Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1935, Page 26

Avenues of Fashion For the Gentleman T BETRAYS no secret that astute men of affairs, like the two here sketched in the act of closing an important deal, deliberate and choose their clothes for the occasion with similar zeal and acumen. Now that vacation days are fading in the haze of an Indian Summer sun, the attention of all men is being di- rected to Fall wardrobes. more can be said about a man's town outfit than that it is good. It can be distinguished. A man can be well groomed without being overdressed. An outfit that will accomplish just this is recommended. P THE specific details of a new three- | button single-breasted jacket add wuch to its interest this Autumn Yhe fishmouth effect of the notch is \chieved hy the collar being per- teptibly wider. The high roll effect, LWhere front meets lapel over the top Jbutton, is a characteristic. The jacket itself is natural in its lines, avoiding exaggeration of shoulder, chest or Waist Pockets without flaps are an appro- priate detail, and either center or gide vents are present. The model itself is well adapted to the clear-cut worsted favored for this season, and is shown here in an oversquared sharkskin worsted. Esquire suggests in the following some well-selected, appropriate companion apparel, * * % Woss‘rm type fabrics require more formal - looking accessories than the rougher, surfaced tweeds or cheviots so well adapted for country and campus clothing. The laundered collar to match shirt is much favored for this reason. In a simple, even atriped pattern with a collar model that leaves a wide space at the knot opening, it is the perfect example of an appropriate shirt. X x % % NECK“’EAR in simple checked patterns is always the essence of good taste. Current fashion calls for a somewhat bolder interpretation of this tooth check. Bedtime Stories The Home Builders. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Who to his old ideas doth cling ‘To progress of! check will bring Old Mother Nature. S ECRETS are hard to keep. If B you don’'t believe it, just try to keep one. If more than two know it, it just isn't a secret very long. You may think it is. but some day you wake up to discover that it isn't, and hasn't been for a long time. Mr. and Mrs. Quack the Mallard Ducks had finally decided to build their nest near the pond of Paddy the Beaver over in the Great Forest. It was very quiet there and ver: peaceful. It was seldom visited by any save the little people who lived in the Green Forest. The Quacks talked the matter over for several days before they decided | to go ahead with that nest. You see, the call of their homeland, where they were born and where they were in the habit of nesting every year, was still strong within them. They had had a dreadful time up there last year because of a great drought which had dried up the ponds and lakes, and they were afraid that this year there might be another great drought. So 8t last they decided to stay there at Paddy'’s pond in the Green Forest. “We won't tell anybody that we are going to stay,” said Mrs. Quack. “Quite right, my dear,” agreed Mr. Quack, nodding his handsome green head. “Of course, when they find we are still here they will suspect, but we won't tell them. Have you de- cided where you will build the nest?” Mrs. Quack looked this way and Jooked that way, to make sure that no one was near at hand to overhear. “Yes,” said she in a low voice. “I have found the very place for a nest. Come along with me and I'll show it to you.” Mrs. Quack swam toward the upper end of Paddy’s pond. She swam as if she were going nowhere in particular. Mr. Quack followed in the same way. They approached the canal between Paddy’s lower pond and his upper pond. At the entrance to the canal Mrs. Quack went ashore and began to preen her feathers. Mr. Quack did the same thing. There they sat, preening their feathers and taking & isun bath quite as if they had nothing else on their minds. After a while, Mnm waddled A great deal | favorite in a defmite hound’s | | WEETHER more men are again | wearing double shirt cuffs, which | require new and smarter links, or vice versa, a gold knot design is the new 7 8o note for this useful bit of jewelry. | Incidentally, this was an old Vic- torien favorite when cuffs were a “must.” * ok ok 'HE Homburg-shaped hat (really named for the town in which it was first made), to be smart as well as authentic, calls for a tapering | AV crown and a well-defined curl to the sides of the brim. Scratch-finish felt returns to favor in this shape in| shades of brown, green sad medium | gray. * % ¥ ¥ A\ SMART-APPEARING shoe need | | sacrifice none of the all-important | matter of comfort. The rather | straight English custom last in a quarter brogue blucher model, with | | perforated toecap, is a combination | of all shoe essentials. ® OR those who prefer unpatterned | in solid colors, avoids the over-plain hose, English ribbed 6x3 hosiery, | look of flat hosiery. An embroidered | clock on the hose gives a much needed touch of color at the ankle. * * % ’I‘ROUSERS must be cut and pro-| portioned properly for appearance | and comfort. With trousers of cor- | rect length the proper break above the shoe is only possible when braces are worn. (Copyright, 1835.) The Star. in co-operation with ire. will answer all questions 's fashions. Write to Man's Fashion Editor, The Evening Star, and inclose a self - addressed, stamped envelope for reply. a little way to the bank and finally slipped into the canal. Mr. Quack | followed. So at last they reached the | upper pond of Paddy the Beaver. | There they idly swam about, seem- ingly with no purpose. Any one watching them would hardly have | suspected that they were doing more then idling away their