Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 55

Lace Bows. Lace bows on mules for neglege wear are most attractive. So are velvet bows. The fabric of the bow should be deter- mined by the fabric of the neglige. If 1t’s a lovely lace gown with velvet jacket, either kind will do. You can m: Bows and fasten them on your own neg- lige slippers if you wish. d Negliges are as varied as a woman's moods. Some are made of figured silk in the regular kimono pattern. Then there are all sorts of neglige pajanias, ranging from velvet and lace to crepe de chine. The velvet and lace ones show a lace blouse with wide velvet trousers and a velvet coat, which may be anything from a tiny bolero to a long, voluminous coat that reaches the knees. There are very smart flannel dressing robes this year, with collar, cuffs, sash belt and pocket flaps of silk in a con- trasting shade. ’ Business woman may choose a fur coat or a furdrimmed cloth coat to wear over her workinghour dresses. Or she Yooking blouses of silk crepe or flat satin. She should have a special rainy-day ooutfit, consisting of a waterproof or heavy tweed coat, overshoes, small rainproof Rat and good looking umbrella. may choose a smart suit, with good ined with a bright shade of the same Year- Round Interest|5"s smrssting oior sad thess. ol . I8 | orful dresces will, of course, make an In Rxch IOneS ls appeal to the business woman whose fondness for bright colors has become Shown by, Office = apparent. =" = Chiefs and Assist.| THIS does not mean, of course, that all business women wear bright calors, or that working in an office pro- duces a taste for color. One still sees ants—Reds and| - ~ { ising busi: Ve d ed 1 Greens Are in Fa- |y e relved only by trim white | collars and cuffs. There are efficient | private secretaries in smart black, filing clerks in brown and typists in gray. Only there aresnot so many of them as there once were, and the girl who appears in black today may burst forth into deep red or brilliant green tomorrow. She no longer adopts dull, dark, inconspicuous color as a uniform vor Now, an Bright Blues May Be Offered After . Christmas. BY MARY MARSHALL. USINESS women like to wear bright-colored dresses in office demand f en who themselves as we stenographers, typ; assistants. Just at pres shades of red—all the way mato to Burgundy—are especially well liked. Greens are still in favor and | there is good reason to believe that | there will be a really demand for the | bright blues that are to be offered after | Christmas. Later there will undoubtedly be 8| revival of colorful prints, t just at present solid tones are having things | pretty much their own way, and with ‘ the- coming of Spring and Summer plain 1 tones will be the natural successors of the deeper bright tones of the Winter months. Many of the dresses and ensembles designed for Palm Beach wear show a combination of two distinct colors in pastel range, Roger’s Desire for Skates Results in Negotiations— Mother and Grand- mother Disagree on| Question of lithics——*| Frankness an Issue.| BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON. “Grama?” Roger opened her door and stuck in | his head. That was his way of asking permission to enter her roo “Come on in, honey.” Roger siid on i and d on th scat Qf her b cha'r facing “Better. ¥ cear ¢ I think, How was school’s all ight. Jiminy crickets, it's cold outside! There's ice over everything. You oughta see the| kids skating in the street. Everywhere, mind you, on the sidewalks and just everywhere. The rain froze. I fell about 17 times going to school and 1 about 200 times coming home.” “Well, well; that's too bad. Youll have to skate back after lunch, won't b “Can’t! Those old skates are an inch too short and the straps are all broken. I wisht I had a pair right on some shoes—screwed on the soles. You know, ¢h?” “You sce,” he frowned, “I did speak | to mother and to dad, but they .mm y 1 can get along With the old ones G a while yet. Honestl; grama, I hate to put them cn. I have to tie| *em on with string.” “Well, that's too bad. Dom’t you think Santa Claus might bring some?” ‘Grandma smiled to herself, although ‘hr face was serious enough. She adored this boy, with his businesslike She knew he wasn't hinting, but just the wn{nfor a pi ition. grama, have you it my present yet?” | contrast to the dark or neut;nl toned of her profession. In fact, the old idea that one had to choote special clothes of ‘any sort for business hours has dwindled to in- significance. Any dress that would be appropriate f°r daytime wezr is appro- te for business hours, any practical rect costume i- suitable for the trip | ick end forth at the beginning and | end of the day. SR F the business woman chooses an ensemble consisting of black or dark brown coat and matching hat with a bright dress, it is because she realizes that dark colors are smart for the street. But she also realizes that a colorful dress provides a pleasant background of the office. because che has a number of dresses in her wardrobe she does not hesitate to select red or bright blue or one of the bright tones of green, as she might if she wore the same dress day after day. If she were choosing a dress to wear within the more colorful surround- ings of her own home she might prefer a dress of neutral or dark tone. (Copyright. 