Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1930, Page 41

R 0 [Time Willingly Spent o on Details Which Make for Charm. Dressmakers Use Them to Achieve De- sired Feminine Ef-| fect, and Additional Trimming for Dresses Already on| Hand May Be Pro- vided in This Way. BY MARY MARSHALL. ing more and more active at is interesting aside HE fact -that ribbons of various sorts are, as they say, becom-| present. from the fact that this activity doubtless gives employment to hun- dreds and hundreds of people who might otherwise have nothing to do. It reflects an important tendency in fashions and an increasing disposition on the part of women to bother with Ahe smufl, rather fussy details of dress. It is not alone the dressmakers who are using ribbons to achieve the de- sirable feminine effect. Women who make their own clothes are buying rib- bons for use as trimming, and women who make none of their clothes are buying ribbons to add, by way of belts, bands, sashes. bows and loops, addi- tional trimming to the dresses that they have on hand. R TH! return of the waistline in fash- fons has something to do with this Tevived interest in ribbons, for there 45 no simpler or more effective way ©f marking the line of division be- tween skirt and bodice than by a sash or_belt of ribbon. Dresses of Empire or Directoire sug- gestion with rather short, snug bodices are trimmed with ribbon from an inch to an inch and a quarter in width which serves as a belt with loops and sends at one side. You may use about four yards of ribbon for this purpose— Possibly a yard more, possibly a yard Social Calls Morning Is Best Time ! for Such Events, and Lunch May Be Made Important Feature. Card Tables on Porches or Under Trees. JF you are the mother of a youngster | §5 “* about two or three or four years old and want him to play with the children ©f some of your friends, don’t you find ‘4t rather hard to arrange it? ‘The morning is the best time. Yet mmorning is not decreed the proper time for social calls. Do it anyway. Only start the ball rolling by inviting your friend and her child in at about 10 ‘o'clock. Then the children can play until noon, have a little lunch together ‘and then be ready for naps—in their homes and their own beds. Lunches for children are, of course, the simplest in the world. So don't fuss for the grownup either. You and ‘she might just as well have what the children have. It won't be elaborate, but you will enjoy the change. About the table. Don’t use your best en. Use the plainest you have, so as it is spotless. It is a good plan %0 have a pretty ollcloth piece to_put ‘at the children’s places. If it is about ‘the size of an ordinary napkin, it serves @ an excellent tray-cloth and can be The printed organdie ajternoon dress 'is trimmed with pink and green ribbons. . Revived Interest less, depending on the number or length the loops and ends desired. By way of variety, the narrow sash ribbon ml{ be passed round the waist and tied in loops with ends hanging down to the knees at the front. A similar arrangement of loops and ends may then be made the center of the decolletage in front.” Lucile makes use of ribbon in this way on chiffon evening dresses of the demure sort. Sometimes the V neckline of an eve- ning dress is bound with narrow ribbon that forms a bow at the front, with short loops and long ends extending nearly to the knees. * ox % X | IBBONS used in these ways on | evening gowns may be chosen to match the dress in color. Pastel tones | may be used on white, or white ribbon | may be used on pastel tones. Narrow | black velvet ribbon is distinctly good on | white or light colors, and one some- times sees silver-toned, narrow ribbon used for sash and bows on tulle or chif- fon dresses of pink or other pastel tones. Sometimes the ribbon passes around |the waist and ties in the center of the back. Ribbons of various sorts are used | for this purpose—belting ribbon only |an inch wide with long ends and short | loops, taffeta ribbon four or five inches wide with long loops and ends, and very | wide, velvet ribbon with loops large | enough to suggest & bustle. Wider rib- | bons are sometimes used for sashes that |tle on the sides. We have seen wide | ribbon used this way merely knotted at | the side with ends but no loops, and |again we have seen wide ribbon sashes | tied at the side and arranged in deep loops but no ends. *ok blANY of these variations of the sash theme have appeared on light ma- terials used for formal afternoon dresses and evening dresses made to be worn | during the late Summer, and there is no doubt of the fact that the ribbon sash or belt will play an even more im- portant part on evening dresses this jAutumn than it has this Summer. For afternoon dresses of the more | substantial sort appropriate for Autumn there is less opportunity for the use of ribbon, but ribbons continue to appear as belts for sports clothes and as bands for sports hats. Linen ribbons are much liked at fresent for this purpose—one length for the belt and another to match for the hat—and within a week or two we shall see new belting ribbons designed for the same double role in the Autumn sports ensemble. (Copyright, 1930 for Children wiped up easily, in case a cup of milk is spilled or there are similar accidents. You might even use paper dishes. The cr‘:umdren w‘lll,l love them, if they are o , stout