Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1929, Page 22

WOMAN'’S PAGE.' Valances Used for Windows BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER 32 WAYS OF A ) VALANCES. NOTE THE “UMBRELLA™ WHICH AT SURFACE APPEARS TO CURVE BY A AND DISPOSITION OF THE PLAIN MATERIAL. whimsical ideas that are jsuggested for ise in tea rooms, where the out-of-door atmosphere is so often sought in deco- rative schemes. A colorful cretonne used between narrow strips of plain glazed chintz, simulating the ribs of |a sunshade frame, adds gayety to a room. If the furniture is painted the plain color of the chintz, such as gray green, old blue, Chinese red wood, brown or black, for instance, and the dishes reflect some of the colors in- troduced into the cretonne, there is a tone harmony that is satisfying. This treatment is also suggested for a breakfast room, or dining room in a Summer cottage where open air life is a delight, and decoration takes its keynote therefrom. Besides the floral patterns suitable for cretonnes used | for valances with an out-of-door ele- ment, there are charming bird designs with the birds so distributed that they lend themselves well to different shapes (\df valances as well as the umbrella idea, was never is today. It are either s amazing rooms found in Chey well at are totally out of rnistic_fashion, and few, although they 1t. these rooms are much talked ab Among the vario that are eminentl torian furnishing. those that are in perfect accord with French decoration, those that are conservative and chime in with fine formal fu:aishings. those Scenic designs can be skillfully employed in these valances. that are so dainty and “frilly” that| Now that Spring is here, decormnn' they immediately sugest beautiful | begins to acquire more of the beauty boudoirs and bedrooms.” There also of flowers, birds and butterflies than are many effects in ™Mrh the striving | in Winter treatment of rooms. to be unjgue is flagrantly apparent The importance of a correct choice In many instances artis is totally of styles in valances should be borne lacking. In ers, a whimsical trend | in mind when getting new hangings makes the effects pleasing if odd. ‘The umbrella valance is one of the! for windows. (Copyright, 1629.) WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY MEHREN K. THOMSON, Boxing is old. It has alway: popular. The ancient Greeks box with brass knuckles, been | most skillful fighters lived to reproduce sed 1o | their kind, while the weaklings fell by X This was no | the wayside as prey to superior men and child's play. wild beasts. Today boxing is greatly modified by ‘We inherit an animal dispos rules and regulations. In many States | includes the fighting instinct. a ficht is limited to 10 or 15 rounds. | cause we don't have opportunity in the The round, as every one knows, lasts | course of the day's work to engage in three minutes, with a full minute for | mortal combat with a fellow human yest between rounds. Holding with one | being or with some wild animal we de. hand and slugging with the other is|light to exercise the instinct vicarious! barred, and so is hitting below the belt, | by watching two men display their skill ‘There are other restrictions. Instead of | and courage in the manly art of self- brass knuckles or even bare fists, leath- | defense. er gloves are worn by the contestants. | Those who have not the price or are The gloves are carefully examined be- | too prudish to g0 to a prise fight never fore the bout. The boxers must also | miss an opportunity to listen in on the pass inspection as to physical fitness. | radio to an important bout. Women as All these regulations are a concession | well as men read the ballyhoo of cham- to the so-called humanitarian motives. | pionship fights. We call ourselves civilized and would In addition to exercising our emotions be ashamed to be seen encouraging a |and the fighting instinet in watching a fight without restrictions. ¥ | prize fight, we enjoy the experience all However, fact that boxing is | the more if we have something at stake. lrgalized and so extremely popular | This is why there is usually heavy bet- proves that we are but poorly tamed |ting at all fights. By placing money and not very far removed from our sav- |on one or the other we give hostage. age ancestors, who nect rily placed a It makes the contest more personal high premium on