Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1928, Page 34

WOMAN'S PAGE. Short Wraps for Evening Use BY MARY MARSHALL. 1 can see very little to recommend a short evening wrap. As a matter of protection and warmth it seems as if an evening frock ought to be completely covered. Besides, it seems to me that has been shown quite & number of these shorter evening wraps, and I hear now that many of the best dressed women have adopted the fashion of wearing them. I suppose the fashion was favored by the fact that with the new \Il\e\';‘,fl hemlines found on so many of the evening frocks some of the skirt drap- ery was bound to show anyway, and the effect perhaps is better to have quite a bit of the skirt showing than just & wisp here and there dangling below the edge of the evening wrap. What these new shorter evening wraps lack in length they make up for in width, for they are usually made in the form of voluminous capes, some- times entirely of fur and sometimes of velvet or brocade with a fur edge. White evening wraps to wear with all-white evening ensembles have been | much favored this Winter, and I can | imagine no more luxurious addition to | | any woman’s wardrobe than an evening || wrap of white ermine trimmed with | white fox. But a wrap of that sort is | | not—or at least should not be—chosen | 8s a generally useful evening wrap. belongs _exclusively to very light evening gown. When one evening wrap, and that a mple one, must be chosen for all oc- casions black velvet is perhaps the best possibie choice. It the white or Even if you aren't much of a dress- | maker you will h; | ing the little gi frock that is de- seribed in this week's help. ‘Though | straight and simple in cut. the fullness is held in at the waist by ribbons or Strips of material adjusted at the sides. You must see the sketch to get the ef- fect. If you will send your stamped, ‘:clf-nddrt‘fsgd l{\n\’\‘ln;)e I will send this O Yyou with the diagram-pattern ai full directions for mnkh\x.p = (Conrright, 1028.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Often mispronounced — Laboratory. Pronounce the first o, and not as if | lab-ra. ve no trouble in mak- | - THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1928.° WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD, Reristered U. 8. Patent Office, When & 9-pound salmon was caught in the Potomac just oft Glymont, the old Summer resort? Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEVER ELDRED. Mrs. H. J. B. writes: “I have a friend who asked me to write you about her baby. It is 9 months old, breast fed and only weighs 16 pounds. Recently the baby refused cereals and vegetables but will take soup or orange juice. She gives him three teaspoonfuls of cod liver oil daily. She wants to wean him. Can she give him half water and half milk, increasing the milk and decreass ing the water? The baby has black- DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX How Can Young Man Break His Engagement to the Girl Back Home?—Unhappy Girl Whose Mother Broadcasts Her Secrets. EAR DOROTHY DIX: time. Before leaving home I became engaged to a young lady of my anmmtnncn and since coming to town I have met a girl and fallen desperately in love with her. Is there any way in which I can break off the first engagement and still avert a breach-of-promise suit? JOHNNY. Answer: Write to the girl back home and tell her of your change of heart and ask her to release you from your engagement, and if she has any instincts of a lady she will do so. No right-thinking girl wants to marry a man who is tired of her and who has ceased to care for her. Nor does she blame him for the change in his affections, since our emotions are not under our control and we cannot love at will, But, anyway, take a chance on the breach-of-promise suit. It is a remote danger in any case. First, because no girl of refinement tries to hold a man against his will or secks to salve the wound to her heart and her pride with greenbacks, and, secondly, because no jury would take a boy's lovemaking serfously. They have been young: themselves and they know that a boy's fancy is as unstable as the wind, and that a girl trusts his promises at her own risk. Besldes, even at the worst, it will be better to pay a little damages than to have | to marry one girl when you want another. But T am always warning young men about making the mistake that you have made. It is one that innumerable young chaps make and that they almost invariably bitterly repent. When a young man is about to leave home to seek his fortune he is sloshing over with sentiment. He feels a little lonely and and old friends they take on a fictitious