Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1925, Page 39

WOMAN'S PAGE This Season’s Square-Toed Shoes BY MARY MAKRSHALL. A certain well known portrait painter insists that the only correct type of shoe for a woman to wear is THESE IMPORTED SHOES SHOW THE NEW SQUARE TOES AND A NOVEL SORT OF POINTED TOES. AT THE TOP IS A SLIP- PER OF BLONDE AND GOLD K1D AND BLACK PATENT LEATHE! LOW IT A BOUDOIR SLIP-| PER OF BROCAI IQUED | WITH BLACK VELV BOTH HEEL AND TOE OF THIS ARE SQUARE. T COMES A SLIP- PER OF BF KID WITH BAND OF BROWN SUEDE. AND AT | THE BOTTOM A POIN SLIP- | PER _OF Y St AND | slender, tapering lines of these ex- tremities and thereby makes them look more delicate, more aristocratic. These are not his exact words, but Jjust the gist of his argument, and he could probably make you see as he does that his theory about pointed toes is based upon the soundest artistic foundation. To some other observers the shape of the toes of & woman's shoes seems to be more a matter of fashion than anything else, and the natural fond- ness for varlety to be the factor that underlies the ehanging styles in the lasts of shoes. During & number of years in Europe, shortly before the overy of America, men wore such vagantly long toes to their shoes that it was difficult not to stumble over them. Rich men wore these points a foot long, and the princes had them 2 feet long. They were known as poulaines, and sometimes had to be turned up and tied aboyt the legs to facilitate walking. Then quite suddenly there was a risht-about-face of fashion, and shoes became “as absurdly broad at the toes as they were previously peaked or pointed.” These new shoes were called ““duck bills.” And these broad- toed shoes we all associate with the costumery of the days of Bhakespeare and Queen Elizabeth in England and Henry IV and Catherine de Medici in France. And so fashions. Within the past generation French goes the history of shoe Back in 1910 American women wore | rounded points, while French women wore pointed shoes of great length. Then just as American women had taken up with the French long-pointed shoe the French gradually adopted a rounded, short-vamped shoe, which Americans resisted for some time. Just as they finally adopted this com- fortable style—adapted somewhat to American needs—many smart French women took to the rather pointed last again. And now from France comes word that fashionable women over there are looking with favor on square-toed slippers which it has pleased the shoe- makers to make recently. Shoes of this type were worn by French elegants some time in the eighteenth century, and again in the last cen- tury narrow vamped shoes ending in small, square toes were affected by both men and women. And now one of the smartest Ameri- sending over very pointed toes for one with a pointed toe. foot what slightly do to the fingers—accentuates 1t does to the pointed finger nails the Fall—long pointed toes that remind you of the exaggerated points of the Middle Ages. (Copyright. 1925.) WHEN WE GO SHOPPING BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN. Will Your Wear Your Corset? And Will It “Wear"? To buy a corset comfortable enough that you'll wear it is one thing: but to buy one durable enough that it! will wear is quite another. ability is not so much a matter of line and cut, so essential for comfort in a corset, as of materials and work- manship. Possibly, then, the first question you should consider, as you | go about the business of buying a well wearing corset, is the question of corset fabrics Now, the making of the fabrics for the corsets you see in the store is a specialized industry. The strength of the material, the amount of tension it can withstand, is tested by the manufacturer before the corset is made. A grade of cloth considered good for corset making must with- stand about 95 pounds of pressure per square inch. The materials you will see most often at the corset counter are cot- ton silk and the popular _elastics. Coutil, a thick cloth in a close her- ring-bone weave, is one of the most used cotton materials. Cotten bro- cade is popular and especially well wearing; it usually comes in shades of pink. Broche, a material resem- bling brocade though more loosely woven, {s also much used. The silk | materials, of course, are much more expensive than these cotton ones. Elastic corsets and girdles, which have come into sudden popularity of late years, are particularly appropri- ate for sports wear and for dancing, since they vield so readily to every movement of the body. Some women ltke them, too, because they cling more closely to the figure than corsets of other materfals can. Heavy nets are especially desirable in some light- weight corsets. Practically all most light-wel t athletic girdles, have some, if only a few, stays. It} is essential that these steels be non rusting: otherwise, no matter how fine | a materfal covers them, it is likely | soon to be stained and ugly. The| cheapest, least desirable steels you will see are the metaltipped ones covered with paper. A better kind | are the ones the ends of which are dipped in celluloid, which protects the steel from rust Exebably the mow durable and satisfactory steels of all | are the ones of very thin flexible steel, | covered with a heavy