Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1930, Page 41

THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTO! —__ THE SN AT SR W ASHINGTON. D . AR A e e e Daylight Saving Time Gives Place of Honor to Twilight Froc A it ¥ |Some Housewives | Long For Voices| There are dull days in the lives of some housewives when it seems as if | they could greet any caller with en- thusiasm. Any one who took the trouble | | to drop in for a friendly chat would | seem like an angel from heaven. | Men have a way of saying and think- | ing that women do a lot more talking | | than men do. But as a matter of fact | | most men have opportunity for much | more talk during the course of a day’s | work in shop or office or in the rounds | of their profession than does the woman | at home. And perhaps one reason why | the wife always seems more garrulous | | than the husband when he returns | home at night is because he is talked out, while ahe has scarcely let her | tongue wag at all. Where there are children there is usually occasion enough to talk, and most_children are delighteful conver- sationalist= if you give them half a ! chance, but talking even with & very amusing or very intelligent child isn't like talking with an aduit and there are times when even mothers get a littie | { fed up on childish chatter. | | | | Really in need of some other grown up to talk to—some one besides the maid or the cleaning woman—the | housewife opens her door to find a& caller. Perhaps she tries at first to hide her delight, though such du- | plicity is rather pointless. Now, & mis- take that the housewife is very apt to make is to yieid too freely to her own desire to talk—and to give the caller no chance to get & word in edgewise. | crosswise or any wise at all course of conversation run along house- wifely trails and trivialities. What she really needs is amusement and enter- tainment and even a casual caller can be amusing and entertaining if the hostess starts in that direction. Sunshiny Yellow Adds to Our Cheer | | Shades of bright golden yellow or orange colors are pleasantly associated with things to eat. Ripe fruit and vegetables, well cooked meats, fresh butter, creamy milk and meliow cheese —_these things are of a yellow tone. It is for this reason doubtless that a touch of yellow in the dining room | s usually very pleasant. This may take the form of yellow flowers on the table, yellow candlesticks’or a bowl of yellow oranges and other fruits. At the Summer shack or cottage you may find runners of yellow oficloth on the dining table, in lieu of table cloth, a pleasing touch of color. ‘The French housewife is pari yellow table cloths and yellow | rated dishes for informal meals. great amount of yellow in the dining room decorations would be a mistake. Yellow walls, except in an otherwise dark room, would probably not be pleasant. To Clean Corsets. @pread corsets out on a table and rub well with breadcrumbs. Then scatter over them some Fuller's earth, roll up, | and leave until next day. Brush them thoroughly and put in the sun to air. This will be found good for elastic cor- sets, as these lose their elasticity when washed. B o N e e 7, =) 47, 2% g isRyEan C ADTH Larger Hats Here s where the large hat comes into its own. Some have the wide brim all around; others have the scoop brim in the front. Transparent hats | of crin or lace straws are the newest and are generally trimmed with the simple ribbon banding, a large bow or & few flowers. LEFT—IN THIS SEASON OF HIGHLY FEMININE DETAILS, LACE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART. CREAM PR LACF, EDGES THE FICHU AND IS USED AS RUFFLES ON THE SHORT SLEEVES. THE FROCK IS OF Matches! BLACK CHIFFON AND HAS AN NEE:(F;%H G ‘fllp YOKE FROM WHICH FULLNESS FALLS gfl (l;liNY E 5 IVE - LEN INE. RIGHT—L.ACE IS ONE OF THE MOST BIG! e e joamp and Tefue | 'PAVONED ; S IT IS SEEN IN DIFFERENT FORMS IN ALL TYPES OF CLOTHES. dry"thern by, rubblng. them g warg| THIS TWILIGHT DININ ! G FROCK IS OF BRIGHT BLUE LACE, CHARMING IN ITS SIM- |and forward in.the of @ ¢.othes | r“tann AND GRACE. THE BELL FLARE OF THE SLEEVES IS REPEATED IN THE FLOUNCES ON THE or r brush. | S . LEFT—NECKLINE INTEREST 1S ONE OF THE OUTS DER-YOKE EFFECY AND THE SMALL PUF LEE —LARGE FLOWER MOTIFS ARE AMONG THE ST IN SHEER FABRICS. THE CHIFFON IS IN RED AND WHITE, WITH ACCENT GIVEN BY RED BOW AND BELT OF VELVE’ s C. 1 CEP RUFFLES ARE FLATTERING DETAILS. RIGHT—PATOU PINK, THAT DELICIOUS DUSTY SHADE WITH A HINT OF MAUVE, IS USED IN THIS FROCK OF FLAT CREPE. THE WAISTLINE IS WELL INDICATED AND THE NECKLINE IS IN THE UNIVERSALLY BECOMING COWL EFFECT. roblem Has Been Simplified by Increased| Length of Time for Dancing and Dining| Under Most Favorable Conditions—Small| Details Require Attention in Achieving Smart Ensemble—Suggestions for Selecting Accessories According to Fixed Plan--Hats and Gloves With Gowns. T enA Betote the sevival of loat gloves, broad brimmed hats, long skirts and the formal afternoon gown. there continually arose the question of just, what one could appropriately