Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1928, Page 24

¢ i WOMA N’S: PAGE. - THE -EVENING STAR.. WASHINGTON,. D. C.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1928 FEATUR Suggesting the Fashions of 1880 BY MARY The fashions of evcry season are to some extent echoes of seasons gone be. fore. In furniture we like to have the <period kept as pure as possible, but in matters of dress a mere suggestion is enough. A taffeta evening frock his ‘widespread, bouffant skirt, and we call it after the name of Velasquez, or the| Second Empire. A coat or frock is cut to suggest a high waist line, and we call it Directoire. Simple, freely hang- ing drapery without much ornament we call classic. A rather scant gown that eonferms to the figure in a certain way T¢ «peax of us mewscval or M The actus -cusaenhle possessing these detalls of characterisucs may have very little in common with the costume of ‘the period indicated, but we ]lk"‘ these echoes from the past and make the most of them. | Efforts lately to rcvive some on2 single period of the past have not met | with much success. Bouffant evening skirts suggested a possible Second Em- pire revival, while the app-arance of | bustle-like drapery at the back of n! ymanber of frocks suggested the possi- bility of a revival of the 1880 silhou- ette, But there really was no real re- vival of any sort, and just at present it is only in the merest suggestion that historical periods appear. The sketch shows a new broadcloth frock with edging of narrow box pleat- ing of the material, and this in a mers- ure suggests the fashions of 1880, be- cause similar pleated edgings were used at that time. And yet by no stretch of the imagination could this bustleless, short-skirted frock, with its loosel fitting bodice, suggest the fashions fol lowed 50 years ago. The new puff collars used on many of the new evening and afternoon wraps ere amazingly simple to make, and yet they do look quite compli- cated. A perfectly straight piece of material about 60 inches long and 20 inches wide, with three yards of dress- maker's cord, is all you will r:ed; no lining nor interlining of any sort. If you would like to know precisely how to make one, please send me your stamped, self-addressed envelope and I will send you this week’s circular at once. It is just the thing for a home- made evening cape or to give a new touch to an old coat or cape. BEDTIME STORIE A Joyous Fright. When we are most beset by fear It happens joy is often nea —Old Mother Rusty the Fox Squirrel, hiding in the deserted home of Johnny Chuck, was becom.lng more and more convinced that dy Fox really had gone away. Not since he had heard the faint bark- ing of Reddy, as if he were a long 5 Nature, RUSTY DID A LITTLE DANCE OF JOY ON THE FENCE POST. way off, had Rusty heard a sound to indicate that Reddy was anywhere around. . must have gone away,” said Rusty to himself. “I don't believe that he would have patience enough to keep hidden all this time. No, sir, I don’t believe he would have patience enough.” ‘Which shows how little Rusty really knew Redd; Fox. Reddy was hiding right within two jumps of the back entrance or the front entrance to that Chuck house in which Rusty was hid- ing. Not only was he there, but he intended to stay there for the rest of the day if necessary. Red no lack of patience when there is a good dinner to be obtained. How Reddy would have chuckled could he have known what Rusty’s thoughts were. ‘Things were working just exactly as| a Age. | MARSHALL. AN TUP-TO-DATE TOUCH IS ACHIEVED ON THIS BROWN BROADCLOTH FROCK BY THE PLEATING, MADE OF PICOTED BANDS OF THE MATERIAL. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS didn't see Bowser the Hound trotting across_the Green Meadows. He didn't see Bowser until suddenly Bowser stepped out of the bushes along the old fence almost in front of the front entrance to that Chuck house. Bowser saw at once that some fresh digging had been going on there. He didn't see Reddy lying flat in the grass and bushes. He walked straight up to that hole and gave a mighty sniff. Now, just at the very instant that Bowser sniffed Rusty the Fox Squirrel had started to come out. He had made up his mind that the way was clear. So he was just making ready to poke his head out when Bowser thrust his nose in and sniffed. If there had been room Rusty certainly would have fallen over backward. Never had he had a worse fright. It sent the cold shivers all over him. At first he couldn't think MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit. ‘Wheat Cereal with Cream. Fried Sausages and Fried Apples. Brown Bread Toast. CofTee. DINNER. Bouillon. Fresh Bakad Ham. Macaroni and Cheese. Boiled Squash. Beet Salad, French Dressing. Hot Mince Pie, Cheese. Coffee. SUPPER, Creamed Chicken on Toast. Olives, Stuffed Cheesc. Preserved Peaches. Spice Cakes, Tea. SAUSAGE AND FRIED APPLES. Prick sausages well with fork. Place in deep frying pan, pour in enough béiling water to cover bot- tom; cover and cook over moder- ate fire. When water evaporates