Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1932, Page 43

New Costume Horizon blue is one of the season’s most popular shades of a color in .he forefront of this Spring’s fashion parade. This dress is a copy of a Bruyere model and is made of crepe roma. It is_entirely devoid of trimming, relying on the unusual sleeves for decorative effect. Old Irons Made New IF the pressing irons are heated over gas they sometimes lose their power of absorbing and retaining great heat. ‘This is the remedy of an old-fashioned housewife for the trouble. Tie a stout rope around the handle of the iron, make the iron as hot as possible and | then very carefully, by means of the rope, lower the iron into a bucket of cold water. This restores—says housewife—the quality of the iron that makes it absorb and retain heat Great care must, of course, be t-ken foing this so that steam not in jure the one who holds the rope. Im“ ‘ Nothing New | —ee | "THERE just isn't anything new. We 2o into ecstasies about a lovely new perfume. We go shopping and lay in a | supply of bath towels of the most mod- |ern sort—rough, soft, perhaps designed in angles and straight lines. We think | we are most modern. Then we read of excavations of a tomb 4000 years old in Egypt which have brought forth the most attractive perfume bottles once filled with the most alluring scents; and bath towels woven in plain d zigzag stripes, sometimes hemmed long the s, with little knots wroughout their weaving to make them 1 like cur modern Turkish towels. The dress above has a top of black chiffon, the lower part and the jacket being of h-avy black crepe. The flowers are black and white. This is a copy of a Mainbocher model end is -‘:"uiubh for, tea time or the informal E THE SUNDAY 81 of Sheer Fabric Has Favor of Fash This informal dinner dress is the waist in the back. "AR. Loose panels add grace to the skirt. WASHINGTON, D. €., APRIL 10, 1932—PART Vogue Assured for Coming Season of black chiffon. it interesting to women who are tired of belted mo dels. BY MARY MARSHALL. 'VE under $20 to spend for a new dress,” Cousin Peggy protested when she was home for her Spring vacation. “I've shopped and shopped and all the dresses that I particulaily want cost $25. I've under $5 for a hat and the duckiest hats all cost around $8 or $9." Chee: up,” we told Cousin Peggy 1 u had $29.50 to spend on a diess you'd see just what you wanted for $50—and if you only had $12 to spena for a dress you'd be intrigued by the clever little dresses that they sell for $19.95 Every one at some time or other— every one except those very, very few | women who can spend as much.as they please—has experienced Peggy'® feel- ings that the most desirable clothes and hats are those that are just out of reach. That is natural enough because | more expensive clothes, taken by and large, are more attractive than less ex- pensive clothes to the woman of dis- taste. On the other hand, it possible to find a few less ex- pensive clothes that are more attrac tive and more desirable in every way than most of the clothes sold for a | somewhat higher price. That's where the real sport of shopping enters in. * * ‘THEN there's another thing to re- member. When you are shopping for the $20 dress you are looking at dresses of that price critically, you are trying some of them on. The more ex- pensive dresses you merely look at, as they hang figuratively out of your reach. If you came to try them on and to examine them with a critical eye you might find that they, too, had their limitations as far as your own re- quirements were concerned. There | would be the same need for careful dis- erimination and selection. Some of us find clothes buying diffi- cult because we start out on the false assumption that it all going to be Vvery easy We that because stores carry a va v of sizes we ought to be able to find quantities of attrac- | tive dresses that we can walk into as | it they had been made to measure. We assume that something is wrong \u we have to give the matter really | !Qg;)‘\;.s consideration, at makes the game of ing | ‘ clothes and hats and iccem?mb?ey.u;i | 80od sport lies in the fact that it is | | Dot too easy to get precisely the right | 1 [ ¢ thing for your own particular needs. It is not merely a matter of having | enough money to spend. A great deal more depends on your own efforts to find what you want and to make selec- tion of the things that are really suitable. * %ok x A FRIEND of ours who manages to look exceptionally well dressed on a surprisingly small dress allowance ;{:‘: these rules for successful shop-‘ |~ Don’t wait until the last minute to | make your selections. Don't put off buying & new sports dress or suit and hat until Friday when you unexpectedly | receive & tempting invitation from a | friend to go on a week end country house party. Don't let your supply of evening dresses run so low that the first time you have a last-minute invi- tation to a dinner or a dance you have to rush out in haste to get something to wear. In these days of impromptu | partles the only safe policy is one of | | preparedness. If we buy our clothes at | | the eleventh hour we will approach the subject with overanxiety and will not | have time for attention to the altera- | tions that usually have to be made. | Special buying for special occasions | would be all very well if we knew for a week or more precisely what our so- clal and business