Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1926, Page 22

When Your Searf Becomes a erap BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. SOME SCARF WRAPS LOOK LIKE SHAWLS, BUT ARE CORRECT IN | SHAPE WITHOUT DOUBLING. A striking innovation in scarf wraps comes to us from Austrl Th scarfs are crocheted in hea and then embroidered in cross-stitch in motifs that ar'e scattered over the surface. Long and heavy knotted fringe Is used at the ends and some-| times along one entire side. Then 2'the scarf is indeed a wrap. Such scarfs are in accord with the scarf wraps and shawl wraps that are in high favor. The length and the width of the scarfs vary, but they are always at Jeast 20 inches wide and about a vard and a_ half long, counting the [IM&: fringe, which is 18 inches in most of the models. Delicate . colors. .are favored, white being the prevailing choice. Tt lends itself admirably to the background for the brilliant em- broidery, though sometimes black is favored. Make Your Own Searf. With a knowledge of the fashion and the particulars as to size of thy rearf wraps and style of embroidery, it is not difficult to realize that the woman who so wishes can make her- self one with little trouble. The stitch may be plain crochet or afghan stitch. The later stitch is so even and pronounced in its squares that the crossstitch work can be:done readily on it. Each stitch forms one square. Designs to Work. The' design for crossstitch is gener- mlly floral. There -may be one large sanotlf in the center of the scarf, and nothers that are sprays scattered over <the surface. Or there may be, three of the large motifs, one in the center back and one near each end. The Learning About Crabs. Learn to live and live to learn: And no chance for bsnowledxe lg\lm. —Old Mother Nature. ‘hat_is a soft-shelled crab?” de- nded Danny Meadow Mouse. 5 “Just that and nothing' more,” re- torted -Jimmy Skunk. “It i1s a crab swith a soft shell.” “How can it be 2 shell if it is soft?” sdemanded Danny. *“All shells that I've ever seen are hard. How can a shell he soft?” t Jimmy Skunk” thoughtfully scratch- nose. “I suppose you are id he. “It does seem giieer soft shell. Perhaps it isn't "'WH‘AT IS A SOFT-SHELLED ; BCRAB?” DEMANDED DANNY MEADOW MOUSE. ¥ “shell until it gets hard. Anyway, ithose craba have a soft covering ‘thich later hecomes: hard.. . 1t.Js-mare like a, ficatsand later it hecomes “aishell.” I'll show yoil'If-we have'any kind ofluck,"” ) 1t was isome”time later and after ‘Danny -had forgotten, all:about the .subject in_ his Intersest in__ other: things that Jimmy Skpnk came 1o’ little tide-pool from whichithe sprays are snall and are few and far between, hut are in the same style as thé larger motifs, as if' bits had fallen from them and were caught here and there and held, like falling loose petals, only in this instance the scattered motifs are sprays, not petals merely. Materials. s To ‘reduce the cost of such hand- S e Stlerad o afm"'x'w y be em| r the entire and for the .cross-stitch embroidery. Or a light-weight single strand wool v-be used with the embroidery done in silk. This latter is perhaps to be prefegred, since it does not pretend to be silk. d because wool, with silk embroidery, is decidedly chic. How to Make Fringe. The fringe is made by winding stramds of the silk, mercerized cotton or wool four times around cardboard 20 inches wide (or more, if the fringe is to be knotted several times). Cut dlong one edge ‘only.' Draw the loop formed at one end of the cardboard through an edge stitch in the scarf. Draw the ends through the loop, making an eight-strand fringe. Con- tinue this. along each end (and one length if you wish), putting t! ringe | into every other stitch or ever¥ third stitch. Knot by dividing the fringe evenly and tie half (four) of one with half of the next one to-i. How to Wear Scarl Wrap. There is an art in wedring the scarf, for be thrown over one should Hightly, so that, ‘width is not narfowed too-much, but:forms a shawl wrap. ‘When properly ad- Justed the scarf wrap is smart indeed. BEDTIME STORIES