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Evening star., 1937-09-18


" ROM the deep forest. over many
- cataracts. flows the river Nile.
1t runs through water wheels,
a over crocodiles and under hip
popotami. Once year it spills itself
over the banks. fertilizing the long
valley. Such, condition of affairs
has been going on for centuries. Early
Egyptians knew just when the flood
was coming. They waited for the ap-
pearance of a certain star. AS soon
as it showed its face they knew that
everything was all right. The river
would soon spread. Because of the
stars faithful warnings they named
it Sirius, the dog star.
Such was the origin of dog days"
too Some folks got things twisted
around. The name became a liability
instead of an asset to the canine
Now Pups has his own week, with
no stars or rivers invited. 1t starts
on the 10Th of September and runs
the full seven days. During that
time he'll probably get an extra bone.
His mistress might even read a dog
book. Maybe, in spirit of generosity,
she'll tie red ribbons around the necks
of all dogs. hot and otherwise. These
things don't amount to much, except
in direct application to the canine.
What Pups and his pals really need
is some national protective legisla-
ion.
There are 48 States In the Union.
Evening star., 1937-09-18

signed for homespun. tiny rakes en-
liven a monotone background Al
though Mrs. Lee SAYS that she has
to drive herself to paint forals, ve
couldn't fathom her avid distaste for
them. We saw some that were most
attractive-rangin from tiny, demure
posies, TO large, fiamboyant specimens.
A BOUT every two months Mrs. Lee
ssllies forth. loaded with sketches.
on marketing trip" TO Philadelphia
about twice year to New York.
She has Just returned from the
Quaker City with an empty brief case
and several new orders. Not rush
orders, any of them, thank fortune"
For rush order may mean that the
artist must sit up all night, cudgel-
ing her brain and painting hectically,
with an early morning deadline Not
that she is ever allotted too much
time-a week is the most leeway al
lowed.
The buyers do make their wants
known pretty clearly though, in Civ
ing an order. They tell the artist
something of the hneness OF the
cloth to be- woven. by stating how
many threads there will be per inch.
They state also the kind of yarn to
be used. e. silk. rayon. wool or
some form of cotton. Even cotton
batting is used sometimes as coarse
filler. Mrs. Lee says. Woven into
the background, it apes a homespun
appearance and saves the manufac-
turer the cost of the wool Although
she makes up design in only one
color scheme, the mill owner has it
done in several colors. Rust. green.
browns and certain tones OF blue are
quite popular now. Damasks, of
course. can be fabricated in more
delicate shades than other materials.
The mill owners are not as ex-
plicit as the buyers in stating their
wants, sometimes, and the distraught
designers have nothing to guide them.
Mrs. Lee told laughingly of an in
stance where she had exactly two
hours in which to create and complete
a coat-of-arms design for the seat
backs Of New York theater. Her
employer paced the floor and reiter-
ated that they simply must win that
| competition. But coats of arms take
research. You can't pull them out
of thin air. The only one I know of :
hand is that of our own family. which
bears double eagle. Will that do?"
Swell. Mrs. Lee, go right ahead .
Frantically she blocked out, sketched
and colored the insignia of the double
eagle, brought from Prussia long be-
! fore. 1t was sped to competition
/ headquarters. And this design won
| the coveted award--despite strained
Nazi-Jewish relations-and TODAY
adorns one of the largest Jewish the
aters in the metropolitan area.
Lack of space prevents the inclusion
OF many other interesting details of
Mrs. Lees professional career. To
strike more personal note. mutual
/ friends say that she does much volun-
teer social service work. But she swore
us to secrecy on that score-which
speaks far louder than would our
| praise.
Evening star., 1937-09-18

