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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
RY MISSIS PHYLLIS.


A sour-faced shelter-house philoso-
pher was heard to say no longer ago
than yesterday: Women read? Women
don't read. They Just glance through
the society and scandal stun Of the
newspapers and devour novels and
sloppy love stories. Women don't
readl"
So, rise. up. We women. and defend
your sex against so sweeping state
mentl
One woman has taken the trouble to
find out when her woman friends did
their reading. She found that:
Nine did 1t in the evening after all
the work was done. OF these nine,
seven went to sleep within one hour.
Four did It In the afternoon after
luncheon. These were childless worn-
en-
Seventeen did it on the street cars.
(These were working women
Two did it in the morning. (These
were married women living with their
parents)
One did it during the baby's nap.
The seven poor dears who went to
sleep over their books in the evening
were mothers of young children.
cts the only time We have, my dear,
said they. What with taking the chill
dren out for an airing and giving them
their baths and maps and dinners and
suppers, we don't have time for thing
else during the day, except our house
work. And then the pity of 1t Is that
by night we are so tired we can't enjoy
a tking-not even fiction, to say nothing
of anything deeper"
Can't you just hear the shelter-houSe
philosopher chortle at that confession?
Asked why they didn't read when the
baby took his nap, they cried out, one
and ALL Mercy That's the only time
We have to get the work done up. How
could we?"
Well. it's like this. We all use our
time for the things that seem most i'm
portant. II washing dishes and run
ming the vacuum over the living room
rug seems to us to be breathlessly wait
ing for attention, we wash and we run.
II reading the continued story in
magazine seems the end of q rainbow,
We read. II perusing a treatise on wom-
ans part IN the late war or the prob
lem of Self-government in the Philip
pines seems to be the gravest duty Of
the moment we peruse.
Taken all in ADJUST which Is the
most important? Dishes must be
washed. We can't live In a house thick
with dust--at least not live to q ripe old
age. But II woman's life Is bound
by dishes, vacuum cleaners and babies
meals. of what interest is she going to
be to her husband? And how impor-
tant is it that she be Of interest to the
man with whom she elected to live?
That last is easy 1t is so important
that 1t is the difference between
happy home Though mortgagedD and
an unhappy one Though paid for).
If a woman can't get out among peo-
pie much because the children are
young, she can at least get out among
books. II she can't travel she can do
the next best thing-learn to know
other people and other places by what
people In the know have written.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

TT is not enough to count noses of the
guests you expect and then estimate
the seating capacity of your draw
i ing rooms or living roon--it is not
even enough to see that there are
comfortable upholstered, reposeful seats
for all.
The up-to-date hostess must have seats
and chairs Of shape and proportion
comparable with the style in which her
salon is furnished--So that she can
provide a suitable and convenient back
ground for every type OF frock that Is
worn by her guests.
There must be one-armed chairs and
divans. both Of the right-hand and the
1eft-hand type, for the benefit of the
girl who comes in a frock that puffs
out enormously at one side. There must
be tabourets or other backless chairs
for the girl in one of the new 1880
frocks with a hustle at the back: there
must be upholstered chairs with solid
arms for the woman with hips that are
n trif1e broad and who wisely wears a
slenderly draped frock; and there
should be chairs with open arms or
with no arms at all for those who wear
pouffes or peplums that call for room
on both sides.
Not only must the thoughtful hostess
have seats of those various sorts. but
she must with the greatest tact she can
command see TO 1t that the slender
young 4lappers with short. straight
skirts who might very well contrive to
sit on almost any sort of chair do not
take possession OF the divans, sofas.
pouffes and one-armed chairs needed
for guests who come late wearing
period gowns
A type Of seat that is to be found
occasionally in rooms Of the modernistic
sort is very large, rather low pouffe-
a circular divan, If you will. And this,
unlike almost all other types of chairs
and lounges. has no prototype in fur
niture of former days. It is purely a
product of the twentieth century
This type of seat, have been told
was first devised by one of the famous
French dreSSmakerS whose bouffant pc
Rod gowns have been justly celebrated
Though fully so inches in diameter
pouffe Of this sort is designed only for
one. With a seat of this sort at her
disposal the girl in the bouffant tulle
frock has no fear of crushing her
pretty rlIffies because-if she has been
properly instructed-sl1e knows that as
she sits down she should spread her
ruffles all around her-back, front and |
sides.
Even If you don't wear frocks of the
pronouncedly picturesque sort-and |
even If you are not likely to find a va
riety of new-fangled chairs and seats in
the living rooms and drawing rooms
you frequent-even then you should try
to bear in mind the importance of
choosing a background that becomes
you.
Don't If you are verging on six feet
in height pop yourself down on a low
chair or divan And don't II you are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

house. Whatever 1t was, it would come
out. His son was always frank and
truthful.
At dinner the boy said, Daddy, I
broke that knife. l don't know what
to do about it,
DO about 1t? What do you mean?
What is there to do about it?"
BUTTS broken thought you'd
be very angry"
Angry! Why? 1t isn't my knife. I
gave it to you When / give you any
thing it's yours. Now let's forget
about it,
OF course, we're not all giving our
children surgical knives, but were Civ
ing them dolls and airplanes and
tricycles and all sorts of things that
can be broken. Also we're giving them
seedlings and whippings if they are
broken
Why we do 1t is complete mystery.
They usually feel badly enough without
having punishment added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Easter Ribbon Is
Cav With Dummies