remove cover and turn sausages several times that they may be nicely browned. Turn onto plat- ter. Core number of large tart apples, cut in rings an inch thick and fry in sausage fat. Garnish sausage - with fried apples and serve. Nice with mashed potatoes. BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE. Use one pound cheese to three large cups cooked macaroni. Put half of macaroni into baking dish and cover with half of cheese, chipped or diced real fine. Repeat with remainder of each, and pour over all scant one-half cup thin milk or water if you prefer. Bake in moderate oven until cheese is golden brown. SPICE CUP CAKES. Stir up one egg with one cup sugar; add one teaspoon cinna- mon and one teaspoon cloves. Then add one cup sour milk into which has been put one teaspoon soda; add one-half cup melted shortening. Stir in two cups flour measured after sifting twice. Beat all together; add one cup chopped raisins, one-half cup chopped walnuts, salt and flavor- ing. Bake in muffin tins in mod- erate oven. NANCY PAGE A Perfect Guest Sends “Bread and Butter” Note BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Nancy and Joan were leaving the station after saying goodbye to Mrs. Withey. She had stopped over for the week end on her way back home. Nancy and she had renewed old friend- ships and talked long and continuously during th2 cndir> visil, Talor said he what it meant. He couldn’t believe that Reddy Fox could sniff like that. But it was only for a moment that he was in doubt. Then he heard the great deep voice of Bowser the Hound .lso Bowser picked up the trail of Reddy X Such a load of anxiety as Rusty the Fox Squirrel dropped right then and there. Faintly he could hear that great voice, and all the time it was growing fainter. That meant that Reddy Fox was running and Bowser was running , baying as only Bowser can. Rusty was as joyous now as he h: been frightened just a moment before. He rushed up the front hall and, with- out hesitating an instant, he poked his head outside. Then he raced over to the fence, climbed the fence post and sat on top of it. There he could see. Far over toward the Old Pasture was a red spot and it was movlnP% very fast. He knew it to be Reddy Fox. A little farther back was Bowser the Hound, running with his nose to the ground and sending his_great voice ringing across the Green Meadows and up over the Old Pasture. Rusty did a little dance of joy on the fence post. Then he took a hasty but careful look in every direction. The way was clear. Nowhere could he see a member of the Hawk family. Bowser | the Hound made it certain_that there was nothing to fear irom Reddy Fox, or Mrs. Reddy, or Old Man Coyotte. Rusty jumped down from his post and he had hoped they would. Reddy was so intent on watching | those two entrances that for once hel failed to keep watch elsewhere. So he The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle {(Copy1igh 1. Native of part of Europe. 5. Shouts. 9. Conjunction. 10. Swedish’ coin. 11. Conjunction. 13. Beverage. 15. Negativ G. Plant. 9. Railroad (ab.). 20. Reproach. 21. Encourage and support. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE started across the Green Meadows to the south. He had resumed the long journey he had started that morning. (Covyright. 1928.) t. 1928.) . Sounds. . Melody. . Become dim. . International language. . Relaxes. . Engineering degree (ab.). . West Indian witcheraft. . Uncooked. . A fabric. . Regret. . Part of the body. . Journeys. Down. . Meager. . Finish. . Act. . Goddess of discord. Center. . Metric unit. . Lease. . Ciever, . At present, . Before. . Perfume. . Colors. . Files. . Frogrance. Steal. - . Meadow. English borough. . Other. . Wrong. . Annoy. did not know that women's tongues could go so fast and not wear.out. But he, too, seemed to enjoy the visit. The house seemed quite deserted after her departure. Later on, Nancy and Peter were discussing the qualifications of an ideal guest. They spoke of Mrs. Withey's ability to efface herself on occasion, her readiness to enter into any proposed entertainment. She had not left her belongings strewn around the house. She had not run up telephonz cx tele- graph bills. Two days after she had said farewell, Nancy recelved a letter from Mrs. ‘Withey. It expressed her pleasure in the visit, her appreciation of all they had done for her. She had promised to send them the address of a certain shop, and sure enough, here it was in the letter. In fact, she made that the ex- cuse for writing a letter. In this way the stiltedness of the bread and butter note which is written just because cus- tom requires it was brushed aside Nancy and Peter said they knew as per- fect a guest as Molly Withey would not have failed in her last duty as a guest— that of sending an acknowledgment of the pleasure the visit had given her. There are other forms of etiquette which may bother you. Do you know how to set a table? Write to Nancy Page, care of The Star, inclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope, ask- ing for her leaflet on table etiquet! (Copyright. 