Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1928, Page 35

WOMA N'S PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, _TRIDAY. JANUARY 20, 1928, FEATURES,' Evening Headdresses Popular BY MARY T heard of a woman the other day who had—after all these vears—just had her hair cut for the first time, and the reason given for this late-inthe- day visit to the barber was that she| FOR EVENING WEAR THESE CLOSE- FITTING CAPS OF WHITE OS- TRICH PRESENT THE APPEAR- ANCE OF WI o KEEPING MENTALLY FIT MARSHALL. women have made the best of a bad bargain and have actually invested their awkward growing locks with a | sort of interest all their own. | There are all sorts of ways of hiding the awkward stages if you really want | to. Hair dressers have become quite | adept at curling under short ends and arranging longer locks so that they hide the shorter ones. Many women keep their heads covered as much as possible during the first stages of the process, and that accounts, of course. for the tmmense popularity of evening " headdrosses this Winter | Close-fitting feather toques in white or light pastel shades. that give the aspect of a wig sometimes, are seen frequently among smart theater au- diences. and there are little caps of net studded with pearls or rhinestones that are appropriate for balls or dances. American women are not so willing to cover their short locks with chignons of artificial hair as are the French women, | and the short-hair wigs that are some- times worn abroad are hardly to the f most Americans. me the women whose hair has length cnough to be called iy long are beginning to woncer they are going to do with it now ave got it. The rather closely ed knot at the nape of the neck is rt for evening. but such krots om look well showing beneath a hat tless the milliners will have some tions to make “little girls is as | doll clothes I e girl or know a little would like our new arming little ook with an attractive arrangement ribbons or strips of Send me a sel T will send this t 1 full directions for making BY PROF. JOSEPH JASTROW. Telling Character. One of the fons which every psvchologist is asked again and again is the meaning of a word t has inter- estin: explanation It is the word “correlation.” It refers to what We are all t n. detect signs of Ay other sccomp! that we value. If, 1 ability or of ent or power exampie. tall ent than short people. there would be a correlation be- tween height and intelligence, and if this relation were ¢ close one, we not be an g people for 2 so according as to c v, §0 together. The hope of g 50 has led to all sorts of fanciful mes for reading character. here the common notion that des have one set of qualities and iettes another. There is a notion people with a certain shape of e firm and decided. and people ent shape of chin ere weak These are all attempts But instead of finding tions the authors in character. &t correlation. proofs of these ed bit of reiation, but not pport any such system many elements in the hu- hat are naturaliy closely lated. There is an obvious relation ht and weight; so that the ht of a hundred tall people iy be greater than of a ones. But you couldn't ohn Smith's weight nor his height because his ¢ other factors re is a common size stock- ings you wear by taking sole of the stocking and folding it around the closed fist unti] heel and toe just meet. That is size of stocking—so definite is the on between the size of your foot he size of your hand. But when it comes to many of the jes in which we are most inter- ed, such as how intelligent people are, | The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Cupyrizbt, 10, »200d mental abilit whether they have musical ability. vhether they would make good sales men. or good mechenics or good socia rkers, there is no ready way of decid- ing by any signs, because there are no signs that ar> closely enough correlated with these abilities. It is because hu- man beings are so complex and vary so much in so many respects that count, that we have to rely on a great variety of judgments. It would be a much sim- pler warld to live in if things were more closely correlated, and if it were casler find out which' were related to which Correlation is a matter of slight or y When there is no co or events are r nor fewer suicides when the rain- | high than when it is low. v with the But elation of corre- 1. of course, some things are in part oppositely related. such as spee and strength in horses. Fortunatel: v is an all-round mat- ter in the sense that any one good in one thing is apt to be good in many an- other, but not in all others. special as well as general abilities. That s why it is =0 hard to find out whet 20 together. 