Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1937, Page 36

B—14 K WOMEN’S FEATURES. Avoid Pleated Skirts or You Might Be Mistaken For the Balloon Jib} Smart Slacks or Culottes With Plain or| Striped Jerseys Are Ideal for Sailing in Any Weather. BY MARGARET WARNER. A envy. GREAT increase in yachting groups is expected for the Fourth of July week end—an increase in the feminine contingent who will take to the water in snappy sailing outfits that will make the sailors’ eyes pop with Pretty girls in sailor suits can put a lot of pep into the party, and dressing for the part is always a large slice of the fun. A sailor for a day, or for a week, needs a trim pair of slacks with match- ing jacket and a dash of contraste color in the shirt or sweater, a vizored yachting cap or its equivalent in headgear and low-heeled cork or rub- ber soled shoes. Such an outfit is her passport to all the fun aboard plus the approbation of the captain. The white flannel suit above is a smart choice, with its slashed pockets decorated with appliques in the shape of sail boats in navy blue and red. The turtle-neck sweater is navy blue wool. White jersey is equally good for the feminine sailor. We have seen it with a double-breasted tailored coat with metal buttons, with which & bright red shirt would be eflective, or maybe a thin sweater in blazer stripes An “honest-to-goodness™ sailor suit & one of navy blue flannel with a square, braid-trimmed sailor collar, deep yoke and knotted sailor tie. It is to be worn tucked inside of well- tailored flannel slacks with white out- lining the regulation sailor plackets at front. White canvas shoes with cork or rope soles and leather thongs of red and blue, laced through in two rows around the top are good for keeping a firm grip on the deck, and 50 are those of white gabardine with rubber soles and blue cotton lacings up the instep * ® ¥ UITE sure of the correctness of her costume iz the French girl photographed in royal blue shantung showing bands of red leather with white “S" scrolls on the pockets and across the top of the bodice. All of these sailors know the importance of having a coat or sweater along when they board a boat, for there is sure to be a stiff breeze somewhere along the way, and the nights are always cool. Don't depend on the other fellow for your wrap, but look like a seasoned sailor by carrying your own and being ready for any emer- gency. White sharkskin slacks with a short waist-length jacket with inverted box pleat at the back, and a small round collar makes & very crisp. smart en- semble. Also in white sharkskin is a wide and well-cut bra top with navy wipper front fastening and pleated shorts with blue zippers at each side for trimming as well as convenience. This is a fashion that originated in California and is favored by fashion- minded movie stars. Simila® to the sharkskin are slacks in ‘a2 mannish fabric with pin line stripes of black which may be ensem- bled with different shirts, sweeters and Jackets, ad lib. For the weman who does not go in for slacks, a very good-looking striped seersucker play suit consisting of shirt, shorts and skirt in brown, tan, orange and white is good. It is made of excellent material and with an inter- esting belt of wide brown grosgrain ribbon with brown and tan leather twin buckle and strap arrangement. A little dash of spray won't ruin it, Dorothy and with a light woolen coat it will be entirely comfortable for most any kind of weather. * ok kX 'HERE is a lot more to sailing than wearing the right clothes, we have discovered. There is an elaborate eti- quette linking this sport with yacht clubs up and down the coast, and if vou are invited to go aboard a yacht for the first time, study up on all those nautical terms like *fore” and “aft” and be sure to “go below” instead of “down stairs” unless you don't mind the amused smiles of those in the “know Always allow the captain to precede you in going aboard as he is the host and ex- pects to greet the guests as they come aboard. For the same reason he is the last one to leave in going ashore. Flags have a language all their own, such as “owner aboard,” “owner absent from ship,” ‘“guest aboard” and there is even a signal when the owner is at meals, as a warning to other craft to keep far enough away so that the backwash will not rock the ship unduly and spill the captain's coffee into his saucer! * % ok X OP A much more informal nature is the new craze for fold-boats which originated some years ago in Eu- rope and is now making its appear- ance in this country. A New Ingland railroad is running special holiday trains up from New York City and furnishing these small rubberized canvas folding boats, which are rented