wear for daylight dancing and dining during the | frocks such as those shown on this evening hours & | A glaroe at the sketches on this page | page, the accessories ensemble | will give an entirely satistactory answer | Beige crepe slippers, & .,,..,Lf,:’,““;‘,,";,-v to that sartorial question. There are a | pag and gloves of same shade—or an few points that should be particularly | aiternate one could combine black suede noticed. The strict observance of those | gioves, suede or crepe shoes and & shions Are Especially Favorable to Needs of Business Woman—Clothes Are Ideally RENT STYLE. CENTER — ' Care of Hands Is Essential | Fa !to careless and neglectful treatment show evidences of chronic sofl, the | following treatment, persistently pur- sued, will bring about a gratifying change. FPirst, give the hands a 10- minute bath in warm water softened | wtih borax, tollet ammonia, and tinc- ture of green soap. | Remove, dry with a soft towel, and apply lemon juice on any stains or dis- | colorations. Rub the inside of a lemon in and out around the nails; also wrap | a bit of fine absorbent cotion on the tip of an orange stick. moisten this with | pure lemon juice, and clean the corners of the nails, the most frequent site for accumulated sofl and stain. Should | hardened or callous spots exist, treat them with velvet pumice stone. Rinse thoroughly in clear waters and anoint the hands with perfumed oil which should be rubbed very carefully into every pore, as well as in and out around the nails. One often observes old hands on quite young-looking persons. In all prob- ablility these persons have overlocked their hands after having undergone operations for the rejuvenation of the face and neck. This is, perhaps, the result of ignorance, for it is not gener- ally known that the youth of hands can be, at least temporarily, restored by means of plastic surgery. Incisions are made on the outer border, also on the inner border of th-| fingers. All excess of skin and loose tissue is removed. The incisions leave Neglect or Indifference May Be Serious Even' Though Face and| Neck Have Every, Attention — Plastic| Surgery Is Sug-| gested. i Mode for Daylight Saving HERE are those who are for it and those who are against it. The question comes up each year. It bids to become a national problem and what, by the way, would we do without such problems? I am strongly for it, not because I am against the farmer. Oh! dear no. It is for another reason. It is because of the charming clothes that are made each season to meet the rt;g'\:lremcn(s of the long twilight. Lovely ladies do not have to pine that something should be done about the twilight hour. Something has been done. To start forth to dinmer, hatless, in a formal evening gown, when the sun is shining, does not seem quite right. It is a trying moment to all except the very, very young. So dress designers have turned their attention in that direction and the results are enchanting. H There are beautiful slimsy things, of lace, of net and of chiffon, plain | | or flowered. With these dresses a hat is worn, either a tight-fitting cap or a large hat And, apropos of hats, brims are wider at present than they have been for several seasons. in fashion and are particularly Elbow-length sleeves are again One may wear short, slip-on gloves HELEN DEYSEN. ,tant place in well dressed women's | Spring and Autumn wardrobes. | “The jacket suit of silk nrmlw wool is certainly a worth-wi invest- ment for the business woman. able silk or lingerie biouses may be & BY CHARLOTTE C. WEST, M. D. HILE the anatomy of the hand| cannot be altered by any process short of surgery, bony hands can be | made plumper, stubby fingers longer, ard broad, flat fingertips more pointed, | if you have the determination to adhere to the simple measures that will bring about so desired a transformation. ‘The French, past grand mistresses in the art of beautifying the body, origi- nated a device for tapering the fingers. unpack that it has been rather ruth. |It is built on the order of a clothespin | lessly, and sometimes irreparably, d¢ | and, foolish as it may seem, the tiny tached somehow in the journey. clothespins designed for day nurseries | Wrap the legs of the furniture, tyin; | 8¢ Just the thing fo use for this| the wrappers on securely. This pre- | Purpose. vents scratching, nicking and denting | _When for any reason exquisite hands BY HELEN DRYDEN. HE wardrobe problem created by the twilight hours of daylight saving has been most kindly every bit as much, if not more, thought to the accessories she wears with each gown, as to the gown itself. If you are not zlready a devotee of the ensemble idea you can have no conception of the | difference in your appearance that cor- | { rect accessories can make. Also what is just 4s important, it is, in the long run, a more economical way of collect- ing a wardrobe, than the hit and miss method, which has no ensemble theme. For twilight occasions, when wearing appropriate to dresses of this type. or long, crinkled ones Care in Furniture Moving First Rule Is to Dis-| pose of Pieces Which Will Not Be Needed Adapted to Success in Gaining Comfort and 2 . 