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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Buckles, Buttons

Buckles arr naturally prominent
In a season when belts arc SO
much used.
Sometimes the buckles are Of
metal. And then, oftel. the dress
is trimmed with metal buttons
for buttons, too, are prominent.
And they are useful buttons, very
often, not just ornamental but
tons.
Sometimes the buckles are OF
wood, and then wooden buttons.
too, are used. For wood is used
as much as its obvious limita-
tons will allow for dress. It's
grain and color are so attractive
that the dressmakers appreciate
them, and polish them and cherish
them to enhance the leauty of
their clothes.
Handbags with wooden mount
ings are made. too, and one may
well be chosen to carry with a
dress or suit trimmed with
wooden buttons or buckles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Round Necklines

The newest neckline Ia a rather
high rounded line. without a col
lar.
That doesn't mean that il is the
smartest neckline- IL is smart,
but SO are many others. Square.
collarless lines IN smart and all
sorts OF collared lines are smart
too.
This new round line il best. left
to women who either r young
or else who look young. II is
trying in the extreme to the usual
middle-aged face. And the square
line, the still prevalent Wine. and
the many softly collared necks
are all becoming to the older
woman.
Fortunately this Is a season
when she-the woman no longer
really young-can find all sorts
Of attractive clothes TO wear. Be
coming clothes. with sufficient
dignity to be most suitable to the
older woman.
So she is foolish to adopt the
distinctively youthful details Of
dress and thereby run the risk
of looking ridiculous.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19

with flattering cuffs midway be-
tween shoulder and elbow.
A turquoise velvet hostess gown
in wrap-around style held at the
side OF the waist " I a double
rhinestone buckle with cape
sleeves deeply edged with alencon
lace.
A black transparent velvet din
ner negligee with a wrap around
closing tied with string Of velvet
with long fiaring sleevec fairly
close between elbow and shout
der and slashed at he front up
to the elbow so as to show the
white satin lining of the wide
lower part.
A wrap-around dinner negligee
with peach colored velvet form
ing the upper part OF the sleeves
and extending nearly to the knees
than a deep founce OF lace far
ing to the ankles and forming the
flaring lower sleeves.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Autumn Blouses
In Vivid Variety

Some OF the new bIoCses show
hand drawnwork and hemstitch-
ing as part Of their makeup. Wide,
full revers. that fall in most be-
coming soft lines. are edged with
hemstitching. with bits OF drawn
work at the corners.
Many OF the new blouses are
shaped with tucks over the shoul-
ders to give the smooth nc needed
there, and yet allow for a little
f~ullness above the waistline.
where II almost always appears In
this years models.
Jacket blouses, s~o-called. are
one OF the smart modes, especially
among girls at boarding school
and college. These are tailored
blouses. OF angora. Jersey and
other thin wool fabrics. and are
worn with separate skirts. with
out coats, in the milder autumn
weather. Doubtless later on they
will take their place under win
ter coats, a good colf-weather
fashion.
They are made usually with
rather severe, collarIess necklines,
but sometimes a soft scarf. at
tached at the back. is looped ascot
fashion at the front to give soft
ness and . bit OF contrasting
color.
Most OF these blouses are
belted. and only occasionally are
they tucked into the skirt. Some
OF them have pockets on the
peplum section.
These jacket blouses. OF course.
button down the front, jacket
wise. instead OF slipping on over
the head.
Many smart blouses OF a more
formal nature are made on this
model-sometimes even Of chiffon
or or velvet. They make use OF
the decorative mode for buttons.
and make II possible. too, TO put
on an intricately made blouse
with less difficulty than when IL
is pulled over the head.
A blouse with tight cuffs and
long ones and with an ornate col
lar Is often dlaicult to pull on
quickly and deftly over the head.
especially when the waist is fitted
in and rather tight The jacket
closing makes the adjusting of
such blouses an easy matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Fur Sets

