Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1930, Page 22

BY MARY " Slips: and other articles of lingerie are considered merely as 50 of dainty underwear. They and considered with a view with whic] are to ‘wise | made - Evening dresses especially nced spe- elally dekigned slips. becaise it s o @ssential to have the foundation of the i dress smooth and free from useless full- mess. A dress with a high waistline calls for one sort of slip and a dress with a princess silhouette demands an- other sort. Dresses cut low at the back demand lingerie cut very low at the back and dresses with the new off- the-shoulder neck line demand slips made snug enough in the bodice to BEDTIME STORIES Bobby Coon Is Inspired. B i e very other causht. BOBBY COON. Running, panting, tired, frightened, l?:y///l y ®ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE A BIT OF EXERCISE,” REPLIED REDDY. ‘The hunters and the dog were having a good time. They were enjoying it. To them the hunt was sport. They A5 MARSHALL. keep from nllvpln:eor bunching without the aid of shoulder straps. In some of the shops you may buy lmsl tticoats of crepe de chine edged wit Ece These are chosen in prefer- ence to slips with the dress that is with a low-cut back. These slips are usually made in wrap-around fashion, with the back portions lapping and finished with strings or ribbons that are tied securely round the waist. ‘The newest slips are made with lace | edging and a clever plan is to finish our last season's slips with an edge of {Ifle. thereby giving the new desirable feminine touch and adding length that is doubtlessly r:eeded. NANCY PAGE Wedding Invitations in Accepted Form. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE The morning mail brought an_ opu- lent looking envelope to the Page home. It had all the look and feel of a wed- ding invitation, and sure enough it was_ There may be some doubt in your mind, as there was in Lois’, as to the way to address the envelopes for invita- tions, so you may listen in while Nancy explains the system to Lois. “The outer envelope is never ad- dressed to 'Mr. Peter Page and family,’ but to ‘Mr. and Mrs, Peter Page.’ Then if there are other members of the fam- ily who are invited they get their invi- tations_separately. The envelope may read: ‘The Messrs. Page' or ‘The Misses | Page’ or ‘Miss June Page, Miss May | Page, Miss Mary Page.’ “The inner envelope does not carry any address, merely the name or names of the guests to whom the invitation is being sent. The tissue paper which is slipped in the invitation by the en- graver may or may not be removed. Either way is correct, although the re- | moval is a shade more so. “Where the wedding is small and does not warrant the expense of engraved invitations, it is perfectly correct to write the invitations by hand, following the wording and the spacing of the for- mal engraved invitation. “It should not be necessary to use the letters R. S. V. P., which are the initials of the French phrase, meaning, ‘answer if you please’ But so many guests are unaware of the fact that any invitation which requests the honor of a person's presence requires an acknowl- edgement, that the custom of using the letters still persists. “In having engraved invitations it is wise to remember that too elaborate type is never in good taste. Keep the form simple and in so doing you make it more ‘elegant’.” If weddings interest you, write to Nancy Page, care of this paper, inclos- ing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, asking for her leaflet on Wedding Eti- quette. N (Copyright; 1830.) By Thornton W. Burgess. couldn’t run much longer. No, sir, he couldn’ He was getting very short of breath. He panted. His legs ached. His heart felt as if it must burst. Yet all the time Bobby felt sure that there was a nh‘xfi;’n place of safety, if only he could k of it. “They never have caught me, and they won't this time,” he kept saying | over and over to himself. Each time he said it he seemed to gain new cour- “I'll fool them. I will! I will! They are not going to catch and kill me. I fool them yet!” To fool that dog Bobby had tried every trick of which he knew. Now and then one of these tricks gave him a wee bit of time to get his breath and a little rest. But that dog was wise in the matter of tricks, and in the end that wonderful nose of his run crossed the trail of He had a glimpse of htfoot bound- ing away as only Lightfoot can, and he followed Lightfoot for a short dis- tance, hoping that that dog would pick up Lightfoot’s trail and follow that. He knew that Lightfoot could easily escape should the dog do this. But that dog had been taught to follow one scent only, the scent of a raccoon, so he refused to be led away by the stronger scent of Lightfoot the Deer. Once Reddy Fox bounded out from behind a