1028.) - e ° Time for Sleep | — o I do my sleeping in the night, which is the time for sleep designed; and in the daytime I am bright, and have a brisk and eager mind; the grocer n whose store I work and earn some fourteen bucks a week, has often said I am no shirk, I have no rusty joints to creak. There are some other clerks on deck, who yawn with weariness all day; | ) ° | along the “village streets they trek at midnight, when I'm in the hay. They patronize the jazzy dance, and go to roost at half past one, and never wish to miss a chance to have what they describe as fun. So in the morning they arise more tired than when they went to bed, with aching nerves and sleepy eyes and divers fantods in the head. They come to work with sluggish step to sell the grocer’s pickled prawns; they have no energy, no pep, they wrap up prunes with sighs and yawns, The grocer views with weary eyes ese sleepy clerks, who make no hit; “I'll have to can this bunch of guys,” he says, “when trade slacks up a bit. They're not in proper shape to grest the patrons who invade my store; they all are dead upon their feet, and even as they walk they snore.” To me the grocer says, “My lad, you are a help beyond compare; I'll raise your wage another scad, as soon as I have scads to spare.” This thing of turning night to day, of going to the haunts of glee, of chasing down the great white way, is noi what it's cracked up to be. The youth who hopes to do best, and climb at last fame's ining steep, should have his preclous hours of rest at night, when we are’ billed" to sleep. WALT MASON. (Copyright, 1928.) Quince Jam, Peel three pounds cf quinces, welgh- ing before peeling, and grate them into thin sirins. Put them into a large pan with a little m'lfl water and ccok them very slowly unf Rul!e soft, stirring to prevent burning. Now add three pounds of sugar and boll very quickly until the . Portuguese monetary unit. . Nickname. . Chaldean city. jam sets on a plate. Stir vigorously or the jam will burn. Pot and tie down in the usual way. DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX How Can a Woman Tell What Her Husband Will Be Like at 60?>—Helping to Discourage a Foolish Marriage—Outwitting Eight Step-Children. DEAR DOROTHY DIX: Can a woman judge her husband by his father? Will he be at 60 what his father is at 60? Is a woman supposed to be married to her husband or his people? MRS. C. M. Answer: When a woman marries a man she does to a certain extent marry his people. For one thing, he is pretty much what they have made him by the inheritance they have given him and the environment in which he has been reared. She also marries his people in the sense that their name becomes her name, and she shouid at least make the attempt to become one of them. She shouid show them affection and consideration and make every effort to get along lmtnblyuwnh them. And she should not attempt to separate her husband from his family. As for whether a man will be at 60 the sort of a husband his father fs, that depends largely upon the sort of a wife he marries. Of course, every man’s tendency is to be the sort of husband his father was, because about the only husband with whom he has ever been intimately assoclated was his father. Naturally, therefore, his father has unconsciously formed his ideal. If his father has loved his mother and been tender and courteous and considerate to her, that's the way he thinks a man should treat his wife. If his father has always waited on his mother and shown her all sorts of little attentions, he is gallant to his wife. But if his father has been surly and grouchy and made nothing but a domestic slave of his mother, if he has heard all of his mother’s opinions derided and pooh-poohed and if his father has been niggardly and stingy to his mother, he grows up with the idea that a wife is nothing but an unpaid servant that a husband has a right to kick around and abuse as much as he pleases. ‘The only exception to this rule is when a boy sees his mother mistreated and neglected, and is so filled with sympathy for her that he swings to the other extreme and treats his wife as considerately as possible. However, there are many cases in which a woman can take warning from her father-in-law and educate her husband into being an entirely different sort of a husband. For husbands are like children, they can be spoiled until they are rotten and make life miserable for all about them or they can be spanked and made to behave and become sweet and lovable and good as gold. But you have to begin with both when they are young if you want to train them in the way they should go. So if you see that your husband is developing the objectionable tiaits of his father, squelch them on the spot. If he is ;:tr‘x::ynlcal. s;setg yloul;‘ 1ndcggnden;m b:;khe is grouchy, laugh at him. If he is , smas] e lock on et) . If he won't give you an all 3 refuse to work without wages. B TS TN s s Make him respect you as a human being as well as a wife. Tell him that the days of martyr wives