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MAGAZINE PAGE. Dress Has Saddle Shoulders | The Hay Diet 1545 BY BARBARA BELL. HAPPY thought for swift-sew- A ing maidens is the saddle shoulder, cut in one with the sleeve. It makes everything go together so quickly that smart girls can actually finish a dress in a day. Try this one and see. The new frocks for Spring will be neat and trim. Also, they will have a youthful flare, which will impress us all by the sophisticated quality >f simplicity. Women—Ilow on the budget—are going to love the versa- tility of these dresses, because they make splendid backgrounds for good- looking accessories. This model is cut with pencil slimness in the skirt. ‘The waist is made to fit easily through the back, and in the bust, by a modish amount of extra fullness. Collars bring us real news. Peaked and petal-like, their lines dash away from the face in Interesting points. With them you may wear anything from purchased cords to wool tri- angles. Belts make glorious trim- mings, too. Some of the new ones are at least five inches wide; others mere cords. ‘Young people, as & class, like fig- ured wools—native plaids—big, bold checks—softly muted stripes. Dresses like this one, with circumspect seam- Bedtime ing, are perfect for patterned fabrics. In monotone weaves the trend is toward lighter tones—toast-browns, rusts, gray, beige and subtle wine shades. Among the dark shades we find, besides black, a great deal of navy, much gunmetal and a goodly sprinkling of red-brown. Nubby silks, blister weaves, pebble crepes, matelasse prints, canton crepe and synthetic silks are represented in the advanced fashions for Spring. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1545-B is designed in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. Size 16 requires about 3% yards of 39-inch material, without up and down. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to follow. BARBARA BELL, ‘Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in eoins for Pattern No. 1545-B Sise.... (Wrap coins securely in paper.) (Copyright. 1934.) Stories BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. The Day Before. T WAS cold and gloomy in the Green Forest, the Old Pasture, the Old Orchard and on the Green Meadows. Snow covered every- thing and Rough Brother North l Wind was very rough indeed. It was not & good day to be out and about, not at all a good day. It was the kind of a day to spend in some snug, ‘warm retreat curled up asleep. But not every one can do this. Oh, my, no! Hungry folk who have no food stored away, and who have not had really enough to eat for days, must get out to search for something to chase the gnawing pains from empty stomachs and to make the heat which will keep them from freezing to death. So it was that, gloomy and cold as the day was, there were both feathered and furred folk abroad, hunting, hunting, hunting for food. Reddy Fox and Mrs. Reddy were among these. Old Man Coyote was another, Happy Jack the Gray Squir- rel and Chatterer the Red Squirrel ‘were both out and about. Happy Jack to dig out some of the nuts and acorns he had buried and which were now deep down in the snow. Chat- terer could get at his supplies with Jess work for he had more than one filled storehouse. er the Grouse and Mrs. Grouse were budding. That is, they were living on the Winter leaf buds of the trees. Peter Rabbit over in the dear Old Briar Patch, was living largely on bark and twigs of bushes, and finding a slim living. Of course, Mrs. Peter was doing likewise. Blacky the Crow was finding just about enough to keep himself alive and traveled far and looked long to find that. He was regretting that he had not been wise enough to move a lit- tle way south and had about decided Sonnysayings BY FANNY Y. CORY. ‘Maybe Santa Claus would rather we went back t' bed, Baby. (Copyrisht. 1034.) that unless he should have some ex- tra good luck that day he would move on. Sammy Jay, Downy the Woodpeck- er, Tommy Tit the Chickadee, Yank Yank the Nuthatch, Dotty the Tree Sparrow, Linnet the Purple Finch and Slatey the Junco would not have been in low spirits despite the gloom of the day but for the fact that Butcher the Shrike had been discov- ered hanging about near the feeding shelves that Farmer Brown's Boy kept supplied with food for them and they were afraid of Butch- er, even Sammy Jay, despite the fact that he was, if anything, a little big- e bl | [ ' 4 ger than Butcher. Now and then one of them dashed to a shelf and hastily snatched a seed or peanut, but there was no happiness there. Early in the afternoon snow began to fall and soon it was falling so thickly and was driven along in such stinging clouds by Rough Brother