Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1926, Page 95

v BY MARY MARSHALL, HE wool from sheep, the fibers of flax, the cocooms of silk moths, the soft cévering of the seeds of the cotton plant— _ these for centuriex have pro- vided us with the material for our clothes. Skins of animals, even mere primitive material for clothes, are as widely used ax ever. So far as the actual substance of our raiment goes, we have advanced but Jittle. The torch of modern sriance has not been able to throw any aaditional light on the matter of materials for our clothes. Trimmings and adornments are made of the same substances that were used thousands of years ago—bright and glittering stones, iridescent shella from the sea, gleaming metals, the gay plumage of birde, skins of snakes, furs of beasts. It is not'in the materials them- selves but in the use of them that we stand xo0 far in advance of people of olner ages, and every year some new and really marvelous methods of im- proving on these old-time materials is evolved. But even with all our skill in this matter we have probably achieved nothing more remarkable than the invention of velvet, or satin, or _brocade, or lace, The bhest we can do Is to follow along in the paths blazed by the mas- ter weavers and spinners of ages past, bringing modern machinery and our knowledge of science to bhear in making these materials more heauti- ful and more interesting every vear. The most important fact is that these materials are now more plenti ful and cheaper. Materlals and trim- mings that once were worn only by queens and women of great wealth are now worn by all. The poorest working girl wears silks and velvetx and satin, metal trimmings, feathers and furs that would once have heen the envy of empress You may have heard that woolen materials are going to he fashionable tor Winter—fashionable and very i portant. This statement is based. of course, on the fact that the leading dressmakers have used woolen mate- rials in extremely interesting ways for many frocks. and many of the new woolen materials lend themselves to almost every sort of manipulation. However, there are women who never wear woolen frocks. They wear woolen coats and woolen two-piece its and possibly a woolen skirt with a silk jumper, but they have no use for the all-wool frock or the wool jumper. The wideapread possession of fur coats and this vear the popu- larity of the furlined wool coat make it possible for women to wear frocks of thin silks all Winter long. American steam heating is another factor that contributes to the vogue for the light-weight, thin frock in this country. It is important that makers of woolen materials have adapted these to the requirements of the present mode, =0 that such fabrics as tweed and broadcloth are now almost as pliable as silk crepe. Tweeds take first place among ma- terials chosen for dayvtime and sports coa Two-plece suits _and street frocks are also made of the finer, thinner tweeds. This is a fabric of great antiquit The word ix a Scotch form of twill “helped by a natural assoclation with the river Tweed,” which runs through a region where the fabric is made. Twill in turn de- noted a-material woven with a double thread, and has the same source as our word “twice.” Among the colors most in favor for tweeds are beige, Patou red, Chanel blue, gray. One thing that has made possible the continued and revived interest in tweeds is, of course, that the mate- rials are finer and more interesting than ever hefore. There is nothing ahout these fabrics to remind us of the dull-colored material which a cer- tain sedate class of English women used to select for their travel clothes— a material considered eapecially de- sirable hecause it did not show the dust, being so drah and neutral in tone. did not need pressing, and was of endless wearing quality. These ¢ tweeds are soft and lovely—so ¢ that they are sometimes chosen for evening wraps trimmed with ex- quisite fur collars. Flannel is a woolen material which ia often spoken of in descriptions of smart clothes for Winter. A genera- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. Woolen Fabrics of All Kinds N KASHA. TWEED AND JERSEY ARE THE THREE MOST IM. PORTANT FABRICS FOR SPORTS. AT THE LEFT IS A FROCK OF LIGHT GREEN WOOL JERSEY TRIMMED WITH TUCKS AND BANDS OF BLACK CARACUL. THE LEATHER SPORTS COAT AT THE RIGHT IS TRIMMED AND LINED WITH FUR AND WOR YN OVER VERY FULI EFFECT OF A SKIRT. THEY ARE OF TWEED SUPPLEMENTED BY A HELD IN BY A LEATHER BELT. e D. C., OCTOBER 17, flat velvets that are marked