Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1930, Page 15

w OMAN’S PAGE. Clothes for Southern Wear BY MARY MARSHALL. The new clothes for Southern wear that we see in the shops at this time of the year look so fresh and crisp and it that it is difficult to resist even if a tflf to one of the resorts 15 not part of the Winter program. Flowered silks never look so flowerlike as when they appear in the window of a Northern city on a dreary day in Jan- uary, and all the lovely pastel tints that ar for wear at WArm resorts never strike the eye so temptingly as when we are wearing Winter clothes. Really there is no reason why one should not buy some of these lovely o VRV 4, Sy N SO 2y A N S S N [3% X N A LRSS N N A Y ) % S by s N s, T 2 = d &" N Y (> THIS NEW BATH ROBE FOR RE- SORT OR EARLY SPRING WEAR 18 MADE OF COTTON CREPE IN COLORFUL PRINTED DESIGN. things even if one cannot join the idlers at a Winter resort. There are flowered silk dresses—of the sort that we usually speak of affectionately as “little” dresses—that are just the thing to wear under the coat of fur or heavy cloth. They may be worn appropriately for luncheon or afternoon card parties or for the informal dinner. There are two-plece suits of jersey or light tweed that may also be worn under the ‘Winter coat for luncheon—and one of the new evening dresses obviously meant for Winter resort wear is not amiss at any evening party nowadays. ‘To the woman who must make every dollar that she spends for clothes count, there is real satisfaction in knowing that these new things offered for resort ‘wear now are precisely the same sort of thing that we shall be wearing generally in the Spring and early Summer. And now when they are the accepted mode of the Spring. ‘This week’s Help for the Home Dress- maker gives a di m pattern for a cozy sleeping wrap for baby. If you have a baby of your own or know a wee baby to whom you would like to make a_useful present you may want a ‘copt If so, just send your stamped, self-addressed envelope to Mary Mar- shall, care of this paper, and it will be forwarded to you. (Copyright, 1930 Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDK Years ago, 12 to be exact, we wrote our first article entitled “Your Baby and Mine,” and that first article had to do with “Little Night Owls.” We were ob- sessed in those days with the plight of small bables who lost their rest at night because mothers and fathers insisted on taking them to places of amusement. With our own three tucked into their beds at 6 or 6:30 and never a peep out of them, we watched with discomfort when bables were carried into movies or brought to the homes of friends and bounced about all evening in an effort to keep them from crying. Once when we had to take a train at 11 o'clock with the flock, we burned with shame at being seen out with such young children at night. We wanted to tell the world that we knew better but couldn't help ourselves. We don’t feel very differently today. Neither, it appears, do some of our readers. We wanted to tell the world that we knew better but couldn't help ourselves. ) The following letter inspired this out- burst of ancient history: “May I find a small space in your col- umn for a word?” Mrs. H. writes. * attended a movie this evening, leaving after the last performance. I saw & young couple coming out carrying a baby not over 3 months old. I have one that age and noticed their similarity of size. There it was parked up on its father’s arm, fuzzly little head wabbling all around, bright eyes wide open. I thought about how that little baby had to be taken out in the raw, foggy night, taken to its home, undressed and finally settled for the night, and it was after 5% my opinion that an evening's “It my opinion an_ev: entertainment is dearly bought lthle price of the baby rest, and now espe- cially when there is so much sickness about. I have three little folks. Some- times my mother stays with them, some- times my husband. Even if I had no one T would prefer staying at home to tak- ing babies and children out at night. “Surely if mothers must have enter- tainment, they can go to shows in the day time. One nearly always-sees a line of baby buggies and carts at the back during & night show. I may sound like a crank, and per] by morning I shall regret this and leave it unwritten. But I do feel so sorry for children out at_night.” I'm glad you didn’t wait until morn- . I realize how badly mothers and fathers need recreation, and should manage it without bablies. babies are accustomed te being gut to bed at 6 or, at the latest, 7 at night, the parents can go away and leave them with some responsible person over 16 and have twice the pleasure and comfort they would have if baby were along. ‘When a mother tells me that baby won't go to sleep until midnight, and refuses to close an eye until his parents are in bed, she needn't tell me -nytm:a more. In most cases that baby has h: his early-to-bed and early-to-sieep hab- its ruined. It isn’t possible to enforce nowadays they are more expensive when offered at this time of the year than they will