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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Dining Table Has
Many Possibilities
TAR greater variety is offered the

FAR greater variety is offered the
housewife now than formerly in
choosing the covering for the dining
room table. She may use the conven-
tional tablecloth or she may use run
ners or doilies She may use pure white
or she may follow her taste for color
ing. But in one thing preSent-day
taste demands even greater precision
than ever before. Everything must be
absolutely spotlesS that is used as
table cover. Cotton table covers and
napkins are usually taboo among fas-
tidious people because Of the difficulty
of keeping them snowy white after fire.
quent waShings.
II you have a conventional dining
room with polished oak, walnut or ma
hogany furniture, then good form de-
mands that you use heavy felt and
large cloth for dinner. You may use
doilies or runners for luncheon or sup
per and these may also be used for
breakfast. However, II you prefer 10
use the conventional large cloth for
three meals a day your choice Is cor
rect.
II, however. you have dining room
furniture of the new painted variety,
the custom Is to use runnerS-heavy
Russian linen trimmed usually with
large mesh real filet lace. These run
ners are used even for formal dinners
by women who have furnished their
dining rooms in the new lettuce green
or gray furniture. 1t is a passing fad
perhaps, but 1t is approved by good
taste and fashion.
In an effort to simplify the tasks Of
housekeeping many women have tried
to eliminate any sort Of table cover
that would need to 60 to the laundry.
Runners and doilies made Of oilcloth
appealed to many because they need to
be simply wiped of, and some house,
wives have tried the expedienE of set
ting places with paper napkin or
leaving the table quite bare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

IF YOU are young and slender and
perfectly proportioned the question
OF skirt lengths Is easy TO answer,
4 because it does not much matter
whether you choose sports skirt
that comes four inches below the knees
or one that merely covers the knees
or whether you choose an evening dress
OF the short sort or with skirt that
touches the floor. You will look well
anyway.
But when you are not so young, and
not so slender, and not perfectly pro-
portioned, then the question of skirt
lengths Is important and choosing pre-
cisely the right length may save you
from looking dowdy or groteSQue.
When short skirts first came into
fashion We were all rather surprised
were we MOTTO find that they were
f1attering rather than the reverse to
most stout women, or at least to those
stout women who had rather nicely
proportioned legs and ankles. And a
skirt short enough to show the slender
lines Of the leg toward the knee was
found to be very much more f1attering
than the not so short skirt that ter
minated just where the calf of the leg
was thickeSt.
The return of the longer skirt-now
that 1t is an established fact-haS Ger
tain disadvantages for the stout woman,
and these are most apparent in the
rather full afternoon or evening skirt
that ends midway between knees and
ankles. Our personal opinion is that
skirts of this length should be stricken
from the list of things wearable for the
matronly woman.
For sports and street wear we suggest
skirts that hang three or four inches
below the kneeS-long enough to look
up-to-date, yet not at all longer, and
for afternoon and evening skirts that
hang to the ankles or below-skirtS that
are long enough to hang in a little
toward the ankles.
We have in mind chiffon jacket
costume that will give slender contour
to any woman that wears it. 1t is
made with a perfectly plain, sleeveless
bodice that extends to a deep hip yoke,
with a narrow belt of the material,
worn loosely enough so that it rests an
inch below the normal waistline, with
a very slight blousing of the bodice
above. From the deep, shaped hip
yoke the skirt hangs almost to the
floor with circular fullnesS falling in
long, unbroken lines from the back and
front and swaying as the wearer Of the
dress walks or dances. There Is a
straight chiffon jacket. made with long
sleeves, extending we'll below the hips
at back and sides.
Skirt ruf11es may not seem appro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Dress to Live or
Live to Dress

GONE people eat to live, while others
it Is said-live to eat And so some
women's objective in buying clothes is
to have suitable raiment for the various
hours of work and play which comprise
their days, while others look upon the
various jottings in their engagement
books simply as opportunities to dis
play their carefully selected clothes.
The first class of women say: 1T have
accepted an invitation to dinner. Now
I must see whether have anything to
wear. If not must buy something
new" The second class of women say:
at have bought a new dinner dress. I
hope that some one will ask me to a
dinner party before the week is out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Summer Chocolate
Chocolate Pudding.