stump and ran beside Bobby for a short distance. “Lead him off and give me time to Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELORED. There is a particular age at which children experiment in the use of all kinds of Words. When the child goes out to play; sometimes even before that, he hears words used by adults which il become his childish lips. In our dili- gent efforts to .end the use of such words we_are inclined to do just the things that encourage instead of dis- courage i If the word is a good one, we ap- plaud its use: if it is a “swear” word we become highly excited, tremendously upset, and highly denunciatory. ‘“Where i on earth did you hear that word? Now march right upstairs'and wash out your mouth with soap. That horrid, horrid | word has dirtled your sweet little mouth.” Of course soap isn't pleasant, but the impression made upon the child by his mother's actions are far more lasting than the taste of the soap. He finds that a cannon cracker in his mother’s ear is mild compared with his use of a good round “darn.”’ Why should we act in a mannet -that will cause the child to repeat the word for the sake of its impression upon us, when we refllly want to stop his using it? One young man of six was an ardent user of swear words. In fact he used toem so constantly that the horrified neighbors refused to allow him to play with their children. Naturally his mother made every effort to end the habit. She scolded. she shamed, she threatened, and spanked, but he could not be trusted The more emrhasis she laid upon the desirability of never, never saying such things, the more frequently he said them. One day he was invited to a party. His mother told the hostess frankly. “Now you send him home the very minute he says a bad word. I won't be aurt at all. He just must be punished.” S0 off he went bright and shining, and a half hour later he was back again. Without one word of question- ing his irate mother took him over her knee and administered a sound spank- ing. Then she marched him upstairs to bed, and as she closed the door and he got his breath he said, between sobs, “The darn party ain’t till next week.” ‘Why should parents keep on using methods which prove so useless? The very moment that a child begins using words that are not for children's lips say quietly, “You must talk with words that you understand. You don’t know the meaning of this word, and so it is silly to use it.” Pretend indifference, or even actual lack of understanding of what he says. The word then, no mat- ter what it is, becomes meaningless to the child. If some other child uses it tell your child that he doesn't know what he is talking about. He is a little boy using words that adults use and not knowing what they mean, Don't get excited about the word. Don't do anything dramatic like wash- ing a mouth out with soap. All such methods simply make the word that much more attractive, that much more thrilling to use, and just habit does the rest. Without even wanting to, or meaning to, a word like that becomes fixed in the child’s language. Don't let | 1 Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. Just what the bridge lover would be thrilled about—a table and chairs which may be left in position at all times in the living room or library. The nicest part of this group®s that it is of such beautiful design, showing the influence of the Louis XV period. Such pieces would be an artistic addi- tion to any living room. ‘The wood in these pieces may be wal- nut with a rich brown finish, the carv- ings brought out with a touch of dull Eld, if an especially decorative effect de: 3 The table top may be of leather and get my breath, Reddy, and some time | the seats dnd backs of the chairs cov- | Tl do as much for you.” begged Bobby, | €red in leather or brocade. | | “All right. I would like a bit of exer- | Notice how compact the table is, with — e —— — - —— OF THE MOMENT oA Dhis Btack broadclobh ensembBle trimmed with black broadtal. Fur border on a while salin DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX ]DEAR DOROTHY DIX—What do you think of a man who once was very poor and had to work hard to climb up the ladder td the height he now occuples, but who now indulges his own boys in everything they want and encourages them In idleness? What effect will this have on the children? Answer—It is, perhaps, natural that parents who have had hard lives themselves should wish their children to have everything soft and easy and that those whose youth knew bitter poverty should be overlavish to their children. But the result is disastrous. Pproportions of a third-class alley, and the result in my particular case was that my frunt tires rubbed against the cerb with one of the most unwelcome sounds I ever herd, ma sed. ‘Then you couldent of passed, pop sed, and ma