the =2bility to fight. | and exciting. We link up our fortunes Fighting qualities were an asset for the | with our champion. He is fighting our group as well as the individual. The ' battle as well as his own. ition that And be- Beaded Gowns Worn in Evening BY MARY MARSHALL. of us breathed a sigh of relief a | dressmaker type gowns nowadays and ars ago when beaded frocks slid | some ore defined such frocks the other silen’ out of rion conrse, their trail of stray beads behind them. That was the warst of beaded gowns—they were always scatiering the earth with beads— and the fact that some women considered them just the thing to wear to work in an office, 1 ravel and street wear. Now word has come that the fashion | Most fow but really exceedingly complicated. Usually they have little trimming— | these dressmaker type gowns—depend- ing for effectiveness on clever manipu- lation of material and expert drapery and adjustment to the figure of the woman for whom they are made. A young woman who is to be mar- ried shortly after Easter told me that she had hit upon the novel idea of wearing an all-white wedding gown. oyster white or cream or any of the off-white shades that are so often chosen,” she explained. Another Easter bride has an all-white frock with facings of pale pink which |is to be worn over a very pale pink | foundation—a tone which in her case over pure white. Dainty little accessory collars and cuffs went out of fashion during war days because women didn't have time to bother with them—and they have been a | long time coming back into favor again. This Spring, however, they are so well re-established that a last season’s frociz | looks absolutely bare without some touch of lace or lingerie at the neck line. This week’s Help for the Home Dressmaker shows how to make one of the new panel collars—just the thing to wear on a dark frock of silk or woolen mate- —leaving, of | day as those that are apparently simple | “I mean pure white—snow white-—not | proved more becoming than pure white | 28 Ifl?d. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH { . | Today Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. | March 23 1898—While reports |reached here today from Miami, Fla.. | quoting Lieut. Col. Marix of the Maine Court of Inquiry as saying to a new ! paper correspondent, “It looks like { war—it surely does,” other events oc- | curring here brought the Nation nearer to a crisis with Spain over the Cuban question. President McKinley conferred with several Democratic Senators of promi- nence to learn their attitude and the probable attitude of their party in case i the Cuban situation and our relations with Spain should become miore At the same time, Secretar | Navy Long issued orders bringin iservice the eight monitors of t War type, which have been League Island, Philadelphia also ordered the monitor | West. | "1t ‘was learned in official qua | today that the United Stat to give {ment has practically dec: {up the wreck of the battleship Maine {in Havana Harbor and to recall all the naval officers now in Cuba. A garrison will be sent to Fort Jefferson, Tortugas The bill for the reorganization of the { Army was unanimously approved by the | House military affairs committee a3d {reported to the House. | While these cvents were taking place at the southern end of the Capitol Senator Bacon of Georgia introduc resolution declaring it to be the policy of the United States to maintain p: e as long as that is consistent with hc { with special reference to the p: | emergency. The expected discu |the "Cuban question brought }rrm\-ds to the Capitol and the Scnate 1 galleries were crowded to overflow many persons being unable to get with- in hearing distance, After introducing his resolution with 3acon asked one les and ;rflcren(‘o to Cuba. Senator { that it lie over on the table for day, In accordance with the | custom of that body, but crowd was not disappointed *in its hope hearing a debate on the Cuban tion. When this Democr: | from Georgia had taken his s |tor Gallinger, Republican, Hampshire, entered and took subject. | “A government that will deliberately { starve 400,000 of its own people will {do pretty much anything,” said_Sena- {tor Gallinger, referring to Spain's { treatment of the Cubans After declaring his belief that Spain |is ‘unable to subdue the Cuba | gents and referring to their | condition, he urged the annes |Cuba by the United States | Gallinger's speech was of considerable length and covered the cubject in de- tail. the NANCY PAGE Now Is the Time to Snip and Prune the Vines BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. It was Sunday in March, and Loi and Roger were sitting before the open fire, which was still comfortable even though Spring was close at hand Roger had a mystery story and was | deep in it. Lois was thumbing a ga den magazine. All of a sudden she broke in on the quiet with ,“Do you | know, Roger Miller, that it is time to | prune those rose bushes? And you ought to get at that hedge.” answer, Roger turned a page. ‘Liste Roger, if you want to have any r | | | this year you must” “Aw, have a| heart, let me sit here and read. I work | hard ' all day six days in the week. | Can't a fellow sit stil for five| minutes?” Lois sald nothing more. | But after dinner she hunted up tho runing shears and went to work | erself. | Roger tried to reed and disregard that busy figure in the garden. But his consclence pricked too hard. So, sighing, he Jaid down the book, put on his heavy sweater and went out to hel his wife. He was irritated at her per sistence, but he admired her spunk. ‘The out-of-doors blew away all the grumpy feclings away happi prune from the roses, Mme. Gardener?” “You cut off all dead wood and cut the bushes back to stimulate the de ! velopment of new wood. I don't supp that means way down to the ground no, this magazine especially caution; | against that. My, but you have strong hands. I blistered mine trying to trim those ragged edges on the hedge.” “That's a darn shame, Lois. Leave it alone and Tl get at it in just a minute. T'm sorry I was so gtumpy. It's some work to keep a s grounds_looking right. G could afford a gardencr.’ After this hard rk Rager had I8 i | platonic, not to say fi | reader an idea DOROTHY DIX" | {Can the Modern Daugl esty 7—Folly of Tryi Love by the Lo JDFAR MISS DIX: 11 d; ters, and the toda. Every time you up these times? ; tha women of fact, g so red as v { the fow cet on the fro e subject of e vthing about the Peopl th © the best of hu I S LETTER BOX SPRINGTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. iter Be Reared to Mod-| Once every vear, in the earliest days | ! of Spring, I go to a spot that a kind {riend showed me when first I came to live in Washington, a spot in Rock {Creck Park where grows the lesser | celandine. _ This rather sentimental | pilgrimage I will not attempt to justify, s, a good home and two small | and possibly T cannot even explain it. rrying me sick is about the girls of | s vou read of some young girl doing t tells you about how wild girls are, and hters turn out that way. Do you think to be sweet and m and pure in A WORRIED MOTHER. ng to Judge a Man's ok in His Eyes. about as rare as any plant | District of Columbia which is worth going to behold, I might sufficiently ! clear myself in the eyes of some people. Others might see more reasonableness in my action if I sald that it i a European plant little known in this s Te Ip o be 800 | country, but rich in associations of paint them Remember that it i | Furopean literature and lore. Possibly R aes ottt Shedilniin S 11 love it because it means to _me a nt pages of the newspapers and who are | £ Jove 1t begause It means fo e a ol While Jou never heat | when it bloomed close to & snowbank 3 and behave themselves properly. | "Fepruary, within sound of the sing- SOl e e {ing of a nightingale. ringing up children in this ag¢ | "4t any rate, there it grows. and those from all of the boys and | wpo ‘are interested may find it for s that hay a5 if the rules for rearing children had | atcelves by dint of bit of looking—~ T Human nature hasn't altered. Nor has life. | 179000 C" Givulge to few the exact do- ave determined on having their own Way. | caities of rare plants, so you must find always craved amusements. and the drink problem and a hundred d So you don't face any mother faced in rea your children to obe home comfortable and mo wholesom hcre has always been the sex problem ent ways to b wicked. i1t for yourself. And if you have any ( curiosify to know what it looks like, you may consult a botany book. | wherein you will learn that it is a | buttercup, or practically so, with the | waxy gleam of buttercup petals, but the stems and the basal rosettes of leaves difT s in reari » to you to g your