Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1929, Page 45

BN —— e N * Fashion Decrees That June Brides Shall Be Dressed in White THE SUXNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MAY 2% 19%9_PART 3.' ATE THIS LACE EVENING FROCK WITH ITS MATCHING COCKTAIL JACKET FOR AFTERNOON WEAR IS OF BEIGE. need no longer be all white, though there does seem to be (&rm covering and the decolletage has this season a reaction in favor | very little to do with the time of the of the entirely white bridal en- | wedding. The sleeveless gown is as ap- semble. The general effect should al- gl:;npghu for mommi'ns for evening. ways be one of whiteness, even when the material’ for " the gown is of a |appropriate for the wedding gown to be slightly off-white cast. ~Sometimes | worn in_churth, but so many fashion- of silver, | able brides have gone bare armed lately by way of embroid- | that there is certainly nothing unusual ‘wed recent- | about it. mmmwlongwh‘lfl: Q was dx.:ged pale flesh color, but the affect was may be depended upon to give sufficient one of whiteness. protection. The material for the formal weddin long may inate season. They are undoubt- s e e e vaeta | edly more graceful when & long train satin o , of georgette, chiffon, taffeta or -uk"rfi. White organdie has been chosen for & number of country wed- dings to take place in June. The vefl may be entirely of tulle, of tulle with lace, or entirely of lace. . head may be covered by a simple drap- ing of the tulle or by a close-fitting eap, trimmed with pearls or orange blos- soms. “The slippers should be of white satin, erepe de chine or brocade, or they may be of light silver tone. This season | prids stockings are usually of sheer, pale flesh | color rather than of white. The question of arm coverings is one that is often discussed. Fashionable Your Baby BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Sometime between the twelfth and the eighteenth month every baby has a second Summer, Second Summers have borne a bad reputation, one that because in decades past | hundreds of bables died like flies dur- ing the hot season. ‘Those were the | days before we knew how indescribably dangerous milk could be unless kept | cold and scrupulously clean; how flies carrfed germs of fatal ilinesses and dropped them into baby's food; how | baby's ability to fight germs was un- | dermined by being kept wrapped in | woolen garments to the point of utter prostration. In these days the privileged mother has had little personal experience with | the dreaded Summer complaint. It is just a name to her. Yet she views the | coming of baby's second Summer with | the old fear and foreboding. Its name #till has the power to terrify her, and she feels it somewhat of a miracle when , she manages to pull baby through. | . The dangers of the second Summer | are the same ones of decades past, but now they are out in the open, known | and avoidable: Heat, dirt, files and #poiled food! | Obviously we cannot slways avoid heat._There it is and we have to suffer | it. But we can dress children in the | fewest possible garments. We can give them cooling baths many times & day and quantities of cool water that is| bolled, 1f we are in the least dublous |pe jorevared and forearmed. Laugh ‘ 3 of its cleanliness and purity. We view dirt with scorn. Of course we aren't dirty! But how about the fruit that is taken from an uncovere frujt stand (in or out of the house). It may look clean, but is it? How about the food prepared in heaven knows what manner, by heaven knows how | own sweaters. If they are all wool, the many dirty hands? Unless we prepare | pest method is this: Prepare & thick it ourselves do we actually know that it | 4\ or o bland white soap and warm isn't dirty? That is, too dirty to be safe for a small child to eat. What about the milk bottles that are opened without first being washed carefully? What about the dishes and utensils that are washed without hot water and soap and dried without scalding? Ap- parently clean, but not really clean. For on such utensils germs and bacteria can linger, mingle with the food and up _operations, encouraged and fostered by heat. ‘We ail know that flies are dangerous. Yet in many homes flies are looked upon as one of the inescapable dis- comforts of Summer, one to be viewed with resignation. So housewives con- tinue to flap at them half-heartedly with swatters, or set out a couple of sheets of sticky fly paper, or shoo them off food when they see them, only half convinced that this is really doing any good. At other times the fly washes himself unmolested upon a food or ! utensil upon which he v alight Washes himself of th~ Alth of barnyard, city street or garbage can, his richest sourees of food. No one deliberately intends to feed § children spoiled food. They simply are French brides almost