in imita- tion of snake skins. Though in reality one of the silk fabrics. satin has for centuries held such an important place in popular | approval that we consider it as a| material apart from other silks. | Hence we still speak of fine ladies dressed “ini silks and satins.” /077 S WHICH GIVE THE LEEVELESS JACKET . KNICK TWEED tion ago we associated the word and [ makers. It seems (o be especially well f the material with such homely articles | liked to make -the coats for more as flannel petticoats. flannel shirts [elaborate afternoon ensembles. and the rougher sort of clothes, for | Velvet, the queen among f children. No woman of fashion would | hoasts a name with Latin have thought of wearing a flannel | word meaning shaggy hair. dress. The word is Welsh in origin— |and supple are the velvets that from “gwlanon.” meaning *‘wool ion indorses nowadays that they « and so we assume that flannel was [tainly do not suggest anything at all | first_made in \Wales, just as tweed [shaggy. Velvet is no longer a sfngle was first made in Scotland. sort_ of material. There are a dozen Broadcloth, the old aristocrat among | or more different sorts of velvet woolen materials, has heen ushered | velvets that are suitable for every back into fashion by the French dress- hour of the day; velvets for elahorate rics, n—a | fine | sh- The present-day satins are much | finer and softer than those used by onr mothers and grandmothers and it present the most usual version f satin is satin crepe or crepe satin. | For this seaton satin crepé seems to | have usurped the position of plain | crepe. as it has for some time of plain satin. A favorite trick of the French dressmaker is to use hoth the crepe and the satin side in the making of one frock. ° | Jersey. like so many other kinds | of material. derives its name from the place where it was first knitted. | evening gowns, simple dinner frocks. for megliges, for svening wraps, and even for sports, Velvet bathing suit: and velyet parasols are not unheard of. Not for many years have velvets of all kinds been in higher favor than at present. Transparent velvets, which are something of a novelty. are most_appropriate for evening frocks, owing to their suppleness. Faconne velvet is much spoken of—to indicate velvet with a figure wrought in the fabric of the velvet. Printed velvets are also in evidence, and soft, very 1926—PART 5. Both silk and woolen jersey have re tained their favor abroad rather more than in this country. but this W ter wool jefsey will undoubtedly come back in this count We can hardly ignore the infiuence of . Patou. Chanel and oth makers who are using it exten- ¢ for frocks of sports and semi- sports character. It is sometimes nsed in combination with velveteen— jersey for the skirt and velveteen for the jumper. with h used not only for the practical sort of | new moires are extremeliy supple and sports clothes—the things that women BLACK VELVET IS THE MATER FROCK AT THE LEFT, WHICH IS A RHINESTONE FLOWER AT THE SHOULDER AND ow Appear as Soft and Supple Types TAL USED FOR THE EVENING TRIMMED WITH FRINGE AND OIDER- ED IN RHINESTONES AND CR\'STAL_;.ECDLD LAME IS THE MA- TERIAL OF THE FROCK IN THE C R. TRIMMED WITH GOLD LACE. IT HAS A STRAP AND ORNAMENTS OF RED AND GOLO SEQUINS. THE CALLOT FROCK AT THE RIGHT COMBINES YEL- MOIRE WITH YELLOW AND SHADED PINK TULLE, WHICH FORMS THE SKIRT. IT IS TRIMMED WITH RED ROSES AND GRI GRAPES. e oY IS\ Y O Suzanne Lenglen, though she has lost her position as tennis champlon, has not, it would seem. lost any of her prestige as a leader: of sports and she has marked jersey approval. It is. however, 1 tennis, golf, ete.—but large s Some of the new jerseys have what of sports | been clothes which are intended for general daytime wear. 1017 is known as a camel's hair finish and others are woven to look like Indian kashmir. | Moire or watered silk is still used hy some of the foremost dressmakers for afternoon and evening. These workable. Some less usual fabries that have sed by the fashionable dress. makers are point d'esprit, tulle and taffetas. (Copyright. 1926.) Stories, Riddles and Other Things of In The Puzzlers at School. BY CECILLE LYON. g Bud had a hirthday today and had fun in school all day. Everybody knew all about it—even teacher, who smiled at him and told him she hoped he'd have a happy time. Then his dad and little brother gave him twoe pres- ents for school. Writing Imp-laments. GUESS THESE TWO SCHOOL ARTICLES. é? Guess this word dlamond about the schoolroom: g e A TEACHER H E R ar Fill the blanks in this sentence with the same word. used with two mean- | | ings “*The diamond Is N @ she rushed to the entrance of the and hurried down the shaft.” 