Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1930, Page 23

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, . O AUGUST 31, 1930—PART THREE. 7 Accessories in Coming Autumn Mode Make Strongest Appeal Martial et Armand . Fall cogt of darke green velour de lain at the green crepe_de chine dress at continue to show boleros on their new models. The the left is trimmed with olive astrakhan the right has a scalloped bolero and embroidered blouse 8f pink geergette with the now tucked and embroidered . Intermittent Diet Helps Most Women In some of the new diet systems for Company Manners Light collars and cuffs are shown hand column, reading from top to_bottom, with dark frocks for Fall. In the left. are shown eggshell collar with picot edge worn on a brown crepe de chine dress, white georgette draped collar tied with grosgrain ribbon, beige crepe de chine vest with brown edging on the collar worn with a beige-and-brown tweed dress, and a pale green georgette collar with oblong beads of the same shade on a dark green crepe dress. he figure at the | o\ I weight reduction the rule is made that certain restrictions be made in the meals for two or three weeks with a resumption of mormal dief in the third or fourth week, followed by another twc or three weeks of diet—and so0 on untl the desired weight is lost. § Sometimes there are six days of strici diet with a seventh day when no re- strictions are made whatever. Some. times a definite bill of fare is set down for the week with occasional modifica~ tions—just as if the loss of weight de- pended on following the rule exactly. But interestingly enough rather re- markable results have been gained from these intermittent, closely detined diets. The fact is that it is not so difficult to get along on light rations if you may look forward to eating anything you please after six days. And having eaten lightly for six days the chances are that you have got out of the wuy A chartreuse green satin evening gown with ties at the back is shown " above at the left. White satin embroidered with black ugubu, above at the right, has a little jacket edged with ermine dyed black. Below at the left is a cape of royal blue silk with fringe attached 1o a narrow band. of velvet ribbon in the same shade. A pink rose is placed at the center o the back. At the * right is a round petal handkerchief of rose and. pale pink chiffon. Light gloves are worn for daytime and dark gloves for evening. Cruelty Toward a Child Dorothy Would Be Beautiful Some Day, But Mother Made It Impossible to Forget center left shows white ermine collar and cuffs, trimming a dark green crepe dress, worn with a green velvet beret. At the center right is a brown chiffon velvet dress, with collars and cuffs of eggshell georgette edged with lace, The collar ties at the back. In the right-hand column, reading from top to bottom, are shown white crepe de chine collar, cufis and vest, embroidered in blue dots with embroidered edge of the same color, worn with a blue wool crepe dress, cream lace collar arrangement on a wine-red velvet dress, white organdie collar edged with lace and held with lace rosettes gn a dress of black velvet, and an unusual collar made of bands of white crepe de chine, fastened with fancy buttons. & i Bachelors and Old * Maids Once Fined in_a while somebody to rouse public opinion against the bachelors — bachelors who remain bachelors epparently out of _choice. They suggest imposing heavy fines on bachelors or denying them certain priv- ileges that married men possess. But May Be Charming Some women are desperal afraid that they will be suspected of having “company manners.” Such a woman, when she invites you to dine or lunch with her, assures you that she will make no special preparation in your honor, If you casually remark—as you may ?ulu naturally do if you are an old "‘”dfi"“ she is wemnzml chlrm&n‘l‘ gown, she manages to convince you the dress is not at all new or that it is ready for the rag bag. She seems fear- ful lest you still think that she has dressed especially for your honor. If she has two sets of china—one that she uses for “every day” and one for spe- clal occasions—she would figuratively “die of mortification” if one of her chil- dren let the cat out of the bag that she was “using her best dishes,” or, in fact, that she did not always use her best young poplar plant in the farther cor- ner near the street. b y!” she called softly as the - little “wild-haired” girl ‘withir & few feet, “you didn't give me one those last pictures. I'd love to “ave one.” “Oh! Why, mine weren't good. Mother didn’t order any.” “That's too bad.” New Clothes Depend on Right Use of Small Articles for < Smartness — Young Women, Especially, Have Great Interest in Effect of Such De- . tails—More Fre- quent Changes De- manded. ——— BY MARY MARSHALL. OUNG women of today are tre- mendously interested in acces- sories. More interested, I think, in the small details of dress than ‘their mothers ever were. It is not so much that they are inter- ested in the small things—gloves, neck- Iaces, handbags, collars and cuffs, belts, etc.