Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1937, Page 31

WOMEN’'S FEATURES. ING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 WOMEN'S FEATURES. 1937, Preview of Fur Fashions Indicates Lavish Use of Rich P Coats Will B With Tiny Tight Collars And Broad Shoulders! Detachable Capes Featured on Many of the| Dressier Cloth Wraps ‘ and Suits. BY MARGARET WARNER. OR the benefit of the “stay-at-hi ago here, in the midst of Summer in our tropical city, an advance showing of fur coats and coats erous attendance it was evident what they will be wearing next seaso: figure it all out in advance, thereby often taking advantage of a lower cost And don't for a moment feel sorry | for the mannequins wearing furs on a hot day, for the room was air condi- tioned to such a degree that we had “gooseflesh” and shivers running up and down our spine! We were taid that there was $35,000 worth of merchandise on hand at the present time to start the season. Now that sounds like a good deal of fur and a Jot of coats, and when you con- sider that the average price of these coats was well under $100 it is all the more amazing. The coats represented a cross-section of Fall fashions that make a wide popular appeal and are within the budget of the average buyer. As a starter there was shown a lapin swagger in eel gray and mention was made of the fact that swaggers are not quite so full as last year and the shoulders are broader. Coats, skirts, are short—13 to 14 inck the floor. This first coat show c type so highly prized by llege girl and her vounger and sisters. Thi slar coat A& “neva- which sounds like a very good kind to have | iew of the way that some of those t skins pull apart after a * * % THE detachable cape was featured on a number of cloth coats as offering a most acceptable between- 8eASON WIap to Wear over eariy Fall frocks. Several styles were shown, in- eluding skunk and squirrel. A copy of one of Paquin's coats was shown, in * Manners of the Moment | collars, many of the cloth coats tsed e Shorter, omes" there was staged about a week with fur trimming, and from the gen- that women are already interested in n. They are glad to plan ahead and and the privilege of spreading thes: payments over a longer period of time, | 80 that by the time the weather is| cold enough to wear furs and heavy | coats all that is necessgry is to get the new coat out of storage, with the ratisfaction of having completed pay- | ments Winter beige trimmed with 2 flattering brown fox collar. Although the fur coats had small the wide notched lapel collar opening in & V to any desired depth. This style is always good and is particularly adaptable to the V-necked dress. Such | collar treatments in long-hatred furs | are excellent for the tall girl who is too slender, and in the flat, shorter- haired furs the wide laped is well liked | by the mature woman, v For the more sports type of cloth coats, huge roll collars of flufty fur were used. A deep delft blue, fleecy | | tweed had a large collar of badger | that was most effective. Most of the | | coals were beltless, giving a long, un- | broken line. However, some of the younger princess models were belted in leather or self fabric. A young-looking coat that was dif- ferent had a separate short jacket of | Baronduki over a plain brown coat. | This offers lots of opportunities for | | changes of ensemble. Persian lamb | continues to be high style both for | coats and for trimming, and is ex- | tensively shown this year in the| higher-priced coats. | All the fur shops are ready with their new Fall stock and they have some handsome furs, all of which are | lower in price at this time than they | | will be later on. They all feature the practical swagger or boXy topcoai that | is useful for all occasions. If your budget is small, @et it in lapin and dyed coney for under $100: silver and | dark muskrat comes at $125 and up, | { then the dyed muskrats or Hudson | seal around $200, and Jap weasel at $350. Mink, of course, is much more expensive. A new treatment in the loose straight coat is a narrow shoul- der yoke across the back, to which | the lower part is slightly gathered. | * ok % | "THE three-piece wardrobe suit or | | % fur coat ensemble is really a piece | of news that is filled with interest, | especially for the younger set and the college crowd. Here you have a little woolen suit with short fitted jacket in | green, brown or red tweed, end a fur topcoat or cape in three-quarter length. The fur toppers have the smart straighter lines, wide shoulders. small collars and are satin lined. The capes have lots of dash and will serve the college girl for evening and dressy afternoon wear, much to the delight lof those who hold the family purse strings. We found these in a shop | that caters particularly to young peo- | and they are not too expensive, The fur wraps shown above are not | from Washington shops, but are typ- | ical of the season's smartest fashions | He chews up the pansies as well. develop a healthy respect for grow- #ng things. Some of them seem to have an idea that the hostess has nurtured her bed of pan gince May for this one occasiol even at a garden party the aren't expected