You can buy fur collar and cuff
sets. ready TO put on an old coat
or a new coat. These sets sim
plify the job OF making a coat az
home
Another way 20 simplify such
a job il TO pay "a good tailor Cd
press the nc coat made nc home
He does II in expert fashion. and
his charge II more than justified
by the good results OF a well
pressed coat
liz you can buy an autumn coat
marked down you may find A.
worth while TO use IL for your
winter coat-to have ii interlined
by a tailor with heavy interlininE
of wool. n needn' be thick 10
be warm. if IL is or wool.
This interlining and tho tafloTa
charge for putting 10 i'm stiIl won't
bring the price Of the coat ND to
that OF a winter coat of equally
good quality.
Tailors, too. should be called on
to make buttonholes on coats
made az home. Their work is
usually infinitely better for this
sort OF thing than the home
] sewers work
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Color And
Materials
Are Lavish
Transparent Velvet N
Black Is Chosen And
Brown Velvet Is Com
bined With Cream
Lace.

VOU have a very wide
H. range of colors from
which TO choose when you
plan your negligces. Black
transparent or chiffon velvet
is a favorite. Brown Is often
chosen, sometimes combined
with cream lace and some
times with velvet in copper
color, gold or chartreuse.
Rich colors are frequently
chosen such as fuchsia- sapphire.
tiger lily, lobster red. geranium.
emerald green. Pastels may be
preferred but usually appear I'm
combination with a rich brighter
color, because after all there In
no type OF costume who're one
may indulge IN bright or exotic
color 70 well as tn the hostess
costume. You can be my individual
as you like about II, but as ~ I'm
something that You will wear for
the most part In your own home
You will be wise to consider the
color scheme OF your living rooms
In choosing the color or this in
innate costume.
There lis a lavish use OF material
I'm most Of the smart negliEees-
Skirts or wide pajama trousers
are always long. reaching the In
step IN not actually Cor length.
The silhouette n usually re-
strained from he waist I below
the hips fiaring gracefully out 90
a wide hemline.
And waistlines are invariably
slender with a slenderness accen-
tuated by fullness through the
shoulders. lines tho
slender waistline In a little higher
than normal giving a decided en-
pire silhouette TO the negligec-
Velvet seems TO be- the most
usual material for negligees this
season. One tone may b. used or
two combined or one tore OF vel
vet may have facings OF "a con-
trasting colored satin Satin IN
often used for the entire garment.
alone or combine with lace and
sometimes the material II n or
the heavy silk crepes. Figured
materials are not much I'm evil
dence except for an occasional
very gorgeous negligee OF figured
lame or brocaded velvet
The pajama evening dress
launched last year ~ by no means
ont or the running. Some places
TO be sure the fashion was not
taken up with any particular en-
thusiasm. but they are wearing
pajama dresses for dinner az
smart resorts here and abroad.
With the smart evening pajama
costume long gloves arr the cor
rect accessory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
How Much
Do We Owe
Eugene?
P~etficoats And STAYS,
Flat HeeIed S h 0 . s
And CrinoIines Are
Some Of Her Things
We Neglect.

WE still talk of Empress
w Eugene Fashions. Eu-
genie hats. Eugene dresses,
Eugene wraps and Eugene
sleeves. And yet when you
look present day clothes over
in a thorough way and then
look over the fashion plates
of the days when Eugene was
a real person and not a mere
tradition, you discover that
there is about as big a differ
ence between present-day
fashions and the fashions Of
Eugenie's day as could pos
sibly exist. Our whole attitude
toward clothes is different.
The ladies OF Eusenie's day
wore tightly laced corsets and
we do not, they wore a half dozen
full p~etticoats or they didn't feel
properly dressed and the-- wore
/ crinOlines or t,ops. We wear
smart high heeled shoes. at least
for formal occasions. and Eugene
wore funny little low heeled shoes
that couldn't possibly be called
smart.
There are a dozen other strik-
ing differences between the
clothes Of today and the clothes
that Eugene wore and yet It isn't
surprising. Because that Is pre-
cisely what happens when a so
called revival occurs in fashions.
Back in the 1sS0's there was a
Greek revival. and yet IL there
was ever a time when women's
clothes were opposed to the Greek
ideals OF dress ID was IN the days
when women wore bustles and
bangs. And there was a Direc-
toire revi i back in 1908 or 1909
when the only similarity between
fashions and those OF the real Di-
rectoire period was the raised
waistline.
And speaking OF Eugene fash
ions and negligees, reminds us
that the ~illustrious Eugene her
self never wore them. The story
goes that the only time she pos
sessed what ladies called wrap
pers" in those days was when her
beloved son had the measels and
she had to sit beside his bed at
night. Otherwise the proud en-
press just had ho use for a
negligee dress OF any sort. She
took clothes seriously and once
she had risen in the morning she
Immediately went through the
elaborate business OF getting
properly dressed. Often she had
occasion to change her dress
many times a day but she never
allowed herself the privilege Of
dressing ZEN negligee."
And there you have another
great difference between the Eu-
genie ideal and our own when
negligees play such an important
role in the wardrobes OF most
women
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Jade and Pearls

