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Evening star., 1921-08-15
HOME ECONOMICS.
BY MRS. ELIZABETH KENT.
The Dress Budget.

Only by working out a dress bud
get can we make clear to ourselves
just what we are spending for clothes.
and just what we are getting for our
money-indeed. just how we really do
dress. We are so apt, with clothes
as with other things, to suppose that
we somehow manage to look as we
should like to, and fail to admit to
ourselves, even as we face the mir
ror, our mistakes. shabbiness and fool
ish unconsidered extravagances.
The best way to- make out budget
is to base it on q three-year average.
We may exceed a given amount in
any one year wisely, provided we use
the articles bought long enough to
justify it and average the actual ex-
penditure. A cheap hat one season.
another the next. may often cost more
money than a dearer. but better hat
worn two years and perhaps with
slight alteration longer. Thus over
the three-year period we may save
money by spending more in the first
place. But to exceed our allowance
to buy a garment that will not go
more than one season is really to
make bad mistake.
Very few people have any clear idea
Of what they ought to spend for
clothes, One good way to find out is
to look back over what we have spent,
estimate how well it has served our
purpose, and make our new estimate
on the basis of our own experience,
not on anybody's else.
We must consider what sort of
clothes our own kind of life Calls
for in business and social matters. as
church, afternoon and evening affairs.
Evening star., 1921-08-15

Did fever own a burro? I did
That burro of mine was possessed
Of the most enthusiastic. collection OF
devils I've ever met up Vithvand
I've been intimately acquainted with
quite a lot of devils. could write
volumes on that burro, but I'm going
to concentrate on just one iii habit
of his-namely. his actions when
I'd put on his pack. It's going to be
difficult to do it in language suited
to nice newspapers-but if you've
ever loaded burro you'N under
stand.
I'd arrange that pack carefully.
throw the diamond hitch and pre-
pare to cinch. And right there the
burro would begin to swell. The
more 1 loaded the more he swelled.
His eyes fairy bulged with impor-
tance. By the time I succeeded in
tightening that cinch over his bumps
of Importance I'd heave long sigh.
Then-the bur9o would sigh. too!
With<that sigh his shape would col
lapse uneiT he looked like a fiapper,
his whole sense of responsibility
would seem to vanish. and away
would go the pack!
Isn't that just like some folks
When they first take on a job they
swell up with importance until they
nearly burst, and it takes the whole
Office force to r get them properly
cinched into place. But as soon as
the attention and excitement relaxes,
they slump-bingo goes the job. and
you've got to begin all over asain!
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1921-08-15
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heavy "sunfast" materials which are
fnow being manufactured by many
good firms. 1t is from this group of
materials that most women feel they
must buy-for economy'S sake. To-
day. with high prices still prevailing
in many directions, it is no disgrace
to have the home reflect economy.
This is no time to struggle to keep
up a good front" Where before the
show of prosperity. today the
world respects the person Who has
he courage to stand behind facts
and have Thrift First" for his motto.
Indeed. many people consider it al
most dishonest to have costly fur
nishings in the home and no savings
in the bank.
Appropriate door hangings for bed
rooms are the English printed linens
and our domestic cretonnes. Dark
colored cretonnes of double thick
ness are also appropriate for the
downstairs rooms. ,
what should I figure for each
double doorway" is a question that
is frequently asked me. This is a
hard query to answer. For the prices
of the various materials are so diff
ferent; and doors are of various
heights, some of them requiring
longer portieres than others. But ]
think Sc to IS is about right for
each double doorway for the hoAse-
keeper of moderate circumstances
In, saying this, I am counting that
the double door is high enough to
| in length Gncluding hem) and that
the material needs no lining, is about
SO inches wide and costs around SO
a yard
Evening star., 1921-08-15
HOME NURSING AND HEALTH HINTS
BY M. JESSIE LEITCH.