rubber material, | romething like whalebone. Such | steels will withstand long and hard | ‘wear, all kinds of pressure and bend- | ing about, and will not rust or break. The rubber composition is put on ths steel and baked there for approxi mately 100 hours, Another good st thick, compressed paper : muslin, or some other heavy cloth Tn most good corsets the front stays, | like the clasps, are made of aluminum. | Selecting the School Skirt. | corsets, even the The school skirt for the young girl should be simple in line and trimming, | but of good material. There is a sat- MODE MINIATURES “Flapper Panties” now make théir | debut to the underworld of lingerie— | new athletic style step-ins in our old | favorite glove silk, which after all | cannot be improved upon for all-| around wear, | These garments differ from the | usual step-in in being str: hter, having the division of the legs deeper, and the leg sections narrower. They resemble brief bloomers without the | log_elastic. New York stores are kept busy sell- ing these comfortable innovations at the moderate price of $1.75 a pair. You will undoubtedly find them at the leading department store in your own isfaction in wearing clothes of good cut and workmanship, and in this the | young miss does not differ radically from her mother. Furthermore, if & girl feels that her garments are not appropriate, or are poorly made, she is made. deeply ‘clothes conscious' just at a time when she can ord to have her development hampered in this way, and the dis- traction is sure to show up in unsatis- factory school reports, as well as in her attitudes toward the social groups in which she is thrown. So it is a wise mother who puts loving thought and care into planning the off-to- school clothe A full, short skirt is the most serv- iceable kind. As you know by ex- perience, the tight, narrow skirt tends to become baggy at the knee and to require frequent pressing. I also grows shiny and wrinkles very easily, because it is subject to so much’ strain. Mothers frequently complain that it is such a task to press the pleated skirt, but while this is true, it must not.be forgotten that the plain, narrow skirt wrinkles much more easily, and so' needs pressing oftener. % Young girls in general are fond of the nccordion-pleated skirts in vari- ous soft materials, but these have the disadvantage that when the pleats come out they must be put in again by a cleaner, at no little cost. On the other hand, it the box or side pleats come out it is not necessary to have them pressed in by a professional. With some of the new skirts it is made possible to retain the straight line and at the same time secure the necessary fullness by means of an in- verted or “kick” pleat in the front. It is a style that is Very practical. The quality of the goods determines whether the skirt will stand up under a lot of service, or look cheap and shoddy after a little wear. Chea wool lacks smoothness and softne poor silk soon appears flimsy and lacks luster; while cheap dyes fade in the sun, and the garment soon takes on a clouded and streaked effect. Cotton yarns mixed with wool will wrinkle ‘more, because the two fibers are acted upon differently by the weather. A coarse, loose weave may stretch and get out of shape. A rough material soils more quickly than a smooth one, while napped fab- rics catch and hold the dirt. Any silk or wool cloth is liable to “spot” if it has not been sponged. Police of Scotland Yard have been hunting for an alleged absconder who already has 100 aliases. and American shoe fashions seem to | | be playing a game of hide and seek. | can shoe dealers savs that Paris is| THE SUB ROSA BY MIMI Not to Be Praised, Louise. Louise writes to me, telling of her troubles—which are mostly concerned with her unpopularity at dances—the lack of attention she receives from men while other girls are having the| time of thelr lives. Her letter ts usual enough. I get dozens of them in a day. But one paragraph leaped out at me, and caught my attention: “Of course, Mimi, like all nice girls, T de- test the sight of cosmetics and I'm careful never to spoil my complexion with any of the rouge and powder S0 often used by the girls nowadays. I can truhtfully say that I've never put a thing on my face that did any- thing to improve my appearance. It I can't be naturally beautitul I'll just be homely. That's the way I feel about it. Don't you think that's an attitude to be praised, Mimi?" ‘Well, what do you think I wrote that young woman? You've probably guessed by this time that my letter did not convey congratulations on her strong-minded attitude. On the contrary, she got a good hard talk on common sense in cos- metics. And if I hear of her appear- ing at dance in minus powder and a dash of girlish bloom she'll be | scratched off my list. It's all very well to keep your schoolgirl complexion and avoid en- ameling your face so that it resem- bles a mask. But the most blooming, peach-and cream skin won't ward off a shi nose. Have you ever seen anything more detrimental to the general ef- fect of a sweet young thing than the spectacle of a bright, shiny nose No matter what may be your ob- jection to powder, you've got to admit that it remeves that “perspiring” look from your girlish features—takes away