paper. s If the day is fine and the weather warm, set a card table out on the porch or under the trees. Nothing tickles children more than a pienic and the smallest thing can convince them that this is really a picnic. Now about food. How about creamed asparagus, crisp bacon, and tapioca pudding? rolls and jelly and a pitcher of cool milk, with tea for adults. If you use paper plates, you might t those that are made in three par- titions. In the larger part is the baked potato. The children’s potato has been removed from the skin and buttered and seasoned according to discretion, of course. The adults’ potato ma: split and a generous dab of butter and sprinkling of paprika put in the top as a special dispensation. In another compartment is put the creamed and in the other the crisp, broiled bacon with a triangle of bread or toast beside it and perhaps & bit of jelly or jam. The very simple tapioca pudding makes a filling dessert and still one that uses plenty of milk—a thing for mothers of non-milk-drinking children to bear in mind. Tapioca Custard Pudding.—Two cups milk, pinch salt, four tablespoons sugar, one-fourth teaspoon vanilla, few grains nutmeg, two tablespoons tapioca. The taploca is the quick-cooking kind Beat the eggs slightly and add the salt, sugar and nutmeg. Add the milk and vanilla and stir until well blended. Add the tapioca. Cook in a double boiler until the custard is thickened and the tapioca transparent. This pudding is a little more custardy than the ordinary tapioca pudding and many children like it better on that account. Serve over sliced bananas or apple sauce now and then for a change. The children will like it that way. Here is another menu for the chil- dren: Carrots, eggs in spinach nests, poached eggs, toast and orange junket. The carrots are merely balis cut from large carrots and boiled in salted water until done. Boil the rest of the car- rots along with the balls, because they can be minced for the next day or cut into small cubes in soup. Wash the spinach in several waters and cook in the water which clings to the leaves. Season and drain well. Chop and make little nests of spinach on the plates. Put three or four carrot balls in the center, arranging like eggs in a nest. The eggs are cooked in boiling water, of course, and served on the toast. At the edges of the toast put bits of jelly for decoration. A For the dessert use a package of pre- pared and flavored junket. Heat two cups of milk very slightly and pour over the junket powder. Let stand until set. Very plain cookies or crack- ers might be served with the junket. The adult guest would have the same as the children, except that it might be well to have two eggs on toast or a slice of ham between the toast and the egg. Then everybody'll be happy. Black Belts. Black patent leather belis are worn with sports and street dresses and are smartest when accompanied by a nar- rower band of patent leather on the t. The dark blue woolen suit at the left is worn with a white handkerchief linen blouse trimmed with navy blu e and white polka dot ribbon slipped under applied bands and tied at the right side. At right is a beige wool *wrepe coat frock with grosgrain ribbon belt and yellow composition \ huckle, Roseties of brown and yellow ribbon are worn on the THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON Top, hat made of black and white lka dot velvet ribbon. Center, a eige straw hat with green and beige grosgrain ribbon bows at the back. Below this a black felt hat trimmed with white ribbon braided and tied in a bow at the right side. The brown georgette evening gown shown in the lefvhand upper panel is cleverly trimmed with white in @ bow at the other. The wool cre osgrain ribbon. shown at the right is lapped amf’fflsuned at one The plaid ribbon sash side, left loose and tied pe dress is trimmed with flowers to match the shades of the sash. The hat shown above is a medium sized panama trimmed with striped ribbon with a belt to match. D. C, AUGUST 10, 1930—PART THREE. in Ribbons Comes With Return of Waistline Turban at top is made of wide black satin ribbon. Center, a natural straw trimmed with striped linen ribbon. Below, a hat made of white straw ribbon trimmed with black gros- grain ribbon. Rules Tell Us How To Set the Table ‘The knife should be placed at the right of the plate with the sharp side of the blade turned in. The fork or forks should be placed at the left. The soup spoon should be laid beside the knife away from the plate, the base of the bowl toward the cloth; other spoons should be placed at the left. The butter knives should be placed on the bread and butter plates. If many courses are served, it is not well to place enough silver for them all at the outset. This gives the places an overburdened appearance and ad- ditional silver may be distributed as the courses require. II small coffee is served at the end of dinner, it is customary to serve the small spoons at_the side of the cups on passing it. The water tumbler is placed just beyond the tip of the knife, the bread and butter plate just beyond the tip of the fork. It is best to have individual open salt dishes. They should be freshly filled before each meal and should be accompanied with small silver or glass salt spoons. Pepper boxes need not be individual. Perhaps the reason why salt shakers are not in such good form as open salt