to the passengers and used on he Housatonic River which is at the terminus of the trip. These little boats hold two people and are propelled by double paddles and are practically unsinkable be- cause of the two airtight tanks that keep them afloat. They are fun to paddle and may even be used to shoot the rapids, as there is so little likeli- hood of upsetting. The fold-boater will want to travel light for a one day's outing, carrying not one ounce more luggage than necessary. If she sets out from town, a coat dress that she might wear over her bathing suit and slip off when she arrives, would be a good suggestion. Culottes and shirt would be another good outfit. If she owns jher own boat and stays at the shore week ends, slacks and shirt are the best things to wear. Five hundred thousand of these boats are said to be in use in Europe, and the fact that 1,000 are reported owned by New Yorkers alone indi- cates that there is a growing appre- ciation of this new sport. When you can fold up your boat and take it along with you as easily as this, you can choose your own river for pad- dling and do a little exploring on your own that should prove pretty popular for week end jaunts to com- paratively nearby places. Dix Says Matrimony Has Always Been Woman's Best Bet—Why Overlook It? GROUP of girls who have just “finished their education,” as the phrase goes, ask my advice concerning the choice of a eareer, and whether it will be better for them to go into business or take up a profession. T know just how bewildered the poor little sweet-girl graduate feels as she stands where the brook and the river meet, with a diploma under her arm, wondering where she shall go from here. She is all set for the top flights and ready to go in for science in a big way, or be a feminine Napoleon of finance, or write & best seller, or be a new star blazing across the Hollywood sky. But in this plethora of oppor- tunities she doesn’t know which to pick out. It is the embarrassment of riches. I wish I could tell her which road to follow, sure of finding fame and fortune at the end of it, but no one is wise enough to do that. Success depends upon so many different things. Principally, of course, upon a girl's aptitudes, upon her character, her health, her ambition, her will to sucoeed. But it depends also upon the breaks she gets and how heavily she is burdened down with family re- sponsibilities. No pack horse can win the Derby. LR O IP A girl has a real genuine vocation, she does not choose it. It chooses her and she sings or acts or dances or is a stylist because Nature made her #0. And if she has no especial bent in any particular direction, but just good, plain, ordinary intelligence, it does not matter what occupation she goes into. She will succeed, or fail, according to how much of her heart and back she puts into her work. While I cannot tell a girl what eareer to choose, there are two or three homely facts that I would like to call to her mind that she often overlooks. The first is not to overvalue herselt and attempt to do things that are beyond her ability. Because she would like to be prima donna or a cinema star or a famous writer does not give her the looks or the talent to be one. There are no more pitiful tragedies than those of the girls who have toiled and slaved and wasted their youth and impoverished their parents trying to develop a parlor voice into & grand opera one, or vainly attempt- ing to crash the doors of motion- picture studios, or who have starved writing the stories that always come back to them from the publishers. So I urge every girl to take a good honest stock of her own abilities before she picks out an occupation and then, when she has decided upon what she likes to do best and what she can do best, to develop her talent to the utmost. There is always a place at the top. There is always a demand and good pay for expert work. \ [ The reason women's work is so generally ill-paid is because it is so often such poor work. The women who are top-liners get fat pay envelopes. * ok x % WOULD also recommend girls to pick out some line of work that belongs traditionally to their sex and for which they have an inherited aptitude. Iknow there are few women who are steeplejacks and roustabouts and longshoremen, but the best of these aren't as good as a second-class man in that line would be. When God made the two sexes He intended each one to stick to its own knitting, and you will find that the most successful women are those who have done this and who are as feminine as a ruffied petticoat. Next, bear in mind that the great demand is always for homely things. “People can do without poetry, music and art, but they can't do without cooks,” as