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Evening star., 1922-12-27
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
ny GLADYS HALL.

skin she wore frock of black satin
combined with black velvet. 1t fitted
her closely and had a very long
skirt, very long sleeves and very
jade with it and a huge black velvet
hat rolled up in the front. The ef-
feet was sort of high-society shep-
herdness
Leatrice Joy likes conservative
things. and when l saw her in the
studio early this week she also wore
wrap of moleskin, a small black
satin turban embroidered In odd
colors. and tailored gown of dark
blue twill. cape effect, medium length
skirt. embroidered in odd colors like
the hat.
I had a letter from the coast the
other day. and among other items
1t contained one to the effect that at
Macdonald looked even more than
usually beautiful in a gown Of forest
green silk crepe combined with silver
and fiat flowers of purple satin. One
arm was quite bare. and the other
was partially concealed by the
drapery On her hair was fiat f1lIet
of silver leaves.
The same letter told me that at the
same dinner M:,dge Bcllamy looked
adorable in a Girlish frock of mauYe
taffeta. with a deep bertha of the same
fabric The skirt was made. ] be-
lieve. of three deep flounces. and the
waist line was quite long and was
emphasized by a hower-girdlc of
iviolets. ! can see Madse in that;
can't you"
Claire Windsor has been wearing
Poiret twill to the studio this month,
they tell me. She has one tailored ef-
feet she is especially fond of. 1t has
panel falling from the left shoulder
to a few inches below the hem, and
conventional motifs in braid are
used as a balance trimming from the
right shoulder to the hem. The neck
is boatline and the sleeves are long
Colleen Moore likes sports costumes
and particularly one of French blue
| woolen embroidered in white yarn
1t is a ne-piece dress and cape. with
a hat of the same color embroidered
in straw.
Virginia Brown Faire, who has just
finished playing the leading feminine
role with Guy Bates Post in Omar
the Tentmaker.'' sent me photo
graph of herself from Honolulu wear
ing a modish thing composed of
straw. Braided straw adorned her
black hair. and ankfets of the same
finished off the most original costume
of 'em all.
/ Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1922-12-27

dressing dolls before Christmas. My
high school daughter here will get
breakfast while ! rest up from pre-
pairing the Christmas turkey, baking
mince pies and making Christmas
candies.
LAS my holiday, after three weeks
of trotting through the shops, wrap
ping up packages and so on. l am
going to settle down with some Of
my new Christmas books for several
hours every day and relax after tn"
long strain. Then by New Year day
I'll be ready to celebrate again. and
can stay up until o'clock in III"
morning without having to hold my
cyelids up.
So. with tho enthusiastic connir
ance of her family. she rose AT 10
every morning. after a tray break
fast in bed. took a BRISK little walk
in the fresh air and then retired 10
III" big divan in the living room.
with a blosSomimg Christmas plaui
beside her. and spent most of the DAY
luXuriously catching up after the fa-
tiguing work Of pulling off the fam
lily Christmas fei".
BY late afternoon she was taking
long, quiet breaths again. and could
rise up and take the reins of tn"
household management for the din
ner hour and the evening. leaving the
morning work for the children.
The average days domestic work
brings its period of Intermittent rest
with il. but during the days preced
ing Christmas few mothers have a
free moment and the cumulative ten
sion and wearncsS need a period of
.et-down for recuperation. Have simpi,
meals. plan to attend few functions and
take this chance TO become normal
person again.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Feature Suggests Chinese Queue
BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

