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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21


Dear Miss Leeds: How may ! reduce
double chin? CD I am II years old,
S feet 8 inches tall and weigh 126
pounds. Am I overweight? 90 have
large hips and abdomen. Please give
me few exercises to reduce them. "a
Is 1t all right TO use witch hazel after
inclined to be oily. (5) ] use o vanish
ing cream before powdering. Is II suit
able for my skin? JANET H.
Answer.--You may reduce your double
chin by daily exercise and the practice
of correct posture when sitting, stand
ing or walking. (2) You are . few
pounds over the average weight for
your age and height: You should weigh
between 11s and 124 pounds. 1t is bet
ter for q girl Of your age to be O little
overweight than underweight. Take
more active exercises, especially outdoor
sports such as hiking, swimming or
tennis. Your figure will adjust itself If
you keep your muscles In good working
order. Walk from to 5 miles every
day.
Dancing, skipping. swimming and
ducing the hips and abdomen. Here
are few exercises that you may take
every night and morning regularly: (a)
To improve your throat line throw your
head back between your shoulders. Let
1t roll from side to side several times.
| Turn your head first to the right and
then to the left several times. Now
massage the throat and neck muscles
with o deep pinching movement. (b)
To reduce the hips, lie on your back on
the floor. Elevate both legs to a verti-
cal position with hips raised OF the
| door. Kick vigorously upward with
each leg 10 to 20 times. Raise and
| lower the legs to the floor, keeping your
knees stiff. Repeat 10 to 20 times.
Raise and lower each leg alternately 10
to 20 times.
(c) To reduce the abdomen: Lie on
your back on the floor. Brace your toes
under heavy piece Of furniture. Slow
ly raise yourself to a sitting position.
Rest q moment or two. then slowly
lower your trunk backward. Repeat. s
| to 10 times. Stand up and, keeping the
knees stiff, raise the arms over your
head and bend over from the waist
| touching your toes with finger tips. Re-
peat 10 to 20 times. When you can dc
this exercise easily touch the floor with
the palms Of the hands and walk for
ward on all fours around the room
| keeping your knees stiff.
a. Witch hazel Is mild, soothing
astringent and may be used after re-
moving cream from your face.
60 Vanishing cream is suitable fol
your type of skin. Very little Is needed
| as q foundation base for your powder
| Too much of any foundation cream viii
keep the face powder from going or
smoothly. LOIS LEEDS.
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New Fashions Promise Variety
By MARY MARSHALL.

cause they have no actual knowledge oi
what IL may lead to.
Two things are certain about it---one
that the new mode even In its extreme
form is very attractive, and the other
that there is strong opposition against
carrying 1t out to the point Of actual in
convenience and discomfort.
For this weeks pattern diagram we
have chosen q new bertha collar that
may be cut and made very easily and
used to add q new touch to an evening
or afternoon dress. If you would like a
copy, please send your stamped, self
addressed envelope to Mary Marshall
care of this paper. and 1t will be for
warded to you.
Copyright, 1927
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Chicken Gravy, Cauliaower.

Soak one head OF cauiifiower In cold
salted water, then tie carefully In a
piece Of cheesecloth and put TO cook In
boiling sailed water. Cook until ten.
der, but not so long that 1t will fall to
pieces, Take from the water, remove
the cheesecloth carefully and place the
caulifiower in q vegetable dish. While
the caulifiower is cooking heat the
chicken gravy, then pour over the cauli-
flower In the vegetable dish. Serve hot.
Tomato sauce may be used instead OF
the chicken gravy. IN this case pre-.
pare the sauce by melting two table
spoonfuls of butter in q double boiler,
adding two tablespoons Of -four, half
teaspoonful of salt, a little pepper. then
stirring into this two cupfuls Of strained
hot tomato made by forcing canned or
stewed tomatoes through sieve. Pour
over the caulifiower and serve hot.
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FROCK OF BLACK FLAT CREPE
WITH NARROW BELT OF MATE
RIAL AT NORMAL WAIST LINE
BELT ON WOOL CREPE FROCK
OF MATERIAL, HELD IN PLACE
BY LARGE BUTTON ATTACHED
TO FROCK. BELT HELD IN NOR
NAL POSITION ON CREPE FROCK
BY STITCHED TAB AT FRONT.
VELVET BELT ON VELVET FROCK
FASTENED WITH RHINESTONE
BUCKLE.
think Of them at least promise diversion
and variety.
These are the issues at stake when
We choose new dress or wrap-issueS
that make this season more interesting
from the point of view of fashion de-
velopment than any that we have ex-
perienced for many years.
Younger women who had no actual
experience with the older, more trying
fashions are more likely to rush head
long into the new mode than their
mothers and older sisters who appreciate
more fully the wearableness and comfort
OF postwar fashions up to the present
time.
The remark is often made that the
younger women vii never wear the
new, more difficult, tighter, longer
dresses. They are too used to being en-
tirely comfortable. Yet my own opinion
Is that it Is the younger women who
show more willingness to adopt the new
mode in its extreme form, simply be-
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NANCY PACE
Flowers Make Greeting
for House Warming.
M FLORENCE IA CAME.