value to him that they have never had before, He may have been bored to death by Main street and anxious to get away from it, but when he realizes that he is leaving it it looks the most desirable spot in the world. He may have just had a friendly feeling for a girl he has known all his life, but when he is parting from her he imagines that he is in love with her and that she is the only woman in the world for him. And somehow, he doesn't know why, he wants to feel that somebody is missing him and longing for his return, and so while he is doped up with this emotion he pops the question to her and goes away engaged. In the city he meets an entirely new type of girl. Girls who are smarter, more sophisticated, who know how to make more of their looks, who are w! to all the tricks of pleasing men. He works with these girls and they are part of the new exciting life into which he has come. And 99 times out of 100 he falls for one of them and forgets the girl back home. Generally he breaks the engagement with the old girl, but sometimes. after the affair had dragged on for years and years, he goes back home and marries her, And they are both miserable ever ter because they have grown apart in the years they were parted. They have developed along different lines. The man’s love for the woman has died long ago and her affection for him is merely an idealization of a dream. They have nothing in common, and each would be 1 1 am a young man away from home for the first The STYLE POST is the marker on the road 1o heing smart. A Lacquer Trio. Instead of an armful of tiny lac- quered bracelets, a trio of somewhat | wider ones is being substituted by many women in Parls, therefore fit to the wrist a bit more | forlorn at going forth into the world alone, and just because he is leaving home | gracefully than the non-flexible ones. A black, a red and a green is not too vivid a combination to wear with an afternoon dress in either satin or vel- | vet. The three enamel rings may be | worn in the same colors. i (C it 1028.) MOTHERS AND IR CHILDREN, Teaching Respect for Books. I always keep on hand some of the transparent mending tape suc | They are flexible and | FEATURES." BEAUTY CHATS More About Diet. If you've been following the recent Chats about dieting on a caloric sys- tem you know the approximate fatten- ing value of soups, meats and break- fast dishes. We'll take the caloric value now of some vegetables and presently of some meat substitute | dishes. First about vegetables. I would, byl the way, advise you to boil or steam your vegetables whenever possible if you are reducing, since you cannot fry them without adding enormousiy to| their caloric value, frying oils averag-| ing 100 calories to every dessert spoon- | ful. Here are some recommended veg- etables: | Beets, although they contain sugar | and many other valuable ingredients, | have a caloric value of about 15 cal- ories to a tablespoonful. Personally I think they are nicest when diced and | served either hot or cold with a little vinegar, the caloric value of which is nothing. If you put butter with them of course you increase their value ac-| cording to the amount of butter used. | Each stalk of asparagus is about five calories. Serve this also vinaigrette, and if you want to make canned | asparagus taste fresh, add a spoonful | of chopped pickled sauce to the vine- | gar. %K Lima beans are really too faftening | for a reduction diet; a tablespoonful | s about 60 calories. I'd advise string beans, a tablespoonful of which is about eight calories. I'd recommend lots of | cabbage also as it has practically no | caloric value, and it contains an im- mense amount of vaiuable mineral matter. Chopped fine before boilin: it tastes appetizing. If you happen to h as libra- | | alen acts BY EDNA KENT FORBES dislike cabbage add a tiny bit of gun. milk; half a glass of skimmed milk is genly 40 lcn]nm. 8o your share wom't very fattening. It takes a half cup of spinach to make 23 calories, it takes an extra large helping of tomatoes to make 50 calories, one heaping tablespoonful of squash is about 12 calories, one table- spoonful of caulifiower seven calories, and lettuce practically nothing. Mrs. H. C. 8—You are about 63 pounds overweight. If you have the patience to earry it through, you can get rid of this extra weight and aiso bulld up your tissues at the same time. You should devote at least one ¢ year to the reducing, so you will not impair your health. There 1s not space hers to go intn all the detalls of dieting, but if you are interested and wish to undertaze it, directions will be sent you upen receipt of your request and a sel! drecsed, stamped envelope for ma Mary F. A—Lanociin should be used on the face, as it encourages a growth of hair. C—Consult the doctor abe ite spote on vour face Your hint about the making vou think of blisters gives me the impression that your eream may disagree with your skin. Fof the odor, sha under the arms, add 8 few drope mmonia to bathe tHe parts hazel, as t t and deodorant. T.