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WOMAN'S PAGE. THE EVENING STAR.,. WASHINGTON, 'D. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER §; Putting the Sunshine Into Rooms BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. iz ~% BRASSES, PEWTER AND HUES OF BOOK BINDINGS GIVE COLOR, WHILE A FIRE GIVES FLICHERING LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. In December the proportion of day- dight in each 24 hours is the shortest of the year. As Americans delight in sunshine, thcy miss the cheerfulness of its constant light. Therefore, it is not strange that in interior decoration the simulation of sunlight has become a recognized factor during the Winter especially, and most particularly in De- cember. 5 ‘There are many ways in which the cheer of sunlight brightness can be gained. First of all, in order to get these results the home decorator must lean to know what sunlight effects actually are. What does sunlight do to a room? It makes a radiant glow, for one thing, and this is the chief asset decoratively. It brings out the gayety of color and quells the dark tones. It makes striking contrasts in light and shade. The use of metals in decoration is one way to get the shimmer akin to the sun’s rays. Brasses are famous for their sunlike reflections and high lights. Silver and pewter give back the white lights. Highly glazed yellow and bril- liantly colored pottery catch light in spots and do their cheerful bit. The reflections may be brought out by arti- ficial light as well as. daylight. This is important to.realize. BEAUTY CHATS Exercise. You know that you should take ex- ercises, but most likely you don’t do it. I should myself and I don't, “except spasmodically. And even then I take the exercises at bed time, when they really should precede the morning bath. In spite of this, during the “s R of bad consclence and regular ical exercise, T always feel much better. The exercises must be done with as little on as possible and in a well aired room. A very way of gett! round the exercising problem, if you are the sort of person who hates getting up in the morning, is to take these lying-in-bed exercises. When you wake up breathe deeply three times, then extend your right foot and leg, stretching as much as you relax and stretch half a dozen times while you breathe slowly and deeglxy. e the Tt arin opread. she ngers nd the arm, | of the hands, relax, repeat half a dozen times and repeat again. Expand chest, three times, the abdomen three Yellow is the color most nearly simu- lating sunlight. It is not neceasary to have a room done in yellow to get the benefit of the hue. A rich yellow satin sofa cushion will give a patch of sun- light color. It is only in north rooms that a predominance of yellow is de- sirable. * If this color‘is not a favorite decoration, the next best is red, either in its pure tone or in one of its modi- fled shades of rose. If in pure tone, use but little—a red vase, some red candles, a red cushion, red in the Oriental rug or the domestic fioor cov- ering, etc. Red is too stimulating for much of it to be used in strong tones. The popular rose tints can be intro- duced lavishly. These are delightful in their hints of sunlight in a mellow hue, | Accenting high lights is what sun- shine does. It is this that brings out shadows. In simulating sunshine effects, the best the decorator can do is to stress the high lights. Shadows re- quire focusing of light either from sun- shine or firelight or other artificial glow. Lamps and an open fire will do this, but these immediately enter into the province of evening effects rather tt&.nuths daytime cheer of sunshine effects. (Copyright. 1928.) BY EDNA KENT FORBES times, then give your whole body a nice, luxurious stretch. After all that, you ought to feel a lot more like %ele up. But even if you don't, you'll feel a lot better when You'll certainly feel Quick exercises once inly enlivening. Very quick and easy exercises are back bend- ing, whelh is T the arms over the head and bending forward with straigh knees to touch the floor with the gers: an abdominal exercise, which is 1o lie flat on the back on the floor with ing | the feet under any heavy piece of fur- niture and to rise to a sitting position while the arms are folded across the chest. A thigh exercise, which con- sists in squatting down on the heels, the weight, however, resting on the toes, hands on hips, back straight, al- ternately standing "J’ and squatting. These exercises should be repeated @ dozen times. Short J—If you join a gymnasium, the instructor will suggest the exercises that will help you increase your pres- the | ent height of five feet, two inches. You will grow for another two or three years, The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1928.) . Gains, Mental image. . Great weight. Part of a circle. Paint. . Resinous substance, . Negative. Rest. . Household god. Also. - ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S P\JZZLE! . Call of a dove. . Consume, . Snakelike fish. . Aged. . Exist. . Meadow. . Equality of value, . Uppermost part. . Negative. . Limb. . A roster, . Alkali, Down. . Sorrow. . Within. . Island where Napoleon died. Image breakers. . Nickname. . Three-toed sloth. . Cash drawer. . Tiny ion. . River in Livonia. . Packing box. . Hawaflan bird. Vessel. . Two (Roman). . A direction, . Metric unit. . Engineering degree. . Southern State (ab.). . Measure. . Conjunction. 