—for their own sake. They are tre- mendously interested in the art of them. They give serious thought to the subject of how these things should be worn and how they should rot be worn, and any young woman of boarding school or college age of my acquaintance really feels— and justly, I think—that she wears her les _more- successfully than the older women. | ok ¥ ¢ A GENERATION ago” one young woman _explained, “women must have been very prim and precise about the way they wore their clothes. They must have had 1o spend a lot of time adjusting their vells and their collars and belts, because clothes were so much less comfortable than they are today. Tl take my hat off to the girls of the Gibson girl age. “But I don’t believe they. ever worked out the ensemble idea as carefully as we do. I'm sure they didn't take so much paigs in - choosing and wearing Scoessorles as girls do today. Girls nowadays seldom buy their smal things Just at random. They figure out pre- . cisely wha!, they want to go with cer- tain costumes to get precisely the ef- fect they desire. “They have certain accessories they will wear with this dress or suit, and others that they would wear only sith ssomething else. Why, even the girls I know who bave no ‘pecial reputation for caring for dress havc aefinite ideas sbout the gloves, jewelry and hand- bags that will look right with certain dresses.” This does not mean that no older women take this keen ‘Interest in ac- cessories. It does mean that a careful Thoice of accessories is characteristic of the present styles in dress and that 1t is the older women only of youthful minds and taste who discriminate be- tween the appropriate and the non- appropriate lcc‘cswry. * % * 'l'fl! youthful attitude toward acces- sorles demands more of them and ., & more frequent change, because no adays styles in handbags, jewelry, etc., change quite as often as do styles in dresses, hats and coats. Gloves occupy an important position in accessories for Autumn, and the new dress or suit or coat certainly deserves & pair of gloves chosen expressly for it. Interestingly enough, light gloves art choice for all daytime while black’or other dark are favored for evening. Parls signified her approval of black with ‘white for late Summer and early Au- tumn street wear, and the white suede glove is worn with the black street dress t. . “l"ullel we have heard a good deal about. return of brown gloves which will not, however, be chosen for day- time, but for , . It is the long, brown suede glove has come for- ward as one of the smartest of Au- \fumn fashions, to be worn with white or light-toned evening dresses. (Copyright, 1930.) Air Tour Committee Planned. n touring aviation in A mmhn‘::n‘e,eu: crnu‘g‘ which is to France afrplane. The el e P Consisr of five members consulted any question e e the awmmem ot ‘touring wvistion or similax Rt of hearty eating and won't eat exceg- sively on the last day anyway. One way to lose weight and a very sensible way—where it works—is to eat less of everything, but it is very difficult for some women to do just that, and the fact that they have gained %o much weight is a pretty good proof of the fact that it is not easy for them to eat sparingly of everything. Another way to reduce is to go very light for two meals—eating anything within reason at the third meal. Taus coffee and dry toast for breakfast, a fruit or vegetable salad for luncheon— without bread or crackers—and fust about anything for dinner, Beret and bag match the youthful coat of claretcolored tweed,, edged with fringe. tableware. These women are, in part, right in “com| objecting to showing their manners,” as they are called, for com= Ppany manners can be very offensive and disquieting. If a guest feels that his hostess who usually speaks to her children in curt monosyllables affects a saccharine man- ner toward them just because he is there, he is made uncomfortable and his host’s vivacious, animated manner at dinner falls to bring cheer if he feels mhhnusull mlnneprul:‘b?nn of grum ., No one can y ac- quire good table etiquette only as part of his “company manners.” Company manners that are, with all frankness and sincerity, assumed for the guest’s honor come from the heart and are not to be scorned. The father of the prodigal son didn't try to make his guests feel that he fed upon fatted calf every day of the year. So, although.we would hardly tell our friends that we have ordered special delicacies and got |out the choice damask and thin china | for their honor when they dine with us, | we would show ourselves very silly if we | tried to make a family secret of these | little acts of consideration that we per- form for the honor of our guests, Mirror Ah.si];;is:. Tests Good Looks When little girls first look at them- Selves in the mirror it is usually simply to admire. “What a nice little girl that 18 looking at me,” they seem to say as they look at themselves. ‘“How pleas- antly she smiles at me! I should like to play with a little girl like that. Yet that little girl is myself. What a very nice little girl I am!” There are some women who never seem to have got over this childish way of using a mirror. “After all, I am quite good looking. I'm sure I don't show my age so much as most women. Of course, I don't pretend to be a vamp, but there is something rather intriguing about my expression.” I have seen women look in the mirror with an ex- pression that showed that was the sort of thlnf they were thinking. But it is & great waste of time to