Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1928, Page 31

WOMAN'S PAGE." Some Fashions of 1880 BY MARY MARSHALL. Just as we have adjusted ourselves to the flat-as-possible line at the back and have accustomed ourselves to see- ing all the trimping of a skirt ar- ranged at the front, a number of the influential French dressmakers have | decided that the time {s ripe for an 1880 revival. And in 1880 anything suggesting flatness at the back was considered out of the question entirely. | Frocks were made with all the fullness | bunched up at the back and to make sure that the bunch would be perma- | ment bustles were worn. | No one suggests bustles at present, | though some of the dressmakers may | have that as a surprise to spring upon | us before long, but many of the frocks | displayed —and some of them have| been worn with very smart effect by women of fashion—show & real bustie effect. i Premet's new silhouette, while not| usually showing an actual bustle effect | s characterized by considerable full- | ness at the back with the dipping down | the front that is also reminiscent of | 880. Sometimes the back of the skirt | hows a series of gathered tiers while | he front of the skirt is smooth save | for the curved drapery produced by | the drawing up toward the back—also | characteristic of 1880! | Another detail inspired by the mode | of the same epoch is the use of narrow | Tuffles around the skirt that mount | upward toward the back { One good turn deserves another and | there are other details of this period that might find favor with women who yearn for a real change in fashions. | The curled bang. for instance—with the back hair drawn back and arranged in a neat, close chignon. | The diagram pattern for this week is for a nightgown that may be made in almost no time. The original from | which the pattern was taken was in’ a collection of new lingerie from Paris. | Made of crepe de chine with lace at the | top and an edging of footing around | the hem it would be a very dainty g ment indeed. A less expensive, yet| attractive nighigown may be made | from the same pattern, by using cot- | ton crepe with stitched bands of the | material to finish. I will send the pat- | tern with sketch of the original and | full working directions on receipt of your stamped, self-addressed envelope. WORLD FAMOUS STORIES THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP BY BRET HARTE mous ries. of | knwn. pertaps by “The Outcasts Closely contested only of Poker Flat. ) There was commotion in Roaring Camp. It could not have been a fight, for in 1850 that was not novel enough 1o have called together the entire se tiement. The whole camp was col- lected before a rude cabin on the outer edge of the clearing. Conversation was carried on in a low tone, but the name of & woman was frequently re- | ted. It was a name familiar enough | the camp: “Cherokee Sal.” the less said of her the better. She was a coarse, and, it is to be feared, a very sinful woman. But at that time she was the only woman in Roaring Camp, and was just then lying in sore extremity. when she need- ed most the ministration of her own | sex. Deaths were by no means uncom- | mon in Roaring Camp, but a birth was | s new thing. Hence the excitement. | The assemblage numbered about a| bundred men. One or two of these were actual fugitives from justice. some | were crimirals, and all were reckless. | ‘The camp lay in & triangular valley be- tween two hills and a river. The only outlet was a steep trail over the sum- | mit of a bill that faced the czbin, now | illuminated by the rising moon. suffering woman might have seen it from the rude bunk whereon she lay. | | to say, the child thrived. Perhaps the {camp was compensation for material ! clared that the baby had brought “the | greater convenience. No allusion was The | g2l NO WONDER THEY CALL IT THE 1880 SILHOUETTE, FOR IT STRONGLY SUGGESTS THE COS- | TUMES WORN IN THE DAYS OF | DU MAURIER. THE 1S HANGING ALMOST TO THE HEELS. | ner and feasibility of providing for its| wants at once sprang up. i But they made shift to do it. Strange | invigorating climate of the mountain deficlencies. And by the time he was a month old the necessity of giving him a name became apparent. Gam- blers and adventurers are generally superstitious, and it was one day de-| luck” to Roaring Camp. It was cer- tain that of late they had been suc- cessful. “Luck” was the name upon, with the prefix of Tommy for made to the mother. “It's better,” said a gambler. “to take a fresh deal all ;r_z\md. Call him Luck, and start him air.” Ard so the work of regeneration be- gan in Roaring Camp. Almost imper- ceptibly a change came over the settle- ment. The cabin assigned to “Tommy Luck,” or “The Luck,” as he was more frequently called, first showed signs of improvement. It was kept scrupulously clean and whitewashed. In self-defense, the establishment of “Tuttle’s Grocery” bestirred itself and imported a carpet and mirrors. The reflections of the lat- ter on the appearance of Roaring Camp began to produce stricter habits of per- sonal cleanliness. ‘The shouting and yelling, which had ined the camp its name, 'were not per- mitted within