Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1929, Page 50

Fancy Dress Occasions Attractive in 7\ s i e sy sy et 222, THE 1929 AFTERNOON GOWN AT THE RIGHT, MADE OF BROWN CREPE DE CHINE AND WORN WITH A BEIGE FELT HAT SIMPLY ADORNED WITH A FLAT BROWN FEATHER, IS IN STRIKING CON- TRAST TO THE PERIOD AFTERNOON GOWN SHOWN ABOVE, CHOSEN FOR A HISTORICAL PAGEANT. IT IS OF PINK TAFFETA AND TULLE, WITH AN ENORMOUS HAT TRIMMED WITH 0S- TRICH. BY MARY MARSHALL. HY is it that well dressed women the world over con- tinue to wear beige stock- ings season after season —even after & few daring trail blazers at fashionable o French resorts have broken away by wearing brightly colored stockings to match brightly colored frocks? Why it is that black hats are al- ways in the majority. in any assemblage of well dressed women? Why is it that the plain pull-on glove is counted smarter than the glove with an_elaborately ornamented cuff? Why it is that most women we know feel better dressed in town in black or navy blue or beige? ‘Why is it that we lay such emphasis on neutral tones? Why is it that we cling so stubborn- 1y to straight-line frocks and that, aft- er all the commotion that has been made over flares, the straight-line coat is counted the smartest wrap for Spring? Why is it that women just won’t be persuaded to wear flowers and feathers on their hats? Why is it that, after all that has been sald about increased elaboration and femininity, nine well-dressed wom- en will choose a gown of severe simplic- ity with the minimum of trimming to the one who will choose a gown of the more fussy sort? Why is it that despite all the dis- plays of lace-trimmed lingerie the women moted for their good taste still prefer the simpler sort of tailored un- - derthings? In the course of events most well-dressed women choose wraps and hats and gowns that are simple, incon- spicuous and reserved. That is charac- teristic of present-day fashions. And yet give any woman an excuse to dress for a costume ball, to take part in a pageant, to join in an infor- somewhere under the veneer of her usual reserve and conservatism she has an amazing taste for gay colors, gor- geous fabrics, for barbaric splendor and display. Suggest that she dress in the cos- tume of the Napoleonic period and if can afford it she will wear a court costume that would make anything that the Empress Josephine ever owned seem dull and uninteresting. Suggest that she dress as gipsy and she wil show a taste for color and glitter that would do credit to any Romney. _Urge her to wear the costume of a North American Indian and the gorgeousness of her feather headdress would make any' full-blooded Indian green with envy. Not only do the well-dressed women we know deck themselves in gay cos- tume with the greatest pleasure, laying aside their beige kasha cloth for crimson velvet, but they quite as wil- lingly consent to having their photo- graphs in this picturesque attire re- produced where all may see and admire. Dignified matrons and usually solemn men of affairs look out from the pages of magazines and Sunday papers dressed as Roman empresses and Inca chiefs—apparently overjoyed to display their fine and gaudy feathers. ‘You may be inclined to look upon this present-day enthusiasm over all sorts of dressing up as a sign that after all we are growing weary of our straight lines and neutral colors, The well-dressed woman clings still to in- conspicuous street dress in and ahbout town, but she is more inclined this sea- son than last to wear frocks of vi- brant tone for evening—colors that really satisfy the soul’s thirst.for color. Beach clothes and accessories are growing more and more ornate and colorful both for men and women and negligees of many women of fashion are far more resplendant and pictur- esque than their most elaborate gowns mal masquerade, and she shows that for balls and operas. (Copyright, 1020)° Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MCYER ELDRED. ' ‘The modern parent faces a real con- fusion when she tries to mark out a wise course for herself relative to dis- obedience and. punishment. Her think- ing is befogged because of the conflict between the ideas of the older genera- tion, to which she has always listened with respect, and her newer. knowledge of the child and his natural behavior. Instead of thinking the.thing through 1o a personal conclusion she says in be- ‘wilderment: “I want my. child to mind me” and “I want my child to have freedom,” and she does not know how to a?mge these apparently antagonistic ngs. There is no real antagonism if the mother will realize that children can be free and