Green or white jade are COM
bined with pearls in some of the
most attractive Chinese jewelry.
The pearls used in this jewelry
are small-so that they accentu-
ate the beauty Of the jade. The
l~ustrous glow OF the little pearls
brings out the beauty OF color and
sheen of the jade, either green
or white.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Stripes Are Good

Stripes are used In many OF the
new clothes-and they run seven
ways for Sunday. That Is to say.
they u in every direction.
Sometimes up and down. some
times crosswise, sometimes d.
agonal.
Blouses OF diagonal stripes are
most striking. Sometimes the
stripes run symmetrically down
from both sides toward the cen
ter. Sometimes they run down
from left to right or from right 10
left. the stripes running H. only
ono direction on both sides.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Informal
Dress Is
Elaborate
Hostess Gowns Worn
For Afternoon And
Evening Negligees
Are Beautiful And
Becoming.
60 you are planning to buy
~ or make a new negligee-

60 you are planning to buy
~ or make a new negligee-
perhaps two or three of them.
That's a safe statement be-
cause almost every woman
who takes any interest in
clothes at all is planning to
do precisely that thing. And
no doubt one reason why the
new negligees have such a
definite appeal right now is
because they are not too
negligec. That Is to say that
they in no way suggest a
mood Of negligence in dress.
We can wear them for leisure
hours at home without pre-
senting the appearance of un-
tidiness or indifference to our
appearance. Intact the whole
idea of the negligee has
changed within the past ten or
fifteen years.
Another reason why we all want
TO add a negligee. or two or three
TO our wardrobes is because the
new models are so charming and
so varied. You can have one
with wide pajama legs and long
loose sleeves or one with a long
skirt, and deep dolman sleeves
with close cuffs to the elbows.
You can wear one with a very
wide buckled belt, n with a
narrow belt or with the waistline
defined with a long gold oil silver
cord. You can choose one with
long flowing sleeves or pulled
sleeves fitting into a close cum,
you can choose n with elbow
sleeves or one with no sleeves at
all accompanied by a hip length
jacket instead. IL you like, you
may buy one that Is definitely
copied after the original Of some
famous French dressmaker. such
az Augustabernard, Vionnet, Mary
Nowitsky.
You may choose a negligee suit
able for informal wear at home at
any time OF the day or one that
Is more distinctly an evening
type. You may decide that you
want a negligee to wear as a hos
tess gown when you entertain a
few friends for afternoon bridge.
You may choose a negligee suit
able for every dLy dinner at home
or one formal enough to wear
when you are hostess at a small
informal dinner party.
Here are some Of the most
charming of the new models that
you may have TO choose from. or
that you may s for guides in
making one for yourself.
Full pajama trousers OF black
transparent velvet combined with
a tuck in blouse of lobster red
transparent velvet. The blouse is
made with small revers at either
side OF a V-neckline with long
slightly fulled sleeves ending in
a short frill OF lace at the wrist.
Instead OF the black and lobster
red combination you may combine
brown with gold OF a dark green
with a light green.
A one-piece wrap around gown
made OF black or pumpkin colored
velvet tied at the sides wit
strips OF the velvet and finished
with lace sleeves fiaring slightly
from shoulder To elbow.
A two-piece black velvet pajama
suit made with a deep U-neckline
edged with ermine or white lapin
with short pun sleeves finished
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
CHILD'S DRESS