$4,000
Melt an ounce and o half Of choco-
late in . double boiler and add o table,
spoon and o half Of cornstarch mixed
with three-quarters of a cup of sugar.
Stir till smooth. Add two cups of hot
milk, stirring slowly as you add it, and
cook for IS minutes, stirring from time
to time. Then beaten egg yolk and
teaspoon of vanilla. Pour into a baking
dish, cover with a meringue, brown in
the oven and serve very cold, with or
without cream.
Chocolate Bread.
Sift together two and a quarter cups
OF -four, fve teaspoons of baking pow
der, quarter Of cup Of sugar, three
tablespoons Of cocoa and O teaspoon of
salt. Add an egg beaten in a cup Of
milk and three tablespoons of cooking
oil or fat. Mix and then add q third
Of cup Of nuts. Bake slowly in loaf
for about 20 minutes.
Chocolate Sauce.
Heat in q double boiler one cup each
Of cream and milk. Add two heaping
tablespoons Of grated chocolate rubbed
TO q smooth paste with a little cold
milk and thicken with the beaten yolks
Of two eggs. Take from the fire and
add half a cup Of powdered sugar, g
few drops Of vanilla and the stifiy
beaten whites OF the eggs. Serve i'm
mediately.
Chocolate Pancakes.
Mix four tablespoons of -four, two
tablespoons Of sugar a cup of macaroon
crumbs and two tablespoons of melted
butter with the yolks Of six eggs and
the whites of three. Add enough milk
to make q pancake batter and fry in
small thin pancakes. Sprinkle with
powdered sugar and serve with choco-
late fudge sauce made by melting four
tablespoons each of melted chocolate
and sugar in half a cup Of milk and
cooking to make a thick strip.
Chocolate Cream.
Crate three squares of bitter choco-
late and mix with two cups of cream,
half cup of sugar and the well
beaten yolks of six eggs. Cook in a
double boiler until smooth and thick.
stirring constantly: then add a package
OF gelatin which has been soaked and
dissolved. Take from the fire and when
cool, but not set, fold in cup of cream
which has been whipped solid. Add A
few drops Of vanilla. Mold, chill and
serve with whipped cream.
Chocolate Jelly.
One pint Of boiling water, two pinches
OF salt, one and q half squares of
chocolate, one-third package Of gelatin,
two level tablespoons of sugar and one
teaspoon Of vanilla. Put the water. salt
and chocolate in saucepan. Stir over
f1re until the chocolate melts, then let
1t boil for three or four minutes. Soften
the gelatin in little cold water and
pour the boiling mixture over it. Stir
until dissolved, then add sugar and
vanilla. Pour into mold and set aside
to harden. Serve with plain or whipped
cream.
Frozen Chocolate.
One quart milk, two and a half
squares chocolate, one and a quarter
cups sugar, one tablespoon vanilla and
few grains salt. Put milk and choco-
late in double boiler and when milk has
scalded and chocolate has melted add
sugar, vanilla and salt. Chill and
freeze, using three parts finely crushed
ice to one part rock salt. Serve In
sherbet glasses with whipped cream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Mere Man, Says Fashion Expert,
May Think Heavy Woman Is
Thin if She Wears Well Selected
Summer Clothes.

dressed with more than casual care. In
many cases hats and dresses and access
series had been specially bought for the
gala occasion.
Rather better dressed crowd than
last year." graduates mother said to
a graduates father. The women, I
mean. suppose that is because clothes
are so much more becoming now than
they were"
Perhaps" said the graduates father,
glancing across the sun-splashed cam
pus, but why is it that the fat women
never know how to dress? You'd think
they had their dresses and hats designed
to make them look as mountainous Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
BY MARY MARSHALL.

w YILLOWY tall girls, daintily
proportional short girls,
wv broad-shouldered straight
wasted girls of the obviously
afhlatic tune HrO11rnu m trnnS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Remember, If You're Overweight

preference o square necks
lines
closngs-w buttonhoes
bouses-
the wrist rather
than
extending upper drapng down slightly at
the back
wastline
rather than the grdle
All details are haeing overweight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
HOt-Weather Garments More I'm
pOrtant Than at Any Other Time
of the Year. Mary Marshall
Gives Few Valuable Tips.

