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Evening star., 1922-10-02
Velvet in Black and Bright Colors
BY ANNE RITTENH0UsE.

America likes velvet and that i'm
mense army of American shoppers
which invested Paris in September
bought garments in It,
1t was curious to watch the Amer
icans shop. One would think that
nothing could be bought in the United
States; that it was waste place, an
Arizona desert. One would also think
Paris had turned into an English
speaking city. There is an admirable
story to be written by some journal
fst on the new army of occupation
Instead of the Americans speaking
French. the French are speaking
American: American signs look IKE
those on Broadway; there is an Amer
lean bar at every corner. ana Paris
offers martini cocktail without call
ing it an aperltf.
To tell Americans of French fash
ions in September Is not to tell them.
therefore, a story of happening IN
a foreign land. 1t is to tell them OF
their own shopping: it is to repeat
their own conversation about clothes.
America was in Paris to buy It's
apparel, its interior house furnish
ings, its Christmas presents. its hus-
bands silk pajamas and embroidered
handkerchiefs, it's umbrellas and
raineoats its baby clothes. its lip
sticks and powder. And it bought
them. Millions of Americans poured
out everything they could save from
the household budget into the Golfers
nf the French merchants. And they
also bought velvet gowns. Which
brings us back to the starting point.
The coat and frock sketched Is one
of III" costumes that the Americans
bought 1t may he feature of
American fashions in November. The
coat is cut in TWO sections and
wrapped across the figure to fasten
on one nip. There are bands of fur
on the full peplum and a huge collar
of fur Sometimes the coat was made
skirt length so it could be worn over
a petticoat and corset cover, minus
the frock. The coat frockS are re-
vived from war days and meet with
the enthusiasm accorded a novelty.
Evening gowns of colored velvet
met with instant success. Rose and
Jade green were the two co1ors most
frequently chosen. These Will APP
pear in america. Gray velvet with
silver lace has a good following.
Eabani'S. the Italian shop in Paris.
caught the American dollars with its
crushed velvet gowns after the Nene
tian manner. Renaissance lace in
silver or gold is the decoration.
Americans bought their evening coats
there III the same colors. These can
Evening star., 1922-10-02
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ D.,
Noted Physician and author.

have a dull headachy feeling after
a few hours in the ONCE. AS this is
unusual for me I wonder whether
this method Of heating is unhealthful.
My throat and nose also have a dry
parched feeling.-L e. c.
irrespective of tho source Of the heat.
is likely to be excessively dry. Often
oil stoves or gas stoves are used
to heat rooms without proper fiue
connections to carry out the products
of combustion.
Milk OF Magnesia.
Is milk of nlagnesia good for
acidity Of the stomach? If not, what
is?-W. NJ.
Answer-It is about as harmless
as any other Of the alkalis used to
counterstct anidity. II there be much
acid present. milk of magnesia pro-
duces some laxative effect which
sodium bicarbonate is less likely to
do. l know of no objection to the
occasional use Of these alkalis.
How Much Drinking Water3
Notice you advocate every person
should drink about a gallon Of water
a day, which conflicts with the advice
of DR.. Wiley, who teaches that a per-
son of sedentary occupation should
not drink much water, as 1t produces
ulSh anu only
persons who do hard manual labor
should drink much water. Please
state whether a person of sedentary
(ofice) occupation with kidney trou-
BILE should drink water freely
J. E. H.
Answer-There was an old theory
that drinking a large volume of
water would increase blood volume
and blood pressure. and so 1t does
for some twenty or thirty minutes,
but as q matter of fact the effect
II you must defy, the principles OF
hygiene and live q 0edentary life,
nevertheless drink plenty Of water
for health. On the other hand, IT
maybe a pathoIoeically ei high blood ood
pressure. do as your doctor advises,
for he alone knows whether you
should drink much water or little.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1922-10-02
The Wife Who Wouldn't
Settle Down!
By Lucille Yam SIyke
A Sequel to ssBrides Will Be Brides