obligations were to be. But nowadays we have no such time for preparation. On the other hand, Wwe do know sufficiently what sort of we are likely to need for the Net borders the neckline, which is V in front and to This dress has no belt, which will make 11 10n Leaders The chiffon dinner dress is bright and colorful by reason of i:s belt and jacket of flame color chiffon, pleasingly shirred. fluttering neckline held with tico clips of strass. The dress itself is practical, being of black and white chiffon, wth a The jacket is shown at the left. | ensuing season so that we can lay in a supply of clothes in a leisurely wi that will prepare us for all the usual sort of obligations. Whenever pessible shop early in the day or at an_hour when the shops are not likely to be crowded. AVE some idea of what sort of thing | you want to buy and don't expect | the saleswoman to be a mind reader. Don't tell her that it doesn't matter what color dress you buy and then give her a horrified glance when she brings What Happens to Money When Spent for Home? \ JHAT happens to the housewife’s money when she takes it out and spends it for something she needs for herself or her family? One dollar put into circulation touches almost every unit in the en- tire industrial system. One dollar spent in retail purchasing affects not only the retailing industry, but the manufacturer, the producer of raw products, the transportation system, the distribution organization and the financial set-up of business. One dol- lar travels a far way and back again. In one vesr it is spent over and over again. ider the travels of a dollar and hinery it sets in motion when for example, in a department When Mrs. Jones spends a dollar in a department store, she buys not only the article she has selected but the serv- ices of a large, carefully trained organ- ization. In making her purchase she is attended by a sales woman. The article is wrapped, addressed, sent to the delivery room, and delivered to her address. Serving her also, though she may not come in contact with them, are the buying department, the receiv- | ing room, the stock room, the personnel department. the accounting and credit department and the adjustment de- partment. Twenty-nine cents of the dollar re- mains in the store, part of which is paid in wages to the personnel who a ed in bringing Mrs. Jones' pur- chase to her. The manufacturer gets 54 cents of the dollar, to pay for the equipping of |a plant, ‘the purchasing of the raw | materials and the operation of the | factory. To finance his activities a | vast, highly organized system of finance | is brought into operation. | stock, through which the public parti- cipates in its profits, are sold and bonds are issued. Working capital is pro- | vided through promissory notes and | bills of exchange. Thus Mrs. Jones' ‘dollar supports the whole intricately | organized financial system of the coun- try. Fourteen cents of the manufacturers’ dollar pay interest on the bonds and dividends on stock. Twenty-two cents pay wages. Four cents pay taxes to | keep the Government in operation. i Sixty cents are paid for raw mate- rials. This sum supports those who produce the materials. On the farms and ranches of this country-toil thou- sands of people producing wheat, cot- ton. meat, wool, leather—all the scores of products required for modern exist- ence. They depend upon the spending of consumers’ dollars to create a de- mand for their products. In the mines, thousands of other: work to produce fuel for the factories. | In other mines, other workers bring out minerals and building stone, and salt. | They all depend upon their part of the ‘60 cents. In scores of oil fields men | work in difficult and dangerous jobs to | produce fuel and petroleum products. | Lumberjacks bring down trees. A score Shares of | a Buyihg élothes on Lirilited Budgets out a dress of a shade that you par- ticularly dislike. On the other hand, don't go wilh | too prejudiced an idea of what you want. Be willing to change your orig- inal plans somewhat to suit the situa- tion. You may have made up your mind o pay no more than $20 for a If you see one that is preciseiy don't feel that you you are inclined to buy difference in price won't thow you i bankruptcy and may doubtless be made up by emall economies in other di- rections. If you are buying an ensemble, begin with ‘the most difficult element. That is to say, if you have most trouble find- ing a hat that is entirely becoming, | start out in the millinery department. If your probl e of getting a { the right measure- hats offer no serious problem, begin with the dress or coat * KNOW one woman who begins with shoes. To most of hs seems silly. Shoes are accesso to her it is the sensible way shoes, likes to have nice one ‘she has difficulty getting fitted. when she decides to have a_brown en semble, she goes out to buy brown shoes. And when she has found just what she likes, she buys the dress and coat and hat to go with them. If the shoes she likes best are beige, trimmed with black, there’s an idea for her color scheme. If they are light and dark brown combined, that's another story. 