Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1927, Page 85

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. JANUARY 9 1927—PART 5 ‘Palm Beach Sets Pace in Establishing Styles for Springtime BY MARY MARSHALL. HEN a woman ' takes. her first trip to a Southerh re- sort—just as‘ when she takes her first trip abroad —she usually makes some mistakes in her wardrobe. “Why didn*t some one tell me?’ is her usual observation on finding that her clothes were too thin or too thick or too or- . Mate or too practical. The trouble really is that most women have defl- nite ideas about what they will need in & Southern resort like Palm Beach and they don't even listen to good advice. Resides, what might be good advice one season would be very bad advice the next. Moreover, much de- pends on your mode of life in the South and there are as many modes of life there as there are in the North. Now here is a really good bit of advice. Don't buy anything for your Southern sojourn that does not ap. peal to you as practical and appro- priate and becoming for wear at home later in the season. ..Don't imagine that fashions for Pailm Beach feally are a hit different from fash fons for any other part of the country —or that extremes and freak designs that would look out of place at home will look any better in the more Southern setting. And you really do ot have to complete your wardrobe fore you start. It is always pos- sible to send back to vour favorite shops at home for little things that you find you need or to buy these Necessities after your arrival. Only a relatively small number of people go Sauth in the Winter, hut Palm Beach clothes are none the less important for every woman who takes an interest in what she wears. They are harbingers of Spring that show us while snow is still on the ground what sort of things we shall prob- ably wear several months hence. Few weil dressed women buy their frocks and hats and wraps on the spur of the moment. It is especially impor- tant for the woman who has a small dress allowance to plan ahead. She #should work out a sort of clothes cam- paign. She should think of her Spring wardrobe as & whola before she lets her mind wander off in thoughts of any one particular hat or frock or ac- cessory. ~ You may be thinking now of the clothes you want for Spring— and in making your plans you will be greatly helped by visiting the shops to see_what has been made for the Palm Beach season. Lelong of Paris has designed a spe- clal collection of frocks for Palm Beach this season. and in this collec- tion only the lightest materials are used—linen, wash.silk, crepe de chine, sshantung, printed silks—usually with small patterns—georgette and chiffon. Chiffon is his favorite material for evening, and when beaded the heading i8 used in light, delicate designs. Thére has been a reaction, it would em, against the frock wn with béads, sequin: embroidery. Ungquestionably pink and rose tints will continue to be favored, though Lelong in his collection stresses yel- low. And, of course, there will be much white. Pleating will be much in evidence and fine tucking is some- times the only sort of trimming on some of the new frocks. RBave possibly in evening frocks, there ig to be seen very little marked difference in silhouette. Gone for the time is any chance of. ousting the straight silhouette. Fashionable wom- en are as strongly determined to re- tain it as ever. Gone is the flare— save for the picturesque evening gown. There has been no very dras- tie change in the position of the waist- . line. The dressmakers have by dint of much persuasion raised it up to the, ,top of the hips, but any further rafs. 4Ing seems difficult at the present time. The effect of a higher walstline is, however, sometimes achleved by means of a wide belt or a sash—the lpwer portion of which is at the hip- line while the upper edge is almost up to the line that was once spoken of as the waist. The blouse effect has succeeded to LACE DYED PALE PINK. THE REVIVED FASHION FOR DAINTY LINGEI'(iE FRO LUSTRATED HERE BY A FROCK OF ROSECOLO! WITH EYELET EMBROIDERY WORN OVER A SLIP OF S $-18 IL. LINEN! -] ET AND . a blouse. This is perhaps because blousing makes the hips look smaller. The up-to-date woman seems bent on accepting ne fashion innovations that add to the apparent girth of her hips. The straight silhouette "that we a rather surprising degree. Women who have been very reticent about adopting a molded waistline have in- dorsed frocks that show something of speak of now may depart from literal straightness in some respects—but it s usually stralght from the hips down. Skirts may have considerable width hidden in ecleverly arranged panels and pleats, but the godet and the flare —save for evening—are less frequent- ly