGHT ARE A SCARF LVER TISSUE AND GOLD LAC shoes are high we can at least econo | mize on stockings. But with skirts as they are now no woman can attempt to look well dressed who does not de vote a large proportion of her dress | money to the covering of feet and | legs Shoes and stockings are a very big item in the dress budget of the fash fonable woman of today: in fact, whether vou are really fashionable of not you have to spend much more actually and relatively for shoes than vou would have done in years gone by. Fifty pairs of shoes is spoken of as not excessive for a year's supply for a French woman of fashion. One reason given for this appar- ent extravagance is that even the most expensive shoes nowadays are far from durable. Once, you know, the feeling and fact was that If you pald a high price for shoes, and had them made to order by a first-class | bootmaker, you had something that would “‘wear forever.” Nowadavs this Is not the case. Dress shoes are very fragile almost all shoes are | “dress” shoes. We have changed our ideas about what constitutes a suf able street shoe. Once the smart street shoe could be kept in trim con ditlon by regular_ polishing and clean- ing. Now the dainty foot covering | that fashionable women wear on the street cannot ba cleaned by the boot- I black, and, in fact, cannot be cleaned THE SUNDAY STAR, WASH AUGUST ions Call for Dress Budget Reapportionment HERE 1S A SLIPPER OF BLACK SATIN WITH GOLD HEEL. THE DESIGN, WHICH IS WORKED ON THE VAMP WITH NARROW COL- ORED RIBBONS, 'IS REPEATED ON THE NUDE STOCKINGS AND THE BLACK SATIN GARTERS WHICH GO WITH THE SLIPPERS. BELOW, AT LEFT IS A WHITE FELT HAT SLIT AT BACK, WITH BOW OF - THE WHITE FELT EDGED WITH RED, WHITE STOCKINGS WITH RED DESIGN AT THE SIDE AND WHITE SUEDE SHOE PIPED WITH RED. IN CEN- TER 1S SHOWN A STRAP OF BRAIDED METAL TO BE WORN AS ANKLE STR 00O 00O © O 0O0OOY DETACHABLE WASHABLE COLLAR AND CUFF SETS ARE AGAIN COM- ING INTO FASHION AND MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE DRESS BUDGET. AT THE TOP IS A COL- LAR AND JABOT OF PENCIL BLUE AND WHITE GEORGETTE. AT LEFT, A VEST OF GERANIUM PINK CREPE DE CHINE TO BE WORN WITH THE NEAT NAVY BLUE TWO-PIECE SUIT. AT RIGHT, A GORGET AND CUFF SET OF ECRU NET AND LACE WITH TINY GREEN BUTTONS AND BELOW THIS IS A SET OF COLLAR AND CUFFS MADE OF %-23 OLD ROSE CHIFFON. bag for every frock, and so ive are many of the new bags that it is quite beyond the power of many women to resist buying -« new bag every time they go shopping. “Gloves ags and stockings,” commented one observer of fashlons the othe 3! by these things are ye judged this season.” This ina measure true, but least here in America women can still he rather Handbags, too, have become an 'economical in this matter of gloves important item in the dress budget. | For we still go quite gloveless if we Time was when most women consid- | wish for evening, and for country and ered themselves well supplied if they | sport wear few women bother them had two or three handbags. There | selves with gloves nowa But the was a leather bag perhaps to go with | woman of really good taste is rather the street costume, a gold mesh bag ular about her gloves when she for afternoon wear and some sort of ars in the city street ‘»\'onmfl party bag One didn't like | wear biege gloves of washable kid or | being bothered with tom many bags | doeskin are really quite the smartest it meant having to change so fre- | selection However, you should be that they discard their shoes when |quently from one bag to another, | guided by the frock with which they they are marred by rain | turning change and bills and other |are to be worn in selecting the color For the woman who the | accessories out of one bag into an- | There light grav doeskin gloves litem of dance slippers very |l other. But the fashion now large one, because present-day danc ing wears shoes out very fast and the present-day dancing slipper is ex tremely fragile. Moreover, just at present it seems to be the smart thing | to have a different pair of slippers for every frock Women go t great pains to.have their slippers exactiy match their evening frocks, and carry | samples of material to their shoe deal. ers to match the materials as nearly | as possible to the shoes they buy. | and at o successfully more than a very few times. If it is caught in the rain it is very nearly done for. One wonders sometimes how the well dressed women we see manage to keep their dainty shoes looking so well