invariably wear BY MARY MARSHALL. long-sleeved gowns—and in France eve- Evmn the formal wedting gown |ning weddings are almost unheard of. As a matter of fact, the question of people feel that bare arms are in- gown the veil Falrl bridal dresses predom- and veil are worn, and the long wed- ding dress no longer looks quaint, as it did a few seasons ago. has had its effect on fashions in wed- ding veils, and the majority of new bridal headdresses are made to leave ex- posed at least part of the forehead. back so that & lock or so of hair over the forehead. usually a band of several layers of tulle, coming to the youthful face. (Copyright, 1929.) of making hooked rugs. and Mine unaware of how rapidly even good food can_decom) on & hot day or in an m-dequneg fced refrigerator. Milk and egg compositions spoil readily, as do meat and milk. Over-ripe fruit, or fruit that is unpeeled and unwashed can be as dangerous as a dose of poison. Ice cream bought from street peddlers, ladles out of tins that are opened a hundred times a day to the dirt of the streets is food unfit for any emall child. Yet we wonder how many otherwise well-cared-for bables are treated to substantial licks from the ice cream cnnes of generous brothers or sisters, or even given a whole one as a special favor? Hot weather is an invitation to in- discriminate munching, for the whole day is taken up with amusing one's self. 1If brother has a box of cookies, baby has to have some, too. If sister has a_bottle of pop: “Aw, give him some, look how he grabs for the bottle!” “Let him have the banana, ma says bananas are good for kids.” And then no one can remember these accumula- tions of digestive insults on a hot, hot day and ally them to baby’s mysterious illness. “It's his second Summer!” ‘That, is supposed to answer it. ‘The second Summer actually resolves itself into a campaign of cautiousness against the four enemies of baby's health—heat, dirt, flies and spolled| Aware of their dangers, one can Swea;c;é C‘aang Cleaned At Home It is an easy matter to clean your water and dip the sweater in it. Push it up and down, forcing the suds| through the fabric of the sweater with- | out stretching or pulling it. ‘Then| | rinse it in more soapsuds of the same temperature. Don’t rinse it in clean | | water. Don't have the rinsing water | cooler or warmer than the washing | water. These things seem to be impor- tant and much better results are ob- | tained when the temperature of the| | water is the same and it is soapy. Press | ]tne soapy rinsing water out of the | sweater in a pillow case, and hang the | case on the line out of the sun, but in the air. It should be dried as soon as possible without putting it in the sun | or t00 near a fire, although it may be dried 1indoors satisfactorily in bad The danger is more of stretching thsn shrinking a sweatsr washed in this . Wnen you take it from the pillov: “ps, pat it intn shape on a bed or cov ered table, puiling it one way to offset shrinkage or stretching the other way. The result ought to be soM-and smooth, IVORY SATIN IS THE MA. TERIAL USED FOR THIS BRIDES GOWN WITH RUFFLED SKIRT. THE TULLE VEIL I3 CONFIN. ED BY A PEARL BAN. COLORED IACE IN PaS. TEL SHADES TRIMMED WITH TULLE 1S USED FOR THE BRIDESMAID'S COSTUME. THE MATCH- ING HAT IS OF HOR: HAIR, IN POKE-SHAPE. WITH A FLAT VELVET BOW ACROSS THE BRIM. LESS BACK. THE YOUNG ATTEND. ANTS WEAR PINK AND BLUE — SHELL PINK FROCK WITH PASTEL BLUE SASH FOR THE LITTLE GIRL AND PINK LOUSE WITH FLANNEL TROUSERS OF PALE BLUE FOR THE BOY. Old Rags May Form New Rugs BY BEYSY CALLISTER. MORE substantial, more useful, more genutnely artistic sort of hand craft has come in to take | of the fancy work| the that used to preoccupy and grandmothers. mothers Many of those women of a generation or so ago, who whiled away long Sum- | mer hours embroldering insipid designs | in silk floss on useless centerpieces and | doilies would have felt it beneath their ; The off-the-face eftect in millinery | [3d3like aleniy fo ctand over the | great has been the for handcraft are sold not only stral w to do the hooking. UNUSUAL WAY WITH GREENS Seakale, swiss chard or cabbage may |two or three tablespoonfuls of coarse ' pt into rugs or later working the sturdy |be made into a most delicious dish if white bread crumbs and put in a frying strands of rags into floor coverings that | treated thus: ler_;;: & definite purpusre Wash Semetimes they ate arranged fairly far | geper e it undertaking lny‘h:mlmmh sort of |added. . =, fancy work, yet would time | uncovered un 3 Some of the emartest of the NeW|,ng”energy “in making workmanlike 'strainer, drain well and cut across with | sl headdresses have a chin strab, rugs that are really useful. , lon If you want to do something ambi- | the leaves. that give the smart bonnet effect 8o be- | 4j0uc i the way of rug making, then