Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1925, Page 28

WOMA N S PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, FEATURES: Scalloping, First Aid to Daintiness BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. DAINTY NIGHTGOV THiZ FRENCH MODE MAY B The woman who loves daintiness and likes to ply her needle is always on the lookout for some way to en- hance the things she wears. If it is a device mnovel, attractive and easy, she may then congratulate herself on having made a “find.” The suggestion today comes from France. It is the method of scalloping favored by the Parisian makers of lingerie and accessorfes. It simple that the wonder is it has not been thought of an practiced before The effect is as dainty and regular as that obtained by the emBroidered scal loping and at much greater speed 1t works up and is even better adapted to sheer goods than is the older fash- ion of scalloping. How to Do It. It is made as follows: Turn a nar row hem along the edge to be finighed. Baste it, but do not hem it. With thread the same or contrasting color insert the needle in the hem on the wrong side, a fraction of an inch from the edge. Take two or three ftches in the same place, having the thread go over the upper edge of the | hem. Pass the needle through the goods to the next scallop, preferably having it go between the folds of the hem. Repeat the stitch, which dra: down the upper portion of the hem, and then in similar fashion proceed to the next scallop. . Charming Finish. This edge makes a very desirable and chic finish to nightgowns, used around the neck, sleeves and lower hem. It takes almost no time to do, and is the sort of work that is pleas- aint to pick up in spare moments. Also it is most charmingly used as trimming and finish to blouses— dresses, too, especially those of crepe BEDTIME STORIES By the 0ld Stump. ok here. 100k there. look ever: Hut thorough be and fook with ca ere, bt Peter Rabbit had received a very broad hint from Unc' Billy Possum Peter 1sn't so stupid as not to know a hint when he recelves it. ‘I've just been wasting my time looking in tree 1ops for the nest of OI' Mrs. Buzzard,” thought Peter as he scampered, lip- perty-lipperty-lip, through the Green Forest. “Unc’' Billy those Buzzards so well that he prob- ably knows all about their way of nesting. He didn’t tell me to look on the ground for that nest, but he hinted | “WELL,” SAID JUMPER SLOWLY, IT MIGHT BE A HOLLOW LOC that that would be the place to look. If that nest isn’t on the ground, it probably is pretty close to it. And here I've been running around with my head tipped back until I nearly broke my n Probably I've gone right past that nest a dozen times. In this Peter was nearer right than he had any idea of. He had passed that nest more than a dozen times. In fact, he had passed it almost every day. When he left Un' Billy Possum and scampered, lipperty-lipperty-lip, through the Green Forest, he ran un- 1l he met his big cousin, Jumper the Hare. It was near a great hollow stump. That stump was a little higher than Jumper, even when Jumper sat up straight. Neither Peter nor Jump- er had ever been able to look into that stump. Now when they met they sat down right at the foot of it, with their backs to it. “Well, Peter,” said Jumper, “have vou found the nest of OI' Mrs. Buzzard Yerr No,” replied Peter promptly. “No, I haven't found that nest, but I've found out something about it.” “What?” demanded Jumper. “I've found out,” replied Peter, “that it is useless to look up in the tops of the trees for that nest because it isn’t in a treetop.” “That is an excellent reason for not Jooking there, then,” replied Jumper dryly it it isn't up in a tree, b7 TR i is so | Possum knows | E MADE IN ALMOST NO TIME IF OF SCALLOPING IS USED FOR TRIMMING. (de chine, georgette or any of the | finer materials. For the making of nightgowns and | sets of underwear very attractive ef fects may be gained by the use of a sheer figured cotton goods. For the trousseau or lingerie shower such a set would be most acceptable, and could be made in a short time. The outlay required is perhaps less in this than in any other fashion of makin: underwear. Lace is not required fo edging, and none need be used for insertion, as the character of the work does not require it. For Tiny Tots. This scalloping can be used to great advantage in making frocks for children. One hesitates to put a sreat deal of time and effort into clothes for