5 Smartness—Rule of Good Dressing Points to One-Occasion Wardrobe, With Daily Tasks in Chief Place—No Sunday-Best Provision. BY MARY MARSHALL. E hear much nowadays about the importance of choosing clothes appropriate to the o(:t:url::.se It “t n‘l’l:fl:neuné to cl smart cl es A 10 woar thes smarily. One musk choose | Himenet. ‘but tuay Greducs o serns of clothes that are suitable for the time | wiin the silk dress that is sent to the they are to be worn. © | cleaner only occasionally. The only way for the busy busincss | “GREF VT OTERSKARLY, & sadant woman to pply this rule of g0od dress- | o2 cven at this late date 1s that you ing is to consider her clothes and hats | may “be’ Derfectly certain that this | and accessories—or at least most of | gpnoed (Uit will be in good style for them~—as part of a one-occas'on ward- | year fext Autumn. robe. The one occasion is business "The: Eavared wasl! nea beckale: for- itk When women first went into business | oo "o et i*' e Tovert, lightweight jer and professional life very few of them | goyP'oig™ Soot “crepe. - Coverts, © as “hought of clothes in this way. CIOthes [ woll as other fine. twilied favrics.” lend | chosen for working hours were far less | {hemselves to the conventionally tatlored | important in their scheme of thing: | {featment. wool crepe o the dressmaker than they are today. They skimped on | gyoe"or™'s BV SRR S0 00 Qg™ ctner these 9-to-5 everyday clothes in order | \Yitted wools to sports versions. You to have expensive best clothes to WeaT | may wear a suit of this sort on cooler on holidays and Sundays. The business | qave through June, and you will find details either makes or mars the tout ensemble. The skirt length is very im- portant, the correct hem line being even all around, stopping at the ankles. Any variation of this should be a slight dip | in the back, clearing the floor. The | skirt should be full, falling in soft, | floating folds, the waistline well in- dicated, at a high hipline, or at the normal, as in most becoming, the nearer the normal the smarter. There is a great deal of neckline in- terest in the best fashions, but this again is a matter for individual deci- | sion. Women to whom an unadorned | neckline is most becoming, can success- | fully have whatever interest they decide | upon arranged in a flat manner. alone cannot be | %% % A SMART frock expected to give to the wearer the | look of being well dressed. The in-| variably smart woman is one who gives | | Pets Bring Color and Gayety BY BETSY CALLISTER. Pl,'I‘S are decorative as well as a great delight. In a family of growing children they are especially desirable, for doubtless their possession gives a | sense of responsibility to the young as well as great pleasure. What could be more amusing than a Ritten or puppy? And what more dec- orative than a beautifu! bird? Parrots, of course, have come in for a od deal of abuse lately—some of it well deserved. Yet there are thousands of perfectly safe parrots in our houses. adding their gay note of color to many & room, I ogce had a friend who had a bowl of goldfish on top of her bookshelves. | She had a beautiful Persian cat which | had & marvelous way of springing on all fours from one piece of furniture to | used in these twilight frocks. | of lace, lace horsehair, sheer straw and) handbag of black suede or crepe. The | hat may match the accessories or & color in the frock. * ko ox LACZ, net and chiffon, both plain and flowered, nre the smartest fabrics Fabrics | of this type are necessary to achieve the long, slender, but full silhouette. As for hats, the wide-brimmed type is felt. The small, snug turban is of fiat | crepe or ribbon, or any fabric that drapes well. Gloves of almost any length, from the | short_slip-on type to above-the-elbow, | are essential to a correct appearance. The long ones are worn crushed down, generally below the elbow. It is a mat- ter of personal choice whether the gloves worn shall match the gown or be in & contrasting shade. (Copyright, 1930.) another—from the floor to a chair, from a chair to a table, from a table to the top of the plano or bookshelves. He would just seem to rise in the air on all fours and land gracefully, per- fectly balanced, on all fours at the ex- act spot he aimed for. One day 1 was watching him when | he suddenly sprang from the table to the tc_pof the bookshelves, within an inch of the goldfish bowl. And—start- ed to drink from the bowl. I shrieked, thinking he was about to demolish the | packed, fishes. But my hostess reassured me. “I have taught him to do it,” she said. "g,;:l such fun to see people get excited about it.” 1t is quite possible, if we train them, te have cat, dog and bird in one house without conflict. And with pets, the more the merrier, (Copyxight, 1980 in New Home. Proper Packing Pre- vents Loss. LONG with warmer days and more and more Spring fever, often there comes the expiration of the lease on house or apartment. The moving