By Anne 1?in
Fashion Takes Intareltlng Decor..-
tlon From the Button Box.
- {L‘h man, poor man. beggar mom;
thief.
Imvtor, lawyer. merchant, chief."
will revert. to
. silver. carved stones. wood or metal,
into the picture. and not only inter-
esting. ornamented buttons of gold.
but. just the common garden variety
of pearl uttons. Even the milliners
are using: buttons, and one charming
little suede poke is entirely covered
‘.'E.\‘ the sophisticated girl ofl " ' . ~-
E thi“ Present day .“nh ligh. “eight gold buttons. It
the crcdulity of her neolitbic
(«woman—when she has buttons on
Mr (rock. And she may even count
»':' the ornculnr buttons to show
-x'.lPthPi‘ "he loves her or loves her
. rv in llrsperation. a little or not at
Aral for some reason or other but~
w :‘c limo come back into fashion—
‘ilil buttons are neither Egyp~
Chinese. nor Persian. nor
..'in. nor any of the other fifi:‘-
- "l‘. varieties of national design
{mm “'l‘llt‘ll drpssmnkers recently or
n irrrscnl have sought design in-
T‘erhnps the only reason
p ‘lw reappearance of buttons as a
‘c cl‘ il"“‘ll'?lill‘n is that they have
‘Y lvoen used for some time.
W l.‘ «lays seemed to be buttonless
Uri“: :15: hr :15 women's clothes were
, n2 crimrl They rationed
' ll‘ l‘."l‘
’l‘.i71<'ll‘..
'1.“ rl, mcv honkcd or they didn't
1 a: .ill~~~l>i:l thev almost never
:.~.nn~i Maybe gnuvan explain
,s 1‘) Mun: that buttons \vcrel
. run, :2: the button makers all
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i'u the War. or that dressnmkr
limlu'r have time. in make the
1”.'Mi:lirv1e':. or that wr-men didn't
.mn lill'll,‘ in us? humans and but—
:.':~.r»lru=. l-‘zirurc it out for yourself.
A? fill 'm‘ems business a‘mt: the
'2“"‘"; was mistblnz but
i»: ilk, va buttons l1&\€ come back
('lllilil“ l'S!
Rm! rrlrrf {rm-F: trimmrd with ail-
1v’r (muons and silver brocua'rd
‘rsf.
with
. super: words and loops; they werp‘
Would be a day's work to tell one'a
fate by counting the buttons on that
little poke.
Quite frequently buttons are used
like that without any effort to pro-
duce the illusion that they are serv-
ing the purpose for which buttons
were originally designed. The frock
of red velvet shown in the sketch
has a silver brocade vest and silver
buttons dmvn the front. These but-
tons don't even pretend to button
anything or'tn do anything else.
Sometimes however. buttons are
accompanied by :1 series of loops or
buttonhoins—ail purely decorative.
in be sure. One frock of light, blue
recently shmvu was made with a.
row of small pearl buttons down the
right side of the tunic with button-
hole: opposite. The tunic was closed
to the knee, but left open below it.
Lapping pearl buttons are seen on
some of the new 'l‘tl"l{.=. This is not
-a. new idea. as the lapang of but-
tons made its nppeamuce some
rdozen years ago. just before buttons
as a decorative note went into abey- ,
ance.
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; HOUSEHOLD
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gSODTEBODY PLAYS CROQUET
“ T seems queer." comments
I a writer in an English maga-
lzine. “that people still play
crOQuet—not only on the lawns of
country parsonaces. hut in iasli~
lonnhlo clubs. At Rochampton
they'll be playing for fluid medals.
and they'll be playing for club
chanipicnsiiiptz. What is more.
.men play as well as women—and
loflen bent-2‘."
Anti ailor all. croquet wasn't.
;such a bad sort of game. audit.
had the great udvaiiiaze that you
‘could play it on your nun lawn.
