Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-16

vt was wicked winter. Even in
balmy spots where the sun is
counted upon to shine the rain fell.
In cold countries where the elliptic
ruins the climate it did everything it
knew how to do in the way of storms.
II the weather forgot anything it had
learned since this small planet has been
cooling off, no one on the planet was the
wiser.
The performance was marvellous. 1t
was a three-ring circus going all the
! time. Thousands Of otherwise incredu
! lous human beings have taken up with
the astrologers. believing them easier Of
access to the truth than the scientists.
| Possibly it was the nearness of the
| moon. after all. that romantic dead
| spite the belief Of poets and lovers.
| Maybe it was the six planets all ranged
out on a tug rope in space jerking our
atmosphere hither and yon. Whatever
| it was, will the scientists please take
notice, say the Americans. and warn us
/ when it is to happen again
| ~ X X
| The balm that is applied to taut
nerves is the approach of summer. Even
| those who have dreaded the coming of
! hot weather with it's discomforts and
! expenses are smiling as though halcyon
/ days were ahead. A season without
sleet, snow. Ice, wind, rain. fog, thaW,
| freeze. we ask? No. 1t cannot be.
! But it is to be warm. nevertheless,
unless we are to revive that summer
when there were billiards in August.
| frozen horsetroughs in July, men dead
in snowdrifts in September. the year
| Of the Black Frost in Ireland, and de-
! spair in New England. Let us not re-
| member such days. Even the memory
may revoke their presence.
| A winter OF discomfort brings
pie are madly bent on pleasure in
! spots not adjacent to their homes.
They want to take cottages at the
| seashore and in the mountains to
spend money while the spending is
good.
who are the observers OF the fashion
changes are as sought for their adj
vice as children seek weather experts
| the morning of a picnic.
winter that make the majority of
women exceedingly anxious about
their wraps They have depended
upon them so long for their very life
| that they do not consider a condition
Of living in which they play no part.
tractive covering no matter where the
spot is placed in which they spend
their leisure We have weather
vane climate in America. 1t is exact
ing in it's demands at all times Of the
year which, the Britishers say. is the
reason for our incessant throat and
ear troubles and kindred ills.
/ There are women who have been
acutely sorry they left their fur coats
in cold storage before they went to
Florida last winter. and there will be
unending regret il one does not in
stantly show a smart type Of coat at
the slightest approach to chilliness In
August
The gayeties Of interior decoration
offered in many wraps by the smart
dressmakers are all very well for
those who stay at home. but not for
the traveller.
There are patterned Innings in cas-
tor and biege that are sufficiently fan
ciful for those who wish a slight de-
parture from neutrality. One has a
black plaid, another a French blue
check.
That the wrap should be enveloping
should go without saying. II it is not
| warm it is useless. Tho cape pattern
Is somewhat better than the coat 1t
Is not as cumbersome and is more
easily adjusted. The new designs have
pockets aplenty. which are needed. and
there is high rolling collar gathered
] to the neckband at the back THAI