having wriggled himself into new con
tortions before the glass.
You mean ether. 1 guess" he said
down his nose.
l. i don't suppose we have any in the
houSe2 tr!fe ScornfulIy, vet with a
feeblesr bray of hope.
OF course not, dear. But there
must be something" and his mother
le1t the room quickly.
Leave 1t to mother She knows ,,
/ said the boy, while his sisters prof-
Whlch he scorned with hopelessness in
his eye. i''
I've tried all that dope. The stuff
! sticks like burr"
rs Rosemary Denny going to the
dance? quizzed the younger sister
with flashing smile of understand.
ing. '"io
! II presume she will be there" This
! stifhly. from the brother.
Then you can't go with a dirty
neck. said Lucille blissfully Rose
! At this moment his mother returned
and the boy sighed in relief
From the uncorked bottle his moth
er held came pungent, familiar oGor.
1T removes tanglefoot stuff" she
said. Shall we try it on your neck p
And SO the benzine. for that is what
1t was, was dabbed on the gummy
streaks of adhering adhesive tape.
And it vanished as if by magic,
And the boy. gratefully surveying
his neck. said through his thanks, Il
though / suppose it's better than a
sticky neck.
And vanity is said to be feminine
traitl
Evening star., 1921-08-15
Proper Face Washing.

One woman I know has a perfectly
marvellous skin, milk white and deli
cately fine in texture. She never uses
morning when she get up she rubs a
cold cream skin food on her face,
and lets it stay on during the ten
minutes or so that she is getting
dressed. Then she wipes it off. pow
ders her face and does her hair,
which was pinned back to keep 1t
away from the cream.
And I know another woman who
has a ruddy, clear, healthy and beau,
tifu1 skin, who uses neither cold
cream nor powder.
So there you are-you can always
prove anything you want on the ex-
ample set by your lrlenas: N:
If you have a very dry skin. as the
aforementioned woman has, the cold
cream awash". is better than hot
water and soap, which is drying. But
If your skin is oily you would never
be able to do this every day without
finding it more harmful than good.
Personally. I like the fresh feel OF
give up, at least. the dash of cold
water for anything. Why not COM
Use cream before you wash. II the
akin is dry. Some. but not all. Is
washed off. Use fairly warm water
and. a cold rinse for, a dry skin, hot
water and a cold rinse for an oily
one-and, in any case, use mile soap
made of pure oils on your race, never
n harsh ono. The cleansing cream
treatment is really better at night
than in the morning. cold rinse
ia really all that is necessary, II the
akin was cleaned at bedtime.
Mary A., Constance.-The mole
should be removed by physician,
Who will use the electric needle. The
freckies can be bleached by applying
lemon iuice to them daily. Cleansing
cream should be used to help dis
solve the clogs in the pores. Re-
move it with hot moist cloths and
massage with fine cream. Remove
the surplus and rub the face and
neck with q small piece Of ice.
p. A,-Take small portions OF
the matted hair and start at the ends
10 comb il out. It will take long
time. as you must comb each strand
out separately, working from the
endsr toward the roots. You will have
tn sacrifice some Of the hair, as the
worst snarls should be cut out, but
that will not show and your hair
Will be improved through this
method,
William.-The BARRIERS treat this
Evening star., 1921-08-15
Choosing Your Portieres.

I am constantly receiving letters
from woman readers who wish me to
help them choose their portieres.
The following chat may be of help:
1 will first deal with the more ex-
pensive hangings-which, alas, few
of us can have! These are: Plush,
velvetrvelour and silk brocade. Since
the world war 1t is hard to obtain
double-faced velours; SO, in consider
ing velour portieres, one must figure
in the cost of silk lining for them
UO cover the cotton back of the
single-faced velour), and this, of
course. brings up the total price of
the portieres. Only a chosen few of
us can afford to put two lengths of
single-faced velour back to back
thus doing away with a silk lining.
The next step down in the scale of
prices, brings us to silk brocades.
These, too, are beyond the reach OF
most of us. not only because they
are in themselves expensive, but also
because they must be supported by
costly rugs. furniture and general
decoration. Draperies Of silk bro
cade must be lived up to-"
Our next downward step brings us
to poplins, monks cloth and burlap.
These materials require no lining:
and, unlike the velours and brocades.
they are not great dust-catchers and
may be vigorously beaten when they
do need cleaning. They are good
buy"
hangings for the woman who cannot
afford poplins and burlaps.. These
are: Cotton reps, ,denims and the
Evening star., 1921-08-15
Neurtis.