dishes is because with damp weather the salt hardens and makes it impos- sible to liberate it without first knock- ing them on the table, a practice which is certainly not to be tolerated. It is not in good form to have the napkins folded in fancy shapes. At most they should have the top flap turned under in order to form a pocket for the dinner roll, which is often the only bread served at an elaborate din- ner. It is extremely bad form to have the napkins arranged fanwise in the water goblets. If the meat is carved on the table, it is customary to have the carving set brought in when the meat is brought in. If you begin dinner with soup or appetizer, do not have the carving knife and fork on the table. White Is Chosen For Youngsters For children of all ages—baby Janet of 2 and brother Bob of 14 or 15, who considers Janet a mere infant and him- self a grown man—pure white is supremely smart this Summer. For boys over 8 there are white duck longies to be worn with short-sleeved chukker shirts for sports and with regu- lar white broadcloth shirts for informal dress-up wear., The proper belt is of white webbing and the shoes are of white buckskin or canvas. For boys up to 12 there are white linen or duck shorts. Short white lisle socks that extend only to the ankles are the smart choice to be worn with Jow white sneakers. With all-white knickers, pure white, light-weight wool socks are the last word in Midsum- mer smartness for the boy of the fam- ily, and to make the white ensemble complete there are white woolen berets that are as appropriate for the big boy as his little brother. One pair of overalls, at least, should be included in the vacation wardrobe of every girl or boy who wears a bath- ing suit or sunsuit. At the shore these overalls are worn over the bathing suit to protect the legs from excessive burn- ing and from the irritating effect of th: sand. They are made quite full at the knees and ankles so that they are really as cool as nothing at all. In some of the shops you may buy sets of colorful overalls with sunshade hats to match, # Give Youngsters a Chance They Can Do Much in the Household, If They Have Strong Incentive and In- tense Interest Which Should Be Culti. vated by Family. BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON. GN\/JOM” took off her hat and laid it on the bed wearily. If only peo- ple wouldn't give bridge parties in August! And if only women would learn to talk about something else than their children and laundresses. As she'd said to mamma on the’ front porch, she felt as though she'd been yanked through a keyhole backward. Everything had rubbed her the wrong way. Now there was dinner to get. Mamma, dear soul, had offered before she left, but she knew that while she'd been gone the older lady had been busy every second and that the fresh gray Swiss dress and glossy white crimps were but half an hour old. The cool, sweet person on the porch was only cool, sweet and relaxed for her benefit, But Mom knew. Mamma was to sit exactly where she was until Bob came home -at 6. She slipped on a house dress, tied on an apron and started down the back stairs, but a hot blast struck her like fumes from an iron mill. At the same time she heard busy, excited voices in the kitchen. If the back stairs were such a fiery furnace, what could the kitchen be like? And what on earth were the children doing? “Don't go down, Ella!” Mamma had slipped up the front stairs and stood smiling behind her. “I thought you'd lie down a minuw Black taffeta ribbon is used for ruffles on the short sleeves and for bows at neck and waist of a brown end white dotted dress °___ l ‘and I was almost too late. Don’t go down.” ) “What are those little devils up to?” Mamma hesitated. “Why, it's a sur- prise. Don’t go down.” down. Her daughter glanced at her wrist watch. “It's 20 minutes after 5 and if I don’t hustle Bob’s dinner will be late as it is. I want to have scalloped pota- toes and chops, and I have all that spinach to fix.” “Please. It's a surprise! T told them I couldn’t keep you out, but I hoped you wouldn't come home till later.” “Mamma Hodges, I smell meat— burning. Those chops cost 60 cents a pound. I must go down. I'm going. Mamma sat down and started to fan herself with a newspaper. “Well, go on, but if you do I'm going over to Charlie’s and stay till morning. Ican't stand the sight of those children’s dis- appointed faces.” “They're getting dinner!” Silence. Suddenly mother untied her apron and lay down on her bed. “I have a headache for a fact, and that kitchen isn’t fit for a puddler to go into. Let the worst happen. All I ask is for you to stand between me and Bob and not cry your eyes out if he disappears for an hour tonight to get a square meal down at Seiler’s.” “Mind, Ella, I didn’t tell. You will be surprised, won't you?” “T'll say I will. Heavens, there's Bob now.” The hungry husband had ar- rived. A stately procession, hot, smeared and the room. Gretchen “Please come to supper,” said Linda very consclously. They had drawn broomstraws for the honor of making this precious announcement and Linda had won. Dad’s genuine surprise made up for mother’s doubtful one. “Well, I de- clare,” he spoke up manfully. “Aln't that somep'n!” They descended. And there were the chops, the scal- loped potatoes and the spinach with egg on top. “Well, that is what I call wonderful!” declared mother