despite the fact that they never wear rubbers. The secret of the matter is. of course, | dances is a are | rather what is toland that yellowish cream that is the | that there is relatively less now than color of raw, uncolored, unbleached chamois skin other observer of present-day fashions says that the most important things in the appearance of well dressed women have nothing to do with their actual dress. Most impor- tant, thought this commentor, was ! attention to the face, hands and hair. There is some truth in this, for women spend relatively a larger amount of their incomes on beauty doctors, manicurists, hair dressers and barbers than ever before. But a girl really can take care of these details for herself, and it &he does, then there is something saved to spend on more and nicer frocks. e O much. then, is it neceseary to spend on frocks a vear? Or proportion of your total dr allowance should be S0 ex pended? Many women, especially those who buy French frocks, seem to think HATS WITH GLOVES TO MATCH OFTEN GIV JUST THE RIGHT TONE OF UNITY TO A SIMPLE COSTUME. ABOVE, A HAT OF SILVER KID TRIMMED WITH STEFL NAIL- BEADS IS MATCHED WITH SIL- VER KID GLOV EMBROIDERED IN STEEIL BELOW, A SREEN VELVET HAT TRIMMED WITH DROOPING OSTRICH PL E OF THE SAME ., IS ACCOM- PANIED BY GLOVES OF GRA WITH CUFFS OF GREEN MATCH. ING THE SHADE OF THE PLUME heretofore to spend on dress. Many women find no other way fo make both ends meet In their dress allow ance than to buy very, very few frocks and make them serve numer ous occasions. Unless they economize thus they have not enough left for shoes and stockings, bags, hats, scarfs and the innumerable little accessories which seem so important to wom- an’s happiness nowadays. This indeed has to be the method of procedure of the woman who buys every frock of her wardrobe from the shop of one of the world-renowned French designers, for dresses, though simple, are still outrageously expensive there But for the average woman there are ways out situagion. It is often possible to huy at very small cost a little frock which, with proper accessories and perfectly kept hair, hands and com plexion, looks quite distinguishe Sometimes you may even make frock of this description vourself. By all means have a dress budget unless you have so much money that you do not have to count what you spend for vour apparel. The right sort of dress budget is not figured for a single 12 months. Certain ftems of expense will last for 3 or 4 or even 5 vears, and so the amount so expended should be divided by the number of years of duration in figuring the annual dress expense For Instance, a good fur coat may be made to last vears. me make an evening wrap last as long. of the and such articles as bathing suits and American | women | bathrobes often last 1 a budge 1v by total amount $630, only $58 is all this inc rubbers, galoshes room slippe dressed women | cient total ¢ i ever a vear for The al dress the trouble we {out a diet that | to every one indi for 3 or 4 years. compiled recent- of which the was over dress supposed experts spent per vear for shoes, 5. Few we this bud; | the | etde t women ance with | new o nin the | but_ wou | perhaps 1e “ It's all | and prefe So wher fpudzet you spend | Then make | need. Then | ures such d spend mor est things hings Which Are of Interest to Younger Mr. Monk’s New Adventures. M¢!Monk meant he had a good many day he let one of the golf balls fall of zebra will stand that so A wmamser faaeek M WRUATSOT Next minute Mr. Monk felt saw a number of stars in front of h and stripes he saw, Mr. Monk said only wished he'd have been there inst a bit of n gossip, saw ever Junglepool! to startle the visitors to Junzlepool with performance with six golf balls on the rehearsals in his something strike him a juggling ck of a zebra. To insure success spare time, but, unfortunately, one n the zebra's nose. No self-respecting violently, and he is eyes. In fact, what with the stars he felt as if he was in_America—he ead of Junglepool. Mr. Rhino, who is the whole incident, and didn't forget to spread it all ped Poppy Is Known Perhaps you would like to know something about poppies because they are the flowers for people born in August In olden time: they were thought to be the blossom of a weed of evil omen, probably be- cause of thefr color which symbol jzed blood. Thus they were a sym bol of death to the ancients. There is a fantastic tale told of the son of Tarquinius Superbus, that @4 Foman emperor. The father had taken captive a city and was uncer galn whether to seil its inhabitants snto bondage, 5o he asked the advice ®f his son. 