Women are grateful for the fashion
which permits them to wear separate
skirts with overblouses. 1t permits
them more variety than one-piece
frock. 1t gives them a chance to ap-
pear gay and colorful above table at
lunch and dinner. snug and sensible
as to the lower garment. 1t allows
them. also, the satisfaction of chang
ing the upper garment every day.
which. for variety and cleanliness. is
a good thing to do. None Of these
things are possible with one-picce
frocks.
Counting on this accepted fashion.
the shops are filled with enhancing
tunics, short and long. Some have
hipbands. some have not. There are
the Venetian tunics in black crepe de
chine embroidered in narrow bands OF
bright color and tinsel which carry
metal ribbon that wraps twice about
the body to finish with short tassels
at one hip. There are Chinese tunics
of water green, of dead-leaf brown,
especially when embroidered with
faded gold, pink and yellow. There
are water green blouSeS OF crepe de
chine partly covered with wheels OF
ribbon in the same color, and there
are rosewood blouses of satin Cir
died with cord and edged with a one
inch band of yellow and black Chi
nese flowers. Against these colors
|, white crepe de chine holds a snug
place Women like it for its clcanli
ness and its neutrality. colorcd
blouse does not go with any suit or
topcoat in the closet A white blouse
does.
The sketch shows one model that
women like. 1t has a high collar.
lowered armholes and full peasant
sleeves held tightly to the wrist by
narrow beaded bands. The odd fca-
ture is the Chinaman's queue made OF
beads. 1t begins between the shoul-
der blades and drops TO the knees.
ending in a thick tassel. II may not
have been suggested by Chinaman;
it is really like a Victorian bell-pull.
The interior decorators. you know.
are insisting that we put these bell
pulls in our rooms for pure decora-
| ton. They come from old Russian
palaces as well as from Georgian
houses on leaf-strewn London squares.
There is no bell at the end of the
bell-pull in these days of electricity.
but such bits of splendid old embroid-
cry are decorative. So we put them
at the side of the fireplace. and if we
have money enough for burning logs
and have the taste to read Thackeray.
we can ensconce ourselves in early
Victorian atmosphere in one corner
of modern room on a winters night.
But if you have not a Georgian bell
pull, if you do not possess an open
fireplace, if you sniff at the fads of
/ interior decorators, why not put
bell-pull on your blouse? / assure
you the effect is not curious or fan
tastic. If you do not like it swinging
down the middle of back. wrap il
around the hips and let one end fall
10 knees.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Menu for a Day.
Bedspreads.

Don't be discouraged if your bed
spreads need replenishing No. indeed.
Just go to it and make some new
ones.
One of the best kind to make is of
linen. 1t is expensive to begin with.
very, but it wears almost forever. If
you get a good quality heavy linen it
literally wears for years, and goes
through hard usage besides. You can
edge the spread with little fringe,
il you wish to have it hang over the
side Of the bed. or you can embroider
a monogram on il. or you can hem
stitch it foot from each edge. if the
edges are tucked in.
Or you can buy a coarse eCru linen
and work border in fast colors in
s-stitch-faded green and blue.
with a little rose and orange. for in
stance, for a room where there is no
very bright color. You can, OF coarse,
make these bedspreads to match the
covers on bureau, dressing table and
other furniture.
Another way to go about it is to
make a colored sateen slip cover for
or swiss or other thin muslin color.
edged with little strong coarse lace
or else simply with a neatly stitched
hem. This, too. makes a durable COW
ering. and does not cost so much as
the linen-nor, of course, is II quite
SO durable.
Or you can make crctonne bed
spreads. These are charming in a
room with cretonne window hang
the hangings, and be finished at the
edges in the same way-with a
stitched hem. with fringe, or with
braid.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
VERSIFLACE.
When Mother Visits.

When your mother comes TO visit
amt it fun? How you chat and laugh
and gossip, never done. How you
talk of long ago. Of the folks you
used to know. of the things you did
in childhood. one by one. How you
say. DO You remember. twas the
middle of December. and We went to
hear the great Caruso sing; and you
bought us lollipops. jelly beans and
acid drops. and you let me wear your
sapphire diamond ring" When your
mother comes to visit amt it grand
(who's experienced that event will
understand? For when mother
comes to stay you just feast yourself
each day on the dishes that were
once your greatest treat. For she
cooks YOU up the suppers as of yore-
and at making appetizers she can
score! She can bake delicious cake.
best of pancakes can she make and
special little entree from calves
feet. But the best of all, when
mother visits me, is to hear her sing
the sweet. old-fashioned airs that
loved so as child-sh. the gentl-
songs and mild-then ] quite forget
I'm old and tired with cares!
WILHELMlNA STITCH &,
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Love Letters That Made History
BY JOSEPH KAYE.

the first time at Mcylan. You could not
have known then how you overwhelmed
that childish heart that was ready to
break beneath the disproportionatc bur-
den Of its feelings. believe that you
were even SO pardonably cruel as some
times to laugh at me. Seventeen years
later | waited for Nine F
(Estelle) at one of the stations of the
coach by which she was travelling.
presented her with a letter. A violent
BILE as it approached hers. recognized
the object of my first admiration. the
Stella del Monte, whose radiant beauty
Illuminated the morning of my life.
yesterday, Nine. / under
took long contemplated pilgrimage.
Once more / desired to see>everything.
| have done so. Nothing is
changed. Time has respected the tenn
pie of my memory. But strangers in
habit it now. Your flowers are culti-
the world-not even yourself-could have
guessed why gloomy looking man, with
features furrowed by labor and sorrow,
should yesterday have penetrated to its
most secret recesses: o quante lagrime!
Farewell. madame. I must return to
my whirlwind. You will probably never
see me, never know who l am, and
hope you will pardon the strange liberty
I am now taking in writing to you.
forgive yOu beforehand II you smile at.
the recollections Of the man as you
laughed at the admiration Of the child.
DESPISED LOVE-
"Grenoble. December 6. 1S4S."
Forty nine years after he first met
E,stelle, he actually saw her again. This
was at her home. She was SiXty-Seven
years old and BerloZ was siXty-one.
But in the eyes of the impetuous artist
the years and gray hair and wrinkled
features vanished and he ardently de-
clared his love. Estelle was luckily a
sensible woman and created neutral
bond of affectionate sympathy between
them. This led Berlioz into as peaceful
a frame of mind as his tumultuous char
acter could muster.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Is: Li:$'!tS!:?!,Wor!d!f s! }! 4! I'1:!i