look at your own image in the looking glass merely to admire, or, for that matter, to admire at all. = Self-admira- tion is not an attractive quality in any one, and even the beautiful woman who spends much time in doing it soon as- sumes a look of self-satisfaction that is far from attractive, If you would really make the best use of the time spent mirror gazing, do it with cold criticism and analysis. Study your face and figure from various an- Know the worst as well as the t. Arrange your dressing room or bath room mirror so that a mercilessly clear light shines upon you as you make your tollet, Even if you do mot use rouge and lipstick or other similar cosmetics, you must not neglect making up. Study your face in the mirror to see whether it is absolutely clean. It may not be, you know, even after you have washed it in the usual way. “There are some skins that t the action of ordinary washing. If there is still any sugges- tion of darkness—not due to actual skin pigmentation—wash the face very thoroughly with a lather made from liquid s0ap of the sort nurses and sur- geons use before operations, or take :’m to cleanse the face '{:‘cm:hllg cleansing cream. Don't mere! cover up the shadows with vanishing eream and powdes, % St 222 B With the black-and-white striped gloves are worn, Tendency Shown in Di- rection of Simple, Provincial or Peas- ant Type, and This Is True Also of Fur- nishings — Comfort and Style. HILE there is not exactly what | could be termed a return to the |simple life, there is certainly a marked tendency to return—or get to, if you've | never been there before—the simple, provineial or peasant type of furniture and furnishings for the home. Every one went sophisticated with such a vengeance a few years ago that the charm of the quaint, provincial -styles in interior decoration was bound to be felt by all. Just as women threw away ridiculously short frocks and went in for the strictly fe inine in fashions, women ‘are disca: "ing funny-looking furniture and getting back to something like comfort. Curves are coming into their own in furniture as well as in hats and frocks. The angular lines so popular about three years ago are replaced by graceful, sleek curves which are exceedingly :In;h:wlmknmdmehnwomm comfort. For the woman m'.) desires o fur- and with the pastel pink velvet evening dress at the right, brown suede gloves are worn—uwith brown velvet flowers in the belt. Furniture Shows Curves tailored suit' at the left, ivory suede nish a home or a room in comfort, style and distinction within a limited price there is nothing to equal the pro- vincial and peasant pieces. The Sum- mer furniture style shows indicated that wher: formerly these designs had been accepted widely they are now almost universally in demand. Another furnishings style trend clear~ ly indicated at the Summer furniture shows was the grouping of furniture in related though not identical groups, The ensemble idea in furnishings has taken hold as firmly as it has in costumes. And the combinations of color worked out in the furniture e as interesting as those used in assembling a wardrobe. The death knell of the three-plece liv~ ing room suite has been sounded. 2 However, mahogany and walnut will always be popular. Their beauty and dignity make them dear to all. which had the misfortune to fall into disrepute some years ago, is coming stronger than ever into its own. Fur- niture manufacturers seem to be ing all over again what can be done with the wood, and it might be a good thing for the home manager to refresh her mind as to its possibilities, Metal * furnituré, the recent markets show, is finding its place in the home. It is creeping in—as many innovations in furnishings have to do—through the porch, the sun room, the kitchen and the nursery. It has its advantages for the tired and hurried home manager who is also managing half a dozen other things, in that it is exceedingly easy to take care of. More than half the automobiles in nothing cones of it. The bachelors as & whole have an easy time of it—prob~ ably better than they deserve. ‘This was not always the case. Back in the days when Greece led the world in culture Solon, the law giver of Athens, made marriage compulsory. For a while the law was enforced, though later it fell into disuse. In ancient Peru, as it was before the coming of the Spaniards, it was pro- vided by law that every one must be married on coming to a certain age. To make it easler for the young hus- band the community in which he lived furnished him with a dwelling, which, as it was constructed of humble ma- terials, cost little. He was also al- lowed land sufficient for the mainte- nance of himself and wife, and more was added with the birth of every child. If governments today did like- wise perhaps we should have.fewer bachelors and old maids. Even in_our ownfcountrdy not, %o very lon; the law frowned upon - exmi."fi: Hartford, Conn,, in Colonial times, “the selfish luxury of solitary living” was taxed 20 shillings a week. About a hundred and fifty years ago bachelors in Pennsylvania had to pay double texes. In.most of the colonies unmarried men anél women were not allowed to live by themselves but had to live in the family of some relative or some fam! pproved by the authorities. It iu‘gle duty of the head of this