PIRATE to the matronly figure, yet there
is a certain sort of skirt ruffie that is
decidedly hattering. We speak of the
circular RUNE four or five inches wide
that is sometimes arranged in two or
three tiers from low hip line to the
knees. These rufles hide the dipping
in of the dress below the hips and ac-
centuate the slenderness of the skirt
drapery from the knees to ankles.
(Copyright, lsS0.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

who didn't look their years and young
matrons who did, mothers that looked
like sisters and mothers that looked like
randmothers-they were all there train
sing over the campus in their chiffons
and voiles, crepes and georgettes. 1t was
class day for the class of 1880 at one of
the historic universities and it was safe
to assume that the mothers and sisters,
cousins and aunts of the graduates had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

The normal tUdine shorered
made OF blue printed silk crepe
blue and the other Unite
chosen by The mother and daughter sketches the Daughter
unite ogdnde dress h black Uelt sash closely
normal disns Mother beige lace dress h dapsd Unsne
and boero effect hch hides the breadth
and IUhite dot the right
unite georgene becoming to large figures
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
F fashionable Women Wear
Knitted Suits

even on the train. They are
used for nearly any day wear
at the country club and at re-
sorts where the weather is cool.
Then they are ideal for roaming
along the beach where there is
usually stiff breeze.
Knitted suits and frocks are
smart in many styles, usually
rather simple but this year
they have an individuality that
distinguishes them from the
plain cardigan, skirt and sweater
Of last year. The blouse may
have a frill or bows, the jacket
is belted more often than not.
The skirt may be gored or
pleated.
Colors are also as varied as
the imagination. We may safely
say that blue and green are
among the smarteSt of this
season though they scarcely
out rank pinks, yellows, tans.
greys, etc.
We are Sketching two knitted
suits that are particularly good
for all-around wear. They are
from a Washington shop and if
you care to know more about
them call Miss LaVille at The
Washington Times, District $3.50,
or wrNe to her.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
NOTES OF SOCIETY

The Rumanian minister,
Charles A. Davila, who is
spending the summer at New
port, r. L, will transfer his
household from the Pinard cot
tage to a cottage on Kay
Street.
In New York
Mrs. Francis White, wife OF
the Assistant Secretary of State,
is spending few days in New
York, where she is staying at
the st. Regis.
Mrs. Edward K. Fox is the
guest of Mrs. william e.
Clarke at her summer home at
Berkshire Hills, Mass.
Visits i'm Newport
Miss Anne Seldom Kinsolv-
ing, daughter of the Rev. DR..
Arthur B. Kinsolving of Balti-
more and Mrs. Kinsolving will
go on Tuesday to Newport,
r. l., where she will be the
guest of Mrs. Nicholas Brown
at Harbor Court.
Miss Kinsolving'S engagement
to John Nicholas Brown, son
of Mrs. Brown, was recently
announced.
Representative and Mrs. Will
lam r. Eaton closed their apart
ment' at the Wardman Park
Hotel yesterday and left for
their home in Denver, Colo.
Representative and Mrs. Eaton
will pass the summer in the
west and will return to Wash.
ington the first of December.
Guests at Southampton
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler p. An
derson, jr., are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. James Taylor Terry
at Swallow Ridge, their estate at
Southampton, L.. I.
4
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph j. Cot
ter are passing a few days at
the Wardman Park Hotel while
their home at 1920 Cathedral
Ave, is being redecorated.
X
Samuel T. Conkling enter
tanned a party at the dinner
dance last evening, ct the PLACE
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Writer
ISLunCheOn.
Guest

One of the most noted
women writer's of Europe,
Nine. Marie TilSchova, CZecho-
slovakian authoress, was the
guest of honor at a luncheon
given at the Women's Uni
versity Club by Mrs. William
F.. Notz.
Nine. Tilschova is the guest
while in Washington of the
Minister of Czechoslovakia and
Nine. Patanek.
Other guests at the luncheon
were Nine. Patanek, Nine. Jan
Skalicky, Nine. AleS Broz, Mrs.
Karn Fenning, Miss Cornelia
Notz, Mrs. George Bowerman
and Mrs. Paul Heyl.
StrOngS in New York
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Corrin Strong
are at the Chatham in New
York.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
FASHIONS
F FANCIES