babies or youngsters that will so 0on be outgrown. Still, it Is often | done, because daintiness is_essential | to their tiny garments. This mode | of scalloping gives that touch so dear | to the hearts of mothers and so be- | coming and suitable to the little folk. Easy Hemstitching. A method of hemstitching which re- quires no drawing of threads may not be known to yeu. It is for sheer goods only. Turn a hem of the de- | sired depth in the piece of goods to | be finished, and baste it down near | the edge. \With an extra large sewing machine needle, unthreaded, stitch | just below the hem line. This makes a series of holes. The needlewoman | will hemstitch the goods hetween | these holes as though they were the real “drawn” kind. threads of Sheets and ptllowcases which are not of a quality to warrant much work upon them and a little “dressing up” in this manner w effect. t which need h BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Peter. | “Wel place replied Jumper, seratchin; one of his long ears with a long hind. foot. Peter pricked up his ea at Jumper. “Huh!" said he, What kind of talk is that? If it is up in a tree it must be on the ground, mustn’t it?"” “Who says Jumper. “I do,” replied Peter. and sf it must?” demanded “If it isn't up 1'd like to know where it can be.” “Well,” said Jumper slowly, * might be in a hollow log. Peter looked a little bit foolish. He hadn't thought of a hollow log. “It might,” said he, “but I don't believe it is.” “It might be on top of a great pile of brush,” said Jumper. The foolish look on Peter’s face in- creased. “And it might not be,” he snapped. “And it might be in a little cave in the rocks,” continued Jumper. Peter looked more foolish than ever and he couldn’t think of a thing to say. He just grunted. it stump,” concluded Jumper. “Of it is in any of these places. It may be on the ground for all I know. I Jjust mentioned these places because You said that if it wasn't in a tree it would have to be on the ground.” the ground first,” declared Peter, and off he started, Jumper following. As they disappeared a bald red head was poked over the edge of the old stump. It was the head of OI' Mrs. Buzzard, and she grinned as she watched Peter and Jumper go lipperty—lipperty— lip out of sight in the green forest. (Copyright. 1925.) S Prices realized on Swift & Company sales of carcass beef in Washington, D. C. for week ending Saturday. September 2. 1925, on shipments sold out, ranged from 11.00 cents_to 22.00 cents per pound and averaged 82 ts per pound- tisemen hand- | an be hemmed | satisfactory | “Where else could it be?" snapped | it might be in one of several | “And it might be in a bis hollow | course’ Cousin Peter, I don’t say that | “Well, anyway, I'm going to look on | 1 | in a tree and it isn’t on the ground, ! Answer to Saturday’s Puazzle. | | IN° Glorifying Gossip DorothyDix Says Fear of What “They'll Bay” Is Soclety’s Policeman Public Opinion Is the Scale in Which We Are All Weighed, and If We Are Found Wanting the Gossipers Will Reveal It. YOU. G woman writes me that she considers that she has a right to live her own-life in her own way and do exactly as she pleases. So she has broken most of the Ten Commandments a And now that she finds he she thinks that she is being most unfairly t Mrs. Grundy dh, how T hate the whole tribe nd cruel, and unjust people p is the unpardonable si hard, that g re!” d snapped her fingers in the face of reputation is being torn to tatters, ated. of kitty-cat he walls. “Oh, how Then she asks, “Don’t you think Not at all. Gossip is one of the most powerful influences in the world for =ood It Tt is the invisible, om is the scou that kee; ipresent polic the tremblin weak-kneed and the wobbly walk the str: man that enforces law and order. wretch in order and makes the ight and narrow path. We can stifle the voice of conscience, but we can't silence the voice of our neighbor to make our And it is this fear of what “they’ll and passions and keep up at le matter how vain and egotistic we are satisfied we matter how inde cowards who grovel in the dust before It is the lifted eyebrow: it Is the welghs us In the balance and finds us wanting. away from us and the little hush that tells us that we have been the subject of unfavorable discus is the knowledge that she will be gossiped about if she indulg flirtations that keeps many a hored voung yearnings from indulging in little knows that there might really b going to the theater