family to “duly: observe the course, carriage and behavior of every such person, whether he or she be keeping good order day and night or otherwise. Our Salads. Among Europeans usually there is only ‘one way of serving salad leaves and that is with French dressing. Most Americans prefer to encounter lettuce leaves under some concoction consisting of bananas rolled in nuts, “slathered” with meyonnaise, or beneath a tasty bit of ehldnen mayonnaise, or something of t 50 Fish mayonnaise is a favorite dish with the European cooks and it offers a splendid way for using up left-over fish, However, the European cook serves his rich mixture on shells, whereas we would serve it in a bed of lettuce leaves. A very good fish mayonnaise can be made from cold cooked fish or from canned salmon or other such fish. But the fish mayonnaise made famous by some of the renowned French cooks is a more complicated matter. The salmon or_sturgeon must be cooked specially. In the kettle in which it is cooked there must be & few carrots, a little celery and a leek. Moreover, there must be beets, potaloes, cucumber, gherki capers, olives, beans, mush- Tooms, bits of caulifiower, crayfish and lemon by way of garnishing, They Wore Masks. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth in Englaad it was the custom for women to wear velvet masks to cover their faces-—“having holes made in them againsit their eyes whereout they look.” ‘This does not appear to have been done through any exaggerated sense of mod- esty but to protect the face from sun and wind. - — More than 53,000 tons of Russian Minor Defects— Neighbor’s Camera Gives Aid. BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON. JOROTHY sat on the swing. Her mother and sister got out of the car and turned in at the path. Mrs. Bindley, next door, was watering the scarlet salvia and geranium border flanked the porch. ‘Been to a party?” she called, with neighborly interest. “No; getting her picture taken,” an- swered the little girl's mother for her, “My, but it was hot. I'm nearly baked.” Mrs. Bindley came nearer and di- verted the hose to the dry roots of the privet hedge. {What's the matter with you, Dor- othy? Are you like my Jimmy? I can't get him to the photographer’s for love nor money.” * “Nothing,” answered Dorothy. But her mother sald in a consiliatory volce: “Dorothy's turn comes next. I'm waiting till I get that wild hair of hers trained back. It would look terri- ble in a picture. Besides, her front teeth aren’t quite in yet. She looks better 1.hen she's smiling. Dorothy looks much better when she smiles— don’t you, dear? Only she doesn’t smile enough. Oh, Dorothy, here's a quarter. I forgot the lettuce. Run down to the store and get some, will you? How's your knee?” happened?” asked Mrs. “What Bindley. “Oh, she ined it again. She’s wing so fast and her joints are loose. t makes her awkward and she stumbles on an ant hill.” Mrs. Bindley moved the hose to the alnnw Malay Settlements, are from anthracite- coal ha | Montreal, Canada, ve been recelved in this year, “Mother said the man didn't fix me right. T've got sort of & funny nose and he shouldn't have turned me side- ways, the way he did. I liked one flrett.y well, but my cowlick showed, anc e couldn’t take it off where my hair stuck out. Mother says some day I'l mlb::ur looking and it's better to wait oy a camera, and I wish you'd let me tak your picture tomorrow in that lovel: “Why, I have several pictures o Roberta and none of ‘you. No; jus: you, dear. Listen"—she bent low over the hedge—“you're far lovelier than Roberta. I prefer dark children—chil dren with hair that has character; sor of looks as though it had a will of it own. Now, don't try to_brush down that cowlick tomorrow. show.” Dorothy giggled and ski) off, for- getting about the loose joints. Mrs. Bindley gave explicit direction: on a soft-finish paper that was sens: - tive to high lights and shadows. /. picture that, when finished, looked @ though the subject had sat in a fair: mist with Tinker Bell in the offin She had said to her husband think I'll go into the business and mak« it my life work to phof h childrer with foolish mothers who ve devel oped cruel inferiority complexes in the’ u’}’y ducklings. Dorothy will be beau- tiful some day, anyway, but she’ll neve think so. She'll always be miserablr Jjust because she’s it dinned int) her head that she's hopeless.” - Mole; Are Re;l Mark of Beauty A few dark moles more or less arc nothing to worry about. Far from be- ing a real blemish they may be con- sidered a mark of beauty. For centurie these blemishes have been be uj certain parts of her body small m inciden to the clearest complexions.” St. Teresa, who was & beauty o Well as a saint, had three moles op he face that were spoken of with actue! admiration by her contemporaries. Cer - tain it is, that among beautiful Frenc» and Italian women a few dark mole have never been considered any rec detriment to beauty. Sandwiches. Ci fine one small onion, one n m;;? two tablespoonfuls of nfi’ until tender, drain and add meshed thin slices of cucum - ber which have lain in dressing. eave Donnybrook Fair Success. ‘The famous Donnybrook Fair, hel® in ‘Dublin, Ireland, of the most to have certain films she sent in printe: ' “I think you are very pretty. .1 have I want i t, |