Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1926, Page 97

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MARCH 14, 1926 - PART 5. 7 Frocks Made for Spring of 1926 to Show Some Distinct Changes BY MARY MARSHAIL LIGHT, and comfortable. These three adjectives you would have 1o apply to ‘the frocks of the Spring of 1926 vou were writing the ann: ymen’s dress during the nineteenth ad the twentieth centuries. Compared to clothes that have gone before, they are surely hygienic, but not so surely modest, at least judged by the standards of modesty that have gone hefore. Yét we are hearing few protests from the moralists—fewer, probably, than usual. Apparently, the women who wear the clothes are well content, ton. From the dreas makers they ask new clothes that shall have the element of novelty that adds new zest to the replenishing of their wardrobes, without any change that will make their clothes less comfortable and more bulky. Tt would seem that the designers of Iate vears had done their work almost too well. Once upon a time every sea- $0n’s new styles were In n measure a nst those of the Inst sea- v we have few protests to and the dressmakers whose task it 4s to formulate the fashions find women rather indifferent to modes that are radic: v Yet as vou see th for the Npring of to admit that they are distinetly dif- ferent here fs perhaps n greater | difference than any that we known for several EOns, easier to feel that diff improbable that will heed the fivst hint from Parls in lengthen their skirte. You niav have noticed that the intensity with which we cling to a | fashion depends npon the persistency with which we held, out agains the outset. They were wearing very short skirts In France months and months before we wore them here. There was even the usual observation that Americans would never adopt the | extremely short skirt. But Ameri- | cans have adopted ii. and in all like. | lthood they will wenr it for many. many months to come. In Paris, it would seem. the novelty of these petticoat skirts has already grown a trifle stale. Viewed impar- tially, ft s a sraceless fashion enough. It gained favo cause it was amazing ibly shocking. If familiarity in this instance has not bred contempt it has at least served as a shoek absorber. a time something | ng and tonic about wen t enough to have made our grandmothers hide their faces in shame. Also it was stimulating to he With other well dressed. perfe ventional women whose skirts were a% <hort as ours. Rut even our grand mothers are growing accustomed to the sight. Rless their hearts, they'd wear them themselves If we would let them So it will come ahout that the very | &hort skirt— which Is in {tselt rather graceless —will gradually fade from the fashion plate. Already certain French dressmakers of distinetion have been experimenting with longer skirts. Cherult has made afternoon and evening gowns with quite long #kirts and Pofret. I understand, is pushing the longer skirt with con- siderable success All of this is. however, a trifle pre mature—anyhow for Americans. At least for the Spring and Summer the short skirt will continue to he the light seems American wome THE BOLERO FROCK SHOWN HERE IS OF NAVY LUE GEORGETTE AND TAFFETA. TAFFETA TRIM THE JACKET AND SKIRT. A PARASOL IS SOLD TO MATCH _THE FROCK. women as they came and went in a! only one that most of us can wear | without appearing a trifle dowdy. | That 1s. of course, the great i advantage of a fashion situation such | as the present. We have experienced every extreme of fashion. worn our frocks as short our skirts have:heen aleeves as shor low. There no new | thrills left in re | Now the pendu ward. As a the other day. unusually well practically We have e dared, rant, our | - bodices as N ashion sitting dreswed artist put it watching an | group of way in this coun smart rendezvous at the tea hour: } ““There is nothing thrilllng about the new things nowadayvs. Ten yes ago in Paris all the new were outrageous. You merely drank in the thrills. Such sketches as we | could make then! It was the same . I suppose. But now the newest things are the most restrained. It is alwayvs that way | when the pendulum swings back.” Clothes, it would seem, are grow- ing a trifle fussy. Jenny is lem‘i jumpers and ves with narrow ruffies. Ruches of ribbon are used Yokes that take from the simple lines of the bodice appear on a number of new frocks. The bolero, which has been used with more or less suc- all the leading dreas. r detracts from the classic simplicity of the plain bodice | which has been the rule for so many | seasons. Renee of Paris is using taf- | feta ruchings and rosettes You must know by this time that waistlines are lower in the back than in the front. You may object, but vou will be opposed by Lelong, Pre- met. Bernard and Anna. American women known are THE 1926 VERSION OF THE PR INTED SII MODEL IN NAVY BLUE AND RUST-COLORED MATERIAL TRIMME SILK. THE JUMPER FROC GETTE WITH A PLEATED SKIRT. HAS MANY VERSIONS. advocates of the short sleeves, and for their benefit the dressmakers by several of the dressmakers of note. | among French dressmakers as strong ! along the Beine are making frocl Things With the Pu: BY CECILLE LYON. 5 | This shamrock is almost too big to eut out and wear on your coat on St. Patrick's day, but yvou certainly can guess all the words that are hidden in it. Definitions. 