35. Italian river. . Printed notice. 38. Ammon. in | Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. December 8, 1860.—There was a large attendance of Southern Senators at the Democratic caucus at the Capi- tol this morning. The deliberations were held in secret, and, although it is known that the question of the seces- sion of the Southern States from the Union was under consideration, the de- tails of what occurred have not been divulged. It appears, however, that with a single exception there was unanimity among those present—and every Sena- tor from the South is sald to have been present except Senator Saulsbury of Delaware, who is sick, and Secnator Toombs of Georgia, who is absent—as to the fact that unless the North speedily evinces a disposition to five sure additional ‘“constitutional guar- antees,” the secession of South Caro- lina, Alabama, Mississipp!t and Florica will almost surely occur hefore March 4, when Abraham Lincoln i3 to be in- augurated as President of the United States. There is a strong probability, it de- veloped at the causus, fhat -3eorgla, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas will fol- low the aforementicned States out of the Union. The single exception referred to is believed to have been Senator Pearce of Maryland, who still holds to the im- pression that prompt congressional action and public assurances from the President-elect may cause all the States named, except South Carolina, to pause until a general Southern convention is held and given an opportunity to determine upon a line of joint Southern action for protecting the “rights of the slaveholding States within the Union.” Furthermore, it seems that the it distinctly understood at the caucus today that if the States favoring separate and precipitate action fail to listen to the requests of the men from the border States, those commonwealths will probably be compelled “to seek safety for themselves in some com- bination of States, which, while eschew- ing in the case of the disruption of the Government longer connection with New England, will equally eschew the policy of joining a nominal South- ern Confederacy wherein the prin- ciples of Amerlican popular govern- ment shall be abased and those of an oligarchic government to further par- ticular interests shall be established in their stead.” Secretary of the Treasury Cobb has decided to resign from the cabinet and will return home in a few days to participate in the delibsrations in his State on the subject of secession. “I'm glad to hear Missie Jones say she took that recipy out of the cook- book, because it had no business getting in there in the first place.” THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, December 9. Astrology finds tomorrow a rather unimportant day in planetary direction and for that reason a time for rest and relaxation. There is an aspect favoring religious observance and for this reason the churches should benefit. ‘The sway is favorable to plans for charitable or philanthropic work. Col- t | tections should be unusually large, for the rule encourages generosity. ‘There is an adverse sign for meetings with persons of opposite sex, for they may be inclined to see each others’ faults. Words spoken tomorrow -mmay cause repentance and even future troubles. In the home all should be happy on that day, which gives the eyes power to see the best in one’s relatives, Late in the evening the aged should benefit from vibrations supposed to in- crease vitality and stimulate energy. This aspect that affects old persons may even cause the young to listen resnectfully to the wisdom of the aged. ‘There is a good sign for planning social entertainments, and especially Christmas celebrations. College girls and boys should benefit at this time, when parents should be generous in the matter of spending money. Universities are subject to a planetary government that is read as presagini marked changes in educational policies and a trend toward the practical that will be later much criticized. Persons whose birth date it is have the augury of a year that brings pros- perity. Both men and women should benefit through employment. They should be wary of strangers. Children born on that day probably will enjoy prosperity., These subjects of Sagittarius usually have fine brains as well as splendid bodies. They may be too hasty in temper for their own good. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. 