Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1925, Page 43

WOMAN’S PAGE. asts in the BY MARY Usually the notable changes in shion come ahout rather gradually, Seldom does fashion actually jump from one extreme to another. = The ' THAT GARD HIPS BLACK VE GEORGETTE ¢ RUFFL AT 1 THE \RE LIKEWISE COVERE ROSE-COLORED GEORGE DOES TILL THIS .VET, BELOW OF tumes of 1 like 1751 those of historical cos- tother. So singularly and those of 1923 ite studer ashions » those of 1 \ like those that nd no doubt r clothes that m uture histo vet you 125, in 1927 ht be mistaken ans for those of 1926. sure that be- Nash she decides is Rosalind stenographer time. as a wasting her CHAPTER I1. Madeline. Rosalind had read, “a adventure in a big city ng on thin ice. to the subway she kept his aphorism. over in her nd and wondering about it Perhaps she had done wrong in de- Perhaps it might e been better if she had waited and ned before taking this step. she had been too precipitate. t once in the subway hangi strap, her bo by the bod Somewhere g who seek on of s of panic in resent ting clrcumstances. d waited she told herself fiercelv. After all was the logical time. She had that afternoon, and she had ed a little money, enough to see thr r a time Her plans vaguest, but somewhere her mind there lingered some Dorothy's ords. Marri And not marr o 1hat meant slaving in a little apart anent, going to market, getting meals, doing housework. Oh, no! Mar ze that would give her some of the ely things of marriage that 1ld enable to seek out beauty, at would give her the things she Yad always craved. the time she had reached Ninty- h street and was changing into a osalind’s _thoughts were soar- She was feverish with excite- 1n the back ¢ the memol life ather a splendid thing And why should she asn’t she voung and -and—heautiful? Well, she t it, she was beau- n't this xhe was doing’ be afraid? Frrong conspicuous | wtiful, | Kin t wi thing much m '_]l()ME NOTES BY JENNY WREN. I by all means, have a on Christmas day. re to be in high good party will be a rolli subtle dinner e Christmas tree with presents sed about it would make the ideal Of ¢ ever them se, there must be one, even if vou 1l vourself. They costly, but they really tissued and ribboned d led, for half the fun lies in away the wrappings in a v of expectation and suspense. And do particularly take pains to ask at least one person who might herwise have to spend Christmas day alone. It will warm your heart to Jnow that you have saved even one from such a fate on this day of s wenterpiece presents for Live to suppl 1eed mot be wiould be well ' 1925.) WCuis izt that one would have to be a | shall be worn in| we shall | Per- | v pressed on all | ngers she | if T had stopped | bout it f1'd never have done | Widths of Skirts MARSHALL. tween the fashions of 1924 and those of 1927 there will be a surprising difference. But the change is marvelously gradual. It insinuates itself upon us. Fashion works like the writer of a detective story—offering many detafls upon any one of which may hinge the whole plot. And she almost seems, like the detective story writer, to keep you from guessing the real outcome by focusing your attention on detalls that are never to develop into real importance. So it was that a season ago there were bustles on the new clothes. It seemed almost as If there were to be a revival of bustles and the fashions of the 1880s. Now we know that the bustle was of merely passing significance, while the thing that counted was the skirt that flared about the knees. So it seems now as if a sudden change really had come about—for hanging in your clothes closet and in mine there may be a frock still wearable, that measures a scant yard and o half around the hem, whilé be- side it hangs a new frock that is not an inch less than eight yards. Many women—very well dressed women, too—cling quite tenaclously to the very scant straight skirt. A skirt of that type still seems to be in the plcture. Certain of the lead- ing dressmakers, realizing the fond- ness of many of their best dressed customers for the Mralghg, flat lines of the past few seasons, will continue to make frocks and wraps of this de- scription. Meantime the flared skirt— the skirt that measures eight yards around the bottom—is becoming more and more firmly established. (Copyright. 