daughters than your e the backbone to teach the energy to make your cctable and the wisdom to teach your f 1 said that the lesser celandine is | in the| | ! | FEATURES.” children the beauty and the profit of clean living. are smooth and dark green and rather The mothers whose daughters turn out badly are those who have made their | e iy, Curious pink fleshy thickenine: homes places of turm hiing out of which the children escaped to the | nnq vou must seek 1t i marsh ets to get & lit "om nageing. or the mothers w intent on | ground. ol themse they had no time fo devote to taking care of their | Byt if you prefer to learn of it from the mothers who were so weak that they never enforced any | poets, turn then to Wordsworth's two o hem to doing the right thing because it %2 | poems. “The Small Celandine” is e right thing, or taught them any deccnt principies of living, | eraceful from the point of view of I prosody, but, lke so many nature Not once in a million times do the daughtc badly, and by breeds the and example, to be hor her I mean a in her chil and hor a So I am glad to s till mere babes in le purpose. late. You can't and who b on a 17-month-old girl b Every girl in th watch her. Her mq but her mother she can keep her with In trying to rear cs. Remember th that things that used to be cc taboo. Knce-length s sidered shoc dered in for instan W nobody noti Nor can a girl who supports h avoic So in rearing your daught you would be t6o lenier ach t think for themselv nd nd on the but not to be Teach them to | them how to take care of thems: | ')FJ\R DOROTHY DIX: | a boy of 20. T} him k | very much astonished. £aid he only lo | marry me becatse I am older Still, his eyes tell me that he I . Answer: For heaven's | what you think vou sce in | see_what you want to see. probably caused | have for dinne: | Women alwa | when he is merely "hat yearn v his thinking of th and doesn't in the I terpr hungry or wanting a 1 and as! m an ardent believer in womel the man they want to marry t No | should be good enough sports to accept | when a woman turns him dov N Of course, they also have a man's right to persevere with the wooing if they ve any re t the man on to think tha he overpersuaded seldom m would be to let this young i promising prospect. When a man tells a woma care for warmed-over affectior ever being fanned into a l)EAR DOROTHY DIX The oppo months or so in Europe with a smal is a pleas ect, but T am a wom | friends in t going about, ch |me. T us well, but, of cou: person. I am a city i dare to go? © Answer: Go by all means. way you propose to do it, and if there are good doctors and hospita. u s ov So far from injuring you, the change an health and the thin s v except her own d make of her what you will. to be her own chaperon. Her mother can't the old conventions are being scrapped and Ives in a T am 22 and I have fallen desperately in love with | ow nd because I have been marrfed—I am a widow. the look in a ma woman and used ou learn and see will not of of a good mother turn out rong, determined, loving mother, who dren and who teaches them, by precept ble in all their dealings. | poet's moodiness, his inclination | deserib> himself, his pulse, temperat {and temperament, rather than to des | cribe the flower, and he could not { restrain himself, ‘as was so_often the case, from reading us a little moral lecture. But “To the Small Celandine” about your daughters while they t indiea that you will worry to over their daughters until it is too 18 who has been spoiled and indulged weet will, but you can start It enters wholly into the spirit of | Springtime, into the merry brightness of the flower itself. her to the stores and offices where she Is that she will meet so Home in Good Taste . however, keep abreast of the BY SARA HILAND. mmodest and improper are now no longer ce, would a, few years ago have been ces them. Here is something which perhaps a lot of you have been looking for for some time—a dressing. table with a | knee-hole space in front to keep the | skirt from becoming wrinkled. | en table, and what could be better for a foundation in the informally and inex- 1f and who has demonstrated her ability orld be treated as was the helpless little bbon and depend on mamma to do 1 being too strict with them as much as | pensively furnished room? hem obedience, but also teach them to| The material chosen for the skirt is ir c feet h them