North Wind that one by one all the little people sought shelter. They simply couldn't face that storm. Hungry as some of them were there was no use in trying to find food in such weather and they crept into such shelters as they could find and they shivered and wondered when they ever again would have enough to eat. A few there were who didn’t mind the weather. Of course, Johnny Chuck and Nimbleheels the Jumping Mouse were sound asleep in their homes in the ground. Striped Chipmunk was also asleep, but not so soundly. Bobby Coon was asleep and 30 Was were soundly as some of the ol of these folk cared not at how hard Rough Brother North Wind blew or how thick the whirling clouds of snow were. And down under the snow Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse were en- tirely comfortable in the little tun- nels they had dug. Their big cousins, Jerry Muskrat and Mrs. Jerry were equally comfortable in their house in the out be- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, New Way to Vibrant Health. BY WILLIAM HOWARD HAY, M. D. Blood Infection. HEN we speak of the blood infections we generally mean infections from with- out the hody, germ inva- sions, or the effect of medication or intoxications caused by bacteris, or generated in focl of infection about the body somewhere, No doubt it is as correct to realize that the condition of the blood stream it- self determines these things, for 1t s susceptibility to invasion or its resistance to this is determined surely by its in- herent chemical state. Infections such as syphilis must be classed with theaccidents "o M Hav. M. D. that introduce into the system ex- traneous material with which it is not able to cope successfully. This is also the case with snake bites, malarial infection and similar outside contam- ination. The thing with which we should concern ourselves chiefly, how- ever, is the continual maintenance of 8 blood stream that is clean and well fortified with the chemicals necessary for perfect function. A blood so fortified is resistant to almost all of the external infections, as it furnishes a soil unsuitable to foreign growths and implantations. ‘The usual types of blood infection are all the various pus-producing germs and their toxins, or the familiar septicemia, or blood poisoning. ‘We get this in modified form when- ever we are harboring a local focus of pus formation, as internal ab- scesses or external boils or collec- tions of pus. And in such conditions we find an elevated white count, the white cell of the blood stream being :gcre:sed to provide resistance to the vasion of pus-forming 'm their toxins. il When the body is unable to cope with the invasion of pus-forming germs these proliferate and grow rap- idly, distributing their toxins to every part of the body through the medium of the blood and lymph channels. This is what we generally mean when we speak of blood poisoning. Resistance to this type of infection is in direct ratio to the falling down in our alkalin reserve, as can be easily proven in cases where the system has falled to resist the invasion of pus- generating germs, and the condition of septicemia has developed. To prove that this view is correet cases are on record where such strick- suddenly flushed with & simple sal purge, the diet limited to mweaun’f: fruit juices, and recovery took place within & day or two. Local infections that had progressed to the general stage of septicemia cleared up in this short time, and from a high temperature, with enor- mous leucocyte count, chills, prostra- tion and the state that generally pre- cedes death by but a short time, the case snapped out of the whole condi~ tion within a few days, not infre- quently in one day, with subsidence of all toxic manifestations. All such treatment can do is to re- move from the system quickly much of the toxic material against which the body vn:m. unable to BREAKFAST. Grapefruit juice. Milk or buttermilk. LUNCHEON. Cream of celery soup. Pineapple and cucumber salad, sour cream dressing. Hamburgers beked in tomato . root. Dessert: Baked apple stuffed with coconut and raisins, Juice dressing. Artichoke hearts on whole- wheat toast. Steamed squash. Dessert: Sliced bananas and cream. Coffee with cream and sugar may be added to any starch meal. Coffee with cream and no sugar may be added to a protein or al- kaline forming meal. Gentle Means Used BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE. In Portland, Oreg, policemen are being taught to cope with lawbreakers with polite speech. e A statesman must spice his orations ‘With plenty of vigor and vim; When he gets in full swing ‘The welkin must ring Or no one will listen to him. If he cannot excitedly view with alarm Or hail