1 is lookin' fer a dark place to put my old toys, so Santy won't see how busted up they is. Stuffed Carrots, Cook large uniform-sized scraped carrots halved. Scoop a cone-shaped wedge from the middle of each while hot, drop in a bit of butter and a little salt, and fill the cavities with very finely-chopped cooked and seasoned spinach. Round the tops smoothly, in- sert. sprigs of parsley, pour melted butter over, and serve very hot, | Senators from the border States made | | something very gay—buy an expensive frock or go to the theater or out to dinner | grouching if there isn't some one to see you and some one you are making DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Folly of Wife Who Would Divorce Contented Spouse—What to Do With Grouchy Husband. Height Not Criterion. DEAE DOROTHY DIX: My husband and I have been married four years. I knew when we were married that he did not love me, but I loved him so much that I thought I could win his love. He is good and kind and considerate to me, but I realize now that he will never love me, though he seems satisfled and contented. We are both still young and have no children, and I am thinking of getting a divorce so as to leave him free, but he protests against ft. Do you not think that the time may come when he will really fall in love with some one else? MRS. D. M. L. Answer: If your hushand is happy and contented, let matters rest as they | are. Surely you are happier with the man you love, even though he only gives | you friendship, than you would be if you were parted from him and eating your heart out in loneliness. Just to be near those we love and to be able to minister to their comfort is an ineffable joy in itself. 1t is not given to every one to love romantically and passionately. There | are many people who go through life without ever having the waters of their | souls stirred by any great emotion. Their affections are spread over a great | number of persons instead of being concentrated on one particular individual. ! They have the genius for friendship and comradeship, but not for love. | Perhaps your husband belongs to this type, and he is really giving you all the affection that he is capable of glving to any woman. He finds you congenial and a pleasant companion. You make him a comfortable home, you flatter his €go by your devotion, he is content and happy and doesn't want the arrange- ments broken up, and you will be wise to accept his viewpoint on the matter. Certainly you are going out of your way to hunt for trouble if you are going to leave him and break up your home on the theory that he may some time meet some woman with whom he will fall in love. Wait until that evil day comes, because it is highly possible that it will never arrive. Most of the things we dread never happen to us. p2r DOROTHY DIX. JEAR MISS DIX: I have been married 13 years and love my husband dearly. ‘We have got along very well together, except for one thing—he has spells | of silence in which he will speak to no one, and when I ask him if anything is ltwhi l{mtter hte“flles mto; véolelnth Euslon. |I do not nag him and let him alone, ut I am getting very tired of grouchiness. Is there any way in can break him of tnis bad habit? B e WORRIED WIFE, Answer: It's too bad that when men and women act like bad childrsn can’t be treated like children. Nothing restores a sulky cnild to good humox'r;:; sets it at peace with the world again like belnf‘ turned over some humane person’s knee and having a good spanking. That's the proper treatment for a usband who grouches, but, unfortunately, not many wives are able to apply thefimeuv. If you can do this and follow it up with a liver pill, you may rely upon it that hubby will be a little ray of sunshine in your home. Otherwise, your only alternative is to put on your hat and go out and do every time he has a fit of sulks and leave him to himself. There's no use in miserable by it. But you have my sympathy. There is nothing more dea Vi than the frozen silence that indicts everybody nnd!everythln(dz’ l'"l:v?:l‘l] c:::n}: mitted every sin under the sun and that you cannot reason with or apologize to or make peace with because you don’t know what you have done. It has been sald that speech Is silver and silence is golden. Silence isn't always golden. Often it {s lead that sinks the whole happiness of a famil, in an abyss of b 3 F o e morbidness, % g DOROTHY DIX. DEAR MISS DIX: I am a young man, a college student, vei , » very miserable because I suffer from an inferfority complex where the fair sex s and the reason of this is that I am only 5 feet 4 inches in height .nAdc;)l‘l:::l‘lfi‘de, that girls merely condescend to associate with me. Do you think that girls like J.J. H to go out with small men? Answer: Some of the blagesi men in the world have hee: ¢ e heen you EY}.‘ J.l H., so don’t worry about that. If you were short on brains lxylgliern:‘ e;?fim e legs you would have something to make you miserable, but so long as you are h P yourhll’:ody'enough above the ears don't lose any sleep over the measurement of You reach down to the ground, and that is all that th and you can reach T e tallest man does; iy up to the highest position in the world if you have intelligence A girl with sense doesn't judge a man by his size, | expressed his or her opinion of people, i books, pictures, bridges, prohibition and about the opinions of fool flappers. The Sidewalks BY THORNTON FISHER. A peculiarity is something that be- longs to somebody else. Of course, there are those persons who want to appear to be different and openly boast of peculiari- ties. They abhor conventional attire and affect an atti- tude of indifference and contempt to- ward those who