went to bed. hoping that automati-
,cally he would do just exactly what
he usually did about his beard But
the poor man was SO wrought UP that
he couldn't remember. So first be
tried it over the sheets. Most un-
comfortable. And then he tried il
under the sheets. He felt stined
And so he tucked il into the neck
of his pajamas. 1t tickled. And
all night long he rolled and tossed
under and then in. And when MORN
ing came. wan and haggard. he tot
tered into his clothes and around to
the nearest barber and begged him
to shave it away"
Postscript. dad Merriam reused
herself to prompt her father as the
laughter swept about the party.
THE postscript" laughted her ia
ther, who was III high humor, 'is
rather good. / told the story the
other night at party where there
was an eighteen-year-old girl. And
an excuse to have her hair bobbed
He did not wait for the applause
that followed. He excused himself
quietly as a servaut behind his chair
called him to the telephone.
He was gone rather long time
And when he came back he stood al
the side Of the dining room HOLDING
to a heavy velvet curtain. looking al
his daughter strangely.
She was very lovely, and-very tiny
in her new golden frock. II accent
ated her exquisite coloring. thr
cleaning bronze Of her hair and the
deep leaf-brown of her eyes. He
stepped over to her onpassionatelt
Merry" he said quietly, will you
excuse yourself? ] want you"
ing up quickly Hes ill--he was so
la nauid tonight--he-" Motherlike.
her thoughts had flown first to her
small son who was the delicate twin
1.-The babies are quite alright" His
arm steadied her until he had led
tie hard to tell. That was Thorne
Rlaisdell calling. long distance.
Something has happened. Early this
afternoon the man who vas taking
the payroll money to the factorE
was held up in an alley just outside
the factory.
what "a shame" she rlWrurcd
What bother for Uncle Thorne'
Was il much money!" AT
Nearly Sill 900" HIS arm 3ipped
about her shoulders. what tJncle
|, Thorne wanted to know was this-
do you know where John isT'
Her eyes widened with horror.
"He-I-why. don't know. Rich
said he was boarding in Mineols. He
sends the , babies post cards, sardsTrht@
her hand crept to her throat.Ft1He-
daddy, John couldn't do thAt3 Not
steal. Not from Uncle Thortes who
has done so much for us. Al
MY darIingest," h" tried to tcon-
for, her. "of course he didn't. Eut
YOU see. we've got To- find John. NJ
most the last person he WAS seen WIZ
this morning was chap named kel-
locr, who has been living in that
house in Mineols. And they know
that Kellogg was one of the Two men
who took the money. II" was rec
ognized And he got away just
after the other man did"
She shut her eyes:
II can't think at ALL" she whisper
ed duly. II just can't think. I
know he didn't do it-and yet
She swayed against him.
Their hostess was coming toward
them.
"lf you'll have some one call my
car" Merriam's father snapped: and
get my daughters coat, please.
Copyright, 19c2)
Continued in tomorrow's starn
Evening star., 1922-10-02
Problems of a Bearded Lion.