This weeks pattern diagram
shows, and tells how 20 make,
a most attractive dress for a
little girl Of seven or eight. n
you would like u, send your
stamped, seIf-addressed en-
veIope to Mary Marshall. care
of this paper, and II will be
sent to you. Made in different
fabrics, IL will answer for
school and parties. u 10 easy
to make and most attractive TO
wear.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Fringe Again

Fringe Is Used on some OF the
more formal afternoon gowns
where 1t swings from the long
tight cuffs and forms bodice and
skirt trimming as well.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19

EyeIet embroidery is still fea-
tured in smart frocks from Paris.
The eyelet dots are sometimes ar
ranged in patterns, sometimes
spread evenly all over the surface
OF the fabric.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19

Some OF the smartest OF the
new evening gowns are made with
black skirts. white tops. One of
black velvet, as TO skirt. and
white lace as TO bodice is most in
~teresting. The bodice section.
high WASTED. is made with a
square neckline. and is fitted
snugly to the body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19

The vogue for hats of the head
at one side has made many
women take 10 hair nets as a
means OF solving the difficulties
OF keeping smoothly waved hair
their nonchalance. arc exactly
In place. These new hats. for all
placed. and ought to remain where
they arc placed II their best effect
is to be maintained.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19

The very thin wool fabrics this
autumn are a blessing TO the
woman who likes lightweight
winter dresses. They are wool.
and therefore they are warm. But
they are thin, so they do not give
the over-warm. choking sensation
that some women feel when they
wear really heavy fabrics. And
perhaps the best thing about them
is that they are so soft and supple
that they can be manipulated into
all sorts OF attractive tailored
details.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19

Wool lace Of a sort Is to be in
vogue again this year. IL Is a
lovely fabric now. thin and fiex-
ible. Tho finest sort OF wool
threads are worked on a silk net
foundation to give this lovely new
fabric its charm.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19

Corduroy raincoats are a smart
and practicable detail OF the new
fashions. They are made in
shades of brown.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
Lille Things That
Make Big Difference

A dainty evening dress for a
young girl il made OF chiffon
covered with tiny white net
rufiles. There is a deep decol-
letage at the back. with a higher
neckline suggested by one little
frill OF net, -bove the deep decol-
letage.
The woman who wishes prac-
teal, inexpensive dresses to wear
when she does Homework can
buy nurses uniforms in white or
blue or pink. They are becom-
ing, serviceable and altogether
suitable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19

9 Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
Guns against Tnskc.
Continued from Sixteenth Page

suits. They found themselves on good path,
where they could make time, and in 40 minutes
or SO came to a native who had stayed to watch
the elephant. Herbert was stunned to find that
il was really the elephant himself that had
been seen and not just tracks. Moreover, the
elephant had stayed and waited for them. They
could actually see it moving in the bushes be-
low them Short grass ran down the hill into
q line Of bushes, and the elephant was ea the
edge of the bushes with his forehead and ears
showing, feeding away as heartily as could be.
Every once in while his trunk went up to
feel the air, like the periscope Of a submerged
submarine, but there was no feeling Of alarm
in the action What they wanted to see was his
tusks not his trunk. Sex and age were the
agitating questions of the moment.
The elephant was about 800 yards from them
and Riano, SCOTS gun boy, took the glasses
and went $50 yards ahead for quiet look see,
coming back to report that it was a large bull
with fine tusks. It began to look dark for that
elephant All he had to do now to be out Of
luck was to stay around. He seemed to sense
that, for he moved to the left among the
bushes, and kept moving slowly along, while
the hunters above him held a course parallel
to his, guided by the movement in the leaves.
The bushes filled a narrow depression OF
ground, with cleared space up on the other
side. Presently the bushes on this side thinned
ana the men cOulQ see the animal quite clearly
and they saw, too, that he had friend with
him. The second was also large bull With
fine tusks
Arthur had first choice and took the one
at the left, which seemed, from that glimpse.
to have the better ivory. Herbert adopted the
one at the right. At the signal they opened
fire together. Herbert fired twice in quick
succession, shooting for the brain. The elephant
got five yards after the first shot and the
second went in behind his ear. He plunged
out of sight, heading to the right Meanwhile
Arthur had wounded his elephant, and it made
on through the bushes. tearing up on the
other side like an express train, then vent
around in q circle. Arthur fired and he fell his
back to them, and they put in few more
shots for good measure on the helpful principle
that too much lead is never harmful in anchor.
ing an elephant
Thereupon the men went on to the right
after the second elephant, which the natives
reported down. They found him, kneeling, and
Herbert shot again. He surged to his feet made
on few yards and fen down. thrashing ftmi-
ously about. A tree went over, bushes aattened
nke cardboard as he vented his dying strength
In Sanascn-like fury. =
satA <CnnvTigiA 1870 s+4atv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