van backs up to the door, all your worldly goods are loaded into it and you and yours go to make another home. A Mttle word about how to move the be- longings in the best way is not out of Pplace. Pirst of all, don't move anything you don't really want. If you are planning some new pieces for the living room— and the chances are the new location will demand some changes in furniture —dispose of the old ones before moving and have the new pieces delivered to the new address. There is little use running up your moving bill by carting along a lot of things you don’t like and know you will not use. The furniture you do move should be properly wrapped or crated. The deli- cate table the highly polished chest ot drawers, the beautiful mirror you prize s0 highly are not special prizes to the furniture mover—they are just more furniture. The drayman may be just as careful as he can be, but if your things are not adequately wrapped and , you assume the responsibility for damage. For moving from one location to an- other in the same community, or for longer-distance by usual- ly eareful wra) ith heavy felt pa- per and padd! with excelsior will Detach d mirrors else that is detachable from the sired mumor:oummflunyou Drawers should be tied in place anc table tops should be thoroughly padded with some soft but firm material which will prevent the surfaces being marred Furniture to be moved any great dis tance will travel better if it is crated Each plece should have a light, soft wood frame to fit it. Before the furni- ture s put into the crate it should be wrap) with heavy paper. Chair especially suffer from long trips. They ght to have strips of wood fastened at the bottom of each leg, extending across the piece to hold the legs firmly in place. Crating should not be removed from the furniture until it is placed in the room where it will be used. This is | also true of wrapping on furniture 'moved only a short - distance. Often furniture survives the rigors of a long trip only to be scratched or broken after it reaches the new home. Extreme care must also be exercised in unpacking the furniture. Crating should be removed carefully in order that no careless nafls or boards shall slip and leave scratches. Remove each nail separately instead of relying on a or unwrapped, even where this was | especially carefully done, there may be | some d: 1f a place is broken a furpiture merchant should be consulted as to the best means of repairing it. He will also be jable to recommend the right kind of c leaning solution. Bruised—but not chipped—furniture responds to curative treatment similar to that given bruised flesh. Wetting the bruised place with warm water will often restore it. Double a plece of brown paper five or six times, soak in warm water and lay on the bruise. The application of a warm, but not hot, iron until the molsture has evaporated will be | usually repair the damage. A vepetition of the process almost always brings de- results even with the most stub- lborn bruises. l!’fi:l‘ll pull at a board to loosen several | nails. After the furniture has been uncrated | are a business or social asset, no length | to which you can go in remodeling them | is to be ignored Large, dilated veins are usually con- ! spicuous on thin hands. Raising the hands above the head and subjec'ing them to massage in this position not only empties the veins of their contrnts land fills out the tissues, but it tends to contract the blood vessels. Massage movements that simulate wringing the 1ands will encourage plumpness of these | members, especially if a good fattening | ream is used during the process. Not only does a carefully groomed 1and bespeak refinement and cultivated astes, but it attests your youth. It is vell known that the hands show traces »f age long before the face. Some very young persons are unfortunate in that their hands appear much older than they are. This is due mainly to neglect or indifference to their needs. For instance, thin, sensitive skin soor vrinkles, unless it is continually nour- shed with emollients; thin, scrawny 1ands require fattening creams: and 0 on. The hands are no exception to he rule that massage is one of the best nediums for improving the tissues. For his purpose use simple cocoa butter. or 1mond oil, or a combination of equal | sarts of lanolin, cocoa butter and mond oil. The hands should be first softened in \ bath of warm water, so that the saping pores will quickly absorb the | nourishment furnished "by stroking | them with the anointed fingers of one hand. Begin ai the fingertips and massage backward toward the wrist; applying the creams llberally to both sides of ach hand and with gentle forcible strokes and circular movements working the nourishment into the underlying issues. ‘When this treatment is pursued with conscientious regularity day after day, thin, scrawny hands, as well as the sensitive skin, soon show an appreciable | improvement. ‘When hands subjected to hard usage, | | a mere hairline, which fades out com- pletely, and once more Pather Time is checkmated. No means of preserving the youth of the hands should be overlooked. (Copyrisht. 