New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1928, Page 19

Has aWife the Right fo Razz H M Husband Didn’t Like It. Analyzed by ELEANOR TOWN. T would seem that the illustrious and dignified Mr. and Mrs. Bainbridge Colby are not im- mune to the failings which make Mr. and Mrs. John Doe fre- quently declare that never again will they appear in public in each other's company. Every time the Does return from a party the conversation runs something like this: “John, if you must find fault with my bridge playing, for goodness’ sake do it at ! I'm getting sick and tired of con- tinually being criticized in front of other people.” Well, if you don't like Eleanor Town. “Is that so! public criticism, why do you always try should have height and be untrimmed except for a simple jowel. 2) A receding chin? A small hat, net too high By MARCELINE d’ALROY, Famous Fresch Fashion Autherity. OW many hats have you?! Two, four, six? Is it because you have not more money to spend that you have not more hats? Well, I'll tell you. It is not how many hats you have that makes you smart. After all, you can only be seen in onc hat at a time, and if you have fifty and wear the wrong one, you will be criticized, Extracts frem Ome of Mrs. Colby's Barbed References te “Great Man” a to humiliate me before my friends?” And 80 on. Most of us know the rest of it. Possibly the Colbys did not indulge in such rows. But according to the story told by Bainbridge Colby to his lawyers, .\lx-f. Colby was not contented with telling their friends her opinion of him. She Wrote a novel and told the world. That, he thought, was carrying matters a trifle too far. When Natalle Sedgwick Colby and Bainbridge Colby were married in 1895 their marriage seemed to have all the elements necessary to happiness. The loved cach other and they admired eac) other. Also, as their subsequent careers rove, they are both unusually intelligent. ainbridge Colby was Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson in 1920 and 1921, and he was a good one. Later he was Wilson's law partner. .Throuxh.out her hutband’s career, Nat- alie Sedgwick Colby fulfilled her duties as the wife of a diplomat and statesman as they should be fulfilled. She was a success- {ful wife and a successful mother. It seemed that this marriage was the real thing. But time went on, their children grew up, and Mrs. Colby found that her life - P ot 9 s tetl"‘q;;, hour® peally g whef® rsc he * Marriage. was not as full as it had been. She de- cided that she must do something to oc- cupy her spare time, e began to write. In her first novel, which she called “Green Forest,” she used her knowledge of politics and diplomatic so- ciety as a background. The book was a success, but it certainly started a lot of trouble for the Colbys. Unfortunately one of the characters in the novel was a “Great Man,” at whom Mrs. Colby poked sly fun, also some caustic observations about mare riage. And before long people began te wonder just what ¢he meant. i that she had used her husband model for the politician? If she had, how did Mr. Colby feel about it? Mrs. Colby’s answer to these quetions was emphatic. “There is not one single thing in the book which could possil construed to -”]fl to Mr. Colby eaid. ‘“He is my husband. He is much too colossal a figure to be encompassed in any single book. Indeed, his nature is one of generosity, nobility, the direct antith- esis of the political character in the book.” But no mere denial will stop people 1 About Girls, Hats and if you have but one and that one is perfect, the world will think you have many more just as perfect up your sleeve as the one you have on your head. By now, of a certainty, you know what makes a hat }nrt'ect for you. That in the selection of it you take your chin line and re{ut it either in the crown or brim. But what, you may ask, if a woman hap- F’enl to have a double or a triple chin? oes the have tier upon tier on her hat? Ah, but no! voyons! But meither does she wear 'a small hat. i and Glasses Proportion is what counts. And if she is opulent in the flesh, she must give a sense of opulence in her dress. Her hat should have a medium of brim, not severe, for this tends to take the eye of the on- looker outward instead of déwnward, and it would have a certain height and should be untrimmed except for some jewelled pin or flat ornament, and it must be of good quality. And if she has a receding chin? A small hat—not too high in the erown and not too wide in the brim. And it must be soft in line and texture, and dented. And if she has a pug nose? If it is a very little pug nose, she simply repeats its gentle curve somewhere in the brim of her hat. If a girl wears eyf{huu, what sort of hat should she wear? Ah! but that is of an extreme importance. All girls who wear glasses should wear hats with no brims, or as small a brim ¢« possible. Why? Because it is difficult, to see a woman's eves in glasses beneath a brim. I realize, bien entendu, that this is done in most cases to shield the eyes from the glare. If they were not already weak they would not need that protection. That, of course, I understand, and I write this with great sympathy since there are women I admire greatly who have to wear glasses. Tiny brims are usually the most flat- i 1 types of faces. Har- i at ie created largely by repetition of line, by balance and pro- portion. Women do not think enough of the psaychology of beauty in this country. It is & woman's national duty to look as beautiful as possible, not from vanity. No! But in order to create and sustain an ideal of womanhood. And that is the basis of these stories. To help all women to be as lovely and lovable looking as possible. To help them to convey by their outside sppearance the beauty they have within. o That is why women have to think first. Think before they buy. Think when the{ put on & dress—is it suitable? Thinl when they go out if they are wearing it well, carrying it as we say. And these stories will continue to give that knowledge, not only of what women wear, but how, when, where and above all_else—why? Voila! Now remember this. Repeat good lines, minimize bad ones. A double chin needs a large hat, high and rather wide and never severe. A receding chin takes a small hat, fairly low, not too wide, and always a soft line. A turned-up nos takes a little cute