keep in a warm piace. Have ready a by all means consider the possibilities | hard-boiled egg. Press the They are the a wire sleve and sprinkie aristocrats of homemade rugs and, 'top of the cabbage, chard or kale. Take or more. |pan with an 3 and put into a ket- |and cook unt! today, on the |tle of boiling water, to which a little | brown. think twice before |salt and the juice of a lemon have been | and finally sprinkle over with a little k rapidly with quantity of butter ‘rumbs are a golden Sprinkle these over the dish the kettle | finely chopped parsiey and serve at Seventeen members of the British v a | Iron and Steel Institute, which cele- |a long knife 10 or 12 times to break u through | brates its diamond jubilee this year, over the | have memberships dating back 50 years 1, - i) It you cannot attempt anything o | tion are the rag ru?nworkec by means A e | Ambltious and cannot afford the neces- n he stores where | SATY equipment for these hooked rugs, then by all means consider the possi- the frames and other equipment ' bilities of the simpler old-fashioned needed, but provide lessons and demon- 'sort of rugs. Braided rag rugs sewed tions for those who want to learn | together are among the oldest, and a. | most &s old and as fraught with tradi- of stout woode: crochet hook. ‘The most attractive thing about of this sort is that they really cost al- itting needle or | most nothing. To be sure, there are the needles, but these may be had for very little. And apart from that, all you need is the rags, which can be provided from the waste in any house- hold. If you like you can dye the rags —with some one of the reliable house- hold dyes—adding very little to the ex- ense. Old sheets—too far gone to be worth saving for lnml.nfi board covers—bed- spreads past mending, faded and torn window drapery, even old stockings may be turned to account. Ten or twenty vears ago most of us saved rags for some old ladies who were still so old-fashioned as to like to make | rag rugs. Now it is the younger mem- |bers of the family for whom we are | asked to save rags—because rug making |is one of the sorts of handiwork that appeal to the younger generation. (Copyright, 1929.) THE MODERN WOMAN LIKES TO FABRI CATE RUGS, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THE SKETCH SHOWS KNITTED RUGS, ONE OF THE LATEST, AND FASTEST GOING, SORTS TO GAIN POPULARITY. THEY CAN BE MADE OF OLD SHEETS OR TABLE. CLOTHS OR FROCKS, TORN INTO STRIPS AND DYED, THIS SUIT OF LIGHT GRAY KASHMIR WITH ITS FLAG BLUE BLOUSE AND HANDBAG IS AN APPROPRIATE COSTUME FOR THE DEPARTING BRIDE. THE FELT HAT AND LIZARD OXFORDS ARE ALSO GRAY, Breakfast Diplomacy BY MISSIS PHYLLIS. ‘There are no infallible wives. Some time they all sleep through the alarm. Or, if not through it, at least they turn it off and fall asleep again only to find | they have overslept, and that the lord and master can't possibly get to work | heart on time. Now what's to be done in an emer- gency like that? Pirst of all, wake the husband. Wake him gently but insist- ently in some such manner as this: Shake, shake. "Jimmy, it's 7:30, and that's late. Get up and don't you say a word about it.” Better get out and get busy then, be- fore he has a chance to say & word. You won't have time to wash your face or get into clothes. Dive into a coolie then put on the water if you are to have poached eggs. If scrambled, get out the bowl and eggs. { Light the oven if you toast under the broiler or get out the toaster if you do 1t at the table. While the coffee is perking set the table. Work fast but work well. Re- member you don't want him to think about the time, so don't remind him of it by having a slovenly set table. Before he is heard descending the stairs you have the water bolling and the eggs in it. The toast is beginning to | brown and you have orange juice at his ' When Beauty Even though you look into your com- pact mirror a dozen times a day, you are not to neglect the three-paneled glass on your bedroom vanity. You must hold long, serious seances with it. for it will predict the future, while your compact mirror speaks only of the present. Look into it today to get the full significance of a sallow complexion, to see how drab it makes you look, how it dulls your eyes, takes the sheen from your hair and even makes your costume appear colorless. ‘ou are a Caucasian and if you look | yellow there's a reason, and, as usual, | you must work from the inside out. How much tea and coffee do you drink? Limit yourself. Drink tea that is freshly brewed, not boiled, so as to escape tannic acld, injurious to the | lining of the stomach. And drink coffee | only with your meals, so that the nerve- wracking caffeine will not get through your system as thoroughly as it does ‘when taken on an empty stomach. | Now add good fresh fruits and vege- | tables to