1t's the sensible way for her, because to her shoes make the most difference Remember that the saleswoman's business is to help you, but on the other hand remember that her helpfulness will depend to some e t on the way you approach her. There is, vou k a definite nsychology of good buy well as of good selling. Don't go shopping whe: feel depressed. If your hair is at its worst no hat will b you, and if you wear shabby shoes you'll have dif- n you look ot Seventy-one cents leave the store and | of other trades are productive of raw 1€Ulty in persuading yourself that any production and distribution. | st into operation a vast system of | materials and are supported by Mrs Jones' dollar. Fashions Are Top Notch Fi)r Spring and Summer AYBE the weather isn't just what you think it ought to be, maybe M exaggeration and while sleeves are more |ornate than they have been within the dress or suit you try on will be smart 3 | Fewer Between-Meals \PEOPLS at the present time indulge less in between-meals than they used to and so the old custom is dying out to some extent. Now, unless a call- | er comes around tea time—from 4 to 6 money is harder to make than it used | past decade there is a very definite | —we do not feel it appropriate to of- to be, and maybe the cld world isn't wagging along precisely as you'd like to have it—but there’s one thing to be thankful for. importance to every woman. really are top notch. Clothes never were so truly beautiful as they are at the present time. That is not mere personal prejudice. It's something that experts on both sides of the Atlantic are agreed about and some- thing that you can easily prove for your own satisfaction if you take the trouble to consider the question seri- ously. This season there are none of those Fashions | extremes of silhouette design that inter- fere with true beauty. The grotesquely short skirt is a thing of the past, but for street wear skirts are short enough to be practical while for evening they reach the floor. They are draped and fitted about the waist and hips with- out being absurdly tight. There is no hobbling tightness about the lower p: of the skirt but a graceful flare that permits graceful motion. Walstlines are normal but not uam.ly laced and blouses though easily fitted above the waist have none of the o n other lines give the effegh of breadth without Something that is of real | | tendency on the part of the important French dressmakers to keep away from any exaggeration of the full sleeve. The period influences that threatened us a year ago are a thing of the past and whi'e French dressmakers draw on the fashions of the past for inspiration they are very definitely avoiding any actual imitation of past modes. In short, present fashions are modern in the best sense of the word and as free from exaggeration or grotesqueness plicity and good taste make the new clothes exceptionally becoming, and, what is just as important to most ‘women, unusually youthful. The trimming details of the new fashions are varied enough to suit vari- ous types. Necklines though showing an upward tendency for daytime muy be round, square or V-shaped. The little Jjacket that accompanies so many of the new dresses may be of bolero length for the girl with youthful figure, waist length if that suits you better or may come to the line of the hips. Fichus and scarf collars give a soft flattering line to those who are not at their best in tailored simplicity, and sleeves may display fullness above or below the el. bow or may retain the stmple seasona. as fashions have ever been. This sim- i fer afternoon refreshments. 1n a very | few households the custom prevails dur- ing the cold months and where a late | luncheon is served of having hot choc- olate or bouillon at about 11 and if this |is the custom, then your guest who | happens to make a morning call at this time is included in the refreshment. In Russia and elsewhere among Northern Europeans it is as customary to drink tea late at night as it is in the afternoon in England, and lhere‘ the evening caller is proffered a dish of |tea. With us, however, no one thinks of serving tea at that hour. | P . Pique Evening Dresses\ | — | UST what is going to be the fate of | | pique evening dresses? They were | | introduced in Paris for the Southern Winter resorts and are said to have | met an_enthusiastic reception. The dressmakers, of course, take that to mean that they will be well favored for Summer informal evening wear. They have the great charm of being easily cleaned, of course, and would seem to be a most attractive fashi for really waym weath: > Apologies Help 'EW things do more to lubricate the wheels of existence than the timely and kindly apology, and few things are more tiresome and irritating than tae apology that is an intrusion and un- necessary. Well bred persons are always ready with a more or less perfunctory “I beg vour pardon” and they feel not slightest humiliation in making *r of apology. It is a remark tha applied freely to well as to close Early Mending 'HERE is enormous satisfaction in | having mending done early in the | week. There is saving of time, for it is done before the clothes are carried to their drawers or shelves. The time |to sort clothes for mending is when they are first sorted after washing. To be sure, some clothes may be mended to advantage before they are 1ed, for the reason that a rent be- mes larger in the wash, However, it seldom pleasant to mend soiled thes The sheer suit may be made of black georgette, with a tucked skirt and Eton jacket. The blouse shown is of crepe de chine, half black with white dots, the other half white with black dots. The hat of rought black straw is trim- med with grosgrain ribbon.