sed, Perhaps a meer man couldent of, but a woman izzent so eas- ily discurraged. As soon as the exam- iner sed, You hit the cerb, madam, I had my anser all reddy for him in & long winded form, and every time he weakly tried to interrupt, he found I was still tawking. What dewyou meen, 1 hit the cerb? I sed to him. Do you meen to tell me, youve been examining heer for weeks and rrmps ‘munths and dont know the diffrents yet be- tween a hit and a slight graze? I sed. Is it possible that this is your life werk and still you cant tell a hit from a gentle rub? I sed. Do you wunt me to think that youre the kind of a man who would raise a grate hullybaloo and accuse a stranger of mtunm when all he did was faintly h agenst you? 1 sed. Whats the use of having a werd like hit in its plvml’ place in the dictionerry if youre going to openly use it insted of graze and touch and feel and skim and rub and brush? I sed to him. And I still had plenty in reserve, but just then a kind of a glassy look came into his eyes and he sed, You'll get your license, madam, ceese firing. Proving ladies are stronger than men. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. It gives us the “second generation” who are wasters and spendthrifts, who throw away the money that their hard-working parents have earned, who seem to be without either stamina or morals and who make true the old proverb: That in America it is only three generations from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves. These fathers and mothers who are so overindulgent to their children 1 that, try as they may, they cannot satin-line life for their children; that their boys and girls must meet the same sorrows, the same disappointments that every one else does; that they must make the same struggle that others make, and that, if they have not been disciplined at home, if they have not '°,1‘,‘,“"’ grit and courage, they will go down when they come to grips with existence. You seldom see a self-made man’s son who is worthy of his father or who can fill his father’s shoes when the “old man” dies. The reason for this is that his father made things too soft and easy for him. He did not have to struggle as father did. He did not learn self-denial. He did not have courage and the fighting instinct bred in him, so he failed when the test came. ‘We do not train prizefighters by having them loll on silken cushions. 2 B A DOROTHY DIX. DEA'R MISS DIX—What is the difference between a bachelor girl and an old maid? MAE MURRAY. Answer—The term “old maid” is obsolete. It is used now only by ignorant or provincial people. It was formerly used as a term of reproach to designate a woman who lacked attractiveness to men, and who, in spite of the most strenuous endeavors, failed to catch a husband. ‘The women to whom this was applied resented it so much that many of them married men who were absolutely repulsive to them in onder to escape it. The bachelor girl is a woman who has passed 40 years of age and who, for reasons of her own, has elected to remain T It indicates that the woman so designated had good common sense, courage and a love for freedom and instead of being a term of opprobrium it is one of admiration and honor. ‘The old maid was pitied by other women. The bachelor girl is gent erally envied by her sex. The old maid was a woman who couldn’t get married. The bachelor girl is one who wouldn’t. DOROTHY DIX. Individuality in Home Decoration “Rich or no rich, Jim needn’t put on airs around me. I knowed him when he et with his knife an’ never used a fork except to comb his mustache.” (Copyright. 1930.) MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Charm Against Crying. All small children get unaccountable Perhaps they have hurt maybe mother spoke too teased not, but I know it works, not only with BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. my children but with many bave tried it on. (Copyright, 1930.) others I BEAUTY CHATS Ready for Autumn, My correspondence always goes in seasons—this special bit of the season BY J P. QGen. Grant was a great horse lover, but it was a dog who was the ani-| mal pet of his last days. This was| Ponto, a magnificent St. Bernard, born at Chamounix, in the shadow of Mont | Blanc, the highest mountain n France. | Gen. Grant came upon him during his | trip around the world. He was then | only & fuzzy little puppy with wabbly legs. Being about to return to the | United States, the traveler bought him. Dogs were barred from the trans- | atlantic steamship cabins. They were supposed to be shipped in the hold, close to the butcher’s quarters, where | it would be easy to feed them. Perhaps | the general could have obtained a spe- | cial dispensation, but he did not wish | to risk refusal of the privilege of keep- ing the puppy in his quarters, so he slipped Ponto into his pocket