be two or three months from good sleeping habits one night and break them the next. The is going to de- mand to be entertained every night. MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD, Calif., January 11 (NANA)—Anna Q. Nilsson's brave| fight to conquer lameness had lnatheri pathetic chapter added to it recently ‘when surgeons inserted a wooden sec- tion in the injured hipbone, which has refused to knit by normal means these two years past. ‘This beautiful actress’ tragic accident and its wretched results is another of the disasters attributable to the village m and the necessity of main- ing a sylph-like figure. Although the Swedish actress be- longed in the early group of picture players, in figure and form she is as enl;mmly slim and supple as any girl in her teens. But years of rigid exercise and diet required to maintain the cam- era figure vitiated the blood to such an extent that when a horseback accident resulted in a broken hipbone the knit- ting process could not be induced. During the two years of enforced idle- ness one of the screen’s greatest beau- ties has seen her medium pass into something entirely foreign to her knowl- edge—the talking picture. She has put up a brave fight to recover the health which once made a brilllant career possible. This last desperate measure may return her to the professional ranks, but the chances are even that MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Grapefruit Oatmeal with Cream Fried Sausags QGriddle Cakes, Maple Siru) uts Coftee DINNER. Cream of Onion Soup Roast Lamb, Brown Gravy Mint Jelly Riced Endive Salad, French Dressing Orange Custard Pudding Coffee. SUPPER. ‘Welsh Rarebit on Toast Pickles Olives Brown Bread and Cream Cheese Sandwiches Pig Layer Cake FRIED SAUSAGES. Put sausages into a frying pan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, then drain and fry in usual’ way. ORANGE PUDDING. ‘Two eggs, two oranges, one cup sugar, one pint milk, one table- spoon cornstarch; heat milk, add sugar and cornstarch, which have been mixed together, to yolks of eggs, then mix in hot milk, stir- ring contsantly; when thickened set aside to cool; have oranges peeled and sliced in dish you will serve from; when mixture is cold pour over oranges and frost with meringue made from whites of two eggs, two tablespoons sugar and a pinch of salt; brown n slow oven. FIG LAYER CAKE. Cream one-quarter cup of but- ter with one cup of granulated sugar, add the beaten yolks of two eggs and beat until very light. Sift twice one and one- half cups of flour mixed with two teaspoons of baking powder and add to the first mixture alter- nately with one-half cup of sweet milk. Flavor with one teaspoon of vanilla, fold in the stiffly beaten whites and bake in layers. Filling.—Pass one-half Tea. MERRICK. she may never be able to face a camera again. Alice Joyce has been one of Anna Q. Nilsson's dearest friends for many years. They were inseparable, dining and lunching together frequently—two of the most distinguished and lovely women of the cinema colony. No player who has fought through a long siege of discouragement has had more hearty co-operation from her friends than Anna Q. Nilsson. They have never been too busy to drop in of a Sunday and cheer her up, and fre- quently telephone messages, books and flowers have found their way to her from people who have been so occupied on the sound stages of Hollywood that such thoughtful courtesies seem almost miraculous. ‘The little bird that peddles romance news about this colony reports the en- gagement of Helen Ferguson and Rich- ard Hargraves as soon to be announced. Richard Hargraves, Beverly Hills banker, is one of the most eligible men hereabouts, and Helen Ferguson, widow of Bill Russell, is one of the pretty and popular women who made silent pictures a joy forever. Some good luck is coming her way, and she deserves it. Disaster has stalked her during the years. Her husband died of pneumonia during one of the flu epidemics which swept the country. His brother had died shortly before this. When talkies came Helen Ferguson bravely turned to the legitimate as a refuge, and found its doors wide open. She has made an interesting career for herself before the footlights, appearing in companies in and about Los Angeles. ‘When a few snowflakes fell yesterday morning—real ones, not made of corn- flakes and paraffin—the colony went quite mad with delight, but a thunder- storm, accompanied by a heavy fall of hail, played havoc with the electric light system during the afternoon and held up sound-stage ‘ogress. And when you think of money lost in sound- stage hold-ups, you must be able to count quickly on the fingers of both hands even to estimate feebly what it means. Motion picture star shopping: “And 1 want some Savon a la vio- lette soap. And what's your mose ex- pensive perfume?" (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliancs.) SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. pound of figs through a meat- chopper, add one-third eup of bo! water, one-half cup of sugar, the juice of half a lemon and & few grains of salt. Cook in a double boiler, stirring fre- quently until thick enough to spread. ‘Whoo-hoo! Baby, I betcha we's ter hab pan-takes fer breakias.’ hear ‘em batterin in the kitchen! (Copyright, 1930.) goin’ I kin THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1930. Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Detective Stories. 1 do not know just how many differ- ent magazines there are on the stands today that feature detective stories, fic- titious and true. All I know is the like was never known before. And why? One publisher frankly states that the public is interested in his wares be- cause people know more nowadays than formerly about the psychology and de- tection of crime, In other words, the public today is a sort of passive, ir- responsible “detective bureau, and, of course, it is merely reading the litera- ture pertaining to a self-chosen, imagi- nary vocation. This explanation seems to me to be far-fetched. People are reading de- tective stories today for the same reason that they sweat over cross-word puzzles, and for the same reason they run to fires, and for the same reason that they will congregate on the streets when an accident has happened. An- alyze the psychology of these three interesting types of behavior, put your reasons together, and you will have the psychology of detective stories. To take up the first reason. You solve cross-word puzzles and read de- tective stories, because you desire' to know how bright you are. When you have finished your story, you sit back and talk about how stupid the criminal in the story was. You gloat over your superiority in being able to detect his inferiority. The second reason under the name sadism, of which there is a streak of some dimensions in everyone. We all, at times at least, get a kick out of seeing something destroyed. ‘The third reason is that we are all more or less interested in personal struggles and misfortunes. As often as not our sympathy is with the other- wise stupid criminal, who is caught and put on trial for his life or freedom. The literature on detective stories is voluminous today for the simple reason that certain people have found out that it is in demand. It always has been and always will be. (Copyright, 1930.) JOLLY POLLY A Tesson in Etiquette. BY JOS. J. FRISCH. A COLLEGE DIPLOMA AND DIME wiILL Q BUY. A LOAF OF enswj)’ Reader, Columbus, Ohio—Bread and rolls should always be taken with the fingers. Do not stab the helpless thing with your fork. If the bread is not thin your reach, ask some one to pass it. For a prompt reply to your etiquette and English questions, inclose stamp. SUB ROSA BY MIML Marriages. ‘The way they make these cities over is a caution. In New York, the city of fallen arches and bent mud guards, they say that the houses are never up and the streets never down. There are always changes which are made in the name of progress. But when you see the way they tear things down and then build them up again, you see the sign, “Business going on during alterations.” It may be hard for the shopkeeper and customer to transact business under the confusion, but business is business and must be kept going, no matter what. Our life today is like that. The most significant thing appears to be the changes which are going on in the way of woman’s costume, coiffure and busi- ness in general. It's the subject of editorials, cartoons, sermons and the ike. But the thing to emphasize is that during all these changes, which are often of a superficial character only, the life of a woman goes on as usual. ‘Woman may seem to be fickle by na- ture and especially restless at the pres- ent time. But she plays according to form and does not forget her part. In the matter of marriage, there may be certain kinds of changes made to the altar just as there may be new fashions in bridal veils and wedding rings, but the big idea is the same now as it was when Isaac and Rebecca went out under a shower of rice. ‘There are cranks of both sexes who will tell you that woman's new life in the world has put the crimp in mar- riage, when, as a matter of fact, it has done no more than move the date of the wedding a little further along. They are beginning to put a stop to child ‘marriages in India and we are halting the boy and girl weddings. But we are getting married just the same. The calendar may be different, but the human heart is just the same. (Copyright, 1930.) To Color Electric Bulbs. 