3 Horizontal. . The country in which St. Patrick's day celebration originated. A cavi A boy’ AL 1s. Upon. . A vessel with a handle. . Uncooked. The outline of a circle. An instructor. . A slogan. . Valuable material from elephants. . To tie in bunches. Floor coverings. Vertical. A girl's name. . In regard to. . Toe come in. A weapon used with a bow. Negative. To color. The saint in honor of whom this holiday is celebrated. name. ack, thick substance. By. B F{m\'orn that this puzzle repre- sents. ‘herefore. ‘o perform. Also. yme as No. 8 horizontal. . Male. . Rame as No. 9 horizontal. . The color worn to celebrate St. Patrick’s day. Animal liked by cats. The organ of hearing. The whole means to divide; behead- od orite it is an animal; beheaded agein Tt is existing; beheaded and cur- talle@ it fs part of & laugh; what is 1t? In $his paragraph are six words, each containing the same six letters arranged in different orders. Can you find them? “The petals<of the roses wers made | of very staple material in the palest of pastel shades. They made lovely Which zzle Editor. 4. Guese this word square. The sac. ond werd is lively, the third is per- formance, the fourth a certain kind of smoke (plural), the fifth is an- tagonistic and the sixth you may fig- ure out for yourself! RASCAL A . Another Fish Story. Fill the blanks in this sentence with two words of like pronunciation, but with different spellings and meanings: “The moon brightly, as they were the way to the tunnel.” Answers to Puzzles. 1. The words in the cross-word puz- 7le are: Horizontal—1, Ireland; 7, den: tar; 10, be; 11, on: 12, pan: 15, arc: 19, tutor: 22, motto; 25, {vory: 27, nerve; 29, knot; 30, rugs. Vertical—1, 1da; 2, re; 3, enter; 4, arrow; 5, no; 8, dye: 12, Patrick; 14, at; 16, clovers; 17, so; 18, do: 20, too: 21, Roy; 22, man; 23, tar; 24, green; 26, rat; 28, ear. 2. S-hare. 2 3. The words are: Petals, staple, pal- est, pastel, plates, pleats. 4. The word square is: Rascal, aot- ive, stages, cigars, averse, lessen. 5. The pictured fish are: Herring, swordfish and pickerel. 6. Shone, shown. —_—e Sad But True. Bnickson—Why is an empty purse always the same? 8nackson—'Fraid T can't tell you. Snickson—Why, because you never see any change in it. Remarkable. “Johnny eame home from the circus very much excited. “Oh, mother, Kate spilled some pea- ornamente for all the piates, and were folded in wide pleats.” nuts and the elephant picked them up with his vacuum cleaner.” Are FASTER FAVO of Int The best thing about these favors out the other. ey, “it is al- nd I don't know what in the world we can get for favors. Anyway, favors cost so much money.” Nancy was going to have an Easter varty, and mother had left the plan- ning of it entirely to her. But in a matter of favors, mother had a few ideas-of her own. “Why don’'t you make some egg- shell . favors?” mother suggested. Then she told her plan, and it was so novel and so original, that Nancy fell in with it at once. Accordingly, for several days straight, mother and Nancy carefully selected the egge that is that you doi’'t need the egys—only the egg shells. To get the ogy out of a whole shell, you mast puncture the shell with a small hole at both ends. Blow at one end, and the egg will come Therefore, do this with the eggs your mother expeets to use for cooking, and your favors will be and opened them by meank of Hittle holes on both ends. Thinking that other girls and boys might want to know how to make favors for an Easter party, they told us all about what th r In making these amusing favors for Easter, you will have much more suc- cess if you chose your eggs carefully were to be used for cooking purposes, according to color, colored eggs for the men and the size and shape. Use the darker light ones for the girl The small ones make good children, and bantam eggs make adorable ba- FROCK IS EXEMPLIFIED ABOVE AT LEFT BY THIS { be difficult to recogniz wondering a little over such colors as WITH PLAIN RUST-COLORED THAT AT RIGHT ABOVE IS OF BEIGE GEOR- with sleeves that end above the Pl—’f!lll—lpnnh sleeves or those with no bow. For the French woman they | sleevea at all. The fdurdnch sleeve would need to make only those with |is used as a contrast to the long sleeve, erest Paint the faces on with opaque water colors—or if you have none, crayons, such as you used in school, will do. Their hair is made of fine yarn or silk embroidery thread, white for “grandma’ or “George Washing- ton,” and black, brown or yellow for the other characters. It can be braid- ed, coiled or frizzed, and glued on, making very realistic hair. Bits of colored paper, ribhons, or lace can be used for the hats and hon- nets. Small paper doilies, with a pie- shaped piece cut out and the edges glued together, are used for the jtand- however, by Worth and several other | prominent French dressmakers. Among the color names you hear ORI N 7 THIS FROCK. WITH CAPF TO MATCH. WILIL DOUBTLESS BE RFE- CEIVED WITH MUCH FAVOR. THIS FROCK IS OF