Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1927, Page 26

~“WOMAN’S ' PAGE. Mathematical Principles in Dress BY MARY MARSHALL. That'a dressmaker should be a geo- tmetriclan was the opinion expressed & year or 0 ago by Madeleine Vionnet, head of the well known French dress- making house that bears her name. She further expressed her gpinion that “the human body makes geometrical figures to which the materials should correspond.” One who has made a study of the work of this. celebrated designer ‘says that “underlying’ the inysteries of her creations are. the ¥oundest * mathematical. principles, GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS ARE ‘WORKED OUT BY USING DULL AND GLOSSY SIDE OF THE NAVY BLUE CREPE. wherein triangles, squares, circles and every geometrical figure are employed in the adaptation of the gown to the human form.” ‘To some of us this relationship be- tween geometry and dressmaking is not 80 easy to see—and surely a dress- maker must possess something more no longer a novel idea and this Spring we shall all see—and most of us wear—frocks in_ which _triangles, parallelograms, circles, squares and other Euclidian figures are clearly discernible. Geometrical figures have of course been made use of for ages in the making of figured materials, but for the most part these figures Lave Leen employed without any spegial relation- ship to the bodies which they covered. In the nmew geometrical frocks plain material is cut up and worked to- gether. again to make the desired figures that have a definite relation- ship to the proportion of the figure. Double-faced fabrics are frequently employed—crepe satin with a dull side and a glossy side being especially well liked. Very charming results may be gained when these geometrical princi- ples are carried out by a good dress- maker, but conversely very trying re- sults may be gained when the poor dressmaker tries to make use of geometry. There are combinations of lines and angles and curves that enhance the natural charm of the figure and minimize individual faults in outline, and there are combinations of these figures that distort the figure and accentuate individual shortcom- ings. (Copyright. 1927.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. I got a pritty bum of a report from skool today, me thinking, G, if ma reeds this she’ll make me give it to pop to sine insted of signing it her- self, holey smokes I hope I can catch her wen. she's in a hurry so she'll -| hurry up sine it without reading it. And I went in the house and md was quick coming,_downstairs dook- ing at her rist watch, fie thifiking, G, herray. s And I sed, Ar e you in'a hurry, ma? ‘Well; T thawt I was, but I see by my rist watch that I have a half an hour’;to_spare, Wwhy, wat do you wuit? ma sed. Maybe "your rist watch is rong, I sed, and- she seéd, If its enything its fast, unless its suddinly decided to change its whole caracter, wats a matter, wat do you wunt? O, nuthing, never mind, I thawt maybe you wasent in a hurry, I:sed. Well neither T am, dident I jést tell you Ive got plenty of time? ma sed. I meen I thawt maybe you was in a hurry, I sed. Do you realize your tawking like a crazy persin? ma sed. Now I wunt you to stop beeting around the bush and out wit it whatever it is or IIl give you a good shake and see if that will help you to cullect your sentses, she sed, and I sed, Well, if you got time I thawt maybe you could sine my report, wat time is it, it must be neerly a half a hour later by this time. Let me see it, ma sed, and I sed, ‘Wat, the report? and she sed, Are you. starting in all over agen? Meening certeeny the report, and I handed it to her slow, and she ony looked at about half of it and handed than a mere knowledge of the mathe- matical sciences. Still the application of geometrical figures to designing is it back, saying, Give this to your father. . Proving the werst is yet to come. BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES ‘ Lip Creams. It's a great mistake to let the lips chap, it's ugly, it's uncomfortable, it makes the mouth temporarily thick and coarse looking. Also, it's one of the easiest' discomforts to avoid, so _ there is no excuse for chapped lips at any time. Carry one of the little white cream lipsticks in' your bag, They are so cheap that you can have several, and pever be without one -in ‘your "pocket or purse during the cold raw days of the late Winter. You can get them for 10 cents and you can buy im- ported ones with a delicious scent to them for 25. Don’t get colored ones, for then you begin rouging your lips and the color comes off on your handkerchief, on table napkins, cn vour gloves, even on your own tkin. The worst looking thing in the world is to see lips spreading arotind the face, or else a light reddish center outlined by a darker red rim. And that is inevitable if you use colored lip rouge. It your lips are very pale, you can get & rose-colored rouge, so iight it does not stain the ekin at all