,erday Mrs. Brown told Superior
Judge T.. =. Morgan that her husband
had not arrived and she felt that
his failure constituted a desertion en-
titling her to divorce.
Are YOU ask ing for alImony?
Judge Morgan asked.
NO, your honor. If my husband
is not good enough for me to live
with. | don't want his money Mrs.
Brown said firmly
And that. ] maintain. was quite as
noteworthy an action as that little
stunt of Horatio's at the bridge.
Take ii as you WILL divorce is
tragic eXpcdient. Only the direct ne
cessity should prompt it. and the
bargain once made. it should be
clean-cut proposition. A marriage
for money is bad enough. but a
divorce which exacts still more money
is the abomination of denominations.
And the law which permits women to
batten on the corpse of a dead love is
neither beautiful nor mercieul II
should indeed be regarded as an in
suit to all that is highest in woman
hood With what contempt would
men look upon a man who demanded
support from partner he no longer
loved or lived with. Yet We regard
such acts on womans part with
complacency. We expect nothing bet
ter from womcn-no finer pride, no
higher honor.
Call it by as chivalrous a name as
you will, is there not the implication
of a social sneer at women in the
term "alimony"? Many of the most
sensitive and intelligent women arc
coming to think so. They believe that
children should be wholly or partially
supported by the father through i'm
maturity, and that the aged and sick
partners who no longer fit should
he Loyalty cared for. But they truly
believe that any woman Of deep pride
and purity should reject alimony for
herself. unless she be disabled, as
though il were the wage of shame
Copyright. 1872
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Berlioz and Estelle.

Hector Berlioz was one OF the great
oct musicians and writer's that the
nineteenth century produced. Tic
,yorld has never quite decided whether
perIioz was great composer or fad
only a minor creative talent, but that
he was the father of modern orchcs-
tr.tion is a fact that is gratefully
admitted by all
Rerlioz was an extremely tempera-
! mental and sensitive man. lie was
! hnset by troubles all his life. due to
thc originality of his work and me
musical innovations he introduced
, and Doverty was at all times his
faithful companion.
Rerlioz had two predominant loves
in his Iife-an English actress, MISS
Henrietta Smithson. who piayed
Juliet in Paris. and Estelle. Miss
Smithsou he adored wildly. and as she
was a stage idol at that time and ne
a miserable, struggling musician, VINO
made ends meet by singing in the
chorus of a burlesque. hope of win
ming her was more of visionary
lream. Yet the fates ordained that
the beautiful and resplendent crea-
,ure. Miss Smithson, should break her
leg and suffer acute financial reverseS
and that in this condition Hector Ber-
lioz, enriched by 900 francs which he
DOrTOWeu,
A man like BerlioZ could present a
beautiful passion. but as husband
he was a failure. His married life
was a most unhappy one and the
couple eventually separated.
But for Estelle his love bloomed un-
faded for fifty years. doubtless for
The reason that during this half century
he saw her only thrice.
Berlioz's odd love began when he
was twelve. The impressionlstic
youngster saw a lovely young woman
of eighteen, with large. brilliant
eyes, u splendid mass of hair and en-
chanting, graceful figure. and lost his
heart completely. His passion became
a standing joke at Meylan. where this
episode took place, and suffering Hec-
tor was reduced to despair. Seven
teen years later he saw his Estelle
for a moment as she. passed In
stagecoach. Sixteen years after this
he visited Meylan again and became
SO distracted by memories of his first
,, love that he decided to see Estelie.
She mad married. lost her husband
and was living in peace with her chill
dren, devoted mother. In that quiet
household the woman of fifty-one re-
ceived this passionate epistle from Ber-
lioZ:
Madame: There are certain faithful
and persistent admirations that only die
with US. was twelve years Old
when l beheld Mademoiselle Estelle for
Evening star., 1922-12-27
FEED THE BRUTE
Favorite Recipes by Famous
Men. =.
JEFFERSON DE ANGELS.