When Joan came home from the
nursery school she met Aunt Nancy
with shopping basket on her arm. She
begged to accompany her. Aunt Nancy
was learning all about the shops and
markets In the neighborhood Of the
new house. Until she was well &C.
quainted with the dealers and they
knew the type of foods she bought she
thought 1t wise to go to market. Later
when they had learned her standards
and the quality Of goods she wanted
she would telephone her orders. Even
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Do things cost more "ove here?

Do things cost more "ovef here?
It Is difficult to say what effect II
any the tariff will have on the cost Of
living. For one thing the present form
Of the tariff has not met with universal
support.
We will consider things as they are
rather than, as they may be.
Compare automobile values in this
country with those abroad. You will
find that the cars we buy in this coun-
try are not only better, but that they
cost far less.
Women going abroad for the first
time usually plan to buy hosiery in
Paris. They return to buy their silken
hose here. Hosiery made in this country
Is superior to most Of the imported stuff,
1t is far cheaper and 1t is often more
durable.
1t should be remembered that we are
not comparing landed cost with retail
prices. We are comparing prices at
home with prices abroad.
Rents are undoubtedly higher in this
country than they are abroad, but If
one desired to rent an apartment in
London or Paris with modern improve
ments such as we expect as matter
of course here, rents might be higher
abroad than here.
The mans shirt that sells here for
S1 10 Is unknown ABROAD, ana JIlc only
article comparable with it is a custom
shirt made perhaps of finer materials,
but often not cut or tailored as well
as our own $1.95 garment.
Women's clothes abroad are more
expensive, quality for quality, than they
are here. We have made production
more efficient than the European even
dreams Of. AS result one either has
her clothes made to order abroad or
she shops at the expensive couturiers
So far as shoes are concerned those
made abroad are often cheaper than
ours, but they cannot compare with
ours in style or In workmanship.
Every observing tourist who has been
abroad knows that our cost Of living Is
only higher because our standards OF
living are higher. We demand more
and we are willing to pay for It,
Abroad less is demanded and accepted
Some items of living expenses are
| less abroad, especially domestic serv-
| ice, railroad fares and the like. But
| that difference is partially explained
| by rates of foreign exchange which
I give the dollar greater purchasing
power than it had before the war.
Helping Themselves.
Those who provide for themselves viii
| be cared for. The others-wel, it.!
hard to say about them.
A mother came in to see US today
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL


olive oil In your last rinsing water after
your shampoo. Give the scalp Q warm
oil treatment before the shampoo. Be
sure TO brush your hair and massage
your scalp daily. Twice week moisten
the fingertips In warm oil and mas
sage the scalp thoroughly. II your hair
a ss one :, erS az rSSs !, 49,
and piiable. Do not wet the hair more
than once O week to set the waves. II
you hold your hair near the steam
from the tea kettle and let Il get thor
oughly steamed you win find that your
hair can easily be arranged In waves II
it 10 naturally curly. LOIS LEEDS.
Large-boned Type.
Miss :. M. p.-You weigh about 10
or is pounds more than the average
weight for q girl of your age and height.
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Bobs and shingles vs.. hairpins and
knots Of hair. Corsetless figures VS.. the
higher, more defined waist line that
will surely lead to the return Of snugger
foundation garments. Simplicity VS..
elaboration.
: Clothes that are almost perfectly
comfortable and easy to wear vs. clothes
that must needs cause some annoyance.
Fashions as we have known them in
varying forms ever since the war and of
which we are growing q trifie tired VS..
new fashions which whatever we may
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Home i'm Good Taste

