Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1929, Page 51

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 9, 1929—PART 3. Weight Requires Avoidance of E BY MARY MARSHALL. P the two outstanding tenden- cles in fashions this season— the longer, ampler skirt and the higher waist line—only one is welcomed with anything like enthusiasm by the woman of generous proportions. It would be very hard to find a stout worhan who would raise her walst line with anything like confidence that in so doing she was making her figure seem more slender, and almost as hard to find one who did not feel that the longer skirt that is indorsed by fashion this season detracted from her apparent width. And vet I can recall quite vividly that when the lower waist line first became general stout women clung persistently to the old mode, perfectly convinced that_the lower belt or girdle accented the broadest part of their figures and shortened the lines of the skirt Probably they were mistaken and probably at present the wisest procedure for the women who are generously pro- portioned is to raise the waist line as gradually as possible and utter fervent prayers meantime that the normal waist line will be a long time coming. Helpful as the longer skirt undoubt- | edly is to be woman who 18 stout, there are longer skirts that can be just as| unflattering as any skirt that ever ended its career above the knees. The straight | short skirt with an even hem line that | abruptly ends just where the calves of the leg are widest has nothing to rec- ommend it to the woman of ample build. The skirt that ends below the knees with a graccful flare and the nger on one side than the however, decided advan- | skirt that is other has, tages. There is no longer any question con- | cerning the tuck-in blouse. It is seen in actual blouses, and the tuck-in M-‘ fect is also seen in one-piece dresses re- | cently displayed by the French dress- | makers. Most large women will, T sup- pose, be reticent in adopting this new fashion, feeling that it gives the effect | of a shorter bodice and larwer hips. But actually there are some large women to whom the fashion—once we | have become used to it—will be more | becoming than that of the overblouse. | (Copyright, 1920.) | Trousseau Pieces Used for Favors Tf any of the trousseau dresses are made at home there are always small bits of material that can be made into attractive souvenirs. One bride whose trousseau was for the most part made at hame saved small pieces of all her dresses, which her grandmother made into ‘small pinholders—so that h bridesmaid might have a set made from the attractive silks and velvets used in the trousseau LOOSE COATS, TO THE LARGER FIGURE SMALL PRINTS, JABOTS AND UNEVEN BROWN COAT OF THE SAME MATERIAL. TER, ACQUIRES ADDED GRACE WHEN WORN WITH AND DRAPERY GIVE DISTINCTION TO A FROCK OF BEIGE GEORGETTE. AT RIGHT. AND BROWN PRINTED CHI NAVY BLUE PRINT! A BEIGE HEMLINES SHORT LOOSE ARE WELL ADAPTED FFON FROCK AT LEFT HAS A ED GEOR( TE FROCK, CEN. JACKET. SIDE JABOT o oo [N AR SANY, xS THE WOMAN WITH LARGE ARMS WILL / " THE BEIGE LACE ELY FLATTERIN THE AT OVER THE ARMS. % NNV Ve 7 Tt 27 e 207 s FIND_THE DEEP EVENING GOWN AT LEFT EX- LONG SCARF OF THE FROCK IGHT 1S DRAPED ACROSS THE BACK, AND FALLS PARTLY Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. For baby's sake we would that every parent owned a motor car in which to do his Summer traveling Undoubt- edly, the daslest way to travel is by automobile. One’s journey can end at any time, nights can be spent in, quiet hotels instead of on noisy trains, and, with & bed hung from the ceiling of the car, fresh milk from farmhouses and fresh sul;rnn each day from the grocer, the trip can be as devoid of ul’é])ls‘flsnnt incidents as an evening's | ride. | ‘Train trips are unavoidable for most | of us, and one should make up one’s mind to suffer them with as little dis- comfort as good planning can make hem. The mother must gather her wits, think the whole journey through, and jot down all the suppiles she is certain to need, then check them off as_packed. The/food supplies for the in one suit case, the toilet ad- juncts and clothing in another and the games and toys and books in an- other, he nursing bal ‘The bottle baby's formula can be handled in several ways. Milk may be well bolled at home, mixed, put in a sterilized container, sealed and ecool- ed and kept on ice until the moment of leaving. It can be kept on ice in | the diner, if one is carried during | the whole trip, -0 look that up be- fore starting, to be sure. Milk laboratories will prepare baby's usual formula in as many bottles as will be needed and deliver them to