There's new ribbon for every use.
First and foremost are the Easter
ribbons, to be tied around Easter gifts
of candy and flowers, toys and books
They have little Dummies in all the
accepted gayety of Easter coloring woven
into their length, and are bound to
attract as much attention as the gift
they bind.
And then there are card party
ribbons-white ribbon showing the diff
ferent pips of the four suits, hearts.
diamonds, spades and clubs-as dec
orations. These. needless to say, are to
tie up card party prizes.
There are birthday ribbons, too, with
little lighted-candle cakes for decora-
ton. Sometimes they are white, some
times pink, sometimes blue - light
dainty shades, with the candles burning
glowingly in orange or rose.
These ribbons are so pretty that they
make the parcels that tie doubly inter-
esting. The birthday ribbons would add
much to a birthday Jack Horner pie, for
the gifts within the pie could be tied
with them, and the ribbons could then
be carried from the pie to the different
plates. where they could be attached to
little individual candlesticks with lighted
candles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Rainbow Napkins
In MANY COlors

A new idea in table linen was shown
the other day at luncheon.
The round table was covered with
a white lace cloth. But II might just
as effectively have been of linen or
damask. Any white and lovely cloth
would have done.
At each place there was a folded
napkin of handkerchief linen-and no
two of the nine on the table were Of
the same shade There were peach and
apricot and rose, pale lemon. light law
ender, violet of a darker shade. light
blue and deep blue and green. One
could easily make up a rainbow Of
shades that would number twelve. FOR
handkerchief linens come in so many
lovely colors.
The napkins were finished with hand
hemstitched hens half an inch wide.
They would be equally effective edged
with tiny edglng OF lace.
The same idea for a bridge-table set
could be used. Four napkins, pink,
blue, yellow and green, With q white
cover. That would make a lovely Easter
gift, or an equally desirable card-party
prize,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
What Women Are Reading

And IL she can't discuss funny Incl
dents met with during q day out IN the
busy streets, she can discuss funny incl
dents come upon in the pages OF an
interesting book.
To And time to read, the mother Of
little children may have TO get up ear
lier in the morning; she may have TO
slide over her work q bit faster; she
may have to painstakingly plan bet
ter working schedule. But 1t VIII De
worth all the trouble In the end.
The mind Of woman who works all
day gets notify Any woman will night
to keep moths out Of her davenport. A
few will fight to keep moths out OF
their brains.
What did these various women read?
The majority read fiction with slight
smattering OF magazine articles ana
recommended" books in the libraries.
A few read biographies and essays
along with q smattering Of the best IN
fiction.
One or two read poetry.
Two read q great deal Of present-day
problem books and history.
All read the newspapers, some with
care.
So it appears that the shelter-house
philosopher was tiny bit right about
the fiction. However. The Scarlet Let
ter" and "Caspar Hauser" are fiction
but you surely wouldn't call 1t waste
Of time to read them. &.
A married woman who has q hus-
band who reads a good deal NAV find
IL a pleasure to discover how many OF
the same books they read. The fun D,
also in the discussion OF the. books-a'
mans point of view and a womar's
may be so very far apart and 50 COM
paratively interesting.
So. sisters. Law aside the dust mop and
the ironing board once in while and
get out a new book. Money and time
spent on a good book are seldom wasted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Inspiration in Egypt for
Our Patchwork Quilts

and patterns of piecing and patching
were handed down from one generation
Of women to another without the aid
of written or printed directions. In
Colonial times women meeting other
women from other settlements or colo
MES exchanged patterns for. pieces or
patches. Sometimes these were cut
from paper-oftener they consisted Of
sample piece" that might form the
nucleus of the new quilt. II husbands
journeyed afar, wives gave them SAM
pie pieces to take with them to give as
tokens of their remembrance to friends
and relatives whose hospitality they
expected to receive. And so the Gull
ture of quilt making spread from one
settlement and from one colony to an
other and English colonists made quilts
from patterns that had come from Hol-
land and Dutch settlers Of New Neither
lands covered their beds With quilts
patterned after designs that had been
originally brought to this country from
England. Some of the better known
patterns--bearing slight differences ana
different names-were to be found
among the traditions Of widely sep
arated notwithstanding that originally
the patterns for these pieces had come
from the same source.
Many of the names Of these pieces
show the effect of Bible reading-Star
of the East. Tree of Paradise. Jacobs
Ladder, Solomon's Temple, for instance.
Others have q more honely sound-Tea
Leaves. Puss in the Corner, Wild Goose
Chase. Log Cabin and Drinkers Path
as examples.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