Spaghetti.
Having travelled and eaten all over
the world. it is rather difficult to
state what my favorite dish is. For
the moment. as I seem to have a
longing for spaghetti. I will sug-
gest my preference for preparation.
The ingredients are as follows: Olive
oil. one third cupful: garlic; cloves.
five: onions, six (smalD: chopped
beef. one third pound; tomatoes. one
small can: mushrooms, one small can :
Worcestershire sauce, two table
spoonfuls; and Parmesan cheese. one
fourth pound (grated.
Heat olive oil and add garlic (cut
in small pieces). Cook in frying pan
until brown, then remove pieces of
garlic frcm oil. Add sliced onions
and, when almost done. add chopped
meat. Whom meat Is cooked through.
add tomatoes mixed with one pint OF
boiling water. half teaspoonful of
salt and two tablespoonfuls of Wor-
cestershire sauce. Then add mush-
rooms and half Of the grated cheese.
Let it simmer for ten minutes. If
sauce Is too thick. add little more
boiling water. Place spaghetti. which
has been cooked (steamed, prefer
ably. on a large platter and pour
of your grated cheese over the lot.
Add paprika to give it little color.
Place dish in oven to heat through.
Then eat.
do not know how it sounds to the
.eader, but it makes my mouth water
q write 1t down.
Copyright 1s2:l
Evening star., 1922-12-27

believe that this was the NoIce of this
particular friend. He more than nal:
suspected that some one was initat-
ing that voice. More than once he
was tempted to give up the hunt and
leave the cedar swamp. Bu: curios
ity wouldn't let him. Each time he
was so tempted he would hear that
voice again. and eNcitedly start off in
4 new direction.
I'm silly to waste my time and run
my legs off" muttered Peter as he
sat waiting and listening. Some one
is playing a joke on mo. Yes. sir,
some one is playing a JOKE. II 60
home this very minute.
"'Chirp. chirp. chirp:" That voice
came from only a short distance
away. II Peter could believe nis ears
at all that was no imitation.
OF he started again. He was sure
he would find the owner of that voice
this time. But he didn't. Then he
reached the place where that voice
seemed to come from no one was
there. 1t was provoking. Yes, sir, It
certainly was provoking.
Copyright. 1922. by 7. W. Bursess)
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Chicken or Veal Broth.

Prepare a white sauce with four
ounces of butter and the same weight
of flour. Moisten with three quarts
of chicken or veal broth ard let-it
simmer on the side of the stove for
twenty minutes. removing from
time to time the scum which may
rise to the surface. In the meantime
parboil three ounces of rice for ten
minutes. drain and add it to tbe soup
and let simmer for twenty minutes
longer. Just before serving, add one
mint of cream beaten with four egg
yolks. season to taste with salt, pep
per and grated nutmeg and add some
chopped parsley.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
HISTORY Of Dour Same.
By PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
PORTER.

vARIATioNS-pur Dorman, Do.
man, Ooorman.
RACIAL oRieIN-Norman.Fre French and
Anglo. Saxon.
SoURCE-An occupation.
AS might be suspected. the family
name Of Porter had its origin in the
occupation Of porter. Title. however.
would really be a better term than
occupation, for IN the middle ages.
under the Norman-French feudal sys-
tenn OF military-social organization.
the porter was a person Of military
Importance.
In those days the word had none Of
its modern meaning The porter was
not a bearer of burdens. He was the
at the gate. or port" Of the castle.
The Anglo-Saxon equivalents OF this
title were "dore-ward' and "dore-
man" (door-ward and doorman). and
family names developed from them
are frequently met with.
But the name of Porter is far more
widespread today than the others. and
there is q reason. There was a period
of two centuries or more In England
in which the Norman conquerors
spoke only French. the language
which they brought across the chan
mel with them. and Anglo-Saxon was
spoken by the conquered population.
The nobility, Of course. was almost
without exception of the former race.
Hence in the castles. where the por-
ters' duties lay. only French was
spoken, and naturally the French title
prevailed. Later. Of course. owing to
the political severance of Normandy
h,ned into a mixture that was basic
alIy Anglo-Saxon and from which
modern English has developed. But
bw that time the word porter" had
become thoroughly fixed.
The name was. Of course. purely de-
scriptiye at first. and it is found in
tho old records in the form Nicholas
lie Porter
Evening star., 1922-12-27
DEJ lNlI ~ Il OlOlLO ". Burgess
Curiosity may end
In difficulties, il is true,
But without il to lead us on
| don't know what the world would 40.
Peter Rabbit