4 Change “ruler” to “minus” in five moves, (When changing one word to another, change one letter with each step, forming a new word with each move.) This Is No. 7 Horizontal. A small brownish animal joins our Cross Word Puzzle Zoo today. Definitions are: Horizontal. 1 Intelligent animal. (S Pnpgfilon. [ * she cried, | What'’s the Matter? . Small brownish animal whose fur is commonly used for coats. . To employ. . Older. . Chants . In regard to. . Makeup (slang). . By. . To put on. a. Upon. . Vehicle. . Alighted upon. 24. A drink. Solidified water. A trap. Vertic: . Describing a count . To heap. . Terminate. . Part of a fish. . Pertaining to vital parts of the body. Tax. containers, like barrels, Part of the body. Bright color. Heavenly hody. . A numeral. . Seandinavian girl's name. A fruit. me as No. 24 horizontal. o rip. Bovs and girls should not take up the entire sidewalk. Others have & right to walk on it, too. ASiosbrs: No Difference. iNGeE e uRIAIA N Father—Why is it you are always = at the bottom of the class? e et *| " Guy—It doesn't make any differ- e Gy . |ence.’ dad. They teach the same 4 Ruler, rules, mules, miles, mines, | thing at both ends. A Quick Fall. Old Lady—Here's a penny. my poor man. Tell me, how did you hecome i & =0 destitute? e e - ond: | amp—1 was lke you. mum: P A e always givin' vast sums to the poor Horizontal—1, ape; : 10, elder: 12, | give any Riddles for Clever Fans. Riddles are fun, aren't they? There's always a “catch” in them some place, It takes a clever hoy or &irl to figure out all the catche; out looking at the answers. Ti luck with these, and don't give up until you absolutely must. 446, What three letters turn a girl | into a woman?—Mary Shipp, Smyrna, | Tenn. | 447. What animal time?: Wash. 448 What are the most disagree- | 441, What looks like a cow, eats|able articles for man to keep on hand? like a cow, acts like a_cow, but vet' —Lida S. Dak. Martha Webster, Indi-| 445, Why are fixed stars like pens, ink_and paper? 430. What is it that a young lad; < for. but does not wish to find?— celyn Woods, Elweod, Ind. Answers, 442, Wet ones. 443, | 444. Because it can | of the week. 445. 4477 A watch dog. keeps the best Marina Cosulick, Gig Harbflr,i ‘hat kind. of stones may one ye find in the water’—Joseph Wojick, Ware, M 443. What is it you have. but can't ‘e one else?—Marcus Hinson.| 41 A calf. Chipley, Fla. Your appetite. 444. Why ix snow different from |fall on any d Sunday?—Vilot Berg. Puyallup, Wash. | Smoke. 446. A-g-e. 445. Houseful, vardful, can't get a | 445. Handcuffs. 449. Because they | spoonful. What is it?—Irls Hopkins, | are stationary (stationery). 450, A Atlanta, Ga. | hole in her stocking. More Stories About Pets. A Model Parrot. | more than' she does playing with her Parrots make very nice pets—at | {riends. Her pet is black and white, least that is what Harold Arndt of | Wiy @ Burf white (ace and four bisck Oak Park, Tl says. His parrot’'s name | called *‘Bobbie.”” Bobbie has been is “Polly.” The parrot can he taken | trained to chase and herd cattle and is out of the cage and she will sit on a helpmate to Dorothy as well as a Harold's hand without scratching him. | playmate. course, Polly is very fond of crack- | —— . Harold claims she is a model par- inasmuch as she does not swear.| He Should Have Known. is very careful to see that Polly | Mike—Who is the man wearing a does not 1éarn any bad words, as it it hiack robe? Is he a chimney sweep? embarrassing tn have her scream at| AMurphy e, Ha'si g de: Kite the visitors wno come to his home. | Kiansman from Pittsh G Harold save ihat his friends, as wel| o o U Al as himself. like his pet. 2 A Chinese taxi driver recently pre- Dog Plays Hide and Seek. | sented the following bill to one of Dorothy Scott has a fox terrier dog | the colleges of the country: for a pet. She says that she enjoyvs | ““Ten goes, ten comes at 50 cents and needy. ng hide and seek with her dog|a went, $5.00." | ood material for fence posts. Bitter Sassafras Is Sweet Perfume Spring—and sassafras. Tea! Two | thinzs linked together in our memo- ries hecause of the practice of using a tea hrewed from the wood of the sassa fras tree as a Spring tonic. Bitter memories, too, as any boy or girl acquainted with the taste of sassafras | tea, knows, Rut. in addition te its being used as a_medicine, this woed has a number of other uses—and in widely different lines. The bark of