seen. But the straightness of out- line need not continue- abhove- the waistling, Often it is broken by the blouse — sometimes a blousing just at the sides, sometimes at the back, sometimes all the way around. Some- * BY CECILLE LYON. ot With the Puzzle Editor. domesticated ox and has only three letters. The definitions of the words Mary and Ruth of the Puzzlers Club taking plano lessons from Miss .Brix. They practice a whole hour | every day and have aiready played at. two concerts. Miss Brix took them to & musical yesterday afterncon and they heard two great composers. Compose Yourself! QUESS THESE TWO GREAT - COMPOSERS _Guess this word diamond. The sec- ¥hd word is titled, the third an article of furniture, the fifth flies in the air and the sixth means before. See if you can complete the diamond. 1. 1 B LIBRARY A R Y ~-3 Behead an occasion and get a word meaning to display: curtail it and get & word meaning smooth; curtail again and get night. What is it? ~ Fill the blanks in this sentence with Phe same five letters, arranged in dif: ferent orders: “It was a —— for Maria to follow the —— of the dogs in the blinding gnowstorm.” ‘This Is Numbc‘rr()ne Vertical. %'he Cross Word Puzzle Zoo is al- Horizontal. . Boy's nickname. . Note of the scale, . Small barrel. . Reposed. Piece of furniture. Cooking utensil. Cake. ‘Writing furniture, . Descriptive of Turkey, . Each (abbr.). By. . Poorly lighted. . To speed. Vertieal. . Title of this puzzle. Chose. . Empty. . Consume. . Animal. . Dress ornament. . Sincere. 2. Annoyer. .-People who exchange articles with each other. 5. Valuable stone. Answers, 1. The two composers are Schumann hand Chapin. 2. The words in the word diamond are: L, tip.table, library, plane, ere, y. 3. E-ven-t. 4. Trial, trail. 5. The words in the cross word puz- 7le are: Horlzontal—1, ve; 2, be: 5,- Al; 6. la; 7, keg; 9, sat; 10, cof 13, tart; 15, desk; 16, Turkish; 17, ez 18, at; 19, dim: 20, run. Vertical— 1, vak: 2, elect; 3, blank; 4, eat; 8, goat; 9, sash; 11, true; 12, pest; 14, traders; 15, diamond. . i What Is Electricity? THE paradox of ‘modern science is furnished by electricity. In no other department of science has prog- ress in the matter of application been ®o great, and vet experts acknowledge that what they now know with" re- spect to the true nature of electricity | is less than what they professed to . know more than a quarter of a cen- tury ago. An eminent sclentist said not long ago: ““No man knows what electricity " Another authority, Houston. de- | fines electricity as “the name given to the unknown thing, matter or force, or both, which is the cause of electric phenomena.” Thirty years or so ago the text books on physics attempted to give a clear definition of positive electricity and negative electricity. The defini- tion today of positive electricity is, “One of the phases of electric excite- ment,” and the definition of negative electricity is the same, except that the word “electrical” is used instead of “electric’’—both meaning the same thing. The intimate connection between electricity and light is well known, but the knowledge seems only to make the true nature of electricity more mysterious than ever. Yet eleotricity has come to he a “matter of force, or both,” that is al- most indispensable in the daily life of the civilized world. The “unknown thing® has heen made to furnish pow- er, light and heat. It has been har- nessed for the service of mankind, and vet no man knows what the thing in harness is. The street car motorman, ost complete, today's animal starting %!fil > Next week the last beast will appear. This animal is a wild or Five-Man Defense in Basket Ball. To win basket ball games a team must, of course, prevent opponents from scoring. No haphazard defense is ever successful.. A definite system must be adopted so that every man will know when ‘the opponents have the ball. » i f The Five Man Defense has proved €0 superior over all others that it is being used by most leading college teams, and each year brings new converts to the style. It makes. every man directly responsible for the man he is playing against. There can be no excuse if a goal is scored. His man made the goal, and he alone is responsible. The working of the five-man de- fense is simple. The moment the op- posing team secures possession of the ball every man should ‘drop back to the center of the ‘floor immediately. Do not hesitate an instant, but drop. back at once. Then, from. this pos tion, look for your man. Of ‘course if he is close to your basket, you go to him and not to- the center of the floor. The team lined up across the cen- ter of the_ floor, each man watches his own man. As -the opponent crosses the center of .the floor, his man goes with him, always