Peter EabblIa
Peter Rabbit was excited. Yes, SIR,
he was excited. 1t was long ,ime
since he had been quite SO excited
lie was in the cedar swamp, which -
A part of the Green Forest. 1t was
dark and gloomy in there because the
trees grew close together ana, being
evergreen, which means that theS
keen their leaves all winter, they shut
out the sunlight,
But Peter didn't mind this. for
600 he had heard :oice in there
which sounded exactly like the voice
of an old friend, a voice which ne
had not expected to hear again untii
spring. Now he was looking Tor the
owner Of that voice.
Now. hunting for any one IN a ccuaF
swamp is no easy task, eNIH II M;
one YOU are hunting Tor is big ms
10 because il is impossible t" see III
anv direction more than Il f'W l"''
And if Peter had really recognized
that voice the owner of 1t VAS NOT
hie In fact he was small. so Peter
would hop only few feet ana stop
TO listen. Just as soon aS he heard
that voice he would hurry on again.
Now. if the owner OF that voice had
remained in one place Peter inlGht
have found him easily. But he didn't
remain in one place. That voice
would come from a point short dis
tance straight ahead of Peter. I'll
r,d him this time" Peter would say
to himself. and away he would go:
lipperty- y-lippcrty-lip When he had
gone what he thought was far enoush
he would stop and look all about
Then he would hear that voice way
off to ono side. and away he Wouln go.
70 do the same thing over again. That
voice didn't stay put. 1t was con-
stantly moving about.
Now. that voice was a chirp. 4 ralh :
or mournful chirp. Never in his life
had Peter heard that voice in winter.
1t was the voice of one OF his fea-n-
cred friends who should by now be
down in the Sunny South. Knowing
this. Peter couldn't even yet really
Evening star., 1922-12-27

I'm not running a competition stand
with Westminster Abbey, but every
time I meet up with fine, upstand-
ing human act I like to do it honor.
Therefore. nominate for this humble
niche in fame Mrs. Everett Brown
of San Francisco. Calf. The follow
ing newspaper clipping will intro
duce you to our heroine:
Woman asks divorce, but spurns
alimony.
1T was in the fall of 1918 that
Evening star., 1922-12-27
"What Did She Have On :"

Whenever there's nothing else to
talk about there's always clothes.
what did she have on?" is a leading
feminine question. and although,
when you put that question to a man.
he will invariably answer, Heavens.
I don't know. I didn't notice." Still.
if you are very intuitive, you can
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Copyright. 1922,

Ask the efficient homemaker about
the advantages of attractive and
serviceable house garments. She
knows.
4 pretty model els shown in this
sketch that can be made in day and
that would cost but 65c. figuring ging-
ham at Is cents per yard. with cham
bray at 20 cents per yard.
The pattern No. 1903 cuts in sizes
"a, SO. 80, 40. AZ and ~ inches bust
measure. Size 36 requires 3H yards
36-inch material with u yard 32-inch
contrasting.
Price Of pattern. 15 cents, in postage
stamps only. Orders should be ad-
dressed to The washinEton Star Pat
tern Burean. e East 18th street, New
York city. Please write name and ad-
dress clearly.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Peanut Loaf, Tomato Sauce.

Mix together one cupful of cooked
salted rice, one cupful of crushed pea
nuts. one egg. one cupful Of cottage
cheese, two tablespoonfuls of chopped
onion cooked until soft in one-half a
cupful of water. one tablespoonful OF
fat. one-fourth teaspoonful of pepper
and one teaspoonful Of salt. Make into
a loaf and bake. Serve hot with to-
mato sauce.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
According to Her Principles.

Flora-1t's rumored that you're en-
gagged to Mr.. Allfront. Are you mar
rying him for his money:
Fauna-There's nothing in the
rurnor. I shall never marry-espe-
cially a man ! don't love-unless Re
has lot more money than Mr.. All
front.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Scarf Mum 1. P.ri.ian Novelty.

You can make one of these Partisan
muffs very easily. Cover muff feather
bed with velvet or other material or
with fur Make scarf of silk or of
the material of your coat. if it is soft
and drapes well. Edge it with fringe
or fur. Pass the scarf around the
middle of your muff. tie it into knot
as shown. The scarf can be tackled to
the muff or if you wish to wear 1t
around your neck at times. leave it
unattached. FLORA.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
At the Council Meeting.

Chairman-WelI. what had we bet
ter do with that garbage on the
south side?
Member move that we put it, all
in the hands of special committee.