1025.) RN . v e S My Neighbor Says: When cleaning out a fireplace sprinkle tea leaves among the ashes. They will prevent the dust from flying about and will keep the room _wonderfully clean. This hint should be re- membered for a sickroom. If mixed with milk instead of water, mustard will not get dry, but will keep nice and fresh until it is used up. When a chimney catches firs salt should at once be thrown on the grate. Then a wet blan- ket should be held across the fireplace. The blanket stops the draft and thus allows the firekilling gases produced by the salt to rise slowly and so extinguish the burning soot. The liquor from any canned fruit may be made into a fruit jelly. Served with whipped cream it makes a nice dessert. Chopped nuts stirred into jelly as it begins to harden are a worth-while addition. When making hot starch add a level teaspoonful of dry ! washing powder to a quart; this hLelps to prevent the iron from sticking. Fill a dripping pan that will about fit your gas oven with beach sand, put it underneath the first grate of your oven, and vou will have no difficulty ia browning your cake or biscuits on top. By Hazel Dayo Batchelor in the glossy darkness of her hair, and the violet of her eyes, and the firm clean cut lines of her lips. Given the proper clothes, and the atmos- phere, and the environment, she could be rare, charming. She was sure of it! And how she would live! She would enjoy every minute to its full, she wouid drink deep of life, and never, never, would she allow herself to get into a ru At 116th street, she emerged from the subway and walked west. She was cager to reach the apartment, eager to tell Madeline the news. Madeline | would think her mad, would doubtless stare at her in open-eyed amazement. | Poor little Madeline, who was so hope- lessly plain, but so generously warm- hearted; Madeline, with her plain little lored suits and common-sense shoes: adeline, who was always practical, | who never wanted to drink life to the last drop, but who was content with a small salary and the knowledge that she was tramping along in her safe little rut right on toward middle age. Rosalind and Madeline shared an partment of two rooms, a kitchenette nd bath. When Rosalind had first |come to the city, Madeline had worked in the same office, and they had be come friendly. This was probably due to the fact that opposites tract op- | posi for no two girls were ever | more unlike | _Madeline was short, while Rosalind was tall and slim. Madeline’s kind, dark eves, so like those of a patient | dos, looked out from behind shell- rimmed glasses; her hair was mouse- colored and stringy, her figure too heavy. And from the first Madeline had adored Rosalind, adored her for her fiery tempers, her varled person- ality, her charm, her spirit. But even while she had adored her she had been afraid of her. Rosalind was so impul- sive, so quick to give in to whims, g0 impatient, so headstrong. Madeiine was always afraid of what she might do, given the proper stimulus, and to- night, as Rosalind opened the door, slammed it behind her and rushed out | into the kitchenette, Madeline whirled around from the gas stove with a sinking of her heart and a question in her eeys. (Copyright, 19 1 (Continued in tomor: 's Star.) Clues to Character BY J. 0. ABERNETHY. The Affectionate Eye. The eye is the facial register of | the body, and its motions are due to ! the development of that system. Sight | and motion are the two principal func- tions of the eye. It is both a phys- | ical and a mental Teature. The bright- | ness, the luster and even the color f the eye arrest our attention and ive brilliancy and an appearance of \ life to the entire countenance, without | which it would resemble a statue. | "1t is the movement as well as the | brightness of the eye that makes it attractive, not a fixed gaze. The eye in repose gives us the general tone of the mentality, as well as the tem- per and morality The ey : tells more of the emotional than tho intellectual nature. It ex- | presses the emotions rather than the purely intellectual processes, for the movement is better adapted to feeling than to thought. It is this great ca- { pacity for motion which leads us to conclude that the reasonably large- | eved individuals are more affectionate {and emotfonal than the small-eyed | creature. | The large, full eyes receive sensa- tions more vividly, but lose them quickly. This_ individual is quick to tgrasp things, but he does not retain | them. (Covyright. 