to be modest, | be gentle, but not to be weak. nodern world. Teach DOROTHY DIX. 1 that T love him, and he seemed to be ved me as a friend and did not want to | Must I give him up? 5. M. L. be idiot enough to put any stress on They are only mirrors in which you | ng look which you think you observe is corned beef and cabbage he is going to ast mean that he is longing for you, | s s wrongly and think he is soulful drink, Don't delude yourself into thinking th: for you that you can only divine from h doesn't have to be a clairvoyant. He te any man is hiding a secret passion is eyes. When a man loves a woman she ells her about it. n havin, g the right to pop the question m, but when the man says “no,” they his decision the same as a man does | light peach ground cretonne with floral design in lavender, blue, rose and green, with the lavender predominating. The top of the table has been enam- eled in lavender and a plain glass fitted over it. The skirt has been tacked to = likely | to change his opinion. However, or wives, so my advice to you your attention to some more tire apron then covered with plain green sateen, outlined with a binding of lav- ‘ender sateen. ‘The frame of the mirror above the table has been finished in lilac. Peach predominates in brackets on the wall. (Copyright, 1929.) too old for him and that he doesn't T his feelings for her are nce of that kind of love DOROTHY DIX. rtunity has come to me to spend six | party for sightseeing and travel, This n 66 years of age and my family and of food, ete., would be too strenuous for . have not the endurance of a younger to going about. Do you think I K. E. W. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit. Oatmeal with Cream. Baked Sausage. Griddle Cakes, Maple Sirup. CofTee. is no hardship in European travel the hould have some slight spell of sickness | erywhere. d the interest will benefit your ! nly make your life longer, but vill make it pleasanter as long &s you live. I know women in the 70 DINNER. ;\P?Ln:rbn ll{n'rtfi-‘rfi‘u bo-u-m‘m Travel i the solace of age ‘and the ;nnengh?r?;i Bouillon. ut of wi o an always Kicl > i o u ch you can always get & kick DOROTHY DIX. Roast Beef. Brown Gravy. The Sidewalks For some unknown reason we have en the recipient of several house or- gans during the past month. A house n is a publication and not a musi- | cal instrument. Nearly every large in- tution publishes a magazine of this sort. Its purpose, 50 far as we can dis- over, is to print department news and | informative briefs about the personnel, The editortal staff and art work are provided by the emple The con- tents, of course, are more interesting |and amusing to those acquainted with the folks about whom the stuff is writ- ten, but even the outsider can be en- tertained. The following will give the Jimmy Jones pf the shipping de- partment has been seen with a certain party who works in the bookkeeping h | department. He was seen at lur the theater with th> sald party lact Is it to be in June, James? i week. | I Mr. Overholt, our genial manager. was in New York last Wednesday. He says that it is almost impossible to walk on Broadway for the crowds. But why | walk, Mr. Overholt i * Xk S The Smith Co. Glee Club, under the BY THORNTON FISHER. Delmonico Potatoes. Green Peas. Lettuce, Russian Dressing. Orange Pudding. of Washington AL i Coffee. | SUPPER. | Chicken Salad, Mayonnaise mound du Bast. sedel o Dressing. finished third in the ‘Gity Taducirin Parker House Rolls. League. But for the fact that the team | Spanish Cream. beaten by the first two clubs we Macaroons, Tea. chould -have been the champions. | Better luck this year, boy: i GRIDDLE CAKES, MAPLE P | SIRUP. Scald one pint milk, pour it over one and one-half cups bread crumbs and one tablespoon butter and let stand until cool. Add one cup flour, pinch salt, two table- are looking forward to the annual picnic_day with its | rollicking fun, This year Mr. Ledbetter, | the chairman of PERATED SRR AL the picnic commit- THERE WLl BE A | tee, will provide! | spoons baking powder and two FAT MANS RACK . | fTesh surprises, he | | egg yolks and lastly stiffly beaten says. Tt is planned | | whites two eggs. Fry on hot grid- dle. These are more digestible than cakes made entirely of flour. Serve with maple sirup. to hold che picnic t Sewall's . Park, where the boating is excellent. There will be a fat man's race as usual