of designs which may be seen upon
them, together with the raised figure
of the deceased. There were, appar-
emily, fashions in the "brasses," which
were just as arbitrary and changed
just as often as the output of the
Paris coutourieres today-and, if you
were really hound for this sort OF
thing, you could tell the year. rank
and what have you of the individual
to whom the memorial was erected
by the distinctive design or style of
the plate
THE procedure of rubbing" is gone
into with great attention to detail.
Mrs. Mackarness says
I'm concluding this chapter on so
interesting subject it will now be
necessary to acquaint those of our
fair readers who would like to engage
upon such an occupa ton, with the
best way of preserving a facsimile or
record Of such sepulchral metallic
monuments and Inscriptions (where
not cut too deep on some OF the early
stone cists or cofflns) with their
symbols, crosses and other accessories
In the first place. the intending copyist
should supply herself with a small
brush and carefully sweep away
all particles of dust or grit on the
memorial about to be rubbed then.
having done so. in the second place.
a piece of paper about the size of the
plate should be put on the surface and
there securely held by an assistant,
as it is essential that two should be
employed on such peculiar work.
Editors note: One to scare away the
ghosts. I supposeD so as to enable
the chief operator. in the third place.
to rub evenly on the paper with a
piece OF material called heelball. and
TO be careful not to go beyond the out
lines of the figure or letters beneath
the paper and not to allow it to be
shifted from its place" Whew! What
sentence that turned out to be-!
Mrs. Mackarness cautions the oper-
ator against blurring the impression
by careless rubbing, and throws in
the information that the best rubbing
paper can be bought at the shop of an
artists colorman. while the heelball
comes from the shoemakers.
One is forced TO consider the picture
OF a young lady and her swain-Mrs.
Mackarness doesn't say that men
can't Join in the fun-spending de-
lightful Summer afternoon in this
eerie occupation of rubbing brasses.
Personally, I'd rather send my daugh-
ter to good, rousing wake
Evening star., 1937-09-18
Manners
of the
Moment

AN USHER has asked us what he
is supposed to do about the brides
maids he doesn't like. Must he be
nice to them? He's really very wor-
ried.
OF course he has to be nice to the
bridesmaids he doesn't like. What
does he think this is9 A Yale prom ?
He must remember that the brides
maids are all very good friends of
the bride. And II he can't figure out
how he should act from that he
hasn't much imagination.
AS an usher. after all, he has a
certain amount of free choice. He's
not nearly so badly cornered as the
best man, who must stick to his one
maid OF honor through thick and
thin. But if. with all his free choice,
he still f1nds himself face to face with
bridesmaid he doesn't like, he must
grit his teeth and be gallant That's
what he gets for accepting the invi-
tation to be an usher.
Evening star., 1937-09-18

q home of their own" as the author
delicately puts it, was that OF taxing
Impressions of the designs on the
metal or brass plates on tombs in
nearby churches! just what the ladies
we're to do with these impressions
remains befogged to the end. One
FATHERS that perhaps the busy bees
twho Just had to be kept occupied to
keep them out of mischieG would
past the doleful mementos in their
memory books to look at on rainy
days.
THE author insists that reading the
records of piety and good be-
havior, as displayed on these memo
rial brass plates, would do much to-
ward influencing the young lady to
follow in the deceased's footsteps. In
tact. she seems to consider rubbing
nrasses" one of the very best indoor
sports for young ladies that could be
found. The fact that activities took
place in damp, cold dark churches
and crypts evidently deters her not at
all The possible effect on sensi-
tive young girl from such morbid
and close association with death also
appears to be perfectly all right with
her
She goes spiritedly about the busi-
ness of explaining the origin. styles
and general attributes of the various
metal plates. She says that the
vogue" for them came about in the
middle of the thirteenth Gentry. when
Henry II ruled over this country" !"
Il forgot to mention, the locale OF the
book is England) Mrs. Mackarness
says that the "so-called brasses" are
really made of mixed metal, and
grows decidedly technical about their
cutting and engraving: how they are
vet into the tombstone, and the variety
Evening star., 1937-09-18

so easily with these patterns. No.
f25l-B is a princess coat with small
fur-fabric collar and cuffs. Note the
nearly fitted waistline. Pattern 1859
3 is the classic shirtwaist dress ideal
for light wool or challis.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. l251-B is
designed for sizes s. 8. 10, II and IA
years. Size years Requires "a yards
of fur fabric 54 inches wide for collar
and cuffs.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. lo59-B is
designed for sizes 3. 10, IL, "a and is
years. Size 10 years requires Ia
yards of 54-inch material, "a yards OF
39-inch material TO trim. Belt and
bow of ribbon require la4 yards
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Make
yourself attractive. practical and be-
coming clothes. selecting designs from
the Barbara Bell well-planned, easy
to-make patterns. Interesting and ex-
clusiveNashions for little children and
the difficult junior age, slenderizine
well-cut patterns for the mature fig
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and other patterns for special occa :
sions are ell TO be found in the Barbara
| Bell Pattern Book.
tCopyrisht. 1871
Evening star., 1937-09-18