went out with his poor, dear mother, and that if he wants to keep you he will have to make the wife job attractive. % DOROTHY DIX. DEAR MISS DIX: My son, a boy of 21, who can hardly support himself, even though he pays the smallest amount at home for his board, who has not even a permanent job and not a penny saved, is thinking of getting married. Won't you publish a list of the different expenses a married man must meet, as he has no idea of what It costs to support a family. Tell him that it must be good-by to dances, good-by to cars, good-by to golf, good-by to vacation trips and all the innocent expensive pleasures of young life if he gets married. READER. .. . Answer: Dear lady, I should have to monopolize all of the space in this paper if I printed even a partial list of the bills that a married man must meet, I should have to tell of butcher bills and grocery bills, milk bills and light bills, fuel bills and rent bills, and bills for clothing, medicine, cosmetics, shoes, stockings, lingerie and—oh, what's the use? Nobody can know how many bills and ills there are in matrimony until they try it, and then it's too late. Certainly the youngsters wouldn't set sail so blithely on the Sea of Bills if they had any idea of how boundless they are, but the trouble is the girl and boy think they have supported themselves when they have only paid for their clothes and good times and handed mother a few dollars that didn't begin to pay for their board and lodging. ‘They don’t realize what it costs merely to exist in these days of the high cost of living, and when they try to figure out a budget on which they can live | after they are married they assume that they are always going to be health, d have no doctor’s bills, and that they will be able lg’s ugve gpnn the mln{m?m amount, whereas they find out that they have unexpected 'sickness and doctors ‘ltne":\‘fizplul and nurses, and that everything costs twice as much as they thought It is no use in shrieking warnings to the young who are in love, however. They'll go on believing that two can live as cheaply as one, and that all they will want is bread and cheese and kisses, anyway, and when they find out that they are just as hungry after marriage as they were before marriage and that it costs four times as much for a married couple to live on as it does a single one, why a certain percentage of them will draw in their hunger belt a little tighter and fight their way through and the balance will go on the rocks. But, oh, the misery it would prevent, the broken h struggle it would save, if only R e the price and could afford it! DOROTHY DIX. . EAR DOROTHY DIX: I am a woman 34 years old and have been married four years to my present husband. - I was a widow with two small children and he was a widower with eight children. I am trying to raise our children togcther, but find myself in torment. My husband’s children cause trouble between us and try to get the best of me in every way. My husband never wants me to go anywhere or have anything—everything is for his children. I have some relatives in California who say I could do well out there, so I am thinking of getting a divorce and going to them. What should I do? DISCOURAGED WIFE. Answer: T should think an insane asylum was the proper pl woman whd was rash enough to undertake a family of 10 gm.pfi cleuudcreenm:n:ing :;(g:yccdg;ne would seem a nice, calm retreat to you after what you go t'hrouSh But if your husband is kind to your children and provides for gives them a home you should try to reciprocate by makigw a com(on.:ll;femh:x:: for his children. I do not advise you to stay if your step-children make life intolerable for you, but. if you have the courage to endure it for a few years you will find yourself in possession of the field, for it doesn't take long for children to grow up and marry and lcave the homs nest. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1928.) G OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri The New Class. They took their readers. Th sight to see. o Not a e DA aooma. 10, & REW [ thein; i The mcherdm'kc:":h:e"tm%% ool ct;u ad been without & |clean paper, covered her book. gave e hor weeks on end. A long line | willie a bundle of sheets, and the books 9f substitutes had come and gone again. | were covered with clean paper. iy e i oiclther form = nor -any | books were all covered. The ‘pencils ught of form in that classroom. | renewed and sharpened, the ink wells The blackboards were gray and the | washed and filled, the blackboards scrawls of past disorders were thick | washed to a soft blackness like the upon them. Papers were everywhere. | velvet of a pansy, the desks were pol- Under the radiators, under the seats, | ished and rubbed until they shonc. in the desk trays, and the waste bas- | When 3 o'clock came that room was ket was piled high and spilling over. clean from corner to corner and the Each pupil sat where he wished to ! class was sitting looking at that teacher !nir'i ;}t‘ tl'::anrnlomen‘:, zlr‘n ul:& vtv;lndow fill, with smiling