with L woman who lives across the reet, And the next time the Current will be the current event of burning her q's and her babies. And it is the fear of gossip that 1 We can dope ourselves into bel n code of conduct, but we can’t force the community in which we live to take our point of view on the matter, in our behalf to the standards that society has an outw no matter how self- akes many an indis aves her from the stumble that would land h ing that we have a right or to make any exceptions set up for ood behavior. that makes us curb our appetites rd show of decenc For no mplacent and self- sendent we think we are, we are all > public opinion. cold, measured. appraising look that It is the turn of a shoulder up as we approach that fon that we dread. falls on a zes in an d woman with romantic sd-looking bachelors, She mar irs with g © no harm in her having lunch with Mr. A. or . but she could never explain it to the vents Club meets she knows that she 3 interest dis turns down the alluring invitations and stays at home, ussed in it. Therefore she . and minds her p's and reet girl watch her ¢ in the pit. She going and good-natured, and warm-hearted and affectionate, and she s no harm in letting boys that she makes the flesh creep on her bone Mongers' Union gett what hour he or stoop of other chaperon who is so efficient as N beaux go home and what If we could only do as we ple: censorious comments from our fellow philandering husbands and wives than down the primrose path, many more negle many more wife-beating husbands and that, if they give way to their natur that gives n sinners the strength as they would like to be. The people who think it is s who have something to hide, to have our good ones broadcast to the provides half starves hi; nd a tender father. telling what a wonderful wife and mot women who call themselves her behind their hands that she went out in evening, and she conducts herself accordingly. ked to be talked about are onl hmething that It is our bad deeds that we don’t want discuss friends likes kiss her and fondle her, but it to think of the Amalgamated Scandal efr. hamme: She knows well enough that the neighbos s and golng for her if she does. on either side keep tab on they sit on the front porch There is no goes on Grundy. d and get away with it without any creatures there would be many more there are, many more girls wandering ed children and ill-kept houses. virngo wives, It is the knowledg 1 impulses, they will be talked about to resist the temptation to be as bad those reflects on their characters rd. We are tickled to death ends of the earth. man objects to having it told about that he is a model husband, a good | The thing he wants hushed up is that he family in order to spend the money on tottie coughdrops woman wants to put the soft pedal on the c No nversation when her friends are her she {s, but she doesn’t know how can be catty enough to whisper joyriding with young Snookums and didn’t get home until 4 in the morning, while the baby was nearly dying with the croup. Those who are down on gossip and feel that the world should cover up their shortcomings with a blanket of silence are unreasonable. reputation than you are other people be more c: you do not care enough for your good service of the zeneral public? Foolish and vain expec work, and the only way you reful of your ion! can e exemplary that you are a dull subject for conversation. zht. (Copyrs For the gossipers keep on Why should ourself? name to protect it, why demand that their good ape being talked about is to be so DOROTHY DIX. 1925.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyrizht, . 1925) ATE, . Bottoms of rooms. 5. Ruminants with antl 9. To steal. . Greek letter. River in Europe. Very black. 5. Wet. . Goddess of the dawn. . A dance. . To act. . Very small. . A patriarch. City of Greece. _ Very reverend (abbr.). . City of the Chaldee: . Prussian water pl . Duck. 2. Title of address (abbr., . A great artel . Bitter drug. Furopean mountains. Recline. \ Is in debt. 9. Like. . Youth of Greecy . A university. Down. e 18-20 years (ancient . Liberated. . Tennis stroke. . Musical instrument. The Original is Best M of famous Gorton’s Codfish— ade. Geeton Pew Flhaciey Con “Gorton’s Decp Ses. TFree. Foll of now mens . New England State (abbr.). . Grassy turf. . A famous friend. . Babvlonian deity. . Indian prince. . Light blow. . Not any place. . Birds. . Appears to be. A varfant of carat. . Rowing implement. . Abstract conception of being. . Decree of the Russian govern ment. . Upset. - To become void. Nocturnal insect. Malt drink. Part of the mouth. Reverential wonder., . River of Siberia. . Man’s name. Benefits Expected. From the Detroit News. “Why were you so willing to send vour wife back to her old home town | for a visit?"” “Oh, I wanted her to get a good look at some of the men she could have married.” 