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The Busy Woman Need
Not Worry About Her
Complexion After /
Several
Hours
of
Hard
Work
m -——
Skin Tonic Blended with the Already Applied
Basic Cream Furnish the Foundation for a
Lasting as Well as a Flattering Makeup.
My Secrets
of Charm
PBy Josephine Huddleston
MAKEUP that does not
demand constant touch
~ ing up is the desire of
every woman seeking the wcll
groomed appearance that lends
charm an ^ loveliness, whether
her activities are centered in the
busy marts of business or in the
social whirl.
All too often the varied activi
ties of our modern woman de
stroy the freshness of her com
| plexion after an hour or so.
I There is, however, a method of
i, apply ing makeup that insures a
j perfect blend for hours on end.
No longer need beautifying
aids be taboo even on the dress
! ing table of the Mid-Victorian,
as the niceties of good taste are
retained in the makeup suggest
ed below, as well as the addi
tional joy of having a natural
and youthful flush on the skin.
There are two equally impor
tant factors in achieving a satis
factory makeup. The careful
selection of cosmetics is essential
because a poor choice of creams,
lotions, tonics, and rouge pre
vents harmony in color, thus giv
ing an artificial and unattractive
appearance. The second impor
tant factor is the proper method
of applying the proper cosmetics
once they have been selected.
When powder and rouge are
applied without careful study as
to their placement and without a
definite method satisfactory re
sults Cannot be gained.
The first step in the applica
tion of a natural and lasting
makeup is the thorough cleansing
of the skin. It makes no great
difference whether soap and
water or cream be used for this
purpose; however, if soap is used
the skin must be rinsed careful
ly. If cream is preferred, it, too,
must be completely removed be
fore patting on a liberal applica
tion of skin tonic.
The term "liberal" is used ad
visedly as it is essential to the
success of the makeup. Pour a
goodly quantity of tonic into the
hands, rub the hands together
ligthly, then smooth the tonic over
the face imd throat.
Basic cream, which ta used
next, possesses both penetrative
and remedial properties and fur
nishes the highly desirable base
that gives a soft, velvety and
natural appearance to the skin.
It ako prevents the makeup from
What’s Next in Fashions?
By BETTY BROWNLEE
(Famous Fashion Lxptri)
FOR some time before Piris
displayed her collections of
fashions intended for this
Spring and Summer, rumors filled
the air that this was to be what
the buyers call “a jacket season.”
If it is not, it will not be through
any fault of the Paris designers
who offered, tentatively, new
jackets to complete almost every
type of costume except those for
evening—and excepted those only
because the jacket for evening is
already a well established fashion.
There was this difference, how
ever, between the little unlined,
straight cut jackets of print ma
terials, which last season ap
peared with printed frocks, and
those meant for the new mode.
Now the jacket is made of a ma
terial contrasting with that of the
frock and is lined with the dress
fabric.
Jackets for afternoon frocks do
not cover the extent of the pres
ent jacket mode, however. There
are jackies of every cut and ma
terial for every purpose. They
range from the carefully tailored
models of tweed or soft wools to
the mock - serious, abbreviated
cutaway to wear over the after
noon costume.
At the other extreme of the
cutaway line is an amusing
straight jacket for afternoon of
black satin cut abruptly away
from the button to swing down
to a rounded point at the back.
This saucy jacket has the excuse,
however, of not wanting to hide
any more than necessary of its
frock, which is of black crepe
satin printed with roses. Tne
jacket is lined with the same flow
ered crepe satin as is in the frock.
The girl sports enthusiast is
offered this season a selection of
jaunty little frocks in a greater
variety than aver before. And
these dresses, too, all have their
own little jackets to make the
costume a complete ensemble.
The jacket mode is particularly
advantageous and practical in
connection with the sleeveless—
and this season’s backless—tennis
frocks. The girl in town who
A Smart Sports Costume with a
Jaunty Jacket.
must travel to her tennis court
ami still must be dressed in good
taste will find it convenient to
have a smart little jacket to slip
on over her frock—and she will
be more comforahle and more ap
propriately dressed if it is neces
sary for her to travel in public
conveyances.
Illustrated here is a sleeveless
tennis dress of white crepe. It
has a jaunty sailor collar finished
with a soft red bow and the belt,
of course, is red leather. The
plaiting* of the smart skirt start
from the V-shaped yoke bodice.
And the jacket is a cunning
little bolero model of red flannel!
Pat a Generous Amount of
Powder Over the Face and
«..Thr°at*. Continue to Pat the
Skin Until the Powder Has Been
Absorbed.
fading. Din the finger-tips light
ly into the basic cream and apply
it in sparing daubs down the cen
ter of the forehead, nose, upper
lip, chin and center of the throat.