—You can ca in f you ¢ white hread whole w and potatoes from It you eat rich sweets, alw, M extra omit High salaried positions open in tea rooms, motor inns, coffee shops. How to start your own tea room. Managers, table directs assistant managers, hostesses, ors, buvers and executives are far better off if the engagement had been broken and the girl had married the | needed in tremendous new field for women. heads on his cheeks. FOLLOWING THE VOGUE FOR THE SHORT EVENING CAPE IS THIS WRAP OF REDDISH GOLD LAME TRIMMED WITH RED FOX. the effect is better when there are fair- 1y long unbroken lines. But apparently some of the dressmakers do not agree with me, for in Paris this season there Often misspelled—Boudolr; no w. Synonym—Fun, frolic, sport, laugh- | ter, entertainment. ‘Word study—"Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word—Pensive: thought- { ful; sad. “He remained in this pensive state for many hours.” The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1928.) 1. Appendage. 4. Bucket. 8. English river. 11. Period. . Sun god. . Act. . Bweet potato, 5. Saltpeter. 16. Encourages and supports. 117. Poplar. 21. Alloy. 25. Myself. 26. Pemale sheep. 27. Plaything. 28. International language. 29. Siberian gulf. 3 2 24 36. 37 28, 42 Mesh-work. . Mineral rock. " WINTER BY D. C. PEATTIE. A reader of The Btar has asked me to write about the carrier or homing pigeon and how it is trained. Although the wireless has done much to deprive | o the carrier pigeon of its usefulness, the subject has long been of intense in- terest W me, because it raises a most fascinating question. In the incredible homing flights of the pigeons. do the birds depend upon & God-given instinct or sre they depending upon & memory that, while remarkenle. W our own treined memories? Most people, perbaps, mght answer ’mmmly st & plgeon “just knows” iis way home, and never missn it this is emphatically not 0. A pigeon put 16t & bux and shipped 200 miles SWey on a new journey would Yewcn hume except in the nature of happy accident. The experiment has been tried for seversl centuries with o Bucopss A bird intended for exhibition fights Or races 1s DI kel w0 #horL & dis- tanice from home that he can, on rising, quickly see his famillar cote, AL the seine Lime his memory apparently takes on the impressions of new landmark: Gradually the distances are lengthened end st last @ bird can be sent from Brussells v the Pyrennees and then reicused. His speed of fight will de- pend on the weathier, the time of day, snd how well fed wnd walered e is at the start Under the hest conditions prize winning bird wil tevel continuously 8L the Tale Of @ CTACK express Uain— o mile & minute cliy, or faster, some- Umes. The pigeon fanciers sit up by the cote, walch in Land, o Ume the Snstant when the birds enter the nest Guaranteed puzs imported 'OMPEIAN is sull similar | But | How can she get rid of them? He weighed 5 pounds at birth and has six teeth and pulls him- self up and walks around chairs.” Answer.—The baby has not made a bad gain, considering his low birth weight. I would certainly discourage his walking at this early uge. Also 100 much and may be spoiling the ap- petite for the other foods. significant that the baby takes all liquids and no solids. I would find out if there is any reason for this. Use some mild cold eream on the baby's cheeks daily after the bath and per- haps soap and water on the face would be advisable to help clear up the black- heads. You may have the weaning and feeding leaflet for your frlend for a self-addressed and stamped envelope. Mrs. C. C. W.—Fourteen hours of sleep is satisfactory for the 8-month- old child, though less than the average child of this age sleeps. Mrs, F. to appear. Even if these appear and disappear again there is nothing you can do. and forget the teeth. it is more than likely due to the lack of moisture in your home. Have some water evaporating in your house con- stantly, Several shallow pans filled . Southern State (ab.). . A small State (ab.), . Unit, . Greek letter. . Exclamation. . Obtaln. . Get up. . Winged mammal. . Before. . Bwiss river. Cretan mountain, ‘Toss. . Coloring. . Consumer. . Prussian resort, . Morning (ab.). American settler, Water pitcher, Compass point. . Btreet (ab,), Law. . Optics, . Behold . Exclamation., . Trounces. . Nickname, . Hindu ejaculation, . Make amends. Manuscript (ah.), . Young dog. Portuguese monetary unit, Adam’s wife, . Bear down. . Constellation, Free from. Throat Sore? Be Careful! | Results in 2 Hours A sore throat is dangerous, A new discovery, GERM ORAL, | will clear your sore throat quick- ly and kill the disease germs. Bore throst is often the start | toward tonsilitis, laryngitis and | there is always the danger of it | going down into the lungs, | B0 Propersd, Got o Bottle Today with water near vour heat will help th Use no soap on the baby's skin and use cold cream or olive oil instead of powder after the bath My Neighbor Says: When ing fish, do not let lzm-ol:l: ter, or the flavor wiil 2 .nzvnnkg clothes with hot water they may be ironed almost immediately. Choose a bright, windy day to wash feathe. pillows. Pill "the washtub with hot suds and plunge the pillows (with feath- ers) into the suds. Put them through several waters, shaking them about briskly, then hang on the line in the open air, ‘hen perfectly dry, shake well. After they have been washed in this way ihey cught to be huig out in the warm, fresh air every day for a weck, but they must never be put directly in the hot sun, as the heat draws the oil out of the feathers and gives them an un- pleasant odor. If a little butter is rubbed on fingers and knife used in seeding ralsins, the usual sticki- ness will be prevented. cleanty in THE CHEERFUL CHERUB Now duty 13, a horrid 'word:! Right-doing should be glad If yov do good becavse you should Imight » as well like thi ls (XYY WIf. take the finest hams we can buy and boil them 80 they'd melt in your mouth, Then we mince them very, veny fine and mix in ex- actly the right amount of a seasoning of many spices. Just how we blend this seasoning s & secret, of course, The result is a palate-tickling flavor to tempt an epicure, . Sond for FREE Cook Book ' of 70 Underwood Recipes WM. UNDERWOOD CO, 62 Walnut 81, Watertown, Mass, 10¢ CANS IN CARTONS OF 6 Aleo 25¢ and 40¢ sises | | ievm-Ohal o Sore Throat :’lw-ucqllh three teaspoonfuls of cod liver oil is | It s rather | C. L—8Ix to eight months | is the regular time for the first teeth | humorist when she telis & story about Sadie and her little cake-eater beaux that sets a dinner table in a roar, but it is humor that costs her dearly, because Keep on with the good diet | Mrs. C. C—If & baby® skin becomes | very chapped during the Winter months | | | duck’s back, but when we are { laughter pierces us to the quick. butcher back home and the boy the little cutie that worked at the desk next to his. . DOROTHY DIX. . DI-:AR MISS DIX: What would you do with a father and mother who mortify you to death by their attitude about the boys who come to see you? I am a young girl, and if a boy brings me home from a party my mother tells it all over the neighborhood that he is “keeping company” with me, and if one takes me to a moving picture she gives people to understand that he is my sweetheart. My mother thinks it is a great joke to speak of any boy who even shows me & casual attention as her son-in-law. I couldn't tell my mother a secret, no matter how much I needed some one to tell it to, or if I loved a boy, because she tells everybody everything she knows about me, and adds to it to e a funny story. Still she complains because I don't confide in her, but how can I when she advertises everytning she knows? Will you give me some good, sensible sugges- tions on these probiems? UNHAPPY GIRL. Answer: The only advice I can give you is to keep your own counsel if you have that kind of a mother, but I could say an earful to your mother. I could tell her that the reason why most girls do not confide in their mothers is because their mothers themselves make all confidences impossible. I could tell your mother that no young girl is going to unveil her secret soul to & mother who holds it up to ridicule, and that no daughter is ever going to tell things to a mother who betrays her. I could tell your mother that no joke 18 so costly as the one that she makes at the expense of her young daughter. She may think that she shines as a she pays for it with the loss of Sadie’s confidence. She will never tell her again about the flutterings of her little inexperienced heart, nor Tommy's clumsy love-mak: about the things that she cannot talk to her about. 