n ERRIAM LINDSAY. petite
I" and lovely in her new finery.
sat at Mrs. Rayner's dinner
party, trying her best to
give a successful imitation Of a guest
Of honor who was having wonder
full time.
But she was heartsick and misera-
BILE; filled with vague forebodings.
Most OF the party were folk of her
own age, gay young things who joked
and laughed. But at her left was
an elderly bore whose idea Of enter
tanning a pretty woman was to eX-
plain in great detail how he felt
before and after an operation that
had been performed upon him IN
1905.
Merriam listened as politely as she
could-he was rather distinguished
citizen! really. But she was secretly
raging at her hostess.
''She's such a cat! Sticking me
next to this old bore! ] just shan
let her marry my darling dad! I just
shan't.'
across the table to see that her father
was laughing heartily at something
his astute hostess was saying.
Merriam reused herself desperate
ly. She was determined to break up
that tete-a-tete.
"Pater dear:" she called across the
table, do please tell everybody the
nice foolish story you told me this
morning about the celebrity and his
beard" She let her dimples lure
them all. It's 30 very nice and
funny!"
She sat back wearily while they
urged her father. She listened not
at all to his story. 1t seemed to her
that his voice came from very far:
che was so tired, so very tired, or
keeping, up her brave pretense of
gayety.
- the pretty debutante
was seated opposite the celebrity
Her father had every ones attention
now. She slumped back against her
chair. dimly grateful for moment
TO rest.
The celebrity was French and his
beard was long and flowing. The
girl watched him closely throughout
the entire dinner SO that the French
man. who was bit conceited about
women, began to feel rather f1attered
after dinner he walked straight TO
her side. He beat about the bush
for a while, but finally his curiosity
overcame him and he adroitly asked
her why she had watched him SO
closely.
.She blushed and gigglcd. She
begged him net to make her tell him.
But he persisted. He suggested that
POSSIBLY it was because he reminded
her Of some one she had seen before.
Or that she thought he looked differ
cnt from published pictures of him
self. And finally. giggling and litter
ing, she managed to stammer out
that it was his beard that intrigued
her.
Its quite silly of me- she ad-
mitted. but 1 got to'wondering what
in the world you could do with a
thing like that when you went to
bed. Do you keep 1t outside the
sheets? Or do you tuck it under the
bedclothes? Or do you stick 1t in
the neck Of your pajamas?
THE celebrity was furious. He
Wouldn't even answer her as he
strobe away from her. But he be-
gan to wonder what it was that he
did with his beard. And he couldn't
:or the life of him remember. And
presently. feeling rather heckled. he
hurried back to his lodgings and
Evening star., 1922-10-02
nI1IILE nI1IILESt0RlE!s
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Little Joe Otter Catches a Dinner.
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
The sauce that makes all food taste right
Old Mother Nature
Little Joe Otter certainly did en-
joy his slippery slide and tine young
Fox enjoyed watching him. But by
and by Little Joe grew hungry.
i've had play enough" said he.
play gives q fellow an appetite and
I'm hungry"
80 am l." said the young Fox. He
had been SO interested in the things
he had seen that he had forgotten all
about eating, but when Little Joe
Otter mentioned the matter he sud
denly felt very, very empty.
Il think" said Little Joe. I'll go
catch trout"
What is trouts' inquired the
young Fox.
Come along with me and I'll show
you." replied Little Joe. IF there Is
any better eating / don't know what
it is"
Little Joe swan swiftly up the
Laughing Brook and the young Fox
followed along the bank. He hadn't
the least idea what a trout was and
he was filled with curiosity.
1T must be very nice" thought he.
remembering what Little Joe had
said. 'If he can catch trout per
haps l can. I'll watch him and see
just how he does it. | wonder where
trout lives"
He soon found out. They came to
another pool and Little Joe Otter dis
appeared under water. The young
Fox caught a glimpse of a brown
form shooting swiftly through the
water, and then Little Joe's head
popped up on the further side of the
pool. In his mouth was something
that glistened in the sun. The young
Fox had never seen anything like 1t
before. what Is that?" he asked as
Little Joe climbed out on the bank
not far from where the young Fox
was sitting.
Its a trout" replied Little Joe,
Evening star., 1922-10-02

from Vassar Now she is the mother
Of six. three of them school teachers.
'Stagnation and intolerance are
ones greatest foes in keeping young"
she said. These changing times de-
mand new viewpoints. and the woman
Of today mus, keep well informed as
part of her duty as a citizen
Talk about women'S rights. This
little old lady demonstrates the high
est right of all-the trauscendent
right to conquer life.
This prosaic act of a woman whose
years might we'll place her in the dis
card is as brave a thing as l have
seen in public print in many a day.
Not only is she fighting the stiffness
and the WEAKNESS within that earthly
is fighting the tradition Which hens
In all old age and particularly the old
age of womankind. She is fighting.
in truth, the greatest humbug that
has ever afflicted humanity-the be-
lief that there is old age.
Bodies wear out as all machines
wear out. But there is more to US
than our bodies. From somewhere
there comes to us fuel more rare
than earth born gasoline. more power
full than voltage captured from the
air as vast and delicate, as alien
that fuel which floods our fleshly
dynamos is part of God himself.
do not know. I only know that 1t
flows free unless we limit it. I only
know that If we will have faith and
give it right of way 1t uses life but
as a vaulting pole to mount its
awful arc to infinite far destinies
And now and then some strong.
free human act comes to confirm that
faith Of mine. And so I thank you,
Mother Crawford, and I wish you
we'll.
(Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1922-10-02
BEAUTY CHATS
BY EDNA
KENT FORBES.

urally too dry. after it is washed off
little cold cream should be rubbed
on. I frequently advise this starch
treatment without the cold cream for
oily compilations and enlarged nose
pores.
Starch is a mild bleach and can be
used every day or SO with only good
results. After exposure to the sun.
or to a strong salt wind. it Is splen-
did as a means Of preventing freckles.
| 1t will also cool and bleach the red
ness that comes after even slight
exposure to the sun that every girl
with delicate skin dislikes so.
Hazel-As you have increas sed your
weight at the expense of your diges-
tipn you should not try to reduce
again through exercises. Correct
Your diet first. Eliminate much Of
that Starchy food and the sweets. but
do not cut them out entirely. because
you have built up all this fat through
them and the stomach has been
taught to expect such food. Every
day eat less of this kind of food and
add to 1t new foods that build up
tissue. In a month or so you will no
longer have this tired feeling and
will be gradually coming back to
normal weight. 1t will then be time
to include special exercises that will
complete your restoration to perfect
health and the proper weight.
Evening star., 1922-10-02
FEED THE BRUTE
Favorite Recipes by Famous
Men.
STEWART EDWARD WHITE.