BY THORNTON W. BURGESS T at all. Those pinching claws were perfectly harmless. There .was pinch in them. “Dé you say,” squeaked Danny, “that this fel- low ever will have & hard shell like those gthers I've seen?” Jimmy I v “No,” said he, “I don’t mean to sa; anything of the kind. This fellow never will have a hard sheil. But if he were not such good eating, or if ‘he hadn’t been caught, he would in time have had a hard shell.” “Are vou going to eat him?” de manded Danny. #I certainly am.” replied Jim and suited the action to the word. “I suppose,” said Danny thought- that 1t was because he was so that he had a soft shell.” ' replied _Jimmy promptly, “nothing of the kind. g crabs are the same way sometimes. Th to get out of their hard shel) der to grow. once .or t year they shed their shells and grow. new ones. It is when they shed their. shels that they are called soft- shelled crafs. Didn’t you ever see a caterpllilar grew by shedding its replied Danny, “but a skin is one thing and a shell is another. How can one of those fellows get out of his shell? Do you mean to tell me thdt he gets every bit out, legs and pincers and everything?" “So I'm told,” replied Jimmy, “and I guess it's so, because F've found the empty shells lots of times. When a ‘crab gets ready -to leave his old shell ] the shell cracks in certain places and the crab squeezes himbself out. Then he keeps hidden as much as possible until the new shall hardens, because when it is soft, fish And. other creq- tures, including men, are all the time |’ looking for it. I'Ve méen those.two- Jegged creatures ‘called men -take home basketfuls of soft-shell. crabs. ‘hed not run out when-the tide wert{ out. There was a rovk ou_the: sige _of it and. seaweek attathed .in the mck and lying in a mass b th& water. Jimmy pulled away. this seawest‘and suddenly scooped:something out o o, one!” he cried." “Here's what? v, hurs, ‘irying up to see what it was that ; Jimmy had. ; oft-shelled -crab;" replied Jinic my. “Just touch him and you'll see that he jhasn't uny‘h;.rd shell. _- Hape. All the condifions }of life require w*num have'in them a large share l,‘\m element “of “hope. This 17,8 5;” Eg -Overcoming Your Handicap. Bach of us In this world has some 7 to overcome in the race for o) 2 A great inany of us struggle with overweight, hoping. to reduce our fig- ‘ures ‘to the slim boyish silhouette nec- essary for style today, . . Others ‘fight some sost of facial drawback. ~with tissue creams and skin lotions and all the alds to pature ‘that can be brought into action. 8t others of us have the more serious difficilies to contend with, troubles with hearing, sight; impedi. ments of speech, lameness. No matter how great or how small our .particular handicap, we can, if we' will, try to overcome it—put our- selves above it—make ourselves at- tractive and interestirg: no matter | what the obstacle lying in the way. You, Amelin, are in misery because you're overplump, - You are con- vinced that no one could ever-really like you while you're so big. + You worry and fret and fuss over your avoirdupois until it takes up all your thoughts. - You haven't any room for other thinking. i ng. And what is In your mind is ve- flected in your manner. You think yourself impossible because yoy're on the plump side. So you act as though you were im- possible. And you find plenty of peo- ple to agree with you. ; Peggy hash't your unfortunate tem- perament. Finding herself at 20 just a shade too big for a girl of her age, she decided to make the best of it. She couldn’t ever achieve real heuuty.fluhe hlmow. Therfllom she must trium, on personality, And she i, g e She's a big strapping figure of a girl—never graceful or appealing, but 8he’s seen just as often at foot ball games and teas and night clubs as many of her more aristocratic-looking sisters, Her keen humor, her jolly wit, her ever.joyous spirit make her a riot with every one. And -you, Billie, worrying yourself Ereen because you have to wear glasses. . Seems like a hideous punish- ment for you. You'd rather die—rathér not see at all—than wear those