Place a few additional daubs on
the cheeks, temples and sides of
the throat. Then pour more skin
tonic into the hand, rub the hands
together and quickly hlend the
basic cream into the skin, using
an upward and outward move
ment until a slight shiny surface
I Photos Posed
by Miss
Huddleston.
A Soft Camels-Hair
Brush Removes Any
Surplus Powder.
is the only apparent
indication of the basic 4
cream. rf'safc**
When this step is
completed blend paste
* rouge over the cheek?,
following suggestions given
below:
If the face is rbund and full
the rouge should be placed well
towards the front of the face or
near the nose and a bit higher
than the thin face type. If, how
ever, the face is long and thin,
the color should be plated well
down on the checks and a little
more back towards the ears. A
touch of rouge added to the chin
of the long face type will make
the face appear less thin.
Brunettes, sallow or olive
skinned women will find the dark
shades of rouge best, while
blonds, with pale skin, light hair
and blue eyes, must select only
the lightest tints for the best re
sult®.
The eyes are next attended to
BOO-BOO, BLACK SHEEP IS i&Jym By Florence Ross
LULU ALIAN, nicknamed "Boo
Boo."and hc» friend. Hester Fry.
arrive in Nev* York to seek suc
cess and adventure. They install them
aelves in lodgings and look for positions
as stenographers Discouraged, they
dme with Parmly Garemont. a new ac
quaintance. and ha suggests they open a
public stenographer's office. He prom
ises to find them a place in his own
building and to arrange tha details
THE month following their
dinner with Parmly Clare
mont was is exciting a
period in the lives of the two
firls as they had ever bargained
or. In the four weeks follow
ing their arrival in New York
all their hopes, ambitions and
dreams had crystallized with the
opening of their little office.
With Claremont's help they
had leased a small office in the
building on lower Broadway in
which Drexell & Co., Clare
mont’s organization, occupied an
entire floor. For a small down
payment they obtained two type
writer desks, a filing cabinet,
four chairs, an extra table and
a-small rug. This furniture, and
their typewriters, constituted
their sole equipment. But the
day after they had installed it,
Boo-P.oo conceived the idea of
“feminizing” the office.
“Let’s get some pafnt and
brushes and a few yards of
scrim, and try our hand at in
terior decoration/’ she suggested
to Hester while they were he
moaning the drabness of their
newly-acquired workroom.
“Who ever heard of a public
stenographer’s office that looked
like a tea shop?” Hester ridi
culed "Remember, this is a
place for men—not women shop
pers.”
“All the more reason why we
shrould make it attractive," per
sisted Boo-Boo. "Anyway, it
won’t hurt to try.”
So they spent three days paint
ing chairs, tables, desks and type
writers, sewing curtains and
daubing lampshades. “Men like
red," philosophized Boo-Boo.
"Let’s give it to them." She
worked out a color scheme of
reds, yellows and blacks that wa3
as daring as it was magnetic.
Soft yellow lights threw cheer
ful and deceptive shadows on fur
niture that no longer suggested
Grand Ranids; rebuilt typewriters
thht had lost the air of metallic
brilliance with which mechanical
perfection is associated now car
ried a pert air—there is nothing
drab about shiny red keys and
polished steel hinges.
“And now that we have his
place looking so cheery,” mused
Hester, "I wonder if i» wouldn’t
be a good idea to give it a name?”
“You’re positively brilliant,”
murmured Boo-Boo. “Whatll we
call it?” Then, her eyes crinkling
up at the comers like a small
boy planning mischief, she said,
“I know one thing: We won’t
make it sound like a tea room by
calling it ‘Ye Olde Carbon
Shoppe/” Then, “I have it!
‘The Dot and Pash!*”
So on the following day the
“Dot and Dash” opened its gaily
painted doors for business. The
first customer was a long time in
coming and the girls were begin
ning to think they had selected
a bad location for their first busi
ness venture. But at two o’clock in
the afternoon two men passed by
the office, peered ih and were
about to go on when Boo-Boo,
w'ho was standing at the door,
asked, “Can we do anything for
you, gentlemen?” As she stood
there, the sunlight playing sym
phonies of light on her saffron
colored hair, there was something
so irresistibly feminine, challeng
ing about her, that the men
stopped short.
“Why. we were looking for a
public stenographer,” said one.
“We’ve got a manuscript we want
retyped—quickly and accurate
ly."
“If that’s the case you’re in the
right place,” and Boo-Boo smiled
her most ravishing smile.
“Won’t you be seated,” Hester
invited in a tone that suggested
disapproval of Boo-Boo’s easy fa
miliarity. She opened her type
writer desk, slipped a sheet of
paper through the roller and pre
pared to copy the manuscript that
lay before her.
