Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1926, Page 83

. ) * include in vour outfit even for Sum- By MARY MAI HALL sure of one thing. No mat ter how carefully vou plan or how many questions you ask, when you go traveiing on land or sea. you will take some things that you will never need and you will have need of other things that you never thought of taking. The important thing is to have as few of the unimportant things and as many of the important things as possible and to have clothes that will make your trip more en- joyable. Sad but true, the only let- ter of introduction tourists have to others with whom they wouid like to | ret acquainted is the clothes they | wear. You may be an entirely weli- Ured, socially desirable American- but if you dress like u Russian bol- | shevist or a burlesque cumedian you won't have a good time. Shoes and stockings play wortant part in every w whether at home or on tour. Short skirts ave to blame for that. On board the ocean liner your shoes #ssume even greater importance than olsewhore. As you take your daily | constitutional round and round the deck the chances are thai those who lie indolently in jheir deck chairs are looking at your Sootgear as you pass “There goes & very smart woman, some one will day; “she has a pair of straight-heeled walking shoes that look as if they were made to order.” Another woman will pase and some one will observe, “Look at her shoes! They are Irench-heeled dancing slippers run over at the heels at that.” The woman of sixty youthful shoes. trim ankles and smart stockings will be adjudged Younger than the woman forty Who for one reason or another wears | ungainly high shoes of black leather. | Here something to remember: | I'ne best-dresyed women nowaday seem to be wery versatile in_their collection of shoes. Even French women, if they are really smart: wear fatrly low-heeled sport shoes when they promenade the decks, and wool or lisle stockings are preferred for this purpose to the cobwebby stockings that they don for afternoon or evening. So if vou are going on an ocean trip, Ly all means carr: @ pair of sport shoes, unless vou are a habitue of the smoking room and salon and never visit the deck save when vou go on board or dis embark. Hats, an im- rdrobe. 1 with shapely | too. are important for the ! traveler. Large hats and trimmed | hats may be coming back into fash- fon, but they are very much out of place on a journey. Plain little felt hats are still good and will doubt- less be all Summer. Small hats of crocheted straw are cooler and just #s smart. Some women prefer hats of the beret or tamn construction. One well dressed ocean traveler. a Juno- esque blonde, recently wore for her deck promenades a close-fltting tam of Hght-weight rough wool in mint creen. Her stockings matched ansd she wore a generously proportioned coat of beige camel’s hair. Little black vel- vet or flannel berets are frequently chosen for deck wear, and they are ex tremely smart. A fairly warm coat is important to mer traveling. And remember, if you are on or near the sea. fur is not well chosen. The seasoned ocean traveler almost always chooses a cloth coat, knowing that fur is greatly harmed by the effect of salt air and almost ruined in case it gets an actual wet- ting with the brine. There arc coats and capes made from steumer rugs, plaid on one sid and plain color, that are excellent for ocean travel and may be worn for motor touring as well. Evening w for the journey are not always wisely selected. One well dressed woman re- cently chose & large, pure white shawl of brushed wool, with fringe of the wool around the edges. This she wore eimost_every evening of her ocean er the thinnest evening provided sufficient warmth | was™ much mnove ropriate ! and it BEIGE WOOL MOTOR COAT AT LEFT. AT RIGHT, ‘TWO-PIECE FROCK IN BEIGE AND BROWN TO WEAR UNDER MOTOR COAT. than a white ermine wrap—or any of the more usual Summer furs or fur- trimmed wraps. When weather is_more mild some lighter shawl or scarf is sufficient. Some sort of silk or lace shawl can hardly come amiss in the wardrobe of the woman who intends to wear evening dress In her travels. On the sea and in the mountains evenings are chilly—and to go from fairly sub- stantial day clothes when the sun is warm to low necks and bare arms when the sun is down is, to say the least, uncomfortable, unless some sort of wrap or shawl is at hand. Whether or not evening clothes should be included in one's travel wardrobe