Cotton winds itself into the
mode with marked success. A
frock that will shine on summer
evenings is made of printed cot
ton net in a hazy red design on
a white ground. It has the
short puffed sleeves, the snug
hipline and the full skirt shat
are so all important this season.
Petals drop with careless
charm on the surface Of lovely
evening gown. The petals are
of cream chiffon and they are
appliqued onto a frock of match
in net. With the frock is worn
a cape that is almost entirely
made of the large petals hang
ing loose from a georgette back
ground. -.
Feathers are flying back into
favor again. but not, of courss
IN the large plumed variet'
popular years ago. A delightful
hat of panamalac introduces q
frame made of tiny pink and
black feather motifs that is
placed close to the face, and
folds the straw softly to one
side with a tiny pad of pinki'
feathers.
An important scoop will be
yours if you wear a hat OF. the
scoop bonnet type. A smart hat
of this kind is made of black
hair and has flat rose-beige silk
flowers posed on both sides of
the underbrim, to the back, of
course. Another cluster of flow
ers is placed at the left side Of
the crown.
Deception is welcome when
it comes in the form of a coat
so trimmed that it stimulates
a suit. Such a coat is Of black
wool cashmere, with a band of
galyak Strategically placed at
the hips. A separate scarf of
galyak is worn with the coat,
also a beret of black Milan
straw.
Caught in the fiShnet are
many charming whims of fash
ion. A frock of black silk fish
net cut on smartly becoming
lines has a high waiStline and
a bolero that hangs grace
fully from the decolletage. A
sparkling note is supplied by
shoulder straps Of strass and Q
large jewelled buckle.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

NEW YORK, July 11.-Here's
a question for you: Do your
rugs stay on the floor-stay in
their act? Or do they seem
to rise up and hit you smart
slap in the face every time you
come into the room?
We've been In some homes
where the entire family ought
to have been permanently black
and blue from the knocks their
rugs have given them.
But not so many of these
homes lately. Because folks are
tired of being rug-battered.
They're realizing now that fash
ionably behaved rugs are some.
times seen but never heard.
That the role of rugs in room
is a background one a
background for furniture and
the people who use it.
And rugs that make fashion
able backgrounds " and stay
on the floor ." do several
things. First, they fit the type
Of furniture they're used with.
Next, they blend their colors
with the colors Of the draperies
and upholstery fabrics. And,
third, they blend their colcrs
with each other =" in soft
harmonies-instead of making
sharp contrasts.
Types Of Rugs
That's why you find SO many
fashion-knowing homes using
plain colored rugs of broadloom
carpeting these days.
Why the fashion for orientals
and domestic orientals
with their all-over blended fig
ures is booming.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
By Wilma La Vile

Summer is essentially a sea-
son of sports, so it's natural that
it brings several perfect sports
types in the realm of clothes.
Chief among these smart gar
ments for active wear are the
knitted suits and frocks that
everyone is now wearing.
It's no wonder that the knitted
fabrics have gained such i'm
portance when we consider how
well suited they are to action.
They give for every movement,
yet if they are well constructed.
they go right back into their
shape Of casual SophiStication.
They may be warm or cool. ac-
cording to their weight, and
they are sturdy enough to en-
durc the hardest wear.
Most knitted suits are correct
for all active sports and for
many spectator events. We see
them on every golf course, on
board ship, in rumble seats, and
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

Why there is a revived in
terest in old hooked rugs. or
in carpeting that copies hooked
patterns.
And why fashion knowing
people like the modern type of
figured carpeting with its two
tones of one color that give
the effect of monotone.
Fit Type of Room
Plain colored rugs or broad
loom obviously go with any
type of room. But they don't
go obviously!
Oriental rugs make the best
background for Eighteenth cen
tury rooms or for the more
formal and elaborate pieces
of Colonial mahogany. And
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

Deauville at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Capt. Frank A. Fink has ar
rived from London, England,
and is a guest at the Wardman
Park Hotel.
Mrs. George T. Marye, who is
spending the season at New
port, r. l., was hostess at lunch
con today.
At Saranac Lake
Mrs. James Story, accompa-
MED by her daughter, Miss JAG.
quelin Story, is at Saranac Inn,
New York, for the summer.
Miss Nancy Newbold is the
guest of Mrs. Story and Miss
Story for a fortnight.
x X 4
Woman's Party Presentation
The young women's council
Of the National Woman's Party
is planning to present the fan
tasy, "Pierrot of the Minute"
by Ernest DowSon, in the gar
den of the headquarters at 144
B st. N. E., on Wednesday eve
ming, August 13. Mabel Van
Dyke, Angelina Carabelli, Fanny
Bunand-SevastoS, Nell Grayson
Carter, and Naomi Trotter, of
the council, have charge of the
arrangements.
Paul Alexander, Catherine w.
Palmer and Jennet Cover, of
the Pierce Hall Players, have
been cast for the parts in the
play, with Ina L. Halves as di-
rector. Mr.. Alexander is well
known to Community Drama
Guild patrons and recently
played in their presentation of
The Tempest" at the Sylvan
Theater. Miss Palmer played
last year in CHRISTOPHER Nor.
ley's revival of "The Black
Crook" in Hoboken. Miss Cover
was formerly a student of the
Marjorie Webster School of Ex-
preston.
In addition to the play there
will be supplemental music and
rhythmic dancing.
4 Il
Sail on lie de France
Senator and Mrs. Bronson
Cutting will sail from New York
today on board the lie de France
for Q holiday abroad.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

