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Season’s Ensemble Idea Demands Carefully Chosen Accessories
BY MARY MARSHALL.
SOME 6NE suggested recently
that dressmakers and milliners
* should no longer be called by
these old-time names, but should
be .knoWh as •‘ehsemblers.*’ It
Is -a pity there is no good Eagllsh
equivalent for this preach \vord.
••Ensemble” Is A particularly difficult
work for the American-bred tongue to
encircle, and "eneembler” is just a
little worse. Assembler may be a
dictionary equivalent, but it hardly
carries the same shade qt meaning.
The sigrjflcant fact Is that a lot of
the French dressmakers have taken
, to making and showing hats since
this ensemble idea came to play such
an important part in fashion. Patou
and Martial et Armand are two
French dressmakers who are making
much of sport* clothes, and they have
not hesitated to show sport hats, to
gether with frocks and coats, since
fashion decrees that one’s hat should
m*tch one's frock.
The milliners have felt the same
urge''and occasionally show simple
little froeks to go With the hats they
haVe .on display. Oftenec there is a
sogrf;-a handbag, a belt or some other
accessory to go with the hat. One
London”-concern is showing tweed
sport skirts, together with jaunty lit
tle visored tweed sport hats. Gloves
not infrequently are-sold as-the affin
ities of hats or scarfs or handbags.
And a parasol and hat may be as in
separable as two love birds cooing on
the same perch. The shopkeeper
couldn't think of selling one without
the other.
It sometimes does make shopping
quite go out to buy
a hat, and there is no telling what
you will have to bring home along
with the hat. Buying an interesting
pair of shoes may lead you into buy
ing an accompanying leather belt, for
which you can see no immediate need
in your wardrobe.
** * *
'T'HK ensemble idea is working a
A peaceful sort of havoc in the de
partment stores, and it is a difficult
problem to find where one department
' ends and another begins. Slips have
to be sold in the blouse department,
or women would never be able to
match their tunics to them. And it
is still a hard question to decide
whether an ensemble frock really be
longs in the frock department, with
the coats, or on the racks where the
suits are shown.
Doubtless this situation, amusing
and sometimes vexatious as it may
be. makes for much better dressing.
Always women of unusual discrimi
nation In matters of dress have paid
close attention to the ensemble idea.
They have never gone joyously forth
to buy anything in the way of an ac
cessory of dress that their fancy
prbmpted. They have felt the neces
sity always of buying everything as
part of a whole. But this has been
* rather unusual. Now almost every
woman feels something of this urge.
Fashion demands it. The result Is
that women as you see them look less
like lay figures in a second-hand
clothes store.
With this feeling for the ensemble,
accessories are playing an important
role. For it is the well chosen acces
sory that very often links together the
whole costume. Just for example.
Here is a parasol and a shawl, made
to be bought together. They are Lan
vin green with an embroidered land
scape on each. Either one worn sepa
rately with an elaborate frock might
appear to poor advantage, but Worn
together as the sole elaboration of a
severely simple white crepe de chine
frock and a plain little white felt or
■ilk hat they would produce a really
smart appearance.
Then there is a hat and scarf to
match, a wide-brimmed summery hat
of pink and cocoa-colored tulle —a
very smart color combination that, by
the way—trimmed with a *pink tulle
flower. With it goes a scarf of the
two shades of tulle with a flower
matching the one on the hat.
With many women the problem of
Things Which Are of Interest- to Younger Readers
Footwork and Player’s
Trick of Base-Stealing
BY AL DEMAREE.
(This is one of * series of tips on
hast ball by A1 Denar**. formerly
pitcher for the New York Giants. He
writes especially for boys who want to
learn to play base ball in bit league
style.)
The batter drives a long- fly to the
left field fence. It looks like a good,
safe double. He turnß first base and
races toward second, only to be caught
at the bag by inches.
you will say, “he didn’t
run fast enough.”
But the drive was a long one, and
the same runner had made second
many times ltefore on shorter hits.
FOOTWORK i
1
' BASE
ON :
poor
I !