the train, in an .deed container. This is safe, bulky, but expensive. Such bottles can be used for the entire trip, though. Dried and evaporated milks in small cans are ideal for traveling. If baby is taking lactic-acid milk, even that is possible by the use of a dried lactic- y is the best traveler. | be played sitting_dow as the stomach, and By night, i the child isn't actually nauseated by his injudicious feasting, he is too uncom- | fortable to sleep. | If one must depend on the family | basket, it should be opened only at regular meal times. Water from the falthful vacuum bottle and plenty of oranges will prevent the constant thirst : 1! affiicts children penned up on a rain, Toys there should be, even for the baby. The older children should have an ample supply of puzzles or games to books to read, rayons, pencils. dull scissors and paper, in order to keep minds and hands busy. acid milk or a simple method of pre- paring it with evaporated milk. If| any of these milks are strange to him, he chould receive them one week in advance of the journey, for the ex- citement of so many new experiences 15 enough to rob baby of his appetite without the added insult of a per- fectly new food. Small cans of sieved vegetables or of vegetable soups can be purchased now just for the baby's own use. With a vacuum bottle of bolled water, an orange or two, a small saucepan heating apparatus, and & cup, a dis spoon and a package of zweiback, baby of six to eighteen months can have almost his regulation diet car- ried right along with him. Cereal is eas; rocurable on the d , Or one may use, for the time being, a crushed graham or oatmeal cracker moistened with milk, or any of the prepared cereal: Th might be fewer cross and #ick older children if mothers were less prone to prepare a gencrous basket of food and ‘then give the children free access to from the moment they step on the train, This all-day picnic gradually sours the disposition as well Washing New Gloves . ‘ Slip-on gloves are the choice of the majority of smartly drcssed women for general wear this Spring—and they are most practical if made of washable suede or chamois. Since suntan is the coepted tone for stockings at present the gloves should also be chosen in this tone. White gloves may be worn—though never white stockings; but white gloves | ers would be less strained if children | were kept happily occupied in their own berths, instead of running to the first person who smiles at them and | sticking by him or her to the last| mile. Mothers have no right to make | | nursemaids of other passeng Just because of that initial friendly smile. | Traveling by compartment or section | is a real economv when there are sev- | eral children, and an everlasting com- | | fort for the mother. Here there are | |a toflet and wash basin adjacent, and | baby's food can be prepared, meals | eaten and children kept firmiy 1 | away from the curious or | ing eyes of less incumbered travelers. Traveling for any distance is tire- | | some at best, and mothers should be understanding _enough to pass over | small lapses of conduct, and strive to | keep children in an amiable mood, in- stead of being on the alert to correct, | that very moment, any bit of misbe- | havior. If ever one needs .one hun- | dred per cent patience, it is on & ! journey. Tie-and-Dye Spread Lovely for Summer| Silk and elaborately embroidered bed- | spreads that have added to the charm- ing appearance of your bedrooms through the cooler months should be safely stowed away during June, July, | August and September. In their places u should have spreads that are not easily mussed or sofled and that can easily be washed. And yet you should have bedspreads of distinction. Indla block prints are very attractive | for this purpose, with colors that har- | monize with the rest of the decorations. | much of the charm of these prints and that cost very much less, you should mak> some tie-and-dye muslin spreads yourself. 1 | All you need is a piece of white or unbleached muslin, & package of d and some small shot to make an inter- esting tie-and-dye spread. Slip covers for furniture and Summer drapery have been made so attractive that some houses and apartments pre- sent a more attractive and inviting ap- pearance in warm weather than in cool weather. In place of the unattractive cotton | and linen materials of neutral sl’mde‘ that once were used for furniture cov= | ers, attractive, but none the less prac- | tical, chintzes have been used that keep | velour and fine upholstery lounge and | chair covers safe from sun and dust for five or six months. Sometimes appliques of attractively |If you want to make spreads that have | figured material are used to give a dis- tinctive touch to the plain-toned covers | and sometimes a_square of piecework, | done in bright-colored cotton materials, | is applied on the back and seat of a| chair There is no longer need of the mos- quito-netting shrouds that used to make | drawing rooms and living rooms for-!