Sometimes
Deserved
Trying Child Needs
Such Correction
Occasionally.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

A UNIT CAROLINE could see that
mother was crying. BY and by
after she had inquired about the
health OF the whole family and learned
that they were all right. she ven-
tured to ask. What is the matter,
Emma? I could see that you had
been crying. Anything wrong?"
"Oh. no. But l get so upset. Dick
is about the hardest young one to
do for He made me so made this
morning I forgot myself and slapped
him. Now I'm sorry I shouldn't
have slapped him. He'll remember it
against me. I don't want my chill
dren TO remember me like that. I do
my best for them all And he is so
aggravating sometimes But l ought
to be patient. I'm falling AS mother
and l did want TO be q good one"
Emma, you ought TO use your
common sense He needed good
slap or l miss my guess. / was say
ing to Granny only the other day
that he was just spelling for a good
slap. They need it once in while.
You don't hold it against Granny
that she spanked you when you need
ed it. do you?"
No. / never thought about it..
But it's different now. Mothers are
not supposed TO slap children. It's
unintelligent But I lost my temper -
What did he do?" -
oh, nothing much. He isn't a
bad boy. you know. And he does so
many nice things that l ought to be
ashamed 10 slap him. And ] am
But this morning he seemed to be lust
too much
First. I had 10 call him four times
and then go up and pull him out of
bed. I told him to wear his grav
suit, 50 the blue one could be cleaned
he came down in the blue suit. and
IL mas spots all over it. l told him In
go back and change it and he began
70 argue at the top of his lungs. I
wanted Bunny TO sleep / shushed
MIN. but he kept right on yelling and
wakened Bunny. I had to 90 to him
While l was with Bunny. Mary
went into the kitchen and made a
swipe at the kitten and she jumned
on the table and upset the milk hot
Tie and got into the butter. She trod
outter all over the place. l heard the
! racket and ran down 10 see what
was wrong, and there was Dick TAX
ing cup Of coffee. and he knows he
can't have 1t, with the radio on full
blast, in the same blue suit. and /,
nearly time for the school bell tc
ring
When ! saw the mess and saw him
calm as a cucumber, lost my tempe,
and slapped him"
Well, If you hadn't you'd have
oeen no mother at all. He's beer
itching for slap this long time
Don't be silly. I hope he felt it. that,
all. Don't cry about it. II you don,
make him understand that he can
do just whatever comes into his heae
who's going to? Come on. Put or
your hat and well go forget the young.
sters for while They got too much
attention. anyhow. And not enough
slaps. AT least that's my notion"
Mothers can't stand everything
Now and then they snap and if {
trying child gets a slap there's moth
ing for mother TO cry about. Chill
dren know when they deserve wha
they get, and they don't resent it
Love them and they'll come through
all right. even when they are slappes
once in a blue moon. It won't leav,
scars on their souls. Spiritual wound
will do that. but not the slap Of al
outraged, long suffering mother.
tCoryright 1872
Evening star., 1937-09-18
R e a d e r S
Pass Along
Some Ideas
Jar Of Honey Attrac.
tive Gift for Golden
Anniversary.
Star STAFF Photo.
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR Mrs. Post: In one of your re-
cent columns I read a letter by
some one inquiring about a simple
present to send to couple celebrating
their golden anniversary. l answered
that question for myself last Sunday
by sending jar OF honey. At my
grocer's yellow china jars are used,
SO the idea was very complete, es-
pecially when tied up appropriately
with a gold colored ribbon. At such
an anniversary. it Stems to me, the
cost OF something golden is negligible.
1t is the originality Of the idea that
counts. At other times l have sent
golden garden flowers or gold-lined
berry spoons. But the honey certainly
made the hit. l pass this suggestion
on wherever l feel il might be well
come, and if you would like to print
1T shall be only too happy.
Answer-Thank you for these sug-
gestions-especially for the honey idea,
which had never heard of before.
nEAR Mrs. Post: No doubt you are
correct in stating that stepchil-
dren should talk about their fathers
wife as their stepmother, but in this
one instance 1 personally feel that
you are wrong. The oder OF my two
stepsons is 81, just III years younger
than I, and the younger boy Is. They
call me by the name their own mother
called me for the several years we
were friends before her death. To their
friends and their friends parents /
have been introduced as and called
mother" their own idea. And I think
the boys are not wrong in doing this.
for all the people. possibly uncon-
sciously. think of stepmother as the
fairy tales portray her 1t makes me
proud and happy to be called mother
and I believe that it makes the boys
feel closer to me. / can't agree with
you that this stepmother. stigma is a
thing OF the past. When a supposedly
intelligent but tactless neighbor ex-
pressed surprise at my having baked
birthday cakes for such big boys, the
younger one said rather emphatically,
To hear you talk would make one
think you are our stepmother And
At that time our marriage was barely
six months old. 1 wish you would
print my letter and answer it publicly.
Answer-I am more than glad to
print your letter as evidence of the
happiness you are bringing to your
new" family. think, however, that
you will agree that in writing of gen.
eral rules as / do the question of an
endearing name is something that
should be spontaneously bestowed by
the children. and that mother" is a
very unusual one for them to choose.
That this should be true in your case
is all the more glory to you.
Evening star., 1937-09-18

"A textile designer must De aOle 10
visualize the finished product, to see
that particular pattern as it will
finally appear to the buyer" she said.
But it's no hardship. The most sat
isfying feature of the work is this
business of seeing the thing through.
from the conception of the original
idea until the fabric takes form. That
last provided you sell the design, Of
course" she added whimsicaly.
Mrs. Lee speaks from a background
of wide experience. as sheshas been
designing textiles for about IA years.
The story of her career is an interest
ing one. Born and reared in Phila-
delphia, Katherine Buck studied at
the La France Institute of Art and
the Women's School b Design in that
city, later teaching attthe former
school. Her work attracted the at
tention of an internationally-kn
textile magnate and position in his
mills designing room was waiting for
her upon graduation. Here, she not
only worked in her chosen field. but
spent several hours each morning in
the weaving rooms, studying the
mechanism of the great Jacquard
looms. with which most large textile
mills are equipped. The research on
them took about a year, and the
work was hard. and sometimes
monotonous and uninteresting. Ele-
ments of danger were ever present, too,
as when a raper-like shuttle few off
machine and embedded itself in the
wall behind the young students head.
THE knowledge gained in those first
difficult days stand Mrs Lee in
good stead now. She knows. for in
stance. what type of loom must be
used in the manufacture of the va
rious fabrics. Knows also what grade
Of material each house makes Thus.
often she prevents buyer from pur-
chasing a pattern that would bring
him only trouble That won't do for
your loom" she may say. But if you
like this idea I'll make it up for you
in form that you can use"
Il may not sell quite as many de-
signs by such cooperative tactics, y
Katherine Lee said thoughtfully, 'but
1 believe that it pays in the long run.
Most of my customers have been buy
ing from me for years. They feel that
l have personal interest in their
| particular requirements" And each
one seems TO make a different type OF
thing, We we're told. Some manufac-
ture velvets and other fat fabrics
Some go in for modernistic stuff
while others remain staunchly con-
serVative. Only by this difference
in output. OF course, can they all
manage TO stay in business. Which
keeps everybody happy, in the final
analysis.
| II Mrs. Lee could suit herself she'd
do only modernistic designs. for '.vou
are not held to few things, as in the
traditional field" And a charming
lot of moderns we're scattered about
her studio, too. One pattern (the
largest pictured above) is i2 silver
and shades of green in another .
stately staircase in bronze and brown
f1ecked with gold. descends from q
dizzy height. In third sketch, de-
Evening star., 1937-09-18

and l are StenORraphers. We
pay all the expenses of our
- apartment and our mother
keeps house for us. She constantly
nags and complains because we do not
help with the housework and tells all
our relatives and neighbors how she
slaves and that we do nothing but
dress up and fly around. Our mother
is middle-aged healthy and strong
I am anemic. 30 pounds under weight.
When I get home in the evenings
am thoroughly exhausted and it takes
every bit of spare energy to do the
things I must I do my own laun-
dering keep my clothes in order. clean
my bed room. and ! have no strength
left to do housework.- I have worked
for five years and never missed a
day from the Office. My sister has
worked for six years All this time
We have been supporting our mother.
1t seems TO me we are doing our part
and that it is terribly unfair for her
to give us the reputation of being
lazy and selfish. Am 1 right?
EXASPERATED.
Answer-Your mother is certainly
most unfair to you, but justice is one OF
the things that mothers seldom show
to their daughters. They give them
love, but not square deal.
Nothing else in the world is so
rd inn n 1,a
ent attitude that mother takes to-
ward her sons and her daughters. II
you two girls were boys who we're
supporting your mother, she would
never dream of such a. thing as
expecting them to put on aprons as
and help with the cooking and scrub
bine. She would think that the poor
dsrlings we're so tired after their hard
days work that she would beg them to
sit down and rest while she put the
dinner on the table.
BECAUSE they supported her and
provided a comfortable home for
her she would go around boasting OF
what wonderful sons she had, how
good they were to her. and she would
be overfowing with gratitude to them.
You would never hear her call them
lazy because they didn't help with
the housework. You would never hear
her criticizing them for dressing up
and stepping out Of an evening She
would realize that they needed some
diversion.
Evening star., 1937-09-18
Hooded Goats for Winter.

