Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 29

WOMAN'S PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, e e DECEMBER 26, 1928. FEATURES.' Differ From Other Pleated Skirts BY MARY Pleated skirts are as fashionable as ever—but they are different. And the greatest difference is due to the fact that to present a really up-to-date ap- pearance you must wear your blouse tucked in. I say that with reserve— because there are some women Wwith broad hips or with very short waists THE NAVY-BLUE SILK CREPE SKIRT IS PLEATED WITH HORI- ZONTAL STITCHING FROM BELT TO BELOW THE HIPS. IT IS WORN WITH A TUCK-IN BLOUSE | OF PRINTED CANTON CREPE. | who ought to retain the Iong-walswd{ effect and ought to wear their blouses over their skirts until that arrange- ment begins to look obsolete. The new pleated skirts are usually MARSHALL. be long enough to extend from a nearly normal waist line to a not exaggerated- ly short hem line. But do not make your pleated skirt too long. It should be just long enough to cover the bend of the knees, not long enough to break over the knees. | " To present the flat, slender silhouette | over the hips the pleats must be stitched down. Some of the new French skirts are of finely pleated light-weight wool or silk with each narrow pleat stitched down to form a yoke. Sometimes the yoke dips downward in a U or a V at the front—and this effect is obtained by the way the stitching is done. Some- ward droop that is often part of the new silhouette. If you like e pleats your new skirt may be fairly wide, and these may be laid and pressed at home. may be stitched down to hip length at the edge, or rows of horizontal stitch- ing may produce the yoke effect. Usually these new pleated skirts are mounted on a flat waistband which is hidden beneath a belt. Sometimes the skirt is mounted on a little slip top, and then the blouse is made without the tuck-in extension, but with a flat, narrow waistband which may be fast- ened securely over the skirt and cov- ered with a belt. Such blouses are “tuck-ins” fn name only, but often this arrangement is easier to manage. This week's home dressmaker’s help consists of a diagram pattern of a sim- ple little skirt with & wide side pleat at the left side. If you would like a copy of this, please send me a stamped, self-addressed envelope and I will send it to you at once. (Copyright. 1928.) My Neighbor Says: Look over dahlia bulbs stored away for the Winter. If they seem dry or shriveled, sprinkle them with water. When the metal tops come off of shoe strings dip them in mus- cilage. This will stiffen the ends and make it easy to put them through eyelets. Stockings will wear longer if a small plece of an old stocking is neatly sewed inside the toe and another inside the heel of stock- ings when new. When roasting a chicken you can tell if it is thoroughly cooked by piercing the skin with a fork. If the liquid that comes from it is white or pale pink the chicken is done. To cut jelly in squares use a pair of scissors dipped in cold not made on & slip bodice. They are simply skirts, and the pleating must water, WORLD FAMOUS STORIES THE VI OYAGE BY WASHINGTON IRVING (Washington Irving, 1783-1859, was an American _essayist Jovellst, and, h uthor “The Skef : B ctndl . “Knickerbocker's HiStory of New York,” etc.) To one given to day-dreaming. and fond of losing hmself in reveries a sea voyage is full of subjects for medita- tion; but then they are the wonders of tl d;!.g_and of the air, and rather tend to abstract the mind from worldly themes. I delighted to loll over the quarter-railing, or climb to the main- top, of a calm day, and muse for hours together on the tranquil bosom of a summer’s sea, to gaze upon the piles of golden clouds just peering above the Thorlzon, fancy them some fairy realms, and people them with a creation of my own—to watch the gentle undulating billows, rolling their silver volumes, as if to die away on these happy shores. There wes a delicious sensation of mingied security and awe with which I looked down, trom my giddy height, on the monsters of the deep at their un- couth gambols—shoals of porpoises tumbling about the bow of the ship; the grampus slowly heaving his huge [orm above the surface, or the raven- wus shark, darting, like a specter, through the blue waters. neath me; of the finny herds that roam its fathomless valleys; of the shape- less monsters that lurk among the very foundations of the earth and of those wild phantasms that swell the tales of fishermen and sailors. ‘We one ddy described some shapeless object drifting at a distance. At sea everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanss attracts at- tention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked, for thers were the remains of handkerchiefs by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar, to prevent their being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by which the mname of the ship could be ascertained. ‘The wreck had evidently drifted/ about for many months; clusters of shellfish had fastened about it, and long