"Oh, the poor. poor baby" says the
sympathetic observer, for there are few
spectacles more distressing to look at
and more miserably irritating to a
baby than the rash and scabs of eczema
1t is a matter of both experienced
and inexperienced observation that the
baby with eczema is almost always TO-
bust and fat. II he is a nursing baby
his mother is probably large and
weighty also, and If bottle baby his
previous gains in weight will have been
enormous. All of which should point
out to the world at large that one way
to deal with this annoying ailment is
generally to cut down the amount of
food, and especially foods rich in fats
or proteins
Overlooking continued for q long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

element toward which some children
are markedly intolerant.
Protein is a common irritant. The
child who drinks quantities of whole
milk, and gets in addition many foods
containing protein, such as eggs, or
cereals, may be struggling under load
Of proteins that is just too much for
him. Formulas that are all out of pro-
portion TO the baby's body needs may
send his weight curve upward admirably
indiscretions. There are good reasons
why mothers are warned that gains of
8 and 10 ounces weekly are not admira-
BILE and usually fraught with future
danger. Good foods can become poisons
when they exceed proper limits.
Many mothers have been curious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

decidedly short, choose a high chair
that will leave your feet dangling
inches from the floor. II you are round
Shouldered don't choose backless chair
but rather a chair with really high
back that will hide your shortening.
II your hips are broad-don't choose
rather narrow chair with open sides.
A chair with high sides viii be very
much more becoming. If you are short
above the waist and long legged don't
sit upright on low divan.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON.

"Oh, mother, Uncle Ben gave me a
watch! Where's the screwdriver?"
It makes a good joke, but, seriously,
there is an important principle in
volved When We give children presents,
do said presents belong to them or
to US?
Naturally, We don't want them to
dissect 50-dollar watches, but don't we
make as big a fuss If a boy dismembers
a 5O-cent toy to see how it is made?
We are too apt to tie strings to the
gifts We make to children. figuratively.
of course, but as real as the Irvine by
which they pull them about.
One time a certain doctors son be-
came obsessed with the idea of pos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Blond Beauty Formula

unnaturally bleaching it. the final rinse
should contain two teaspoonfuls Of
hydrogen of peroxide and two tea
spoonfuls of ammonia water TO four
quarts of water.
Another method is to rinse with a
basin of water in which two teaspoon
fuls of salts of potash carbonate OF
potsshD has been dissolved.
Blond hair should be washed often
and. preferably dried In the sun. Oil,
natural or artificial. is darkening TO
blond hair and should be kept out Of
the hair by frequent washings in borax
water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Diagonal Lines
Are in Picture

The diagonal of fashion is important
and is achieved in many different
ways.
Many of the new evening frocks have
diagonal flounces, often diagonal hem
lines, and sometimes f1ounce and hem
line diagonals run in different directions,
the flounce dropping to the left, the
hemline dropping to the right.
Some of the new sport frocks show
diagonal lines of stitching. trimming
bands or buttoned front cloaipR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

the quilt, having been sewn together,
were arranged on the quilting frames,
then came layer Of wadding and then
face upward the more or less elaborate
quilt cover. And then the quilting
began.
And quilting parties at which ones
friends assembled to help make light
work of this last phase of quilt making
were every bit as entertaining as pres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

ent-day bridge parties. For the coarser
sort of everyday quilts one invited
younger girls-and women who might
not be expected to make very fine or
precise stitches When the more elab-
crate quilt was on the frames one in
vited only the most deft--just IS one
takes care nowadays not to invite the
bunglers with the experts when one
makes up lists for ones bridge parties.
ACopyrisht, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

w WHILE half the women know
n are under the spell Of the
NV new interest in modernistic
tendencies in furnishing and
Anrinri,,n eniran ah0iit from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-05
SICKENED BY
BILIOUSNESS
Kentucky Lady Says That By
Taking Black-Draught She
Obtained Relief.