GET A QUICK
START/
Peter was homesick. Why it must
have been years since he had seen his
mother. He sat with his eyes on his
history book, but his mind far away—
far away to last Summer, when he
and his mother had had such a lovely
time together at Plnehurst Farm.
Then had come Winter again, which
meant that his mother, a famous vio
linist, must go on tour again and he
must be sent to a boarding school.
Today he was resentful toward his
mother. He didn’t see why she
oould’t be content to settle down in
some little house With him, for his
father, who had died when Peter was
very email, had left them enough
money to live on in a modest way. He
found himself feeling very jealous of
his mother’s music, which took her
away from him so much when he quite
adored her.
He thought bitterly of other fellows
I in the school who went home to reg
*kular mothers for their week ends, end
who lived in the same houses all the
time' and had neighborhood friends,
and all such things that he had never
had.
And £oday was Mother'* day. He
WHITE OILCLOTH BAG, WITH WHITE ENAMEL FASTENING,
RAFFIA BAG BOUND IN PATENT LEATHER, WITH PINK
FLORAL DESIGN, AND BELT AND BAG OF GREEN KASHA AND
BLACK PATENT LEATHER. THEN A BLUE SUEDE BELT
EDGED WITH SILVER, WITH BRACELETS TO MATCH.
getting a new and smart costume this
Summef does not ionSist in buying a
new frock. Quite often the frock is of
lesser importance. The wiser plan
may be to go forth in search of scarf
and hat, or "belt ahd handbag, or para
sol and scarf, or shoes and gloves.
A very simple little frock of neutral
color is all that is needed as back
ground for such distinctive accessories.
One Well dressed woman is planning
to have a number of simple frocks of
white crepe de chine. These will be
the background of her Summer ward
robe. Different sets of accessories will
do the rest.
** * *
r\ONT you sometimes wonder when
you visit the neckwear counter,
in your favorite department store,
who is going to wear all the collars
and collar and cuff sets, all those ja
bots and ties and vestees and guimpes
and similar jeegaws that are sold at
these busy counters? It Is especially
puszling to know who Is going to wear
all those finely made and quite ex
pensive undersleeves. Apparently
some one will buy all these things
eventually and most of them before
many days have passed, for the neck
wear counter Is one of the busiest
spots In the store at this time of year
and you. have to stand many minutes
before the busy little saleswoman
comes to wait on you.
Detachable neckwear really does re
quire considerable attention. Undoubt
edly the reason why the uncollared
frock with woolen or silk fabric un
relieved at the neckline has remained
in fashion so long Is because It de
mands less time and attention. And
many women are going to be a long
time in giving In to the new fashion
for applied collars.
And some women, to all Intents and
purposes, have registered a solemn
vow never to wear high collars as
long as they live. On the other hand,
there are some women who will suf
fer all such inconveniences for the
sake of what they consider smart.
The craze for mannish effects has
favored several different sorts of high
collars. For sports wear there is the
Where, then, lay the trouble?
The answer is in his footwork. Two
small mistakes in running were in
strumental in putting him out by a
very small margin.
In the first place, he was just a
little slow in starting—only a matter
of seconds, perhaps, but enough to
lose him the decision in a close play.
Again, in turning first base, he lost a
step by turning the base on the wrong
foot. /
To the average follower of the game
these points may not seem very im
portant. but they are among the de
ciding factors that win of lose games.
Learn to get a quick start after
hitting the ball. Practice this start as
a runner practices for a race. Make
sure that you get off on the correct
foot each time, as the wrong foot
causes you to lose a step and may
decide whether or not you reach first
base.
In turning a base in order to run to
the next, learn to pivot or turn on the
left foot, touching the bug on the side
toward which you run. This will give
you the correct balance after making
the turn, and eliminate chances for
losing a step in your stride.
Another most important place in
the game In which footwork is a de
ciding factor is base-stealing. Many
an otherwise fast runner Is poor at
base-stealing because of his failing to
“get the jump” oh the pitcher. This
requires a fast start at just the right
moment.