a faintly greasy appearance of which the best of complexions is guilty after the tenth dance. Maybe your color—in the daytime— | is like that of a sweet wild rose. May- be you have a deep, lovely flush that entrances all your admirers. But wait till it gets under the glare of the baliroom lights. Watch the roses recede, and ghastly green cucumber tint take their place. You have to possess a complexion like a nice red brick wall in order to withstand the glaring overhead lights of a big dance club. So the added dash of rouge that heightens your color and makes vour eyes sparkle will prevent your fading out of the picture entirely. And in the same way—unless your 1ips happen to be that sort of cherry- red Cupld's bow we read about in books and seldom see—a touch of lipstick will do no harm at night. All these things in moderation. But don't forego &ll aids to beauty in your endeavor to look naturally beautiful You'll probably succeed in looking just naturally frumpy, Louise, if you persist in this strong-minded con- tempt for cosmetics. {| SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Blueweed. Now is the time of year to watch for the blueweed, brilliant visitor to the District of Columbia, with its vided, incredible flowers, its deb- onai rand sometimes insolent habits. This weed, of Buropean origin, is a newcomer to America, relatively speaking. Where the plantain and the dandelion came over long ugo, the blueweed has but recently immi- grated from its Mediterranean home. And it brings with it a certain Latin dash and colorfulness. The name biue devil, frequently applied to it, tells the other side of the story, of its crowding, elbowing habits, and the difficulties of eradi- cating it, once it gets its start. As vet, we have not so much of it that it may be accounted a pest A Washingtonian recently saw some growing near a military eamp over on the Virginia shore and dug it up, it looked so pretty, to plant in| his garden. He may live to regret the day, but on first blush, at least, | it is_certainly attractive. Most of the flowers that we call blue are really some shade of lilac or purple. But in the borage family, to which blueweed belongs, there are many true blues—witn the forget-me- not. € Blueweed is one of those uninvited foreign plants that you may pick all you wish to, without incurring the ire of wild-flower protectionists. Little danger of exterminating such a hardy gypsy as this. Its method of getting ahead in the world insures its continued life, for it develops minute burrs which adhere to cloth- ing or to the fur of any animals that pass, and in this way the blueweed has distributed itself over the world. It is now so plentiful in the neighborhood of New York City that people_on the outskirts of Greater New York go oyt and gather it for sale and bring it in every morning to the flower markets of New York, where the shoppers of Fifth avenue admire it and even pay high prices for what is only a weed. Clumsy With His Knife. " From the Detroit News. First Doctor—Don't you think Dr. Jones is a_trifle—er—unpolished? Second Doctor—Yes. His operating | table manne are terrible. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1925.} 7 Across. Written acknowledgment. . College officluls . Elliptical. . A visit 2. Ourselves. . Prefix: into . Any univalent carbon radical. Note of the scale. . Observed. . Anger. . A visible line of junction between parts. . Devour. . Breaks suddenly. . Plunge 26, Vocal inflections. . Goodess of the dawn Nay: neither (archaic). . At the present time. . European deer. River in Russia. Number. . Inclines . Quarrel. . President of the Confederacy. . An old horse . Narrow opening. . Cut_short. . Package of bulky goods. . Toward. Enough (archalc). Thus. 5. God of Babylon Voluble. . An_exclamation of greeting. Ludicrous. . Fits out with garments. Down. aromatic hydro- Get up. Company Not odd. Man's name 5. Plural (abbr.), . Twenty-four hours. Measure of length (pl.) Nickname of a Governor. . Hasten away. . Thin, gauze-like material. - Resting place. Southern constellation. 5. Reluctantly willing. . English school . Those in office. Man’s nickname, Stitched. Painful spots. Negative. . Male child « Vanquished. . Girl's name. . Cutlas-like weapon. . Luxurious rich man. . Cloth worn under chin. . The act of selling. Sorrow. . Swear. . Sets of appliances for transmit- ting motion. Relate. (abbr.). (Scotch). Regarded an Offses From the Boston Globe. Wifey—Good heaven, Lloyd, I for- got to disconnect the electric curling iron before we left home. Hubby—Don't let that worry you Nothing can burn, because I forgot to shut off the shower bath. P Let this then be o simple ode praise the WATCH BABYS HEALTH “Summer is the purgatory of motherhood,” according to Assistant Surgeon General W. C. Rucker and Surgeon C. C. Pierce of the United States Public Health Service, in a Supplement to the Public Health Reports. From 12 to 20 out of every 100 babies born in the United States die during the first yea r,and the majority of these deaths occur during warm weather. ‘The principal contributing ca care of children in summer. Keep flies away from baby an eity. MARGETTE. 