1925.) Parking With Peggy | “A few people do their Christmas | shopping early, but a lot more buy vii tine, ‘THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO SUB ROSA BY MIMI. Giving In Gracefully. Tlow many lovers' quarrels would bo ended without tears or broken hearts. if only one of the young peo- ple had learned the art of giving in gracefully. How many true friendships might remain unmarred by violent alterca- tions if both friends were not obsessed with the idea that to give in would be o sign of weakness. it's not only the matter of false pride which prevents a girl from ad- mitting she’s wrong—that she wants (o close the discussion or argument. Very often her pride will wilt, her anger will die down, she'll have every good intention of closing the battle— and she simply can't find the words to easo out of the situation. Some repentant damsels, anxious to make up, but afraid of sounding like weak, yielding _creatures, exclaim, “Oh, all right. Have it your own way. I n't care.” They are apt to say this petulantly with a shrug of the shoulders to indi- cate their supreme indifference to any- thing a mere male may say or think. Their pleasant little speech has the effeci of starting things all over again, usually. The mere male retorts, warmiy: “You don’t care about any- thing. You're just backing out now because I've beaten you.” And of course after that there is open warfare again. You can't help it. Now if only the anxious-to-make-up girl would twist her features into some semblance of a smile, would lower her veice to a normal pitch and surprise the irate swain with some such re- mark as: “Well, anyhow, I'm sorry we're quarreling about this thing. It doesr't matter—and it was silly of me to start it,” she'd knock her man com- pletely off his feet. He'd be left speech- less and defenseless. His only possible course would be to call her a good skate and forget the whole thing. You may say that the girl who al- ways gives in always gets the worst end of it. Girls shouldn't give in when a really important principle is involved. But now, honestly, how many times have you started an argument about the color of some one's dress—or the character of a complete stranger? How often have you kept it up, pure- Iy through a feeling of irritation that your opponent should be so tiresome as to disagree with you? Sometimes you've gone on and on, knowing all the time the issue at stake wasn’t worth @ hoot—until suddenly u've found yourself saying really nusty things, and you've wanted to call a halt, but couldn't frame a grace- ful speech. The next time you find yourself run- ning into a senseless argument which t mean anything, but may de- velor. into a real quarrel, give in. Make a nice. calm speech—don't look as if you were still sore—tell him your fault and watch the sunlight t forth. You'll save yourself a lot of needless bickering and weeping if you learn this little trick. '! Mimt will be glad to answer any inquiries directed to this DIPQX". Ymflded a stamped, addressed envelope is inclosed. (Copyright. 1025.) Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN “I found a piece of cake in my Sunday coat that I didn't have room for at the party, but a mouse had et part of it.” (Coprright. 1925.) What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Capricorn. Tomorrow’s planetary aspects nre[ varfable and difficult to define. In| the early part of the day they are overcast and gloomy. After noon they become benign and moderately favorable and continue so until dusk, when they become distinctly unfavorable. In the morning there will be sensed & feeling of disappoint- ment and dissatisfaction, whereas fn the evening there will be experfenced & desire to find fault and criticize. Under such conditions it is not ad- visable to attempt any change or initiate any fresh enterprise. The only auspicious time for new con- structive effort is from noon until dusk, and any venture, not savoring of speculation or risk, commenced then will be productive of ultimate | success. | A girl born tomorrow will, during the infantile period, enjoy practical immunity to all physical ills. In her “teens,” however, she is liable to experience at least one serious illng A boy, on the other hand, will be a weakling in infancy, but, as time progresses, will outgrow all his allments and become an up- standing example of healthy boyhood. Temperamentally, both boy and girl will be entertaining, affectionate and loyad. While not overaddicted to study, they will acquire enough-learn- ing to “get by,” and will be proficient in all outdoor sports and pastimes. They will not reveal any outstanding ability, but will possess the greatest of all assets—common sense. 