Runners like Max Carey, Frank
Frisch and Archdeacon, with a long
list of stolen bases to their credit, are
experts at knowing when to start
the play and at getting away with all
the speed they possess. t
My advice to young players anxious
to develop correct footwork is to
spend plenty of time learning to start
quickly and in using the correct foot
when turning bases. Also it is a good
plan to take such exercise as will de
velop the chest and give you more
wind. Long walks and practice runs
will be very valuable for this.
A Regular Mother.
had written a long, long letter to his
mother and had received a long one
from her. But one look at the post
mark on his letter from her had
brought on this spell of homesickness,
for she was half-way across the coun
try from him. And most of the fellows
in school had been able to go home to
their mothers for the week end. ills
roommate was even now In the midst
of a family party, with his mother
cooking his favorite dishes and fuss
ing over him.
Tears began to sting his eyes. He
gulped, then got up and walked down
to the library. There were three fel
lows in the room tinkering with a
radio set. They asked him to join
them, but he answered surlily that he
didn't much care for radio.
He was starting back toward the
door when he hterd, sweet and clear
through the loud speaker, the sound
of a violin. He stopped. The music
Was lovely. He had never heard any
one except his mother who played that
particular piece so well, and he had
heard many violinists. The piece was
finished. Then the violinist started
another, this time an old folksong that
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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. MAY 10, 1925-PART 5.
regulation high soft collar worn with
four-in-hand tie, an 4 for the tailored
suit or suit frock several sorts of
stock-like neck contrivances.
Rather tr>lng to any but the slender
est pf women is the Van Dyke collar
that has been revived. It Is made of
lace in imitation, not of the feminine
collar of the days of Van Dyke, but of
the collar worn hy cavaliers.
(Copyright. 1026.)
A New Anesthetic.
NEW anesthetic, which ultimate
ly may result in the abandonment
of cocaine for this purpose, has been
discovered by Dr. Schulemann, Ger
man scientist, it was announced by
the American Chemical Society.
The new compound, known as tuto
kaln, is said to have been discovered
among the Intermediate products in
the manufacture of artificial rubber.
Unlike cocaine, it Is non-poisonous In
practical use. It Is said, and can be
sterilized without decomposition.
“Cocaine,” according*to the society’s
report, “is so much ih demand in Ger
many today that because of Its habit
forming properties attehipts are be
infr made to discontinue Its use and
gradually forbid its manufacture and
traffic."
Both in chemistry and pharmacy. It
is said, German scientists are endeav
oring to substitute synthetic chem
icals for medicines obtained (tom
plants.
Apple Jelly.
Wash apples and slice them with
out removing the skin or seeds.
Barely cover the frul* with water
and cook slowly until the apples are*
very tender; drain them through a
jelly bag over night. To one pint of
Juice allow a pound of granulated
sugar. Let the Juice come to a boll,
adding the sugar. Stir until the
sugar is dissolved, then boil rapidly
until the jelly point Is reached, put
in tumblers and seal.
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Across.
1. Vehicles.
5. Heavy metal.
9. Time during Which a ship lies
idle in port, without fires.
11. Babylonian goddess of war.
13. Diminutive of Elizabeth.
13. Unclose (poetic).
16. Auditory organ.
17. Earth.
18. An opera by Bellini.
19. Primitive weapon. .
22. Aquatic carnivorous mammals.
26. Writing instrument.
26. Portuguese coin.
27. Command.
29. Crosses.
31. Anything constructed of eight
parts.
32-. Small plumlike fruit (plural).
33. Itiver In Belgium.
was his favorite, and which tys mother
had played for him so many times.
During the piece he felt hi* mother
so very close to him that it didn't
seem strange, when the piece Was fin
ished, to hear her own dear voice say
ing: “I played that piece for my son,
because this is Mother’s day. He is
far away from me, and as I didn't
know I was to play until a short while
ago, I didn’t notify him to listen, but
perhaps he may be hearing this, and
if he is, I, am telling him, ‘Love and
kisses, good night.’ ”
“Oh!’* cried Peter to the astonished
boys. “That was my mother! Maybe
she isn’t Just like other fellows’
mothers, but she suite me right down
to the ground."