1930.) Tribal Women Proud of Family Some women seem to be, above all things, tribal They belong to their own particular tribe more than they belong to any country, or any race, or any social group, or any church or other organization. be sure of getting their interest in any matter 1s somenow to link it up with the interests of their own family. The Civil War as a_fact of histor: may have no interest whatever for such a woman, save for the fact that it w in that war that her Uncle Charles i Virginia lost all his fortune, or th: Grandfather Jones was killed at Gettys burg. You may give the tribal woma: most _interesting accounts of somc paintings you have seen and it is noi till you mention the name of a certair inter, whom she recognizes as the on who painted Cousin Jane's portrait that she sits up and takes any sort ¢ notice. Alter all the tribai women have som' voints to their credit. They keep up aluable family tradition and often give aluable encouragement to struggling members of their own tribe through their rather blind devotion to them an+ unvarying interest in their doings. Horseradish Sauce. Boil som: beef with some carrots onjons and turnips, then strain, leaving the juice. Make a sauce with one cup- ful of lard, two c of flcur, a little salt and sugar, half a cupful of vinegar and one cupful of ground horseradish pour into the until thick. 4 The only way to| strained juice and stir | he man who knew his stenographer or 1 1) bookkeeper only in her drab, rather | shabby, work-a-day clothes could hard- | ly recognize when he chanced to see her walking on the drive on Sunday | afterncon. i' “HE up-to-date young business wom- an usually has no Sunday best clothes at all. " Ehe buys a coat or suit that is appropriate for all daytime oc- casions and wears it every day in the week including Sunday, realizing that fussy clothes are as inappropriate for street wear on Sunday as they are on | Monday. Economy in clothes has been parficu- larly difficult this Spring—and it is especiallv difficult for the girl in busi- ness, who finds herself feeling cbn- spicuously old fashioned in short skirts once she has adopted the long-skirt mode. The young housewife, by way of | economy, may still wear her last <ea- son’s dresses at home, if only she has one up-to-date street costume and one or two silk dresses with long skirts for afternoon The whole question of skirt lengths has been much more discussed in (his ‘ountry than it ever was in Paris. An American woman, returning recently from a three-year sojourn in Paris. was dismayed to find that in America there is anything still to be said about skirt lengths. She said: ‘In women saw at once, several years ago, that the longer skirt was more graceful and appropriate for eve- ning, but they knew at once that trail- ing, dripping skirts would never do for the street. So they adopted the long skirt for evening and formal afternoon wear and added a few inches to street clothes. But they never wore uneven skirts for the street and the new fash- ion was accepted as a matter of course. ok x THI comparative merits of the jacket suit against the one-piece dreds and long coat have also been more discussed re than in France, where the trim | jacket suit has always held an impor- | £k B # useful if you spend your vacation in cooler climes. ey 'THE three-quarter length coat of lightweight silk—black or navy blue—is a smart addition to the busi- ness girl's drobe, and may be | with a separate skirt and blouse of | same material or with a printed dress showing beneath the hem. For an all- Summer business ensemble there are one-piece dresses, sleeveless or short- sleeved, with matching hip-length jack- ets, often made without linings. Silks showing color:d figures on a biack or navy blue background are smarter and , more practical than those shos - light background. A costume of sort, while appropriate for office hours, may be worn without misgiving for the . informal restaurant dinner at the end of the day. The woman whose business duties | make it necessary to be out many hours of the day should select her warm- weather hats with special care. The Stiff hat that fits closely over the head and ears may cause no discomfort if worn simply to and from one's office, but if worn through hours may prove not only uncomfortable but ine jurious to th: hair as well. There are smar: little berets of grosgrain ribbon or_light-weight silk that are appropri- ate with suit or dress ensemble, and | with the commsnol warm weather you will be able to find straw hats of open, lacy texture that are quite as smart in shap> as their more substantial prede- cessors of the Spring. «Copyright. 1930.) e Rhubarb Jelly. Put 10 ounces of lump sugar, one cupful of water, and the rind of half lemon into a saucepan, bring to bolling point, add three of rhubarb washed and sliced, simmer gently for half an hour, then strain. Add four tal s of powdered gelatin, pour into a wet mold, turn out when set, and serve with cream.