1930.) “Well, say, I—a—eight dollars is more you'd pay for my present, I know, would you mind telling me how— about how much you'd feel like ding on it?” Certainly,” she replied very seriously. “I think I'd spend about three dollars op it er snapped his fingers gleefully. “Gee! That fixes it! I've got a good plan. Uncle George always gives me five dollars, and I think it came today. I saw an envelope the letter man brought, with his name and address . T'll bet that was my check.” wouldn't be surprised,” nodded ; you get mother to give ck now and you give me vour three dollars, and I'll go down and | et those skates and that'll buy my s present from you both. Go you, grama? —your 2 rother might—" she won't understant not ke Grandma stroked his arm gently. | “Sure you do, dearie. I know what it is to want something very much— ‘right this very minute’ It is never quite the same again, is it?” Roger let out a whoop, snapped his ?ngg‘: m an ecstatic jerk and barged or the , “Mother! You let that child bulldoze you into anything. I never heard of anything so ridiculous.” “ “It risn'tbl:.d’mflol\ll:. It was llg;flufll! ?; orward, nesslike proposition. far better than hinting, and I like the frankness of it. If children’s re its were not always hooted down, especially when they are so out-and-out sensible and fair as this one is, we'd have a more honest lot of people in the world.” “You snd yeur ethics, mother! 1 can't see how you can call pure cheeki- nees anything so polite as frankness.” Eut later the boy’s mother came back. “Here's that check. or the money. rather. I cashed it myself. I've thought | over what you said, and I believe you |ar: right. Children have a sense of Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W, "lofiLl Identical Twins. - Now and then Dame Nature “for- gets” her fundamental law of variation | and creates what are commonly called | “identical twins.” Identical twins are of the same sex. Thus the first great law of variation | is “overlooked” from the very begin- ning. And in such cases nature con- tinues to overlook the creation of indi- vidual differences until we have what for all common observation appear to be exact duplicates. Even the parents of identical twins are sometimes tem- porarily unable to say who is who and which is which. But not long. For there is a greater range of variation in temperament and interests than in physical features. There nature leaves off and environment begins. Environ- ment has never been able to create duplicates. A lot of superstition has accumulated concerning identical twins. As usual, & few facts are back of the superstition. Upon good authority it is stated that “identical twins have been known to | take the same disease on the same day and at the same hour, to dream the same dream on the same night at the same hour, awaken practically at the same time; and further, twins of this sort have been known to think sub- stantially the same thoughts on the same day at the same time, even when the Atlantic Ocean intervened between them.” So much for facts. Be sure to take notice of the phrase, “have been known.” ‘The biggest superstition that has ac- cumulated around the “have been knowns” is mental telepathy. (Copyright, 1930.) Fur Coats Need Constant Care Don't forget that every fur coat or wrap or collar you have is an added responsibility as well as an asset. Furs need to be cared for if you do not want to have them deterforate. A cloth suit may be neglected to a certain extent; it may be left unbrushed and unpressed | and allowed to get a little spotty, and moy then be sent to the cleaner’s and | teior’s and come back in presentable | e-ndition. But furs neglected can | raxcly be restored to their original good | ooks You' should have a specia! brush for your furs, which thould be soft and should be kept clean. Furs should be lightly brushed with this regularly, It is better to brush them after you have worn them, rather than waiting till you are about to wear them. Nice furs should not be allowed to get wet or damp. However, if your fur does get wet, don't think of brushing it or smoothing it. Just shake the fur well and hang it in a warm, dry room, but do not put before a fire or radiator. When thoroughly dry brush the fur with your soft, brush. White furs are a source of much care. They should not be allowed to get really soiled. If slightly soiled they may be cleaned at hom several applica- through the fur with 2 gauze or cneesecloth, The magnesia should remain in the fur for a little | while, and should then be thoroughly | brushed or shaken out. Your Eyes. The face will become wrinkled and consequence of eye strain. If the dally work is of such a nature that the eyes become tired, it is a good plan frequently to get up and look at some other object, preferably out of the window. Always keep the head as erect as pos- sible. To be constantly looking down is very bad for the eyes. The moment the eyes are tired the work upon which they are engaged should be put awa; Cheese Savory. Combine two tablespoonfuls of melted butter with one beat'n egg, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of prepared mustard, a pinch of paprika, |G ogerdidots ik, Tl give in ice 't ve in.” nked her. She got three new one-dollar bills from her purse and put them with the five. it to him, Emily. Teach him to two teaspoonfuls of Worcestershire Lower figure wears a cloth skirt and a wool blouse, with a brushed wool band about waist and cuffs. covered by a coat that is worn The same blouse is s on the upper figure, indoors for extra warmth. An unusual blouse | of blue satin, with upstanding collar, trimmed with stitching, is shown at lower right and above it a smartly shaped blouse of silk crepe. At right are accessory collars and cuffs and gloves that, though they are simple jenough for daytime wear, are still pretty. Charm in Holiday Setting Clothes Should Be Adopted to Purpose of Emphasizing Good Points”in Per- sonality —Women Must Awvoid Ex- tremes for Best Effects. BY CHARLOTTE C. WEST, M. D. ‘The Christmas candles may shine end the yule log glow, but you won't have a good time at the holiday parties unless you are looking your very best. And if you want to loock your best your clothes have to help show off your good points instead of using you as a convenient display rack. If you .have very short legs or 4 v"{: Ion, high waistline. 