eyes. e teacher's desk, wi ree other | “I had a good look at friends in one two-foot bench. Dust |the stairway window :m;‘h ::'n gx‘r'cug‘}; and waste and disorder faced the new | heart sank. Then I remembered that teacher as she stood in the doorway. |they were children and I was their But was she downhearted? Not a b't. | teacher and leader. The principal gave She didn't say, “Now we'll come to | me everything I needed for the job, and order and have a nice lesson.” Not| I had it piled and ready before I at all. She walked easily to the front | entered the room. You see, if you give of the room, eyed the strange congre- |them work they understand. = If you gation thoughtfully and with interest. | work with them at it for a time, if She took the window pole and opened | they can see where you are lnd’lng :}l:: :el::lo‘zxch';)pd e;l?d botg?im';o n’l;.:li:: :ge;n they will follow you gladly. After , seem at, you can do the waste g:per baskets for the first zhem,X e JoulasEniln time. She bent over Willie's head and If you can't do anything else, clean whispered something. He jumped up. |house. That's always a good begin- seized the waste paper basket, one in |ning, home or abroad. each hand, and, leaving a fine trail (Copyright. 1928.) for the hares and the hounds behind it hi%,‘l made ::: the door. 5 e new teacher stoppe ick up the litter and three eager lads were AUT before her. She stepped back and they UMN ;lel'll: ll&eui‘.* She lifted l’ihe ‘llg of he& H esk ang from it a pile of dogeare BY D. C. PEATTIE. papers and held them out to Willie, i who had just returned with the empty baskets. "Now, everybody was diving under his desk and the papers were coming out, Other things with them. sm:; the papers were a thing of the ast past. The new teacher plcked up a reader and held it so the class might see. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. Witch hazel is the last flower; De- cember 22 is the last day of the real year, the astronomical year. The oak Iis the last tree to drop its leaves. The ?mckles are the last birds to cease heir chattering. The last insect to 1ift its volce that I note is the cricket. The sound seems a very tiny one; in reality it has some remarkable carry- ing powers, for it can be heard for a long distance, through walls, and in noisy places. I once heard a lecture by a child of nature who imitates birds marvel- ously, in which it was claimed that the sensitive ear of the lecturer, attuned to finer things than you and I, had heard the song of a cricket above the roar of a riveting machine in down- town New York. To my mind this did not prove how remarkable the natu- ralist was; it proved how wonderful crickets are. It was wonderful of him to have found his way to Broad street; the subway is all that my human ii tellect can manage; it is even more wonderful of him to make himself heard there, and still more so to get up the heart to sing in that environ- ment. Only the other day I heard a cricket singing in a railway station, or more exactly under the echoing. roaring, grimy dome of the train shed. His chirrup was perfectly audible all the time. There seem to be few places where a cricket will not turn up, and lift his sweet voice, and if you have the pleasure of having one on the hearth you will think him as cozy as your fire, your cat or a young wife. There is no sound in life as soporific as a cricket’s song. “Women can keep still about some things, but I ain’t ever seen one that could wash her hair without tellin’ somebody. (Copyright, 1928.) 4 young people would wait to marry until they have | WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD, Registered U. S. Patent Office. When the American party held i's national convention at the G. A. R. Hall, Fourteenth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, and nominated James L. Curtis of New York for President? (Copyright, 1928.) Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. November 10, 1864.—President Lin- coln’s re-election is made doubly sure by later returns received in this city today by the electric telegraph from States all over the North. The Republicans, or Union men, in ‘Washington have been holding meetings of jubilation ever since the result of the presidential election, held two days ago, become unmistakable. Speakers at these meetings have been expressing their Lincoln in the presidential office until his policy of carrying on the war against the Southern Confederacy is carried to a successful conclusion, the Union preserved, and peace is restored to the stricken country. Democrats favorable to Gen. McClel- lan, the defeated candidate of their party for the presidency, held a meeting in Parker's Hall, and some of them gathered on the street in front of the hall later and “amused themselves” by cheering McClellan. No acts of violence were committed by any of them. One of the meetings of the Republi- cans was held in the Republican rooms on Ninth street. It was largely attended. Mr. Clephane occupied the chair and Mr. T. B. Brown acted as secretary. More complete