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Evening star., 1939-02-21
CHAPTER FOURTEEN.

Lady Olympic champions and
others who take their sports In
dead earnest should skip this chap
ter, since they will dress for COM
fort, freedom and efficiency rather
than with an eye to the gallery.
As a matter Of fact, they are
likely to have rangy. boyish figures
anyway, SO that these words of
warning scarcely apply to them.
But, for others:
Use discretion when you wear the
pants.
This section is written at the
earnest and repetitious request of
so many men we have lost count.
Men told us lot we had never
dreamed Of about trousers. And,
after all, who should know the SUBJ
ject better than they?
Now women resent being ruled
out Of these garments. They say
men object to women In pants be-
cause they feel their rights are
somehow invaded.
We think that point of view would
be exploded if a woman were given
an opportunity to walk down the
street behind herself.
Why Not Try
To Adapt Them?
However, don't leap to conclusions
We are not going to prohibit
trousers altogether. Other mascu-
line garments have inspired sue
cessful fashion trends.
Look at our military coats and
capes.
We have adapted them cleverly to
our curves. Because those curves
were where we could see them.
The intelligent thing to do seems
to be to sit down and talk to a
man about trousers. Which is Just
what we did.
With an army officer. we observed
the apparitions at riding school.
Said the army officer, Their
breeches don't fit them around the
waist. They use their belts like
gathering strings. They'd certainly
do better if they went to a mems
tailor
Asked how come, he made this
enlightening statement: Most
women's designers have a peculiar
idea of women's anatomy, perhaps
because they haven't had much ex-
perience in fitting legs.
They believe that women's legs
begin at the knee.
And at the knee is where they
begin the trousers in pajamas. riding
breeches, slacks, even ski pants.
Its more because of that that
women look awkward in trousers
than because Of anything else"
He passed over the difficulties
above the waistline with the sweep
ing statement that shirts would be
great improvement over sweaters
in most cases.
No wonder we make a fizzle of
wearing masculine garments, wherE
first we haven't the figures and
second, we don't know the fine points
Of their tailoring.
Frankly, We weren't going to men
ton riding clothes at all, feeling
that there was law or something
that governed their cut and what
could you do about it.
But our officer was uttering more
pearls of wisdom. do you see that
slightly bow-legged young lady?'
She would look better in jodh-
purs because boots make anybody
Evening star., 1939-02-21

about this design. 1t does favors to
your figure. Inside tucks on the
shoulders and just above the waist
create softly rounded bustline. The
waistline and hips are slim and they
look even more so on account of the
wide-shouldered sleeves. Flat crepe,
silk print, thin wool and tie silk
are just a few of the materials in
which you'll like this design. It's a
year-around style.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1670-B
is designed for sizes "a, 36, SO, 40,
~, A and 46. With long sleeves,
size 36 requires 40 yards of 39-inch
material. With short sleeves, 4
yards.
Send Is cents for Barbara Bells
Spring Pattern Book! Make your
own smart new frocks for street.
daytime and afternoon with these
simple, carefully planned designs! /!
It's chic, It's easy, it's economical,
to sew your own. Each pattern in
cludes step-by-step sew chart to
guide beginners.
tcopyrisht. 193e.)
Evening star., 1939-02-21