“This will take about half an
hour,” she said. “Would you like
to call back for it, or shall I send
it to you?”
The younger of the two men
glanced at Boo-Boo, and then
smiled. “If you don’t mind,” he
ventured, ‘Til wait.” Then turn
ing to Boo-Boo, and gesturing
with one hand, he said, “This is a
darn attractive place you girls
have. Pretty smart idea to doll
up an office like this.”
*Tm so glad you like it,** cooed
Boo-Boo. with an eye to encour
aging further business. “This is
our first day and we do hope well
be successful.’*
Their first customer found
himself growing more and mora
interested in the “Dot and Dash.**
He introduced himself as Peter
Holland, and explained that he
was the author of several plays
which had appeared cm Broadway
the preceding season. “Some of
them good, some of them pretty
bad,” he apologized. There was
something vastly attractive about
the man. No longer young, he
gave one, withal, a sense of boy
ishness, a sort of subdued exuber
ance that was appealing.
Boo-Boo listened to his stories
of Broadway with wide-eyed
absorption. “It must be fascinat
ing,” she said eagerly, “to know
all these people.”
“Suppose' you come to dinner
with me tonight, then,** suggested
Holland, “and Weil see what we
can do about introducing you to
some of them.”
“Oh — that would be won-der
ful,” breathed Boo-Boo, visions
of glittering night life in New
’kork dancing before h* r eye*.
“Why, Boo-Boo!” called Hester
from her typewriter, **you don't
even know this gentleman! How
can you-"
“This will give her an excel
lent opportunity to find out wh ,t
I’m like," volunteered Rollsnd.
“And besides, it will bring in busi
ness.” And he grinned knowing
ly .. .
(To Be Continued.)
Boo-Boo Listened to His Stories of Broadway wifh Wide-eyed
Absorption. “It must be fascinating" She Said, “to
know all these people.”
Appetizing Menus Cor the Week
s
MONDAT
Breakfast
Prunes,
Hominr.
Hot Rolls.
Coffee
Luncheon
Cream of
Spinach Soup.
Fruit Salad.
Brown Bread
Sandwiches.
Preserves,
dinner
Roast Beef,
Roast Potatoes.
T urnipa.
Endive Salad.
Cup Custard.
TUESDAT
breakfast
Orange Juice.
Scrambled
Egg*.
Toast.
Coflee.
Luncheon
Consomme.
Assorted
Sandwiches.
Pound Cake.
Tea
Dinner
Fruit Cocktail.
Roast Beef
Hash.
Cairots.
Sliced Tomatoes.
Rice Pudding
WEDNESDAY
Baked Apple.
Rice Cake*.
Maple Syrup.
Coffee.
Luncheon
•Spaghetti
*ith
Tomato Sauce.
Sliced
Cucumber*.
Cheese and
Cracker*.
Dinner
Vegetable
Soup.
Fricassee of
Lamb.
Riced
Potatoes.
Green Peas,
Chocolate Nut
Pudding
THURSDAY
Breakfast
Rhubarb,
Bacon,
Toast,
Marmalade.
Coffee.
Lvnehenn
Baked Beans,
Combination
Salad.
Cookies,
Tea
Dinner
•Tomato Bisque.
Lamb Chops.
Mashed
Potatoes.
Asparagus with
Hnltandaise
Sauce.
Fruit Compote
FRIDAY
Breakfast
Grapefruit,
Oatmeal,
Muffin*.
Coffee.
Luncheon
Oy»ter Stew.
To*»t.
Sliced Peache*
Dinner
Oam Chowdar.
Fried Smell*.
Tartar* Sauce,
Boiled
Potato**.
Lima Bean*.
Cocoanul Pie.
SATURDAY
Breakfast
Baked Banana*,
Poached Egg*.
Graham Toatt,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Cold Meat,
Potato Salad.
Cep Cake*.
Tea.
Dinner
Muiligatawaey
Soup.
Creamed Sweet
Bread*.
Rice,
String Bean*.
Lettuce and
Tomato Salad,
Lemon Tart*.
SUNDAY
Breakfast
Apricot*.
Buckwheat
Cake*.
Syrup.
Coffee.
Dinner
Roast Veaf,
Bread Sauce.
Potatoes,
Creamed
Cabbage.
Pineapple and
Cheese Salad.
Chocolate Ice
Cream Cake.
Supper
Kidney Stew.
Hashed Brown
Potatoes.
Currant Jelly.
Tee.
*Favorite Recipe oi the Week—Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce,
|»OIU *ps*rn»ui in aalt water for 20 minutes Drain
** in n coiar.rfei and eerva on a hot platter Pour
over lha following aauca: Cook ona sl ca ot ons< n
with ona-half a eao of tomatoea for about 16
minutes ftub through strainer and add to It three
nbiespoonfu.e of butter, three taMespAonfuls of
Hour, a pinch of salt and pepper already copked
together. Add a few grama of soda if tomatoes are
acid.