This is a camp dish TO be cooked
over an open fire. ] guarantee moth
ing on a stove. l know nothing Of
stoves, and have dark suspicion of
them. To make It:
Place in a kettle half full of cold
water either fa) fish cut in chunks,
tb) a couple dozen Of clans. or tc) a
half dozen chunks of venison about
the size of a tennis ball. depending
on whether you want a fish mulligan,
a clam mulligan or a game muiligan.
(Also depending on what you have.)
Also q half dozen peeled potatoes and
three large onions. Salt and pepper,
bring slowly to a boil. Add a hand
full Of cubes of salt pork or bacon.
Simmer slowly until the potatoes dis
integrate.
II you have the remains of a can of
corn or a little residue of cold rice,
or anything of like nature. drop them
in. Next put in all the stale bread
or hardtack the traffic viii bear.
Dissolve tablespoonful Of -four in
a little warm water and stir that in
for thickcning.
Cook slowly until you can't stand
il any longer and fly to it.
Copyright, 1922,
Evening star., 1922-10-02
Your Home and
You
,r,..- y.
The Recipe Holder.
BY HELEN KENDALL.

The Recipe Holder.
One of my neighbors was getting
ready to- bake cake the other
morning when / ran in to see her
for a moment. On a table in her
snowy tiled kitchen were the 'mak-
ms" Of her famous Lady Baltimore
cake, and on the wall just over the
table hung the recipe therefor. taken
from hep loose-leaf cook book. and
fastened--well. just how was II Sc
cured there. anyway? ! leaned over
and looked closer.
why that is just great strong
paper-clip from my husbands office.
she explained. 1T has powerful
spring between the under and outer
pieces of metal. and L hole in the
top with which to faSten il to hook
in the wall. BY pressing il open and
clapping it on to my recipe, / can
avoid making a hole in the loose
leaf sheet and yet have the recipe
hung in full view while I am using IL.
The clip will open wide enough 10
hold a thick book in its NAV II l
want il to, and is SO fiat that II
doesn't even crumple tho paper.
I'm fact. I use ever SO many con
venient devices that are intended for
business offices" went on my. neigh
Dor. Everything in an Office is ar
Evening star., 1922-10-02


WAS FILLED WITH CURIOSITY.
smacking his lips as he. swallowed Il
mouthful.
"What.s i trout" asked the young
Fox for the second time.
ITS a fish. Don't you know nsh
when you see it?" replied Little Joe
II never have seen a hsh be-
fore" said the young Fox.
Little Joe stopped eating long
enough to stare very hard at the
young Fox. well. l never he ex-
"Do you always find them in the
water?" ventured the young FOX
Don't they ever come out on land?
Little Joe nearly choked. Ihey
never do if they can help it., ne
chuckled as he swallowed the last Dit,
Then he dived into the water again.
A few minutes later he was back
again with another trout. The
mouth of the young Fox "atered
hunsrily as he watched Littfe"Joe
eobblc down that trout. How ao
YOU catch them" he asked.
by swimming faster than they can.
of course, stupid!'' replied Little Joe.
"This one was hiding under the bank.
but it didn't do him any good MY!
am hungry! / think I'll have to have
another"
and once more he was back in few
minutes with a fat trout. 1t seemed
to the Young Fox that that pool must
be full Of trout. You see. he had vet
to learn what a wonderful fisherman
Little Joe Otter is.
(Copyright, 1922. by T. ". BurEess.)
Evening star., 1922-10-02
Girls and Their Interests
CONDUCTED by HELEN H. FErrEn.