1 iven rise to the scientific study of correlation. By making many | urements on many people of what | can Go, we have accumulated a large amount of information things, both in mind and body, go to- gether. You can't tell certainly, but | only in general. When you are dealing | with large numbers certain general ten- | dencies appear. We have differences of race, differences of men and women. | differences in our family heredity, all of ble us to do some amount of | n as to 2 man’s future from his and his past performances. | an imporiant practical side | re all interested in the probiem of we are good for, and by | accumuiating lot of records showing how achievement in later life is related to early performance, we are beginning | to direct people into those employments | in which they best fit. We can suggest | a calling in which success correlates | well with the abllities that we can test Correlation is an important subject. It is just a scientific study of what com- | mon sense wouid cal How Things Go Together.” | ancest. This has because we 1928 hen Spring comes. season of the | ‘We have | LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Fashion Miss Kitty was reeding the class a pome about berds in the treetops this afternoon, and I suddinly reraembered something T had in my pockit, being a little pill box half full of pepper, |and I took the lid off and started to| | wonder how neer I could put my nose | { to the pepper without axually sneezing. Which I started to try jest for the ix- | periment. and the ferst thing I knew |'T had to sneeze a fearse sneeze and ! | then I had to sneeze another one, prov- | | ing it was proberly pritty good pep- per, and Miss Kitty sed. That will do. | Benny, that will do, one sneeze of that violent nature should be enuff to saf- | tisfy enybody without repeeting it, and | [ besides it hardly fits in’ with a_pome | | | deeling with the songs of little berds. And she kepp on reeding it and I rted to wonder if it would have the ame effect to put the pepper up to my se as wat it had wen I put my nos | down to the pepper. and I tried it to | find out. and the effect was the same | ony more, making me sneeze the fear: est sneeze yet. Miss Kitty saying, Now ! Benny. see that thats the last and 1 dont intend to warn you agen, Im reed- | ing_about berds, not factry wisssles. | Which jest then I had to sneeze agen | and tried to swallow it and couldent. the result being it came out even werse | than wat it proberly would of if I had | of left it alone, and Miss Kitty qui | came down the ile to my desk saying | Benny Potts how dare you? Well, G.. I couldnt help it, T sed Wats that spiled all over your desk? | Miss Kitty sed, and I sed, Mam? Pep- | | per. T sed, and she sed, Then how dare | { you say you couldent help sneezing | wen vou dilibritly bring pepper to make you sneeze? | {71 mean I couldent help it wen I { smelt the pepper. I sed. and she sed ! Well you could help smelling the pep per. couldent you? and I sed, Not w | T had my nose rite close to it I could- | ent Remain an hour after clvss and minnits exter for argewing, Miss Ki sed Wich T did | { | 4 For I'| A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. of Tneasuney, 4 ik | Nothing but Leaves. w/’“ bende il rore be | Text: “And seeing a fig tree afar off | having leaves, he came. if haply he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it. he found nothing but leaves.”—M; X113 | Leaves. Plenty of leaves. All the ap- in o deefo phaout Codl, At | pearances of a fruit-bearing tree. But | (‘Afl.,(,\. | “when he came to it, he found nothing { but leaves.” | Nothing but appearances. That tells about all_there is to b> told of some people. They make a good appearance { They put on a good front. They mak i a considerable show. They stand weil | They attract favorable attention. You naturally think they are worth while | But when you lcok for something real — | real character. real purpose, raal use- | fulness—vou are disappointed. It is | not there. Nothing but beauty. She was a beau- | tiful woman. admired by many. B lone who knew her well said of her | “Her beauty is ali there is to her: she 1s nothing but beauty.” We all admire unspoiled beauty, but vain beauty soon ceases to be attractive. We ""g';g“uy hear mothers say to their children. | fully ‘shaped as you want. It is quite | =eeaiy as beauty does® Real|eggy to k‘:fn to ‘use tweezers | | becuty is not all on the outside. Out- | ““f Jou“are shaping your eyebrows ward charms and attractivencss with- | £rst rub them with cold cream, for