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Evening star., 1923-07-23
New ':Straight-Back'' Silhouette
BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

everything is smashed fiat at
pack. from crown of head to heels"
Thls is young Americans COM
ments on the clothes now worn in
Paris. There are the sleek shingled
heads to take the place of the OUT
of-date bob. This seems absurd, If
you have not been caught by the
[ fancy enough to have yours shin
ten their hair with brilliantine and
tuck it under to look shingled The
hats. poke or Vizor, are brimless, or
nearly so, in back.
In dresses everything takes place
in front-says this young American
observer. And this is oriental
Even the flounced. and circular effect
follows this rule. and one of the
circular tlounce in apron effect at
the front Shirring, which is used
in Paris to considerable effect, also
appears in front rather than in back,
and TERED skirts and fiounced skirts,
even when the flounces or tiers go
all round the figure, are so shaped
that they lie fiat at the back and
stick out at the front.
:. The tfered gown, designed by
Paquin, is the Ford of France. One
smart frock worn there has three
inch fiat bias folds, scalloped, from
chest to hem. Chanel started this
fashion.
With hair plastered down as sleek
mother has licked it into shape, with
hats insignificant at the back, with
bodices straight and untrimmed in
che back, with corset makers intent
chiefly on the problem of making
every woman look as if she had been
created without a vestige of a curve
in her spine, and with all skirt en-
belliShment arranged frontwise--
there really doesn't seem to he much
show for the much Wanted hustle.
And there isn't. Nothing could be
more perfectly the antithesis of the
hustle than the fashionable figure of
the moment. In the rare instance
when a smart dressmaIer does put
out a hustled frock and a fashion
able woman does wear it, then it is
simply by way of contrast to accen-
tuate the perfect perpendicular of
the body beneath.
Wraps, frockS. skirts, jackets, even
ones negligee, are built with this
paper-doll disregard for the back.
The sketch shows how the idea is
carried out i'll a wrap for cooler days
in midsummer. 1t is made of blue
twill with six flounces. but these
flounces extend only across the front.
The flounces trim the sleeves. and
kthiS disposition to make of the sleeve
"a CreScendo from tight armhole to
flariug wrist is.anOther thing that is
stressed in summer fashions in
Paris.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-07-23
The Outdoor Girl.

Good health Is one of the so-cailed
secrets" of popularity, nowadays at
least. There was a time when the
die-away heroine had it her own way
and the healthy girl who adored the
outdoors was considered just q trine
vulgar. All this according to the
novels, and it must have been so, for
even bad fiction is a fair reflection of
the contemporary state of society.
Perhaps men in those days had great
er strength and nervous force than
they have now. Perhaps the reason
they undoubtedly prefer the fresh
and energetic woman today is because
they themselves haven't SO much
strength and sympathy to give.
don't know; these are vague ideas
and theories of mine. I do know, and
you yourself will see that it's true If
you think about it, that the healthy
girl radiates energy and vitality. and
rests or stimulates the people she is
with.
This is only one reason why you
should deliberately cultivate. good
health. 1 do not say that being an
"outdoor girl will bring you. that
blessing / only say that 1t will go a
long way toward doing so. Few of US
are outdoors as much as we can be,
or want to be. It's as easy to read a
book outside as in the house this
time of year. It's easy to make a
temporary outdoor kitchen on a
porch to do most of the work. It's
as easy to sleep with all the windows
wide open as partly open. It's easy
to play tennis. Even clock golf or
croduet are healthy. and adaptable to
the smallest lawn.
You can think of many ways to
spend extra hours, either of work or
NAV. out of doors. Try il, for this
ii the golden time of the year. In
the winter you will feel the benefits
and be glad of every minute of it.
Won know, but the gain in health and
good looks will be- lasting.
Evening star., 1923-07-23
BEAUTY CHATS
BY Edna
Kent Forbes.
Curing a Corn.