1t is quite easy to color electric bulbs in order to secure decorative effects. Any of the aniline dyes, soulble in water, mlf' be used, but some medium which will adhere to the glass is necessary as well. Water glass or sodium silicate, mixed with water until it is of about the consistency of liquid glue, may be used, or a tablespoonful of glycerine dissolved in half a pint of warm water. Mix the dye with a little hot water and stir it into the water glass or gela- tin solution until a deep color is secured. The bulbs must be entirely free from dirt and grease. It is well to clean them with methylated spirit. Dip the bulbs in the colored mixture and hang them up to drain so that the.coloring matter wil be evenly distributed over the glass. The coating can be removed at any time by wasl ‘warm water. Savory Relu; Lightly toast eight rounds of bread and butter. Mix two finely chopped hard-cooked eggs with two tablespoon- fuls of minced sweet pepper, two ta- blespoonfuls of grated cheese, a pinch each of salt and mustard and catsup to moisten. Spread on the rounds of toast. Set in a hot oven for three min- utes before urvinfl. Arrange on small plates and garnish with parsley or cress, Hamburg Casserole. Slice three onions into a frying pan one and one-half pounds of hamburg one and one-half pounds of Hambui steak to taste. Heat one can of corn with butter, salt and pepper to taste and a little milk. Put the onions in layers in a casserole with the hamburg steak, half a can of condensed tomato soup, the corn, the other half a can of soup and some mashed po- tato. Dot Wltg butter and cook in ml oven until the potato is brown, PARIS.—Worth’s black chiffon and tulle model, with the jeweled pin in the middle of the back, is a feminine frippery every tall, sinuous blond know about. should RITA. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER PIOPL! are turned away almost every Sunday at the little Friends’ meeting house on Irving street at Thir- teenth—where President and Mrs. Hoover worship. The capacity of the church is only 250. Hardly more than B0 persons could be found there before, but .Z- now that it is the .7 church of the President it is nec- Quick to recog- nize the fact that the President was the drawing card, | the Quaker elders took _steps e~ diately to remove all savor of com- mercialism. The custom of passing the collection plate was abolished. ‘The customary long periods of si- lence broken only by some one rising to address his fellows also was dis- carded. In other respects, however, the Presi- dent's church differs little from any other Quaker house of vonmg. No program of service or liturgy is followed. There is no choir. A piano accompanies the simple hymns that are suggested by members of the congrega- tion. The_conventional “amen” is omitted. The President's personal friend, Dr. Augustus Taber Murray, who came to ‘Washington from Leland Stanford Uni- versity, acts as the minister. Dr. Murray is the mild, cordial sort of person one associates with the col- lege professor type. Deeply studious, he has translated the Odyssey and the Ilald, the Antigone of Sophocles and the Anabasis of Xenophon. For two years he taught in the American school at Athens, and during the war was food administrator for California. While he is modern in thought, yet he sacrifices none of his fundamental- ism. He is convinced that the church must keep pace with scientific thought, still he 1s quick to assail any sensa- tional statement that attempts to ridi- cule the ‘raditional doctrines of Christianity. Dr. Murray has said that many peo- ple are leaving the churches because: “They are determined not to be bound by the traditions of their fathers. They are seeking to work out problems in their own way.” But he will assure you that there is no less interest in religion. “Indeed, the very religious contro- versy of the present is an indication that men have not lost interest in spir- itual things. “The militant fundamentalists have done the church irreparable harm. They have undoubtedly turned many away from the church altogether and intelligent people. “Religion must not be at war with science,” he says. “It must follow truth wherever it leads. Scientific progress has not hurt the cause of religion. . . . “There will be less emphasis on the miraculous in religion as e on. . . . Christ himself did not place an overemphasis on the miracles recorded in the gospels.” Pictures Which Require Care BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Pictures require a special kind of care to keep them in good condition. Just what this care should be de- pends upon the medium in which the plcture is developed, as, for example, oil paintings, water colors, etchings, prints, ete. Oil paintings can stand the strongest light of those mentioned, without detri- ment. Water colors will fade in strong light. So also will pictures developed in ink, although there are indelible ink processes, However, it is in the nature of ink to fade, and this quality should be respected. Pencil sketches will not fade. Plumbago or lead is a permanent black. But it blurs very readily be- cause it must be soft enough to leave an impression by friction, not by a fluid. This same blurring quality pertains to charcoal sketches and to pastels which are made with finely pointea sticks of charred wood, or with colored crayons. The lines and marks made with them are by friction. It is true that spraying with a fixative decidedly reduces the blurring qualities of such pictures, but cannot actually elim- inate the inherent tendency to smudge. ‘Therefore pencil, charcoal '&gmrel and pastels should be tightly fif into frames and have glass over them. Ojl paintings are not, covered with glass except in rare instances. If a painting