election returns, re- ceived here from the States today, show that Lincoln is certain of a majority of from 7,000 to 10,000 in New York State, jand that the Northern States which | were reported yesterday as giving Lin- coln majorities are still in his column. New York State will probably have a House delegation consisting of 10 Demo- crats and 21 Union men, which will be a gain of 7 Union members. Three of these new Representatives from the Empire State have been elected in New York City. Gen. McClellan has carried Kentucky, where his majority is estimated by the Republican newspapers as about 25,000 and by Democratic organs at 50,000. Returns from the voting of the Union soldiers in the Army of the Potomac and the other Union armies farther West are being rapidly tabulated. Some of them have already been sent by electric tele- graph to Washington. They indicate that the Army has gone overwhelmingly in favor of President Lincoln. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Substance of Psychology. Psychology is an old inquiry—very old. It bacame a subject for investiga- to inquire into the nature of conscious- | ness. No doubt the cause and conse- quence of dreams had a prominent place in this early inquiry. Forecast- ing the future must have had a big place, too. “Lady Luck” was also busy during these infant days of psychology. The things that couldn't be accounted for in a natural way were assigned to the spirit world, and a soul was postu- lated as the one and only cause for them. So psychology was taken to be a study of the soul. The old story is ended. Science cannot find a soul, at least in the old sense of the term. The old idea of soul lays out too big a fleld. It also encroaches on theology, which touches psychology only in spots. In order to confine the inquiry to explanatory prin- ciples that might have a natural foot- ing, the great inquiry was forced to look for some other substance. The first break from soul psychology was a compromise. All real revolutions ‘are compromises in the end. To get science out of metaphysics was a real battle. However, in the course of time psychology became the science of the mind. From the middle ages on down to the present century that definition seemed to satisfy everybody, even though a mind substance was about as hard to envisage as a soul substance. Gradually, with the help of other sciences, men began to get skeptical about the mind. That, too, was some- thing which seemed to defy definition. And science is devoted to definition. A new sort of subject atter was called for. During the present century the psy-| chologists who insisted on finding nat- ural causes for mental facts raised a new question. It is this: “What do we find?” The only answer was conduct or behavior. These things, and they only, can be observed. So psychology found a new point of departure—be- | haviorism. Behavior is the recognized substance of scientific psychology. Be- havior is concrete, tangible, measurable and capable of being explained. (Copyrizht. 1028.) Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “My cap ain't lost. I'm just goin' gratitude to the electorate for keeping | ; tion the very moment some one began \ The Sidewalks A week ago comment was made in this column in reference to the hos- pitality of Washington City. Specifi- cally we wrote, “All large citles are filled with them (lonely people). There shouid be fewer of them in the Na- tional Capital, notable for its hospi- tality.” One of our readers rises to chject vigoriously. This reader writes as follows: “Dear Sir: In your article in The Evening Star of a few evenings ago you said that Washington had a reputation for hospitality. I take it that what you mean by that is that Washington people have such a repu- tation. If this is your meaning, I rise to object. “I have never heard of this reputa- tion, and if they have it it is certainly not warranted. The Washington people are not only not hospitable, but are tne most unfriendly, selfish, discourteous people that you will find in any section of the country. I have been pretty well over this country and have lived in ‘Washington long enough to know that this is so. “Several times in the last two or three years there have been editori- als in The Evening Star regsrding the selfishness and dis- courtesy of the Washington mo- torist. Every time 1 have read one of these, while agree- ing with them, I have wondered why the editor should pick on the motorist, when the traits he complains of him are characteristic of all the Washington people whether they drive a car or not. It is true of those that ride the street cars and of those that walk the street. I never attend either a church or the fraternal orders that I belong to, as I have found it there also. “I was raised to believe that friendli- ness and courtesy were two outstanding virtues, but I have run into so many insults in this town when I have tried to practice these that I have found it wise to keep my distance and make these natives do likewise. The Wash- ington people are anything but hos- pitable and they cannot sneer this fact ff. ANONYMOUS.” At the bottom left-hand corner of the letter the writer adds, “I should like to give you my name and address, but since it might get out if I did, and I have some property I don’t want smashed up I cannot afford to.” Are we hospitable or unfriendly? HOLLYWOOD, Calif., November 10.