Gvvjncftt. 192S, laivrt>ttu««l Fsitur* Bculta. tea. G'tii Biltaia Rittti Rdk'M
Skin Tonic Is Used to Moisten the Mascara Brush.
and the shadow used naturally
depends upon the color of the
eyes. A deep blue will prove
effective for tne dark-haired girl
with blue eyes. A lighter shade,
however, is used for the blue
eyed blond. Brown eye shadow
usually appears more flattering
when affected by the dark hair
and brown-eyed type. In rare
cases, however, when the dark
haired and brown-eyed woman
THE BULLETIN BOARD
By MRS. MARY D. WILSON
Dear mrs. wilson:
How can / wash a tcftffe
sport-sweater without having if
f«rn yellow f MISS K. R.
Shal e the sweater free from ail
dust before starting to wash.
Then drop it Into two pailfuls of
warm (not hot) water in which
enough soap flakes have been
added to make a thick lather, and
to which two tablespoonfuls of
borax have been added. Squeeze
and kneed it clean, then rinse in
the same manner, wrap around
in a dry towel to wring out nnd
hang in a dark place to dry. Then
it will not turn yellow. Borax
cleans and also whitens white
woolens, as it tends to yellow.
Borax cleans and also whitens
woolen goods.
Dear mrs" wilson:
Do you think criss-cross cur
tains they are now using would
look well with velour nrerdrapes
in a living roomt What is the
best care to give a fernt Is it
better to keep if in the house or
out in the sunf Mrs. F. J. Y.
Velour overdrapes are rather
heavy and formal for criss-cross
curtains. You should choose
something more simple to har
monize with your drapes. Ferns
should remain moist. Do not let
the earth become hard and dry.
Keep an extra supply of water in
the space between the pan in
which the crock is placed and the
crock. If you do this the ferm
need only be watered once er
twice a week. Ferns thrive very
well in the house if they ars
taken care of sufficiently.
Dear mrs. wii.soN:
/ hare a pair of suede ft tores
which hare molded. / have washed
them in gasoline and the
spots still show. The flare* are
fray. / would like to know how
to remove the spots, and also o
better cleanser than gasoline
if. W.
An effective remedy for re
moving mold stains is salt of
lemons, but I cannot guarantee
the effect on suede. Remember
that this is a poisonous liquid
and keep it away from children
Since you don’t like gasoline as
a cleanser, try dry oatmeal. IV
your gloves on and rub the out
meal over the surface. This
should he done over a tray or a
newspaper.
Mary II. Wilson trill answer oil
questions concerning tho house,
hold. (Vo personal correspondence.
Don't send stomps.
i.111 * !t" .:: t
possesses Ivory rather than olive
skin, blue shading may be used
effectively.
As only a very snail amount
Is necessary, touch tho finger
tips lightly to the paste shading
and apply it over the upper lei
close to the lashes carefully
ulending it until a faint shadow
is discernible.
Powder is used lavishly and a
clean, fresh puff is essential at
all times. A generous amount of
powder should be patted over the
face and throat and this firm pat
ting should continue until m<"t
of the powder has been absorbed,
patting the puff over the skin
makes it possible for a mere
generous amount of powder to be
applied and the basic cream and
skin tonic causes the ponder to
adhere for a longer time than
when only a small amount of
powder is rubbed onto the sk a.
Then, too, with the skin tonic,
basic cream and paste mu*;e ba*<*
rubbing powder on the skin would
smear and blur the makeup.
A camelVhair brush, such as
is used for brushing infant*’ hair,
is then brushed firmly over t-e
face and throat so that the f
bristles can remove all surplus
powder, leaving the skin in a soft
velvety condition.
Lip rouge should be of *h»
same shade a« that used on the
cheeks and the genera! line of
the lip must bo followed. If,
however, the natural lines of the
lips are to be disguised and the
mouth made to appear smaller,
or the lips feller, it is important
that the lip rouge be appli d
evenly, with an equal amount of
coloring on each side of the how.
An innovation in the u#.* of
mascara comes by rroister-rg
the mascara brush with sk n
tonic instead of water. As mo t
skin tonics have a glycerine ba"<:e,
its use eliminates the ingenuity
of using vaseline on the lash •
before applying mascara. An
excellent plan is to pour a small
quantity of skiYt tonic into a
small bottle, so that it may ho
kept especially for this purpose.
The mascara is applied in tho
usual way, simply rubbirg the
moistened brush over the cake of
mascara and brushing it lightly
over the lashes.
I’m sure you’ll a!! love thia
new method of applying make*
up. I’m simply mad about it!