develop their own person- alities and still obey. It is her problem to balance these two necessary elements in the child’s life as she would balance his_daily menu. Children must obey. They must obey, not because parents are inconve ced by their disobedience, but because they are learning to live in a world which demands obedience to all kinds of law. ience his parents. Small cars ridden around the living room will scar the furniture. But is he really misbehay- ing when he rides around the room? Or is_he naughty only because you have told him that he can’t do it? If the child’s freedom is from the be- ¢ ence, a closed b strap, he is certainly going to toxicated when he is let out, and will run hither and thither like a wild ani- mal. If he has constant freedom and learns by experience how to avoid the furniture with his car, even though is temporarily inconvenient. 4 ingness to’ his learning it fosters in the child the willj THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 21, 1929-=PART 3. SIS P Thank You May Sound Impolite If a young man sends candy or flowers to & young woman, she should not express her thanks in such a way that he can possibly feel that she has taken his gift too seriously. It is always more considerate not to thank him in the presence of a third person, nor to allude to the gift repeatedly. Sometimes, by way of expressing thanks for a gift, a person begins by saying, “You really ought not to have done this,” or “I am very cross with you,” “I wish you hadn't gone to that expense.” This is well intentioned, but . HERE ARE TWO NEW EVENING GOWNS FROM THE WARDROBE OF THE YOUNG MATRON WHO HAS CHOSEN THE ELABORATE N LI ML iy i L V22 it is not really kind. ENSEMBLE SHOWN IN THE CENTER FOR A COSTUME DANCE TO BE GIVEN NEXT WEEK. RED BROCADED VI WITH CLOTH OF GOLD, CHIFFON AND PEA TION OSTRICH FEATHERS ON THE PICTURESQU THE SIMPLE TAILORED EVENING GOWN AT THE LEFT IS BLACK GEORGETTE, THE ONLY ORNAMENT BEING A GREE! THE GOWN AT THE RIGHT IS OF PASTEL ‘GREEN CREPE DE CHINE. CHOKER AND BRACELETS. Unusual Round-Up. N intensive drive is under way in New York to round up the large number of unattached church members believed to be in the city. The “Every- | member” campaign and the, pastoral visit of the smaller city and town have been found to be a much more difficult problem in the metropolis, and the cam- paign has been organized by a large number of churches to break through the wall of formality barring easy access to the large apartment houses in which the Gothamites make their homes. Demand for Homemade Luggage " BY BETSY CALLISTER UYING the sort of luggage that we realy like would with most of us mean having no money left to buy clothes and things to put inside the luggage—and after all it is more sensible to arrive at your journey’s end with a rather nice wardrobe in inadequate bags than with very nice and impressive bags with practically nothing inside. Still we do hanker after nice bags— bags that don't look cheap and papery, bags that aren’t in danger of breaking a ‘strap or parting every time they receively: hll;d tl;xnocffn:‘.:st:lh“ very properly hol e ey were chosen to hold, and enough bags so that we don't have to carry pasteboard boxes and paper bags for the last of our possessions. In buying any sort of luggage it is wisest always to get the best possible quality of the material chosen. That is, it is wiser to get a first-quality can- vas bag to a poor sort of leather bag, though prices might be the same. Never get fabric that looks like leather. And don’t get imitation black patent leather and es that are in reality nothing but a sort of good quality black oficloth. Better get a bag or box that is frankly made of oflcloth or some other sort of fabric. It is possible nowadays to make very eoe;:lhble busbelnd ll;gx:n. ‘h:ntg:: astenings may boug] Y. ya) to solve the problem of clasps and buckles. If you are pl to make any of these home-made pieces of luggage begin by finding out the exact length of the fastening that you can buy, be- cause the proportions of the bag will BEAUTY CHATS Astringents. When an astringent is used for the skin it is for closing the pores and tight- ening the skin so it draws up the lax muscles for a period of hours after it has been applied. Astringents are all somewhat drying to the skin, although this tendency is negligible in some. For instance, benzoin is listen and heed reasonable commands. a et B i s B one en! . No matter what the child did that angered ‘Their home is mmlinn stepping stone | any to life in society. We know that we can live free lives.so long as we do m‘&’:;, upright, honorable citizens so long as we do not come into conflict with the decal . 