Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1929, Page 29

MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. Back of Coiffure. ‘With the return of the long-hair colf- fure the back of milady's head becomes more interesting. There are almost endless ways of dressing long back hair besides the simple knot or coil that ‘sometimes becomes monotonous. The other day I was talking to a young girl who had had the hair at the front, top and sides of her head permanently waved, but there was a fairly large stand of straight hair at the back. She wanted to know how to dress her hair behind. Two good ways in which this problem can be Wy, (@ »rf\?fifi"/‘f‘ ”5(4 i solved are (1) by cutting out of the straight hair, or (2) using it as a foun- dation knot over which the upper layers of waved hair may be arranged in a number of different ways. When mi- lady’s neck is rather thick and short a French twist will give a pretty effect over the foundation knot. Large masses of hair are djfficult to handle, so that the hairdresser usually divides milady’s hair into several sec- tions with a foundation knot under- neath comprised of the lower strata of back hair, The upper layers may be divided into two equal strands twisted and crossed over. When the hair is quite long the ends may be pinned in loops suggesting a butterfly bow, but if it'is short the ends are turned under and pinned. When the side hair is just long enough to reach to the center of the back, after being waved, a dressy effect is obtained by inserting two jeweled hairpins about an inch behind each ear. The ends of hair may then be folded over at the back. If the back hair is long it may be made into sev- eral round curls and allowed to hang in a cluster at the nape of the neck, secured by a round, jeweled barette to mateh the ornamental hll.?)lns Curls are always pretty for evening coiffures. They may be pinned over a foundation coil, worn loose in a cluster, or pinned flat against the head as sculpture curls. A dainty coiffure for a girl in her teens may be dressed with a low part on the left side. The top zection of hair is brushed over to the right and waved. The ends form a short cluster of round curls just back of the ear. The back hair is brushed to the left, the ends being made into three or four long curls that hang over the left shoulder. A small strand of hair is waved in front of the left ear. The right ear is exposed. The long chignon or knot that lies on the neck)is becoming to thin girls. The knot should be coiled loosely with, perhaps, 8 stray curl at one side. This arrangement is also suitable for the girl whose hair grows low down her neck. Anxious Reader: Any one who is not actually deformed may develop shapely lower limbs by regular exercise. Exer- cises for the legs are simple and easy to do, but they must be repeated for several months in order to be effective. Give 15 minutes a day to exercises such as the following. First: Stand erect and raise and lower your heels. Rise on the toes, count five, lower the body until the heels almost touch the floor; repeat eight times, touching the floor with the heels only on the eighth count; repeat the same exercise, rising on the heels. Second: Mark time, lift- ing your knees very high at each step. Third: Skip on each foot alternately. In_addition to these exercises, try to walk on your tiptoes while you are dressing yourself, keeping your poise as long as possible. Fourth: Sit erect. and point the foot with an upward curve, describing a circle, not with the leg s0 much as the foot, bringing all the muscles into play. Do this first with the right foot, and then with the left, alternately, in order to rest the muscles, and persist in this daily exer- cise, no matter whether you feel like it or not. Fifth: Stand erect, hands on hips and heels together. Rise on your toes, inhaling slowly. Bend knees, sink- ing to a squatting position, exhale Slowly straighten legs until you are standing erect on tiptoe, inhaling as you do so and then lower your heels Repeat 10 to 20 times. Sixth: Give the limbs a good shaking. Stand erect with feet together. Rise on toes. Now rapidly bend and straighten each knee alternately as though running, but do not lift the toes from the floor. Swing arms freely and do the exercise briskly for several minutes. Do waltz steps around the room; keep on your toes. Practice different dance steps to lively music for several minutes daily. The rhythm is very helpful and will make every exercise enjoyable. Give an equal amount of time to each exercise. In this way you will develop trim, shapely. graceful legs. In a month or six week: couraged if you have to do the exer- cises every day for several months be- fore a marked change is evident. Be sure to practice correct posture at all times, when walking, sitting or stand- ing. The exercises may be taken regu- larly, together with outdoor sports such as swimming, tennis, golf, hiking, danc- ing or gymnastic exercises. It is a good plan to spend two or three nights a week at a swimming pool or a gym- nastum, and two hours at out-of-door exercise every day as well as 15 or 20 minutes for setting-up and special ex- ercises every morning. Miss 8. G.: The ideal weight for a girl 17 years old and 5 feet 3 inches tall is between 118 and 125 pounds. LOIS LEEDS. Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. Counting Your Chickens. Count your chickens before they are hatched, if you must, but do not re- the “count” as more than a ten- tative thing. To be more concrete, we know of a woman who has just entered the investment business. Her friends favored her with a flock of “compli- She is flushed with is success. -Already she. is assuming heavy obligations in renf-and installment payments. That 1§ the sort of “counting” to beware of. There are many businesses, outside of insurance and investments, ‘whose first returns are likely to be richer than succeeding ones for some length of time. It is not wise to expect success to come with a rush. If it comes apace, few will grieve about the 1f, perchance, you are wrong about the pace at which you attain success, a = N.nk‘ hllll'lde“ed wfli not dflumu you Tegret you not spen: e fruits of success as quickly as you speculators this year who made appreciable profits in the stock market, and spent their profits, are now drawing their losses out of their initial principals. They, too, counted their chickens a bit in ad- tubby says that marrow bone gave fl such bad dreams he coundn’t sleep (Copyright, 1929.) V. - I1C vance of the final hatching, and regret their haste. - it It is wise to adjust your standard of living to your expected rather than your unexpected income. If you were & bit modest in your estimate, it will be no trouble to raise your standard. It is lowering the standard that is dif- ficult and so painful. This is no-move on our part to in- spire or encourage pessimism. uite to the contrary, optimism thrives t when it is unworried. If your first profits are safely put away, you will be all the more bright with "hope, and laden with a happy enthusiasm. Until your first year of work is past it will: be impracticable to work out or to determine your probable income. During your first, and possibly second year, be conservative. Err on the side of the bank balance rather than on the side of high rentals, gasoline bills and installment collectors. A mind and spirit freed of practical worrles will ‘achieve permanent success more speed- ily and more happily. ‘Three-fifths of the oll now being pré duced in Argentina is from government- owned wells. Qu extra BRIDGE TALK BY MRS. JOHN MUNCE, JR. Further discussing the doubles of the original one no-trump bid, we now come to the fourth hand, and what the fourth hand should do after dealer bids one-no trump, second hand doubles and third hand passes. If strong, fourth hand should pass, this makes the double a business double. If fourth hand passes, confirming his partner's double, and the dealer holds & five-card suit he will likely bid that suit; but if his hand is so made up that it contains only four or three card suits, he should redouble, and his partner, not having declared, cannot possibly take this as a business double, and should, therefore, bid his best suit, no matter how weak. Or fourth hand, if strong, may bid two ! no-trump, showing great general strength; or he may bid two or more of his strongest suit. ‘When weak, fourth hand should never pass a partner's informatory double. This is one of the greatest errors of bridge. Always remember, the greater the weakness, the more essential the take out. The hands given below are an example: Dealer holds: Spades—Ace, Jack and 6-spot. Hearts—Ace. jack and 8-spot Diamonds—9-5pot, 8-spot, 6-spot and 2- Pelibs—Ace, 7-spot and 4-spot. Second hand holds: Spades—King, queen, 4-pof ts—King, queen. Diamonds—Ace, 10-spot and 4. Clubs—Jack and 5-spot. Third hand holds: Spades—8-spot, 7-spot and S-spot. & spot. @-spot; 3-spof and 2-spot. an ot. spot and 3-spot. Spades, 10-spot. 9-spot and 3-spot. Hearts, 9-spot and_4-spot. Diamonds. king. queen, jack and 7-spot. Clubs. king, queen, 10-5pot and 2-spot. Dealer, as you will see, would bid one-no trumps. Second hand, having the requirements for a double, would double, and third hand being a “bust,” would pass. The fourth hand, being strong, may pass or bid two-no trump. If passing, this would be called a busi- ness pass. ‘When fourth hand holds an average or weak hand and dealer has bid one- no trump, second hand doubles, third hand passes, there is no question as to what fourth hand should do. He should always bid two of his longest suit, preferably a major, if he holds four of a major suit, and four or five of a minor suit in the same hand. The hand below is held by fourth hand, dealer has bid one-no trump, second hand has doubled and third hand has passed. What would you bid? Spades, 9-spot, 7-spot, 5- nd 3-spot. Hearts, 5-5pot. 4-5p0t’ an ot Diamchds, king. queen and Clubs, king, 10-5pot and 4-spot. Two spades would be the bid, as you have four, also several high cards. ‘To illustrate the necessity of taking your partner out of a double, no matter how weak your hand, and again em- phasizing “the greater the weakness, the more essential the take-out,” dealer has_bid- one-no trump, second hand doubles, third hand passes and fourth hand holds the following cards: 4-spot mnd 2-spot. ‘What should fourth hand bid? Two diamony his only fou: d_suit. The Old French Cowt Amid this splendor was born France's fame for beauty. Gouraud’s Oriental Cream contributed to this renown thru its use by fa- mous Court Beauties. Gourauo's Made in White - Flesh - Raches Send 10c. for Trial Sise Ford. T. 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Who could imagine that one so ignorant could be so ambitious? Her beauty and her favor with the King won her a position as lady in waiting to Queen Andovere, wife of Chilperic, despite her low birth. But it was a fatal day for the King when he came to know her. She soon had him so much enmeshed in her charms that he repudiated Andovere and banished her to a con- vent. He was not yet ready to marry a peasant and doubtless the clever Frede- gunda herself saw that more time must pass before she could become Queen. At any rate, she permitted Chilperic to take as his second wife Galsuinthe, daughter of the King of the Visigoths. ‘Waiting a decent length of time, she had Galsuinthe strangled in her bed. Soon she was Chilperic's wife. This summary disposal of Galsuinthe did not sit well in certain quarters. ‘There were family complications. The ancient French kingdom founded by Clovis (466-511 A. D.) had, by the time of Chilperic I (539-584), become divided into_ three parts—Austrasia Neustria and Burgundy. Chilperic ruled over Austrasia. It so happened that his brother, Sigebert, was King of Neustria, and that Sigebert's wife, Brunhilde, was a sister of Galsuinthe. Brunhilde nat- urally was upset by what had happened to Galsuinthe. She persuaded Sigebert to