the poet said long ago. There is a limited demand for social secretaries and art critics and book reviewers and airplane hostesses, and 50 on, but there never will be enough stenographers who know how to spell to go around. And nothing can keep the super-saleswoman from getting to be the head of the department. People will always want good food, comfort- able homes and hats that have style to them instead of being mere lids. And the women who keep good boarding houses and run hotels where the guests brag about the “eats” will always be in the money. And finally, girls, in choosing a career don't overlook matrimony. After all, that is always a woman's best bet. DOROTHY DIX. Buying new tires ? Ir's A Goop ibEA TO SELECT TIRES OF THE SAME SIZE AND NUMBER OF RLIES AS THE TIRES WHICH CAME ON THE GAR ORIGINALLY . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ® To the left: shoes have rope soles. To the right: D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1937. Wear Correct Clothes Yachting if You Ever Want to Ship Ahoy! All Hands on Deck Set for a Stiff Breeze PSR, .. S GO White flannel is glorified in this smart yachting suit. Appliques of sailboats in navy blue and red decorate the slashed pockets. The turtle neck sweater is navy blue wool and the canvas A French sailing costume of royal blue shantung with white braided motifs on red leather used for trimming bands is another way of creating a good impression. > Wide World Photos Child Needs More Than Commands Give Him a Reason and He Will Obey More Cheerfully. BY ANGELO PATRI. FTER children reach the stage where they begin to seek causes and reasons for things, one has to meet them half way and give them reasons for regulations and rules. “What for?” must be answered honestly or obedience will be observed with lessening cheerfulness and sure- ness. If a parent feels outraged by the thought that he ought to give reasons for his requests and demands, he can know by that sign that he needs to ask himself for those reasons. Giving orders because observance of them will make life a bit more comfortable is not a good reason. It soon wears out its efficacy. Chil- dren will not obey selfish demands beyond what they can help. “Get home by 10 o'clock.” says father. He may be animated by deep interest in the young son’s health and he may be guarding his own comfort. To be sure that comfort is wrapped in his desire for the safety of his son, but he must know that safety is not one of youth's ambitions, and accept the risks and discomforts that accompany growth. “And remember, Bobby, come straight home from school. I want you here at 20 minutes past 3. No later.” Now 20 minutes past 3 means that Bobby runs all the way home, starts at the school gate at dismissal and never lets up until he arrives panting at the door. Naturally he wants to know why this demand upon his energy and desires. He wants to fool a little along the way, stop and chat with this one and that, look in at the barn doors or the shop windows on the way. Half past 3, even quarter to four, he can arrange comfortably and happily. Why the hurry? If his mother gets angry and says, “Because I say s0,” he will not feel agreeable. He will count up all his losses in this race for the home door- way and begin to think them not worth the effort. All he gets out of it is a pain in his side. He decides to forget it. But if mother had said, “Come home as early as you can after school; I'll have some fresh cookies for you and you can have a rest and a bite before starting to play again; you are not gaining weight as fast as you ought, if you are to play ball next season; I'll have the cookies ready,” that would seem reasonable and right, Pprobably, and he would be inclined to get home promptly . ‘This principle of reason in obedience follows all through our association with children. Give them something to go on when asking for co-operation and obedience. Give their reason & chance to judge so that they do not feel themselves bound and fettered by authority. Make obedience and co- operation profitable for them in all possible ways. With little children material ways must be used. With adolescents some spiritual rewards are possible. It is not enough to issue commands from the heights. Not if one really wants the child to ao what is right and best for him to do. Give him the reason. Give him something he feels worth his paying for in terms of self-control and self-discipline, and he will agree. Obedience that does not count on aid from the child's intelli- gence will not help him past the infant stage. Tell them ‘“what for.” (Copyrisht, 1837.) 