'We know depend on the length of the opening. Then bear in mind that there must be a stout inner body made of canvas of some sort—or a smooth, silky inner lining and an outside section which may be of canvas plain or in awning stripes. Hat boxes are sometimes made of figured glazed chintz edged with plain colored glazed chintz. An overnight bag suitable for motor travel or travel in sleeping cars may be made of dark moA‘" silk. % very good way to make a service- able and very good-looking piece of home-made luggage is to cover a strong box. That is, get a very strong paste- board box of the size and shape you want. Reinforce it by sticking cloth tape all along the edges and corners. A double layer of the cloth tape may be a good thing. Then cut a cover for the box from any chosen fabric, You can make it double, if you like, to increase the strength and to make for neatness where there are seams. For the two thicknesses can be placed with wrong sides together, and so all seams are covered. These canvas or chintz covers need careful measuring, cutting, stitching and pressing. But carefully made, they turn a pasteboard box into a very satisfactory suitcase. Or hat box. Y%“ox can do the same %!flr traveling is :g mflml; r:é\e with or some other paper. This ‘Efia be Tlued on very sm E and when the glue has dried the paper should be varnished with colorless (Copyright, 1929.) BY EDNA KENT FORBES skin helps more than anything else, be- cause :"aluulsh action of the skin caused the trouble in the first place. Try the following method for a few weeks: Massage with a cleansing cream be- fore ing and remove all of it with very warm water and a fine soap. Rinse in different temperatrues of water, making the final rinse ice cold, or use ice rubbed over the skin until there is a tin, sensation. Do this once each day for weeks, and follow this method whenever there is a recurrence of and peroxide - |or any other cleansing lotion used on fterwa Som EE?EE;? Eeficine doratine ésg ,‘.5 S By i Borat E?%z s : i i iy 1810 Egs 55552 =ou EEE; 5 2 4 ut 4 the skin af L e people do manage to open these heads and squeeze out the mass from the pore, but there is always some chance of ing the sk!n s0 & pink mark remains for months in many cases. Any method that stim- ulates the skin into greater activity will HERE ARE SUGGESTIONS FOR SEVERAL ;IOM'EMADE PIECES OF LUGGAGE. THERE IS A HAT BOX COVERED WITH PAPER, A SUIT BOX COVERED WITH D LINEN, TW 0 CANVAS IN STRIKING CONTRAST WITH ol i) THE NEAT LITTLE HAT SHOWN BELOW—MADE OF SHINING BLACK STRAW AND TRIMMED WITH A SMALL RHINESTONE PIN —ARE THE THREE HEAD- DRESSES SHOWN ABOVE, WORN AT RECENT COSTUME BALLS. THE ONE ABOVE IS A GLORIFIED INDIAN PRIN SH SHAWL DRAPED OVER A HIGH DRESS, AT THE LEFT A SP. ESS HEAD- COMB AND AT THE RIGHT AN ORIENTAL JEWELED HEADDRESS. DIET AND HEALTH BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. D. rious teeth, or infected tonsils, or in- fections elsewhere in the body. Ab- sorption of putrefaction produced in the intestinal tract may also be a cause. ‘The modern treatment includes the treating of any infected spots in the body, diathermy—electrical heat which penetrates very deeply into the tissues —other electrical treatments and the ultra-violet and X-rays. Medications and vaccines are of value in certain cases. All the known laws of hygiene must be observed: fresh air and sun- shine, right diet, sleep and rest, etc., and even exercises in some form—pas- ! sive or active—to keep the joints from ankylosing (cementing together from the inflammatory process, might ex- press that). I'll speak a little of the deficient diet in producing joint trouble. A deficient diet, especially one lacking in the vitamins, markedly lowers the tissue resistance of the joint coverings and of the mucous membranes. It lowers the tissue resistance of all the organs, but it is frequently noticed in these first. Now, a diet may be an overfull one, as it is in those who are over- weight, because usually they eat too many starches, sugars and fats. This may dilute the vitamins, thus making them relatively deficient, or it may de- range the intestines so they are not absorbed. ‘And it not infrequently hap- pens that those who are overweight, as well as those who are underweight, do not eat enough of the vitamin- bearing foods, especially fruits and veg- n found in some patients suffering from so-called rhel?x:uusm and joint inflammation (arthritis) that there is a higher degree of sugar in the blood than normal, showing there is a disturbance of the regulation of sugar as there is in