keeping hetween him and the goal. In this manner every opponent is guarded as he gets within scoring distance. Always wait for him to cioss the center of the floor. Never meet him beyond the center. No matter how much they pass the ball, or how long they hold the ball, just stand there and wait until they come to you. This may be varied only if the op- posing team is ahead and there are but a few minutes to go. Then you may advance into thelr territory and rto get the ball so that you m may score. Never wait for them near your own foul line. They are too near your goal by the tirhe yvou reach them, and-a long shot'| would give them a good chance to score. r N % However, be sure ahove all, keep between them and. the hasket because once a man gets ahead of you he cannot be stopped without fouling. So pick your man the min- ute your team loges the ball and keep =0 cloge to him that should he get the ball you could close in on him and prevent him from shooting or passing. In this way the whole opposing team will be guarded and they will not be able to score. J Hardtack. Ever heard the word “hardtack” used in connection with army life? Your stories of fighting men on land and sea no doubt have_ brought this word to your natice a number of time And do you know what “hardtack’ is? It is a cracker or hiscuit, large, hard and coarge, and has been ‘used In enormous. quantities_to feed sol- diers and ailors in the past. ... . It 1s said that during the Spanish: American War, W o States soldiers were about to be ship. ped from Tampa to Cuba, two fac tories in Atlanta supplled the G pleces) of “hardtack.” Eating this coarse bread might be to [ en _the ~United | ernment with £0,000 pounds (1,200,000 | > ew mo 8 THE EXTREMELY SIMPLE N;ODE 1S EXEMPLIFIED IN THE FROCK AT THE LEFT OF PLEATED WHITE CREPE DE CHINE. METAL THE BELT AND TiIE ARE OF RED CORD AND THE BUCKLE IS OF GILT THE SHAPE OF A BIRD'S HEAD. MORE COMPLICATED IN DESIGN IS THE. FROCK IN THE CENTER OF BLACK AND WHITE CHIFFON TRIMMED WITH BANDS OF SOLID WHITE AND EMBROIDERED IN'CORAL. CHI straight line above the waist and hips. Enormous dolman or troubadour sl¢eves that bag down to the hips at sides sometimes limit the straight ine to the portion of the frock below the: walst. “About.the new clothes produced by most of the hest class of dressmakers at present there is & very marked sim- plicity, and this tendency to depart from the overornateness shown ear- lier in the season is especially observ- able in many of the clothes produced for Palm Beach wear. There are little georgette evening frocks slightly times the holero detracts “from the tdraped at the hips, that have no trin Number 1. Here is:a new kind of puzzle for you boys and: girls. ; It is called a “maze puzzle,” and is built along the lines of some of tha famous labyrinths that have existed in various parts of the world. The idea of the puizle is to start at the entrance and get tq “home” with THE INFORMAL NOTE IS STRUCK BY THE YELLOW ONSISTING OF COAT AND ONE-PIECE OLD AND ORANGE. CREPE DE= IN JUMPER FROC! ming whatever, Sometimes there is an enormous. sash of the materjal or perchance a large artificial flower at the shoulder. There is very little difference in skirt lengths. To be sure, the very short skirt is pérhaps less seldom seen, This indicates rather the fact that the fairly short skirt has become firmly established, at least for the present, than that really longer skirts are coming back. The very long ekirts seen on some of the new French period frocks have led some observers to believe that Paris was leading the way back to long skirts. But they are no more indicative of general fashions than the bouffant hips that adorn some of these picturesque dance frocks. There are evening froeks with skirts long enough to drag at the back ‘and ‘short enough to show the garters in “front. Then. of course, there are frocks thiat show drapery hanging long on one side while at the other the skirt is decidedly short. But it is rather far fetched to see in these things any indication that the short skirt is about tg” make its fare- well bow. The fact is—and it is disconcerting enough to- the dressmakers— that Maze Puzzle for Young Fans. your pencil. There are all sorts of difficulties in your way, but you must not give up easily. These puzzles are loads of fun. Several more of them will be pub- lished later on this page. Watch for them. Rules. Tracing a line with a pencil, start at any one of the four entrances and try to reach “home,” returning then to the entrance. Always keep between the lines and dd not tross any of them with your pencil. Proof Enough. “Give me three proofs” said the geography teacher to the boy who had been reading detective stories ehind his geography book; “that the werld is round.” “Well, the book says so, you say s0, and ma says so.” JUNGLE JINGLES 5 QlTox—e his noble lion is very vain, As well as brave and bold, Although there:s fur around his nec! The rest of hint is cold ! A Riddle Bog Is Alwayé Eager. Now that the Christmas and New Year rush is long since over, you have more time to put on really important things, such as guessing riddles. There are 10 good ones for you below, and the old brain is about to get a dusting. All ready? Go! 561. Why is it that whenever vou are looking for anything you always find it in the last place you look? | 562. In what way are a fish and a’ ball alike? 