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Exceptionally Good Values in Fur Coats Offered to Women This Season
Fitted and Boxy Styles
Approved by Fashion;
Pelts Well Varied
Follow Advice of Reputable
Furrier in Order to Select
Most Useful Garment
By Helen Vogt
People who make studies of such things 8nd get paid for it, pridefully
report that women are asking questions about fur cor.ts. Not, they will
tell you, that it is unusual for the ladies to make inquiries about Raid
articles, but in this case the type of question, rather than the question
Itself, is what has proved of interest to fashionists and the like.
The ladies, it se«*ms, are not asking, “How can I get George to buy
that snappy pseudo-sealskin at Max’ Fourth Avenue?” Now it develops
that they are asking the same sort of things they usually want to know
about refrigerators and living room sofas, namely: Are the values good?
Will the styles remain the same? Is it patriotic to put this much money
Into something? And. that eternal and strangely comforting feminine
query. “What kind shall I buy?”
Silly though It may be to think that this small space will attract
M much attention as a full-page ad. we'd still like to remind you that
this i*. Indeed, the month of sales. Fur values are good—as they always
are toward spring—and you'll find some really good-sized reductions. To
quote the experts, there are even better values than usual, because a
very warm autumn and mild winter has made many women decide to
do without a fur coat this year. So. stocks are plentiful, too plentiful, we
might add. for the comfort of the furriers who can look mournful and
mark, down prices all at the same
time.
Because the fashion world is di
vided between the full and narrow
silhouettes, a coat of either trend
should be all right for some years.
Most of the boxy types are in the
longer haired furs such as lynx-dyed
wolf, raccoon or skunk. The more
fitted models, as a rule, are in Alaska
sealskin, mink or sable-dyed musk
rat. Persian lamb and mink. Budget
furs, such as mouton, the dyed musk
Grow Old?
By Josephine Lowtnan
Pood plays an important part in
preventing colds. Too much food
of any kind, and particularly rich
food which overloads the system,
may be a predisposing cause for
the success of these germs. Food
which starves the system for much
needed vitamins also plays Its part.
Excesses of any kind make you
more susceptible to colds. Too
much eating, too much drinking, too
much smoking, too much staying up
late, too much fatigue, too much
indoors, too much dry heat and too
much worry or emotional stress,
all play their part in your capitula
tion.
Many physicians who see this will
feel that what I am about to say
is worthless while others may agree
as to its possible value. I do not
giva the following information as
a medical opinion but pass it on to
jrou as personal experience.
I haven't had a cold for two
years! I have experimented with
myself for this length of time, dur
ing which I was often on trains, in
hotels and crowds and therefore
was subject^! to cold germs.
Many times during the two years
I wouid awaken with a very sore
throat or a stopped up nose. I
took three or four vitamin tablets
a day (the kind which supplies all
vitamins but is especially high in
vitamin A>. The sore throat or
stopped up nose disappeared within
24 to 48 hours and did not develop
Into a cold.
This has been such a happy ex
perience that I want to pass it on
to you although I cannot promise
that it will work in your instance.
You might like to talk it over with
your physician and ask him how
many and what kind to take.
One treatment which is comfort
ing to the cold victim is the hot
mustard foot bath. The patient
should sit on the side of the bed
with shoulders covered to prevent
chilling. Add a tablespoonful of
powdered mustard to a foot pan
of hot water. Soak for about 15
minutes.
To the Readers of
Why Grow Old?
The heavy mail resulting
from Miss Josephine Lowman's
offer of a leaflet on How to Lose
Twenty Pounds in Eight Weeks
has caused some delay in the
filling of requests. We hope
that this will not seriously in
convenience any one, and as
sure Miss Lowman’s readers
that, their leaflets will be mailed
to them as soon as possible.
rat pelts and others are plentiful
and important from a fashion point
of view, even though they're not as
much In the nature of an investment
as are the more luxurious and longer
wearing types.