Neuritis.
One Of the requests appearing most
Frequently in my daily mail is: PLEASE
suggest something good for neuritis."
Long ago women whose husbands beat
them and dragged them around the
washtub Saturday night developed nerv-
Gus prostratien. Then some genius con-
.ceiyed the idea Of making the ailment
more fashionable, which he did by re-
christening it neurasthenia. For years
lit was all the rage. this eurasthenla.
Sounded so excluSive-SOmethlnG 0ll.
1.-THE idle rich could afford. Thus old n
10. became popular. And now this fancy
Iof excfusivenessaM such fancies do
|trevail, regarding diseases-has fastened
Itself upon ueritis. and victims OF all
kinds Of aches and pains of an lndeH-
mite character are delighted am. fattered
when some healer or near-healer CANS
| the trouble neuritls.
Please do not misunderstood me, VIC
tins Of sneuritis. 1 am not trying 10
| place you in the category With victims
| or rheumatism and victims OF catarrn.
J. ct those deluded folk enjoy their rheu-
nsatism and their catarrh. Your neu-
| ritis is .neuritis-nerve inf1ammatlon-ln
about one-fourth of the cases so deslg-
mated, Far be it from ME to imply
that there is nothing the matter with
a neuritiS subject, or with tne VlctlIn
of rheumatic or the victim of catarrh
for that matter. l merely emphasize
the fact that. whereas the diagnosis
of rheumatism is a bad guess in 97S
per cent of the cases, and that OF
"catarrh'' is bad guess in 100 per cent
of the cases, the diagnosis of neuritfs is
a mistake in only about IS per cent Of
the cases. And in at least 80 per cent
of the rs per cent of mistaken diagnoses
OF neurffis. it is not the physician. but
some one else, who has suggested neu-
|ritis.
There is nothing I can say to cor
RESPONDENTS who ask me ito suggest
something good for neuritis. l am quite
as much at loss to do that as
would he to suggest something good for
a rundown condition, an indefinite acne
or pain or a tired business man. Inc
mere word neuritis conveys no tangible
idea of,sthe nature of the trouble. TOO
many easy-going folk have learned to
call eveSy ache or pain. which formerly
na ssedt MS neuralgia (nerve ache), by the
more classy, up-to-date and impressive
name of fneuritis-keeping always in the
hack of,the mind haZy notion that II
|is somehow related with rheumatism
which it is, both terms being meaning
less q ,popularly employed.
a feSfure of neuritiS (nerve 1nflam-
nataion5 which is practically essentia!
To a correct diagnosis is atrophy OF
wastinss of the muscle or muscle group
SUPPLIED. by the nerve OF nerve trunk
Evening star., 1921-08-15

But the young Heron paid no at
tention. This was one of those ter
rible two-legged creatures his mother
had told him about, worse than Reddy
Fox or Old Man Coyote or any other
enemy. He was filled with dreadful
fear, but he intended to do his best
against this enemy. He was no cow
ard.
Farmer Browns Boy looked at the
long. spearlike bill of the young
Heron and shoop his head. He knew
that that bill could be driven with
great force by that long neck, and ne
had no mind to lose an eye. he nad
heard somewhere that Heron would
strike at the eyes; 1t might or mlsne NJ
not be true. but he dldnt lnteho "
take any chances.
He took off his old coat. which. Tor
a wonder, he had with him that morn,
ing. He held it in front OF him ana
moved toward the young Heron: me
Heron struck once. That was all. Jus.
once. Somehow that coat had covered
his head SO that he was helpless: Ihen
Farmer Browns Boy had gathered
him coat and all under one arm and
was looking to see what held that
foot.
When he saw that rusty old trap a
Farmer Browns Boy. II wish, said
he. "that the one who set this was
caught in it instead of this poor bird"
Then very carefully, being as gentle
as he could, he released the trap and
looked at the injured foot. That
foot has got to be taken care Of" said
he decidedly. Then with the young
Heron still wrapped in his coat In
such a way that he could breathe but
couldn't struggle he started for home.
With a despairing cry Mrs. Longiegs
flew over the Big River. She had lost
all hope because she didn't UNDER
stand. But Sammy Jay and Peter
Rabbit and Blacky the Crow. who had
seen it all. understood and were glad.
Copyright. 1921. by T. W. Burgess.)
Evening star., 1921-08-15
STYLES CHANGING SLOWLY.
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