4 Just the Frock to Keep Cool In on Blis- tering Hot Days. BY BARBARA BELL. OW when the days are really sizzling, keep cool and com- fortable in a dress that is cut for just that. In this pattern designed for the plump figure, there are no seams to bind, no high collar to keep you fussing, no pleats to get all wrinkled when you've been in it & few hours. The yoke cut with & deep V, extends into a soft cape sleeve and a generous bow is attached to the end of the collar to give you BARBARA BELL, ‘Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1847-B. Sise_..... NOMe cececenncccccnncnncacaaae UL L — (Wrap coins securely in paper.) 7= & soft draping over the bosom. Note the front panel of the skirt to give slight fullness and the straight, darted back! A dress that is really cool and comfortable made up in voile, batiste, sheer crepe or chiffon. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1847-B is designed in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52. Size 38 requires 4% yards of 39-inch material. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Summer pattern book. Make yoiuself attractive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting designs from the Barbara Bell well-planned, easy-to- make patterns. Interesting and ex- clusive fashions for little children and the difficult junior age; slenderizing well-cut patterns for the mature figure, afternoon dresses for the most particular young women and matrons, and other patterns for special occa- sions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell pattern book, (Coprright, 19370 " 2 Sunburn By Slow Degrees QOil and Cream Is by Far the Safest Way to Bronzed Beauty. BY ELSIE PIERCE. AS I told you yesterday, it's pretty much a matter of personal pref- erence, this question of whether to tan or not, with fashion favoring very light tan variety if any tan at all. There are those who can carry the tan off beautifully, and for them the mellow tans are lovely indeed. There are others to whom tan is a liability rather than an asset—it is aging, it is ugly or it robs them of a certain amount of romantic glamour. We cannot deny the fact that the sun dries the natural oils of the skin, it makes the skin look coarse and thick and parched; it adds wrinkles and emphasizes lines. Which means that any one who has signs of age to fear has suntan to fear. wo. As a general rule, I would say that for women over 35 or 40, too prolonged tanning is hardly desirable. The delicate, fragile. dry skin suffers most from exposure to the sun, and if a coat of tan is to be acquired by this type it should be done in slow, studied doses. The glamour of white as white can be skin against dark hair and flashing WOMEN'S FEATURES. Be Invited Again Certain Points Must Be Considered When Purchas ing Chicken Wel‘l for Buyer to Understand the Rules Governing Loss of Weight, Fat Quality, and So On. BY BETSY CASWELL. AYBE you “know your onions.’ all your eggs in one basket.” your chickens before they are M at finding the right answers do you know how to buy poultry? It is more important than it appears, off-hand. Maybe you know better than to “put Maybe you don't believe in “counting hatched.” You might be an old hand to these time-honored questions—but Intelligence about pur= chasing chickens will go & long way toward getting the best results out of your budget. And with chicken still the lower price brackets, it should be a frequent choice in your household. Bo it is just as well to understand just what you are getting when you ask your meat man for “a nice chicken, please.” ‘With the Fourth of July and its picnics (grrrr) Just around the corner, frying chicken will as- sume an impor- tant place in the national dietary scheme. Good- 7 ness only kno how many wings, breasts, drum sticks, second joints and so on will go riding over the countryside, neatly wrapped in waxed paper and rubbing corners with tomato sandwiches and pretzels. But it is safe to say that the poultry industry will sit up and take notice—and get up a petition for more big holidays in picnic time, * x x ok ’I‘HE Bureau of Home Economics of the United States Department of Agriculture has several suggestions to offer the attentive shopper before she wends her way to the pre-holiday markets. They believe that the more she knows the better she buys. Here is what they say: “The first point to consider in shop- ping for chicken is the amount to buy for the dinner. A small-size broiler weighing between 1 and 1!, pounds undrawn, often called a squab broiler, will serve two people, if they don't have too hearty appetites. broiler, split in half, should certainly be sufficient for the heartier eaters. “For frying, the usual allowance is 1, pound per person. So if dinner is for six, youll need 4 pounds of fryers (dressed, not drawn