of rugs. In the center a favor
ite Oriental pattern. At the
lower left, an all-over hooked
pattern. And at the lower right,
one of the types of modern fig
ured carpeting.
And they'll all stay down on
your floor - fashionably - if
they're used with the right types
of furniture!
Tomorrow: Amos Parrish
writes on. the more formal types
Of beach costumes.
Modern TwO-TOne
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

orientals were used in both
those periods by our fashion
knowing forefatherS.
Hooked rugs or carpeting be-
long, of course, with the SIM
pie Colonial and Provincial types
Of furniture. While the all-over
figured carpeting-becauSe Of its
informal feeling-is best in
formal rooms. Elaborate Eigh-
teenth century types, for ex-
ample-or modern rooms.
When they use figured uphol-
stery and drapery fabrics, most
people prefer plain carpeting or
small figured rugs on their
floors. Because these tone in
best with the figures of the fab
RIGS.
Blend With Woods
You'll find that rose tones
blend well with mahogany and
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Miss LOUnlGn VIII
Wed Son of Former
Agriculture Chief

The engagement is announced
Of Miss Katherine Lowman,
daughter of the Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Seymour Lowman, to William
N. Jardine, son Of the former
Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. William M. Jardine.
No date has been announced
for the wedding but it is under
stood that it will take place
in the early fall.
Miss Lowman was q member
Of the debutante group this
year. She Is 81 years of age.
Mr.. Jardine, who is % years
of age, is general manager of
the National Radio Service
Bureau.
At Ambassador
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe are at the Ambassador,
New York, for a brief stay.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
What's in Fashion?
RuQs That 'tStuY on the Floor"
Directed by AMOS PARRISH

walnut furniture. So does rose
taupe-which incidentally is one
Of the bestliked colors in plain
fabrics-and so does green.
With maple furniture, try the
wood ones-the green's, rust and
copper. And with maple, figured
rugs can usually be effectively
used, because most maple furni-
ture is plain and simple.
We've had sketched for you
three very much-in-faShion types
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Here for Visit

Charles H. Sabin, jr., Of
New York, is in Washington
for a few days, staying at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. Sabin is head of the Cru
Sad6rS, the mems organization
for national prohibition reform.
His mother, Mrs. Charles H.
Sabin, is national chairman of
the Woman'S Organization for
National Prohibition Reform.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Sail on lie de France

Senator and Mrs. Bronson
Cutting will sail from New York
today on board the He de France
for Q holiday abroad. .
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Sailing for Rio

The American Legion of the
Munson Line will sail today for
Bermuda, Rio de Janeiro and
BuenoS Aires. Among the pas
SengerS are Leo b. Hogan,
American vice consul at Rio de
Janeiro; Graham H. Kemper,
American consul at Bermuda,
with Mrs. Kemper; DR.. Robert
M. Hopkins, Ralph r. Schneider,
connected with the United
States Department Of Com
merce, and Judge and Mrs. VIII
liam H. Atwell, Of Dallas, Tex.
Smyrna times., 1930-09-24
Many Plants That Lure
Insects to Their Death

There are a great many varieties
of insectivoroUs plants which grow
almost all over the world. The
first group of these plants is known
as the pitcher plants, which have
the blossoms in the form of a
pitcher which acts as a death trap
for flies and other insects. The
insects are attracted by fragrance
or some other lure, enter the mouth
of the pitcher, and crawl down
toward the bottom, being forced
onward by small spikes downward
pointing from the sides of the
pitchers throat. The poor fly is
thus given no chance to escape and
when he reaches the bottom he is
caught in the sticky mass of fluid
there and his body juices absorbed
by the plant. Two other types of
insectivorous plants are the Venus
fiytrap genus and the Dionaea
which grows only in the low coast
regions of North Carolina. This
little plant is probably the most
famous stem variety Of the insect
eating plants. A third type is a
Sundew Drosera, which is common
to Australia. This is also a large
genus containing a great variety
of species.