BLACK SATIN WITH TRIMMINGS OF FECRU LACE. THE CUFFS_AND COLLAR ARE OF ECRI LACE AND CHIFFON AND THE CAPE IS LINED WITH THE ECRU CHIFFON, the making of dressmakers have used in the e new frorks for Spring when dressmakers speak of the new | most are Praline tan, conch shell. brown, epinard green. gobelin imetto green, terrapin, turquoise oney, maige and coral ought not to One is left clothes Cleopatra, phantom red, Marfe An- | toinette pink. Blue-lavendar you hear fquite a bit about There are ap- parently several varieties of ft. Crepe de chine, georgette crepe, flat | erepe, tussah, surrah, taffeta, shan | tung, chiffon, faille, cashmere, kasha, | alpaca—especially in black or white | tweeds, these are the materials which to You RS 1 A’ *OLD PASH|ONED GiRL» ards. By clipping out the peak of the cone thus formed, there is & hole into which the small end of the egg fits nicely, a little glue making it firm. Many characters will suggest them- selves to you, and the variety of bright colors, with the lacy standards, gives added daintiness to any Easte: luncheon or dinner table. Suffice it to say that Nancy was delighted with the novel favors her mother helped her with. Perhaps you i\‘fll e:)oy t‘l‘.om. lo‘(:hanfl the draw nge shown ve might give yeu sug- gostions of your own, nger seif-explanatory. | cuckoo | m-.o.l PP.UB,\H!.\' every boy has tried sliding on barrel staves or other fmprovised snowshoes. It was while { helping his own boys to build sliders | that a Missouri manufacturer hit upon | the idea of foot tohoggans. Resem- bling sandals, they are strapped to the shoes like skates. The soles are of | thin corrugated metal. to provide trac- tion on smooth fce and so make it | possible to control movement. They |can be used efther for skating or | eoasting. Readers How Many Dog Breeds Are There? Boys and girls who love doge and are eager to havé one of their own probably do net realize that there are 188 different kinds of them. Learned men who study animale say that one kind of dog is different from another chiefly in regard to the form and size of its ears. According to this standard they have grouped all the different kinds of dogs into six classes. The first of these includes the wolf They are large, rather. wild animals living in the northern coun- have big bushy They are used by the people of these lands to draw their sleds over the snow and ice. Sheep dogs are common in coun- tries where sheep ateé rained in large numbe: They are used to guard the flocks and keep away other animals, but they are really members of the wolf-iog class themeselves. What's the Matter? This little girl just can’t wait until things are to her, so she is ) reaching across the table. Posers! Sharpsn up vour wits and see if you oan't kill off a Poser or two! Wateh out or they'll get vou! 1. Whe was Louis Philippe? 2. Why don't we grow third teeth? 3. What makes the moon wane? 4 What is a flounder? 8. Can you draw a perfect circle? §. Whp is Gen. Mitchell? 7. What score is “love” in a tennis same? Who was “good Queen Bess?” Answers. 1. The nephew of Napoleon and him- self King of France for a time. 2. Ordinarily there are only two sets of tooth-buds in the gums. 8. The earth coming between the moon and sun causes the earth’s shadow to fall upon the moon. 4. A fish of the flatfish family. 5. No. A perfect circle can only be an _abatraction. 6. An officer in the United States Air Rervice who recently denounced its administration, " {ndicates no score. ‘Lo 8 th, Queen of England (1658 1603] Dogs belenging to the greyhound class are known to have existed 3,000 years ago in Egypt. They are delicate creatures, long of leg and very swift In runnin Spaniels, which form the third group, are smaller, and have long silky hair and big hanging ears. Hounds are characterized by long. ears. short hair | and long muzzles. They are favorites of men all over the world for hunting. Mastifts, in which class are bull- dogs and pugs. are very strong and very brave. Their jaws are heavy and powerful and their bodies are stocky. The terrier, the last class, is one of the oldest known kinds of dog. They are small doge and are largely used for the destruction of such ani. mals as rats, otters and weasels—a sport which they seem to enjoy greatly Getting Along With People. If there ars a couple of persons you don’t like, it might be their fault. But if there are a dozen or more you don't like, it 18 nobody’s fault but your own. If you are going to get along with people and like them and hawe them like yeu, it s necessary for you to make a little effort, Be pleasant, Be willing to do the things they want to do, occastonally. Don’t be selfish. The resuit will be a wide friendship and there is nething greater thaa that. Trick With Pencil. Here {p a curious trick yoy can do with n.n]a‘ a plain, eight-sided lead pencil. Becure one without a rebber or metal on the end. then place it against a corner in the door or win- dow casing. By slding it along three or four inches under firm, heavy pres- sure, it will stick as if glued and you can hang your hat on it When you are ready to take it down, grasp it so that your fingers slide under ite sides and it will oft easily,