When you buy furs, remember
these important things: First, and
above all. go to a reputable furrier,
because the average layman knows
next to nothing about furs and must
rely on the advice of the expert.
Next, tell that furrier what you ex
pect of a coat, whether you drive a
car. how often you will wear the
fur and how much of a ‘‘beating" it
has to take. He’ll know from your
answers just which fur will be beet
suited to your needs and which will
be the sensible and economical
choice.
And remember, this year, that it's
not being unpatriotic and wasteful
to buy a coat. It’s an investment for
you, a part of your feminine duty
to look your best and boost morale.
You might also consider that there
are so many workers who participate
in the creation of your garment and
depend on the work for a living, that
you are doing your own little bit
toward helping industry and, though
indirectly, aiding the Government
and defense.
So. don’t hesitate to invest in a
fur coat this year, if you need one
and want it. Remember that this is
the season for good values and fine
fashions.
Although it's not a “budget fur,” Alaska sealskin is an excellent investment for this season
and many to come. The brown furs are favored this year, and the deep tones of Matara brown
I in this pelt are exceptionally lovely. Choose a style which may be worn for both day and evening, j
New Styles for Old - - -
Bulky Victorian Table Changed
Into Useful Modern Furniture
By Margaret Nowell
Dear Miss Nowell: I have a marble-topped Victorian table that Is In
perfect condition but just does not seem to go with anything I have. It
is too high to be used as a lamp table and too large to be right against a
wall. It has four curved legs with a centerpiece that is quite ornate. Is
■ there anything to be done with this to make it usable with present-day
furniture, or should it just be discarded? K. T.
Answer—It isn't smart to discard anything usable these days, and, de
pending on just how you prefer to
use your table, you might take your
choice of these two suggestions. This
will make a very nice coffee table
or tea table if it can be lowered to
the desired height. This is best done
by cutting the legs off where they
join the table top, and resetting the
top. Or, if a pair of console tables
w'ould be more useful, cut the table
in half and attach the two halves to
the wall with screws. To make these
more effective, if your walls are
dark in color, paint the tables white
and use white lamps on them.
Dear Miss Nowell: What would
you suggest as inexpensive rugs for
a bedroom for two small boys? The
furniture is maple in early Ameri
can design, and the bedspread and
upholstery are calico. I want some
j thing sturdy and long wearing, good
in color and inexpensive. H. J. L.
Answer—The machine-made oval
rag rugs that you may find in all the
shops w'ould be ideal from every
angle. They come in gay colors and
will stand plenty of hard wear.
Dear Miss Nowell: My bedroom
is so unattractive that I hate to go
into it. I would like to throw every
thing out and start all over new, but
j that is impossible. What do you
think are the most important items
to give it all a lift? I am limited to
$25 for new purchases, and I am
afraid that is not much. R. E. C.
1 Answer—Invest in the gayest ma
Peasant Pictures
By Baroness Piantoni
Pew women can paint their own pictures, but these attractive peasant
figures are simple enough for even a child to make. When they are
completed, you have two very unusual pictures that are a delight to
behold. You'll have many compliments on them, too. The figures are
traced and colored with colored pencils, the skirt and boy’s coat are cut
■way and fabric is pasted behind the picture for a colorful and unique
effect. Real lace, wool for hair, beads, ribbons and a feather may be added
for extra realism.
Pattern envelope contains tracing pattern for each design; also
full directions. Pictures are g by 10 inches.
Send 15 rents for pattern number 1742 to the Needlework Editor
arf The Evening Star.
terial for new draperies and a bed
spread that you can find. TTie.se
I two important points will give bigger
results than any other. If you feel
that the walls should be changed
and are energetic enough to do the
job yourself, it is a very simple thing
to put casein paint on over old wall
paper and make an entirely new
looking room. Tills would still come
under the $25 if you put it on your
self.