The battle of words is on. One
impassioned admirer says she's beau-
tiful. Another raves about her clear,
lovely complexion . A lovely wide
awake skin often does give the illu-
sion of true beauty, enchanting all
who see. Is yo.rs like that? . Try
this wonderful way to wake up your
eomp1exion-to Danish that tired look
with Dioxogen Cream, the cleansing
and toning cream that releases ac-
tive oxygen right onto your skin.
When you massage in Dioxogen
Cream for cleansing, its pure, active
oxygen is released onto your skin
and bubbles out the specks of dirt.
Wipe away. Then put on a little
more Dioxogen Cream and leave it
on for few minutes. That's your
oxygen beauty pickup. A tonic for
your skin-refreshing, soothing
away that tiredness like a gentle
hand. You feel better because your
skin feels better! And 30 smooth to
the touch!
Treat your skin to a month of
tonic beauty pick-ups with DioxoRen
Cream. Costs no more than old
fashioned cold cream. Get a jar At
your drug store today.
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well as the true imperial yellow are
used. The reds are all on the fruit
tones, pomegranate, persimmon, ripe
apricot. Golden brown, shades of
tan and faWn, dark brown for out
lines; little green and white and
very little black are prominent.
Colors are used sparingly, with the
number usually limited to three or
four in one rug.
The Selma knot is used. but the
yarn is so very thick that the effect
is quite different from the rug of
Persia. The nap is wool or silk and
the soft lambs wool used in some
Of the better rugs can hardly be dis
tinguished from silk.
Ming Rugs
Are Antique.
In the rugs of the Ming period
which are the antiques-the field Of
the rug is often covered with an all
over pattern and the design is geo.
metric. Probably the oldest ar
rangement is the center medallion,
either on plain field, or one with
an unobtrusive all-over pattern,
such as a series of undulating waves.
The rich mellow tone of the Ming
rug is partly due to the action of
time. The soft tan, parchment and
gold-brown tones were probably
apricot, orange-yellow and gold
when the work was new. The dark
blue and the robins egg blue belong
to this period. In some of these
early rugs part of the design seems
to be carved in relief as though
portions of the pattern had been de-
liberately removed to give a sculp-
tured effect.
Ming ideas persisted long after
the dynasty had been overthrown
and mingled with Manchurian ideas.
Geometric patterns are used, along
with flower and leaf designs. Peonies
and lotus flowers rest on q bed of
scroll work. The dragon is more
and more apparent, sometimes two
or three woven together form the
center medallion. The Ming color
schemes persist. but as the pattern
becomes more ornate the color tends
to brighten, and the greenish yellow
that we know so we'll is typical of
the pieces of the late 18th and early
18th century pieces.
After this time the Chinese tex
tile worker became acquainted with
the work of India, Turkey and Per-
sia and freely borrowed from the
design of all three. at the same time
keeping a distinct Chinese quality
that is unmistakable. He tried a
little of the fine shading found in
the rugs of Persia. This made it
possible to work flowers in their
natural color and quality, perfect
in every detail. The yellow ground
is typical, with some red and blue
and cream white.
Chinese rugs today are priced
highly for their decorative adapta-
bility in modern homes, whether or
not the house is Chinese" in other
respects. Their soft coloring and
delicate design becomes the keynote
for the whole room.
Evening star., 1939-02-21
Dorothy Dix Says

Dear Miss Dix: Should man tell
his wife everything? I have a good
wife who has always worked hard
to make home for me and our
three children. I think a great deal
OF her, but why should I tell her
everything? talk over my business
and my plans with my parents and
tell them what 1 do. but I never
discuss my affairs with my wife. My
wife has very troubled look most
Of the time. She seems to think
that she should have a knowledge
Of all my home and business affairs,
but do not consider it necessary.
Do you? CHARLES D.
AnsWer.-Suppose, Mr.. D., that
you went into a partnership in
which you invested everything you
had. Suppose you put into it all of
your money, all of your labor, all of
your intelligence. all of your hopes
and plans for the future Wouldn't
you think that you had a right to
know everything that was being
done in the business. and every move
that your partner was making? If
he kept you entirely in the dark and
refused to give you any information,
wouldn't you think that he wasn't
giving you square deal?
You know you would, and you
would break up that partnership be-
fore you could say scat" Well, that
is exactly the way you are treating
your wife. She is strictly within her
rights when she wants to know all
about your business affairs because
they are her business affairs Just as
much as they are yours.
When she is good and thrifty
wife and makes you a comfortable
home. she is holding up her end Of
the marriage partnership just as
much as you are holding up yours.
She is putting in just as many hours
a day Of labor as you are. She is
striving just as hard to make the
domestic concern going concern as
YOU are. Her hopes and ambitions
are centered in it just as much as
are yours. If it fails, she goes down
in the ruins as much as you do.
What's the great idea, anyway,
about lseeping your wife in ignorance
Evening star., 1939-02-21
Good Health
Schedule
Is Vital
Young Girls Must
Learn to Guard
Appearance
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