Strangely enough. the best of the
old-fashioned remedies for curing
corns have been forgotten. Do you.
for instance, know the onion cure for
corn? This was used 200. or 800
years ago, according to an old book
1 once picked up. The book itself
was printed $50 years ago and it
spoke of the onion cure as having
been in use for more than century.
1 Boil until tender the strong outer
skin of an onion, apply it fairly hot
| to the toe and bind it on with strip
of muslin. A fresh piece should be
put on every night and morning. The
corn will detach itself in two or
three days, unless the same irritating
| cause remains-that is, If you wear
| the sort of shoes that first caused the
corn the corn will come back, other
wise the cure is permanent.
Here is an old-fashioned pomade
| for blisters, cornS and all the cal
! louses that bring such pain to the
| feet: Pure mutton tallow, melted, Il
ounces; mugwort, freshly gathered and
i bruiseds3 drains.
have also heard that binding a
slice of lemon over the toe and let
| ting it stay on all night will so
soften a corn that it can be taken
out without any trouble; in fact, a
woman of my acquaintance tried this
with success. An old-fashioned reme-
dy somewhat similar, is to soak a
| small piece of bread in vinegar, poul-
/ tice the corn with this and leave on
all night. In the morning the corn
| will be quite loose and can easily be
| removed.
! Do you know, by the way, that If
| you rub the soles of your feet with a
/ slice of lemon when you are very
much fatigued you will get an in
stant, though temporary, refreshment?
| If you can soak the feet for ten min
! utes in hot strong salt water; then
| powder them and wear slippers for
| twenty minutes they will feel fresh
/ for hours,
Evening star., 1923-07-23

We'll ever get another like it," Nanny
turned and started off.
where are you going?" demanded
Danny.
I'm going to look for a place for
a new home" retorted Nanny.
II don't see any need to be in such
hurry protested Danny rather
GROSSLY. Mr.. Blacksnake won't come
back right away. We can spend the
rest of the day in that home just as
well as not"
Danny Meadow Mouse, If you
think I'm going to put my head in
side house that Mr.. Blacksnake has
been in you're very much mistaken.
1t would give me the shivers. Yes.
sir; il would give me the shiyers. 7
am going to get away from here and
I'm going to start right now" said
Nanny.
Nanny was as good as her word.
Danny hesitated a moment or two.
and then meekly ran after her. So
once more Danny and Nanny Meadow
Mouse were house hunting.
Copyright, 1923. by T. w Burgess.
Evening star., 1923-07-23
title BenwS
Notebook

US fellows was standing erround
the lam post Sattiday and Sid Hunt
came up all ixcited saying. Hay fell
lows, l jest happened to think, to-
days Persey Viewers berthday. he's
10 years old today, let's go erround
and get him to come out and then all
give him 10 fearse puntches for luck.
Wich we started to, and wen we
got to the corner 1 sed, Hay, don't
lets all of us go up or he'll suspect,
how about If jest me and Sid and
Leroy Shooster goes up and brings
him down heer and then we can all
jump on him and serprize him.
Everybody thinking il was good
went up and rang Perseys bell and
Persey opened the door, saying,
Hellow fellows, watts a matter?
We're getting up game of cops
and robbers. come on out and get
in it, Sid Hunt sed
The last time you played cops and
robbers you wouldent even leeve me
be a robber, Persey sed, and l sed,
o. that was long vile ago, we
dident know you good then.
Sure, this is different, come on out,
Persey, Leroy Shooster sed.
/ don't feel like coming out, Persey
sed, and ! sed, Aw come on. Persey.
we need one more, if you come out
! III sNe you tne rest OF lhis apple
that's fare enuff, l sed. Meening a ap-
pie i was eating, and Persey sed.
Aw. wat for, | don't wunt to. Wich
he wouldent till l gave him the rest
of the apple and Sid gave him half
a stick of chewing gum he was saw
ing, and then he came out chewing
the chewing gum and eating the ap-
pie both at the same time, and wen
we got down to the corner all the
fellows started to jump on him to
puntch him for his berthday and
Persey quick yelled, Hay, stop, watts
matter this aint my berthday, my
berthday aint till next Sattiday, wat
| the heck, hay.
Making everybody feel sad and dis
! kusted, espeshilly me and Sid Hunt
on account of Persey having ate my
! apple all the rest of the ways up and
| Sid being too proud to take his
| chewing gum back after him having
started it.
Evening star., 1923-07-23
The Country Girl.