1 could tell mother that nothing else in the world is so cruel as the wit that makes a helpless young girl its butt. the grotesque exaggerations of the humorous story that mother has made her. 8he can only writhe in humiliation at a revelation that strips her heart naked and that holds her up to be jeered at by the unthinking. As we grow old we get callous. Ridicule glances off us like water off a young we are thin-skinned and every barb of I could tell your mother that when she your beaux she is queering you with the boys Nothing drives men awa; that her mother is attributi blabs everything about you and and spoiling your chances. ng to them serious intentions that they may not hln{e, nd‘;hnt she is try"inx ;n give xukne impression that they are engaged to a girl when they are not. Nor do men like t0 go to a house in which they suspect that they are being ridiculed. ke A mother should be as discree! t as & diplomat. as silent about her daughter's Affairs as the grave and as safe & repository for her secrets as a vault in & bank. SR DOROTHY DIX. EAR MISS DIX: I am a girl of 18 anxious to go to work, but my brother does not approve of my doing so. He has been very good to me, but 1 don't feel that he should support me any longer now that I am able to take care of myself. What do you advise? AMBITIOUS, 0 to work and earn your own living. There is ealthy girl should depend upon any one, and you will be happler for getting out and making your own way in the world It will give you poise and seif-respect to stand on your own feet Besides, some day your brother may get married, and what will become of you then if you are a parasite upon him? DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1028 ) Answer: I advise you to no reason why an intelligent. Handmade Flowers. Flowers for millinery and costume | decoration are expensive to buy, blossoms on slender stems in lovely col- ors. Then there are novel flowers made of beads closely sewed onto net. They but : are generally in the shape of rosebuds | can be made at home at little expense. | half unfolded and wreathed with green For the work you will need some fine millinery wire and odds and ends of taffeta, chiffon, organdy or other deli- cate material for the pelals, with a | leaves, Orange Drop Cookies. 1 | | Earnings of $5.000 upward a year; fasc work: quick success awaits you. No p ing, nor how Johnny tried to kiss her, yet | there may come a time when Sadie will desperately need to talk to mother | She cannot defend herself against | y from a girl more quickly than for them to hear ' | able positi winning h Our with zood cl \- School building open from | | ries use for book repair. My children | have been taught almost from babyhood | to go and get this roll of tape just as| s00n as they tear a book the least bit | If 1t 15 a bad tear I help them mend it. | | But if a straight one, I let them do the | mending. They would no sooner let a| | book go unmended than they would let a cut finger go untreat (Comvriche, 1 THE DAILY HOROSCOPE | Wednesday, January 18. | Kindly stars hold sway tomorrow, According to astrology. which finds | that benefic aspects dominate. The planetary government favors activity in all lines of business and promises success for those who use brains wisely It is & day when promoters may ex- | pect good luck, whether they are in- terested in developing political pros- | pects or commercial enterprises. The stars seem to favor the ambi- tions of men who have been for some time in places of the sun. | 'This is read as an auspicious wed- | ding day, the stars presaging fair for- | tunes as well as lasting loyalty There is a promising sign for those who make new acquaintances of oppo- site sex. Both men and women may be pecu- liarly inclined toward romance at this time, when age will be no protection against foelish sentimentality. This should be a profiitable day for theaters and all who are employed in) them. Good plays. in which imagination and fine dramatic effects are achieved. | are foretold for the season., which is to _be record-making in certain wavs The old are subject to depressing influences: tomorrow, which is read as increasing tenacity to old traditions and discontent with new | Writers are most fortunate and they | have the forecast of a year that is Pprosperous | Persons whose birth date it is ma: be concerned this year with govern- j mental affalrs. They may meet cer- | tain_ perplexities [ in spare time, own tea room, or p: rooms of only sively erected to g cinating profession. Midwinter Classes Now F LEWIS TEA ROOM INSTITUTE LEWIS HOTEL TRAINING SCHOOLS 23rd and Pa. Ave. N.W. rosette of gold or silver tissue as a cen- ter, which will produce a charming flower. ‘There are flowers made of or- gandy in several different shades, usu- | ally light at the center and edged with Cream together two tablespoonfuls of grated orange rind and four tablespoon- | fuls of butter. 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