and went aboard ship apparently dogless. ‘When the captain found his authority had been flaunted he was peeved, but | he did not dare do anything about it. In America Ponto became his mas- ter’s constant companion. He led a happy life, as any dog would whose MILADY B | I Coiffure for Straight Hair. Dear Miss Leeds—(1) My hair is straight and I cannot afford to have it curled. How can I arrange it, espe- clally while it is growing? face every night. Is it all right? I cleanse my face with cold cre and wipe off the excess with a clean cloth. Then I wash it with soap and water, then rinse first in warm water and then in cold water. Then I try to press out the blackheads and bathe the skin in boric acid solution.. Last of all I pat on witch-hazel. I let the :ro;lc acid I;Jlutlm} and thel ‘witch-hazel on my face. ave enlarged pores. (3) Do boric acid and with-hazel close up the pores so that it will be hard to get rid of the blackheads? (4) What is the quickest way to get rid of blackheads? FUSS BOX. your hair in the middle or on one side and brush it smoothly back from your forehead. Have the part run gave no thought to the feelings of | cise ” replied Reddy. “I'm not afraid of | the small drawers at the sides and the Bobby Coon. Isn't it strange how some Ppeople can find pleasure in the distress of others? s Bobby was getting desperate. He MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKPAST. Grapefruit. ‘Wheat Cereal with Cream. Pried Sausage and PFried Apple. Brown Bread. ‘Toast. Coffee. SAUSAGE, APPLES. Prick the sausages well with s fork. Place in a deep frying pan, pour in enough boiling water to cover the bottum; cover and cook over a moderate fire, When the water evaporates remove the cover and turn sausages several times that they may be nicely browned. Turn onto a platter. Core a number of large lart water if you prefer. Bake in & that dog or those hunters.” So Reddy dropped back and waited for the dog to come up. Then in plain sight in the moonlight he trotted off to one side, sat down and grinned at the dog in the most impudent manner. The dog didn’t so much as look at Reddy. He wasn't interested in Foxes. He was hun Bobby Coon. He meant' to catch Bobby Coon and he would let nothing distract him from his purpose. So there was nothing Reddy Fox could do to help Bobby Coon. Reddy shook his head sorrowfully. “Poor Bobby,” said he. “I fear some- thing dreadful will happen to him. If I could help him I would. I guess no one can help him. He’ll just have to help himself. Poor Bobby Coon.” Now, Bobby had been running in a hl¥ circle, so that at last he found him- self near the edge of the Green Forest where he was in the habit of leaving it to go over to Farmer Brown's woodshed for his dinner each night. He caught a glimpse of Jimmy Skunk in the moon- light. If only Jimmy would use that little but powerful scent gun of his on | that dog! It was then, right then, that Bobby was inspired. Into his mind flashed an idea. He knew just what to do, just where to go to be safe. If only his breath would last a little longer! If only he could keep ahead of that dog for just a few minutes more! t dog had been gaining. Now he :Jm!gu;:;ro&mly c.l‘me But Bobby L, Ind new strength. The hoj he had been holding fast to so long b:e- came a certainty. He knew now that he would fool that dog and he would fool those hunters. Household Methods BY BETSY CALLISTER. Silk Lampshades. The silk lampshade is always in style, Just at present, several other kinds of lampshade are more in the vogue. But silk lampshades have now, as always, their defenders. You can vary the silk lampshade to it the room where you wish to use ft. That is doubtiess one reason we like it 0 well. Just buy silk of the right color un_g_h thed nmb{:m is settled. e decorative screw may be used to hold the silk 1.mp.n."&‘.’ in |’;1lcr, It is not so much used, perhaps, as it was a season or so ago. But it is very good m\;ln nd often adds just the all means use them. I saw an ve one the other day for a child’s room—a dog, barking so mfly‘:‘nt y:u could almost ash receivers at the corners. A room in which a group of furniture such as this is placed should be rich in its scheme of color and furnishings, for these pieces are somewhat formal in and demand such & back- Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. About Mind. ‘How much of a problem would it be for you to name the essential ‘tharac- teristics of your mind? The great philosophers of all times have found the mind an interesting, not to say baffling, problem. Here are three of their conclusions: 1. Your mind is always h up with your body. That fact stands. But how it is hooked up is a debatable prop- osition. 