El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-16
The
Gossip Corner
By RUTH MONRO AUGUR.


EOPLE who plant flowers in their
~ yards not only have the pleasure
i Of enjoying the flowers them
selves but think Of the pasSers by!
Our souls are usually rather sensitive
and receptive things. in spite OF the
outward veneer Of repression that
civilization has given US. The inspira-
ton, the stimulation and the Joy that
the sight Of a beautiful flower gives
is undesirable in the amount OF good
il does a person. II is positive
pleasure to walk by the home OF MIS-
Zach T White, on Mesa avenue these
DAYS for her hyacinth plants are N
full bloom and their lovely fragrance
permeates the atmosphere Tor some
distance around. The blossoms oc-
cupy a bed that borders the driveway.
extending from the front sidewalk 70
the garage. There are separate beds OF
white, pink and pale blue blossoms.
Mrs. Charles B. stevens has very
clever nephew, young Ted Roberts, OF
Tucson. who IS just "a years old This
lad is showing marked talent In paint
ing and at the Woman's CLUB the otner
dav. Mrs. stevens exhibited one OF his
paintings. a little pool in wood, with
an Indian boy sitting on a rock pro
jecting a bit into the water Inc
painting has good decorative quality
and as the work Of so young a lad II
is remarkably fine
Mrs. P. A. Parker OF Shanghai,
China. who is visiting here, was q
guest at the Women's club meeting the
other day Mrs Parker is member
OF the Woman's club OF Shanhai, China.
Mrs. Parker wears a bit of interesting
Chinese jewelry, a necklace OF small
Jade medaIlions. in the shape OF bells
and coins. that is quite unique
Talk about Individuality in styles
the fashion show recently put on al 9
meeting Of the Woman's club, eXempi-
fled one rather satisfying thing-you
can wear whatever you blooming
please and get away with It In the
line OF sleeves alone. gowns were
shown in every sort OF style There
were gowns with shoulder drapery'
making the sleeves appear fun al me
top and skin tight at the wrist In
the next gown, the drapery would
hang very full at the elbow and be &C
centuated by little balls attached 10
the edge, while the very next gown
would have the old medieval style OF
sleeves. tight at the shoulder and get
ting bigger toward the wrist. until al
the wrist itself the opening would De
eight or ten inches wide It is Ger
tainly A day when you can wear al
most whatever you like and be in style
While discussing styles, the fashion
show evidenced one very noucaple ana
gratifying thing, the normal waist line
ana the normal sized waist The evo-
luton OF women from useless butter
fIv To a useful human being, bring
ing with il her participation in useful
occupatfons and healthful athletic
sports. has killed forever the artificial,
distorted wasp waist As powerful as
the stvle dictators may be, I very seri-
ouslv doubt il they could ever again
make the wasp waist either stylish OF
popular. Whatever may be said about
the freakishness OF modern gowns. at
least one thing is strongly in their
favor-the lines OF the modern gown
follow more the old Greek ideas Of
beauty in the feminine form. in which
the waist line is remarkably large and
in proportion with the shoulders