hearing distance of Luck’s cabin. The men conversed in whispers the matural levity of Roar- |or smoked with Indian gravity. Pro- tng Carr petened " Bets vere freely | fanity was tacitly given up in these offered and taken the result. | sacred precincts. Three to five that “Sal would get| On the long Summer days The Luck through with it”; even that the child | was usually carried to the guich from would survive: ll?emt:u as to the sex ‘(‘:'hjm the'.gkolden"ns:re of lx:rm and complexion o coming stranger. | Camp was taken. re, on a blani Then the new arrival was heard to cry. spread ove rpine boughs, he would lie | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., My Neighbor Says: Put saucers and spoons into jce water before serving ide cream. The cream will not melt and will slip from the spoon more easily when sétving. Red and white or yellow and white checked tea toweling makes very attractive and economical curtains for a kitchen. When they fade they can be used for towels and replaced with new ones. Take care to cook fish well, for it is both unpalatable and un- wholesome when underdone. Fish should always be served hot for invalids. Cold salmon may be given occasionally to invalids, but it is better if wrapped in buttered paper and very lightly broiled. If a little ammonia is mixed with beeswax and turpentine used for polishing floors the wax will dissolve quickly. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN, Eating Wholesome Food. One Mother Say Sometimes my children hesitate abont eating their more wholesome foods, such as cereals, potatoes, etc. Then I work up enthusiasm by having them eat for their playmates. I say, “Now eat a spoonful for Tommy, for Peggy, for Jane, for Rosemar: Before the child realizes that he is eating something he does not like he has himself given a long list of names, and, maybe, winds up by saying, “Oh, I forgot Evelyn.” (Copyright. 1928.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Wonder what becomes ob a sneeze when it starts to come, an’ ’'en goes away? (Copyrieht, 1928.) NANCY PAGE Cafl Children’s Clothes Ever Be More Attractive? BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. The same little Tommy who had caused Joan so much grief had younger brother. He was just unde: 2 vears of age. His mother, who paid more attention to the children’s clothes than to their manners, unfortunately, had just finished a lavender linen suit. Says he can't bear to part with me, I DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX The Wise Mother Who Plans Some Interest Out- side the TTome for Her Tater Years. DEAR MISS DIX: I have been married 20 years and have four children, the youngest 15 years of age. I have a good husband, a good home and have no fear 0{ old age, but what I want is some occupation and interest for my old age. When my children marry and leave me, I do not wish to be left by my fireplace with a lace cap on my head and nothing to do but to think how lone- some I am. Nor do I wish my family to look upon me in a pitying way. I want something outside of my four walls to take up my time and I would ltke now to begin to prepare myself for it. What do you think of this? AN EVERYDAY READER. Answer: 1 think that it is a pity there are not more mothers who are as forward-looking as you are and that you are a very wise woman to deliberately prepare yourself to make the most of your latter span of years. ‘The average woman's life may be divided into three distinct periods. Her girlhood, which is her playtime of life and which generally ends somewhere in the early twenties. Then comes her marriage and her time of child-bearing and child-rearing. In it she is busy——working, saving, helping her husband to get a start, building up a home, caring for her children, getting them educated, getting them started in life, getting them married. Every moment is filled to the brim— hands full, heart full, thoughts and interests concentrated on the family. But by the time a woman is 45 this job is generally done. The children have grown up. They have married. They have gone about the‘business of life on their own account. The house is left as empty as a nest from which the birds have flown. Mother's hands that have worked so long are idle. Often she has let her children monopolize her so entirely that she hasn't even any friends of her own left, and she has no interests of her own. Yet she is still a young woman, as age goes nowadays, with 25 or 30 years before her, and stronger and huskl':r d":T" she ?