is one of the old masters and needs careful preservation it is under glass. If an oil paintigs is subject to injurious atmospheric conditions, sucn as a sooty air, permeating fogs, etc., and it is an exceptionally valuable pic- ture, it is very frequently put under glass. Glass adds another glinting ele- ment to the gloss of the ofls them- selves, and the difficulties; in hanging such pictures to avoid refractions are serious. Handsome ofl paintings should not be cleaned by an amateur. It is the task for an e; . Be careful to hang fine oil paintings where changes of temperature are not pronounced. An inner wall space is preferable to an outer one, and a place not near a radiator. Pictures under glass, such as water colors, prints, etc., should have stout, although not necessarily huvi'. glued across the back of the fra exclude dust. (Copyright, 1930.) hhistiab el bt S paper me to ‘To encourage tourists traffic in Ger- many, a German railway has entered the foreign exchange business. LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. The Weakly News. ‘Weather—Assorted. EXTER! Sudden Disappearanca! Puds Simkins swallowed & whole] sourball on perpose Friday afternoon in skool when the teetcher suddenly ; call on him to answer a question dur- | ing jogegriffy, Puds saying the effect was kind of uncomfortable for a little while but not as bad as it would of been to stay after skool for having something in his mouth. SPORTING PAGE. A contest took place around the lam post Wensday afternoon to see who had the most different stuff in their pockit, Shorty Judge winning with 2 pencil stumps with rubber bands twist- ed around 5 rubber bands not around anything, 3 pencil stumps with nuthing around them, a pen nife, 4 tooth picks, a hankerchiff partly cleen and one all derty, a bent nale, 5 safety pins, 3 tops off of gingerale bottles, 2 pens, a little sawdust, 2 pads of paper, 5 stamps from different countries, the lifter end of a tack lifter, 4 rolled up peeces of string and one loose peece with knotts in it, a half a gumdrop, & puzzle, a little | was sitflnf . Q FEATUR The Sidewalks ES. of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER. A wise and prosperous lawyer has four young sons, the oldest 14 and the ungest 8 years old. ‘Taking stock of {gelr'gvlnn. the four lads discovered that they possessed cash resources of $2,000, so_they decided to organize an amateur bank, which was called the Blank National Bank and named after the father. One evening the father in his library when he heard the following: - “Well, what's the use of having a bank if we have no customers. We've got to lend money to somebody or we won't make any money. Now, if father would borrow some money from us we could make something.’ ‘The father listened. “What do you say,” said one of the youngsters, “that we ask him if he needs any money? It might be mentioned that the her is a man of more than comfort- able means. Sauntering into the room where the “directors” were discussing affairs, the ¢+ father said that he thought he might need $350, if the bank could arrange the loan. In fact, he was so anxious to have the money that he would _gladly 8 per cent empty bottle with no cork, a big cork with no bottle, and a cent. POME BY SKINNY MARTIN. ‘The 2 Extreems. Lemminade without enough sugar Is the werse kind anybody can make, And on the other hand the best kin Is the kind with a big hunk of cake. BIZNESS AND FINANCIAL. Among those who soon expect to have 2nd hand Crissmas trees for sale cheep for a short time are Benny Potts, Puds Stml{xm. Leroy Shooster and Reddy Merfy. NANCY PAGE Bobs Still In, But Soft Curls Are Too. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. “What, if anything, has the new feminine style in clothes done to the bob?” Nancy was asking her hair- dresser. She had gone to him for treatment and was undecided whether to have her hair cut again or to let it grow long. “I will tell you, madame. The new dresses have made the hair dressing softer, but they have not made bobbed hair demode or out of style. “The boyish bob is gone, of course. One can't wear trailing draperies and feel pro?erly dressed when one's hair is shingled. “Curly hair is feminine, so one might think that the all-over-the-head curled effect would be right. But it isn't, because that arrangement soon looks mussy and a hat is its ruination. “I will try to give you a wave that is not sculpturelike in appearance. I want your hair to follow the contour of your head. I want to give softness by ‘s loose curl or wave over the ears. We will let the top of the hair remain unwaved. “That blond woman who just went out had let her hair grow quite long over the ears. I cut the back short and waved the sides in a series of little rolls or curls. This gave a soft frame for the face and still kept the head sleek and small. I might have left the back the same length as sides and turned the back up slightly. My patrons do not want to lose that sleek- ness, but they do appreciate the new softness which goes so well with the frillier, softer clothes.” Sleek heads call for trig, trir bodies. Write to Nancy Page, of this 7 aper, inclosing ressed e.ivelope, asking ‘Reducing.” (Copyright, 1930.) Easy Pie Crust. Sift three cupfuls of bread flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one teaspoonful of salt. Sift together three times. Cut into the ingredients three-quarters cupful of shortening, add half a cupful of boiling water to another three-quarters cupful of short- ening, two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice and one beaten egg yolk. Add this slowly to the dry ingredients and knead until smooth. Chill and roll. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Dallying After School. One Mother Says— Larry used to stop to play with some of his playmates on his way home from school and I often worried about him. So we made the rule that if he wanted to stay and play he was to first call me up and if I agreed he could stay until a stated time. If he did this, and on the other days came srompny home he was rewarded at bedtime by hav- ing a story read to him, and as stories were particularly delightful to him, it was really quite a punishment to deny them to him. By adopting these meth- ods I helped him to form the habits pa; for the favor. #“No,” sald one ’Io.l the bt;ys. ‘;‘.mis & regular bank, and all we ask is | " sign an we'll let you have the money at 6 per_cent.” ‘The note was properly signed, the father.received his money and the transaction was com- pleted. At the end of 30 days the father received a letter from the “bank” requesting interest on the loan, with the suggestion that he might pa: off part of the principal. The “bank” demanded 6 per cent. The father read the letter carefully and, calling in his secretary, dictated a letter to the “di- recttors,” asking why he was being charged interest at the rate of 6 per cent per month, and citing the laws of usury. No bank, he sald, could exact such excessive in t. ‘The “directors” went into & huddle and called on the father, who com- plained again. - “Well,” said one of the lads, “mother pays us that when she borrows from Changing Hair Color. Dear Miss Leeds: Please tell me what I can use to bleach my hair. I would like it brown with a reddish tint. I have used peroxide, but it makes my hair very dry. Thank you so much. JEANE. Answer—Sorry, but you forgot to tell me what the natural shade of your hair is. I presume it is a dark brown. Peroxide is usually used as a rinse for blonde hair and should never be used without dilution, as it is too strong. A simple rinse that will not harm the hair is made by mixing up one teaspoonful of salts of tartar and two tablespoon- fuls of strained lemon juice with three pints of water. For brown hair I recommend a henna rinse to bring out its reddish lights. Do not forget daily massage and brushing. The henna rinse is made by boiling two ounces of dried henna leaves in one quart of water until a dark red- dish brown liquid results. - Strain out the leaves and add more water to obtain the desired shade. LOIS LEEDS. Mrs. M. A.—In spite of the fact that you ask me not to give you this advice, I do hope you will see a physician at once. Your problem belongs to the. physician and not the beauty expert. And surely this is your own i problem rather than one to be decided by your husband and mother-in-law. LOIS LEEDS. To Clean Skin Permanently. Dear Miss Leeds: Can you please tell me what will positively clean up the skin permanently? My skin is always broken out in pimples and I believe I have tried everything under the sun to clear it up, but with no results. It cer- tainly is discouraging to see the beauti- ful skin most girls have and then look into a mirror to see nothing but a blotchy reflection. I will greatly appre- ciate any advice you can flvc me and will most certainly try anything. H.B. Answer—I agree with you, there is nothing more discouraging than having a pimply skin. I wish I could give you a remedy which would “positively clean up the skin permanently,” but that is a pretty big order. In the firstplace, the skin must be thoroughly cleansed and treated with a mild antiseptic wash every night. Wring out a clean cloth in hot water and hold it against the skin to open the pores. Next lather thickly with tincture of green soap; leave on for about five minutes and then rinse off with clear, warm water. Bathe the pimples with hot boric acid solution, then prick the ripe ones with a sterilized needle and gently press out the pus without bruising the skin. Bathe again in fresh boric acid, dry and pat on an acne lotion or cream. A weekly facial pack of boric acid and cold cream is often beneficial to a com- plexion marred by pimples. To make this, mix two tablespoonfuls of boric acid with enough boiling water to make a thin paste. Blend in about one table- spoonful of cold cream. Steam the face lightly with hot towels first and then spread the pack on evenly. Leave it on for an hour or more. Remember, too, that diet and exercise are both very important aids in over- ccming pimples. After cleansing the face at night and also before applying any make-up an astringent lotion should be