In the days hcfm‘o the country
club idea so tii'u'n'lzlilf captured
the mmds of Americans iiwre were
many ways of passing an idle hour
within the confines nf nne's mvn
hedge. Our rhildrr-ii played at
tether hall and we snmotimes took
an eager mm a! the ball on a cord
from the ("p of the pole. Then
there was quoli5~~—Pa$lly enough
contrived from li'rsesiines and an
iron stake in r in day? when the
blacksmith shop was to the land-
scape what ll'lP garage :5 today.
You might have to :ncmr many
miles before you come to .1 blac‘ -
smith shop nmv, but you can buy
excellent quoit svts at the smart
stores that will answer the pur-
lpose.
! And in those days, too. there
jwere far more private tennis
courts than Thorpe are today. when
lwe motor in the country club or
the city park to play. ‘
There were many advantages
iabout the games played in our
iown gardcns. And it would be a.
livise woman nowadays \"ilO would
lequip her garden with sush entice.-
lrnems and attractions aq she could
{for the Elitei'fdlnnlt’nl of her own
‘and other people's children-
1swinzs and some of the outdoor
.gymnastic apparatus. croquet.
fballs of various sorts. and com-
lfortable places for resting and
[lounging where a good imitation
lot the country-club glass of lem-
fonade of ginger ale may be
lenjoyed. .
Dark Green Braided With Black in
One of the Best Selections of the
Autumn for the Smart Street
lirock. "W” 7’ 7W 7
associations something soldier—
13‘ alvrviit,the use of braid on
women's clothes. Your notion of a
l‘l ullP'l frock may suggest the cos-
".:x;.n: of Frieda Hempel in "The
l.‘~i‘l£.'hlPl‘ of the Roziment." Braid-
.4 frocks of this sort have the pri-
"ntiality of smartness. surely. But
.r is not the smartness of 1923. and
"no braided gowns and wraps re-
‘r-ntlj.‘ shown and now worn are not
.'i the least, suggestive of the uni-
forms of soldiers.
("criainly there is nothing suSSCB‘
:.vc of military trigness in the little
:artket shown in the sketch. and this
is quite representative. The'Jacket
tea-if is of green cloth with collars
and cuffs or black fur. An intricate
travery of black soutache almost
rovers the surface of the green
i‘lnth. At the watering places of
France this summer :1 little flaring
.mr of Some light color. trimmed in
the same‘ all-over design in braid.
111;; been counted among the smart-
v‘s: of wraps. These. like the little
fur—trinimed Jacket shown in the
sketch, were worn with plain, sim-
ple dark frocks.
Lnnped braid Dims been something
of a novelty. Lenief makes an en-
llre mat of loops of braid. and
locum} cire braid hay been. lavishly
l.i:'-'l as a trimming on frocks by
other dressmnkers of note.
A very narrow soutache that looks
like rtring has been used ~to make
flower-like rosettes on. some of the
new {rod-:5. A series of those ros-
ettes placed in line several inches
from each other has appeared on
some of the new frocks. Braid on
frocks. though it may actually widen
the contour by a fraction of an inch
or so. is one of the developments of
fashion which/is favorable to the
Woman of too. too solid flesh;
THERE may: be in your range of
'!
Much has been sud of the revival
of navy blue. perhaps less. of the
§ graduallv llivrennm‘.’ prominence
. magma h}- 21:9,,[141‘14 cmdesnifgreen.
g’i‘he‘re is‘nmv little doubt of the high
1'Imrntirumcc of dark shades of green.
‘ “'omen who have nevm‘ ventured to
wear this color are nmv accepting
their dressmakers' suggestions that
it is an excellent choice for the more
(vial) rate strret frock or severer
form of afternoon (ruck.
Bottle green—dark and dull-is
the green most often spoken of in
connection \xlth daytime frocks of
green. while awarmer green. known
as hunter's green, recently described
.as "the color of Robin Hood‘s doub-
.let," is gaining ground. ”
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Green. cloth jacket embroidered with
brook ‘coutachev and worn with
black satin frock. The out: are
9; 32¢ch fur. ‘ , ‘ .
