Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1929, Page 39

WOMAN'’S PAGE. MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. ‘Reducing the Waist Line. Dear Miss Leeds: $ am 19 years old and-5 feet tall. . How can I reduce @ waist that ‘measure 32 inches? I Weighe 110 pounds. What styles should I wear to make me look taller and what colors.- ¥ am & blonde with fair skin and-brown eyes. My eyes are in good condition, but I have dark wrinkles un- der them. What is the cause? . MARIE B. Answer—Your weight is correct for age and height. Here are two exercises for reducing the waist line, which seems large in proportion to your height. First;"stand erect with feet well apart and ‘arms at sides, trunk inclined a little backward. Raise the right elbow out- ward, letting the hand slide up the side of the body until it rests curled up in| the armpit, and bending the trunk over to the left side. As the right hand is moving upward the left hand slides down to the left knee. Now reverse the movement so that the left hand slides up into the left armpit, the body leans to the right and the right hand slides | down that side of the body to the knee. | Do not let the body bend forward, but keep shoulders well back. Repeat 20| times. Second exercise—Stand erect, | with arms raised straight above head | and hands clasped. feet apart. Bend body to the left, swinging clasped hands | down to touch he left foot. Raise the body quickly, flinging the arms up-| ward and outward, inhaling. Hold a| moment, then bend to the right. Re-| peat 10 times to each side. The down- | ward movements are slow, the upward | ones are fast. | DIET AND HEALTH BY LULU HUNT Dermatitis Venenata. | Under the title Dermatitis Venenata | are included all of the inflammatory | conditions of the skin, due to contact | with caustics, drugs, plants and other substances almost innumerable. Dur- | ing the season, the rhus plants bring | the largest number of cases of D. V.| to the clinics. These plants are the | rhus toxicodendron (poison ivy). a | climbing plant; rhus poison oak. a small tree or shrub, and poison sumac. I Certainly one of the first things that sufferers from poison plants should do is to learn to distinguish them. I'll give you a brief description- of them, as given in the Government Bulletin' No. | 584. (You can obtain this by writing | to the Superintendent of Documents, | Government Printing Office, Washing- | ton. The cost is 5 cents in stamps.) | The poison ivy and oak are found | practichlly everywhere except above | an elevation of 6.000 feet, and very | dry places—in fields, pastures, wood- lands, along roadways and streams, cemetery and suburb. The ivy and oak leaves are in clus- | ters of three. (You can remember | them as having the same number of | leaves as there are letters in the| word “ivy) Two of the leaves are| opposite ‘each other and are short- stalked. while the middle, or terminal | leaf, is long-stalked. The leaflets | vary from one to four inches long, dark green on the upper surface, lighter and sometimes velvety, with fine hairs underneath. The edges of | the leaves may be smooth or deeply indented. They are red when young— | later green—and in the Autumn, beau- | tiful shades of scarlet and orange. ‘They are very ornamental, and are often picked by the unknowing for | decorative purposes. Small, inconspicuous yellowish-green | flowers 'in loose branching clusters, | growing out of the angles of the leaf | stalk and its stem, appear in early! Summer and ripen into fruit (not un- | like the mistletoe berries), first green | and later white. These remain on the lant until late in the Winter and| ater in the season have a tendency to dry and wrinkle | The terms poison ivy and oak are often used interchangeably; but the poison ivy is really a vine, and the poison oak is a plant of bush-like habit of growth. There is a Western plant known as an oak which is also found growing like a vine. Remember that both types have the three leaflets | and the waxy fruit. The vines of the ivy and vine oak attach themselves to trees, fences, rocks | or anything handy, by means of aerial | rootlets (not twining tendrils, the same | as is found on many vines). The bushy forms of oaks grow erect. and may reach as high as 3 to 5 feet. Poison Sumac. ‘There are types of sumac plant which look like the poisonous ivy and oak, except that their berries are red and they have aromatic properties, some being fragrant and others ill scented. Then there is a type of poison sumac with no resemblance to the ivy and oak. It grows usually in swampy lands, and is known under the name of poison dogwood, poison ash, poison alder, etc. (It frequently grows as a tree, but is more abundant as a shrub) The trunk has a smooth, light-gray batk. while the young twigs are reddish-brown at then turn to orange-! . The | leaves consist of a slender stalk, bear- | ing_seven to eighteen short-stemmed | , arranged in pairs opposite one | “THERE'S a recipe on every package of Rice Krispies that makes the best maca- roons you ever tasted! Rice Ktispies is the new | strain. One-piece frocks in solid colors or vertict stripes will make you look taller. For fullness use kick pleats rather than flares. Strive for straight lines and have your stockings the same tone as your dress, if not the same color, Wear beige hose with a tan or beige costume, gun metal ones with a black or dark colored dress. When the stockings are much lighter in tone than the dress the figure seems shorter. Browns, bronze and tans are becoming to your type, also dark and medium blues and greens, amber, mais, orange- yellow, peach, dull rose, orchid, pright red, rust, henna and black. One is not always conscious of eye- Unless you have been to the oculist within the last 12 months, I advise you to have an examination now. Eye wrinkles are sometimes due to loss of sleep or nervous habits of squinting. OIS LEEDS. Hair Questions. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) My hair is/ chestnut brown, but I want it to be deep black. How can I do this without hav- ing it dyed? (2) I have very fine hair. Will it take a good permanent wave?| I am 17 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall, ‘What should I weigh? S.M.A.L. Answer—(1) _ You cannot change brown hair to black unless you dye it. (2) If your hair is healthy and elastic, and 1f you go to & skillful operator for the wave, you should be able to get good results. Of course, fairly coarse hair usually takes a wave better than | extremely fine hair does. If you go to a conscientious hairdresser, she will tell you whether your hair will take a wave or not. The average weight for your age and height is 124 pounds. LOIS LEEDS. Bow Legs. Eddie—Braces would not be effective at your age, since your bones have hardened, but you can develop the muscles so that the legs will look straight. Here is a good exercise for the purpose. Stand tall with heels about an inch apart and toes poining outward. Do not mave the feet, but tense the muscles of the whole leg and draw the knees as close together as you can. Rest and repeat 20 times, and also at odd times when you have the oppor- tunity. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright. 1929.) PETERS, M. D. another, with a single, usually long- stemmed leaflet at the end. When these leaves first unfold in the Spring, they are a bright orange color. At maturity, the leaflets are | dark green and glossy on the upper | surface, with prominent scarlet mid- | ribs. Early in the Summer tiny yel- lowish-brown flowers appear in clus- ters, about 3 to 8 inches, growing out of the angles of the leaf stems. These ripen into shiny, ivory-white or yellow- ish fruits, resembling those of the poison oak' or poison ivy. In early Autumn the foliage turns to a brilliant red or orange. The leaves fall early, but the center clusters of fruit remain. 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Capitol to Willard’s Hotel, Fourteenth and Penn- sylvania avenue, passenger cars were run between those points for the first time tonight, The tracks were found to be in perfect order, being solid, smooth and substantial. A number of gentlemer. who made the initial trip cheered loudly as they passed westward on the Avenue. They were in turn loudly cheered by the few persons who happened to be on the street at that late hour. Five or six passengér cars will be run tomorrow afternoon about 4 o'clock for the accommodation of members of the House and Senate who py reason of early adjournment of ‘Congress will not be present at the formal opening of the railway next week, when the track will be completed as far as the War Depart- ment. On the occasiop of this formal opening the citizens of Washington and Georgetwon will be invited to have free rides. " This afternoon two more cars were received at the railroad depot for the Washington & Georgetown Railway. They were buily in Philadelphia by Messrs. Murphy & Allison and are very creditable pleces of workmanship. One is a regular passenger car and the other is a large open Summer or excursion car. The regular car K measures inside about 7 by 15 feet and will seat com- fortably about 20 persons. The seats on the sides are covered with finé silk velvet and the windows, which are of stained and plain glass combined, are furnished with cherry sash and poplar blinds, besides handsome damask curtains. The top of this car is rounded, per- out inconvenience, and rods, to which loops are attached, are run’ from end to end. The lamp, which is surrounded | by red glass, is hung in the center in | such a manner as to show outside as | well as inside, ‘The excursion car has seats running crosswise and will seat 24 persons. “he | car is handsomely painted both inside and out. 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Kerrigan, still young, reads on the veranda or works in his garden much of the time. In the evening his radio may be heard until past midnight. I hope he takes to bridge this Winter. ‘Theda Bara Brabin, once the queen of vampires, is retired, and mistress of her husband’s spacious home. Her reputation as a hostess is enviable. But how she brightens when you speak of her old active days in the studfos, the costumes she wore, the types she created! Mae Murray is concerned only with her three children. Recent attempts to bring her back to the camera failed. She feels so rooted in home things now that her interest couldn't be stimulated. Just as well. The profession of movie- making progresses so rapidly that the artists of a few years back have an antediluvian technique these days. Beatrice Lillie, Hollywood-bound, announces that her ambition is to speak with a Jewish accent. The irresistible Lady Peel came here once before. That Hollywood which goes in for importa- tions accepted her whole-heartedly and quoted her extensively; laughed uproar- iously every time she opened her mouth; afraid it would miss & good joke or a subtle one, so took no chances: just haw-hawed at everything. It's always well to be on the safe side. | ‘The Lillie's best line was said to a producer who makes whoopee in time | with every pretty woman he meets. ming up to where Beatrice Lillie was Standing with a group of people, he bent and kissed the back of her neck. FEATURES. MERRICK. turned the joke neatly on its perpe- trator. ‘With all this, her silent picture was listed among the duds. Lillie needs to talk. Her tone is priceless, but most of her dialogue is too strong for movie comedy standards. “World Weary,” the inimitable moment of the Cochrane re- vue, sent me out of the theater weak from laughter. Yet the knockout line couldn't be sung jnto the “mike.” Talkies are still canned art. You cannot Tuc over the things which actual personality softens to the poini of @c- ceptability. And that, my children, is Hollywood’s little puzzle to work on this year. Bumped into the fair Mary Lewis on my way into a leading studio. Mary —in private life Mary is Mme. Bohnen. Her husband sings baritone at the Metropolitan ra for a consideration, We said “Hello!"” Said Mary: “What is your telephone number?” “Youw'll never remember it,” said I “It's 4231." “Forty-two dollars and thirty-seven cents,” remarked Mary gravely. ‘Yes, T'll remember that. Just put things into money and I never forget 'em.” She'd been in talking contract. They are thinking of her as lead opposite Tibbett. Now, would you link that re- mark about money with anything that happened, contract-talking " earlier in the day? Among us movies: He—Archimedes said, “Give me a long enough lever and I will lift the world.” Producer—Has anybody got him un- der contract? | Shayle Gardiner says: “Charlie Chaplin after a life of comedy making will_end by giving the world a per-| formance of ‘Hamlet. " “End” is significant. Tell the public | to take you seriously when you've spent years making them forget their troubles! Charlie Chaplin scarcely needs to lift an eyebrow now to send his audience into | hysterics. The psychology of fun is| instilled in their very bones. | There is a persistent legend in the village that tests of Charlie Chaplin as Hamlet are securely locked away in | his studio vaults. He has been prevailed ‘ upon by advisers to keep them there. One of the richest men in films—this | weary clown who would be a prince of | Denmark. 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