ugly disfigure: ments, - Well, of course, 'if you're, going to feel like that about them lygu‘rs going to act like that about em. ‘When you meet your friends on the street you're going to ' ‘'Oh, don’t look at me in theseawful things. I know I look dreadful. I can’t hel ly lect friends it you let your handicap overcome you. ‘Women —have overcome worse physical handicaps - than torteise- rimmed spectacles. The girl who just puts them on, forgets them, and continues to take & keen interest in everything makes a ger success with every one she meets than the unhappy damsel who shuns soclety and weeps over her miserable fate. 3 Don’t compare yourself with other more fortynate people. Make the best of what-'you are yourself, and see how ‘well you come out, (Covyrient. 192 What Tomorrow Means to You ‘Tomorrow's planetary aspects are adverse during the early morning, but an hour of so before noon change special’ significance tempted while the unpropitious as- pects ‘prevail. Only routine duties should engage ‘your dttention, more especially as there will be sensed a grouchy feeling. = In the afternoon any and all efforts of a constructive ing infancy, have more than their fair share of sickness. Given, however, proper nutrition and watchful care, they will' quickly grow out of their early weaknesses and, according to the, signs, are destined to attain heakthy 'adilthood. = In disposition they will be unselfish and considerate, and always amenable to the wishes of others. ‘Their characters will be strong rather than pusillanimous, al- though they will always be willing to do much o avoid a quayrel. They will_be studlous, aithough. by no means negleetful of sports afid recrea- tions, and they will_possess ambition and energy. o If tomorrow: is your birthday, you are assiduous and shrewd. Although, possibly, not mentally equipped- for the earrying out of any great project invelying force of character and qual- ities of leadership, you are fitted for the execution of minor tasks. in which keen judgment and staying powers are required. ~ Your inherent shrewd- ness makes you a safe and reliable collaborator: . in any ,undertaking where competition prevails. You also a great amount of resource: ss, which enables you to convert Influences Which ‘Ate: Expected to \Reduce the Number of Grouchy Husbands and Slovenly- ves 1m MIORALISTS nees grent mer Roclety in the ea may be obtained in these d.yh,‘:rrn almost.any | “&e"un i .-:4 for a decreq ‘absolute, X People seem to think that the’ the necessity of observing the amenit |-l permanent and ?:ul-gw,t b “1:- x_marriages end in' liwy go's sul that placate those who are bound ‘to the iage ceremory abselves them from of lite. The tradition that marriage 3 This Is vividly iNustrated in the ;;m that takes as soon as they are married, In the days of courtship they each other and made themselves as physically attractive as man would never have thought of sieh with a three-day stubble of ln:rd ong , \girl to appear before her complexion on. The ‘wonderful she Was s by making the man %- Not| . could have induced the frowzy, apron and of his tLfihf‘.“"u the girl how. adored h a thing as going to sve his face and and the 1 reciprocad - Soneidersd i the shell of heiks aod the.Soncentration of and fuscinations of his sex, The reason is perfectly plain. M was trying to win the other. Each was putting the best foot foremost and trying to be as pleasant and agreesble as possible for fear some deadly rival might snatch the other from him, or her. .. VWE dalty see men Treat helr wives as they would net dream ‘of treating any woman in their ploy who could give notice and quit.” And we see wives cast away before their husbands the last shred of their seven veils of allure and show themselves so repulsive in mind and body that any man would be justified in fleeing from them. Fvery ddy we see husbands who are grouchy and surly; whe never speak to their wives except i» knock them for some fault, and who are just about as pleasant have around the house as a sore-| bear would. be. headed And we see wives w’: are peevish and