with a note of acclaim, Not one lone single cheer The peor fellow will hear And he'll have to get out of the game. But why should policemen be tutored In the nicer refinements of speech? ‘They come of a breed Which has never a need To plead and entreat and beseech. They only need ssy, “Can the come- back, me lad, And don't hand me any more jaw Or the hoose-gow for you,” And there’s nothing to do, For t.hlc.!r words are backed up by the w. Teach policemen to talk like a Solon ‘This possibly may be accomplished, I think, After many and many & year, But what good will that do To me or to you? For neither of us will be here. Bad News. Education is slipping. Not a single college has invented a new yell this ended, and cows out to Dorothy Dix Says Don’t Like Your Husband’s Taste in Neckties?—Get Divorce on Ground of Mental Cruelty! LARGE proportion of divorces is granted on the ground of mental eruelty. Husbands and wives get upon each gther's nerves with their little habits and mannerisms. A wife cannot bear the way her husband gargles his soup, A husband is bored to tears by his wife's babbling. ‘The party of the first part has to live in Washington on account of his business. The party of the second part prefers to live in Cali- fornia. A married couple has not the same tastes in politics or pie. John Sprat can eat no fat, his wife can eat no lean. And these dif- ferences of temper and temperament are alleged to inflict such suf- ferings upon men and women that it entitles them to break their marriage vows, wreck their homes and half-orphan their children, IT MUST surprise many a good, kind, generous man, who has never raised his hand to his wife save to bestow gifts upon her, to find himself accused of being a brute, who has mentally beaten her black and blue by not wiping his feet on the doormat when he came in, or by not wanting to step out to & night club after a hard day’s work. Equally it must be amasing to many & woman, who has spent 25 or 30 years slaving for her husband and catering to all his whims, to discover that she has inflicted agonies not to be borne, on him, by getting fat and middle-aged. BUT such are the risks that married persons face in these days, when their spouses can drag them into the divorce court for assault and battery mentally committed, and who never know whether they are giving & good performance at husband or wife, or are pinch-hitting for a torturer, But the mental-cruelty divorce charge, which gets away with mental murder, causes one to wonder about many things. One is, why people are so much more critical of those to whom they are married than they are of any one else? The only human beings in the world who are expected to be perfect, without fault or blemish, are husbands and wives. We take our families, our friends, our acquaintances as they are, and, if they make good on a reasonable number of the qual- ities we like and admire, we are satisfied. “OH. ‘WELL, you can't have everything,” we say philosophically. And we overlook Mary's temper, because she is so kind and puts up with John's being & bit of a deadbeat, because he is such good com- pany, but we don't strike any such general average with our mates. A man feels that he is defrauded if his wife does not possess every virtue. Me wants her to be handsome and showy and a swell dresser and domestic and thrifty. He wants a parlor ornament and a kitchen utensil. And women are equally unreasonable in their de- mands, They expect their husbands to be patient, domestic beasts of burden and dashing men of the world, to be romantic lovers and prac- tical business men, gigolos and go-getters. And when husbands and wives do not measure up to these impossible standards, we are bedewed with the tears of those who weep upon our breasts and tell us of the cruelty that their wives and husbands inflict upon them. YOU never hear a man say that, while Sally isn't much to look at and doesn't know whether Einsteln is canned goods or a new drink, she is a crackerjack cook and he would never be where he is if she hadn't pinched the pennies in their early days. Nor do you ever hear & husband say that while Mary is probably the worst housekeeper in the world and thinks that money was made to throw at the birds, she is 50 dear and sweet and pleasant and entertaining that she makes life & joy and a delight for all about her. Nor do you ever hear a wife say that, while Tom is short on sentiment, he is long on being a good provider and that you can take a lot for granted from a man who says it with cars and trips to Europe. Nor do you ever hear a wife say that, while Percy hasn't the gift of money-making, he gives her a love and tenderness that keeps her heart warmer than any sables would. 