if you rub it over. It will make the slight- est pink mark on a handkerchief—it 1s supposed to keep the lips the ‘ural color, at least, to lend a pinkness that is really not artificlal. It is quite invisible when on the mouth, but I cannot see that it really gives much color or that the white cream, which does not stain, takes away from the natural shade of the lips. Sult_yourself as to which you huy, only don’t under any circumstances use a lip rouge that shows. Some day a cosmetic may be invented that colors the- Iips, stavs on, and doesn’t] color anything else. but chemistry has not found the formula yet. Mean- time, use white cream lipsticks to protect the lips from chapping. It vou are normally healt] : will be red ‘enough for New Seafood in The City All W hite Meat FRESH from ) Boston Fish Boats— Cooked Ready to Use— Bones Removed— Y this remarkable new seafood—You'll like it’s delicious tang of the sea. It lends itself to a variety of luscious dishes —salads— creamed fish—croquettes— cho — newburgs — scal- 1 fish, Similar to tuna. Substitute for lobster or crab meat. B-:Xand simple to pre- pare. And the low price will surprise you. DEMAND HARVARD BRAND by ‘Whitman, Ward & Lee Co. Boston, Mass. + FOR SALE AT ALL SANI- TARY GROCERY STO! If the lips are badly chapped, cam- phor cream may heai them. Amy.—Take more i oranges or grapefruif n not. get . your system regulated this way, consult the doctor about it. If the cereals in which there is some husk do not irritate vou may get good results from these. Your comiplexion will improve as you overcome this sluggish tendency. Take a full warm bath every day and always use very cold watér as a final rinse for your face and neck. Your pores will clear and refine grad- ually as you improve your coaditicn. Egg Benedictine. 3 Separate two eggs. Break the yolks, add a cupful of milk, some salt, one and one-half cupfuls of flour and a tablespoonful of melted butter. Beat well, add two baking powder \and fold in the well beaten whites. Bake on a griddle in large muffin rings. Broil thin slices of ham. Dish the muffins, put a square ‘of-ham on each, then a poached egg andpour on them some Hollandaise sauce and decorate with well chopped triiffiss, pepper and salt. The trufiles Whipped Cream Filling. Combine one well beaten egg yolk ‘with one-half a cupful ‘of whipped cream and threé tablespoonfuls of BT oF Shoppes put anehalf a cupful ul 0P| n one-| a cupful of marshmallows:cut fri pleces and 3 *Wnlul vanilla. Let “an’ hour or.two.to soften the marshmdllows, then spread on cake layers and ice with “any preferred icing. A simple bolled icing is excel- lent. This cake should be served the day it is made, as the filling wilt then be at its best. evel teaspoonfuls. of |, THE -EVENING IT HAPPENS TO THE BEST REGULATED SHOPS FRED- | VE TOoUCHED IM GoING To BUY A FUR FOR THE WiFe FOR HER BIRTHDAY PEET 15 Thaes |{ wrat Ko ! 1] &R Tose || peoer-f| LASS menT?/ | OIS HT BY D. C. PEATTIE. Ice Storm. As I write this the world seen from my, window is incased in a deep, fragile armor of glittering ice. Black twigs ofjoak and tulip trees are seen through soft silver, while a musical claster and rattle and tinkle of the ice- laden twigs comes to my ears. By the time these words see print that ice will be as melted as last year's snow in_ Villon’s ballad. But those who read will not have forgotten the perilous beauty of the tree-lined city streets, or the cathedral purity of the woods of Rock Creek Park when the great ice storm fell upon us. Sun or wind or both will melt that casing away; but jce storms are not without their biological significance, however brief their duration. The experiment of weighing the ice on a twig is an easy one. Take a pair of ordinary kitchen or postal scales outdoors, break off an ice-laden twig and weigh the whole thing. Then bring the twig in the house and let the ice melt. The difference in weight, of course, will be the weight of the ice. Sometimes it has been found, after ice storms lasting many days, when an incredibly thick coating of ice has grown by accretion around the twigs, that the ice weighed 10 times as much as the twig. Add to this a high wind, straining on the branches, and it is easy to see why twigs break in ice storms and even whole trunks are split asunder. Of course, this would never happen when sap is in the twigs, making them limber, giving them elastic strength; but in the brittle condition of Winter wood the tensile strength of a tree is poor. Elms especially suffer at these times. KITTY McKAY BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. that begin the I always set on the front seat bt the car when my husband is drivifg 80 I can tell him when another car is coming or there s & cow In the roe4, and so on and on. Oatmeal Brown Bread. Mix one pint of rolled oats with one pint of rolled wheat. Add half a pint of yellow cornmeal and half a pint of whole -wheat flour, Dissolve a tex- spoonful of baking soda in two tabli. spopnfuls 