1t is very gratifying to me to
discover that numerous young girls
are decidedly interested in knowing
how to live intelligently, and in
learning the valuable arts of being
we'll poised, charming and nicely
groomed. Many of them inquire
about correct menus, corrective ex-
ercises, sleep and how much make
up to use. Those girls are going to
be the beauties of their day!
We may resent our parents telling
us that early to bed and early to
rise makes us-you know! But it
is the truth. Girls who are still in
their teens are storing up beauty
by getting to bed before 10 o'clock
pretty regularly and sleeping until
$50 or T. From eight to nine hours
Of rest in a well-ventilated room
are very essential to the maturing
beauty! OF course, occasionally
there will be an exception when
our lassie must stay up later, but
those in their early teens should
strive to make late dates on week.
end nights so they may sleep the
following mornings.
Nourishing food served at regular
intervals, regular exercise preferably
out in the fresh air, are also "musts"
for sound development.
Three miles walking a day is just
about right, but If this is not pos
sible, the young girl should do 10
minute exercises night and morning
near an open window and out of a
draft.
All food should be eaten slowly
and each days menus should in
clude fresh or stewed fruits, fresh
vegetables (many Of them raw. I.
meat or fish. eggs, one quart of
milk and about six glasses of water
taken before or after meals-not
during meals. Fried food, highly
seasoned food. pastries, candies, hot
breads and other sweets should be
avoided. This is possibly the hard
est of all the health rules for young
girls to obey! But they should obey
1t If they want their complexion to
be clear and beautiful and their
hair lustrous and of good color.
Every young girl should have a
hobby. 1t may be sport such as
tennis, riding. golf, badminton,
swimming or hiking. Or it may be
a keen interest in one of the arts.
At any rate she should have a very
definite interest other than her
school work, her home and her
friends. Hobbies should be started
while you are still young and mas
tered during maturing years. They
bring you into a social group, keep
your mind alert and afford you great
pleasure-all of which are necessary
to round out your personality.
AS long as young things groom
themselves thoroughly and regu-
larly, makeup is only incidental.
Nothing is more distressing to per-
sons of good taste than to see girl
wearing inappropriate makeup, too
blatant for her tender years.
If I we're in my teens today I
would boast loudly Of using only lip
stick and nail polish-both in shades
fiattering to my general coloring.
OF course. I would take care of my
skin and hair with beauty aids, but
I would get along without rouge, eye
makeup, heavy powder and other ar.
tihces except for special, special par
ties when I wanted desperately to
be a bit grownup! Even then I
would use all makeup sparingly-
making it enhance my young beau.
ty and not allow It, to cover It'll
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Ancient Art of Weaving Beautifully Expressed Fine Eastern Wor
0<s,S;sr,;&g N2m<n

How Con ! Look Ny Best?

look a bit bow-legged. They fit
snugly to the inside Of the leg and
add several inches at the outside.
So they are becoming only to knock
kneed people"
Feminine Figure
Bad in Trousers.
Another time, we were talking to
designer. We were at the beach
when he made most surprising and
rather comforting observation.
"The better a woman's figure, the
worse she looks in trousers"
Asked why, he explained. "A
woman should have small waist.
Well, the smaller her waist, the
queerer she looks in shorts or
slacks."
Pleats. he declared, are no pan
acea. although they do help the
thigh. Because they tend to make
you look broad in the beam.
AS for culottes, it is popular fall
lacy to suppose that they are as
becoming as skirts They aren't and
they never will be.
A divided skirt lets in fullness at
the front and back rather than over
the hips. So culottes, like pleated
shorts, don't do much for the der
riere.
Our frank and earnest critic in
sisted it was stark madness for
women with definitely feminine fig
ures to go in for all these trouser
effects when dirndls and beach coats
were so much more appealing.
AS for the willowy creatures who
really can wear slacks and shorts
with an air, providing they are
metlculously tailored. he made us
promise to implore them to spend
a bit more money and have their
tailoring done right.
But" we argued, suppose one of
these figures you so charitably call
feminine is on a boat or climbing
mountain.
You wouldn't have her risk life
and limb just because of a silly
prejudice, would you?"
To this he replied, "I thought we
were talking about fashions as such.
1 might trek through the jungle half
naked. But I wouldn't recommend
that as fashion.
However, on that boat you men
ton or that mountain, the lady could
wear dark trousers. And no doubt
the temperature would permit her
to wear a coat"
(To Be Continued.)
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uprising OIllIleSe rugs Degdn 10 Oe
imported. At first the demand was
small, but happy the dealer who
realized that the desire would in
crease! He probably made his for
tune when Chinese rugs became
fashionable.
There are qualities in Chinese rugs
that place them in a class all by
themselves. They have symbolism
SO deep and so involved with religion
and superstition which is woven into
the very fabric that Western mind
can never hope to understand it,
unless years are spent on its study.
It must be accepted as surface
decoration, and very beautiful
one, until such time as its mysteries
are explored
Certain Symbols
Are Well Known.
The swastika, known all over the
world, is one of the chief symbols of
China. where it signifies "Buddha's
heart The wave emblem-one
wave forever overlapping another
continually appears. The dragon
and the knot of destiny denote i'm
perial sovereignty and power. The
crane and the stork, the tortoise and
Evening star., 1939-02-21
BY BARONESS PlANTONI.

