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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
They Make Over Old
Rooms, May Be Pro-
duced at Small Cost,
and Are Put Up
With Very Little
Confusion in Home.
BY BETSY cALLIsTER.

INTERIOR decorators will tell you that
the most important things to con-
slider in identifying a house are walls,
floors and floor coverings, and curtains.
Possibly floors and floor coverings and
walls come first, but the task of having
walls repapered or reprinted involves
considerable expense and confusion. We
cannot have these things changed every
year. And floors usually have to re-
main the same for several years. Rugs,
too, cannot be cast aside merely be-
cause We crave a little change in our
surroundings.
New curtains of a satisfactory sort
may be made at small expense and put
up with very Little confusion. II you
feel that you want to give a different
aspect to your living room and cannot
afford new wall covering, new rugs or
new furniture, then you should give
serious thought to the possibilities Of
new curtains. The old curtains need
not be discarded. They may be washed
or cleaned and put side to use as sub
stitutes for the new ones, or you may
promote the living room curtains to one
of the bed rooms where those now in
use need changing.
Curtains not only modify the appear
ance of the windows but by their effect
on the light that comes into the room
have much to do in determining the
general aspect of the room In Sum-
mer curtains Of green or a soft blue
make the room seem cooler, while in
the darker months curtains of cream
yellow or even orange make the room
seem warmer and SUMMER. Remarkable
things may be done simply by dyeing
old curtains.
Curtains may be considered according
to the purposes they serve: that is, we
have curtains which are needed prima-
rily to shield the room from the gaze of
those without, curtains that are needed
to hide an unattractive view, and those
that are needed merely to give frame
to the window.
In the city house or apartment 1t is
often most important to have curtains
of the shielding sort. Sometimes, as is
the case with rooms directly on the
street. 1t is necessary TO have curtains
of a really substantial sort in order to
obtain the necessary privacy. Then,
in order that they shall not shut out
the light, we arrange curtains Of shirred
net or silk that extend over the lower
pane, leaving the upper pane uncov-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Once Frowned Upon,
Have Become Daily
Breakfast Custom in
Many Fine Homes.
Made Possible by
New Kitchen Cab
inets- Saving Labor.

THE practice Of eating in the kitchen,
once frowned upon by the best
people, threatens to crash into the
approved" columns of the etiquette
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

THERE'S bull market on twins in
the American home these days
Not so far as children are concerned
for presumably the ratio of twins dis
tributed about the land remains approx
imately the same from year to year
but in furniture. Smart living rooms in
an increasing number of homes are bios
soming out with furnishings in pairs.
Home makers everywhere, it appears
are giving Salespeople the shocks OF
their lives. After selecting a table or a
lamp or bookcase or even a daven-
port, milady nonchalantly adds: THAT
will do nicely. I'll take two
There are almost endless decorative
possibilities In this fashion. One of the
most popular tricks is to flank a desk
with an identical pair of pier book
cases. Then frequently twin knick-
knacks are placed on top of the book
cases. Nobody has yet suggested that
books be purchased in pairs, one for
each bookcase, but that's about the only
opportunity for duplication that has
been overlooked.
Two identical end tables are placed
at each end OF sofa, and then twin
lamps are obtained, one for each table.
The result is surprisingly pleaSing-un-
less you have prejudice against SYM
metry.
Davenports are rather bulky articles
to be used in duplicate, but there's a
way around this obstacle.
Love seats, which are extremely fash
ionable at present, anyhow, are pur-
chased-and twins again. They can be
utilized effectively in number of ways,
one of the best being before a fireplace.
The twins are placed facing each other
at right angles to the fireplace, and
there you are.
Speaking of fireplaces, there's the
mantel to be considered 1t has two
ends, so there is another possibility for
twin objects of art-vases, pottery, or
whatever it may be you prefer
Pictures are being used in duplicate
not the same picture, of course, but the
same type of frame in design and size
Duplicate mirrors, it has been pointed
out, can be made to give a room an APP
pearance of greater size, If they are
placed properly. This 10 q trick that
requires experimenting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
New Curtains Effective

cred so that light may come in the
room. Sometimes we have slide Grapes
and a short valance over the window,
the lower pane of which has been COW
cred in this way.
We should not overlook the fact that
some members of the family-the old
folk and shut-ins-may find actual
pleasure in looking out the windows that
overlook the street. Younger persons
are inclined to ridicule such a posi-
bility. Sash curtains should, they think
cover the sash, being made from a
single piece of scrim or netting. And
so grandmother may have to sit by the
window peering out through the mist
of a curtain that cannot be drawn aside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Kitchen Meals in Style

books-at least so far as breakfast /,
concerned. It's already a daily custom
in a good many thousands of fine Amer
lean homes.
But eating in the kitchen nowadays
doesn't involve any let-down in table
manners or in the beauty or correctness
of the surroundings. Modern archi-
lecture and modern furniture have made
ample provision fo- hurry-up break
fast that has all the dignity of a meal
served in the dining room, without the
extra work and time required to move
the coffee and toast and eggs from one
room to another.
OF course, the breakfast nook, opening
off the kitchen, with its special table
and benches or chairs, provides an ideal
setting for the morning meal. The
move toward brighter colors has reached
its apex here. The furniture may
match or harmonic with the window
curtains and floor covering and the
breakfast nook often rivals the dining
room in attractiveness and far sur
passes 1t in informal cheerfulness.
The lack of a breakfast nook doesn't
mean that breakfast must be served
in the dining room. The newer kitchen
cabinets have solved the problem by
providing another pleasant and handy
spot for the first meal of the day.
In addition to the usual porcelain top
that slides outward and provides a work
table for the housewife, these cabinets
have a lower dinette table of wood
attractively finished When the work
table is pushed in and the dinette pulled
out, there's a place where breakfast
may be served with speed and dispatch.
The table is just the right height, not
too high, as was the porcelain top when
it was sometimes used for this purpose.
The electric plugs, part of the equip
ment of most cabinets, are handy to
provide the current for the electric
percolator and toaster If these are used.
If the gas stove does the work, it isn't
far away. Most of the ingredients that
go to make up the meal are right on
the spot-in the cabinet--and the rest
are few steps away in the refrigerator.
It's the last word in efficiency, at a
time when the minutes have to be
counted in most homes.
In the larger models the sliding table
is large enough to provide space on
which to serve breakfast to four per-
sons. The smaller cabinets are de-
signed to accommodate three-the hus-
band and wife and junior in his high
chair
Inc one lUen1-proVlulng place Tor
breakfast--would not warrant the addi-
ton OF kitchen cabinet to the furnish
tngs of home, but it's an additional
point that the efficient housewife should
consider. The principal function of the
cabinet, of course, is to simplify the
problem of preparing meals by con-
centrating in compact form and in one
place all of the paraphernalia that
cooking requires.
Some one with a fair for statistics
figured out, by actual test, that the use
OF the kitchen cabinet can eliminate an
average of 1892 of the 2,113 steps
ordinarily taken during the preparation
of three simple meals. Those extra
steps, whether or not the 1892 figure
is too low or too high, mean a great
deal to the modern homemaker, who
has no intention of being cooped up all
day in the kitchen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
All Kinds of Fabric
Make New Curtains

Nowadays almost any sort Of mate
rial is considered proper for curtains
and others proper just for dress goods"
The decorators have gone about using
wolfe and Bingham and taffeta, and the
dressmakers use upholstery trimming.
Taffeta curtains always sound rather
impractical and, of course, it must be
admitted that taffeta cracks. Never
theless, taffeta curtains are extremely
attractive in certain rooms. There is q
crispness and dignity about them with
out undue stiffness and formality that
make them just the right thing some
times. In sunny room where real
softening of the light is desired taffeta
curtains directly over the glass, so ar
ranged that they may be drawn back
and forth, are a good choice. One
woman chose taffeta curtains in leaf
green in room with gray walls, with
sunshine in every window. The effect
was most successful.
You can use raw silk or one Of the
other soft silks for these over-the-glasS
curtains, too. And these softer silks are
less likely to crack and wear than the
taffeta. And then, of course, there are
the figured silks, but these are more
suitable for side drapery, for use In
addition to net or Scrim hung over the
glass.
Inere are striking new net curtains
this year-a heavy, square meshed net
in color. sometimes black, sometimes
ecru, sometimes red, sometimes brown.
This net shows pattern darned in with
colored woods. Sometimes it is a trellis
with climbing vines Sometimes it is a
stiff floral design. The curtain is fin-
iShed with long, heavy fringe across the
bottom. These curtains are very eff
fective in the small living room that Is
otherwise rather simply furnished.
Plain easement cloth curtains some
times are a good choice. They should
be so hung that they can be drawn COM
pletely across the window, and then
they give as much protection as a win
dow shade. They may very well be
made in two sections, so that top and
bottom may be drawn separately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Vitality and r e fl n e.
ment Likely to Be In
Dictated When They
Are in Best Condi-
tion-Brittle Quality
Must Be Remedied
by Treatment.
BY CHARLOTTE c. WEST, MD.

BY CHARLOTTE G. WEST, MD.
Fewer mistakes in education and oc-
cupational training would be made to-
day were the shape of the nails under
stood and allowed to serve as one of
the indices of character Healthy, beau
tifully-kept nails bespeak vitality and
refinement; broken, colorleSs nails be-
speak the worn, nervous, anemic tenn
permanent.
Nails that are noticeably fiat point
to congental weakness Of the nutritive
system while those that are highly
arched show good assimilative powers.
Very thin nails that bend over denote
feebleness OF the lungs or organs of di-
geStion or of both.
Because they are very common. it
may be well to enter more fully into
the cases of brittle nails Systematic
depletion, markedly rundown system
and blood impoverishment are the
fundamental causes of nails that are
always dry, ridged, or that display white
spots and dashes on their surface In
all such cases it is necessary to build
up the constitution, as the nails are
great indicators of health conditions.
Hardness and dryness OF the skin cause
hangnails.
1t must be plain to every one that
when the nail is dull or brittle, when it
splits and breaks constantly, it has
been robbed of its natural oil. There
fore, this must be supplied, for it is
oil that feeds the roots and polishes the
nail
The substitute for natural oil is a 10
minute bath in warm olive oil or all
mond oil. Inasmuch as the nail grows
from the root and gets its nourishment
from the matrix, or nail bed, the oil
cannot penetrate if the skin has been
allowed to grow up and cover the nail
This thickened, overgrown skin must
hrst be soaked in a bath of warm
We ter that hos been softened with toilet
ammonia and liquid soap Then with
an orange stick 1t must be lifted away
gently and pressed back 1t is never
necessary to cut away the cuticle from
the base of well cared for nails, but in
such conditions as are now being con-
sidered this must be done. A tiny
pledget of absorbent cotton may be
dipped in the warm oil and run around
the base, as well as along the side of
and under the nail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Nails Are Beauty Factors

The fact to be borne IN mind is that
the nails must be nourished from be
low When the roots are strengthened
with oils every day, there is less likeli-
hood of their becoming or remaining
dry and brittle.
A good paste for brittle nails consists
of equal parts Of pitch and myrrh. or
turpentine and myrrh, melted together
and spread on the nails at night. Re-
move in the morning with warm oil.
When the nails are very soft, tender
and delicate, this paste will strengthen
the structure: Oil of mastic, IS grams;
common salt, 2 grams; powdered colo
grams; white wax, grams.
Melt the oil of mastic and the white
VIZ together, then add the other in
gradients. Stir until cool. Apply to the
nails at night.
(Copyright, 1ss0)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

indeed youthful, but not in the sense
that they are becoming only to young
women.
In order to secure the closely nodded
line of the crown many of the velvet
hats are draped but there is a tendency
to make use of small darts and tucks
instead of drapery. The material be-
meath the darts or tucks is cut away so
that the hat conforms to the shape Of
the head with the least possible
bulkiness.
THE trimming on the new hats fol-
lows the lines Of the silhouette of
the hat, so that while it adds indi-
viduality it is always subservient to
the line of the hat Sometimes the
trimming consists of piping of con-
trasting color Small feather orna-
ments are important and small bows
of ribbon are cleverly used. Agnes has
set the fashion for the use of small
quilts and these, too, are arranged to
accent the structural line of the hat.
At least until cold weather makes
fur collars necessary hats with brims
will be worn considerably, but the bon
net type of hat is bound to play an
important role in Autumn and Winter
fashions. Suzanne Talbot is making
charming Puritan bonnets for formal
wear ana PatOu mas done interesting
things with Juliet caps that are worn
far enough back on the head to show
the hair over the brow
Some of the most interesting of the
new velvet turbans are made with the
velvet arranged in a ruff1e across the
nape of the neck and fine shocking
appears on some of these. Tricornes
and bicornes and sailor tams are
shapes that we shall hear much about.
X X
FUR has appeared as trimming and
will unquestionably be used ex-
tensively as the Autumn advances.
Only the very supplest of furs are
used, galyak being the usual choice.
Perhaps the most notable thing to
remember in summing up the hat
situation for Autumn is that the back
Of the hat is most important. Just as
the nlilliners have pulled the hats
farther back on the head so, it would
seem, they have drawn the point of
focus for the hat further back also.
There are turbans with ruff1es across
the back of the neck and sometimes
there is soft extension of the hat at
the back producing a diagonal line so
that this extension touches the
shoulder at one side, leaving the other
side exposed
Copyright. 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

OF course, there is a limit to this
scheme of interior decoration. Two
large pieces of furniture, just alike, in
small room, would not be in good
taste, and are TO be avoided.
Some home makers who think that
exact duplication gives an uninteresting
impression of SaEfieness have altered the
idea by using twins" that harmonic
and are obviously closely related with
out being exact copies. This preserves
the essential twin idea without running
into the danger of monotony.
The twin" style may be new to the
living room, but it's not new to the
American home. In this respect the
bed room has blazed the way, for twin
beds have been popular quite a while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Lower Waistline.

While Malyneux, Poiret and others
show strong interest in the slightly
raised waistline, several important
French dressmakers have stressed the
slightly lower than normal placing of
the belt or girdle. AuguStabernard
places belts at the hips for both day
and evening dresses and Lsnvin, who
has drawn from Russian and Cassock
sources for many of her smartest dresses
and coats, also shows the lower than
normal plackig of the belt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
BY MARY MARSHALL.

w YE had grave doubts on the
subject of the becomingness
wv of the new hats. When we
first knew definitely that the
hats shown by the French
milliners for Autumn were designed to
be worn even further back on the head
than ever and that they were to be
just as closely fitted to the head, most
of us began to wonder whether we
would find them becoming. OF course
we knew they would be smart. but we
feared that they would be trying
Now that we have seen these new
hats, tried them on and studied their
possibilities we do not hesitate to say
that they are generally far more fiatter-
ing and becoming than any hats that
have been seen for many seasons. To
be sure they are worn far back on the
head, but instead of resting severely
on perfectly bare forehead fashions
latest injunction is to show ones hair
in a softening line between the hat and
the forehead as well as at the side. And
this really does make a world of diff
ference. A difference in more ways
than one. It n axes the hats far more
becoming and il makes the question of
hair arrangement considerably more
important than it has been during the
era when hair was vigorously pushed
back from the forehead when the hat
was donned.
HATS still follow the outlines OF the
\ a head quite closely, but even with
the turbans and other small hats there
is often an effect of breadth at the
back that is very flattering. And for
Autumn, at least there are many hats
with brims. The new cloches are made
with the brim considerably wider at
the right side than the left and the
front brim of these new cloches is quite
narrow, springing from the crown that
is shallow in the front The result is
that the front brim projects outward
not downward-leaving the eyes Of the
Weafer unshaded. These new hats are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
France Uses Plaid.

French dressmakers do not long over
look the possibilities of plaid. For the
present season Jane Regny is using reg
ulation plaids or tartons of the Scotch
clans From the more subdued of these
she makes suits. In other instances the
plaid is used for the lining of plain
toned cloth suits, for small trimming
details or for wooden scarfs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Cream Lace.

Deep-toned lace has been chosen for
trimming lingerie for several years, 51t
now has come the reaction, and the
newest slips and nightgowns are made
with lace Of a light cream tone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Furniture Twins Arrive

Pairs Found in In
creasing ~ u m b e r
Among Articles of
Equipment-P "a C !.
tice E xt e n d S to
Nearly Everything
Except BookS-End.
less Possibilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

Question of Arrange.
ment Becomes More
Important With New
Styles-Small Darts
and Tucks Used In.
stead of Drapery-
Bonnet Type is Des.
tined to Have I'm.
portant p la c e in
Coming Months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
INDIANA CENTRAL
PROGRAM OPENED

The social program of Indiana
Central college was opened for
mally at Friday night with the
Mixer given in the college gymna-
SUM. Miss Nora Prohst and Glen
Ramsey were in charge Of general
arrangements.
Miss Beatrice Young. president Of
Y w. c. A, and Delmer Huppert.
president Of Y. M. c. A., announce
that plans are being made to COM
plete the social calendar for the first
part of the semester.
The Mixer is to be followed by the
annual tug-of-war at Lick creek.
Friday. The associations will Spon-
sor two parties. Sept. %. one given
by the upper class gir4s for the first
year men and the other to be given
by the upper class men for the first
year girls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
Nutrition Work
to Be Explained
at P. 7. Session

Mrs Julia jameson. secretary OF
the nutrition camp committee, and
Miss Flora Alice butcher, educa-
tional secretary of the Marion
County tuberculosis Association,
will give talks, illustrated with pic
lures on Nutrition Work" Wednes-
day night at at Crooked Creek
school auditorium at a meeting Of
the Teacher Association.
This is the first P. T. A. meeting
OF the year and everyone is urged to
take advantage of this educational
program on health and welcome the
principal and teachers as they start
their new work.
Hostesses will be Mrs. D. V. Luz
cas-, Mrs Louis J. Culmann. Mrs.
Charles Alfred HUI and Mrs. T. ID.
Broucher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
Mildred Rounds
Honor Guest at
Linen ShOz0er

Miss Mildred Rounds, whose mar
riage to Cornight Stephenson will
take place soon, was honor guest at
a linen shower and bridge party
Thursday night at the home of Mrs.
Lyman H. Rhoades, 667 East
Twenty first street.
The tables were decorated with
bowls of flowers. The hostess was
assisted by her mother, Mrs. Jennie
B. Ivey. Gifts we're presented to
the bride-elect in large box deco
rated with pink and white, the
bridaF colors, by Helen Louise and
Elizabeth Ann Loehr and Charles
Porter Jr., who gave mock we'd
ding.
Guests were Mesdames Richard
Gahr, Paul E. Stubs, Charles Reid,
Charles r. Porter, N. T. Mclaughlin,
Aubrey Watson, Mabel Prettyman,
Misses Lois Withrow, "Thelma Wat
son, Margaret Rogers and Jewell
Barlow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
CLUB WILL OBSERVE
PRESIDENTS DAY

Woman's Advance Club will OBJ
serve Presidents day Friday with a
luncheon at the Meridian Hills
County Club. Ms. Elk. Earring, in
coming president, will preside. Mrs.
J. A. Hood is outgoing president.
The program will include remin-
iscences of the summer vacation.
The committee in charge of the
luncheon is composed of Mrs. A. A.
Thomas. Mrs. Clarence Cook and
Mrs. Roy Price.