applied. It takes a long time to cure acne, and if you have had this trouble for several months and it has not improved under home treatments, you should consult & skin specialist about it. In time you will probably outgrow this tendency, but in the meantime you need to give it spe- | clal attention. LoIS L | Oily Skin and Colors. Dear Miss Leeds: (1) Please recom- mend a good astringent for my face, as it is inclined to be oily. Should I use astringent lotion before applying my foundation cream in my case? (2) Please tell me what colors would be- come my type. I have auburn-colored hair, greenish-gray eyes and a fair complexion. MISS MARION G. Answer— (1) There are a great many astringents available on the market for Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. ‘Words often misused: Do not say, “I wish to see you worse than ever.” Say. “more than ever.” Often mispronounced: Mayonnaise. Pronounce ma-on-az, both a’s as in “may,” o as in “on,” secondary accent on first syllable, principal accent on last syllable. Often misspelled: Launder (the verb), laundry (the noun). Synonyms: Attach, affix, annex, ap- pend, connect. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Vacillate; to fluc~ of punctuality, dependability and a love of reading and have saved myself many hours of worry and the ordeal of severe ents. (Copyright, 1930.) tuate in mind or opinion, waver. An ‘“eat more eggs” campalign Canada. increased the annual gou\mllz‘: us, and we "m}l‘t lend you any more s all money; that The bank 'K: ted so successfully, however, that four small boys went to Europe alone last Summer. * ok ko No less a person than the President of the United States worked his way through college. He was a poor boy. For many years ambitious youths have struggled at odd jobs as they blazed their way through to graduations. The sons of well-to-do men have joined their poorer brothers in exhibitiing in- dependence. A wealthy man told us the other day that he received a letter from his voung son, who is attending a preg,u:hool in Maryland. He wrote: “ shined eight pairs of shoes today at 5 cents a shine.” The father is proudly showing the letter, E One of the most interesting night places in New York is a chain res- taurant. As in the Cafe de la Paix, Paris, if one sits there long enough he will see some one he knows. After 2 a.m, scarcely a customer enters who is not in evening attire, and high hats are plentiful. Among the notables the other night was James Montgomery Flagg. Usually the place is so crowded that extra tables must be provided. * ok kX ‘We have just seen our first all-night shoe store. It's open 24 hours. e A young boy wrote to the teacher: “We have the statue, but France the liberty.” s * ok ok ‘The head of a large business orga: - tion has had comt‘rencted :u mel:‘hnl! HE WORKS OUT EVERN MORNING- | of a spacious living room, bed room, kitchen and bath, He can_enter his office from _the apartment. The idea so far has failed to make a hit with his em- ployes, as he is first to_arrive for day's labor. e MILADY BEAUTIFUL BY LOIS LEEDS. your type of complexion. Here is an excellent astringent that many of my readers have found helpful for refining the skin and reducing excessive oiliness teaspoo: 20 drops tincture of quillaya, 20 essence of lavender, 1 sim- ple tincture of benzoin. Shake well. Apply with a clean piece of absorbent cotton and allow it to on the skin. Use it after washing the e with soap and water, or before you apply your foundation cream. (2) You may wear cogé;er red, henna, bronze, dark and medium blues, ric’;lh brlol:m'bl almond green, reseda, green w, blue gray, pale orchid, pastel gfiu dark, rich orange, amber veiled with black cream, transparent black, midnight blue, light lavender and violet, also ivory and flesh. LOIS LEEDS. (Copyright, 1930.) THE STAR’S DAILY PATTERN Tiers Are Chic. Perhaps you have hesitated to make a tlered frock because you have thought it would be so difficult. I'm going to show you how simple it will be to make style No. 550 with flattering sunburnt neckline. Tt is one-piece. Close side and shoul- der seams. The tiers are stitched to dress, following perforated lines pro- vided for same. The belt slips through bound openings and ties in bow at side. ‘The dress is cut from neck at center- front and underfaced and rolled to form the revers. 1t is designed in sizes 16, 18, 20 years: 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. It is sketched in black crepe satin that uses the dull surface for entire dress, with shiny side for contrasting trimming effect, a smart cholce for gen- eral daylime occasions. Black canton crepe, printed silk crepe, in burgundy tones; crepe Elizabeth in dahlia purple, black sheer velvet and wool crepe in midnight blue, lovely ideas for its development. For a pattern of this style send 15 cents in stamps or coih directly to The Washington Star’s New York Fashicn Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty~ ninth street, New York. t that when you send for tion by 125 eggs per capita. We ttern you inclose 10 cents additional E;‘neopy'otwrnevhmum- 3 .