STEAMED ORANGE PUDDING. Cream one-half cup butter with (Look out, Mr. Johnson.) It is. | one-half cup sugar, add two well also whispered that| | beaten eggs, two cups bread there will be a! [ crumbs and finally add three tablespoons orange marmalade. “popular girl" cor Turn into buttered mold, steam test. We already have our winner| | two hours and serve with whipped picked. Last yeor cream. Miss Sus‘e Hinkle | won the prire, CHICKEN SALAD. ich consisted of a new hat. ped that all will attend. Kok ok Ed Robbins, our popular young book- keeper, is rapidly recovering from an ! It Cut meat into small pleces, salt and pepper and add chopped celery and one tablespoon vinegar. Mix lightly together with mayon- naise dressing. Spread dressing over top of salad and garnish with | poems in all ‘ages, it is marred by the | to i is still. to my mind, a finer nature poem. | the lower part of the apron and the en- | pleasure. (Copsright, 1929.) | BRAIN TESTS { In each group of words that appears | below, one word is not identified with | the others. Cross out the extra word in | each case. | Example: Canary, | parrot, walrus, hawk. Cross out walrus. It is not a bird. | Take one minute for the groups that follow. (1) Ruby, emerald, sapphire, plati- num, diamond, topaz. | (2) America, Argentina, France, Por- 5 | tugal, Ttaly, Mexico. H YELLOW! 3) Delaware, Texas, Alaske, Arizona, SHIFFON WITH | pennsylvania, New Jersey. ¥ BEADS AND | (4) "Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, UBLE BROWN | antarctic, Mediterranean. CHIFFON FOR FRENCH EVENING | (5) Polo, golf, polka, base ball, la- crosse, hockey. (6) Mill, cent, nickel, dime, half dol- lar, dollar. | pigeon, swallow, IFFON WIT | IROW C been revived, but vived for evening. Eai- ywed gowns Answers. gles, Vionet (1) Platinum is not a gem: (2) Italv “I don’ C s not a republic; (3) Alaska is not a | -t el had immed evenin; Mediterranean s Siate; (4) not 21 | stic ot Locean: (3) polka is not a game; One hears & gieat deal about the mil is nol a Unlled Staes ——— e BY ROBERT QUILLEN | at night_except when (6) like he was reproachin’ me.” unusually o Harrie, why | are always glad to do a favor for a pal i quartet. this year {gond. The new tenor, M [ty | has just_joined the company, also sings | * ok ok K AUNT HET {in the First Baptist Church. Will Harbison, wio was transferred ABB]’ b & ! L from the invoice department to the Mrs. Henry Rumpler (nee Alice | Brown), who used to work in our in- | voice department, has just returned fro mher honeymoon, spent at Niagara ! claim department, is the proud father | of & baby boy that arrived Friday, the 4th, Wil is wearing “the smile that | won't come off.” We noticed him in Falls. Mr. and the lunchroom trying to drink his pie Mrs. Rumpler mo- (o, 5-00rrg =] [ and cat his milk. Ha! Ha! tored to the Falls A i and visited Elmira | NAGHES and Binghamton en route. They re- Mr. Riley, our president, says, “Sc- cess comes to the man who is not for- port excellent ever watching the clock, but who dacs weather and ex- | just a little more than he fs patd for pressed admiration | Tndustry, thrift and honesty are the | for Niagara. “One keystones of success. Let us develop | really has no con- this spirit in our organization.” Words ception of the of genuine wisdom from our excellent grandeur of the president. | Falls until one has ok ok | seen them,” says Mr Holly of the cashier's depart. |Mrs. Rumpler. ment the recipient of a gold wateh | | They will be “at last Thursday on the occasion of his [ home” to their thir anniversary with the com | friends after the g 1 nted by President .| first of April. We Riley and members of the firm. May | | all wish Alice and 4 Henry the-best of good luck. * It looks as though Manager Bliffins will have the champio 1 am this coming sco sistant factory forems up the “ol' arm” in prep: you be with us 30 years more, Mr. Holly * X ok ox Jerry Hatch informs us that he loat lodge button somewhere between the hippinz room and Mr. Constable’s of rdy, fice. Wil the findar please return sam is limbering { to Mr. Hatch, What 15 the reward, aratlon for bl Jeiry2 i t mind Pa settin’ in his soci: | ut of holes an' he o ACoprisht, 10290 rial. If you would like a copy. please | Pea't y EOL SAVE lim xoe oble direction of Mr. Beemis, is re- aitack of influenza and wishes to thank # ! send me your stamped. self-addressed | naper. Inclosing & <ampes carsing every Friday night for its 7 o flowers sent to | | hard-boiled eggs, few capers and envelope and I will s':-nd it to you with | ervelope, asking for her gt [z Y e ol of April. | him. Ed s oy were perfectly few cubes bright red beets. Serve | (Copyright, 1020,) e i Py | beautiful” Don't ‘mention it, Ed. W cold on crisp lettuce leaves. | “No matter what a fella tries to be Al n mas-kerade party he usually ends up by making a jack-ass of himself.” [ T | ‘This is made from an ordinary kitch- | the odd little side| own home, BY MOLLIE March 23.