6f warm water, add this fo half ‘a pint of molasses.and then acd quickly to one pint of thick sour milk, M{x these with the dry ingredients. Turn into a brown-bread mold, cover and steam for four hours. wayt(: HISE-SANBORY (on swetc HiArmon - ol THAT'S A GOOD HUNCH- It o To HENNY'S: ~ GOSH THEY'LL BE GLAD To JEE [ A CASH cusToMER WiTH A THOUSAND COLD BUCKS 't BET~ - AND IVE GoT Tie DouGH SURIGHT Win me ) on DORA'S FINE - HAD NICE TIME. t BUY A FUR COAT Little Balls of Fur. Of eves that seo there are but few: T hove they are possessed by you, 5 —0ld’ Mother West Wind. Tt is true that real seelbg eyes are about as scarce as the proverbial teeth of a hen. Folks have eyes, but most folks don't know how to use them. They think they do, but they don’t. All “sorts of interesting things are right under their noses and vet are not seen. There is an old saying that “People see what they look for.” It means that if you start out to look for “YES,” SAID JUMPER, “WHAT __ _KIND OF FUR IS IT?" one particular thing, you are very likely not to see all the other things ‘which you might see. You will remember. that Peter Rab- bit and Jumper the Hare were hidden under some hemlock boughs, from which, they, could peek up and see Hooty the Owl and. his nest, in which Mrs. Hooty ‘was-sitting on some pre- cious eggs. It was.a Spring sign. They knew that Mr. and Mrs. Hooty did not begin housekeeping until they ‘were sure that by the time the babies néeded warmer weather Sweet Mistress Spring would be on hand to give it to them. “Is that where Hooty always sits?"" whispered Peter to Jumper. “No,” sald Jumper. “He sits there a good deal now, but that isn't his regular watch tower. You see that tall dead tree over there? That is Hooty’s watch tower. That's where he delights to sit when he is watching for a fast, a dinner or a supper. “Did you ever.see the funny little balls at the foot of that tree?” Peter shook his head. “I never did,” said he. v nickname of “the THOUSAND BEDTIME STORIE e ouT - GoTS A [ DID SWE | DD SHE ‘NQUIRE Fme 7 WHAD SHE . DOLLAR GET THIS- SHE SAIDY BY THORNTON W. BURGESS “Come on over there mnow sald Jumper, “They are funny balls. Hooty drops them from his mouth. I have seen him do it. Yes, sir, I've seen him do it. Come on.” Very cautiously Jumper led the way and Peter tiptoed along behind him. They took care to rustle no leaves nor to make any sound whatever. Every two or three steps they stopped to look up at Hooty to make sure that he’ didn't see them. But Hooty was half asleep, and when they saw this they felt better. So presently they came to the foot of the tall dead tree. Jumper began to poke about among the dead leaves at the foot of the tree. He kicked something over to Peter. It fell near Peter's feet. He examined it curfously. “It is a fur ball,” said he. “Yes,” said Jumgper. ‘“What kind of fur is it?” Peter looked sharply. “It looks like the fur of Whitefoot the Woodmouse,” said he. Jumper kicked another one over to him. “How about this one?” he in- quired. Peter looked at it carefully and he had a funny feeling. “There's rabbit hair in this,” said he. Again Jumper nodded. “Right,” said 1 he. “I suppose you know what that mean: Peter hesitated. He wasn’t quite sure- just how to answer that. “Break it open!" commgnded Jumper. Peter pulled it apart. “Why," sald He nodded very he, “there are bones insid Jumper nodded. vigorously. ‘Yes,” sald he, “there are bones inside. Those bones are rabbit bones at that.” Peter's eyes opened very wide. “You mean—"" he began, and then stopped. “I mean,” said Jumper, “that Hooty the Owl has dined on a rabbit some time or other. If it wasn’t one of your children you are lucky, Peter."” Peter looked curiously at those little balls of fur. He wouldn't have known that they were balls of fur had he not known that that was what they were going to see. He had seen similar ones before and not given them a thought. But now as he examined one after another he began to under- stand. He was learning just what Hooty the Ow! had been living on of late. He was learning to use his eyes, (Copyright, 1027.) —_— The Canadian Parlfament has de- cided against the employment of women as stenographers until they have reached the age of 30.° of its arch—the maijn iBENNSYLVANIA'S o its keystone—the peake Keystone State” is said to have orig- inated here in Wash- ington . .. Years ago, in building one of the Cap- ital’s famous bridges, the | architect conceived the idea of forming the great arch with a stone from each of the original States . . . It so hap- pened that Pennsylvania was given the topmost or keystone position. 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BY LOIS Troublesome Naps. ‘When a child nears the age of 1 year it is quite natural that he will, in most cases, voluntarily stop nap- | bobbed hair and use much water on g::;!n;‘;‘“ @ day and will want only | i, 1 pave been told that hair Instead of putting the baby to bed | Will rot and that it will grow gray directly after his bath, it is then ad.