Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 30

s WOMAN'S(PAGE ] Hand Versus Machine Sewing BY MARY ' The more machines there are the fmore we admire handwork, and the greater the glamour about having things gone by hand. Sometimes our prejudice in favor of handmade things is rather absurd, be- cause there are some things that may | be done much better by machines. THIS VIONNET MODEL IS OF GRAY CREPE DE CHINE, WITH INTRI- CATE HANDWORK IN FERN-LIKE DESIGN. Some people are willing to pay more for candy guaranteed to be handmade There is a demand for certain meals and flours produced by old-fashioned hand mills, because some people seem to think that such foods must be more wholesome. Sometimes the admiration we have MARSHALL. | for handmade garments is not very sensible. Young mothers like to think |that all the articles in their babies’ layettes are made entirely by hand, {until they find that the hand-sewn | seams often pull apart much more quickly than those carefully sewn by machine. But to most of us there is something attractive about hand sewing wherever it appears, providing it is pre- cisely done—an attraction that could not have existed the days before sewing machines came into general use. Always fine handwork is used by the | French dressmakers for many of their most_attractive gowns, because the ef- fect thus produced cannot be duplicated in cheaply made copies, Women who buy their gowns from the expensive dressmake here or abroad like this {touch of fine handwork, not only be- cause they really find it beautiful but because they realize that it gives them a certain assurance that cheap imita- | tions of their frocks will not appear on every side. The gown shown in the sketch, from Vionnet, is protected by its own intri- cate embroidery from imitation, since it would be quite out of the question to reproduce this save by fine handwork. diagram _pattern will ou. It shows precisely how to make one of the new evening wraps from an uncut square of mate- |rial. A snapper here and there and some tie strings with just one row of gathering is all that is needed to make a wrap of unusual charm. From the same pattern with_different materials jou may make a lounging robe or a beach robe. If you are interested, | please send ‘me your stamped, self-ad- dressed envelope and I will send you a copy of the circular at once without charge. his (Copyright, 1029.) My Neighbor Says: After removing the tough por- tion in the center of a grape- fruit and separating pulp, place an after-dinner mint in the cen- ter of each half and chill. The mint gives it a delicious flavor. Add a teaspoon of onion juice to mashed potatoes the next time you serve them and see if you do not like the addition. Keep goldfish cool. The air in the ordinary living room is too warm for them. When water is too warm fish will come to the top of the bowl for air. Then is the time to change the water. To remove grease from the col- lar of a fur coat, rub it with sea sand as hot as you can stand it. Put the sand in a pan in the oven until it is hot. . WORLD FAMOUS STORIES ONE AUTU MN NIGHT. BY MAXIM GORKY (Maxim Gorky, born in 1868, was & Rus- slon novelist and writer of short stories.) One Autumn night I found myself in & very unpleasant and decidedly incon- venient situation. I was in a strange town without a penny in my pocket, with nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep. I even sold every bit of clothing ‘which it was possible for me to go with- out. Since it was late October, I faced a night of bitter cold. To add to my troubles, it was raining. I wandered about the wharves, seek- ing some nook in which to take refuge Irom the weather. The gloom and waste about me coincided with my mood. It seemed that even nature was desolate and was weeping tears that could not be dried. T was 18 years old, and already gloomy! Suddenly, behind a huge crate, I en- countered the figure of a young woman. She stood up, startled. She had been trying to break into the box, hoping, as T learned, to find something to eat in it. At first she was terrified, but see- ing a young man about her own age, who did not seem too much like an enemy, she grew calm. Her face was disfigured with three noticeable bruises. “I suppose you, too, are looking for something to set,” she said. “Well, the lock is rather weak. Hardly strong enough to resist a man’s strength, any- way,” she hinted. She referred to the box.. She meant Yor zaen to break the lock and rob it of | anything eatable it might contain. I easily broke the lock—I did not even| stop to think whether it was right or wrong. My mood was hardly one in which to ponder ethics, I was far too hunegry. The girl searched the crate thor- oughly. But all she could find that we might eat