today the average Japanese citizen
feels that his toilet Is incomplete
without q fan.
The folding fan did not reach Eu-
rope until the early sixteenth CEN
tury. when it was introduced in Italy
and Spain. 1t was the cruel Cath
arine de Medici who made this type
of fan popular in France and great
sums of money were spent on the
fans of the Watteau period. The
great Vatican himself painted many
fans. During this century and also
the seventeenth century gentlemen
as we'll as ladies used these elaborate
fans. At last in the period of Henry
VIII of the numerous wives the fold
ing fan reached England from Italy.
In his daughters reign great stress
was laid on the development of the
fine art of fan decoration and the
fans of great ostrich plumes had
jeweled sticks. In many cases made
OF gold and heavily inlaid with the
precious stones.
Coquettes of all nations have ap-
parently through all ages used a dis
tinct fan Language in aiding the gen
tie feminine art of flirting, and two
great Englishmen-Addis in some
of his delightful editions Of 1.-The
Spectator" and the great Jewish
statesman, Disraeli-have written
fascinating little essays on ladies and
their use. of fans.
Today, with the revival of the long
skirt and colonial pumps of great
buckled splendor, the fan has come
into its own as feature of feminine
attire. and it Is doubtful if the flap
per, who has SO long favored boyish
attire, will be able to resist the lure
OF graceful fan.
Evening star., 1922-10-02
Bleach for Delicate Skins.

1t is alwayst difficult to find a good
bleach for a really sensitive skin.
Everything affects the delicate COM
plexion, apparently to it's detriment
Its delicacy Is both a charm and a
nuisance.
Sun and wind affect the skin easily
and the ordinary bleach is only an
irritant. 1t is easy to find a mild
cream, but the action Of even the best
cucumber cream is sometimes very
slow. ] know of no bleach as effective
for this sort OF complexion as starch.
] mean by this the ordinary white
laundry starch that comes into every
househoud in II paper packet or
plain cardboard box. the cost OF
which is never more than Il few cents
a pound. A little bit, about q table
spoonful, should he melted in enough
cold water to form a thin paste. The
face should be washed with warm
water and soap and rinsed with warm
water SO the pores are free from
dirt, then q thick coating Of the paste
should be spread over the skin. 1t
may be necessary to go over 1t two
or three times in order to got fairly
thick coat. This should be left on
half an hour. The starch Is fairly
drying. so. II the complexion lis nat
Evening star., 1922-10-02
Bronchial Meditations.

It is a great relief to begin these
Yneditations with a frank admission
that there is such thing as bron-
chitis. Yet almost Immediately a
disturbing thought obtrudes itself
and candor constrains me to say
that soreness in the chest together
with even the most impressive cough
by no means incriminates the bron-
chial tubes
As a matter of fact in nine cases
out of ten, IN children as we'll as
adults, when a. prodigious cough and
an unmistakable soreness through
the chest assures the family or
friends that the victim has a cola
settled in the chest" or, in good Eng
iish, acute bronchitis, there is abso-
lutely nothing wrong in the chest
And, indeed, even though the anable
doctor is careful not to deny the al
legation, his examination of the
dence that the bronchial tubes are
inf1amed or in any way affected: The
great majority of cases of alleged
acute bronchitis arc really mot
proven" When bronchitis really oc-
ours the evidence is manifest to the
listens to the breathing through the
clothing. Without such evidence a
diagnosis Of bronchitis is, well, less
than a meditation, no more than con-
lecture.
am not saying this for any de-
structive purpose Neither am try
ing to imply that know any more
or have greater skill in the diagnosis
or treatment of bronchial or allied
troubles than the general run OF doc
tors My object is to encourage par
ents and perhaps to cheer up 2 few
chitis. I aim only to keep people
with comparatively slight ailments,
such as coryza or adenoldttis OF phar-
yngitis, from maltreating their bron-
chial tubes.
I would not take life seriously.
told sordid story of a fifteen-month-
old baby who had died of morphine
poisoning, thanks to a dope-laden
cough medicine" which an oficious
grandma or aunt or neighbor bad ad-
nninistered in rather large doses. Not
unlikely that baby had simple ade-
noiditis or q simple coryza. which
rible result Of misapplied treatment!
In most instances Of naltreatment
Of cough-that IL, self treatment
the poisoning Is mora tnsidtous ana
gradual, not necessarily fatal IN the
end, and SO the coroner doesn't dis-
but the victim suffers nevertheless.
. There are occasions and very sound
reasons for diminishing or stopping
cough by means Of narcotics. but
this is an exceedingly grave business
and any layman who undertakes such
courts disaster ! shall try to ex-
plain how a few doses of q narcotic
may convert a trifiing ailment into
q serious one.