'The Romans were at that time a stern and warlike people and the son listened scornfully to what his father said. Then, when he had finished, without a word the young ofMcer walked into the garden of the palace and with his sword slash- ed the heads from a bed of poppies. In that way did he tell his father what to do with the captives of the conquered city. and his father did what his son had told him. Later. when more was known ahout the poppy. the properties of poppy geeds became known. People learn ed how to make these seeds vield fpium, and the poppy came to mean, as Sleep Flower. the flower of sleep. Because of this and its connection with the Orlent it now signifies langour and drows ness. Maybe you haye Seen these little poppy seeds scattered over the tops of shiny breakfast rolls. You need not be afrald to eat them, how- ever, for such small quantities can have no effect, and if you are sleepy afterward 1t 4s omly because you | went to bed too late the night before, | ot i S ‘What's Funny. Agent—Sir, can 1 mell you an én: cyclopedia- Prospect—I couldn’t ride one if T had it. f B il b Right Again. Teacher—Give the positive, com- parative and superlative degrees of sick. Pupil—Sick, sicker, dead. Yell for Girls. Y » o 7“‘ [ LT LU like, The giraffe i3 covered with large dark brown spots. The little piga need small pointed ears and snouts, and toothpick or pipe cleaner legs. They may be black, white, red or spotted, according to your fancy. In choosing nuts for pigs, those with the lfttle dried stem /are best, for it is more like the ourly tail than any you could make, The plumage of the flamingo is scarlet, pink and white. Use pipe cleaners for legs, and paste on the patterns as indicated in the drawing. These attractive birds and 1s make nice favors for a party., The dlagrams are merely a few sugge tions, for there are many other ani- mals that will suggest themselves to The Peanut Zoo is different from any zoo you have ever visited, for here you will ind a splder as large as an elephant, and a great lobster that the camel would run away from. To make this interesting 2oo you will need peanuts of different sizes and shapes, wooden tooth picks, a package of pipe cleaners, light brown wrapping paper, bits of colored crepe paper, and paste. If you have water colors, buy Chinese white with which to mix them,’or peérbaps You have tempera. colors, such you s in school, which are better. The secret of making these animals is in the selection of peanuts. The solemn owl needs only big, round, dark eyes, and his curved beak paint- ed. The wings may be painted, but are better cut from paper, traced from | pattern No. 2. You can only follow the general lines of these papers, as the peanuts will vary in size, so you will have to cut either inside or out- side the lines of the pattern to get the Sew the owl onto a twig, allowing the stitches to form his toes—two on each foot being all that show. Make the parrot of the same shaped nut as the owl, but use bright ‘crepe paper for wings, back and tail— orunge, green and red. The long tail feathers may be curled at the end by drawing them along the blade of & knife. Paste the long tall feathers on first, then & narrow strip of paper along the back, extending over the place where the tail feathers are at- tached, and the wings last. The lobster and spider have bent toothpicks for legs, and pins for an- tennae. If you would like to have vour lobster boiled, paint him bright red. The spider should be painted | black and yellow. The natural color of the- peanut will do for the camel, the giraffe and the' elephant. Cut your brown paper | will soon be the owner of a large from patterns Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, | Peanut Zoo, and you might even build the points inserted in small slits in the | cages and houses for the animals out v rdbo road of peanuts that come in a single bag. With this page to start you off, you you as you look at the great variety | There is a lot of fun in making the animals, and everybody will be de- lighted ‘with the result, if yeu are at all careful in your, work. Flight of Birds. NTO air pilot has: ever reported a bird flying as high as 12,000 feet. The usual flight of birds is seldom over 1,000 feet from the ground. B ‘The absent-minded professor is ‘with us again. Thix one kissed his tywo shoes good