French doors are always awkward to
treat with overdraperies. OF course, If
they are between rooms, no over
draperies are required, but French doors
which lead to the outside should be in
harmony with the regulation windows
In the room.
In the illustration is shown Q pair
Of French doors with overdraperies
hanging from beneath a valance. The
chief objection to overdraperies on
French doors is the factsthat they make
opening the doors difficult; but II the
draperies are so installed as to slide
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Lessons i'm English
BIZ W. l.. GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not say,
I'VE realized a hundred dollars" Say.
I'VE obtained"
Often mispronounced: Bison. Pro-
nounce bis-un, as In "bite."
Often misspelled: Accommodate; two
c's, two ms, two o's.
Synonyms: Aggression, invasion, In
trusion, provocation.
Word study: use q word three times
and it is yours" Let us increase our
vocabulary by mastering one word each
day. Today's word: Divergent: tend
ing to spread out from one point. "Our
opinions are widely divergent"
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But as you say you are large-boned
suspect that Is the reason. Your pro-
portions are good and ct your age you
should not try any reducing diets 10 get
rid of the few extra pounds. OF course.
you can avoid overeating and cut down
on rich pastries and sweet desserts.
Eat raw fruit instead.
ca The sample of hair that you In
closed is a very pretty shade Of light
brown with Just a tingle Of gold In it.
If I were you would not worry about
its turning red. It is natural for your
shade Of hair to have a few red and
gold tints in 1t.
(3) If you remove the hair from your
legs with q good depilatory the growth
will not be increased. However, If you
continue to shave It of It Is quite likely
to grow in coarser and thicker.
LOIS LEEDS.
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Curly Hair Getting Dry.

Dear Miss Leeds: My hair Is natu-
rally curly but to make the waves more
distinct 7 wet my hair with water every
morning. Is this injurious? My hair
seems to be getting dry. B. L. S.
Answer.-As your hair seems TO be
getting dry, I rather suspect that you
are using too much hard water on 1t.
There is no harm In steanins the hair
or using water to set a wave, but IL
you notice that the hair Is getting too
dry Gas yours evidently Isl then I sug.-
sest that you use one Tablespoonful OF
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Fried Green Tomatoes.

Half-ripened tomatoes are delicious
when fried. Cut the desired number of
the tomatoes into slices about one
fourth inch thick and roll first in beaten
egg and then in stale bread crumbs or
cracker crumbs. Fry in a small amount
of fat until they are brown on one side,
then turn and brown on the other side.
Remove from the pan and serve at once.
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Lois and Roger appeared. They brought
flowers for the new house. Nancy was
so glad that her guests did not feel
they had to present gifts, just because
the host and hostess were welcoming
them to their new home. But flowers
seemed different, someway. They ex-
pressed q friendliness and we'll wishes.
BY the end Of the day the house was
as fragrant as q garden In Summer
time. Nancy and Peter did not know
there were so many beautiful flowers
and so many thoughtful friends.
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easily on the rods from which they
hang. they viii not interfere much.
The valance which trims the top Of
the window should be placed high
enough so that the bottom OF the val
ance escapes the tops Of the doors. The
valance may be installed on the wall
above the casing OF the doors, which
will give O heightened effect TO the
room.
The glass curtains for doors such as
these should be put up on rods at top
and bottom to give a shirred panel
effect.
(Copyrisht, 1927
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so, Nancy did much Of her shopping at
first hand. She liked to see the goods
she was getting and she found that
she put more variety in her menus when
she discovered new foods or old ia
vorites in the market stalls.
On this particular day she was buy
ing materials for sandwiches. The
house warming was scheduled for the
next day. She was serving small sand
witches, cakes, sailed nuts, hot and cold
beverages.
7 Early on the day of the housewarming
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Figs With Cheese,

Divide a small package Of cream
cheese into four slices. Place each slice
on a small dessert plate with q pre-
served fig at each side of the cheese.
Serve with crisp crackers at luncheon.
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Helping Themselves.