You hear some Of those. who sell
women's clothes sometimes say that
business would be much brisker If
only some radically new and at
tractive fashion were presented.
For the time. perhaps. buying is
not especially brisk, but the mer-
chant is not in the least pessimistic
about 1t. He does not blame the
women, he does not blame himself
and he will not say that times are
the shoulders of the designers and
the great dressmakers. Why don't
they design some clothes that are
so attractive every woman will want
them. so different from the things
she has been wearing that every
woman will pack of her wardrobe
to her nearest country cousin and
Ever since the war this sort of
statement has been expressed every
now and then.
Now, Of course, there ie something
false in this reasoning somewhere.
This is due to the fact that the mer-
designers Hnderestimates the real i'm
portance Of the woman who buys and
wears the clothes in determining what
she wants to wear.
True, SO long as clothes go along
as they have gone with very few
radical changes. changing gradually
every season, but not jumping from
one extreme to another, women will
not turn out their clothes closets and
start in afresh. They will use left
overs. they will remodel old clothes
they will wear old clothes as they are
and buy just what they need.
Well, suppose the designers did pre-
"a of {vyo
type of frock. Suppose they got their
heads together and all put out some
such new ard radical type of frock.
Simply, the women wouldn't have it.
Nothing has been truer of the clothes
Of this summer and the spring than
accepted by women as the CLOTHES
that showed a slow transition. Long
skirts and long sleeves and slightly
fuller skirts are bound to appear. but
women will add only an inch or so
to skirt at time; few will wear
the skirts that balloon out at the side
and measure three yeards around the
bottom. Long sleeves are not hard
to accept provided they are not too
different. And as for high collars
that have been predicted for sew
eral seasons - apparently French
women. no more than Americans,
will accept those for the nonce
Here in this Lanvin model of blue
taffeta embroidered in silver with an
underskirt of white crepe you can
see just how this transition is slowly
going on. The skirt is longer than
the skirts you wore sig months ago.
but it is certainly not very near the
floor. The sleeves are long but they
are set into a little shoulder sleeve
strikingly like one of the short
sleeves you have been wearing. There
is the same low w-swung waist line,
Evening star., 1921-08-15

it. Over on the other side is a tree
whose leaves turn to green and gold.
it seems to me. and it is a perfect
cone shape when in full leaf. There
are many famous places around this
park. The Corcoran Home is at the
corner of the Park and II street. That
is where the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States is going to put
up a great building. On the other
corner is the statue to KoSciusko, and
right across the street is the Cosmos
Club. At the house on that corner
is where Dolly Madison once lived for
time. Kosciusko was a great hero,
and he. too, came over here with the
French troops to help young America.
We should read all about these men
every time we get the chance. for they
fought for the right.
The Redwoods of California have a
representative in Lafayette Park. but
l looked at the tree the other day and
l think it is about dead. / am going
to write you a letter on the Redwoods
soon. RUSSELL BURKE,
The Travelog Boy.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1921-08-15
HOW MANY CARDS?
BY ISABEL OSTRANDER.
Author of "The Island Intrigue Ahes Ashes e
Robert Mcbride
on a run for the northern cor
BY ISABEL OSTRANDER.

