Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
NOTE, Rio de, JaneFio. The
vehicle inspection recently de-
creed by the municipal author
/ tiles amounts almost to tyr

Mute, ITO ues JaneFlO.-1ne
~ vehicle inspection recently de-
IA creed by the municipal author
4 \ tiles amounts almost to tyr
amy. According to the new
ordinance, no self-propelled conveyance.
either passenger or freight, can operate
within the city unless 1t displays the
certificate of inspection showing that
the car or truck has been examined by
the oficial inspectors and pronounced
in perfect condition for control and OPP
Grafton. This has resulted in a stand
ardi2ation of adjustment which has
proved unsatisfactory and inconvenient
sponsiveness and fiexibility in their
machines. Under the present order
brakes, lights, carburetor and manifold
adjustment, as we'll as the condition of
the tires, glass, accessories and motor,
must conform to the ideas of the traf-
fic department, thus imposing upon the
car owner or driver many inJunctions
in addition to the usual prohibitions as
to velocity and parking. Driving with
out the inspection placard is considered
a serious infraction of the law, so all
the motorists are fiocking to the in
spection stations, and thence to the
garages, in consequence. If this in
spection is to be made permanent fea-
ture of the trafic regulations, more
agents must be put to work to- care for
the demands upon them.
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Extreme in Either
Length Of Skirts Faulty.
lie Matin, Paris.-Englishme in gen.
eral appear to be very well pleased at
the discontinue of the English ladies
who. surprised by the deluge OF rain
upon one OF the days of the Ascot races,
were obliged to drag their long trains
through the mud of the course.
One would suppose, on hearing the
iubilationS of the masculine coterie, that
long dresses were a recent invention OF
the feminine toilette, instead of the
Identical costume the vanishing OF
which they accompanied with so many
laments a few years ago. Before that,
age succeeded age without single short
skirt being seen anywhere.
What proves, then, this mischance?
Two things: First, that the extreme in
either trend Is faulty and that there is
a happy mean in skirt length between
the audacious garment that reaches only
to the knee and the superfluous and
embarrassing robe of a length i'm
measurable; second, that if the vogue
of today Is return to the styles OF old,
femininity will soon find way for their
furbelows and f1nery to defy the tenn
pest even as the prototypes of their
1880 gowns defied the universal flood
when worn upon the Ark.
X
Stock Market Crash
Makes American Girl Sad.
Daily Mail, London. when the stock
market declines and business fails to
prosper, the American girl, fearing dis
heveled locks, Is sad
She who never scorns the art that
aids a natural beauty is at her wits
end how to pay the high prices that
beauty shops demand.
In the old careless days before last
November, when wages were high and
living was easy, the American woman
would pay as much as pound and four
shillings q week in the beauty parlor
so that her haiE should be well groomed,
her skin clear and smooth, her finger
nails rosy.
Today few women earning their own
living would spend as much as one
pound four week on their appearance.
Yet the habit once formed, cannot be
abandoned, and for some months won-
en- of moderate means have been signing
for an improbable appearance at re-
duced rates"
Personal appearance seems yet to be
such an important factor in the reten-
ton Of employment that far more fem
ininity than we perhaps suspect are liv-
ing on one scanty meal day in order
to have money for an establishment
more easily procured through sensible.
and regular diet.
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Feminine Beauty
Shoufd Exist Only for Home.
Fl TEMPO. Bogota we are not
much In favor of these beauty contests
which have had such voslle in recent
years. In our opinion beautyS-that is,
feminine beauty should exisf only IN.