night, and put his two daughters under the bed. ek S0y “Mary. downstairs. Your master just stubbed his toe.” An inquisitive little boy wants to know who's going to bury the laet 4 come and take the parrot | Here’s Something “My dog will jump through a hoop Hold a hoop about a foot high and he will run and leap through it,” says Ruth Collins of Wichita Falls, Tex., Ruth goes on to describe her do; “He looks like a shaggy, long-haire: collle. He is black with white legs and feet, has a white ring around his neck, white from between his fore legs up across his nose and up in a sharp point on his forehead.” Hers is a picture of Ruth and Re afldvers My Dog Does—— | her dog, as she What tricks vour described him dog do? things boys and te to the boys The Star, { can your I vou will w girls about | anad girls in care | telling what your dog can do and glving a description him. The most original or unusual etunts will be published with a picture of the dog drawn to match the description | res art W nt other him. Game From Pers In olden times in Persia the boys and girls played a very exciting game called “Chinnabeer.” At least 10 boys or glrle or both | are required to play this game— 4 for the Inner circle and 6 for the outer. With more children, the cir- cles are increased. A stick is placed on the ground and surrounded by a circle of boys, who are to guard it. Outside of this inner circle 18 another circle of bovs, whose aim is to get possession of the stick. ‘They attempt to decreass the num- ber of boys guarding the &tick. Any- body in the outer ring may encircle with his arms one or more boys of the inner ring and then run back again to his place in the outer ring. Any one thus encircled is called “dead” and cannot pla The players in the inner ring may, in the meantime, attempt to lessen ia Full of Thrills. the number of their opponents by meeting them with the palms of their hands. Any one so hit is “dead” and out of the game One boy of the Inner ring is sp cial guard of the precious stick, and it is the duty of his t nates to see that he, also, is uched, as he has to remain r it. The fnner circle is us broken up first and the stick captured. Then four men from the outer circle b come guards and the rest of the boys form the offense. In case the outer circle falls first the inner circle holds the fort again for another attack This game i& great fun when the players do not hold hands, as then they become so excited about either escaping from their opponents or capturing a new victim that they for get about guarding their circle, and the stick is captured Meaning of Maybe you will laugh when you find what your name means, or maybe you will think it quite appropriate. Here are some names beginning with R and 8; it yours i very much like one of these, but spelled differently, it probably means the same thing and was the same name originally. Boys’ Names. Randal (Anglo-Saxon): House wolf. Raphael (Hebrew): Healing of God. Raymond (014 Gaelic): Wise protec: *lon. Reginald (01d Gaelic); Strong ruler, Reuben (Hebrew): Behold! A son! Reuel (Hebrew): Friend of God. Richard (Old High German): Strong like & ruler, powerful. oRopert (Old High German): Bright in e Roderio (Old Gaelic) Rich in fame. R&dolph (014 High German): Famous wol Roger (Old High German): Famous with spear. Roland or Rowland (Old Gaelic): Fame of the land. Rufus (Latin): Red-haired. Rupert (Old High German): Shining in_fame. Samson (Hebrew): Splendid sun. Samuel (Hebrew): Asked for of God. Saul (Hebrew): Asked for. ieba. (Hebrew): Eminent. Sebastian (Greek): Venerable. Seth (Hebrew): Appointed. Slgiamund (Old High Germanl Con- Your Name. quering protection. 8ilas or Silvanus (Latin): Living in & wood. Sflvester (Latin): Bred in the coun- try. Simeon or Simon (Hebrew): Hearing with acceptance. Solomon (Hebrew): Peaceable. Stephen (Greek): A crown. Girls’ Names. Rachel (Hebrew): Alive (Hebrew): Of enchanting Rosa (Latin): A rose. Rosabel or Rosabella (Latin): A, fair rose. Rosalie (French): rose. Rosalind (Latin): Beautiful as@ rose. Rosamond (Teutonic): Horse protec- tion. Roxana (Persian): Dawn of day. Ruth (Hebrew): Beauty. Sabina (Latin): ‘abine woman. Sabrina (Latin): The River Severn. Hebrew): Peaceful. in): Safe. ah (Hebrew); A princess, reek): Parsley or moon. Serena (Latin): Serene. Sibyl (Greek): A prophetess, Sophia (Greek): Wisdom. Sophronia (Greek): Of a sound mind. Stella (Latin); Star, Susan (Hebrew): A 1ly, Sylvia (Latin); Living in a wood, Little blooming