Dear Miss Nowell: I have a glass
bay window in my living room, with
the glass extending all the wav to
the floor. The room is small and I
need this space for chairs, yet hesi
tate to shut off the view by putting
upholstered chairs in the recess.
Would you have any ideas of seat
ing space here? Do you think has
socks would look all right? H. V. S.
Answer—I think you could use a
pair of nice Windsor chairs with
slender reeding in this bay, with a
small table between them, and make
it much more a part of the living
room than with the hassocks. The
open frame of the chairs and the
fragile table would not shut off the
view or the sunlight and tvould be
much more usable.
Dear Miss Nowell—Can you tell
me whether glazed chintz can be
laundered successfully? I have
heard contradictions on this, and
as I would like to have chintz drao
eries in my bedroom if they can be
washed or cleaned, I would like your
opinion. S. A.
Answer—Chintz that is washable
will be marked on the selvedge to
that effect. It is mast satisfactory
and I am sure you would be hapoy
with it. If it is not marked wash
able you would have to make your
own tests. Some of it cleans very
well, by a reputable cleaner, and
I others not at all. so to be safe I
! would suggest that you buy only the
guaranteed type.
_
Dear Miss Nowell: I wish to
frame some hunting prints in a
bright red frame. How wide do you
| think the frame should be. and
| should the pictures be framed up
close or used with a mat? T. O.
Answer—If you plan a red frame
It should be verv narrow or It will
overpower the picture it is to frame.
Choose one not wide'r than \ inch
and narrower if possible. These are
usually more effective with a white
mat or one of grass cloth.
Address queries on home dec
oration to Margaret Nowell, in
care of The Evening Star.
Answers will be printed in this
column as quickly as space per
mits. For personal reply, inclcxe
a 3-cent stamped, self-addressed
envelope with your request.
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By Dorothy Murray
Remove accumulated dust from
folds and crevices of upholstered
furniture with a small “sweeper”
made of non-breakable plastic. It is
very simple to use, requiring only a
quick side stroke, and eliminating
hard pressing because its own weight
is sufficient to pick up dust particles.
You’ll be delighted to find that it
is also easy to keep clean . . .
An adjustable cutting board is ex
ceptionally useful when slicing meat,
cheese or bread. It Is equipped with
metal side pieces which are used as
guides, and all slices are cut evenly,
although each can be made a dif
ferent size . . .
Weep no more, my lady, even while
you're chopping onions! Just get a
bowl especially designed to eliminate
this uncomfortable situation, made
of glass and marked off in measure
ments of cups. Inserted through
the metal top is a stainless steel
tube with sharp propelling blades
to make the chopping a "snap” . . .
Three cheers for the red, white
and blue coasters now on the mar
ket. These “patriotic” cocktail acces
sories are knitted and fit the glasses
so snugly that there is no danger
of furniture and clothing being
harmed by moisture. The conserva
tive type will find these coasters in
plain colors, too . . .
For walking the dog at night, be
certain to have a flashlight that fits
securely onto your wrist by means of
an elastic bracelet, and affords you
free use of both hands for holding
leashes and lighting cigarettes. The
flashlights are made of bakelite in
red, green, khaki and other col
ors . . .
Adjustable slip bands are an
other of those amazing feminine
necessities. If your slip is too long
and you don't want to mar the ma
terial by sewing a tuck in it. put the
band around your waist, "nonskid”
side next to the slip, pull the slip
up to the desired length, and there
it stays . . .
Want the Adirondacks in your
home? Then spray your closets with
a liquid that has a refreshing pine
odor. The fluid, which is much less
expensive than a trip to the moun
tains, may be purchased in several
sizes, and each bottle is equipped
with a sprayer ...
Painted glass .flowers wired to
form a pattern are placed in the
center of a hand-carved teak wood
frame making a plaque that can be
placed almost anywhere in the home.
Sizes, as well as types, are varied ,..