adhere to the cus- toms of the neigh- bors. Some folks build strange-look- ing homes in order to accentuate their so-called peculiari- ties. Others suffer daily nightmares surrounded by in- terior decorations about which they know nothing and %‘:b‘b]ybe“" less. e _embers of self expression and in- dividualism glow in evxegy bosom. I’flclk‘- ing frequently thes cardinal qualitie: :le‘;f “pe%ullnupernn' seeks to tag him- or herself with a visil e am different.” o {ezend, h Genlus or ability is not displayed on the coat sleeve. A strang ing man, walking down the street wigh his chin on his chest, his hands behind his back, and apparently lost in medi- tation may be thinking of nothing more than why he trumped his partner's ace the night before. "It is difficult today to tell an actor from a business man, the artist or musician from a building contractor. We have the privilege of knowing a minister of the gospel who is (we say it most respectfully) one of the “tough- est” looking men we have ever known. In college he was a foot ball star and amateur boxer. He still looks like one, and admits it. At least he is obeying the injunction, “Besyourself.” One night we attended a social func- tion accompanied by a friend. Said friend wore the usual standard cloth- ing. He was in no wise different from thousands of other men his age. He had no peculiarities and possessed no parlor tricks. Among the other guests were some who affected Bohemianism. Aspiring playwrights, artists and hope- ful writers of American best sellers. During the course of the evening each naval armament. Our friend sat silent in one corner. He had no opinions and apparently belleved that all was well with the world and that what was, was therefore good. He was “too average” for the others. When the drama was discussed the chap in the corner maintained a dis- creet silence. He was an awful sap. Who invited him anyway? He didn't seem to have a speaking acquaintance with any theory. We couldn’t keep the secret longer. The unobtrusive fellow was one of the most successful writers of musical comedy in the coun- try and had a dozen hits to his credit. At first, few would believe it, for he wasn't a bit peculiar. It might be added that over the desk of this play- wright has hung_a legend for many years. It reads, “Don’t kid yourself.” * K ok ¥ Night before last we attended a movie performance containing thrills in suffi- Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. Home Budget. More housewives than one would sup- pose demand: “Of what use is a bud- get?” This question cannot always be answered generally because the finan- cial setups of households vary. What may be of advantage to one may be of no earthly use to another. A few uses of general application may be in- cluded in an answer to the question. It answers the question of how and when we can settle bills which must be met in the near future. It tells the housewife and shopper what she can afford, It puts more comforts and luxuries within one’s reach by enabling one to plan_one’s 5] g. A budget properly used provides defl- nite times for payments, and precludes that bugaboo, all one’s bills due at the same time. Large items of expense may be ap- and you should wo DOROTHY D! s (Copyright. 1028.) i of Washington clent number to keep even grown folks busy poking under the bed for marau- ders and potential murderers. The wind walled, lightning flashed gro- tesque shafts through the darkness, rain poured and women screamed. Personally we liked the picture, but @ small boy of 8, seated with his mother | next to us, trembled in fear and begged to go e. His mother endeavored to by saying, a ve been wondering whether that lad slept after seeing tge horrors porirayed that night. E8y e One of America's best known sleuths (and we wonder if sleuths should be 80 well known) has been in Washington for the past few days. He is a gentle- ‘mannered fellow and looks more like a greeting - card salesman than a thief - catcher. | Many lawless citi- zens are in con- finement due to the relentless activities of this gentleman. “We are too syth- % pathetic sometimes, S0 far as the erimi- [} nal is concerned,” said he. “We allow sentiment to twist our sense of jus- tlrc': The killer is |, often regarded as a hero while the vic- ;’ llm’fis forgotten. “I remember s distinctly viclous murder that occurred a numbsr of years 2go. A young fellow had brutally murdered his bride with an ax. Com- munity feeling ran high and he faced a hostile jury. The evidence was con- vincing and after a short deliberation the 12 men returned a verdict of mur- der in the first degree which meant execution. “A young woman visited the con- demned prisoner in his cell. She was on an official mission. Every day for weeks she journeyed to the jall where he was awaiting th> fatal hour. He was & handsome lad of good family. “As the day of execution approached the young woman confessed that she had fallen desperately in love with the | youthful killer and energetically sought a commutation of the sentence to one of life imprisonment. On her finger when he was put to death was a ring he had given her as a keepsake. Luck- ily she has long since forgotten her