2. The next thing about your mind is that you are conscious—that is, most of the time. Consciousness as a mental characteristic cannot be defined. There is nothing in all the world that can be co with it. Sc the philoso- hers do a lot of disagreeing on the jow of being aware or conscious. 3. The third big fact about your mind is that you take your mind to be you. It 1s your sense of self. At the same time, you have always known that your body represents you. Your is, theref merely a symbol of all the knowledge you have about yourself. THIS ROOM REFLECTS THE PERSONALITY OF THE ABSENT OWNER. | Rooms reflect the spirit and character of the persons who occupy them, unless they are decorated or arranged by some one who does not understard the occu- ants, or who impresses upon the rooms is or her own ideas of decoration. ‘The fine interior decorator either treats the rooms of a house imper- Tally. putting in them the correct fur- nishings for the type of architecture of the dwelling or the style designated by the owner, or else he studies the tastes and ideas of the owner and family who are to live in the rooms, and instills in them as much as he can of the charac- teristics of these persons. If the dec- orator does over the rooms impersonally, he (or she) leaves the rooms to take on the characters of the occupants when they live in the house. ‘The home decorator has an advantage over the professional in this one - ticular,, knowing the traits of those for whom she decorates, At first, when the home is new, the articles have been chosen to reflect the character of the young couple. Each has been glad and y to get furniture and furnishings | tha to suit the other. The combination of the things is made also to suit both, and 80 the home has the atmosphere that is right to begin with. Later on, when children grace the home, there is the nursery to furnish, and still later the bed room of the first born. These rooms are done to reflect the spirit of childhood. The character e Be]190Q is not developed enough for anything more to be expressed. When the little folk grow older, there is a masculinity to be brought out in boys’ rooms, and a daintiness of fem- Ininity in\girls’ rooms. Then, as the chil- dren show decided tastes and have ideas of their own, those that can be made helpful in decorative ways should be stressed. For example, a boy will either be ac- tive in some special sport, or show me- chanical tendencies, etc. Ships may adorn the walls, for one fond of boating, whether girl or boy. Books and ap- pointments for study lend themselves well to a student’s room. These hints indicate how charactetistics can be fea~ tured in interior decoration. The main rooms of a house reflect something of each person. The musical instrument for one who plays, books for those with literary tastes, easy chairs for the comfort of all are included, and pervading the entire room is the of the homemaker, for she it is, al all others, who has the most to do with t room. If she has an artistic bent, v.h: rlwnéhwm be :l‘lmh‘i“ If she is orderly, the room ve eva{m in its place. The room may be cold and uninviting, or cozy and welcoming. It is for the home decorator to im to the rooms of the house that individu- ality of her own and the members of that will make the home ' almost every one wants to get rid of | sunburn quickly. Of course, if you've | been wise and used the various much= advertised olls for burning very quickly without turning red and without the skin peeling off (in other words, if you have used coconut ofl, sold under vari- ous fancy names) then your problem is easier. For a fine, healthy. bronse pales evenly and there is a short period ‘when you seem to ln'v;e As long nothing about it. little too yellow, use vanishing and a lightish flesh powder. will mix a few drops of liquid rouge with ordinary white vanisi cream | you'll produce a flesh-pink preparation which will help neutralize the yellow and which is good for a naturally sallow skin. Then the lighter powder -lmh-;emwnmm-“; youroan; plexion. Also, you must experimen with colors in , for one shade will make you seem ker than another. On the whole, avoid the orangy reds, at {least until you have a normal skin Oll is very good for getting rid of tan, since it lubricates a skin that is too dry from the sun. certain creams are bleaching—lemoh cream, and peroxide cream and cucumber lotion. I prefer a homemade cucumber lotion to a bought one, unless it is of very excel- |lent quality. You can do a lot b]e-chlnzl lnhud'.hn skins of tomatoes on your face and arms, or using lemon Juice, or slicing up cucumbers and cook- using this. tomato is dry- ing, yet, being cheap and easily made SONNYSAYINGS ‘Whoo-hoo! Muvver! of | statutes have been framed to guide us well back over the crown of your | head. Divide the back hair into two ‘equu strands and fasten them with wire clips. If your hair is los enough, cross these two &trands ane arrange each one into a bun back of an ear. If hair that is being allowed to grow is waved slightly it is much easier to arrange into a becoming coiffure than perfectly straight hair. My leaflet on heatless curling meth- ods will tell you how to e your own waves, so that the 'nse of curls need not worry you. leaflet is free to my readers who write it and inclose a stamped, self- dressed envelope with their reques BY EDNA KENT FORBES. at home, no one wants to use them. Instead. women spend large sums of which they can't really afford on expensive bleaching preparations. Mrs. E. D. S.