■■ ■ »
Girl (as her chair slipped at a
i NAVY BLUE AND WHITE POLKA
DOT STOCK, WITH LARGE
/ X PEARL PIN, WORN ROTH
/ \ a \ BEIGE ALPACA COAT DRESS,
/ i 4 B \ AND CORAL BROOCH, WORN
/ VU ' • W X WITH TAILORED WHITE AILK
/ V -\ SHIRT IN PLACE OF TIE.
LARGE COLLAR OF WHITE CHIFFON, WITH COPPER-COLORED
AND WHITE JABOT AND WHITE-AND-COPPER-COLORED PEARL
PIN; HIGH COLLAR WITH JABOT AT BACK; WIDE LACE COL
LAR. WORN WITH BLACK CREPE FROCK.
Dawn.
2. Change.
3. "Cry of a sheep.
4. Country in Asia Minor.
5. Jacob's father-in-law.
6. Organ of vision.
7. A flowering plant.
8. Disturbance.
19. Ancient’city of Lycia, Asia Minor.
12. A spelling book.
14. Examined a portion,
id. Particular place.
'2O. White crystalline compound.'
21. Guard; used in compound Words
of French derivation.
22, Wander.
23. Gdt Up.
24, Part of a college yell.
28. Self.
30. A minced oath,
Answer to Ymterday's Pttrtle.
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Across.
1. Rob* a dwelling.
7. Long steps.
13. surface size.
14. Effect of pollen on seeds in cross-4
pollination.
16. Stronghold.
17. Symbol* for English money.
18. Check the flow Os.
20. Organization Os veterans (abbr.).
31, Athletic association (abbr.).
22. th favor of.
23. Make fun of (slang).
25. A Continent (abbr.).
H. Nut ©f an African tree.
27. Concealed difficulty.
I*. Stuck in-the mud,
*l. wager.
S 3. Aboriginal inhabitant* of Romeo.
35. Point Os the compass.
*6. Son of Priam. King of Troy.
38. Those holding office.
Ik Saturate*.
4*. Depression worn by Water.
*l. That Which is unpaid (abbr.).
43, supplied. With wine.
44. Compensation.
46. Certain chemical compound*.
49. Boy’s nickname.
60. Entitle*.
S 3. Midday.
14. Become insipid,
3*. Honorary title (abbr.).
67. A number.
a asjsfds.r I *'
*O. Consume.
62. Making dirty..
66. a fermented liquor.
•I. Affected manoereT
68. Seethes!
69. Concept.
Literary fundamentals.
TL A tribe of Iroquotan Indian*,
AY- attHkdsk) . tin? .
BEAUTY CHATS
BY EDNA KENT FORBES.
No matter how slim a figure fashion
demands, square, bony ahouldera will
never be considered attractive. We've
done away with such things as bust
and hips, we've quite eliminated
dimples—to my great Joy, since I no
longer am called upon to give impos
sible directions for putting dimples
into undimpled chins—but we don't
yet believe In hollows around the
shoulder bones hor an outstanding
spinal column between the shoulder
blades.
Yet the very slim girl, who can
slide into a tubular dress mode out
Os a yard of cloth and look smart,
while her chubby ststerß diet and
pant With envy, has her own problem
when she puts on an evening drees.
For all her thinness, her shoulders
must be gently rounded, her back flat,
her upper arms well developed. And
those soft, smooth lines she can ac
quire by dolly, careful eaerdse and
massage.
Massage with cocoa butter to feed
the akin. If you have trouble with
the stiff butter, melt it and mix with
the same amount of cold cream; this
will give you a cream easier to work
into the skin though not quite so
fattening, flerub the shoulders and
chest flrot with hot water and soap
and rinse with hot water, so the pores
of the skin are open and ready to
take up the butter. Pin a soft cloth
over the skin to protect your under
clothing. for some cream is sure to
work out after a massage.
£>eep breathing exercise* will train
the Shoulders to He flat and not to
curve forward. With the bones pro
truding in back. They will also de
velop the chest and nil up those ugly
hollows be lew the neck. Extend the
arm* in front of you and. pull them
back, fists clenched, to the Shoulders,
as you breathe In. This helps won
derfully.
In a month you’ll see a great im
provement, in two months you should
have passably pretty chest and
shoulders.