is one of the most usual questions asked by those about to roam for the first time. Here is good advice: If you do not wear evening clothes habitually at home then do not plan to wear them habitually when you travel. You will probably give yourself away if you do. At sea it usually happens that therd are two dinner hours—the first table and the second. Those who do not wish to dress are usually more com- fortable at the earlier dinner, for it is then that the quieter folk and the children eat. It is at the late service that one sees more bare arms and shoulders. Even if you do dress for dinner at home, it may be that you (I AT I -$=6 NAVY FLANNEL JACKET WITH SILVER BUTTON TRIMMING. IT IS WORN WITH A GRAY CREPE DE CHINE SKIRT. PLEATED AT THE SIDES, wish to travel entirely for your health and for the rest there is in it, and then you may choose to remain in a day frock for the evening meal—just as you would do at a mountain camp where simple life was the rule. Be sure of one thing. If you wear striking or unusual clothes on your travels they will be observed. Some vacant-minded globe trotters immed!- ately make note of the number of women on board their boat who wear anklets, It is the privilege of every one to observe every one else, and there 1s usually opportunity for closer observation than at home. Many smart women never wear jewelry on their travels, save when they have set- tled themselves and are among friends. Their jewelry they trust to the purser on board the steamer, and doubtless sleep more peacefully because they have done so. On the other hand, there are very, very many others who consider diamonds as necessary for is a difficult one to select. TRAVELING COAT OF SHOWERPROOF WOOL IN TAN, AND GRA COAT WITH GRAY FUR COLLAR AND il F— Y AND GREEN PLAID WOOL CUFFS. —tin gay times at sea as they do for the opera. ‘The actual traveling costume or suit Some Amer- ican women follow the sentiment usu- ally held by English women that the trave] costume should bhe of gome mixed tweed or other material that will endure an endless amount of hard wear without showing spots or signs of shabbiness—something that will never need to be pressed or cleaned. But there are some women who look dowdy and cannot possibly look 0o other w in a mixed tweed suit 6r costume. After all, you can usually find a tailor or valet who will sponge or press a suit over night, and in Fu. 0 rope it is often possible to get the femme de .chambre or chambermaid to give your clothes the little atten tions needed to keep them smart and fresh. Whatever vou select, you should consider it necessary to spend something for its upkeep. n gray tweed cannot remain fresh for an en tire holiday. Things Which Are of Interest to You Uncle Dud Tells About It. Welil, boys and girls, this time T think Tl tell you about a trip I once made with four friends in an automobile. We _decided to drive up into the Green Mountains of New . Hampshire and spend a couple of weeks on the trip. So we bought an old car, packed our luggage and our: selves into it, and set out. I can't begin to tell you all of the places we visited on_ the way or all of the things we did, but I remember vividly about one night spent in the Berkshire Hills. We had driven nearly 300 miles that day, and as night came on we decided to stop and sleep under the s -orning a hotel. We par r oon a little road on the si hill and, on the bank above, spread our blan- Kkets beneath the sweet-smelling pine trees. We were all asleep in a few min- utes. 1t must have been several hours later that we were awakened by the loud crash of thunder and the | flash of lightning. The rain was| upon us before we could move and! by the tine we reached the shelter of the car. dragging our blankets be- hind us, we were drenched to the skin. We spent the rest of the night buddled and cramped in the little automoblle, and I never passed a more uncomfortable night in all my * lite. At Bennington. Vi, we climbed the tall monument that stands on a hill there, and one of my friends, whose heart was 1ot as strong as it should have been. fainted, because of the high altitude. We had a pretty busy time carrying him down the narrow, winding_stairway to the ground. You all know of the famous ride of Paul Revers from Boston to Con- copd. Mass. That was another of the Interesting places that we . visited. We drove our car over the very route that Paul rode as he “gave the alarm to every Middlesex village and farm.” Now that road is finely paved and