was a stray loaf of bread, and that wet. However, we took it and shared it and ate it, in great chunks. We could not stay near the scene of ur petty crime. We left together, eat- ing bread as we went. The rain fell heavier. “What is your name?” I asked the irl, for no reason at all. “Natasha,” she said, after a moment’s hesitation. We found an upturned ancient skiff under which we could take sheltes huddled there together, keeping as possible from the wind and the that would now and then whip under the open edges. Do not get the idea that we were warm and comfortable, for we were not. We shivered with the cold and damp- n Our shelter was only a make- shift—any shelter that we had we more or less fancied. I wished I could go to sleep, but I was too uncomfortable to do that. Natasha, her head leaning against the skiff, had curled herself up into a tiny ball. “Life is pretty terrible, isn’t it?” she #aid. Her voice was indifferent, as though it did not matter. “What I “Supose we died,” she said. of it?” “Who was it that bruised you so?"” suddenly asked. “My sweetheart—a baker.” “Did he beat you very often “Oh, yes. Always, when he was drunk.” She told me about her love affair. She voiced hatred of all men—the brutes. They won a woman's love, and then flaunted it in their pursuit of the favors of other women. ‘The blasts of cold wind made her huddle closer to me. Ae she did so, she said, without any trace of malice in her voice: 2 “What brutes all you men are! 'I'd burn you all in an oven, if I could. I'd cut you all up into little pieces! T'd not pity one of you, even if he was dying. Beasts! Loafers!” Her words had no feeling in them, but they affected me profoundly. I groaned in my mood of despair. At the same moment two soothing arms crept around my neck. An anx- ious, friendly voice asked me: “What is the matter?” Could that be Natasha speaking after what she has just said? It was she. And she went on: “What is the matter with you? Are you cold? Yes, you are. , Your teeth are chattering. Here, lie down close to me. We can warm each other. Put your arms around me. That's the way. Tighter! Ah, you've been drinking. Out of a job, en? Well, it could be worse.” Natasha comforted me. She gave me courage. Here was I, a youth with all kinds of aspirations for success as a leader among my kind, at the moment, on this Autumn night, sunk by misfor- tune and the weather into deep despair, and a battered, hunted cyeature warm- ing me with my body against that other warm, human body. It might have seemed like a dream had it not been for the drops of rain which filtered through the shelter and struck me in the face. Those globules of cold water were real enough. And this woman's sympathy did me good. We hugged each other, both shivering with cold. The cold was the one bond between us. Natasha talked of something or other continually in a soothing way, as women will. She at last brought tears into my tears of some kind of gratitude, , at her friendliness. , that will never do,” she said. | “Don’t act that way! You will get an- other chance. You will make every- thing right and take your proper place in life.” She kissed me again and again Those were the first kisses I ever re- | ceived from a woman that were given with a hearty free will. They were also the only kisses which did not have | some kind of a price behind them which | I was ever to experience in my life. | ‘Don't act so,” she said, wiping awa; JTHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, THE LAKE DRIVE! Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG, January 23, 1861.—The Columbian Armory presents at this time a veritable picture of barrack life. The United States troops, which have been brought into the city from many sections of the country and quartered here, are making themselves popular with the civilians with whom they have come into contact. Chosen as they are from the best men in the United States Arms and accepted into the Engineer Corps only after the most thorough physical and mental examination, they are a corps “of which the country may well be proud,” as The Evening Star expresses it today. “Their efficiency in drill is the admiration of the volunteer military,” continues The Star's account, “who lose no opportunity to witness the skill with which the Hardie tactics are executed by them. “We learn that the Natfonal Guard meet every night for the purpose of perfecting themselves in the Hardie tactics, under the drill sergeant of the corps, who is said to be one of the best drill officers attached to West Point.” By the time of the inauguration on March 4 there will be a goodly number of well drilled United States and volunteer troops in this city and their loyality may be relied upon. ‘The National Volunteers, whose senti- ments are not so certain, met tonight at Harmony Hall. They did not seem to be in the best of spirits. They propose to wait upon Gen. Weightman to make application for arms, but they are by no means sure of getting them. The “Boston Delegation,” comprising Hon, Edward Everett, R. C. Winthrop, Amos A. Lawrence, E. S. Toby and C. L. Woodbury of that city, arrived to- night at Williard's Hotel bearing a monster union petition with 16,000 names. It is reported that a paper is being circulated in Washington setting forth that all hope of settlement of the pres- ent national crisis will depart unless Virginia joins promptly the Gulf States. 