1f | | My Neighbor Says: Stubborn white stains on pol- ished wood made by hot dishes may be removed by applying to the spots a feather dipped in sweet spirits of niter. But this must be used very sparingly and the place must be rubbed well directly afterward with a cloth dipped in sweet ofl. When the stain is completely removed polish well with bees- wax and turpentine. Keep on the shelf of your sink a pint jar filled h all sizes of corp stoppers. They come In handy many times when you open a bottle and break the stopper. Sleves never should be wash- ed with soap, but cleansed with a brush, using a little soda . if neces: Always remove the small brown specks on lemons before grating. Soak the lemons for 15 minutes in cold wa and scrub with 2 vegetable brush and the specks will come off ‘When stewing uit use a pinch of cark e of soda and only half the us quantity of sugar will be ne . BEAUTY CHATS ‘Well-Kept Teeth. Where fllness can be avolded, thers really should be a punishment for hav. ing it. We have become sufficient enlightened to put up signs warning people of fines and imprisonment for spitting _and public disease- threatening nui And ome prin |cipal of a prim: poor district told me & slation punishing parents for neglecting their children’s teeth, adenoids and tonsils, | since the clinics provided free treat’ ment. If children are puzz”c]es" Puzzle-Limericks BY EDNA KENT FORBES. bristles will clean better between the teeth. Permanganate of potash is a good salt for the teeth; it gives off oxygen and destroys any odors in the | mouth due to decay and sweetens the | | breath. A few drops in a glass of | water make an ideal mouth rinse. Miss T. R.—T think you should have the doctor prescribe for you, as young girl should have liver spots on { her skin; that, and the pimples show | you are not in perfect health. You an help to keep the pimples from | spreading through infection if you dust a little flour of sulphur on them An old soldier who lived in —— ‘When he went to a = " Thus he was never on- hand for a -5 City on Puget Sound, W . Clatter. . To state. . Flight. . Military conflicts (Note: The old soldler’s reason for | never being on hand for the (5) is ap | parent, in the form of a complete liis erick when the right werds, indicate by the numbers, have been put int the corresponding spaces. The answe: and another “Puzzlick” will appear t | morrow.) Saturday’s “Puzzlick.” A fellow who lived on the Rhine w a fish that he wanted to dine 2ut how to invite him? “Ah,” he said, “I will write him.” 0 he sat down and dropped him a line. h anght that cleaning | thefr teeth is as much of a ritual as cleaning their and perhaps even | more important, they would be spared | Bran Muffins. one teaspoon salt three teaspoons baking powder, two bran, onequarter cup | one egg, one tablespoon !both pain and expense when they are | Properly kept teeth do not de least not very much. The | thing is to go to a dentist vegr amina nd of the teeth, to avoid 1 1d for any | necessary filling lings will be $o0 | shortening (melted), about one and small if the dentist is seen regularly, | one-half cups sweet milk. Sift to that they won’t be painful or expen-|gether the flour, salt, and baking pow- | sive. | der; blend with this the bran, and add | | ¥or the rest, the teeth should be|to these dry ingredients the mixture | brushed twice with a moderately | of milk, beaten egg, sweetening, and | Stiff brush, up and down over teeth|shortening. Have a thick but very | The 0 | and gums, with precipitated chalk or |moist batter as for bran muffins. Bake | temples of the two most ny good prepared dentifri If the|in greased muffin pans in a H\’“’l‘fi\.tv‘y‘]‘\“‘dh\,\f sects in brush has a blob on the end, the'oven about one-half hour. | opened to the moving Woodward & Lothrop Down Mairs Store Smart, New Fall Silk Frocks = («“ 2 Reveal Latest Fall-Winter Modes 4 5 $16-50 - $2 Many One-of-a-Kind Frock: at tinl One cup_flour, cups clean sweetening, { s (Copyright. 1925.) 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