sea- weeds flaunted at its sides, but where, thought I, are the crew? Their strug- gle has long been over—they have gone dowp, amidst the roar of the tempest— their bones lie whitening among the caverns of the deep. Silence, oblivion, like the waves, have closed over them, ::g no one can tell the story of their The sight of this wreck, as usual, &nve rise to many dismal anecdotes. his was particularly the case in the evening, when the weather, which had hitherto been fair, began to look wild and threateneing and gave indications of one of those sudden storms whiich will sometimes break in upon the serenity of # Summer voyage. As we sat around the dull light of a lamp in the cabin that made the gioom more ghastly, every one had his tale of a shipwreck :il‘\‘dhdluslter, I was particularly struck v a short one related by the cap- “As T was once sailing,” said he, “ & fine stout ship across ths Banks of Newfoundl; one of those which prevail in those parts re it impossible for us to see far ah- even in the daytime, but at night the weather was so thick that we could not | distinguish any object at twice the length of the ship. I kept lights at the masthead, and a constant watch for- :;;l;ghn;)fl‘ln:k ()t:l for fishing smacks, e accustol a oot med to lie at anchor br;rhe Wl:;d was blow ze, and we were going a 4 rate through the al(-:j. gudflc‘l‘l]}grlpfi(v watch gave the alrm of ‘A sail ahead!’ —It was scarcely uttered before we were upon her. She was a small schooner. at anchor, with her broadside toward us. The crew were all asleep, and had neglected to hoist a light. We struck hPrT_;ufil‘amidsmps. “The force, the size and weight of | our vessel bore her down b:'logwnt}lu!: waves; we passed over her and were hurrted on our course. As the crashing wreck was sinking beneath us, I had a glimpse of two or three half-naked wretches rushing from her cabin; they just started from their beds to be swal- lowed shrieking by the waves. I heard their drowning cry mingling with the wind. The blast that bore it to our ears swept us out of all further hearing. I shall never forget the cry! “It was some time before we could put the ship about, she was under such headway. We returned, as nearly as we could guess, to the place where the smack had anchored. We criised about for several hours in the dense fog. We fired signal-guns, and listened if we might hear the halloo of any survivors; but all was silent—we never saw or heard anything of them more.” I confess these stories, for a time, put an end to all my fine fancies. The storm increased with the night. The sea was lashed into tremendous con- ing a smacking d | largest surges. Deep called unto deep. At times the black volume of clouds over- head seemed rent.asunder by flashes of lightning, which quivered along the foaming billows, and made the succeed- ing darkness doubly terrible. The thunders bellowed over the wild waste of waters, and were echoed and pro- longed by the mountain waves. As 1 saw the ship staggering and plunging among these roaring caverns, it seemed miraculous that she regained her balance, or preserved her buoyancy. Her yards would dip into the water; her bow was almost buried beneath the waves. Sometimes an impending surge appeared ready to overwhelm her, and nothing but a dexterous movement of the helm preserved her from the shock. When I returned # my cabin, the awful scene still fallowed me. The whistling of the wind through the rig- ging sounded like funerai wailings. The creaking of the masts, the straining and groaming of bulkheads, as the ship labored in the weltering sea, were frightful. As I heard the waves rush- ing along the sides of the ship, and roaring in my ear, it seemed as if death were raging round this floating prison seeking for his prey; the mere starting of a nail, the yawning of a seam might give him entrance. A fine day, however, with a tranquil sea and favoring breeze, soon put ail these dismal reflections to flight. It is impossible to resist the gladdening influence of fine weather and fair wind at sea. When the ship is decked out in all her canvas, every sail swelled, and careering gayly over the curling waves, how lofty, how gallant she appears— how she seems to lord it over the deep! I might fill a volume with the reyeries of a sea voyage, for with me it is almost a continual reverie—but it is time to get to shore. It was a fine sunny morning when the thriling cry of “Land” was given from the mast-head. None but those who have experienced it can form an idea of the delicious throng of sensa- tions which rush into an American’s bosom when he first comes in sight of Europe. ‘There is a volume of associa- tions with the very name. It is the land of promise, teeming with every- thing of which his childhood has heard, or on which his studious years have pondered. Meat Scramble. Take one cupful of ground round steak, put through a food chopper several times, then season with salt and paprika. Mix with half a cupful of bread crumbs to which have been added two eggs. Mix well, and if not moist enough, add about two