— The old guard of Hollywood once more HOLLYWOOD, Calif,, is threatened. This time two of the| names identified with the making of pictures from the days of the one-horse studios have passed into the deep pe- | numbra of trouble which has spread | across the village during the last year. | Mabel Normand, fighting the spread | of tuberculosis which has been her arch enemy these many years, is mortally ill, and is too weak to hear that her husband has been taken from the over- land train and Installed in a sanitarium | after a complete nervous collapse fol- { lowing influenza. Lew Cody has run the gamut of cel- luloid art. He was a leading man in the old days, then the most polished and finished villain of the screen. His ‘heavy” interpretations were famous because, despite the dark and dastardly tricks authors insisted on writing into his parts, he left the feminine portios of the audience a little bit in love al- ways. He had the masculine contingent | wondering just how any human could get his ties into such perfection and keep such unbelievable creases in his trousers. He became a comedian hten{ ‘When Mack Sennett was reminiscing | about the old days and the new, not | so very long ago, he pronounced Mabel Normand the best actress who had ever stood before a camera. And “Mickey” | the finest picture ever turned out. The praise of Mabel Normand was no | idle compliment. An amazing numoer of the colony's dignified and lovely | | Indes owe their start in pictures to the | discerning eye of this Irish director- producer. | He it was who first saw genius in the | Swanson. He knew Phyllis Haver's | | priceless curves were priceless. He| gave the world the curvy girl. _Hls[ analysis of beauty has never failed. | When Mack Sennett says an actress is | an_artist it is pretty certain to be true. | But Mabel Normand had a shorter | blooming than many of her compeers. | The ylor murder case threw its shadow across her. She suffered the | blight which ruined the careers of | Mary Miles Minter and Edna Purviance. | Then illness took her out of the ac- Willie Willis ROBERT QUILLEN. BY | | “The reason I come through the alley was because I was scared Mary would get over bein’ mad at me if she seen me with two all-day suckers.” BY LOIS Exercises for Thin Thighs. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) I have golden brown hair, biue eyes and a falr com- | plexion, What shades of powder and rouge should I use? (2) I have black- heads and pimples on my face, back st. How can I cure them? and ches St Answer—(1) A flesh powder and light rouge would be suitable for your com- | plexion, but you should omit make-up until you have cured the blackheads imples. ; ““\dz? Be very careful to wash your skin thoroughly with plenty of warm water and soap each night before you retire. Use a complexion brush on your face and & bath brush on your body. Lather vour skin well, scrubbing the lather in, and then rinse with a bath spray and clean warm water. Press out the larger blackheads. Rinse in cool water, dry and pat on an acne lotion or salve. Here is & recipe for a salve: 1 dram ichthyol, 2 drams oxide of zinc, 3 drams petrolatum, 2 drams stearate of winc. Be careful to avoid constipation. Drink six o elght glassfuls of water dnfly"l::)- meals. Exercise outdoors every ifl‘:;‘:n LOIS LEEDS. Encouraging the Wave. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) Sometimes my hair is wavy and beautiful and at other times it is straight, or almost so. 1 take good care of it. My complexion is sometimes smooth and sometimes full of pimples. What is the cause? (2) I am 15 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and T weigh 147 pounds. My measurements are: Ankle, 9; calf, 15; tI 39; waist, 25; bust, 31; wrist, 6; neck, 1215, How much overweight am I? (3) I have dark brown hair, dark eyes and a medium complexion. What colors are becoming? BETTY JANE. Answer — (1), Naturally wavy hair often behaves this way. being curlier at some times than at others. Next time s becomes straight make a note of your S . MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE PARIS.