Those who provide for themselves will
be cared for. The others-wel, it's
hard to say about them.
A mother came in to see us today,
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Copyright, 1927
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lived and fea
pies battered around from boarding house ooard
cafeteria.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, February up Omitted
States Department of Agriculture) -
Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head: fairly ac-
tive, mostly 10 cents higher, largely
shipper market; top, 1000 paid for
load of around 200-pound weights.
Mostly 9.65a990 for desirable 10000
pounds; shippers, 1000 head estimated
holdover, 1000 head; butchers, medium
to choice 260-3o0 pounds, e.45a9.80
2OO-250 pounds, 950a10.00; 10000
pounds, 95Oa10.00; l30-160 pounds,
8.85a9 80: packing sows, 8.60a9.15; pigs,
medium to choice 90-130 pounds, 7.60a
900.
Cattle-Receipts, 500 head; compared
to a week ago, heavy steers, 25a75 low
err; medium grade OF rough kinds OF
most; after 25a50 decline light kinds
and yearlings partly recovered their
decline: almost every factor in the cattle
trade bearish and the market in no
condition for liberal receipts; sluggish
dress trade and additional doWnturns
in the hide market the principal weak
ening factors; steer downturn weak
ened, meaty feeders, 25a50; stockers
showing little change; better grades of
she-stock weak to IS lower; lower
grades strong to Is higher; bulls, IS
higher; vealers steady; extreme top, fed
steers, 1850; bulk, 1100a13.25; best
yearlings, 14.75; yearlings, heifers,
1900.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head; for the
week, IS doubles from feed lots, 1880
direct; early decline due to the draggy
dress trade and expanded receipts were
mostly replaced with sharply curtailed
receipts later; compared with the close
of last week, fat lambs, weak to Is
lower; weatllers, steady; fat ewes, 25a
so lower; top prices for the he week, fat
1880; bulk prices for the week, fat
lambs, l625a17 co.. yearlings, l3.75a
1885; fat ewes, 8.50a10.00; feeding
lambs, mostly 15.O0al5.5Q. -
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Wholesale Market