set out on a run for the northern cor
ner.
The street was deserted save for the
solitary figure of man walking rapidly
eastward far down the block, and with
out wasting speech or looking backward
for their ally they took up the trail
1t proved to be a straight one for
several blocks. and the two following in
the shadows exercised all the more eau
ton for that. but the man appeared L"
have no suspicion OF their espionage.
Intent only upon his errand. tho rapidity
of his stride increased until he all but
broke into run, but at Sd avenue h"
talted abruptly.
IF he. picks up a taxi by any chance
of dumb luck we're lost" McCarty
painted. "There'd not be but one night
hawk along this way before dawn"
But no taxi appeared and the car
tracks stretched away blankly into the
| darkness. After waiting irresoluteiy for
"a minute or two the man turned south
and started off once more with his
quick, nervous stride and McCarty and
Dennis trailed along, but more eau
tiously still, for now their quarry
glanced constantly back over his~sboul-
der.
He was almost two blocks ahead when
he halted again at the curb. and at the
same moment there came to their ears
the hum and rattle OF a car approach
ing from behind. Without giving him
/ the middle of the avenue and swung
aboard the car as it passed, while Den
mis- clung tenaciously to the upright bar.
needless OF the profanity of the out
ragged conductor, and succeeded in
scrambling up, narrowly missing a pillar
of the elevated railway structure.
McCarty had already produced two
nickels and they made their way to thu
forward part of the car, seating them
selves with hunched shoulders turned 10
the entrance.
braathed Dennis. We've lost Martin
now if ever he was trailing behind
/ Twill be fine note If the car don't
stop for your man, Mac, or If he
changes his mind,''
'If you borrowed money the way you
borrow trouble, Denny, you'd not hav"
a friend left in ths world" MsCarty
observed; The cars slowing down
him to get left YETI
The car did indeed stop at the second
corner, and as it resumed its way Dem
mis- could not resist a swift glance over
the few passengers behind.
It's Hill. all right" he announced
in a sepulchral whisper. Hes dropped
into seat by the rear door and he
looks like the ghost of Simself, Some
!! thing must have happened him, the
night since he went back TO the
Creveling house,
lis on the nina OF nun,
more Ike surmised McCarty erimly.
You think twas him Killed
Il do not" McCarty interrupted.
'If / did I'd have my two hands on
him now. and well you know it, Don [
look around again till you hear the
| buzzer."
To Dennis edged nerves the ride
down town seemed interminable. =
| Twice the buZZer sounded and twice
his eyes nearly crossed in the hast g
and eagerness of his backward glance.
but Hill still slumped in his seat with
his head dropping over upon his
breast
Evening star., 1921-08-15
Brown for Hats.

The vogue for brown which seems
to have become established in frocks,
shoes. hose and gloves, has not been
overlooked in the new fall hats.
Large hats, the large, soft rolled off
the face shapes, in hatters' plush,
panne, velvet and novelty materials
that show clipped-nap effect or a
mixture of gold threads are most
effective in the brown shades. Flow
ers are extensively used as trimming
on these hats. especially the large
poppies and the huge yellow and
brown chrysanthemums. Large, wide
cire ribbon bows. with the loops
dropping over the brim edge. also are
frequently employed. Some attrac-
tive models are trimmed in large, fiat
ostrich feathers laid around the back
brim and off the side so that they
point toward the face.
Evening star., 1921-08-15
To Can Peaches.

Take a basket of selected, rather
firm peaches. pare them and remove
the seed land drop the fruit In a
vent discoloring. Take four quarts
of cold water, add two pounds of
granulated sugar. and boil until clear,
Pack the fruit in jars as tightly as
possible, then fill with boiling sirup
and seal tight at once. Do not try
to tighten again. Set the jars in a
wash boiler or tub, cover with boil
ing water, then place a cover or blan-
ket over them, and let stand until
cold. Peaches canned in this way
will retain their color and have the
real flavor. In each jar leave two of
the peaches with the stones in them
l to improve the flavor.
Evening star., 1921-08-15
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Mrs. LongIegs Loses All
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.
When hope departs comes grim despair,
And sorrow seems too great to bear.


When hope departs comes grim despair.
And sorrow seems too great to bear.
Mrs. Heron.
Mrs. Longlegs the Heron flew but
a short distance when Farmer Browns
Boy appeared SO unexpectedly, just
far enough to feel safe. She perched
in a tree where she could see all that
happened. She felt that she must
know what was to become of that
cruel trap. She hadn't the smallest
doubt that he would be killed. Her
experience with these two-legged
ing looking at the poor young Heron.
had been most unpleasant. She had
seen many a fine young Duck drop
lifeless when one of these creatures
had pointed stick from which
sprang fire and smoke. More than
and had had sharp pains that had
made her i'll for days afterward. She
hated and feared ali these two-legged
creatures. And when Sammy Jay said
that now everything would be all
right she didn't believe word Of it.
and she saw the surprised look on
his face as he discovered the young
Heron. The truth is Farmer Browns
Boy was surprised. He saw at a
glance that the young Heron was
practically full grown and he couldn't
understand why it hadn't flown when
Mrs. LonglegS flew.
He took step forward. The young
Heron spread his broad wings and
tapped helplessly in an effort to fly.
1t ended by his falling fat. Instantly
Farmer Browns Boy understood that
that Heron was caught by one foot
and the look of surprise gave way to
one of pity. The young Heron
scrambled up and made ready to de-
fend himself. 1t was quite clear that
he intended to fight for his life.
'Stop it. you silly fellow" cried
Sammy Jay. Farmer Browns Boy is
going to help, not hurt you