heartily—too heartily. The food had yet to be tasted. But as dad pulled out mamma's chair and Bobby stood ready to seat his mother she leaned toward the gray figure and whispered accusingly, “¥You helped.” “I didn't,” came back the happy, tremulous reply. “I just suggested and explained a few things.” ‘The dinner was “bully,” “very bully,” and Bob, whose children’s watchful eyes were on him, didn't stroll down to Sellers at all. He sald it was the best meal he ever ate. We shall lower the asbestos on the kitchen that took two days to rescue. But two people—no, five—learned a lesson. Children can do a lot more than we think they can if they have the strong incentive and intense inter- est that we can cultivate in them. New Ideas. An all-white dress of organdie, silk crepe or chiffon with light jade green suede gloves and shoes of the same tone of green. Black suede gloves with all-white dress. Crystal or diamond bracelet worn over the white or black evening glove. Beige faille or satin slippers and matching stockings with any sort of evening dress you choose. You Can Make Your House Seem Cool YOU know, of course, that you can do wonders in making your house and yourself seem cool, even with the ther- mometer standing at 90. And it is worth doing. For the in- fluence not only on yourself but on those about you is quite wonderful. To begin with, never were women’s clothes better adapted to coolness than they are today. We can be clothed in the fashion, clothed modestly—though the fashion doesn’t require that—and yet clothed with a minimum of gar- ments that insures coolness. A combination foundation garment of the step-in varlety, a combination overgarment if stays are worn—and none, if you wish, when stays are dis- carded—an opaque-skirted frock, shoes and stockings of light weight—and there you are, cool and comfortable. But even so, remember that the color of your frock makes an impression for or against coolness on others. White is always good. Thin black is cool look- ing. Gray and mauve are suggestive of coolness. ‘There are cool shades of blue and green that also are most at- tractive for Summer. So much for yourself. Now your house. It is no longer the fashion to keep the windows closed so that the inner air may.be cooler than the outer air, We have too much realization of the value of fresh air, all the time, even if it 15 warm air. But still if you keep awnings down and shades drawn against the scorching sun you will make the house seem cooler, even if the windows ‘are themselves open. And if you can create a draught by opening doors and windows opposite each other, you will create & further appearance of coolness. ‘Things moving in the breeze always suggest coolness. A flower in a vase swaying in the moving air is cooler looking than a flower standing rigid and still in motionless air. Fastidious cleanness and neatness make for a cool look. So do fresh sheets and table linen and towels, Even if at other times you cannot be lavish in the use of household linens, because of that ever-present dread of big laun- dry bills, use them generously when it is warm. o Gloves Are Worn After Candle Light Gloves are not among the small for- malities of life that smart women have foregone for the Summer. Gloves for evening are not worn merely at the ex- tremely formal sort of occasion. Some- times they are long enough to extend well to the elbow, but for the most part one sees the four-button suede glove worn casually wrinkled and ex- cex:gmg only a few inches above the wrist. Artificial flowers are among the al- most indispensable accessories of eve- ning dress and usually they are worn at the waistline in the center or a little forward from one hip. Bunches of vio- lets or garden flowers—artificial, of course—are sometimes tucked into the narrow ribbon belt a little to the side of the front. Tied Necklace 'E were much interested in a new necklace for the vacation ward- robe consisting of large beads strung on a silken cord which was tied in & bow at the back of the neck. This gives a suggestion to the girl who likes to string her own beads. The silken bow knot may teke“the place of the usual bclasn, 11 Cover for Borrowed Book Notebook Combines With This Practice in Making It Easier to Keep Track of Vol- umes—Favorite Material Is Glazed Chintz or Figured Paper—Some Book Lovers Make Covers of Substantial Cotton or Linen or Light-Weight Leather. BY BETTY CALLISTER. OST people set a higher value| on the books they own than the mere price they have paid for them. And a book that has been read once or twice| or oftener is prized more highly than a | book that has merely been glanced at| and put into the bookshelves. | Most of us like to lend our books to| our friends, but we like to have them | returned to us fairly promptly and in| good condition. So if you borrow a| book, ,try to send it back to its owner| at least as soon as you would a book| borrowed from the library, and try to, send it back unblemished. | in order to protect the cover of your | own or borrowed books you will find it| most convenient to have on hand a| number of removable book covers of | various sizes, to be slipped over the book you have borrowed without detracting| from its attractive appearance. Book covers of this sort you can make from pleces of glazed chintz or from pleces of figured paper of the sort sold for covering boxes and wrapping gift| packages. Another sort of book cover that is useful to any book lover is mades of | substantial cotton or linen or light- weight leather, with straps of the mate- rial arranged so that the book may con- veniently be carried to while away the, time when traveling. O IF you are in the habit of borrowing | or lending books, you should keep somewhere in your desk a small note- book in whieh to make note of the dates when books were lent or borrowed and to whom they were lent or from| whom they were borrowed. If a few months after you have lent a book you| have occasion to refer to it and find it missing, it will be helpful to know at least to whom it has been lent. If the| borrower is a friend whom you know well, you need have no compunctions about asking to have the book returned.