Yesterdays daily market report on
fruits and vegetables compiled by the
Market News Service Bureau OF Agrl-
cultural Economics) said:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
light. market dull. Boxes: washington
medium to large size, extra fancy stay
mans. 2.5Oa2.65; Delicious. 3.25a3.5O.
Bushel baskets; Virginia, U. s., NO. l,
2I5 inches up, Stayman's, 1.65al 30; v.
S.. No. 2, 2I2 inches up, Grimes. l.3oa
lao; Pennsylvania, u. s., NO. !. ~
inches up, and "a inches up, black
Twigs, l60a1 .65.
Csbbage-Supplies liberal; demand
light. market about steady. New stock:
Florida, lh-bushel hampers. pointed
type. 1.75a2.00; South Carolina, barrel
crates. pointed type, poor quality ana
condition, soft, l.50al.75. Old STOCK:
New York. sacked per cwt. Danish
type, 2.75a3.00.
Celery-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market about steady. Florida, 10.
inch crates, individually washed ana
cooled, AS dozen, 3.00a3.5o. Can
fornia, crates. few sales hold-overs, 5;oO.
Lettuce-Western stock; supplies
moderate; demand light, market steady
Arizona, crates, Iceberg type, AS dozen,
California, Imperial Valley, crates, Ice
berg type, AS dozen, 4.00a4.25; mostly
400. Southern stock, too few sales re-
ported to quote. j..
Onions-Supplies moderate; demand
light market about steady. Michigan
and Ohio, 10o-pound sacks, yellows. u.
S., No. /, medium to large size, 5.25a
$50. IKE *
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; demand
light. market steady Pennsylvania, 49,
pound sacks, round whites, U. S., No. 1,
2.25. New York, 15o-pound sacks,
round whites, u. S., No. /, 2.25a235.
Spinach--Supplies moderate; demand
light. market slightly weaker; Texas
bushel baskets, Savoy type, 75a85;
poorer low as so.
Tomatoes-Supplies light demand
light, market dull few sales; originals,
Florida, IS, ripes and turning, wrapped,
fancy count. 300a3.50: repacked, un-
known origin, 6s, ripes, wrapped, fancy
| count. 4.50a4.75.
String beans-Supplies light; demand
light, market slightly weaker: Florida,
q -bushel hampers, green, 3.oOa4.OO;
mostly $50.
Peppers-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market dull; few sales; Florida,
| pepper crates, fancy, mostly 400; choice,
| 300a3.50
Eggplant-Supplies light; demand
light, market about steady; Florida,
| pepper crates, fancy, 4.50a5.00.
Squash-Supplies light; demand
light, market steady; Florida, pepper
crates, fancy, 5.O0a5.50.
Cucumbers-Supplies very light; too
few sales reported to quote.
Strawberries-Surplies light; demand
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ZINC INDUSTRY FORMS
INTERNATIONAL CARTEL
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 2.-World controi
of zinc production by recently formed
international cartel already is sta
bilizing the industry, say French
authorities. While there is no direct
price fixing on the cartel's program, 1t
is planned to keep the price from drop
ping below $135 ton by reducing out
put.
European producers, who represented
60 per cent of world production before
the war and only 48 per cent now,
formed a group of their own early last
year, but joined American. Mexican,
Canadian and Australian interests in
an agreement last December. PRODUCE
ton and exports are regulated by this
agreement, which was for six months
and subject to renewal. 1t Is described
as a rather loose working arrangement,
without a central authority, each group
of nations enforcing its own discipline.
At present in the cartel proper are
France, Germany, Belgium, Holland,
Great Britain, Poland, Italy and
Australia. The United States and
Canada are represented as having
agreed not to block the cartels limita-
ton of production nor to profit by 1t to
develop exports.
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light, market firm; Florida, 32-quart
crates, various varieties and pony re-
frigeration, various varieties, 35a40 per
quart.
Cauiifiower-Supplies liberal; demand
light, market steady; California, pony
crates, 1.5Oa1.75; mostly ITS; few high
as 400.
Carrots-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady; Texas, bushel
baskets punched, 2.25a2.50; Western
lettuce, crates, 3.25a3.50; California,
Western lettuce, crates punched, 3.5Oa
3.75.
Beets-Supplies light; demand light,
market about steady; Texas, bushel
baskets, punched. 2.25a2.50; Western
lettuce, crates punched, 3.00a325.
Oranges-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady, few sales; Florida
boxes. No. /, large size, 4.00a4.25; small
size, 2.50a3.00.
Grapefruit-Supplies moderate: de-
mand light, market dull, few sales;
Florida boxes, No. !, medium size, 3.50a
3.75: few fancy, 4.00a4.25; No. 2, 2.50a
3.25.
Peas-Supplies light: demand light,
market dull; Mexico, 4S-pound crates,
5.50a6.00.
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ADVANCE IN STOCK
PRICES CONTINUES
Vigorous Buying in Rails
Again Features Market.
Profit Taking Absorbed.
~ the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, February 1.-THE stock
market ran into moderate week end
selling today, but operations for the
advance were maintained at a strong
pace, centering in the chemicals and
the rails. Nearly a dozen of the latter
reached new high prices for the third
successive day.
Buying of rails was further stimulat-
ed by announcement that the Balti-
more g. Ohio would proceed tndepend-
emily with the Eastern trunk line con-
solidation plans, endeavoring to &C
quire the Reading and the Jersey Gen.
trail
The fact that the month-end re-
ouirements were met with the slightest
strain on credit since the end of Oc-
tober, call money going no higher than
8 per cent. helped speculative con-
fidence. The ease in time money. and
the drop in several foreign currencies to
the point where imports of gold be-
come profitable were also bullish FAC
tors
A favorable overnight news develop
ment was the appointment by a group
OF oil executives meeting at Tulsa OF
an umpire OF oil and gas conservation,
who will call a general meeting OF pro-
ducers next week, but this apparently
did not hold definite enough promsie Of
Improvement to inspire buying OF the
oil shares.
st. Louis Southwestern jumped 9
points and Union Pacific mounted
nearly 5 to record prices. Pittsburgh q
West Virginia and Western Maryland
advances 4 points each to new tops on
unconfiIS ed reports that the Tapl1n
interests we're preparing to take def
mite steps toward consolidating the. two
roads. Baltimore & Ohio and Reading
mounted about 2 points each, and Jer-
sey Central jumped 20 points to new
high at $50.
Allied Chemical touched 300 for the
first time on gain of 9 points. while
Columbian Carbon and Union Carbide
moved up about 73 points Federal
Mining advanced Is, Eastman Kodak
nearly Z and Borden's, Johns Manville,
Abraham & Straus and National Bellas
Hess 3 to 5 points each.
Radio was a weak spot, losing about
II points of yesterdays sharp rise. MO-
tors were heavy, Chrysler and Packard
losing 2 and 3 points, while United
States Steel, American Can, du Point
new and Goodyear lost about Ia TO
points.
The close was irregular.
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WHOLESALE TRADE OFF.

Wholesale distribution decreased in
December more than usual at that sea-
son, reports to Federal Reserve Board
from nine lines of trade indicated. Vol
ume of sales during the month was
slightly smaller than year previous.
OF the individual lines. women's cloth
ing and boots and shoes showed the
largest decreases in comparison with
December, 1927, while the largest in
creases were in the sales of drugs and
furniture.
Figures for the year as a whole show
that sales of wholesalers in 1928 were
six-tenths of per cent smaller than IL,
1927. All lines OF trade reported de.
creases except groceries, meats and
drugs.