The young lady ncrou the way says
when she gets a job in Her father's office the
very (ml thing the'" do will be i) fix the
looseleaf ledger so there won‘t be any danger
that the leaves will come out. and men are
no careless.
Lyrics of Life
3
110‘" S‘VEET ("URN GOT
' ITS SILK
The good Lord made a lot of
things.
And some care buds and some
gave ‘ings.
Yes. ev‘ryihing he gave a dress
Of some especial loveliness. 7.
But. as, far ’35 I can understand,
There‘s only one thing in the land,
One voz'table of any ilk.
TheLord thought. good enough for
Silk.
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And that is corn.
{00.
Because. accordin‘ to my view,
And rightly.
‘And views of lots of other men.
Creation reached HS. (13.231.32.- hen.
It seems to me. and m the rest.
Creation then was at its best.
Yes. fruits are good. and spuds.
and ilow‘rs. '
But we‘ll fake corn,
for ours.
sweet C0111.
and Why? A dozen reasons why.
You don't need roan cr broil or
fry;
No. all you need is just a pot,
A little water linilmf: lint.
A little time to boil ii in.
Then take if our and~-~-ucll. begin.
You don‘t reed work. you don‘t
need wait.
don't l‘il't‘il fork. nor
nor plate.
You eroon.
I “"177.
good
The good Lorri made :1 lfil
Of course. that's plenty
ei ough.
Made 0d and drink and milk and
meat.
And each of them is stood to eat;
But only one I can recall
He exer made that lzal (’1le all;
It‘s food and drink. it's meat and
milk.
And that
is why it’s dressed in
silk. -
Eliminating Dust
Catchers .
“ l-‘ house-builders ever had to
I take a hand in the spring or
fall housecleaning they‘d build
houses differently." reflected .1
unnriz housewife the other day who
had been busy for days with the
first bit of real bousecleaning or her
life.
Consider the usual snrt of picture
moulding. Nowadays it is placed at
the top of the wall—with Just
enough space between it and the
ceiling to anew the end of a picture
book. This is an excellent cranny
for dust. and a very difficult one to
clean.
In many houses these picture
mouldings are almost never used.
Small pictures are hung in groups
on walls with small wall pins. and
large pictures or mirrors are hung
by means of silk cords hung from
ornamental pegs. 1n building or
planning a house. therefore. why not
leave out the .moulding entirely?
The line of moulding gives conga-3M
at the top of the wall, but till!»
could be achieved by a perfectly
plain, ungroved band of wood set so
close to the ceiling that no dust
could lodge an it.
You do not realize how many
crevices and grooves there are in
most woodwork until yours is the
task of cleaning it. Doubtless these
grooves and crevices are intended to
be ornamental. But. honestly. are
they? Couldn‘t. a mOp board. for
instance. be Just as attractive if
made perfectly smooth. witbxbe top
plainly beveled at an angle to shed
dust. rather than to catch it?
The tops of doors are usually
overlooked in the weekly cleaning.
and when housecleaning time corn-es
uge are amazed at the amount or
dust that has accumulated there.
Yet usually the tops of doors are
left unpainted and unfinished. This
makes it dimcult to do the cleaning
perfectly. for the dust is usually
lnbedded in the grain of the wood.
What; a simple trick to paint doors
at the tops. One expert says that
there would be. less tenden’cy’fnf
doors to stick at the tops it they
were always painted there.
By JUSTIN
wnxrwooi)
Copyright. 192:; by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
volver in his desk drawer and
, pushed it away with a little.
laugh. Not that way for him! He
‘ was only forty-three. and the mil-
lions that he had lost in the last
week he could make again, and
more.
But he could not regain Vir—
ginia Templeton. He knew that
. she was lost forever. and a month
before their wedding.