1f tomorrow is your birthday you possess exceptional ability and well | realize your capacity to accomplish | certain things along given lines. Un- less vou are in the position to take vantage of your inherent aptitude ! you are, to a certain extent, lost and | resemble a square peg in a round hole, or, in other words, are a misfit. You possess unerring insight and | keen judgment and can do more on | your own initiative than when others | attempt, either to lead or direct you. | You are always willing to lend a helping hand to others and are not self-opinionated, but generous in your opinions, always being disposed to glve another the benefit of the doubt. You are alert, cautious and self- | confident, although by #no means con- { celted or vain. Your friends are ' many, although no one is accepted ! by you in this capacity until worth | has been proved. You are capable of a deep and an ablding love, but it will never be based on first impressions or exter- nals. It will only be aroused by that which is worth while. ‘Well known persons born on that | date are: David M. Stone, journalist; | Thomas W. Evans, dentist; Hiram A. Cutting, scientist and physicia Charles S. Minot, blologist and ed cator; Amos R. Wells, author. SRR PSR Exports of oak ties and rough logs from France have nearly doubled in tie lust three years, The Daily 1. Fold. 6. Functional organ. 11. Having the form of an oar. 12. Island in the Aegean Sea (modern name of anclent Ios). 14. Weed. 15. Something shaped like a Y. 16. Make amends. 18. Collection of facts. 19. Like, 20. Liable to punishment. Man’s nickname. . Steamship (abbr.) 27. Distributes. 30. Flight of steps 32. Enthusiasm. 33. Objects strived for 34. Alloy of iron. 36. River in southern Fruu 38. Doctor (abbr.). 39. Aurora. 41. Prefix: into. D. C., TUESDAY, . Advertisement. . Tosses. Posteript (abbr.). Meadow. . Covered with tiles . Devour. . Game of chance. . Beverage. | Dean of St. Paul's | Thinly diffused. | More gentle. Down. | . Craven. | Lines of radiating force 1 3. Before. . Affirmative. Go_in. Indestructible unit Mountain (abbr.). Cry of a sheep. 9. eagle. . Professional reciter 3. Pertaining to the theory trolytic ~dissociation. . April (abbr.). panish definite article of elec- Uncovered. . More aged . Gaze fixedly. LElegant apartment . Devour. The sun. . Turf. Doctrine. Stems. Semi-transparent dress . Christian festival. Choicest part ay. ot shaliow . Unit of length (abbr.). North Central State (abbr.). eaf of a book. i8. Collection of facts. . Finish. 3 Conjunction. . Within. DECEMBER Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1925.) | crease our vocabulary by mastering 1925. o9 P NUMEROLOGY BY NEYSA MoMEIN. Guiding Numbers. While I am on the subject I might as well admit that for seven years my life was guided by a system of num- bers. I was born on the twenty-fifth of the month, which means that I be- long to the Water Concord. Any one born on the dates 1, 5, 7, 10, 14, 16, 19, 23, 25 or 28 comes within the Water Concord, and any of these numbers— or, in fact, any number which when reduced to its lowest digit comes to a 1 or b or a 7— is good for him. For instance, in those days when an art editor asked me the price of a sketch I would always pick a number which corresponded to my Concord. I always used to take my drawings under my arm and visit editors on my own days and dressed in my own col- ors, and no amount of ridicule from my friends could stir me from this program. Of course, we usually be- lieve in the things that amuse or in- terest us, and perhaps this is the rea- son why I am so sure that numbers had an influence on my life. (Copyright, 1925.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused—Do not say 0 one has come beside you.” Say “besides."” Often mispronounced—Passe. Pro- nounce pa-say, the first a as in “arm,” the last syllable as ¥"” and ac- cented. Often misspelled—Siege. Not ei. Synonyms — Innocent, hlameless, zuiitless, harmless, faultless, guileless, exemplary. Word study—"Use a times and it is yours.” word three Let us in- one word each day. Arduous; difficult; attended with| sreat labor or exertion. “It took | many years to complete the arduous Today's word bosetqmtke mind On what is false and wht 1s true I find that work at least 1s real— | | counts much. | the haze around the drug or ‘“dope’ FEATURES. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. Fractured Ribs and Cracked Ideas. A fracture is a break, though only a crack. Ribs are fractured either by a blow or crushing violence or by compres- sion of the chest. A big boy on his first visit home from college hugged his mother and broke two of her ribs. ‘That wasn't so bad; some boys break thelr mothers’ hearts. In a good many cases the victim of fractured rib or ribs takes several days to decide his injury is severe enough to warrant the advice of the doctor. It hurts, but not enough to demand other than home measures. After a few days, however, the un- splinted fracture sets up inflammation of the chest lining and lung-covering membrane, the pleura, and the pleu. risy worries the victim. _As a rule two or three adjacent ribs are broken by a severe blow. They can't become much displaced, as fractured fragments do in other situa- tions; the muscle and tendinous wrap- pings and bindings hold the fragments too securely for that. But the sharp ends of the bones rub together on the pleura with every move of the arm on the injured side, with every breath taken, and that isn't a comfortable thing at all. The frritation of the pleurisy excites cough, and coughing when you have a few broken ribs is no fun at all, even though vou are anxious to get all the sympathy you can. In some cases of broken rib the vic tim expectorates bloody sputum after | a day or two, from some injury to the lung. In other cases there follows 800n after the injury an emphysema of tha ekin (air under the skin) and this sometimes spreads up the neck. In short, a reasonable proportion of cases of fractured rib present inter- esting features, as Holmes would re- mark to Watson. The remedy needed in rib fracture s rest, for any activity increases the breathing movements and aggravates the disabilit: Sit down. Lie down. Lie on the injured side, o that mcst of your breathing may be done with the sound side of your chest. Carry the arm of the injured side in a sling, for any use of that arm, even the slightest swinging or hanging from the shoulders, stirs up the injury. A very tight, wide bandage girdling the lower chest, or better, the firm sup- port of adhesive plaster strapping as usually employed by the physictan, limits the movements of the chest wall in breathing. Often the physician must administer anodynes to relieve the pain In the first day or tw It the patient is spitting blood enough to indicate hemorrhage into or of the lung, the administration of morphine sufficient to slow the respiration may be necessary, irrespective of pain. Here is where the skill of the doctor And that being about all there is | to say on the subject, I may as well | use the remaining space to penetrate phobia which not a few ignorant folk acquire from reading the trick ‘“litera- ture” peddled by short cut healers of various sects or cults in their effort to attract patronage. One such faker who had made considerable noise of this kind In our community once sneaked into my office. He was a ittle afraid he had appendicitis or something equally serious. I asked him why he did not summon one of his own stripe to heal his trouble and he winked as he reminded me that they were all out of date, for i seemed a!l the others of his cult had entered the game a year or more before his own advent and so, of course, they hadn't the latest twists Well, that” was pretty good, but I warned him that I might consider medicine necessary. Then I inquired why he had come to me, with o man: Zood doctors in his own nelghborhood That was good, too; it seemed that 1 was honest;: I would tell him the truth. It was very good indeed. I had often wondered why all the other doc tors had plenty of patients while | had plenty of—that rugged honest: which every llar swears he likes . a doctor. Well, I was still unsatis fled. I told my crooked patient that he must take some calomel, and he sald he didn’t care—I was the doctor So T dug up a dose of that dreadfu! stuff, which hae probably done infl nitely more harm In the imagination of dupes of the fake healers than it has ever done in fact, and personall: administered the dose to the 1 licensed practitioner. Within a few days he was back at his job, telling the simp public about the horrors of “‘pills and potions,” and he did a thriv ing business with the Wisenheimer family for several years until an ad vertising club exposed him as a faker even in his advertising—he had the habit of printing faked testimonials and even pictures faked up to repre sent “before” and “after,” for it seems that there I3 nothing like a picture to appeal to the low-grade mind. Whether there are only 20 million morons in the country, as I estimate or 45 millions of 'em, as Prof. Meye of Princeton estimates—so my friend the general tells me—is w matter which the professor and I can com promise when we meet. But anyhow, thers are enough of these self-suffi clent adults with minds of children 12 vears old or less, io make a rich field for almost as many new-fangled brands of healing as there are modern vagaries of religion. “Puzzlicks” Puzzle-Limericks, There once was a party of —1— In the land where the cocoanut — Said one, “I must —3—, After working all —4—, I find that my sense of —5—." 