1t is evident that the people of Virginia will be pulled this way and that until Lincoln is inaugurated President in an effort to keep them in the Union or get them out of it. my tears. “If you don’t get a job to- morrow, I'll take care of you. So don't worry.” Her words sounded in my ears now as if they were indeed a dream. Dawn found us still there, huddled together against the cold. ‘We crept from our shelter and went into the town. We parted in all friend- liness, as two wayfarers met by chance on the road and now taking different directions. We never saw each other again, though for six months or so after that I searched in every possible nook and cranny of that town for some clue to_Natasha or her whereabouts. If she is dead, may her soul rest in peace. If she is alive, I wish she could know that she put new hope into a despairing youth’s breast—and she has my blessing upon her soul for the For more than 15 years housewives everywhere have preferred it above all other brands. Tuna a la Newburg One can White Star Brand Tuna, one tablespoon butter, one tablespoon flour, yolks of two eggs, and one cup of cream. Melt the butter, add the flour and cook till it thickens. Beat the yolks of the eggs till they are light, mix in the cream and pour it over the flaked Tuna, stir until heated well, but do not allow to boil. ¥ warmth, of soul as well as of body, that she gave to me on that Autumn night. D. C.,” WEDNESDAY, ReClure Newsaper Syndleate JANUARY 23, 1929.' —BY JOHN CASSEL OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri Maybe? ‘The world resounds with the wisdom of the sages of child culture, child training, child welfare. “Do this and your child will be happy ever after.” Maybe, maybe. Maybe not? ‘The great trouble with all this teach- ing and advertising and worrying gen- erally is that what is good for one child may not be good for the next. In a family of four children there will be sufficient variety to keep a mother on the alert for a lifetime. One child never questions authority. She eats whatever is placed before her. She obeys everybody who speaks to her. Her sister won’t eat what is considered good for her. Questions everything that is said to her. Lives the life of a prickly porcupine. What then? A boy is underheight and under- weight, according to the standard ta- bles, and his mother gives him cod- ver oil. Cod-liver oil helped a neigh- bor’s little boy wonderfully. But not this boy. He returned with oil with dis- patch and refused to eat his next meal. Now, wasn't that queer? There are three children’ in a fam- ily. The oldest one, a boy, took two terms for every class, while the other two children skipped enough classes to make up for him. So he was the dull one all his life? But he wasn't. He became a very clever engineer and practically supports the other two mem- bers of the family. Why? I don't know. You never can tell exactly what a child will bring forth. There are no fixed laws on the matter. Childhood makes laughter out of laws and sys- tems. There are a few, a very few, principles that seem to hold fast. Upon those we lean. Study your child and -guide him in the spirit of love. Love him first and yourself last. Keep force danger. Keep life simple. Direct the child to- ward the lovely things about him—the high blue sky, the color in the sunset, the beauty of green growing things, the majesty of simple people, the dignity and aloofness of truth. Point them to the stars as they swim in their places, 50 sure, 5o serene, so comforting in their truth and steadfastness. A sign set in the heavens for the weary and the doubting. ‘Teach them cleanliness, honor, truth. Lead them to reverence goodness wher- ever they may find it. Show them that for emergencies—real industry is the real expression of aspir~ ing souls. Then take life lightly. Cod-liver oil may be good for this child, and 1t may not. ‘Twelve hours sleep is necessary for Jack, but Benjie only needs eight. Susan Jane needs a book, but her sis- ter wants a tennis racket. Why not? Consider all things and hold on to those that are good for the individual child. (Mr. Patri