Whether love the not will
remind of it. Use red and blue embroidery cotton white linen
perhaps would like
embroidery cotton the designs Each design
The pattern contains
motifs. averaging by IL inches each.
To obtain this pattern
postage
Needlework Editor Of Evening Star.
Evening star., 1939-02-21
By BARBARA BELL.

This is one of the best runabout
styles of the season for those who
wear women's sizes. The button
front dress, as shown in this new de-
sign Q670-B), is fast becoming a
classic-the type you'll want in sew
eral different colors and materials.
It's so simple in itself that you can
vary it endlessly with different ac-
cessories-giddy necklaces, brooches
and flowers of the tailored sort.
Simple and slenderizing as it is,
however, there's nothing severe
Evening star., 1939-02-21

the deer are emblems of longevity.
The circle Of happiness. butterflies,
bats and certain flowers are all we'll
known symbols, and it would be
difficult to find a rug that did not
have one or more of these incor-
porated in its design.
Certain tones of color character
lie Chinese rugs also. They are a
rich dark blue that has the depth
OF midnight but is blue beyond de-
scription: real robin's-egg blue
and a lovely turquoise. Soft shades
OF yellow with a greenish cast, as
Evening star., 1939-02-21
Mysterious Symbolism
Woven Into Fabrics
Of Chinese Rugs
Certain Lovely Color Tones
Are Also Very Prominent
In These Works of Art
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

Weaving one OF the oldest Of the arts In China Designs on the
late arriving the Western World
Turkestan
decoration demand
during
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-01
Action By Grand
Jury Awaited in
Yan1atoda Case
Gaming Gar, Charging
kidnapping, Testifies
For Two Hours

Nine suspects, including
two Ell Centrans, Friday
awaited action of a federal
grand jury that will either
clear them of suspicion in the
Yamatoda kidnapping case or lead
/, to prosecution.
The Ell Centrans are Raul Mateus
and Dick Yoshida, who appeared
Thursday before the U. S. Commis-
sioner in Los Angeles after ad-
journment Of the grand jury there.
At that time the commissioner de-
layed action until Sept. ID. The
grand jury was expected to make
its decision known before that time.
The grand jury may either re-
turn no bill, which will mean
official dismissal of the case, or
a true bill, which would lead to
indictments.
The grand jury adjourned Thurs
day afternoon after questioning
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Agent K. Moss, Roy Whalin and
George Bucklin of Ell Centre. H.
I, Yamatoda, who charged he was
kidnapped last December in Ell Gen.
tro and taken to Mexicali, also tes-
titled. He was before the jury two
hours and half.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-01
&c. Undertaken,
Son Held in Jail
In MexicaIi

A. r. Hens, FL Centre and
Calexico undertaken, and his
21-year-old son, Alan, were
in jail in Mexicali Friday on
a charge of operating as un-
dertakers there without a permit,
authoritative sources revealed
They were arrested Thursday and
held in Jail overnight pending a
hearing Friday.
The elder Hens was said to have
paid a fine for a similar offense
several years ago and to have been
warned at that time not to repeat
the offense.
In case OF conviction. each man
faces a fine of not less than so or
more than / 900 pesos, or a six
month Jail sentence or both fine
and Imprisonment.
Immigration officers on the Mex
LJican side of the line made the
arrest, charging them with carry
inc OH an undertaking business
illegally
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-01