tablespoonfuls of milk or water. Heat a frying pan and place in it several tablespoonfuls of butter. Turn the mixture into a frying pan and stir while cooking. This should take only 2 few minutes. Beat lightly two more eggs and two tablespoonfuis of milk. Pour into the pan with the meat mixture and stir until the eges arc a soft scramble. — . Construction of the largest earth dam in the world has been started across the s | Saluda River in South Carolina, near the City of Columbia, impounding the artificial lake in the United States, with a surface area of 76 sguare REM--that’s why i friends. Harmlessly, NOTHING LI «-and there’s Susion. _There was a fearful sullen ‘nund of rushing waves and broken times the stitching graduates downward | toward the back to produce the back- | They The STYLE POST is the marker on the road to being smart. Princess Line. The princess line, a newcomer well received in the mode, has penetrated even the inner recesses of the ward- robe—the lingerle closet. This satin nightgown by Vionnet is nipped in ever |s0 slightly at the waistline and made to flare (also in a restrained manner) by two gently gathered side panels. It comes in pastel tints and is match- ed with a georgette coat trimmed in Margot lace, slightly shorter than the gown. (Copyright, 1928.) NANCY PAGE Too Many Toys Tire Tiny Tot BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. “Why, oh, why, will grown-ups be so generous when it comes to toys and children?” Nancy sighed as she safv the packages which had been sent to Joan. She had more toys this year than she could play with in a month of Sundays. And some of the toys were not the kind that children like at all. For instance, there was a won- derful mechanical train. It afforded the grown-up who bought it a great deal of pleasure, but Joan and Jimmy, the boy next door, had much more fun with a set of wooden trains and cars which they could pull about themselves. When children are 3 and 4 they like to make the wheels go round themselves. They don't appre- ciate the inguenity which has gone into the mechanical toys. Joan was reaching the age where she loved to imitate the world about her. When the laundress washed and hung up clothes, that was the very thing that Joan wanted to do. When the baby was dressed, undressed and bathed, Joan wanted to do the same thing with a baby doll. ‘The day after Christmas Nancy went over the toys and took eway many of them. Some were too old, some were all right so far as age was concerned, but there were too many of them. Joan never missed them. Aunt Nancy tucked them out of sight in a closet. During the Winter when days dragged she planned to bring out first one and then another as a surprise for Joan. Nancy had stumbled over too many toys the year before to err again in the same way. Dolls may have layettes. So do new babies. Write to Nancy Page, care of this paper, inclosing s stamped self- addressed ' envelope, asking for her “layette leaflet” if you are getting ready for a new baby at your home. (Copyright, 1928.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. ‘Words often misused—Do not say, “A crowd of men were walking toward us.” Say, “was walking.” “Crowd” is the singular subject. Often mispronounced—Foregone. Ac- cent last syllable, not the first. Synonyms—Unsteady, wavering, in- constant, fickle, changeable, variable. Word study—"Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Todays’ word: Phlegmatic; slug- gish, apathetic, indifferent. “He has a phlegmatic temperament.” Judge Harington at Wandsworth County Court, England, recently ruled that it was against public safety for a one-eyed man to drive an automobile. ‘REM’s wonderful and I give itto all my children for coughs. My son tried it first» then my two girls, and it re- lieved their coughs very quickly”s « « « 4 0 .. M:SS.(S E. HILE Spring Stre New Havem, Conne Children don’t“make faces” when taking t has so many little pleasantly, quickly-- it certainly does relieve coughs! KE REM nothing in it to hurt you What's Finds Wrong With Women }DorothyDix It TIs the Women’s Fault That They Are Not Accorded Masculine Respect—They Humble Themselves Before Men, and Then Complain / HAT women need more than anything else in the world is pride. Pride in themselves. Pride in their womanhood. Pride in the work that is essen- tially their own. It is women’s lack of pride in themselves that makes them grovel before men and take any kind of treatment that men accord them. Look where you Will and you behold the sorry spectacle of women smirking and smiling, jollying and flattering, and yes-yessing men, trying to ingratiate themselves with the lords of creation. effort to please women. a restaurant or in a theater. It is the woman who is doing all the talking, making all the effort to be bright and interesting and entertaining. The man is sitting up in bored indifference, suffering his hand- maiden to amuse him if she can. It is the woman ‘who reads up on topics that the man is interested in so that she may be able to converse intelligently with him. ‘Watch any