— Since a motion picture premiere per- haps best expresses the soul of Holly- wood, I shall try to take you to one via print. We had in Movieland the world pre- miere of the sixth sound effect and talking picture made since the inven- tion which has revolutionized all cine- mas became an actuality. Since the picture was a much-her- alded opus which was to efface all memories of previously made gelatin epics, at 4 o'clock of the afternoon the boulevard before the theater was roped off. None too soon. Crowds were ready gathering with camp stools and orange boxes, with pitiful nackages of food, thermos bottles of hot coffee— people who had stood on their feet all day long in the interests of bread-earn- ing, and who_cheerfully came to wait four and a half hours to see the blond- ined beauties and handsome genties of the silver screen arrive at the premiere in person. By 7 o'clock a regiment of Marines was deploying along the boulevard to insure order. By 8:15 o'clock, lunches being disposed of, and the street a mass of stray pnl)er and cardboard, the first of the Hollywood notables began to arrive. Heralded by the radio, the huge amplifiers bawled to every one within earshot that Camilla Horn was de- scending from her limousine or that Noah Beery was here in person. A space in the center of the boule- vard is kept clear and flooded with white lights. Into this the principals of Movieland arz led for the approval of the hoi-polloi. But at this premiere these patieat ones, orangs-box heroes and heroines, depleted by cold lunch and hours of waiting, could not register enthusiasm. They came and they saw, but they weren't going to be conquered so easily as all that. Behold, then, the cinema lords and ladies making their bows in that white Encouraging the Wave. Dear Miss Leeds—I have long hair that I wear in curls, but it does not wave on top of my head. How can I make it curly near the roots? Could you also recommend something to make hair grow in thicker? Is there anything I might use to darken my light lashes and eyebrows without Injuring the hairs? R. M. Answer—The hair near your scalp may be trained in waves. Comb your hair very smooth over your head, dip your comb in ‘warm water and comb your hair until it is very wet and sleek. Now smooth it down with your hand and then push it forward with the edge of your hand. The hair will fall into a natural-wave. Push this wave higher and pinch it to make it sharp. Now place the edge of your hand firmly in the first wave, holding it in place, while you comb the hair below it very smooth, then push it forward to form the sec- ond wave. Push this wave up as be- fore and continue the process of mak- ing finger waves. Mold the waves with comb and fingers while the hair is smooth and very wet. You will soon acquire the knack. After putting in the waves, pin them in place and draw on a net. Dry your hair. In order to make the hair grow in more thickly one must stimulate the scalp by daily scalp massage. Massage upward from the back of your neck and move the scalp over the skull. Apply white vase- line or olive oil to your light lashes and evebrows to darken them gradually. This will not harm them. LOIS LEEDS. Pimples and Other Troubles. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) I am 16 years old, five feet and three inches tall b-rehcaded on account of th: bump ~here I showed Mary I could ride on the runnin’ board without holdin’ on.” (Copyright. 1928.) and weigh 140 pounds. My face is al- ways broken out with little festered places. Is this due to my overweight? ! surrounding = skin. ES. of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. | Perhaps some other readers will re- spond. * ok ok * Dr. Main of St. Elizabeth’s sends us the following: “Dear Sir: In re epi- taphs, perhaps you have not seen these: “‘Oh, am she dead, Oh, be she gone, And am I left To mourn alone?’ " “‘Oh, cruel fate, And leave I hind.’" “‘This poor old man has suffered much to gain what he has here, but now he’s dead, his spirit's fled to worlds we know not where. (This is only a part of an epitaph on an old tomb- stone in Rhode Island. “In Texas there is a tombstone with the epitaph, ‘Here lies an honest law- yer.'