to walk on the flowers. Of course, the hostess might pick a few flowers that she is willing to sacrifice and strew them over one oorner of the garden. Then when any one started trampling on her plants ghe could lead him by the arm to the flower-strewn spot &nd say, “Here. trample on these, if you mu trample.” Otherwise she’ll either have to give up her garden or her parties. | JEAN. | | | | GARDEN party guests should try mi | (Copyright, 1927.) In spite of weather, fashion continues to insist on gloves for numerous occasions. We've solved the problem by making gloves that are just as near a3 possible to none at all. The lacy you're wearing them. The instructions include small, medium, and large sizes, too, so every one can be suited. The pattern envelope contains complete, easy-to-understand illustrated | tached to the velvet backing just be- | of excitement. and similar models will be found in| the various fur stores here. At the recent night races at Long- champs t e and luxury of fox was shown in the true French manner. A perfectly stunning floor- length wrap used the full length of the pelts for the skirt, the noses point- ing to the waistline and mounted on velvet Above t ns were arranged around the shoulders with the noses pointing downward and at- tween the points of the skirt portion. Such a lavish use of foxes was excep- | nal and created more than a ripple Spangles for Europeans. PARIS () —Spangles sparkle on frocks which Molyneux designed re- eently for chic Europeans. The | Duchess of Leeds chose a two-piece gray jersey sports dress having 4 | wide belt covered with silver paillettes Mme. Jacques Balsan selected a rose | and black printed organdy evening gown worked on the black part of | the pattern with flashing jet spangles. | Leftover Meat Loaf. To make a tasty dish for supper or luncheon cut leitover meat loaf into | 1-inch pieces and add it to cooked macaroni, rice, lima beans, potatoes or peas mixed with a cream sauce or | leftover gravy. design is so open you'll hardly realize directions, also what crochet hook and what material and how much you ‘will need. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 460 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. ©f The Evening Star. m Address orders to the Needlework Editor (Copyrisht, 1937.) | glasses and more a day is not 4 To Remind Us That Winter Is on Its Way Left: Natural astern Mink offers both chic and serviceability. The tiny standing collar is an im- portant fashion note in daytime coats. Center: Sumptuous evening capeof silver fox mounted on velvet. Right: Black caracul in a fitted coat with Baume Marten collar. Quenching Thirst in Summer Fresh Water and Fruit Juices the Best for Young People. BY ANGELO PATRL \ JHEN you consider that a man is a few grains of solids floating in water his great thirst is understand- able at any time. When you consider what the heat of Summer does to that most essential body of water, Sum- mer thirst takes on great significance. | And the younger the man the deeper the thirst Water, pure, cool, sparkling, is the ideal drink for Summer. The clean spring rising from under the moun- | tain rocks is the ideal place to get it But the idea] is not always easy reach, and tne th way must be provided for young people to get a good drink, pleasant to taste satisfying to the thirst that is con suming them. What shall it be? The best water within reach. Eight 0o much, the eight glasses is a “must.” Children and the young folk, the in- betweens, like flavored drinks as a re- lief from the fresh water. In Summer time the drink sellers reap a harvest. Nobody finds fault with that unless the drinks that are sold are harmful Bottled water is labeled and parents should study those labels and teach their children to do the same. Drinks that are exposed to the air and the flies are not to be taken at any price, Not even when they are given free. Warn the thirsty children to take their soft drinks out of the right bottle and save themselves sick stomachs and perhaps illness The young men and women, just learning the beauty of Summer moon- light, the delight of sunshine and sea, and the company of each other, am to be warned against drinking any sort of alcoholic concoction. For them there are the delightfully refreshing fruit drinks. There is no finer drink than these of the fresh juice pressed from the best fruit in the world. It quenches the eternal thirst, refreshes the spirit, gladdens the eyes and nose with color and perfume and never leaves the drinker with a rebellious stomach and an aching conscience. For girls in the full tide of youth and beauty, fruit juice drinks are a beauty prescription, They help keep the skin clear and give it that beau- tiful translucent gleam described by the beauty specialists as pearly. The pearly skin comes from the inside out, not from the box, and knowing ones drink fruit juices for the inside treat- ment, No young person, no boy or girl, needs anything that alcohol offers. They have all it can give in greater measure than it can bestow, They can- not afford to give up what that sort of drink steals from them—intelli- gence, charm, control, Youth needs ne stimulant, neither does