Many people who suffer from bill
iousneSs should be interested in the
following statement by Mrs. Cora
Mullikin, of Richmond, KY.
Il had been troubled with bad
spells of biliouSness. 1 would have
pains in my side and in my stom-
ach, and then a very severe head
ache.
Il would have such bad taste in
my mouth, and my skin would look
dark, and my, how dizzy I would
get My head felt too heavy to
hold up
Il had heard of Black-Draught
and began taking it. About three
doses would seem to cleanse my
system and 1 would feel just fine.
So we have used it in our home all
these years, and I would not be
without it. l recommended it to my
friends and neighbors. use it
with my children, and have always
found it satisfactory"
The medicine which this Ken
lucky lady mentions is also recon-
mended by thousands of others be-
cause of the benefit it has been to
them.
Refuse limitations! Insist on the
genuine Thedford's Black-Draught
which las been in use nearly a
huldr1d years. In 25-cent packages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-05
BILL ON VOTE
FRAUDS PASSED
House Measure Provides
Watchers at Polls.

Another effort to halt attempted
fraud at the polls during primary
elections was made in the Indiana
house of representatives Monday
afternoon, when after short but
bitter debate, the house passed the
Donnell bill by a vote of SO to 6.
This bill permits 40 per cent or
more of the candidates of either
party in a primary election to APP
point a watcher and an alternate
at each precinct polling place.
Representative Lloyd D. Clay
combe, indianapolis, as usual leaped
to the attack of the bill which he
declared would not curb fraud,
and would create additional cost
to the candidates
Those voting against the bill
we're: Claycombe; Robert B, Stew
art, Brazil; John H. King, Indi-
annapolis; John w. Thiel, Hobart;
Wilfred w. Holloway, Farmland,
and Charles w Thompson, La
fontaine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-05
NATION SPENDS
Is MILLIONS
At INAUGURAL
More Than 25O, 900 Visitors
damned Capital for
Event.
BY G. j. LILLEY
United Press STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March 5.-The
nation has just spent many millions
of dollars to put a new President
in Office.
Just how much has been spent
no one can actually compute, al
though the figure is put somewhere
between $25, 100000 and $5O,O00,000.
The three-day festivities in Wash
ington, which accompanied the in
auguration of President Hoover
brought more than 100000 visitors
to the capital from all parts of the
country.
Hotel space was all sold out, res
taurants we're so congested that
visitors waited hours for their
meals.
Thousands Line Streets
Private homes were turned into
rooming houses and boarding estab-
lisllments.
Thousands came by automobile
and slept at the Washington tourist
camp. ~
Even though a steady downpour
of rain fell all during the inaugural
proceedings and the parade after
ward, the streets we're lined with
people and the largest crowd ever
assembled in Washington was on
hand.
The average cost to a visitor is
fixed at $25 day, including hotel,
meals and general expenses. Some
paid more than 500 for their &C
commodation and inaugural seats
If 100000 visitors paid an average
of 500 apiece for their three-day
visit to Washington, the inaugural
expense would have mounted to
$25,0e0,0O0.
Officials in charge Of arrange
ments say that figure probably is
far too low.
City's Most Gala Occasion
They list the expense of bringing
bands, marching clubs and other
units for the parade, decorations,
erection of reviewing stands and
eats for the official ceremonies,
and many other items.
Taking it all they say that
SEE, 100000 is conservative.
To the city of Washington, an
Inauguration is by far its most gala
occasion
All government departments are
closed and beginning Saturday
afternoon and lasting until Tuesday
a period of holiday is enjoyed.
Street car service is disrupted,
taXicabS are far too few to accom-
modate the demand and thousands
of people have to walk many miles
to get to their destinations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-05
PRIMARY REPEAL URGED

State Wide Features Attacked
Before IrvingtOn Club.
Repeal of statewide features of
the primary was advocated by Dem
yer G. Harlan, Richmond, president
pro tenn of the Indiana senate, adj
dressing the Irvington Republican
Club at 544615 East Washington
street, Monday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-05

5OONA
eccentric dance and stages a whole
magic act herself just to show that
her dad can not put anything over
on her.
Thurston mixes his Sleght OF hano
stunts right along with his big
illusions. Tt seems just as easy fol
him to make an automobile carry
ing seven girls disappear right in
front of one Just as easily as ne
takes a rabbit out of mans coat
in the audience.
AS usual he saws through a Wom-
an, makes Princess Karnac fioat IN
midair: causes a lion, a real live
one, to change places with a girl;
does aerial fishing, introduces his
many barnyard pets; impersonates
music masters and has a lot OF tun
with about fifty children on the
stage.
1t seems to me that Thurston has
a bigger show this year than for
merly. It runs more like a revue
than just a one-man show. His
attendants are dressed SO much bet
ter, that is due probably to the
presence of Miss Jane, who wears
several beautiful gowns. In other
words, the Thurston show has more
class than ever before and the same
wonderful human contact of the
magician to his audience is still
there just as usual.
L get tremendous kick each year
just studying the shoWmanship OF
this great man.
The meanest man in town this
week will be the one who will not
take his children to see Thurston
and his daughter Jane.
ct EngliSh'S all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-05
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