th out inward grace and beauty of soul | ;iivec'the hair siip out so easily therc always prove disappoint is no discomfort in puliing them. Pull Nothing but mone out all the hairs growing above or be- tings \maney il low the proper line of the eyebrow ures, cheap vanities, c ow. J ebrow. ; sl ps will be an ideal imaginary Line tion. That describes many. Thev Bave | o¢ couree which you make as you 2o D o wher Pve Juok ig | Along. It should not be too slender, for them for any of the real fruit of lije. | blucked evcbrows are ugly and trke The normal life of both_the fig tree | ChAracter from the face. But unkept and man is to bear fruit. To flnd & fig | SYEDIOWS are ugly also, and, as & gen- | tree with nothing but leaves is dis- | SFal thing the higher the b appointing It i8 more than disaproint. | AboYe the eves the larger the eves ok O et nd . Moo whoss | 2 11 there i a choice pull aut the hairs whole life is expresscd v mothinz but | (84 £10, Pk 2 When you've finished wipe off or wash off the cold cream, roll a bit of cotton around the edge of an orange- | wood manicure stick. dip in fresh per- | oxide and touch the spots below and | above the hairs where you've been using | tweezers. This Is to bleach the new | hairs when they come in and eventually to kill their growth. It will avoid th necessity of trimming the eyebrows again for anywhere from three to six weeks If you find it painful to pull out hairs above the lip or under the chin | you can use cold cream here. since it | makes the process eesier. It is partic- | ularly necessary after yowve removed the hairs that you rub the skin with | peroxide of hydrogen. both as an an- | tiseptic and as a means of discouraging a new growth of noticeable hatrs, and also to bleach the faint growth of down | on the upper Up. A dark shadow here is anything but becoming. 1f you can pull the hair without using cream the | bleach is more effective. You probably | can, for the skin here is not sensitive | f Syndieate, Tne N Y. Learn to Use Tweezers. Tweezers are marvelous inventions You can get a fairly good pair for 10 | cents and a very good one for 25 cents Most dressing table sets have very good ‘ ones. If you own tweezers you need | never have superflous hair on the face, | and you can have evebrows as beaut SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Anxious—Eyestrain is best relicved through rest. Do not go on with the needlework, as it 1s evident this has overtaxed your sight After a fow weeks of rest if the trouble continues consult a specialist | Patty J. D.—You may only be a bit run down and a tonic will build you up again. Get out in the fresh air | every day for a brisk walk and sleep | extra hours every night. Take a vaca- I'm showin’ Baby how I kin look | tion if you can; if that s not possible. behind me wifout turnin’ my head let go of as many tasks as possible for Across. Present conditions, Three -G shoth Feline Boutlern cuckon eral district (8h of fuet [ et )t e lood Down ne twme. "Lt Africe b Cermai. Bhabhy 7 Bouth American mountaing Islend near Africa High priest of larae) Drink slowly of rubber indus Formal Entrances Ferus An a4 Compmet. minss { Head eovering Aswer 1o Yesterday's Puzzle, [Cleplrip LAl T L. /\',! ALID remier SALAD DRESSING A perfet mayonnaise R!AI.LV original tousted sandwiches are only a few of the 98 selected recipes that put the Premier tang in simple foods, Write us for our r seipe book, “An Aladdin’s Lamp at Mealtimes,” and know them all, Francis B, Lesirrs & Co, 21 St & Hadson River, New York BRANCH York & Beach Sts,, Camden, N. J, ynable Folk b dels Tyt w:.%o;#m.éwmflmdim/, bwecade, oty BEAUTY CHATS | hypophosphates and_ other ingredients Today in Washington History BY DONALD A CRAIG. I ! January 20, 1797.—The General Assembly of Maryland today enacted a law granting a charter to enable | Benjamin Stoddert, Thomas Law and | John Templeman fo form a company with a capital of $20,000, to be known as the Anacostin Bridge Co., for the purpose of erecting a bridge, with a draw, over such portion of the Eastern Branch as the company “may judge | | most convenient and beneficial to the | | public.” It has been felt for some time {that a bridge was nceded across the | Bastern Branch, to facilitate com ni- | cation between southern Maryland and | the new Federal center. | January 20, 1801.