the twigs and the pith are rich in mucilage, and are used in a lubricant made use of by oculists. Sassafras is one of the in- gredients of the root beer we buy at soda fountains. Oil of sassafras is a perfume for soaps. The wood itself resists decay stubbornly and makes School Yells. South Side High School Who are we? South Side High School Mil-wau-kee! Hobble, gobble, razzle dazzle, Sis, boom, hah! South Side! South Side: . South Side! . South Side! S. D. H. S.. South Side! —South Division High School, Milwaukee, Wis, A Personal Guarantee. Young Lady—Are these pure| canaries? Clerk—Pure? Why 1 raieed them birds from canary seed. terest to Young Readers An Outdoor Bed and Shelter. This sleeping bag and shelter will appeal particularly to the young naturalist for Fall and Winter use. It will afford ample protection at night, even in stormy weatheér, vet it weighs less than 4 pounds. Only two pieces of fabric are required, and these are inexpensive. Obtaly two strips of good strong duck, each 3 feet wide. One is 6 feet long: the other 10 feet long. Both are sewed together at the ends and along the sides up to the end of the short plece. Thug the bag is formed. The extra flap—that is, the remaining por- tion of the long piece—forms the fly or tent. If the night is quiet, this can be rolled up to form your pillow. i R | And He Walked! | 1t was one of those cccasional broil- | ing hot davs of the early Fall. and I had gone out into the country for A | drive. Ahead of me I saw a young | fellow in Scout{ uniform. a pack on | his back, sweat rolMing off him as he | tramped ‘the sun-baked road. T stop- ped and asked him if he didn't want PRESENT AN AN MEN! FROM |3 @OOFEYLAND STUOIOS FILMED BY FRED NEHER he said. thanking me. “I'm taking my Scout test and I've got to k 12 miles.’ | Now that boy could have climbed into my car and ridden for those hot ' | miles. He was all alone. Nobody would have known. But he was hon- est. He had been put on his honor | to walk 12 milese—and the hottest | sun there ever was would net stop him from doing-it. e I had great respeet for that boy as | |1 drove along and saw him behind | | me, stfll trudging his weary way. ! | Honor is such a precions thing. Bova | and girls ought to consider it their | greatest possession. | . Pageant of Progress. 1895—Looky at the automobile! 1936—Looky horse! A TO SHOW YOU SoMe OF BULL CANINES FAMOUS FACIAL EXPRESS\ONS. L] @NE GOOFEBY MOVIE MANAGEMENT ANANOUAXCES THE PROMOTION OF BULL CANINE FROM MINOR ROLES YO STARDOM —— MR CANINE HAS SIGUED A CONTRACT FOR FIVE VEARS CALLING FOR ONE MILLION BONES 4ACH VYEAR. Wi seeciac permission DIRECTOR. W& ARE ALLOWED Film Fun for Young Folks.. Buls seuenoio woex w ‘WHAT DRICE DOMS” LWHEH RAN LasST weex' PROVED BEVOND A DOUBT THAT HE IS A FINISHeD ACTOR — BULL IS TO THE MOVIE WORLD WHAT A SHELL I§ TO AN After the bag has been made, vou should waterproof the fabr This can he done in the following way; dissolve some in in benzine, then brush this on with a brush quick- Iy. Keep it away from any flame, as benzine is highly inflammable. Another method, which is even more effective and permanent than the one % to dissolve 4 ounces ha in one quart of ben- fabric is then soaked in this solution for 30 minutes, then wrung out and stretched to dry Two stakes, driven in the ground, will support the top of the fly as indi cated. You can lay a small pole across the top to hold the upper end of the bag flat. Always set this pro. tection with the flap in the wind, and in a sheitered spot, under a tree or behind a bluff if possible. Deadwood Dick. From the Adventure Magazine. Oh, ves, “Deadwood Dick" was a real person, not just a ereature formed by the imagination of the author of the famous “Deadwood Dick"” series of nickel novels, as many people sup- pose. His real name ‘was Richard Bullock and he actually went under the euphonious title above, and many of the hairbreadth escapes and ad- ventures ascribed to him by this same |author were his by right. In fact, it was Bullock's many genuine adven- | tures in the seventies that formed the I'basis for many a hat-raising tale in the cheap novels of days gone by. He | was the driver of the famous Dead- | wood Coach—yes, the same one Buf- | falo Bill resurrected and used in his {show for many yegre—which bore shipments of gold $rom the Home- stake and other South Dakota mines to Omaha, Nebr.. and he achieved such a reputation for bravery and for sureness of aim with six-shooter and rifle that the outlaws permitted the coach to pass when “Deadwoed Dick” was driving.