'Dumpy women must adopt unbroken lines and should never wear checks or plaids. If you are thick and bulky {lou can produce a slender effect with transparent dra- peries over a plain foundation. Scrawniness, round shoulders and flat chests can be concealed by the choice of exquisite accessories and the “cut” of garments which are especially made with your physical deficiencies in view. If you are tall and slender you have back you should adopt the | fewer dress problems than if you are short and broad. However, you must choose the colors that suit you best and that bring out your own’ coloring most eflectively. It is important to know where you vary from the acknowledged form. A beautiful form consists of a small head, long neck, sloping shoulders, flat back, round chest and slender tapering legs. Bearing all this in mind you 1 see at once that anything which shortens the neck adds width and height to the shoulders. | The matured woman who wishes to | preserve her youth into old age does not follow the prevailing styles. She celects what is best in every mode and adapts these to her individuality; she wears garments that do not date: she is ther:fore always beautifully, becom- ingly and hygienically clothed. | picuous doesn't help you iduality in dress. Leave the extremes to those who seek noto- riety in this field. Confine yourself to that which suits you and you will be far better off than if you try slavishly to follow the mode. ‘The “smartest” women in the world today possess the rare art of distinctive individuality as expressed in chic. And that is not mere beauty of counte- nance, but includes ease of freedom and motion; a slender figure, that in- definable something which makes you stand out beyond others; good taste . . . & knowledge of the fitness of things, particularly in dress; and the allure, the mystification of feminin- ity . . . subtly achieved through del- icate perfumes and the combined gift of knowing how to handle yourself. (Copyright, 1930.) Vanities for Christmas You can't go wrong when you fill a woman'’s stocking with vanities, Jewels, nice lingerie, a pretty this or that that she just wouldn't buy for her- self. Those are.the gifts that bring en- thusiastic “Thank you!"” notes. When it comes to lingerie, pretty undies are always welcome in the ward- Tobe of a girl. But a very decorative nightgown is about the smartest gift you can give this season. The new nighties are princess in line, are delicate, feminine colors and have the most unusual ornamentations. If you want to be very chic with your gift, a seafoam green cape Elizabeth gown, cut on princess lines and made with appjques of black lace or beige lace, is j superlative This gown is made a lot like a party frock. It has a sweet neckline, a pointed V one, outlined with lace edg- ing, and a yoke effect, made by the lace o the gown. There is lace sbout les, and for a hip-yoke ef- s the loveliest yoke of the 12t in by hand to make the decoration imaginable. type of gown is fine made of flat > or crepe de chine or the French ninon. And turquoise blue, rose pink and a new sunny yellow are very good | for nighties right now, too. | An extra few girls purchase for themselves is a fan. It is the first sea- son for years when fans are in order, | for coquetry 1s just around the corner | now, and the girl who can wield a fan may conquer hearts. There are feather fans and painted fans and fans beaded and made of lace. But the very newest fan js the one made of starched chiffon, cut like feathers. They come in all colors, You just have to know what a girl is wearing in the way of evening colors this season. OF you can get a bright red or black one that is good for any dress. If you want to send your friends flowers, why not make them usable, in the form of boutonnieres or belt bou- quets? You can get such cute flowers now. And you can get a little hatbox type of container, in gay colors or | dainty ones that will enhance your | gift. New flowers come in Jeather and glass, chifion and feathers and two kinds of silk, flat crepe and panne velvet. A little nosegay of white gardenias is always acceptable when in doubt about what kind to send. a combination of Your Baby and Mine Here are some of the accessories that make dressing for business not such a stupid performance, after all. Keep Clothes Spotless Proper Care Often Eliminates Much of Difference Between Expensive Dresses and Others—Slight Alterations May Be Very Useful. Of course you don't wish to deceive pecple about the amount of moncy you spend on your clothes. But the chances are that you do like to w-a: clothes that look somewhat more expensive than they really are. At least if you c2n wear & $15 dress so that it looks as if it cost $30 or $40, rrh-m more, ycu would be rather foolish to show the price tag. In any assortment of inexpensive dresses there are always some that look as if they cost precisely what you pay for them, there are others that lock as if they cost somewhat le: ers, thank fortune, that look to the average observer as if they cost & good deal more. Usually these expensive dresses are rather simple. We are likely to over- look them as they hang on the rack. It is only when we try them on and find that they possess the line and silhouette ss, and oth- of the more expensive sort of dress that ! wesom{?e to lDDl;e!