COBtelia.—You cannot coarsen your
hair, but you can keep it from slink
ing to your head if you massage the
scalp every day until you feel the
Dewn.
1. Biblical character (possessive).
2. Either two constellations.
3. A color.
i 4. Southern state (bbbr.).
6. Not counted.
6. Large body of water.
7. Wrongdoing.
8. Small fsetenere.
I. Little word" With a big meaning.
15. Domestic animal.
11. Periods of time.
12. Name of three musical composers'.
16. Count.
11. Exchanged for cash.
11. Perththlhg to the farthest bdek.
23. Enemy.
24. calendar period.
26. Citadel of si Russian town.
28. Profitable.
30. Pertaining tolsis.
31. Wash'he Wl,
13. Exhausted. ’
34. Rest on the knees.
3*. Church seat.
ST. Cheerless.
4i. Narrew hand.
43. Lie close and snug.
46. Reversion of land to the crown.
47. Tiny mark. .
43. Plant*.
30. Uttered: musical sound*.
81. Ancient
-03. Sliding knot.
64. Kind of flower.
66. Pi-ecipitation.
59. A substitute.
61. Prefla; Three.
It. Os that thing, v
34. Radical organisation.
65. Put with.
«T. Public way (abbr.).
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Jit
AN OSTRICH FAN AND VANITY BAG COMBINED. A PLAID SILK
PURSE WITH GLOVES AND HANDKERCHIEF TO MATCH. AT
LOWER RIGHT AN UMBRELLA HANDLE AS LARGE AS A
SMALL DOG, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A REAL DOG WHEN YOU
CARRY IT, AND A TINY FOLDING CLOCK IN SILVER OR GOLD,
WORN ON A CORD OR SILVER CHAIN AS PENDANT.
blood circulating through it. Such a
treatment usually shows increased
vitality in the hair at once, and it
Will not droop again for hours.
Always use a comb with very coarse
teeth and shake out your hair
through your Angers to air it well.
All of these measures tend to fluff out
the hair and give it more life.
Seed* 500 Years Old.
T OTUS seeds, dormant since 1425,
are to nroduce blooms in Chicago
within a few months. The seeds
were found In a hard, membranous
husk in a bed of peat in the Gobi
Desert by Prof. Ogha, who gave them
to Dr. A. C. Shull, a botanist of the
University of Chicago. Dr. Shull will
penetrate the covering of the seeds
With sulphuric acid. After soaking
In the acid for two hours, the seeds
will be planted and permitted to
grow.
What They Owed to Mother
WhMi you grrow up you want, of
course, to make your mother proud
of you. And that very same ambi
tion to please- mother is what had a
very great deal to do wtih the suc
cess tot some of the greatest men and
womert. They wanted to please their
mothers.
George Washington:
There's the story of George Wash
ington, had how wishing to be kind to
his mother changed his whole life.
When he whs about Ift years old he
enlisted as a midshipman, and his
trunk was sent on board the ship. His
mother not only hated to see him go,
but She felt It was not the wise thing
for him to do. When he came to tell
her farewell, she burst into tears.
The youthful George ordered his trunk
sent ashore. •'Mother,” he said, "I
cah never go and cause you so much
grief. I will stay at home." This
WaS 4 turning point in his life, for
had lie become a sailor his career
Would have been far different.
Victor Hugo:
Victor Hugo, the famous novelist,
tells hoW his father was away from
heme a- great deal and his mother
Shouldered ail the raising of the fam
ily hereMf. She was a determined,
ambitious person, and she was al
ways encouraging her son and tell
ing him how sure she was that he
would some day be a famous writer.
He never quite got over the shock
of her death, which occurred when he
was Ift. Its influence is felt in his
Welt known book, “Le* Miserable*.”
Eugene Field:
Eugene Field's mother died when
he was only 6 years old, but much
of his lovely poetry Is due to his mem
ory of her. Her disposition, was so
- Yarns of th(
BY ART CHILDS.
Shovel-Face Okcar.