0. MEN want wives who are the good cooks and the savers and the fashion-plates. And women want husbands who make love with one hand and money with the other, And when they don't get everything tied up in their marriage certificates they accuse their mates of cruelty and inhuman punishment. In one recent divorce case the wife’s complaint was that he didn’t speak her language. She was all souf and he was all business. She had grand opera tastes and he had low jazz yens. And the martydom of life with one not on her plane was not to be endured. Thousands of other marriages go on the rocks because of in- compatibility of temper, yet these very same people who cannot live: with & husband or wife who doesn't think just as they think and isn't interested in the same things that they are interested in, do not ex- pect their friends to be rubber stamps of themselves, or dream of throwing up a good job because their bosses have ways they do not like. ‘Why is uncongeniality s crime only when practiced by a husband or wife? Nobody knows. It is just part of the mystery of marriage. DOROTHY DIX, (Oopyright, 1934.) AUTO SHOW PUZZLE CONTEST THIS IS PUZZLE NUMBER 7. FRIGHTEN PERMIT DISMISS APPROVE CESSATION PEOPLE DIALECT BLAND TITLE GET Find a synonym for each of the above words. Write the new word to the left of the given word. If the puzzle is solved correctly the first letters of the new words will spell the trade name of one of the 21 automobiles shown in the list below, to be exhibited at the fifteenth annual Automobile 8how of Washington, D. C., from January 12 to 19, 1935, inclusive, at the Washington Auditorium, Nineteenth and E streets northwest, under the auspices of the Washington Automotive Trade Association, who with the co- operation of The Evening Star, is conducting this contest. La Fayette Packard Packard Pontiac Studebaker Terraplane Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler ‘The first puzzle appeared on December 18, 1934. The last puzzle will appear on January 7, 1935. The puzzles that have appeared prior to this one may be studied from the filef in the business office of The Evening Star. Solve each puzzle and, not earlier than January 8, 1935, but not later than midnight January 9, 1935, mail or deliver ALL the solutions, with a reason of not more than 20 words as to why an automobile show should be held every year in Washington, D. C., to the Washington Automotive Trade Association, 1427 Eye street northwest. It is not necessary to send in the actual puzzles, but it is compulsory that the entries show the synonyms, i. e., the new words. The synonyms will ublished and no entries will be returned. prizes , $50 and 12 tickets; second prize, and 6 tickets; fourth prize, $5 and 4 tickets; ; 25 prizes of 2 tickets each. In case of in the Auto Show section of The Evening on Sunday, January 13, 1935. Questions should be sddressed to the ‘Washington Automotive Trade Association. Spfit Pea Souy. Ask your butcher for a soup bone weighing about 2 pounds, having plenty of meat and marrow. Wash, place in a large kettle and cover with cold water, bring gradually to & boil Stuffed Eggs Fried. Cut six hard-cooked eggs into halves lengthwise. Remove the yolks. D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1934, Who Are You? BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. S Re=#" Litchfield IS surname was undoubtedly taken from the name of & Bishop's see in BStaffordshire, England, the home of the noted Lichfield Cathedral. This place-name harks back to the time of Diocletian, when the name “lichfleld” designated a fleld of mar- tyrdom. ‘The family of Litchfleld (then spelled Lichfield) was represented in America as early as 1639, when Law- reace Lichfield of Kent County, Eng- land, came to New England and settled in the Plymouth Colony. The name Lichfield, Litchfield, has since that time spread into many other States. It is a prominent name in New York, | treatment can give your eyes the Pennsylvania, in the Southern and a number of the Western States. The following description is given the coat of arms reproduced: “Or, a sword in pale azure, surmounted by a crescent sable, all between two crosses crosslet fitchee gules. Crest: An arm in armor embowed, holding a sword proper.” This coat is used by descendants of the Massachusetts Litchflelds. (Copyright. 1934.) The Debunker BY JOHN HARVEY FURBAY, Ph.D. TORTOISE-SHELL IS NOT OBTAINED FROM TORTOISES RTOISE shell is obtained from the scales of certain sea turtles, especially “Caretta imbricata.” It was once supposed that this animal was & tortoise, but it is a turtle. The scales of the Hawksbill turtle are also sold for “tortoise” shell. The scales of these turtles are thin at their edges, and overlap one another like the shingles of a roof. The scales of tor- toises are not arranged in this way. (Copyright. 