weight)— that is, two 2-pounders. This allows for the weight loss in preparing the bird for cooking “If you are buying the chicken live weight, you need to count on its losing 30 per cent or more of its weight between the time when it was strutting up and down the poultry yard and the time when you put the pieces into the frying pan. In other words, if the bird's weight is 2 pounds, there’ll be a little under 11, pounds of it to put into the pan. ® x x x “JF YOU buy it bled and plucked, but not drawn, it will lose 20 per cent Betsy Caswell. i A 2-pound | ®or more of its weight before you have it ready to cook. That is, the 2-pound bird you buy will drop to a little more than 1'; pounds by the time you have t ready to fry or broil “Broiler weight runs from 1 pound 6 nces to 2'; pounds, undrawn. Fryer weights run from 2!; to 3!3 pounds, undrawn and with heads and feet on “Milk-fed chickens is a phrase often seen in advertising, but one which means nothing very definite to the average buyer. feeding is usually ermilk and ground orted to only the last before slaughtering. It has a bleaching effect on the fat of the and also acts to distributa that fat more evenly. The result is that birds so fed sometimes have the appearance of being less fat than their grain-fed fellows, though the total of fat may be exactly the same. Straight grain feeding supposedly tends to re- sult in the fat being deposited in masses, especially around the organs and toward the back of the bird. * oxox % “"T"HIS milk feeding is rather an odd development, as 8 out of 10 cooks undoubtedly prefer chickens with yellow fat. Yet poultrymen are working for this well distributed, bleached fat in their birds! From the viewpoint of flavor and nutrition there is no difference between the two colored fats. Whether the poultrymen will be able to change this common preference for yellow fat remains to be seen “Chicken as a whole is very nutri- tious food, similar in composition to the other lean meats. It is a protein food and a type of protein that is ea: assimilated by the body. It is also a good source of iron and phosphoru Its vitamin content depends upon tr feeding of the poultry, but it is gener- ally a valuable source of vitamins B and G. The liver, of course, is & rich source of iron and richer in vitamins than the rest of the bird. “Common as poultry is, it is often badly cooked both in homes and in public eating places. Yet poultry cookery is a simple matter, once the basic principles are understood. “For one thing, poultry should have rather low cooking temperatures, as should all protein foods. And the younger birds—those which can be broiled. fried or roasted—have so little connective tissue that they are best cooked by dry heat. No water is added.” —_— black or dark brown eyes is lost when the skin takes on a dark tone. The contrast of hair and skin makes for individuality and distinction and should be preserved at all costs. The cost? Plenty of sunburn preventives, large parasol, large hat shading the face. The round face looks pounds rounder with a coat of tan because suntan always makes cheeks look puffier. Eyes look smaller, too, when the surrounding skin is tan—so i you are playing up the orbs remember that. For the thin, long face suntan is fine. For the brunette of rich coloring, white teeth, clear eyes suntan should be very becoming. When one is young, one does not have to fear the ageing damage of suntan. And if you are tanning, remember that protection is needed nevertheless —not against the tanning rays of the sun but the harmful, burning actinic rays. Take your suntanning slowly, a few minutes a day until the skin's resistance is built up. A half hour at & stretch is more than enough for and dyed-in-the-wool or bronzed by the sun skin. If you don't use plenty of sunproofing creams, soothing emollients and such you may find that the skin becomes dry, chapped. drawn, shriveled long before it browns and then there's less chance of it turning an even, lovely tan. You may find that the skin cracks and peels before that coveted, smooth, mellow tan is achieved. Be sure to oil and cream the way, and remember that slowly, surely is the safest course to bronzed beauty. ¢Copyright, 1937.) Useful Bengaline. NEW YORK (#)—Black bengaline is the answer to the problem of finding a dark, wrinkle-resistant coat to wear over light clothes during early Sum- mer. The coats are made in a variety of styles, varying from those cut on princess lines to saucy debutante top- pers. DON’T WISH FOR A LOVELY FIGURE... Don’t confuse Wonder Wheat with whole wheat! 1t's more delicious —women tell us they’'ve never tasted eny bread so good. 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