fovered with a constant stream of automobiles. but as we rode along 1 wondered if the st of the famous | tain officer fell rider didn’t somnetimes clatter over the ve: route that Paul took on that mo- mentous night. In Pennsylvania we spent part of one afternoon driving over the Gettys- burg battlefield. We had a guide with ug, and he pointed out all the places of interest. The battlefield, as you know if you have been there, is liter- ally covered with tablets and memo- rials, each comemorating some par- ticular regiment, officer or group of men. The gulde will tell you that & certain charge was made here, a cer mortally wounded there, and a. certain company fought until hardly a man was left some. where else. It is all very thriliing, and it makes you realize not only the bravery of our forefatht but the horror of a war in which brother fought agatnst brother and father against son. You should visit sou toric spots of our countr: get the opportunity of the his- Posers! anon, evervbody! Lel's play the | Thinking-Cap Game! Whoever can answer all of these questions wins the game besides being a very smart boy or girl. 1. After whon was America named? When yre a hoy and girl “of Where did the Pilgrims land? fond of rice? age” kS 4. What nation is ver 5. Who was Socrutes 6. Who was victorious in the of Gettysburg? 7. What is the difference siraight and curly hair? Answers. A _America was named after Amerl #0 Vespuccl. % A girl is of age when she is 18; 8 hoy when he is 21. 8. Pilgrims landed at Mase. 4. The Chinese + ¢ b. Socrates was n Greek oruior and philosopher who lived about 230 B. C. | 8. The North was victorious in the | battle of Gettysburg. | 7. The core of straight hair is round while that of curly halr is oval- shaped. v the bat- between Plymouth, The Duel. In olden thmes when two men quar- reled they did not go into a law court to have the dispute settled by a wise judge, but instead they decided the matter by fighting. The custom started when, in olden courts, one man accused another -of some misdeed. The accused man would then reply to his enemy, and they would fight with their swords, trusting that God would bring vic- tory to the man who was right. In the seventeenth century dueling was so popular among the nobility in France that between 1601 and 1608 over 2,000 men were killed on the dueling ‘This needless waste of life, which really was far from real Justice, soon led to the of iaws which stopped the custom in many lands. Yet even as-late as 76 years ago men in our own country who believed themselves to be insulted would challenge their enemies to fight with pistols or even with sword: SRR in 25 years the petroleum industry the United States has wn from value 000,000 te in an_annual Perhaps you wonder just how you can pick up a few extra dollars be- tween now and September. Probably you don’t want to get a regular job, which would leave you little time to go swimming or to play ball with the other fellows in the vacant lot, but in spite of that, you would welcome some part-time employment that would pay you well. Here are some “dollar ideas” for you. They have been used by other boys and have “worked.” No doubt one or more of them would als0 work for you. Mowing Lawns. First of all, there is the tried and tested business of mowing lawns. In order to make this job pay well, how- ever, you should take it up in a sys- tematic way. Make out a list of the people in your neighborhood who you think would be good prospects. Then call upon them and tell them tI you are making grasscutting your regular Summer job. Give them & price that will be fair, according to the time that the work requires. You should be able to get at least a dozen customers in this way. Ar range to mow their grass each week on a definite day. Make out a sched. ule for yourself, and follow it faith- fully. The jobs can be done before the sun is too hot in the morning or at other convenient times, and you will still have much of the day for play. Messenger Service. “This is a job that is a little dif- ferent, and for that reason should appeal to you. Often the doctors, lawyers and bus| ness men in your community have errands to be done, and they must either do them personally or pay somebody else to do them. They might as well pay you. Get a let- ter of recommendation from your teacher or minister, and visit the men in the offices of your town. Tell them that you will do their errands for them, and leave your name, address and telephone number. Later