diabetes. These patients are markedly benefited by cut- ting out most of the starches and sugars (starches are converted to sugar in the blood). lost 15 pounds. As I have to watch my weight, and as I like popcorn, I would like to know if the popping kills the calories. I was told so. F." No, F. Not one of 'em. Not in- frequently I am asked if there are not certain procedures which will kill these pesky calories. ‘The only thing I know of is thrice-boiling of vege- tables, which is done in some severe cases of diabetes. Starchy vegetables are thrice boiled and the waters thrown away. This abstracts the starch and, of course, does lower the caloric value of the food. But it also lowers the vitamin and mineral element content, and is only done so the patient can have more bulk. Many believe that toasting bread de- stroys its caloric (How many times have I heard: “I don't eat bread, only toast!") However, perhaps twice baking bread does, for Tecently some experiments have been carried out on rats which show that twice-baked crusts of bread apparently are not absorbed so completely as ordinary bread, so it may be possible that it isn't in the human digestion, either. I cannot state positively, for no experiments have been made on man. It is a good idea to eat the crusts and hard-toasted breads, anyway, be- | cause they make us chew, and lessen the speed of eating. The F. F. F. (friendly fat fraternity) are invariably speedy eaters. Popped corn registers 100 calories to the one and one-half cups (one scant ounce). Care of the butter on it! That is 100 calories to the level tablespoonful. ‘'WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO BY MEHRAN New Money for 0ld Hands. If you should wake up some fine morning and couldn’t recognize your- self as the person that went to bed you would have cause to suspect yourself of being drunk or suffering from amnesia. Such lapses of memory occur now and then, but for short pericds of time. In serious cases memory of the past is completely gone and the personality is dissolved. But whether momentarily or perma- nently, failure to identify yourseif means the tion of personality. The essential thing in personality is the consciousness of self and the identifica- tion of the self with the past and pres- emi experiences of a particular individ- ual. No one is born a personality. Per- sonality is an achievement. It comes with experience and the development of self consciousness. The normal baby reaches this stage by about the ninth month. After a great series of im- pressions, more or less unrelated, the child comes to recognize certain ele- ments of similarity. He comes in time to develop an idea of himself which consists of the elements of similarity found in all his mental processes. His experiences are somewhat alike and continuous. To use a figure of speech, the child’s experiences shift from what corresponds to the disconnected and rapidly shifting news items on the mov- ing picture screen to a serial story g}:lnhlnlng the identical hero despite changing Cm. The curious thing is that the child comes to a consciousness of himself by first realizing that others are not a part of himself. In other words, he becomes other persons and objects conscious of * before he is conscious of himself as a K. THOMSON. distinct entity. It takes a baby sev- eral months to find out that his toes be- long to him instead of being just so many things in his environment. 1t is bad enough to lose your way and be lost from others; but it is a lot worse to experience and be lost to yourseif. That means the complete disassociation of personality. It means that you have ceased to exist. It is death. (Copyright, 1929.) With Seed Pearls If you have any old corals, this is certainly the time to bring them out and wear them.: You can have them re—well, not re- set, but rearranged, if you like. But you can as, well wear them in their quaint, old state. Some of the newer pleces show seed pearls and coral combined most inter- estingly—coral pendants or catches on strings of pearls. Sometimes coral beads are strung with pearls—a big coral bead., with tiny pearls, or else beads of equal size. Something else odd in the way of jewelry is the new copper pearl. Copper tones are new. And the most s e ted Iot ngg.tpwh;d pearls are presented for wearing with street frocks and s\m.‘s‘. Sometimes a triple string of pearls will be of three strands, each of a different so-called copper shade. As a matter of fact, these tints are hardly more than deep, gold. Very lovely. gloves and sf are offered in the same tones, so that a new idea e oF this” Gty tone of Bpring use of '3 fashions.