Hi. Cut-out kids" Grinned Susie
Cut across, a little country girl, to
Betty and Billy, who were sitting on
the back steps of their summer cot
tage. Il brung you your weeks
supply Of eggs and say, I'm sellin'
buttermilk TO make money so I can
go to the county fair
Whats a county fair like?" asked
Billy.
Gee, whiz! Haven't you ever been
to a county fair? Why, they have
everything, Horse races, and pigs
and cattle and sheep. merry-go-
rounds and side shows! Would you
like to go?"
"Oh. yes," the two children cried.
Maybe Father will drive us there in
our car! Would you like to go with
US. SUSIE"
sure. if you'll let me sit on the
front seat
When the children asked their
father he. too, was eager to go.
We'll come for you in the morning.
SUSIE he promised.
Susie Cut-across wears a blue dress when
she goes to sell butter and eggs. She wears
blue hair ribbons. too. Color her sleek, brown
hair and make her face nice and pink and
sunburned
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1923-07-23
BEDTIME STORIES sy y: Fss.s'.. s.:ss...

and some day he'll do it again. Yes.
sir; some day he'll do it again, de-
clared Nanny. 'If you or l should
happen to be inside we wouldn't come
out alive, L can tell you that"
81 don't believe he'll come back"
said Danny. He probably thinks it
is an old nest, not being used any
more"
He probably does nothing of the
kind" retorted Nanny rather sharply.
Hell visit that nest the very next
time he comes along this way. If
Meadow Mouse, you can stay. But
I'm not going to. Why, wouldn't t
have single comfortable minute in
the house now. oh, dear, it is such
a beautiful house. j don't believe
Evening star., 1923-07-23
VERSIFLAGE
Tell Me.

oh. please do tell me brother man
(perhaps you can't, perhaps you can)
why do you get confused and red.
and over hot around your head and
fidgety and quite upset, an nervous.
iumpy. in pet. if at your boots we
hap to glance, why do you fall into
a trance? A man will bully, roar
and shout and throw his manly
weight about and let woman hear
his voice in language that Is far
from choice. In short, behave both
rough and bold and make mere wom-
An turn quite cold. But let her know
Iust what to do; let her but glance
At his brown shoe; let her observe
The left. the right, then see the brave
man take to flight, ! do not know
why this should be, but I've observed
It frequently, if You desire to win
the day-down to his boots let your
eyes stray!
WILHEL4MINA STITCH
Evening star., 1923-07-23
Apricots on Sponge Cake.
By Vyvyan.
Part of New Silhouette.

Cut some slices of sponge cake half
an inch thick and three inches square.
Strain the syrup from can of april
cots. and bring to the boiling point,
adding sugar to taste. 1mmerse the
apricotS in the syrup for two minutes.
drain, and place two halves of the
fruit on each piece of cake. Sweeten
some stiffiy whipped cream, flavor.
and pour around Ihe apricots, thus
initiating the white and yolk of an
ep~
Evening star., 1923-07-23

is not. inexpensive and it must be
ordered wisely and used with dis
cretiOn.
To begin with, it is never economy
To buy a small piece of ice. One
large chunk keeps far longer than
two blocks half the size. If your
refrigerator will hold 100 pounds, it
is best to get that amount. Seventy
five pounds will keep well, fifty
pounds less well ,and the small
twenty y-tive-pound piece melts away
in very short time.
Ice for table service must be
broken into different sized pieces. 4
good way to break it evenly is to
make or buy a bag of heavy leather
Inside this drop a slightly smaller
bag of heavy canvas. holding a piece
of ice as large as you wish to use,
and which is Clipped off the large
block in the ice box by means of a
sharp pick Close both bags to-
gether at the top and pound gently
with a broad wooden hammer or NAL
strokes it takes to break the ice
into. say: one or two inch humps.
Pieces this size are placed in glass
bowl and sent TO the table to be
dropped into iced tea glasses, water
glasses or laid on crisp salads or be-
, side the butter pats. Lumps of ice
tins size are placed in halves of
cantaloupe shortly before serving.
In fact. this Jump the size of an Eng
lish walnut is best suited to- most
table service.
To crush ice fine. pound the pieces
in the bag a little bit smaller and
drop these pieces. into your meat
grinder. They will go through
easily and come out in the form of
ice crystals. These are a perfect
setting for a small glass, of break
fast orange juice-the crushed ice
in small bowl and the glass of
, orange juice embedded in it. Many
fpersons prefer finely crushed ice in
iced tea or lemonade. Half a grape
fruit sunk in crushed ice is de-
licious. In fact, anything which
would be diluted and weakened by ice
should be set in bed of crushed ice
if it is to be served very cold.
Evening star., 1923-07-23
Cheese and Pepper Sandwiches.