fretful and nagging and complaining, and who make their husbands’ lives them. Eventually we see the households in which these disagreeabls h ‘broken up. The wife whose husband brow-beat and and wives preside urden to usbands buflied her gets up and leaves him. The nagging wife drives out her, husband. ¢ Now the great majority of men and women are not enamored of divorce. They do. not set out deliberately to alienate their husbands’ and wiyes’ affection_for them, . They don't want their homes broken up. They don't want to-be separatéd from their chiliren. Divorce is always a messy affair, and it _hurts a man's business and a woman's soclal standing. \ SThe man who s brutal and Insulting in hia attitude toward His wite t geun't treat her that way becatise he He Ing to forcé her to leave him. her that way ‘because he thinks he can indulge his tempers at home H:-. get away. Wwith it. whatever belleves' that because she is married to him she has to stand ~he accords. her. Vfiiwfiflsuu;bnlv-hhwugu-unmnyluvesv keen a - ery pprecia- ‘tion of the syper- dinner he is eating and of what & fin® manager of his children and mm;h‘?‘c‘uyu vain and nuhlu‘.." .mzafinmwmtuhumhomomuup. the lazy, ‘woman who nev her husband a decent meal and :who is a slattern at home is not Ul ity ne to throw a: her meal ticket and have to support herseif. She is fully aware of the sof has Tallen into. It s just that a bad hushand and a bad wife feel that they don't have to make good on their jobs. They feel that they have minecures that: nothing can take away from them. They feel that, their husiands and wives will stick no matter how they treat them, ai \pleasant or agreeable. 80 they make no effort to be So, after all, divorce laws may stabilize marriage. DOROTHY DIX. (Copsrisht. 1926.) 150 YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. ‘BY JONATHAN A. RAWSON, JR. Boston Hails Freedom. BOSTON, July 19, 1776.—One of today’s gazettes gives the following ‘colorful story of Boston's reception 50!51'4.’ of the Declaration of gin- lependence: “This day, pursuant to the orders of the honourable council, was pro- of the American Congress: absolving the United Colonies from their al- legiance to the British: crown, and declaring them free and independent States. There were present on the occasion, in the council chambers, the mit- tee of council, a number of the hon- tatives, the at Dorchester Neck, the Castle, Ni u&;t. and Point Alderton, likewise rged fheir cannon; then the de- tachment of artillery fired their can- non 13 times, which was followed by the two ents_ giving their fire from the 13 divisions In. succession. united. The ceremony was closed with a proper collation to the gentle- men in the council chamber; during which, the . following toasts were given by the president of_the council, heartily, pledged by the company, viz: » . n Prosperity and perpetuity to . the United States of America. American The Congress. The general court of the State of Massachusetts Bay. Gen. Washington, and success to the arms of the. United States. The downfall of tyrants and tyr - | anny. into three lines, on the the street, and into:13 divisions; and a detachment from the Massachusetts regiments of n;‘mlcry, with two pleces of cannon, was on their right wing. At 1 o'clock the Declaration was pro- claimed by Thomas. Crofts, the sheriff of the County of Suffolk, which was recelved with great joy, expressed by three huzzas from a great con- course of people assembied on the oc- casion: after which, on a signal given, thirteen pleces of cannon wers fired the fort on Fort Hill; the forts Well Cared for Teeth. There are »mnyw&-. all golng to make up.the sum of beauty which every -one can have, that it seems pity to.neglect any one of them. Wil & what looks like certain failure.into | nails, candid comparative success. - You are and straightforward, yet, withal, tact- ful, ~Success should atend your [efforts, provided‘always that you ‘“do' ‘ot bite off more thanyou can chew. You are..fond of soclety, and h: hosts of friends, who, and_all, like and admire yow. The indications point to a happy married life, with a home that is attractive andiecon- genial: ‘Well known persons born on:that date- are: Alfred Owen, educator; Augustin Daly, dramatist and thea- trical manager; Frederick J. Stimson (“J. 8. of Dale"), lawyer ang a: i . 