{IS :n hcrhyouth. nd the question is: What shall she do with herself? How use J and profitably this last period of her life? ERIpRasy Many women just slump. They grow slack in thelr housekeeping, it doesn’t seem worth while to get up good meals and keep the ho\u‘e’ p:lmb;:ec;u\:; Just for father. Also they permit themselves to become melancholy and sit and (bro&“! ‘ow; qbcl?g‘ nlnne,hnng 111;; on their children’s letters and become nuisances o their acquaintances by holding up every one ‘and d V] doiugx;m: ‘;‘h:'- l\g:ri’ hgfiv g up y lescanting on what John is their husbands have died, many women solve their problems by breaki up their homes and going to live with their children, thcrebvy ‘making {rouble 1‘3 all concerned. They have money enough to live alone or are physically able to earn their own living, but they have no life away from their children, no outside interest, and so they precipitate the mother-in-1: 7 kel law problem upon their children's All of this is wrong. At middle age a woman is at her best, mentally and physically, and she is fitted to enjoy life and take an active Plrt in it instead of taking a back seat in her children's car or degenerating into being merely grandma and doing the work of an unpald servant and knowing herself in | the way. Therefore, inasmuch as the time is bound to come when her children will be grown and leave her, the wise woman follows your example and begins preparing for that day by deliberately cultivating interests outside of her home, by making social connections that will endure or by taking up some trade or profession by which she can make money and that will furnish her with a profitable and interesting occupation. DOROTHY DIX. CRETEY l’)EAR DOROTHY DIX: How can a wife tell when her husband loves her? I havg been married nine years and all my husband and I do is to quarrel continually. He swears at me and beats me, and then cries and tells me how he loves me. I want to leave him and make my own living, but he won't let me. Do you think he really loves me? MRS. ANXIOUS. Answer: Many years ago there was an old melodrama called “N Beautiful Cloak Mode! In it, after the villain has thrown the hero:l’xlek‘ofl'h: bridge and out of a window, and lashed her to a raflroad track for a train to run over her, and otherwise cruelly treated her and misused her, he turns reproachfully upon her and asks: “Nellie, why do you mistrust me?” Your husband must be of the same temperament as the villain. If he loves you, he certainly takes a strange way of showing it by beating you up. I do not wonder that you are slightly doubtful of the strength of his affection. Personally, I should not care for such love tokens, and I should consider that the tears that he shed over my bruises had a decidedly crocodile flavor. ‘We are told that in the old caveman days our ancestors wooed their sweet- hearts with a club and that they dragged their lady-loves home by their lovely long red hair, but that caveman stuff doesn't go as good in these days as it used to, and there are few women meek enough to take a beating and kiss the hands that smite them. It is nonsense for a man to say that he loves the woman that he {il treats. Love is tender and kind and seeks the happiness of the beloved one. It doesn't strike her. It doesn't batter her up. It doesn't abuse and insult her. Words are cheap and it doesn’t matter what a man says. It is what he does that counts, and the only way a wife can tell whether her husband loves her or not is by the way he treats her. If he is good to her, if he is considerate, if he is tender and unselfish, if he works to support her, he loves her. But if he is seifish to her, if he swears at her, if he beats her, if he does not provide for her, he does not love her, no matter what he says. Nor do I think any two people love each other who are continually quarreling. If they have a real affection for each other, they are willing to sink their differences and to give up their own ways in order to make each other happy. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1928.) PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. nated or spol bodles are three Physiology of Chronic Rhinitis. e nflzn‘ . L e gL L was 10 e a el of impowder. but in consideration of the | better counsels prevailed, and | ~Tevolvers were discharged. ¢ |rounded by playthings such as never { Tommy was content ‘specu- | be serenely happy. Such was the gold- | disturb them much, except tion as to the fate of the child. hour later the door was opened ¥ 8E% ! in single file On a pine | EVEL, § last val at Roaring Camp. Be- the was placed s hat. Its) WAS o indicated. The first man entered with his hat on: he uncovered, however, as he looked sbout him and so unconsciously set an exampie 1o the next. The contributions included Bilver tobacco box, & dub- Joon, & navy revolver, a gold specimen, an embroidered lady’s handkerchief, a diamond breastpin, s diamond ring, a Bible, a golden spur, a silver teaspoon & pair of surgeon’s shears, a Bank of England note for 5 pounds and about $200 in loose gold and silver coin Omnly one incident occurred 1w break the monotony of the curious proces- sion. As Kentuck bent over the box half curiously, the child turned, and, §RE in & spasm of pairt. caught at his grop- | ing finger, and held jt fast for & mo- ment. Kentuck looked foolish and em- barrassed. “The little cuss!” he said, 88 he extricated his finger, with per- haps more tenderness and care than he mignt have been deemed capable of showing He held that finger a little t from its fellows as he went out, ed It curiously. “He rastied nger,” be remarked, “the rut The next day Cherokee Sal had such rude burial as Roaring Camp afforded There was & formal meeting 10 discuse wist should be done with her infant, A resolution ¥ sdopt 1t was unsni- mous and enthusiastic L sn ani- msted