Tasty Snack
For tea this delightful snack will
be enjoyed: Mix equal parts of but
ter and light brown sugar, add a
little vanilla, almond extract and
grated orange peel. Spread on hot
toast—reheat until bubbly on top.
Serve at once.
Babies Need
Fresh Air
And Sun
Mother Can Follow
Approved Rules
Confidently
By Lettice Lee Streett
While we all agree that the proper
amount of good fresh air never
hurt any average, healthy baby or
small child, the aubject of what is
the proper amount for a baby, ac
cording to age, is a question about
which many young mothers are in
doubt. Therefore, I have made a
list of a few approved rules for air
ing a baby.
1. The new baby’s room, and all
babies’ rooms, should be aired at
least twice a day while the baby is
taken from the room. A good plan
is to air the room every time the
baby Is out of It. During the day
a regular temperature of 70 degrees
F. should be maintained and the
air kept fresh.
2. Until an Infant is three months
old the night temperature of the
nursery should stay at about 65
degrees P. After three months it
may be allowed to drop to 55 de
grees P. if the weather is not damp.
3. A healthy, 1-month-old in
fant may be dressed warmly in
coat, cap and little stockings, well
covered and pushed up to an open,
sunny window. Doors to the room
should be closed to avoid draughts.
The length of the indoor airing
should begin with about 10 minutes
and gradually be Increased up to
several hours. If desired.
4. In wintertime, babies who live
in the North generally do not go
out-of-doors for an airing until
after the second month, and then
only on dry, sunny days that are
not windy. No little baby should
go outside on damp, Windy or bit
terly cold days. In more Southern
locations a baby three weeks old
often may sleep safely out-of-doors
in winter in the daytime.
5. The best hours for airing are
from 10 a m. to 3:30 p.m.
6. A baby's mother or nurse must
also use her own judgment as to
how long a baby should stay out
side. This depends upon the sec-1
lion of the country, the weather,
the temperature, the age of the
baby and his reactions to the airing.
| 7. The carriage should be placed
so that the wind does not blow on
the baby's face, so that the sun
shines on him but not in his eyes,
and care should be taken to keep
i his feet warm.
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Dorothy Dix Says —
Women, More Than Men, Consider
Marriage Their Full-Time Job
Irate women, with blood in their eyes and hay on their horns are
always asking me why I write more about wives trying to hold their hus
bands’ affections than I do about husbands putting forth strenuous
efforts to keep their wives fascinated and thinking they drew the big prize
in the matrimonial lottery. Well, I do it for the very good reason that
it is more important, both emotionally and practically, for a woman to
make a success of her marriage than
it is for a man. A wife's happiness
depends upon her husband loving
her and giving her continual proofs
of his devotion, and if he wearies
of her and grows cold and indiffer
ent it turns life into cinders, ashes
and dust for her. But men are not
so dependent on love as women are,
and if a wife fails to give her hus
band the affection he craves It may
wound him sorely, but it does not
slay him. He still has his business,
his career, his ambitions to take up
his thoughts and male life interest
ing to him. Then, again, to a woman
marriage means not only the satis
fying of her heart's desire for love
and companloaship, but her career
as well. When she marries she
nearly always gives up whatever
gainful occupation she was follow
ing. or that she would have followed
if she had not married, and devotes
her time, her energy, her intelli
gence to the making of a home.
Therefore, it is important to her
from every angle, financial as well
as sentimental, to make her mar
riage a success.
To do this she has to keep her
husband interested in her and
pleased with her, for if he gets tired
of her or bored with her and falls
in love with another woman and the
marriage ends In divorce, it means
not only the breaking of her heart,
but the breaking up of her home
and the loss of all for which she
has worked so hard.