will give personal attention to inquiries from parents and school teachers Wride hi i Care of e Shper. Srelom stamped, addressed envelope {Or Feply.) - (Copsright, 1929.) Everyday Law Cases Is a False Promise Criminally Actionable? BY THE COUNSELLOR. Samuel Snipper had no credit stand- ing in the community and was known by Thomas Carrol to be bankrupt. Snipper, having the opportunity to sell an article of furniture, went to Carrol's wholesale store to make the purchase and spoke to Carrol as follows: “If you will sell me the article I shall be back in an hour to pay you. I am getting the money from my cus- tomer.” On the strength of this promise Car- rol made the sale. Instead of delivering the money that day, Snipper returned with the report that his customer had failed to pay him. A week later the item still remained unpaid. Suspecting the entire transaction, Carrol went to see Snipper's customer to learn whether Snipper had actually made the sale. He was surprised to learn that Snipper had already received the money from the customer. Alleging that Snipper had' defrauded him and had received the merchandise by false pretenses, Carrol caused Snip- per's arrest. The court ruled, however, that Snip- per had committed no criminal offense, explaining: 4 “If the accused had made false and material misrepresentations to obtain the goods, he would have made himself liable to arrest and imprisonment. His statement that he had sold the goods was true, but his promise to repay was false. Mere false promises are not criminally actionable.” Colds can be stopped at the start! Vapex was discovered and received its severest test during theinfluenza epidemic in England, THE regular use of Vapex is an as- surance against colds and the many serious diseases that start as colds. A drop on your handkerchief every morning—breathe the vapor fre- quently—your head will stay clear and contagion will be prevented. The use of Vapex could hardly be more simple. The odor is pleas- ant and refreshing. It can be used whenever you wish, for the strength of one application lasts through- out the day. A drop on both ends of your pillow at night will keep your head clear and relieve the cold while you sleep. A drop on your handkerchief 'VAPEX The discovery of Vapex in Eng- land during the war startled the medical profession. The immunity to influenza of a few laboratory workers was traced directly to cer- tain chemicals isolated from the materials with which they were working. A new product, cilled Vapex, was offered for sale and met with an immediate acceptance. Your druggist now has Vapex. Each dollar bottle contains 50 treatments, Vapex is guaranteed and distributed in the United States by E. Fougera & Co., Inc., New York City, THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Thursday, January 24. Friendly stars rule tomorrow, accord- ing to astrology, which finds the dom- inating planetary aspects beneficial. ‘There is a sign most encouraging for dealings with professional persons or artists. Musiclans are subject to a lucky sway. Women are under a rule of the stars that seems -most favorable to their mental development and their mate- rial progre It is a favorable wedding day, make ing for constructive progress and life partnership. Women are particularly lucky in their choice, and may be in- clined to rule, it is foretold. All the signs appear to presage the greatest artistic awakening in the United States where the new architecture is destined to gain lasting fame. Light will be used in many novel ways and will be a symbol of the spirit- ual perception which will be evident in literature as well as music and paint- ing. This should be a fortunate rule under which to begin constructive or productive work of any sort. Engi- n;(‘rs and builders certainly should ben- efit. Class distinctions gradually will be apparent in places not previously af- fected, here in the greatest republic of history, it is prophesied. Wealth is to increase so amazingly that those who possess it will bestow it on great enterprises for the public good, and philanthropy” is to become more eneral and more practical than it has e previously, if the stars are rightly interpreted. Serious research into occult subjects again is foreshadowed, and again the seers prophesy scientific discoveries of startling character. Astrology is to be- come more widely accepted than ever in modern times. Next month is to be a time for new state problems and unusual interna- tional events, it is prognosticated. Men and women -are counseled to think less selfishly and to love luxury less intensely, if they would make the best of themselves in 1929, which is to demand . heroic public service and courageous leaders. Persons whose birthdate it is have the forecast of a year marked by many pleasures to which friendship contrib- utes much. New environment is in- dicated for many. Children born on this day probably will have unusual charm of person- ality. These subjects of Aquarius are often exceedingly clever and witty. They possess varied talents, and have executive ability. They are likely to marry young and to‘be happy. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Indexing Picture Post Cards. One mother sa; Instead of havifig picture post cards scattered about the house, I let the children spend ®& rainy day making them into a neat ‘eollection. We use a pasteboard box of the right size, make index cards as used in flling systems, and put the cards in by countries or by States, as the index card will designate. (Copyright, 1929.) FEATUR MOVIES AND N BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD, Calif., January 23.—| Local tempo is being maintained, one | way or another. Lupe Velez, In(or-; viewed by a luminary of the village press, puts vim into the occesion by tickling Gary Cooper, who is present, until he falls on the floor in a state of | near-apoplexy. When you get a reputation for en- thusiasm and originality in Movieland | you must maintain it. come what may. |‘ Ladies have bared their limbs, their| hearts and their innermost mental| processes in an attempt to maintain the | bizarre and oh-so-different line. But| tickling the best beloved until he is almost unconscious is a new one. A great group of Laemmle's, sitting together at luncheon, were speculating on the future of “Broadway” as done in talkie and in silent version. Said one member of the Clan Laemmle: “The silent version will gross a far larger profit than the talkie one.” Loud denials from the Clan Talkie. But the enthusiast of old-time mo-| tion pictures drew forth a bank roll and laid $500 on the table in substantiation of his theory. All this being an interesting sidelight on the mental slant of those whose money is going into the making of talkie and silent versions. A correspondent writes that T have donated to Willard Mack a divorce which he has not had. It seems the actor-playwright has a wife to whom he has been married for some time—ever since the last divorce, in fact. “She is not a blond,” writes Robert Burns of Kansas City, who is helping me keep up on divorce statistics in Movieland. Here's an apology to Willard for | seeming to anticipate him in this mat- | ter of wives. He has managed to keep | a jump ahead of all anticipators in the | past. Nor has he gone in for blonds. He is one of the genties who have pre- | ferred the brune type, as evinced by Polly Frederick, Marjorie Rambeau and others. ‘Warner Oland is having a renascence of interest among cinemaites. I have | had several letters of late asking news of him. When a player has survived the movie and talkie business, as Oland has so triumphantly, it speaks for itself He used to play in “The Perils of Pauline” when Pear] White was in-| genuing it around Hollywood. Pearl White, queen of the serial film, made a fortune and went off to Paris to spend it. She and Jean Nash and the Dolly sisters and Fanny Ward have managed to provide various smart items ! for foreign correspondents ever since. They visit the smartest resorts, wear the largest pearls, have interested queues of suitors flocking in their wake, live in the superlative. I dare say Peggy Hopkins Joyce would feel slighted | at being left out of this category. Warner Oland has gone right on.| ES.’ IOVIE PEOPLE MERRICK. climbing steadily and losing no ground. In a recent 100-per-cent talkie he scored one of the outstanding hits, And that, my friends, is progression. One other man had as comprehensive a career. Theodore Roberts began stage work at a time when the aside was the vogue, worked into the modern theater, won outstanding success in movie, and lived to make a good talkie before the doors of his histrionic career closed. A BALLAD OF THE HECTIC HAMLET A }1011\1 wooden lady with a Hollywooden ace Was shooting craps one evening in a Hollywooden place. lost her diamond bracelets to a water-waved gent, Who, for all his debonairness, felt the evening was misspent; Felt his pursuits to be trivial, his ac- ceptance to be crass, Till he hied him to a pawnshop and discovered thev were glass. (Copyright, 1929. by the North American ewspaper Allfance.) She WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. S. Patent Office. CAN MRKE THeS SIXTHIRTY BOA To RWER-VIEwW! When all Washington electric cars were equipped with rope cow-catchers and passengers could get on or off at any street corner? —_— Bush fires and a hurricane did $5,~ 000,000 damage in New South Wales, Australia. recently. 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