call upon them again so that they won't forget about you. Soon these men will acquire the habit of having you do their errands, and the smajl fees charged will begin to mount into dollars. If you have a bicycle it will be of great assist- ance to you in a job of this kind, and will enable you to give quicker serv- jce. But even if you have none, you can still make it into & tidy little busi- neas for yourself. A variation of this plan is that of making yourself the errand boy for the women of your neighborhood. Some of the housewives do not have sons to do their errands for them, and they would be glad to employ your 8. Moreover, many of the er- rands could be performed while you were doing those for your mother, and would require very little extra work. Vacation Jobs. if you had nothing to do-bul play, your games would grow monotonous. It is because you have some work to do that you appreciate your time of recreation. Vacation is here, and vacation is children’s time for play. But if you were to go through the whole Summer without doing one stroke of work, September would find you discon< tented and unhappy. are many little jobs you can do this Summer by which you will earn money. = Ot course, your pavents will give u money, but how much better it s to earn your own, and how much fun it is, watching the dimes pile up, and saving them for some definite rpose! quhy not, strike o mg&y medium between work and play this Summer? You will enjoy. r more, and will be & ‘when the momlormtonmw school, ¥'ll Spesk to Him About That! Boss—-What does this mean? Your brother just called up and said you | were sick and wouldn't come t0 work today. ¥ Office Boy—Why. the big boob! He wasn't supposed to call up until to- RESEORT Lots of the people near vou have backyard gardens. Often they do hot have the time to care for them prop- erly. Arrange to water and weed their plots regularly. Get a seed book or book of instructions in gardening and learn your work before you begin. Then you will be able to render them good service and charge them ac- cordingly. Window Washing. Keeping their windows clean'is one task that most women dislike sincere- ly. For one boy in a town in south- ern Illinois, however, window wash- ing proved a profitable Summer enter- rise. pH.h- working outfit_consisted -of old stepladder that he found in the basement of his home, a tif pail.for water, a set. of drying rags that would not leave lint on the glass, a window dryer with a rubber 3 a plece of chamois skin.and a bottle What’s the Matter? ". Candy—particularly the sticky kind —4is meant to be eaten and not left’ carelesaly where it might damage the clothes of others. . Lucky He Woke Up! “1 had a funny dream last night.” “Yeh? What was it?" - “J dreamed that I was eating wheat and when I woke up half the mattress | ders. Summer Time Will Bring in Dollars if You Follow These Instructions. : of ammonia. He always put a little ammonia in the water. This boy charged 15 cents a win dow. lowering the price to a dime if it was to be washed pn only one side. However, you can charge whatever is the fair and customary price. Usually women will call upon vou to wash their windows about once a month, and oftener after a few da of hard rain. If you have enough cus- tomers the profits from this business will be large enough to keep vou well supplied with spending and saving money. Flower Boxes. A boy of my acquaintance discov- ered last Spring that nice, well built, green-painted boxes for flowers looked well in the windows of his own home. He made some, and they looked so well that his mother told him that she thought other women would like to have them, too. So he went around and asked some of the women he knew. Result—two rush orders for six boxes. The boy had a tool chest in the basement of his home, and with a little material, paint and care he turned out boxes that were useful as well as an im- provement o the appearance of the windows of the neighobrhood. This industrious carpenter has now gone Into the business extensively, he has enough orders to keep him busy in his spare time all Summer long. Moreover, he has become quite expert in .the. construction of the boxes and has made some “fancy’ ones on special orders that have paid him very well. Frult dar_Labels. Many housewives prefer individual for fruit jars to those the storey sell. But when made at home they may not be satisfictory because the housewife will not have enough time to spend on them. Here, there- fore, i8 & chance for you to pick up some money during canning season. You can make an attractive set of mhbell with pen and ink, with a rub- fruits and jellles on a large sheet of paper. If you are unable to buy gum- med paper at the store you can make it at home by the back of an ordinary sheet with mucilage. Ap- ply the mucilage before cutting the labels apart. Carry a few samples of the labels around to kitchen doors while women are doing their canning and take or- Girls. as well as boys, find table nger Readers Unusual Stories About Pets. Son of a Lame Duck. There is an interesting story con- nected with the pet of Frank MeCul- lar of Denton, Tex. Frank informs us that there is 4 pond near Iis house. Last Spring when the wild ducks be- gan to fly North, a crippled duck and its mate stopped there. IFrank found them and fed them, and when the crip- pled duck’s wing healed it refused to leave. Later the pair had 10 little ducks, but all but one of them died. The remalning one is now Frank'’ pet. The little duck’s name is Jerry, and “rank says that he does ma k: We are all proud of him. Frank. “and I surely am glad that we cared for that crippled duck. I have many more pets, including two ponies and a cat, but I like my wild duck best of all because it is so unusual to have a tame, yet wild, duck for a pet.’ Frank is mighty fortunate in the matter of pets, but we think that he deserves to be because of his kindness in caring for the crippled duck. A Sea-Going Kitten. Most cats are afraid of water, but in Tacoma, Wash., there is one that likes to play with it! This is a little black Angora kitten, and it is the pet of Ruth E. Nelson. Kitty likes to sit on the draining board beside the kitchen sink and amuse herself with the stream of water that trickles from the faucet. And if they aren't careful, Ruth says, the kitten will jump into the sink and take a shower bath under the faucet. Now who says that all cats dislike water? Jingle Bells for Muggins. Stella Van Vlick of Jackson, Wyo., is wo fond of Muggins, her shepherd dog, that she says she would not trade him for any other dog in the whole world. Muggings is big and fat, and he pulls Stella and her sister on a sled in Winter. He has a harness with bells on it. The slightest tinkle of the bells wil bring Muggins running, BED (N CRIBS ALLTHE WIDE WOR| no matter how far away he is, for he knows that when the harness goes on he will go somewhere. And no matter how long or how often he, takes the two girls. he never seems to get tired If we all had pets like Muggins, we just wouldn't ever walk. would we? Wit Testers. Have & riddle? There are 10 here for you, and 10 good ones. If you think you know any as good or better, let's have them, for the Riddle Editer is always on the lookout for new and better riddles to feed to you fans. 1. When is a sailor not a sailor? I Peters, Otto Ontario, Canada What is the first thing that goes into a boot?—Raymond Cross, St Louis, Mo. . What is the first thing a little r £, Simmons. Alliance, Ohio. y are chickens the most thing that a farmer keeps’ 1. Wenmoth, Sandusky, Ohio. ; vhy should Ireland be the richest nation?—Lowell Gray, Los Angeles, Calif. 258. What is it that never asks qui tions but requires many answers: Loulse Gardner, Atlanta, Ga. 259. When does a rabbit sit on a tree stump?—Ruby Witt, Forme profitable —E. 260. Why is a. tutkey a stylish bird? ~-Marfe Yancev, Murray, Utah. Answers. 261. When he is a. boare last. 253, He gets wet. 25 for every grain of corn they eat they give a peck. 256. Because its capital is always Dublin (doublin’). 258. The door knocker. 259. After the trée has heen cut down. . 260. Because he al 'ways comes to the table well dressed. The Horse Maker. Little Robert, while. ont walking with hie nurse, saw a blacksmith shoeing a horee. When he returned home he said “Mamma, 1 saw the man who makes horses today.” “Are you sure you did?" his mother usred. “‘Of course, I am,” answered Robert. “He had one nearly finished when I saw him. He was just nailing on its hind feet.” e Spasmodic Investigation. “How many ribs have you, John- ny?” asked the teacher. “I don't know, ma'am. I'm so awful ticklish I never could count ‘em.” Fair Trade. Joe—Great ' Scott, I'Ve fi who wrote * - R Jo—I'll tell you if you tell me who the dickens wrote the “Tale of Two Cities.” Try Your Side. Coach—You can't go in swimming on a full stomach Freshman—1f vou'll only let g0, coach, I'll swim on niy back. - l“indun has an ‘amateur aviator's me