“ From your own little record book you can easily check to see that books that you have borrowed have been duly re- turned. Some book lovers also list all the new| books they buy, recording the dates| when read and when reread. Certain books of only passing interest may be| given away or even destroyed if the| owner does not find them worthy of | being passed along, and dates of such/| occurrences also may be entered in the little record book. Some people even go farther in their book records an aste clippings of reviews of books they ave bought in a scrapbook kept for| that purpose, together with notes of personal impressions. Such a book, if conscientiously kept, will prove im- mensely interesting in years to come. * kK * MOET people buy books in an aim- less, casual sort of way, spending most _of their book allowance on ac- knowledged best sellers. And, of course, one does have to read some best sellers and buy them if one is to keep abreast with current conversations and discus- sion. But the really interesting collec- tion of books should contain at least one shelf where the books selected show some special sort of interest of the owner. General though our reading may be, we should have at least one hobby—buying books as they are pub- lished that bear upon it. |out_of print. One woman we know has a collection of cook books, many of which are now Plaid silk ribbon is worn as a scarf Another woman buys every book that appears that deals with native wild flowers, and still another woman has a collection of books on birds that any specialist might be glad to own. Yet collections such as these comes to buying new books. Mourning S.hould Be Chosen With Taste It is not generally known that the custom of wearing mourning veils had its origin in the fact that hundreds of years ago many women, left widows, used to become members of some re- ligious orders. They wore the black veil and the bit of white beneath the bonnet because it was the costume of the religious society they had joined. This was not the custom of young women who had no intention of re- maining widows. Often. in fact, & vow never to remarry went with the as- suming of the veil. The veil was looked upon as a symbol of lifelong faithful- ness to the one who had away. The custom of wearing very elaborate and conspicuous mourning has done more than anything else to discredit mourning in the eyes of many women of good breeding and sensitive feelings. Certain rules have been laid down regarding materials that should be se- lected for mourning. Velvet is ususlly taboo, and so are satin and r fab- rics with shiny surface. Patent leather and polished jet are led as unsuiteb'e for mourning. Many persons take considerable when they are in mourning in avolding any of these proscribed materials. The fact remains, however, that it is quite possible for a person in mourning to observe all these rules and still show d taste, while others who do not follow them so closely avoid ostentation and display and really show what amounts to far better breeding. The person who puts on showy {n&\;flifll always opens herself to crit- cf Hair Ribbon Again In Summer Vogue Fortunately, there is no tendency on d | the part of little girls to let their hair grow in order to conform to fashion’s demand foy greater femininity. To be sure, one sees fewer little girls with hair cut short enough to be really boyish, and the favorite hair cut now for well dressed little girls seems to ome" bop and & shingie, “The. bwir s and a le. e shaped to the head at the back, with 2 natural line at the neck, but is left long enough in the front to hide the ears. To add the feminine touch so that no_one will mistake it, there are hair ribbons. For hair ribbons are no longer a possibility—they are a real necessity for the girl of 6 or 7 who wants to con= form to the fashion of her sef ‘The amount: of g:xds, of course, on the width, but re should be enough to tie a fairly large outstanding bow after the ribbon has been tied around a lock of the hair, with a white sports dress, shown in the left-hand upper corner. Center left, a navy blue and white printed silk dress trimmed with narrow blue and white ribbon, and below this, at left, an eggshell shantung dress with ribbon timming. very narrow ht green grosgrain Above at right is a white dress trimmed with a bow of narrow red and white printed ribbon. At center right is-red and white polka dot ribbon used as a tennis bandeau and tie. Below this a beige crepe de chine dress with hand bows of brown velvet ribbon on the left - sleeve and right shoulder