your diet and a mile a day to your walk until you have reached the limit suitable to your strength. | If you have no orzanic trouble, you | are ready to begin to treat your com- | plexion. To stimulate circulation, steam | place. Better give him the morning paper—give him anything t0 keep him Now, if you are s good worker, and if he has any particular likes, you may be able to find your way to softening his through his stomach. If waffies are his failing, by all means have waf- fles. It takes exactly 2 minutes by ac- tual count to mix up waffle batter. The iron can be heating while you are mixing. It doesn’t hurt the batter to stand in a cool place for a few minutes. ‘While it is standing you can fix the orange juice or the grapefruit. A can of grapefruit juice or some kind of canned fruit that requires no “fixing” is good for mornings like this. If he is particularly fond of griddle cakes have a stack on his plate when he comes into the kitchen all ready to glower. If he says something about not having time to eat, don’t say anything. Nine times cut of ten he eats whether he has time or not. In fact, on mornings when you have overslept, as few words as possible are advisable. It saves being sorry for & great many things. And, if you like a peaceful atmos- phere, never broach a really t topic when & man has got off to & bad start and when he is hungry. Just see to it that he gets a good meal nicely and quickly served and plenty of per- fect coffee. Turns Yellow the face over a bowl of boiling water, covering the head with a heavy Turk- ish towel to keep the vapor in. Follow this with a massage of aukre soap lather; remove the soap painstakingly. Now massage unsalted cottage cheese into the skin, leaving it on until it dries. This will nourish and bleach. Wash off with blood-warm water and apply cold cream, letting the skin ab- sorb it for five minutes. For an astringent use a Turkish towel that has been dip in cold water, squeezed and . With the towel tucked snugly about the face lie down and rest until the chill has left it. Take this treatment every two weeks, and use a mild skin tonic at other times. It gives a peach bloom to faded cheeks. A touch of rouge will improve a sallow complexion, if you take care in choosing a shade of rouge to harmonize with your complexion, and if you blend your powder and rouge shade off the edges to make it look natural. Pirst Igply & powder base to the face and neck; remove all but enough to hold the make-up. Powder evenly over the entire surface. Apply the rouge and dust with just enough powder to blend. If you use a downward movement you will be more likely to imitate & natural blush. Family Martyrs BY ALLENE SUMNER. Alice has turned martyr again and is making her annual supreme sacrifice. The family knew it was about time for the phenomenon, but never dreamed that it would take this horrible form. Alice is refusing her rich uncle’s in- vitation for a Summer tour in Europe. | “It just breaks my heart, Uncle Will” | she wrote him. “But, after all, I owe something to the family. I've been | away so much this vear, and mother and dad have so little in life, and are 80 dependent on me, and Helen is be- gfanlnl to neef a big :Ll"er‘ and so tl}a ue country and your purple Pyrenees will just have to wait till I'm a little freer.” The fi groaned when they saw Alice at her letter of renunciation. Alice’s mother, “who has so little in life,” visioned a sweltering Summer of rarely—who insists upon renouncing for the sake of the others when, nine times out of ten, the plain truth is that the self-termed joy which they give the rest of the family by renouncing, is often anything but that. For the family martyr is almost in- variably a family fixer. A domineering est. “Mother, dear, you must do your hair like this; mother, dear, you must stop working in the rden at your age, and, mother, dear, you must learn how to make a really interesting soup. And, father, dear, don't drop ashes on the rug, and, father, dear, you really must take up golf; you're getting almost paunchy, and, father. I think you should speak to Jimmy about his cigarettes, and, mother, dear, Betty Jeanne is get- ting too big for socks—" That's the manner in which the washing and ironing Alice’s light Sum- | chronic family martyr goes on, forever mer dresses, entertaining her friends, giving up the car for Alice and, above | all else, running the house in the efficient manner upon which daughter Alice insisted. Few are the families which escape the family martyr—the son or daughter | or mother—sometimes ‘s father, but| harping at the other members of her family to do thus and so, or not to do this and that. Never relaxing. And if the family martyr ever, ever suspected the sighs of relief that go up when she betakes herself to other pas- tures, she just couldn't believe it, org bear it,