éh:e :.(aemA i . you want to look as expnsively with the burdens of the physical dressed as possible you will try to ac- care of children so immeasurably mul- quire the knack of picking out the - | aresses of this class. tiplled, there has resulted a rather un- | SENROL VAR SRR Lo happy siate of affairs. Busy with her your clothes the desirable expensive housework, with giving baby his bath, ' lcok is to have them fit well. S> many with washing his clothes and preparing | omen who wear inexpensive ready- | his diet, walking out with him daily, | | there is inot always a moment in the whole day when mother has time just | to play with the baby. By the time 4 o’clock arrives and baby is tired and needing some entertain- ment, his mother is so worn to a fraz- zle that she is intent only on getting him to bed in order that may gain strength for When there are older YRTLE MEYER ELDRED, |Ribbons, Seals and Other . Fixings Are Half of Christmas duties are so much more numerous that mother's one desire is that they play by themselves. That is the height of her ambition. | Of course, there is no one answer to this problem, unless the mother herself | |is determined to fini one. Her one hope | |is a great desire to get clcser to her | children, .as only playing with them | can accomplish, and to so budget her| time as to make this possible. “Surely | there can be found 20 minutes in the | whole day in which to really enjoy these children mother is caring for so well. 1 would enjoy knowing how other mothers manage to sandwich in some “extras” that aren't literally necessary for them to do. It may be a powerful incentive for older children to help mother with some of her duties if in excl longer their interests alone. Our list of “Party Games” may sug- gest what can be played with the little ones from 4 to 6, and “Indoor Games for Winter Evenings,” games the whole family may play from 7 to 8. These hours are notoriously the most “ghast- ly” of the whole day. enough, most mothers find just playlng with their children hard- er work than doing a family washing. It is obvious that children must learn to manage alone, but plainly it is a mistake to give them the idea that mcther is just a household slave, neither human nor companionable. It is the father to whom most children | run wildly at night, sure that he is a playfellow with wh>m they can romp. Mcthers can change this state of affairs only bv recognizing it and de- termining to alter it. It is too long to wait until children are grown up for | motirer to learn to enjoy them and for them to enjoy her. How Do Y;ru laép Your Keys in Place? Have you ever visited in a house where the door keys are always being mislaid? Where the housewife runs hither and yon when she is about to leave home to catch a train, because Bobby must have carried the front-door key off to use as a pretend wrench for his toy automobile? Where the timid guest never has a key for her bed room door? Where one of the drawers in the buffet is for the time permanently | Iocked shut because the Key, after it was turned, must have got brushed to the floor and lost? ‘Whether or -not you have been in ‘slxc‘h a house, such houses there are, and they are most uncomfortab'e places to be in. For there is a peculiar sort of confusion about them. There is, of course, a good deal of difficulty in keeping keys always in lace. % One housewife solves the Srnblnn by having a duplicate made of all her keys. Then she has each key put in place and all the duplicates safe in her desk_drawer, each label one of the original keys tus out to be lost, another duplicate key is made to put with the reserve lwly. Another housewife follows this She runs dark silk cords through all the door keys. cords matching the color scheme of the room. These she ti over the doorknob, leaving them long enough so that there is no difficulty in get lost, ‘When it comes to the front door key the difficulty is greater. It is a very good plan to impress on each member of the household the fact that each front door key must be carefully ac- counted for. It is most unpleasant to hu::oonnmtdmh lost all over e she devotes a half hour or|P handling them. Then the keys cannot | Background —Types of These to Be Used Depend on. Taste. There is nothing at all ‘absurd _in spending quite a little time and money in providing attractive wrappings for your Christmas gifts. Even mother nature does the same thing when she offers her rarest fruits as well as the more usual sorts in wrapping of lovely color and design. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why it is customary to speak of “mother” nature rather than “father” nature. It is such a dis- tinctly feminine trait to enhance the vmue of our gifts by attractive wrap- gs. Because it is the fashion to be femi- nine, we should all make a special ef- fort to choose attractive papers and ribbons and other “fixings” for our Christmas packages. If you are a very precise sort of person and like to spend your money ng to a definite system, you may put it this way—that 5 or even 10 per cent of your Christmas money may fairly be spent for these externals. That is, if you spend $20 on your gifts, {uu may spend $1 or even $2 on the ribbons, papers, pasters, ete. There are two distinét types of made dresses are content with any sort of a fit that when you do see a girl with a dress that is precisely right in this regard you are apt to think that she has had it made to order at some smart dressmaking establishment. If you cannot do the alteration yourself you should not begrudge the little ex- dress altered at the store where you buy it or by some clever littie tailor who will do it for a small cost. Only remember that the little tailor may not have a very good idea of the desirable silhouette. Make sure before take your suggestions. Another way to make your dresses look high-priced is to keep them spot- less and perfectly press:d. No one can maintain that des.rable bandbox appearance that is char:cteriatic /of women who have perscnal maids to 100k after their clothes, if not willing to spend time over the iron and the press- ing boerd. Another way to give tone to inex- pensive clothes is by making slight al- the dress. Very often a dress looks cheap not because of the actual cut or material, but because of some tacky bit of lace or cheap buttons or buckle that can quite easily be removed. n, of course, very expensive dresses are made from precisely the same models as dresses costing much less, and designers of in- expensive dresses are often every bit as clever and as well paid as those who de- sign dresses of the more ‘exclusive sort. A great many of the inexpensive dresses in the shops nowadays are made from good materials. But to cut expenses s-mewhers along the l'n> the mekers of these dresses sre quife likely in°xpensive tr'mmings, = butions, ete. Their only profit on the dress may be penses on these superficial detalls. Gay Paper for Wrapping Christmas _wrappings from which to choose. There are the good old con- ventional designs in red, white and bright usually making use of holly, Christmas tree, stars, Santa Claus, bells, reindeer, etc., for decoration, and there are the modern designs which make use of all sorts of interesting colors and designs that until recently no one has associated with the Christ- mas season. If you are fond of the traditions, you will select the first sort; if you have “gon> modern.” you will want th= other sort—or possibly you will consider the taste of those for whom™ the gifts are intended, using the first-sort for your old-fashioned friends apd the newer sort for those who are pgrtial to mod- ern art. If you have mot laid in your supply of wrapping papers and ribbons, etc., you sMould attend to it as soon as pos- sible on Monday morning, so as to have & wide assortment from which to select. You will need three sorts of paper heavy paper in which to wrap pack- ages that must be sent by mail, express or messenger; plain wi paper to be used for outside wrapping of parcels that are to be given personally, and then the special colored paper for the inner wrapping. And for each of these wrappings you should have appropriate twine, cord or ribbon, with stickers, pasters, tags and cards to carry your holiday message. Highly scented packages, like highly scented note paper, may be offensive to good taste, but the fresh, Christmasy aroma that some people contrive to impart to their holiday packages is de- cidedly agreeable. One country woman we know cuts sprays of wild bay with - their frosty gre>n-blue berries and lays them in the chast in which she keeps her Christmas paper and packages for a week or so before Christmas. She crushes some of the berries and sprinkles th*m among the papers to give a persistent but deli- cate aroma taat every one likes. A few sprays of vedar or other Christmas evergren lald among the wrapping pa- pers for a dey or so before they are used will impart a fragrance that is as deeply associated with the spirit of Christmas. as the five-pointed star of the east or the holly leaf. Gra,ngair May Be Mark of Good Looks It would have taken a good deal of courage a generation ago for a novelist or shori-story writer to work with a gray or white haired heroine. But heroines with “prematurely gray” or “premaiurely w " hair are not av ali unusuel nowadays. Many a young man will confess that among the women with whom at some time or another he has fancied himself in love was at least one woman with silver locks. One of the best known dress models in this country is a tall, queenly young woman with hair almost white. She pearance. The feeling used to be—did it not?— that the coming of gray or white hair was a sort of warning that it was time to put away youthful things. There were certain colors, certain fashions that were regarded as too youthful for the woman with gray hair, no matter how young she might be. She retired into a sort of half mourning for life—gray and lavender and white and black were the colors she wore. . Jade Elepha—r;ts tra that it costs to have the ready-made you employ him that he is willing to * terations in the trimming or finish of y to use j Boomeeernussacinessmessossnnt satsnnsonmmrimssamrmatsoaseed 1 & because they have been abl> to cut ex- . o