‘liat was the cursed part of the
luck. he thought. as he made his'
way out in the train toward the
Templeton estate. Old Templeton
had been in a bad way when. out
‘of friendship, Congreve had taken
hold of his aflairs. showed him
some wise investments. and re-
built his affairs for him.
Templeton had invited him to
his fine home in the country. and
there Congreve had met Virginia.
There had been a host of men
after licr~——.voung “'inters especi-
ally. Congreve had always sus;
period that Virginia was in love
“'lll‘. \R‘imere. Certainly he ad~
milieu to
had never really cared for him.
Shh was mar-rising him because
well. not for his money, but be:
cause he lied saved her father
from lwaul-nuptcy.
After all. Congreve reflected
cynically. one got nothing; for
nothing in this world. He wanted
GONGREVEAlooked at the re-
\'ir;i.ii.1, villi ltcr cold, stately:
baa-iii}. She wanted to do the
rich ii ‘22. Oh. yes. he was the=
right thing.
ll“ hwl been sure
Viiiiiers had kissed her that night
in the cnnswz'vatory. He had said
nothing: about ii. “'11? should he?
lie had all the tolerance of a man
ri’ {oruelhrr‘c who is about to
many (“hurtling/girl. Suppose
file (2.1! not rare for \‘.‘in'.ers?
llow ion: would it last?
But nrmwas he descended at
the station~—~—now it was all differ»
cut. Now tic lieuchcd his lists and
griited l‘ii‘ teeth as be reflected
how \Yiulers would get. her after
all. Hmv they would laugh at
him. all her friends who had never
imzty admiticd him into their
cii'clr-Z
And old Templeton-elimi- re»
jolted lie would be To kick down
the ladder by which he had as—
cended to those heights of {innit—.1
s
cial salvation!
. l
Longreve strode savagely up tbej
He was :
Ian/e toward the house.
going in make no bones about the
himself that Virginia,
that youuZ‘
matter. He meant to come to the
gpoint. "I'm all but bankrupt." he
'was going to tell Templeton. To
Virginia—well, he would not. be
harsh with the girl. One did not
;take it out on women. A few
Qwords. showing her that he under-
!stood . . .
it was beginning to grow dark
as the house came into sight. Con.-
greve. about to ascend the steps
and knock at the front door, hesi-
tated. There was a light. in the
little room at. the side. In it he
saw Virginia's figure silhouetted
against the drawn shade. The
window was open. Congreve
could hear every word uttered by
her and the man with her.
"It‘s true. Virgy.” the man was
.sayingwand it was Winter's voice.
‘1‘The fellow's a. bankrupt. The
news is-all over town. Now we've
got him where we want him.”
”Where do we want him?"
asked Virginia. _
“Somewaere where he can't in-
terfere between you and me,
sweetheart."
“Aren't you assuming too
much?"
He made a little
The girl
"I guess not.”
movement toward her.
stepped back.
"Listen. Ronald. Ever since
.‘Harry and I became engaged you
gand everybody assumed that I was
‘marrying him for his money. It
«wasn‘t. said aloud—4b. no. but the
3sense was conveyed none the less
:dsftly for all that. It paralyzed
line. It made an‘automaton of me.
Because you see. I——-love him."
1 “.‘Jonsense.\‘irgy!"
“i love him. And now that all
his money is gone. perhaps I shall
have the chance of showing him
12 i: ua< he himself and not his
money. and that I do care for
him. And as for you. Ronald. I
(lull: maul. :0 see :01: again.
l‘lease so. That's all."
As Congreve stood there aghast
the don-r opened and Winters
blushed past him with an agitated
lace. But Congreve hardly noticed
ibiuz. There stood Virginia. And
lone fiance at his face told her he
,had overheard.
1 "Yes. i heard you. Virginia."
i
said Cougreve.
‘inm his arms.
3 "I guess the loss of my mono?“
v as the best thing that could have
appened to us./ It‘s given us
.m. " he said.
“The love was always there."
{and \‘irgy softly.