If this occurs, as it so often does,
after the lapse of a number of years
when she is middle-aged, it is ut
terly disastrous. She is too old then
to start life afresh, too old to com
pete with young girls, too softened
by domesticity to be able to fight her
way in the commercial world. No
women are more pitiful than the
elderly women who have lost their
homes and husbands and who are
turned out from the divorce court
as bewildered and helpless as cage
bred animals who are thrown out in
the wild to fend for themselves.
Wives have to make more effort
to keep their husbands than hus
bands do to keep their wives, be
cause husbands are more apt to slip
than wives are. Certainly the aver
age middle-aged woman is as good
looking as the average middle-aged
man. Also she is just as chummy
and interesting. And there is no
more reason why husbands should
lose their tastes for their wives than
why wives should lose their tastes
for their husbands.
Mr. Jones at 40 has lost his boy
ish figure just as often as Mrs. J.
has become a stylish stout. Mrs. J.’s
grizzled hair is no harder on the
eyes than Mr. J.'s bald spot. Nor is
Mrs. J.'s gossip about the neighbors
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any less of a peppy line of conversa
tion than Mr. J.’s resume of the gro
cery business.
Nevertheless, Mrs. J. does, as a
general thing, satisfy herself with
her matrimonial bargain, such as
it is. and does not often let her
thoughts go straying after handsome
gigolos: whereas, only too often Mr.
J. finds that domesticity palls upon
him and strays off after glamorous
! debs. <•
Also, men have many more
temptations that women have to
jump the matrimonial bars. After a
woman is past her youth and beauty
time no man seeks to wean her away
irom her allegiance to her husband,
but the older a man gets and the
more money he makes, the more the
gold-diggers are after him.
Therefore, it behooves every wife
who wants to keep her husband to
be up and doing and on her job.
There is never a place between the
altar and the grave where she can
i sit down and take a long breath and
feel that she can rest from her la
bors of keeping her husband fasci
nated and thinking she is it. But
| the most that the generality of hus
bands have to do to hold their wives
is just to keep themselves kissable.
SWAN SENSE |
by Grach Alloa
You’ll likt Swan bottor
For baby and foci#
And woolio and whatnot
just tako it from Grad*.
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Charming Middy-Top Frock
Becoming to Little Girls
-1492B
By Barbara Bell
Cute and different—here is a frock
your little girl will be delighted to
have you make! She'll be unusually
proud of big sister's latest middy
topped dirndl and she'll feel very
grown up when she wears it! This
very clever design is becoming to all
littie girls, too, and whether your
child is chubby or slim you'll find
the dress mighty cunning on her.
The middy-like top carries out the
longer torso feeling which is such
an Important feature now—and is
dart-fitted to fit very smoothly
through the waist. The skirt, at
! tached at a dropped waistline, is
gathered on wdth an extra fullness
which gives the dirndl silhouette—
' just as pretty for a little toddler as
| it is for a junior miss!
You can make this dress effec
tively with a contrasting top and
skirt—or all of one color, of course.
The matching tie is a fetching detail
which you will surely include when
you make the dress! Smart ma
terials for the dress are the wash
able ginghams, chambray, poplins
or percale.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1492-B is
designed for sizes 2. 3. 4. 5 and 6
years. Size 3 top requires yard
35-inch material; skirt, tie and cuffs
take 1 yard.
Fpr new light on the sewing prob
lem send 15 cents for the Fashion
Book, our new catalogue of pattern
styles for all ages, all sizes from 1
to 52.
Letters from friends:
"As necessary as
bread and butter"
**I am a daacendent of a long line of
tea drinker*. It it at necessary to us
as bread and butter and McCormick
Tea is the bast we’ve ever used.”
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Home Baking Hints
A fairly rich and stiff batter is
necessary if you would have raisins
distributed evenly throughout the
cake. It is almost impossible to
make the raisins stay throughout a
cake made with a soft batter re
gardless of the way the raisins are
treated.
To help keep a fruit pie crust from
getting soggy, brush the bottom
crust with white of egg.
Rtatler
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