3 S Tuck French, banker; Victor Dowling, New. York ‘judge; R.. A, Van Wyck, former mayor of New . York. * largs fuls of sugar, beatén whites of 3 eggs. peaches apd stir all mvflwn the whv_h'.l‘:ltn form. . Very delicious. rests with yous tant that u\um thing at night, ‘s0.you sk elean. ‘mouti 7 scrabbing’ them /n- the important ‘as washin; se a amall, stiff, but not too stiff, deep bristled brush. 1 prefer one with up- | a blob. of lary 3 to, B and down, inside and out, and then bristles 0 the teet! rinse the mouth with at_one end; Brush up. ‘The universal prevalence of- eivil |- ‘and religious lberty. The frie of the United States in all' quarters of the globe. ‘The bells of the town were rung on the accasion, and undissembled Testiv- ity cheered and brightened every face. On the same evening, the King's arms, and every sign with every re. semblance of it, whether Lion and Crown, Pestle and Mgrtar and Crown Heart and Crown, etc., together with every sigr that belonged to a Tory, was taken down, and made & general conflagra mt of.in Kln" street. : (Cooyright. 1928.) an wash and gargle with it. Do this £33 st expects a butter- her to dress when th : +“What 1s a1l this nonsense e | ‘s annoying you the day you fell?” % Caught off guard, Lelia flushed . but she hastily recovered her- self, ~I don't know, Mrs. Kingsley. *Don't hedge, Lelia impatiently. “Mr. Kingsley informs me that you were running away from Barry when you fell. qu. I don't want to seem sovers, but I always think that a girl must have done something to encourage a man be- fore he gets as far as chasing her through the ball. Barry is human, and you're quite pretty.’ 1 suppose it's a temptation for you to fiirt, but n't want any mors of this But her reply was given in a tense woice and she spoke with a dignity that- proclaimed -her at-once Mona's Dear Anne: . § Of the two jabots I ain #héwing you, the one on the Jeft is bet the large bust, for fis long painted line helps fo keep the bust within graceful proportions. The sther jabot, being short and broad, alidls to, Tather than subtracts from, biist size. Yours for knowing arithmetie, LETITIA. (Cnoyright. 1926, he hadn't seen her, he never failed to speak to her. On her./ day back at work he had L a few words to her, a 18 raised her eyes to his those plercing blue eyes of his lit vp with kindly interest. In thinking it over afterward, she remembered with a warm feeling in her heart v[qr;;w ple words he had spoken. 0 red With no condescen was face, first time since she had met him hix tone was not insolent, and he held out a square white box to her. _AConyrieht. 1926.) o (Continued in tomorrow’s Star.) “"l assure you, Mrs. Kingsley, that I have no desire 4 encourage.your Bop. He ign't the type of :-n ‘who could pver interest me In Teant.” ér gray eyes met Mona's -blue ones v, and there was bomething in or m{ ummmt brought the pink to Mona's cl 8 . minute mt'l:er:w back r.| The next Otten * | her_goiden head and laughed. Pronounce ni-hil-ist, the Arst { as in “ice,” the other I's as in "It¥’; accent | & Often misspelled: Fynagogue. quence, sequel, outcome, outgrowth, Word . study: “Use a word_three times and jt is yours.” Let us_in- ““Well, upon my word, you ' an e lady’s maid. '"o,‘r;.m n could ever I who are a servant in_thi .. Lella, taunt, and Mona felt curiously dis- gruntied, She knew that Lelia had m the Incident with more dig- nity. than she h had, sajd nothing more, and it was after oengive to taste or Teel. |t0aL conversation that Lelia had the | Repughant. ing. . “His words were repugnant. mlin': Mona_was observing. her .con- tantly. 5 - Ay M Richard's _attitude, too, seemed d. Whenever he encoul change: intared | her, instead of passing her by as if & "Seems 6 me they ‘coiild solve the farmers’ problem by putting the price of ‘eorn on:a par with ‘wild oa . " e