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' Right in ’the‘rnic‘lclle
HIBRE Was a little girl, .1
V ’ And she had a littleficurl,
W/I’Wllflfin
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off her forehead;
She battered up her' toys,
She made adreai’dful‘noise. " '
' and in; fact she was generally horrid.
‘Fmdmeoltlm ”Wm _
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Do You Talk ‘
House?
LMOST as tiresome as the per-
A son who talks shop is the per—
son who talks house. The per—
son with this bad habit very often is
a tyre at houscfurnishing and house
decorating. To him it seems as if
this idea 0! taking pains over mak-
ing rooms attractive and expressive!
and soul satisfying is something
new. that no one ever thought about
until this generation. So he tells;
you of his long searches for just the'
right sort of desk, of his wrangle
with the paperhanger to get just the 2
right shade of paper even if it had
to be made to order. of his sleepless
nights over the question of chin e
of his dfficulty in getting his win-
dow seat low enough and broad
enough. the general stupidity of peo-
ple who make electric fixtures, etc..
etc.
If he has had a. well-known deco-
rator “do" his house or apartment.
he does not fail to inform you of
this fact. and when he shows yo
the result he speaks with awed.
reverence. .
Now the fact really is that culti—
vated people have always sought to
have attractive interiors. To try to
keep out of their houses the things
that are commonplace, crude or in-
appropriate comes to be a matter of
course—something that they do not
think meet to talk about. If they
achieve an effect that pleases them
they wait for you to praise it. If
they consult. a well-known decorator
they do it as they would consult a
specialist in medicir. . law or engi-
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nearing. They do not permit the
specialist in decorating actually to
dictate the entire course cf their 1
indoors to them. refusing to place
a. chair or an ornament anywhere*
but where the decorator left it.
umbrellas from Rance are
unusually interesting. There is one
type made with a colorel leather
binding all around the edge of the
New
umbrella. Red leather is used on
h1ue_ for instance. tan on 'rrown.
green c-n black. The handles of
these umbrellas are of carved wood
or of some composition in colors
matching the silk and leather. "' '
ferrule. exceedingly short-«as {Le-5'
are on all the new umbrellas are—-
match the handle in design and
color.
gwbo hoped to sell it to her.
_maid's room of
3 veniences — running
Placing Your
,- Maid’s Room
you can‘t blame her if. she
lives like a pig: remarked
a blunt housewife when she looked
through a new house with an agent
The
the house was.
placed under the eves of the third
‘HOUSE a maid like a. pig. and
lfloor—a room with a single window
7 that
suggested insufierably hot
nights. But even this room was
'many degrees better than the rooms
that were designated maids’ rooms
in houses built a generation or two
ago.
Housewxvesand maids alike have
changed their ideas as to what con-
istiiutes proper maid's accommoda-
tions. he fact is that servant!
quarters in some really unpretu-
tious houses nowadays possess con-
water, bath—
room, steam heat. large windows—
rhat would have been counted 3
luxury for many a mistress a gen-
eration or two ago.
One problem that presents itself
to the builder is how to give the
maid quarters apart from the fam-
ily in this day when every extra. hall
or stairway add enormously to the
cost of building. The old trick of
course was to have back stairs and
a bac‘: hall and maid’s quarters
either in a separate wing or on the
third floor. Now back stairs are
counted as a large additional ex-
pense. Moreover, to car. — pipes and
plumbzng to the. third floor-and
this we consider an essential-
.makes the cost of construction take
on startling figures.
In some recently built houses the
problem has been solved by placing
the maid‘s room on the ground floor.
lSométimes it opens directly on the
'kitchen. but this has obvious disado
I vantages.
Better planning shows
the maid’s room across a small hall
from the back entrance, leading also
to the kitchen and the front hall.