hat broken in line. An irls who wear glasses should wear small rims or none at all—and they should take their hat off whenever possible. For the light that lies in a woman'’s eyes may be either beautiful or dangerous. That being the case it’s scarcely fair to hide it. Marcoline ls Centsining HusbandinaNovel? Romance Problem of the Dignified Colbys | and Why It Sounds Like Anybody's There were | 1d it be N Family Spat Palatial Home of the Colbys in Washingten When He Was Secretary of State. from believing what they want to believe. The talk went on, and Mr. Colby evidently began to think that there might be some- thi*n{ in it. e more he thought about it the more annoyed he became. Finally he became 80 angry that he went to ce for & divorce. Until recently it was easy te get a divorce in France, but now it's mot so simple. Mr. Colby, as a lawyer, should have known how to do it if anyoene could. He announced that he was doing - thing in his power to live up not only @vev to the letter but to the aspirit of the French laws. But he made one fatal error. He lived in a house which he had borrowed from a friend, not in one which he had bought himse! Alexandre Mil- lerand represented him in court, and brought all his prestige to bear to obtain the divorce, but it wasn't enough. The court decided that Colby had not estab- lished residence in France, and declined Jjuriediction. 8o it has to be done over on this side of the Atlantic. Mr. Colby may be the direct antithests of the character in the book. But he wants that diverce so badly that seme of Mrs. Colby's sarcasm must have hit home, whether she meant it or not. What Do You Anow- About Eating? 1. Will “thunder sour cream”? 2. What are vitamines and calories? 3. What is “Fletcherism”? 4 there any truth in the saying that apple a day keeps the doctor away"? . Do pickles make your blood thin? 6. What is “pot liquor"? 7. What three elements are necessary in one’s diet? 8. What is “pasteurized milk”? 8. Why is salt necessary in food? 10. Is it better to use hot or cold water to make coffee? Why? 11. What is yeast? 1. No. Summer thunder storms often come at the end of a hot day. The heat sours the milk, and not the thunder, 2. The eract chemical nature of vite mines (s not wnderstood, but they are neces. aary to Realth. They are found in meat, ROBABLY no idea in the world has P resulted in more benefit or wealth than the idea of writing—and the many ideas for implements to write with. Before writing was known, men planted trees or built rude structures of stones in commemoration of past events. But one day came the Idea, quickened out of potentiality, and the art of writing began. Early writers used stone tablets on which they eut their records. But 10-pound billets doux were found cumbersome to send to a sweetheart of some far-off tribe and man achieved, out of necessity, s simpler method. By spreading wax over a wooden tablet, it was found that & message could be scratched into the soft surface with a stylus or needle point made of bene or An Anciont Stylue With Which the Romans Scrat Messages on Wax Spread Over Weeden Tablets. metal. Thus evolved the first pencil. A great step forward in the perfection of writing implements was taken when the goose quill displaced the reed pem. @rrient. 1990, Istematiens! Festure Servies. Ine.. Grost Britain Rights Beserved milk, dutter and fresh vegetables. Calories ore units of heating power. The value of 1004 to the dody is the energy it gives us when the food (s durned wp in the tissues, 40 it can de measured in calories. 8. Fletcheriam {s @ theory, advocated by Horace Fletcher, that perfect heaith re- quires and (s maintained by complete mas- tication or a chewing of the food into pulp. 4. Yes. It is not entirely true, but ap- plea supply many necessary food elements which otherwise you might not get in your daily diet, and are consequently health pro- ducers. 5. No. They are not a nourishing food, but unless you eat so many that you have no appetite for heartier foods, they are not likely to affect your physical condition. 6. “Pot liguor” {3 a thin drotA odtained from botling meat. 7. The normal diet should contain fate, The Fountain Pen A few years later, stee]l points were made. Then came the crude barrel pens, made first in 1780 by a split-ring maker of Birmingham named Samuel Harri- eon. 1t wae not until 76 years later that reservoir pen- pointe—the true fore-run- profeins—ae in lean measts and cordory. drates—as in sugar and sterch. 8. Pastenrized milk {s hest, perature of 110 or 180 degree. there for o half Mowr. most of the dacteria in the milk will keep detter, and @ disease germs. 9. Ralt is necessary in fo0d decawse the blood, tears and perspiration contein ealf. It {2 deing lost from the Dody continually in thete aecretions, ané enough must do taken into the dody in feod to replece ¢f. 10. Cold water will make Ddetter coffss. ThMs (s prodably Decause if the weter is cold when it is put in the pot, the coffes remains dry until the water percelates. If the water (s hot, it forms steam whioh Mmoistens the coffee end drings ous it Bit- terness, wchich s not desiredle. tiny lving plont whieh in eloohel. Aet 48 kills most of the Soon it was found necessary to harden the points of these pens and this was dome by Xm(ecflng them with dismonds, which made tham costly, and rare. John Hawkins, to whom is due the dls- covery that an alloy of iridium and osmium soldered on to the gold would serve the purpose just as well as the gem- The Geese Quill Pen Such as Used By John Hanceck in Signing the Declaration of Independence. ners of the fountain pen—came into use. These points were firft made with pockets or spoon-like indentions into which the ink would flow when the pen was dipped in the inkwell. next step, logically, was a larger reservoir in the barrel of the pen itaelf — and the fountain pen was produced. Gold was first used in the making of pen points in the United States in 1853. stones and at much less cost, was the first to use iridium. In 1850 his method was superceded and for the first time iridium was fused with the gold and a stronger penpoint produced. With prices reduced and improvements made, fountain pens have been adopted universally. To- d:a. their annual sale is estimated to be about $40,000,000. @l(:@o:mm One of the Early Types of Fountain Pons Used in France.