|Quickly from using so much water. | visable to start the nap after 11 or Every time 1 comb my hair I wet the | 12 o'clock. and let him sleep until comb and can give m" If o water his 2 o'elock feeding. The afterncon | Wave. Is this harmful? (2) T am 5 hours can be devoted to his daily air-| feet {4 inches tall and weigh 12 ing and he will be ready to sleep |POUNds. I do mot think that I i e Ly | overweight, but my limbs scem larze This is far better always than giv-| ing him two daytime naps and then pushing his bed hour forward, which some mothers do as a remedy. Anent | this subject Mrs. H. C. B. writes: S | “My baby is 18 months old and N X | weighs 33 pounds and is 33 inches | 8 | tall. Is he overweight for his height? 2 | He will not drink more than one pint | of milk daily anless I prepare a milk S P | dessert. “He has always taken a nap be- ! tween 10 and 12 Lately he will play | | in_bed until lunch time, even though | I leave the shades down. If I coax | him to sleep in the afternoon he will stay awake until 10 o'clock at night. Can you advise me how to break him of this? Is it true that a child who is stronger in vitality does not need | as much sleep as a weaker child?” | {n proportion to the rest of my body Answer—Perhaps the suggestion at | HOW can I correct this? (3) I use the the head of this agticle will help you |juice of three lemons in the rinsing with the nap situation. It is extreme. | Water after each ‘shampoo. Ts this ly bad to get a child into the habit |harmful?> WAITING FOR ADVICE. | of going to bed after 7 at night. 1 Ans\\ie '—(1) Water does not mak would not put him into bed until 11 |the hair “rot” but it tends to or 12 and by that time he will be |Stract the natural oil that is so n: tired and ready to nap. Letting him | @8Sary to hair health. The podr con- play too long in bed in the mornimg | dition of the hair of most men is ut- | gives him an idea that he need not | tributed in part to daily wetting to nap if he does not choose to. keep it sleek. If you just use a wet It is not true that stronger children | comb to run through your hair and | do not need naps. In fact, the under. | then arrange it in waves with your | nourished, overactive and nervous | fingers and the comb, I do not think | child is very often a bad sleeper, while | 21¥ harm will result. Do not wet the well fed baby naps as easily as a | YOUr hair all over, Give it kitten, Children may be so weak that | & $hampoo every othe 2y 2] they sleep from weakness, but a|YOU are Il or vears old. your| strong child needs sleep In order to | Welght is correct. Please send a s Mgy stamped _self-addressed envelope for | Your baby is both overweight and | MY 1eaflets on “The Indoor Woman, E e peaent 8| which gives exercises for reducing | ::g‘r’\',;;“:,;‘°,‘;:“sm He is overweight, | 1'% s, and “Care of the Legs.:| | - W oti2s | (8) Two tablespoonfuls of lemon Mrs. W, Jo=&DabR of 235 months| (iRl T two quarts of' water: are can take three level teaspons of mal- | v o a vil enough for the rinse. Too much tose Jally. It you are slving two | joroite harmful. | LOIS LEEDS. tablespoons in éach feeding (it was | R impossible to judge from your letter) " that, of course, is far too much. Correcting Hollow Back. The formula is also both strong| Dear Miss Leeds—There is u deep and large in quantity. {curve at my waistline at the bac Effect of Water on Hair. | Dear Miss Leeds—(1) T have straight my Tt tastes | raising, . FEATURES. - MILADY BEAUTIFUL LEEDS. though 1 hold my_shoulders up bust measure in 33 ine waist and hips 41 How my figy Answer known hold hips back hyperextended lordosis—that ward so that Ay an re defect on wust learn Y correctly with pdomen flat. Usuaily kneea accompany knees bent back there is quite a. pro nounced curve backward from hip bones to ankles. Tractice standing with knees straight. The following exercises will also help you overcon the condition: (1) Stand erect with heels together and arms hanging at sides. Keeping your trunk erect and knees together, bend knees to a squat ting position. Slowly rise and repeat 10 times. Sit_down on the floor with legs extended out ih front and feet togethe: Place hands behind neck. Slowly twist trunk to right then front and to the left, Repeat 10 times in each direction. Your waist and hipy are too large in proportior to vour bust. Please send a stamped self-addressed envelope for my leaflef * which gives correcting_this LOIS LEEDS ng at 16. Dear Miss Leeds—1) T am 16 year feet 6 inches tall and weigh 3 pounds. What reducing ex ercises should I take? (2) What do you think about dieting at mw 2 @1y . brown hair falr skin, Wh ors should 1 1 to make me look smaller? 1) Pl give me a recipe for a lotior the hands Answer-—(1 Y ier than the avera and height, but dou are heavier than the not advise growing zirls to put then selves on severe reducing programis for fear of injury to their healt! 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