it need the in- toxication drinking brings for they are, or ought to be, athrill with the joy of youth, a joy and an intoxication that no other force on earth cen pro- duce. Strong drink is an interference with youthful activities—it decreases athletic power—is a positive denial of initiative and roos the mind of con- trol. It can have no place in youth's life, Clean, cool water first; fruit juices next; milk always, alcohol, never, to Mr. Patri will give personal atten- tion to inquiries from parents and school teachers on the care and devel- opment of children, Write him in care of this paper, enclosing a three-cent- stamped, self-addressed envelope for reply. For Best Results. The trouble most people have in making an arrangement of flowers is that they try to include too many blooms. Next time, try extracting a few when you think you have done your best. Oftentimes the result is surprising. N For Sunday Supper. Sunday night treat: Cook sausages inserted in tomatoes, sprinkled with cheese and baked for 30 minutes. A is constant. Some | Pretty Daytime Frocks Teen Age Girls Will Love This Model for Any Occasion. BY BARBARA BELL. EEN age girls adore this pretty daytime frock with its gored skirt and slim, fitted basque. The high waistline accents the youthful lines of this dress, which will be worn back to school by many high school and college students. Note the prettily scalloped bodice and the short puffed sleeves. It's a dis- tinctive dress that can be made up later for dancing school and club meetings. Is lovely now in sheer cotton, will look stunning later in taffeta or velvet. Barbara Bell pattern No. 1366-B is designed for sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 8 years requires 2% yards of 39-inch material and 13 yards of pleating. Every Barbara Bell pattern includes an illustrated instruction guide which is easy to understand. 8eénd 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Fall and Winter pattern book. Make BARBARA BFLL, ‘The Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents in coins for Pattern No. 1366-B. Size Name Address oo....... (Wrap coins securely in paper.) yourself attractive, practical and be- coming 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 par- ticular young women and matrons, and other patterns for special occasions are all to be found in the Barbara Bell pattern book. Glazed Spiced Apples. cups sugar cups water blade mace 2-inch piece stick cinnamon teaspoon whole cloves peppercorn amall apples 1 cup lemon juice Mix the sugar and water in a fairly deep pan with a large base. Add the spices and peel after putting them in a loosely tied bag. Bring all to a rapid boil, skim carefully, then add the lemon juice. Into this mixture now place the pared and cored apples. Simmer gently, turning appies fre- quently, but taking care not to break them. When the apples are clear, remove them from the sirup and place on individual serving dishes. Remove the spice bag and boil the sirup until it sheets from the spoon. Pour it over the apples, and let cool. A topping of whipped cream, and a garnish of chopped nutmeats or maraschino cherry adds to the rich- neas of this desert. | the roll of her shoulders powerful. Photos from Wide World Btudio, N. Y. Exercise For Thighs And Legs The New Short Skirts Demand Slim, Well- Shaped Limbs. BY ELSIE PIERCE. ME overdeveloped thighs seem just as much & sign of age as wrinkles or jowls. Perhaps it's just a personal pet aversion. But I can clearly remember, even as a child, & definite sense of sympathy for any one whose thighs were too generously proportioned or flabby. A few Summers ago my attention was atiracted to & woman swimming | in the pool of & fashionable camp. I could see her face and it was lovely. Her arm stroke was clear and fast 1 as was filled with admiration. Then, | she climbed the little ladder out of the | pool, came disappointment reason was, as you've probably guessed, | And the & pair of flabby, heav t is difficult to explai could swim so well had such heavy thighs, except perhaps in the fact that she did not swim sufficiently. At any rate, ever since that day I am more- than-ever thigh conscious. There's nothing as unlovely as a flabby feminine form in a bathing suit. On the beach one day, I heard & woman say about another, “If I looked like that I'd wear slacks or overalls &all the time, even in swim- ming.” Once more, remember that exercise comes to the rescue. Do you think the movie stars would be quite the svelte things they are without exercise? Exercise is the all-perfect normalizer, exercise makes for smooth, rounded contours, for firm muscles, for youth and verve. And exercise need not be compli- cated or difficult. In my new booklet called “Reducing by Exercise,” which you may have for 10 cents, and which covers exercises for “spot” reduction of every part of the body, I have pur- posely selected the exercises I know to be simple yet effective—so simple that any one can follow them from the description. One of the thigh exercises included in this booklet is the simple rising on toes exercise which every woman can do many times a day, in her home, in her office, while waiting for a trolley car