discuseion in regard to the man- You'll get better Javor in your you | i ® 9 1 | 8390 4 | | worth 4be, pint can Old English Liquid Wax worth e all for only $3 90, | | You merely glide the Waxer-Pollsher | ~for bread., biscuits 7 pastuy iows DRew ol dose. i | o s, . SN Ciie fd Ji60N ormed @ | enormously. Finally, thinking that The - themselves in% & | Luck might benefy {rom female com- was a candle-box, and With- | 3 hote] for visitors. Some of the ob- in staring red flannel, 185 | joctors while the men were working in the ditches below. Latterly there was a rude attempt to decorate his bower with flow- ers, and a flake of mica, a fragment of colored quartz, a bright pebble, were in- variably put aside for The Luck. Sur- child had before, it is to be hoped that He appeared to en Summer of Roaring Camp. They were “flush times” and the luck was panionship, ft was proposed to put up hoped something might happen 1o prevent this. It did ‘The Winter of 1851 will long be re- | membered in the foothills. The snow | jay deep on the Sier and every mountain creek became a river and every river a lake. Each gorge and | guleh was a roaring water course. Red Dog had been twice under water and Roaring Camp had been forewarned. And one night the North Fork suddenly leaped over its banks and swept up the triangular valley of Roaring Camp. In the confusion of rushing water, crashing trees and crackling timber, and the darkness, but Jittle could be done to collect the scattered camp. When the morning broke. the cabin of The Luck, neatest the river bai was gone. The pride, the hope, the joy, The Luck, of Roaring Camp had disappeared. A relief-boat from down the river picked up a man and an infant, nearly exhausted, two miles below. Roaring Camp claimed them. It was Kentuck, cruelly crushed and bruised, still hold- ing The Luck of Roaring Camp in his arms. As they bent over the palr it was seen that the child was eold and life- less. “He is dead,” sald one. Kentuck opened his eyes. “Dead?” he | repeated feebly. “He's a-taking me with | him. Tell the boys I've got The Luck | with me now.” | And the strong man, clinging 1o the frail bube 85 a drowning man is said to '““L w a straw, drifted away into &r shadowy river that flows forever to The | UnEOWG rea cakesif’ use~ She knew that unconventional colors of this sort would have to be dis- carded by her younger son after he was 3, so she used all of them she could for the present. The suit was made with a narrow white collar and tiny frill. The bloomers extended just a bit below the upper part. With this he wore plain white socks, short, with no turned-over cufl nor colored border. These were the only kinds of socks his mother ever purchased. For Tommy and his sister Pamela their mother made brother and sister suits. The same pattern was used, hav- ing tny shorts for Tommy and con- cealed bloomers for Pam. Their suits | were made of yellow linen, with narrow white collars, ‘Their socks were white. The oxfords were brown. ‘The same shade of brown was used In a narrow brown hair rib- bon for Pamela. . Tiey should have had so fion in the “form of child her leafied on Chifd Care | Waxing Supplies | Everything you need to have and keep floors beautifully polished 1s included in the Old English Waxer-Polisher Out- | DLt special $390 price. Consiats of following suppiies actually worth $5410; Old English Waxer-Polisher worth A, can Old English Paste Wax over your floors. 1L goes everywhere under heavy furniture, under radintors, | right up 0 e baschoard, | With it you | {ean both spply the wax and polish the | floor without stooping or kneeling, Can be used with elther paste or lquid wax, | Manufactured by makers of the | tumous Jld EnglishWax For sule at paint. harduare. house furnish 50, and depiriment siores, | certain to obtain immediate A good doctor is a prophet, sure enough. He is not without honor save in his own country and in his own house. Abroad he may amiably ven- ture a guess as to what alls a casual acquaintance or what's for it, but in his own country he wisely refrains from this sport, and consequently he is a “bum doctor. To suggest any remedy whatsoever for simple chronic rhinitis is a thing a good doctor certainly does not attempt in his own country unless he has first had a look at the site or source of trouble. Aside from the unwisdom of blind guesswork, thls smacks much too much of that most ridiculous form of quackery, “catarrh” specialism. Twenly years ago & patient with the hardihood to present himself in a suc- cessful doctor’s office with & complaint of constant or intermittent obstruction or stoppage of one or both ngstrils then ind there paid one bone for his temer- ity. It was the era of frenzied surgery, and turbinate or spongy bodles were hacked, punched, sawed or snared out of the pasal cavity literally by the bushel. ‘The “ordinary” doctor or the {nose and throat specialist who hesi- tated about “removing & bone” from any such patient was a piker, and no- body knew that better than the patient. You see, the use of a bit or gimlet or omething made a hole through the logged passage so that the patient was relief at least to the obstruction of breathi and for