1934.) Contract BY P. HAL SIMS. Some Annotations. FEW days ago I gave you my objections to automatically opening the fourth best of your longest and strongest suit against any and every contract. They were, in brief, this: Whatever advantage may accrue to your partner through making that tell-tale lead is nullified by the accu- rate count your opponent gets on your hand. Your partner can usually tell, by dummy’s holding, whether or not to finesse against your opening. In other instances, however, such as a suit shift or the opening lead in your partner’s suit, the fourth best lead is of great advantage in telling you where to cash your tricks, particularly when there is & set-up suit staring at you from the dummy. Take today's hand, for example: AJ-x VA-K-X-X-X-X 410-5-4-2 &x MA-X-X-X-X x N AK-Q-x ¥J-x-x *x-x bR 4J-x x SAK-Jxx S 8Ql0-x-xx #10-x-x vQ-4-2 ®A-K-Q-x-X *x-X For some strange reason East and West got into the impossible contract of five clubs instead of the simple con- tract of four spades. North and South had bid spades and diamonds, re- spectively. North opened the king of hearts. Fortunately, South had a deuce to discourage any continuation of that suit. South realized that he and North could probably take three tricks against the contract of five clubs, but the problem is where to take them before West gets in and discards losers from dummy on his It is equally fortunate that North has a deuce of diamonds to lead when his partner asks for a shift. That tells South that North has no more than four diamonds and that it is, there- fore, safe to take a second diamond trick before attempting to win another heart. Suppose that North had bid five hearts for a sacrifice over four spades. The same problem now rests on the shoulders of East and West. Here it is simpler. East is short-suited in spades. He will take at least two rounds before shifting to clubs; but if East should chance to lay down a ;m.mrd spade, North will make five Tomorrow’s Hand. 4None ¥10-9-8-x-x 4Q-10-x-X-X-X SA-X #K-J-10-x- N 4Qx-x VI-x [X wigp YA-Qx-X x-x L2 x #Q-8-x-x 8 #K-J-10-x- AA-8-x-X-X VK-x SA-J-x-X A correspondent writes in: “Will ‘|you explain how it was that no one reached game on the North and small slam?” Who am I to delve into the mys- teries of Providence? I'll do my best, however. (Copyright. 1934.) —_— o g ry WOMEN’S FEATURES. You Can Be Beautiful As Told to Virginia Vincent €« BAUTY s emphasized contrasts,” said Jean Har- low, the girl who is respon- sible for taking blonds off the gold standard and put- s:: them on the precious platinum “And what about blonds?” she was asked immediately, “One shouldn't be all blond, blond halr, blond eyelashes and blond eye- brows. Blond eyebrows should be penciled and blond eyelashes brushed with mascars to form contrasts. Don't let your eoloring become monoto- nous. Blondsmust use rouge, lip- stick, eye shad- 5,.p mariow. ow—almost every kind of cosmetics—if they want to make the most of their coloring.” Miss Harlow, the original platinum blond, has a delicate complexion. Her hair, that very well known crown of glory, has bluish-silver lights in it, the best possible shade to catch the Kleig lights and to register sheen on the screen. “Your disposition, of course, shows on your face. No amount of eye HARLOW. by | deal for any one—but unless you put enough of yourself into your smile you will have that painted-doll look— & mistake very easy for blonds to “Eyes should register health and a zest for living. The PFrench call it ‘jole de vivre’ No matter what hap- pens, we owe it to the world to put our best face—not our foot—forward. I think we have many faces. Early morning ones, late evening, work-a- day, worried and anxious ones. You must choose the best and wear it all the time. Don’t let the less becoming ones crowd over your features!” Perhaps that is one thing that famous stars realize more than those who have less glamorous jobs at home or in an office. A movie star never dares have a moment when she doesn’t care how her hsir looks or a time when she can’t be bothered to make up her face or a morning when she can wear any old dress. Wherever she goes people know her on or off the screen. She is open to eriticism at all times in any place. In Hollywood I heard comments as Jean Harlow went past the gates of her studio. “There’s Jean Harlow,” an srdent young lady clutching an autograph book in her hand, said. “Why, she is prettier than on the screen.” This can't be sald of all of the film stars. I repeated this statement to her. She laughed modestly and said, | “Maybe it is because I never neglect to put on make-up for the street luster of happiness or your mouth the curves that make people notice your face. Make-up can do a great with as much care as I do for the | camera.” (Copyright. 