or train, while waiting for a parcel to be wrapped, when shopping. Itisa Vvery unobtrusive exercise—no one will even notice. Add to that (in your own boudoir, you can't do that in public very well) the squatting exercise— rising on toes, then flexing knees and squatting, keeping hands on hips. Feel the pull and stretch through calves and'thighs. Keep back straight as you bend knee, slowly, slowly until you are sitting on your heels. (Copyright, 192 My Neighbor Says: Dividing hardy perennials in late August or early September is regular routine in some gardens. Phloxes, geums, pyrethrums, campanulas and physostegia can have root crowns split into small pieces and planted. Growth will soon start and the divisions will become well established before hard frosts, being certain to bloom the following Spring. thighs. To clean wicker furniture, brush thoroughly to remove all possible dust. Remov. cushions, if possible. If not, cover care- fully. Place the pieces to be cleaned on several thicknesses of newspaper, so that splashing may be freely indulged in. With a soft brush dipped in warm, white soapsuds, go over the entire sur- face, working into the cracks and crevices. Work quickly and do not allow the wicker to became soaked through. Rinse by dip- ping the brush in clear, warm water. When thoroughly dry, polish with a solf cloth, dipped in a very little oil or wax. (Copyrizht, 1037.) | how one who Peaches Will Possible to Make the BY BETSY VERYTHING 1S PEACHES song—and it certainly could (44 complain bitterly about the monotony of peaches, day in and day out Therefore, it helps to know a good many different ways in which . the fruit can be prepared and served. To begin with, don't overlook fresh peach juice for breakf{ast. Peel peaches, cut them in half, re- move stones and ; mash in a bowl. Strain through cheesecloth squeezing out as much juice as possible. Flavor with a little lemon juice and chill thor- oughly. This will be a welcome change from the more usual fruit juices. PEACH COBBLER. (An old favorite.) 2 cups sliced peaches. 1 egg 1, cup sugar. 14 cup butter. Lemon juice. Mix the egg, well beaten, with the sugar and the peaches. Spread in a buttered baking dish. sprinkle with lemon juice and dot butter over the top. Cover with a crust of baking powder biscuit dough, and hake in a hot oven until crust is erisp and brown. Serve with hard sauce or cream. Betsy Caawell STUFFED PEACHES. Peel, halve and stone very large, firm peaches. Fill the centers with marshmallows, cut in pieces, and a few shredded almonds. Wrap each half tightly in waxed paper, chill thor- oughly and serve with cream and pow- dered sugar, after removing paper. HOT STUFFED PEACHES. Peel, halve and stone four large peaches. Crack open one of the stones and pound the kernel to a pulp. Crush 81X macaroons fine, mix them with T IS a strange thing that neither men nor women seem to have an adequate realization. of how much influence & wife has in determin- ing her husband's success or failure in his career, Indeed. as a rule, men pick out their wives with far less regard to suitability | and whether they are what they need and whether they will wear well, than | they do their neckties. A man's roving yes are caught by a prett fancy, or he happens to meet mmei | girl when he is in & merrying mood. | Forthwith he marches with her to the altar without even taking into con- sideration what effect she is going to have upon his career. Yet the dullest of his sex knows that most of the self- made men are really wife-made, as are most of the failures. Too often has he seen a pushing, ambitious littie wife lift an inert, ordinary man into suc- cess, and too ®ften has he seen a brilliant man sunken by a wife who was a millstone about his neck. Possibly it is masculine vanity that makes a man think that he is the only | one who counts in a family, and that | he is big enough and strong enough to | climb to the top of the ladder alone and unaided, without any boosting from his wife. Probably it is just that & man's wife is either his pace- maker or his handieap, and that whether he wins the race or is just among the also rans, depends upon her Jjust as much as it does upon him. * x X x F' COURSE, there is an occasional exception to this rule, but it takes 4 superman to succeed in spite of his wife, while a mediocre man can achieve the impossible with his wife at his back. It takes a financial genius to make more money than an extravagent wife can spend. It takes a doctor who is almost a miracle-worker to hold a big practice if he has a wife who makes enemies for him instead of friends. | But the penny-pinching of wives is at the bottom of fortunes, and thousands of doctors owe their popularity to their wives' discreet press-agenting. It is strange that men, before mar- riage at any rate, appreciate so little the part that their wives play in mak- ing or mairing their careers, but it is stranger still that wives do not per- ceive that they help or hinder their husbands at every turn, and that in the great majority of cases every husband | is what his wife makes him. Every wife, for example, wants her | husband to make money. She wants | the comforts and luxuries