supreme as a rainmaker MAJ has originated
no reliable method of controlling drought
Agriculture still pays billions annually in tribute
to dry weather. Professional lawmakers" prey
ON the credulity of farmers and are paid any
where from $500 to $4,000 an acre-inch for
providing artificial rainfall, in the majority of
cases they fail to break the droughts. Oc-
casionally, however, a kind nature conspires
Rain results after hocus-pocus proceedings. It
would have rained anyway, as nature provided
the weather conditions which generate rain.
The commercial "rainmakers' get unmerited
credit for the achievement. Other communities
hear of the feat and hire them for similar
consummations
Prof Charles Hatfield now ranks as king of
the rainmakers. He has been engaged in strange
occupations for quarter of a century. Hatfield
uses secret chemicals which he exposes at the
top of a 50-foot wooden tower. The arrange
ment is such that the tower produces a strong
draft of air which watts the chemical gases
high into the atmosphere. The rainmaker
claims that these mysterious chemicals will
sufficient amount of them Is mixed with the
moisture-laden upper air. Solar heat evapo-
rates the chemicals by day while fires are
employed for the same purpose by night.
The spectacular business of seeking to cam
nonade rainfall from perverse clouds was in
vestgated expermentally in the United States
in the early nineties. Congress at that time
of explosives rainmakers. Gen. J. e. Dyren-
forth was delegated as director of the research
which was conducted on a ranch near Midland
Tex. A man named Edward Powers was the
originator of the conclusion scheme of de-
veloping rainfall. He claimed that If violent
explosions were set of under ideal conditions
that the warm water-saturated air would rise
and be condensed and deposited on dust or
smoke particles when it was cooled at higher
levels thus producing precipitation.
Instead of dischargfng mighty war guns into
the Imitless ocean of ozone, the military ex-
perimenters devised satisfactory system Of
exploding dynamite carried skyward in kites
at known elevations above the earth Balloons
filled with gaseous mixtures of hydrogen and
oxygen were also exploded at known distances
above terra frma in similar conclusion tests.
There was a disagreement on the results Of
these experiments. Gen. Dyrenforth reported
that raindrops began to fall In 10 to Is seconds
after the explosions. The meteoroIogist who
accompanied the expedition claimed that the
light rainfall which occurred during the expert
ments would have fallen anyway because
natural conditions were ripe for q shower and
that the explosives did not aid precipitation.
Subsequent tests demonstrated conclusively
that the conclusion theory Of rainmaking was
erroneous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

just previous to this compression its invisible
particles provide media upon which the synthetic
raindrops are deposited. AS the pressure Is
increased the water condensation Is augmented
correSpondingiy 30 that the man-made droplets
grow rapidly in si1e
THIS scientific system of manufacturing RAIN
drops is a boiled down stimulation Of what
happens in skyland when the storm gods turn
on the spigots" and shower the earth with
drenching precipitation. If men could but
produce synthetic transforms in nature to dispel
drought and aridity one of the greatest per-
plexities of standardized crop production would
be solved
Just as the alchemists since the beginning Of
scientific research have sought to bring about
the transmutation Of elements, certain investi-
gators have spent most of their time In efforts
to perfect commercial methods for rain pro-
duction. Notwithstanding, nature stin reigns