six months or so everything was fine and dandy, but then the vic- tims of the operation seemed W begin to realize that the turbinated or spongy body serves a function function very few schoolboys know, because physiol- ogy isn't regarded seriously by our educational authorities. Let us inject & bit of elementary physiology here even though it take the space we intended to use to suggest a simple hom: ‘The turb! each nasal passage, having a thin bony base or core and a thick covering of mucous membrane with a rich network of blood vessels in it. These turbinates serve a double purpose, being both radiators and humidifiers. As radiators they are more efficient than any radi- ator devised by man, for they warm up all the air entering through the nose from whatever temperature the outside air may have to approximately 98 de- grees F. as it enters the windpipe. And besides they add to the excessively arid atmosphere most indoor dwellers breathe most of the time sufficient moisture to prevent irritation of the throat, larynx, bronchi or lungs by the air. Obviously, the turbinates have their work cut out for them. Certain doctors or health authorities who be- little the idea of using humidifiers to maintain a wholesome degree of hu- midity in the living rooms, shop or of- fice betray their unfamiliarity with this bit of physiology, that's all. Any kind of fairly efficienit humidifiers, other than automatic systems built in, necessarily will be more or less a nuisance to at- tend and keep at work, but any one who appreciates health and comfort will (Copvricht. 1028 Casserole of Rice. Boil one cupful of rice until tender. Chop one pound of chicken, season with half a teaspoonful of salt, and a little finely chopped onion, parsiey, pepper, celery and salt. Add one egg and two teaspoonfuls of cracker crumbs, Molsten with stock or hot water, enough to pack easily. Butter a medium-sized mold, line it one-half an inch thick with the rice, pack in the chicken, then cover with rice. Steam for three-fourths of an hour. When ready to serve, turn onto a platter and serve with tomato sauce. Let the family | Vote on it If the proposition of painting your home this Spring is put up to the family it will carry by a large majority—because any “hold-outs” will be quickly won over if you let us send you one of our paint char beautiful colors! ts, showing dozens of “New Era” House Paint is our suggestion for ¢ know what it will do. our customers have heen ance and w that color chart. Plenty of Parking Space ather resisting qualities, wtdoor work, because we I'or seventeen years or more satisfied with its appear- Send today for - BUTLER-FLYNN PAINT Co. 609 C Sreet N.W, W holesale Franklin 151 and Retail gladly pay such a price for the boon. | TUESDAY, MARCH 20, - 1928, The STYLE POST is the marker on the road to being smart. Skyscrapers. ‘The vogue for skyscraper furniture is at its best in a lamp base of gray pot- tery lined perpendicularly to give an added illusion of height. It is made with the terraced set-backs which are featured by many of the late bulldings —both apartments and office buildings. ‘The shade instead of contrasting car- rles out the architectural lights and shadows by tones of gray, from a light silver gray at the top to dee] ay at the base. e MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Sliced Bananas. Dry Cereal with Cream. Scrambled Eggs with Dried Beef. Hot Corn Cake. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Salmon Omelet. Rolls. Prune wmp Sugar Cookles. Tea. DINNER. Casserole of Lamb. Baked Potatoes. Stuffed Peppers. ‘Tomato Salad, Mayonnaise Dressing. Date Puddlxg(;flcusmd Sauce. ee. SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH DRIED BEEF. ‘Tear into tiny shreds enough dried beef to make one cup; cover with boiling water, let stand five minutes and drain. Melt large tablespoon butter in frying- pan. add dried beef, heat thor- oughly, then add six well beaten eggs, season with pepper and stir until creamy. Serve with but- tered toast. PRUNE WHIP. One pound prunes, two eggs (whites only), one tablespoon powdered sugar. prunes overnight in water enough to cover; cook in water in which they have been soaked and re- move stones. Chop fine and sweeten to taste, add whites of eggs beaten with sugar; beat thor- oughly and stand on ice one hour. STUFFED PEPPERS. Take enough stale bread and cheese gratedr» with spinach or lettuce, to make stiff batter when moistened with olive oil (or but- ter if preferred). Stuff peppers, after removing seeds, with batter until full to top or over. Bake until brown in greased pan. indow made to or- der at Fac- ) Yand save tory Prices money! Amos W. 'McDevitt 1211 F St—Main 3211 e hades Cell us Amid this splendor was born France’s fame for beauty.. 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(U/IE BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENTS —the brief and pert but very practical Jecisn of the new tailored Kayser Italiant Silk BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENTS —inwhichallan- 1 kles appear slim- —uniting the beauty lines of mer and trimmer square and point od lucll - I" wew Haf-Heel.* when wearing Slipper Heel.*