—Sometimes it is necessary to ask whether costumes are for dinner, | afternoon or tea, styles have become so relaxed. A gray chiffon dress at Phillipe et Gaston's has a gray silk lace long coat over it. It is meant for wear in one's MERRICK. tive life of Hollywood. Her last studio appearance was in December, when she stood before the latest type of mo- tion picture camera in panchromatic make-up and with the new lighting, and made a motion picture to send Lew Cody, her husband, in New York, for a Christmas pre: Milton Sills is another popular mem- ber of cinema ranks who is suffering from nervous breakdown. His hand- some home is clesed. He is in retire- ment trying to recuperate for a strenu- ous season, for he has mever. been more in demand. Sills has proved that he is an asset to talking pictures. There is a rumor that he was forced to pay $125,000 in back income tax, due to ill counsel from professional ad- visers who got more than one member of the colony in wrong with Uncle Sam. It's quite enough to put one’s nerves on edge to have to pay a sum liks that on short notice. Glimpses of village cinema as various ones see it: No. 1. The flapper’s ideal: Orchids—tulle frocks—and a car; You dine with your favorite star: An evening that nothing can mar; It's Hollywood—Wow! , 1929, by North American News- A "D‘lber Alliance.) Everyday Law Cases What 1Is Distinction Between Offer and Invitation for Offers? BY THE COUNSELOR. A machinery company sent a circular letter to wholesalers outlining its new variety of articles and its new policy. The circular stated various prices and terms of the articles listed. “Hereafter no order will be filled, ex- cept on the inclosed terms,” it stated. One of the jobbers sent in a large order for automatic drills, on the terms stated. The company, however, refused to fill the order, and the jobber brought suit. The jobber contended that the circu- lar constituted a written offer, and that the order constituted an acceptance of the offer, thereby forming a valid con- tract. The court, however, dismissed the case, rendering a verdict for the manu- facturing company, and stating: “Offers must be distinguished from mere advertissments and preliminary negotiations. This circular is not an offer which can be accepted by the sending in of an order: it is only an invitation for offers. The order sent in response to an advertisement being merely an offer, it may be rejected.” — . sy Rich Oatmeal Cookies. Cream together half a cupful of ma:- garin, half a cupful of other shortening and one cupful of sugar. Add two eggs well beaten, two cupfuls of rolled oats, one and one-half cupfuls of pastry flour sifted with one teaspoonful of cinnamon and half a teaspoonful of salt, one and one-half cupfuls of chopped raisins, half a cupful of chopped nut meats and one teaspoonful of baking soda mixed with one tablespoonful of vinegar. Mix all together thoroughly, roll out to one- eighth inch in thickness; cut, then bake for 10 minutes in a hot oven. This recipe makes about four dozen cookies. MILADY BEAUTIFUL LEEDS. physical condition. whether your stom- ach is upset, whether you have consti- pation, have not had enough sleep or fresh air, are worried or nervous. In damp weather your hair should be curl- fer than in dry weather. When #you wash your hair use only pure castile soap in liquid form and dry by rubbing between warmed towels. Then finger wave or water wave your hair. Yon will outgrow pimples in a few years, un- | less you have eaten too much candy or too many starchy foods and meats. Eat | simple foods and avoid tea and coffee, | unless you drink them very, very weak. (2) You are about 20 pounds above the average weight for your age and height. Your ankle, calf and hip meas- urements are rather large, but the oth- ers are small for a girl of your height. Do not try to reduce unless a doctor advises it. (3) You will find the following colors becoming: Bright red, rust, henna, me- dium blue, navy or Davy Jones blue, re- seda, almond, green, dark green, ambe yellow, ochre, deep cream, flesh, peach, dull orchid, dark brown, medium tan black. LOIS LEEDS,