—When giving your hair & henna pack it should be shampooed first, and then while moist apply the henna, which should be made into a with water and applied very hot. do this, separate the hair into con- venient strands and apply the paste with a brush, beginning toward roots and working out to the ‘When all hair has been cared for, cloth over all of it and let the “What would our high-born neigh- bors say, if they knew this, if they knew that?” we ask ourselves, from day to day, while feeding soup bones to the cat. It is the great unwritten law, the estimate our neighbors make, when we do_something coarse or raw, when we indulge in bonehead break. A million through this vale of woe, but often we are not ashamed if we should lay some statutes low. And the decrees of solemn courts don't seem to bother us at all, as we pursue our foolish sports, and make tga ordinances fall. Our lawns are ragged, on the blink, we have neg- lected them so long; “Oh, say, what will the neighbors think?” our wives Te) h us, g and strong. “What the stately Johnsons say, when they look o'er the garden fence, and see our lawns all gone to hay, with weeds in patches, strong and dense?” And so we make the mowers clink, and pull the weeds we long let slide; we would not have the neighbors think that we are short on decent pride. We'd like to wear the anclent shoes, the suits we've worn for many Springs, the hats of faded, ues, there’s comfort in old But then, what would the neighbors say, what | yes dismal stories would they tell? 'So we wear raiment glad and gay, and shoes that fairly make us yell. The neighbors are the moral force that governs every native town; they neighbors think?” We answer that, and we are saved. ‘WALT MASON. (Copyright, 1930.) Potato Cheese Balls. Put two fuls of mashed in & bowl, often so that fin’ good—does. you need a taster? (Copyright, 1830 and with- (2) Here is the way 1 care for my | First | aciq solution, then rinse in Answer—(1) Try this coiffure: Part |- Famous Dogs of Famous Folks Ponto, Last Animal Companion of Gen. Grant. GLASS, THE CAPTAIN WAS PEEVED, BUT HE COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT* master was a-lover of horses and the outdoors. failed. The time came when he could falled The time came who he could no longer go driving or walking. Ponto missed their excursions mighti- ly. However, he was faithful to his master. Almost always he could b? found In the sick room. His silent sympahy was a great comfort to the general, ‘The dog's grief over the death of his master was poignant. For a time Mrs Grant thought he, too, would die. She asked a friend to take him to his coun- try better. He was unlucky, though, in the matter of masters. . No sooner had he rown to intimacy with his new one than the latter died. ‘When the dead man’s will was read it was found that he had taken good care to provide for Ponto as long as he lived. Also he had set aside a sum of money to provide for the dog’s burial and the erection of a monument over his grave. Ponto lived several years before the time came for the erection of the monument. (Copyrignt. EAUTIFUL 1930.) BY LOIS LEEDS. good to use in this way on are marred by blackheads an Rinse off the soap sy bathe the blemishes in hot boric ack solution. Gently press out the bilaci heads, being very careful not. to bruise the skin, the again in fresh boric cold water, witch-hazel or other mild astringent, ving it on to drys (3) Boric acid is a_mild antiseptie: n made into a hot solution as described it pares for the removal of the leads. The witch-hazel is an astringent and closes the po-es, hence it should be used aft'r the blemishes are removed. (4) TFollow the suggestions. .giveW above. Thorough and regular. cl*ans- ing will keep away the blackhsads. ¥ LOIS L (Copyright. 1930.) blot dry and app, DAILY PATTERN SERVICE Beautiful Fabries. Formality and real elegance are ex- pressed in rich fabrics. Metal broeades in sheer weight, dull silk crepes, chiff crepe satin and transparent velvet hol dominance in the evening mode. * Splendid for the thrifty woman who makes her clothes. She can have & of these takes % yards of 39-inch material for the 16- ar size. Style No. 953 may be had in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches