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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Rules for Home Maker

OF course, every homemaker knows Of
two or three items that should be added
to the list to make it fit her case.
Take the living room. Perhaps q
coffee table, now very much in vogue,
is the only addition needed to make an
ordinary room an unusual one.
Perhaps you may still have big
table, standing def1antly in the center
Of the room, spelling the whole effect
when you could move It out. rearrange
the other furniture and evolve q charm
ing ensemble without buying single
new pieceI It has been done.
Consider the bed room. Even II you
want a new bed or q new vanity and
can't afford one, that's no reason why
the room should be left "as Is" Get
new boudoir lamp, or tricky sewing
cabinet, or an inexpensive screen made
of wall paper, or small but interest
ing chest.
When the New Year resolutions are
compiled give your home, as well as
yourself, q fresh start In 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
One Should Seek to
Become Attractive
by Observing Tested
Rules-Fresh Air
Imparts HI e a t h
Alterations Are Al.
ways Detrimental.
BY CHARLOTTE c. WEST, M. d.

nG NnhAAOA - W WE'LL Wa Ds
There 10 one New Year resolution
which you should make. and. having
made, should keep. Resolve to be Just
as attractive a. you know how to be
during the coming year.
There are several rules which you
will have 10 observe In order to achieve
this purpose. First Of all, cultivate the
capacity for inhaling deeply, thus min
Cling fresh air with the fluids Of the
body and purifying the blood, upon
which the color and clearness OF your
tissues depend.
A bright, fresh color and clearness Of
the eyes and skin are the results mainly
of the action Of the afr In the lungs.
Nothing viii compensate you for the
absence Of q healthy color, or redeem
your skin II 1t is pimpled and blotched.
Secondly, avoid afectations. There
are many women who are never Tor a
single minute unconscious of them
selves. Every act, every motion, every
speech, "a for the sake Of effect.
II you are one of them, you are
never at ease, are never characterized
by that freedom Of motion, uncol1.
seriousness Of self, which an artist Will
tell you lies ct the foundation OF al
grace.
It Is equally important to be happy
while you acquire physical perfection.
To make every movement Of the body
pay, you must infuse the spirit OF Joy
into everything you do, whether it Is
work. play or cut-and-dried gymnastics.
In walking you may cultivate rhyth--
mic movements of the legs, arms and
trunk II you mentally hum o tune and
accent the body's movements TO the
tifae: thus, II you are hurnfning march
time, mark the beat With en- accented
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Estimating Luxuries

And so when you come TO consider
your own expenses you will see that you
are actually rather well off, even though
you have had TO count your pennies
carefully.
You might read volumes on the sub
ject of family budgets and you might
listen to dozens of lectures and attend
conferences on the subject, but all that
you need know in order to work out
your own budget for the coming year
may be set down in very brief form.
AS a matter of convenience all family
expenses should be divided into the
following heads:
/. Food, which includes ice, but does
not include fuel.
2. Shelter, which includes rent, or II
you own your own house, the interest
on your investment, interest on mort
gage, taxes and insurance on the house,
as we'll as Communication and car fare to
and from business.
8. Clothing, which includes repairs,
but does not include laundry expenses.
4. Operating expenses, which includes
money paid for household help, house
and cleaning supplies, insurance on fur
niture, heat, light, laundry and all fur
nishings and supplies that are neces-
sary to the maintenance Of health and
fair amount of comfort.
5. Savings, which should include life
insurance premiums, and If you are
buying a house on a building and-loan-
association plan, the amount Of your
regular payment that is applied to
principal.
6. Advancement This includes all
money that is spent for pleasure, recre-
alton, education, sociability and fur
nishings that are not strictly unitarian.
Usually doctors bills and dentists bills
are also included under this head.
Just what proportion of your income
you spend under these various groups
you yourself must decide, but for the
average family on a moderate income
at least for q guide: Food, IS per cent;
shelter, 20 per cent; clothing, is per
cent; operating, Is per cent while the
IS per cent remaining is divided be-
| tween development and savings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Make Budget for Dress

takes much pleasure In dressing well
may reasonably spend some Of the
money for dress that women who take
no special pleasure in dress would spend
for recreation or pleasure. Then, too,
the business woman whose success in
business depends to some extent on
dressing well may fairly consider at
least q small percentage OF her dress
expenses as q business expense, deduct
ing them from her net income before
apportioning her other expenses.
After you have estimated the amount
that you may fairly expect to spend
for dress during the next IL months,
the next thing on the program is to
figure out how this should be divided
among the various general types Of
apparel. That sort Of thing may seem
like a great waste of unexpectedly
If you have what the fashion reporters
politely call strictly limited dress
allowance But 1t really Is most help
full and may aid you enormously in
spending your money to good adj
vantage.
A good way to go about it is 10 rule
q piece Of writing paper into two
columns. At the top of one write
winter" and at the top of the other
write Summer" Then along the left
hand side of the paper list the five or
six general groups OF things you have
to buy-such as coats, suits, etc, hats
shoes, stockings. daytime dresses, eve
ming dresses, gloves and other aces
series, underclothes, jewelry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Gay Colors Are
On Way Back

Brighter colors are predicted for day
time clothes during January and Feb
ruary, not only at the resorts, but in
town and city where dull dark colors so
often prevail until the nearer approach
OF Spring.
Sometimes the touch of color appears
az third party to the black and white
combination, turquoise, tomato red and
various shades Of green being appro-
pirate for this purpose.
Colored felt hats may be chosen 70
wear with the various brown-beige- gray
range of Winter furS as an acceptable
way of Frightening the Winter land
scape. A turquoise felt hat is smart
with black and brown furs, while the
lighter furs of gray or beige cast are
more effectively worn with lighter, soft
er tones, such as the new orchid or
coral. Orange felt hats are effective
with brown furs and hats of distinct
tomato red have already frequently
been chosen to go with fur coats OF
various smart peltries.
No one would care to make definite
prediction that gray Is to be fashion,
able leader during the coming Spring,
but 1t has made its appearance here and
there in the fashion picture this Win
ter, carrying with 1t in spite of its un-
popularity within recent years an air
of urdoubted smartness.
OccaSionally-very occaSionally-one
sees an evening dress of pale gray that
in spite of its modest Quaker hue stands
out in striking contrast among dresses
of more vivid tones. Dark oxford gray
cloth is the chosen material for some Of
the smartest of the Palm Beach suits
and may run as not very close rival
with navy blue in popularity later on
Add to this the fact that gray gloves
have been sponsored recently by women
of undoubted smartness, and that gun
metal and other gray tones are running
close race with brown and beige for
stockings, and one has at least some
foundation on which to rest expecta-
tons of q revival of gray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Beauty's Best Resolve

step, keeping time by concentrating the
muscles Of the arms, then those Of the
legs.
Outdoor exercises allow freer and
broader scope, and here, too, singing,
shouting, laughter, ball playing and so
on give zest to the movements that ma
terially aid the development.
Dancing Is, of course, the most
marked example Of appeal made by
rhythmic movements. Every girl
should be made to dance. II you dance,
you will acquire grace which you will
never lose.
Even though you don't take it up seri-
ously, you will acquire an ease Of man
ner and department that viii equip you
for any future social function you may
enter. There are few other training
courses so beneficial to the develop
ment of the social graces.
Much has been said about guarding
against overweight, but IL Is just as i'm
portant to take safeguards against I'M
derweight. Magnetism resides in muscu-
lar tissue, amid persons with a highly
developed, beautifully founded Knuscu-
lar system are said to be the most low
able and magnetic.
The muscles constitute nearly one
half Of the body weight; so underweight,
muscular tissue, has o far more pro-
found effect than Is generally known.
Where there Is no muscle, there ID no
vitality.
For example, It Is through the
muscles that every effort of the will is
accomplished; It Is because Of them
that we possess our marvellous power Of
unlimited expression.
So resolve to make your body o At
habitation In which you can spend the
hundred per cent more interesting than
it was before. You will find O new 10y
In the ordinary things Of life, and In
merely living.
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
BEAUTY CHATS
ny EDNA KENT FORBES.
Face Strapping.

When you begin to analyze the signs
by which you tell whether q woman is
20, 80 or As 1t comes down to a ques-
ton of whether the contours of her face
are firm or not. When they are not
there Is droopy look to all the muscles;
the woman may look i'll, tired, nervous
or old. When muscles lose their firm
ness wrinkles result, and wrinkles are
very hard to smooth out.
But weak or tired muscles can be
strapped up with enormous benefit. And
you can learn how to do this yourself.
You may have to have a few facial
treatments from professional to watch
how it Is done, but If you can't afford
them I'm sure you can easily learn how
without.
Take on old sheet and rip It into rib
bonS about four inches wide. Begin
your treatment by washing the face with
soap and very warm water and by hold
ing an old towel or cloth wrung from
hot water over it for minute or two.
Then rub on massage cream (not
cleansing cream), give a quick rubbing,
just enough to work some OF the cream
down into the pores. Then take one OF
the long muslin strips and strap up the
face.
Start by holding an end of the strip
at the top of the head. Bring the strip
down under the chin and over the head.
The bandage should pass two or three
times under the chin and be fairly
tight. You can make the last turn
fairly well back on the head and bring
the strip around and over the forehead,
well down on the eyebrows, If you have
any tendency to frown.
Lie down and press upward and back
ward on the facial muscles, your hands,
of course, pressing against the band
age. This motion, however, pushes
those lax muscles back (they have been
dropping downward renember), then
the straps hold them back. And after
this you can either lie down for a while
or else get UP and 60 about other work.
The housewife has all the advantage
here-Sh0 can do houSeWork while she
takes O beauty treatment.
Annie T. ITO get over this tenn
porary nabbiness Of your facial mus
cles take an astringent treatment once
q week. An effective one Is done as fol-
lows: Cleanse the skin and then paint
it with mixture Of one part white OF
egg and six parts water. Go over face
and throat and lie down for a half hour
to relax and also give the aStringent 2
chance to tighten the skin. Wash on
thorouRhly and massage with q cream,
as the skin will be in need OF oil after
using this or any other astringent. Re-
move surplus cream and rinse In very
cold water or rub with ice. This home
treatment Is equal to most professional
ones, but it should not be given oftener
than once O week, because it would be
very drying to the skin. Make your
final rinse after bathing very cold every
day. This helps also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Card Boxes Help
Her Keep Track

suppose most Of US don't make New
Year resolutions. I am sure most Of us
don't keep them. But there are certain
very valuable decisions that we house.
wives must make once in while. We
must take stock Of ourselves, Of our
Jobs We must decide what we are
going to do to make our work easier or
more interesting. We must find ways
and means for getting things on bet
ter running schedule.
The most important part of any
home seeking woman's job is, of
course, the happiness and comfort of
her family. Many rather bad man
ayers, so far as finances 60, are delight
tul mothers, charming wives. But
where finances are limited 1t Is almost
necessary for the house-n1other to
manage well. so far as money goes. If
she Is to make her family happy and
contented. For undue worry about
money, the knowledge Of debt and
obligations unpaid, can do q lot to up
set even the best natured group IN the
world.
1t isn't only money, when you come
managed by the clever housewife. She
must pay not only the bills that her
family runs up at grocer's, butchers =,
bakers and dressn1aker's, not to men
ton telephone, ONCE, garage and
radio supply store. But she must pay
up the social debts they incur through
out the year. She must really give
party for party. If their social way is to
be free Of debts.
And some of the card index boxes
and note books and diaries and all
that sort of thing that you find so
alluringly displayed now In the shops
really help the mother and housewife
in keeping track Of all these family
obligations.
Some housewives have q real mania
for making lists. They make lists OF
their friends. their friends birthdays
and telephone numbers and house adj
dresses, and of the calls they have
mado and received.
There are certain lists that every
housewife would do well to keep, and
the best way to preserve these is or
the cards kept In small box that may
be kept conveniently on or within tho
desk. A list of workmen, dealers and
speciality shops is certainly worth keep.
ing and will save lot of needless brair
racking. Lists of household linens
blankets, ETC., with the dates and places
of purchases, are worth while II kept uI
to date, and very valuable for future
reference is list of menus for holiday
dinners and party refreshments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Smart Mode Calls for
Many Shoes, While
Longer Skirts Have
Not Made Feet Any
Less Conspicuous in
Fashion-Ideas De.
veloped f r P a | m
ch-Infuence of
New Suits.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

~ ENG well shod these days is
much more complicated bust
ness than it was generation
ago. when most women were
satisfied If they had a pair OF
''best" shoes, pair of every day shoes.
q pair of house shoes, evening slippers
and special shoes for any sort of out
door spor>G that they pursued.
The everyday shoes were usally the
best shoes after they had grown shabby,
the house shoes were quite likely to be
the evening slippers after they had
grown a bit shabby and run down. Now
we have shoes for every occasion and
shoes to go with various costumes in
our wardrobe, and we know that there
Is no possibility of looking well dressed
unless our shoes are well chosen.
y X
EVENING slippers are, of course, high
~ heeled. Any thought that longer
skirts would bring lower heels was SIM
ply a bad guess, though. of course, the
woman who wears lower heels as mat
ter of personal preference or principle
may console herself that with long
flowing skirt the effect is not bad.
You may wear sandals or pumps Tor
evening and both these styles may be
bought in dyeable materials such as silk
crepe, faille, MORE, satin or brocade.
some Of the most attractive Of these
are finished with gold or silver trim,
which il not affected by the dye when
the shoes are colored to match or tone
with your evening dress.
You know, of course. that practically
all shoe dealers are willing to have your
shoes dyed to suit at very reasonable
cost, so that specially colored evening
slippers are no longer . prohtbitive
luxury.
Some women prefer the perfectly
classic lines of the untrimmed pump or
sandal, but for those who like ornamen-
tation there are clasps and buckles and
bows that really do detract from the
apparent length Of a long foot.
X
A MONG new shoe fashions promised
"A for Palm Beach there are 4-eyelet
oxfords of white duck that may be dyed
or left white. With the navy blue suit
that is predicted for town wear there
are Colonial pumps Of beige calf, with
Q very small buckle at the middle OF
the front.
opera pumps for evening are made
dyed to match the dress, with the heel
and bow Of Q more vibrant tone to
match the jewels Of the dress. Thus an
evening dress Of pastel pink worn with
imitation ruby or garnets would be &C
companied by pastel pink slippers with
heels and bows Of the rich jewel tone OF
red.
Bridge slippers made like mules with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
What Do Eyes
Tell About Us?

Most of us have preconceived notions
on the subject Of eyes. Some of them
we may have gained from popular nc.
ton where there seems to be q definite
rule that the guileless young girl with
a pure mind and a trusting heart
should have sky blue eyes. They may
be soft brown like those of young
gazelle-but who ever heard Of q sweet
young thing like that having green eyes
or swapping black eyes?
Green eyes seem very generally to be-
long either to the scheming villaineSs
or the dangerous vamp. II they belong
to the heroine of the story you may
be sure that she is described as q
whimsical sort of creature, witty and
slightly erratic.
Coal black eyes sometimes belong to
the villainesS and sometimes TO the
vamp Of the story, though black-eyed
vamps are not so much in fashion now
as they were generation or Two ago.
Green eyes or dangerous brown eyes
seem to go better with the vamps Of
today.
"Blue-eyed men are generous, rather
inclined to be f1irtatious, and at times
fickle," says one writer on the subject
adding, though the deeper blue the
eyes are, the more stanch and true
the owner will be-" That seems to &C.
cord perfectly with popular feeling on
the subject. Did you ever read a novel
IN which the man with very deep blue
eyes was not loyal. kind and true?
Gray eyes and steely blue eyes have
long been associated with the intel
lectual type. And perhaps Il is true
that q large number of men and WON.
en- OF keen and brilliant intellects have
eyes OF this hue. Certainly you do moi
expect to ind melting brown eyes in
the head of woman who Is said to bC
"brainy." though, as a matter OF fact
woman dean Of a we'll known WON.
ans college, woman Of extremely in.
tellectual type, has brown eyes OF Q
very limpid sort, and one of the mos
dangerous little fiirts / know Of, whit
has an uncanny way of making every
man she meets fall In love with her
tlas. eyes'''ot o steely eray, colo; ap'
praising wise cast, that never seen
In have n aiif1k AZ o0niiatPv aknsak thAfA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Careful NJ a n a 6 e r
Should Be Able to
Find Out Just How
Much She Ought to
Spen d or S ave.
Making Schedule.

How much money did you spend for
your clothes In 1880?
The chances are that you cannot
give anything more than an approxt-
mate figure In answer to that question,
and there Is no advantage now in
estimating even that approximate flg-
ure, save for the help it will give you
in making your plans for your dress
expenditures during the year 70 come.
If you spent more than fair proper
ton Of your income on your clothes
and were still not satisfied with your
appearance then you will have to admit
that you didn't make your selections
as carefully as you might have done.
If you spent less than the amount that
budget makers consider suitable for in
dividuals having your income and were
nevertheless conscious Of being well
dressed, then you should pat yourself
on the back, and promise yourself this
year some Of the Injuries Of dress that
you have never had before.
Fifteen per cent of the total income
rs the amount that budget makers
usually allow for dress. conceding that
IN some cases 10 per cent or even 20
per cent Is justiflable. The woman who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Things That Should Be
Added to Equipment
to M a k e r DON s
More Attractive
Guest Quarters Re.
quire Attention in
Some Details.

It's the open season for New Year
resolutions-and In case your list Is
running bit short this year, have you
considered these:
hereby resolve:
/. To replace that rickety chair in
the corner of the living room with a
new comfortable one that will har-
monte with the rest Of the furnishings.
2. To add a lamp to the hallway
that's always too dark.
8. To repair the footstool that went
out of commission when Junior jumped
up and down on 1t.
4. To make my guest room really
hospitable place, not a final resting
spot for "hand-me-downs" discarded
from every other part of the house.
S. To remember that spend most of
my time in my home and, since furni-
ture in general is now at the lowest
price levels in more than 10 years, this
is good time to furnish it the way I've
always wanted it furnished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Hair Wisdom.

Brushing the hair thoroughly and
giving it plenty of air are two very
good ways of keeping it in good condi-
ton And as warmer weather comes
around, remember this theory Of giving
the hair air. Let it hang loosely about
the shoulders while you sit in an open
window whenever you can. When you
wash it, dry it in the open air. Give
it a sun bath from time to time. You
will find this treatment Of utmost
benefit 70 the hair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Sausages on Toast.

For each large slice of well buttered
toast mix two tablespoonfuls Of butter,
a pinch Of cayenne pepper or one
fourth teaspoonful of paprtka, one
teaspoonful of dry mustard and one
teaspoonful of tomato catsup. Spread
over the toast, lay. on top two links
of hot, broiled sausage and serve hot
on . hot plate for supper or breakfast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

Command of the new Canadian Pa
cific liner, Empress of Britain, is to be
given to Capt r. c. Latta, until re-
Gently in command Of the Empress Of
Australia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

The Minneapolis Trafic Court, In
stead of fininH reckless motor drivers,
sends them to . trafic school, where
they are given q rigid course In the
dangers, rights and courtesies a the
open road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

Above, al left. suede and hid com.
bined in brotUn shoes and handbag
to weGr Nth bro,on trock and coat.
Center, black kid shoes and handbag,
trimmed tOith bands Of contrasting col
or. Right, muf and collar Of brosOn
leather, tOorn iUith tsOeed coat. The
small hat matches the collar and muf,
and the tchoLe ensemble is an excellent
one for rainy or snowy ,OeGther.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

heel straps fill q real need in the pres
ent dress program, providing as they do
q comfortable, smart sort Of footsear
TO go with the pajama costumes that
many women have adopted for all but
the more formal indoor wear in their
own homes.
(Copyrieht 1901