—When fire broke out tonight in the Treasury Department, President John Adams joined the ranks of those conveying water. The flames were confined to the room occupied by | the auditor. They were quickly bronzht | under control and the damage was slight. The fire was due to the defec- tive method of constructing chimreys | in the city, the floor joists being left | exposed to the heat of fires. This hes ben the cause of several destructiv> fires in the city during the last 12 months or more. January 20, 1806—The Western | School, first school to be estabiished | under the new plan to improve the city’s educational facilitics, was opened today, | | with Richard White in charge as prin- | cipal. A rented house has been Lro- | vided on the south side of Penasyl- | vania avenue, between Seventeenth and | Eighteenth sireets northwest. The | stern Academy will be opened near | First and East Capitol streets, prnbably] | i May | Willie Willis EN. E: BY KOBERT QUIL “It looks ltke I couldn’t keep no! frien Skinny chewed some tobacco thjs mornin.’ an' now he's goin’ to b2 a missionary.” Breakfast Bread. Mix thoroughly one and one cupfuls of white flour, one-half a cup ful of coarse entire wheat flour. one level teaspoonful of salt, five level tea- | -half | BY EDNA KENT FORBES Some of the building in which there are a few weeks e of both cinnamon and nutmeg. Work in butter about the size of an ezg. Add one cupful of milk. into which has bsen measured five tablespoonfuls & heavy maple sirup. Mix lightly, handlinz as little as possible. Pour into a shallow tin, nkle the top plentifu mixture of w and bake for 4 liclous. 1ls with material to | n process that n the system. for supplying the ce offset the tearing dov is also always going o Santiago, Chile, will spend more than $3.000,000 in correctian of defects in construction of its highuay Germans are d. tiwn-alcoholic drinks A movement for hizhwovs that be uscd all year has been startes Chi FORTY-THREE YEARS Mrienta Brand Coffee FAVORITE Your own little family — watch them they come in to breakfast and see Muffets for the first time, as the first spoonful crumbles in their mouths! Slrepy eyes open wide at the very sight of the Muffet's orinkly round top, browned to orunchy orispness! dish, Baked. Toas | lurk in there waiting until t: spoonfuls of baking powder and a dash | Whole wheat, cooked, drawn to a fine-spun, filmy-thin ribbon, wound round and round, lay: it's just the right size to fit your cereab That's your Muffet! Serve with cream and sugar, Or PERSONAL HEALTH BY WILLIAM Fallacies. Here 15 a bit of pure imagination that appears in many school text hooks and | perhaps even in some obscure medical | books, though I can'y find it in any medical books within my reach. A cor- respondent pits the idea in clear lan- guage, 5o we'll quote her view “The germs that cause a cold may at almost any time be found in the nos® and throat, but usually require some other factor to render them active enough to produce inflammation 3 may come in the form of lowered 1- ity, strong drafts, wet feet or sudden changes of temperature. Those who are in the mountains or in other re- gions where there is but little chance of infection rarely suffer from colds. though the temperature may be low BRADY, M. D. | weather or something. whereupon the germs hop %o it and lay him low. Now the sclentific fact upon which this absurd fallacy was based is just this: In something ent of all individuals exam | throat or mouth harbors a pneumococci —but. ppeumococ are non-vir; and t capable of man. unde and the exposure last for a consider- | able time " In the first place, there is no scientific evidence to support this fancy. It is rather an emergency assumption or a | lame compromise of the old-timers who, fighting vallantly for the pure exposure theory, find themselves shelied out of their forward trenches, and reluctantly fall back to a prepared position to try to stem the advance of the germ theory The old-timers no longer venture to doubt that germs have something to do with it, but they still maintain that | one must have “lowered resistancs - fore the germs can do their stuff. As the factors they assume capable of “lowering resistance” or reducing vitality are encountered every day and everywhere, they simply had to invent | a theory which would serve the trade, and so they conspired together, more or less, and endowed ev an. woman { and child with ths making: the trusty old imaginatian a whale a stretch and suggested that everybody carries in his nose a constant culture of the germs neces- sary to produce what they call a “com- mon cald,” and these unidentif which cauge the.uniden probably the lowest. me: parcel of microbes the fien man ever conceived, for t counters his next draft, wetting. cold Listle pictures of American homes No.30 infection m As a ger presents him w Oyster Shortcake. 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