PARIS tCPO Hooded coats made
their debuts in recent Winter FASH
ion shows here. Among them was
long coat Of nutria topped with a
tie-on hood OF the same fur. Both
hood and coat were lined with brown
and white checked wool The hood
serves as a hat and is removed for
indoor occasionS,
Evening star., 1937-09-18

OF an ancient
I q no b, complete
with a life-size
figure in bas-re-
lief didn't seem
to have much to
do with cleaning
up the family
andirons. A n d,
as I found on
reading the whole
chapter, it very
definitely did not!
The pleasant
little sport advo-
Gated for young
girls b e t W e e n
scebool 1avS and
Evening star., 1937-09-18
Technical knowledge
Essential to Success
In Textile Designing
Mrs. Katherine Buck Lee Finds Her Hours
of Machine Study Well
Worth While
RY MARY JANE RRIMIEY.

r. WOMAN
upholstery the
them
that do most nj part o
Evening star., 1937-09-18

But because you are girls she takes
ell that you give and thinks that it
isn't enough, and it never occurs to
her to even say thank you" In
reality she should be more grateful to
you for supporting her than she
would be to her sons, because you are
less able to work than men are and
get less pay for your work. so il is
more of a sacrifice on your part, but
she isn't.
Why a mother thinks she has a
right to her daughters pay envelope,
but not to her sons; why she should
think that the girl who works out
side of the home should also work in
it, why she thinks that a boy needs
recreation in the evenings but q girl
should stay at home and help make
the clothes and darn the socks, no
body can explain. 1t is just one of
the peculiarities Of mothers and is
biological or something or other Any
way. the girls always play second
f1ddle 10 the boys in a family have
known more than one mother who
made her frail, delicate daughters
support their big, husky, lazy loafers
of brothers
Mothers do not realize the terrible
strain that working in an Office or
clerking in a shop puts upon a girl
They think that dolling oneself up of
morning and going downtown is
lark, that standing behind a counter
and seeing new people and handling
pretty fabrics is thrilling amuse-
ment, pounding a typewriter just
diversion. They have no conception
Of the weariness of standing on ones
feet all day, of the ghastly strain of
keeping on the smile that won't come
off and trying to conciliate unreason-
able customers an cranky bosses, of
the nerve-racking labor OF taking
dictation and turning out letters that
will pass critical inspection and that
leaves one exhausted in mind and
body.
So after having passed such
pleasant and easy day mother doesn't
see why Sally and Mary shouldn't
wash the dishes, finish up the ironing
and mend the boys clothes when they
get home. There is no remedy for
the situation except for the girls to
go on strike, or get mother a job
and let her see what working down.
town means.
Evening star., 1937-09-18

Ladies of Past Century
Had Hobby of Collecting
Memorial Impressions
Book Published in the Middle 180Os Recon-
mends Amusement as Health
full Occupation.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

OoK1N through old volume published the middle lsoos called
of
~
In " brass a heal
Evening star., 1937-09-18
BY BARBARA BELL.

w YITH the change of the sea-
n sons at hand. It's just the
" " time to make early Fall
school clothes-dresses of
light wool 10 wear without coats and
eosts to wear when the first frost
descends These patterns make 1t
possible To DO this sewing at home with
very little effort. Each pattern in
sludes complete step-by step sew
chart that tells you exactly what TO
DO. Even If you have never made
your child's clothes before. you can do
Evening star., 1937-09-18
Dorothy Dix Says
Working Girls Should Not Be Expected to
Carry On With Household Duties.

. EAR MISS DIX-My sister
\ and are stenographers. We
pay all the expenses of our
II ana ~ ~, Ant ord rs,r v,onthor
Evening star., 1937-09-18

However, the illustration found on
very different. A lugubrious woodcut