563. How are tongue sandwiches like polly parrots? o 564. There’'s a woman who werks in a candy store. She is 6 feet tall and wears a No. 7 shoe. What do you think she weighs? 565. What is it that when it goes away from us never comes bacl again? “ 1 566. Has anybody ever seen a cigar box? 567. How many days in a year? 568. Why should “B” come before R 569. When is a hired man like a gun? F Answers, 561. Because you stop looking, when you find jt. 562 Because you can catch them both.” 563, They both speak for themselves, 564. Candy. 565. Life. . A cigar cannot box. .567. 325 because 40 are lent and never returned. 568. Because you have t B hefore you can:C. 569, When he is privea) " First Fossil. rWHA’l‘ is' probably the first fossil to have been collected by man is In the possession of Barnum Brown, assoctate curator of fossil rep- tiles in the Armerican Museum of Nat- ural History. The priceless relic s an elephant’s tooth dating -, back around 5,000,000 years: and was picked up by Mr.' Brown in the ruln of the Amklepieion, the medical school of ancient Greece, where Hippocrates, the father of medicine, carried on his studies. : SPORTS FROCKS THAT ARE O ) NOT INTENDED FOR ACTUAL SPORTS WEAR MAY BE RATHER ELABORATE. TAKE AS AN EXAMPLE THIS LITTLE FROCK OF GRAY_.JERSEY WITH APPLI 3 SUED ‘DOTS OF GREEN VELVET. ON THE JUMPER. ¥TH A SLEEVELESS JACKET OF GREE) . IT IS WORN VELVET. women are perfectly satisfled with the clothes they wear. If you do- not like the straightline silhouette and the short skirt, then you may, put yourself down as an exception. Fashions may change—must change, of course—but when the dressmakers strive to effect this change by lowering the hemline or definitely raising the walstline or widening the hip contour they meet with no success. (Conyright. 1927.) A Rotary Corn Popper. ;«;:7 mfan;y “\eegper’ This corn popper will be just the thing for popping coin over the open fireplace during - these long Winter evenings. A singlé handle, long enough to keep your hands away from the intense heat, is.attached to one end and the portion rext to the can is covered with tin or gstrip of asbestos to keep it from chatring. The can used should be about 4 inches in diameter and 7 to § inches long. A large baking powder can will do, or you can “use a half-gallon pail. Make the hagndle from the handle of an old broom, with one end cut off if it is too long. Cut a sheet of heavy metal just small enoushx fit inside the can, then run a screéw through both this sheet and the bot- tom of the can into the end of the broom handle, turning the screw in tightly. . The cover should fit rather lopsely 80 that it can be jerked off in a hurry when the contents are to be emptied. To make emptying easier, you can at: tach a small wWire ring by running the end through two holes in the cover and bending. these ends over. Place a small quantity of popeorn in this can, together with a bit of butter, then hold over the open fire, turning it in your hands as you do so. In a surprisingly short time the corn ‘will be popped to a fluffy crispness. If grease is to be used, punch several small holes in the can to permit the escape of heat. Easy. Teacher—Sammy, give me a. sen- tence containing the word “anthra- cite.” Sammy (who speaks with a lisp)— We had a biz family. party latht week and you ought to have heard my aunth rethite. .. & .- = b In a Stew. A cook’s_life {s certalaly full of in- trwst. Every day he thas stirring ‘times, GOOFEY MOVIES PRESENT FLANING ICE THE FINAL EPISODE B8Y FRED MEHER. an experience for some.of uB, but we who calls it “juice,” knows as much about the real nature it as the wisest experts know, 5 wouldn’t favor it as & part of our regular farel GOOFEY MOVIES. an-usn You BELIBVE T OR NOT ADOLPH HAS JUST ABOUT REACHED THE TOP OF THE IC& AND SAJOW WITH HIS CHEST OF DAISTES THAT HE FOUND N THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER Bl was 4 eerime STRUGGLE TO REACH THE.TOP BUT IF ADOLOY UNDERTAKES ANNTHING HE USUALLY ACCOMPUSHES [T, Z [ WAS“OUT LOOKWWIG i FOR: RASPBERRN/ B, . SHE WAS CAUGHT INVAN ICEB VAN =° O LiTH THB STOQV.—-—— Film Fun for Young Folks.