. (Up in the great lonesome woods
of the North the old guides have
made up many yarns which they tell
dyer and'over to the tenderfeet from
the Cities —their own way of explain
ing the strange tracks and weird
noises, Mr. Childs, who used to be
& game warden In the woods of
, northern Wisconsin, collected these
stories himself from the “oldtlmers.”)
“One et the Btrangest animals—l
guess you’d call him an animal—that
I overheard of up In these parts is
Shovel-Face Oscar,” said the old
guide, who had been giving a talk
oa the' queer natural history of the
north woods to a party of fishermen
from the city..
“Well, that’s an odd name for an
animat,” Ventured one of the men.
“Yep, and it’s an odd animal. You
sea, It’S this Why. As you probably
knew, bass are very peculiar fish,
and when they lay their eggs they do
SO In a hollowedrout place on the
ftaady bottoms in the shadow- waters
of. an Inland lake.
“Now, there's a funny little shovel
faced animal than makes a business
of hollowing- but tho nests for their
eggs. He has four legs and he eats
and sleeps underneath the surface of
the water. He makes- a nice, smooth,
saucer-shaped bed for each mother
bass' eggs."
“But where doee. he get the
‘Oscar’?” asked a listener.
"He's called that after Oscar Wick
Apple Pudding With Batter.
Teel, core, and slice three or four
apples. Make a batter of two eggs,
well-beaten, one tablespoon of sugar,
two tablespoons of melted butter, one
and one-half cups of milk, a tea
spoon of vanilla, and two cups of
flour sifted with two teaspoons of
baking powder. Beat thoroughly,
pour over the apples, steam for 40
minutes, and serve hot with sweet
ened cream or sauce.
-w %
Fair Exchange.
Some motorists stopped their car
near a farm orchard and gathered
half a peck of apples. As they passed
the farmhouse, they jokingly called:
"We helped ourselves to your apples.
Thought we'd tell you.”
“Oh, that's all right.” the farmer
called back. "I helped myself to your
tools while you were in the orchard.”
sweet and gentle and she was so very
beautiful that she remained forever
in his mind. Eugene said of her, “I
have carried the remembrance of her
gentle voice and soothing touch all
through my life.”
Count Tolstoy:
Count Tolstoy, the great Russian
writer, also had but a memory of his
mother. He was very young when
she died, and, strangely enough, there
were no pictures of her. So he “made
her up” in his mind and when he was
sad and lonely used to think of her.
His father told him that his mother
played the piano beautifully, and that
she was very clever; in fact, she spoke
easily five languages. The young Tol
stoy decided that he wanted to be the
sort of man when he grew up that his
clever mother would not be ashamed
of, had she lived. So, you see, even
though he'd never seen her, she had
a lot to do with her son's life.
Frances Willard:
Frances Willard, the temperance
leader, tells how much her mother
encouraged her. “She never called
u* 'had children’,” says Miss Willard.
"She told us that we were good, and
therefore she always expected good
things of us. So. of course, we were
bound we wouldn't disappoint her.”
William Cullen Bryant:
Bryant's mother taught him hiß let
ters, and it was from her that he early
gained his love of reading. It wasn't
easy for her to find time to teach her
young son, for Bryant's family was
poor, and the mother of the family
was a sort of factory on a small scale.
She spun Hrx, wove linen, made quilts,
dyed all the dress goods, and even
made the candles by which the boy
studied his lessons.
’ Big Woods.
lem, an old fisherman, who is the first
than, besides the Indians, who ever
really saw one of these shovel-faced
animals.”
Reading is Believing
Teacher—Children, Holland is noted
for its cleanliness and its love of
truth.
Doubtful student —I don’t be
lieve It: my, book says it’s a low
lying country.
Her Job
"It's the little things that count,”
said (he educational lecturer.
"Yes,” responded the primary grade
teacher, "hut you can't Imagine what
a hard time we have teaching them
to do it."
Hawful!
An Englishman heard an owl for
the first time. "What was that?”
he asked.
"An owl.” was the reply.
“My deah fellow, I know that, but
what was 'owllng?"
- Utter
“Go, my son, and shut the shut
ter," a mother to her son did utter
"The shutter's shut." the son did
mutter, "and I can't shut It any
shutter.”
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