in- fatuation. What a waste of symr!hyl “There was another case in which a young bridegroom wished to impress his wife with his prosperity. He was a small-salaried lad employed as a clerk. An honorable future was before him. The girl was not extravagant and was anxious to help him. He was un- willing to wait, though, and one day he leaped into & mail car and seized a registered pouch of mall. After rifling. it by the trackside he ascaped—tem- porarily. A few days later he was ap- prehended and soon after sentenced to 25 years at Atlanta. I felt sorry for that kid. Why, I don't know. I'm sup- posed to be hard-bolled, but there is no accounting for the sympathy we sometimes have for the criminal.” portioned over a period of time. thus making it possible to acquire things for which one payment in full would be out of the question. It limits the money available for lux- | uries by apportioning the major part of one's income to necessarles and saving. Since extravagance is always relative, a budget enables one to determine just where and when she has been wasteful or extravagant. Even though a budget is not carried out entirely, it sets an idea to which an approach will prove to be of some most practical reply to the “How can I live within my Even though one saves as much with- out a budgetthe use of the latter will usually make it possible for the user to real:ze more {rom what she spends. 1928, | NANCY PAGE This Slip Never Slips Out of Place BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Lois was getting ready for a party and everything was going wrong. The dress she should have worn was at the cleaner’s. The slip which she had to wear under the other dress was too long. There was just a half hour be- fore she had to leave the house. “I tell you what I'll do. I'll make up that new slip.” And she did. She had all told a yard and a half of material. | Being & slim person, she cut off a straight piece wide enough to go around her with just enough fullness to make it"At her body. She stitched a heading in this and attached ribbon shoulder straps. Then she stitched the mate- rial in French seam from under arm to hip. : 8he cut a piece as great in length as distance ‘from hip to hem. Using the selvedge edge of material as the bottom or hem &dge, she attached this straight piece of material. Starting at RIGHT S| 0& LEFT SIDE hip on the side where the material was in one piece, she laid the straight plece over fromt as shown in top il- lustration. When she reached the other hip where the material was joined from under arm to hip and loose from there on down she slipped the piece under the opening at hip and extended it along the back under the main part of slip. This piece was stitched at hip line. This arrangement gave her entire freedom for stepping and yet never parted so far that she was embarrassed. The whole thing took less than half an hour to put together. Later she took the slip to tHe hemstitcher's and had the bottom picoted in scallops. (Copyrignt, 1928.1 ™effYIE Ry, RFG_U. & PAT. OFF. | samy | The STYLE POST is the marker on the road to being smart New Compacts. Designs that challenge the imagina- tlon, or simply please the eye without any imaginative effort, decorats many of the vanity cases which appear on the Christmas counters. Most of them are of enamel in colors vivid enough to satisfy the most avid appetite for brilliance. Inside, they are provided with sifters for loose powder, a pop- ular mode. They solve many a problem in the rush of last-minufe shopping. (Copsright. 1928.) Home in Good Taste SARA HILAND, With the new trend in furnishings comes the opportunity for placing ar- ticles in more compact form than was possible with the curved lines of the older types of furniture. As shown in the illustration, the . _ Pound Cake. Cream one cupful of shortening and ‘add two cupfuls of cake or pastry flour, with which two teaspoonfuls of baking powder have been sifted. If unsalted shortening is used, add one-fourth tea- spoonful of salt. Beat four egg yolks until light and add one and one-half cupfuls of confectioners’ sugar ly. beating constantly, Add two tablespoonfuls of milk Combine the two mixtures and beat thoroughly. Fold in the suffiy beaten egg whites and beat untll they are well blended. Spread the batter in a greased shallow pan and bake in a mode oven. Flavor wt!\ vanjlla or nutmeg. FEATURES.' Hand-Wrought Silver Jewelry BY MARY MARSHALL. Americans and Europeans who have recently been traveling in Northern| Africa have revived the fashion for | that heavy hand-wrought silver jewelry that women of Algiers and Morocco | have worn for centuries. Some of the | ‘best pieces to be had are 200 years old, | but even the modern pieces cling to| the traditional decorative motifs that make them look so primitive. It was, when I was looking at a really notable collection of these neck- laces, plaques and bracelets recently orought back from Northern Africa &nd reflecting on how very much more | modern and more appropriate to mod- | ern day-time frocks they were than the sugar-coated jewelry made in this coun- try a generation ago that I learned for the first time that bracelets really | have had a place in the scheme