1 Natives of Africa. Perennial woody plant of lars e; increases (two words). 3. State. 4. Period of time. 5. Weariness: final word of seeun: line (two words). (Note—*Here's a ‘Puzzlick.'” says J. F. W., “with a double rhyme for the second and fifth lines—which makes it a trifle difficult Can yon work it out? By the way, why not send in vour favorite limerick for the benefit of other “Puzzlick” fan (Covyright. 1 MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Orange Juice. Hominy with Cream. Baked French Toast. Orange Marmalade. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Corned Beef Hash. Stewed Tomatoe: Hot Cream of Tartar Biscuits Coffee Jelly, Whipped Cream. Creamed Onions. Mashed Potatoes. Mashed Turnips. Lettuce, Russian Dressing Fried Apples. Coffee. FRENCH TOAST. 2 eges and ddd 1 cup 1 tablespoon melted but- ter, saltspoon salt and grat- ing of orange rind; cut slices of stale bread into rounds with biscuit cutter, dip them in egg mixture and fry on both sides in butter. Serve with maple sirup. Beat milk. CORNED BEEF HASH Mix together 112 cups chopped corned beef, 2 cups chopped cooked potatoes, 1 chopped cook beet, 1 large chopped car rot, 1 teaspoon ted onion, 1 teaspoon table ce, te spoon salt and Te cup stock ov water. Melt 2 tablespooons beef drippings in frying pan, add hash, cool slowly until rich brown crust has formed under- neath, then fold and serve on heated dish. FRIED APPLES. Cut up fat salt pork into very small pleces and fry out in fry- ing pan. Wash apples clean and core them, without paring, then cut right across into slices about % finch thick. Fry in hot_salt pork fat, turning and slightly browning (without burning), until they are quite soft. Lift out each slic place on platter and with white sugar. When an- other batch is done, place the slices on top of first ones and sprinkle these with sugar, and s0 on until you have enough cooked. Do not let the pork burn, and pour it over the ap- ples.” Of course, you may have to repeat the frying of salt pork. Jerry, Jake and Julia—justa ‘moment, please! While you're Temember your friends’ best friend, and get yourself one of those grand Wahl Pens. It will write ““Merry Christmas™ for you every day of your life. $2.50 to $50.00 Wahl-Eversharp gwflm Everywhers MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Christmas Breakfast. One mother v i It is difficult to get the children to| eat their breakfast on Christmas morning, for they are too absorbed with their toys to think of anything e. So I have made a bargain with them. I get up an hour earlier than usual to zet their breakfast. Th n turn, stay from the closed and ex-| ing room. until we have all had our ual wholesome breakfast, which y certainly need on this day of all s, when their strength and nerv- ous energy is violently spent. (Copyright. 1925.) Jean and Ka‘tie Jean Winslow and Katie Kite Satup all the daytime and half the nighe. | They ate up Shakespeare ' and Bernard Shaw-rre, And Evangcline Chocolates lz,thc score. | Come on into the new Hapflacss store and sec how good they look- pony up on¢ jron man (otherwise a dollar) | fr apound and you'll know what real chocolates are, Mabel. Cangy-’ Soda- Tea Room 1107 F. St.N.W. You Can’t be Embarrassed with a Fresh Ham in the Larder at Christmas time Your friends can stampede you if they will in their zeal to extend the felicitations of the season—but with a Fresh Ham—or a Fresh Shoulder in the house—you’re not only proof against embarrassment, but you’ll capture the rapturous approbation of pass the your Ham. 3 guests—when you 2 Put a Fresh Ham or Ftesh Shoulder on your market list for the holidays. Washingtow Meat Packers’ Assoclation A luxury even in the crudity of by- gone days—today a supreme delicacy in the scientific processing that ac- centuates the savory sweetness. FEREE