Thoroughly mix two tablespoonfuls
of oil. one tablespoonful of vinegar,
one teaspoonful of salt a little pep
per, one small onion sliced fine, and
one chopped green pepper. Allow
this to remain two hours before
using. Spread a slice of bread with
cream cheese, adding the green pep
per mixture. Cut in squares. One
Slice makes two sandwiches.
Evening star., 1923-07-23
Your Home and
You
The Serving of Ice.
BY HELEN KENDALL,

During the torrid days of summer
| there is no comfort so indispens-
able rs the great, cool blocks of ice
iii our refrigeratUrs, from which we
draw refreshing drinks, ice garnish-
ing for our tables and by which .we
keep our foods fresh and but
ter firm.
The care, preservation and service
of ice form one of the housewives
Ereatest problems in summer. for ice
Evening star., 1923-07-23

The only woman in the United
states who makes business of fill
ing toy balloons is Mrs. Ollie Young
of Minneapolis. In the course of a
single season Mrs. Young fills 4,000,-
600 of the brightly colored dancing
bubbles with hydrogen gas
Evening star., 1923-07-23

meal ticket by a lot OF sentimental
fiapdoodle.
For which reason | hereby arise and
jeer rudely at my sex, as follows:
This sheikitis complex is about as
Evening star., 1923-07-23

antfquated as horsehair sofa or a
black walnut "whatnot."- Snap out of
it. sister! Even the lady Turks have
dropped their wells and are taking
shorthand lessons. The clinging vine
is obsolete. A few still keep 'em
around as family heirlooms. but it is
becoming more and more difficult to
make them match the rest of the fur
niture. Few indeed are the males who
yearn to carry off anything except a
pocket flask And the lad nowadays
who has time to be a sheik is apt to
be short on rent day.
Evening star., 1923-07-23
Here and There in Filmland.

Here's a mothers story for you.
Zasu Pitts. matrimonially known as
Mrs. Tom Gallery. has gone on strike.
No more work before the camera in
San Francisco until she has had time
Evening star., 1923-06-10
3 HELD IN INDIANA
MAIL FRAUD PROBE
Hawkins Mortgage Company Mem
bers Urged Cooperative Stock
Sale, Is Charge.
RY the Associa ted Press

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, June s.-Two more
arrests were made today in the case
of the Hawkins Mortgage Company.
charged with having used the mails
to defraud. The men arrested are
Anthony Schieb and Carl B. Anderson,
members of the mortgage company.
Morton S. Hawkins was apprehended
yesterday on a similar charge.
Schieb and Anderson waived exam
ination at a preliminary hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
Charles w. Moores and were bound
over to the federal grand jury under
bond of $500, which each provided.
Hawkins is at liberty under $4,000
bond.
The three men are charged with
having used the mails to defraud, in
sending out circular letters to per-
sons interested in the Co-Operative
League of America, urging them to
invest their holdings in stocks Of the
Hawkins Mortgage Company.
A suit recently was filed in federal
court by trustees of the Free Metho-
dist Church of Middletown, Ohio
charging Hawkins Schieb and Ander-
son with having defrauded the church
out of money, in financial scheme to
build new church. Hawkins is said
to have taken over the assets of the
league by selling them to himself. and
attempting to induce league stock
holders and subscribers to exchange
their holdings for shares in the HaW-
kins Mortgage Company of Portland
Ind.
Evening star., 1923-06-10