couple at It is the woman who listens patiently while the egotist monologues along by the hour about how great and wonderful he is, and about how he sold a bill of goods, and what he said to the boss and the boss said to him. But no woman is foolish enough to expect a man to read up on the fashions so that- he may discuss the length of skirts, or the new neckline, intelligently with her, and | every woman knows that the minute she begins talking about her own personal affairs to & man he says, good-night, and never returns. In the home, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, it is the wife who has to adjust herself to her husband if there is any adjusting done. It is the Wwife who has to keep the peace by giving the soft answer that turneth away wrath., It is the wife who has to wear the smile that won't come off, and be bright and chatty, while husband grouches and glooms as much as he likes, and makes home & place where he can display all the temper and meanness he is ashamed to exhibit to the outside world. y Worst of all, you see some pretty, dainty, refined, educated girls as humbly grateful for a little notice from uncouith, illitérate youths as a dog is for a pat on the head. IF women had enough pride to quit chasing after men, men would run after | them. If women had enough pride to: think they were worth entertain- ing, and worth having a man make some effort to please them, men would get busy trying to make themselves agreeable and interesting companions to women, instead of thinking they had done all that was expected of them if | they condescended to be pleased. Girls should have enough pride in themselves to feel that the pleasure of their company was sufficient pay for what any youth spent on them in taking them to the movies, or a dance. o What is it but lack of decent pride, that we call self-respect, that makes a wife suffer herself to be bealen and insulted by a brute of a husband, to put up with unfaithfulnes, and to hang on to one who tells her that he is tired of her and wants to be rid of her? g As long as we have prideless women who grovel at the feet of the men who mistreat them, we will have husbands who trample upon their wives and kick them about, but when women come to have enough pride in themselves to stand up and demand a square deal in matrimony, they will get it. There will be a mighty reformation in husbands and in the way in which wives are treated. Marriage will take on a new dignity when women have enough pride to demand that their husbands treat them with respect and consideration, and when, in the cases in which marriage proves a failure, an able-bodied woman is a good enough sport to take her loss gamely and go out and earn her own living instead of asking for alimony. 7 THE most pitiful exhibition of women'’s lack of pride is the way in which they | regard the career of wife and mother and homemaker. To be chosen as a | wife is proof that a woman was supremely desirable to one man at least. To bring children into the world is to share with God in the supreme function of creation of the race. To rear children and help them to develop into fine men and women is the Scldom does a man take the trouble to make the slightest greatest work and the most far-reaching in its influence that any human being can accomplish. To make a home that is a place of peace and comfort and rest | is to have done one's bit for one's country, and to have added to the sweetness and light of the world. i Yet the women who do these things have no their calling and look with envy on the little two: paint, or lecture, or hold silly litte offices. Nothing is more common than to hear a woman who has home and reared a splendid family, say: “Oh, I'm nothing. I was always too | busy with my house and children to ‘do anything worthwhile.” And they actually | mean it. They actually consider being a good wife and mother a humble occupation! What a pity that the domestic woman cannot be brought to take a pride | in her career! If she did it would fill her days with the joy of accomplishing | some great thing. It would take the drudgery out of her labor, and fill it with | never-ending interest, and there would be no more {ll-reared children and sloppy, slovenly homes, for we do well that thing which is the pride of our | hearts. That is what T mean when I say women need a proper pride. It would enable them to force men to respect them. It would keep them from mourning | unfaithful lovers and husbands, and it would make them better wives and mothers. . DOROTHY DIX. Copyright, 1928. BRAIN TESTS In each of the following sentences the word in italics may (or may not) be incorrect. It will appear similar to the word which should be used. Cross out every word that is wrong and write the correct word in the space provided at the end of the sentence. (1) Fish are kept in an aquarius. (2) An aviary is & man who flies in an airplane. .......... (3) A zither is a light wind .and & cyclops a heavy, whirling wind. pride in them. They disparage -penny women who write, or | made a beautiful MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILUDREN. (4) Rome is situated on the River Tiberius. ... (5) The Statute of Liberate is In New York Harbor. ......... ... (6) The Atlantis Ocean lies between America and Europe. ... (7) - The canal boats of Venice are called gondoliers. «.....oouees (8) Lather pours from the creators of volcanoes. . . (9) 'The crocus is a spiny plant that grows in the desserts of the Southwest United States. ........... caesees Allow three minutes to complete the above test. Answers to the Above Test. (1) aquarium. (2) aviator. (3) zephyr, cyclone. (4) Tiber. (5) Statue, Liberty. (6) Atlantic. (7) gondolas. (8) lava, craters. (9) catcus, deserts. PALE MooN The new-fime drink SPARKLING DELICIOUS DIFFERENT Pets and Golden Rule. One mother says: A certaln mother had but one re- mark to make if she saw either of her two children causing discomfort to their pets. It was always “How should you like that done to you?” It worked, for, like most children, these two had vivid imaginations. As they pecame older, neither could bear to see an animal suffer unnecessary pa 3 Not a ginger ale Friendly! 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To prevent the hardship of doing without gas serv- ice, Mann filed a petition asking that the gas company be enjoined from cut- ting off the service. In reply to the petition the gas com- pany contended that it had a right to do so because of the non-payment of the bill. ‘The court, granting Mann an injunc- tion, stated: “A gas company may discontinue its service to a customer upon his non- anment of bills for service furnished im about the correctness of which there is no dispute. Where, however, there is an honest dispute as to the amount due, the comrany will not be justified in discontinuing its service, on the principle that a patron is not to be penalized or coerced because he as- serts his rights to dispute, in good faith, a bill of the company.” MILADY BEAUTIFUL Beautifying Hands and Arms. As a rule milady’s hands age sooner than her face, especially if she is un- der weight. Sometimes the hands begin to look wrinkled and sallow in the 20s and they are sure to show signs of aging in the next decade unless they are kept plump and well nourished. The care of hands and arms is not difficult, but there aré several points that must be kept in mind constantly. in the first place one's choice of soap is important. Do not use just any kind of soap on the hands, but select the line. Castile is best. Secondly, keep your hands out of water that is very hot or very cold. Dry them thoroughly after they have been in water. or jelly, which should be rubbed into the skin immediately after the hands have been washed and rinsed. A good recipe that I can recommend for this purpose is made of two drams white gum_tragacanth, one ounce glycerin, one-half dram _tincture benzoin, one- half dram powdered borax, four ounces rose extract. Melt the gum in the rose water; dissolve the borax in the glycerin. Now mix these four ingredi- ents together and add the benzoin slow- ly. Strain through fine muslin and add the other ingredients. The jelly may Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “I forgot where I left my gun until the man that come home to dinner with papa stuck to his chair.” mildest sort that is only slightly alka- | The third point in the care of the | hands is the use of a suitable lotion | rose water and one-half dram white | BY LOIS LEEDS. g‘e ‘tihlnned with cologne water if de- ired. When the skin of the hands and arms is inclined to be dry or harsh, cleanse it with cleansing cream at bed- time. If the cream does not remove all the grime from the skin it may be cleaned with a mixture of corn meal and shaved soap. Lemon juice may be used to remove obstinate stains. A mixture of powdered pumicestone and skin-food cream may be rubbed on rough, hard elbows to soften and cleanse them. After the arves «na hands have been thoroughly cleansed massage in some food cream and draw on a loose pair of gloves or old white stock- ings. Next morning wash hands and arms and dry carefully. Rub in some of the hand letion or jelly until it has all been absorbed. A liquid powder may then be applied. When the arms and hands are tan- ned, freckled or discolored by work or exposure they may be improved by a bleaching treatment. After the skin is cleansed at bedtime use a bleaching pack or cream instead of the food cream and draw on the long gloves or stockings. To make an ordinary skin cream into a bleaching cream add peroxide in the proportion of four drops to each teaspoonful of cream. Blend thoroughly. . Savory Stew. Scald one red pepper and remove the seeds, then chop the pepper, one small onion, and a clove of garlic together fine, and mix them in a pan with one tablespoonful of butter. Add three tablespoonfuls of tomato catsup, one tablespoonful of table sauce, and one and one-half tablespoonfuls of water. Make this mixture into a thick gravy, add some cut up cold meat, and heat thoroughly. 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