4 feeding and intestinal disorders, Many valuable 'sugges- tions are made for proper feeding, sanitation and general The mother should nurse the child for the first year if possible; if not, modified milk js the best substitute. Keep baby cool duri: especially by proper clothing and ing in tepid water. Give plenty of boiled water. in preparing its food. Never consider any disturb- Depend Upon — Dr. Caldwell's SYRUP PEPSIN THE.FAMILY. LAXATIVE uses are given as improper hot weather, yent bath- d all utensils used . rrectand ant laxative, luced IR Sormicnen Show aooaiiin Bumber of infant CLOSELY IN SUMMER U. S. Public Health Reports Show Terrific Increase in Infant [ Duare_Lon [ e o o Mortality From Intestinal Disease During Hot Weather .nmmnuazum from chart published by U. z ‘Geaths from Intestinal diseases ‘weather ance of baby's bowels as unimportant, or “only summer complaint.® At the first sign of bowel disorder the disturbance should be immediately remedied. In thousands of homes Dr., Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is relied on to rfi:fle the bowels. This mild, pleas- from injurious drugs, can be given to even the tiniest babies with perfect safety. It can be bought at any drug store. 53 54 56. 57. 58. . Bubble up. Nothing Capuchin monkey. Proceed Exclamation. Behold. D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925 What TomorrowMeans to You BY MARY BLAKE. Virgo. Tomorrow's planetary aspects are quite adverse, and counsel a limitation of activities, so far as is compatible with the demands of your daily task or operations. There is nothing stim- ulating or energetic in the signs. On | the other hand, there is a strong prob- abllity that there will be sensed a feeling of failure, lack or self-confi- dence, and a general air of pessimism, induced by a clouded and befogged | rception, that will, under no circum- | stances, prove to be provocative of success, or even contentment of dispo. sition. Under such circumstances, it | behooves you to tackle the everyday task in the most hopeful manner you can, and, by sheer force of will, do your best; no one can do more. No change should be initiated under pre valling conditions. Children born tomorrow will be very similar physically, but totally dis similar temperamentally. They will enjoy fairly good health, and promis. to attain, without any serious setback & normal maturity. The boy's dispo- sition will be morose and sullen, with occasional glimpses of a “smiling sun- shine” that will cause every one to wonder, and to hope that the clouds of surliness will never again hide the bright and cheerful rays. He will be studious, extremely introspective, and always disposed to exaggerate the | shortcomings of others. The girl will be all smiles and radiance; rather | shallow, but always mer) at all times disposed to laugh at trouble, | | and never prone to succumb to worry | A fitting partner for one who does not | {look for depth, but is satisfied with superficiality. | It tomorrow is your birthd: you | are volatile, very changeable, and al THIS IS ONLY OX | ways tempestuous. You are disposed | to minimize the importance of details, | and, as a result of this failing, your many brilliant conceptions often come to naught. You are strong on initia tive, but weak on execution, as details, of which every plan is made up, hore you and fail to enlist either your en thusiasm or energy. You expect re sults all too quickly, and if your ideas 8o not materialize immediately, be come both impatient and discol —and quit. No quitter ever at success. As a friend, you are both sincere and loyal. As an enemy you nurse : grudge for all time, and ‘are implac- | able. Your character is quite com plex, and while, from some, you will | command affection, regard and esteem, | you will only inspire in others—and these will form the majority—antag onism and dislike | (Copyright. 102 | E OF 28 NEW GRACELI?;«'E et The Graceline Berkeley C harming simplicity of design gives a dignifiedbeauty whichharmonizes with almest any scheme of decoration. 50 each 524 FEATURES. BEAUTY CHATS Beautiful Teeth. ery one s born with the possi- bility of having beautiful or at least good-looking teeth. How the teeth develop is entirely due to the amount of care they are given, particularly in childhood. If the parents take intelli- gent care of the children's first teeth the permanent teeth will be all right, but crooked teeth in childhood mean crooked teeth and a malformed jaw forever unless something is done about it. A good dentist is a sort of beneficent modern wizard. The younger you are the easier it is to improve the teeth, but no matter what you age you can prevent decay and keep the teeth a good color by giving them a thorough brushing twice a day with some good paste or powder. Whichever you use it should counteract acid in the mouth. A very good thing which few people know about is to rinse ‘the mouth with teaspoonful of milk of magnesia after vyou brush the teeth at night, swallow it 1t vou have any tendency toward acld stomach or constipation, as it counteracts both these troubles. Use a stiff toothbrush with a blob on the end and always brush up and down over the teeth, as that {s the only way for the bristles to get in between the teeth where decay sets in. Metal filling should never show. The front teeth should be filled with ena el. 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