by tho Washington correspondent OF
the Morning Post who says: 1T
should be remembered that even the
most fanatical drys are willing To
compromise with their conscience
when their pocketbooks arc affected"
and instances the fact that the
Panama Canal, while American terri
tory, is not dry, because unless for
eign vessels were allowed TO carry
liquor they would not use the canal"
He proceeds to say: The only argu-
ment to influence Congress Is re-
prisals. II American vessels in for
eign ports were made to suffer the
same inconvenience or pecuniary loss
as foreign vessels in American ports
are made to do, then Congress might
recognizing the comfy of nations"
1t is perfectly true that there are
voices raised in the press elsewhere
chester Guardian and the west
minister Gazette have been con-
sistently counselling restraint. while
editorially: The people of England
are far too ready to treat prohibit
tion as bad joke with which the
bulk Of Americans have no sym
pathy."
These views. however, constitute
a decided minority. since practically
every other important paper in Lon
don opposes them. Thus, the Daily
says. Is Qulr6 L1rn6 thaG
common sense asserts itself in re-
gard to the ban on liquor on ships
in American waters. The Supreme
Courts decision is clean against all
traditional usage and IS unfortunate
ly IN direct conflict with British
law"
The Morning Post, pointing out that
even American citizens are allowed
to retain the contents of their cellars,
says: 1T would be possible to admit
American customs officials to British
ships inside the three mile limit
when they could seal up all liquor in
bond, releasing 1t on the outward
voyage" This is the view Of Premier
Baldwin. who stated In commons, 1T
is not possible that a disturbance of
public order in the United States, nor
an injury OF any other United States
interest, can arise from the existence
of liquor under seal aboard ship in
American territorial waters"
Probably Baldwin, like many other
people, expected that at the last mo-
ment a loophole would be found in the
Supreme Courts ruling. Now that 1t
Is evident no such evasion will be
possible, the British people are set
tling down to watch with disapproval
the operation of q law, which puzzles
and exasperates the greater part of
them.
copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1923-06-10
TERMS TO BE MET,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 9.-The port of
New York became officially dry at
midnight tonight; when customs Off
cials put into effect the Supreme
Court ruling prohibiting all mer-
chant vessels, foreign and domestic,
from possessing liquor within the
three mile limit.
Palmer Garfield, federal prohibi-
tion director for the state, made it
clear that the law prohibits within
territorial limits the possession of
liquors not only for beverage pur-
poses, but also as cargo and ships
said, to have "a reasonable quantity
of wine for sacramental purposes and
OF Intoxicating liquor for medicinal
purposes
1T now becomes necessary" he
said, "for ships masters desiring to
possess or procure liquor for me-
dicinal purpose to apply in person To
IL medical officer of the public health
service of the port, or, in the alb
sence of such an officer, to an officer
of the federal public health service. -
Although no definite instructions
came from Washington and despite
the admitted inadequacy of their
force, customs officers said tho law
would be rigidly enforced. It was
stated that the 700 or 500 mon in the
be able effectively to cope with their
many new tasks.
Foreign ship owners, pending pro-
/ tests by their own governments, will
meet the terms of the law, they an
uOunced.
Evening star., 1923-06-10

could enforce the law" Ford was
asked.
Sure. absolutely; and they are the
only men who can. They would sure
ly put the rum runners on the blink.
too, If we turned the job over t"
them. Some Of us would join the
Army ourselves to help enforce the
liquor law. You would soon see Just
how popular the Volstead act is if
you did that"
NOn-COmmital on New York.
Mr.. Ford was not willing TO talk OF
Governor Smiths action in signing the
Mullen-Gage prohibition enforcement
repeal bill as political issue. further
than to say that the New York gov
ernor is right to the extent that it is
federal job to enforce the law.
Booze never did anybody any good
at any time" continued Ford NO
industrial leader with any sense allows
liquor in his shops. That was stopped
long before the Volstead act. 1t was
stopped because il hurt business.
have noticed great difference in our
plant since the prohibition law went
into effect. The Volstead act will be
enforced as soon as the people want
it enforced. Right here in Detroit we
have one of the hardest problems of
law enforcement in America, because
Canada Is just across the river from
us. The city failed to enforce the laws
and so did the government. They
asked us for help because We are near
to ecorSe the worst rum running sec
tion in America. We sent our detec-
tives. down there and stopped booze
running in weeks time. If We can
do II the government ought to be able
to do it,
Evening star., 1923-06-10
BAR BIG SOCIAL EVENTS
AT u. S. NAVAL ACADEMY
Mounting Cost Reason for Drop
ping Exclusive Affairs Long
Tradition of June Week.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 9.-The
three brilliant and exclusive social
events Of June week at the Naval
Academy have been eliminated, prob
ably for all time. on the ground of
economy. These are first class cot,l-
lion, the second class ring dance,
and the third pin dance. Each class
has We'd with the other until the
expense of these functions has risen
so that the midshipmen felt it
seriously and are often heavily in
debt when they graduate.
The order Issued by Rear Admiral
Henry B. Wilson. superintendent of
the Naval Academy, states that next
year only the regular dances of a
simple nature Will be permitted dur
ing June week. Also in the interest
OF economy only the two upper
classes will be permitted to remain
In New York city overnight on the
occasion of the next Army OF Navy
foot ball game, November "a.