war on Chilperic. ‘This suited Fredegunda very well. At the helght of the campaign she ar- ranged for the assassination of Sigebert, leaving the Neustrians leaderless. They succumbed to Chilperic. Brunhilde was banished to Rouen. There Merovee, Chilperic's son by his first wife, fell in love with her and mar- ried her. Fredegunda had wanted to get rid of him, because he wes heir to the throne. This gave her a good ex- cuse. She persecuted him until he com-~ mitted suicide. She next caused the assassination of Chilperic’s second son. Soon after the former Queen Andovere was found strangled to death. Finally Fredegunda wound up by having Chilperic killed. Thereafter she reigned alone. On her death, in 597, she left her son, Clotaire II, on the throne. ‘The following incident gives ‘A idea of how Fred feud h attempts at settlement, she invited them to a great feast. Having got them drunk, she directed three of her follow- ers to cut their heads off with axes as they maudlinly argued. (Copyright, 1929.) Little Nut Cakes. Beat half a cupful of butter to a cream, gradually beat in one cupful of sugar, the beaten yolks of three eggs, three-fourths cupful of walnut meats chopped and one teaspoonful of vanilla extract. Then beat in alternately half a cupful of milk and one and three- fourths cupfuls of sifted flour, sifted again with four level teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Lastly beat in the whites of three eggs, beaten dry. Bake in individual tins for about 25 minutes. 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May 7, 1859.—The condition of Seventh street at this time is described by those persons who are forced to use it as “absolutely insufferable and a dis- grace to the city.” Now that the soft mud which graced the carriage way and disgraced the foot pavement along this street from G to L streets during the Winter months has nearly dried up, the condition of things is revealed in its true character. Between I street and New York ave- nue there is sarcely a space to stand on by reason of the ruts and gutters which abound, like so many pitfalls, to entrap the unwary traveler, and which from their width and depth remind one of a recently exhumed burial ground. How carriages can pass along this terrible way without being overturned and broken up is almost miraculous. ‘The citizens doing business on the borders of this impassable waste now look upon it with the calm desperation of mortals convinced that for them there is no hope of redress. Injured in their business individually to a ruinous extent, they have striven by prayers to lh? City Councils and the mayor in vain. Failing to be heard by the ear of Jjustice, legislative or executive, they finally undertook to abate the nuisance themselves by employing cart men to fill up the largest holes with gravel, but they were informed by the police, or some other city conservators of law, that such filling up was unconstitutional and that they were subjecting themselves to & fine, if they did not desist. So they did disist, and they now fall back dis- heartened and nurse the recollection of their wrongs with what philosophy they are able to command under the cir- cumstances. Georgetown residents were gratified today to learn that the council of that town has unanimously passed an ordi- nance providing for the general distribu- tion of water from the Washington Aqueduct. The original bill, which was reported by the water committee, was replaced by a substitute bill prepared by Mr. Hyde of the council, which is ex- pected to be far more acceptable, inas- much as it does away with the prob- ability of the town being saddled with a heavy debt, two or three salaried of- ficers and a never-ending burden upon the people for water rents. Phonographs which play 36 records, first one side an en the other, change the needles and brush each rec- ord and return it to its original .place, have appeared in London. 'FEATURESY BEAUTY Our Changing Foods. If you have ever looked an old cookery book you will be amazed at the amount and richness of the foods they used to eat. Modern diet is as different from the diet of 200 years ago as modern clothes are different from th:] o;nonnoul hooped skirts of that l’eIn those days, and even up to com- paratively recent times, every meal had to include several meat , game, and if possible, fish as well, with rich wines and quantities of port. It is no wonder- they suffered from gout, dys- pepsia, and that they died of all sorts of diseases due to bad blood. We are_rapidly going to the other extreme. Diet propaganda is partly re- sponsible, high prices of meat are also partly the reason. In some sections the consumption of beef is 25 per cent less than a year ago! In the Packers’ Institute, which knows exactly how much meat is being eaten all over the country, it is said that we eat 45 per cent less meat today than 10 years ago. To make up for this, the consumption of salads and salad materials has more than doubled. Pastry, white bread and potatoes have also dropped off. The other figures they give are in- teresting, since they show that people CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES are making up the calorie value of foods ‘in other ways. An enormous amount more of ice cream is being eaten, much more malted milk (63 per cent), more whole milk and a lot more fresh fruit. More cereals, more poul- try, more canned fruit, more whole wheat bread, more eggs. The increase in the use of eggs is not as great as might be expected, being only 11 per cent. ‘The pouliry percentage, how- ever, is one-quarter her than a year ago, fresh vegetables 35 per cent over the course of a year. These res show that on the whole a fewer nume ber of calories are being consumed, which means fewer fat people. G. O, A. D. R, Babe and Betty.— Neither weight nor height should be considered of much importance over the years when girls and boys are grow- ing up and making their rapid changes. 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