1934.) Nature's BY LILLIAN The Buckeye. Junonia coenia. HE buckeye has a most remark- able range for one that belongs to a tropical family. She is known in Cuba, and from there to Massachusetts, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts. As she goes farther North, she becomes so scarce that the sight of one causes much rejoicing among collectors. In the South it is a very different | story. Here, among a great number of her relatives and family she cre- ates little stir unless a Northern visi- tor catches his first glimpse of her. Here she hibernates as an adult and one group follows another throughout the season. So close does one genera- tion follow on the heels of another you can find the butterflies in all stages of their growth at one time. If you wish to watch the mother lay her eggs, you must find the fa- vorite host plant, which is the figwort or plantain family. The gerardia and related plants are also used. The eggs are laid singly on leaves and in less than a week they hatch into spiny caterpillars. feed upon the green substance of the leaves. As they grow stronger, shed tight garments, and take on size, they consume 5o much of the leaf between the veins that their performance gives them away. The ragged leaves are easily seen, and the greed of the little spiny fellows is unbelievable. ‘When they are fully grown, the caterpillars change to chrysalids. They hang upside down, and look so much like the chrysalids of the thistle butterfly that many have mis- taken them. They are dark brown, with flecks of lighter brown on them, that is, if their little foe, a determined parasite, has not happened along and laid her eggs within the body of the transforming caterpillar. In that case, the chrysalid will be a characteristic golden color. When the buckeye lives in the tropics, where there is no Winter pe- riod to chill it, or the food plant wait- ing for its leaves again to appear, then the round of eggs, caterpillars and butterflies is uninterrupted. In the Southern States there are three to four broods each year; in They are born hungry, and at first | Children COX ATHEY. the North, one, and the Winter is passed through in the adult stage. In the Spring the adults come forth from their hiding places, and often look ragged and faded. They fly about. sipping nectar from the Spring flowers, and when their |strength has returned, they look |about for the leaves on which they deposit their eggs. After they have Iseen to it that their offspring will | be_provided for, they die. When the caterpillar has gone through his term of being a spiny o/ N i // S \NY77) y) 7 LA creature, he spins & bit of silk. To the stem of the plant, on which he has lived, he fastens this little silk mat and tangles his hind legs in it. Then he lets go and hangs head down, becoming a beautiful chrysalid. It takes about two weeks for the next transformation to take place, the beautiful butterfly being the next stage. Look for this butterfly under loose bark, under fence rails, culverts, hol- low trees and the sunny side of logs, if you live in the North. If very warm days come along, the butterfiies have been seen coming out of their stupor and seemingly enjoying the experience. As soon as it began to get cool, it sought shelter at once. It seems strange that these crea- tures seem to know just where to go to get away from the cold. To this family belong the mourning cloak, the painted lady, red admiral and many others. The tribe of the angle- wings has a wide distribution, and the members are famous for their ex- quisite colorings. The buckeye is lovely in & eolor combination of gold, tan, brown, blu- ish-green eye spots, and wavy borders of light brown on the wings. | (Copyright. 1934.) f tm’a to appeal bo the hard-to- please miss —- a gfr/f“v/y sweet frock. with a sophisticated Everyday Paycholofly BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Learning. 'HY is it that people differ so enormously in their abilities to gist 40 years ago. He made an exhaus- tive investigation of the subject, and came forth with some laws of learn- ing which to have stood the test of time. This psychologist was & German named Ebbinghaus. In order to rule syllables—material which had no meaning for his learners. Ebbinghaus found that the ing upon Modes of the Moment covered something that every achool- boy can tell you: We tend to remember the first and last, and to forget ddle part of any passage. This led to what might iy HIA R (Copyright. 1934.) T'wOOD GRAPEFRUI TREE-RIPENED something