! This at the order of the asceasec. When asked in what way the passervy would know his name, he said, ‘He who stops to read will remark, “How strange’.” His name, Howe Strange. The visiting Englishman was shown the grave and told the story and seemed to get the drift, but when telling it in England he said you were expected to know his name by the remark you would probably make, ‘How pecu- lar. " e e ‘The other day a ‘Washington busi- ness man said to an acquaintance, “I have an idea for a short story.” “Sit down and write it,” saild the other. “But I cannot write,” replied the man of business. “Write it anyway,” said the other. The story will probably never be written and yet how many tales are lost because of the lack of self-expres- sion. Recently we read a composition written by a small boy or eight. The subject was, “Chain Bridge.” For clar- ity and brevity we do not believe it could have been improved upon. He did not describe the historic, serene heights of Virginia nor protray the vivid fall tints so familiar to those who tra- verse the bridge daily. He did not write of the rock-flanked Potomac rushing hither and yon over projecting bar- riers nor describe the silent fishermen who wait expectantly on the banks for a chance nibble. This small lad did not embellish or elaborate. Many of the most compelling and dramatic stories are those that ring of truth without the masquerade of fancy phrases. MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE I BY MOLLY MERRICK. glare to a sinister silence—not_the si- lence of disapproval; merely ‘the con- templative' acceptance of le who have exhausted their phys! energy in other ways. Mr. Noah Beery retires from the white stage center in the middle of the cleared street. The announcer bawls: “Mr. Graumann savs if you don't register more enthusiasm he will not allow his stars to come out where you can see them.” On the heels of this dire threat Lily Damita, as chic and mondaine as Paris can make her, steps out into the lime- light—all golden hair, fur collar and flashing lame cloak. - Casual hand-clapping from the few who obey all public mandates, but ncne of the whoosh which the occasion calls for. Has the Hollywood show gone flat? o o in the "open patio. befors great s| ¢ open pal ore the theater. This is what the crowd has come for. Maurice Chevalier, sleek as a seal in his evening clothes; Joan Crawford on the arm of young Dot Fairbanks. June Collyer, that deliclous Irish type, slim and dewy in a bouffant frock. Dolores Costello, the girl with the most divine form of any screen beauty, rounded slimness and a haunt- ing wistfulness of feature. Conrad Nagel comes out to make his speech as the final curtain falls. The aisles are full of retreating forms. Hollywcod has heard all these wise cracks of the first night speeches too many times. What they want is their car or their taxi before the crowd gets too thick before the theater. The nicely prepared spzech is made to indifferent ears. There is scrawny applause; per- functory attention from a few inter- ested ones. But another brilliant Hollywood pre- miere has been launched. ight. 1928, by North (CoPyHIEhg apaper Alliance. | American MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. (2) I have a fair skin, blue eyes and light brown hafr. What colors may I wear? PATSY. Answer— (1) There .are three things that are probably contributing to your poor complexion. The first is your diet; perhaps you are eating too many sweets, | starchy foods and meat. The second is | the lack of antiseptic local treatments. The pimples should not fester if you keep your skin clean. Wash your face with tincture of green soap (obtainable at a drug store) and warm water every night. Lather well, rinse thoroughly in clean warm water. Prick the ripe pim- ples with a sterilized needle and gently press out the puss without bruising the To ,sterilize the needle suspend it in boiling water for 20 minutes. Now -bathe the pimples in an antiseptic wash and allow it to dry on the skin. Never scratch or pick at the pimples with your hands. If the condition does not respond to home treatment, you should consult a skin specialist. The tuid possible cause of your skin trouble is your age. You will outgrow the tendency in a few years if you give your skin proper care now and eat wisely. Growing girls should not try to reduce except under a doc- tor's orders. Have a thorough physical examination and follow your doctor’s advice regarding diet and exercise. I shall be glad to, mail you my exercises for the arms and the legs if you will write again and send a stamped, self- addressed envelope. (2) Good colors for your type include flesh, peach, dull brick, rust, dull orchid, pink-gray, dark green, reseda, dark and mediam blues, pale yellow, bronze, medium tan, deep cream and black. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright. 1923.) and arms? My Neighbor Says: If you would have h:althy house plants keep the leaves free from dust, stir the earth in flower pots frequently and give the plants a little plant food occa- sionally. Lettuce will keep fresh for a week if it is , all water shaken from it, and it is then placed in a covered fruit jar in the ice chest. A few drops of lemon juice added to the water m waxch g‘t‘a‘s!swlre 1s rinsed will give tuster ‘When bath towels become dingy put them in a boiler of cold wa- ter, add soap and a little lemon juice and hoat the water to the boiling point. Rinse them in luke- warm blueing water and hang them in the sun. How can I reduce, especially my legs