peal of the president of the United
States against the bombardment
from the air of civilian populations
or of unfortified cities.
y Deeply impressed by the hu-
manitarian consideration to which
the presidents message refers, it
was already the settled policy of
his majesty's government, should
they become involved in hostilities,
to refrain from such action and to
confine bombardments to strictly
military detectives upon the under
standing those same rules will be
Scrupulously observed by all their
opponents.
"They had already concerted in
detail with certain other govern
mentS the rules that in such an
event they would impose upon them
selves and make publicly known"
German officials here said that
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war squarely on Adolf Hit
Ter.
The tenor of the prime min
ister's speech left little doubt
that he believed Germany
would refuse to comply with what
he termed his last warning and
that a general war would follow.
There was an impressive silence
when Chamberlain made his fate
full announcement, although other
parts of the speech were loudly
cheered.
Chamberlain said that the desire
of Great Britain to aid negotiations
between Germany and Poland had
been made perfectly clear in the
white paper which the British gov
ernment published tonight, and
which contained the messages ex-
changed between London and Ber-
lin. One of these messages, the
prime minister asserted, showed that
final showdown might have been
avoided if there had been a desire
on the part of Hitler to reach a
solution.
This message had been sent by
the British government to Germany
and to Poland. urging them both
TO promise that no aggressive mill
tary action would be taken during
the course Of the negotiations then
in progress. The Polish government,
Chamberlain said, offered on Aug
ust 81 to make such promise if
Germany also agreed.
Chamberlain said that he feared
that Germany would not heed the
protest of Great Britain, which he
described as "a last warning"
The prime minister asserted that
Germany had never definitely re-
piled to the British proposal.
He said that the 16-point pro-
gram published in Berlin last night
as having been advanced by Hitler
as the basis for negotiations with
Poland had never been sent by the
Reich government to the Polish
government.
He said that on August 80 one
part of communication from Ger
many was an offer to formulate a
solution acceptable to themselves"
and to transmit this formula to
the British government. He said
that Hitler wanted Polish nego-
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receive his due answer
From now on bomb after bomb
is falling. who fights with poison
gas will be fought with poison gas. y
Hitler named Field Marshal
Hermann GOering, his right hand
man. to be his successor eff any
thing should happen to me in this
struggle" and named Rudolph
Hess, deputy Nazi party leader.
his second heir.
The official radio announced re-
peatedly that the Polish port of
Gdynia had been blockaded and
all ships were warned not to enter
or leave it on pain of destruction.
The sequence of events on this,
Der Tag" was:
/. Germany. after announcing a
l6 point program of demands
against Poland said that Poland
had rejected it.
3. Every agency of Nazi pub
licity started to jam through reports
of Polish irregular attacks in the
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WASHINGTON, Sept. |. (UP)-
Secretary of State Cordell Hull an
nounced today that Britain and
France have responded favorably
to an appeal from President Roose-
velt to refrain from bombing civil
ianS.
The British government replied
formally that it would refrain from
bombing civilians and unfortified
cities as long as Britains military
adversaries likewise refrained
The French government inform
ed American Ambassador William
C. Bullitt in Paris that France has
taken favorable action on the presi-
dents appeal A formal reply was
expected during the day.
The British governments reply
was handed to Hull by the British
ambassador, Lord Lothian. This re-
ply said:
His Majestys government well
come the weighty and moving ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-01
Refugees Stream Out Of London as City
PREPARES For Possible Air Raids

holiday-a holiday from death and
broken bones and smashed faces.
Coming Back"
Peter Selmes, 8, wearing a blue
coat and dark brown trousers with
a patch on the seat, spoke for all
of them old enough to speak, when
he said with a wise look in his eye:
Il know where I'm going, but
I'm coming back soon"
And Ian Channel, 10, also knew
that this was no autumn pleasure
trip to green fields and clean, rum
ming brooks.
MY mother told me that I was
going to the country to look for
apples" he said, but I know bet
ter. My brother is in the navy
and he said the Germans we're 60
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LONDON. Sept. /. CUP) - The
army of the helpless also modified
today.
The vanguard of 5000 900 persons
the young, the lame. the halt
and the blind - streamed out of
Britain's cities in one of the great
mass movements of history, flight
to destinations unknown"
Children led the way out of the
target areas of the cities, areas
that would be the first to feel the
impact of death from the skies
if war comes. They were told that
they were going on holiday, but
mothers won't stand weeping along
train tracks as they did today if a
boy or a girl is simply going to the
country for holiday. The children
knew that this was another kind of