Siaves’ qua ters of the pre~war
South are the prototype of another
plan that has been adopted for the
corset uction of other country houses
small bungaJOW on the
shelters the domestics,
is a far cry from the
to these little
u. v
Something to
Lacie; of
HE trouble wit. most
is that. in our effort to
a measurable degree 0
cess in our life~work. we go
”it in a biggie ' ‘
way without 3.x .zg proper tin.
to ordeiliziess.
0112‘ desks
papers. on
ur wozi
and our Ls .
fat in the fire. all
confuselness of mud
absence of metho .
\Ve fail to think or plan an
ahead and when the dayli
wanes “‘3 are worn out. irrit‘.
and unfit companions for one an—
other. disposed upon the slightest
provocation to wrangle with our
dear-es. intimates.
Thousands u p o n
bustle through life in this slip-
shod manner. never getting out of.
the rut of their own making. won—
dering while they flounder about
Why they fail to progress.
They blame the fates rather
than themselves. And so it goes
with the great majority of us.
simply because we cannot. or will
not learn to regulate our work in
in an orderly fashion and finish
the thing we have in hand before
{we turn to another.
thousands.
T lllllli About
System
war “«
. ~_.-§:1 give proper attention
system we shall
'5 oi our time is
f moving composedly
2: stanza: lines and thinking in
a . we proceed ex-
r . never quite sure
we shall do or leave un-
do as we scurry around. the re-
that no part of our per-
. 7 manual or
r 5a irfactorily done.
Gveryihing we touch
and in a little while
'llll sure fingers. and
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orderly brain has to be called
l..l to take our place and straighten
out the knotted threads.
The: v..c—r. we realize our in-
competency. we ran again at the
fates and frantically charge them
"with being the. ca..-e of our over-
ithrow. when as a matter of truth
:the reason of our {all lies at our
town doorway.
Vie knew all the
time the fault was there. but be—
cause of our disorganized methods
and habitual waverings between
right and wrong we neglected to
'give it heed—and failed.
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Bar MILDRED MARSHALL:
CORAL
F worn where its brilliant color
makes it conspicuous. coral
will provena talis‘ma: today.
In Italy, where it is much used
as an amulet, only pieces freshly
gathered from the sea. are believed
to be potent. but the legends of
other countries are more liberal.
' and any unbroken bit of coral is
said to give its wearer wisdom, to
permit him to travel in safety and
to stanch the flow of blood from' a
wound.
The carnelian is the natal stone
of those who were born on some
anniversary of this“ day. It is a
particularly luckykgem for singers,
since it is believed to have a. stim-
ulating effect on the human voice.
A curious interpretation is that
wearing it will give a bashful ad-
mirer the courage to speak.
Black is a lucky color today.
according to Oriental superstition.
For married women it is a symbol
of constant love. but for young
girls it signifies fickleness and
The white rose is the significant
flower today. - -
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% THE
HOUSEHOLD
iced by ANNE KITTENHOUSZ
HOI‘SE‘WGRK !N KNICKEBS
LYCE the waitresses in the res-
taurant connected with one of
the great department stores
in London ten: 11110 trousers as
part of their new uniform. the
11119315: 12-: l-c—wfu urked whether
befor: v . Her: long all wait—
resv: lie as comfortably and
as clad?
. w costume consists of
white 6: ck trousers with a turn—
up at the bottom and a wide blue
stripe down the outside of each
leg. There is a dark blue linen
coat worn over a white linen shirt
and a white tam o’shanter with
a blue tassel. 0n the whole the
uniform is as becoming as it is
convenient and though the new
costume may have been first
thought of as a means of greater,
efficiency it was worked out with,
an eye- toward becomingness as
well.
If the waitress wears trousers.
why not the cook, and if the cook,
why not the‘ chamber-maid? Al‘
ready a goodly number of house-
wives have taken to knickers as a
costume for their daily tasks. The
courage to do this varies accord-
ing to the locality- In some of
the newer suburbs you will find
ever so many young housewives
adopting the new knickerbockers
for housework. but in other can-
servative old places a women must
needs summon much courage to‘
do this. . ., .
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