of life. | She wants security for her old age | and in case he should die. She wants | him to make a place for himself in the | world. Generally she wants him to | be happy. Yet she deliberately does all the things that prevent his ever getting anywhere, or doing anything | worthwhile, or being anything except | an ill-paid drudge. Half of the wives | who complain of their husband’s fail- | ures were behind those failures. here in Washington,” at the moment. firm and juicy are piled in tempting mounds in all the food stores and markets. Relatively, the season for fresh peaches is short—so it is wise to make as much use of them as possible before they leave us for another year. The trouble with doing this, of course, lies in the fact that the household is apt to get “fed up” on the fruit, and%—— e face, or | ome cute trick of a flapper, hits his | dumbness that makes him fail to see | B—11 elts for Milady Not Pall If Their Preparation Is Unusual and Varied Most of Their Season and Still Keep Menus From Seeming Monotonous. CASWELL. DOWN IN GEORGIA” runs the old be parodied with “Everything is peaches Clingstones and freestones, the pounded kernel and the yalks of two eggs. well beaten. Fill the peach halves with the mixture, sprinkle with brown sugar and bake in a moderats oven until done. Serve with cream. PEACH PIE. (Individuals.) Line 8 muffin cups with pie crust. Fill with 4 cups sliced peeled peaches, and pour over the fruit the follow- | Ing mixture: !; cup sugar, 2 beaten eggs, 2 tablespoons meited butter, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 4 teaspoon cinnamon, ¢ teaspoon nutmeg, !3 cup evaporated milk and 2 oup water. Bake the pies in a moderate oven for about 40 minutes. BAKED PEACHES. Peel peaches, but leave them whole. Place them in a baking dish, dot them with butter, sprinkle them with brown sugar, lemon juice, nutmeg and ein- namon. Put 2 tablespoons water in the bottom of the dish, and bake in s moderate oven until soft. Do not cook them too long as they must keep their shape, PEACH ICE CREAM. 2 quarts ripe peaches. 1 cup sugar. 1 quart cream 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract, Peel, stone and mash the peaches, adding !; cup sugar, and & few peach stone kernels chopped fine. Keep covered, and let stand until dissolved. Add the’ vanilla and 153 cup sugar to the cream, place in a freezer. When half frozen, add peach pulp, and finish freezing. PEACH MASH. 12 peaches. 1 cup sugar. 1¢ cup flour. Peel and stone the peaches. Mash them in a saucepan, with the sugar. Cook for 15 minutes, then sift in the flour while they are boiling. Cook 30 minutes longer, stirring continually. | When stiff, pour into a mold. Oocl. Set on ice to become very cold. Turn | out, and serve with eream. Dorothy Dix Says A Wife Should Realize That She Can Help or Hinder Her Husband. take advantage of any chance to make money when opportunity knocks at his door? How can any man keep his faith in himself and his ambitions (alive when his wife continually be- littles him and tells him what poor Judgement he has and reproaches him because he isn't a go-getter like some other man? How can a man have | enough optimism and enthusiasm to go into new enterprises when his wife is & wet blanket who takes all the pep and vim out of him by reminding him | of every mistake he ever made in his life and prophesying dire failure? * % x % ‘\'HAT man can have the heart or think it worthwhile to struggle to get things for & wife who whines and complains and pities herself because she can't live like & millionairess? All of us know wives who do these things, and we know that they were largely responsible for the bullets that went orashing into the brains of many a poor, discouraged man during the de- pression. His wife's reproaches and complaints, added to his losses, were more than he eould stand. And we know other wives who have supplied to their husbands the ambi- tion they lacked; who have given their husbands the backbones they were born without; who have bucked their husbands up when they faltered; who have kept their husbands healthy and able to work by taking care of them; who have kept them on their tiptoes by their flatteries, and whose faith in them has enabled them to make the most of themselves. It's what is in the wife that makes a man succeed just as often as what is in him. What sort of s wife are you? DOROTHY DIX. (Coprright, 1937.) A Dainty Tid-bit. Tart cake fillings are preferred for Summer serving. A lemon or orangs filling in baked sugar cookies makes a dainty tid-bit to serve with chilled beverages. —_— Use for Spiced Fruit Sirup. 8Sirup left over from apiced fruits makes an excellent basting for ham, pork and veal roasts and asteal New...a Cream Deodorant which safely Stops Perspiration How can & man accumulate a | fortune if he is married to a woman | who spends more than he makes and | keeps him in debt so that he cannot | 10<.30¢.50¢ botties SHOE WHITE wi/l ot rub off. P Nome bry Cloaner . _Large Betries 28¢ MUST| Cannot rot dresses — cannot irritate skin. No waiting to dry. Can be used after shaving. Instantly stops perspira- tion 1 to 3 days—remov. 39‘- lor @t drug and dept. stores