| Season of Slip Covers _ bidding during the season when files and dust abound. Chandeliers are no more; delicate lampshades are replaced | by those of more serviceable sort for Summer weather. Unnecessary orna- ments are simply packed away for the Summer. Fine rugs frequently are taken up to be cleaned at this time of the year and not put down again until Autumn, in- expensive fiber or grass rugs taking their place. Overdrapery is also out of place, and in place of fine window cur- tains coarser curtains of linen or cotton | material are hung at the windows. Tie- back curtains are frequently chosen for the Summer, since with windows open there is usually the desire to pull the | curtains back to admit more air. Seven sisters were bridesmaids and three brothers were pages at the recent ‘weddin| G. E. Taylor at Otlands, England. | There’s Endless of Miss Phyllis Cowley and | Salad Variety A good individual combination salad f three stalks of asparagus, < of tomato, and French dress- ing {o which a little tomato catsup has been added. i Another special from a tearoom is this: Molds of boiled rice to which | minced green pepper, pimento and celery have been added, served with | mayonnaise on lettuce. And here are some others: { Raisins, apples, celery and walnuts, all coarsely chopped, and served on let- tuce with mayonnaise. Diced grapefruit, orange, pineapple, marshmallows and shredded, blanched almond. Molds of jellied vegetables—shred- | ded tender cabbage, canned peas, and pimento, in tomato jelly. One big sardine on lettuce, with lemon juice sprinkled over it, with two stuffed olives, three toasted saltines, apd a stalk of celery stuffed with cream cheese. The woman who is going abroad never had an easier time selecting and collect- 50 that a few could be made to answer many purposes. ‘The ensemble idea makes it possible to have one traveling costume that can be kept in good order for weeks. There is, for instance, the wool skirt and fairly Gardening Is Smart New Sport BY BETSY CALLISTER. | O say that the people of any one | country more than those of any | other love flowers is rather un- just. ‘The love of flowers is so | deeply implanted in the human heart that it depends on no special sort of civilization or culture. And so when you go_globe-trotting, instead of trying 1o decide whether the French really love flowers more than the English, or whether the Germans are or are not the greatest flower lovers in the world, a better thing to do is to notice how this love of flowers that is common to | us all differs in different countries and | different sections. | Thus when you are in France and sce little working’ girls stoppinz to buy a tiny nosegay for a few francs from a corner flower vendor you may conclude that there are no people in the world | who ltke so well to have bouquets of | cut flowers before them. When you | see colorful, well cultivated flower gar- | dens before the doors of the poorest German working folk you may come to the conclusion that the Germans are the most indefatigable gardeners in the world, and when you hear an English- man or an Englishwoman talking of the | blossoming hawthornes and primroses in the Springtime you must realize that there are no people anywhere who have a fonder sentiment toward their native wild flowers in their native settings than the English. In different sections of our own coun- try it is possible, too, that the love of flowers is expressed in different ways. | But more and more we must realize | gloves to become so grimy that they need hard or proionged rubbing. The water should be lukewarm and the soap should be dissolved before the gloves are put into the water. Never should the soap be_rubbed directly on the gloves. | I gloves are really soiled they may be | soaked for three or four minutes in the | lukewarm soapy water. It is much better to do this than to try to get me dirt out by means of strenuous bbing. BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON. | “I don't know what has come over Peggy,” exclaimed Mrs, Brown to her | husband as she got supper. “She's the | | most_headstrong _child I've ever seen.| Junior's so different! He gives in to | her in every little thing, but she fights | | him constantly. Now he's learning to | fight back. They've nearly driven me | crazy today.” i “I'll take a hand.” said Mr, Brown et me handle her tonight.’ | 1t is better to pass over the scene | that took place in five-year-old Peggy's bedroom at 8 o'clock. It wound up by her getting a whipping, after which are not good unless the white note i# | Rinsing should be thorough and for this | she screamed and knicked and howled sounded elsewhere in the costume. It is possile to buy washable gloves nowadays that are as fine and soft as the non-washable sort. Care must, how- ever, be taken in the washing if you wish the gloves to retain their fine qual- ity. By all means buy a pair of metal glove frames to dry them on after wash- ing. A good rule is never to allow the | yarm, siightly zoapy water should be use | Finally the water should be prrssed, |out. If this pressing is done on & towel you can get the gloves fairly well | drained without having to wring them, which would, of course, be injurious. Then they should be pulled over the | frames and the frames hung up in the | | air, but not in the direct sunshine. Match Bag to Slipper The trick of matching snoes and hand- | ferent tones the result is a two-toned | advice. bag is usually a good one, First leather ehoes were offered with handbags to match and then as dressmaker fabrics— | effect that is decidedly attractive. | Sometimes there are accessory en- | sembles which include a scarf or gloves | | as well as slipper and bag. The scar! , | answered. for an hour and then finally sobbed herself to sleep. The next day she was worse than ever | | “I don't like you,* she said darkly | | to her father at breakfast. And she | | proceeded to make a face at her broth- | er. “Or you either,” she added. | Peggy, Peggy!” pleaded her mother. | “Why are you such a naughty girl? | Junior 15 such a good boy and you | are so bad. I never knew a little girl | could be so bad as you are.” | Peggy sald nothing, but ate her hot cakes with relish, | r In desperation Mrs. Brown went to see a child specialist and asked for | “You see, she isn't really bad.” | | she exclaimed; “just headstrong and | | unreasonable.” | “Few children are really bad” he! “But there is some real such as moire, crepe de chine and heavy | when the slipper and bag are of crepe de- reason for her Being nasty and ill- linen—came into fashion for shoes, fab- ric bags to match followed. With the suit or ensemble of light- weight tweed or other woolen materials chosen for travel and town wear at present leather bags with shoes of the same leather are appropriate; for wear | with silk, cotton or linen dresses, bags and shoes mni' be made of some one of these lighter fabrics. There are new slipj wear made of crepe straw—and these slippers may be cially dyed to match the dresses which they are to be worn. As the two 1zaterials take the dyes in somewhat dif- s for Summer e chine and fine o | | chine, is of the same material. When natured as well as headstrong, It may‘ Headstrong Children that we who were once criticized by Europeans for being indifferent to the beauties of nature are taking our place | among the flower lovers of the world. A distinguished French dressmaker in this co commented recently on the interest that smart Americans take | in the cultivation of their own gardens. He was surprised to learn that mem- bership in certain garden clubs carried with it considerable social distinction, and that in order to receive full mem- bership in some of these clubs one had actually to tend the flowers with one's own hands. Gardening has in truth become a really fashionable diversion and here perhaps more than anywhere else the feeling prevails that ai least a super~ ficial knowledge of gardening is a neces- sary part of every woman's social edu- cation. Most of us do our bit of ama- | teur gardening for the sake of the jor we get out of it, mingled with the reali- zation that gardening helps to keep down one's weight. And we are able to talk with some expertness about varie- ties of roses, chrysanthemums, dahlias, tulips and narcissus largely because we are really interested in them. | Al the same time most women realize | that the patter of flower gardening is quite as helpful socially as the abilit; to talk about new books or new play and that to be able to distinguish by name two varieties of garden roses is quite likely to give one more prestige | among well bred people than the ability to name at sight two different makes of expensive motor cars (Copyright, 1920.) Sunday school, tell her quietly tha you are sorry but she has no new dress, and leave her at home. “Some difficult ds reasonable, put on ‘I must go where I can be happier daughter. Mother can't stay here to- | day.’ See that she is safe but very | lonely that day. “She may realize that if she wants! you she must behave herself and treat one human being should treat another. And one such quict scene will do more than hours and hours of talk “Keep her very, very busy, too, out- doors and in. Activity is a good cure for all sorts of abnormal conduct. Keep her pretty tired most of the time. “‘These are only suggestions that may not work out to the letter, but they may give you ideas.” What the specialist told Mrs. Brown may be a help to other mothers with wayward children at that age, both boys and girls. One thing is particu- larly true: The best way to manage a headstrong child is to appeal to him through that very head. If you can get him_thinking, that's the thing you want. Throw him on his own re- sponsibility, ~ o Stewed Fish. A busy housewife says that the quick- est way and simplest way of cooking fish is to stew it—so when you want to get a really deliclous dish for dinner | slipper and bag are of leather, the scarf | be because she hears you comparing |and haven't much time order filleted D] | matches onlyin color and design. i Crab a la King. Make a white sauce with one | of sweet milk, half a cupful of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, a pinch of | cayenne per and half a cupful of butter or substitute. Add to this sauce one pound of white crab meat, one pimento and half a sma'l green pepper chopped fine. Then add half a can |of mushrooms cuc in pleces. Serv ' very hot on toast, » = » | her brother to her. I should stop that. | Moreover, never let her hear you say she is naughty at all. “As far as that goes, there are some | yoke of obedlence. The b we can | do Is to get their co-operation through their intelligence. As a rule, punish- ment -just makes such a child worse, | “You say she is smart. Then I| should try to make her reason things | out. If she wears her best dress to| play in, the first time she wants to go | to town with yow, or to a movie, or to| | | cover fish or some sort of fish that you can cut into pleces without bones. Just the fish h water and let n‘ simmer gently in a covered pot. Let it uart | children who ncver really bow to the | simmer for an hour and a half or longer, let the water boil away as much | as possible and add a little milk. Let this simmer gently with the fish for & few minutes over a low flame. add salt | and pepper and then thicken slightly | with water and flour. Add a little but- | ter and serve the fish in this thickened sauce. This is very nice with new | potatoes served with parsley. @) N HERE IS A LOVELY GARDEN CORNER. THE COMFORTABLE AIR WITH AN FIRMLY IN PLACE BY THRUSTING IT THROUGH A LOOP FOR THAT PURPOSE IN THE BACK OF THE CHAIR, THE SPIKED FLOWER BASKET, THE ENAMELED METAL TABLE THAT RAIN DOESN'T HURT—ALL THESE THINGS ADD TO THE GARDEN'S C STRIPED CANVAS DECK C! HARM. 9 ,;‘li'w long coat idea. The wool should be of a not too heavy weight. for general European travel one is likely to run into more cool days than at home, still, a really heavy wool suit is burdensome, unless you have plenty of thinner things to alternate with it. With this coat suit there should be a blouse of crepe de chine in matching color or in figures: a couple of white tuck-in sleeveless blcuses in silk, linen or some other washable fabric, and ane or two thin sweaters to wear under the coat for the cooler days. With such an assortment of blouses you can adapt the costume to any temperature. The ‘There’s no other treatment that can compare with aleep as a beautifier. | Fatigue is drastic in its effect on beauty | of face and body. Slow steps, slumping shoulders, muscles, drooping eyelids and drawn lines of the face are all signs of prolonged fatigue. | A very pronounced and very common | symptom of fatigue is headache. Doc- tors and pharmacists will tell you of people who come to them with com- plaints about lack of pep and pains in the head, from which they seek relief via the preseription or headache tablet route, when what they really need is a good night's sleep. Indigestion is another cause of the ghastly countenance that no paint or powder can cover, Sickness has a hor- rible way of leering out from behind the cosmetic mask. And lack of rest, danc- ing till way into the morning. eating sweets and drinki cockta. work havoc with the modern girl's health and complexion. & If the health is impaired there can be no beauty. The symptoms spell ugli- ness. Ugliness of color, texture and | & i h“ ‘ v‘I’\\\. Covering Here is a way to secure.a most d'i‘ fective and attractive floor covering at very small cost. If you have a Summer cottage you may find it useful for cov- ering a rough wooden floor in a bed- | room closet, bathroom or other place | where you want to keep out dust and | duufhu that might seep through the | usual cottage floor. As it is quite water- | proof, it would also be a good sort of | flooring for the Summer house or gar- | den shelter where a close floor covering | is desired. The covering is made from heavy | canvas or fine burlap. If you have any old boat sails at your Summer cottage you may use the good portions to ad- vantage in this way. You should measure the space to cover exactly and then cut the material so that when fin- ished round the edge with a flat ma- chine hem it will fit in precisely. Ma- terial may be pleced by lapping the selvedges over an inch and stitching along the edges of the lapped selvedges. Such plecings should go with the grain Jof the floor. After the rough fieor Xas beex scrubbed thoroughly and allowed to dry, holes should be filled with putty and it should be painted over with inexpensive outside t, and while it is still wet with the paint the canvas or burlap should be laid down over the wet paint and securely tacked along the el into position, The material should cut so that it may be stretched across the floor without & wrinkle. After this it must be left to dry for several days, because the underpaint must be per- uc!iy dry before you go on with the work. After this the idea is to cover it with | two or three coats of floor paint of the sort used on boat decks. Each coat must be thoroughly dry before adding the next. A gray paint is usually at- tractive, tho%you may prefer some other color. first coat of paint put on over the canvas or burlap may not give & very smooth effect; but a second UMBRELLA HELD |ing her traveling wardrobe. For never | before were clothes designed and made | For, although | xtremes in Season’s Fashions A BLACK LACE DINNER FROCK OF SURPLICE LINE IS FAST. ENED AT THE GIRDLE WITH A BUCKLE OF RHINESTONES. Ensembles for Europe? sleeveless blouses are worn when coat is not to be removed; the crepe de chine blouse when it may be too warm to keep the coat on all the time; the sweaters when the jacket alone is not heavy enough. Such & costume can very well see one long days M-wm. ‘The ning ) with a little sleeved jacket or—a newer idea—cape of the same material, which converts the slesveless frock into a suit- | able dress-up afterncon costume, might e chosen. Really, one could travel far and nicely on such a simple wardrobe. Beauty Sleep ; general character of the skin are aman; ;lhe most noticeable effects of lack o sufficient sleep. All girls and women should so 1056 Sure of Raving elnt Nours: sioep sure ving ef urs' nightly. But what about the Nlll..!g ? Did you ever stop to think how that afterncon slumber period is named? ‘The beauty nap has done wonders in | maintaining many a woman's reputae | tion for loveliness, Tired, nervous, fret« ful, with pale face and tired lines around eyes and mouth, she has lain down after the luncheon work was done to cateh her 40 winks. And has awak+ ened a new woman, full of pep and vis vacity, ready for &Afly theater or what not. " The tired lines have been erased udn;‘ou;h by magic, her eyes lfld!;l; and her carri expresses life an in every um‘\n:. No beauty treatment in all the warld is equal to nature's own it restora« | tive. If we had to pay our hours of sleep at beauty-shop rates, we would know better how to value its almost miraculous effects. for Floors or third coat gives a very good even appearance. A floor covering of this sort is very durable, and if you repaint the canvas covering when it shows signs of wearing l:“vll}ll t almost as long as the floor 0Old Quilts Used For New Patterns In a collection of lovely old patchwork bed quilts one of the most effective proved on examination to be one of the simplest. The design was made entirely from small squares cut from odds and ends of cambric and calico, worked on a foundation of coarse muslin, following the old-fashioned design known sa “‘double nines.* The making of patchwork quilts hax come back into favor, and if you cannot boast of a collection of quaint old bed quilts the best thln' to is to make some new ones, following the old de- signs. Meringues. Whites of three eggs, one and one- quarter cups granulated sugar, three teaspoonfuls baking powder, one-quar- ter teaspoonful vanilla extract. Beat whites of eggs until stiff and dry; add gradually two-thirds of R R ape; fol rem [ ;}l'th bnku;:xsmwder: add vantiia. Drog spoon! on lazed r an bake in moderate mn 25 'z.g min- utes. Remove any soft part from center of meringues and return to oven to dry out, after off heat. Use two meringues for each aser and put together with sweetened w! cream and crushed peaches, well sweeli- ened,