time. | They drifted close inshore, where al low-growing hemlock overhung the edge of the water. Mrs. Quack looked | sharply in all directions. Then she slipped under that hemlock, and Mr. 1 Quack followed. She led him some | little distance back from the water | | to an old low, rotted stump, hidden in | & low thicket. ! “Why, my dear!” exclaimed Mr. Quack. “I believe you have already | begun a nest, and I didn't suspect it.” | | It was so. Already there was a bed of leaves, grasses and some flags in the top of the stump. Mrs. Quack | had carried them there from the water. “It won't take us long to | finish it,” said she. | think of this place?” “It is perfect,” declared Mr. Quack. | | “No one will ever think of looking | for a Duck’s nest here, unless some | one happens to see you coming to it or leaving it.” 1 Meanwhile Mrs. Wood Duck had also decided to remain. She, too, had | begun home building. Some distance | back from Paddy’s lower pond, stand- ing among other tall trees, was one | with a great dead limb which had | broken off 3 or 4 feet from the trunk and was hollow. It was 30 feet or more above the ground. It was that hollow limb that had settled the | question of staying for Mrs. Wood | Duck. She sighed happily when she | saw that limb. She alighted at the | entrance and went in. All it needed | was just a little bit of cleaning out to make it a perfect home. She hunted up Mr. Wood Duck and led him there, as Mrs. Quack had led Mr. Qudck to the place she had chosen. Mr. Wood Duck said the very same thing that Mr. Quack had said, “It is perfect, my dear.” (Copyright. 1935.) Higher Gasoline Opposed. The Kobe (Japan) Chamber of Com- merce has voted to oppose any increase in gasoline prices. b THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1935 Who Are You? The Romance of Your Name. BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS, ¥ T [ R ey A SN MO I *tl ot Briggs THls surname is derived from the Anglo-Saxon'word “prigg,” mean- ing bridge. “Brige.” in Welsh, signi- fied the top of anything. The earliest record which we find of the surname | is in 1270, when William “atta” Brigge of Salle is mentioned. The heraldic description of the coat of arms here illustrated is as follows: “Gules, three bars gemelles, a canton | ermine. Crest—On the stump of a tree, a pelican or, pruning herself proper.” Motto—"Virtus est Del” (Vir- | tue Is of God). This coat of arms is ascribed to the | immigrant, Walter Briggs, who came over from Norfolk, England. and set- tled in Scituate, Mass., in 1643. The arms are also used by other represent- atives of the name in America today. There were several foundeys of the name of Briggs in the New England | States, other than the settler men- | tioned. Among them were Clement | Briggs, who came from Southwarke, England, in 1621 and settled at Plym- outh, Mass. He afterward moved to Dorchester and Weymouth, Mass. John Briggs was at Newport, R. I, in 1638. He later lived in Portsmouth | and Kingstown, R. 1. Thomas Briggs | settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1637, and William Briggs was in Boston in Nature’s Children Octopus (Octopus vulgaris). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. weird creatures are re- ferred to in sea fiction and in many a legend of the deep. It is » most formidable and re- pulsive creature to meet face to face, The large, ugly head, with its flerce- looking mouth, is armed with power- ful, horny -jaws, quite like a parrot's beak. The close-set eyes glare at you with a satanic expression—no doubt one of the reasons it is also called “devilfish.” The grotesque head, mounted on & rather oval body, has eight arms radiating from it and united at the base, These arms are all provided with rows of suckers, capable of clasp- ing -and clinging to its prey with tenacity. A really large octopus has been known to stretch its arms 14 feet. 1642. Each of these settlers is the ancestor of many descendants living in various sections of the country to- ROUND-TRIP FARES REDUCED '3_ ‘The creature also has the gift of instantly changing its colors while you are gazing at it, as well as doing other strange and unexpected things. Lurking in rocky crevices, or where sandy stretches are handy, the com- ‘mon octopus lies in wait for its victim. The color scheme of the bulblike body is a mottling of yellow, tan and brown, with tints of gray and white to further his camouflage. The ghoulish eyes, mounted on their peri- scopes, scan every ambling mollusk. Once his prey is sighted, the octopus-hunter decides quickly. Fe launches his entire body sideways with repeated squirts from his siphcn (the accepted mode of octopus travel), and lands upon the scurrying crao like & bolt of lightning. What chance has a crab with such a monster? with all his crab strength. The par- rotlike beak, with its poisonous saliva, bites the frantic victim who quickly subsides. ‘The octopus is related to the cut- tlefish, pearly nautilus, squid and - Most of these you have L I Tickets good laaving any time from Friday noon to & Sunday noon Returnin, Consult o Pennsylvania Railroad timetable somewhere this wa: ot theis ba jeave up to midnight Monday. ..ond go rgain fares. Fastest, Finest Train Service fo PHILADELPHIA end NEW YORK — 40 TRAINS DAILY to and from the Heart of Manhatten Al slectrified....all air-conditioned, led by CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED wi hich makes the run in 3 hours, 55 minutes. . PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD WOODWARD & LOTHROP 10M{™F A0 G SmaEeTs Paove Dlsmricr 5300 Important ltems on Back-to-School- or-Coll ege Lists First Impressions Are Apt to Depend on SMART LUGGAGE TOUROBES carry school wardrobes to their destination with minimum wrinkling. 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