of | things of primitive' women aside from their mere decorative value. | These wide silver bracelets with their finely hammered decorations all have | knobs—four or five or six good, hard knobs on each bracelet—knobs as big | as gooseberries, mad of solid silver. | And these knobs, I understand. were | very convenient devices for settling scores with the over-aggressive men folk | of the community when mere sharpness | of tongue was of no avail. | ‘These North African bracelets are | really most attractive—even when you know why the knobs are there—and T | understand that Algerian jewelry is in great demand for sports wear now in Paris. The long wrought-silver pins used by the desert folk to fasten their burnooses on their shoulders make ef- fective decorations for the side of a| simple, soft, plain felt hat. | ‘There seems to bz no doubt of the continued vogue of the bracelet. The tendency at present seems to be to wear one very wide bracelet instead of the colection of four or five or six that were recently in favor, and a new trick | in Paris is to wear one of these WIDE JEWELED BRACELET AS WORN OVER THE COAT SLEEVE. ‘THE COAT IS OF BLACK VELVET AND THE BRACELET 18 OF GOLD wide bracelets outside the sleeve of the| 111 OREEN AND RED STONES. coat or suit jacket. |a copy of the home dressmaker’s help o | for this week, giving a sketch of a If you haven't planned all your | tricky little bed jacket which, with the Christmas presents and want something | help of the diagram pattern, you will most_attractive for some girl of your | have no trouble in making. acquaintance, I am sure you will like | (Copyright, 1928.) BEDTIME STORIES | his picked it up, Buster becamé a new | Bear, so to speak. He forgot everything | but his desire to reach'the source of that cdor. He forgot all his troubles. He forgot that he had been hunted. H> even forgot the feast of pig that he had had. You see, he was smelling something that was even better than i BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Buster Finds'a east. Who cares for wears. blistered feet When there Is something good to_eat? i _“Blster Bear. If Buster Bear could have understood what the half dozen hunters who pres- | ently appeared were saying, he would | have had a good chuckle all to himself. They stood on the edge of the small pond off in the woods on the back Bldc] of the Great Mountain. With them were two disconsolate dogs. These dogs | had followed the trail of Buster Bear | to the water edge's edge. There they | had lost it for the very good reason | that Buster had gone into the water | and so left no trail. | “Probably he swam across,” said one | of the hunters. ‘“Here are his footprints | g. “Honey!"” muttered Buster, licking h's right on the edge of the water.” “He may have walked along the edge of the water so as to break his scent,” sald another hunter. “This pond isn't very big. I suggest that we divide into two parties. One party will take one dog and walk around the pond one way and the other party will take the other dog and walk around the pond the other way. In that way we are bound to find where he left the water.” So the hunters did as suggested. They divided into two parties and one party went one way and the other party | went the other way, and each party had & dog. They were to follow around the edge of the pond until they met. And all the time Buster Bear was not far away. He was under some over- hanging bushes and in the water. In fact, only his head was above water, {and this was hidden by an old log. {The hunters passed along the shore { within a few feet of him without seeing him. When they had gone far enough for 1t to be safe for him to do_so, Buster left the water where he had entered it. He took his back-track. Presently, Buster came to a rocky ledge. Rocks do not hold scent very well, Buster very carefully walked along this rock ledge. It led around the side of the Great Mountain and upward. Buster kept on this ledge for a long way. Then, satisfied that by the time the dogs got back, if they ever did. his scent would be cold so that they could not follow it, he shuffled off into the woods. He was looking for a place to rest, for he was very tired. But presently ‘he forgot all about rest. A sweet, sickish odor reached him and the instant that wonderful nose of HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 8.— New York's negro city, Harlem, has found its way to the boulevard and its lords and ladies have become lights in cinemaland. King Vidor started the fad when he took cameramen and fared forth to the South to hunt for types for the first negro picture to be filmed. Now Holly- wood is famous for its childish quality. Follow the leader and copy cat are two of its favorite games, So other studios began to follow suit. PRESENTLY AROUND HIS THERE WAS A SWARM OF lips. “Honey! There’s no mistake. My, my, what wouldn't I give for all the honey I could eat?” He began to follow his nose, and his nose was pointed straight in the direc- tion from which that odor was com- ing. He hadn't gone far when he came to a big tree that was partly dead. Up over his head was a humming sound. Buster dug his claws into that tree and up he scrambled. The humming grew louder. Buster paid no attention to it. Presently, around his head was a swarm of bees. Buster stopped long enough to slap at them with one of his big paws, while he hung on with the other, all the time growling and snapping. But he wasn't a bit discouraged. He hooked his claws into a crack and pulled. Out came a great splinter of wood and there exposed was a lot of comb fairly dripping with honey. Such a feast as Buster had then! He was supremely happy. All his troubles were as nothing. HEAD BEES. (Copyrizht. 1928.) MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE l 4 BY MOLLIE MERRICK. | influenced by a dark lady” is going to | be a safe bet for the Peter-the-Hermits and Cassandras of the village. It is going to be the day of thz‘dnk star; the negro th: | quisite sound effects, spirituals, negro 1 melodies, banjo music, plantation songs and the husky, throaty tenors who have singing quality galore. | Ruth Chatterton has been working | in motion pictures for some time now. | But the public has not yet seen her, | although she has completed three films. | One reason for this is that her first If Vidor brought back Fanne Belle| work was done opposite Emil Jan- de Knight as one of his dark stars, nings, and the films this celluloid genius rival studio had already signed Charles | makes are carefully edited before being Gilpin. And while both producers sat | fiven to the public. Another reason back and congratulated themselves on | is that Ruth Chatterton has been mak- utting one over on the rest of the | Ing “talkies” and this line of endeavor R\flus!ry, a third farsighted gentleman | mills more slowly out of the studios was arranging to produce Octavus Roy } than the regulation, old-fashioned type Cohen's stories with Evelyn Preer in of movie. the leading woman's part. Ruth Chatterton has silken tech- Hollywood is notoriously dependent | nique. Some time she is so experienced on its soothsayers—its crystal gazers,| in the little ways of statecraft that almists, card readers, mystics, psychic | this sophistication is quite apparent jads and lassies who collect $5 a visit | to the audiencz and therefore loses for the unfoldment of a mpythical| some of its fine quality. future. It will be interesting to see what this “A dark man is coming into your lady, trained in the best traditions of life,” or “your future will be m'utly‘ the stage, wil bring to moving pctures, | Not beauty, as moving picture enthus- | iasts are accustomed to having it served MOTHERS to them by their Billie Doves, Corinne | (i'rlmthshanAd Do‘!:res d%l"th Nflt:d # i | A.—as the American public earn: | R it from Lupe Velez, Clara Bow and | Joan Crawford. Nor the type of com- edy which Marion Davies or Louise Fazenda brings to the screen, each in_her respective way. The lady has subtlety and. sophistis | cation, a trained voice, and the finest | experience in stagecraft. Her appear- | ance will decide a question which is oc~ cupying much time and attention from producers these days. A lot of people | predict that the new type of movie | will bring in a new type of girl. Stage | stars have come and seen. but not com- | pletely conquered vet. Old Ladv Movie | has not been completely ousted from her | high throne. | Wife: “I see a famous scenarist’s library is for sale. There should be some gorgeous erotica——" Husband (who has been dragged fre- auently to movies) : “And some magnifi- cent idiotica.” 10 cabinet desk in the center has been | added to by the two narrow bookcases (one on’ each. side), the result being that the three pteces have the appea ance of a single unit. This is only pos- sible because the furniture has been designed with straight lines. So_agreeable is this furniture that it allows for separation of the various| pleces whick go to make up a group, without sacrificing good taste. You can easily imagine how attrac- tive the desk would be if used alone! between two windows, when the two small cases might be used at the ends of a sofa. They give an excellent bal- anced effect in combination with a wall hanging or large picture centered over the sofa and. perhaps, a lamp on top of each bookcase. (Copyrizht. 1928.) Marking Possessions. «Copyrizht, . by North American News- per Alliance.) Oyster Chop Suey. oo Nttee o b B sl One mother says: Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter My children never have any trouble | with one cupful of men{uyhu their own &ouemom—ww- cook until brown, els, face cloths, handkerchiefs, nocka‘scorch them. Add one and one-half ings, underclothes, gloves, etc., for each | cupfuls of diced celery and mushrooms, one has his own particular color. It | two cupfuls of bean sprouts, four table~ takes but a minute to take a stitch or | spoonfuls of Chinese sauce and cook two with colored threads, but it is truly | until the celery is tender. Add one a stitch in time which saves many mix- | pint of oysters and cook until their ups and misunderstandings. Even the | edges curl. Serve hot with plain beil- tiniest tot knows her own color and can | ed rice. Three ecupfuls of celery may pick out hsr belongings when they | be used If you don't use any mush- come home from the l!ilflrv " I rooms.